"parallel park" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: parallel parks [present, singular, third-person], parallel parking [participle, present], parallel parked [participle, past], parallel parked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} parallel park (third-person singular simple present parallel parks, present participle parallel parking, simple past and past participle parallel parked)
  1. To park a vehicle with side parallel to the curb or the side of the road in line with other parked vehicles. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (to park in line with other vehicles): 並排停車 (Chinese Mandarin), 并排停车 (bìngpái tíngchē) (Chinese Mandarin), taskupysäköidä (Finnish), stationner en créneau (French), stationner en parallèle [Canada] (French), páirceáil go comhthreomhar (Irish), estacionar en paralelo (Spanish), aparcar en paralelo (Spanish), fickparkera (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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