different between tapas vs papas

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish tapas, plural of tapa, with original sense of “top”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?tæp.æs/, /?tæp.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?tæp.?s/, /?t??p.?s/

Noun

tapas (uncountable)

1. A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry.

Synonyms

• small plate, small plates (see small plates)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ??? (tap, “to heat”).

Noun

tapas (uncountable)

1. Various austere spiritual practices in Indian religions, such as asceticism and self-discipline.

Anagrams

• ataps, pasta, patas

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish tapas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?p?s/, [?t??p?s?]
• Rhymes: -?p?s
• Syllabification: ta?pas

Noun

tapas

1. An individual item of tapas; mostly used in plural.

   Mennään syömään tapaksia.

   Let's go and eat some tapas.

Declension

Anagrams

• Tapsa, pasta

French

Verb

tapas

1. second-person singular past historic of taper

Portuguese

Verb

tapas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of tapar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tapas/, [?t?a.pas]

Noun

tapas f pl

1. plural of tapa
2. (Argentina) Dough for making empanadas (pastries).

Verb

tapas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of tapar.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

tapas

1. act of cutting or lopping evenly the top, as of a tree
2. act or manner of cutting off the husk of a coconut fruit with a sharp bolo; dehusking of coconut

Synonyms

• (cutting the top): palas, pagpalas
• (dehusking of coconut): pagtapas, pagtatapas

Adjective

tapás

1. lopped or cut off evenly

Synonyms

• palas

Etymology 2

Noun

tapás

1. typical river fish

English

Noun

papas

1. plural of papa

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa?pas

Noun

papas

1. an eraser
2. a chalkboard eraser
3. an erasure

Verb

papas

1. to erase

French

Noun

papas m pl

1. plural of papa

Anagrams

• appas

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese papas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papa?s/

Noun

papas f pl

1. pap; porridge

Derived terms

• papas de avea

Related terms

• papar

References

• “papas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “papas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “papas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “papas” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “papas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (pappos).

Noun

papas m (genitive singular papais, nominative plural papais)

1. (botany) pappus

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "papas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “papas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Latin

Verb

pap?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of pap?

References

• papas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• papas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• papas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

papas m

1. plural of papa

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?papas/, [?pa.pas]

Noun

papas f pl

1. plural of papa

Tagalog

Adjective

papás

1. unroofed; blown off (of the roof)

Derived terms

• papasin