papá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "papa"

Asturian

Noun

papá m (plural papás)

1. alternative form of pá

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈpa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpa/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpa/ [paˈpa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧pá

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French papa.

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
• papaíto
• papito

Related terms

• bebé
• mamá
• Papa
• Santo Papa

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: papa
• → Cebuano: papa
• → Tagalog: papa

Etymology 2

Verb

papá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of papar

Further reading

• “papá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024