presidi

Borrowed from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presídium. Compare Spanish presidio (“prison”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾəˈzi.ði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾeˈzi.ði]

presidi m (plural presidis)

1. prison

   Synonym: presó

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     –Em consta que fa anys i panys que s'ha abandonat la ruta. Volien convertir l'illa en un presidi per als dirigents bòer. Alguna cosa així, no ho sé.

     –It's obvious that the route was abandoned ages ago. They wanted to convert the island into a prison for Boer leaders. Something like that, I don't know.

2. (archaic) garrison

   Synonym: guarnició

• “presidi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “presidi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

presidi m or f

1. plural of preside

presidi m

1. plural of presidio

presidi

1. inflection of presidiare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• disperi, rispedì

presidi

1. inflection of presidir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative