poppa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒpə/

poppa (plural poppas)

1. (US, colloquial, sometimes childish) father, papa.

• PPPoA

IPA^(key): /ˈpopːɑ/

poppa (comparative popempi, superlative popin)

1. (childish) hot

poppa

1. (childish) fire, hot thing

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɔhpa/
• Rhymes: -ɔhpa

poppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative poppaði, supine poppað)

1. (intransitive) to make popcorn

   Eigum við að poppa?

   Should we make popcorn?

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to pop popcorn or the maize kernel
   • Icelandic Web of Science: Er virkilega hægt að poppa maísbaun með því að láta farsíma hringja umhverfis baunina, eins og sýnt er á myndböndum á Netinu? (“Can you really pop a maize kernel by surrounding it with ringing mobiles like shown on Internet videos?”)

     Er virkilega hægt að poppa maísbaun með því að láta farsíma hringja umhverfis baunina, eins og sýnt er á myndböndum á Netinu?

     Can you really pop a maize kernel by surrounding it with ringing mobiles like shown on Internet videos?

From Vulgar Latin puppa (“breast, teat, nipple, boob”), from Latin puppa, variant of pupa (“girl; doll”). Doublet of pupa.

poppa f (plural poppe)

1. (informal) breast, boob

• (breast, boob): tetta

• poppare

From Latin puppis, through a Vulgar Latin *puppa.

poppa f (plural poppe)

1. (nautical) stern

• (stern): prua

poppa

1. third-person singular present indicative of poppare
2. second-person singular imperative of poppare

• pappo, pappò