OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5792

pair

/pɛə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pareja
Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.
Spouses should make a great pair.
par
In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion; named in accordance with the motion it permits, as in turning pair, sliding pair, twisting pair.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 5793

pair

/pɛə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emparejar
To group into one or more sets of two.
Brown as I am, an Ethiopian dame / Inspired young Perseus with a gen’rous flame; / Turtles and doves of diff’ring hues unite, / And glossy jet is paired with shining white.
The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party.
Phrases
No hay frases