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parar.

to stop (to no longer move)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/paˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[paˈɾa(h)]Brazil/paˈɾa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/paˈɾa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to stop (to no longer move)

    intransitive
    O pássaro parou no meio do ar.
  2. to stop (to no longer progress or do something)

    intransitive
    Parem!
  3. to stop (to cause something to no longer move)

    transitive
    O jogador parou a bola antes que entrasse na baliza.
  4. to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)

    transitive
    Alguém pretende parar o casamento?
  5. to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action)

    auxiliary
    Parou de chover.
    Por favor pare de gritar.
  6. to stop at (to pay a short visit to)

    intransitive
    Paramos na casa de um amigo da família.
  7. to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened)

    intransitive
    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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