mesmerismo
Portuguese, noun/mez.meˈɾiz.mu/
mesmerismo is spelled M-E-S-M-E-R-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mesmerismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mesmerism (control over someone’s personality or actions using hypnotism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado ou o resultado de alguém, obtido ao ser mesmerizado (ou magnetizado)”.
What does mesmerismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemesmerism (control over someone’s personality or actions using hypnotism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado ou o resultado de alguém, obtido ao ser mesmerizado (ou magnetizado)
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 mesmerismo
- mesmerismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mesmerismo?
- Brazil /mez.meˈɾiz.mu/
- /meʒ.meˈɾiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /mɨʒ.mɨˈɾiʒ.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 mesmerismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mesmerismo in Portuguese?
mesmerismo appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).