Noun: papel
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | papel |
| Plural m | papéis |
Sample Sentences
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folha de papel (sheet of paper)
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Apesar de desempenhar vários papéis memoráveis, jamais recebeu um prêmio. (Despite having played many memorable roles, he/she never won an award.)
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No papel de pai e de marido, fracassou miseravelmente. (In the role of father and husband he failed miserably.)
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Jingle bell, jingle bell / Acabou o papel / Não faz mal, não faz mal / Limpa com jornal (Jingle bell, jingle bell / We are out of (toilet) paper / It's ok, it's ok / Wipe it with the newspaper) [1996, Danilo Carvalho, Paulinho, “Infeliz Natal” (1:46 from the start), in Cesta Básica, performed by Raimundos, Brasília: WEA Music:]
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Este projeto até hoje não saiu do papel. (To this day, this project has never been implemented. (lit.: left the paper))
Nouns inflected like papel
xairel,
decibel,
plantel,
broquel,
hidromel,
quartel,
carrossel,
coquetel,
capitel,
canistel,
apart-hotel,
carretel,
aerogel,
artel,
gazel,
motel,
batel,
hotel,
tonel,
papel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese papel, borrowed from Old Catalan paper, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin papȳrus, borrowed from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of pavio and papiro.
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