papón
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Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Related to its synonyms páparo, papoio, perhaps from papar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
papón (feminine papona, masculine plural papóns, feminine plural paponas)
- idiotic; fatuous
- Synonyms: apalominado, papaleisón, páparo, papoio, parvo
Etymology 2[edit]
From papar (“to eat, devour”) + -ón.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
papón m (plural papóns)
- glutton (one who eats voraciously)
- bug
- Synonym: coco
- (Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) ogre; bogeyman
- Synonym: coco
- seagull (Larus fuscus)
- Synonym: maroto
References[edit]
- “papón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “papón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “papón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.