presunto
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈzũ.tu/
presunto is spelled P-R-E-S-U-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presunto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro posterior do porco depois de salgado, curado e seco”.
What does presunto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food
- 2
Brazilmasculineham (cooked and sliced)
- 3
masculineslanga dead body, a corpse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membro posterior do porco depois de salgado, curado e seco 2. o que faleceu 3. cadáver
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 presunto
- presuntos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce presunto?
- Brazil /pɾeˈzũ.tu/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈzũ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to presunto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is presunto in Portuguese?
presunto appears 3.5 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).