plegaria
/pleˈɡaɾja/ · B2 · noun · f
request
🙏 pleg-aria: sounds like PLEAD + aria, a sung plea sent upward
Plegaria comes from Latin plicare, to fold, via plegar, the same root as folding hands in prayer. Hear PLEAD inside PLEG-aria, and think of an aria as a sung plea. A plegaria is a prayer or earnest request.