pretérito

See also: preterito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈtɛ.ɾi.tu/

Adjective

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

(grammar, relational) of the preterite tense

Noun

pretérito m (uncountable)

(grammar) the preterite tense

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)

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

“pretérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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