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paroli

paroli

Esperanto

Verb

paroli (present parolas, past parolis, future parolos, conditional parolus, volitive parolu)

  1. (intransitive) to speak, talk
  2. (transitive) to speak (a language, usually)
    Ĉu vi parolas Esperanton?
    Do you speak Esperanto?

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French

Etymology

From Italian paroli, plural of parolo, probably compounded from paro ("I prepare") and enclitic pronoun -lo ("it").

Noun

paroli m (plural parolis)

  1. (games) a double stake
    faire (le) paroli ― to double the stake
    gagner le paroli ― to win the double stake
    • 1836, Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantes, Histoire des salons de Paris, volume II, 3rd edition:
      Dans un moment de colère contre le banquier, il fit paroli sur paroli, et en vint au point de mettre au tapis une énorme poignée d'or...
      In a fit of anger against the banker, he made paroli upon paroli, to the point where he had wagered a great handful of gold...