# galopar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French galoper, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ɡə.luˈpa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ɡə.loˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡa.loˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

galopar (first-person singular present galopo, first-person singular preterite galopí, past participle galopat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (intransitive) to gallop

#### Derived terms

* galop

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* galoupar

### Etymology

From Old French galoper, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaloˈpaɾ/

### Verb

galopar (first-person singular present galopo, first-person singular preterite galopei, past participle galopado)
* (intransitive, of a horse) to gallop
** 1409, José Luis Tomé Pensado, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:trotando ou gallopandotrotting or galloping
* (intransitive) to ride a galloping mount

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* galope

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gallop”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galopar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “galopar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galopar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “galopar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galopar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gallop, French galoper, German galoppieren, Italian galoppare, Russian галопировать (galopirovatʹ), Spanish galopar.

### Verb

galopar (present tense galopas, past tense galopis, future tense galopos, imperative galopez, conditional galopus)
* (intransitive) to gallop (ride at a galloping pace)

#### Derived terms

* galopigar (“to cause to gallop”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡa.loˈpa(ʁ)/ [ɡa.loˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡa.loˈpa(ʁ)/ [ɡa.loˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡa.loˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡa.loˈpa(ʁ)/ [ɡa.loˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡa.loˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.luˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.luˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐ.luˈpa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ga‧lo‧par

### Verb

galopar (first-person singular present galopo, first-person singular preterite galopei, past participle galopado)
* to gallop (to ride at a galloping pace)

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* galopear

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French galoper.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaloˈpaɾ/ [ɡa.loˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ga‧lo‧par

### Verb

galopar (first-person singular present galopo, first-person singular preterite galopé, past participle galopado)
* (intransitive) to gallop

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* galopante
* galope

### Further reading

* “galopar”, 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