soprar

Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese soprar, *soplar, probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin sufflāre, present active infinitive of sufflō (I blow, puff up, inflate). Alternatively, from Vulgar Latin *supplāre, *sopplāre.

Cognate with Galician soprar, Spanish soplar and Venetian supiar.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpɾaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈpɾa(ʁ)/
  • Hyphenation: so‧prar

Verb

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

  1. to blow
  2. to whisper

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