chauvinismo
Portuguese, noun/ʃaw.viˈniz.mu/
chauvinismo is spelled C-H-A-U-V-I-N-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chauvinismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chauvinism (excessive patriotism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “patriotismo exagerado”.
What does chauvinismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinechauvinism (excessive patriotism)
- 2
derogatorymasculinechauvinism (unwarranted bias)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. patriotismo exagerado 2. entusiasmo exagerado por uma causa ou grupo
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 chauvinismo
- chauvinismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chauvinismo?
- Brazil /ʃaw.viˈniz.mu/
- Brazil [ʃaʊ̯.viˈniz.mu]
- /ʃaw.viˈniʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chauvinismo in Portuguese?
chauvinismo appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).