para

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre).

• (UK) enPR: päʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɹə/
• (US) enPR: pärʹə, IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːɹə/

para (plural paras)

1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

para (plural paras)

1. (medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

• multipara
• nullipara
• primipara

• gravida

Shortened from paragraph

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/

para (plural paras)

1. A paragraph.

Shortened from paratrooper

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/

para (plural paras)

1. A paratrooper.

Shortened from paralytic

• enPR: păʹrə, IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹə/

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para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

1. (Britain, Australia, slang) very drunk

• See Thesaurus:drunk

• AARP, ARPA, Rapa, apar

Back formation from përpara, from Proto-Albanian *pər-parə-a, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-e/o-s (“before, in front”)

para (+ablative)

1. before
2. in front of

• përpara

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre).

para f (indefinite plural para, definite singular paraja, definite plural paratë)

1. money

para

1. third-person singular present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular imperative of parar

para

1. third-person singular present indicative form of parar
2. second-person singular imperative form of parar

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. to flag down; to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
2. to signal a driver to stop in order for one to alight a vehicle

para

1. for

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre).

para

1. cash, money

• aqça

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

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• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para f or m (plural para's)

1. para (paratrooper)

• paratroeper
• paracommando

From paro (“pair”) +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpara/
• Hyphenation: par‧a
• Rhymes: -ara

para (accusative singular paran, plural paraj, accusative plural parajn)

1. even (not odd)

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑ/, [ˈpɑrɑ]

para

1. (witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

• paranvoi

• arpa, rapa

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para

1. third-person singular past historic of parer

• râpa

para

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)
2. for (to obtain)
3. to, toward (indicating destination)
4. for (by the standards of)
5. (after a form of estar) about to

• pró

para f (plural paras)

1. peel; rind; skin (outer layer of a fruit or vegetable)

• carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pel, pela, peladura, peleca, pelica, plana, tona

para

1. horse

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

para

1. sea

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒrɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

Of uncertain origin.

para (plural parák)

1. suber, cork

• parás

(Compound words):

• parafa
• paratölgy

Perhaps from paranoia.

para

1. (slang) fear

• parázik

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (para, “money”), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre, “piece”).

para (plural parák)

1. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

• parányi

para

1. (mathematics) even

• nepara

para

1. some, the (when talking about people)

para

1. the

para (plural para-para, first-person possessive paraku, second-person possessive paramu, third-person possessive paranya)

1. present (person)
2. joint, shared

• itu

para f (plural pare)

1. crepe rubber
2. crepe (for shoes)

para

1. third-person singular present indicative of parare
2. second-person singular imperative of parare

• apra, arpa, rapa

para

1. marker of group or collectivity

From Portuguese parar.

para

1. to stop

parā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of parō

• para in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• para in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

para f

1. 24 hours (day)

   Aš manau kad užtruks apie vieną parą.

   I think it will take about 24 hours.

• parene

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

para n pl

1. definite plural of par

para

1. other, another
2. alien
3. outsider

• para in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

para

1. bird

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

para

1. to stop
2. to stand

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/

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From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

para f

1. (uncountable) steam, water in gaseous phase
2. (uncountable) breath

From Middle High German pâr (German Paar), from Latin pār.

para f

1. couple (two partners in a romantic relationship)
2. pair (two objects)

• para in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Earlier pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

• pera (obsolete)
• pra (eye dialect)
• pa (eye dialect)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/
• (informal, chiefly Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾa/, /pɾɐ/
• (informal, chiefly Africa and rural Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 186:

     Tenho um recado para você.

     I have a message for you.

   Ração para gatos.

   Food for cats.

   O que é bom para gripe?

   What is good for the flu?

2. indicates application of an adjective; to
   • 2001, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire] (Harry Potter; 4), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

3. to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)

   Comprei um baixo para tocar numa banda.

   I bought a bass to play in a band.

4. towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 656:

     Ele podia ouvi-la se deslocando para a direita, para obter uma visão desimpedida dele.

     He could hear her moving herself to the right, to obtain an unobstructed view of him.

   Vamos para a minha casa.

   Let’s go to my house.

5. introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb

   Essa janela abre para um longo vale.

   This window opens into a long valley.

6. to (to the value of)

   A cor da banana foi de amarelo para preto.

   The colour of the banana went from yellow to black.

   O valor da casa da minha casa baixou para menos do que o que eu paguei.

   The value of my house lowered to less than what I paid.

7. in the opinion of

   Para mim, esse livro é um dos melhores da história.

   In my opinion, this book is one of the best ever.

8. (with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)

   Fiquem quietos que o filme está para começar.

   Be quiet because the film is about to begin.

Para + definite article contractions are nonstandard and thus not used in serious writing, but are very widespread in speech and informal writing. Those without r are even more nonstandard:

• para + o → pro, po
• para + os → pros, pos
• para + a → pra, pa
• para + as → pras, pas

Para + indefinite article contactions are also nonstandard, but are not as common:

• para + um → prum
• para + uns → pruns
• para + uma → pruma
• para + umas → prumas

There are some para + personal pronoun contractions, which are also nonstandard and uncommon in writing:

• para + eu → preu
• para + você → procê
• para + ele → prele
• para + eles → preles
• para + ela → prela
• para + elas → prelas

Some senses of para, such as 'in order to', introduce a subordinate clause. When this clause begins with a personal pronoun, some speakers use a prepositional pronoun instead of a nominative one:

• Comprei um bolo para mim comer.

  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

instead of

• Comprei um bolo para eu comer.

  I bought a cake for me to eat.

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

• (towards): a, até
• (about to): prestes a, por

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:para.

• pelo

Inflected form of parar (“to stop”).

• pára (superseded)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of parar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of parar

para

1. rain

• paray
• tamya

• para jark'ana

para

1. water

• mampa

• Julio Salinardi, Córdoba y Traslasierra: integración y disgregación (2006): Con respecto a la lengua sanavirona, hay algunas palabras cuyo significado es seguro, tales comon sacat (pueblo), charaba (cacique), para (agua) y mampa (acequia).
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 48

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

• IPA^(key): /pâra/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

pȁra f (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

1. steam
2. vapor

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre).

• IPA^(key): /pǎra/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

1. para (Yugoslav currency)
2. (colloquial) money (usually in plural)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾa/

A corruption of the older form pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin pro ad), influenced by the archaic preposition par.

para

1. for (for the purpose of)
2. to

• pa', pa (colloquial)

• Hiligaynon: para
• Tagalog: para

• por

Form of parar.

para

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of parar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of parar.

Form of parir.

para

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parir.

• “para” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

From par +‎ -a.

para

1. to pair, match into pairs
2. to mate (animals)

• parning

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːɾa/

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Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

para

1. For; so; in order that.

   Tumakbo ako para makaabot sa kanila.

   I ran to catch up with them.

• upang

para

1. for

   Nagtatrabaho si Ate Virgie para sa kanyang pamilya.

   Virgie works for her family.

Borrowed from Spanish para (“stop”) (second person singular imperative), from parar (“stop”)

para

1. Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.

The word is usually paired with ho for respect: para ho.

• tigil

From Ottoman Turkish پاره‎ (pare, para), from Persian پاره‎ (pâre), from Middle Persian [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /pɑˈɾɑ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra

para (definite accusative parayı, plural paralar)

1. money

• → Adyghe: парэ (pāră)