pretérito

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin praeteritus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾitu === 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 === “pretérito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pretérito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “pretérito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “pretérito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin praeteritus. === 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 (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025