Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

portuguesism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-tugue-sism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Portuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.

Uncountable

noun

A word, phrase, etc. characteristic of Portuguese speakers.

Countable

Etymology

From Portuguese + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Portuguese

Usage

Inflected Forms

Portuguesisms (plural)

Questions

What does portuguesism mean?: Portuguese attitudes and beliefs generally.
Where does portuguesism come from?: From Portuguese + -ism.

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