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
primadon-o: primadonna. — DEFIRS
primar-a: primary, elementary, first or lowest in order; -a
skolo: primary school; -a tereni: (geol.)
strata earliest deposited. — DEFIS
primat-o:(eccl.) primate. — DEFIS
primitiv-a: primitive; -o: (hist. gram.) a
primitive. Ex.: Primitiva naturo, eklezio, linguo. — DEFIRS
primordial-a: primordial. — DEFIS
primroz-o:(bot.) primrose (Primula grandiflora). —
E
primul-o:(bot.) cowslip (Primula officinalis). —
DeFIS
princ-(ul)o: prince (cf. rej-ido); -ino:
princess; -ala, -atra: princely; -eso: (dignity,
rank) princedom; -o lando, -io: (territory)
principality; -o-spoz-ulo: prince consort; -o salika:
Salic prince; -et-acho: a petty prince, princeling. —
DEFIRS
princip-o: principle; supozo di -o: (log.)
petitio principii, begging the question. Ex.: Extablisar
principo. La principo di movo. Homo sen-principa. — DEFIRS
printempo: spring (-time); (fig.) prime, bloom of
youth; -ala: spring, vernal. — eF
