flopar

Portuguese

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of English flop +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /floˈpa(ʁ)/ [floˈpa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /floˈpa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /floˈpa(ʁ)/ [floˈpa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /floˈpa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈpaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fluˈpa.ɾi/

Verb

flopar (first-person singular present flopo, first-person singular preterite flopei, past participle flopado)

(of a song, movie, post etc., originally Internet slang) to flop (to fail completely)
A nova música dela flopou, mas eu pessoalmente gostei.
Her new song flopped, but I personally liked it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of flopar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	flopar
Personal	flopar	flopares	flopar	floparmos	flopardes	floparem
Gerund
	flopando
Past participle
Masculine	flopado			flopados
Feminine	flopada			flopadas
Indicative
Present	flopo	flopas	flopa	flopamos	flopais	flopam
Imperfect	flopava	flopavas	flopava	flopávamos	flopáveis	flopavam
Preterite	flopei	flopaste	flopou	flopamos¹, flopámos²	flopastes	floparam
Pluperfect	flopara	floparas	flopara	flopáramos	flopáreis	floparam
Future	floparei	floparás	flopará	floparemos	flopareis	floparão
Conditional	floparia	floparias	floparia	floparíamos	floparíeis	flopariam
Subjunctive
Present	flope	flopes	flope	flopemos	flopeis	flopem
Imperfect	flopasse	flopasses	flopasse	flopássemos	flopásseis	flopassem
Future	flopar	flopares	flopar	floparmos	flopardes	floparem
Imperative
Affirmative		flopa	flope	flopemos	flopai	flopem
Negative (não)		não flopes	não flope	não flopemos	não flopeis	não flopem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

“flopar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026