paro

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾu/

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of parar

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro
• Rhymes: -aro
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paro (accusative singular paron, plural paroj, accusative plural parojn)

1. couple, pair

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁo/

paro (invariable)

1. (slang) neurotic
   • 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:

     Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métro

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

From Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Cognate with pariō (“to produce”) and properus (“ready”).

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. I prepare, arrange
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

2. I provide, furnish
3. I resolve, purpose

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• Italian: parare
• Old French: parer
  • French: parer
  • → English: pare
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: parar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: parar
• Old Portuguese: parar
  • Galician: parar
  • Portuguese: parar
    • → Afrikaans: parra

From pār (“equal”).

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. I equalize, make equal

• paro1 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paro2 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paro3 in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• paro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare to do a thing: parare with Inf.
    
  • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
    
  • to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
    
  • to take measures for..: parare aliquid
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to make preparations for a marriage: nuptias parare
    
  • to equip an army, troops: parare exercitum, copias
    
  • to make preparations for war: bellum parare
    
  • (ambiguous) to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
    
  • (ambiguous) to invent, form words: verba parere, fingere, facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be resigned to a thing: (animo) paratum esse ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a match for the enemy: parem (opp. imparem) esse hosti
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam adipisci, parere
    

• páro

paro m

1. pair

   Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

paro

1. masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.rɔ/

paro

1. vocative singular of para

paro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of parar

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾo/

From parar.

paro m (plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment

   Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo

3. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: huelga

4. cardiac arrest, short form of paro cardíaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   Puros paros para no trabajar ― Just pretexts for not working

   Synonyms: excusa, pretexto

6. (Mexico) a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")

   Hazme un paro, no le digas que estoy aquí ― protect me, do not tell ... that I am here

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas ― help Juan, he must store all those boxes

See the etymology of the main entry.

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parar.

See the etymology of the main entry.

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parir.