el
masculine
/ˈpaɾo/
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Translation
unemployment, stoppage
Word origin
From parar ('to stop'), from Latin parare ('to prepare, to arrange'). The same root gives English 'prepare' and 'apparatus'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- parare
- English cognates
- prepare, apparatus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralparos
Examples
.
My neighbour has been unemployed for six months and is looking for work.
muchos .
Youth unemployment is a serious problem in many countries.
, cientos .
When the factory closed, hundreds of people were left unemployed.
.
The workers held a two-hour stoppage to protest.
: .
The figures are clear: unemployment has fallen this year.
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