proteccionista
Portuguese, noun
proteccionista is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-C-I-O-N-I-S-T-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proteccionista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protecionista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does proteccionista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protecionista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of protecionista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of proteccionista
- proteccionistas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is proteccionista in Portuguese?
proteccionista appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).