parra
See also: párra, párrá, and parrà
Afrikaans
Noun
parra (plural parras, diminutive parratjie)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of padda
- (crude, slang) vagina; female genitalia
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Portuguese parar (“to halt, to stop”).
Verb
parra (present parra, present participle parraende, past participle geparra)
- (fishing) to stop a fishing boat and wait; to keep a boat in a certain position
- (fishing, imperative) row slower
Basque
Noun
parra inan
- Nonstandard form of barre.
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpa.rə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ra/
Noun
parra f (plural parres)
- A trellised vine.
- grapevine
- Synonym: vinya
Derived terms
- parral
- parrús
- parrella, barrella
Further reading
- “parra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *spḗr (“sparrow, bird”). Cognate with English sparrow.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.ra/, [ˈpärːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.ra/, [ˈpärːä]
Noun
parra f (genitive parrae); first declension
- A bird of ill omen; perhaps the barn owl
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | parra | parrae |
| Genitive | parrae | parrārum |
| Dative | parrae | parrīs |
| Accusative | parram | parrās |
| Ablative | parrā | parrīs |
| Vocative | parra | parrae |
References
- “parra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure, fence”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/ [ˈpa.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/ [ˈpa.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʁa/ [ˈpa.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ʁɐ/
- Hyphenation: par‧ra
Noun
parra f (plural parras)
- shoot or stem of a vine with leaves
- Synonym: pâmpano
- excessive pride, bragging
- Synonym: bazófia
Related terms
- parrudo
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”). Cf. Medieval Latin parricus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpara/ [ˈpa.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: pa‧rra
Noun
parra f (plural parras)
- grapevine (the plant on which grapes grow)
- Synonym: vid
Derived terms
- parrilla
Related terms
- parral
Further reading
- “parra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014