para
pára with stress marks
stop (said to a driver)
Also means
Para also works as a preposition meaning 'for' or 'intended for', as in para sa iyo.
Usage Note
Para is the call a passenger makes to stop a jeepney or bus, which have no bell or button, and it is almost always softened to para po. It comes from Spanish parar, to stop, and is unrelated in use to the identical-looking preposition para, meaning 'for'.
Examples
" Para po, bababa ako dito. "
Natural Translation
Stop here please, I am getting off.
Literal Translation
Stop polite, will-go-down I here.
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