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)
- 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.
- (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
- (nonsense, crap): χαζομάρες f pl (chazomáres), βλακείες f pl (vlakeíes), κουταμάρες f pl (koutamáres), σαχλαμάρες f pl (sachlamáres)
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