arabismo
Portuguese, noun/a.ɾaˈbiz.mu/
arabismo is spelled A-R-A-B-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arabismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Arabism (a loanword from Arabic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão típica da língua árabe”.
What does arabismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineArabism (a loanword from Arabic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. expressão típica da língua árabe 2. movimento em prol da expansão dos valores culturais árabes ou que os estuda
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 arabismo
- arabismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arabismo?
- Brazil /a.ɾaˈbiz.mu/
- /a.ɾaˈbiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐ.ɾɐˈbiʒ.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 arabismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arabismo in Portuguese?
arabismo appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).