mestiçagem
Portuguese, noun/mes.t͡ʃiˈsa.ʒẽj̃/
mestiçagem is spelled M-E-S-T-I-Ç-A-G-E-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mestiçagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “miscegenation (mixing of races)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does mestiçagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemiscegenation (mixing of races)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mestiçagem
- mestiçagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mestiçagem?
- Brazil /mes.t͡ʃiˈsa.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [mes.t͡ʃiˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- /meʃ.t͡ʃiˈsa.ʒẽj̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mestiçagem in Portuguese?
mestiçagem appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).