modernização
Portuguese, noun/mo.deʁ.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
modernização is spelled M-O-D-E-R-N-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modernização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “modernisation (process of modernising)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de modernizar”.
What does modernização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemodernisation (process of modernising)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de modernizar
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 modernização
- modernizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modernização?
- Brazil /mo.deʁ.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [mo.deɦ.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /mo.deɾ.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modernização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modernização in Portuguese?
modernização appears 7.1 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).