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pareo

/ˈpɑː(ɹ)i.əʊ/

pareo noun: a wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.

pareo: a wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong
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Noun

pareo (plural pareos)

  1. A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.
    • “[…] you must have seen pictures of her. He painted her over and over again, sometimes with a pareo on and sometimes with nothing at all. Yes, she was pretty enough. […]”1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 51, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
    • “Then Sue lifted his passkey as he turned to go back to the office.”
      […]
      “I was the misdirection,” Narlene blurted. “I sort of let my pareo slip off of my shoulder at just the right time.”2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Spite, page 154

Forms of pareo

pluralpareos

Origin of pareo

Borrowed from Tahitian pāreu.

Questions about pareo

What does pareo mean?
Pareo means a wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.
What part of speech is pareo?
Pareo is a noun.
How do you pronounce pareo?
Pareo is pronounced /ˈpɑː(ɹ)i.əʊ/.
What is the plural of pareo?
The plural of pareo is pareos.

Words near pareo in the dictionary

  1. parents' rights
  2. parents-in-law
  3. parentship
  4. parentships
  5. parenty
  6. pareo
  7. Pareora
  8. pareos
  9. Parepare
  10. parepididymis
  11. pareptide

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