minimalismo
Portuguese, noun/mi.ni.maˈliz.mu/
minimalismo is spelled M-I-N-I-M-A-L-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minimalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “minimalism (style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “princípio de reduzir ao mínimo o uso de elementos ou recursos”.
What does minimalismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineminimalism (style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. princípio de reduzir ao mínimo o uso de elementos ou recursos 2. escola de pintura que reduz as imagens a figuras geométricas com o mínimo emprego de elementos visuais 3. sistema composicional que se baseia na repetição e economia de elementos musicais
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 minimalismo
- minimalismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minimalismo?
- Brazil /mi.ni.maˈliz.mu/
- /mi.ni.maˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /mi.ni.mɐˈliʒ.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 minimalismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minimalismo in Portuguese?
minimalismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).