# prestar vs preta

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### prestar
*verb · frequency rank #3,793*
dedicar; dar com profunda afeição

### preta
*noun · frequency rank #2,791*
a bola número 8 dum bilhar ou duma sinuca

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/prestar-vs-preta