opa

Abbreviation of English Okpamheri.

opa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Okpamheri.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Okpamheri terms

Borrowed from German Opa.

opa (plural opas)

1. (among people of German-speaking ancestry) Grandfather, grandpa.

   Coordinate term: oma

   • 2012 July 13, Clare Hansen, “Family life”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 June 2015:

     We love to eat: Opa's apple cake […] My opa (grandfather) had a long and beautifully kept allotment in the north German town of Flensburg.

   • 2016 September 20, Jim Carnett, “Pondering the eternal with my grandson”, in Daily Pilot‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 September 2025:

     I intuited that somehow I’d always been, yet, clearly, there was time — a considerable time — when I was not. So, where was I? I didn’t have an opa to ask.

   • 2020, Alexander Starritt, We Germans‎^[3], London: John Murray (Publishers), →ISBN:

     That story of him playing football on his crutches I’ve heard from at least four people: my grandparents, my mum and one of the other boys, who’s since become a mildly creepy evangelical Christian. He retold it to me at my opa’s funeral, about half a century after the game. It’s true that I asked my opa some less than tactful questions on that visit. […] My opa had actually started writing a memoir once before, soon after my oma died.

   • 2020 September 1, Deb Amlen, “Sales Spiel in 60 Seconds or Less”, in The New York Times‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 September 2020:

     My children have an oma and an OPA, so I knew that I could put in the O and the A.

   • 2022 September 14, Jessica Grose, “What School Anxiety Dreams Teach Us About Ourselves”, in The New York Times‎^[5], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 September 2022:

     My opa grew up poor in Vienna and then got a scholarship to a prestigious Jewish high school.

opa

1. hoot owl, barred owl The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl, is a North American large species of owl. ^[1]

Barred owl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Dutch opa.

opa

1. grandfather, grandpa

   Opa su mati di Ambong.

   Grandpa died in Ambon.

• oma (“grandmother, grandma”)
• nene (“grandmother, grandma”)

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[6], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

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• IPA^(key): /opa/ [o.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa, -a
• Hyphenation: o‧pa

opa inan

1. desire
2. offer, offering

• “opa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “opa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jòpa.

-opa (infinitive kuópa)

1. to fear, to be afraid
2. to dread
3. to awe
4. to have dysphoria

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -opera
  • Causative: -opetsa
  • Negative: -saopa
  • Reciprocal: -opana
  • Reduplicative: -opaopa
  • Repetitive: -opanso
  • Stative: -opeka

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[7], Oxford University Press, page 440

Cognate with German Opa.

• Audio:

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opa m (plural opa's, diminutive opaatje n)

1. granddad, grandpa, pops

   Synonyms: bompa, grootvader

2. (colloquial) any old man

• oma

• Skepi Creole Dutch: opai
• Sranan Tongo: owpa
• → Ambonese Malay: opa
• → Papiamentu: opa

From opo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈopa/
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: o‧pa

opa (accusative singular opan, plural opaj, accusative plural opajn)

1. joint, shared, mutual (done or held by multiple entities together)

   Oni ne povas nomi doktrino tiun opan duonfrenezon.

   This joint half-madness cannot be called a doctrine.

This word is not to be used in the sense of "single," "individual," or "isolated." It means the opposite. See unuopa, aparta, and individua.

• “opa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “opa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Onomatopoeic, or either related to English up.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔpa̝/

opa!

1. up!
   • 19th c, traditional, D. Blanco (ed.), A poesía popular en Galicia 1745-1885. Recopilación, estudio e edición crítica (vol. II), page 153:

     O que se casa con vellas / non sei qué gracia lles topa / cando se sentan: «Ai» / cando se erguen: «Opa»

     The one that marries an old woman, I don't know what charm he finds, when she sits down is «Ouch!», when she gets up is «Up!»

   Synonym: upa

14th century. Unknown.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔpa̝/

opa f (plural opas)

1. (usually in the plural) a type of cape used by members of the clergy
   • 1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 102:

     mando a Rodrigo Afonſo, clerigo, meu criado, as mjñas opas griſes forradas de ſarga vermella

     I send to Rodrigo Afonso, my servant, my grey capes [which are] lined in red serge

   Synonym: balandrán

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “opa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “opa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “opa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “opa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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opa

1. to suck

• IPA^(key): /ō.k͡pà/

opà (plural opà lẹ) (Nigeria)

1. vow

opa

1. indefinite genitive plural of op

• IPA^(key): /ˈopa/
• Hyphenation: o‧pa

From Dutch opa.

oma (plural opa-opa)

1. (colloquial) grandpa

   Synonym: kakek

   Coordinate term: oma

   Tempat ini adalah rumah bagi 41 orang lanjut usia—yang di sini lebih senang dipanggil Opa dan Oma.^[1]

   This place is home to 41 elderly people—who here prefer to be called grandpa and grandma.

Unknown.

opa (plural opa-opa)

1. natural food container made from sago fronds, used when eating in the garden

From Mentawai opa.

opa (plural opa-opa)

1. traditional Mentawai bag, made of woven rattan, tube-shaped, used to carry food and drinks

• “opa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): [opɐ]

opà f (plural opos) stress pattern 1

1. ulcer

opa

1. hop (about jumping)

opa

1. traditional Mentawai bag, made of woven rattan, tube-shaped, used to carry food and drinks

• → Indonesian: opa

• Rhymes: -a

opa

1. all

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “opa”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 83, column 2

Unknown.

opa (Brazil)

1. oops (acknowledging a minor mistake)

   Synonym: ops

   Opa! Desculpa, foi sem querer.

   Oops! Sorry, it was an accident.

2. hey (protest or reprimand)

   Opa, calma aí! Não precisa ofender!

   Hey, calm down! No need to offend!

3. hey (informal greeting)

   Opa! Eaí, tudo bem?

   Hey! What's up?

Unknown.

opa f (plural opas)

1. a type of cape used by members of the clergy

   Synonym: balandrau

2. (Brazil, colloquial) carousal (noisy feast or social gathering)

   Synonyms: farra, folia, pândega

3. (Brazil, colloquial) bad company
4. (Brazil) yellow lapacho (Handroanthus serratifolius)

   Synonym: ipê-do-cerrado

From German Opa (“grandpa”).

opa m (plural opas, feminine oma, feminine plural omas)

1. (South Brazil, familiar) grandpa

   Synonym: avô

• “opa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “opa”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “opa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “opa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “opa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “opa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Low Prussian Ap.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.pa/
• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Syllabification: o‧pa

opa m animal (female equivalent opôwo or opka, diminutive opk, related adjective opôwy or opjy or opskjy, possessive adjective opó)

1. monkey, ape (primate)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “ǻu̯pă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[8] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 8

• IPA^(key): /ˈopa/ [ˈo.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: o‧pa

Borrowed from Quechua upa.

opa m or f (masculine and feminine plural opas)

1. (offensive, colloquial, Rioplatense, Bolivia) stupid

opa m or f by sense (plural opas)

1. (offensive, colloquial, Paraguay, Bolivia, Rioplatense, rustic in Peru) a fool, a stupid person

Unknown.

opa

1. (Rioplatense) expression indicating surprise

opa f (plural opas)

1. (business) acronym of oferta pública de adquisición (“takeover bid”)

• “opa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

opa (plural opalar)

1. older sister

opa

1. (anatomy) thigh