perto

From Portuguese perto.

perto (augmentative perto-perto)

1. close, closely, near, next

   perto di Macau ― near Macau

   perto-perto ― very near

   Cavâ sentá más unchinho ora, já vêm coraze chomá A Peng vêm perto.

   After sitting for a bit more time, he summoned the courage to call for A Peng to come close.

2. almost

   perto fêto ― almost done

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#p

From Old Galician-Portuguese preto, from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus. See also the related preto.

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɺ.tu/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛh.tʊ/, /ˈpɛ.ʈʊ/

perto (comparable, comparative mais perto, superlative o mais perto)

1. close, closely, next (at a little distance)

• de perto
• por perto

• preto

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pertu
• Kabuverdianu: pértu
• Macanese: perto