materialismo
Portuguese, noun/ma.te.ɾi.aˈliz.mu/
materialismo is spelled M-A-T-E-R-I-A-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Materialismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “materialism (excessive concern over material possessions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doutrina segundo a qual apenas a matéria existe”.
What does materialismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematerialism (excessive concern over material possessions)
- 2
masculinematerialism (belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doutrina segundo a qual apenas a matéria existe 2. preocupação constante com as coisas materiais
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 materialismo
- materialismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce materialismo?
- Brazil /ma.te.ɾi.aˈliz.mu/
- Brazil /ma.te.ɾjaˈliz.mu/
- /ma.te.ɾi.aˈliʒ.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 materialismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is materialismo in Portuguese?
materialismo appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).