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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