# paro
## Ainu
### Alternative forms

* (apocopic) par
* para
* paroho

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pàꜛɾó/

### Noun

paro (Kana spelling パロ)
* (anatomy) mouth

## Asturian
### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parar

## Balinese
### Romanization

paro
* Romanization of ᬧᬭᭀ

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpa.ɾu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpa.ɾo]

### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parar

## Esperanto
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈparo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aro
* Hyphenation: pa‧ro

### Noun

paro (accusative singular paron, plural paroj, accusative plural parojn)
* pair (two similar or identical things)
* couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship)
    Hyponyms: geedzoj (“(mixed-sex) married couple”), gefianĉoj (“engaged couple”)

#### Hypernyms

* -aro (“group, collection”)

#### Derived terms

* pare (“pairwise, in a pair”)

## French
### Etymology

Popularised by rapper Kery James in 2009.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁo/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

paro (invariable)
* (slang) neurotic, crazy
** 2013, “Dernière danse”, in Mini World, performed by Indila:Sans lui je suis un peu paro / Je déambule seule dans le métroWithout him I go a bit crazy / I wander on my own in the metro

## Galician
### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parar
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of parir

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈparo/

### Noun

paro (plural pari)
* couple, pair

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈparo/
* Hyphenation: pa‧ro
* Rhymes: -ro, -o

### Numeral

paro
* Nonstandard form of paruh (“half”).

## Italian
### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parare

### Anagrams

* apro, opra, rapo, rapò

## Javanese
### Romanization

paro
* Romanization of ꦥꦫꦺꦴ

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpa.roː/, [ˈpäroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpa.ro/, [ˈpäːro]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation
* to arrange, order, contrive, design
    Synonyms: īnstruō, compōnō
* to provide, furnish, prepare
    Synonyms: exōrnō, adōrnō, ōrnō, praebeō, apparō, īnstruō, accingō, suggerō, comparō, afferō, ministrō
** 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parareto strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of grain, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour
* to resolve, purpose, decide
    Synonyms: statuō, cernō, dēcernō, cōnstituō, placeō
* 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
* (Medieval Latin) to adorn, ornament
* (Medieval Latin) to learn by heart

##### Conjugation

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

##### Derived terms

* aequiparō
* apparō
* comparō
* disparō
* imperō
* opiparus
* parābilis
* parāmentum
* parātiō
* paritō
* praeparō
* properō
* puerpera
* reparō
* sēparō
* supparō
* vituperō

##### Related terms

* imperātor
* imperiōsus
* imperium
* properātim
* properiter
* properus
* puerperium

##### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: parare
* Gallo-Romance:
** Old Catalan: parar
*** Catalan: parar
** Old French: parer
*** French: parer
*** → English: pare
* Ibero-Romance:
** Old Galician-Portuguese: parar
*** Galician: parar
*** Portuguese: parar
**** → Afrikaans: parra
** Old Leonese:
*** Asturian: parar
** Spanish: parar
* Borrowings:
** → Albanian: proj
** → Welsh: paratoi

### Etymology 2

From pār (“equal”).

#### Verb

parō (present infinitive parāre, perfect active parāvī, supine parātum); first conjugation
* to equalize, make equal

##### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “parō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 446-7

### Further reading

* “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’s 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, 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

## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* páro

### Noun

paro m
* pair
    Synonyms: paréglia, cócchia

## Old Javanese
### Noun

paro
* Alternative spelling of parwa

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀭𑁄 (Brahmi script)
* परो (Devanagari script)
* পরো (Bengali script)
* පරො (Sinhalese script)
* ပရော or ပရေႃ (Burmese script)
* ปโร or ปะโร (Thai script)
* ᨷᩁᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ປໂຣ or ປະໂຣ (Lao script)
* បរោ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄢𑄮 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

paro
* masculine nominative singular of para (“other”)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.rɔ/
* Rhymes: -arɔ
* Syllabification: pa‧ro

### Noun

paro
* vocative singular of para

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -aɾu

### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaɾo/ [ˈpa.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -aɾo
* Syllabification: pa‧ro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from parar.

#### Noun

paro m (plural paros)
* stagnation, freeze up
* unemployment
    Synonyms: cesantía, desempleo
    en paro ― unemployed
* strike (work stoppage)
    Synonym: huelga
* cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
* (Mexico) pretext
    Synonyms: excusa, pretexto
    Puros paros para no trabajarJust pretexts for not working
* (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 aquíProtect me, do not tell him/her that I am here
    Hazle un paro a Juan, tiene que meter todas esas cajasHelp Juan, he must store all those boxes

##### Derived terms

* paro cardiaco
* parón

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parar

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

paro
* first-person singular present indicative of parir

### Further reading

* “paro”, 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