pinheiro-do-paraná

pinheiro-do-paraná m (plural pinheiros-do-paraná)

Araucaria angustifolia
Wikispecies:Araucaria angustifolia

Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)


nervo óptico

(neuroanatomy) optic nerve (nerve that carries visual information from the retina to the brain)


garrafa de Leyden

pt-noun

garrafa de Leyden f (plural garrafas de Leyden)

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering, historical) Leyden jar (glass jar used to accumulate static electricity)


iagê

Banisteriopsis caapi
Banisteriopsis caapi#Translingual

ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine of South America)


linfoma de Hodgkin

linfoma de Hodgkin m (plural linfomas de Hodgkin)

(pathology, oncology) Hodgkin's lymphoma (malignant lymphoid neoplasm)


chanfana

/ʃɐ̃ˈfɐ̃.nɐ/

/ʃɐ̃ˈfɐ̃.nɐ/

Não regateiam, cansados, famintos: tanto esforço e tão pouco alimento! — na serra inospitaleira nada havia à venda. Prato do dia? — Chanfana. Outra coisa só fazendo, mas a esta hora... — Que é chanfana? Cabra cozinhada assim e assado.

2013, JOSÉ CIPRIANO CATARINO, Um amor inventado, Leya, →ISBN:

(Portugal, cooking) typical Portuguese dish made with roasted goat meat and red wine


gémeo siamês

gémeo siamês m (plural gémeos siamêses, feminine gémea siamesa, feminine plural gémeas siamesas)

gémeos siamêses (plural)
gémea siamesa (feminine)
gémeas siamesas (feminine plural)

(teratology) Siamese twin (a conjoined twin)


tique-taque

Ouvia-se somente o tique-taque do relógio.

One could only hear the ticking of the clock.

ticking, tick tock (the sound of a ticking clock)


mar territorial

mar territorial m (plural mares territoriais)

(geopolitics) territorial sea (sea that is part of a polity’s territory)


joelhada

kneeing (a strike or blow with the knee)


daime

ayahuasca (psychoactive infusion made from the ayahuasca vine)


matzá

matzo (a thin, unleavened bread eaten by Jews during passover)


caganeira

/kɐ.ɡɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

[kɐ.ɣɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ]

/kɐ.ɡɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

[kɐ.ɣɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ]

(vulgar, usually humorous) the shits; diarrhoea (condition characterised by frequent, watery defecation)


CNH

Initialism of Carteira Nacional de Habilitação (“National Habilitation Card”).


espeleotema

(geology) speleothem (mineral deposited in a cave by the action of water)


harmónica de vidro

pt-noun

harmónica de vidro f (plural harmónicas de vidro)

(music) glass harmonica (musical instrument composed of a series of glass bowls)


análise de sentimentos

análise de sentimentos f (plural análises de sentimentos)

computational linguistics
computational linguistics

(computational linguistics, text analysis) sentiment analysis (the analysis of text to identify subjective information about the writer)


fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva

fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva f (uncountable)

fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

(pathology) fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (disease in which fibrous tissue becomes ossified when damaged)


libelo de sangue

libelo de sangue m (plural libelos de sangue)

blood libel (the accusation that Jews abduct Christian children to collect their blood)


monotongo

(phonetics) monophthong (a pure vowel sound, without a glide)


emissário

emissário m (plural emissários, feminine emissária, feminine plural emissárias)

emissários (plural)
emissária (feminine)
emissárias (feminine plural)

emissary (an agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else)


arador

arador m (plural aradores, feminine aradora, feminine plural aradoras)

aradores (plural)
aradora (feminine)
aradoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin arātōrem.

(agriculture) plowman (person who plows)


encefalograma

(medicine) encephalogram (x-ray image of the brain)


padela

From Latin patella (“a small or shallow pan or dish”).


pseudorraiva

(veterinary medicine) pseudorabies; Aujeszky's disease (a highly contagious herpes virus infection)


encefalocele

(medicine) encephalocele (hernia of the brain)


gastrónoma

gastrónomas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


gastrónomas

/ɡɐʃˈtɾɔ.nu.mɐʃ/


enunciado do problema

pt-noun

enunciado do problema m (plural enunciados do problema or enunciados dos problemas)

enunciados do problema (plural)
enunciados dos problemas (plural)


GNL

Initialism of gás natural liquefeito (“liquified natural gas”).


crispação

[kɾiʃ.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Ele pelo contrário, fazia manifestamente sinais de desagrado e não pôde evitar a involuntária crispação da sua face, lhe dando temporariamente um ar horrendo e apenas murmurara, como se lhe fugisse todo ânimo: – Eu não esperava isso.

year unknown, CLEBER RESENDE, A NOSSA COR UM RETRATO DO RACISMO NO BRASIL, biblioteca24horas →ISBN, page 89

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(medicine) contraction (of muscles etc.)

Tornaram-se vulneráveis à opinião pública por deficiências de sistema ou simplesmente porque a racionalidade do discurso jurídico ou judicial não é reconhecida ou aceite. A susceptibilidade ou crispação política tornou-se inevitável» («Um ...

2012, Álvaro Laborinho Lúcio, O julgamento: uma narrativa crítica da justiça, Leya, →ISBN, page 251:


estremenho

inhabitant of Estremadura (historical province of central Portugal)

inhabitant of Extremadura (autonomous province of western Spain)


frângão

/ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡɐ̃w̃/

[ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˈfɾɐ̃.ɡɐ̃w̃/

Unknown. Turned into modernly used frango.


humanitarismo

humanitarianism; humanism (the philosophy of being concerned with people’s welfare)


sorrisos de uma orelha a outra

sorriso de uma orelha a outra#Portuguese


sorriso de uma orelha a outra

pt-noun

sorriso de uma orelha a outra m (plural sorrisos de uma orelha a outra)

smile from ear to ear
smile from ear to ear

(idiomatic) smile from ear to ear (large smile)


bandejão

/bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/

[bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/

/bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/

/bɐ̃ˈde.ʒɐ̃w̃/

(Brazil, colloquial) university restaurant


hidraste

Se você tem dúvidas de que as ervas possam ser tão eficazes quanto os medicamentos alopáticos, pense nisso: em estudos, o hidraste mostrou-se mais efetivo contra germes que causam diarreia infecciosa e certas infecções dos olhos do ...

2013, Seleções do Reader's Digest, Os 20 melhores remédios caseiros, Readers Digest Brasil, →ISBN:

Hydrastis canadensis
Wikispecies:Hydrastis canadensis

(botany) goldenseal (a herb, Hydrastis canadensis)


unha-de-gato

(botany) catsfoot, cudweed (common name given to various plants)

Acacia plumosa
Wikispecies:Acacia plumosa

cat's claw (Acacia plumosa, a medicinal plant of Brazil)

Uncaria tomentosa
Wikispecies:Uncaria tomentosa

cat's claw (Uncaria tomentosa, a tropical plant of South and Central America)


verborragia

From verbo + -ragia, analogously to hemorragia.


súcubo

succubus (female demon who has sex with men in their sleep)


identificador

identificador m (plural identificadores)

identifier (someone or something that identifies)

(programming) identifier (name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc.)


arrocha

(Brazil, music) a popular music/dance style that originated in the interior of Bahia


youtuber

youtuber m or f by sense (plural youtubers or (rare) youtuberes)

youtubers (plural)
youtuberes (plural rare)

Unadapted borrowing from English YouTuber.


montão

From monte + -ão. Compare Spanish montón.

