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fatalismo

Portuguese, noun/fa.taˈliz.mu/

fatalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fatalism (doctrine that all events are subject to fate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que não pode ser evitado”.

What does fatalismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefatalism (doctrine that all events are subject to fate)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aquilo que não pode ser evitado 2. doutrina filosófica que acredita que todos os acontecimentos estão pré-estabelecidos por um ser superior, negando o livre-arbítrio

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 fatalismo

  • fatalismos plural

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

How do you pronounce fatalismo?

  • Brazil /fa.taˈliz.mu/
  • /fa.taˈliʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /fɐ.tɐˈliʒ.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 fatalismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fatalismo in Portuguese?

fatalismo 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).