parada

See also: paráda and Parada

Asturian

Participle

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of paráu

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəˈɾa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈɾa.ða]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

parada f (plural parades)

1. stop (act of stopping)
2. stop (place to stop)
3. stop (a designated place where a public transport vehicle stops, so that passengers can get on or off)
4. (fencing) action of stopping a blow with the sword
5. (commerce) stand where merchandise is exposed to buyers, as in a market, food court, etc
6. (military) formation of the troops to be reviewed

Participle

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of parat

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto paradi

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto parada

From paradi + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrada/
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧da

Adjective

parada (accusative singular paradan, plural paradaj, accusative plural paradajn)

1. ostentatious, pretentious

Further reading

• “parada”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “parada”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

French

Verb

parada

1. third-person singular past historic of parader

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin parāre

Old Galician-Portuguese parar

Galician parar

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Galician -ada

Galician parada

From parar + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾada/ [paˈɾa.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

parada f (plural paradas)

1. stop
2. halt

   Synonym: alto

3. horse stall
   1. stall with stallions

Derived terms

• Parada
• Parada Seca
• Paradaseca
• Paradavella
• Paradela
• Paradelas
• Paradella
• Paradiña
• Pardavedra
• Pardeconde
• Pardellas
• Prada
• Pradela
• Pradelas

Participle

parada

1. feminine singular of parado

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “parada”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “parada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latvian

Verb

parada

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of parast

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay perada (“gold leaf; tinsel”), either from Portuguese prata (“silver”) or Sanskrit पारद (pārada, “quicksilver, mercury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrada/, [pʰa.ˈrad.a]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

parada (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨉ or 𑻣𑻭𑻧, definite paradaya)

1. gold leaf; gilding; tinsel
2. paint; dye; coloring material

Verb

parada (Lontara spelling ᨄᨑᨉ or 𑻣𑻭𑻧, semi-transitive apparada, passive niparada)

1. (transitive) to gild; to cover or coat with gold leaf
2. (transitive) to paint; to dye; to color

   Biseang niparada Makao

   Ships painted (or gilded) in the Macanese style. (from the 17th-century Chronicle of Gowa and Talloq)

Derived terms

affixations

• apparada
• paparada

compounds

• ase parada
• batu parada
• rappo parada

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 520

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parade, from Spanish parada, from parar (“to halt, stop, get ready, prepare”), from Latin parare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

parada f

1. parade (organized procession)
2. (military) parade (assembling of troops for inspection or to receive orders)

Declension

Declension of parada

	singular	plural
nominative	parada	parady
genitive	parady	parad
dative	paradzie	paradom
accusative	paradę	parady
instrumental	paradą	paradami
locative	paradzie	paradach
vocative	parado	parady

Derived terms

adjective

• paradny

adverb

• paradnie

verb

• paradować

Related terms

nouns

• paradier
• paradność

Further reading

• “parada”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “parada”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of parar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [pɐˈɾa.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.dɐ/ [pɐˈɾa.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -adɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

parada f (plural paradas)

1. stop
   1. halt (the act of stopping or halting)

      Synonyms: pausa, interrupção

      Essas paradas dificultam o andamento do processo

      These stops make the process undergoing difficult

   2. (Brazil) stop (place where passengers get on and off buses or trams)

      Synonyms: (Brazil) ponto, (Portugal) paragem

      Descemos na próxima parada ― We leave in the next stop

2. parade (organised procession with displays and performances)

   Amanhã vai ter uma parada na avenida

   Tomorrow there will be a parade in the avenue

3. (gambling) stake (money laid down as a wager)
4. (music) record chart (ranking of music according to popularity)
5. (Brazil, slang) thing (an object, quality or concept)

   Que parada é essa? ― What is this thing?

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy

Adjective

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of parado

Participle

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of parado

Further reading

• “parada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “parada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parader.

Verb

a parada (third-person singular present paradează, past participle paradat) 1st conjugation

1. to parade

Conjugation

    conjugation of parada (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a parada
gerund			paradând
past participle			paradat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	paradez	paradezi	paradează	paradăm	paradați	paradează
	imperfect	paradam	paradai	parada	paradam	paradați	paradau
	simple perfect	paradai	paradași	paradă	paradarăm	paradarăți	paradară
	pluperfect	paradasem	paradaseși	paradase	paradaserăm	paradaserăți	paradaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să paradez	să paradezi	să paradeze	să paradăm	să paradați	să paradeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		paradează			paradați
	negative		nu parada			nu paradați

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parǎːda/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

paráda f (Cyrillic spelling пара́да)

1. parade

Declension

Declension of parada

	singular	plural
nominative	parada	parade
genitive	parade	parada
dative	paradi	paradama
accusative	paradu	parade
vocative	parado	parade
locative	paradi	paradama
instrumental	paradom	paradama

Spanish

Etymology

From the feminine past participle of parar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾada/ [paˈɾa.ð̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧da

Noun

parada f (plural paradas)

1. stop (the act of stopping)
2. station (a location where things stop)
3. (sports) (football) stop, (baseball) catch

   Synonym: (Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela) atajada

Derived terms

• parada de autobús
• parada de cabeza
• parada de manos
• parada en boxes
• parada técnica

Descendants

• → French: parade
  • → English: parade
  • → Polish: parada

Noun

parada f (plural paradas)

1. female equivalent of parado

Adjective

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of parado

Participle

parada f sg

1. feminine singular of parado

Descendants

• → Tagalog: parada

Further reading

• “parada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈɾada/ [pɐˈɾaː.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish parada.

Noun

parada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜇ)

1. parking

Derived terms

• iparada
• makaparada
• makipagparadahan
• makiparada
• pagkakaparada
• pakiparada
• paradahan
• pinarada
• pumarada
• tagaparada

Etymology 2

Siyokoy word or pseudo-Hispanism derived from English parade, from French parade, from Spanish parada. False friend of Spanish parada (“stop”). For the sense of "parade; organized procession", the correct Spanish is desfile.

Noun

parada (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜇ)

1. parade (organized procession)

Derived terms

• iparada
• magparada

Further reading

• “parada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Noun

parada

1. locative singular of para

Yoruba

Etymology

pa ara dà (“to change one's appearance”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡pā.ɾā.dà/

Verb

paradà

1. to transform, to disguise

   Synonym: yípadà

Derived terms

• ìparadà (“transformation”)