escrivão
Portuguese, noun/is.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
escrivão is spelled E-S-C-R-I-V-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escrivão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “registrar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “servidor público que escreve os autos”.
What does escrivão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineregistrar
- 2
masculineclerk (legal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. servidor público que escreve os autos
noun: 1. pessoa que escrevia os textos religiosos e oficiais e copiava os manuscritos; copista; escriba
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 escrivão
- escrivães plural
- escrivã feminine
- escrivãs feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escrivão?
- Brazil /is.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [is.kɾiˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /es.kɾiˈvɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escrivão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escrivão in Portuguese?
escrivão appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).