publicano
Portuguese, noun/pu.bliˈkɐ̃.nu/
publicano is spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-A-N-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Publicano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tax collector, publican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cobrador de impostos no Império Romano”.
What does publicano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetax collector, publican
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cobrador de impostos no Império Romano
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 publicano
- publicanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce publicano?
- Brazil /pu.bliˈkɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /pu.bliˈkɐ.nu/
- Portugal [pu.βliˈkɐ.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to publicano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is publicano in Portuguese?
publicano appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).