prescia

See also: prëscia

Italian

Etymology

Late Latin *pressia, from Latin pressō, iterative form of premō (“to press, to squeeze”), whence premura. Cognates include Spanish prisa, Neapolitan and Sicilian prescia, Ladin prëscia, Venetan presa, Lombard and Sardinian pressa, Piedmontese spressa, Ligurian sprescia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛʃ.ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃʃa
  • Hyphenation: prè‧scia

Noun

prescia f (plural presce)

  1. (archaic or regional, Romanesco, usually uncountable) hurry, rush
    Synonyms: fretta f, premura f

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