de par en par
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Adverb
[edit]- (idiomatic) (of doors, windows, etc) wide open
- Dejó la puerta abierta de par en par.
- He left the door wide open.
- (idiomatic) (of people in a line) two by two
Further reading
[edit]- “de par en par”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10