parear

Ido

Verb

parear (present tense pareas, past tense pareis, future tense pareos, imperative pareez, conditional pareus)

1. to parry, to ward off

Conjugation

Conjugation of parear

		present		past		future
infinitive		parear		pareir		pareor
tense		pareas		pareis		pareos
conditional		pareus		—		—
imperative		pareez		—		—
adjective active participle		pareanta		pareinta		pareonta
adverbial active participle		pareante		pareinte		pareonte
nominal active participle	singular	pareanto		pareinto		pareonto
	plural	pareanti		pareinti		pareonti
adjective passive participle		pareata		pareita		pareota
adverbial passive participle		pareate		pareite		pareote
nominal passive participle	singular	pareato		pareito		pareoto
	plural	pareati		pareiti		pareoti

Derived terms

• pareo

Spanish

Etymology

From par +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾeˈaɾ/ [pa.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧re‧ar

Verb

parear (first-person singular present pareo, first-person singular preterite pareé, past participle pareado)

1. to pair; to form a pair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			parear
gerund			pareando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pareado		pareada
		plural		pareados		pareadas
		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	pareo	pareastú pareásvos	parea	pareamos	pareáis	parean
	imperfect	pareaba	pareabas	pareaba	pareábamos	pareabais	pareaban
	preterite	pareé	pareaste	pareó	pareamos	pareasteis	parearon
	future	parearé	parearás	pareará	parearemos	parearéis	parearán
	conditional	parearía	parearías	parearía	parearíamos	parearíais	parearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	paree	pareestú pareésvos2	paree	pareemos	pareéis	pareen
	imperfect (ra)	pareara	parearas	pareara	pareáramos	parearais	parearan
	imperfect (se)	parease	pareases	parease	pareásemos	pareaseis	pareasen
	future1	pareare	pareares	pareare	pareáremos	pareareis	parearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pareatú pareávos	paree	pareemos	paread	pareen
	negative		no parees	no paree	no pareemos	no pareéis	no pareen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of parear

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 parear	dative	parearme	parearte	parearle, parearse	parearnos	parearos	parearles, parearse
	accusative	parearme	parearte	parearlo, parearla, parearse	parearnos	parearos	parearlos, parearlas, parearse
with gerund pareando	dative	pareándome	pareándote	pareándole, pareándose	pareándonos	pareándoos	pareándoles, pareándose
	accusative	pareándome	pareándote	pareándolo, pareándola, pareándose	pareándonos	pareándoos	pareándolos, pareándolas, pareándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative parea	dative	paréame	paréate	paréale	paréanos	not used	paréales
	accusative	paréame	paréate	paréalo, paréala	paréanos	not used	paréalos, paréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pareá	dative	pareame	pareate	pareale	pareanos	not used	pareales
	accusative	pareame	pareate	parealo, pareala	pareanos	not used	parealos, parealas
with formal second-person singular imperative paree	dative	paréeme	not used	paréele, paréese	paréenos	not used	paréeles
	accusative	paréeme	not used	paréelo, paréela, paréese	paréenos	not used	paréelos, paréelas
with first-person plural imperative pareemos	dative	not used	pareémoste	pareémosle	pareémonos	pareémoos	pareémosles
	accusative	not used	pareémoste	pareémoslo, pareémosla	pareémonos	pareémoos	pareémoslos, pareémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative paread	dative	pareadme	not used	pareadle	pareadnos	pareaos	pareadles
	accusative	pareadme	not used	pareadlo, pareadla	pareadnos	pareaos	pareadlos, pareadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pareen	dative	paréenme	not used	paréenle	paréennos	not used	paréenles, paréense
	accusative	paréenme	not used	paréenlo, paréenla	paréennos	not used	paréenlos, paréenlas, paréense

Derived terms

• aparear

Further reading

• “parear”, 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