presa

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

Noun

presa f (plural preses)

1. dam / barrage
2. prey

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.

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

   Synonym: botín

4. prey

   Synonym: prea

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

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 (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “presa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

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

Adjective

presa

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

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