popa

See also: Popa, pöpa, popã, and popă

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: po‧pa

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. stern, poop

   Synonym: proba

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “popa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “popa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. stern, poop

   Antonym: proa

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Feia trenta-tres dies que els dofins havien renunciat a la nostra popa i dinou que la tripulació expel·lia núvols de baf per la boca.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• anar en popa
• anar vent en popa
• de popa a proa
• empopar
• poper

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin puppa, variant of pūpa (“girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]

Noun

popa f (plural popes)

1. (colloquial, Lleida) boob, titty

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Romanian popa and/or Russian поп (pop).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔ.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]

Noun

popa m (plural popes)

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) pope (any Russian Orthodox priest)

References

• “popa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “popa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “popa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

popa m (plural popys)

1. puffin

   Synonym: nath

Mutation

Mutation of popa

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
popa	bopa	fopa	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopa/
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: po‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin upupa.

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. (Valverdeñu) a hoopoe, especially a Eurasian hoopoe

   Synonyms: galu de campu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu), abubilla (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa.

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern, poop

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 230

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: popas, popât

Verb

popa

1. third-person singular past historic of poper

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Hyphenation: po‧pa

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern, poop

   Antonym: proa

Guaraní

Numeral

popa

1. fifty

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔ.pa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔː.pa]

Noun

popa m (genitive popae); first declension

1. A priest's assistant (at a sacrifice)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	popa	popae
genitive	popae	popārum
dative	popae	popīs
accusative	popam	popās
ablative	popā	popīs
vocative	popa	popae

Noun

popa f (genitive popae); first declension

1. A woman who sold animals for sacrifice

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	popa	popae
genitive	popae	popārum
dative	popae	popīs
accusative	popam	popās
ablative	popā	popīs
vocative	popa	popae

Descendants

• → Portuguese: popa

References

• “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "popa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “popa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “popa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “popa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.pɒ/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. (nautical) stern, poop

Antonyms

• proa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.pɐ/

• Homophone: poupa
• Hyphenation: po‧pa

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. (nautical) stern, poop

   Antonym: proa

Romanian

Noun

popa

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of popă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: po‧pa

Noun

popa f (plural popas)

1. stern, poop (back of a boat or ship)

   Antonym: proa

Derived terms

• a popa
• de popa a proa
• viento en popa

Further reading

• “popa”, 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