# copiar
## Asturian
### Verb

copiar (first-person singular indicative present copio, past participle copiáu)
* (transitive) to copy (produce something identical)
* (transitive) to copy (imitate)

#### Related terms

* copia

## Catalan
### Etymology

From còpia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ku.piˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ko.piˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ko.piˈaɾ]
* Homophone: copià
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

copiar (first-person singular present copio, first-person singular preterite copií, past participle copiat)
* (transitive) to copy
* (transitive) to take down (dictation)
* (transitive, figurative) to imitate
    Synonym: imitar
* (transitive, computing) to copy (place a copy in memory)

#### Derived terms

* copiadora

#### See also

* enganxar
* retallar

### Further reading

* “copiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “copiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “copiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “copiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ko.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /koˈpja(ʁ)/ [koˈpja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ko.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /koˈpja(ʁ)/ [koˈpja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ko.piˈa(ɾ)/ [ko.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /koˈpja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ko.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ko.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /koˈpja(ʁ)/ [koˈpja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ko.piˈa(ɻ)/ [ko.pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /koˈpja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈpjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈpjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kuˈpja.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

From cópia +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

copiar (first-person singular present copio, first-person singular preterite copiei, past participle copiado)
* (transitive) to copy; to produce something identical

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* copiador
* copiadora
* copiar e colar

### Etymology 2

From Old Tupi kopiara.

#### Alternative forms

* copiara

#### Noun

copiar m (plural copiares)
* (Northeast Brazil) a type of porch

### Further reading

* “copiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “copiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “copiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “copiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “copiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “copiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Anagrams

* pícaro, -cárpio, aprico, piroca

## Spanish
### Etymology

From copia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈpjaɾ/ [koˈpjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: co‧piar

### Verb

copiar (first-person singular present copio, first-person singular preterite copié, past participle copiado)
* (transitive) to copy, to crib
* (transitive) to imitate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “copiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Italian copiare.

### Verb

copiar
* (transitive) to copy
* (transitive) to imitate

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.