FromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpopa/[ˈpo.pa]
• Rhymes:-opa
• Hyphenation:po‧pa

popa f (pluralpopes)

1. stern,poop

   Synonym:proba

Inherited fromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈpo.pə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈpo.pa]

popa f (pluralpopes)

1. stern,poop

   Antonym:proa

   • 2002,Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, inLa pell freda, La Campana,→ISBN:

     Feia trenta-tres dies que els dofins havien renunciat a la nostrapopa i dinou que la tripulació expel·lia núvols de baf per la boca.

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Inherited fromLatinpuppa, variant ofpūpa(“girl”).

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈpo.pə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈpo.pa]

popa f (pluralpopes)

1. (colloquial, Lleida)boob,titty

Borrowed fromRomanianpopa and/orRussianпоп(pop).

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic)[ˈpɔ.pə]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[ˈpo.pa]

1. (Eastern Orthodoxy)pope(any Russian Orthodox priest)

• “popa” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “popa”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
• “popa” inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

popa m (pluralpopys)

1. puffin

   Synonym:nath

• IPA^(key):/ˈpopa/
• Rhymes:-opa
• Syllabification:po‧pa

Inherited fromLatinupupa.

popa f (pluralpopas)

1. (Valverdeñu) ahoopoe, especially aEurasian hoopoe

   Synonyms:galu de campu(Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu),abubilla(Mañegu, Valverdeñu)

Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesepopa, fromVulgar Latin*puppa.

popa f (pluralpopas)

1. stern,poop

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN

• Homophones:popas,popât

popa

1. third-personsingular past historic ofpoper

FromOld Galician-Portuguesepopa, fromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpopa/[ˈpo.pɐ]
• Rhymes:-opa
• Hyphenation:po‧pa

popa f (pluralpopas)

1. stern,poop

   Antonym:proa

popa

1. fifty

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• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈpo.pa/,[ˈpɔpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈpo.pa/,[ˈpɔːpä]

popa m (genitivepopae);first declension

1. A priest'sassistant (at a sacrifice)

First-declension noun.

popa f (genitivepopae);first declension

1. A woman who sold animals for sacrifice

First-declension noun.

• → Portuguese:popa

• “popa”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “popa”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "popa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• popa inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “popa”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “popa”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

FromOld Occitanpopa, fromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpu.pɒ/

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popa f (pluralpopas)

1. (nautical)stern,poop

• proa

FromOld Galician-Portuguesepopa, fromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• Homophone:poupa
• Hyphenation:po‧pa

popa f (pluralpopas)

1. (nautical)stern,poop

   Antonym:proa

popa

1. definitenominative/accusativesingular ofpopă

Inherited fromOld Spanishpopa, fromVulgar Latin*puppa, fromLatinpuppis(“stern”), possibly with influence fromprora(“prow”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpopa/[ˈpo.pa]
• Rhymes:-opa
• Syllabification:po‧pa

popa f (pluralpopas)

1. stern(back of a boat or ship)

   Antonym:proa

• “popa”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10