paro

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) stagnation, freeze up
2. (masculine) unemployment
3. (masculine) strike (work stoppage)
4. (masculine) cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
5. (Mexico, masculine) pretext
6. (Mexico, masculine) a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of parar

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of parir

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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

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parir

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

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Concepts

unemployment

strike

tit

stoppage

standstill

titmouse

structural unemployment

unemployed

stop

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unemployment aid

arrest

cessation

dullness

joblessness

shutdown

Synonyms

desempleo

huelga

golpe

desempleado

desocupación

parado

pare

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desempleo estructural

broma

🤣

paro laboral

favor

cese

Translations

chômage

Arbeitslosigkeit

desemprego

disoccupazione

atur

werkloosheid

ανεργία

بطالة

işsizlik

cincia

Streik

grève

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manca de treball

interruzione del lavoro

Hyphenated as

pa‧ro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaɾo/

Etymology

Deverbal from parar.