parra

See also: párra, párrá, and parrà

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

parra (plural parras, diminutive parratjie)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of padda
2. (vulgar, slang) vagina; female genitalia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese parar (“to halt, to stop”).

Verb

parra (present parra, present participle parraende, past participle geparra)

1. (fishing) to stop a fishing boat and wait; to keep a boat in a certain position
2. (fishing, imperative) row slower

Basque

Noun

parra inan

1. nonstandard form of barre

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.ra]

Noun

parra f (plural parres)

1. trellised vine
2. grapevine

   Synonym: vinya

Derived terms

• barrella
• emparrar
• parral
• parrella
• parrús

Further reading

• “parra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-r
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Adverb

parra

1. outside

Noun

parra f

1. forest
2. outside

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 154

Galician

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpara/ [ˈpa.rɐ]
• Rhymes: -ara

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

1. grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)

   Synonym: vide

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *parezā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.ra]

Noun

parra f (genitive parrae); first declension

1. A bird of ill omen; perhaps the barn owl

   Near-synonyms: būbō, strix, ulula, noctua

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	parra	parrae
genitive	parrae	parrārum
dative	parrae	parrīs
accusative	parram	parrās
ablative	parrā	parrīs
vocative	parra	parrae

Descendants

• → Italian: parra

References

• “parra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “parra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/ [ˈpa.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/ [ˈpa.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/ [ˈpa.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁa/ [ˈpa.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/

• Hyphenation: par‧ra

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

1. shoot or stem of a vine with leaves

   Synonym: pâmpano

2. excessive pride, bragging

   Synonym: bazófia

Derived terms

• parrudo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpara/ [ˈpa.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pa‧rra

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

1. grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)

   Synonym: vid

Derived terms

• hoja de parra
• parra virgen
• parrilla

Related terms

• parral

Further reading

• “parra”, 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