protecionismo
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.te.si.oˈniz.mu/
protecionismo is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-I-O-N-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protecionismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “protectionism (policy of protecting domestic producers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema em que se confere o monopólio do mercado interno à indústria nacional”.
What does protecionismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotectionism (policy of protecting domestic producers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sistema em que se confere o monopólio do mercado interno à indústria nacional
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 protecionismo
- protecionismos plural
- proteccionismo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protecionismo?
- Brazil /pɾo.te.si.oˈniz.mu/
- Brazil /pɾo.te.sjoˈniz.mu/
- /pɾo.te.si.oˈniʒ.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 protecionismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protecionismo in Portuguese?
protecionismo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).