praza

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese praça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term from Vulgar Latin *plattea, from platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Portuguese praça and Spanish plaza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaθa̝/, (western) /ˈpɾasa̝/

praza f (plural prazas)

1. square, plaza
2. marketplace
3. (archaic) fortress

praza

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pracer
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of pracer

• “praça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “praça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “praza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “praza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “praza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.