different between para vs por

para

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra/?????, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: pä?r?, IPA^(key): /?p????/
(US) enPR: pär??, IPA^(key): /?p????/

Noun

para (plural paras)

(historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Translations

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

Pronunciation

Noun

para (plural paras)

(medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Related terms

multipara
nullipara
primipara

Etymology 3

Clippings.

Pronunciation

enPR: p??r?, IPA^(key): /?pæ??/

Noun

para (plural paras)

Clipping of paragraph.
Clipping of paratrooper.
(US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
Clipping of paraplegic.
- 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain (ed.), Foucault and the Government of Disability
  The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen.

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

Pronunciation

enPR: p??r?, IPA^(key): /?pæ??/

Adjective

para (comparative more para, superlative most para)

(Britain, Australia, slang) very drunk

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:drunk

Anagrams

AARP, ARPA, Paar, Rapa, apar

'Are'are

Noun

para

fishhook

Verb

para

be white

References

Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Albanian

Etymology 1

Back formation from përpara, from Proto-Albanian *p?r-par?-a, from Proto-Indo-European *pr?H-e/o-s (“before, in front”)

Preposition

para (+ablative)

before
ago
(physical position) in front of
(presence) in front of, in the presence of

Related terms

përpara

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Noun

para f (indefinite plural para, definite singular paraja, definite plural paratë)

money

Asturian

Verb

para

third-person singular present indicative of parar
second-person singular imperative of parar

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Verb

para (parà)

to erase

Etymology 2

Verb

para (pára)

to flag a vehicle

Catalan

Verb

para

third-person singular present indicative form of parar
second-person singular imperative form of parar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa?ra

Verb

para

to flag down; to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
to signal a driver to stop in order for one to alight a vehicle

Preposition

para

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Noun

para

cash, money

Declension

Synonyms

aqça

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English para (paratrooper).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

para f or m (plural para's)

para (paratrooper)

Synonyms

paratroeper
paracommando

Esperanto

Etymology

From paro (“pair”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?para/
Hyphenation: par?a
Rhymes: -ara

Adjective

para (accusative singular paran, plural paraj, accusative plural parajn)

even (not odd)

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?p?r?/, [?p?r?]
Rhymes: -?r?
Syllabification: pa?ra

Noun

para

(witchcraft) A being created to bring milk or butter to its creator.

Declension

Derived terms

paranvoi

Anagrams

arpa, rapa

French

Pronunciation

Verb

para

third-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

râpa

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pera, para, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p???], [p??]

Preposition

para

for (directed at, intended to belong to)
for (to obtain)
to, toward (indicating destination)
for (by the standards of)
(after a form of estar) about to

Usage notes

In spoken language this preposition frequently contracts with the next word, especially with articles and pronouns, but today these contraction are not usually represented in the written language.

Derived terms

pró

Etymology 2

Back-formation from parar (“to prepare”). Cognate with Portuguese apara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?pa??]

Noun

para f (plural paras)

peeling (of a fruit, vegetable, cheese)
Synonyms: carapa, carapela, casca, monda, paraza, pela, peladura, peleca, plana, tona
shaving, woodshaving
Synonyms: labra, lasca

Related terms

References

“para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
“para” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
“para” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“para” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“para” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gamo

Noun

para

horse

References

Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages

Guaraní

Noun

para

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?p?r?]
Hyphenation: pa?ra
Rhymes: -r?

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

para (usually uncountable, plural parák)

suber, cork

Declension

Derived terms

parás

(Compound words):

parafa
paratölgy

Etymology 2

Perhaps from paranoia.

Noun

para

(slang) fear
Synonyms: félelem, rettegés

Declension

Derived terms

parázik

Adjective

para (comparative parább, superlative legparább)

(slang) scary, spooky, sinister, dark
Synonyms: félelmetes, rémiszt?, ijeszt?, baljós

Declension

Etymology 3

From paraméter.

Noun

para

(slang) (physical) parameter (height, weight, and age, often asked at the beginning of online dating)
Synonym: paraméter

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (para, “money”), from Persian ? (pâre, “piece”).

Noun

para (plural parák)

para (a subunit of Ottoman currency)

Derived terms

parányi

Ido

Adjective

para

(mathematics) even

Antonyms

nepara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (para, “other”).

Adverb

para

some, the (when talking about people)

Article

para

Noun

para (first-person possessive paraku, second-person possessive paramu, third-person possessive paranya)

present (person)
joint, shared

Italian

Noun

para f (plural pare)

crepe rubber
crepe (for shoes)
(slang) paranoia

Verb

para

third-person singular present indicative of parare
second-person singular imperative of parare

Anagrams

apra, arpa, rapa

Javanese

Article

para

marker of group or collectivity

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese parar.

Verb

para

to stop

Latin

Verb

par?

second-person singular present active imperative of par?

References

para in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
para in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Lithuanian

Noun

para f

24 hours (day)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

parene

Noun

para n pl

definite plural of par

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

para n pl

definite plural of par

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

para

other, another
alien
outsider
further (on)

Declension

References

“para”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Spanish pájaro and Portuguese pássaro and Kabuverdianu pasaru.

