predar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin praedārī. This form is likely borrowed or semi-learned; compare the doublet prear (“arrest; seize; grab; take; imprison”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pre‧dar
=== Verb ===
predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predei, past participle predado)
to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)
to prey on (to exert harmful influence)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
prear
preia
=== Further reading ===
“predar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“predar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾeˈdaɾ/ [pɾeˈð̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pre‧dar
=== Verb ===
predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predé, past participle predado)
nonstandard form of depredar
(obsolete) alternative form of prear
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“predar”, 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