paro
Meaning
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- (masculine) stagnation, freeze up
- (masculine) unemployment
- (masculine) strike (work stoppage)
- (masculine) cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
- (Mexico,masculine) pretext
- (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")
Concepts
Synonyms
desempleo estructural
paro laboral
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pa‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaɾo/
Etymology
Deverbal from parar.
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New
parar
- to stop, halt
- to put up, stand up
- to lift, raise
- (reflexive) to stand up
- (reflexive) to situate oneself
- (Chile,pronominal) see pararlas
New
parir
- (intransitive,transitive,vulgar) to give birth
- (colloquial,transitive) to think up; imagine
- (transitive) to explain
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