Tenho um montão de coisas para fazer.

(colloquial, figuratively) loads, heaps, a lot (large quantity)


granadilha

/ɡɾɐ.nɐˈdi.ʎɐ/

[ɡɾɐ.nɐˈði.ʎɐ]

Passiflora ligularis
Wikispecies:Passiflora ligularis

(botany) granadilla (a sweet type of maracuja, Passiflora ligularis)


sambódromo

→ English: sambadrome

→ French: sambodrome

→ Galician: sambódromo

→ Greek: σαμποδρόμιο (sampodrómio)

→ Italian: sambodromo

→ Japanese: サンボードロモ

→ Spanish: sambódromo

Coined by Brazilian politician and academic Darcy Ribeiro in the 1980's, from samba + -o- + -dromo.

coin

sambadrome (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil)


telefilme

TV movie, TV film, made-for-TV film, direct-to-TV film


presidenciável

pt-noun

presidenciável m or f by sense (plural presidenciáveis)

From presidência + -ar + -ável. Compare French présidentiable and English presidentiable.


inverdade

[ĩ.vɨɾˈða.ðɨ]

[ĩ.vɨɾˈða.ðɨ]

[ĩ.bɨɾˈða.ðɨ]


lutinha

/luˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

/luˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/


supremacista

supremacista m or f by sense (plural supremacistas)

From supremacia + -ista, a calque of English supremacist.


nilgó

nilgai (large antelope of northern India)


perfumista

perfumista m or f by sense (plural perfumistas)

perfumer (person who makes or sells perfume)


canetas hidrográficas

caneta hidrográfica
caneta hidrográfica#Portuguese


islamófobo

islamófobo m (plural islamófobos, feminine islamófoba, feminine plural islamófobas)

islamófobos (plural)
islamófoba (feminine)
islamófobas (feminine plural)


etnonacionalista

etnonacionalista m or f by sense (plural etnonacionalistas)


fiscais do Sarney

fiscal do Sarney
fiscal do Sarney#Portuguese


ouvidor

ouvidor m (plural ouvidores, feminine ouvidora, feminine plural ouvidoras)

ouvidores (plural)
ouvidora (feminine)
ouvidoras (feminine plural)

From Latin audītōrem, thus a doublet of auditor. By surface analysis, ouvir + -dor.

ombudsman or a special judge or magistrate


fiscal do Sarney

fiscal do Sarney m or f by sense (plural fiscais do Sarney)

Literally, “Sarney's inspector”. José Sarney was the 31st president of Brazil (1985–1990).

(historical) in Brazil, in 1986–1987, any citizen who demanded all prices to remain frozen as planned in José Sarney's Plano Cruzado


heresiarca

heresiarca m or f by sense (plural heresiarcas)


filme trash

(colloquial, film) B-movie (a low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values)


espelunca

From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx), from earlier σπέος (spéos).

(derogatory) poorly lit, dirty and messy dwelling

(derogatory) generally illegal gambling house


tupinambo

Borrowed from French topinambour, from Old Tupi.


tabefe

Borrowed from Arabic طَبِخ (ṭabiḵ, “cooked (food)”).

bor+

(cooking) dessert made with milk, eggs and sugar

whey (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled)

Cale a boca ou eu vou te dar um tabefe!

Que alegria! que entusiasmo! que saltos em voltado amo! chega a lamber-lhe a mão de contente, mas Rubião dá-lhe um tabefe, que lhe dói; ele recua um pouco, triste, com a cauda entre as pernas; […]

2013, Machado De Assis, Obras Completas: Todos os Romances (Ressurreição, A Mão e a Luva, Helena, Iaiá Garcia, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cuba, Casa Velha, Quincas Borba, Dom Casmurro, Esaú e Jacó, Memorial de Aires), e-artnow, →ISBN:


zaragata

Deu início ou não a uma zaragata no Lone Star Bar, ontem à noite? – Depende do que quer dizer com «zaragata». – Foi você que deu o primeiro murro? Sam sorriu. – Presumo que sim, doutor juiz. –Tem alguma coisa a dizer em sua defesa ...

2015, Teresa Southwick, Entre a espada e a parede, Harlequin Iberica, →ISBN:


gatonet

(Brazil, slang) collectively, illegal connections (gatos) to watch pay TV for free


chila

Cucurbita ficifolia
Cucurbita ficifolia#Translingual

(botany) Cucurbita ficifolia (a type of squash)


saloio

From earlier çaloio, from Arabic سَلَاوِيّ (salāwiyy), the nisba of سَلَا (salā, “Salé”), a city regarded from al-Andalus as markedly Berber, and thus Barbaric. The original Portuguese sense only referred to the rural region around Lisbon.

Caminho para o saloio, e digo-lhe : — Faz favor! — ólá ! você é o alchketo? Encolhi os hombros, e lembrou-me se este seria o mesmo saloio, que, ao entrar no palacio da Bemposta em dia de audiencia, e vendo que o rei era um homem ...

1849, Sebastião José Ribeiro de Sá, Contos ao serão, page 139


chocotone

a dessert based on the panettone, consisting of bread with drops of chocolate instead of fruits


gremista

pt-noun

gremista m or f by sense (plural gremistas)

association football
association football

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


são-paulino

são-paulino m (plural são-paulinos, feminine são-paulina, feminine plural são-paulinas)

são-paulinos (plural)
são-paulina (feminine)
são-paulinas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of São Paulo Futebol Clube sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


palmeirense

palmeirense m or f by sense (plural palmeirenses)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


atleticano

atleticano m (plural atleticanos, feminine atleticana, feminine plural atleticanas)

atleticanos (plural)
atleticana (feminine)
atleticanas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Clube Atlético Mineiro, Clube Atlético Paranaense or any club named "Atlético", especially the association football (soccer) team


vascaíno

vascaíno m (plural vascaínos, feminine vascaína, feminine plural vascaínas)

vascaínos (plural)
vascaína (feminine)
vascaínas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


santista

santista m or f by sense (plural santistas)

/sɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/

an inhabitant of the city of Santos, Brazil

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Santos Futebol Clube


delações premiadas

delação premiada
delação premiada#Portuguese


botafoguense

botafoguense m or f by sense (plural botafoguenses)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas sports team


delação premiada

delação premiada f (plural delações premiadas)


flamenguista

flamenguista m or f by sense (plural flamenguistas)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


xixa

Borrowed from English shisha, from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه (şişe), from Persian شیشه (šiša, “glass, mirror”).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">şişe</i>

shisha; hookah; narghile (Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water)


cruzeirense

pt-noun

cruzeirense m or f by sense (plural cruzeirenses)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


corintiano

corintiano m (plural corintianos, feminine corintiana, feminine plural corintianas)

corintianos (plural)
corintiana (feminine)
corintianas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista sports team, especially the association football (soccer) team


beibidol

babydoll; baby doll (a style of women's nightdress or underdress)


xaria

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).


zimbório

From Medieval Latin cibōrium (“drinking cup”). Compare Portuguese cibório and English ciborium.

uder

Defronte de uma porta, há um zimbório sustentado por colunas abertas à luz. Do teto do zimbório pende uma cadeia de ferro. O zimbório é alto, todo cheio de luz, e aquela cadeia velha, carunchosa, misteriosa, tem um aspeto trágico.

