mentalismo
Portuguese, noun/mẽ.taˈliz.mu/
mentalismo is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mentalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alleged power to read or control the minds of others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prática ou arte de simular poderes psíquicos ou mentais, geralmente por meio de ilusionismo, psicologia e…”.
What does mentalismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealleged power to read or control the minds of others
- 2
masculinedoctrine that reality is the spirit, not the material world
- 3
masculinedoctrine according to which, in addition to physical and physiological phenomena, there are also spiritual or mental phenomena that can be studied through introspection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prática ou arte de simular poderes psíquicos ou mentais, geralmente por meio de ilusionismo, psicologia e sugestão. 2. doutrina ou corrente filosófica que atribui primazia à mente sobre a matéria.
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 mentalismo
- mentalismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mentalismo?
- Brazil /mẽ.taˈliz.mu/
- /mẽ.taˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /mẽ.tɐˈliʒ.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 mentalismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mentalismo in Portuguese?
mentalismo appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).