p
Portuguese, preposition
p is a Portuguese preposition meaning “para” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, P is a different word: “The sixteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin…”. On this page, p. is a different word: “abbreviation of página”. On this page, p**** is a different word: “censored spelling of porra”.
What does p mean in English?
letter
- 1
masculineThe sixteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
preposition
- 1
para
letter
- 1
masculineThe sixteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of página
interjection
- 1
censored spelling of porra
noun
- 1
femininecensored spelling of porra
preposition
- 1
abbreviation of para
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. letra do alfabeto português cujo nome é pê; sua forma maiúscula é P
abbreviation: 1. para 2. por
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of p
- P uppercase
- p lowercase
- pp. plural
- pg. alternative
- p****s plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is p in Portuguese?
p appears 191 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).