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oppa

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɒpə//
  • United Kingdom//ˈəʊpə//
  • United Kingdom//ˈɒpɑː//
  • United Kingdom//ˈəʊpɑː//
  • United States//ˈoʊpə//

An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older man.

noun

  1. 1

    An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older man.

  2. 2

    A male idol revered by a younger female fan.

    Sign #2- Changing your phone's, laptop's etc. wallpaper/lockscreen with your oppa's photo.

    Your oppa from Boys Over Flowers and The Legend of the Blue Sea is back with a new album.

    My K-Pop bias.... CHIM CHIM OFCOURSE^([sic]). My oppa Jimin. <3 <3

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).

Forms

plural
oppas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).