rezar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to pray (to talk to a god)
2. (transitive) to pray (to recite a given prayer)
3. (transitive) to celebrate (to perform mass); the object is almost always missa (“mass”)

Concepts

pray

🛐

beg

ask

ask for

bid

prophet

request

saint

seek

🔍

say a prayer

object of worship

apply

cast spell

apply for

Synonyms

orar

🛐

fazer prece

pedir

pregar

Translations

prier

🛐

bidden

🛐

beten

🛐

pregare

🛐

rezar

🛐

pregar

🛐

resar

🛐

orar

🛐

προσεύχομαι

orare

صلى

🛐

صَلَّى

يُصَلِّي

precor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁeˈza(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: recitō

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese rezar, from Latin recitāre (“to recite”), from re- + citō (“to call forth”). Doublet of recitar, a borrowing.