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parar

to stop

verb Word 638 of the core 1,000 · Stage 4, Expressive

How to conjugate parar

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo paro I stop / I am stopping
tú paras you stop / you are stopping
él/ella para he/she stops / he/she is stopping / you stop (formal) / you are stopping (formal)
nosotros paramos we stop / we are stopping
ellos/ellas paran they stop / they are stopping / you all stop / you all are stopping

Preterite

yo paré I stopped
tú paraste you stopped
él/ella paró he/she stopped / you stopped (formal)
nosotros paramos we stopped
ellos/ellas pararon they stopped / you all stopped

Imperfect

yo paraba I was stopping / I used to stop
tú parabas you were stopping / you used to stop
él/ella paraba he/she was stopping / he/she used to stop / you were stopping (formal) / you used to stop (formal)
nosotros parábamos we were stopping / we used to stop
ellos/ellas paraban they were stopping / they used to stop / you all were stopping / you all used to stop

Future

yo pararé I will stop
tú pararás you will stop
él/ella parará he/she will stop / you will stop (formal)
nosotros pararemos we will stop
ellos/ellas pararán they will stop / you all will stop

In a sentence

No paró de hablar en toda la noche.

He didn't stop talking all night.

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