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presa

Pronunciation: [ˈpɾe̞.zə]

“presa” is a Catalan word. Its 19 meanings in English:

noun

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

In Catalan

  1. Acció d'apoderar-se d’alguna cosa.
  2. Acció de prendre violentament, especialment amb les armes.
  3. Cosa que s’ha pres violentament.
  4. Porció de menjar, beure o medecina que se sol prendre d'una vegada.
  5. Porció marcada d’una rajola de xocolata.
  6. Obra que es fa en algun riu, canal, etc., per prendre aigua i conduir-la a altra part.

Etymology

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

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