velhaco
Portuguese, noun/veˈʎa.ku/
velhaco is spelled V-E-L-H-A-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velhaco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rogue, rascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “patife”.
What does velhaco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sly, treacherous
noun
- 1
masculinerogue, rascal
- 2
masculinelibertine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. manhoso 2. traiçoeiro 3. devasso 4. esperto
noun: 1. patife 2. libertino
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 velhaco
- velhaca feminine
- velhacos masculine plural
- velhacas feminine plural
- veaco alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velhaco?
- Brazil /veˈʎa.ku/
- Portugal /vɨˈʎa.ku/
- Portugal /bɨˈʎa.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 velhaco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velhaco in Portuguese?
velhaco appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).