para

para

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English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
Translations

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpɑːɹə/

Noun

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.
Related terms
  • multipara
  • nullipara
  • primipara
See also
  • gravida

Etymology 3

Clippings.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. Clipping of paragraph.
  2. (military) Clipping of paratrooper.
  3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
  4. Clipping of paraplegic.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

  1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:drunk

Etymology 5

Noun

para

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

See also

Anagrams

  • AARP, ARPA, Paar, Raap, Rapa, apar

'Are'are

Noun

para

  1. fishhook

Verb

para

  1. be white

References

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

Albanian

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

para (+ablative)

  1. before
  2. ago
  3. (physical position) in front of
  4. (presence) in front of, in the presence of
Related terms
  • përpara

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. money

Asturian

Verb

para

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

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish parar (to stop).

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish para (for).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

pára (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. for

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. because of

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Noun

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

  1. erasure
Derived terms

Catalan

Verb

para

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Verb

para

  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

Preposition

para

  1. for

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

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

Noun

para

  1. cash, money

Declension

Synonyms

  • aqça

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

Noun

para f or m (plural para's)

  1. para (paratrooper)
Synonyms
  • paratroeper
  • paracommando

Etymology 2

Clipping of paranoïde

Adjective

para (comparative paraer, superlative para'st)

  1. (informal) Synonym of paranoïde

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro (pair) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. even (not odd)
  2. paired

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • paranvoi

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • arpa, rapa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

para

  1. third-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

  • râpa

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • pra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐɾɐ], [pɾɐ]

Preposition

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
Usage notes

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.

Derived terms
  • pró

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaɾɐ]

Noun

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
Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

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

References

  • “para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “para” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “para” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “para” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gamo

Noun

para

  1. horse

References

  • Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi pará.

Noun

para

  1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

  1. suber, cork
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps from paranoia.

Noun

para

  1. (slang) fear
    Synonyms: félelem, rettegés
Declension
Derived terms

Adjective

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

  1. (slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark
    Synonyms: félelmetes, rémisztő, ijesztő, baljós
Declension

Etymology 3

From paraméter.

Noun

para

  1. (slang) (physical) parameter (height, weight, and age, often asked at the beginning of online dating)
    Synonym: paraméter
Declension

Etymology 4

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

Noun

para (plural parák)

  1. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • 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

Ido

Adjective

para

  1. (mathematics) even

Antonyms

  • nepara

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpara/, [ˈpa.ra]

Particle

para

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

Usage notes

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

See also

  • itu

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish para and Karelian para.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para

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

Declension

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Pará, Brazil, where it is produced.

Noun

para f (plural pare)

  1. crepe rubber
  2. crepe (for shoes)

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

para f (uncountable)

  1. (slang) paranoia

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

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

Anagrams

  • apar, apra, arpa, rapa

Javanese

Article

para

  1. marker of group or collectivity

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese parar.

Verb

para

  1. to stop

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpara/
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra

Noun

para f

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

Further reading

  • Bernard Sychta (1967-1973), “para”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 4, page 27
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “para woda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • “para”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

Verb

parā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of parō

References

  • 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

Lithuanian

Noun

para f

  1. 24 hours (day)

Malay

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

para (Jawi spelling ڤارا)

  1. definitive prefix used to denote that the word preceded is plural
Descendants
  • Indonesian: para

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. shelf
    Synonym: rak
  2. rubber (of the material)
    Synonyms: getah, karet
Descendants
  • Indonesian: para

Further reading

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

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish para (steam). By surface analysis, deverbal from parżicz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpara]
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra

Noun

para f

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

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “I. para”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 29

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • parene

Noun

para n pl

  1. definite plural of par

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

para n pl

  1. definite plural of par

Old Polish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f

  1. steam
  2. breath
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • Masurian: para (steam)
  • Polish: para (steam)
  • Silesian: para (steam)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f

  1. pair (two of the same or similar things)
Descendants
  • Masurian: pára (pair)
  • Polish: para (pair)
    • Kashubian: pôra
  • Silesian: pŏra (pair)

References

  • 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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “para”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (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 [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

para

  1. other, another
  2. alien
  3. outsider
  4. further (on)

Declension

Derived terms

  • pāra

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

Noun

para

  1. bird

Etymology 2

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

Verb

para

  1. to stop
  2. to stand

Polish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish para (pair).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kashubian: pôra

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

  1. third-person singular present of parać

Trivia

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.