2015, Eça De Queirós, Obras Completas de Eça de Queirós, Eça De Queirós, →ISBN:


estêncil

pt-noun

estêncil m (plural estênceis or estêncis)


forjadora

[fuɾ.ʒɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


xauarma

Borrowed from Arabic شَاوَرْمَا (šāwarmā), شَاوِرْمَا (šāwirmā), from Ottoman Turkish چویرمه (çevirme, “spinning, rotating”).

der

shawarma (a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap)


pernambucano

pt-noun

pernambucano m (plural pernambucanos, feminine pernambucana, feminine plural pernambucanas)

pernambucanos (plural)
pernambucana (feminine)
pernambucanas (feminine plural)


tupperware

tupperware m or (Brazil, also) f (plural tupperwares)

/tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛɾ/

/tɐ.pɐˈɾwɛɾ/

Unadapted borrowing from English. Genericized trademark.


pólder

pólderes (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


aguapé

From Old Tupi agûapé (“water hyacinth”).

common water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

(broadly) any water plant of the family Pontederiaceae

(by extension) common name of various water plants:

common name of various water plants:
fringed water-lily (Nymphoides peltata)

common name of various water plants:
water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)

(Minas Gerais) burhead (Echinodorus grandiflorus)

common name of various water plants:
burhead (Echinodorus grandiflorus)

(Minas Gerais) California arrowhead (Sagittaria montevidensis)

(Minas Gerais) Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta)

common name of various water plants:
Kariba weed (Salvinia molesta)

(by extension) the floating mat that these plants make over water bodies


prevaricador

prevaricador m (plural prevaricadores, feminine prevaricadora, feminine plural prevaricadoras)

prevaricadores (plural)
prevaricadora (feminine)
prevaricadoras (feminine plural)

[pɾɨ.βɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðoɾ]

Borrowed from Latin praevāricātōrem, corresponding to prevaricar + -dor.


maromba

maromba m or f by sense (plural marombas)

(Brazil, slang) a muscular and strong person


maromba

balance pole (balancing tool for tightrope walking)

(Brazil, slang) the regular practice of physical exercise

(figuratively) trouble, difficulty (hard situation)


maromba

the place where the cattle are sheltered from cold and floods

(dialectal) a raft for the transportation of cattle

(dialectal) a place where bricks are manufactured


maromba

(Brazil) weevil of the species Heilipodus naevulus, a pest of grapevines

(Brazil, by extension) the disease caused by this insect


maromba

(Portugal, agriculture) a grapevine disease caused by the lack of boron, which results in yellowish leaves and millerandage.


tecladista

tecladista m or f by sense (plural tecladistas)


gordice

(uncountable) fatness (the condition of being fat)


govêrno

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of governo.


monophthongo

(rare) Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of monotongo.


méthodo

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of método.


análise de sentimento

análise de sentimento f (plural análises de sentimento)

análise de sentimentos
análise de sentimentos#Portuguese

Alternative form of análise de sentimentos


harmônica de vidro

harmônica de vidro f (plural harmônicas de vidro)

harmónica de vidro
harmónica de vidro#Portuguese


má-formação arteriovenosa

má-formação arteriovenosa f (plural má-formações arteriovenosas)

malformação arteriovenosa
malformação arteriovenosa#Portuguese

(uncommon) Alternative form of malformação arteriovenosa


pinheiro do Paraná

pinheiro do Paraná m (plural pinheiros do Paraná)

Alternative spelling of pinheiro-do-paraná


brazileiro

brazileiro m (plural brazileiros, feminine brazileira, feminine plural brazileiras)

brazileiros (plural)
brazileira (feminine)
brazileiras (feminine plural)


grêgo

grêgo m (plural grêgos, feminine grêga, feminine plural grêgas)

grêgos (plural)
grêga (feminine)
grêgas (feminine plural)


môrto

môrto m (plural mortos, feminine morta, feminine plural mortas)

mortos (plural)
morta (feminine)
mortas (feminine plural)


garrafa de Leiden

garrafa de Leiden f (plural garrafas de Leiden)

garrafa de Leyden
garrafa de Leyden#Portuguese

Alternative spelling of garrafa de Leyden


altheia

[aʊ̯ˈtɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈtɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈtɛɪ̯.a]

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of alteia.


efeito Casimir

(quantum field theory, quantum mechanics) Casimir effect (physical forces arising from a quantized field)


gêmeo siamês

gêmeo siamês m (plural gêmeos siamêses, feminine gêmea siamesa, feminine plural gêmeas siamesas)

gêmeos siamêses (plural)
gêmea siamesa (feminine)
gêmeas siamesas (feminine plural)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of gémeo siamês.


mutacionismo

(evolutionary theory) mutationism (the theory or role of mutations in the evolution of species)


paralisia de Bell

(pathology) Bell's palsy (paralysis of the facial nerve)


mitene

fingerless glove (glove that doesn’t cover the fingers)


curtose

(statistics) kurtosis (measure of tail heaviness of a statistical distribution)


coronógrafo

(astronomy) coronagraph (telescope that blocks direct light from a star)


força Casimir

(quantum field theory) Casimir force (attraction between very closely separated objects)


fim de mundo

hellhole; shithole (unpleasant region, godforsaken place)

middle of nowhere, the sticks (far and isolated place)


construtividade

construtividade f (plural construtividades)

constructiveness (the characteristic of being constructive)


rei-dos-ratos

(chiefly mediaeval folklore) rat king (conglomeration of rats with intertwined tails)


mapa de Karnaugh

mapa de Karnaugh m (plural mapas de Karnaugh)

(Boolean algebra) Karnaugh map (tabular representation of the possible results of a logical expression)


ditabranda

Modifying ditadura, by reinterpreting -dura as dura (“hard”) and replacing it with branda (“soft”), probably on the model of Spanish dictablanda.

(politics) dictablanda (soft-handed dictatorship)


elã

élan; zeal (extreme enthusiasm and devotion)


osso duro

(idiomatic) tough cookie (person who can endure physical or mental hardship)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see osso, duro.


subárvore

(graph theory) subtree (a tree wholly contained in another tree)


porco vermelho

porco vermelho m (plural porcos vermelhos)

bush pig (any of the Potamochoerus genus of wild African pigs)


polícia secreta

polícia secreta f (plural polícias secretas)

secret police (police operating in secrecy)


monarquia absoluta

monarquia absoluta f (plural monarquias absolutas)

