paroli
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from parabolō (“to talk, speak”), Latin parabola (“speech; word”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
paroli (present parolas, past parolis, future parolos, conditional parolus, volitive parolu)
- (intransitive) to speak, talk
- (transitive) to speak (a language, usually)
- Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton? ― Do you speak Esperanto?
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of paroli
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Derived terms edit
- alparoli (“to speak to”)
- antaŭparoli (“to foretell”)
- antaŭparolo (“preamble, foreword”)
- cirkaŭparolo
- ekparoli (“to speak up, start to talk”)
- elparoli (“to pronounce”)
- fiparoli (“to curse, cuss, swear”)
- fuŝparoli (“to express oneself badly”)
- interparoli (“to converse”)
- kontraŭparoli (“to object, speak against”)
- kontraŭparolo (“objection”)
- laŭtparolilo (“a loudspeaker”)
- misparoli (“to misspeak”)
- nazparoli (“to speak nasally”)
- parola (“expressed by talking, spoken”)
- parolaĉi (“to swear, curse”)
- paroladaĉo (“screed”)
- paroladi
- parolado (“speech”) (an oration, session of speaking)
- parolanto (“one who is speaking, speaker”)
- parolema (“talkative”)
- parolfiguro (“a figure of speech”)
- parolilo (“a speaker”) (electrical device)
- parolo (“speech”)
- postparolo (“afterword”)
- priparoli (“to talk about, discuss”)
- proparolanto (“spokesperson”)
- senparola (“speechless, silent”)
See also edit
- diri (“to say”)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian paroli, plural of parolo, probably compounded from paro (“I prepare”) and enclitic pronoun -lo (“it”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paroli m (plural parolis)
- (games) a double stake
- 1836, Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantes, Histoire des salons de Paris, 3rd edition, volume II:
- Dans un moment de colère contre le banquier, il fit paroli sur paroli, et en vint au point de mettre au tapis une énorme poignée d’or...
- In a fit of anger against the banker, he made paroli upon paroli, to the point where he had wagered a great handful of gold...
Further reading edit
- “paroli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.