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papo

Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.pu/

papo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of papar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dilatação existente no esôfago da maioria das aves”.

What does papo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecrop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some animals)

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculinestomach

  3. 3

    masculinegoitre (enlarged neck)

  4. 4

    Brazilinformalmasculinechat (informal conversation)

  5. 5

    Brazilinformalmasculineclipping of papo furado (“lip service, nonsense”)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of papar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. dilatação existente no esôfago da maioria das aves 2. estômago 3. conversa 4. fala ou afirmação que faz-se frente a uma demanda, argumentação, pedido, reclamação, que tem como objetivo fazer o interlocutor queixoso cessar, mas que não se tem real intenção, disposição, desejo ou iniciativa de realizar conformemente

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 papo

  • papos plural
  • papinho diminutive
  • papozinho diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce papo?

  • Brazil /ˈpa.pu/
  • Portugal /ˈpa.pu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to papo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is papo in Portuguese?

papo appears 31 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).