parador

English

Etymology

From Spanish parador.

Noun

parador (plural paradors or paradores)

1. A simple hotel or bed and breakfast in Spanish-speaking countries.
   • 2006, June Eveleigh Brown, Karen Brown, Lorena Aburto Ramirez, Karen Brown's Spain, page 38:

     Also, the amenities vary between the paradors: almost all that we visited had hairdryers, many had small refrigerators in the room, and some even had bathrobes and turndown service.

Catalan

Etymology

From parar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.ɾaˈðoɾ]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

parador m (plural paradors)

1. hostel, inn

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈdoɾ/ [pa.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧dor

Noun

parador m (plural paradores)

1. inn, hotel

   Synonyms: posada, mesón

2. (Spain) a kind of official luxury hotel
3. (Argentina) roadside restaurant, rest stop

Derived terms

• parador en corto

 

Further reading

• “parador”, 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