praza

See also: prażą and přaza

Galician

Praza do Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela

Praza da Leña, Pontevedra

Alternative forms

• praça (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾaθa/ [ˈpɾa.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈpɾaθa/ [ˈpɾa.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈpɾasa/ [ˈpɾa.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθa

• Rhymes: -aθa
• Rhymes: -asa

• Hyphenation: pra‧za

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term from Vulgar Latin *plattea, from platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Portuguese praça and Spanish plaza.

Noun

praza f (plural prazas)

1. square, plaza
2. marketplace

   Synonym: mercado

3. (archaic) fortress

   Synonyms: fortaleza, forte

Etymology 2

Verb

praza

1. inflection of pracer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Derived terms

• aprazar
• bipraza
• praza de armas
• praza de touros

 

References

• “praza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “praça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “praça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “praza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “praza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “praza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: pra‧za

Verb

praza

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of prazer