"dad" in seven languages
Meaningdad
Spanish
papá
/paˈpa/
masc.other source · nursery word; the end-stress follows French papa
French
papa
/papa/
masc.other source · nursery word
Italian
papà
/paˈpa/
masc.other source · French papa (Tuscany says babbo)
Portuguese
papai
/paˈpaj/
masc.other source · nursery word
In Portugal papá.
Romanian
tati
/ˈtati/
masc.other source · nursery word, from tată
Catalan
papa
/ˈpapə/
masc.other source · nursery word
English
dad
/dæd/
native English · nursery word
English → ItaliandadpapàNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh.What English and Italian share
The story
Italian papà came from French; Tuscans still say babbo. Mind the stress: Italian il papa and Spanish el papa are the pope, and in Latin America la papa is a potato.
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In a sentence
- esPapá está cocinando.
- frPapa fait la cuisine.
- itPapà sta cucinando.
- ptPapai está cozinhando.
- roTati gătește.
- caEl papa està cuinant.
- enDad is cooking.