parado

Esperanto

Etymology

From paradi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrado/

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧do
• Hyphenation: parad‧o

Noun

parado (accusative singular paradon, plural paradoj, accusative plural paradojn)

1. parade (public procession)

Galician

Participle

parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

1. past participle of parar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈra.dɔ/
• Rhymes: -adɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧do

Noun

parado

1. vocative singular of parada

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of parar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾa.du/ [pɐˈɾa.ðu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

1. stopped, halted, immobile
2. standing

   Não deixe a bicicleta parada. ― Don't leave the bicycle standing.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parado.

Participle

parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

1. past participle of parar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parar.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of parar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾado/ [paˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧do

Adjective

parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

1. stopped, halted, immobile, idle

   Synonym: detenido

2. standing

   Synonyms: levantado, de pie

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 269:

     Antiguamente las culebras andaban paradas, hasta qe la Virgen las maldijo, condenándolas a arrastrarse, por haber asustado una de ellas el borriquito en que la Madre de Dios huía con su hijo del furor de Herodes.

     Long ago snakes used to walk standing, until the Virgin cursed them, condemning them to crawl, because one of them had frightened the little donkey on which the Mother of God was fleeing with her son from Herod's fury.

3. unemployed; on the dole

   Synonym: desempleado

4. confused, bewildered

   Synonyms: confuso, confundido

5. in a (good or bad) state

   bien parado ― in good shape

   mal parado ― in bad shape

6. (slang, Mexico) erect (a penis, when using masculine nouns, preceded by the verb tener or traer)

   Synonyms: erguido, duro, tieso (Mexico)

   Ese lo trae parado. ― That guy has a hard-on.

Derived terms

• balón parado
• parado de cabeza

Noun

parado m (plural parados, feminine parada, feminine plural paradas)

1. unemployed person

   Synonyms: desempleado, cesante

Participle

parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

1. past participle of parar

Further reading

• “parado”, 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