plegaria
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See also: plegaría
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
plegaria
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish plegaria, pregaria (the latter attested in Berceo),[1] semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem.
Noun[edit]
plegaria f (plural plegarias)
- request, asking, prayer
- intercession (prayer)
Derived terms[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “preces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 631
Further reading[edit]
- “plegaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014