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Discover the French idiom "Barbe à papa"

You are going to discover everything you need to know about the funny French idiom "Barbe à papa". To be more precise, it includes a detailed definition of what it is and how you can use it in a dialogue with an audio example.In addition, we also added some useful things like slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example, literal meaning and more!


Translation in English

  • Translation : Cotton candy

  • Literal meaning : Dad's beard

  • Register : Informal - Funny

Pronunciation

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  • IPA : / baʁb a papa /

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Example in a dialogue with audio

Dialogue

J'ai un petit creux, et toi ?

I am a little hungry, and you?

Moi aussi, qu'est-ce que tu veux manger ?

Me too, what do you want to eat?

De la barbe à papa !

Some dad's beard!*

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