paparicar
Portuguese, verb/pa.pa.ɾiˈka(ʁ)/
paparicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pamper (to treat with excessive care)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encher de paparicos; mimar”.
What does paparicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pamper (to treat with excessive care)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. encher de paparicos; mimar 2. comer aos poucos
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 paparicar
- paparico first-person present singular
- papariquei first-person preterite singular
- paparicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- paparicares infinitive second-person singular
- paparicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- paparicardes infinitive plural second-person
- paparicarem infinitive plural third-person
- paparicando gerund
- paparicados masculine participle past
- paparicada feminine participle past
- paparicadas feminine participle past
- paparicas indicative present second-person
- paparica indicative present singular
- paparicamos first-person indicative plural
- paparicais indicative plural present
- paparicam indicative plural present
- paparicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paparicar?
- Brazil /pa.pa.ɾiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.pa.ɾiˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paparicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paparicar in Portuguese?
paparicar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).