quadrinhos
Portuguese, noun
quadrinhos is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of história em quadrinhos (“comics”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of quadrinho. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de arte sequencial que conjuga texto e imagens com o objetivo de narrar histórias”.
What does quadrinhos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplural of quadrinho
- 2
Brazilmasculineellipsis of história em quadrinhos (“comics”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma de arte sequencial que conjuga texto e imagens com o objetivo de narrar histórias
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.
English words that translate to quadrinhos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quadrinhos in Portuguese?
quadrinhos appears 23 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).