neocolonial
Portuguese, adjective
neocolonial is spelled N-E-O-C-O-L-O-N-I-A-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neocolonial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “neocolonial (of or relating to, or based on, neocolonialism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao neocolonialismo”.
What does neocolonial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineneocolonial (of or relating to, or based on, neocolonialism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao neocolonialismo
noun: 1. estilo que se inspira em modelos da arte colonial, especialmente adotado em países americanos e particularmente na arquitetura e no mobiliário, em oposição à imitação pura dos padrões europeus; no Brasil, desenvolveu-se especialmente a partir da década de 1920, defendido por Lúcio Costa, e teve seu ressurgimento no final da década de 1960, sendo geralmente usado em casas de veraneio
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 neocolonial
- neocoloniais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to neocolonial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neocolonial in Portuguese?
neocolonial appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).