babá

== Ladino == === Etymology === Borrowed from Turkish baba. === Noun === babá m papa == Macanese == === Etymology === Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Most likely unrelated to Cantonese 爸爸 (baa4 baa1, “dad”). === Noun === babá boy Coordinate term: atâi (“Chinese boy”) young boy ==== Derived terms ==== === References === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#b == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === bá === Etymology === Child speech. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -a Homophone: babar (Brazil) Hyphenation: ba‧bá === Noun === babá f (plural babás) (Brazil) nanny; babysitter (child’s nurse) Synonyms: ama-seca, baby-sitter === Further reading === “babá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “babá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026