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parador

[ par-uh-dawr; Spanish pah-rah-thawr ]

noun

, plural pa·ra·dors; Spanish pa·ra·do·res [pah-, r, ah-, thaw, -, r, es].
  1. a government-sponsored inn in Spain, usually in a scenic or historic area, that offers lodging and meals at reasonable prices.


parador

/ ˈpærədɔː; ˈparaðor /

noun

  1. a state-run hotel in Spain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parador1

1835–45; < Spanish: wayside inn, hostelry, equivalent to par ( ar ) to stop ( parade ) + -ador -ator
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parador1

Spanish
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Example Sentences

It was an evening in late January, and Raquel Mendieta was dining at the Parador, the 12th-century monastery-turned-hotel where she was staying while she installed artwork for a new survey of Ana Mendieta, the famous Cuban-born performance artist — and Ms. Mendieta’s maternal aunt — at a nearby museum.

El parador Jake McQuaide, el Ram más veterano, es un agente libre sin restricciones.

That would be “Moon Over Parador,” a comedy with Richard Dreyfuss impersonating the dictator of a fake South American country.

Still, it’s remarkable to go from something as mopey as “Tenet” to “Moon Over Parador” — to go back to all of 1988, really — and notice how loud and unpleasant and unapologetically cranky everybody was, even the cartoon characters.

We stayed in a parador in Mérida that had been a convent in the eighteenth century.

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