papear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.peˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.peˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pa.peˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [pa.peˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.peˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈpja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧pe‧ar

Verb

papear (first-person singular present papeio, first-person singular preterite papeei, past participle papeado)

1. to chat, to chatter, to babble

   Synonym: bater papo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of papear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	papear
Personal	papear	papeares	papear	papearmos	papeardes	papearem
Gerund
	papeando
Past participle
Masculine	papeado			papeados
Feminine	papeada			papeadas
Indicative
Present	papeio	papeias	papeia	papeamos	papeais	papeiam
Imperfect	papeava	papeavas	papeava	papeávamos	papeáveis	papeavam
Preterite	papeei	papeaste	papeou	papeamos1, papeámos2	papeastes	papearam
Pluperfect	papeara	papearas	papeara	papeáramos	papeáreis	papearam
Future	papearei	papearás	papeará	papearemos	papeareis	papearão
Conditional	papearia	papearias	papearia	papearíamos	papearíeis	papeariam
Subjunctive
Present	papeie	papeies	papeie	papeemos	papeeis	papeiem
Imperfect	papeasse	papeasses	papeasse	papeássemos	papeásseis	papeassem
Future	papear	papeares	papear	papearmos	papeardes	papearem
Imperative
Affirmative		papeia	papeie	papeemos	papeai	papeiem
Negative (não)		não papeies	não papeie	não papeemos	não papeeis	não papeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: papia
• Kabuverdianu: papia
• Kristang: papia
• Macanese: papiâ
• Papiamentu: papia

Further reading

• “papear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “papear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “papear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papeˈaɾ/ [pa.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧pe‧ar

Verb

papear (first-person singular present papeo, first-person singular preterite papeé, past participle papeado)

1. (transitive, Internet slang) to humiliate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of papear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			papear
gerund			papeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		papeado		papeada
		plural		papeados		papeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	papeo	papeastú papeásvos	papea	papeamos	papeáis	papean
	imperfect	papeaba	papeabas	papeaba	papeábamos	papeabais	papeaban
	preterite	papeé	papeaste	papeó	papeamos	papeasteis	papearon
	future	papearé	papearás	papeará	papearemos	papearéis	papearán
	conditional	papearía	papearías	papearía	papearíamos	papearíais	papearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	papee	papeestú papeésvos2	papee	papeemos	papeéis	papeen
	imperfect (ra)	papeara	papearas	papeara	papeáramos	papearais	papearan
	imperfect (se)	papease	papeases	papease	papeásemos	papeaseis	papeasen
	future1	papeare	papeares	papeare	papeáremos	papeareis	papearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		papeatú papeávos	papee	papeemos	papead	papeen
	negative		no papees	no papee	no papeemos	no papeéis	no papeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of papear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive papear	dative	papearme	papearte	papearle, papearse	papearnos	papearos	papearles, papearse
	accusative	papearme	papearte	papearlo, papearla, papearse	papearnos	papearos	papearlos, papearlas, papearse
with gerund papeando	dative	papeándome	papeándote	papeándole, papeándose	papeándonos	papeándoos	papeándoles, papeándose
	accusative	papeándome	papeándote	papeándolo, papeándola, papeándose	papeándonos	papeándoos	papeándolos, papeándolas, papeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative papea	dative	papéame	papéate	papéale	papéanos	not used	papéales
	accusative	papéame	papéate	papéalo, papéala	papéanos	not used	papéalos, papéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative papeá	dative	papeame	papeate	papeale	papeanos	not used	papeales
	accusative	papeame	papeate	papealo, papeala	papeanos	not used	papealos, papealas
with formal second-person singular imperative papee	dative	papéeme	not used	papéele, papéese	papéenos	not used	papéeles
	accusative	papéeme	not used	papéelo, papéela, papéese	papéenos	not used	papéelos, papéelas
with first-person plural imperative papeemos	dative	not used	papeémoste	papeémosle	papeémonos	papeémoos	papeémosles
	accusative	not used	papeémoste	papeémoslo, papeémosla	papeémonos	papeémoos	papeémoslos, papeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative papead	dative	papeadme	not used	papeadle	papeadnos	papeaos	papeadles
	accusative	papeadme	not used	papeadlo, papeadla	papeadnos	papeaos	papeadlos, papeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative papeen	dative	papéenme	not used	papéenle	papéennos	not used	papéenles, papéense
	accusative	papéenme	not used	papéenlo, papéenla	papéennos	not used	papéenlos, papéenlas, papéense

Derived terms

• papeada

 

Further reading

• “papear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10