paralelo

See also: paraleló

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paraˈlelo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

Noun

paralelo (accusative singular paralelon, plural paraleloj, accusative plural paralelojn)

1. (geometry) parallel

Derived terms

• paralela
• paralele

 

Related terms

• paralelepipedo
• paralelogramo

 

Galician

Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)

1. parallel

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• parallelo (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἄλληλος (állēlos, “one another”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈlɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)

1. (geometry) parallel (of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points)

   Synonym: equidistante

2. (computing) parallel (involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time)
3. parallel (having the same overall direction)
4. (of events) happening at the same time
5. (electricity) describes conductor which are in parallel
6. which is used as an alternative to something official

   Synonym: alternativo

   Antonyms: oficial, principal

   Em algumas cidades, as pessoas usam moeda paralela, ao invés do real.

   In some cities, people use alternative currency, instead of real.

   Esse é um controle remoto paralelo, não é original.

   This is an alternative remote control, not the original one.

Coordinate terms

• (equally distant from one another): oblíquo, perpendicular

Derived terms

• barras paralelas
• computação paralela
• universo paralelo

Noun

paralelo m (plural paralelos)

1. (geography) parallel (line of latitude)
2. a comparison (evaluation of the similarities and differences)

   Synonyms: comparação, confronto, cotejo

Coordinate terms

• (line of latitude): meridiano

Related terms

• para-
• paralela
• paralelamente
• paralelas
• paralelepípedo
• paralélico
• paralelígeros
• paralelinervado
• paralelinérveo
• paralelismo
• paralelística
• paralelístico
• paralelivenoso
• paralelização
• paralelizar
• paralelizável
• paralelocinesia
• paralelocinético
• paralelografia
• paralelográfico
• paralelógrafo
• paralelogrâmico

 

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἄλληλος (állēlos, “one another”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈlelo/ [pa.ɾaˈle.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)

1. parallel

Derived terms

• antiparalelo
• en paralelo
• paralelismo
• universo paralelo

 

Related terms

• paralelogramo

 

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

paralelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of paralelar