paro

• (apocopic) par
• para
• paroho

• IPA^(key): /pàꜛɾó/

paro (Kana spelling パロ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Borrowed from Old Javanese paro, parwa (“half”), from Sanskrit पर्व (parva), पर्वन् (parvan, “division, section”). Doublet of parwa (“part of the Mahābhārata”).

• IPA^(key): /paro/

paro (Balinese script ᬧᬭᭀ)

1. to half

• “paro”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpa.ɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.ɾo]

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

Borrowed from German Paar, ultimately from Latin pār (“equal, like, suitable”). Cognate with English peer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

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

1. pair (two similar or identical things)
2. couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)

   Hyponyms: geedzoj (“(mixed-sex) married couple”), gefianĉoj (“engaged couple”)

• -aro (“group, collection”)

• pare (“pairwise, in a pair”)

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁo/

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paro (invariable)

1. (slang) neurotic, crazy
   • 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:

     Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métro

     Without him I go a bit crazy / I wander on my own in the metro

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of parir

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/

paro (plural pari)

1. couple, pair

• IPA^(key): /ˈparo/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ro
• Rhymes: -ro, -o

paro

1. nonstandard form of paruh (“half”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ro/^[1][2]
• Homophone: Paro
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: pà‧ro

paro m (plural (archaic) para f^[3]) (central Italy^[4]; uncommon)

1. alternative form of paio (“pair”)

   Alternative form: (apocopic) par

• Chiefly used colloquially in its apocopic form par.^[3]

paro m (plural pari)

1. literary form of pari (“peer”)^[5]

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parare

• apro, opra, rapo, rapò

paro

1. romanization of ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

From Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-o (“providing”), from *perh₃- (“to grant”). Cognate with pariō (“to produce”), properus (“ready”), Ancient Greek ἔπορον (époron, “to give, furnish”), Old Irish ernaid (“to grant, bestow”) Sanskrit पृणाति (pṛṇā́ti, “to grant, bestow”).^[1]

(to adorn, to ornament): compare typologically Latin ōrnō, Russian наряжа́ть (narjažátʹ) (akin to поря́док (porjádok)).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ro]

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

2. to arrange, order, contrive, design

   Synonyms: īnstruō, compōnō

3. to provide, furnish, prepare

   Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, īnstruō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō, ministrō

   • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.15:

     […] Manum cōnsulum et prīncipium cīvitātis interficiendōrum causā parāvisse?

     [Are you aware that we know that] a band [of assassins] had been prepared for the purpose of killing the consuls and the leading men of the state?

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

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

4. to resolve, purpose, decide

   Synonyms: statuō, cernō, dēcernō, cōnstituō, placeō

5. to get, acquire, obtain, procure, make

   Synonyms: acquīrō, cōnsequor, pariō, lucror, adipīscor, impetrō, mereō, sūmō, emō, potior, inveniō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, colligō, alliciō

   Antonym: āmittō

   amīcōs parāre ― to make friends; to befriend

6. (Medieval Latin) to adorn, ornament
7. (Medieval Latin) to learn by heart

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

From pār (“equal”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpa.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ro]

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

1. to equalize; to make equal

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ro]

pārō

1. dative/ablative singular of pārus

• “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “paro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “paro”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

• páro

paro m

1. pair

   Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

paro

1. alternative spelling of parwa

paro

1. masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

paro

1. vocative singular of para

• Rhymes: -aɾu

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾo/ [ˈpa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: pa‧ro

Deverbal from parar.

paro m (plural paros)

1. stagnation, freeze up
2. unemployment

   Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo

   en paro ― unemployed

3. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: huelga

4. cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
5. (Mexico) pretext

   Synonyms: excusa, pretexto

   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 him/her that I am here

   Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajas

   Help Juan, he must store all those boxes

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

paro

1. first-person singular present indicative of parir

• “paro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025