Noun: prea
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | prea |
| Plural f | preas |
Sample Sentences
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Et correullj a terra et astragoulla, et leuou ende muy grandes preas, et o al que ficaua queymoullo todo. (He raided his land and wasted it, taking away many spoils, and what was left behind he put it in fire) [1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 232:]
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Anque à prea non hègrande
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si ca si, ò sacristan
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disque à pestàna do figado
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se lle hiba alegrando já.
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Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
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Deus me libre das suas más,
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que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
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de chantarme heche capàz. (Although the booty is not large,
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anyhow, the sacristan's
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liver's eyes, reportedly,
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were shinning bright.
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The issue is, if he persists,
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God save me from his hands,
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that even if I don't want, in the grave
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he is capable of thrusting me) [1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:]
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Déixao de molestar, non sexas prea! (Stop harassing him, don't be mean!)
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Ten unha prea que non se lambe (He's so drunk he can barely speak)
Nouns inflected like prea
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin praeda (“booty, prey”), from earlier praeheda, from prae + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”). Cognate with Portuguese preia, English prey. See: Latin Nouns '
praeda', Portuguese Nouns '
preia', English Nouns '
prey'.
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