Usage examples of "paró" in Spanish with translation to English

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La tormenta paró el tren. The storm stopped the train.
Tom pisó fuerte el pedal de freno y paró en seco con un chirrido. Tom stomped on the brake pedal and screeched to a halt.
El coche se paró porque no pisaste el embrague. The car stalled because you didn't step on the clutch.
El coche se paró definitivamente. The car stopped completely immobile.
La lluvia al fin paró. The rain stopped at last.
El coche no se paró. The car didn't stop.
Él se paró para fumar. He stopped to smoke.
El bus paró para recoger pasajeros. The bus stopped to pick up passengers.
Él paró de leer el periódico. He stopped reading the newspaper.
Una avería grave paró el coche. A major malfunction stopped the car.
Ella paró de cantar la canción. She stopped singing the song.
No paró ni un solo taxi. Not even one taxi stopped.
Paró cerca de la silla de Tom. He stopped by Tom's chair.
El autobús paró en todos los pueblos. The bus stopped in every village.
En ese preciso momento se paró el autobús. Just at that time, the bus stopped.
La nube radioactiva se paró en la frontera. The radioactive cloud stopped at the border.
Un viajero me paró para preguntarme el camino. The traveler stopped to ask me the way.
Ahora que paró de llover, podemos ir a casa. Now that it has stopped raining, we can go home.
El caballo se paró y se negó a moverse. The horse stopped and refused to move.
Aunque paró de llover, el viento seguía soplando con fuerza. Though it stopped raining, the wind was still blowing hard.
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