perto
Portuguese, adverb/ˈpɛʁ.tu/
perto is spelled P-E-R-T-O (5 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perto is a Portuguese adverb meaning “close, closely, next (at a little distance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a pouca distância”.
What does perto mean in English?
adverb
- 1
close, closely, next (at a little distance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. a pouca distância
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 perto
- mais perto comparative
- o mais perto superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perto?
- Brazil /ˈpɛʁ.tu/
- Brazil [ˈpɛh.tu]
- /ˈpɛɾ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perto in Portuguese?
perto appears 186 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).