paro

See also: Paro, paró, parò, and -paro

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.ɾo]

Verb

paro

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro

Noun

paro (accusative singular paron, plural paroj, accusative plural parojn)

1. couple, pair

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French

Etymology

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁo/

Adjective

paro (invariable)

1. (slang) neurotic
   • 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:

     Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métro

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

Noun

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

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Italian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

Anagrams

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

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Latin

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Cognate with pariō (“to produce”) and properus (“ready”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. I prepare, arrange
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

2. I provide, furnish
3. I resolve, purpose

Conjugation

Conjugation of parō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parō	parās	parat	parāmus	parātis	parant
	imperfect	parābam	parābās	parābat	parābāmus	parābātis	parābant
	future	parābō	parābis	parābit	parābimus	parābitis	parābunt
	perfect	parāvī	parāvistī, parāstī1	parāvit, parāt1	parāvimus, parāmus1	parāvistis, parāstis1	parāvērunt, parāvēre, parārunt1
	pluperfect	parāveram, parāram1	parāverās, parārās1	parāverat, parārat1	parāverāmus, parārāmus1	parāverātis, parārātis1	parāverant, parārant1
	future perfect	parāverō, parārō1	parāveris, parāris1	parāverit, parārit1	parāverimus, parārimus1	parāveritis, parāritis1	parāverint, parārint1
passive	present	paror	parāris, parāre	parātur	parāmur	parāminī	parantur
	imperfect	parābar	parābāris, parābāre	parābātur	parābāmur	parābāminī	parābantur
	future	parābor	parāberis, parābere	parābitur	parābimur	parābiminī	parābuntur
	perfect	parātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	parātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parem	parēs	paret	parēmus	parētis	parent
	imperfect	parārem	parārēs	parāret	parārēmus	parārētis	parārent
	perfect	parāverim, parārim1	parāverīs, parārīs1	parāverit, parārit1	parāverīmus, parārīmus1	parāverītis, parārītis1	parāverint, parārint1
	pluperfect	parāvissem, parāssem1	parāvissēs, parāssēs1	parāvisset, parāsset1	parāvissēmus, parāssēmus1	parāvissētis, parāssētis1	parāvissent, parāssent1
passive	present	parer	parēris, parēre	parētur	parēmur	parēminī	parentur
	imperfect	parārer	parārēris, parārēre	parārētur	parārēmur	parārēminī	parārentur
	perfect	parātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	parā	—	—	parāte	—
	future	—	parātō	parātō	—	parātōte	parantō
passive	present	—	parāre	—	—	parāminī	—
	future	—	parātor	parātor	—	—	parantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		parāre	parāvisse, parāsse1	parātūrum esse	parārī	parātum esse	parātum īrī
participles		parāns	—	parātūrus	—	parātus	parandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		parandī	parandō	parandum	parandō	parātum	parātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• aequiparō
• apparō
• comparō
• disparō
• imperō
• opiparus
• parābilis
• parātiō
• paritō
• praeparō
• properō
• puerpera
• reparō
• sēparō
• supparō
• vituperō

 

Related terms

• imperātor
• imperiōsus
• imperium
• properātim
• properiter
• properus
• puerperium

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: proj
• Italian: parare
• Old French: parer
  • French: parer
  • → English: pare
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: parar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: parar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: parar
  • Galician: parar
  • Portuguese: parar
    • → Afrikaans: parra

Etymology 2

From pār (“equal”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. I equalize, make equal

Declension

Conjugation of parō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parō	parās	parat	parāmus	parātis	parant
	imperfect	parābam	parābās	parābat	parābāmus	parābātis	parābant
	future	parābō	parābis	parābit	parābimus	parābitis	parābunt
	perfect	parāvī	parāvistī	parāvit	parāvimus	parāvistis	parāvērunt, parāvēre
	pluperfect	parāveram	parāverās	parāverat	parāverāmus	parāverātis	parāverant
	future perfect	parāverō	parāveris	parāverit	parāverimus	parāveritis	parāverint
passive	present	paror	parāris, parāre	parātur	parāmur	parāminī	parantur
	imperfect	parābar	parābāris, parābāre	parābātur	parābāmur	parābāminī	parābantur
	future	parābor	parāberis, parābere	parābitur	parābimur	parābiminī	parābuntur
	perfect	parātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	parātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parem	parēs	paret	parēmus	parētis	parent
	imperfect	parārem	parārēs	parāret	parārēmus	parārētis	parārent
	perfect	parāverim	parāverīs	parāverit	parāverīmus	parāverītis	parāverint
	pluperfect	parāvissem	parāvissēs	parāvisset	parāvissēmus	parāvissētis	parāvissent
passive	present	parer	parēris, parēre	parētur	parēmur	parēminī	parentur
	imperfect	parārer	parārēris, parārēre	parārētur	parārēmur	parārēminī	parārentur
	perfect	parātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	parā	—	—	parāte	—
	future	—	parātō	parātō	—	parātōte	parantō
passive	present	—	parāre	—	—	parāminī	—
	future	—	parātor	parātor	—	—	parantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		parāre	parāvisse	parātūrum esse	parārī	parātum esse	parātum īrī
participles		parāns	—	parātūrus	—	parātus	parandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		parandī	parandō	parandum	parandō	parātum	parātū

References

• “paro1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• paro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare to do a thing: parare with Inf.
    
  • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
    
  • to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
    
  • to take measures for..: parare aliquid
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to make preparations for a marriage: nuptias parare
    
  • to equip an army, troops: parare exercitum, copias
    
  • to make preparations for war: bellum parare
    
  • (ambiguous) to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
    
  • (ambiguous) to invent, form words: verba parere, fingere, facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be resigned to a thing: (animo) paratum esse ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a match for the enemy: parem (opp. imparem) esse hosti
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam adipisci, parere
    

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Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• páro

Noun

paro m

1. pair

   Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• परो (Devanagari script)
• পরো (Bengali script)
• පරො (Sinhalese script)
• ပရော or ပရေႃ (Burmese script)
• ปโร or ปะโร (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປໂຣ or ປະໂຣ (Lao script)
• បរោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

paro

1. masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

paro

1. vocative singular of para

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Portuguese

Verb

paro

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾo/ [ˈpa.ɾo]

Etymology 1

From parar.

Noun

paro m (plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment

   Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo

3. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: huelga

4. cardiac arrest, short form of paro cardíaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   Puros paros para no trabajar ― Just pretexts for not working

   Synonyms: excusa, pretexto

6. (Mexico) a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")

   Hazme un paro, no le digas que estoy aquí ― protect me, do not tell ... that I am here

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas ― help Juan, he must store all those boxes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parar.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parir.