charlatão
Portuguese, noun/ʃaʁ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
charlatão is spelled C-H-A-R-L-A-T-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Charlatão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quack; charlatan (false doctor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vendedor ambulante de drogas impingidas como miraculosas”.
What does charlatão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequack; charlatan (false doctor)
- 2
masculinecharlatan; imposter
- 3
masculineswindler; con man
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vendedor ambulante de drogas impingidas como miraculosas 2. falso médico 3. indivíduo que explora a boa-fé do povo, impostor
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 charlatão
- charlatões plural
- charlatães plural
- charlatã feminine
- charlatona feminine
- charlatãs feminine plural
- charlatonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charlatão?
- Brazil /ʃaʁ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʃaɦ.laˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ʃaɾ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to charlatão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is charlatão in Portuguese?
charlatão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).