What Does This Mean?

Hitar

[ BRAZILIAN INTERNET CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Portuguese Internet CultureCLUSTER: Attention Culture

To go viral or blow up in popularity — a piece of content, a song, or a moment suddenly taking off and spreading widely, verbified directly from the English "hit."

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Aquele áudio hitou geral, todo mundo tá usando."

LORE & ORIGIN

Brazilian Portuguese internet verb built from the English 'hit' (as in a hit song or viral hit) plus the Portuguese infinitive suffix -ar, fully conjugated (hitou, hitando) as a native verb for describing something going viral.

FIRST SEEN

2016

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:mitar

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN爆了 / 火了 →日本語 ja-JPバズる →한국어 ko-KR떡상하다 →Español es-ESpetarlo →Português pt-BRhitar →Français fr-FRpercer →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ BRAZILIAN INTERNET CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]

RELATED TERMS

mitar

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2016

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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