preste

Borrowed from Italian presto. Doublet of prêt.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛst/

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preste (plural prestes)

1. (literary) agile, quick

   Synonyms: rapide, agile, prompt

   avoir des gestes prestes ― to have quick gestures

• prestidigitateur

• “preste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

preste

1. inflection of prestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

preste

1. alternative form of prest (“priest”)

preste

1. inflection of prestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeste/ [ˈpɾes.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: pres‧te

Inherited from Old Spanish preste, prestre, borrowed from Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

preste m (plural prestes)

1. (historical, obsolete) priest

   Synonyms: cura, padre, presbítero, sacerdote

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

preste

1. inflection of prestar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “preste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024