soprar

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese soprar, *soplar, probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin sufflāre (to blow, to puff up, to inflate). Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *supplāre, *sopplāre.

Cognate with Galician soprar, Spanish soplar and Venetan supiar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: so‧prar

Verb

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soprar (first-person singular present sopro, first-person singular preterite soprei, past participle soprado)

  1. to blow
    Synonym: bufar
  2. to whisper

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: suprâ

Further reading

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