papá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "papa"
Asturian
Noun
papá m (plural papás)
- Alternative form of pá
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈpa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈpa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Homophone: papar (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: pa‧pá
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French papa.[1]
Noun
papá m (plural papás)
- (Portugal, familiar) dad; daddy; father
Etymology 2
Probably of childish, onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
papá m (plural papás)
- (Brazil, informal, childish) food, meal
References
- “papá” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
Spanish
Etymology
From French papa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈpa/ [paˈpa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: pa‧pá
Noun
papá m (plural papás)
- (colloquial, familiar, endearing) dad
- Synonym: padre
- (colloquial, familiar, endearing, in the plural) parents
- Synonym: padre
Derived terms
- Papá Noel
- papito
- papaíto
Related terms
- mamá
- bebé
Verb
papá
- second-person singular voseo imperative of papar
Further reading
- “papá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014