apa
Spanish, noun
apa is spelled A-P-A (3 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apa is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “only used in al apa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, apá is a different word: “apheretic form of papá (“dad”)”.
What does apa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineonly used in al apa
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculineapheretic form of papá (“dad”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Papá, padre
interjection: 1. Variante de epa (expresión de extrañeza).
abbreviation: 1. Siglás de la "American Psychological Association" (Asociación Estadounidense de Psicología), es una organización científica y profesional de psicólogos de EE. UU. Fundada en julio de 1892 en la Universidad de Clark, su primer presidente fue Granville Stanley Hall.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of apa
- apas plural
- apás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is apa in Spanish?
apa appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).