paracaídas

Galician

Etymology

para (“it stops”) +‎ caídas (“falls”)

Noun

paracaídas m (invariable)

parachute

Derived terms

Further reading

“paracaídas”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) +‎ caídas (“falls”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paɾakaˈidas/ [pa.ɾa.kaˈi.ð̞as]
Rhymes: -idas
Syllabification: pa‧ra‧ca‧í‧das

Noun

paracaídas m (plural paracaídas)

parachute

Derived terms

Further reading

“paracaídas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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