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parada

Spanish, noun/paˈɾada/

parada is spelled P-A-R-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parada is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “stop (the act of stopping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of parado. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de parar, detenerse, suspender un movimiento o acción”.

What does parada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestop (the act of stopping)

  2. 2

    femininestation (a location where things stop)

  3. 3

    feminine(football) stop, (baseball) catch

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of parado

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of parado

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of parado

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de parar, detenerse, suspender un movimiento o acción. 2. Punto establecido dentro de una ruta donde un vehículo de transporte público para a recoger y dejar pasajeros. 3. Lugar donde se para (cesar en el avance o movimiento, hospedarse). 4. Punto final de un movimiento, en especial de la carrera.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of parada

  • paradas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce parada?

  • /paˈɾada/
  • [paˈɾa.ð̞a]
  • [paˈɾað̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to parada

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is parada in Spanish?

parada appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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