poupar

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

• IPA ^(key): /powˈpaɾ/

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

1. (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

2. (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

3. (intransitive , dated ) to touch; to feel (transitive: to sense by touch)

   Synonym: apalpar

• apoupiñar

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), "poupar", in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), "poupar", in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), "poupar", in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• apoupar (colloquial )

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

• Hyphenation: pou‧par

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

1. (transitive ) to save (time, money etc.)

   Synonym: economizar

   Sem trabalho, não posso poupar dinheiro.

   With no work, I can't save any money.

2. (transitive ) to spare

   A morte não poupa ninguém.

   Death spares no one.

3. (intransitive ) to economize

   Synonym: economizar

• Macanese: popâ

• "poupar", in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• "poupar", in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• "poupar", in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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