showbiz
Portuguese, noun/ʃowˈbis/
showbiz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “showbusiness (the entertainment industry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indústria do entretenimento e dos espetáculos artísticos”.
What does showbiz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshowbusiness (the entertainment industry)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indústria do entretenimento e dos espetáculos artísticos
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 showbiz
- show biz alternative
- show-biz alternative
- showbizz alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce showbiz?
- Brazil /ʃowˈbis/
- Brazil [ʃoʊ̯ˈbis]
- /ʃowˈbiʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to showbiz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is showbiz in Portuguese?
showbiz appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).