papear
Portuguese, verb/pa.piˈa(ʁ)/
papear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to chat, to chatter, to babble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conversar, bater papo com”.
What does papear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chat, to chatter, to babble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. conversar, bater papo com 2. falar muito, tagarelar, falar por falar 3. cantar as aves, trinar 4. cochichar, falar em voz muito baixa
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 papear
- papeio first-person present singular
- papeei first-person preterite singular
- papeado participle past
- papeares infinitive second-person singular
- papearmos first-person infinitive plural
- papeardes infinitive plural second-person
- papearem infinitive plural third-person
- papeando gerund
- papeados masculine participle past
- papeada feminine participle past
- papeadas feminine participle past
- papeias indicative present second-person
- papeia indicative present singular
- papeamos first-person indicative plural
- papeais indicative plural present
- papeiam indicative plural present
- papeava first-person imperfect indicative
- papeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce papear?
- Brazil /pa.piˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pa.piˈa(h)]
- Brazil /paˈpja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to papear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is papear in Portuguese?
papear appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).