παπάρα

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish papara, from Proto-Slavic *popariam (“scald”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈpaɾa/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧πά‧ρα

Noun

παπάρα • (papára) f (plural παπάρες)

  1. dunking bread, dunked bread (bread which is for or has been put into liquid food such as oil, salad, etc)
    Βουτώ την παπάρα σε λάδι. ― Voutó tin papára se ládi. ― I dunk bread into oil.
  2. (colloquial, figuratively, in the plural παπάρες) crap, rubbish, nonsense (anything meaningless)
    Ο γέρος όλο κάθεται και λέει παπάρες. ― O géros ólo káthetai kai léei papáres. ― The old man just sits and talks nonsense all the time.

Declension

Synonyms

  • παπάρας m (papáras, “idiot, moron”)
  • παπάρι n (papári, “bollock, ball”) (vulgar)
  • παπαριά f (papariá, “nonsense, lies”)

Noun 2

παπάρα • (papára) m

  1. Genitive singular form of παπάρας (papáras).
  2. Accusative singular form of παπάρας (papáras).
  3. Vocative singular form of παπάρας (papáras).
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