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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prison, borrowed from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō, from prehendō + -tiō. Doublet of preensão.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: pri‧são
Noun
prisão f (plural prisões)
- prison
- Synonym: cadeia
- arrest
- (Madeira) clothes peg
- Synonyms: (Portugal) mola, (Brazil) prendedor, (Brazil) pregador
Descendants