preto

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. (masculine) the color black
2. (ethnic,masculine,offensive,slur,usually) a black person

Hyphenated as

pre‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɾe.tu/

Etymology

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". See also the related perto. Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is a Vulgar Latin *prettus, from pressus.
Compare Galician preto, Asturian and Leonese prietu, Ladino preto, and Spanish prieto.

Sentences

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.

Um jovem empresário andando na rua , enquanto um pássaro preto voa na frente dele .

A young businessman walks down the street, while a black bird flies in front of him.

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

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

O caminhão era preto fusco .

The truck was fusco black.

Escute o pote chamando a chaleira de preto .

Listen to the pot calling the kettle black.

Um lápis com grafite preto escreve melhor .

A pencil with black graphite writes better.

Um cão preto corre na grama próximo a um cão marrom e branco .

A black dog runs on the grass next to a brown and white dog.