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Learn Spanish (Latin America): parar - to stop

Spanish (Latin America)
/Hopes and wishes (ojalá)
/parar

parar

Word

parar

Meaning

to stop

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Latin America)

Lesson

Hopes and wishes (ojalá)

Usages of parar

Ojalá que pare de llover, porque está muy nublado.

I hope it stops raining, because it is very cloudy.

¡La lluvia nunca para en esta ciudad!

The rain never stops in this city!

Si no paras, este carro está a punto de chocar.

If you do not stop, this car is about to crash.

De bajar la palanca, el montacargas parará.

If you lower the lever, the forklift will stop.

De no parar la máquina, se bajará esta palanca para mayor seguridad.

If the machine does not stop, this lever will be lowered for greater safety.

De romperse el engranaje, pararemos la producción.

If the gear breaks, we will stop the production.

Al enganchar el atún, el capitán acababa de parar el barco.

Upon hooking the tuna, the captain had just stopped the boat.

Él para el cronómetro y rompe a reír por la apuesta.

He stops the stopwatch and breaks into laughter because of the bet.

Para cuando llegue la inspección, pararemos el brote gracias al doctor.

By the time the inspection arrives, we will stop the outbreak thanks to the doctor.

Iba a despuntar esa yema, pero el maestro me paró.

I was going to trim that bud, but the master stopped me.

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