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masculine

/ˈpapi/

#1217 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

daddy

Word origin

An affectionate diminutive of papa ('dad'), itself a nursery word built on the repeated 'pa' syllable that infants produce early. The same nursery root gives English papa.

Origin: Spanish
Root: papa
English cognates: papa

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralpapis

Examples

¡, !

Daddy, look what I have done!

Her daddy takes her to school every morning.

Daddy promised to play with me on Saturday.

, ningún .

Daddy, I cannot find my shoes anywhere.

The baby calls for daddy every time he hears a noise.

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This word is part of lesson 25.