batismo
Portuguese, noun/baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
batismo is spelled B-A-T-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “baptism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de batizar”.
What does batismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaptism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de batizar 2. ritual de iniciação em certas religiões por meio da imersão em água 3. ato de dar nome a uma pessoa 4. ato de dar nome a qualquer coisa
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 batismo
- batismos plural
- baptismo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce batismo?
- Brazil /baˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- /baˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /baˈtiʒ.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 batismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is batismo in Portuguese?
batismo appears 5.8 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).