prece
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾɛ.si/
prece is spelled P-R-E-C-E (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prece is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedido ou agradecimento com poucas palavras; oração curta, direta e objetiva”.
What does prece mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprayer
- 2
femininerequest
- 3
feminineentreaty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedido ou agradecimento com poucas palavras; oração curta, direta e objetiva
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prece
- preces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prece?
- Brazil /ˈpɾɛ.si/
- Portugal /ˈpɾɛ.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prece
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prece in Portuguese?
prece appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).