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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRESO

La palabra preso procede del latín prensus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRESO IN SPANISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRESO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
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Preso can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRESO MEAN IN SPANISH?

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preso

Prison

Prisión

Prison or jail is usually an institution authorized by the government. It is the place where inmates are imprisoned and is part of the justice system of a country or nation. They can be prison facilities where prisoners of war are imprisoned. They are part of the penitentiary system, which is the set of prisons and the respective organization that administers them. Old poster of a local jail. The Huntsville Unit, a prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas, United States. The objective of prisons or prisons varies according to the times and, above all, societies. Its main task is to: ▪ protect society from dangerous elements ▪ deter those who seek to commit acts contrary to law. ▪ re-educate the detainee for inclusion in society. ▪ silence political opponents. This circumstance occurs, especially in dictatorships, although political prisoners may also exist in democracies. La prisión o cárcel por lo común es una institución autorizada por el gobierno. Es el lugar donde son encarcelados los internos y forma parte del sistema de justicia de un país o nación. Pueden ser instalaciones en las que se encarcele a los prisioneros de guerra. Forman parte del sistema penitenciario, que es el conjunto de prisiones y la organización respectiva que las administra. Antiguo cartel de una cárcel local. La Unidad de Huntsville, una prisión del Departamento de Justicia Criminal de Texas en Huntsville, Texas, Estados Unidos. El objetivo de las prisiones o cárceles varía según las épocas y, sobre todo, las sociedades. Su principal cometido es: ▪ proteger a la sociedad de los elementos peligrosos ▪ disuadir a quienes pretenden cometer actos contrarios a la ley. ▪ reeducar al detenido para su inserción en la sociedad. ▪ acallar a los oponentes políticos. Esta circunstancia se produce, de manera especial, en las dictaduras, aunque también en las democracias pueden existir prisioneros políticos.

Definition of preso in the Spanish dictionary

The definition of prisoner in the Spanish dictionary is said of a person: Suffering prison. Another meaning of prisoner in the dictionary is also dominated by a feeling, mood, etc. He was imprisoned in anger at such slander. La definición de preso en el diccionario castellano es dicho de una persona: Que sufre prisión. Otro significado de preso en el diccionario es también dominado por un sentimiento, estado de ánimo, etc. Fue preso de la ira ante tal calumnia.
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SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRESO


apreso
pre·so
congreso
con·gre·so
creso
cre·so
egreso
gre·so
expreso
ex·pre·so
freso
fre·so
impreso
im·pre·so
inexpreso
i·nex·pre·so
ingreso
in·gre·so
progreso
pro·gre·so
regreso
re·gre·so
reimpreso
reim·pre·so
reingreso
rein·gre·so
salpreso
sal·pre·so
sobreimpreso
so·breim·pre·so

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRESO

presidiario
presidio
presidir
presídium
presierra
presilla
presilladora
presintonía
presión
presionar
presocrático
presostato
presoterapia
pressing
prest
presta
prestación
prestadiza
prestadizo
prestado

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE PRESO

acceso
beso
confeso
contrapeso
deceso
eso
espeso
exceso
grueso
hueso
manganeso
peso
proceso
queso
receso
retroceso
sobrepeso
suceso
travieso
yeso

Synonyms and antonyms of preso in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRESO» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «preso» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Spanish synonyms of preso

Translation of «preso» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRESO

Find out the translation of preso to 25 languages with our Spanish multilingual translator.
The translations of preso from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preso» in Spanish.

In the following section you can check the translations of preso in the Spanish-English dictionary.

Translator Spanish - Chinese

囚犯
1,325 millions of speakers

Spanish

preso
570 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - English

prisoner
510 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Hindi

बंदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Spanish - Arabic

سجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Russian

заключенный
278 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Portuguese

prisioneiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Bengali

বন্দী
260 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - French

prisonnier
220 millions of speakers

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banduan
190 millions of speakers

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Gefangene
180 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Japanese

囚人
130 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Korean

죄인
85 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Javanese

tahanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Spanish - Vietnamese

tù nhân
80 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Tamil

கைதி
75 millions of speakers

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कैदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Turkish

tutsak
70 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Italian

prigioniero
65 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Polish

więzień
50 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Ukrainian

укладений
40 millions of speakers

Translator Spanish - Romanian

prizonier
30 millions of speakers
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Translator Spanish - Greek

