# papar
## Basque
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /papar/ [pa.par]
* Rhymes: -apar, -ar
* Hyphenation: pa‧par

### Noun

papar inan
* chest, bosom
    Synonym: torax

#### Derived terms

* papar-hegal (“lapel”)
* papargorri (“robin”)

### Further reading

* “papar”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “papar”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pappāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [paˈpaɾ]

### Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papí, past participle papat)
* (transitive) to swallow, to gulp down
* (figurative) to see
    Synonyms: veure, observar
    no hi papo ― I don't get it

#### Derived terms

* pap
* papamosques
* papaorelles

### Further reading

* “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.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpaɾ/

### Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papei, past participle papado)
* (informal) to eat; to devour
* (figurative) to take away; to snatch

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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, 2012–2025
* 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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpapar]
* Hyphenation: pa‧par

### Adjective

papar
* flat (of tooth)
    Synonym: rata
* flat (of nose)
    Synonym: pesek
    Antonym: mancung

### Noun

papar (plural papar-papar)
* 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

#### Related terms

* popor

### Verb

papar
* to expose

### Derived terms

* dipapar
* dipaparkan
* memapar
* memaparkan
* mempaparkan
* paparan
* pemaparan
* terpapar

### Further reading

* “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.

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /papar/
* Rhymes: -apar, -par, -ar

### Adjective

papar (Jawi spelling ڤاڤر)
* flat (of a surface)
    Synonyms: rata, pepat, papak
    Antonym: runcing
    Tanah papar ― Flat land

#### Derived terms

* dipaparkan
* kepaparan
* memaparkan
* terpapar

### Verb

papar (Jawi spelling ڤاڤر)
* to display (computers etc.)
    Papar harga ― Display the price
* to show, to present
    Synonyms: pamer, bentang
    Memapar projek ― To present a project
* (obsolete) to conscript someone into the army

#### Derived terms

* dipaparkan
* memaparkan
* paparan
* terpapar

### Descendants

* Indonesian: papar

### Further reading

* “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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese papar, from Latin pappāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈpa(ʁ)/ [paˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈpa(ʁ)/ [paˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paˈpa(ʁ)/ [paˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈpa.ɾi/
* Homophone: papá (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: pa‧par

### Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papei, past participle papado)
* (transitive, intransitive, colloquial, usually childish) to eat
    Synonym: comer
* (transitive, colloquial) to get, to obtain
* (transitive, colloquial) to steal
* (transitive, colloquial) to defeat, to win
* (transitive, colloquial) to walk
* (transitive, colloquial) to believe
* (transitive, vulgar) to have sex with

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* papa-anjo
* papa-chibé
* papar moscas
* paparicar

### Further reading

* “papar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “papar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pâpar/
* Hyphenation: pa‧par

### Noun

pȁpar m (Cyrillic spelling па̏пар)
* (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)

#### Derived terms

* paprac
* pȁpren
* pàprika

#### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈpaɾ/ [paˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧par

### Verb

papar (first-person singular present papo, first-person singular preterite papé, past participle papado)
* to slurp, gulp
* (colloquial) to munch, chow down

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* papamoscas
* papanatas

#### Related terms

* papa
* papeo
* papear

### Further reading

* “papar”, 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