sufismo
Portuguese, noun/suˈfiz.mu/
sufismo is spelled S-U-F-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sufismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Sufism (Islamic mysticism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de misticismo e ascetismo islâmico, hostil à ortodoxia muçulmana, caracterizado por uma crença de fundo…”.
What does sufismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSufism (Islamic mysticism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma de misticismo e ascetismo islâmico, hostil à ortodoxia muçulmana, caracterizado por uma crença de fundo panteísta e pela utilização da dança e da música para uma comunhão direta com a divindade [Propagou-se especialmente na Índia e na Pérsia, do sIX ao XII e foi influenciado pelo hinduísmo, budismo e cristianismo.]
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.
How do you pronounce sufismo?
- Brazil /suˈfiz.mu/
- /suˈfiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /suˈfiʒ.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 sufismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sufismo in Portuguese?
sufismo appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).