how to pronounce папаша

/pɐˈpaʂə/

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папаша is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… от папаша очень боялся ехать знакомиться …”

meanings of папаша

noun:

Familiar term of address for an (elderly) man.
Same as (папа) dad.

папаша frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word папаша occurs in russian on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.