Meanings
plural pareos
- A wraparound garment, worn by men or women, similar to a Malaysian sarong.
“[…] 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. […]”
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 51, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC1 more example
“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.”
2007, Ronnie Blackwell, Spite, page 154
Origin
- Tahitianpāreu
- Tahitianpāreu
- Englishpareo
Borrowed from Tahitian pāreu.
More words from Tahitian
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Catalan pareo
- pareowraparound garment
French paréo
- paréowraparound garment
Greek παρεό
- παρεό (pareó)wraparound garment
Italian pareo
- pareowraparound garment
Japanese パレオ
- パレオwraparound garment
Polish pareo
- pareowraparound garment
Portuguese canga, pareô
- cangawraparound garment
- pareôwraparound garment
Spanish pareo
- pareowraparound garment
Turkish pareo
- pareowraparound garment
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Cite this entry
pareo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pareo
“pareo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pareo. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pareo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pareo.
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