kitsch
Portuguese, noun/ˈki.t͡ʃi/
kitsch is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kitsch (art of questionable aesthetic value)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estilo artístico ou estética marcados pelo sentimentalismo exagerado ou melodramático e que com frequência…”.
What does kitsch mean in English?
adjective
- 1
kitsch; kitschy (of questionable aesthetic value)
noun
- 1
masculinekitsch (art of questionable aesthetic value)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à estética do kitsch
noun: 1. estilo artístico ou estética marcados pelo sentimentalismo exagerado ou melodramático e que com frequência replicam chavões e estereótipos de estilos artísticos considerados superiores, prevalecendo-se do gosto das massas
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 kitsch?
- Brazil /ˈki.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /ˈkit͡ʃ/
- Portugal /ˈkit͡ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kitsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kitsch in Portuguese?
kitsch 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).