colonialismo
Portuguese, noun/ko.lo.ni.aˈliz.mu/
colonialismo is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colonialismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colonialism (colonial domination policy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prática de fundar colônias, de colonizar”.
What does colonialismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonialism (colonial domination policy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prática de fundar colônias, de colonizar 2. ordem política que estabelece domínio, político, social, econômico, cultural, de um Estado sobre outro 3. doutrina que preconiza tal ordem 4. época colonial
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 colonialismo
- colonialismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colonialismo?
- Brazil /ko.lo.ni.aˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /ko.lo.njaˈliz.mu/
- /ko.lo.ni.aˈliʒ.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 colonialismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colonialismo in Portuguese?
colonialismo appears 1.9 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).