escribano
Spanish, noun/eskɾiˈbano/
escribano is spelled E-S-C-R-I-B-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,948th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escribano is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “court clerk, notary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que por oficio público está autorizado para dar fe de las escrituras y demás actos que pasan ante él”.
What does escribano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourt clerk, notary
- 2
masculinescrivener
- 3
masculinebunting (bird)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona que por oficio público está autorizado para dar fe de las escrituras y demás actos que pasan ante él. 2. Pendolista. 3. Maestro de escribir o maestro de escuela. Úsase por la gente del pueblo. 4. Escribiente.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escribano
- escribanos plural
- escribana feminine
- escribanas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escribano?
- /eskɾiˈbano/
- [es.kɾiˈβ̞a.no]
- [eskɾiˈβ̞ano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escribano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escribano in Spanish?
escribano appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).