pretérito

See also: preterito

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeteritus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtɛ.ɾi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtɛ.ɾi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈtɛ.ɾi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtɛ.ɾi.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾitu

Adjective

pretérito (feminine pretérita, masculine plural pretéritos, feminine plural pretéritas)

1. (grammar, relational) of the preterite tense
2. (uncommon) past (having already happened)

   Synonym: passado

3. (Brazil, chiefly gay slang) shocked, taken aback

   Synonyms: chocado, passado

Noun

pretérito m (uncountable)

1. (grammar) the preterite tense

Further reading

• “pretérito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pretérito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteɾito/ [pɾeˈt̪e.ɾi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾito
• Syllabification: pre‧té‧ri‧to

Adjective

pretérito (feminine pretérita, masculine plural pretéritos, feminine plural pretéritas)

1. 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)

2. (grammar, relational) of the preterite verb tense

Noun

pretérito m (uncountable)

1. (grammar) the preterite tense

Derived terms

• pretérito anterior
• pretérito imperfecto
• pretérito indefinido
• pretérito perfecto
• pretérito pluscuamperfecto

 

Further reading

• “pretérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10