el
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!
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Her daddy takes her to school every morning.
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Daddy promised to play with me on Saturday.
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Daddy, I cannot find my shoes anywhere.
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The baby calls for daddy every time he hears a noise.
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