materialidade
Portuguese, noun/ma.te.ɾi.a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
materialidade is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-D-A-D-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Materialidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “materiality (characteristic of being material or physical, as opposed to spiritual or metaphysical)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade ou característica do que é material”.
What does materialidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemateriality (characteristic of being material or physical, as opposed to spiritual or metaphysical)
A materialidade do corpo contrasta com a espiritualidade da alma.
- 2
femininematerial evidence that a crime has been committed
Em sua decisão, o magistrado considerou evidente a materialidade do delito.
- 3
femininelack of feelings or empathy: brutality
A materialidade dele me enoja.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade ou característica do que é material 2. conjunto dos elementos que tornam evidente a criminalidade de um ato 3. falta de sentimentos; bruteza
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 materialidade
- materialidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce materialidade?
- Brazil /ma.te.ɾi.a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /ma.te.ɾja.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /mɐ.tɨ.ɾjɐ.liˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is materialidade in Portuguese?
materialidade appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).