"papi" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpapi/, [ˈpa.pi] Forms: papis [plural]
Rhymes: -api Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French papa French papabor. Spanish papáder. Spanish papi Derived from papá (“dad”), possibly with a hypocoristic suffix -i or a direct clipping from the diminutive papito (“daddy”). Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:der|papá<t:dad>|nodot=1|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle French papa French papabor. Spanish papáder. Spanish papi [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "dad", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "papa", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "papa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "papá", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "papi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="papi"> Derived from papá (“dad”), {{af|es|-i}} -i, {{clip|es|papito||daddy|notext=1}} papito (“daddy”), {{ety|es|:der|papá<t:dad>|nodot=1|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle French papa French papabor. Spanish papáder. Spanish papi Derived from papá (“dad”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} papi m (plural papis)
  1. (childish, endearing, informal) daddy Tags: childish, endearing, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-papi-es-noun-Vp19wWEb
  2. (colloquial) daddy, baby (male friend or sexual partner) Tags: colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-papi-es-noun-3RAipd7S Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms of address, Spanish terms suffixed with -i, Family members Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 8 82 10 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 8 82 10 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 8 84 9 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Spanish terms of address: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -i: 12 75 13 Disambiguation of Family members: 9 80 11
  3. (colloquial, by extension) bro, dude, dawg Tags: broadly, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-papi-es-noun-JL1Efsy8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: papi chulo Related terms: papá, papito

Inflected forms

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    }
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}

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