# represa
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rəˈpɾɛ.zə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rəˈpɾə.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [reˈpɾe.za]
* Rhymes: -ɛza

### Noun

represa f (plural represes)
* resumption
* recapture
* ledge, shelf, bracket
    Synonym: relleix
* berm
    Synonym: berma
* (equestrianism, fencing) reprise
* (vehicles) pickup

### Participle

represa f sg
* feminine singular of reprès

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [reˈpɾesɐ]

### Noun

represa f (plural represas)
* dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
    Synonyms: encoro, presa
* reservoir of a dam
    Synonyms: encoro, presa

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “represa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “represa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “represa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [heˈpɾe.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [heˈpɾe.zɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [χeˈpɾe.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.za/ [heˈpɾe.za]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈpɾe.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -ezɐ
* Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

#### Noun

represa f (plural represas)
* dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)
    Synonym: barragem
* reservoir of a dam
    Synonym: açude

##### Related terms

* represamento
* represar

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [heˈpɾe.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [heˈpɾe.zɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.zɐ/ [χeˈpɾe.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾe.za/ [heˈpɾe.za]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈpɾe.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -ezɐ
* Hyphenation: re‧pre‧sa

#### Adjective

represa f sg
* feminine singular of represo

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾɛ.zɐ/ [heˈpɾɛ.zɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾɛ.zɐ/ [heˈpɾɛ.zɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾɛ.zɐ/ [χeˈpɾɛ.zɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁeˈpɾɛ.za/ [heˈpɾɛ.za]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨˈpɾɛ.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛzɐ

#### Verb

represa
* inflection of represar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈpɾesa/ [reˈpɾe.sa]
* Rhymes: -esa
* Syllabification: re‧pre‧sa

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

represa f (plural represas)
* dam
* damming
* repression

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

represa
* inflection of represar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “represa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10