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prey1

/preɪ/

Translation

n [u]
(animal)
presa
to be prey to sth
ser presa de algo
ser víctima de algo
Véase tb: bird of prey
(Definition of prey n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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