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itálico

Portuguese, noun/iˈta.li.ku/

itálico is spelled I-T-Á-L-I-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Itálico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “italic (typeface whose letters slant to the right)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “natural da Itália ou seu habitante”.

What does itálico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Italic

  2. 2

    italic

noun

  1. 1

    masculineitalic (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. da Itália ou relativo a ela 2. diz-se de letra inclinada geralmente à direita e muitas vezes com traços remetentes à escrita manual

noun: 1. natural da Itália ou seu habitante 2. grupo linguístico indo-europeu compreendendo, dentre outras, as extintas línguas osco, umbro, pelígnio e latim, esta última originando diversas línguas conhecidas como românicas ou neolatinas 3. letra inclinada geralmente à direita e muitas vezes com traços remetentes à escrita manual

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 itálico

  • itálica feminine
  • itálicos masculine plural
  • itálicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce itálico?

  • Brazil /iˈta.li.ku/
  • Portugal /iˈta.li.ku/
  • /i.ˈta.li.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 itálico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is itálico in Portuguese?

itálico appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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