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pregar

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan pregar, from Latin precārī.

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pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguí, past participle pregat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

  1. to pray, ask humbly (to a person)
  2. to pray (to God)

Usage notes

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  • In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin plicāre (“to fold”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /pɾeˈɡaɾ/ [pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /pɾeˈħaɾ/ [pɾeˈħɑɾ]

Verb

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pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)

  1. (transitive) to fold
  2. (transitive, dated) to nail
  3. (of fire) to fire, burn
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Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /pɾeˈɡaɾ/ [pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /pɾeˈħaɾ/ [pɾeˈħɑɾ]

Verb

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pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)

  1. to request
  2. to pray (to God)
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Etymology 3

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre (“to proclaim”). Doublet of predicar.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (standard) /pɾɛˈɡaɾ/ [pɾɛˈɣ̞ɑɾ]
    • IPA(key): (gheada) /pɾɛˈħaɾ/ [pɾɛˈħɑɾ]

    Verb

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    pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)

    1. (archaic) to preach; to proclaim
      • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
        Quando aquel Ihesus, meu señor, ya por la terras preegar, eu avia de moy grãde amor et soydade de veer a sua façe et quigi mãdar pintar a semelança do seu rrostro, que era a mays fremosa criatura do mũdo, en hũu pano por fillar cõ ela prazer et cõforto quando o vise; et querendoo fazer cõteyllo todo, et el pediome o pano et posoo ẽna sua cara et doumo encayado cõ tal figura cal era o seu santo rrostro;
        When that Jesus, my Lord, was going about the lands preaching, I had, because of how big was my love, longing for seeing His face; and I wanted to order a paint after His face, which was the most beautiful creation in the world, in a cloth, for having joy and confort whenever I saw it; and wanting to do it I told him, and He asked me for the cloth, put it on His face and gave it back to me stuck with a figure that was no other than His holy face;
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    Ido

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French prier, Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.

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    Verb

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    pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)

    1. (transitive, religion) to pray (to)
    2. (transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech

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    Conjugation of pregar
    present past future
    infinitive pregar pregir pregor
    tense pregas pregis pregos
    conditional pregus — —
    imperative pregez — —
    adjective active participle preganta preginta pregonta
    adverbial active participle pregante preginte pregonte
    nominal
    active participle
    singular preganto preginto pregonto
    plural preganti preginti pregonti
    adjective passive participle pregata pregita pregota
    adverbial passive participle pregate pregite pregote
    nominal
    passive participle
    singular pregato pregito pregoto
    plural pregati pregiti pregoti

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    Occitan

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    Etymology

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    From Old Occitan pregar, from Latin precārī.

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    pregar

    1. to pray
    2. to ask, politely request

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    Old Occitan

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    Etymology

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    From Latin precārī.

    Verb

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    pregar

    1. to pray (as to God)

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet, and the borrowing plicar.

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    • Hyphenation: pre‧gar

    Verb

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    pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)

    1. to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)
      Synonym: martelar
      Antonym: despregar
    2. to stare
      Synonym: encarar
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    Etymology 2

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre (“to proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).

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    • Hyphenation: pre‧gar

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    pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite preguei, past participle pregado)

    1. to preach (give a sermon)
      Synonym: proferir
    2. to preach; to advocate (encourage support)
      Synonyms: difundir, preconizar
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    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡaɾ/ [pɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Syllabification: pre‧gar

    Verb

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    pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite pregué, past participle pregado)

    1. (obsolete) to fix; to join

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