# popa
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pa]
* Rhymes: -opa
* Hyphenation: po‧pa

### Noun

popa f (plural popes)
* stern, poop
    Synonym: proba

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]

#### Noun

popa f (plural popes)
* stern, poop
    Antonym: proa
** 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Feia trenta-tres dies que els dofins havien renunciat a la nostra popa i dinou que la tripulació expel·lia núvols de baf per la boca.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Derived terms

* anar en popa
* anar vent en popa
* de popa a proa
* empopar
* poper

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin puppa, variant of pūpa (“girl”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]

#### Noun

popa f (plural popes)
* (colloquial, Lleida) boob, titty

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Romanian popa and/or Russian поп (pop).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɔ.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpo.pa]
* (Eastern Orthodoxy) pope (any Russian Orthodox priest)

### References

* “popa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “popa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “popa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cornish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

popa m (plural popys)
* puffin
    Synonym: nath

### Mutation
## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpopa/
* Rhymes: -opa
* Syllabification: po‧pa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin upupa.

#### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* (Valverdeñu) a hoopoe, especially a Eurasian hoopoe
    Synonyms: galu de campu (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu), abubilla (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa.

#### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* stern, poop

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: popas, popât

### Verb

popa
* third-person singular past historic of poper

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pɐ]
* Rhymes: -opa
* Hyphenation: po‧pa

### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* stern, poop
    Antonym: proa

## Guaraní
### Numeral

popa
* fifty

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpo.pa/, [ˈpɔpä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpo.pa/, [ˈpɔːpä]

### Noun

popa m (genitive popae); first declension
* A priest's assistant (at a sacrifice)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### Noun

popa f (genitive popae); first declension
* A woman who sold animals for sacrifice

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: popa

### References

* “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “popa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "popa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* popa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “popa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “popa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpu.pɒ/
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### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* (nautical) stern, poop

#### Antonyms

* proa

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.pɐ/
* Homophone: poupa
* Hyphenation: po‧pa

### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* (nautical) stern, poop
    Antonym: proa

## Romanian
### Noun

popa
* definite nominative/accusative singular of popă

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpopa/ [ˈpo.pa]
* Rhymes: -opa
* Syllabification: po‧pa

### Noun

popa f (plural popas)
* stern (back of a boat or ship)
    Antonym: proa

#### Derived terms

* a popa
* de popa a proa
* viento en popa

### Further reading

* “popa”, 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