No. 641 in Catalan

pres

"Pres" in Catalan means "prisoner" in English.

In a sentence

Ell és un pres a la presó.
He is a prisoner in the jail.
In this sentence, 'pres' is used as a noun meaning 'prisoner'.
El càrrec està pres per algú altre.
The position is taken by someone else.
Here, 'pres' is the past participle of 'prendre', used to indicate that something has been taken.
Sempre s'ha pres la vida amb optimisme.
He has always taken life with optimism.
In this example, 'pres' is again the past participle of 'prendre', employed in a reflective construction to express an attitude.

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