tanso
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɐ̃.su/
tanso is spelled T-A-N-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fool, idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa tansa”.
What does tanso mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinefool, idiot
- 2
colloquialmasculinesucker
adjective
- 1
colloquialsilly, dumb, stupid
- 2
colloquialgullible
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. burro, ingênuo, tolo
noun: 1. pessoa tansa
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 tanso
- tansos plural
- tansa feminine
- tansas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tanso?
- Brazil /ˈtɐ̃.su/
- Portugal /ˈtɐ̃.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tanso in Portuguese?
tanso appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).