tato
Portuguese, noun/ˈta.tu/
tato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the sense of touch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos cinco sentidos do ser humano; viabilizado pela pele”.
What does tato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe sense of touch
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gago
noun: 1. um dos cinco sentidos do ser humano; viabilizado pela pele
noun: 1. síncope de tátaro
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 tato
- tatos plural
- tacto alternative
- (Vocábulo com dupla grafia: tacto) canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tato?
- Brazil /ˈta.tu/
- Portugal /ˈta.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tato in Portuguese?
tato appears 1.7 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).