pregar

Meaning

1. to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener)
2. to stare

Concepts

preach

nail

sermonize

set

evangelize

nail down

play

pray

🛐

predicate

prophesy

nail up

advocate

deliver a sermon

call for

clamp

🗜️

countersink

Opposite of

despregar

Synonyms

predicar

argumentar a favor

cravar

advocar

rezar

🛐

escarear

fazer sermão

fixar

orar

🛐

Translations

clouer

prêcher

predigen

predicar

nageln

clavar

nagelen

clavetear

spijkeren

καρφώνω

predicar

festnageln

prediken

inchiodare

predicare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: plicō

Inherited from Latin: praedicō

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese pregar, a semi-learned term taken from Latin plicāre (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”). See also chegar, an inherited doublet, and the borrowing plicar.