prender
Meaning
- to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)
- to attach or bind
- to restrain; to restrict
- to become close (emotionally) to someone
Concepts
take into custody
put behind bars
Opposite of
liberar, libertar, soltar, desconectar, desprender, separar, desvincular
Synonyms
fazer cessar
ser preso
agarrar com força
engatar/unir
Translations
arrêter
festnehmen
arresteren
arrestare
arrestar
συλλαμβάνωFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
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-.
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