parar.
to stop (to no longer move)
Meaning & usage
to stop (to no longer move)
O pássaro parou no meio do ar.
to stop (to no longer progress or do something)
Parem!
to stop (to cause something to no longer move)
O jogador parou a bola antes que entrasse na baliza.
to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)
Alguém pretende parar o casamento?
to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action)
Parou de chover.
Por favor pare de gritar.
to stop at (to pay a short visit to)
Paramos na casa de um amigo da família.
to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened)
Dei um pontapé tão forte na bola que ninguém sabe onde ela foi parar.
Pizza com abacaxi? Onde vamos parar?!
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).
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