parou

In a sentence

• Ela parou no meio da rua.

  She stopped in the middle of the street.

  In this sentence, 'parou' is the third person singular past tense of the verb 'parar', indicating an action where someone ceased movement or activity.

• Você parou de falar quando entrei.

  You stopped talking when I entered.

  Here, 'parou' reflects the cessation of an activity, specifically speaking, as performed by the second person in past tense.

• Depois que a música parou, todos ficaram em silêncio.

  After the music stopped, everyone was silent.

  In this example, 'parou' describes an event where the music ceased, showing its application to non-human subjects in past tense.