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]Related terms
[edit]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