parar

From Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō.

parar (first-person singular indicative present paro, past participle paráu)

1. to stop

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.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parí, past participle parat)

1. (transitive) to stop (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action

   Synonym: aturar

   no podia parar el cavall ― I couldn't stop the horse

   (idiomatic) parar el cop ― to avoid or mitigate the adverse consequences of something (literally, “to stop the blow”)

   (idiomatic) parar els peus ― to oppose the attitude or the actions (of someone) (literally, “to stop their feet”)

   (idiomatic) para el carro! ― used to stop someone who rushes to say or to do something (literally, “stop the cart!”)

2. (intransitive, reflexive) to stop oneself (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action

   el rellotge s'ha parat ― the clock has stopped

3. (intransitive) to stop somewhere or at sometime (a vehicle, a person)

   aquest tren no para a Gavà ― this train is not stopping at Gavà

   parem al migdia per dinar ― we stop at noon to have lunch

   (idiomatic) sense parar ― without any interruption (literally, “without stopping”)

4. to stop doing [with de (+ infinitive)]

   Synonym: acabar

   quan pari de xerrar ― when he/she stops chatting

5. (impersonal) to stop happening [with de (+ infinitive)]

   ja ha parat de ploure ― rain is over

6. (transitive) to hold out, to extend (a hand, a bag etc) to receive something

   para el davantal per recollir les cireres! ― extend the apron to collect the cherries!

   (idiomatic) parar l'esquena ― to resign oneself to receive a reprimand etc (literally, “to offer the back”)

   (idiomatic) parar la galta ― to expose oneself to receive either a compliment or a punishment (literally, “to offer the cheek”)

   (idiomatic) parar la mà ― to accept money as a reward (literally, “to extend the hand”)

7. (transitive) to prepare or set up something to make it available to function or to serve a purpose.

   parar una trampa ― to prepare a trap so that it is ready to operate and catch something or someone

   (idiomatic) parar taula ― to set the table, to arrange the utensils necessary for eating (literally, “to set up the table”)

   (idiomatic) parar l'orella ― to listen carefully (literally, “to set up one's ear”)

   (idiomatic) parar compte ― to pay attention (to something) (literally, “to set up account”)

8. (transitive) to endure something adverse

   vam haver de parar el sol ― we had to endure the sun

9. to have the "it" role in chasing games like tag or the like

   tu pares! ― tag, you're "It"!.

10. to end up in a place, in a state

    Synonym: acabar, Synonym: estar, Synonym: quedar, Synonym: restar

    on para el nen? ― where did the boy end up?

    la pilota ha anat a parar a la teulada ― the ball has landed on the roof

    per on pares? ― where are you? (now)

11. to stay, reside temporarily, while in a town

    Synonym: estar-se

    on pares a Olot? ― where are you staying when in Olot?

• “parar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “parar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “parar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō.

• IPA^(key): [paˈɾaɾ]

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parei, past participle parado)

1. to stop
2. to stay

   Onde parades? ― Where are you staying?

3. to peal
4. (archaic) to situate, position
5. (archaic) to prepare; to repair; to maintain

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese parar, from Latin parāre (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Homophone: Pará (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: pa‧rar

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parei, past participle parado)

1. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer move)

   O pássaro parou no meio do ar. ― The bird stopped in mid-air.

2. (intransitive) to stop (to no longer progress or do something)

   Synonym: cessar

   Parem! ― Stop [you guys]!

3. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer move)

   O jogador parou a bola antes que entrasse na baliza. ― The player stopped the ball before it got into the goal.

4. (transitive) to stop (to cause something to no longer progress or happen)

   Synonyms: deter, interromper, cessar com, acabar com

   Alguém pretende parar o casamento? ― Does anyone plan on stopping the wedding?

5. (auxiliary) to stop; to cease (to no longer do an action) [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Synonym: cessar

   Parou de chover. ― It has stopped raining.

   Por favor pare de gritar. ― Please stop yelling.

6. (intransitive) to stop at (to pay a short visit to) [with locational adverb phrase]

   Synonym: passar

   Paramos na casa de um amigo da família. ― We stopped at the house of a friend of our family.

7. (intransitive) to end up (to be in a place or situation, after something having happened) [with locational adverb phrase]

   Dei um pontapé tão forte na bola que ninguém sabe onde ela foi parar. ― I kicked the ball so hard that no one knows where it ended up.

   Pizza com abacaxi? Onde vamos parar?! ― Pineapple pizza? Where will it end?!

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parar.

• → Afrikaans: parra

Inherited from Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾaɾ/ [paˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧rar

parar (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite paré, past participle parado)

1. to stop, halt
2. to put up, stand up
3. to lift, raise
4. (reflexive) to stand up
5. (reflexive) to situate oneself
6. (pronominal, Chile) see pararlas

• → Cebuano: para
• → Hiligaynon: para
• → Tagalog: para

• “parar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

parar

1. present indicative of para

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