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parar.

to stop, halt

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/paˈɾaɾ/[paˈɾaɾ]
  1. to stop, halt

    intransitive · transitive
  2. to stand up

    Caribbean · Central-America · Chile · Colombia · Mexico · Rioplatense · Venezuela · intransitive
  3. to put something in a vertical position

    Caribbean · Chile · Colombia · Costa-Rica · Guatemala · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Rioplatense · Venezuela · transitive
  4. to put someone in a vertical position

    Bolivia · Chile · Colombia · Costa-Rica · Cuba · Dominican-Republic · Ecuador · Guatemala · Mexico · Nicaragua · Paraguay · Rioplatense · Venezuela · transitive
  5. to get up (from bed)

    Bolivia · Colombia · Cuba · Dominican-Republic · Guatemala · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru · Venezuela · reflexive
  6. to become erect (in the sense of upright)

    reflexive
  7. (of one's penis) to become erect

    Caribbean · Central-America · Mexico · South-America · reflexive · vulgar
  8. see pararlas

    Chile
  9. to tend to do or to be (followed by a gerund)

    Peru · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Latin *paro- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin parō Old Spanish parar Spanish parar Inherited from Old Spanish parar, from Latin parō.

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