(politics) absolute monarchy (monarchy where the monarch has absolute power)


branqueamento de corais

(ecology) coral bleaching (loss of colour in a coral reef)


batata suíça

rösti (Swiss dish of grated and cooked potatoes)


elefantaria

(military, historical, rare) elephantry (branch of an army that uses elephants)


teste do alce

(automotive) moose test (test to determine how a vehicle responds when avoiding a sudden danger)


flautista de Hamelin

flautista de Hamelin m or f by sense (plural flautistas de Hamelin)

pied piper (anyone or anything that draws many followers)


filho pródigo

filho pródigo m (plural filhos pródigos, feminine filha pródiga, feminine plural filhas pródigas)

filhos pródigos (plural)
filha pródiga (feminine)
filhas pródigas (feminine plural)

prodigal son (one who returns after living extravagantly)


pidgin inglês da China

Chinese pidgin English
Chinese pidgin English

Chinese pidgin English (an English-lexifier pidgin formerly used along the Chinese coast)


síndrome de Edwards

(medical genetics) Edwards syndrome (genetic disorder caused by the presence of an extra 18th chromosome)


cromwelliano

(historical, politics) Cromwellian (a partisan of Oliver Cromwell)


peã

From Latin paeān (“a hymn, especially a victory hymn, to Apollo or another god”), from Ancient Greek παιᾱ́ν (paiā́n, “a chant or song, especially a thanksgiving or victory hymn, to Apollo under the name Παιᾱ́ν (Paiā́n)”), from the phrase Ἰὼ Παιᾱ́ν (Iṑ Paiā́n, “O Paean!, Thanks to Paean!”).

der

a chant or song, especially a thanksgiving or victory hymn, to Apollo under the name <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Παιᾱ́ν</i> (Paiā́n)


palmatória

ferule (instrument used to slap children on the hand)

prickly pear (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia)


pau-ferro

pt-noun

pau-ferro m (plural paus-ferro or paus-ferros)

paus-ferro (plural)
paus-ferros (plural)

ironwood (any of several trees characterised by particularly solid wood), including

trees of species Zollernia paraensis and Zollernia ilicifolia


perniciosidade

perniciosidade f (plural perniciosidades)

perniciousness (the condition of being pernicious)


resenha

Quanto a Schaeder, preferia esperar até que saia a sua resenha do meu livro na Neue Schweizer Rundschau. Esse será o momento certo para aparecer a minha carta. Para exercer alguma influência sobre Cassirer será provavelmente tarde ...

2013, Walter Benjamin, Origem do drama trágico alemão, Autentica, →ISBN:

review (account intended as a critical evaluation of a piece of work)


delgadeza

[dɛɫ.ɣɐˈðe.zɐ]

thinness (the quality of being thin in shape)

thinness (the quality of being thin in bodyweight)


aspersão

[aʃ.peχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐʃ.pɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

sprinkling (the act of throwing small drops of liquid onto something)

(religion) aspersion (a sprinkling of holy water)


tecno

(music) techno (a style of electronic dancing music)


estralho

Este aparelho tinha numa extremidade uma chumbada e o estralho forrado doutro fio muito fino e resistente chamado «louro», para que o peixe o não cortasse. Dedicavam-se ainda no caíque à pesca da pescada, utilizando para isso ...

1984, Manuel Domingos Terramoto, Fragmentos de Olhão: aspectos do mar:

(regional, fishing) snood; snell (short line by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line)


material circulante

material circulante m (plural materiais circulantes)

material rodante
material rodante#Portuguese

(rail transport) Synonym of material rodante


ibogaína

(biochemistry) ibogaine (a psychoactive compound found in some plants)


palhinha

(Portugal) drinking straw (a long tube through which a drink is drunk)

(Brazil, informal) roll-your-own cigarette

(Brazil, informal) Nonstandard form of palinha (“impromptu”)


permanência de objetos

[pɨɾ.mɐˈnẽ.sjɐ ð‿ɔˈβʒɛ.tuʃ]

(developmental psychology) object permanence (the understanding that an object still exists when it disappears from sight)


evati

gurjun (any tree in the genus Dipterocarpus)


acampamento de verão

acampamento de verão m (plural acampamentos de verão)

summer camp (institution devoted to housing and entertaining children during summer vacation)


absentista

absentista m or f by sense (plural absentistas)

absentee (a landholder who doesn’t live in or near his estate)


mezereão

/mɨ.zɨˈɾjɐ̃w̃/

Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum#Translingual

mezereon (Daphne mezereum, an ornamental shrub)


heliântemo

helianthemum (any plant of the genus Helianthemum)


ládano

labdanum (resin extracted from rockrose)


dâmar

dammer (resin obtained from trees of the genera Shorea and Symplocus)


ataxia de Friedreich

(neurology, pathology) Friedreich's ataxia (an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system)


barra de compasso

barra de compasso f (plural barras de compasso)

(music) bar line (vertical line across a staff)


combustão espontânea

combustão espontânea f (plural combustões espontâneas)

spontaneous combustion
spontaneous combustion

(chiefly forteana) spontaneous combustion (combustion without a source of heat)


campo minado

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see campo, minado.

(idiomatic) minefield (situation where a mistake can have severe consequences)


nanocompósito

(materials chemistry) nanocomposite (any composite material one or more of whose components is a nanoparticle)


laranja azeda

laranja azeda f (plural laranjas azedas)

bitter orange (fruit of the bitter orange tree)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laranja, amarga.


replicabilidade

replicability (the ability to be replicated)


perca comum

Perca fluviatilis
Perca fluviatilis#Translingual

European perch (Perca fluviatilis, a freshwater fish native to Eurasia)


laranjeira-da-terra

laranjeira-da-terra f (plural laranjeiras-da-terra)

Citrus × aurantium
Citrus × aurantium#Translingual

bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium, a citrus tree)


maldição de Ondina

(pathology) Ondine's curse (medical condition causing sufferers to stop breathing if they fall asleep)


sete vidas

(idiomatic) nine lives (the ability to survive deadly situations)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sete, vidas.


pote de mel

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pote, de, mel.

(computer security) honeypot (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorised use of information systems)


república socialista soviética

república socialista soviética f (plural repúblicas socialistas soviéticas)

repúblicas socialistas soviéticas (plural)

Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Socialist Republic

(historical, government) Soviet Socialist Republic (any of the republics forming the Soviet Union)


casbá

casbah (the fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East)


batalhão de choque

batalhão de choque m (plural batalhões de choque)

(law enforcement) riot police (a unit of police trained to deal with riots)


laranjeira-amarga

laranjeira-amarga f (plural laranjeiras-amargas)


laranjeira-azeda

laranjeira-azeda f (plural laranjeiras-azedas)


bixina

(organic chemistry) bixin (an apocarotenoid that is the active ingredient of annatto)


paquinha

(Brazil) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)


cúfico

Kufic (oldest form of the various Arabic scripts)


cachorrinho-da-terra

cachorrinho-da-terra m (plural cachorrinhos-da-terra)

(Brazil, rare) mole cricket (any of the large burrowing crickets of the family Gryllotalpidae)


fixismo

(biology) fixism (the theory that species alive today were identical to those of the past)

(beekeeping) the use of beehives with fixed honeycombs


antemão

[ɐ̃.teˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ̃.tɨˈmɐ̃w̃/


cardamina

Cardamine pratensis
Cardamine pratensis#Translingual

cuckooflower; lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis, a small flowering plant of Eurasia)


cibório

(ecclesiastical, architecture) ciborium (covered receptacle for holding the consecrated wafers)


pilcha

Borrowed from Spanish pilcha (“low-quality clothes; high-quality clothes”), from Mapudungun pulcha (“wrinkle”).


cupão

cupões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(finance) coupon (certificate of interest due)

coupon (ticket giving the holder some entitlement)


clonagem

By surface analysis, from clonar (“to clone”) + -agem.

