represa

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈpɾɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈpɾə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈpɾe.za]
• Rhymes: -ɛza

represa f (plural represes)

1. resumption
2. recapture
3. ledge, shelf, bracket

   Synonym: relleix

4. berm

   Synonym: berma

5. (equestrianism, fencing) reprise
6. (vehicles) pickup

represa f sg

1. feminine singular of reprès

• “represa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin reprensa, feminine of reprensus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“I seize; I catch”).

• IPA^(key): [reˈpɾesɐ]

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

   Synonyms: encoro, presa

2. reservoir of a dam

   Synonyms: encoro, presa

• “represa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “represa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “represa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Inherited from Latin reprēnsa, feminine of reprēnsus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“to seize; to catch”).

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)

   Synonym: barragem

2. reservoir of a dam

   Synonym: açude

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

represa f sg

1. feminine singular of represo

• Rhymes: -ɛzɐ

represa

1. inflection of represar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /reˈpɾesa/ [reˈpɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: re‧pre‧sa

From Latin repressus (“contents”), from reprimere (“to contain”).

represa f (plural represas)

1. dam
2. damming
3. repression

represa

1. inflection of represar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “represa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014