sexismo
Portuguese, noun/sekˈsiz.mu/
sexismo is spelled S-E-X-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sexismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sexism (discrimination based on gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato discriminante ou preconceituoso em função do sexo”.
What does sexismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesexism (discrimination based on gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato discriminante ou preconceituoso em função do sexo 2. uso da distinção sexual (masculino vs. feminino) para elaborar um argumento 3. associação de capacidades, atitudes, tendências ou disposições ao sexo de um indivíduo ou de um grupo
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 sexismo
- sexismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sexismo?
- Brazil /sekˈsiz.mu/
- /sekˈsiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /sɛ.ˈksiʒ.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 sexismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sexismo in Portuguese?
sexismo 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).