literato
Portuguese, noun/li.teˈɾa.tu/
literato is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Literato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “literatus, man of letters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que possui muitos conhecimentos de literatura”.
What does literato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineliteratus, man of letters
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que letrado
noun: 1. aquele que possui muitos conhecimentos de literatura 2. aquele que cultiva distintamente a literatura 3. aquele que escreve em público, sobre algum ramo de literatura 4. escritor, autor literário
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 literato
- literatos plural
- literata feminine
- literatas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce literato?
- Brazil /li.teˈɾa.tu/
- Portugal /li.tɨˈɾa.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is literato in Portuguese?
literato appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).