para

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
pa‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pa.ɾɐ/
Etymology

From earlier pera, from Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

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parar

  1. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer move)
  2. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer progress or do something)
  3. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer move)
  4. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)
  5. (auxiliary) to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action)
  6. (intransitive) to stop at (to pay a short visit to)
  7. (intransitive) to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened)

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