para

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See also parà, pară, pára, para-, and Pará

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
para

Plural
paras

para (plural paras)

  1. Formerly, one-hundredth of a dinar in Yugoslavia and, later, in the constituent states of that country.

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The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

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Singular
para

Plural
paras

para (plural paras)

  1. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
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[edit] Etymology 3

Shortened from paragraph

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Singular
para

Plural
paras

para (plural paras)

  1. Short form of paragraph.

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Shortened from paratrooper

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Singular
para

Plural
paras

para (plural paras)

  1. Short form of paratrooper.

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[edit] Albanian

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para

  1. before
    para ec-march

[edit] Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para) < Persian پاره (pâre).

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para

  1. money

[edit] Crimean Tatar

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para

  1. cash, money.

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[edit] Finnish

(index pa)

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para

  1. (witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

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para

  1. Third-person singular past historic of parer.

[edit] Guaraní

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para

  1. sea

[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈpɒrɒ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

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para

  1. (slang) fear

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[edit] Indonesian

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para

  1. some (when talking about people)

[edit] Italian

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para f. (plural pare)

  1. crepe (for shoes)

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para

  1. Third-person singular present tense of parare.
  2. Second-person singular imperative of parare.

[edit] Lithuanian

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para

  1. 24 hours (day)
    Aš manau kad užtruks apie vieną parą. — I think it will take about 24 hours.

[edit] Polish

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para f.

  1. steam
  2. couple
  3. pair

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Singular Plural
Nominative para pary
Genitive pary par
Dative parze parom
Accusative parę pary
Instrumental parą parami
Locative parze parach
Vocative paro pary

[edit] Portuguese

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para

  1. for (towards)

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para

  1. Third person singular indicative of parar.
  2. First and third person singular subjunctive of parir.

[edit] Quechua

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para

  1. rain

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

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  • IPA: /pâra/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

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pȁra f. (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

  1. steam
  2. vapor
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para) < Persian پاره (pâre).

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  • IPA: /pǎra/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

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pàra f. (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

  1. para (Yugoslav currency)
  2. money (usually in plural)
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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

A corruption of the older form pora (a combination of por and a), influenced by the archaic preposition par. [1]

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para

  1. for

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[edit] Verb

para (infinitive: parar)

  1. To stop.
  2. Third person singular indicative of parar.

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para (infinitive: parir)

  1. First and third person singular subjunctive of parir.

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

[edit] Noun

para

  1. money

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