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Oscar

Portuguese, noun

Oscar is spelled O-S-C-A-R (5 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oscar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of óscar (“Academy Award”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, Óscar is a different word: “alternative letter-case form of óscar (cinema award)”. On this page, óscar is a different word: “Academy Award; Oscar (cinema award)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prenome masculino”.

What does Oscar mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinealternative form of óscar (“Academy Award”)

noun

as Óscar
  1. 1

    masculinealternative letter-case form of óscar (cinema award)

noun

as óscar
  1. 1

    masculineAcademy Award; Oscar (cinema award)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. premiação norte americana da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas que elege filmes por categorias 2. a estatueta dessa premiação

noun: 1. cada um dos eventos ou ocasiões premiativas da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas em que ocorre a premiação 2. cada estatueta galardoada a alguém na supracitada premiação

noun: 1. premiação norte americana da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas que elege filmes por categorias 2. a estatueta dessa premiação

noun: 1. cada um dos eventos ou ocasiões premiativas da Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas em que ocorre a premiação 2. cada estatueta galardoada a alguém na supracitada premiação

noun: 1. prenome masculino

noun: 1. ver Óscar, óscar

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 Oscar

  • Oscars plural
  • Óscares plural
  • óscares plural
  • Óscar alternative
  • Oscar alternative

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

How common is Oscar in Portuguese?

Oscar appears 43 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).

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