anacronismo
Portuguese, noun/a.na.kɾoˈniz.mu/
anacronismo is spelled A-N-A-C-R-O-N-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anacronismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anachronism (chronology mistake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “erro cronológico”.
What does anacronismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanachronism (chronology mistake)
- 2
masculineanachronism (mistake of attributing to one era what belongs to another)
- 3
masculineanachronism (something typical of a different era)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erro cronológico 2. confusão de data, quanto a acontecimentos ou pessoas 3. fato ou atitude anacrônica
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 anacronismo
- anacronismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anacronismo?
- Brazil /a.na.kɾoˈniz.mu/
- /a.na.kɾoˈniʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɐ.kɾuˈniʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anacronismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anacronismo in Portuguese?
anacronismo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).