preda

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin praeda, from earlier praeheda, from prae- + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.da/ Rhymes: -ɛda Hyphenation: prè‧da === Noun === preda f (plural prede) prey ==== Related terms ==== predare === Further reading === preda in Collins Italian-English Dictionary === Anagrams === padre, perda == Portuguese == === Verb === preda inflection of predar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic прѣдати (prědati), from Proto-Slavic *perdati, from *per- (“over, through”) +‎ *dati (“to give”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /preˈda/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: pre‧da === Verb === a preda (third-person singular present predă, past participle predat, third-person subjunctive predea) 1st conjugation (transitive) to hand over, to give in custody an object (transitive) to hand in, turn in (submit) (transitive) to turn in (e.g. to the police) (reflexive) to surrender or to turn oneself in (to the police) (ambitransitive) to teach in school ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== predanie === Further reading === “preda”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === pedra === Etymology === From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpreda/, [ˈpɾɛː.ð̞ä] === Noun === preda f (Logudorese) stone == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /prêda/ Hyphenation: pre‧da ==== Preposition ==== prȅda (Cyrillic spelling пре̏да) alternative form of prȅd === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== preda (Cyrillic spelling преда) third-person singular present of predati == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾeda/ [ˈpɾe.ð̞a] Rhymes: -eda Syllabification: pre‧da === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from Latin praeda (the expected inherited form would be #prieda). ==== Noun ==== preda f (plural predas) obsolete spelling of prea === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== preda inflection of predar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “preda”, 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 === Anagrams === padre, pared