para

 

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

• (UK) enPR: päʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɹə/

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• (US) enPR: pärʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

para (plural paras)

 

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1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
   • 1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...:

     She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɑːɹə/

para (plural paras)

1. (medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

• multipara
• nullipara
• primipara

• gravida

Clippings.

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/
• Rhymes: -æɹə

para (plural paras)

1. Clipping of paragraph.
2. (military) Clipping of paratrooper.
   • 2023 September 26, Dan Sabbagh, “Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Family of dead para launch legal challenge to Northern Ireland legacy legislation [title]

3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
4. Clipping of paraplegic.
   • 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain, editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability:

     The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

Shortened from paralytic

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/

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• Rhymes: -æɹə

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

• See Thesaurus:drunk

para

1. (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”)

• paar, Raap, ARPA, apar, ARAP, Rapa, AARP, Paar, APAR

Back formation from përpara, from Proto-Albanian *pər-parə-a, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-e/o-s (“before, in front”)

para (+ ablative)

1. before

   para afatit

   before the deadline

2. ago

   para dy shekujsh

   two centuries ago

3. (physical position) in front of

   para një pasqyre

   in front of a mirror

4. (presence) in front of, in the presence of

   para klasës

   in front of the class

• përpara

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

para f (plural para, definite paraja, definite plural paratë)

1. money

para

1. fishhook

para

1. be white

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

para

1. third-person singular present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular imperative of parar

Borrowed from Spanish parar (“to stop”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

1. stop! (used as a command to stop a vehicle)

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

1. for

   Para sain ini?

   What's this for?

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/ [ˈpa.ɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

1. because of

   Para kaiyan?

   Because of that?

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/ [ˈpa.ɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

1. erasure

para

1. inflection of parar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾ̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

From Spanish parar (“to stop”).

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

1. to flag down; to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
2. to signal a driver to stop in order for one to alight a vehicle

From Spanish para (“for”). Displaced alang in most contexts.

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

1. for

   Synonym: (formal) alang

From Persian پاره (pâre).

para

1. cash, money

• aqça

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

para f or m (plural para's)

1. para (paratrooper)

• paratroeper
• paracommando

Clipping of paranoïde

para (comparative paraer, superlative para'st)

1. (informal) Synonym of paranoïde

From paro (“pair”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpara]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: par‧a

para (accusative singular paran, plural paraj, accusative plural parajn)

1. even (not odd)
2. paired

Probably borrowed from North Germanic, from the same origin as Swedish bära (“to carry, bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ra

para

1. (witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

• “para”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• arpa, rapa

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para

1. third-person singular past historic of parer

• râpa

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera, para, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

• pra

• IPA^(key): [pɐɾɐ], [pɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɾɐ, -aɾa
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)
2. for (to obtain)
3. to, toward (indicating destination)
4. for (by the standards of)
5. (after a form of estar) about to

In spoken language this preposition frequently contracts with the next word, especially with articles and pronouns, but today these contraction are not usually represented in the written language.

• pró

Deverbal from parar (“to prepare”). Cognate with Portuguese apara.

 

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɾɐ]

para f (plural paras)

1. peeling (of a fruit, vegetable, cheese)

   Synonyms: carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pela, peladura, peleca, plana, tona

2. shaving, woodshaving

   Synonyms: labra, lasca

para

1. inflection of parar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of parir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “para”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “para”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “para”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “para”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “para”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

para

1. horse

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

 

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Cognate with Old Tupi pará.

• IPA^(key): [paˈɾa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. sea

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Of uncertain origin.

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

2. suber, cork

Perhaps from paranoia.

para

2. (slang) fear

   Synonyms: félelem, rettegés

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

1. (slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark

   Synonyms: félelmetes, rémisztő, ijesztő, baljós

From paraméter.

para

2. (slang) (physical) parameter (height, weight, and age, often asked at the beginning of online dating)

   Synonym: paraméter

   Mik a paráid? ― What are your parameters?

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (para, “money”), from Persian پاره (pâre, “piece”).

para (plural parák)

2. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

• parafa and paratölgy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

para

1. (mathematics) even

• nepara

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. for; on behalf of

Borrowed from Spanish para (“stop”) (second person singular imperative), from parar (“stop”).

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. sprouting coconut

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paRa (collective particle). Compare Acehnese para (“horde, troop”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/

para

1. definitive particle used to denote that the word preceded is plural

   para siswa ― students

• This particle is only used in human nouns. Plural forms of other nouns are formed by reduplication.

