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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praeteritus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pretérito (feminine pretérita, masculine plural pretéritos, feminine plural pretéritas)
- (grammar, relational) of the preterite tense
- (uncommon) past (having already happened)
- Synonym: passado
- (Brazil, chiefly gay slang) shocked, taken aback
- Synonyms: chocado, passado
Noun
pretérito m (uncountable)
- (grammar) the preterite tense
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈteɾito/
- Rhymes: -eɾito
- Syllabification: pre‧té‧ri‧to
Adjective
pretérito (feminine pretérita, masculine plural pretéritos, feminine plural pretéritas)
- past; former
2016, “Un Bolero en Berlín”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:Crimen y castigo, busco abrigo en noches gélidas / Mañanas pretéritas / Arquitectura del olvido- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (grammar, relational) of the preterite verb tense
Noun
pretérito m (uncountable)
- (grammar) the preterite tense
Derived terms
Further reading