linchamento
Portuguese, noun/lĩ.ʃaˈmẽ.tu/
linchamento is spelled L-I-N-C-H-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linchamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lynching (execution of a person without a proper legal trial)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de linchar”.
What does linchamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelynching (execution of a person without a proper legal trial)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de linchar
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 linchamento
- linchamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce linchamento?
- Brazil /lĩ.ʃaˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /lĩ.ʃɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /lĩt.ʃɐˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to linchamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linchamento in Portuguese?
linchamento appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).