prea
Spanish, noun
prea is spelled P-R-E-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “taking; something taken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of prear. With an accent, preá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of prear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lo que es cogido, prendido o tomado”.
What does prea mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineraretaking; something taken
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of prear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lo que es cogido, prendido o tomado. 2. Acto o acción de coger, prender, saquear o tomar (una cosa).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prea
- preas plural
- preda alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is prea in Spanish?
prea appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).