parado
Portuguese, adjective/paˈɾa.du/
parado is spelled P-A-R-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “stopped, halted, immobile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of parar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem movimento, quieto”.
What does parado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stopped, halted, immobile
- 2
standing
Não deixe a bicicleta parada.
verb
- 1
past participle of parar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem movimento, quieto 2. fito, fixo
interjection: 1. pára de correr (dito geralmente intimidando com uma arma a pessoa interpelada, durante uma perseguição) 2. expressa o desejo que a pessoa se ponha instantaneamente e mantenha-se imóvel deixando de realizar o ato que estava prestes a fazer
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 parado
- parada feminine
- parados masculine plural
- paradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parado?
- Brazil /paˈɾa.du/
- Portugal /pɐˈɾa.du/
- Portugal [pɐˈɾa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
parado appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).