parpar

Maltese

Root
p-r-p-r
1 term

Etymology

Probably derived from parta. Sense 2 is onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.par/

Verb

parpar (imperfect jparpar, past participle mparpar, verbal noun tparpir)

  1. to go away, to make off
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:
      Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
      kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
      u Marzu Marzellu
      fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
      u tax-xita fir-raxx
      parpar baxx baxx.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to coo

Conjugation

Conjugation of parpar (Form Iq)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m parpart parpart parpar parparna parpartu parpru
f parpret
imperfect m nparpar tparpar jparpar nparpru tparpru jparpru
f tparpar
imperative parpar parpru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m parpartx parpartx parparx parparniex parpartux parprux
f parpritx
imperfect m nparparx tparparx jparparx nparprux tparprux jparprux
f tparparx
imperative tparparx tparprux

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare with Italian papero (gosling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾˈpaɾ/ [paɾˈpaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: par‧par

Verb

parpar (first-person singular present parpo, first-person singular preterite parpé, past participle parpado)

  1. to quack
    Synonym: graznar

Conjugation

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