basilisco
Portuguese, noun/ba.ziˈlis.ku/
basilisco is spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-S-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basilisco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “basilisk (snake-like dragon type)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lagarto fabuloso, a que se atribuia o poder de matar com a vista”.
What does basilisco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebasilisk (snake-like dragon type)
- 2
masculinebasilisk (any lizard of the genus Basiliscus)
- 3
masculinebasilisk (a type of large brass cannon)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lagarto fabuloso, a que se atribuia o poder de matar com a vista 2. réptil americano 3. antiga peça de artilharia
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 basilisco
- basiliscos plural
- basalisco alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basilisco?
- Brazil /ba.ziˈlis.ku/
- /ba.ziˈliʃ.ku/
- Portugal /bɐ.ziˈliʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to basilisco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is basilisco in Portuguese?
basilisco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).