escapismo
Portuguese, noun/is.kaˈpiz.mu/
escapismo is spelled E-S-C-A-P-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 75,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escapismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “escapism (inclination to escape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tendência para fugir à realidade ou à rotina, em especial a coisas desagradáveis, desviando a mente para…”.
What does escapismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineescapism (inclination to escape)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tendência para fugir à realidade ou à rotina, em especial a coisas desagradáveis, desviando a mente para outras ocupações ou entretenimentos 2. por metonímia, esse desvio ou digressão mental de defesa
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 escapismo
- escapismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escapismo?
- Brazil /is.kaˈpiz.mu/
- Brazil /es.kaˈpiz.mu/
- /iʃ.kaˈpiʒ.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 escapismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escapismo in Portuguese?
escapismo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).