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parada.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
parada.
Principal English Translation: 

a place were cattle are corralled; or, the dam of a river or channel of water
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

yn ipada in imolino in licendiado altamirano .. ytech pada yoan molino [Mexico City (by Coyoacan writer?), 1557]
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 35.