presa

See also: preša and présa

English

Noun

presa (plural presas)

1. (music) A symbol, such as ※ or :S:, used to indicate where a voice is to begin singing in a canon or round.
2. (Southwestern US) A temporary dam or dyke.

Anagrams

• Asper, Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprés, as per, asper, pares, parse, pears, prase, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

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Catalan

Noun

presa f (plural preses)

1. dam / barrage
2. prey

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish fresa, from French fraise, from earlier fraige, from Latin frāga, plural of frāgum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pre‧sa

Noun

presa

1. Any member of the genus Fragaria.
2. The fruit of this plant; strawberry.

Synonyms

• estroberi

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Galician

Etymology

Feminine of preso (“imprisoned; captured; bound; prisoner”), from Latin prehensus (“seized”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾesa̝/

Noun

presa f (plural presas)

1. a handful
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 1:

     vn rromeu alamã cõ outros de sua cõpana tomou hũa grã presa de dineiros de prata et ofereçeos sobre la cousela da cabeça de Santiago

     a pilgrim from Germany, with others from his group, took a large handful of silver coins and offered them over the receptacle of the head of [the statue representing] Saint James

   Synonyms: manchea, manda

2. dam

   Synonyms: encoro, represa

   1. canal
      • 1382, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Ferrol: Estudios Mindonienses, page 181:

        et doutra parte departese porla agoa que vay porla presa do moyno de Veyga

        and in the other side it limits by the water that runs by the canal of the mill of Veiga

   2. reservoir
3. catch (something which is captured or caught)

   Synonym: botín

4. prey

   Synonym: prea

5. feminine equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)

Related terms

• prender
• preso

Adjective

presa f (masculine preso, feminine plural presas, masculine plural presos)

1. captive

References

• “presa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “presa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “presa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “presa” in Santamarina, Antón (dir.), Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja: Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (v 4.0). Santiago: ILG.
• “presa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eza

Adjective

presa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

Noun

presa f (plural prese)

1. grip, hold, grasp
2. capture
3. pinch (small quantity)
4. socket (electrical socket)

Verb

presa

1. feminine singular of the past participle of prendere
2. past participle of prendersela

Anagrams

• aspre, parse, persa, saper, spare, spera

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Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine of preso (“imprisoned; captured; bound; prisoner”), from Old Portuguese preso, from Latin prehensus (“seized”), perfect passive participle of prehendō (“I seize; I catch”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾe.za/, /ˈpɾe.zɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾe.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: pre‧sa

Noun

presa f (plural presas)

1. prey (that which may be seized by animals)
2. prey (animal that is eaten by another living being)

   Synonym: caça

   Antonym: predador

3. fang (long pointed tooth)

   Synonym: canino

4. feminine equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)
5. (climbing) climbing hold, handhold

Derived terms

• presa fácil

Adjective

presa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

Related terms

Terms related to presa

• apreensão

• prender

• preso

Verb

presa

1. feminine singular past participle of prender

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prensa

Adjective

presa

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

Noun

presa f (plural presas)

1. reservoir dam
2. piece of meat
3. portion or piece of food
4. feminine equivalent of preso, female prisoner
5. capture
6. prey
7. stolen good
8. sluice (artificial passage of water)
9. weir

Related terms

• preso
• prender