sopa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sopa"

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa/ [ˈso.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: so‧pa

Noun

sopa f (plural sopes)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)

Further reading

• “sopa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “sopa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈso.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈso.pa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -opa
• Hyphenation: so‧pa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sopa f (plural sopes)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)

Derived terms

• sopada
• sopaller
• sopar
• soper

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sopa

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

Anagrams

• apòs, posa, posà, sopà

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sopa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa/ [ˈso.pa]
• Hyphenation: so‧pa

Noun

sópa (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜉ)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)

   Synonym: sabaw

Related terms

• sopas

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa (compare Estonian sõba, Votic sõpa), from Proto-Uralic *śopa. In the sense “garment, piece of clothing”, displaced by vaate.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sopa

1. (dated) clothes, outfit

   Synonyms: vaatteet, puku, asu

2. (archaic, dialectal, usually in the plural) garment, (piece of) clothing; cloth

   Synonym: vaate

Declension

Inflection of sopa (Kotus type 10*E/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 sopain rare
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
abessive		sovatta	sovitta
instructive		—	sovin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sopa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sopani sopani accusative nom. sopani sopani gen. sopani genitive sopani sopieni sopaini rare partitive sopaani sopiani inessive sovassani sovissani elative sovastani sovistani illative sopaani sopiini adessive sovallani sovillani ablative sovaltani soviltani allative sovalleni sovilleni essive sopanani sopinani translative sovakseni sovikseni abessive sovattani sovittani instructive — — comitative — sopineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sopasi sopasi accusative nom. sopasi sopasi gen. sopasi genitive sopasi sopiesi sopaisi rare partitive sopaasi sopiasi inessive sovassasi sovissasi elative sovastasi sovistasi illative sopaasi sopiisi adessive sovallasi sovillasi ablative sovaltasi soviltasi allative sovallesi sovillesi essive sopanasi sopinasi translative sovaksesi soviksesi abessive sovattasi sovittasi instructive — — comitative — sopinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sopamme sopamme accusative nom. sopamme sopamme gen. sopamme genitive sopamme sopiemme sopaimme rare partitive sopaamme sopiamme inessive sovassamme sovissamme elative sovastamme sovistamme illative sopaamme sopiimme adessive sovallamme sovillamme ablative sovaltamme soviltamme allative sovallemme sovillemme essive sopanamme sopinamme translative sovaksemme soviksemme abessive sovattamme sovittamme instructive — — comitative — sopinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sopanne sopanne accusative nom. sopanne sopanne gen. sopanne genitive sopanne sopienne sopainne rare partitive sopaanne sopianne inessive sovassanne sovissanne elative sovastanne sovistanne illative sopaanne sopiinne adessive sovallanne sovillanne ablative sovaltanne soviltanne allative sovallenne sovillenne essive sopananne sopinanne translative sovaksenne soviksenne abessive sovattanne sovittanne instructive — — comitative — sopinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sopansa sopansa accusative nom. sopansa sopansa gen. sopansa genitive sopansa sopiensa sopainsa rare partitive sopaansa sopiaan sopiansa inessive sovassaan sovassansa sovissaan sovissansa elative sovastaan sovastansa sovistaan sovistansa illative sopaansa sopiinsa adessive sovallaan sovallansa sovillaan sovillansa ablative sovaltaan sovaltansa soviltaan soviltansa allative sovalleen sovallensa sovilleen sovillensa essive sopanaan sopanansa sopinaan sopinansa translative sovakseen sovaksensa sovikseen soviksensa abessive sovattaan sovattansa sovittaan sovittansa instructive — — comitative — sopineen sopinensa

Derived terms

• sopia
• soveltaa

compounds

• sotisopa

Further reading

• “sopa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• apso, opas

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): /ˈsopa/ [ˈs̺o.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Hyphenation: so‧pa

Noun

sopa m (plural sopas)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)
2. sopped bread; a piece of bread soaked in broth, milk, or wine
3. wedge

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• enchoupar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sopa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sopa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sopa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sopas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sopa (“garment”). Cognates include Finnish sopa and Estonian sõba.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsopɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞pɑˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsopɑ/, [ˈʃo̞b̥ɑˑ]
• Rhymes: -opɑ
• Hyphenation: so‧pa

Noun

sopa

1. knot (whorl of wood left by a branch)

Declension

Declension of sopa (type 3/koira, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	sopa	sovat
genitive	sovan	soppiin
partitive	soppaa	soppia
illative	soppaa	soppii
inessive	sovas	sovis
elative	sovast	sovist
allative	sovalle	soville
adessive	soval	sovil
ablative	sovalt	sovilt
translative	sovaks	soviks
essive	sopanna, soppaan	sopinna, soppiin
exessive1)	sopant	sopint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• soppia

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 535

Irish

Verb

sopa

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of sopa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sopa	shopa after an, tsopa	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Ladino

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صوپه (sopa, “cudgel, bat”).

Noun

sopa f

1. (countable) club (a heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything)
   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[3], volumes 26–28, page 71:

     Ya meldatesh por seguro en las gazetas ke el governo esta aparejando una ley grasias a la kuala no va aver mas estos terribles "bekchis" vinidos espesilamente de Anadol i los kualos kon sus espavoresientes sopas azian tanto espantar a todos akeyos ke tienen el koraje de durmir repozados en sus lechos.

     Now you certainly read in the papers that the government is preparing a law thanks to whoever is no longer having more [of] these terrible ‘guards’, especially from Anadol, coming with their frightening clubs, terrifying everybody who has the courage the sleep soundly in bed.

