clientelismo
Portuguese, noun/kli.ẽ.teˈliz.mu/
clientelismo is spelled C-L-I-E-N-T-E-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clientelismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patronage (the practice of granting favours in return for political support)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “deriva do sistema político democrático, na que se estabelece uma relação entre o eleito e o eleitor…”.
What does clientelismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatronage (the practice of granting favours in return for political support)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. deriva do sistema político democrático, na que se estabelece uma relação entre o eleito e o eleitor semelhante à compra-venda, pelo comum o eleitor vende o seu voto em troca de um benefício pessoal imediato ou futuro, que será pago com alguma prebenda quando o candidato comprador chegar ao poder; ou também o candidatado oferece benefícios particulares, secretos a certos eleitores individuais ou qu
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 clientelismo
- clientelismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clientelismo?
- Brazil /kli.ẽ.teˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /kljẽ.teˈliz.mu/
- /kli.ẽ.teˈliʒ.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 clientelismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clientelismo in Portuguese?
clientelismo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).