para

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English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para (plural paras)

(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)

(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

Etymology 3

Clippings.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para (plural paras)

Clipping of paragraph.
(military) Clipping of paratrooper.
(US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
Clipping of paraplegic.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

(UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:drunk

Etymology 5

Noun

para

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

Anagrams

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

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)

before
ago
(physical position) in front of
(presence) in front of, in the presence of

Related terms

përpara

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

money

'Are'are

Noun

para

fishhook

Verb

para

be white

References

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

Asturian

Verb

para

third-person singular present indicative of parar
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)

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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

because of

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Noun

parà (Basahan spelling ᜉᜍ)

erasure

Derived terms

Catalan

Verb

para

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Spanish parar (“to stop”).

Verb

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

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

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

para (Badlit spelling ᜉᜇ)

for
Synonym: (formal) alang

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian (pâre).

Noun

para

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)

para (paratrooper)

Synonyms

paratroeper
paracommando

Etymology 2

Clipping of paranoïde

Adjective

para (comparative paraer, superlative para'st)

(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)

even (not odd)
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
Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ra

Noun

para

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

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

arpa, rapa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

para

third-person singular past historic of parer

Noun

para m or f (plural paras)

paratrooper

References

“para”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

râpa

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

para

for (directed at, intended to belong to)
for (to obtain)
to, toward (indicating destination)
for (by the standards of)
(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)

peeling (of a fruit, vegetable, cheese)
Synonyms: carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pela, peladura, peleca, plana, tona
shaving, woodshaving
Synonyms: labra, lasca

Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

para

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

References

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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “para”, 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), “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

Gamo

Noun

para

horse

References

Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi pará.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

suber, cork

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps from paranoia.

Noun

para

(slang) fear
Synonyms: félelem, rettegés

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

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

Declension

Etymology 3

From paraméter.

Noun

para

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

Mik a paráid? ― What are your parameters?

Declension

Etymology 4

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

Noun

para (plural parák)

para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

Derived terms

Ido

Adjective

para

(mathematics) even

Antonyms

nepara

Ilocano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Preposition

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

for; on behalf of

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

para (Kur-itan spelling ᜉᜎ)

sprouting coconut

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/

Particle

para

definitive particle used to denote that the word preceded is plural
para siswa ― students

Usage notes

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

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

(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)

crepe rubber
crepe (for shoes)

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

para f (uncountable)

(slang) paranoia

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

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

Anagrams

apar, apra, arpa, rapa

Javanese

Article

para

marker of group or collectivity

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese parar.

Verb

para

to stop

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f

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

Ladino

Etymology 1

From earlier pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin prō ad) via assimilation, influenced by the archaic preposition par.^[4]

Pronunciation

Preposition

para (Hebrew spelling פארה)

for; to (expressing a recipient)
to; in order to; so; for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
toward; moving in the direction of

Alternative forms

pora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para (Hebrew spelling פארה)

third-person singular present indicative of parar
second-person singular imperative of parar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para (Hebrew spelling פארה)

first-person singular present subjunctive of parir
third-person singular present subjunctive of parir

References

Latin

Verb

parā

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

Lautu Chin

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pə̀rə̀ə̀]

Verb

para

to break (as in a computer)

References

Kelly Harper Berkson, Amanda Bohnert, Sui Hnem Par (2022) “Consonant Sounds in Hnaring Lutuv”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[6], volume 3, number 1

Lithuanian

Noun

para f

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)

definitive prefix used to denote that the word preceded is plural
para murid ― students

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)

shelf
Synonym: rak

para buku ― bookshelf
rubber (of the material)
Synonyms: getah, karet

nilai para ― value of rubber

Descendants

Indonesian: para

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

parene

Noun

para n pl

definite plural of par

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

para n pl

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

Noun

para f

steam
(attested in Greater Poland) breath

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f

pair (two of the same or similar things)

Descendants

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, 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 [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

other, another
alien
outsider
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

bird

Etymology 2

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

Verb

para

to stop
to stand

Polish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f (related adjective parowy)

(uncountable) steam (vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase)
(uncountable, colloquial) steam (internal energy for progress or motive power)
(uncountable) breath
Synonyms: dech, tchnienie

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish para (“pair”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

para f

(countable) pair (two similar or identical things taken together)
(countable) pair (two symmetrical organs or limbs)
(countable) pair (object made of two things, such as scissors or pants)
(countable) pair (two people, animals, or groups in the same place at the same time)
(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

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

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

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

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, since eu (“I”) is used as the subject of sentences (it performs the action), and mim (“me”, prepositional), as the object of prepositions.

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

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

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

Quechua

Noun

para

rain

Derived terms

para jark'ana

Romanian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

para f (plural parale)

para
money

Declension

Derived terms

părăluță (“small coin”, diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French parer.

Verb

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

to parry

Etymology 3

Noun

para

definite nominative/accusative singular of pară

Sanaviron

Noun

para

water

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)

steam
vapor
fume

Declension

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pǎra/
Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Noun

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

para (Yugoslav currency)
(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): /ˈpa.ra/
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: pa‧ra

Noun

para f

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

Derived terms

Related terms

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.^[14]

Preposition

para

for, to (expressing a recipient)
Synonyms: pa', (colloquial) pa
to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)
for (expressing contrast from what is expected)
for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)
for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

para

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

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

From par +‎ -a.

Verb

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

to pair, match into pairs
(transitive) to breed (two animals)
(reflexive, of animals) to mate, breed

Conjugation

Related terms

parning

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish para.

Noun

para c

(slang) money

Derived terms

paraknas

References

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

Anagrams

apar, rapa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/ [ˈpaː.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -aɾa
Syllabification: pa‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Conjunction

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

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

Preposition

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

para (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ)

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)

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

Anagrams

arpa, arap

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑˈɾɑ/
Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Noun

para (definite accusative parayı, plural paralar)

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)

Alternative form of parhau (“to endure, to last”)

Conjugation

Noun

para m (uncountable)

continuance, perseverance, permanence

para

para

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adjective

Synonyms

Etymology 5

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

Preposition

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

'Are'are

Noun

Verb

References

Asturian

Verb

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Preposition

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Preposition

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

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Catalan

Verb

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Etymology 2

Preposition

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Noun

Declension

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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