Flashback means quickly go back to something, in Portuguese, but it has other meanings, it depends on where it is used. In this case, flashback it's a fact that happened in past inserted into a current moment, through people's memories, or in a book or movie. It is an English word that means retrospect, narration of previous facts.
Flashback is also a term often used in movie theater, it is the interruption of a chronological narrative sequence by the interpolation of events that occurred previously, it is a way of changing the temporal plane. It is a resource widely used in several cinematographic genres, normally seen in thrillers and drama. Also known as analepsis, the flashback it is a narrative technique where the action of the film is momentarily interrupted to show an action or situation from the past, related to what happens in the narrative present.
In the field of literature, Os Lusíadas, by Camões, is an example of flashback, because throughout the work, the author makes references to previous events, it is a way for the reader to understand what is happening with each character. In addition to books,
flashback it is also part of radio, as it is also the name of an ancient music genre. The term flashback it is also designated in radio language as an older genre of music. Usually successes from the past, years apart.In colloquial language, flashback it is also used to refer to when someone has rediscovered an old boyfriend, and the old love is rekindled.