promesa

See also: promésa and promesą

Asturian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promesa f (plural promeses)

1. promise

Related terms

• prometer

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “promesa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “promesa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prōmissa, plural of prōmissum (“promise”) (reinterpreted as a feminine singular), perfect passive participle of promittere (“promise, send forth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾuˈme̞.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈmə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈmɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pɾoˈme.za]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɛza
• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promesa f (plural promeses)

1. promise

Related terms

• prometre

Participle

promesa f sg

1. feminine singular of promès

References

• “promesa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “promesa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish promesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promésa (Basahan spelling ᜉ᜔ᜍᜓᜋᜒᜐ)

1. promise

   Synonym: panuga

Derived terms

• ipromesa
• magpromesa
• promesahan

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish promesa (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -esa
• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promesa

1. promise

Related terms

• promete

Galician

Alternative forms

• promessa (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese promessa, from Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈmɛsa/ [pɾoˈmɛ.s̺ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promesa f (plural promesas)

1. promise
2. vow

Related terms

• prometedor
• prometer
• prometido

Further reading

• “promesa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French promesse. First attested in 1830.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈmɛ.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: pro‧me‧sa

Noun

promesa f

1. promise (promise to perform a specific action or provide a specific performance) [with na (+ accusative) ‘to do what’]

   Hypernym: obietnica

2. (law) commitment by a state authority to issue a specific decision after the interested party has completed the appropriate formalities (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
3. (finance) promissory note [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what amount of money’]

Declension

Declension of promesa

	singular	plural
nominative	promesa	promesy
genitive	promesy	promes
dative	promesie	promesom
accusative	promesę	promesy
instrumental	promesą	promesami
locative	promesie	promesach
vocative	promeso	promesy

Further reading

• “promesa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “promesa”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1013
• promesa in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈmesa/ [pɾoˈme.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pro‧me‧sa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *prōmissa (“promise”) (attested in Medieval Latin per Du Cange), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).

Noun

promesa f (plural promesas)

1. promise

   Synonym: promisión

Derived terms

• promesa de matrimonio

Related terms

• prometer

Descendants

• → Chavacano: promesa

Etymology 2

Verb

promesa

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

Further reading

• “promesa”, 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