taco
Portuguese, noun/ˈta.ku/
taco is spelled T-A-C-O (4 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tacar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedaço de madeira”.
What does taco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)
- 2
Brazilmasculinebete-ombro
- 3
Portugalcolloquialmasculinemoney
noun
- 1
masculinetaco (a Mexican snack food)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedaço de madeira 2. pau do bilhar 3. objeto sólido alongado e cilíndrico com ponta encurvada usado para condução do disco junto ao piso na prática de diversos desportos como a exemplo, no hóquei 4. objeto alongado e cilíndrico sólido usado para rebater a bola alçada
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 taco
- tacos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taco?
- Brazil /ˈta.ku/
- Portugal /ˈta.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 taco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taco in Portuguese?
taco appears 4.5 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).