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prender
- [pɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Rhymes with eɾ
Where it comes from
Del latín prehendere ('atrapar, agarrar').
verb haber prendido · prendiendo · habiendo prendido · prendido · prendo · prendes
- Tomar, asir, agarrar.
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Capturar a alguien, privándolo de libertad.
Un cazador cogió un jilguero, que, viéndose preso entre sus manos, le dijo: Si yo hubiera previsto tu traidor engaño, no hubieras logrado prenderme.
Similar: arrestar, detener, aprehender, atrapar
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Sujetar con alfileres, ganchos o puntadas una insignia o distintivo en la ropa.
Similar: enganchar
- Pegar fuego a algo. Prender un cigarrillo.
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Dicho de una planta: arraigar o echar raíces en el suelo.
Similar: arraigar
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Conectar un dispositivo o aparato eléctrico y ponerlo en marcha.
Prender la luz.
Similar: encender
- Poner en marcha un motor. Prender el carro.
In English
- take to get into one's hands or control
- pin to fasten/attach with a pin
- tack to nail with tacks
- turn on (transitive) to activate an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.
- apprehend to seize or take (something); to take hold of
- fire up To ignite
- attach to fasten, to join to
- fasten to attach or connect in a secure manner
- switch on to turn a switch to the "on" position
- start up to begin to operate
Talk about this word "prender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/es/prender. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prender. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/es/prender "prender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/es/prender.Cite this
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title = {prender},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/prender},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
