tacão
Portuguese, noun/taˈkɐ̃w̃/
tacão is spelled T-A-C-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tacão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “heel (part of shoe supporting the rear of the foot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tacão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheel (part of shoe supporting the rear of the foot)
- 2
masculinecontrol (influence or authority over)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tacão
- tacões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tacão?
- Brazil /taˈkɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [taˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɐˈkɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tacão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tacão in Portuguese?
tacão appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).