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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARAMO

American Spanish, from Spanish: treeless plain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAMO

paramo  [ˈpærəˌməʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAMO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paramo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARAMO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paramo

Páramo

Páramo can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A more narrow term classifies the páramo according to its regional placement in the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America. The páramo is the ecosystem of the regions above the continuous forest line, yet below the permanent snowline. It is a "Neotropical high mountain biome with a vegetation composed mainly of giant rosette plants, shrubs and grasses". According to scientists, páramos may be "evolutionary hot spots" and among the fastest evolving regions on Earth.

Definition of paramo in the English dictionary

The definition of paramo in the dictionary is a high plateau in the Andes between the tree line and the permanent snow line.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAMO


Alamo
ˈæləˌməʊ
altissimo
ælˈtɪsɪˌməʊ
bravissimo
brɑːˈvɪsɪˌməʊ
centesimo
sɛnˈtɛsɪˌməʊ
duodecimo
ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ
dynamo
ˈdaɪnəˌməʊ
Eskimo
ˈɛskɪˌməʊ
Esquimau
ˈɛskɪˌməʊ
fortissimo
fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ
generalissimo
ˌdʒɛnərəˈlɪsɪˌməʊ
Geronimo
dʒəˈrɒnɪˌməʊ
lentissimo
lɛnˈtɪsɪˌməʊ
milesimo
miːˈleɪsɪˌməʊ
pianissimo
pɪəˈnɪsɪˌməʊ
prestissimo
prɛˈstɪsɪˌməʊ
sentimo
ˈsentəˌməʊ
sextodecimo
ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ
slo-mo
ˈsləʊˌməʊ
slow-mo
ˈsləʊˌməʊ
ultimo
ˈʌltɪˌməʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAMO

parametrical
parametrically
parametrisation
parametrise
parametrization
parametrize
paramilitary
paramnesia
paramoecia
paramoecium
paramorph
paramorphic
paramorphine
paramorphism
paramorphous
paramouncy
paramount
paramountcy
paramountly
paramour

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAMO

ammo
bayamo
Bergamo
camo
Como
demo
emo
homo
Imo
kamokamo
memo
mo
Palermo
Petsamo
primo
promo
screamo
Shamo
the Alamo
tomo

Synonyms and antonyms of paramo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paramo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAMO

Find out the translation of paramo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paramo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paramo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

帕拉莫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paramo
570 millions of speakers

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paramo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paramo
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بارامو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парамо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paramo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দক্ষিণ আমেরিকার বৃক্ষহীন মালভূমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paramo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paramo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

paramo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パラモ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

PARAMO
85 millions of speakers

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Paramo
85 millions of speakers
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Paramo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Paramo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Paramo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paramo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paramo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Paramo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парамо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Paramo
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Paramo
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

paramo
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

paramo
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Paramo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paramo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAMO»

The term «paramo» is regularly used and occupies the 75.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAMO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paramo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paramo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paramo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAMO»

