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parar: to stop, halt; to stand up; to put something in a vertical position; to put someone in a vertical position; to get up (from bed)
parar bola: to pay attention to (someone).; to accept (someone)'s feelings or love confession.
parar bolas: to pay attention to (someone).; to accept (someone)'s feelings or love confession.
parar el carro: to rein in, to pull up, to put an end to something (stop somebody doing something by reprimanding); to hold one's horses
parar en mal: to come to a sticky end
parar la oreja: to perk up one's ears
parar los pies: to stop (someone) in their tracks
pararlas: to make sense of the situation or of what has been said
pararrayos: lightning rod (metallic conductor that protects from lightning); plural of pararrayo
pararrenal: pararenal
pararrescatador: pararescuer
pararse de manos: To do a handstand.
parasailing: parasailing
parasegmento: parasegment
parasimpático: parasympathetic
parasintético: parasynthetic
parasismo: alternative spelling of paroxismo
parasistema: distance learning
parasitación: parasitization, parasitation
parasitar: to parasitize
parasitario: parasitic
parasitismo: parasitism
parasitoide: parasitoid
parasitología: parasitology
parasitosis: parasitosis
parasitólogo: parasitologist
parasol: parasol; umbrella (used to protect against the sun); sunshade; sun visor
parasomnia: parasomnia
parasuicida: parasuicidal (inclined towards parasuicide)
parasuicida: parasuicidal (one who carries out parasuicide)
parasuicidio: parasuicide
parasíntesis: parasynthesis (the formation of words by a simultaneous combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in tierraplanista, mileurista); parasynthesis (the formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously, as in amueblar)
parasítico: parasitic
parataxonomía: parataxonomy
parataxón: parataxon
parate: halt; hiatus
parateatral: paratheatrical
paraterminal: paraterminal
paratexto: paratext
paratextual: paratextual
parathormona: parathormone, parathyroid hormone
paratifoideo: paratyphoid
paratipo: paratype
paratiroide: parathyroid
paratiroide: parathyroid gland
paratiroideo: parathyroid
paratión: parathion
paratleta: parathlete
paratransporte: paratransit
paratraqueal: paratracheal
paratránsito: paratransit
paraujano: Paraujano (person)
paraujano: Paraujano (language)
paraulata: mockingbird
paraumbilical: paraumbilical
parauniversitario: university-level (but not at a university)
paravascular: paravascular
paravertebral: paravertebral
paraviano: paravian
paravientos: abat-vent