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favoritismo

Portuguese, noun/fa.vo.ɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

favoritismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “favouritism (unfair favouring of a person or group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proteção dada aos favoritos; nepotismo”.

What does favoritismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefavouritism (unfair favouring of a person or group)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. proteção dada aos favoritos; nepotismo

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 favoritismo

  • favoritismos plural

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

How do you pronounce favoritismo?

  • Brazil /fa.vo.ɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • /fa.vo.ɾiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /fɐ.vu.ɾiˈtiʒ.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 favoritismo

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

How common is favoritismo in Portuguese?

favoritismo appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).