regionalismo
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.ʒi.o.naˈliz.mu/
regionalismo is spelled R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regionalismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “regionalism (affection to one’s own region)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vocábulo regional”.
What does regionalismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineregionalism (affection to one’s own region)
- 2
masculineregionalism (word or feature peculiar to a dialect)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vocábulo regional 2. conjunto das particularidades linguísticas de uma determinada região geográfica 3. dialetismo; provincianismo 4. aquilo que diz respeito a uma região
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 regionalismo
- regionalismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce regionalismo?
- Brazil /ʁe.ʒi.o.naˈliz.mu/
- Brazil [he.ʒi.o.naˈliz.mu]
- Brazil /ʁe.ʒjo.naˈliz.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 regionalismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regionalismo in Portuguese?
regionalismo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).