paro

paro(
pah
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roh
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A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g. el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
masculine noun
1. (cessation of activity)
a. stoppage
El paro del servicio de autobús en la ciudad ha afectado a muchos ciudadanos.The stoppage of bus service in the city has affected many citizens.
2. (workers' protest)
a. strike
Los trabajadores de la refinería hicieron un paro.The workers at the refinery went on strike.
3. (joblessness)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. unemployment
El paro subió en Valencia el pasado mes de marzo.Unemployment rose in Valencia last March.
4. (unemployment benefits)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. unemployment compensation
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Está recibiendo el paro desde que la despidieron.She's been receiving unemployment compensation since she was fired.
b. dole (informal) (United Kingdom)
Voy a formarme mañana en la oficina del paro.I'm going to queue up at the dole office tomorrow.
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paro
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (desempleo)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. unemployment
estar en (el) paroto be unemployed
quedarse en paroto be left unemployed
paro cíclico/encubierto/estructuralcyclical/hidden/structural unemployment
2. (cesación; acción)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. shutdown
3. (estado)
a. stoppage
paro biológicotemporary halt to fishing at sea to preserve fish stocks
paro cardiacocardiac arrest
paro laboralindustrial action
paro técnicodown time
4. (huelga)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. strike
hacer paroto strike
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paro
(Ornitología) tit
paro
1 (desempleo) unemployment
índice de paro level of unemployment; estar en paro to be unemployed; lo han enviado al paro they have put him out of a job; they have made him unemployed
paro cíclico cyclical unemployment
paro encubierto underemployment
paro estacional seasonal unemployment
paro obrero unemployment
2 (subsidio) unemployment benefit; unemployment insurance; (EEUU)
cobrar el paro to be on the dole (familiar); receive unemployment benefit (formal)
3 (interrupción) stoppage
se produjo un paro en la cadena de montaje there was a stoppage on the assembly line
paro biológico (Pesca) temporary fishing ban
Los 119 barcos andaluces que faenan en caladeros marroquíes están, desde ayer, paralizados,como consecuencia del paro biológico estipulado en el acuerdo de pesca de 1992 entre la Unión Europea y el Reino de Marruecos Rabat exige también un paro biológico de dos meses, en lugar de uno como piden los negociadores comunitarios
paro cardíaco cardiac arrest
paro del sistema (Informática) system shutdown
paro forzoso enforced stoppage
paro técnico technical breakdown
4 (huelga) strike
un paro de tres días a three-day strike; hay paro en la industria work in the industry is at a standstill
5 (And) (Caribe) (Dados) throw
6
en paro (And) (de una vez) all at once; in one go
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