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O filme flopou nas bilheterias.

The film flopped at the box office.

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Why every word is where it is

Odeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitefilmenounfilmmasc. · sing.flopou1verbfloppedflopar · past · 3rd sing.nasprepositionin theem + as · fem. · pl. · definitebilheterias2nounbox officebilheteria · fem. · pl..
  • filme → flopou: filme → flopou
  • flopou → bilheterias: flopar em

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    «flopar» (from «flop») = to fail; the opposite is «bombar» or «hitar». Advanced word formation, neologisms & slang morphology →
  2. 2
    Brazil spells it «bilheteria».