prender
Meaning
- to catch, to arrest
- to take, to pick up
- to light, to ignite
- to turn on (light, machine etc.)
- (Rioplatense, colloquial) to join, to go with
Concepts
take hold of
grab onto
take fire
put into order
Synonyms
determinar el sexo
corchetear
recibir al
asir fuertemente
prender un alfiler
Translations
prendere
fangen
prendre
agafar
pegar
ανάβωFrequency
Hyphenated as
pren‧der
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾenˈdeɾ/
Etymology
In summary
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-.
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