resar

See also: resår

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin recītāre (“to recite”), present active infinitive of recītō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

resar (first-person singular present reso, first-person singular preterite resí, past participle resat)

1. to pray
2. to officiate in a religious service

Usage notes

In its original sense, resar meant to read an oration: hence a missa resada is a mass which is read rather than sung ("low mass"). It has come to be used in the sense of to pray, especially when referring to non-Christian religions, in preference to the verb pregar, which has taken on a more mundane sense.

Related terms

• missa resada f
• rés m