pras
Portuguese, contraction
pras is spelled P-R-A-S (4 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,696th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pras is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of pra + as, literally “for/to the (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of pro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pràs is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pras; still used where the…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “para + as”.
What does pras mean in English?
contraction
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colloquialfemininecontraction of pra + as, literally “for/to the (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of pro
contraction
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pras; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling: feminine plural of prò
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. para + as
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 pras
- pràs alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pras in Portuguese?
pras appears 3.2 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).