papear
Spanish, verb/papeˈaɾ/
papear is spelled P-A-P-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papear is a Spanish verb meaning “to eat, especially small portions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comer”.
What does papear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Spaincolloquialslangto eat, especially small portions
- 2
to talk nonsense, to stammer, to stutter
verb
- 1
to humiliate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comer
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 papear
- papeo first-person present singular
- papeé first-person preterite singular
- papeado participle past
- papeando gerund
- papeada feminine participle past
- papeados masculine participle past
- papeadas feminine participle past
- papeas indicative informal present
- papeás indicative informal present
- papea indicative present singular
- papeamos first-person indicative plural
- papeáis indicative plural present
- papean indicative plural present
- papeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- papeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- papeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- papeabais imperfect indicative plural
- papeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papear?
- /papeˈaɾ/
- [pa.peˈaɾ]
- [papeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papear in Spanish?
papear appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).