taquigrafia
Portuguese, noun/ta.ki.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
taquigrafia is spelled T-A-Q-U-I-G-R-A-F-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taquigrafia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tachygraphy (the art and practice of rapid writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema de escrita por meio do qual se escreve com a mesma rapidez com que se fala por meio de sinais e…”.
What does taquigrafia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetachygraphy (the art and practice of rapid writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sistema de escrita por meio do qual se escreve com a mesma rapidez com que se fala por meio de sinais e abreviaturas; estenografia
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 taquigrafia
- taquigrafias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taquigrafia?
- Brazil /ta.ki.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌta.ki.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɐ.ki.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taquigrafia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taquigrafia in Portuguese?
taquigrafia appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).