Spanish | English |
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parar verb | arrest [arrested, arresting, arrests](to stop or slow a process etc.) call off(to cancel) cease [ceased, ceasing, ceases](intransitive) flag [flagged, flagging, flags](to signal to) halt [halted, halting, halts](to stop either temporarily or permanently) pause [paused, pausing, pauses](to interrupt something) pull over(cause someone/something to pull over) quit [quitted, quitting, quits](to give up, stop doing something) save [saved, saving, saves](to sports: to catch or deflect a shot at goal) stand up(bring something up and set it into a standing position) stop [stopped, stopping, stops](to cease moving) throw up(to give up, abandon) |
parar el trabajo verb | strike [struck, striking, strikes](to stop working as a form of protest) |
pararrayos noun {m} | lightning rod(metallic conductor that protects from lightning) |
pararrenal adjective | pararenal(next to the kidney) |
pararse verb | draw up(to come to a halt) fail [failed, failing, fails](cease to operate) stand up(rise from a sitting position) stop [stopped, stopping, stops](to cease moving) |
acaparar verb | bogart(selfishly take or keep something; hog) engross [engrossed, engrossing, engrosses](to buy up wholesale) hoard [hoarded, hoarding, hoards](to amass) hog [hogged, hogging, hogs](to take more than one's share) monopolize [monopolized, monopolizing, monopolizes](dominate) stockpile [stockpiled, stockpiling, stockpiles](to accumulate or build up a supply of (something)) |
comparar verb | check [checked, checking, checks](to verify or compare with a source of information) compare [compared, comparing, compares](to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another) liken [likened, likening, likens](compare) |
desamparar verb | hang out to dry(abandon someone in need) |
disparar verb | discharge [discharged, discharging, discharges](to operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling)) go off(fire) gun [gunned, gunning, guns](speed something up) gun down(kill by firearm) shoot [shot, shooting, shoots](to fire a shot) trigger [triggered, triggering, triggers](to fire a weapon) |
disparar primero y preguntar después verb | shoot first and ask questions later(To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences) |
dispararse verb | surge [surged, surging, surges](to rush, flood, or increase suddenly) |
equiparar verb | compare [compared, comparing, compares](to assess the similarities between two things or between one thing and another) |
ir a parar verb | end up(turn out) wind up(to end up; to arrive or result) |