parar.
to stop (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action
Meaning & usage
to stop (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action
no podia parar el cavall
parar el cop
to stop oneself (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action
el rellotge s'ha parat
to stop somewhere or at sometime (a vehicle, a person)
aquest tren no para a Gavà
parem al migdia per dinar
to stop doing
quan pari de xerrar
to stop happening
ja ha parat de ploure
to hold out, to extend (a hand, a bag etc) to receive something
para el davantal per recollir les cireres!
parar l'esquena
to prepare or set up something to make it available to function or to serve a purpose.
parar una trampa
parar taula
to endure something adverse
vam haver de parar el sol
to have the "it" role in chasing games like tag or the like
tu pares!
to end up in a place, in a state
on para el nen?
la pilota ha anat a parar a la teulada
to stay, reside temporarily, while in a town
on pares a Olot?
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Catalan parar, from Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). First attested in the 13th century.
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