papel

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papel m (plural papels)

1. paper

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “papel”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Spanish papel (“paper”).

papél

1. paper
2. role; responsibility

Borrowed from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papyrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

papel m (plural papeles)

1. paper
2. role, part

Borrowed from Spanish papel (“paper”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈpel/

papel (plural papeles)

1. paper
2. role

   Ano an papel mo sa buhay ko? ― What is your role in my life?

3. document

Borrowed from Spanish papel, from Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

• Hyphenation: pa‧pel
• IPA^(key): /paˈpel/, [pʌˈpil̪]

papél

1. paper;
2. role
3. (rock paper scissors) an open hand (handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors

papél

1. to play a role
2. to act as if one has a role to play
3. to insert oneself in a situation one has no authority or direct involvement

papél

1. (of a structure or material) soft and or weak, as if made of paper

• papeles

From Spanish papel.

papel

1. paper

• papeleta

From Old Portuguese papel, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).

papel m (plural papeis)

1. paper (material)
2. sheet of paper
3. document
4. foil, thin metal for wrapping
5. role, part

Borrowed from Spanish papel (“paper”).

papel

1. paper (material)

From Old Portuguese papel, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papiro (“papyrus”) and pavio.

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: pa‧pel

papel m (plural papéis)

1. paper (material)

   folha de papel ― sheet of paper

2. (by extension) (written) document

   Synonym: documento

3. (by extension) cash (especially bills)

   Synonym: notas

4. (theater, film) role, part

   Apesar de desempenhar vários papéis memoráveis, jamais recebeu um prêmio. ― Despite having played many memorable roles, he/she never won an award.

   Synonyms: parte, personagem

5. (by extension) function, role

   No papel de pai e de marido, fracassou miseravelmente. ― In the role of father and husband he failed miserably.

   Synonym: função

6. (in the plural) papers; documents

• (augmentative) papelão

• papel on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

From Old Spanish, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papiro and pabilo.

• IPA^(key): /paˈpel/ [paˈpel]

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• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: pa‧pel

papel m (plural papeles)

1. paper

   Hyponyms: papel aluminio, papel carbón, papel de calco, papel de China, papel de fumar, papel de lija, papel de plata, papel de tornasol, papel gráfico, papel higiénico, papel maché, papel moneda, papel picado, papel pintado, papel tapiz, papel de seda, (Spain, Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico) papel encerado, (South America except Colombia and Ecuador) papel manteca, (Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador) papel de cera

2. role

   Synonym: rol

(diminutive papelillo or papelito)

• papiro m

• → Cahuilla: pepeel
• → Maquiritari: jajeda
• → Tanimuca-Retuarã: ᵽaᵽera
• → Turkish: papel

• “papel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

papel c

1. a papule (smaller than 0.5 cm)

• papel in Svensk ordbok.

Borrowed from Spanish papel (“paper”), from Old Spanish, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papiro and pabilo.

• Hyphenation: pa‧pel
• IPA^(key): /paˈpel/, [pɐˈpel]

papél (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜉᜒᜎ᜔)

1. paper
2. role

   Synonym: tungkulin

   Ano ang papel mo sa lipunan? ― What is your role in society?

• “papel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

From Spanish papel (“paper”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈpel/

papel

1. paper
2. role

   Ano an imong papel ha akong kinabuhi? ― What is your role in my life?

3. document

   papeles ― documents

Borrowed from Spanish papel (“paper”).

papél

1. papel