político
Portuguese, noun
político is spelled P-O-L-Í-T-I-C-O (8 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 786th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Político is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “politician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, politico is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of politicar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa participante da política ou dedicada a ela”.
What does político mean in English?
adjective
- 1
political
noun
- 1
masculinepolitician
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of politicar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à política 2. dotado de traquejo social
noun: 1. pessoa participante da política ou dedicada a ela
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 político
- política feminine
- políticos masculine plural
- políticas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to político
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is político in Portuguese?
político appears 123 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).