paro

Ainu

Alternative forms

• (apocopic) par
• para
• paroho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pàꜛɾó/

Noun

paro (Kana spelling パロ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Asturian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Balinese

Romanization

paro

1. Romanization of ᬧᬭᭀ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Paar, ultimately from Latin pār (“equal, like, suitable”). Cognate with English peer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro

Noun

paro (accusative singular paron, plural paroj, accusative plural parojn)

1. pair (two similar or identical things)
2. couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

   Hyponyms: geedzoj (“(mixed-sex) married couple”), gefianĉoj (“engaged couple”)

Hypernyms

• -aro (“group, collection”)

Derived terms

• pare (“pairwise, in a pair”)

French

Etymology

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁo/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

paro (invariable)

1. (slang) neurotic, crazy
   • 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:

     Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métro

     Without him I go a bit crazy / I wander on my own in the metro

Galician

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of parir

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

Noun

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro
• Rhymes: -ro, -o

Numeral

paro

1. Nonstandard form of paruh (“half”).

Italian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

Anagrams

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

Javanese

Romanization

paro

1. Romanization of ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ro/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-o (“providing”), from *perh₃- (“to grant”). Cognate with pariō (“to produce”), properus (“ready”), Old Irish ernaid (“to grant, bestow”), Sanskrit पृणाति (pṛṇā́ti, “to grant, bestow”), Ancient Greek ἔπορον (époron, “to give, furnish”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

2. to arrange, order, contrive, design

   Synonyms: īnstruō, compōnō

3. to provide, furnish, prepare

   Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, īnstruō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of grain, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

4. to resolve, purpose, decide

   Synonyms: statuō, cernō, dēcernō, cōnstituō, placeō

5. to get, acquire, obtain, procure, make

   Synonyms: acquīrō, cōnsequor, pariō, lucror, adipīscor, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   amīcōs parāre ― to make friends; to befriend

6. (Medieval Latin) to adorn, ornament
7. (Medieval Latin) to learn by heart

Conjugation

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Albanian: proj
• Italian: parare
• Old French: parer
  • French: parer
  • → English: pare
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: parar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: parar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: parar
  • Galician: parar
  • Portuguese: parar
    • → Afrikaans: parra
• Spanish: parar
• → Welsh: paratoi

Etymology 2

From pār (“equal”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. to equalize, make equal

Conjugation

References

• “paro1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paro 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)
• paro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare to do a thing: parare with Inf.
    
  • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
    
  • to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
    
  • to take measures for..: parare aliquid
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to make preparations for a marriage: nuptias parare
    
  • to equip an army, troops: parare exercitum, copias
    
  • to make preparations for war: bellum parare
    
  • (ambiguous) to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
    
  • (ambiguous) to invent, form words: verba parere, fingere, facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be resigned to a thing: (animo) paratum esse ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a match for the enemy: parem (opp. imparem) esse hosti
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam adipisci, parere
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “paro”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• páro

Noun

paro m

1. pair

   Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

Old Javanese

Noun

paro

1. Alternative spelling of parwa

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

paro

1. masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

Noun

paro

1. vocative singular of para

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾu

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾo/
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from parar.

Noun

paro m (plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment

   Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo

   en paro ― unemployed

3. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: huelga

4. cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   Synonyms: excusa, pretexto

   Puros paros para no trabajar

   Just pretexts for not working

6. (Mexico) a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")

   Hazme un paro, no le digas que estoy aquí

   Protect me, do not tell him/her that I am here

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas

   Help Juan, he must store all those boxes

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parir

Further reading

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