papar

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• IPA^(key): /papar/,

papar inan

1. chest, bosom

   Synonym: torax

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

Inherited from Latin pappāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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

• pap
• papamosques
• papaorelles

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /paˈpaɾ/

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

• papa (“pap, porridge”)
• papada (“dewlap”)
• papahostias (“simpleton”, literally “wafer eater”)
• papafigo (“golden oriole”, literally “fig eater”)
• papón (“glutton”)
• papuxas (“pap, poultice”)

• 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

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pa‧par

papar

1. flat (of tooth)

   Synonym: rata

2. flat (of nose)

   Synonym: pesek

   Antonym: mancung

papar (first-person possessive paparku, second-person possessive paparmu, third-person possessive paparnya)

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

papar

1. to expose

• “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.

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

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

papar (Jawi spelling ڤاڤر)

1. flat (of a surface)

   Synonyms: rata, pepat, papak

   Antonym: runcing

   Tanah papar ― Flat land

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

• Indonesian: papar

• “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

From Old Galician-Portuguese papar, from Latin pappāre (“to eat”).

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

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

1. (hypocoristic, usually childish) to eat

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь.

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

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)

• pȁpren
• pàprika

• Tomislav Maretić, editor (1924–1927), “pápar”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 9, Zagreb: JAZU, page 626

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

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

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

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

• “papar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014