Meaning
An apprentice — a young learner attached to a tradesman (a mechanic, mason, tailor, or the like) to learn the trade by working alongside him. A clipping of 'apprentice'; the 'prento' fetches, watches, and learns before earning his own name in the trade.
Examples
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Him start as a prento a di garage.
He started as an apprentice at the garage.
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Di prento a learn di trade from di master.
The apprentice is learning the trade from the master.
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Every good tradesman was once a prento.
Every good tradesman was once an apprentice.
Origin
A clipping of 'apprentice' → 'prento'; the informal trade-learning apprentice.
How it’s used
A trade apprentice/learner. Compare 'grinda', 'hustle' for the world of work and learning a trade.