flashback
Portuguese, noun/ˌflɛ.ʃiˈbɛ.ki/
flashback is spelled F-L-A-S-H-B-A-C-K (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flashback is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “flashback (earlier event inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “interrupção de uma sequência cronológica narrativa pela interpolação de eventos ocorridos anteriormente”.
What does flashback mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflashback (earlier event inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. interrupção de uma sequência cronológica narrativa pela interpolação de eventos ocorridos anteriormente 2. ver flechebeque
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 flashback
- flashbacks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flashback?
- Brazil /ˌflɛ.ʃiˈbɛ.ki/
- Brazil /ˌflɛʃˈbɛk/
- Portugal /ˌflaʃˈbɛk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flashback
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flashback in Portuguese?
flashback appears 1.9 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).