parao

English

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish parao, from Cebuano paraw.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.ɾaʊ̯/

Noun

parao (plural paraos)

1. (Philippines, nautical) A sailing vessel found in the waters of the Philippines, similar to a proa.

See also

• proa
• banca

Asturian

Participle

parao n

1. neuter singular of paráu

Spanish

Etymology

From Cebuano paraw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾao/ [paˈɾa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧o

Noun

parao m (plural paraos)

1. (Philippines, nautical) paraw (a kind of outrigger sailboat similar to a banca or a baroto with a deep keel and a single mast with sails)

See also

• banca
• baroto

Further reading

• “parao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 119