choupo

Galician

Verb

choupo

first-person singular present indicative of choupar

Portuguese

choupo (Populus alba)

Alternative forms

chopo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chopo, from Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from a metathetical alteration and contraction of Classical Latin pōpulus (“poplar”). Compare Spanish chopo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).pu/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯).pu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).po/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯).po]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).pu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃow.pu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.pu/

Rhymes: -owpu, -opu
Hyphenation: chou‧po

Noun

choupo m (plural choupos)

poplar (tree of the genus Populus)

Related terms

choupal
choupana

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