φυλακισμένος
15 millions of speakers
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Translator Spanish - Afrikaans

gevangene
14 millions of speakers
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Translator Spanish - Swedish

fånge
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Spanish - Norwegian

fange
5 millions of speakers

SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

preso
preso 
  prisoner ; detainee ; inmate.
 At our library in Minnesota we have clearly identified material that deals with mudpies, leprechauns, senior power, red power, the Chinese New Year, prisoners' rights, and workers' control.
 This is the 1st part of 2 articles looking at the services of Hamburg Public Library to foreign workers and prison detainees.
 This article examines library service in prisons from 1951, the stock, the range of prison readers, staffing, loans, and relations with administrative staff, prison warders and inmates.
abogado de presos  [La palabra gaol también se escribe jail, principalmente en inglés americano]  [La palabra jail también se escribe gaol, principalmente en inglés de influencia británica]
gaolhouse lawyer
jailhouse lawyer
 Among many other things, this poem explains how it was that he was able to make himself into the early modern equivalent of the gaolhouse lawyer.
 One of the problems to be anticipated once a prison law library has been established is the possible 'extortion' by jailhouse lawyers demanding compensation from fellow inmates they legally advise.
cadena de presos 
chain gang
 In this painting, enormous hands hold scythes, pickaxes, and shovels, symbolizing the brutal work of the chain gang.
hacer preso   
imprison
jail [gaol, -UK]
gaol [jail, -USA]
 Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
 In 1892 Klas Linderfelt, the then ALA President, was jailed for 4 days on charges of embezzling more than $4,000 from library funds.
 He has been gaoled for 16 years for terrorism and child pornography offences.
meter preso  
imprison
send away
 Juan Carlos is a blind lawyer, activist and volunteer librarian who has been imprisoned without trial since March, when he was detained for peacefully protesting the arrest of a journalist.
 The kingpin of Columbus cocaine and marijuana biz has been sent away for 30 years - He'll be 65 when he retires from prison.
preso condenado a cadena perpetua 
lifer
 The 3 prisons examined by the study were a B category training prison with a large lifer population.
preso de 
prey to
 His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.
preso político  
prisoner of conscience
political prisoner
 They accepted the government's brazen lies stating that Ramón Colás, the co-founder of the library movement, has not been arrested as a prisoner of conscience.
 Data was gathered from recollections of political prisoners published in the West.
presos 
prison population
 She has been voted librarian of the year because of her work as an advocate and fighter for the freedom of information for the prison population.
presos, los 
incarcerated, the
 Mobile libraries have traditionally delivered books and other materials to people who have difficulty getting to a library, such as isolated rural residents, the elderly, and incarcerated.
ruedad de presos 
police line-up
 This actually happened to a 19-year-old New Yorker who had been identified by a robbery witness during a police line-up.
rueda de presos  
identity parade
identification parade
 This research investigated whether eye-witnesses were influenced by stereotypical criminal faces when faced with an identity parade.
 The police can order any person arrested on any charge or released on bail to attend an identification parade.

Trends of use of preso

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRESO»

The term «preso» is very widely used and occupies the 5.752 position in our list of most widely used terms in the Spanish dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRESO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about preso

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SPANISH QUOTES WITH «PRESO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word preso.
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Tomás De Kempis
Todas las cosas pasan y tú también con ellas. Guárdate de pegarte a ellas porque no seas preso y perezcas.

4 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «PRESO»

Preso por ciento, preso por mil y quinientos.
Lo seguro llaman preso.
Más quiero vivir por montes libre que andar preso en mis tierras.
Preso y cautivo no tienen amigo.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESO»

