bloco

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bloco. === Noun === bloco (plural blocos) A type of Brazilian street carnival featuring traditional Brazilian music and dance such as samba and frevo, often with hundreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance. === References === “bloco”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈblɔ.ku] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblɔ.ko] === Verb === bloco first-person singular present indicative of blocar == Portuguese == === Etymology === From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch bloc (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔku Hyphenation: blo‧co === Noun === bloco m (plural blocos) block (politics) bloc pad, notebook (Brazil) group of musicians and performers that mobilize crowds during carnival in Brazil === Further reading === “bloco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bloco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “bloco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbloko/ [ˈblo.ko] Rhymes: -oko Syllabification: blo‧co === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to bloque?”) ==== Noun ==== bloco m (plural blocos) carnival block === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bloco first-person singular present indicative of blocar