paraquedas

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pára-quedas (pre-1990 spelling) === Etymology === From para (“stops”) +‎ quedas (“falls”), a calque of French parachute, from para- (“protection against”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧que‧das === Noun === paraquedas m (invariable) parachute ==== Usage notes ==== Contrary to most others verb-noun compounds, such as para-sol or guarda-chuva, paraquedas is written as a single word. ==== Derived terms ==== cair de paraquedas === Further reading === “paraquedas”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “paraquedas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026