sopa

See also: SOPA, sopá, sópa, sopà, and sõpa

Asturian

Noun

sopa f (plural sopes)

1. soup

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pa/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Noun

sopa f (plural sopes)

1. soup

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sopa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of sopar
2. second-person singular imperative form of sopar

Anagrams

• apòs, posa, posà, sopà

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa, from Proto-Uralic *śopa. Cognate with Estonian sõba, Votic sõpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞pɑ]
• Rhymes: -opɑ
• Syllabification: so‧pa

Noun

sopa

1. (dated) clothes

Declension

Inflection of sopa (Kotus type 10/koira, p-v gradation)
nominative		sopa	sovat
genitive		sovan	sopien
partitive		sopaa	sopia
illative		sopaan	sopiin
		singular	plural
nominative		sopa	sovat
accusative	nom.	sopa	sovat
	gen.	sovan
genitive		sovan	sopien sopainrare
partitive		sopaa	sopia
inessive		sovassa	sovissa
elative		sovasta	sovista
illative		sopaan	sopiin
adessive		sovalla	sovilla
ablative		sovalta	sovilta
allative		sovalle	soville
essive		sopana	sopina
translative		sovaksi	soviksi
instructive		—	sovin
abessive		sovatta	sovitta
comitative		—	sopineen

Possessive forms of sopa (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sopani	sopamme
2nd person	sopasi	sopanne
3rd person	sopansa

Derived terms

• sotisopa

Anagrams

• apso, opas

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Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *suppô (“soup, sop”), directly through a Germanic language or from Vulgar Latin suppa (“sopped bread”). From Proto-Indo-European *sū-, *sewH- (“wetness, moisture, rain; juice; to suck, flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa̝/

Noun

sopa m (plural sopas)

1. soup.
2. sopped bread; a piece of bread soaked in broth, milk, or wine.

Derived terms

• ensopar (“to soak”)
• sopas de cabalo cansado
• sopeira (“tureen”)

 

Related terms

• enchoupar

References

• “sopa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sopa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sopa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “sopas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Verb

sopa

1. present subjunctive analytic of sop (“light with fire”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sopa	shopa after an, tsopa	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ôːpɐ]

Verb

sópa

1. third-person singular present of sopėti
2. third-person plural present of sopėti

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Portuguese

sopa

Etymology

From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsopɐ/

Noun

sopa f (plural sopas)

1. soup

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.

Noun

sopa f (plural sopas)

1. soup
2. (Mexico) noodles

Usage notes

• Sopa is a false friend, and does not mean "soap". The word for "soap" in Spanish is jabón.

Derived terms

• plato sopero (“soup bowl”) (Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Venezuela)
• buscar pelos en la sopa
• comerse la sopa boba
• cuchara de sopa
• de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa
• del plato a la boca se cae la sopa
• estar sopa
• sopa de letras
• sopa de viernes
• sopa negra
• sopar
• sopear
• sopero

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sopa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of sopar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of sopar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of sopar.

Anagrams

• aspo, paso, poas, posa, sapo

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sopa c

1. (rarely in singular) a piece of trash
2. (slang, derogatory) unskilled person

Declension

Declension of sopa
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sopa	sopan	sopor	soporna
Genitive	sopas	sopans	sopors	sopornas

Verb

sopa (present sopar, preterite sopade, supine sopat, imperative sopa)

1. to sweep; to clean with a broom

Conjugation

Conjugation of sopa (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	sopa	sopas
Present tense	sopar	sopas
Past tense	sopade	sopades
Supine	sopat	sopats
Imperative	sopa	—
Present participle	sopande
Past participle	sopad

Related terms

• sopa till
• sopa under mattan

 

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian zolla.

Noun

sopa f (plural sope)

1. clod, turf