prema

See also: Přema

Esperanto

Etymology

From premo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprema]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma

Adjective

prema (accusative singular preman, plural premaj, accusative plural premajn)

1. pressure (used attributively)

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. From an earlier premia, from premer (“to press”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾema̝/

Noun

prema f (plural premas)

1. (law) compulsion or obligation to do
   • 1325, Ermelindo Portela Silva, editor, La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV, Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 402:

     Sabbaian quantos esta carta virem commo eu Gonçalvo Lorenço Rector da Eglesia de Tortoreos non constregudo per fforça nen enduzudo por enganno mays de meu plazer e de myna boa voentade e ssen prema nenhuna [...]

     Everyone that reads this charter should know this: I, Gonçalvo Lorenço, rector of the church of Tortóreos, not drawn by force or induced by deceit but because of my own pleasure and goodwill and free of any compulsion [...]

Derived terms

• apremar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prema”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “prema”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prema”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “prema”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

prema

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: prè‧ma

Verb

prema

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

Anagrams

• rampe

Portuguese

Verb

prema

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

Romansch

Alternative forms

• prem (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Noun

prema f (plural premas)

1. (Sursilvan) prune

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) primbla, (Vallader) brümbla
• (Sursilvan) zuesca, (Sutsilvan) zvetga
• (Sutsilvan) paloja, (Puter) paloga
• (Puter) prüna

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prěmъ, *pręmъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêma/
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma

Preposition

prȅma (Cyrillic spelling пре̏ма)

1. towards, at (in the direction of) [with dative]

   Idem prema kući. ― I'm going toward the house.

2. opposite (= nàprema, nȁprem) [with dative]

   S(j)edni prema meni. ― Sit opposite me.

   Stajali su jedan prema drugome. ― They were standing opposite one another.

3. (+ dative case or locative case) by, according to, in accordance with (= nàprema, nȁprem)

   prema tome ― therefore

   prema mom mišljenju ― in my opinion

   prema našim potrebama ― according to our needs

   prema jelovniku ― à la carte

4. in comparison with, compared to (= nàprema, nȁprem) [with dative]

   Prema njemu, svi smo mi amateri. ― Compared to him, we are all amateurs.

5. to, towards, for, of (of feelings and affection) (= nàprema, nȁprem) [with dative]

   ljubav prema d(j)eci ― love for the children

   Budi dobar prema njoj. ― Be kind to her.

References

• “prema”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024