parando

[pah-RAHN-doo]

verb

stopping

1. Present participle of 'parar' - to stop or halt something

He is stopping the car.

Ele está parando o carro.

2. Ceasing an action or motion

Why are you stopping?

Por que você está parando?

3. Standing or standing up (in some regional contexts)

The horse is standing in the field.

O cavalo está parando no campo.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

parando

Standard usage for stopping or ceasing an action

Rio de Janeiro

parando

Common usage, sometimes informal in casual speech

São Paulo

parando

Standard usage, widely understood

Portugal

parando

Standard usage, identical to Brazilian Portuguese

parando em seco - stopping abruptly

parando de fazer algo - stopping doing something

não há como parar - there's no way to stop

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