caudilhismo
Portuguese, noun/kaw.d͡ʒiˈʎiz.mu/
caudilhismo is spelled C-A-U-D-I-L-H-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese, the 201,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caudilhismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caudillismo (type of government ruled by a caudillo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo de ascensão ao poder ou modo de governar do caudilho”.
What does caudilhismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaudillismo (type of government ruled by a caudillo)
- 2
masculinecaudilloship (a caudillo’s government)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo de ascensão ao poder ou modo de governar do caudilho
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 caudilhismo
- caudilhismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caudilhismo?
- Brazil /kaw.d͡ʒiˈʎiz.mu/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈʎiz.mu]
- /kaw.d͡ʒiˈʎiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caudilhismo in Portuguese?
caudilhismo appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).