parar

See also: pārar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō.

Verb

parar (first-person singular indicative present paro, past participle paráu)

1. to stop

Conjugation

Conjugation of parar

infinitive		parar
gerund		parando
past participle		m paráu, f parada, n parao, m pl paraos, f pl paraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	paro	pares	para	paramos	paráis	paren
	imperfect	paraba	parabes	paraba	parábemos, parábamos	parabeis, parabais	paraben
	preterite	paré	parasti, paresti	paró	paremos	parastis, parestis	pararon
	pluperfect	parare, parara	parares, pararas	parare, parara	paráremos, paráramos	parareis, pararais	pararen, pararan
	future	pararé	pararás	parará	pararemos	pararéis	pararán
	conditional	pararía	pararíes	pararía	pararíemos, pararíamos	pararíeis, pararíais	pararíen
subjunctive	present	pare	pares, paras	pare	paremos	paréis	paren, paran
	imperfect	parare, parara	parares, pararas	parare, parara	paráremos, paráramos	parareis, pararais	pararen, pararan
imperative		—	para	—	—	parái	—

Related terms

• parada
• paru

 

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan parar, from Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). First attested in the 13th century

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parí, past participle parat)

1. to stop

   Synonym: aturar

2. to stay, reside temporarily

   Synonym: restar

3. to end up

   Synonym: acabar

4. to hold out, display

Derived terms

• anar a parar
• parabrisa
• paracaigudes
• parada
• parador
• parafang
• paraigua
• parallamps
• parar l'atenció
• parar l'orella
• parar la mà
• paravent
• tocar i parar

 

Related terms

• comparar
• comprar
• disparar
• emparar
• paratge
• preparar
• reparar
• separar

 

Further reading

• “parar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to stop
2. to stay

   Onde parades? ― Where are you staying?

3. to peal
4. (archaic) to situate, position
5. (archaic) to prepare; to repair; to maintain

Related terms

• comparar
• comprar
• disparar
• parada
• parar mentes
• paraxe
• paro
• preparar
• reparar
• separar
• xebrar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “parar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “parar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō (“I prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [paˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [paˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [paˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧rar

Verb

1. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer move)

   O pássaro parou no meio do ar. ― The bird stopped in mid-air.

2. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer progress or do something)

   Parem! ― Stop [you guys]!

   Pode parar. ― Cut it out.

   Synonym: cessar

3. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer move)

   O goleiro parou a bola antes que entrasse na baliza. ― The goalkeeper stopped the ball before it got into the goal.

4. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)

   Alguém pretende parar o casamento? ― Does anyone plan on stopping the wedding?

   Synonyms: deter, interromper, cessar com, acabar com

5. Template:indtr to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action)

   Parou de chover. ― It has stopped raining.

   Por favor pare de gritar. ― Please stop yelling.

   Synonym: cessar

6. (intransitive with a locational adverb phrase) to stop at (to pay a short visit to)

   Paramos na casa de um amigo da família. ― We stopped at the house of a friend of our family.

   Synonym: passar

7. (intransitive with a locational adverb phrase) to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened)

   Dei um pontapé tão forte na bola que ninguém sabe onde ela foi parar. ― I kicked the ball so hard that no one knows where it ended up.

   Pizza com abacaxi? Onde vamos parar?! ― Pineapple pizza? Where will it end?!

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Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parar.

Derived terms

• parada
• parado
• paragem
• parável

 

Related terms

• amparar
• aparar
• comparar
• comprar
• disparar
• preparar
• reparar
• separar

 

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: parra

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾaɾ/ [paˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Verb

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite paré, past participle parado)

1. to stop, halt
2. to put up, stand up
3. to lift, raise
4. (reflexive) to stand up
5. (reflexive) to situate oneself
6. (pronominal, Chile) see pararlas

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			parar
gerund			parando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parado		parada
		plural		parados		paradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	paro	parastú parásvos	para	paramos	paráis	paran
	imperfect	paraba	parabas	paraba	parábamos	parabais	paraban
	preterite	paré	paraste	paró	paramos	parasteis	pararon
	future	pararé	pararás	parará	pararemos	pararéis	pararán
	conditional	pararía	pararías	pararía	pararíamos	pararíais	pararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pare	parestú parésvos2	pare	paremos	paréis	paren
	imperfect (ra)	parara	pararas	parara	paráramos	pararais	pararan
	imperfect (se)	parase	parases	parase	parásemos	paraseis	parasen
	future1	parare	parares	parare	paráremos	parareis	pararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		paratú parávos	pare	paremos	parad	paren
	negative		no pares	no pare	no paremos	no paréis	no paren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of parar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive parar
	dative	pararme	pararte	pararle, pararse	pararnos	pararos	pararles, pararse
	accusative	pararme	pararte	pararlo, pararla, pararse	pararnos	pararos	pararlos, pararlas, pararse
with gerund parando
	dative	parándome	parándote	parándole, parándose	parándonos	parándoos	parándoles, parándose
	accusative	parándome	parándote	parándolo, parándola, parándose	parándonos	parándoos	parándolos, parándolas, parándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative para
	dative	párame	párate	párale	páranos	not used	párales
	accusative	párame	párate	páralo, párala	páranos	not used	páralos, páralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pará
	dative	parame	parate	parale	paranos	not used	parales
	accusative	parame	parate	paralo, parala	paranos	not used	paralos, paralas
with formal second-person singular imperative pare
	dative	páreme	not used	párele, párese	párenos	not used	páreles
	accusative	páreme	not used	párelo, párela, párese	párenos	not used	párelos, párelas
with first-person plural imperative paremos
	dative	not used	parémoste	parémosle	parémonos	parémoos	parémosles
	accusative	not used	parémoste	parémoslo, parémosla	parémonos	parémoos	parémoslos, parémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative parad
	dative	paradme	not used	paradle	paradnos	paraos	paradles
	accusative	paradme	not used	paradlo, paradla	paradnos	paraos	paradlos, paradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative paren
	dative	párenme	not used	párenle	párennos	not used	párenles, párense
	accusative	párenme	not used	párenlo, párenla	párennos	not used	párenlos, párenlas, párense

Derived terms

• imparable
• ir a parar
• limpiaparabrisas m
• no parar
• parabrisas m
• paracaídas m
• parachoques m
• parada
• paradero
• parador
• parado m
• paragolpes
• paraguas m
• paraje
• parar el carro
• parar los pies a alguien
• pararlas
• pararrayos m
• pararse
• pararse
• parasol m
• paro m
• y para de contar

 

Related terms

• amparar
• aparar
• comparar
• comprar
• disparar
• preparar
• reparar
• separar

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: para
• → Tagalog: para

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Verb

parar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of para.

Anagrams

• rapar