parce

From par +‎ ce.

• IPA^(key): /paʁs/

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parce

1. only used in parce que

• carpe, perça

parce

1. vocative masculine singular of parcus

parcē (comparative parcius, superlative parcissimē)

1. sparingly, scantily

parce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of parcō

• “parce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “parce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• parce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Clipping of parcero, borrowed from Portuguese parceiro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾθe/ [ˈpaɾ.θe] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾse/ [ˈpaɾ.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾθe (Spain)
• Rhymes: -aɾse (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: par‧ce

parce m or f by sense (plural parces)

1. (Colombia, slang) friend, loyal friend
2. (Peru, by extension) a Colombian person

• “parce”, 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