plegaria

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

plegaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of plegar

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)

  1. request, asking, prayer
  2. intercession (prayer)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “preces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 631

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