calígrafo
Portuguese, noun/kaˈli.ɡɾa.fu/
calígrafo is spelled C-A-L-Í-G-R-A-F-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 128,503rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calígrafo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “calligrapher (one who practices calligraphy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “copista ou amanuense que se encarrega de passar a limpo determinada obra ou documento”.
What does calígrafo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalligrapher (one who practices calligraphy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. copista ou amanuense que se encarrega de passar a limpo determinada obra ou documento 2. especialista ou praticante da arte da caligrafia
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 calígrafo
- calígrafos plural
- calígrafa feminine
- calígrafas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calígrafo?
- Brazil /kaˈli.ɡɾa.fu/
- Portugal /kɐˈli.ɡɾɐ.fu/
- Portugal [kɐˈli.ɣɾɐ.fu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calígrafo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calígrafo in Portuguese?
calígrafo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).