precarização
Portuguese, noun/pɾe.ka.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
precarização is spelled P-R-E-C-A-R-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Precarização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “casualization (the increase of precarious work in the labour market)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de tornar precário, insignificante”.
What does precarização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecasualization (the increase of precarious work in the labour market)
- 2
feminineprecarization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de tornar precário, insignificante
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 precarização
- precarizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce precarização?
- Brazil /pɾe.ka.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [pɾe.ka.ɾi.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /pɾɨ.kɐ.ɾi.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to precarização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is precarização in Portuguese?
precarização 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).