# parpar
## Maltese

* Root
* p-r-p-r
* 1 term

### Etymology

Probably derived from parta. Sense 2 is onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpar.par/

### Verb

parpar (imperfect jparpar, past participle mparpar, verbal noun tparpir)
* to go away, to make off
** 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ kienet tqila bis-sħiħ, u Marzu Marzellu fetaħ ir-rixtellu, u tax-xita fir-raxx parpar baxx baxx.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to coo

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of parpar :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| perfect | m | parpart | parpart | parpar | parparna | parpartu | parpru |
| perfect | f | parpart | parpart | parpret | parparna | parpartu | parpru |
| imperfect | m | nparpar | tparpar | jparpar | nparpru | tparpru | jparpru |
| imperfect | f | nparpar | tparpar | tparpar | nparpru | tparpru | jparpru |
| imperative | | | parpar | | | parpru | |

## Spanish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare with Italian papero (“gosling”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾˈpaɾ/ [paɾˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: par‧par

### Verb

parpar (first-person singular present parpo, first-person singular preterite parpé, past participle parpado)
* to quack
    Synonym: graznar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | parpar | parpar | parpar | parpar | parpar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | parpando | parpando | parpando | parpando | parpando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | parpado | parpado | parpada | parpada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | parpados | parpados | parpadas | parpadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | parpo | parpas$^{tú}$ parpás$^{vos}$ | parpa | parpamos | parpáis | parpan |
| indicative | imperfect | parpaba | parpabas | parpaba | parpábamos | parpabais | parpaban |
| indicative | preterite | parpé | parpaste | parpó | parpamos | parpasteis | parparon |
| indicative | future | parparé | parparás | parpará | parparemos | parparéis | parparán |
| indicative | conditional | parparía | parparías | parparía | parparíamos | parparíais | parparían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | parpe | parpes$^{tú}$ parpés$^{vos2}$ | parpe | parpemos | parpéis | parpen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | parpara | parparas | parpara | parpáramos | parparais | parparan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | parpase | parpases | parpase | parpásemos | parpaseis | parpasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | parpare | parpares | parpare | parpáremos | parpareis | parparen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | parpa$^{tú}$ parpá$^{vos}$ | parpe | parpemos | parpad | parpen |
| imperative | negative | | no parpes | no parpe | no parpemos | no parpéis | no parpen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “parpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014