How to pronounce para

Say it like this: /ˈpɑːɹə/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

British/ˈpɑːɹə/

Australian

What does para mean?

nounA former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

“She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.”

adjVery drunk.

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pants paper paperback par paragraph parallel parameter parent

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