parować

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: pa‧ro‧wać

Etymology 1

From para (steam, vapor) + -ować.

Verb

parować impf

  1. (intransitive) to steam (to produce or vent steam)
  2. (intransitive) to vaporize (to be coverted to vapor)
  3. (transitive, cooking) to steam (to cook with steam)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French parer + -ować, from Italian parare, from Latin parō, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth).

Verb

parować impf (perfective sparować or odparować)

  1. (transitive) to fend off, to parry (to avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.))
    Synonym: odpierać
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Etymology 3

From para (couple, pair) + -ować.

Verb

parować impf (perfective sparować)

  1. (transitive) to pair (to bring two animals together for mating)
    Synonym: kojarzyć
  2. (reflexive) to pair (to come together for mating)
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Further reading

  • parować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • parować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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