público

American  

[poo-bli-koh, poo-blee-kaw] / ˈpu blɪˌkoʊ, ˈpu βliˌkɔ /

noun

plural

públicos

1. (especially in Puerto Rico) a taxi that picks up and discharges passengers along a fixed route.

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Etymology

Origin of público

From Latin American Spanish; Spanish: literally, “public (transportation)”; public

Example Sentences

One professor at University of Lisbon who taught Neves Valente as an undergraduate told Publico, a newspaper in Lisbon, that he had a confrontational personality in class.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nuno Morais, a college classmate, told Publico, the Lisbon newspaper, that after Neves Valente left Brown he returned to Portugal, where he worked for an internet-services provider and a telecom company.

From The Wall Street Journal

An immense sculptural beehive oven, “Pansa del Publicó,” which he originally built as a public sculpture at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Its Spanish content proved so popular that Star employee Francisco Ramirez spun off his own publication, the all-Spanish El Clamor Público, four years later.

From Los Angeles Times

Serán los primeros Juegos después de la pandemia, y prometen una gran afluencia de público y animación en las calles.

From Los Angeles Times