apá

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔapá/, [ʔapá̤]

Verb

apá (passive apaɗá)

1. to unfold
2. to stretch, spread

Spanish

Etymology

Aphetic form of papá (“dad”).

Noun

apá m (plural apás)

1. (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile) Aphetic form of papá (“dad”)

Further reading

• “apá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “apá” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010