pareja

noun

pa·​re·​ja

pəˈrā(ˌ)hä

plural -s

: a Spanish trawler using a dragnet that is often worked with the assistance of a second such trawler

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, literally, pair, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin paricula, diminutive of Latin par pair, from par equal

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