• itu

 

Akin to Finnish para and Karelian para.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑ/, [ˈpɑrɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑ/, [ˈpɑrɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. (folklore) troll cat (being designed to bring milk to its creator)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 383

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: pà‧ra

From Pará, Brazil, where it is produced.

para f (plural pare)

1. crepe rubber
2. crepe (for shoes)

Clipping.

para f (uncountable)

1. (slang) paranoia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

para

1. inflection of parare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• apar, apra, arpa, rapa

para

1. marker of group or collectivity

From Portuguese parar.

para

1. to stop

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàra. By surface analysis, deverbal from parzëc.

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

para f

1. steam (vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase)

   Synonym: ropa

• Sychta, Bernard (1970) “para”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 27
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “para woda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “para”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

parā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of parō

• para in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "para", in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

para f

1. 24 hours (day)

   Aš manau kad užtruks apie vieną parą.

   I think it will take about 24 hours.

• diena (daytime, a day)

• IPA^(key): /para/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [parə]
• Rhymes: -a

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paRa (collective particle). Compare Acehnese para (“horde, troop”).

para (Jawi spelling ڤارا)

1. definitive prefix used to denote that the word preceded is plural

   para murid ― students

• Indonesian: para

From Proto-Austronesian *paRa (“storage shelf; attic, loft”). Compare Tagalog pága (“storage loft made of bamboo attached to ceiling”).

para (Jawi spelling ڤارا, plural para-para, informal 1st possessive paraku, 2nd possessive paramu, 3rd possessive paranya)

1. shelf

   Synonym: rak

   para buku ― bookshelf

2. rubber (of the material)

   Synonyms: getah, karet

   nilai para ― value of rubber

• Indonesian: para

• “para” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paRa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paRa₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• parene

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàra. By surface analysis, deverbal from parzyć. First attested in 1420.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /para/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /para/

para f

1. steam
   • 1451-1455, Legenda o świętym Aleksym‎^[4], line 215:

     Kogokole para szaleczala oth thego szwyathego czala, ktoryle chorobą myal, nathemyescz szdrow ostal

     [Kogokole para zaleciała ot tego świętego ciała, ktoryle chorobę miał, natemieśc[ie] zdrow ostał]

2. (attested in Greater Poland) breath
   • 1874-1891 [Middle of the 15th century], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[5], [6], [7]}, volume XXIII, page 270:

     Faucibus, gl. ore, exuberat, gl. exit, grauis anhelitus dvch, para

     [Faucibus, gl. ore, exuberat, gl. exit, grauis anhelitus duch, para]

   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 129r:

     Spiraculum id est anhelitus vel foramen per quod spiratur proprie der atem. Spiramen idem pąrą vel dech

     [Spiraculum id est anhelitus vel foramen per quod spiratur proprie der atem. Spiramen idem para vel dech]

• Polish: para (“steam”)
• Silesian: para (“steam”)

Borrowed from Middle High German pâr. First attested in 1447.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /paːra/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pɒra/

para f

1. pair (two of the same or similar things)
   • 1912-1930 [1447], Monumenta Iuris cura praepositorum Chartophylacio Maximo Varsoviensi, volume III, page 156:

     Ego Petrus obligo me sibi (sc. Andree) solucionem facere..., videlicet vnum tharling pannorum coltryskych, in quo fieri debent XL-ta media stamina et quodlibet paria uel stamen integrum debet percipere a me per XII florenos Vngaricales vlg. par *puolstuczkow... Ego Petrus... promitto... Andree... secundum tharling staminorum vlg. *puolstuczkow coltryskych dare... sine omni dilatione..., videlicet quod par *puolstuczkuow per XII florenos Vngaricales

     [Ego Petrus obligo me sibi (sc. Andree) solucionem facere..., videlicet vnum tarlink pannorum koltryskich, in quo fieri debent XL-ta media stamina et quodlibet paria uel stamen integrum debet percipere a me per XII florenos Vngaricales vlg. par połusztuczkow... Ego Petrus... promitto... Andree... secundum tarlink staminorum vlg. połusztuczkow koltryskich dare... sine omni dilatione..., videlicet quod par połusztuczk[u]ow per XII florenos Vngaricales]

• Polish: para (“pair”)
  • → Kashubian: pôra
• Silesian: pŏra (“pair”)

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “para I-II”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “para I-II”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “para 1-2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “para”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “para”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Inherited from Sanskrit पर (para), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

para

1. other, another
2. alien
3. outsider
4. further (on)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ‎^[8], page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥

     Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.

     With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.

• pāra

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “para”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

 

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

para

1. bird

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

para

1. to stop
2. to stand

 

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para

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Inherited from Old Polish para (“steam”). By surface analysis, deverbal from parzyć.

