parra

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See also: párra, párrá, and parrà

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

Noun

parra (plural parras, diminutive parratjie)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of padda
  2. (crude, slang) vagina; female genitalia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese parar (to halt, to stop).

Verb

parra (present parra, present participle parraende, past participle geparra)

  1. (fishing) to stop a fishing boat and wait; to keep a boat in a certain position
  2. (fishing, imperative) row slower

Basque

Noun

parra inan

  1. Nonstandard form of barre.

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, trellis; fencing) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.

Pronunciation

Noun

parra f (plural parres)

  1. trellised vine
  2. grapevine
    Synonym: vinya

Derived terms

Further reading

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-r
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرًّا (barran).

Adverb

parra

  1. outside

Noun

parra f

  1. forest
  2. outside

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 154

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *parezā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (sparrow, bird). Cognate with English sparrow.

Pronunciation

Noun

parra f (genitive parrae); first declension

  1. A bird of ill omen; perhaps the barn owl

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parra parrae
Genitive parrae parrārum
Dative parrae parrīs
Accusative parram parrās
Ablative parrā parrīs
Vocative parra parrae

References

  • parra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin parricus (enclosure, fence).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: par‧ra

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

  1. shoot or stem of a vine with leaves
    Synonym: pâmpano
  2. excessive pride, bragging
    Synonym: bazófia

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, trellis; fencing). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpara/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: pa‧rra

Noun

parra f (plural parras)

  1. grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)
    Synonym: vid

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading