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5-letter words (13 found)

APERS,APRES,ASPER,PARES,PARSE,PEARS,PRASE,PRESA,RAPES,REAPS,SPAER,SPARE,SPEAR,

4-letter words (22 found)

APER,APES,APSE,ARES,ARSE,EARS,ERAS,PARE,PARS,PASE,PEAR,PEAS,RAPE,RAPS,RASE,RASP,REAP,REPS,SEAR,SERA,SPAE,SPAR,

3-letter words (24 found)

APE,ARE,ARS,ASP,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,PAR,PAS,PEA,PER,PES,PRE,RAP,RAS,REP,RES,SAE,SAP,SAR,SEA,SER,SPA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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All 5 letters words made out of presa

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Definitions and meaning of presa

presa

Etymology 1

Italian presa (“capture, seizure”).

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.

Etymology 2

Spanish presa (“dam”), related to the above.

Noun

presa (plural presas)

  1. (Southwestern US) A temporary dam, dyke or reservoir.

Anagrams

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

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pres̺a/ [pre.s̺a]
  • Rhymes: -es̺a
  • Hyphenation: pre‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish prisa (“hurry”).

Noun

presa inan

  1. hurry
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish presa (“dam”).

Noun

presa inan

  1. dam
  2. reservoir
Declension

Further reading

  • "presa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “presa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈpɾɛ.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɾə.zə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾe.za]

Etymology 1

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of prendre (“to take”).

Noun

presa f (plural preses)

  1. taking, grabbing, seizing
  2. capture
  3. something taken, e.g.:
    1. dose (of medicine)
    2. recording (of audio or video)
    3. prey
  4. (law, war, nautical) prize of war (neutral or enemy ship carrying weapons, seized during wartime)
  5. (law, war) angary
  6. (law, war) property seized under the right of angary
  7. electrical connection
  8. device or cable used to make an electrical connection
  9. power outlet
  10. electrical plug
  11. (electricity) ground
  12. dam, barrage
  13. diversion (of a river)
  14. water diverted or retained behind a dam
  15. sluice
  16. hardening or binding (of an adhesive)
  17. (climbing) hold (for feet or hands)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

presa f (plural preses)

  1. female equivalent of pres (“prisoner”)

Participle

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of pres

Adjective

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of pres

Further reading

  • “presa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “presa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “presa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “presa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

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
    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:
    2. reservoir
  3. catch (something which is captured or caught)
    Synonym: botín
  4. prey
    Synonym: prea
  5. female equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)

Related terms

  • prender
  • preso

Adjective

presa

  1. feminine singular of preso

References

  • “presa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “presa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “presa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “presa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “presa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpre.za/, (traditional) /ˈpre.sa/
  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: pré‧sa

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of preso

Participle

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of preso

Etymology 2

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of prendere (“to take”).

Noun

presa f (plural prese)

  1. (sports, wrestling) grip, hold, grasp, grip
  2. capture
  3. pinch (small quantity)
  4. outlet (passage allowing the escape of something)
    presa elettrica ― socket (literally, “electrical outlet”)
    presa d'acqua ― water outlet
    presa del gas ― gas outlet

References

Anagrams

  • Serpa, Sprea, aspre, parse, persa, raspe, saper, serpa, spare, spera

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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. tusk (pair of teeth that extend outside the mouth of some animals)
    Synonym: marfim
  5. female equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)
  6. (climbing) climbing hold, handhold

Derived terms

  • presa fácil

Adjective

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of preso

Related terms

Participle

presa f sg

  1. feminine singular of preso

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French presser.

Verb

a presa (third-person singular present presează, past participle presat) 1st conj.

  1. to press

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prēnsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾesa/ [ˈpɾe.sa]
  • Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: pre‧sa

Noun

presa f (plural presas)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

presa f (plural presas)

  1. female equivalent of preso

Adjective

presa

  1. feminine singular of preso

Further reading

  • “presa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org