# papaya
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (UK):(file)
* IPA: /pəˈpaɪə/, /pəˈpɑːjə/
* Rhymes: -aɪə, -ɑːjə

### Noun

papaya (plural papayas)
* A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit.
* The fruit of this tree.
** 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 135:It was that image, its practical mundanity, the preparation of fruit I have seen you do a thousand times, the spoon gliding along the papaya’s flesh-orange core, a slush of black seeds plopping into the steel sink, that made it unbearable.
* An orange colour, like that of papaya flesh.
    papaya:

#### Synonyms

* pawpaw (Australia), common term for papaya, but strictly speaking this refers to a different tree/fruit.

#### Derived terms

* mountain papaya
* raw papaya
* yaya papaya

#### Translations

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#### See also

* papain

### Further reading

* papaya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpaja/ [paˈpa.ja]
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ya

### Noun

papáya (Basahan spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)
* papaya
    Synonym: tapayas

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpaʝa/, [paˈpa.ʝa]
* Hyphenation: pa‧pa‧ya

### Noun

papaya
* papaya

## Eastern Bontoc
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

### Noun

papaya
* papaya

## Karao
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia.

### Noun

papaya
* papaya

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* papayón, papayo

### Etymology

From Cariban/Lokono papáia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʝa/ [paˈpa.ʝa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈpaʃa/ [paˈpa.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈpaʒa/ [paˈpa.ʒa]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʝa
* Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ya

### Noun

papaya f (plural papayas)
* papaya (fruit)
    Synonyms: lechoza, (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Paraguay) lechosa, mamón
* (Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina (likely from the shape of the fruit when sliced in half lengthwise: see image)
* (Colombia, slang) opportunity

#### Usage notes

* Cubans typically call the papaya fruit fruta bomba instead, reserving the word papaya for its slang sense.

### Adjective

papaya m or f (masculine and feminine plural papayas)
* (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, slang) easy
    Synonym: fácil

#### Descendants

* > Chavacano: papaya (inherited)
* → English: papaya
* → English: pawpaw
* → Karao: papaya
* → Macedonian: папаја (papaja)
* → Russian: папайя (papajja)
* → Swahili: papai
* → Tagalog: papaya
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: papöya
* → Zacatepec Chatino: papàyā

### Further reading

* “papaya”, 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
* “papaya”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
* DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea

## Swedish
### Noun

papaya c
* papaya (fruit and tree)

#### Declension
### References

* papaya in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* papaya in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* papaya in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish papaya, from Lokono papáia. Compare Pangasinan apayas and Kapampangan kapaya.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /paˈpaja/ [pɐˈpaː.jɐ]
* Rhymes: -aja
* Syllabification: pa‧pa‧ya

### Noun

papaya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜌ)
* papaya

### Anagrams

* payapa

## Turkish
### Noun

papaya
* accusative singular of papa

## Western Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

papaya
* papaya.