represa

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈpɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈpɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈpɾe.za]
• Rhymes: -ɛza

represa f (plural represes)

1. resumption
2. recapture
3. ledge, shelf, bracket

   Synonym: relleix

4. berm

   Synonym: berma

5. (equestrianism, fencing) reprise
6. (vehicles) pickup

represa f sg

1. feminine singular of reprès

• “represa”, 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

From Latin reprensa, feminine of reprensus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“I seize; I catch”).

• IPA^(key): [reˈpɾesɐ]

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

   Synonyms: encoro, presa

2. reservoir of a dam

   Synonyms: encoro, presa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “represa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “represa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “represa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin reprēnsa, feminine of reprēnsus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“to seize; to catch”).

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

   Synonym: barragem

2. reservoir of a dam

   Synonym: açude

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

represa f sg

1. feminine singular of represo

• Rhymes: -ɛzɐ

represa

1. inflection of represar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /reˈpɾesa/ [reˈpɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: re‧pre‧sa

From Latin repressus (“contents”), from reprimere (“to contain”).

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam
2. damming
3. repression

represa

1. inflection of represar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “represa”, 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