Definitions for presa

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presa pre·sa

Spelling: [prey-suh; Italian pre

IPA: /ˈpreɪ sə; Italian ˈprɛ zɑ/

Presa is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in presa (aeprs).

Definitions for presa

noun

1. a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.

Origin of presa

1715-25; Italian: literally, a taking up, feminine of preso, past participle of prendere to take Latin prehendere to seize; see prehension

Examples for presa

presa, Jugendstil, and schwannoma were the words that knocked a young phenom out of the last three National Spelling Bees.