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coloquialismo

Portuguese, noun/ko.lo.ki.aˈliz.mu/

coloquialismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colloquialism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o uso apenas coloquial que tem algumas palavras”.

What does coloquialismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecolloquialism

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o uso apenas coloquial que tem algumas palavras 2. característica do que é coloquial

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 coloquialismo

  • coloquialismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coloquialismo?

  • Brazil /ko.lo.ki.aˈliz.mu/
  • Brazil /ko.lo.kjaˈliz.mu/
  • /ko.lo.ki.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 coloquialismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is coloquialismo in Portuguese?

coloquialismo appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).