papai
Portuguese, noun/paˈpaj/
papai is spelled P-A-P-A-I (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,317th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papai is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dad, papa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person plural imperative of papar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pai”.
What does papai mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinedad, papa
verb
- 1
second-person plural imperative of papar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
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 papai
- papais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papai?
- Brazil /paˈpaj/
- Brazil [paˈpaɪ̯]
- Portugal /pɐˈpaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papai in Portuguese?
papai appears 26 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).