(biology) cloning (production of a cloned embryo)

(by extension) cloning (production of an exact copy of an object)


gondoleiro

pt-noun

gondoleiro m (plural gondoleiros, feminine gondoleira, feminine plural gondoleiras)

gondoleiros (plural)
gondoleira (feminine)
gondoleiras (feminine plural)

gondolier (boatman who propels a gondola)


bráctea

(botany) bract (leaf associated with a flower or cone)


laranja amarga

laranja amarga f (plural laranjas amargas)

/laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/

[laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaɦ.ɡɐ]

/laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/

[laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaɦ.ɡɐ]

/laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaɾ.ɡɐ/

/laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ aˈmaʁ.ɡɐ/

/lɐˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ ɐˈmaɾ.ɡɐ/

[lɐˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ ɐˈmaɾ.ɣɐ]

bitter orange (fruit of the bitter orange tree)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laranja, amarga.


carreteiro

carreteiro m (plural carreteiros, feminine carreteira, feminine plural carreteiras)

carreteiros (plural)
carreteira (feminine)
carreteiras (feminine plural)

carter (person who transports a load on an animal-drawn cart)

arroz carreteiro
arroz carreteiro#Portuguese


pinheiro de natal

pinheiro de natal m (plural pinheiros de natal)

Christmas tree (a tree decorated and kept inside the house during Christmas season)


altar-mor

(religion) high altar (main altar in a church)


caodaísmo

(religion) Caodaism (a syncretic monotheistic religion founded in the 20th century in Vietnam)


blefaroespasmo

blefaroespasmo m (plural blefaroespasmos)

(medicine) blepharospasm (spasm of the eyelid)


arame laminado

arame laminado m (plural arames laminados)

razor wire (security wire with small blades)


cordas tendíneas

corda tendínea
corda tendínea#Portuguese


rundi

Rundi; Kirundi (Bantu language spoken in Burundi)


perca europeia

perca europeia f (plural percas europeias)

[ˈpɛh.kɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ˈpɛh.kɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ˈpɛɾ.kɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ˈpɛχ.kɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

European perch (Perca fluviatilis, a freshwater fish native to Eurasia)


corda tendínea

corda tendínea f (plural cordas tendíneas)

(anatomy) chorda tendinea; heartstring (any of the cord-like tendons in the heart)


condição de Marshall-Lerner

condição de Marshall-Lerner f (uncountable)

Marshall-Lerner condition
Marshall-Lerner condition


doente da Europa

doente da Europa m (plural doentes da Europa)

(geopolitics) sick man of Europe (any European country undergoing economic difficulty)


homem doente da Europa

homem doente da Europa m (plural homens doentes da Europa)


fuga de informação

fuga de informação f (plural fugas de informação)

leak (disclosure of confidential information)


microconídio

(mycology) microconidium (the smaller of a pair of conidia)


idade mental

(psychology) mental age (apparent age on basis of mental ability and behaviour)


cana do leme

(nautical) tiller (handle of the rudder)


meia arrastão

fishnet (stockings made of fishnet fabric)


greve selvagem

greve selvagem f (plural greves selvagens)

(organised labour) wildcat strike (strike not authorised by union leaders)


passado anterior

(grammar) past anterior (a compound tense used in literary French and Spanish)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see passado, anterior.


geometria não-euclidiana

geometria não-euclidiana f (plural geometrias não-euclidianas)

non-Euclidean geometry
non-Euclidean geometry

(geometry) non-Euclidean geometry (any system of geometry not based on the set of axioms of Euclidean geometry)


notação polonesa reversa

notação polonesa reversa f (uncountable)

reverse Polish notation
reverse Polish notation

(arithmetic) reverse Polish notation (notation in which numbers precede operators)


gato-de-algália

gato-de-algália m (plural gatos-de-algália)

civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)


agrião-dos-prados

agrião-dos-prados m (plural agriões-dos-prados)

[a.ɡɾɪˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.duʃˈpɾa.duʃ]

[aˌɡɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃.duʃˈpɾa.duʃ]

[ɐ.ɣɾiˌɐ̃w̃.duʃˈpɾa.ðuʃ]

[ɐˌɣɾjɐ̃w̃.duʃˈpɾa.ðuʃ]

cuckooflower; lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis, a small flowering plant of Eurasia)


formigamento

(physiology) tingling; formication (sensation similar to insects crawling over or within the skin)


verbo separável

verbo separável m (plural verbos separáveis)

(grammar) separable verb (verb composed of a stem and a separable affix)


síndrome do cri du chat

(medical genetics) cri du chat (congenital syndrome caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome)


hidrónimo

hidrónimos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(onomastics) hydronym (name of a body of water)


pábulo

Learned borrowing from Latin pābulum. Doublet of poulo and poula.

(figurative) subject of mocking or damnation


arcabouço

(architecture) arrangement of support beams of a building

(figuratively) a basic physical or conceptual structure


camareira

/kɐ.mɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐ.mɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

female equivalent of camareiro; chambermaid


infinitismo

(philosophy) infinitism (the view that knowledge may be justified by an infinitely long chain of reasoning)


longana

Dimocarpus longan
Wikispecies:Dimocarpus longan

longan (Dimocarpus longan, a tree of southern Asia)


causídico

causídico m (plural causídicos, feminine causídica, feminine plural causídicas)

causídicos (plural)
causídica (feminine)
causídicas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin causidicus. By surface analysis, causa + -i- + -dico.

surf

Guardiola, que o duque sonhára converter em diplomata, appareceu o que era, um causidico encanecido nas formalidades forenses.

1860, Luiz Augusto Rebello da Silva, “Reinado do Cardeal D. Henrique” (chapter 2), in Historia de Portugal nos seculos XVII e XVIII, volume 1, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, page 383:

(law) attorney; lawyer (one who advises or represents others in legal matters)

champion (someone who fights for a cause)


bostela

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pustella, from Latin pustula. Compare Spanish postilla, Asturian postiella.


tragulídeo

chevrotain; tragulid (any of the small ruminants of the family Tragulidae)


pós-produção

[ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ.pɾo.duˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(cinematography) post-production (film production after actual filming)


nitrato de prata

pt-noun

nitrato de prata m (usually uncountable, plural nitratos de prata)

(inorganic chemistry) silver nitrate (silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO₃)


gigantomaquia

(Greek mythology) gigantomachy (the uprising of the Gigantes against the Olympian gods)


contrarrevolução

contrarrevolução f (plural contrarrevoluções)

political and social movement to combat a revolution

political and social movement that aims to restore the state of affairs altered by an immediately previous revolution


metalexicografia

(lexicography) metalexicography (study of lexicography in the abstract)


sanguinho

From Old Galician-Portuguese sanguinno, from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguíneo, or simply a popular derivative of it. Compare Spanish sangüeño.

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]

(ecclesiastical) purificator (napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice)

Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea#Translingual

common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea, a shrub of Eurasia)


sanguinho

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]

[sɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃u]


artelho

From Old Galician-Portuguese artelho, from Vulgar Latin *articlus, a syncopated/contracted form of Latin articulus (digiti). Compare the borrowed doublets artigo and artículo. Compare Galician artello, Spanish artejo, Catalan artell, Occitan artelh.

