prestes a
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pres‧tes‧a
Preposition
- about to (soon going to happen)
- Synonyms: a ponto de, no limiar de
- O avião está prestes a decolar
- The plane is about to take off.
Further reading
- “prestes a”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026