preensão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Doublet of prisão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

preensão f (plural preensões)

1. (physiology) grip; prehension (the ability to hold things with one’s hand)

Alternative forms

• prehensão (obsolete)

Further reading

• “preensão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024