preto

Meaning

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

Concepts

black

nigger

coon

dirty

inkiness

inky

raven

spade

Bad

Black

nigga

jigaboo

nigra

be black

blackness

Synonyms

negro

preta

negra

atro

mano

👨‍👦

preta

crioulo

afrodescendente

escuro

prateado

sujo

Translations

negro

noir

zwart

negre

nero

schwarz

niger

siyah

kara

μαύρος

ater

أسود

μαύρο

reş

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɾe.tu/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: preto

Cognate with Ladino: preto

Cognate with Spanish: 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.

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.

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.