intemperismo
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.tẽ.peˈɾiz.mu/
intemperismo is spelled I-N-T-E-M-P-E-R-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intemperismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “weathering (natural breaking down of rocks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de fenômenos físicos e químicos que levam à degradação e o enfraquecimento das rochas”.
What does intemperismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineweathering (natural breaking down of rocks)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de fenômenos físicos e químicos que levam à degradação e o enfraquecimento das rochas
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 intemperismo
- intemperismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intemperismo?
- Brazil /ĩ.tẽ.peˈɾiz.mu/
- /ĩ.tẽ.peˈɾiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ĩ.tẽ.pɨˈɾiʒ.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 intemperismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intemperismo in Portuguese?
intemperismo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).