longa-metragem

noun

The verdict

“longa-metragem” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - filme de longa duração

Corpus desk

Index PT-longa-metragem · longa-metragem · Portuguese

longa-metragem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for longa-metragem
PropertyValue
Headwordlonga-metragem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “longa-metragem” em português

longa-metragemnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

longa-metragem is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "filme de longa duração".

No generated misspelling entries exist for longa-metragem in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is longa-metragem, spelled L-O-N-G-A---M-E-T-R-A-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    filme de longa duração

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how longa-metragem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Baseado na peça de Dias Gomes, o longa-metragem conta a história de Zé do Burro (Leonardo Villar), homem pobre que tenta cumprir a promessa de entrar com uma cruz em uma igreja de Salvador e é impedido pelo padre.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "longa-metragem"?
"longa-metragem" is spelled L-O-N-G-A---M-E-T-R-A-G-E-M.
What does "longa-metragem" mean?
As a noun, "longa-metragem" means: filme de longa duração
What language does "longa-metragem" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list