parować

• IPA^(key): /paˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: pa‧ro‧wać

From para (“steam, vapor”) +‎ -ować.

parować impf

1. (intransitive) to steam (to produce or vent steam)
2. (intransitive) to vaporize (to be converted to vapor)
3. (transitive, cooking) to steam (to cook with steam)

Adapted borrowing of French parer +‎ -ować, from Italian parare, from Latin parō, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”).

parować impf (perfective sparować or odparować)

1. (transitive) to fend off, to parry (to avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.))

   Synonym: odpierać

From para (“couple, pair”) +‎ -ować.

parować impf (perfective sparować)

1. (transitive) to pair (to bring two animals together for mating)

   Synonym: kojarzyć

2. (reflexive with się) to pair (to come together for mating)

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