praza

• praça (reintegrationist)

• Hyphenation: pra‧za

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned term from platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Portuguese praça and Spanish plaza.

praza f (plural prazas)

1. square, plaza
2. marketplace

   Synonym: mercado

3. (archaic) fortress

   Synonyms: fortaleza, forte

praza

1. inflection of pracer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “praza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “praza”, 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), “praza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “praza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: pra‧za

praza

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of prazer