topar

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈpaɾ]
• Homophones: topà, tupà, tupar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

topar (first-person singular present topo, first-person singular preterite topí, past participle topat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to crash
2. to run into, to come across
   • 2019 August 11, Gemma Sardà, “El meu veí el músic”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     A la ciutat podem passar anys i panys sense intercanviar ni mitja paraula amb qui topem dia per altre.

     In the city we can go ages without exchanging even half a word with those we run into every other day.

Derived terms

• retopar

Anagrams

• àtrop, optar, parot, partó, patró, porat, porta, portà, potra, tarpó, tropa

Further reading

• “topar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “topar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “topar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “topar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈpaɾ/

Verb

1. Alternative form of atopar

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Ladino

Verb

1. to find
2. (reflexive) to be found, to be located
   • 2019, Şeli GAON, “Viyaje A Andalusia - 2”, in Şalom‎^[2]:

     La maale de los djudyos se topa en el sentro de la sivdad vyeja, toda la kaleja golyendo al miskle de flores, las plasas kon las pisinas, los arvoles de portokales kon los kortijos finos avyertos para ke los turistos vijiten.

     The Jewish district is located in the center of the old city, the whole street smelling of a mixture of flowers, the plazas with the swimming pools, the orange trees with the fine open patios for the tourists to visit.

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Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the same root as the synonymous tipra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtobar/

Noun

topar m

1. well
2. spring

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	topar	toparL	topairL
Vocative	topair	toparL	topruH
Accusative	toparN	toparL	topruH
Genitive	topairL	topar	toparN
Dative	toparL	topraib	topraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• toparach

Descendants

• Irish: tobar
• Scottish Gaelic: tobar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
topar	thopar	topar pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish topar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: to‧par

Verb

1. (transitive) to come across, encounter

   Synonyms: achar, encontrar

2. (transitive, colloquial, Portugal) to understand

   Synonym: perceber

3. (transitive, colloquial, Brazil) to accept (an invitation, a challenge etc.)

   Synonym: aceitar

Anagrams

• optar, parto, porta, potra, prato, rapto, trapo, tropa

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound made by two objects knocking into one another.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈpaɾ/ [t̪oˈpaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to come across, encounter

   Synonyms: encontrar, hallar

2. (transitive) to knock against, hit, strike, touch

   Synonyms: chocar, tocar

3. (transitive, colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) to finish (a videogame)

   ¿Ya topaste el nuevo juego que compraste? ― Did you already finish the new game you bought?

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Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

topar

1. (transitive) to fall

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of topar (first conjugation)

infinitive	topar
auxiliary verb		èser	gerund		topando
past participle		topà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	topo	(te) topi	(el/ła) topa	topémo, topòn	topé	(i/łe) topa
imperfect	topava	(te) topavi	(el/ła) topava	topàvimo	topavi	(i/łe) topava
future	toparò	(te) toparè	(el/ła) toparà	toparémo	toparè	(i/łe) toparà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	toparìa	(te) toparisi	(el/ła) toparìa	toparìsimo	toparisi	(i/łe) toparìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	tope, topa	(te) topi	(el/ła) tope, (el/ła) topa	topémo, topone	topé	(i/łe) tope, (i/łe) topa
imperfect	topase	(te) topasi	(el/ła) topase	topàsimo	topasi	(i/łe) topase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) topa	(el/ła) topa, (el/ła) tope	topémo	topé	(i/łe) topa, (i/łe) tope