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papanatas

Spanish, noun/ˌpapaˈnatas/

papanatas is spelled P-A-P-A-N-A-T-A-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papanatas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “gullible person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apodo dado a la persona majadera”.

What does papanatas mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinegullible person

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Apodo dado a la persona majadera. 2. Hombre simple y crédulo o demasiado cándido y fácil de engañar.

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.

How do you pronounce papanatas?

  • /ˌpapaˈnatas/
  • [ˌpa.paˈna.t̪as]
  • [papaˈnat̪as]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to papanatas

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is papanatas in Spanish?

papanatas appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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