What does prédio mean in Portugal?
A prédio is a legally separate piece of land, including the water, plantations and the buildings and constructions permanently on it. It is the technical term for a unit of land ownership, and is not the same as a parcela.
- Defined in
- Decreto Regulamentar n.º 5/2019, Annex I, ficha I-54
- Law
- Decreto Regulamentar n.º 5/2019, technical concepts for spatial planning and urbanism
- Official text
- data.dre.pt/eli/decregul/5/2019/09/27/p/dre/pt/pdf
- Sources
- data.dre.pt/eli/decregul/5/2019/09/27/p/dre/pt/pdf
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
What it means for the owner
- A parcela is a part of land marked out physically, legally or by plan, and may be a whole prédio, part of one or several (ficha I-48).
- A lote is a prédio meant for building (ficha I-40).
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