paro
Spanish, noun
paro is spelled P-A-R-O (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,658th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “stop, stagnation (action of stopping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of parar. With an accent, paró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of parar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Interrupción o alteración que los trabajadores hacen de su actividad para protestar contra las condiciones en…”.
What does paro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestop, stagnation (action of stopping)
- 2
Spainmasculineunemployment
en paro
- 3
masculinestrike (work stoppage)
- 4
masculinecardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco
- 5
Mexicomasculinepretext
Puros paros para no trabajar
- 6
Mexicomasculinea favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")
Hazme un paro, no le digas que estoy aquí
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of parar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of parir
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of parar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Interrupción o alteración que los trabajadores hacen de su actividad para protestar contra las condiciones en las que la desempeñan. 2. Situación de la persona que no logra encontrar o conseguir un empleo. 3. Por extensión, subsidio que se paga a quienes se encuentran en esa situación.
noun: 1. (Parus spp.) Cualquiera de numerosas especies de aves paseriformes del Viejo Mundo, muchas veces comensales del ser humano.
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de isla griega de Paros.
prefix: 1. Indica "proximidad".
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 paro
- paros plural
- para feminine
- paras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to paro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paro in Spanish?
paro appears 32 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).