pregar

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *precāre, from Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pɾəˈɡa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡaɾ/

pregar (first-person singular present prego, past participle pregat)

1. to pray, ask humbly (to a person)
2. to pray (to God)

In its religious sense, the verb pregar is now less common than resar, especially when speaking of non-Christian religions.

as cantar, except that the g of the radical becomes gu before e or i in the ending

• pregadéu

• Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

Borrowed from French prier, Italian pregare. Compare Esperanto preĝi.

• IPA^(key): /preˈɡar/

pregar (present tense pregas, past tense pregis, future tense pregos, imperative pregez, conditional pregus)

1. (transitive, religion) to pray (to)
2. (transitive) to beg, entreat, beseech

• suplikar

From Latin precārī, present active infinitive of precor.

pregar

1. to pray (as to God)

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “precari”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 90, page 337

From Old Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō (“I fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈɡa(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ˈɡa(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ˈɣaɾ/
• Hyphenation: pre‧gar

pregar (first-person singular present indicative prego, past participle pregado)

1. to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)

   Synonym: martelar

   Antonym: despregar

2. to nail (to drive a nail with a tool)
3. to stare

   Synonym: encarar

4. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of pregar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of pregar
6. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of pregar
7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of pregar

From Old Portuguese preegar, from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō (“I proclaim”), from prae (“before, in front”) + dicō (“devote, consecrate”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɛ.ˈɣaɾ/
• Hyphenation: pre‧gar

pregar (first-person singular present indicative prego, past participle pregado)

1. to preach (give a sermon)

   Synonym: proferir

2. to preach; to advocate (encourage support)

   Synonyms: difundir, preconizar

3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of pregar
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of pregar
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of pregar
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of pregar

• See etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈɡaɾ/, [pɾeˈɣaɾ]

pregar (first-person singular present prego, first-person singular preterite pregué, past participle pregado)

1. (obsolete) to fix; to join

• Rule: g becomes a gu before e.