# parir
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin parere.

### Verb

parir (first-person singular indicative present paro, past participle paríu)
* to give birth

#### Related terms

* partu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin parere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Verb

parir (first-person singular present pareixo, first-person singular preterite parí, past participle parit)
* (ambitransitive) to give birth
    Synonym: donar a llum
* (transitive, colloquial) to make, think up
    Synonyms: crear, fer
    ben parit ― well thought out

#### Related terms

* part

#### See also

* néixer

### Further reading

* “parir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “parir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “parir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “parir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parir (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin parere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [paˈɾiɾ]

### Verb

parir (first-person singular present pairo, first-person singular preterite parín, past participle parido) parir (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parim or pari, past participle parido, reintegrationist norm)
* to give birth
    Synonym: dar a luz

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* parición

#### Related terms

* parto

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “parir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “parir”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “parir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “parir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “parir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pariri, from Latin parēre (“to seem”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈriːr/

### Noun

parir m (plural pariri)
* advice, counsel
    Synonym: (less common) kunsill

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin parere (“to bear, to give birth to”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ˈɾiɾ/

### Verb

parir
* to give birth, to bear
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 122 (facsimile):
    […] bẽeita tu / eſ mia ſennor que pariſte iheſu / xp̃o.
       […] you are blessed, my Lady, who bore Jesus Christ.

#### Descendants

* Galician: parir
* Portuguese: parir

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parir (“to give birth”), from Latin parere (“to bear, to give birth to”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈɾi(ʁ)/ [paˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /paˈɾi(ʁ)/ [paˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /paˈɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paˈɾi(ʁ)/ [paˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /paˈɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɾiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɾiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐˈɾi.ɾi/
* Homophone: pari (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: pa‧rir

### Verb

parir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite pari, past participle parido)
* (ambitransitive) to give birth
    Synonym: dar à luz
    A cadela pariu três cachorros. ― The dog gave birth to three pups.
** 1653, Bartolomeu do Quental, “Sermam da Immaculada Conceicam […]”, in Sermoens […], volume 2, Lisbon: Officina de Miguel Deslandes, published 1694, page 123, column 1:Com eſte exemplo provou o Anjo à Senhora, que podia conceber, & parir ficando Virgem […]With this example the Angel proved to the Lady that she could conceive and give birth staying virgin […]
** 1986, Mário Vaz Filho, director, Um Pistoleiro Chamado Papaco, São Paulo: Olympus Filmes:Não, gracinha, falei com a puta que te pariu.No, sweetie, I was talking to the whore that gave birth to you.
* (transitive, figurative) to produce
    Synonyms: produzir, criar

#### Usage notes

* Usually used to refer to animals; when used to refer to people it has a somewhat offensive or derogatory connotation, like saying knocked up instead of pregnant in English. The nonderogatory word used for people is dar à luz (literally “to give to light”).

#### Derived terms

* parideira
* puta que pariu

#### Related terms

* parteira
* parto

#### See also

* nascer

### Further reading

* “parir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “parir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin parere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paˈɾiɾ/ [paˈɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧rir

### Verb

parir (first-person singular present paro, first-person singular preterite parí, past participle parido)
* (ambitransitive, vulgar in some areas) to give birth
    Synonym: dar a luz
    Yo tengo que irme al hospital, mi novia está pariendo(please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (transitive, colloquial) to think up; imagine
* (transitive) to explain

#### Usage notes

* Parir is more commonly used in Spain, and is rarely used by Central- and South-Americans, as they believe parir is vulgar, in the sense that it is used to describe when animals give birth. Instead, they use the phrase dar a luz (literally “to give to light”).

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* éramos pocos y parió la abuela
* está pariendo la venada
* la madre que te parió
* parir a medias
* parirla
* poner a parir
* puta que te parió

#### Derived terms

* parir a medias
* parirla
* poner a parir

#### Related terms

* parto

#### See also

* nacer

### Further reading

* “parir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10