metalinguagem
Portuguese, noun/mɛ.ta.lĩˈɡwa.ʒẽj̃/
metalinguagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “metalanguage (vocabulary used to describe language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linguagem usada para descrever algo sobre outra(s) linguagens”.
What does metalinguagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemetalanguage (vocabulary used to describe language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linguagem usada para descrever algo sobre outra(s) linguagens
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 metalinguagem
- metalinguagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metalinguagem?
- Brazil /mɛ.ta.lĩˈɡwa.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [mɛ.ta.lĩˈɡwa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɛ.tɐ.lĩˈɡwa.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metalinguagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metalinguagem in Portuguese?
metalinguagem appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).