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parar

Pronunciation: [pəˈɾa]

“parar” is a Catalan word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stop (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action
  2. to stop oneself (a person, an animal, a machine) from continuing movement or action
  3. to stop somewhere or at sometime (a vehicle, a person)
  4. to stop doing
  5. to stop happening
  6. to hold out, to extend (a hand, a bag etc) to receive something
  7. to prepare or set up something to make it available to function or to serve a purpose.
  8. to endure something adverse
  9. to have the "it" role in chasing games like tag or the like
  10. to end up in a place, in a state
  11. to stay, reside temporarily, while in a town

In Catalan

  1. Aturar una cosa perquè no avanci.
  2. Preparar una cosa per al seu funcionament o servei.
  3. Ser el perseguidor en determinats jocs.

Etymology

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.

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