blockbuster
Portuguese, noun/ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teʁ/
blockbuster is spelled B-L-O-C-K-B-U-S-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blockbuster is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver arrasa-quarteirão”.
What does blockbuster mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver arrasa-quarteirão
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 blockbuster
- blockbusters plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blockbuster?
- Brazil /ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teʁ/
- Brazil [ˈblɔ.ki ˈbus.teh]
- Brazil /ˈblɔk ˈbus.teʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is blockbuster in Portuguese?
blockbuster 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).