Meaning of presa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a handful
   feminine
2. hurry, rush, urgency
   feminine
3. dam
   feminine
4. canal
   feminine
5. reservoir
   feminine
6. catch (something which is captured or caught)
   feminine
7. prey
   feminine
8. female equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)
   feminine, form-of

Equivalents

Examples

“vn rromeu alamã cõ outros de sua cõpana tomou hũa grã presa de dineiros de prata et ofereçeos sobre la cousela da cabeça de Santiago”

a pilgrim from Germany, with others from his group, took a large handful of silver coins and offered them over the receptacle of the head of [the statue representing] Saint James

“1382, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Ferrol: Estudios Mindonienses, page 181”

and in the other side it limits by the water that runs by the canal of the mill of Veiga

“Voume alá, que teño présa.”

I'm leaving; I'm in a hurry.

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