prisa

See also: prísa

Catalan

Verb

prisa

1. inflection of prisar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.za/
• Homophones: prisas, prisât

Verb

prisa

1. third-person singular past historic of priser

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• priset

Verb

prisa

1. inflection of prise:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾi.zɐ/

Noun

prisa f (plural prisas)

1. feminine of priso (one detained in prison; prisoner)
2. (nautical, war) the capturing of enemy vessels
3. (war) plunder
4. (figurative) prey
5. (Portugal, regional) weir; dam
6. (Azores) a road on elevated terrain that is difficult to travel on
7. setting (of a material, such as cement)
8. cuspid; canine
9. (of a bird of prey) claw

Further reading

“prisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• priesa (uncommon or nonstandard)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-?

Proto-Indo-European *pres-der.

Proto-Italic *pres-

Latin premō

Latin pressa

Old Spanish priesa

Spanish prisa

Inherited from Old Spanish priesa, from Latin pressa. Cognate with Sicilian prexa ~ prescia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾisa/ [ˈpɾi.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: pri‧sa

Noun

prisa f (plural prisas)

1. hurry, rush, urgency

   Synonyms: premura, apuro, urgencia

   Antonym: holgura

   Me voy, que tengo prisa.

   I'm leaving; I'm in a hurry.

   ¡Date prisa! ― Hurry up!

   • 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País‎^[1]:

     No tiene prisas el español, pero tampoco espera.

     The Spaniard is in no hurry, but he's not hanging around either.

Derived terms

• a toda prisa
• aprisa
• darse prisa
• deprisa, de prisa

Further reading

• “prisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• Paris
• París
• parís
• pisar

Swedish

Etymology

pris +‎ -a

Verb

prisa (present prisar, preterite prisade, supine prisat, imperative prisa)

1. to award a prize (for)
2. to praise, to laud

Conjugation

Conjugation of prisa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	prisa		prisas
supine	prisat		prisats
imperative	prisa		—
imper. plural1	prisen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	prisar	prisade	prisas	prisades
ind. plural1	prisa	prisade	prisas	prisades
subjunctive2	prise	prisade	prises	prisades
present participle		prisande
past participle		prisad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• lovprisa

Further reading

• “prisa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• Paris, ripas, sirap, spira

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English freezer.

Noun

prisa

1. freezer