paperas
Spanish, noun/paˈpeɾas/
paperas is spelled P-A-P-E-R-A-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paperas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mumps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine plural of papero. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escrófulas”.
What does paperas mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemumps
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine plural of papero
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escrófulas.
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 paperas?
- /paˈpeɾas/
- [paˈpe.ɾas]
- [paˈpeɾas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paperas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paperas in Spanish?
paperas appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).