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Spanish
Etymology
From párpado (“eyelid”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɾpadeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: par‧pa‧de‧ar
Verb
parpadear (first-person singular present parpadeo, first-person singular preterite parpadeé, past participle parpadeado)
- to blink (light or eyes)
1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:La vida en Buenos Aires, me consolé, debia de ser rápida, explosiva, sin tiempo para nada, sólo para respirar y parpadear.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to bat one's eyelids, to flutter the eyelids
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