parla

See also: Parla, parlá, parlà, parlâ, parła, pärla, and par là

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpar.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpaɾ.la]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈpar.la]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Homophone: parlà (Valencia)

Etymology 1

Deverbal from parlar.

Noun

parla f (plural parles)

1. speech
2. speaking (action)

Derived terms

• acte de parla
• novaparla

Etymology 2

Verb

parla

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.la/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Homophones: parlas, parlât

Verb

parla

1. third-person singular past historic of parler

Anagrams

• par-là

Galician

Verb

parla

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

parla

1. present of parlar
2. imperative of parlar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.la/
• Rhymes: -arla
• Hyphenation: pàr‧la

Verb

parla

1. inflection of parlare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Martuthunira

Noun

parla

1. money
2. rock, stone
3. hill

Portuguese

Verb

parla

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɾla/ [ˈpaɾ.la]
• Rhymes: -aɾla
• Syllabification: par‧la

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Hellenic *pərai

Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)

Ancient Greek παρα- (para-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.

Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō

Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō)

Ancient Greek παραβάλλω (parabállō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ)bor.

Latin parabola

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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Early Medieval Latin parabolāre

Italian parlarebor.

Spanish parlardeverb.

Spanish parla

Deverbal from parlar.

Noun

parla f (plural parlas)

1. loose talk (just words)

Etymology 2

Verb

parla

1. inflection of parlar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “parla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025