extrativismo
Portuguese, noun/is.tɾa.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
extrativismo is spelled E-X-T-R-A-T-I-V-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Extrativismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “extractivism (activity by which natural products of animal, vegetable or mineral origin are extracted, for commercial or industrial…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “toda atividade de coleta de produtos naturais, seja de origem mineral (exploração de minerais), animal…”.
What does extrativismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineextractivism (activity by which natural products of animal, vegetable or mineral origin are extracted, for commercial or industrial purposes)
- 2
masculineextractivism (systematic and predatory extraction of natural resources from a place or region, putting its ecological sustainability at risk)
- 3
masculinepredatory method or conduct, in which there is abuse or exploitation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. toda atividade de coleta de produtos naturais, seja de origem mineral (exploração de minerais), animal (peles, carne, óleos), ou vegetal (madeiras, folhas, frutos)
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 extrativismo
- extrativismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce extrativismo?
- Brazil /is.tɾa.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
- Brazil /es.tɾa.t͡ʃiˈviz.mu/
- /iʃ.tɾa.t͡ʃiˈviʒ.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 extrativismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is extrativismo in Portuguese?
extrativismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).