pra
Portuguese, preposition
pra is a Portuguese preposition meaning “syncopic form of para” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, prà is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pra; still used where the…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma sincopada de para”.
What does pra mean in English?
preposition
- 1
colloquialsyncopic form of para
contraction
- 1
colloquialfemininecontraction of para + a, literally “for/to the (feminine singular)”: feminine singular of pro
Você vai pra praia hoje?
contraction
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pra; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling: feminine singular of prò
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. forma sincopada de para 2. contração da preposição pra com o artigo a; na grafia anterior ao AO escrevia-se prà
contraction: 1. vide pra
contraction: 1. vide pra
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 pra
- p'ra alternative
- prà alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pra in Portuguese?
pra appears 646 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).