# pá
## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* papá

### Noun

pá m (plural pas)
* father

#### Synonyms

* padre

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpaːtɛk]

### Noun

pá m inan
* Abbreviation of pátek (“Friday”).

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʰɔɑː]
* Rhymes: -ɔaː

### Noun

pá n
* (childish) poo

#### Synonyms

* pa

#### Derived terms

* gera pá

### Preposition

pá
* (poetic) on, upon

## Galician
### Noun

pá f (plural pás)
* Alternative form of pa

## Ghomala'
### Pronunciation

Rhymes: -a

### Verb

pá (transitive) alternate of bá
* to treat, to cure
    Ě pá fípa. ― He/she cured the fever.
* to spy, to watch
    Tâmbɛ̂ yə̂ŋ pá á. ― This gentleman spies on me.
* to stick, to attach
    Ê pá mnwə myə̀ nə̂ m. ― He/she sticks her stories to me.
* to plant
    Ě pá ŋkədé. ― He/she planted a banana.

#### See also

* bâ
* lù'
* mʉ́'
* pà
* pɛ̀
* ŋáp

### References

* Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of pá – see 飽 (“full; full; replete; abounding; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 飽).

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpaː]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pá

### Interjection

pá
* bye-bye

### Further reading

* pá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* pádh (obsolete)
* páí (Cois Fharraige)

### Etymology

From Old French paie (“payment, recompense”), from paiier (“to pay”), from Latin pācō (“I settle, satisfy, pacify”), from pāx (“peace”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /pˠɑː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /pˠæː/

### Noun

pá m or f (genitive singular pá, nominative plural pánna)
* pay, wages (money given in return for work)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
pá
pánna
vocative
a phá
a phánna
genitive
pá
pánna
dative
pá
pánna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an pá
na pánna
genitive
an phá
na bpánna
dative
leis an bpá don phá
leis na pánna :

#### Derived terms

* fear pá (“paid workman”)
* íosphá, pá íosta (“minimum wage”)
* lá pá (“pay-day”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pá”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “pá”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Mandarin
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Romanization

pá (pa$^2$, Zhuyin ㄆㄚˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 掭
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 潖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筢, 耙
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 跁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鈀 / 钯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 钭

## Nùng
### Etymology

Cognate with Thai ปลา (bplaa), Lao ປາ (pā).

### Noun

pá
* fish

## Old Norse
### Noun

pá
* accusative singular of pái
* dative singular of pái
* genitive singular of pái
* accusative plural of pái
* genitive plural of pái

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* pa (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: pá

### Etymology 1
#### Particle

pá
* (men's speech) yes
    Synonyms: eẽ, hẽhẽ, îé
    Antonym: aan
    — Ereîukápe? — Pá, îagûarera aîuká.— Did you kill it? — Yes, I killed the jaguar.

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

pá
* all; every
    AîybõmbáI've shoot them all

#### Adverb

pá
* totally; completely
    Ereroŷrõmbápe sekó?Do you hate his works completely?

### Further reading

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 367, column 1

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpa/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: pá

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pālam (“shovel”). Doublet of pala. Compare Galician pa and Spanish pala.

#### Noun

pá f (plural pás)
* shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
* windmill blade
* the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
* (Portugal) shoulder, chuck (cut of meat)

### Etymology 2

Shortening of rapaz (“boy”), from earlier paz.

#### Noun

pá m (uncountable)
* (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)
    Synonyms: (Brazil) cara, mano, (Brazil) rapá, (Brazil) bróder
    Estás bom, pá? ― You alright, dude?
    Ó pá, aonde vais? ― Hey man, where are you going?

#### Interjection

pá
* (Portugal, informal) dude; man
    Ena, pá! ― Wow, dude!

##### Usage notes

* Despite derived from the masculine rapaz, the word is used for any gender.

### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

#### Interjection

pá
* (Brazil) bam, boom
    Resolvemos uns assuntos e pá! ― We finished some discussion and bam!
* (Brazil, preceded by e) and stuff
    Synonym: e tal

##### Derived terms

* pode pá

### Etymology 4
#### Preposition

pá
* (nonstandard, colloquial) Contraction of para a.

### References

* ↑ Carlos Marinheiro (2016 November 16 (last accessed)) “O uso de pá (vocativo e interjeição) em Portugal”, in Ciberdúvidas‎

## Suyá
### Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *bə (“forest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʌ]

### Noun

pá
* forest
    Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me pá me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithadjê ro sujarẽni.This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.