paro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "paro"

Ainu

Alternative forms

• (apocopic) par
• para
• paroho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pàꜛɾó/

Noun

paro (Kana spelling パロ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

Asturian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Balinese

Romanization

paro

1. Romanization of ᬧᬭᭀ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.ɾo]

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Paar, ultimately from Latin pār (“equal, like, suitable”). Cognate with English peer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro

Noun

paro (accusative singular paron, plural paroj, accusative plural parojn)

1. pair (two similar or identical things)
2. couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

   Hyponyms: geedzoj (“(mixed-sex) married couple”), gefianĉoj (“engaged couple”)

Hypernyms

• -aro (“group, collection”)

Derived terms

• pare (“pairwise, in a pair”)

French

Etymology

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁo/

• Audio:

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Adjective

paro (invariable)

1. (slang) neurotic, crazy
   • 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:

     Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métro

     Without him I go a bit crazy / I wander on my own in the metro

Galician

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of parir

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

Noun

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro
• Rhymes: -ro, -o

Numeral

paro

1. Nonstandard form of paruh (“half”).

Italian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

Anagrams

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

Javanese

Romanization

paro

1. Romanization of ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.roː/, [ˈpäroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ro/, [ˈpäːro]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-o (“providing”), from *perh₃- (“to grant”). Cognate with pariō (“to produce”), properus (“ready”), Old Irish ernaid (“to grant, bestow”), Sanskrit पृणाति (pṛṇā́ti, “to grant, bestow”), Ancient Greek ἔπορον (époron, “to give, furnish”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

2. to arrange, order, contrive, design

   Synonyms: īnstruō, compōnō

3. to provide, furnish, prepare

   Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, īnstruō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of grain, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

4. to resolve, purpose, decide

   Synonyms: statuō, cernō, dēcernō, cōnstituō, placeō

5. to get, acquire, obtain, procure, make

   Synonyms: acquīrō, cōnsequor, pariō, lucror, adipīscor, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   amīcōs parāre ― to make friends; to befriend

6. (Medieval Latin) to adorn, ornament
7. (Medieval Latin) to learn by heart

Conjugation

   Conjugation of parō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parō	parās	parat	parāmus	parātis	parant
	imperfect	parābam	parābās	parābat	parābāmus	parābātis	parābant
	future	parābō	parābis	parābit	parābimus	parābitis	parābunt
	perfect	parāvī	parāvistī, parāstī1	parāvit, parāt1	parāvimus, parāmus1	parāvistis, parāstis1	parāvērunt, parāvēre, parārunt1
	pluperfect	parāveram, parāram1	parāverās, parārās1	parāverat, parārat1	parāverāmus, parārāmus1	parāverātis, parārātis1	parāverant, parārant1
	future perfect	parāverō, parārō1	parāveris, parāris1	parāverit, parārit1	parāverimus, parārimus1	parāveritis, parāritis1	parāverint, parārint1
passive	present	paror	parāris, parāre	parātur	parāmur	parāminī	parantur
	imperfect	parābar	parābāris, parābāre	parābātur	parābāmur	parābāminī	parābantur
	future	parābor	parāberis, parābere	parābitur	parābimur	parābiminī	parābuntur
	perfect	parātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	parātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parem	parēs	paret	parēmus	parētis	parent
imperfect	parārem	parārēs	parāret	parārēmus	parārētis	parārent
perfect	parāverim, parārim1	parāverīs, parārīs1	parāverit, parārit1	parāverīmus, parārīmus1	parāverītis, parārītis1	parāverint, parārint1
pluperfect	parāvissem, parāssem1	parāvissēs, parāssēs1	parāvisset, parāsset1	parāvissēmus, parāssēmus1	parāvissētis, parāssētis1	parāvissent, parāssent1
passive	present	parer	parēris, parēre	parētur	parēmur	parēminī	parentur
imperfect	parārer	parārēris, parārēre	parārētur	parārēmur	parārēminī	parārentur
perfect	parātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	parā	—	—	parāte	—
	future	—	parātō	parātō	—	parātōte	parantō
passive	present	—	parāre	—	—	parāminī	—
	future	—	parātor	parātor	—	—	parantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		parāre	parāvisse, parāsse1	parātūrum esse	parārī	parātum esse	parātum īrī
participles		parāns	—	parātūrus	—	parātus	parandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		parandī	parandō	parandum	parandō	parātum	parātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• aequiparō
• apparō
• comparō
• disparō
• imperō
• opiparus
• parābilis
• parāmentum
• parātiō
• paritō
• praeparō
• properō
• puerpera
• reparō
• sēparō
• supparō
• vituperō

 

Related terms

• imperātor
• imperiōsus
• imperium
• properātim
• properiter
• properus
• puerperium

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: proj
• Italian: parare
• Old French: parer
  • French: parer
  • → English: pare
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: parar
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: parar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: parar
  • Galician: parar
  • Portuguese: parar
    • → Afrikaans: parra
• Spanish: parar
• → Welsh: paratoi

Etymology 2

From pār (“equal”).

Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation

1. to equalize, make equal

Conjugation

   Conjugation of parō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parō	parās	parat	parāmus	parātis	parant
	imperfect	parābam	parābās	parābat	parābāmus	parābātis	parābant
	future	parābō	parābis	parābit	parābimus	parābitis	parābunt
	perfect	parāvī	parāvistī	parāvit	parāvimus	parāvistis	parāvērunt, parāvēre
	pluperfect	parāveram	parāverās	parāverat	parāverāmus	parāverātis	parāverant
	future perfect	parāverō	parāveris	parāverit	parāverimus	parāveritis	parāverint
passive	present	paror	parāris, parāre	parātur	parāmur	parāminī	parantur
	imperfect	parābar	parābāris, parābāre	parābātur	parābāmur	parābāminī	parābantur
	future	parābor	parāberis, parābere	parābitur	parābimur	parābiminī	parābuntur
	perfect	parātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	parātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	parem	parēs	paret	parēmus	parētis	parent
imperfect	parārem	parārēs	parāret	parārēmus	parārētis	parārent
perfect	parāverim	parāverīs	parāverit	parāverīmus	parāverītis	parāverint
pluperfect	parāvissem	parāvissēs	parāvisset	parāvissēmus	parāvissētis	parāvissent
passive	present	parer	parēris, parēre	parētur	parēmur	parēminī	parentur
imperfect	parārer	parārēris, parārēre	parārētur	parārēmur	parārēminī	parārentur
perfect	parātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	parātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	parā	—	—	parāte	—
	future	—	parātō	parātō	—	parātōte	parantō
passive	present	—	parāre	—	—	parāminī	—
	future	—	parātor	parātor	—	—	parantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		parāre	parāvisse	parātūrum esse	parārī	parātum esse	parātum īrī
participles		parāns	—	parātūrus	—	parātus	parandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		parandī	parandō	parandum	parandō	parātum	parātū

Further reading

• “paro1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “paro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• paro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• paro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare to do a thing: parare with Inf.
    
  • to compass, devise a man's overthrow, ruin: perniciem (exitium) alicui afferre, moliri, parare
    
  • to gain dignity; to make oneself a person of consequence: auctoritatem or dignitatem sibi conciliare, parare
    
  • to take measures for..: parare aliquid
    
  • to waylay a person: insidias alicui parare, facere, struere, instruere, tendere
    
  • to make preparations for a marriage: nuptias parare
    
  • to equip an army, troops: parare exercitum, copias
    
  • to make preparations for war: bellum parare
    
  • (ambiguous) to attain eternal renown: immortalitatem consequi, adipisci, sibi parere
    
  • (ambiguous) to invent, form words: verba parere, fingere, facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be resigned to a thing: (animo) paratum esse ad aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to be ready to endure anything: omnia perpeti paratum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to establish oneself as despot, tyrant by some means: tyrannidem sibi parere aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be a match for the enemy: parem (opp. imparem) esse hosti
    
  • (ambiguous) to gain a victory, win a battle: victoriam adipisci, parere
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “paro”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• páro

Noun

paro m

1. pair

   Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

Old Javanese

Noun

paro

1. Alternative spelling of parwa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• परो (Devanagari script)
• পরো (Bengali script)
• පරො (Sinhalese script)
• ပရော or ပရေႃ (Burmese script)
• ปโร or ปะโร (Thai script)
• ᨷᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປໂຣ or ປະໂຣ (Lao script)
• បរោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

paro

1. masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

Noun

paro

1. vocative singular of para

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -aɾu

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾo/ [ˈpa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from parar.

Noun

paro m (plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment

   Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo

   en paro ― unemployed

3. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: huelga

4. cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   Synonyms: excusa, pretexto

   Puros paros para no trabajar

   Just pretexts for not working

6. (Mexico) a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")

   Hazme un paro, no le digas que estoy aquí

   Protect me, do not tell him/her that I am here

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas

   Help Juan, he must store all those boxes

Derived terms

• paro cardiaco
• parón

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parir

Further reading

• “paro”, 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