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video game

Portuguese, noun

video game is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “video game (software game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, vídeo game is a different word: “alternative spelling of video game”. On this page, vídeo-game is a different word: “alternative spelling of video game”.

What does video game mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculinevideo game (software game)

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinevideo game console

noun

as vídeo game
  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of video game

noun

as vídeo-game
  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of video game

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. jogo eletrônico jogado no computador ou na televisão

phrase: 1. videojogo

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 video game

  • video games plural
  • videogame alternative rare
  • vídeo-game alternative rare
  • vídeo game alternative rare
  • videogueime alternative rare
  • vídeo games plural
  • vídeo-games plural

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

English words that translate to video game

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