papear

Portuguese

Etymology

From papo (chat) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈpjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈpja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧ar

Verb

papear (first-person singular present papeio, first-person singular preterite papeei, past participle papeado)

  1. to chat, to chatter, to babble
    Synonym: bater papo

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: papia
  • Kabuverdianu: papia
  • Kristang: papia
  • Macanese: papiâ
  • Papiamentu: papia

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /papeˈaɾ/ [pa.peˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ar

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

papear (first-person singular present papeo, first-person singular preterite papeé, past participle papeado) (intransitive)

  1. (Spain, vulgar, slang) to eat
    Synonym: comer
  2. to talk nonsense, to stammer, to stutter

Etymology 2

From papá +‎ ear.

Verb

papear (first-person singular present papeo, first-person singular preterite papeé, past participle papeado)

  1. (transitive, Internet slang, neologism) to humiliate
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading