papero

Etymology

Borrowed from English paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈpero]

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧ro

Noun

papero (accusative singular paperon, plural paperoj, accusative plural paperojn)

1. paper

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto papero, English paper, French papier, German Papier, Spanish papel, all ultimately from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpero/

Noun

papero (plural paperi)

1. paper

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin. Compare with Spanish parpar (“to quack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pe.ro/
• Rhymes: -apero
• Hyphenation: pà‧pe‧ro

Noun

papero m (plural paperi, feminine papera, diminutive paperétto or paperìno or paperòtto or paperòttolo or paperùccio, augmentative paperóne, pejorative paperàccio)

1. gosling

   Synonyms: paperino, paperotto

2. (colloquial) duckling

   Synonym: anatroccolo

   papera di gomma ― rubber duck

3. gander or drake

Further reading

• papero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• papero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• papero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pàpero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• pàpero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology

From papa +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpeɾo/ [paˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ro

Adjective

papero (feminine papera, masculine plural paperos, feminine plural paperas)

1. (relational) potato

Noun

papero m (plural paperos, feminine papera, feminine plural paperas)

1. potato seller or grower

Further reading

• “papero”, 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