papa
Portuguese, noun
papa is spelled P-A-P-A (4 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of papar. With an accent, papá is a different word: “dad; daddy; father”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “supremo líder da Igreja Católica, chefe de estado do Vaticano, bispo de Roma, sucessor do apóstolo Pedro”.
What does papa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepope
noun
- 1
femininepap (food in the form of a soft paste)
- 2
femininebaby food (soft food designed for babies)
- 3
feminineinformalany type of food
- 4
femininesomething with a pasty consistency
noun
- 1
femininepotato
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinedad; daddy; father
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculinefood, meal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. supremo líder da Igreja Católica, chefe de estado do Vaticano, bispo de Roma, sucessor do apóstolo Pedro 2. líder supremo de uma Igreja 3. ás, especialista em uma determinada área da arte ou do conhecimento 4. mingau
noun: 1. comida 2. alimento preparado cozido que resultou em ficar empapado sob a forma de uma espécie de massa mole
noun: 1. pai
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of papa
- papas plural
- papisa feminine
- papisas feminine plural
- papás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to papa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papa in Portuguese?
papa appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).