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pregar.

to fold

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɾeˈɡaɾ/[pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]/pɾeˈɡaɾ/standard[pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]standard
  1. to fold

    transitive
  2. to nail

    dated · transitive
  3. to fire, burn

Where this word comes from

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

verb/pɾeˈɡaɾ/[pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]/pɾeˈɡaɾ/standard[pɾeˈɣ̞ɑɾ]standard
  1. to request

  2. to pray (to God)

Where this word comes from

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

verb/pɾɛˈɡaɾ/[pɾɛˈɣ̞ɑɾ]/pɾɛˈɡaɾ/standard[pɾɛˈɣ̞ɑɾ]standard
  1. to preach; to proclaim

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

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