Feminine
prisão
- (feminine) prison
- (feminine) arrest
- (Madeira, feminine) clothes peg
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾiˈzɐ̃w̃/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prison, borrowed from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiō, from prehendō + -tiō. Doublet of preensão.
Related words
clinck
prison house
enxovia
casa de detenção
prisno
penalty
Prisões
Prisão
Gefängnis
prigione
gevangenis
prisión
carcer
presó
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