# polpa
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin pulpa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpolpa/
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Syllabification: pol‧pa

### Noun

polpa f (plural polpas)
* pulp

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “polpa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpol.pə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpol.pa]
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Hyphenation: pol‧pa

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pulpa.

#### Alternative forms

* popa (Balearic)

#### Noun

polpa f (plural polpes)
* pulp, flesh, pith

##### Derived terms

* polpar
* polpeta
* polpís
* polpós

#### Further reading

* “polpa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

polpa
* inflection of polpar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pulpa. Cognate with Portuguese polpa and Spanish pulpa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpolpa/ [ˈpol.pɐ]
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Hyphenation: pol‧pa

### Noun

polpa f (plural polpas)
* pulp, flesh
    Synonym: carne
* generic name for any fleshy parts of the body: calves, fingertips, hand eminences, etc.
    Synonym: papo
* soft part of the hoof of an animal

#### Derived terms

* polpizo
* polpullo

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “polpa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “polpa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “polpa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin pulpa, from Old Latin *pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Unrelated to polpo (“octopus”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpol.pa/
* Rhymes: -olpa
* Hyphenation: pól‧pa

### Noun

polpa f (plural polpe)
* pulp (of fruit)
* flesh

#### Derived terms

* impolpare

#### Related terms

* polpetta
* polposo

### Further reading

* polpa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* lappo, lappò, loppa, palpo, palpò

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese polpa in the meaning of "flesh".

### Noun

polpa
* (vulgar) butt, buttocks
* (vulgar) bottom, bum
* (vulgar) ass

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese polpa, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin *pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpow.pɐ/ [ˈpoʊ̯.pɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpow.pɐ/ [ˈpoʊ̯.pɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpow.pa/ [ˈpoʊ̯.pa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpol.pɐ/ [ˈpoɫ.pɐ]
* Homophone: poupa (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: pol‧pa

### Noun

polpa f (plural polpas)
* pulp; flesh (edible part of fruit/vegetable)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:polpa.

#### Related terms

* polposo