bacharelismo
Portuguese, noun/ba.ʃa.ɾeˈliz.mu/
bacharelismo is spelled B-A-C-H-A-R-E-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters). Bacharelismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pretentious or pseudo-intellectual gibberish (needlessly obscure or overly technical language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palavreado pretensioso, impertinente”.
What does bacharelismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepretentious or pseudo-intellectual gibberish (needlessly obscure or overly technical language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. palavreado pretensioso, impertinente 2. conjuntura sociopolítica em que é sobrevalorizado o estatuto de bacharel (advogado)
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 bacharelismo
- bacharelismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacharelismo?
- Brazil /ba.ʃa.ɾeˈliz.mu/
- /ba.ʃa.ɾeˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /bɐ.ʃɐ.ɾɨˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.