pros
Portuguese, contraction
pros is spelled P-R-O-S (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pros is a Portuguese masculine contraction meaning “contraction of pra + os, literally “for/to the (masculine plural)”: masculine plural of pro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pròs is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pros; still used where the…”. With an accent, prós is a different word: “plural of pró”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição pra e o artigo os, o mesmo que "para os"”.
What does pros mean in English?
contraction
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colloquialmasculinecontraction of pra + os, literally “for/to the (masculine plural)”: masculine plural of pro
contraction
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masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pros; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling: masculine plural of prò
noun
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plural of pró
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Partido Republicano da Ordem Social
abbreviation: 1. Partido Republicano da Ordem Social
contraction: 1. contração da preposição pra e o artigo os, o mesmo que "para os"
contraction: 1. contração da preposição pra e o artigo os, o mesmo que "para os"
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 pros
- pròs alternative
- prós alternative misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is pros in Portuguese?
pros appears 7.1 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).