prestar
Portuguese, verb/pɾesˈta(ʁ)/
prestar is spelled P-R-E-S-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be useful; to be suitable; to be good” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dedicar; dar com profunda afeição”.
What does prestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be useful; to be suitable; to be good
Este dicionário não presta.
- 2
to render, to provide, to offer (a service, help etc.)
Ninguém me prestou ajuda.
- 3
to pay (attention, respect etc.)
Acorda e presta mais atenção!
- 4
to be suitable
A sala presta-se perfeitamente a este fim.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dedicar; dar com profunda afeição 2. realizar verbal e publicamente 3. dar de bom grado; dispensar 4. dar rápida e cuidadosamente; dispensar
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 prestar
- presto first-person present singular
- prestei first-person preterite singular
- prestado participle past
- prestares infinitive second-person singular
- prestarmos first-person infinitive plural
- prestardes infinitive plural second-person
- prestarem infinitive plural third-person
- prestando gerund
- prestados masculine participle past
- prestada feminine participle past
- prestadas feminine participle past
- prestas indicative present second-person
- presta indicative present singular
- prestamos first-person indicative plural
- prestais indicative plural present
- prestam indicative plural present
- prestava first-person imperfect indicative
- prestavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prestar?
- Brazil /pɾesˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾesˈta(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prestar in Portuguese?
prestar appears 23 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).