pre- +‎ texto

pretexto (plural pretexti)

1. pretext

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -estu, (Portugal) -ɐjʃtu
• Hyphenation: pre‧tex‧to

Borrowed from Latin praetextus.

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

1. pretext

• → Tetum: pretestu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pretexto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pretextar

• “pretexto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pretexto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pretexto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pretexto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈteɡsto/ [pɾeˈt̪eɣ̞s.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡsto
• Syllabification: pre‧tex‧to

From Latin praetextus.

pretexto m (plural pretextos)

1. pretext

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pretexto

1. first-person singular present indicative of pretextar

• “pretexto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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