Noun

para

bird

Etymology 2

From Portuguese parar and Spanish parar and Kabuverdianu para.

Verb

para

to stop
to stand

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?pa.ra/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *par?.

Noun

para f

(uncountable) steam, water in gaseous phase
(uncountable) breath

Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle High German pâr (German Paar), from Latin p?r.

Noun

para f

couple (two partners in a romantic relationship)
pair (two objects)

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

para

third-person singular present of para?

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Earlier pera, from Old Portuguese pera, from Latin per (“through”) + ad (“to”).

Alternative forms

pera (obsolete)
pra (eye dialect)
pa (eye dialect)

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /?p?.??/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pa.??/
(informal) IPA^(key): /p?a/, /p??/
(informal) IPA^(key): /pa/, /p?/
Hyphenation: pa?ra

Preposition

para

for (directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for)
indicates application of an adjective; to
to; so; in order to (indicates purpose)
towards; to; in the direction of (indicates destination)
introduces the location, direction or context that applies to a verb
to (to the value of)
in the opinion of
(with an infinitive) about to; soon to be (indicates that something will happen soon)

Contractions

Para + definite article contractions are nonstandard and thus not used in serious writing, but are very widespread in speech and informal writing. Those without r are even more nonstandard:

para + o ? pro, po
para + os ? pros, pos
para + a ? pra, pa
para + as ? pras, pas

Para + indefinite article contractions are also nonstandard, but are not as common:

para + um ? prum
para + uns ? pruns
para + uma ? pruma
para + umas ? prumas

There are some para + personal pronoun contractions, which are also nonstandard and uncommon in writing:

para + eu ? preu
para + você ? procê
para + ele ? prele
para + eles ? preles
para + ela ? prela
para + elas ? prelas

Usage notes

Some senses of para, such as 'in order to', introduce a subordinate clause. When this clause begins with a personal pronoun, some speakers use a prepositional pronoun instead of a nominative one:

instead of the standard

Such usage is strongly proscribed.

Synonyms

(towards): a, até
(about to): prestes a, por

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:para.

Derived terms

Related terms

pelo

Etymology 2

Inflected form of parar (“to stop”).

Alternative forms

pára (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?pa.??/
Hyphenation: pa?ra

Verb

para

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of parar
second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of parar

Quechua

Noun

para

rain

Declension

Derived terms

para jark'ana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Noun

para f (plural parale)

para
money

Declension

Sanaviron

Noun

para

water

References

Julio Salinardi, Córdoba y Traslasierra: integración y disgregación (2006): Con respecto a la lengua sanavirona, hay algunas palabras cuyo significado es seguro, tales comon sacat (pueblo), charaba (cacique), para (agua) y mampa (acequia).
?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 48

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *para, *par?.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pâra/
Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

p?ra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

steam
vapor

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /p?ra/
Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

pàra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

para (Yugoslav currency)
(colloquial) money (usually in plural)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?pa?a/, [?pa.?a]

Etymology 1

A corruption of the older form pora (a combination of por and a, or from Latin pro ad), influenced by the archaic preposition par.^[2]

Preposition

para

for, to (expressing a recipient)
Synonyms: pa', (colloquial) pa
to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)
by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline)
for (expressing contrast from what is expected)
for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective)
for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss)

Derived terms

Descendants

Hiligaynon: para
Tagalog: para

Etymology 2

Form of parar.

Verb

para

Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of parar.
Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of parar.

Etymology 3

Form of parir.

Verb

para

First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of parir.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of parir.

Swedish

Etymology

From par +? -a.

Verb

para (present parar, preterite parade, supine parat, imperative para)

to pair, match into pairs
to mate (animals)

Conjugation

Related terms

parning

Anagrams

apar, rapa

Tagalog

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?pa??a/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish para (“for”).

Conjunction

para

For; so; in order that.

Synonyms

upang

Preposition

para

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish para (“stop”) (second person singular imperative), from parar (“stop”)

Interjection

para

Said by any jeepney passenger to call onto the driver to halt the vehicle, with the intention of dismounting.

Usage notes

The word is usually paired with ho for respect: para ho.

Synonyms

tigil

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (pare, para), from Persian ? (pâre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /p????/
Hyphenation: pa?ra

Noun

para (definite accusative paray?, plural paralar)

money

Declension

Descendants

? German: Para
? Georgian: ???? (para)
? Swedish: para

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /?para/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /?pa?ra/, /?para/

Verb

para (first-person singular present paraf)

Alternative form of parhau (“to endure, to last”)

Conjugation

Noun

para m (uncountable)

continuance, perseverance, permanence

Mutation

para From the web:

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what parallelogram
what parameter is being tested
what parasite burrows into skin
what parallel am i on
what parasites does ivermectin kill
what parade is today
what parasite causes trichomoniasis

por

Abinomn

Pronoun

por

you (dual)

Albanian

Etymology

From po. Alternatively from Latin porr? (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p??]

Conjunction

por

but; however

Synonyms

megjithatë, mirëpo, ama

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per.

