protecionista
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.te.si.oˈnis.tɐ/
protecionista is spelled P-R-O-T-E-C-I-O-N-I-S-T-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protecionista is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “protectionist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does protecionista mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineprotectionist
noun
- 1
femininemasculineprotectionist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao protecionismo
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 protecionista
- protecionistas plural
- proteccionista alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protecionista?
- Brazil /pɾo.te.si.oˈnis.tɐ/
- Brazil /pɾo.te.sjoˈnis.tɐ/
- /pɾo.te.si.oˈniʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protecionista
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protecionista in Portuguese?
protecionista appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).