animalização
Portuguese, noun/a.ni.ma.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
animalização is spelled A-N-I-M-A-L-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Animalização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “animalization (the act of endowing with animal properties)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “zoomorfização”.
What does animalização mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanimalization (the act of endowing with animal properties)
- 2
feminineanimalization (conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zoomorfização 2. ato ou efeito de animalizar(-se) 3. atribuição (a algo) de características, atitudes ou comportamentos associados a animais ou a seres irracionais 4. conversão em alimento adequado a animais
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 animalização
- animalizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce animalização?
- Brazil /a.ni.ma.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.ni.ma.li.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.ni.mɐ.li.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is animalização in Portuguese?
animalização appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).