autismo
Portuguese, noun/awˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
autismo is spelled A-U-T-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “autism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transtorno do desenvolvimento (mais especificamente um transtorno invasivo do desenvolvimento) que se…”.
What does autismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineautism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. transtorno do desenvolvimento (mais especificamente um transtorno invasivo do desenvolvimento) que se manifesta na infância caracterizado por dificuldades de socialização, comunicação e interação social, falta de contato visual e por padrões repetitivos, estereotipados ou restritos de comportamento e de pensamento
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 autismo
- autismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce autismo?
- Brazil /awˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
- /awˈt͡ʃiʒ.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 autismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is autismo in Portuguese?
autismo appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).