papagal
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek παπαγάλος (papagálos), from Italian pappagallo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.paˈɡal/
Noun
papagal m (plural papagali)
- parrot (bird)
- (popular and metaphorical) parrot (person who repeats)
- (informal) mouth; gob, cakehole, trap
- kind of pliers (gripping tool)
- (slang) sucker (a person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | papagal | papagalul | papagali | papagalii | |
| genitive-dative | papagal | papagalului | papagali | papagalilor | |
| vocative | papagalule | papagalilor | |||
Derived terms
- a avea papagal
- boala papagalilor
- papagal-de-brazi
- papagal-țigănesc
- papagalicesc
- papagalicește
- papagalici
- papagalism
- papagaliță
- papagaliza
See also
References
- “papagal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026