autarca
Portuguese, noun/awˈtaʁ.kɐ/
autarca is spelled A-U-T-A-R-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autarca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “councillor (a member of a city council)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro de uma autarquia”.
What does autarca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecouncillor (a member of a city council)
- 2
femininemasculinemayor (a municipal leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membro de uma autarquia 2. presidente de uma autarquia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of autarca
- autarcas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autarca?
- Brazil /awˈtaʁ.kɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈtah.kɐ]
- /awˈtaɾ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is autarca in Portuguese?
autarca appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).