decrescimento
Portuguese, noun/de.kɾe.siˈmẽ.tu/
decrescimento is spelled D-E-C-R-E-S-C-I-M-E-N-T-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decrescimento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “degrowth (decrease in size or extent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de decrescer; decréscimo, diminuição”.
What does decrescimento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedegrowth (decrease in size or extent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de decrescer; decréscimo, diminuição 2. estado ou condição do que decresce
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 decrescimento
- decrescimentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decrescimento?
- Brazil /de.kɾe.siˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /dɨ.kɾɨʃ.siˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /dɨ.kɾɨ.ʃiˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decrescimento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decrescimento in Portuguese?
decrescimento appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).