tabelião
Portuguese, noun/ta.be.liˈɐ̃w̃/
tabelião is spelled T-A-B-E-L-I-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tabelião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “notary public (officer who can administer oaths, statutory declarations and authenticate documents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “notário, funcionário público que faz escrituras e outros instrumentos jurídicos, que reconhece assinaturas…”.
What does tabelião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenotary public (officer who can administer oaths, statutory declarations and authenticate documents)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. notário, funcionário público que faz escrituras e outros instrumentos jurídicos, que reconhece assinaturas, etc.
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 tabelião
- tabeliães plural
- tabeliã feminine
- tabelioa feminine
- tabeliãs feminine plural
- tabelioas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tabelião?
- Brazil /ta.be.liˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ta.be.liˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ta.beˈljɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tabelião in Portuguese?
tabelião appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).