parare

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Asturian

Verb

parare

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Etymology

From Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧re

Verb

paràre (first-person singular present pàro, first-person singular past historic parài, past participle paràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to adorn or deck (out)
    Synonyms: ornare, addobbare, decorare, abbigliare
  2. (transitive) to protect or shield (from)
    Synonyms: riparare, proteggere, difendere, guardare
    parare il corpo dal freddo ― to protect the body from the cold
  3. (transitive) to block
    Synonym: schermare
    parare la luce violenta ― to block the strong light
    parare la pioggia con l'ombrello ― to block the rain with an umbrella
  4. (transitive) to avoid; to dodge; to parry
    Synonyms: scansare, schivare, stornare, evitare, fermare, trattenere, deviare, stoppare, bloccare
    parare una stoccata ― to parry a blow with the sword
  5. (transitive) to face or fight back against (criticism, etc.)
    Synonyms: fronteggiare, affacciare, contrastare
    parare le critiche ― to face the criticisms
  6. (transitive) to block or obstruct by getting in the way
    un palazzo ci para la vista
    a building is obstructing our sight
  7. (transitive, sports) to save (a goal)
  8. (transitive, rare) to show; to present
    Synonyms: porgere, offrire, stendere
    parare la mano ― to present the hand
  9. (transitive, literary) to prepare
  10. (intransitive) to end up
    Synonyms: mirare, tendere, andare a finire
    non capimmo dove volessero parare
    we did not understand where they wanted to end up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of paràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive paràre
auxiliary verb avére gerund paràndo
present participle parànte past participle paràto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present pàro pàri pàra pariàmo paràte pàrano
imperfect paràvo paràvi paràva paravàmo paravàte paràvano
past historic parài paràsti parò paràmmo paràste paràrono
future parerò parerài parerà parerémo pareréte parerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present parerèi parerésti parerèbbe, parerébbe parerémmo pareréste parerèbbero, parerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present pàri pàri pàri pariàmo pariàte pàrino
imperfect paràssi paràssi paràsse paràssimo paràste paràssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
pàra pàri pariàmo paràte pàrino
negative imperative non paràre non pàri non pariàmo non paràte non pàrino

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Latin

Verb

parāre

  1. inflection of parō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

Verb

parare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of parar
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