dinamite
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.naˈmi.t͡ʃi/
dinamite is spelled D-I-N-A-M-I-T-E (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dinamite is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dynamite (class of explosives)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of dinamitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância explosiva com base de nitroglicerina, inventada pelo sueco Nobel (1866)”.
What does dinamite mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedynamite (class of explosives)
- 2
femininemasculinedynamite stick
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância explosiva com base de nitroglicerina, inventada pelo sueco Nobel (1866)
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 dinamite
- dinamites plural
- dynamite alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dinamite?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.naˈmi.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /di.nɐˈmi.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dinamite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dinamite in Portuguese?
dinamite appears 1.5 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).