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concretismo

Portuguese, noun/kõ.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

concretismo is spelled C-O-N-C-R-E-T-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concretismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “concretism (abstractionist movement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “movimento artístico surgido na década de 1950 que extinguia os versos e a sintaxe normal do discurso, dando…”.

What does concretismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineconcretism (abstractionist movement)

  2. 2

    masculinesomething which is concrete instead of abstract

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. movimento artístico surgido na década de 1950 que extinguia os versos e a sintaxe normal do discurso, dando grande importância à organização visual do texto com o intuito de acabar com a distinção entre forma e conteúdo e criar uma nova linguagem

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 concretismo

  • concretismos plural

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

How do you pronounce concretismo?

  • Brazil /kõ.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • /kõ.kɾeˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /kõ.kɾɨˈtiʒ.mu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is concretismo in Portuguese?

concretismo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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