pre-sapor-o: foretaste.
pre-sav-o: foreknowledge, prescience.
presbit-a, -(ul)o: far-sighted (person), presbyte, presbyopic. — DeFIS
presbiter-ismo: Presbyterianism; -ista, -isto: presbyterian. — DEFIRS
presbiteri-o: council of parish trustees; vestry council, presbytery (church elders); -ano: church warden. — DeFIRS
pre-sent-ar: (tr.) to have a presentiment of (ulo). Def.: Havar sentimento nepreciza, instintatra pri ulo qua forsan eventos.
pre-sign-o: presage, omen.
preske: (adv.) almost, nearly, all but, scarcely. Ex.: Me vendis preske omno. Preske nulo restas. Laboro preske parfinita. Me preske nultempe vidis il. V. exp.: vid. quaze. ? FI
pre-skis-ar: (tr.) to make a preliminary sketch of.
preskript-ar: (tr.) to prescribe, to set down authoritatively, to direct, order; (med.) to direct as a remedy; -o: (gen.) precept, direction; (med.) prescription (cf. recepto). — EFIS
presktir-ar: (tr., jur.) to bar or be lost by statute of limitation. Def.: Preskrito: perdo od aboliso di yuro pos definita tempo; III-410. — FIS
pre-sorg-ar: (tr., intr.) to take precautions, be cautious (pri, kontre); -ante, -ema: precautionary, cautious, wary; -o: precaution.
prest-ar: (tr.) to lend, loan (ulo ad ulu); -o: lending, loan (act); -ajo: that which is loaned, a loan; -isto (po gajo): pawnbroker; -ar po interesto: to loan at interest. — FIS
prestacion-o: (feudal law) prestation. Def.: Speco di kontributo per laboro o pekunio por la manteno di la publika voyi, e.c.; IV-447. — DEFIS
prestij-o: prestige. Def.: Speco di autoritato od influo, qua venas de l’extera aspekto ed efikas per l’opiniono ed imaginado; IV-447. — DEFIRS
pre-supoz-ar: (tr.) to presuppose; -o, -ajo: presupposition.
pretend-ar: (tr.) to lay claim to (ulo); be a pretender to (a throne, etc.); -o: pretension, claim; -ema: pretentious; (cf. pretextar). — DeFIRS
preter: (prep.) passing, past (by): indicates motion from one side to the other past a certain object; preter-irar: (tr., intr.) to pass (by), go beyond; (fig.) to overreach (cf. devancar); la kavaliero ne haltis apud la kirko ma kavalkadis preter oclass="underline" the knight did not stop at the church but rode past it; departinte ante ni, la amiki arivis pos ni; nam ni rajuntis li e preteriris li: having departed before us, our friends arrived after us; for we overtook them and passed them by. — L
preterit-o: (gram.) preterit(e): a past tense. — DEFIS
preter-pas-ar: (tr.) to pass by (ulu, ulo)
pretext-ar: (tr.) to allege (as a pretext), pretend, feign, sham (ulo); -o: pretext, pretence: ostensible reason; -o falsa, versembl-anta: fake, specious, pretended; il pretextas nesavo: he pretends ignorance; pretextar ula afero urjanta: to allege pressing business; kun pretexto di maladeso: under pretence of illness. — EFIS
pretor-o: (Rom. antiq.) pretor, prætor; -eyo: pretorium; -ano: a pretorian soldier. — DEFIRS
pre-urb-o: suburb (= F. faubourg: district which is or was formerly outside the city walls; cf. sub-urbo); -ala: suburban; -ano: suburbanite.
pre-valor-ar: (tr.) to prevail (cf. preponderar, vinkar). Ex.: Favoro ofte prevaloras super merito.
prevarik-ar: (intr.) to betray one’s trust (N.B. not «to lie»; cf. mentiar); -o: breach of trust (esp. in public office). Def.: Faliar sua devo pro interesto o ne-sincereso. Ex.: Ministro, judiciisto, qua prevarikas en sua ofico. — FIS
prevent-ar: (tr.) to prevent, ward off, forestall; -iva, -ivo: preventive. Def.: Impedar o remediar ula evento (mala) ante lua aparo; II-20. — EFIS
pre-vid-ar: (tr.) to foresee, anticipate; -o: foresight, prevision; -ema: provident, prudent, careful; -ante: in anticipation of (ulo).
prevost-o: provost. Def.: Titulo uzata en diversa faki: eklezio, militistaro, polico, etc. (La epiteti o la kuntexto specialigos olu); V-89. — eFI
prezent-a: (in space) present: not absent; (in time) present: not past or future (cf. nuna); -e: at present, now; -o: (the) present (time); (gram.) present tense; -eso: presence: existence in a place. V. exp.: On parolas pri persono prezenta same kam evento prezenta; VI-163. Ant.: absenta, pasinta. — DEFIS
prezerv-ar: (tr.) to preserve, save: keep from injury (ulu, ulo, de, kontre); (cf. konfitar, konservar); -iva, -ivo, -ilo: peservative. Ex.: Preservar ulu de grande danjero. — DEFIRS
prezid-ar: (tr., intr.) to preside over; to take the chair, be chairman; -o: presiding; -anto, -ero, -isto: president, chairman; -ant-eso: (function, duration) presidency; chairmanship; -ant-ala: presidential. — DEFIRS
prezunt-ar: (intr.) presumptuous, presuming; to have undue confidence in oneself; -o: presumption, excess of self-confidence; -ema, -oza: presuming, too confident, self-conceited; without proper basis in reason. V. exp.: vid. superba. Ex.: Yuneso esas prezuntoza. — eFIS
pri: (prep.) about, concerning, relating to, in regard to, in reference to, as regards, re, apropos of; joyoza pri la bona informo: glad about the good news; diskurso pri ekonomio: lecture on economy; pri quo ve pensas nun? what are you thinking about now? me pensas pri mea gepatri: I am thinking about my parents; me ne savas pri to: I do not know about that.
prikl-ar: (tr., intr.; of sensation) to prickle, tingle; sentar -eso di la gambi: to feel one’s legs asleep. — DE
prim-a: primary: first in order of development, of time; not derived; -tipo: archetype; -avi (nia): (our) first parents; -a nombri, kolori: prime numbers, colo(u)rs; -o: (fig., fencing) prime; (R.C. Lit.) prime. — DEFIRS