amadorismo
Portuguese, noun/a.ma.doˈɾiz.mu/
amadorismo is spelled A-M-A-D-O-R-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amadorismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “amateurism (set of beliefs and practices of amateurs)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prática desportiva ou de qualquer outra atividade por desejo ou prazer, e não por dinheiro”.
What does amadorismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamateurism (set of beliefs and practices of amateurs)
Near-synonym: diletantismo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prática desportiva ou de qualquer outra atividade por desejo ou prazer, e não por dinheiro 2. incompetência, inaptidão 3. corrente de pensamento contária ao profissionalismo
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 amadorismo
- amadorismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amadorismo?
- Brazil /a.ma.doˈɾiz.mu/
- /a.ma.doˈɾiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐ.mɐ.duˈɾiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amadorismo in Portuguese?
amadorismo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).