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HQ

Portuguese, noun/a.ɡaˈke/

HQ is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “initialism of história em quadrinhos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does HQ mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfeminineinitialism of história em quadrinhos

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. história em quadrinhos

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 HQ

  • HQs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce HQ?

  • Brazil /a.ɡaˈke/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to HQ

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is HQ in Portuguese?

HQ appears 5.4 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).