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See also: Prieto
Asturian
Adjective
prieto
Spanish
Etymology
From apretar (“squeeze, constrict, compress”). The semantic evolution to "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick".[1] Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is Vulgar Latin *prettus, from Latin pressus. Compare Portuguese preto, Asturian prietu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
prieto (feminine prieta, masculine plural prietos, feminine plural prietas)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “prieto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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