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pa‧ra
• Homophones: Para, para-

para f (related adjective parowy)

1. (uncountable) steam (vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase)
2. (uncountable, colloquial) steam (internal energy for progress or motive power)
3. (uncountable) breath

   Synonyms: dech, tchnienie

Inherited from Old Polish para (“pair”).

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pa‧ra
• Homophones: Para, para-

para f

1. (countable) pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
2. (countable) pair (two symmetrical organs or limbs)
3. (countable) pair (object made of two things, such as scissors or pants)
4. (countable) pair (two people, animals, or groups in the same place at the same time)
5. (countable) pair, couple (two people in a relationship or partnership)

• → Kashubian: pôra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

para

1. third-person singular present of parać

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), para is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 43 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 4 times in essays, 16 times in fiction, and 11 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 87 times, making it the 733rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• para in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• para in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. para”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. para”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
• Paweł Kupiszewski (08.04.2014) “PARA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku
• Paweł Kupiszewski (08.04.2014) “PARA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “para”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “para”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “para”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 50

From earlier pera, from Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

• pra, pa (syncopic forms)

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

2. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)

   Ração para gatos.

   Food for cats.

   O que é bom para gripe?

   What is good for the flu?

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 186:

     Tenho um recado para você.

     I have a message for you.

4. indicates application of an adjective; to
   • 2001, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo (Harry Potter; 4), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

6. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)

   Comprei um baixo para tocar numa banda.

   I bought a bass to play in a band.

8. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)

   Synonyms: a, até

   Vamos para a minha casa.

   Let’s go to my house.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 656:

     Ele podia ouvi-la se deslocando para a direita, para obter uma visão desimpedida dele.

     He could hear her moving herself to the right, to obtain an unobstructed view of him.

10. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb

    Essa janela abre para um longo vale.

    That window opens into a long valley.

12. to (to the value of)

    A cor da banana mudou de amarelo para preto.

    The colour of the banana changed from yellow to black.

    O valor da minha casa baixou para menos do que o que eu paguei.

    The value of my house has fallen to less than what I paid.

14. in the opinion of

    Para mim, este livro é um dos melhores da história.

    In my opinion, this book is one of the best ever.

16. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)

    Synonyms: prestes a, por

    Fiquem quietos que o filme está para começar.

    Be quiet because the film is about to begin.

Para + definite article contractions are colloquial. Those without r are nonstandard:

• para + o → pro, po
• para + os → pros, pos
• para + a → pra, pa
• para + as → pras, pas

Para + indefinite article contractions are also nonstandard, but are not as common:

• para + um → prum
• para + uns → pruns
• para + uma → pruma
• para + umas → prumas

There are some para + personal pronoun contractions, which are also nonstandard and uncommon in writing:

• para + eu → preu
• para + você → procê
• para + ele → prele
• para + eles → preles
• para + ela → prela
• para + elas → prelas

Some senses of para, such as 'in order to', introduce a subordinate clause. When this clause begins with a personal pronoun, some Brazilian speakers use a prepositional pronoun instead of a nominative one:

• Comprei um bolo para mim comer.

  I bought a cake for me to eat.

instead of the standard,

• Comprei um bolo para eu comer.

  I bought a cake for me to eat.

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:para.

• pelo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• pára (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. inflection of parar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

para

1. rain

• para jark'ana

• paray
• tamya

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

para f (plural parale)

1. para
2. money

• părăluță (“small coin”, diminutive)

Borrowed from French parer.

a para (third-person singular present parează, past participle parat) 1st conj.

1. to parry

para

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of pară

para

1. water

• mampa

• Julio Salinardi, Córdoba y Traslasierra: integración y disgregación (2006): Con respecto a la lengua sanavirona, hay algunas palabras cuyo significado es seguro, tales comon sacat (pueblo), charaba (cacique), para (agua) y mampa (acequia).
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 48

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

• IPA^(key): /pâra/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• Rhymes: -âra

pȁra f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

1. steam
2. vapor
3. fume

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

• IPA^(key): /pǎra/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

1. para (Yugoslav currency)
2. (colloquial) money, dough, moola (usually in plural)
   • 2010 April 12, Dubioza kolektiv (lyrics and music), “Kokuz”‎^[9]:

     Nemam para daj posudi
     Il' mi žirant makar budi
     Steglo brate sa svih strana
     Trebam pomoć od jarana

     I don't have moola, lend me some
     or be my guarantor
     It's tightening from all sides my bro
     I need help from my buddies.