poupar

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, palpāre (“to touch softly”). Cognate with Portuguese poupar. Doublet of palpar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /powˈpaɾ/

Verb

1. (archaic) to care
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I. E. O. P. F., page 735:

     poupaua muyto as gentes, por que se podesse acorrer delles para a batalla que coydaua fazer

     He cared a lot for the people, so that he could call them for the battle that he pretended to fight

2. (archaic) to shun, to spare
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:

     Et quebrãtauã os laços dos elmos, et rrasgáuãnos en moytos lugares, et nõ sse poupauã de sse ferir moy fortemẽt

     And they shattered the helm's ties, and tore them in many places, and they didn't shun hurting each other very hardly

3. (intransitive, dated) to touch; to feel (transitive: to sense by touch)

   Synonym: apalpar

Derived terms

• apoupiñar

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poup”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:TILG

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, palpāre (“to touch softly”). Doublet of the borrowing palpar and apalpar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpar/

Verb

1. (transitive) to save (time, money etc.)

   Synonym: economizar

   Sem trabalho, não posso poupar dinheiro.

   With no work, I can't save any money.

2. (transitive) to spare

   A morte não poupa ninguém.

   No one is saved from death.

3. (intransitive) to economize

   Synonym: economizar

Further reading

• “poupar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.