parado
Spanish, noun/paˈɾado/
parado is spelled P-A-R-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,864th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “unemployed person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of parar.
What does parado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stopped, halted, immobile, idle
- 2
standing
- 3
unemployed; on the dole
- 4
confused, bewildered
- 5
in a (good or bad) state
bien parado
- 6
Mexicoslangerect (a penis, when using masculine nouns, preceded by the verb tener or traer)
(Mexico)
noun
- 1
masculineunemployed person
verb
- 1
past participle of parar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Remiso, flojo, tímido y descuidado en sus acciones y movimientos. 2. Desocupado, o sin ejercicio o empleo. 3. Que está en pie, no sentado (resultado de pararse). 4. Que se cree superior a otros, exhibiendo sus posesiones o cualidades.
verb: 1. Participio de parar.
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 parado
- parada feminine
- parados masculine plural
- paradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parado?
- /paˈɾado/
- [paˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [paˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parado in Spanish?
parado appears 16 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).