presunto

From Portuguese presunto.

presunto (plural presuntos)

1. A dry-cured Portuguese ham.

From Vulgar Latin *persunctu, ultimately from Classical Latin suctus, perfect passive participle of sugō.

• IPA^(key): [pɾeˈsuntʊ]

presunto m (plural presuntos)

1. bacon

   Synonym: touciño

From Latin praesūmptus, perfect passive participle of praesūmō.

presunto (feminine presunta, masculine plural presuntos, feminine plural presuntas)

1. presumed, assumed
2. alleged

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “presunto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “presunto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “presunto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /preˈzun.to/^[1], /preˈsun.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Hyphenation: pre‧sùn‧to

presunto (feminine presunta, masculine plural presunti, feminine plural presunte)

1. past participle of presumere

presunto (feminine presunta, masculine plural presunti, feminine plural presunte)

1. presumed, supposed

• prosunte, spunterò

From Vulgar Latin *persunctu, ultimately from Classical Latin suctus, perfect passive participle of sugō. Doublet of prosciutto.

• Rhymes: -ũtu
• Hyphenation: pre‧sun‧to

presunto m (plural presuntos)

1. dry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food
   1. (Brazil) ham (cooked and sliced)

      Synonym: (Portugal) fiambre

2. (slang) a dead body, a corpse

• “presunto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “presunto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From Latin praesūmptus, perfect passive participle of praesūmō.

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsunto/ [pɾeˈsũn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -unto
• Syllabification: pre‧sun‧to

presunto (feminine presunta, masculine plural presuntos, feminine plural presuntas)

1. presumed, assumed
2. alleged

   Synonym: supuesto

• “presunto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024