parar

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

pa‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

Sentences

Eu não consigo parar de rir .

I can't stop laughing.