prieto

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

1. dark, swarthy (used to describe both people and landscapes)
2. (Louisiana) black

Brūkšnelis kaip

prie‧to

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈpɾjeto/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

From apretar (“squeeze, constrict, compress”). The semantic evolution to "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick". Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is Vulgar Latin *prettus, from Latin pressus. Compare Portuguese preto, Asturian prietu.