References

Further reading

  • 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 [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “2. para”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (08.04.2014), “PARA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (08.04.2014), “PARA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • 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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • pra, pa (syncopic forms)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Preposition

para

  1. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
  2. indicates application of an adjective; to
  3. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)
  4. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)
    Synonyms: a, até
  5. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb
  6. to (to the value of)
  7. in the opinion of
  8. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)
    Synonyms: prestes a, por

Contraction

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

  • para + opro, po
  • para + ospros, pos
  • para + apra, pa
  • para + aspras, pas

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

  • para + umprum
  • para + unspruns
  • para + umapruma
  • para + umasprumas

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

  • para + eupreu
  • para + vocêprocê
  • para + eleprele
  • para + elespreles
  • para + elaprela
  • para + elasprelas
Usage notes

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:

instead of the standard,

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:para.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pelo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • pára (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Verb

para

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

Quechua

Noun

para

  1. rain


Derived terms

  • para jark'ana

See also

  • paray
  • tamya

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

para f (plural parale)

  1. para
  2. money

Declension

Verb

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

  1. parry

Sanaviron

Noun

para

  1. water

See also

  • mampa

References

  • 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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȁra f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

  1. steam
  2. vapor
  3. fume
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

  1. para (Yugoslav currency)
  2. (colloquial) money, dough, moola (usually in plural)
Declension

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish para (steam). By surface analysis, deverbal from parzić.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpara/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra

Noun

para f

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • para in silling.org
  • Bogdan Kallus (2020), “para”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023), “para”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 469

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpa.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: pa‧ra

Etymology 1

From earlier pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin prō ad) via assimilation, influenced by the archaic preposition par.[6]

Preposition

para

  1. for, to (expressing a recipient)
    Synonyms: pa', (colloquial) pa
  2. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
  3. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)
  4. for (expressing contrast from what is expected)
  5. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)
  6. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)
  7. come (used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Hiligaynon: para
  • Tagalog: para
See also
  • por

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

  1. inflection of parir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “para”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

From par +‎ -a.

Verb

para (present parar, preterite parade, supine parat, imperative para)

  1. to pair, match into pairs
  2. (transitive) to breed (two animals)
  3. (reflexive, of animals) to mate, breed
Conjugation
Related terms
  • parning

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish para.

Noun

para c

  1. (slang) money
Derived terms
  • paraknas

References

  • para in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • para in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • para in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • apar, rapa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (for).

Conjunction

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. for; so; in order to
    Synonyms: upang, nang

Preposition

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. for

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.
    Synonyms: tigil, hinto
Usage notes
  • The word is usually paired with ho or po for respect: para ho / para po.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pada (same, equal, like). Compare Ilocano pada, Malay pada, Makasar ᨄᨑ (para), Old Javanese paḍa. Also possibly borrowed from Spanish comparar.

Adjective

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

  1. looking like; seem
    Synonym: mukha
Usage notes
  • This word is now usually seen as parang, except when an enclitic is used which separates para and -ng, although this could be ignored also and have the enclitic after the word parang modifies.
    (instead of Para siyang aso.)
  • This word may appear as parang alone. For example, when agreeing with someone that it actually looks like a dog, you reply with parang “It seems so”, or parang nga “It actually looks like one”.
  • This word used to be used like tulad or gaya, it used genitive case (ng, mo, etc.) instead of the linker -ng. Seen in the Lord's Prayer (Ama Namin), which is still preserved today. The Lord's Prayer spells ng as nang.
Derived terms
See also

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre). Doublet of pare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑˈɾɑ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Noun

para (definite accusative parayı, plural paralar)

  1. money

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: Para
  • Swedish: para

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpara/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpa(ː)ra/

Verb

para (first-person singular present paraf)

  1. Alternative form of parhau (to endure, to last)

Conjugation

Noun

para m (uncountable)

  1. continuance, perseverance, permanence

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “parhau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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