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papi

American  

[pah-pee, pa-pee] / ˈpɑ pi, ˈpæ pi /

noun

Spanish.

• papis
  plural

1. father, dad.

2. (used as a familiar term to address a man, similar to English terms such as dude or bro).

3. a male partner, boyfriend, or lover.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• papis
  plural

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papi papis

For me, it was another thing we had to do — I was like, “Ugh, we have to sit under the sun and watch my papi play.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

"I'm not going to make you wait, papi," his barber replied.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2020

“Champagne papi, I’m waiting for you,” she said.

From Fox News ● Sep. 12, 2019

I found Nancy’s situation enviable: a hands-off papi, a doting housekeeper, a boyfriend who disappeared when you didn’t need him, a little roadster, no mami telling her what she could and couldn’t do.

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019

I don’t know if my papi is cold or hot or hungry or scared right now.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

“At least to party. To say thank you to all these papis, mamis, uncles that really helped get us out of this mess.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021