Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From French parer or German parieren, both from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō; related to parry.
Verb
пари́рати impf (Latin spelling parírati)
- parry, fend off, sidestep
- Drugi boksači nikad nisu mogli parirati njegove udarce.
- Other boxers could never parry his punches.
- (fencing) to parry
- (figuratively) to match, to be able to handle (especially verbally)
