parar

/paˈɾaɾ/, [paˈɾaɾ]

stop

Gerund: parando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	parado	parada
Plural	parados	paradas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	paro	paraba	paré	pararé	pararía
tú	paras	parabas	paraste	pararás	pararías
él/ella/Ud.	para	paraba	paró	parará	pararía
nosotros	paramos	parábamos	paramos	pararemos	pararíamos
vosotros	paráis	parabais	parasteis	pararéis	pararíais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	paran	paraban	pararon	pararán	pararían
vos	parás	parabas	paraste	pararás	pararías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	pare	parara	parase	parare
tú	pares	pararas	parases	parares
él/ella/Ud.	pare	parara	parase	parare
nosotros	paremos	paráramos	parásemos	paráremos
vosotros	paréis	pararais	paraseis	parareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	paren	pararan	parasen	pararen
vos	parés	pararas	parases	parares

Imperative

Examples

Dime cuándo parar.

Tell me when to stop.

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¡Debo parar de comer pimientos antes de ir a la cama!

I must stop eating peppers before going to bed!

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El camión tuvo que parar porque su carga se había caído.

The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off.

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No lo puedes parar.

You can't stop it.

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Ni siquiera el hombre más fuerte puede parar un tifón.

Even the strongest man can't stop a typhoon.

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Voy a parar a Tom.

I'll stop Tom.

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Tiene que parar.

It has to stop.

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No nos puedes parar.

You can't stop us.

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No podían parar de sonreír.

They couldn't stop smiling.

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Yo sé cuándo parar.

I know when to quit.

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