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To stop in Portuguese 🇧🇷


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to stop parar
How to say “to stop” in Portuguese? “Parar”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “parar” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to stop in Portuguese like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

Portuguese Sentences with the Word “To stop”

Portuguese sentence with “parar” English translation for parar S

Eles podem preparar isso em seu aniversário.

They can prepare it on his birthday.

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Tips to Remember:
• Associate “parar” with the English “to pause” or “to stop”—think of “parking” your car, which means coming to a stop.
• Remember that “parar” is similar in Spanish (parar = to stop), which may help if you know that language.

Explanations:
• “Parar” means “to stop” or “to cease” an action or movement.
• It is a regular verb with the ending –ar, so it conjugates similarly to other regular –ar verbs in Portuguese.

Synonyms:
• Interromper
• Cessar
• Suspender

Conjugations:

Infinitive: parar
Gerund: parando
Past Participle: parado

Present Indicative:
• Eu paro   – I stop
• Tu paras   – You stop
• Ele/Ela/Você para  – He/She/You (formal) stop
• Nós paramos  – We stop
• Vós parais   – You all stop (rarely used)
• Eles/Elas/Vocês param – They/You all stop

Preterite Perfect:
• Eu parei   – I stopped
• Tu paraste  – You stopped
• Ele/Ela/Você parou – He/She/You stopped
• Nós paramos  – We stopped
• Vós parastes  – You all stopped
• Eles/Elas/Vocês pararam – They/You all stopped

Imperfect:
• Eu parava   – I was stopping/used to stop
• Tu paravas  – You were stopping/used to stop
• Ele/Ela/Você parava – He/She/You was/were stopping
• Nós parávamos  – We were stopping/used to stop
• Vós paráveis   – You all were stopping (less common)
• Eles/Elas/Vocês paravam – They/You all were stopping

Future:
• Eu pararei   – I will stop
• Tu pararás  – You will stop
• Ele/Ela/Você parará – He/She/You will stop
• Nós pararemos  – We will stop
• Vós parareis  – You all will stop
• Eles/Elas/Vocês pararão – They/You all will stop

Conditional:
• Eu pararia   – I would stop
• Tu pararias  – You would stop
• Ele/Ela/Você pararia – He/She/You would stop
• Nós pararíamos  – We would stop
• Vós pararíeis  – You all would stop
• Eles/Elas/Vocês parariam – They/You all would stop

Present Subjunctive:
• Que eu pare   – That I stop
• Que tu pares   – That you stop
• Que ele/ela/você pare – That he/she/you stop
• Que nós paremos  – That we stop
• Que vós pareis  – That you all stop
• Que eles/elas/vocês parem – That they/you all stop

Imperfect Subjunctive:
• Se eu parasse   – If I stopped
• Se tu parasses  – If you stopped
• Se ele/ela/você parasse – If he/she/you stopped
• Se nós parássemos  – If we stopped
• Se vós parásseis  – If you all stopped
• Se eles/elas/vocês parassem – If they/you all stopped

Examples of Sentences:
• O ônibus parou na esquina.
 Translation: The bus stopped at the corner.

• Preciso parar para descansar um pouco.
 Translation: I need to stop to rest a bit.

• Quando ele parou de falar, todos ficaram em silêncio.
 Translation: When he stopped talking, everyone fell silent.

• Se você parasse de se preocupar, as coisas ficariam mais claras.
 Translation: If you stopped worrying, things would become clearer.

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