parra

parra (plural parras, diminutive parratjie)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of padda
2. (crude, slang) vagina; female genitalia

Borrowed from Portuguese parar (“to halt, to stop”).

parra (present parra, present participle parraende, past participle geparra)

1. (fishing) to stop a fishing boat and wait; to keep a boat in a certain position
2. (fishing, imperative) row slower

From Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ra/

parra f (genitive parrae); first declension

1. A bird of ill omen; perhaps the barn owl

First declension.

• parra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• parra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure, fence”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ʁa/
• Hyphenation: par‧ra

parra f (plural parras)

1. shoot or stem of a vine with leaves

   Synonym: pâmpano

2. excessive pride, bragging

   Synonym: bazófia

• parrudo

From Medieval Latin parricus, possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ra/

parra f (plural parras)

1. grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)

• vid

• parral