ascetismo
Portuguese, noun/a.seˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
ascetismo is spelled A-S-C-E-T-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascetismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “asceticism (the principles and practices of an ascetic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moral filosófica ou religiosa, baseada no desprezo do corpo e das sensações corporais, e que tende a…”.
What does ascetismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineasceticism (the principles and practices of an ascetic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. moral filosófica ou religiosa, baseada no desprezo do corpo e das sensações corporais, e que tende a assegurar, pelos sofrimentos físicos, o triunfo do espírito sobre os instintos e as paixões 2. profissão de vida ascética; ascese
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 ascetismo
- ascetismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ascetismo?
- Brazil /a.seˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- /a.seˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐʃ.sɨˈtiʒ.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 ascetismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ascetismo in Portuguese?
ascetismo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).