parro

See also: parrò

English

Etymology

From paralytic +‎ -o (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

parro

  1. (slang, colloquial, Australia) Very drunk, intoxicated.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
    I was so parro that I pissed in the sink.
    • 2000 April 25, Damian Parish, “"**Justice for Martin Bryant....Public Inquiry needed on Prt Arthur**"”, in soc.culture.australian[1] (Usenet):
      I've made better web pages when I've been parro.
    • 2003 August 19, Dan, “Asian drivers”, in aus.cars[2] (Usenet):
      Just like being completely parro but without touching any booze.

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Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Mirandese parro (duck)[1] and Portuguese parro (duck).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈparo/ [ˈpa.rʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: pa‧rro

Noun

parro m (plural parros)

  1. (regional) duck
    Synonyms: parrulo, pato

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “parro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (20142024), “parro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Mirandese

Noun

parro m (plural parros)

  1. duck

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Mirandese parro (duck)[1] and Galician parro (duck).[2]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: par‧ro

Noun

parro m (plural parros)

  1. (regional, Trás-os-Montes) duck
    Synonyms: pato, parrolo, parreco

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “parro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (20062013), “parro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega