preto
Portuguese
/ˈpɾe.tu/
adj
Definitions
- black; black in colour
- (idiomatic) bad; very adverse
- (often pejorative) black dark-skinned
- (loosely) being the darkest of its kind
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese preto (near, black) derived from Latin appectorāre, pectus (chest, breast).
Origin
Latin
pectus
Gloss
chest, breast
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
胸
Emoji
🧰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pectus English
- *pectorile, *pectorilis Latin
- *pectorina Latin
- *pectorīna Latin
- *prettus Latin
- appectorāre Latin
- pectoralis Latin
- pectus Latin
- petto Italian
- pettorina Italian
- apretar Spanish, Castilian
- pecho Spanish, Castilian
- prieto Spanish, Castilian
- *peg Proto-Indo-European
- perto Portuguese
- pretinho Portuguese
- ampit Catalan, Valencian
- pit Catalan, Valencian
- preto Galician
- piept Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- apretar Old Portuguese
- peito Old Portuguese
- preto Old Portuguese
- cheptu Aromanian
- *pektos Proto-Italic
- pet Romansh
- pèz Romansh
- péz Romansh
- pechu Asturian
- pet Friulian
- pettu Sicilian
- pretu Papiamentu
- preto Ladino
- prétu Kabuverdianu
- pitto Istriot
- peito Aragonese
- pretu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- kľeptu Istro-Romanian
- kľeptu Megleno-Romanian