copa

See also: Copa, copá, copà, copâ, and čópa

English

Adjective

copa (comparative more copa, superlative most copa)

1. (US, slang) Clipping of copacetic.

Anagrams

• CoAP, paco, OPAC, OPCA, Paco, acop, APCO, Capo, capo, ACPO

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔpa/

Noun

copa

1. inflection of copë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Asturian

Noun

copa f (plural copes)

1. cup (vessel for drinking)
2. cupful
3. cup (trophy in the shape of an oversized cup)
4. cup (sports competition/trophy)

Synonyms

• (vessel for drinking): taza

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈko.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈko.pa]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Compare Occitan copa, French coupe, Spanish copa.

Noun

copa f (plural copes)

1. cup (drinking vessel)
2. (card games, in the plural) goblets; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
3. (card games) a card from this suit
4. (anatomy) crown

   Synonym: casc

5. (anatomy) kneecap

   Synonyms: cassoleta, ròtula

6. (botany) crown, treetop

   Synonym: capçada

7. cup (of a bra)

   talla de copa ― cup size

8. brazier

   Synonym: braser

9. pan (of a scale)

   Synonym: platet

Derived terms

• • acopar
  • copa de Neptú
  • copada
  • copar
  • coper
  • sotacopa

Related terms

• copó

Etymology 2

Verb

copa

1. inflection of copar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “copa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “copa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

From cōpo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.pa]

Noun

cōpa f (genitive cōpae, masculine cōpō); first declension

1. a female tavern-keeper

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cōpa	cōpae
genitive	cōpae	cōpārum
dative	cōpae	cōpīs
accusative	cōpam	cōpās
ablative	cōpā	cōpīs
vocative	cōpa	cōpae

Related terms

• caupōna

References

• “copa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese copa, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: co‧pa

Noun

copa f (plural copas)

1. crop (top of a plant)
2. crown, treetop
3. breakfast room
4. cup (part of bra)
5. (Brazil) cup (sports trophy)

   Synonym: taça

6. (Brazil) cup (sports competition)
7. singular of copas (“hearts”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

Derived terms

• copeiro

Descendants

• → Malayalam: കോപ്പ (kōppa)

Further reading

• “copa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “copa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopa/ [ˈko.pa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: co‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish copa, from Late Latin cŭppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.

Noun

copa f (plural copas)

1. stemmed glass, glass, goblet or its content

   Synonyms: póculo, vaso

   una copa de vino ― a glass of wine / a wine glass

2. (figuratively) cocktail, drink
3. crown, treetop
4. cup, trophy (prize in sports)
5. cup, competition (sports competition)
6. cup of a brassiere
7. hollow of a hat
8. (card games) heart or a card of the hearts suit (on Spanish cards, the symbol is of a goblet)
9. brake head

Derived terms

• bar de copas
• como la copa de un pino
• copa menstrual
• Copa Mundial
• copita
• copón
• ir de copas
• lavacopas
• sombrero de copa
• sombrero de copa alta

Related terms

• copo

Descendants

• → Basque: kopa
• → O'odham: ko꞉ba

See also

• vaso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copa

1. inflection of copar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “copa”, 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

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-West Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpa/
• Rhymes: -ɔpa

Noun

copa f (plural copâu or copau or copâon)

1. summit, peak, top

Mutation

Mutated forms of copa

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
copa	gopa	nghopa	chopa

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “copa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies