cop

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cop
[kɒp]
1(familiar)
sustantivo
2poli (sustantivo masculino) (policeman)
  • to play cops and robbers -> jugar a policías y ladrones
también:
  • it's not much cop -> no es nada del otro mundo (not very good) (británico)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp copped)
también:
  • to cop it -> cargársela; (be punished) (británico) estirar la pata(die), palmarla (español de España), petaleársela (español de México)

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cop [kop]
sustantivo
1Cima, cumbre, punta.
2Moño, copa, copete.
3(Art. y Of.) Penacho, manojito de hilos que se forma sobre el huso de una máquina de hilar.
sustantivo
1Agente de policía. (Germania; Alemania)
  • To play cops and robbers -> jugar a policías y ladrones
2To be not much no ser nada del otro mundo o del otro jueves (good, use). (Coloquial)
(Coloq.) Poli, tira, cana, cachaco, paco, bofia, madero (police officer).
1Llevarse (win/medal, prize).
  • You’ll cop it if they find out -> como se enteren estás arreglado, o te vas a llevar una buena
2Agarrar, pillar, pescar (catch, seize). (Coloquial)
va.(Coloq.) (GB) Cop (a load of) this/him/her! ¡no te lo pierdas! (get).

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cop (informal) [kɒp]
noun
1 (policeman) poli; (m) (Esp) (informal) cana; (m) (S. Cone) (informal)
the cops la pasma; (Esp) (very_informal) la cana; (S. Cone) (very_informal) cops and robbers (game) policías y ladrones
2 (Britain)
it's not much cop no es gran cosa; it's a fair cop! ¡está bien!
verb:transitive
1 (Britain) (catch) [+person] pescar; pillar; [+beating, fine] ganarse
he copped six months se cargó seis meses; you'll cop it! ¡te la vas a ganar!; I copped it from the headmaster el director me puso como un trapo; cop this! ¡hay que ver esto!; cop hold of this coge toma esto; (Esp)or
2 (US) (Jur)
to cop a plea declararse culpable de un delito menor para obtener una sentencia más leve
...how D.A. Marion Farmer had got himself into the hot seat by letting them New York murderers cop a plea Is he trying to cop an insanity plea?
3 (US) [+drugs] comprar
modifier
cop shop (very_informal) (n) (Britain) comisaría; (f)

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Verb Conjugation for "cop"

Imperative
  • cop
  • you cop
  • he/she cops
  • we cop
  • you cop
  • they cop
Preterite
  • I copped
  • you copped
  • he/she copped
  • we copped
  • you copped
  • they copped
Present Continuous
  • I am copping
  • you are copping
  • he/she is copping
  • we are copping
  • you are copping
  • they are copping
Present Perfect
  • I have copped
  • you have copped
  • he/she has copped
  • we have copped
  • you have copped
  • they have copped
Past Continuous
  • I was copping
  • you were copping
  • he/she was copping
  • we were copping
  • you were copping
  • they were copping
Past Perfect
  • I had copped
  • you had copped
  • he/she had copped
  • we had copped
  • you had copped
  • they had copped
Future
  • I will cop
  • you will cop
  • he/she will cop
  • we will cop
  • you will cop
  • they will cop
Future Perfect
  • I will have copped
  • you will have copped
  • he/she will have copped
  • we will have copped
  • you will have copped
  • they will have copped
Future Continuous
  • I will be copping
  • you will be copping
  • he/she will be copping
  • we will be copping
  • you will be copping
  • they will be copping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been copping
  • you have been copping
  • he/she has been copping
  • we have been copping
  • you have been copping
  • they have been copping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been copping
  • you will have been copping
  • he/she will have been copping
  • we will have been copping
  • you will have been copping
  • they will have been copping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been copping
  • you had been copping
  • he/she had been copping
  • we had been copping
  • you had been copping
  • they had been copping
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