curandeirismo
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾiz.mu/
curandeirismo is spelled C-U-R-A-N-D-E-I-R-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curandeirismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the craft of curandeiros” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prática de curandeiros; medicina alternativa popular”.
What does curandeirismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe craft of curandeiros
- 2
masculinequackery (the practice of fraudulent medicine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prática de curandeiros; medicina alternativa popular 2. ato ou efeito de curar sem o uso de métodos científicos comprovados
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 curandeirismo
- curandeirismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curandeirismo?
- Brazil /ku.ɾɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾiz.mu/
- Brazil [ku.ɾɐ̃.de(ɪ̯)ˈɾiz.mu]
- /ku.ɾɐ̃.de(j)ˈɾiʒ.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 curandeirismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curandeirismo in Portuguese?
curandeirismo 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).