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yo paro

stop, stay, unemployment, arrest, favor

ˈp a ɾ o → parar
par to stop + o 1st-person singular present (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · 1st-person singular, present tense Rare #38,784
stop Used for stopping something or someone; with me, it can mean “stand.”
SP: Paro el coche aquí.
EN: I stop the car here.
stay In this sense, often used with en to say where you stay or spend time.
SP: No paro mucho en casa durante el día.
EN: I don’t spend much time at home during the day.
Conjugation of parar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First paro paramos
Second paras —
Third para paran
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First paro paramos
Second paras —
Third para paran
pares

Nomás silba y paro de roncar.

Just whistle, and I'll stop snoring.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Paro.

Unemployment.

— Devdas (2002)

Normalmente no me paro a la mitad.

I don't usually stop halfway.

— La historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Lo enseñaría, pero no paro en casa.

I’d show it to you, but I’m hardly ever home.

— Volver (2006)

Me paro ante ustedes no sólo como su reina.

I stand before you not only as your queen.

Paro aquí?

Should I stop here?

— RRR (2022)

Esto no va a parar si no lo paro yo.

This isn't going to stop unless I stop it.

— Scream 7 (2026)

Normalmente no paro a las jóvenes en la calle.

I don't usually stop young women on the street.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

noun · masculine Rare #41,697
unemployment Often used with the article in the expression el paro, meaning unemployment or the state of being out of work.
SP: El paro ha bajado este año.
EN: Unemployment has gone down this year.
stop, arrest In medical contexts, paro cardíaco means cardiac arrest.
SP: Sufrió un paro cardíaco.
EN: He suffered a cardiac arrest.
favor, helping hand Colloquial, especially in some Latin American countries.
SP: ¿Me haces un paro con esta caja?
EN: Can you give me a hand with this box?

Muchas gracias por el paro.

Thanks so much for helping me out.

— Amores perros (2000)

Virus tendrá un paro cardíaco.

Virus will have a cardiac arrest.

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Tom tuvo un paro cardíaco.

Tom had a cardiac arrest.

La insulina no bastará para causar un paro cardíaco.

Insulin alone will not cause a cardiac arrest.

— El sonido de la muerte (2026)

Al paro.

Unemployed.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Su madre tuvo otro paro cardíaco, tal como me lo temía.

His mother had another cardiac arrest, just as I feared.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Ha subido el paro.

Unemployment has risen.

Sounds similar to

para ˈp a ɾ a pero ˈp e ɾ o raro ˈr a ɾ o paso ˈp a s o caro ˈk a ɾ o puro ˈp u ɾ o pare ˈp a ɾ e pago ˈp a ɡ o pavo ˈp a b o faro ˈf a ɾ o palo ˈp a l o pato ˈp a t o