(anatomy, Portugal) ankle (tibio-tarsic joint)


madeiro

(Christianity) True Cross (cross on which Christ was crucified)

(architecture) crossbeam (main support beam of a structure)


pastelista

pastelista m or f by sense (plural pastelistas)

(art) pastellist (an artist who works in pastels)


laranja-da-terra

laranja-da-terra f (plural laranjas-da-terra)

/laˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

/laˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

/laˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

[laˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.daˈtɛ.χɐ]

/lɐˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.dɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ/

[lɐˌɾɐ̃.ʒɐ.ðɐˈtɛ.ʁɐ]

bitter orange (fruit of the bitter orange tree)


panóptico

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”).

panopticon (hypothetical prison wherein all the cells are visible from the centre of the building)


destrutividade

destrutividade f (usually uncountable, plural destrutividades)

destructiveness (the state or quality of being destructive)


dialetólogo

dialetólogo m (plural dialetólogos, feminine dialetóloga, feminine plural dialetólogas)

dialetólogos (plural)
dialetóloga (feminine)
dialetólogas (feminine plural)

From Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos) + λόγος (lógos).

(linguistics) dialectologist (linguist who studies dialects)


dialetologista

dialetologista m or f by sense (plural dialetologistas)


antigo eslavo eclesiástico

antigo eslavo eclesiástico m (uncountable)

Old Church Slavonic (the first literary and liturgical Slavic language)


quimiossíntese

(biochemistry) chemosynthesis (production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds)


opinação

opination (the process of forming or expressing opinions)


saudação romana

saudação romana f (plural saudações romanas)

Roman salute (gesture in which the arm is held out straight, with palm down and fingers touching)


tremor essencial

(neurology, pathology) essential tremor (condition causing tremors during voluntary movement)


terra de leite e mel

terra de leite e mel f (plural terras de leite e mel)

land of milk and honey
land of milk and honey

land of milk and honey (a land of abundance)


maré negra

oil slick; oil spill (part of the ocean contaminated with a layer of petroleum)


guarda-caça

guarda-caça m or f by sense (plural guarda-caças)

gamekeeper (person who manages wildlife to be hunted)


bogomilo

(religion, historical) Bogomil (a follower of Bogomilism)


bogomilismo

(religion, historical) Bogomilism (a dualist religiopolitical sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire)


camisa-marrom

camisa-marrom m (plural camisas-marrons)

Brownshirt (a member of the early paramilitary wing of the Nazi party)


chapim-preto

Periparus ater
Periparus ater#Translingual

coal tit (Periparus ater, a small bird of Eurasia and northern Africa)


camisa-castanha

camisa-castanha m (plural camisas-castanhas)


bug do milénio

(computing) millennium bug (a design flaw in computer systems which which could cause date calculations to fail after 1999)


carne vermelha

carne vermelha f (plural carnes vermelhas)


golo de consolação

golo de consolação m (plural golos de consolação)

(sports) consolation goal (goal scored by the losing team that has no effect on the outcome)


cálculo integral

(calculus) integral calculus (calculus of areas and volumes)


conídio

(mycology) conidium (asexually produced fungal spore)


assafétida

asafoetida (resinous gum from wild fennel)


confarreação

(Ancient Rome) confarreation (Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with spelt cakes)


melodiosidade

melodiousness (the property of being melodious)


pilhador

pilhador m (plural pilhadores, feminine pilhadora, feminine plural pilhadoras)

pilhadores (plural)
pilhadora (feminine)
pilhadoras (feminine plural)


mioquimia

(medicine) myokymia (involuntary, spontaneous quivering of part of a muscle)


oclusão

Borrowed from Latin occlūsiōnem, from Latin occludō.

(chiefly medicine) occlusion; obstruction (anything that obstructs a passage or vessel)

(dentistry) occlusion (the alignment of the teeth when the jaws are closed)

(articulatory phonetics) occlusion (closure of the vocal tract)


caodaísta

caodaísta m or f by sense (plural caodaístas)

(religion) Caodaiist (somebody who adheres to Caodaism)


síndrome da explosão da cabeça

síndrome da explosão da cabeça f (uncountable)

exploding head syndrome
exploding head syndrome

(pathology) exploding head syndrome (parasomnia characterised by the auditory hallucination of a loud bang)


liquidador

liquidador m (plural liquidadores, feminine liquidadora, feminine plural liquidadoras)

liquidadores (plural)
liquidadora (feminine)
liquidadoras (feminine plural)

liquidator (worker involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster)


síndrome unha-patela

nail-patella syndrome
nail-patella syndrome

(medical genetics) nail-patella syndrome (disorder that results in poorly developed nails and kneecaps)


cabeça de vento

cabeça de vento m or f by sense (plural cabeças de vento)

(derogatory) airhead, fool (a stupid person)


aristolóquia

birthwort (any plant of the genus Aristolochia)


rato-toupeira

rato-toupeira m (plural ratos-toupeiras or ratos-toupeira)

ratos-toupeiras (plural)
ratos-toupeira (plural)

mole rat (any of several burrowing rodents)


rato de biblioteca

rato de biblioteca m (plural ratos de biblioteca, feminine rata de biblioteca, feminine plural ratas de biblioteca)

ratos de biblioteca (plural)
rata de biblioteca (feminine)
ratas de biblioteca (feminine plural)


dorzinha

/ˌdoʁˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌdoʁˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌdoɾˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌdoʁˈzĩ.ɲɐ/


chuva dourada

chuva dourada f (plural chuvas douradas)

(slang) golden shower (the act of a person urinating on another for sexual gratification)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chuva, dourada.


catáfilo

(botany) cataphyll (a leaf that fulfils protective or storage functions)


coração mole

soft heart (the quality of being easily moved by emotion)


radiotelescópio

radiotelescópio m (plural radiotelescópios)

(astronomy) radio telescope (device that detects radio waves from space)


câmera lenta

(cinematography) slow motion (film played at a slower rate than real)


estado de direito

estado de direito m (plural estados de direito)

(politics) nation of laws (nation-state subject to rule of law)


carne branca

(cooking) white meat (meat from non-mammals)


bola de feno

tumbleweed (plant which breaks loose and rolls about)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bola, de, feno.


densidade demográfica

densidade demográfica f (plural densidades demográficas)

(geography, ecology) population density (ratio of number of individuals per unit of area)


desregulamento

desregulamento m (plural desregulamentos)

deregulation (the removal of regulations)


excerto

Borrowed from Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”).

excerpt; snippet; passage; extract (small piece of a larger work)


bigu

(Northeast Brazil) ride; lift (the act of transporting someone in a vehicle)


pêssanka

Borrowed from Ukrainian пи́санка (pýsanka).

bor+

Ukrainian Easter egg
Ukrainian Easter egg

(Paraná) pysanka; Ukrainian Easter egg (easter egg decorated with intricate designs)


sobrepeliz

surplice (white tunic used as a liturgical vestment)


prequela

(narratology, Portugal) prequel (in a series of works, an instalment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)


traquinagem

By surface analysis, from traquina (“mischievous”) + -agem.


dâmara

dammara (any of various trees of the genus Agathis)


algália

civet (musky perfume produced by the civet)


hemolinfa

pt-noun

hemolinfa f (usually uncountable, plural hemolinfas)

(zoology) hemolymph (a circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates)


arenária

sandwort (any of several plants in the genera Arenaria)


nártex

(architecture) narthex (vestibule leading to the nave)


linária

Learned borrowing from Latin līnāria (“linen factory”), from līnum (“linen, flax”).

lbor

toadflax (any plant of the genus Linaria)


valverde

[baɫˈβeɾ.ðɨ]


crotalídeo

pit viper; crotalid (any snake of the subfamily Crotalinae)


maiêutica

(philosophy) maieutics (the art of giving birth to ideas)


polaridade

polarity (the condition of having two extremes)

(chemistry) polarity (dipole-dipole intermolecular force)


gerbo

Ultimately from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ).

jerboa (any of several small rodent of the family Dipodidae)


bilocação

(Forteana) bilocation (ability to be in two places at once)


ludismo

playfulness (the quality of being ludic)


ludismo

(historical) Luddism (opposition to the Industrial Revolution by textile workers)

(by extension, derogatory) Luddism (opposition to technological progress)


homúnculo

Learned borrowing from Latin homunculus.

