preensão
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
preensão is spelled P-R-E-E-N-S-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preensão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grip; prehension (the ability to hold things with one’s hand)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de prender (agarrar)”.
What does preensão mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrip; prehension (the ability to hold things with one’s hand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de prender (agarrar)
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 preensão
- preensões plural
- prehensão alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preensão?
- Brazil /pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /pɾi.ẽˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is preensão in Portuguese?
preensão appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).