papá

/paˈpa/ · A1 · noun · m

dad

papá — dad

👨 papá = papa with the stress kicked to the end: pa-PA

Same baby-talk root as English papa, via French papa. The accent mark matters: papá (pa-PA) is dad, while papa (PA-pa) is potato or the Pope. Plural papás can mean parents.

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