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para

"para" means "for" in Spanish. It is number 20 on the frequency list, in A1 (prep).

Meaning

for; in order to

IPA

/paɾa/

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• ¿Para qué?
  For what?
  Tatoeba: Shishir / AMIKEMA
• ¿Para qué es?
  What is it for?
  Tatoeba: DJ_Saidez / CK
• Para eso.
  Stop that.
  Tatoeba: arh / CK

Learned together

In the course, "para" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• qué what
• me me, to me
• una a, an
• los the (masculine plural)
• se himself, herself, itself,…
• te you, to you
• con with
• mi my
• pero but

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