pretexto
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈtes.tu/
pretexto is spelled P-R-E-T-E-X-T-O (8 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pretexto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pretext” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of pretextar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “motivo ou causa aparente para realizar algo de mau”.
What does pretexto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepretext
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of pretextar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. motivo ou causa aparente para realizar algo de mau
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 pretexto
- pretextos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pretexto?
- Brazil /pɾeˈtes.tu/
- /pɾeˈteʃ.tu/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈtɐjʃ.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 pretexto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pretexto in Portuguese?
pretexto appears 5.4 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).