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parare

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Asturian

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Verb

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parare

  1. inflection of parar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin parāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rà‧re

Verb

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paràre (first-person singular present pàro, first-person singular past historic parài, past participle paràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to adorn or deck (out)
    Synonyms: ornare, addobbare, decorare, abbigliare
  2. (transitive) to protect or shield (from)
    Synonyms: riparare, proteggere, difendere, guardare
    parare il corpo dal freddoto protect the body from the cold
  3. (transitive) to block
    Synonym: schermare
    parare la luce violentato block the strong light
    parare la pioggia con l'ombrelloto block the rain with an umbrella
  4. (transitive) to avoid; to dodge; to parry
    Synonyms: scansare, schivare, stornare, evitare, fermare, trattenere, deviare, stoppare, bloccare
    parare una stoccatato parry a blow with the sword
  5. (transitive) to face or fight back against (criticism, etc.)
    Synonyms: fronteggiare, affacciare, contrastare
    parare le criticheto face the criticisms
  6. (transitive) to block or obstruct by getting in the way
    un palazzo ci para la vista
    a building is obstructing our sight
  7. (transitive, sports) to save (a goal)
  8. (transitive, rare) to show; to present
    Synonyms: porgere, offrire, stendere
    parare la manoto present the hand
  9. (transitive, literary) to prepare
  10. (intransitive) to end up
    Synonyms: mirare, tendere, andare a finire
    non capimmo dove volessero parare
    we did not understand where they wanted to end up

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Latin

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Verb

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parāre

  1. inflection of parō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Spanish

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Verb

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parare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of parar