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{{Short description|Portuguese dry-cured ham}}
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[[Image:Presunto de Chaves.jpg|thumb|250px|Traditional ham of [[Chaves, Portugal]]]]
'''''Presunto''''' ({{IPA|pt|pɾɨˈzũtu|lang}}) is [[Ham#Dry-cured|dry-cured ham]] from [[Portuguese cuisine|Portugal]], similar to [[Italian cuisine|Italian]] [[prosciutto]] or [[Spanish cuisine|Spanish]] ''[[jamón]]''. Among the wide variety of ''presuntos'' in [[Portugal]], the most famous are ''presunto'' from [[Chaves, Portugal|Chaves]], produced in the north of Portugal, and that from the [[Alentejo]], in the south, made from local [[Black Iberian pig|Alentejano pig]]s.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

Several varieties of ''presunto'' are protected by European law with [[Protected designation of origin|geographical indications]].

==Etymology==
The word is from Vulgar Latin past participle ''persunctus'', ultimately from the verb ''sugo'', 'to suck', and is unrelated to identical words in Italian and Spanish coming from the also past participle ''praesumptus'', ultimately from ''sumo'', 'to (under)take, occupy' (see [[wikt:presunto]]).{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}

==''Presunto'' PDO and IGP==
In March 2014, six varieties of ''presunto'' were protected by European law registered with [[protected designation of origin]]:
* ''Presunto de Barrancos'' (PGO)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=564&locale=en Presunto de Barrancos] in the [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] database of the European Union. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref> 
*''Presunto do Alentejo'' and ''Paleta do Alentejo'' (PDO)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=569&locale=en Presunto e Paleta do Alentejo] in the [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] database of the European Union. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref>
* ''Presunto de Barroso'' (PGI)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/browse.html?open&chkDenomination=565 Presunto de Barroso] na Base de Dados [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] da União Europeia. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref>
* ''Presunto de Campo Maior e Elvas'' and ''Paleta de Campo Maior e Elvas'' (PGI)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/registeredName.html?denominationId=566 Presunto de Campo Maior e Elvas; Paleta de Campo Maior e Elvas] in the [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] database of the European Union. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref>
* ''Presunto de Santana da Serra'' and ''Paleta de Santana da Serra'' (PGI)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/browse.html?open&chkDenomination=567 Presunto de Santana da Serra e Paleta de Santana da Serra] in the [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] database of the European Union. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref>
* ''Presunto de Vinhais'' or ''Presunto Bísaro de Vinhais'' (PGI)<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/door/browse.html?open&chkDenomination=568 Presunto de Vinhais ou Presunto Bísaro de Vinhais] in the [http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/quality/schemes/index_en.htm DOOR] database of the European Union. Accessed 16 March 2014.</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of Portuguese food and drink products with protected status]]
* [[List of hams]]
* [[List of dried foods]]

==References==
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