alfabetismo

Italian

Noun

alfabetismo m (plural alfabetismi)

1. literacy, alphabetism (ability to read)

   Antonym: analfabetismo

Related terms

• alfabeto

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [aʊ̯.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [aʊ̯.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.beˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/ [aʊ̯.fa.beˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [aʊ̯.fa.beˈt͡ʃiz.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.fɐ.bɨˈtiʒ.mu/ [aɫ.fɐ.βɨˈtiʒ.mu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -izmu, (Portugal) -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧be‧tis‧mo

Noun

alfabetismo m (plural alfabetismos)

1. literacy, alphabetism (ability to read)

   Synonym: alfabetização

Related terms

• alfabeto

Further reading

• “alfabetismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alfabetismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish alfabeto

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der.

Latin -ismusbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish alfabetismo

From alfabeto + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfabeˈtismo/ [al.fa.β̞eˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: al‧fa‧be‧tis‧mo

Noun

alfabetismo m (uncountable)

1. literacy, alphabetism (ability to read)

   Antonym: analfabetismo

Related terms

• alfabetización

Further reading

• “alfabetismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025