prender

Signification

1. to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)
2. to attach or bind
3. to restrain; to restrict
4. to become close (emotionally) to someone

Coupé comme

pren‧der

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/

Étymologie

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-.