Discover the use of preso in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preso and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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Preso sin nombre, celda sin número
A classic of world literature back in print in a Spanish-language edition. Wisconsin edition is for sale only in North America.
Jacobo Timerman, 2004
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Dios preso: teología y pastoral penitenciaria
Xavier Pikaza ha querido ofrecer una palabra cristiana, básicamente inspirada en la acción "pastoral" (es decir humana, solidaria, evangélica) de cientos de hombres y mujeres que creen que la libertad es un regalo y por eso la regalan, ...
Xabier Pikaza, 2005
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Mira mi corazón preso en el ámbar de los instantes eternos
Esto me hace pensar en cuántas veces no se acompasan nuestros corazones, y cómo armonizar en contrapunto es verdaderamente extraordinario.
José Blanco, José Blanco García, 2005
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Memorias de un preso
Ahora me sentía libre, pero libre de verdad.» Mario Conde, por primera vez, lo cuenta todo: su lucha contra el Sistema, sus sentimientos, sus entradas y salidas de prisión por el caso Banesto y Argentia Trust, el informe Kroll que se ...
Mario Conde, 2010
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Preso del sí
Herido, amarré las espinas a mi cuerpo desnudo, las vivencias me vencen, me atormenta el destierro en el que hago vagar este corazón que siempre asiente. Estoy cansado del sí, cansado de esa afirmación de la que soy preso. Y Preso del ...
Jose Carlos González Saura
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Indice del archivo del departemento general de policia, ...
ANTONIO Diaz, preso por ébrio. " 53 Mayo 24. PEDRO Casales, por inasia- teniente al servicio militar. " 54 Mayo 24. VICENTE Rios, preso por insubordinacion con su Gefe. " 55 Mayo 24. VICENTE Barroso, preso por la causa que el anterior.
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Cartes Des de La Preso: Camp de Concentracio D'Alcala de ...
Camp de Concentracio D'Alcala de Henares,1939-1943 Capellà, Pere Pilar Arnau i Segarra. CARTA A MARIA FORNÉS DES DE BARCELONA (2-12-1936) Para María Mora1 a Montuíri Mi querida María: Sufro por tu suerte, tan íntimamente ...
Capellà, Pere, Pilar Arnau i Segarra, 2006
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La Tiranía Del Franc: (Crónica de Un Preso)
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Alberto Ghiraldo, 2010
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Andar 1 km en línea recta: la cárcel del siglo XXI que vive ...
Ello pone de manifiesto una política criminal que abusa de la prisión. El estudio, además de deshacer algunos de los mitos que afectan a la cárcel, quiere contribuir a una política criminal más coherente, humana y justa.
‎2010
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Nuevo corpus de la antigua lírica popular hispánica, siglos ...
Margit Frenk Alatorre. 29) ''Preso levam o namorado" 491 Preso me lo llevan a mi lindo amor, por enamorado, que no por traidor. 5 Preso me lo llevan, la causa no sé; digan lo que deve, que yo lo pagaré. Fuentes. Bibl. Real, ms. 1580, f.
Margit Frenk Alatorre, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term preso is used in the context of the following news items.
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Robó un banco para que lo llevaran preso porque no aguantaba ...
Tras una discusión matrimonial, Lawrence Ripple tomó una decisión drástica: robar un banco y esperar a la Policía en la puerta para que lo metieran preso. «Clarín.com, Sep 16»
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Un preso ve a su hijo por primera vez y todo el mundo rompe a ...
Amber Wolf, magistrada en el condado estadounidense de Jefferson, hizo una excepción a la norma el pasado viernes y permitió que un preso viese por ... «El Huffington Post, Aug 16»
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Finaliza sin heridos la toma de rehenes en la prisión de Le Mans
Los medios y fuentes penitenciarias sindicales habían informado de que junto al vigilante también había sido retenido otro preso, pero un portavoz de la ... «EiTB Radio Televisión Pública Vasca, Aug 16»
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Un preso pide volver a la cárcel para evitar vivir con la suegra
El preso, identificado como Nélson Miguel Amaya, está acusado de haber asesinado a su cuñado tras una pelea familiar, en un hecho que ocurrió en febrero ... «La Vanguardia, Jul 16»
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El preso más guapo debuta como modelo
Para Jeremy Meeks entrar en prisión fue una de las mejores cosas que le pudo pasar. La fotografía de su registro policial le abrió las puertas de la industria de ... «EL PAÍS, Jun 16»
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Ricardo Echegaray: Lázaro Báez va a terminar preso
El titular de la AGN respondió: "No sé si está bárbaro, va a terminar preso, y en una gestión que iniciamos nosotros". "Lo que yo puedo manifestar con ... «LA NACION, Mar 16»
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Preso pero libre
Que este libro de Leopoldo López, Preso pero libre. Notas desde la cárcel del líder venezolano (Península, 2016), que lleva un excelente prólogo de Felipe ... «EL PAÍS, Mar 16»
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'Preso pero libre', la vida de Leopoldo López en una cárcel ...
"Estoy preso, pero soy libre”. Desde la cárcel de Ramo Verde, entre cuyos barrotes se encuentra encerrado desde las 23.30 del 18 de febrero de 2014, ... «EL PAÍS, Mar 16»
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El “preso más lindo” está en libertad
Jeremy Meeks, “el preso más lindo”, que hace un par de años atrás revolucionó las redes sociales, está en libertad. Varios medios afirman que a este joven de ... «Clarín.com, Mar 16»
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Venezuela: "Preso pero libre", el libro de Leopoldo López
"Este es el diario inédito y clandestino de Leopoldo López, preso político y preso de conciencia, desde la cárcel militar de Ramo Verde. Las conversaciones con ... «Infobae.com, Feb 16»

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