Discover the use of paramo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paramo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pedro Páramo
Beseeched by his dying mother to locate his father, Pedro Paramo, whom they fled from years ago, Juan Preciado sets out for Comala.
Juan Rulfo, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Pedro Paramo has become a part of the Mexican national myth and is one of Mexico's founding fictions. In all his writing, Rulfo works with the greatest economy of means. This places special emphasis on each single element of the narrative.
Verity Smith, 1997
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Literature of Latin America
This is the Rulfo of international appeal, as reflected in the many translations of Pedro Paramo. As in most of Rulfo's stories, the landscape and the village of Comala are central elements in a story that is interesting because of its gathering of ...
Rafael Ocasio, 2004
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Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use and ...
The Venezuelan Andes and Cordillera de Talamanca to the north are, in contrast, more aected by the Northeast Trades, and have a more distinct dry season; however, total annual precipitation in the Buenavista paramo of Costa Rica is ...
Mark Cochrane, 2010
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Climate and Literature: Reflections of Environment
Nevertheless, the presence of water associated with Pedro Paramo's youth is not always a good omen. The segment that recalls the violent death of his father begins with the allusion to water dripping from a faucet or a water filter. The sound ...
Janet Pérez, Wendell M. Aycock, 1995
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Inquisition
The first historical work devoted exclusively to the inquisitions, however, was that of Luis de Paramo, Canon of Leon and Inquisitor of Sicily from 1584 to 1605. Paramo published his On the Origin and Development of the Office of the Holy ...
Edward Peters, 1989
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The Shattered Mirror: Representations of Women in Mexican ...
(107) Pedro Paramo's drive to possess Susana becomes desperate as he is condemned to look on helplessly at life slowly draining from the semiconscious body of the woman he has made into the sole object of his affective being. He opens ...
María Elena de Valdés, 1998
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Cape Horn #3 : The Black Angel of Paramo
AND WE'LL LEAVE. YOU'RE CRAZY. ORTH WILL BE JUDGED IN PARAMO FOR HIGH LET'5 LEAVE THINGS A5 THEY ARE COMMANDER. PARAMO ONLY EXIQTS IN THE HEAD OF THIS MADMAN ROPPEIR... YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ...
Christian Perrissin, 2014
9
Distant Relation: Time and Identity in Spanish American Fiction
The Distant Relation breaks down the artificial division between philosophy and literature by weaving contemporary philosophic arguments through close readings of Carpentier, Rulfo, Paz, and Garcia Marquez.
Eoin S. Thomson, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Soil Science
PARAMOS ENVIRONMENT Paramos Location The Paramo is located in intertropical Central and South America, between 11° latitude North and 8° latitude South (Fig. 1), mainly situated in Colombia (14,500km2), in Ecuador ( 12,600km2), but ...
Rattan Lal, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAMO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paramo is used in the context of the following news items.
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3 under arrest in Naples for prostitution
According to authorities, Paramo would drive the women over from Miami to meet up with men. Officials say he would then serve as security. «Wink News, Jul 15»
2
Our View: Modesto is on a 'bad roads' list; how do we get off?
Hopefully, you recall the story in our special Community Converation: Water edition from Noe Paramo, where he detailed the plight of ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
3
Scaling bottom-up conservation in Latin America
Paramo and upper elevation cloud forest At 11,000 feet near Cuenca, Ecuador. Photo by Charles Smith. Gualaquiza municipal watershed ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
4
Greenfield Police Log: Embezzlement
... BOOKED INTO THE MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL. CASE CLOSED BY ARREST. S01 ARRESTED PARAMO-SILVA, ADELITA SEX=F AGE= 21. «The Salinas Californian, Jul 15»
5
104 Precinct Blotter
(Beat 4) Hector I. Paramo, at Madison Street, for reckless endangerment and assault in the second degree, by P.O. Hernandez. (Beat 5) Mitchel ... «Ridgewood Times Newsweekly, Jul 15»
6
Beef ban: High Court to hear petition challenging bull and bullock …
... country will lead to cheaper milk,,ghee and best health al over world…,,,jainism buddhism,,sikh,,hindi,,ahinsa paramo dharma…parmatma ek ... «India.com, Jul 15»
7
Drought is making matters worse for farmworkers
By Noe Paramo and Juanita Ontiveros ... Legal Assistance Foundation; Noe Paramo is a legislative advocate and Juanita Ontiveros is director ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»
8
Colombian reserve gets big expansion
The region consists of paramo – high, treeless plateau – and montane ecosystems, and includes the headwaters of two very important ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
9
Birth announcements, July 6-10
Paramo, Olivia Grace: To Emily and Edgardo Paramo, Independence, 8 pounds 5 ounces, July 7. Rowden, Gavin Keith: To Rachel and Landon ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
10
Food stamp recipients can get more at farmers' market
Rail Yards marketing coordinator Alex Paramo says people have spent between $3,000 and $4,000 on fresh, local produce. ___. Information ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Paramo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paramo>. May 2024 ».
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