parador

American  

[par-uh-dawr, pah-rah-thawr] / ˈpær əˌdɔr, ˌpɑ rɑˈðɔr /

noun

plural

paradors,

plural

paradores

1. a government-sponsored inn in Spain, usually in a scenic or historic area, that offers lodging and meals at reasonable prices.

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parador British  

/ ˈpærədɔː, ˈparaðor /

noun

1. a state-run hotel in Spain

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Etymology

Origin of parador

1835–45; < Spanish: wayside inn, hostelry, equivalent to par ( ar ) to stop ( parade ) + -ador -ator

Example Sentences

It was an evening in late January, and Raquel Mendieta was dining at the Parador, the 12th-century monastery-turned-hotel where she was staying while she installed artwork for a new survey of Ana Mendieta, the famous Cuban-born performance artist — and Ms. Mendieta’s maternal aunt — at a nearby museum.

From New York Times

El parador Jake McQuaide, el Ram más veterano, es un agente libre sin restricciones.

From Los Angeles Times

Still, it’s remarkable to go from something as mopey as “Tenet” to “Moon Over Parador” — to go back to all of 1988, really — and notice how loud and unpleasant and unapologetically cranky everybody was, even the cartoon characters.

From New York Times

That would be “Moon Over Parador,” a comedy with Richard Dreyfuss impersonating the dictator of a fake South American country.

From New York Times

We stayed in a parador in Mérida that had been a convent in the eighteenth century.

From The New Yorker