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para

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

para (plural paras)

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Wikipedia

  1. Formerly, a subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Noun

para (plural paras)

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

Etymology 3

Shortened from paragraph

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. Short form of paragraph.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paratrooper

Noun

para (plural paras)

  1. Short form of paratrooper.

Etymology 5

Shortened from paralytic

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

  1. (Australian, slang) Short form of paralytic.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology 1

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Preposition

para (+ablative)

  1. before
  2. in front of
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

para

  1. money

Catalan

Verb

para

  1. Third-person singular present indicative form of parar.
  2. Second-person singular imperative form of parar.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

para

  1. cash, money.

Declension

declension of para
nominative para
genitive paranıñ
dative parağa
accusative paranı
locative parada
ablative paradan

Synonyms

Finnish

(index pa)

Noun

para

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Verb

para

  1. third-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

Guaraní

Noun

para

  1. sea

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain.

Noun

para (plural parák)

  1. suber, cork
  2. (slang) fear
Declension
declension of para
singular plural
nominative para parák
accusative parát parákat
dative parának paráknak
instrumental parával parákkal
causal-final paráért parákért
translative parává parákká
terminative paráig parákig
essive-formal paraként parákként
essive-modal - -
inessive parában parákban
superessive parán parákon
adessive paránál paráknál
illative parába parákba
sublative parára parákra
allative parához parákhoz
elative parából parákból
delative paráról parákról
ablative parától paráktól
possessives of para
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. parám paráim
2nd person sing. parád paráid
3rd person sing. parája parái
1st person plural paránk paráink
2nd person plural parátok paráitok
3rd person plural parájuk paráik
Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

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

Noun

para (plural parák)

  1. para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)
Derived terms

Indonesian

Adverb

para

  1. some, the (when talking about people)

Article

para

  1. the

Noun

para

  1. present (person)
  2. joint, shared

See also

Italian

Noun

para f. (plural pare)

  1. para rubber
  2. crepe (for shoes)

Verb

para

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

parā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of parō

Lithuanian

Noun

para

  1. 24 hours (day)
    Aš manau kad užtruks apie vieną parą. — I think it will take about 24 hours.

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

para f.

  1. steam
  2. couple
  3. pair

Declension

declension of para
singular plural
nominative para pary
genitive pary par
dative parze parom
accusative parę pary
instrumental parą parami
locative parze parach
vocative paro pary

Portuguese

Preposition

para

  1. for (towards)
    • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 186:
      Tenho um recado para você.
      I have a message for you.
  2. Indicates application of an adjective; to.
    • 2000, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, 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. In the direction of; indicates destination; to.
    • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, 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.

Verb

para

  1. Third-person singular indicative of parar.
  2. First and third-person singular subjunctive of parir.

Quechua

Noun

para

  1. rain

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *parъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȁra f. (Cyrillic spelling па̏ра)

  1. steam
  2. vapor
Declension
declension of para
singular plural
nominative pȁra pare
genitive pare pȃrā
dative pari parama
accusative paru pare
vocative paro pare
locative pari parama
instrumental parom parama

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pàra f. (Cyrillic spelling па̀ра)

  1. para (Yugoslav currency)
  2. (colloquial) money (usually in plural)
Declension
declension of para
singular plural
nominative pàra pare
genitive pare pȃrā
dative pari parama
accusative paru pare
vocative paro pare
locative pari parama
instrumental parom parama

Spanish

Etymology

A corruption of the older form pora (a combination of por and a), influenced by the archaic preposition par. [1]

Preposition

para

  1. for

Synonyms

Descendants

See also

Verb

para (infinitive parar)

  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.

Verb

para (infinitive parir)

  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.

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

par +‎ -a

Verb

para

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of para
Active Passive
Infinitive para paras
Present tense parar paras
Past tense parade parades
Supine parat parats
Imperative para —
Present participle parande
Past participle parad

Related terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Spanish para (“for”)

Pronunciation

Conjunction

para

  1. For; so; in order that.
    Nagtatrabaho si Ate Virgie para sa kanyang pamilya.
    Virgie works for her family.
    Tumakbo ako para makaabot sa kanila.
    I ran to catch up with them.

Synonyms

Interjection

para

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

Synonyms

Usage notes

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian پاره (pâre).

Pronunciation

Noun

para

  1. money

Declension

declension of para
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) para paralar
definite accusative (belirtme) parayı paraları
dative (yönelme) paraya paralara
locative (bulunma) parada paralarda
ablative (çıkma) paradan paralardan
genitive (tamlayan) paranın paraların

 

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Biology

Companies and organizations

  • Para-Ordnance, a firearms manufacturer located in Toronto, Ontario
  • Philippine Amateur Radio Association, a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in the Philippines
  • Peoples Action for Rural Awakening, is a social action initiative of Don Bosco Mission in India. PARA is located in Ravulapalem in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in South India
  • Parachute Regiment (disambiguation)
  • Para-statals, state-owned corporations that play a major role in the government and economy of many countries around the world

Entertainment

  • Para-balloon, a tool for games or a series of games around this tools
  • Para Handy, the anglicized Gaelic nickname of the fictional character Peter Macfarlane, a character created by the journalist and writer Neil Munro
  • Para Para, a popular Japanese solo dance
  • Para Toda Vida (2001), a 2002 album by The New Amsterdams
  • Paramore an American rock band

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Currency

Chemistry

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