Preto Explained

Preto means "black" in Portuguese and Papiamento. Preto may also refer to:

Places

• Preto River (disambiguation)
• Rio Preto (disambiguation)
• Ouro Preto, a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Pinheiro Preto, a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Ribeirão Preto, a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

People

• Francisco Rolão Preto (1893–1977), a Portuguese politician, journalist, and leader of the Movimento Nacional-Sindicalista
• José Ramos Preto (1871–1949), a Portuguese jurist and politician
• Preto (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian football defender born Marcos Antônio Costa
• Preto (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian football forward born João Luiz Ferreira da Silva
• Preto (footballer, born January 1986), Brazilian football goalkeeper born Celismar dos Santos Marins
• Preto (footballer, born July 1986), Brazilian football forward born Jonathan Antenor de Moura Almeida

See also

• Alfrocheiro Preto, a red Portuguese wine grape variety
• Pau Preto, a vernacular name for the tree Dalbergia retusa
• Afro-Brazilians, preto ("black") in Portuguese
• Sternarchogiton preto, a weakly electric knifefish species