English

Proper noun

Paro

1. A town in Bhutan.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάρος ‎(Páros).

Proper noun

Paro f

1. Paros (island of Greece)

Asturian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Catalan

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative form of parar

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. couple, pair

Ido

Noun

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

Italian

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

Anagrams

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *per- ‎(“produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth”). Cognate with pariō ‎(“to produce”) and properus ‎(“ready”).

Verb

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

1. I prepare, arrange
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

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

2. I provide, furnish
3. I resolve, purpose

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Albanian: mbroj
• English: pare
• French: parer
• Italian: parare
• Portuguese: parar
• Spanish: parar

Etymology 2

From pār ‎(“equal”).

Verb

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

1. I equalize, make equal

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
    

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• páro

Noun

paro m

1. pair

Synonyms

• paréglia
• cócchia

Portuguese

Verb

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Spanish

Etymology 1

From parar.

Noun

paro m ‎(plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment
3. strike (work stoppage)
4. cardiac arrest, short form of paro cardíaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   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 ... that I am here"

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas = "help Juan, he must store all those boxes"

Synonyms

• (unemployment): desempleo, cesantía
• (strike): huelga
• (pretext): pretexto, excusa

Verb

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parar.

Etymology 2

Verb

paro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of parir.