preensão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Doublet of prisão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

preensão f (plural preensões)

(physiology) grip; prehension (the ability to hold things with one’s hand)

Alternative forms

prehensão (obsolete)

Further reading

“preensão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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