poupar

Galician

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, palpāre (“to touch softly”). Cognate with Portuguese poupar. Doublet of palpar.

poupar (first-person singular present poupo, first-person singular preterite poupei, past participle poupado)

(archaic) to care
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I. E. O. P. F, page 735:
  poupaua muyto as gentes, por que se podesse acorrer delles para a batalla que coydaua fazer
  He cared a lot for the people, so that he could call them for the battle that he pretended to fight
(archaic) to shun, to spare
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:
  Et quebrãtauã os laços dos elmos, et rrasgáuãnos en moytos lugares, et nõ sse poupauã de sse ferir moy fortemẽt
  And they shattered the helm's ties, and tore them in many places, and they didn't shun hurting each other very hardly
(intransitive, dated) to touch; to feel (transitive: to sense by touch)
Synonym: apalpar

Conjugation of poupar

Reintegrated conjugation of poupar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	poupar
Personal	poupar	poupares	poupar	pouparmos	poupardes	pouparem
Gerund
	poupando
Past participle
Masculine	poupado			poupados
Feminine	poupada			poupadas
Indicative
Present	poupo	poupas	poupa	poupamos	poupades, poupais	poupam
Imperfect	poupava	poupavas	poupava	poupávamos	poupávades, poupáveis, poupávais¹	poupavam
Preterite	poupei	poupaste, poupache¹	poupou	poupamos	poupastes	poupárom, pouparam
Pluperfect	poupara	pouparas	poupara	poupáramos	poupárades, poupáreis, poupárais¹	pouparam
Future	pouparei	pouparás	poupará	pouparemos	pouparedes, poupareis	pouparám, pouparão
Conditional	pouparia	pouparias	pouparia	pouparíamos	pouparíades, pouparíeis, pouparíais¹	poupariam
Subjunctive
Present	poupe	poupes	poupe	poupemos	poupedes, poupeis	poupem
Imperfect	poupasse	poupasses	poupasse	poupássemos	poupássedes, poupásseis	poupassem
Future	poupar	poupares	poupar	pouparmos	poupardes	pouparem
Imperative
Affirmative		poupa	poupe	poupemos	poupade, poupai	poupem
Negative (nom)		nom poupes	nom poupe	nom poupemos	nom poupedes, nom poupeis	nom poupem

¹Less recommended.

“poupar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“poup” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“poupar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpāre (“to touch softly”). Doublet of the borrowing palpar and apalpar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈpa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpa(ɾ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈpa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈpa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpa(ɻ)/ [po(ʊ̯)ˈpa(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /po(w)ˈpaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /powˈpaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /poˈpa.ɾi/

poupar (first-person singular present poupo, first-person singular preterite poupei, past participle poupado)

(transitive) to save (time, money etc.)
Synonym: economizar

Sem trabalho, não posso poupar dinheiro.
With no work, I can't save any money.
(transitive) to spare
A morte não poupa ninguém.
Death spares no one.
(intransitive) to economize
Synonym: economizar

Conjugation of poupar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.