Amharic አማርኛ am
አባት (Abat)
AH-baht
Use 'አባት' in most situations; 'አባ' is more casual.
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How to say
Dad
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Arabic العربية ar
أبي (ʾAbī)
ah-BEE
Use 'أبي' in formal or respectful contexts; 'بابا' is more casual.
Bangla বাংলা bn
বাবা (Bābā)
BAH-bah
Use 'বাবা' in most situations; 'পিতা' is formal.
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Catalan català ca
Pare
PAH-reh
Use 'Pare' in most situations; 'Papa' is more casual.
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Czech čeština cs
Táta
TAH-tah
Use 'Táta' in most situations; 'Otec' is formal; 'Tatínek' is affectionate.
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Danish dansk da
Far
Fahr
Use 'Far' in most situations.
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German Deutsch de
Papa
PAH-pah
Use 'Papa' in most situations, 'Vater' is formal.
Greek Ελληνικά el
Μπαμπάς
bahm-PAHS
Use 'Μπαμπάς' in everyday conversation; 'Πατέρας' is formal; 'Μπαμπάκι' is affectionate.
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Spanish Español es
Papá
pah-PAH
Use 'Papá' in most contexts, 'Padre' is more formal, and 'Papi' is affectionate.
Estonian eesti et
Isa
EE-sah
Use 'Isa' in most situations; 'Issi' is more casual.
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Basque Basque eu
Aita
AH-ee-tah
Use 'Aita' in most situations.
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Persian فارسی fa
بابا (Bābā)
BAH-bah
Use 'بابا' in everyday conversation; 'پدر' is formal; 'بابا جون' is affectionate.
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Finnish suomi fi
Isä
EE-sah
Use 'Isä' in most situations; 'Isi' is more casual.
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French Français fr
Papa
pa-PA
Use 'Papa' in everyday conversation, 'Père' is more formal.
Galician Galician gl
Pai
Pahy
Use 'Pai' in most situations; 'Papi' is affectionate.
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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu
પપ્પા (Pappā)
PAH-pah
Use 'પપ્પા' in most situations; 'પિતાજી' is formal.
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Hausa Hausa ha
Baba
BAH-bah
Use 'Baba' in most situations.
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Hebrew עברית he
אבא (Abba)
AH-bah
Use 'אבא' in most situations; 'אבא'לה' is affectionate.
Hindi हिन्दी hi
पापा (Pāpā)
PAH-pah
Use 'पापा' in most situations; 'पिताजी' is formal and respectful.
Hungarian magyar hu
Apa
AH-pah
Use 'Apa' in most situations; 'Apuka' is affectionate.
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Indonesian Indonesia id
Ayah
AH-yah
Use 'Ayah' in most situations; 'Papa' is more casual.
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Icelandic Icelandic is
Pabbi
PAH-bee
Use 'Pabbi' in most situations; 'Faðir' is formal.
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Italian Italiano it
Papà
pa-PAH
Use 'Papà' in most contexts, 'Padre' is formal, and 'Babbo' is more affectionate.
Japanese 日本語 ja
お父さん (Otōsan)
oh-TOH-sahn
Use 'Otōsan' in most situations; 'Otōsama' is very formal; 'Chichi' is more formal than 'Papa'.
Korean 한국어 ko
아빠 (Appa)
ah-PPAH
Use '아빠' in most situations; '아버지' is formal.
Lithuanian lietuvių lt
Tėtis
TEH-tis
Use 'Tėtis' in most situations; 'Tėvas' is formal.
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Latvian latviešu lv
Tētis
TEH-tis
Use 'Tētis' in most situations; 'Tēvs' is formal.
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Marathi मराठी mr
बाबा (Bābā)
BAH-bah
Use 'बाबा' in most situations; 'वडील' is formal.
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Malay Melayu ms
Ayah
AH-yah
Use 'Ayah' in most situations; 'Papa' is more casual.
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Dutch Nederlands nl
Papa
PAH-pah
Use 'Papa' in most situations, 'Vader' is formal.
Norwegian norsk no
Pappa
PAH-pah
Use 'Pappa' in most situations; 'Far' is more formal.
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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa
ਡੈਡੀ (Ḍaiḍī)
DAI-dee
Use 'ਡੈਡੀ' in most situations; 'ਪਿਤਾ ਜੀ' is formal and respectful.
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Polish polski pl
Tata
TAH-tah
Use 'Tata' in most situations; 'Ojciec' is formal; 'Tatuś' is affectionate.
Portuguese Português pt
Pai
Pahy
Use 'Pai' in most contexts; 'Paizinho' is a term of endearment.
Romanian română ro
Tată
TAH-tah
Use 'Tată' in most situations; 'Tati' is a term of endearment.
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Russian русский ru
Папа
PAH-pah
Use 'Папа' in most everyday situations; 'Отец' is formal; 'Папуля' is affectionate.
Swedish svenska sv
Pappa
PAH-pah
Use 'Pappa' in most situations; 'Farsan' is more informal.
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Swahili Kiswahili sw
Baba
BAH-bah
Use 'Baba' in most situations.
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Tamil தமிழ் ta
அப்பா (Appā)
ahp-PAH
Use 'அப்பா' in most situations; 'தந்தை' is formal.
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Telugu తెలుగు te
నాన్న (Nānna)
NAHN-nah
Use 'నాన్న' in most situations; 'తండ్రి' is formal.
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Thai ไทย th
พ่อ (Phɔ̂)
paw
Use 'พ่อ' in most situations; 'บิดา' is formal.
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Filipino Filipino tl
Tatay
TAH-tay
Use 'Tatay' in most situations; 'Ama' is formal; 'Papa' is more casual.
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Turkish Türkçe tr
Baba
BAH-bah
Use 'Baba' in most situations; 'Babacım' is affectionate.
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Ukrainian українська uk
Тато
TAH-toh
Use 'Тато' in everyday conversation; 'Батько' is formal; 'Татусь' is affectionate.
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Urdu اردو ur
ابا (Abā)
AH-bah
Use 'ابا' in most situations; 'والد' is formal; 'ابا جان' is affectionate.
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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi
Bố
BOH
Use 'Bố' in most situations; 'Cha' is formal; 'Ba' is affectionate.
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Yoruba Yoruba yo
Bàbá
BAH-bah
Use 'Bàbá' in most situations.
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Chinese 中文 zh
爸爸 (bàba)
BAH-bah (with tones)
Use '爸爸' in everyday conversation; '父亲' is formal.
zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue
爸爸 (bā-bā)
BAH-bah (with tones)
Use '爸爸' in everyday conversation; '父親' is formal.
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Zulu Zulu zu
Baba
BAH-bah
Use 'Baba' in most situations.
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