prisão

See also: prisaõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• prisam (obsolete)
• prisaõ (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French prison, from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiōnem, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of preensão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈzɐ̃w̃/ [pɾiˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈzɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: pri‧são

Noun

prisão f (plural prisões)

1. prison

   Synonym: cadeia

2. arrest
3. (Madeira) clothes peg

   Synonyms: (Portugal) mola, (Brazil) prendedor, (Brazil) pregador

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Prisong