modernismo
Portuguese, noun/mo.deʁˈniz.mu/
modernismo is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “modernism (any of several styles of art that flourished in the 20th century)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período artístico-literário que no Brasil foi de 1922 a 1949 e em Portugal foi de 1915 a 1974”.
What does modernismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemodernism (any of several styles of art that flourished in the 20th century)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período artístico-literário que no Brasil foi de 1922 a 1949 e em Portugal foi de 1915 a 1974
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 modernismo
- modernismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernismo?
- Brazil /mo.deʁˈniz.mu/
- Brazil [mo.deɦˈniz.mu]
- /mo.deɾˈniz.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 modernismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernismo in Portuguese?
modernismo appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).