preto

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. black; black in colour
2. (broadly) being the darkest of its kind
3. black (dark-skinned)
4. (idiomatic) bad; very adverse

Noun

the color black

Noun

1. (masculine, offensive, usually) a black person
2. (Portugal, colloquial, masculine) any of the lowest value euro coins (0.01 €, 0.02 € and 0.05 €) which, being made out of copper-covered steel, are darker than the higher value coins

Adv

alternative form of perto

Conceptes

negre

negra

negror

Sinònims

negro

preta

negra

atro

mano

👨‍👦

preta

crioulo

afrodescendente

escuro

prateado

sujo

Traduccions

black

negro

noir

zwart

nero

schwarz

niger

siyah

kara

μαύρος

ater

أسود

μαύρο

reş

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɾe.tu/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb gallec: preto

Cognat amb judeocastellà: preto

Cognat amb espanyol: prieto

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese preto (“black, near”), from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar (“tighten, press, clamp”)), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus (“chest”). The semantic evolution to "black" or "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick". Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is a Vulgar Latin *prettus, from pressus.
Doublet of perto. Cognate with Galician preto, Asturian and Leonese prietu, Ladino preto, and Spanish prieto.

Frases

Uma mulher de preto sobe a parede de pedra .

A woman in black climbs the stone wall.

O grande cachorro preto está correndo na areia perto da praia .

The big black dog is running on the sand near the beach.

Finalmente ? uma jovem se aproximou e não estava vestida de preto .

Finally? a young woman approached and was not dressed in black.

Um cão preto e um cão preto e branco estão correndo na sujeira .

A black dog and a black and white dog are running in the dirt.

O caminhão era preto fusco .

The truck was fusco black.

Um lápis com grafite preto escreve melhor .

A pencil with black graphite writes better.