soprar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpɾa.ɾi/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: so‧prar

Verb

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

  1. to blow
    Synonym: bufar
  2. to whisper

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soprar (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 soprar
Personal soprar soprares soprar soprarmos soprardes soprarem
Gerund
soprando
Past participle
Masculine soprado soprados
Feminine soprada sopradas
Indicative
Present sopro sopras sopra sopramos soprais sopram
Imperfect soprava sopravas soprava soprávamos sopráveis sopravam
Preterite soprei sopraste soprou sopramos1, soprámos2 soprastes sopraram
Pluperfect soprara sopraras soprara sopráramos sopráreis sopraram
Future soprarei soprarás soprará sopraremos soprareis soprarão
Conditional sopraria soprarias sopraria sopraríamos sopraríeis soprariam
Subjunctive
Present sopre sopres sopre sopremos sopreis soprem
Imperfect soprasse soprasses soprasse soprássemos soprásseis soprassem
Future soprar soprares soprar soprarmos soprardes soprarem
Imperative
Affirmative sopra sopre sopremos soprai soprem
Negative (não) não sopres não sopre não sopremos não sopreis não soprem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Macanese: suprâ

Further reading

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