The use of parar in this sentence.

Question

Hello, I'm confused about what parar means in this sentence because I don't think it's stop. I looked at the definition online and looks like it could mean "to fix attention" ie: fixate. Is that the correct translation in this sentence?

"Mientras más porno mira, más probable es que pare en lo que los científicos llaman adicción a la excitactión."

PS: apologies for the subject matter, it's a magazine article.

Answer 1

I think in this context it just means "ends in" .......addiction ... etc

Yep. - DualG, Oct 28, 2012

Yes. - annierats, Oct 28, 2012

Thank you! That one escaped me. - Anna, Oct 28, 2012

Answer 2

You could think of "parar" as stay or stick (not with glue - lol) or come-to-an-end if it helps. It's one of those cases where usages of the Spanish and English words are very close but by no means identical.