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autossabotagem

Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.to.sa.boˈta.ʒẽj̃/

autossabotagem is spelled A-U-T-O-S-S-A-B-O-T-A-G-E-M (14 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autossabotagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “self-sabotage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sabotagem de si próprio; ato ou efeito de agir de modo a prejudicar a si próprio”.

What does autossabotagem mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineself-sabotage

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sabotagem de si próprio; ato ou efeito de agir de modo a prejudicar a si próprio

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 autossabotagem

  • autossabotagens plural
  • auto-sabotagem alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce autossabotagem?

  • Brazil /ˌaw.to.sa.boˈta.ʒẽj̃/
  • Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.to.sa.boˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ˌaw.tɔ.sɐ.buˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is autossabotagem in Portuguese?

autossabotagem appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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