presidi
See also: presidí
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presídium. Compare Spanish presidio (“prison”).
Noun
presidi m (plural presidis)
- prison
- Synonym: presó
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- –Em consta que fa anys i panys que s'ha abandonat la ruta. Volien convertir l'illa en un presidi per als dirigents bòer. Alguna cosa així, no ho sé.
- –It's obvious that the route was abandoned ages ago. They wanted to convert the island into a prison for Boer leaders. Something like that, I don't know.
- (archaic) garrison
- Synonym: guarnició
Further reading
- “presidi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “presidi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Verb
presidi
- inflection of presidiare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Verb
presidi
- inflection of presidir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
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