pareo

/ˈpɑː(ɹ)i.əʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

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noun

"“[…] 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. […]”"
"“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.”"

Borrowed from Tahitian pāreu.

pareos (plural)

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How do you pronounce pareo?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑː(ɹ)i.əʊ/.

What does pareo mean?

Where does pareo come from?

Borrowed from Tahitian pāreu.

How to pronounce pareo

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