orar
/oˈɾaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to pray
🙏 orar = ORAl speech: you pray or orate by speaking out loud
Orar comes from Latin orare, 'to speak, plead, pray', from os/oris, 'mouth'. Same root as English oral, orator and oration. Both praying and public speaking use the mouth to plead a case, to a god or to an audience.