para

(Engels)

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parar

  1. to stop, halt
  2. to put up, stand up
  3. to lift, raise
  4. (reflexive) to stand up
  5. (reflexive) to situate oneself
  6. (Chile, pronominal) see pararlas

parir

  1. (ambitransitive, vulgar) to give birth
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to think up; imagine
  3. (transitive) to explain

Frequentie

A1
Met koppelteken als
pa‧ra
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈpaɾa/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From earlier pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin prō ad) via assimilation, influenced by the archaic preposition par.

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