What exactly does "papi" mean?

Is it an age or a type of guy? Is it different than a bear?

• I asked the same question when someone called me a "papi" and he said it is another word for "daddy".

• but i just saw a craigs list for "partied up papi" and the age was 25. I dont get it.

• A child calls his/her father "Papi" which means "Daddy." But Papi (and its female equivalent Mami) can also be used as a term of endearment for peoples of all ages (the Puerto Rican side of my family calls my baby nephew Papi), usually affectionately and often to someone considered sexy. (It does not mean Daddy as in an older man.)

• um, your latin-centric view of "children" is repugnant, R3. Please refrain from spilling your hegemony so sanctimoneously on this thread. No asian children refer to their father as "papi" and we Asians are the majority of the world. (None really from northern Europe do either, as far as I can tell.)

• 4/10, r4. It could have been funnier.

• It is used differently in different countries. Mexicans don't use that word in a sexual context, like how Puerto Ricans do.

• Archie) She's calling me papi, I'm not her papi Theresa) Oh that's what we call all the cute old men. Theresa the border on "All In The Family"

• I'm Latino. Papi, when used by straight men tends to meet "stud" or "player." It's a friendly term used among friends. Papi does not mean older. In fact, a younger man is way more likely to get called papi than an older man.

• What's papi chulo?

• R6 is correct. The usage varies from area to area, and in general, people of Mexican descent do NOT use 'papi' in a sexual way.

  Mexican-American

• OOH ... Hector Elizondo!

• Their loss.

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• The guy I met on Craigslist a couple of weeks ago is originally from South America. Uruguay, I think. And he wants me to call him Papi while he fucks me.

• [quote]in general, people of Mexican descent do NOT use 'papi' in a sexual way. What about that CHASING PAPI movie starring Mexican actor Eduardo Verástegui? He's a player in that.

• I'm Hispanic, and I can corroborate R6 as well. In that movie, the "papi" refers to the "stud" that R8 mentions - it just means "alpha male", not necessarily a term of sexual desire.

• Hey, did Eduardo Verastegui ever come out of the closet? The Mexican tabloids linked him with Ricky Martin back when Martin was still pretending to be straight.

  R15

• I'd ask my blatino husbear, but he's too busy fucking me with his thick, uncut enormous Domincan pinga.

  Mamma

• I get "papá" a lot from gay guys from Mexico. I can't tell whether it's equivalent to "daddy" or "dude."

• It means the same thing as "Imzadi" in Betazoid.

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• Hisssss!

  El Siseo MayorHomosexual (ESM)

• Deanna, someone is going to have you ejected into space for that.

• R10, I will have you ejected into space!

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• I prefer to be called "pa" instead of papi. Dudes are too quick to call a guy papi without a proper relational foundation with you. I like how Dominicans call me "pa" with an air of masculine respect.

• R9, a papi chulo is a sexy guy.

• Come on over to mi casa and I will show you what a "papi" is baby.

  Hector

• I can't stand for femmy dudes to call me papi. They don't know me like that. So annoying.

• well, R20 just embarrassed himself and showed he has no clue about language.

• R26, is it sort of like how some people hate it when a stranger, like a sales person or waitress, gets over familiar and calls them "honey?"

• I learned about "papi" the right way- met a very hot hispanic fellow about 4 AM returning to the house one summer evening in the Pines. One of the more memorable encounters in my life (probably 95% of them are forgotten or a haze)- sex, all manner until about 11 AM, and he used "papi" all the time. I got it- and a lot more.

  charlie

• 'Papi' grosses me out. It's worse than shaved pubes. Roughly on the same level as being cruised by an old chub or a sissy prisspot. BARF. This older, closeted Muslim guy I work with gave me a pair of skimpy black Papi-brand briefs, and they're mortifying. I sometimes wear them when all other underwear is in the hamper and I haven't had a chance to do laundry.

• Papi is an expression of endearment.

• Papi from a girl: To her lover - sex talk To her son - term of endearment To her Dad - Daddy Papi from a straight guy: To his buddy - Dude, stud To his father - Dad To a total stranger - I'm being friendly, somewhat familiar, you're probably around my age, but not a sexual thing at all (neither something ever used towards a respected elder nor a term of endearment). Your car mechanic may call you papi when he's delivering bad news for instance (but "papa" is the more frequently used term of choice). Papi from a gay guy: The above for straight guys, plus: To an object of desire - a definite come on To a lover - sex talk To an object of derision - dripping with the bitchiest drag queeny sarcasm. Papito is most frequently a sexual term or a term of eandearment. And papi with any adjective after it (chulo, rico, chevere) covers the gamut between endearment, flirtation, and outright sex)

• Oops and papi from a girl to a stranger: similar to the straight guy's approach to a stranger except she should be careful to restrict it to the very young or the very old because anyone qualified to be a date/gentleman caller/whatever can get mixed signals.

• Now tell us about "Mami".

• And I will laugh from cold maw of SPACE!

  Svetlana

• I get called papi a lot. Does "papo" mean the same thing as "papi"? One of my Latino coworkers who is a guy calls me "papo" all the time.

  youngergay

• No. "Papo" is the Puerto Rican equivalent of "Mac", as in "Hey Mac" or "Hey pal", "Daddy-O", etc. And probably from the same era - though some may still use it