meteco
Portuguese, noun/meˈtɛ.ku/
meteco is spelled M-E-T-E-C-O (6 letters). Meteco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “metic (in Ancient Greece, a resident alien without citizen rights)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrangeiro que possuía o direito de residir na antiga Atenas”.
What does meteco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemetic (in Ancient Greece, a resident alien without citizen rights)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrangeiro que possuía o direito de residir na antiga Atenas 2. imigrante
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 meteco
- metecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meteco?
- Brazil /meˈtɛ.ku/
- Portugal /mɨˈtɛ.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 meteco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.