pair

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
2. Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
3. Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
4. Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts).
5. A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.
6. A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
7. A score of zero runs (a duck) in both innings of a two-innings match.
8. (informal) A double play, two outs recorded in one play.
9. (informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams.
10. A boat for two sweep rowers.
11. (slang) A pair of breasts.
12. (slang) A pair of testicles.
13. (Australia) The exclusion of one member of a parliamentary party from a vote, if a member of the other party is absent for important personal reasons.
14. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time.
15. (archaic) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set.
16. In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.

Verb

1. (transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
2. to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth.
3. (transitive) To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating.
4. (intransitive) To come together for mating.
5. (slang) To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
6. (intransitive) To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To impair, to make worse.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To become worse, to deteriorate.

Conceptos

par

pareja

👫

emparejar

parear

aparear

🧉

aparearse

yunta

igualar

juntar

parejo

tándem

acoplarse

contraparte

mancuerna

nivelar

relacionar

unificar

acoplar

👫

dupla

casar

copular

dos

2

dúo

empatar

gemelos

Sinónimos

couple

👫

two

brace

mate

🧉

match

set

double

duo

twosome

unite

both

twin

yoke

attach

couplet

copulate

husband and wife

geminate

twain

2

dyad

combine

two people

partner off

join

counterpart

span

duet

twins

paired

dual

duad

distich

two persons

both of them

class

spouse

spouses

even

pair off

antithesis

species

mates

combination

marry

double up

doublet

close together

classifier

blend

denomination

Traducciones

paire

Paar

paio

coppia

👫

par

paar

couple

👫

ζευγάρι

apparier

koppel

👫

stel

👫

tweetal

parell

accoppiare

👫

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɛə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: paire

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: Poor

Cognado con frisón occidental: pear

Cognado con neerlandés: paar

Cognado con alemán: Paar

In summary

From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adjective). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”), Italian paio (“pair”)

Oraciones

The pair argued and were unreasonable toward each other .

La pareja argumentó y no era razonable el uno con el otro.

This helps pair programmers to learn to communicate more easily .

Esto ayuda a los programadores a aprender a comunicarse más fácilmente.

The pair are then seen in bed , implying that Richard has taken Jane's virginity .

La pareja se ve en la cama, lo que implica que Richard ha tomado la virginidad de Jane.