pára-quedas
Portuguese, noun
pára-quedas is spelled P-Á-R-A-Q-U-E-D-A-S (10 letters). Pára-quedas is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of paraquedas; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide paraquedas”.
What does pára-quedas mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of paraquedas; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. artefato usado para amortecer a queda em saltos de aeronaves até o solo 2. qualquer artefato que reduza a velocidade de queda dos corpos
noun: 1. vide paraquedas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pára-quedas
- pa.ra-que.das canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).