# para

> Portuguese word · Preposition · IPA /ˈpɐ.ɾɐ/ · frequency rank #10

## Definitions
1. exprime fim, destino, lugar, tempo, direção etc

## Easily confused with
- **por** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-por)
- **paz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-paz)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pro)
- **pau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pau)
- **per** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-per)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pax)
- **peça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-peca)
- **puta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-puta)
- **Paul** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-paul)
- **pega** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pega)
- **Peru** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-peru)
- **Park** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-park)
- **puro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-puro)
- **pato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pato)
- **pica** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pica)
- **pipa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pipa)
- **paro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-paro)
- **pata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pata)
- **pila** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pila)
- **pero** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-pero)

## Common misspellings (4)
`apra`, `paar`, `ppara`, `praa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/para