paranza

From paro, an old variant of paio in the sense of 'tools, harnesses, utensils'. Compare with Latin parātus.

paranza f (plural paranze)

1. (nautical) trawler
2. trawl (net)

• frittura di paranza (“fried fish, generally small, captured by trawls”)
• paranzella

• → Maltese: paranza

Borrowed from Italian paranza.

• IPA^(key): /paˈrant͡s/

paranza f (plural paranzi)

1. (nautical) trawler

From parar (“to stop”) +‎ -anza, literally “a place in which to stop”.

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾanθa/ [paˈɾãn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /paˈɾansa/ [paˈɾãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧ran‧za

paranza f (plural paranzas)

1. a hideout where the hunter waits for game to come by

   Synonym: tollo

• “paranza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024