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rezar.

to pray, especially to repeat or recite (rather than sing) a memorized prayer such as the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, etc.

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/reˈθaɾ/[reˈθaɾ]/reˈsaɾ/[reˈsaɾ]
  1. to pray, especially to repeat or recite (rather than sing) a memorized prayer such as the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, etc.

    intransitive
  2. to read, say

    transitive
    El señal reza "no entre"
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der. Proto-Italic *kieō Latin cieō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin citō Latin recitō Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Latin recitāre Old Spanish rezar, rezdar Spanish rezar Inherited from Old Spanish rezar, rezdar, from Latin recitāre, from recitō + -āre. Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.

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