plegaria

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See also: plegaría

Catalan

Verb

plegaria

  1. first/third-person singular conditional of plegar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish plegaria, pregaria (the latter attested in Berceo),[1] semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin precāria, derived from Latin precem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pleˈɡaɾja/
  • Rhymes: -aɾja
  • Syllabification: ple‧ga‧ria

Noun

plegaria f (plural plegarias)

  1. request, asking, prayer
  2. intercession (prayer)
    Synonym: intercesión

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “preces”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 631

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