estrangeirismo
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾɐ̃.ʒe(j)ˈɾiz.mu/
estrangeirismo is spelled E-S-T-R-A-N-G-E-I-R-I-S-M-O (14 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrangeirismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “loanword (word taken from another language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utilização de palavras, frases ou expressões de um idioma estrangeiro”.
What does estrangeirismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloanword (word taken from another language)
- 2
derogatorymasculineloanword (borrowed from other language into Portuguese) that one considers wrong to use, because it is able to be substituted by a more traditionally correct Portuguese-sounding word
Não use “show”, use “espetáculo”! “Show” é estrangeirismo!
- 3
masculineforeignness (the typical behaviour of a foreigner)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utilização de palavras, frases ou expressões de um idioma estrangeiro 2. barbarismo
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 estrangeirismo
- estrangeirismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrangeirismo?
- Brazil /is.tɾɐ̃.ʒe(j)ˈɾiz.mu/
- Brazil [is.tɾɐ̃.ʒe(ɪ̯)ˈɾiz.mu]
- Brazil /es.tɾɐ̃.ʒe(j)ˈɾiz.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 estrangeirismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estrangeirismo in Portuguese?
estrangeirismo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).