parra

See also: párra, párrá, and parrà

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

parra (plural parras, diminutive parratjie)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of padda
2. (crude, slang) vagina; female genitalia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese parar (“to halt, to stop”).

Verb

parra (present parra, present participle parraende, past participle geparra)

1. (fishing) to stop a fishing boat and wait; to keep a boat in a certain position
2. (fishing, imperative) row slower

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Basque

Noun

parra inan

1. Nonstandard form of barre.

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Catalan

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.ra]

Noun

parra f (plural parres)

1. A trellised vine.
2. grapevine

   Synonym: vinya

Derived terms

• parral
• parrús
• parrella, barrella

Further reading

• “parra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ra/, [ˈpärːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ra/, [ˈpärːä]

Noun

parra f (genitive parrae); first declension

1. A bird of ill omen; perhaps the barn owl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	parra	parrae
Genitive	parrae	parrārum
Dative	parrae	parrīs
Accusative	parram	parrās
Ablative	parrā	parrīs
Vocative	parra	parrae

References

• “parra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• parra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁa/
• Hyphenation: par‧ra

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

1. shoot or stem of a vine with leaves

   Synonym: pâmpano

2. excessive pride, bragging

   Synonym: bazófia

Related terms

• parrudo

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpara/ [ˈpa.ra]

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

1. grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)

   Synonym: vid

Derived terms

• parrilla

Related terms

• parral

Further reading

• “parra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014