rezar

From Old Galician-Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre, present active infinitive of recitō (“I recite”), from re- + citō (“I call forth”).

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recei, past participle rezado)
rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite rezei, past participle rezado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to pray

   Synonyms: orar, pregar

From Old Galician-Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre (“to recite”), from re- + citō (“to call forth”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.

• Hyphenation: re‧zar

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite rezei, past participle rezado)

1. (religion, intransitive) to pray (to talk to a god)

   Eles rezavam antes de chegar o carrasco.

   They were praying before the executioner arrived.

2. (religion, transitive) to pray (to recite a given prayer)

   Rezei até muito tarde na igreja.

   I prayed until very late at the church.

3. (Christianity, transitive) to celebrate (to perform mass); the object is almost always missa (“mass”)

   O padre já estava cansado de rezar tantas missas.

   The priest was already tired of celebrating so many masses.

• (to pray): orar
• (to recite): recitar
• (to celebrate): celebrar

• → Makalero: reja (“to pray”)

Sense 1

Inherited from Old Spanish rezar, rezdar, from Latin recitāre (“recite”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /reˈθaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /reˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧zar

rezar (first-person singular present rezo, first-person singular preterite recé, past participle rezado)

1. (intransitive) to pray

   Synonym: orar

2. (transitive, of text) to read, say

   El señal reza "no entre"

   The sign says "do not enter"

• “rezar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014