preboste
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈbɔs.t͡ʃi/
preboste is spelled P-R-E-B-O-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preboste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “provost (military prison keeper)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “juiz civil ou militar”.
What does preboste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprovost (military prison keeper)
- 2
masculineprovost (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. juiz civil ou militar 2. comandante de polícia militar na zona dos exércitos, ligado às grandes unidades 3. denominação comum a vários empregados dos reis e dos senhores nobres 4. denominação do superior de algumas ordens religiosas
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 preboste
- prebostes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preboste?
- Brazil /pɾeˈbɔs.t͡ʃi/
- /pɾeˈbɔʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈbɔʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to preboste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preboste in Portuguese?
preboste appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).