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esquerdismo

Portuguese, noun/is.keʁˈd͡ʒiz.mu/

esquerdismo is spelled E-S-Q-U-E-R-D-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquerdismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leftism (movement pro- or belief in left-wing politics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tendência política da esquerda”.

What does esquerdismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineleftism (movement pro- or belief in left-wing politics)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. tendência política da esquerda

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 esquerdismo

  • esquerdismos plural

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

How do you pronounce esquerdismo?

  • Brazil /is.keʁˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
  • Brazil [is.keɦˈd͡ʒiz.mu]
  • Brazil /es.keʁˈd͡ʒiz.mu/

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

How common is esquerdismo in Portuguese?

esquerdismo appears about once in every 4 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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