The Portuguese word for black is
preto
Plural
The plural of preto is pretos.Portuguese Definition
| black | |
| 1. Adjetivo. (Cor) preto | |
| 2. Substantivo. (Cor) preto | |
| 3. Substantivo. (Etnicidade) negro, preto | |
| 4. Substantivo. (Figurado) preto (tendência estabelecida como moda) | |
| 5. Verbo. pretejar |
Translations for black and their definitions
| negro | |
| 1. n-m. black (the darkest colour) | |
| 2. n-m. (possibly, offensive) black; negro (dark-skinned person) | |
| 3. adj. (somewhat formal) black in colour | |
| 4. adj. black; dark-skinned | |
| 5. adj. (literary) dark (associated with evil) | |
| Cavaleiro negro. - Dark knight. |
| preto | |
| 1. adj. black; black in colour | |
| O tecido preto esquenta mais rapidamente. - Black cloth heats up more quickly. | |
| 2. adj. (loosely) being the darkest of its kind | |
| pão preto - rye bread | |
| peças pretas de xadrez - black chess pieces | |
| nuvem preta - black cloud | |
| 3. adj. (of a person usually offensive) black (dark-skinned) | |
| Uma mulher preta passou por aqui. - A black woman was here. | |
| 4. adj. (idiomatic, of situations) bad; very adverse | |
| A coisa está preta. - The current situation is bad. | |
| 5. n-m. the color black | |
| O preto é a mais escura das cores. - Black is the darkest colour. | |
| 6. n-m. (usually offensive ethnic slur) a black person | |
| Uma preta passou por aqui. - A black woman was here. |
| atro | |
| 1. adj. black (of the darkest colour) | |
| 2. adj. bad; evil; sinister |
| fumo | |
| 1. n-m. smoke | |
| 2. n-m. fume | |
| 3. n-m. tobacco | |
| 4. v. verb form of fumar |
| escuro | |
| 1. adj. dark | |
| 2. n-m. dark | |
| Eu tenho medo do escuro. (I'm afraid of the dark.) |
| negra | |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of negro | |
| 2. n-f. female equivalent of negro | |
| 3. n-f. contusion |
| afrodescendente | |
| 1. adj. black (relating to persons of African descent) |
| preta | |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of preto | |
| 2. n-f. female equivalent of preto |
| sombrio | |
| 1. adj. shady, gloomy, dark, dingy |
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