parados

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French parados.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpaɹədɒs/

Noun

parados (plural parados or paradoses)

  1. (military) an embankment built to protect the rear of a position from enemy attack [from 19th c.]
    • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 309:
      He stood up on the step; and then they both swerved, ducking quickly as something ripped up the air between them, flicked a stone from the 'parados, and sang, like the vibration of a tense wire, into the air behind them.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Adjective

parados m pl

  1. Masculine plural of adjective parado.

Verb

parados

  1. masculine plural past participle of parar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈɾados/, [paˈɾaðos]

Adjective

parados m pl

  1. Masculine plural of adjective parado.

Noun

parados m pl

  1. masculine plural of parado

Verb

parados m pl

  1. Masculine plural past participle of parar.
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