Etymology 2

Noun

sopa f

1. alternative form of supa
   • 1997, Matilda Koen Sarano, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[4], numbers 56–58, page 6:

     Si no keremos esto, es mijor segir el reflan ke mos dize antes de kitar una palavra ay de aboltar siete vezes la alguenga en la boka o en manera mas pitoreska en boka serrada no entra moshka porke en avlando a la fin kada uno resivira lo ke se merese, segun el reflan ke dize kada boka kere su sopa.

     If we do not want this, it is better to follow the saying that tells us before getting one word out of there by twisting the tongue seven times in the mouth, or more picturesquely: a fly does not enter a closed mouth, because in the end everybody shall get what one deserves in speaking, per the proverb saying that every mouth wants its soup.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈs̪ôːpɐ]

Verb

sópa

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

Macanese

sopa

Alternative forms

• sópa

Etymology

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

Noun

sopa (plural sopa-sopa)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)

   sopa encorpado ― a thick soup

   sópa lacassá ― vermicelli soup

Derived terms

• hortelám di sopa
• sopa-sopa mulado

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#s

Portuguese

sopa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.pɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: so‧pa

Noun

sopa f (plural sopas)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)

Derived terms

• sopeira
• sopeiro
• sopista

Descendants

• Macanese: sopa

Further reading

• “sopa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sopa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsopa/ [ˈso.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: so‧pa

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sopa f (plural sopas)

1. soup (any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food value, flavor, and texture)
2. (Mexico) noodles

   Synonym: fideo

3. (uncommon) sopped bread

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• buscar pelos en la sopa
• calar la sopa
• comerse la sopa boba
• como una sopa
• cuchara de sopa
• de la mano a la boca desaparece la sopa
• del plato a la boca se cae la sopa
• estar sopa
• hasta en la sopa
• hecho una sopa
• plato sopero (“soup bowl”) (Mexico, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Venezuela)
• sopa de ajo
• sopa de arroyo
• sopa de hierbas
• sopa de letras
• sopa de viernes
• sopa de vino
• sopa negra
• sopa seca
• sopar
• sopas de gato
• sopear
• sopero

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sopa

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

Further reading

• “sopa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• aspo, paso, poas, posa, sapo

Swedish

sopor [garbage]

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sopa c

1. (rarely in the singular) a piece of garbage; (in the plural) garbage
3. (in the definite plural "soporna" (the garbage)) a container for garbage (similar to how "the trash/garbage" can refer to the container in English)

   Släng den i soporna!

   Throw it in the trash/garbage / (UK) the bin!

4. (slang, derogatory) an unskilled person

   Synonym: kratta

Usage notes

Most often of food waste material (including packaging, etc.). Compare skräp.

Declension

Declension of sopa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sopa	sopas
	definite	sopan	sopans
plural	indefinite	sopor	sopors
	definite	soporna	sopornas

Derived terms

• sopcontainer
• soppåse
• sopsäck
• soptunna

See also

• papperskorg

Verb

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

1. to sweep (clean with a broom)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sopa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sopa		sopas
supine	sopat		sopats
imperative	sopa		—
imper. plural1	sopen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sopar	sopade	sopas	sopades
ind. plural1	sopa	sopade	sopas	sopades
subjunctive2	sope	sopade	sopes	sopades
present participle		sopande
past participle		sopad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• sopa banan med någon
• sopa något under mattan (“sweep something under the rug”)
• sopa till
• sopborste

Related terms

• sopare

References

• “sopa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sopa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sopa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• supa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sofá, from French sofa, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /soˈpa/ [soˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: so‧pa

Noun

sopá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜉ)

1. sofa; settee

See also

• likmuan

Anagrams

• poas, paos, sapo, paso

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈso.pa]

Noun

sopa

1. a sarong

   Synonym: rapi

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Alternative forms

• zopa (dialectal)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوپه (sopa, “cudgel, bat”); cognate with Azerbaijani zopa.

Noun

sopa (definite accusative sopayı, plural sopalar)

1. stick

Declension

Declension of sopa

singular plural nominative sopa sopalar definite accusative sopayı sopaları dative sopaya sopalara locative sopada sopalarda ablative sopadan sopalardan genitive sopanın sopaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular sopam sopalarım 2nd singular sopan sopaların 3rd singular sopası sopaları 1st plural sopamız sopalarımız 2nd plural sopanız sopalarınız 3rd plural sopaları sopaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular sopamı sopalarımı 2nd singular sopanı sopalarını 3rd singular sopasını sopalarını 1st plural sopamızı sopalarımızı 2nd plural sopanızı sopalarınızı 3rd plural sopalarını sopalarını dative singular plural 1st singular sopama sopalarıma 2nd singular sopana sopalarına 3rd singular sopasına sopalarına 1st plural sopamıza sopalarımıza 2nd plural sopanıza sopalarınıza 3rd plural sopalarına sopalarına locative singular plural 1st singular sopamda sopalarımda 2nd singular sopanda sopalarında 3rd singular sopasında sopalarında 1st plural sopamızda sopalarımızda 2nd plural sopanızda sopalarınızda 3rd plural sopalarında sopalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular sopamdan sopalarımdan 2nd singular sopandan sopalarından 3rd singular sopasından sopalarından 1st plural sopamızdan sopalarımızdan 2nd plural sopanızdan sopalarınızdan 3rd plural sopalarından sopalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular sopamın sopalarımın 2nd singular sopanın sopalarının 3rd singular sopasının sopalarının 1st plural sopamızın sopalarımızın 2nd plural sopanızın sopalarınızın 3rd plural sopalarının sopalarının

Further reading

• “sopa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian zolla.

Noun

sopa f (plural sope)

1. clod, turf