papero
Esperanto edit
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Noun edit
papero (accusative singular paperon, plural paperoj, accusative plural paperojn)
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Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto papero, English paper, French papier, German Papier, Spanish papel, all ultimately from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
papero (plural paperi)
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- papiro (“papyrus”)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (“to quack”).
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Noun edit
papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)
- gosling
- (colloquial) duckling
- Synonym: anatroccolo
- papera di gomma ― rubber duck
- gander or drake
See also edit
- anatroccolo m
- anatra f
Further reading edit
- papero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- papero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- papero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- pàpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- pàpero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
papero (feminine papera, masculine plural paperos, feminine plural paperas)
Noun edit
papero m (plural paperos, feminine papera, feminine plural paperas)
- potato seller or grower
Further reading edit
- “papero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014