blitz
Portuguese
/ˈblits/
noun
Definitions
- random checkpoint a hastily set-up point along a road where the police stop random drivers
Etymology
Borrowed from English blitz, blitzkrieg derived from German Blitzkrieg (lightning war).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Blitzkrieg
Gloss
lightning war
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blitz English
- blitzkrieg English
- Blitz German
- Blitzkrieg German
- Krieg German
- blitz Italian
- blitzkrieg Dutch, Flemish
- блицкриг Russian
- blitskrig Norwegian Bokmål
- blitskrig Norwegian Nynorsk
- blickrig Serbo-Croatian
- blitskrig Cebuano