parado

/paˈɾado/, [paˈɾa.ð̞o]

standing, stopped


Adjective parado (feminine parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

  1. stopped, halted, immobile, idle
  2. standing
  3. unemployed; on the dole
  4. confused, bewildered
  5. in a (good or bad) state
    bien parado
    in good shape
    mal parado
    in bad shape
  6. (slang, Mexico) erect (a penis, when using masculine nouns, preceded by the verb tener or traer)
    Ese lo trae parado.
    That guy has a hard-on.

Noun parado m (plural parados, feminine parada, feminine plural paradas)

  1. unemployed person

Verb parado m (feminine singular parada, masculine plural parados, feminine plural paradas)

  1. masculine singular past participle of parar

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Actualmente, Tom está parado.

    Tom is currently unemployed.

  • Él sigue parado.

    He is still standing.

  • Ha parado de llover.

    It has stopped raining.

  • Estoy parado en el medio del patio.

    I am standing in the middle of the schoolyard.

  • El chico que está parado por allá es mi hijo.

    The boy standing over there is my son.

  • O este hombre está muerto o mi reloj se ha parado.

    Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.

  • Tom se quedó ahí parado sin decir nada.

    Tom just stood there without saying a word.

  • Puedo ver la torre desde donde estoy parado.

    I can see the tower from where I stand.

  • ¿Quién está parado ahí?

    Who is standing there?

  • Estaba parado muy cerca de mí. Era inquietante.

    He was standing very close to me. It was disturbing.

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