preste

preste (plural prestes)

1. Obsolete form of priest

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeste/ [ˈpɾes̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: pres‧te

Deverbal from prestar. The meaning of "final agreement" is derived from the expression dar/echar el preste, "to close a deal", derived from the expression que te preste "may you like it".

preste m (plural prestes)

1. (obsolete) utility, use
2. final agreement, approval to a deal, green light

   Yá me llegó l’escritu col to preste

   I have already recieved your agreement letter

• echar el preste
• dar el preste
• que te preste

Inherited from Old Leonese preste, from Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter. Doublet of presbíteru, a borrowing.

preste m (plural prestes)

1. (obsolete) priest
   • c. 1640, Antón de Marirreguera, Diálogu Políticu‎^[1]:

     Delantre del preste Xuan

     In front of John the priest

   • c. 1760, Antonio Balvidares Argüelles, Diálogu Políticu‎^[2]:

     Más me prestó que la historia
     Que menten del Preste Xuan,

     I liked it more than the story
     That cites John the priest

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “preste”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “preste”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Borrowed from Italian presto. Doublet of prêt.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛst/

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preste (plural prestes)

1. (literary) agile, quick

   Synonyms: rapide, agile, prompt

   avoir des gestes prestes ― to have quick gestures

• prestidigitateur

• “preste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

preste

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

preste

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of prest (“priest”)

• preoste

preste

1. dative singular of prest (“priest”)

preste

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeste/ [ˈpɾes.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: pres‧te

Inherited from Old Spanish preste, prestre, borrowed from Old French prestre, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

preste m (plural prestes)

1. (historical, obsolete) priest

   Synonyms: cura, padre, presbítero, sacerdote

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

preste

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

• “preste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025