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Title: Feed : copar - to win, to take it all (in a competition), to monopolize, to capture an opposing force
Post by: Spanish word of the day on 12 Jun, 2022, 02:20:08 am
copar - to win, to take it all (in a competition), to monopolize, to capture an opposing force

Spanish example: Miles de trabajadores, desempleados, campesinos y clases medias empobrecidas coparon hoy las principales ciudades de Bolivia.

English example: Thousands of workers, the unemployed, farmworkers and members of the poor working class today took over the main cities of Bolivia.
Source: copar - to win, to take it all (in a competition), to monopolize, to capture an opposing force (https://www.123teachme.com/spanish_feeds/word_of_the_day/2022/6/12)