bloco
Portuguese, noun/ˈblɔ.ku/
bloco is spelled B-L-O-C-O (5 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bloco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “block” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “massa volumosa e compacta de uma substância pesada”.
What does bloco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblock
- 2
masculinebloc
- 3
masculinepad, notebook
- 4
Brazilmasculinegroup of musicians and performers that mobilize crowds during carnival in Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. massa volumosa e compacta de uma substância pesada 2. caderno para escrever cujas folhas se destacam 3. edifício com vários andares
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 bloco
- blocos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bloco?
- Brazil /ˈblɔ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈblɔ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bloco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bloco in Portuguese?
bloco appears 40 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).