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favelização

Portuguese, noun/fa.ve.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/

favelização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “favelization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does favelização mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfemininefavelization

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

Forms of favelização

  • favelizações plural

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

How do you pronounce favelização?

  • Brazil /fa.ve.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [fa.ve.li.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /fɐ.vɨ.li.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

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

How common is favelização in Portuguese?

favelização 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).