apresar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- + presa + -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧pre‧sar === Verb === apresar (first-person singular present apreso, first-person singular preterite apresei, past participle apresado) (transitive) to capture Synonym: (obsolete) presar ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “apresar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “apresar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “apresar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “apresar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “apresar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “apresar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin apprēnsāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apɾeˈsaɾ/ [a.pɾeˈsaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧pre‧sar === Verb === apresar (first-person singular present apreso, first-person singular preterite apresé, past participle apresado) (transitive) to seize, capture (especially with claws or talons) (transitive) to imprison Synonyms: aprisionar, tomar preso ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “apresar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025