perto

Meaning

close, closely, next (at a little distance)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛʁ.tu/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese preto, from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus. See also the related preto.

Sentences

Você vai chegar perto dele ?

Are you going to get close to him?

Vem , já , já , para quê ? Era perto de uma hora da tarde .

Come, now, now, for what? It was close to one o'clock in the afternoon.

O peixe no mar e o pescador perto do peixe .

The fish in the sea and the fisherman near the fish.

Um campo de arroz perto de alguns edifícios antigos .

A rice field near some old buildings.

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

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

Rei , esposa e fogo , longe , queimando de perto .

King, wife, and fire, far away, burning at close range.

Perto da montanha e da costa , é a terra do falaguera.

Close to the mountain and the coast, it is the land of the falaguera.

Caminhava nas pontas dos pés para não acordar a parenta, que dormia perto .

He walked on tiptoes so as not to wake his relative, who slept nearby.