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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2021

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

Concha, the pretty brunette of the parador, had heard the old, old story from his lips, and he had found favour in her eyes.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

I passed through, into the town, looking right and left for a parador, an hostelry whereat to leave my horse.

From The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)