para

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

• (UK) enPR: päʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɹə/

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

para (plural paras)

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

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

para (plural paras)

1. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

• multipara
• nullipara
• primipara

• gravida

Clippings.

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

para (plural paras)

1. Clipping of paragraph.
2. Clipping of paratrooper.
3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
4. Clipping of paraplegic.
   • 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain (ed.), Foucault and the Government of Disability

     The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

Shortened from paralytic

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/

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• Rhymes: -æɹə

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

• See Thesaurus:drunk

• AARP, ARPA, Paar, Raap, Rapa, apar

para

1. fishhook

para

1. be white

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

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

para (+ablative)

1. before

   para afatit

   before the deadline

2. ago

   para dy shekujsh

   two centuries ago

3. (physical position) in front of

   para një pasqyre

   in front of a mirror

4. (presence) in front of, in the presence of

   para klasës

   in front of the class

• përpara

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

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

1. money

para

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

Borrowed from Spanish parar (“to stop”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/

pára

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

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”)

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/

pára

1. for

   Para sain ini?

   What's this for?

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/

parà

1. because of

   Para kaiyan?

   Because of that?

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾaʔ/

parà

1. erasure

para

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

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

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

para

1. for

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

para

1. cash, money

• aqça

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para f or m (plural para's)

1. para (paratrooper)

• paratroeper
• paracommando

From paro (“pair”) +‎ -a.

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

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

1. even (not odd)

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

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

para

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

• paranvoi

• arpa, rapa

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para

1. third-person singular past historic of parer

• râpa

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

• pra

• IPA^(key): [pɐɾɐ], [pɾɐ]

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

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.

• pró

Back-formation from parar (“to prepare”). Cognate with Portuguese apara.

Paras de pataca ("potato peelings")

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɾɐ]

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

• “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.

para

1. horse

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

para

1. sea

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

Of uncertain origin.

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

1. suber, cork

Perhaps from paranoia.

para

1. (slang) fear

   Synonyms: félelem, rettegés

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

1. (slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark

   Synonyms: félelmetes, rémisztő, ijesztő, baljós

From paraméter.

para

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

   Mik a paráid? ― What are your parameters?

   Synonym: paraméter

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

para (plural parák)

1. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

• parafa and paratölgy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

para

1. (mathematics) even

• nepara

From Sanskrit पर (para, “other”).

para

1. some, the (when talking about people)

para

1. the

para (first-person possessive paraku, second-person possessive paramu, third-person possessive paranya)

1. present (person)
2. joint, shared

• itu

Akin to Finnish para and Karelian para.

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

para

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

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

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

From Pará, Brazil, where it is produced.

para f (plural pare)

1. crepe rubber
2. crepe (for shoes)

Clipping.

para f (uncountable)

1. (slang) paranoia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

para

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

• apar, apra, arpa, rapa

para

1. marker of group or collectivity

From Portuguese parar.

para

1. to stop

parā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of parō

• 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

para f

1. 24 hours (day)

   Aš manau kad užtruks apie vieną parą.

   I think it will take about 24 hours.

• IPA^(key): /para/
• Rhymes: -ara, -ra, -a
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [päɣə]

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

para (Jawi spelling ڤارا‎)

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

   Para murid ― All students

• Indonesian: para

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

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

1. shelf

   Para buku ― Bookshelf

   Synonym: rak

2. rubber (of the material)

   Nilai para ― Value of rubber

   Synonyms: getah, karet

• Indonesian: para

• “para” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *paRa₂
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *paRa₁

• parene

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

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

para

1. other, another
2. alien
3. outsider
4. further (on)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (in Pali), page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥

     Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.

     With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.

• pāra

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

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

para

1. bird

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

para

1. to stop
2. to stand

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pa‧ra

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

para f

1. (uncountable) steam, water in gaseous phase
2. (uncountable) breath

From Middle High German pâr (German Paar), from Latin pār.

para f

1. couple (two partners in a romantic relationship)
2. a couple (an unspecified, small amount)
3. -odd (used after numbers to specific an unspecified amount)

   Ona miała trzydzieści parę lat. ― She was thirty-odd years old.

   Synonyms: z hakiem, mniej więcej, z grubsza

4. pair (two objects)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

para

1. third-person singular present of parać

• para in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• para in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• pera (obsolete)
• p'ra, pra (eye dialect)
• pa (eye dialect)

Informal forms

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 186:

     Tenho um recado para você.

     I have a message for you.

   Ração para gatos.

   Food for cats.

   O que é bom para gripe?

   What is good for the flu?

2. indicates application of an adjective; to
   • 2001, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire] (Harry Potter; 4), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

3. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)

   Comprei um baixo para tocar numa banda.

   I bought a bass to play in a band.

4. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)

   Synonyms: a, até

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 656:

     Ele podia ouvi-la se deslocando para a direita, para obter uma visão desimpedida dele.

     He could hear her moving herself to the right, to obtain an unobstructed view of him.

   Vamos para a minha casa.

   Let’s go to my house.

5. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb

   Essa janela abre para um longo vale.

   This window opens into a long valley.

6. to (to the value of)

   A cor da banana foi de amarelo para preto.

   The colour of the banana went from yellow to black.

   O valor da minha casa baixou para menos do que o que eu paguei.

   The value of my house has fallen to less than what I paid.

7. in the opinion of

   Para mim, esse livro é um dos melhores da história.

   In my opinion, this book is one of the best ever.

8. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)

   Synonyms: prestes a, por

   Fiquem quietos que o filme está para começar.

   Be quiet because the film is about to begin.

Para + definite article contractions are nonstandard and thus not used in serious writing, but are very widespread in speech and informal writing. Those without r are even more 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

Some senses of para, such as 'in order to', introduce a subordinate clause. When this clause begins with a personal pronoun, some speakers use a prepositional pronoun instead of a nominative one:

• Comprei um bolo para mim comer.

  I bought a cake for me to eat.

instead of the standard

• Comprei um bolo para eu comer.

  I bought a cake for me to eat.

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:para.

• pelo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• pára (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

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

para

1. rain

• para jark'ana

• paray
• tamya

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

para f (plural parale)

1. para
2. money

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

1. parry

para

1. water

• mampa

• 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

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

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

pȁra f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

1. steam
2. vapor
3. fume

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

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

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

1. para (Yugoslav currency)
2. (colloquial) money (usually in plural)

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

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

para

1. for, to (expressing a recipient)

   La niña compró un regalo de navidad para su abuela.

   The girl bought a Christmas gift for her grandmother.

   Ahora me gustaría hacer un truco de magia para ustedes.

   I'd now like to perform a magic trick for you all.

   Synonyms: pa', (colloquial) pa

2. to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)

   Estudio cada noche sin descanso para conseguir un trabajo decente al fin de todo esto.

   I study every night tirelessly so that I get a decent job at the end of all this.

   Voy a salir temprano para evitar el tráfico.

   I am going to leave early to avoid traffic.

3. by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)

   Necesito tu decisión para fin de mes.

   I need your decision by the end of the month.

   Sus proyectos de grupo son para el viernes sin excepción.

   Your group projects are due on Friday without exception.

4. for (expressing contrast from what is expected)

   Para un turista americano, él es en realidad bastante respetuoso.

   For an American tourist, he is actually pretty respectful.

5. for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)

   Para mí, la música es lo único bueno sobre esa película.

   For me, the music was the only good thing about that film.

   Para mi hermano, su esposa tiene toda la razón.

   As far as my brother is concerned, his wife is totally in the right.

6. for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)

   Mi sobrino juega para el equipo de los Patos Poderosos.

   My nephew plays for the Mighty Ducks' team.

   Trabajamos para la misma jefe aunque no al mismo tiempo.

   We worked for the same boss but not at the same time.

   Ella trabajó para Microsoft durante años, pero ahora trabaja para Apple.

   She worked for Microsoft for years, but now she works for Apple.

• Hiligaynon: para
• Tagalog: para

• por

Form of parar.

para

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

Form of parir.

para

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

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

From par +‎ -a.

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

1. to pair, match into pairs
2. to mate (animals)

• parning

para c

1. (slang) money

• apar, rapa

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

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Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

para

1. for; so; in order to

   Para makapasok sa eskuwelahan, kailangan mo ng valid ID.

   In order to be able to go inside the school, you need a valid ID.

   Synonyms: upang, nang

para

1. for

   Nagtatrabaho si Ate Virgie para sa kanyang pamilya.

   Virgie works for her family.

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

para

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

   Synonyms: tigil, hinto

The word is usually paired with ho for respect: para ho.

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.

para

1. looking like; seem

   Para kang tanga...

   You look like an idiot...

   Parang may gusto ka sa akin.

   You seem to like me / have a crush on me.

   Synonym: mukha

• Common as parang in younger speakers, instead of the enclitic (like siya) in between para and -ng.

  Parang... Parang aso siya

  It looks like... It looks like a dog

  (instead of para siyang aso)

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

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

para (definite accusative parayı, plural paralar)

1. money

• (informal) beş para etmez (twopenny-ha'penny,inconsequential,ineffective,contemptible)
• (informal) beş parasız (stone broke)
• (informal) para babası (rolling in money)
• parasız
• (idiomatic) para pul (material wealth,fiat and representative money)
• sahte para (counterfeit money)

• → German: Para
• → Swedish: para

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpara/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːra/, /ˈpara/

para (first-person singular present paraf)

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

para m (uncountable)

1. continuance, perseverance, permanence

• 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