papá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "papa"

Asturian

Noun

papá m (plural papás)

1. Alternative form of pá

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈpa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpa/

• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: papar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: pa‧pá

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French papa.

Noun

papá m (plural papás)

1. (Portugal, familiar) dad; daddy; father

Etymology 2

Probably of childish, onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

papá m (plural papás)

1. (Brazil, informal, childish) food, meal

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Spanish

Etymology

From French papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpa/ [paˈpa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧pá

Noun

papá m (plural papás)

1. (colloquial, familiar, endearing) dad

   Synonym: padre

2. (colloquial, familiar, endearing, in the plural) parents

   Synonym: padre

Derived terms

• Papá Noel
• papito
• papaíto

Related terms

• mamá
• bebé

Verb

papá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of papar

Further reading

• “papá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014