(alchemy) homunculus (miniature of a person believed to reside inside sperm)


bioprograma

(cognitive linguistics) bioprogram (a hypothetical program in the brain, responsible for the construction of a language)


sinólogo

pt-noun

sinólogo m (plural sinólogos, feminine sinóloga, feminine plural sinólogas)

sinólogos (plural)
sinóloga (feminine)
sinólogas (feminine plural)

sinologist (person who studies Chinese culture or language)


perispírito

(spiritualism) perispirit (ethereal material that forms a bond between spirit and body)


doce-amarga

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara#Translingual

bittersweet; woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara, a vine native to Eurasia)


embustice

hoax (something deliberately intended to deceive or trick)


confraternização

confraternização f (plural confraternizações)

(society) socialising (the act of interacting with other people informally)


colubrídeo

colubrid (any snake of the family Colubridae)


confete

Borrowed from Italian confetti, plural of confetto (“confection”). Doublet of confeito.

confetti (small pieces of colored paper generally thrown about at festive occasions)


falcoeiro

falconer (a person who breeds or trains hawks)


dismenorreia

(pathology) dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation)


sâmara

(botany) samara (winged indehiscent fruit of certain trees)


heptaedro

[ˌɛ.ptɐˈɛ.ðɾu]

(geometry) heptahedron (polyhedron with seven faces)


polissema

(semantics, rare) polyseme (word or phrase with multiple meanings)


sifaca

sifaka (a medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus)


graminho

(metalworking, woodworking) marking gauge (tool used to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge)


oligoqueta

oligochaete (any worm of the class Oligochaeta)


nacional-socialista

nacional-socialista m or f by sense (plural nacional-socialistas)

(historical) National Socialist (member or supporter of the Nazi party)


quermesse

From French kermesse, from Dutch kermis, from kerk (“church”) + mis (“mass”).


pseudo-hifa

(mycology) pseudohypha (a chain of blastoconidia)


fragmentadora

shredder (machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces)


eletroforese

(analytical chemistry) electrophoresis (method for separation of large molecules)


chamador

chamador m (plural chamadores, feminine chamadora, feminine plural chamadoras)

chamadores (plural)
chamadora (feminine)
chamadoras (feminine plural)

[t͡ʃɐ.mɐˈðoɾ]

(telephony) caller (person making a telephone call)


morte cerebral

morte cerebral f (plural mortes cerebrais)

[ˈmɔɾ.tɨ sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]

[ˈmɔɾ.tɨ sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾaɫ]

Compound of morte (“death”) + cerebral (“cerebral”).

com+

(medicine) brain death (irreversible cessation of brain activity)


procrastinador

pt-noun

procrastinador m (plural procrastinadores, feminine procrastinadora, feminine plural procrastinadoras)

procrastinadores (plural)
procrastinadora (feminine)
procrastinadoras (feminine plural)

procrastinator (someone who procrastinates)


insensibilidade

insensibilidade f (plural insensibilidades)

insensibility (the property of being insensible: unable to feel something)

insensibility (the property of being insensible: lacking emotions)


borrachão

[bo.haˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[bo.haˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[bo.χaˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/bu.ʁɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/

/bu.ʁɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/

/bu.ʁɐˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/

(derogatory, informal) drunk; alcoholic (person who is habitually drunk)


bisnaga

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from the same Andalusian Arabic source as Spanish biznaga (“toothpickweed”) passed from Latin pastināca (“parsnip”).

Visnaga daucoides
Visnaga daucoides#Translingual

toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)

tube (often containing paste-like substances)

(Brazil) refers to some types of bread, especially French bread


araponga

→ English: araponga

/ɐ.ɾɐˈpõ.ɡɐ/

Borrowed from Old Tupi gûyraponga. The lost of the initial syllabe was possibly influenced by other bird names starting with "ara-", like arara and araçari.

bare-throated bellbird
bare-throated bellbird

bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)

(broadly) bellbird (any bird in the genus Procnias)


microdeleção

(genetics) microdeletion (deletion of a small part of a chromosome)


sul-sudeste

south-southeast (compass point between south and southeast)


sincronicidade

sincronicidade f (plural sincronicidades)

(Jungian psychology) synchronicity (coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related)

synchrony; synchronicity (the condition of being synchronous)


blastoconídio

(mycology) blastoconidium (a holoblastic conidium that detaches at maturity)


cabueta

cabueta m or f by sense (plural cabuetas)


delírio de grandeza

delírio de grandeza m (plural delírios de grandeza)

delusion of grandeur
delusion of grandeur

delusion of grandeur (false belief that one is extremely important or powerful)


pega-varetas

spillikins; pick-up sticks (game where players remove sticks from a scattered pile)


canção de embalar

canção de embalar f (plural canções de embalar)

lullaby (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)


aranha-marrom

aranha-marrom f (plural aranhas-marrons)

recluse spider (any of several deadly spiders of the genera Loxosceles and Sicarius)


suporte atlético

suporte atlético m (plural suportes atléticos)

jockstrap (supporter worn by men around the genitals during exercise)


circulação pulmonar

circulação pulmonar f (usually uncountable, plural circulações pulmonares)

pulmonary circulation
pulmonary circulation

(physiology) pulmonary circulation (blood circulation between the lungs and the heart)


frente de batalha

frente de batalha f (plural frentes de batalha)

(military) battlefront (place between opposing armies where they engage in combat)

(figurative) battlefront (situations and contexts where two entities are in conflict)


cristianismo muscular

muscular Christianity
muscular Christianity

(Christianity, historical) muscular Christianity (Victorian movement stressing the need for energetic Christian activism and an ideal of vigorous masculinity)


corrida de demolição

corrida de demolição f (plural corridas de demolição)

demolition derby (competition in which contestants crash cars)


dióxido de nitrogénio

(inorganic chemistry) nitrogen dioxide (NO₂, a gas)


trevo de quatro folhas

trevo de quatro folhas m (plural trevos de quatro folhas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trevo, de, quatro, folhas.

