how to pronounce папа

/ˈpapə/

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папа is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of папа in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… своему отцу чикаго и сказал папа у меня …”

meanings of папа

noun:

Bread, especially white bread.
Dad, daddy.
Food.
Male socket.
Pope.

папа frequency in russian - A2 level of CEFR

the word папа occurs in russian on average 76.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.