descolonização
Portuguese, noun/des.ko.lo.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
descolonização is spelled D-E-S-C-O-L-O-N-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descolonização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “decolonization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does descolonização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedecolonization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of descolonização
- descolonizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descolonização?
- Brazil /des.ko.lo.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [des.ko.lo.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.ko.lo.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descolonização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descolonização in Portuguese?
descolonização appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).