парирати

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French parer or German parieren, both from Latin parāre, present active infinitive of parō; related to parry.

Verb

пари́рати impf (Latin spelling parírati)

  1. parry, fend off, sidestep
    Drugi boksači nikad nisu mogli parirati njegove udarce.
    Other boxers could never parry his punches.
  2. (fencing) to parry
  3. (figuratively) to match, to be able to handle (especially verbally)
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