prender
Portuguese, verb/pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/
prender is spelled P-R-E-N-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,049th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocar na prisão pessoa que infringiu a lei”.
What does prender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to arrest (to seize and take into legal custody)
- 2
to attach or bind
- 3
to restrain; to restrict
- 4
to become close (emotionally) to someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. colocar na prisão pessoa que infringiu a lei 2. pegar a atenção de uma pessoa 3. ficar acidentalmente preso em outra coisa 4. juntar duas coisas de forma que não se soltem; atar, ligar, unir
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 prender
- prendo first-person present singular
- prendi first-person preterite singular
- prendido participle past
- preso participle past short-form
- prenderes infinitive second-person singular
- prendermos first-person infinitive plural
- prenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- prenderem infinitive plural third-person
- prendendo gerund
- presos masculine participle past
- presa feminine participle past
- presas feminine participle past
- prendidos long-form masculine participle
- prendida feminine long-form participle
- prendidas feminine long-form participle
- prendes indicative present second-person
- prende indicative present singular
- prendemos first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prender?
- Brazil /pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾẽˈde(h)]
- /pɾẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prender in Portuguese?
prender appears 21 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).