preso
Portuguese, noun
preso is spelled P-R-E-S-O (5 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prisoner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of prender. With an accent, prêso is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prisioneiro”.
What does preso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
arrested; imprisoned (having been taken into legal custody)
- 2
stuck
- 3
tied; fastened
- 4
attached; connected
noun
- 1
masculineprisoner
verb
- 1
past participle of prender
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of presar
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of preso
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. encarceirado, levado à prisão 2. amarrado com fios, cabos 3. na incapacidade de agir ou falar
noun: 1. prisioneiro
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 preso
- presa feminine
- presos masculine plural
- presas feminine plural
- prêso alternative
- prêsa feminine
- prêsas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to preso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preso in Portuguese?
preso appears 98 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).