preterir
Portuguese, verb/pɾe.teˈɾi(ʁ)/
preterir is spelled P-R-E-T-E-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preterir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to omit, pretermit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não fazer caso de; desprezar”.
What does preterir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to omit, pretermit
- 2
to deprecate, underestimate
- 3
to postpone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não fazer caso de; desprezar 2. não levar em conta; omitir 3. ir além; ultrapassar 4. deixar, sem motivo legal, de promover a posto ou emprego
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 preterir
- pretiro first-person present singular
- pretere present singular third-person
- preteri first-person preterite singular
- preterido participle past
- i-e alternation
- preterires infinitive second-person singular
- preterirmos first-person infinitive plural
- preterirdes infinitive plural second-person
- preterirem infinitive plural third-person
- preterindo gerund
- preteridos masculine participle past
- preterida feminine participle past
- preteridas feminine participle past
- preteres indicative present second-person
- preterimos first-person indicative plural
- preteris indicative plural present
- preterem indicative plural present
- preteria first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preterir?
- Brazil /pɾe.teˈɾi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [pɾe.teˈɾi(h)]
- /pɾe.teˈɾi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is preterir in Portuguese?
preterir appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).