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pregar.

to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil/pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)

  2. to stare

Where this word comes from

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.

verb/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Brazil[pɾeˈɡa(h)]Brazil/pɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to preach (give a sermon)

  2. to preach; to advocate (encourage support)

Where this word comes from

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

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