Preguiça is a settlement in the central part of the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde.

It served as the port of Ribeira Brava, after the older Porto de Lapa, 6 km to the northeast, had been abandoned in 1653 due to pirate attacks.

[2] The settlement was mentioned as Paraghisi in the 1747 map by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin.

[3] In 1820 the Forte do Príncipe Real, now ruined, was built to protect the port.

[4] Preguiça's port consists of a stone quay and a short mole.