preia

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Portuguese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese prea, from Latin praeda,[1][2][3] from earlier praeheda, from prae- + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾej.ɐ/ [ˈpɾeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾej.a/ [ˈpɾeɪ̯.a]
 

Noun

[edit]

preia f (plural preias)

  1. prey (hunted animal)
    Synonym: presa
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ “preia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “preia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  3. ^ “preia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=preia&oldid=69525437"