soprar

soprar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• assoprar

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

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb soprar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	sopramos soprámos	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)	-	sopres	sopre	sopremos	sopreis	soprem

Synonyms

• (blow): bufar

Derived terms

• assoprar
• sopro

Related terms

• suflê