prea
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin praeda (“booty, prey”), from earlier praeheda, from prae + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”). Cognate with Portuguese preia, English prey.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prea f (plural preas)
- body of a dead animal
- prey, game
- booty
- 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 232:
- Et correullj a terra et astragoulla, et leuou ende muy grandes preas, et o al que ficaua queymoullo todo.
- He raided his land and wasted it, taking away many spoils, and what was left behind he put it in fire
- Et correullj a terra et astragoulla, et leuou ende muy grandes preas, et o al que ficaua queymoullo todo.
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Anque à prea non hègrande
- si ca si, ò sacristan
- disque à pestàna do figado
- se lle hiba alegrando já.
- Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
- Deus me libre das suas más,
- que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
- de chantarme heche capàz.
- Although the booty is not large,
- anyhow, the sacristan's
- liver's eyes, reportedly,
- were shinning bright.
- The issue is, if he persists,
- God save me from his hands,
- that even if I don't want, in the grave
- he is capable of thrusting me
- 1295, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 232:
- (regional) delicious food
- (figuratively) mean, stupid, or untidy person
- Déixao de molestar, non sexas prea!
- Stop harassing him, don't be mean!
- Déixao de molestar, non sexas prea!
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “prea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “prea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “prea” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “prea” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly from a Common Slavic *prě, or more likely from Latin prae.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
prea
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- preda (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Latin praeda, from earlier praeheda, from prae- + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prea f (plural preas)
- taking; something taken