Preposition

por

Derived terms

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English four.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /por/

Numeral

por (Bengali script ???)

four

Synonyms

byryi
cha / char

References

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

Blagar

Noun

por

earth, world
land
island

References

Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan paor, from Latin pavor, pav?rem, attested from the 12th century. Compare French peur, Italian paura.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?po/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /?po?/

Noun

por f (plural pors)

fear

Derived terms

poruc

Etymology 2

Noun

por m (plural pors)

Alternative form of porus (“pore”)

References

Cornish

Noun

por f (singulative poren)

leeks

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -?r

Verb

por

first-person singular present indicative of porren
imperative of porren

Esperanto

Etymology

From Spanish por.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /por/
Hyphenation: por

Preposition

por

for, for the benefit of

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.

Preposition

por

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto

Preposition

por

Indicates motion.
pola rúa
down the street
pola porta
through the door
for (over a period of time)
por dez anos
for ten years
about, around (near, in the vicinity of)
polas seis
at about six
por aquí
over here
for (to obtain)
Fun á tenda por xabón.
I went to the store for soap.
for (in exchange for)
for (on behalf of)
(mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
by, by means of
per

Derived terms

polo
por favor
por tanto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?por]
Hyphenation: por
Rhymes: -or

Noun

por (plural porok)

dust
powder
(with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)
Synonym: hamvak

Declension

Derived terms

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto por.

Preposition

por

Lolopo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p?o²¹]

Suffix

por

(Yao'an, of humans) male

Norman

Etymology

From Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *por?- (“young swine, young pig”).

Noun

por m (plural pors)

(Jersey) pig
Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr?.

Preposition

por

for (in order to)
for (belonging to)

Descendants

Middle French: pour
- French: pour
Norman: pouor, pour

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin porr?.

Adverb

por

forwards

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese poder and Spanish poder.

Verb

por

can, to be able to
may

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /p?r/

Etymology 1

From Italian porro, from Latin porrum.

Noun

por m inan

leek

Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros).

Noun

por m inan

pore

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Merger of Old Portuguese por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), and Old Portuguese per, from Latin per (“through, by”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu?/, /po?/
- (Paulista) IPA^(key): [pu?], [pu?], [po?], [po?]
- (South Brazil) IPA^(key): [po?], [po?], [pu?], [pu?]
- Homophone: pôr (with /o/)

Preposition

por

for (on behalf of)
for (in order to obtain)
for (over a period of time)
for (indicates something given in an exchange)
by (through the action or presence of)
by (indicates the creator of a work)
by (using the rules or logic of)
(mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
by; in the name of (indicates an oath)
per; a; each (expresses the ratio of units)
(arithmetic) by (indicates a mathematical division)
through (entering and then leaving; being the medium of)
around; about; near (in the vicinity of)
around; about; approximately (close in quantity, amount or value to)
throughout (in various parts of)
for; in favour of (supporting)
(in the formula “X por Y”, where X is a clause and Y the infinitive of the verb in the clause, or of a synonym) for its own sake; without a motive

Usage notes

Por mandatorily contracts with definite articles in almost all circumstances:

por + o ? pelo
por + os ? pelos
por + a ? pela
por + as ? pelas

Contractions with indefinite articles and personal pronouns are uncommon and very colloquial:

por + um ? prum
por + uns ? pruns
por + uma ? pruma
por + umas ? prumas

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:por.

Synonyms

(over a period of time): durante
(indicates an exchange): em troca de, a troco de (especially in figurative usage)
(using the rules or logic of): de acordo com, segundo
(in the name of): em nome de
(each): cada
(through): através de, pelo meio de
(in the vicinity of): perto de, ao redor de
(approximately): perto de, ao redor de, mais ou menos, aproximadamente, cerca de
(throughout): em ... inteiro
(in favour of): a favor de

Derived terms

porque
por que
porquê

Etymology 2

Verb

por

Obsolete spelling of pôr, now a common misspelling

Romani

Noun

por m (plural por{{{4}}})

feather

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pore, Latin porus, from Ancient Greek ????? (póros, “passage”).

Noun

por m (plural pori)

pore

Related terms

poros

Etymology 2

From Latin porrus or porrum.

Alternative forms

Noun

por m (plural pori)

(popular) leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
(popular) sand leek (Allium scorodoprasum)
(popular) shallot (Allium ascalonicum)

Synonyms

(leek): praz

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porrum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pó?r/, /p??r/

Noun

p??r or p?r m inan

leek

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish por, from Vulgar Latin *por, from Latin pr? and per. Doublet of pro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /po?/, [po?]

Preposition

por

by (indicates the creator of a work)
for (indicates something given in an exchange)
through, out, via (indicating movement)
across (indicating movement)
about
due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
(used with directions) over
(mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
for (indicating duration)
for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
per, for each
to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

por c

pore

Declension

Anagrams

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh?wr?, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek ??? (pûr), and Hittite ???????????? (pa??ur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.

Noun

por

fire

Tok Pisin

Noun

por

monohull dugout canoe

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