prender

Borrowed from French prendre (“to take”), from Latin prehendere (“to take”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛndə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

prender

1. (law) The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered^[1]

• “prender”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Old Galician-Portuguese prender, from Latin prēndere, variant of prehendere (“to seize; to detain”).

• IPA^(key):

prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendín, past participle prendido, short past participle preso)
prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendim or prendi, past participle prendido, short past participle preso, reintegrationist norm)

1. to capture, catch, seize, grab

   Synonyms: cachar, capturar, coller

2. to light, to set light, to set fire, to set in fire

   Synonym: acender

3. to root

   Synonyms: arraigar, enraizar

4. to tie, fasten, attach

   Synonyms: amarrar, atar, trincar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prend”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “prender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “prender” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

French prendre

prender

1. to take

From Old Galician-Portuguese prender, from Latin prēndere, variant of prehendere (“to seize; to detain”), from prae- (“before”) + *hendō (“to take, to seize”) (not attested without prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

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• Hyphenation: pren‧der

prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendi, past participle prendido, short past participle preso)

1. to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)

   Synonyms: encadear, encarcerar, enjaular

   Antonyms: liberar, libertar, soltar

2. to attach or bind

   Synonyms: conectar, grudar, ligar, jungir, juntar, unir, vincular

   Antonyms: desconectar, desprender, separar

3. to restrain; to restrict

   Synonym: restringir

4. to become close (emotionally) to someone

   Synonym: vincular

   Antonym: desvincular

• prender a respiração

• “prender” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Inherited from Old Spanish prender, from Latin prēndere, from earlier prehendere, from prae- (“before”) + *hendere (“take, seize”) (not attested without a prefix), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-.

• IPA^(key): /pɾenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pren‧der

prender (first-person singular present prendo, first-person singular preterite prendí, past participle prendido)

1. to catch, to arrest

   Synonyms: detener, arrestar, aprehender

2. to take, to pick up

   Synonyms: tomar, coger

3. to light, to ignite

   Synonym: encender

4. to turn on (light, machine etc.)

   Synonym: encender

5. (reflexive, Argentina) to join, to go with

   Vamos al boliche ¿te prendés?

   We're going to the club, wanna come with us?

• “prender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10