estrelismo
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾeˈliz.mu/
estrelismo is spelled E-S-T-R-E-L-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estrelismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the behavior of someone who thinks of themselves as a celebrity and believes they're more important than others: diva behavior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comportamento de quem exige ser tratado como estrela, chegando à arrogância”.
What does estrelismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe behavior of someone who thinks of themselves as a celebrity and believes they're more important than others: diva behavior
Ela foi acusada de estrelismo após recusar tirar fotos com fãs.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comportamento de quem exige ser tratado como estrela, chegando à arrogância
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 estrelismo
- estrelismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estrelismo?
- Brazil /is.tɾeˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /es.tɾeˈliz.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estrelismo in Portuguese?
estrelismo appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).