táxi
Portuguese, noun
táxi is spelled T-Á-X-I (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,626th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Táxi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “taxi (vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, taxi is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “automóvel de aluguel com taxímetro”.
What does táxi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetaxi (vehicle)
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of táxi
- 2
masculineprescribed spelling of táxi under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das gencianáceas 2. árvore leguminosa 3. designação de certas formigas que vivem em algumas variedades de taxi
noun: 1. automóvel de aluguel com taxímetro
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 táxi
- taxis plural
- táxis plural
- taxi alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to táxi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is táxi in Portuguese?
táxi appears 11 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).