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)

prison
Synonym: cadeia
arrest
(Madeira) clothes peg
Synonyms: (Portugal) mola, (Brazil) prendedor, (Brazil) pregador

Descendants

Hunsrik: Prisong

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