gerundismo
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.ɾũˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
gerundismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the use of gerunds in Portuguese in place of the future indicative tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “uso excessivo do gerúndio, caracterizado como um vício de linguagem, surgido a partir das más traduções de…”.
What does gerundismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinethe use of gerunds in Portuguese in place of the future indicative tense.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uso excessivo do gerúndio, caracterizado como um vício de linguagem, surgido a partir das más traduções de filmes em inglês e do uso corriqueiro e demasiado no cotidiano
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.
How do you pronounce gerundismo?
- Brazil /ʒe.ɾũˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
- /ʒe.ɾũˈd͡ʒiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ʒɨ.ɾũˈdiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gerundismo in Portuguese?
gerundismo appears about once in every 47 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).