presa

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.

• 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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛ.zə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɛ.za/

presa f (plural preses)

1. dam, barrage
2. prey

See the etymology of the main entry.

presa f sg

1. past participle of prendre

• “presa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “presa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

From Spanish fresa, from French fraise, from earlier fraige, from Latin frāga, plural of frāgum.

• Hyphenation: pre‧sa

presa

1. Any member of the genus Fragaria.
2. The fruit of this plant; strawberry.

• estroberi

Feminine of preso (“imprisoned; captured; bound; prisoner”), from Latin prehensus (“seized”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾesa̝/

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
      • 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:

        et doutra parte departese porla agoa que vay porla presa do moyno de Veyga

        and in the other side it limits by the water that runs by the canal of the mill of Veiga

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

   Synonym: botín

4. prey

   Synonym: prea

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

• prender
• preso

presa f (masculine preso, feminine plural presas, masculine plural presos)

1. captive

• “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 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpre.za/
• Rhymes: -eza

presa

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

presa f (plural prese)

1. (sports, wrestling) grip, hold, grasp, grip
2. capture
3. pinch (small quantity)
4. socket (electrical socket)

presa

1. feminine singular of the past participle of prendere
2. past participle of prendersela

• aspre, parse, persa, saper, spare, spera

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾe.za/, /ˈpɾe.zɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾe.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: pre‧sa

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

• presa fácil

presa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

presa

1. feminine singular past participle of prender

From Latin prensa

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾesa/
• Hyphenation: pre‧sa

presa

1. Feminine singular of adjective preso.

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

• preso
• prender

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