papaguear
Portuguese, verb/pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/
papaguear is spelled P-A-P-A-G-U-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papaguear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to parrot (to repeat exactly without showing understanding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does papaguear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to parrot (to repeat exactly without showing understanding)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of papaguear
- papagueio first-person present singular
- papagueei first-person preterite singular
- papagueado participle past
- papagueares infinitive second-person singular
- papaguearmos first-person infinitive plural
- papagueardes infinitive plural second-person
- papaguearem infinitive plural third-person
- papagueando gerund
- papagueados masculine participle past
- papagueada feminine participle past
- papagueadas feminine participle past
- papagueias indicative present second-person
- papagueia indicative present singular
- papagueamos first-person indicative plural
- papagueais indicative plural present
- papagueiam indicative plural present
- papagueava first-person imperfect indicative
- papagueavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papaguear?
- Brazil /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.pa.ɡeˈa(h)]
- /pa.pa.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papaguear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papaguear in Portuguese?
papaguear appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).