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paralelismo

Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾa.leˈliz.mu/

paralelismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “parallelism (state or condition of being parallel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sequência repetida de versos e estrofes”.

What does paralelismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineparallelism (state or condition of being parallel)

  2. 2

    masculineparallelism (resemblance or analogy)

  3. 3

    masculineparallelism (juxtaposition of equivalent syntactic constructions)

  4. 4

    masculineparallelism (the use of parallel methods in computing)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. sequência repetida de versos e estrofes 2. série de frases com estruturas gramaticais idênticas 3. relação existente entre superfícies ou linhas paralelas entre si

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 paralelismo

  • paralelismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce paralelismo?

  • Brazil /pa.ɾa.leˈliz.mu/
  • /pa.ɾa.leˈliʒ.mu/
  • Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐ.lɨˈliʒ.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 paralelismo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is paralelismo in Portuguese?

paralelismo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).