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Meaning of prea | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈpɾea̝

Definitions

  1. body of a dead animal
    feminine
  2. prey, game
    feminine
  3. booty
    feminine
  4. delicious food
    feminine, regional
  5. mean, stupid, or untidy person
    feminine, figuratively
  6. drunkness
    feminine, figuratively

Equivalents

English Booty Pillage prey vixen

Examples

“Et correullj a terra et astragoulla, et leuou ende muy grandes preas, et o al que ficaua queymoullo todo.”

He raided his land and wasted it, taking away many spoils, and what was left behind he put it in fire

“Anque à prea non hègrande si ca si, ò sacristan disque à pestàna do figado se lle hiba alegrando já. Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso Deus me libre das suas más, que'anque eu non queira, na Coba de chantarme heche capàz.”

Although the booty is not large, anyhow, the sacristan's liver's eyes, reportedly, were shinning bright. The issue is, if he persists, God save me from his hands, that even if I don't want, in the grave he is capable of thrusting me

“Déixao de molestar, non sexas prea!”

Stop harassing him, don't be mean!

“Ten unha prea que non se lambe”

He's so drunk he can barely speak

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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