sincopar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin syncopāre (“to syncopate (a word)”), from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ʁ)/ [sĩ.koˈpa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ʁ)/ [sĩ.koˈpa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.kuˈpaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.kuˈpa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: sin‧co‧par
Verb
sincopar (first-person singular present sincopo, first-person singular preterite sincopei, past participle sincopado)
- to syncopate
Conjugation
Conjugation of sincopar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “sincopar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sincopar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinkoˈpaɾ/ [sĩŋ.koˈpaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sin‧co‧par
Verb
sincopar (first-person singular present sincopo, first-person singular preterite sincopé, past participle sincopado)
- to syncopate
Conjugation
Conjugation of sincopar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “sincopar”, 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