preste
See also: presté
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian presto. Doublet of prêt.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
preste (plural prestes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “preste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Verb edit
preste
- inflection of prestar:
Middle English edit
Noun edit
preste
- Alternative form of prest (“priest”)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
preste
- inflection of prestar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish preste, prestre, borrowed from Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).
Noun edit
preste m (plural prestes)
- (historical, obsolete) priest
- Synonyms: cura, padre, presbítero, sacerdote
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
preste
- inflection of prestar:
Further reading edit
- “preste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014