papar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papar/ [pa.par]
• Rhymes: -apar
• Hyphenation: pa‧par

Noun

papar inan

1. chest, bosom

   Synonym: torax

Further reading

• “papar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “papar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pappāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈpaɾ]

Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papí, past participle papat)

1. (transitive) to swallow, to gulp down
2. (figurative) to see

   Synonyms: veure, observar

   no hi papo ― I don't get it

Further reading

• “papar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “papar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese papar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappāre (“to eat”). Consult pap for further details.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpaɾ/

Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papei, past participle papado)

1. (informal) to eat; to devour
2. (figurative) to take away; to snatch

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “papar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “papar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “papar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “papar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “papar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “papar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “papar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From Malay papar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parpar (“flat, level”). Doublet of popor. Compare Hawaiian papa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpapar]
• Hyphenation: pa‧par

Adjective

papar

1. flat (of tooth)

   Synonym: rata

2. flat (of nose)

   Synonym: pesek

   Antonym: mancung

Noun

papar (plural papar-papar)

1. hilt: the handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.

   Synonym: punggung

Verb

papar

1. to expose

Derived terms

Further reading

• “papar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *parpar (“flat, level”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papar/
• Rhymes: -apar, -par, -ar

Adjective

papar (Jawi spelling ڤاڤر)

1. flat (of a surface)

   Synonyms: rata, pepat, papak

   Antonym: runcing

   Tanah papar ― Flat land

Verb

papar (Jawi spelling ڤاڤر)

1. to display (computers etc.)

   Papar harga ― Display the price

2. to show, to present

   Synonyms: pamer, bentang

   Memapar projek ― To present a project

3. (obsolete) to conscript someone into the army

Descendants

• Indonesian: papar

Further reading

• “papar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) root “*--paD”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese papar, from Latin pappāre.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: papá (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: pa‧par

Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papei, past participle papado)

1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, usually childish) to eat

   Synonym: comer

2. (transitive, colloquial) to get, to obtain
3. (transitive, colloquial) to steal
4. (transitive, colloquial) to defeat, to win
5. (transitive, colloquial) to walk
6. (transitive, colloquial) to believe
7. (transitive, vulgar) to have sex with

Further reading

• “papar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “papar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâpar/
• Hyphenation: pa‧par

Noun

pȁpar m (Cyrillic spelling па̏пар)

1. (uncountable) pepper (plant or spice of the Old World genus Piper, not of the New World genus Capsicum – however in the compound kajenski papar, as in German Cayennepfeffer)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish papar, from Latin pappāre (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpaɾ/ [paˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧par

Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papé, past participle papado)

1. to slurp, gulp
2. (colloquial) to munch, chow down

Further reading

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