(idiomatic) four-leaf clover (something that brings good luck)


whiterita

(mineralogy) witherite (mineral form of barium carbonate)


macroconídio

(mycology) macroconidium (the larger of a pair of conidia)


método comparativo

método comparativo m (plural métodos comparativos)

historical linguistics
historical linguistics

(historical linguistics) comparative method (technique for determining proto-forms by comparing cognates)


ramulária

(phytopathology) ramularia (plant disease caused by Ramularia fungi)


água oxigenada

água oxigenada f (plural águas oxigenadas)

(inorganic chemistry) hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂, a liquid used as a mild antiseptic or bleaching agent)


sequenciador

(electronics) sequencer (device that activates components according to a preplanned sequence)

(music) sequencer (device that stores sound for playback)

(molecular biology) sequencer (device that determines the sequence of monomers in a polymer)


ictiossauro

ichthyosaur (any of several extinct fishlike reptiles of the order Ichthyosauria)


sóliton

(physics, mathematics) soliton (self-reinforcing travelling wave)


maçarico-branco

maçarico-branco m (plural maçaricos-brancos)

Calidris alba
Calidris alba#Translingual

sanderling (Calidris alba, a small wading bird)


asilo político

asilo político m (plural asilos políticos)

political asylum (asylum persecuted granted to a victim of political persecution)


correctivo

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of corretivo. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


vetche

(historical, politics) veche (a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries)


comtismo

(philosophy) Comtism (the positivistic philosophy of Auguste Comte)


quasímodo

an extremely ugly and disfigured individual


moleja

sweetbread (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially as food)


algodoal

(agriculture) cottonfield (field with cotton plants)


mandeu

mandeu m (plural mandeus, feminine mandeia, feminine plural mandeias)

mandeus (plural)
mandeia (feminine)
mandeias (feminine plural)

(religion) Mandaean (a follower of Mandaeism)


volição

From Medieval Latin volitiōnem, based on Latin volō (“to want”).

volition (a conscious choice or decision)

volition; will (the mental power or ability of choosing)


madrigueira

[mɐ.ðɾiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

[mɐ.ðɾiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

[mɐ.ðɾiˈɣe.ɾɐ]

warren (a system of burrows where rabbits live)


cavitação

(fluid dynamics) cavitation (formation of vapour cavities that quickly collapse in a liquid)


prosseguimento

prosseguimento m (plural prosseguimentos)

continuation (the act of continuing, of getting on with something)


moxibustão

(folk medicine) moxibustion (the burning of moxa against skin)


sofá-cama

sofá-cama m (plural sofás-camas or sofás-cama)

sofás-camas (plural)
sofás-cama (plural)


salazarismo

salazarismo m (usually uncountable, plural salazarismos)

(politics, historical) Salazarism (the politics of former Portuguese prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar)


normatização

normalization (process that makes something fit to a set of norms)


cotilédone

(botany) cotyledon (leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant)


salsaparrilha

sarsaparilla; catbrier; greenbrier (any of several tropical American vines of the genus Smilax)


realimentação

(electronics) feedback (signal that is looped back into a system)

refeeding (the act of feeding (giving food or resources) again)

(firearms) the automatic reloading action in automatic firearms


teletrabalho

telecommuting (the use of telecommunication to work from a remote location)


subestação

substation (station where voltage is transformed between high and low)


recitação

Learned borrowing from Latin recitātiōnem. By surface analysis, recitar + -ção.


biscoito da sorte

pt-noun

biscoito da sorte f (plural biscoitos da sorte)

fortune cookie (hollow biscuit with a message inside)


dinoflagelado

dinoflagellate (any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata)


cárter

crankcase; sump (metallic cover around an automobile’s crankshaft)


saxífraga

saxifrage (any plant in the genus Saxifraga)


coloniano

Colognian (person from Cologne, Germany)


perdiz-cinzenta

perdiz-cinzenta f (plural perdizes-cinzentas)

[pɨɾˌðiʃ.sĩˈzẽ.tɐ]

[pɨɾˌði.ʃĩˈzẽ.tɐ]

Perdix perdix
Perdix perdix#Translingual

grey partridge (Perdix perdix, a gamebird in pheasant family)


polícia de choque

polícia de choque f (plural polícias de choque)

riot police (police trained to deal with riots)


bractéola

(botany) bracteole (a bract subtending an inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract)


atrabiles

[ɐ.tɾɐˈβi.lɨʃ]


purificatório

(ecclesiastical) purificator (napkin used to wipe the lip of the chalice)


jogo de gato e rato

jogo de gato e rato m (plural jogos de gato e rato, metaphonic)

jogos de gato e rato (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

(idiomatic) cat-and-mouse game (situation where one party pursues another without securing a significant victory)


estreptococo

streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)


meteorologista

meteorologista m or f by sense (plural meteorologistas)

meteorologist (person who studies meteorology)


primeiro-tenente

primeiro-tenente m (plural primeiros-tenentes, feminine primeira-tenente, feminine plural primeiras-tenente)

primeiros-tenentes (plural)
primeira-tenente (feminine)
primeiras-tenente (feminine plural)

(military) first lieutenant (any of several low military ranks)


colesteatoma

(pathology) cholesteatoma (a destructive and expanding growth in the middle ear)


artéria coronária

artéria coronária f (plural artérias coronárias)

(anatomy) coronary artery (artery that runs on the surface of the heart)


cangaceiro

cangaceiro m (plural cangaceiros, feminine cangaceira, feminine plural cangaceiras)

cangaceiros (plural)
cangaceira (feminine)
cangaceiras (feminine plural)

(Brazil, historical) a type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil


From the Brazilian Penal Code, Title II, Chapter VI, Art. 171, about embezzlement.

(Brazil, slang) embezzlement, or a person who commits such a crime

(Brazil, slang, by extension) any crook or criminal


eubiose

a society and religious/philosophic movement founded by Henrique José de Souza in Brazil in 1921


paudurescência

Literally, “dickhardiness”. pau (“stick”) + duro (“hard”) + -escer + -ência.

af

(Brazil, vulgar, humorous, uncountable) the ability to have an erection

(Brazil, vulgar, humorous, countable) an erection


síndrome de vira-lata

the belief, held by a Brazilian, that Brazil is inferior to other countries


arnês

(historical) a full suit of armour, coat of mail

harness (restraint made from straps or ropes)


destrinça

/d͡ʒiʃˈtɾĩ.sɐ/

/dɨʃˈtɾĩ.sɐ/

... resto, sempre acontece em circunstâncias e em legados culturais semelhantes. Aqui vale a pena introduzir desde já uma destrinça: unidade não significa unicidade, confusão que alguns se esforçam por disseminar porque não leram o que ...

2009, Maria Eunice Moreira, Novo acordo ortográfico da língua portuguesa: questões para além da escrita, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 74:


piorio

Uma sua variante particularmente chavascosa são as férias dos lads, isto não verte bem para português, quer dizer férias de um grupo de «rapazes», da «malta», mas muito à inglesa, em suma, uma gandulagem do piorio.

2014, João Magueijo, chapter 4, in Bifes Mal Passados: Passeios e outras catástrofes por terras de Sua Majestade, →ISBN:


eletroeletrônico

pt-noun

eletroeletrônico m (plural eletroeletrônicos)

(Brazil, chiefly advertising slang) an electric appliance or an electronic device


orkuteiro

orkuteiro m (plural orkuteiros, feminine orkuteira, feminine plural orkuteiras)

orkuteiros (plural)
orkuteira (feminine)
orkuteiras (feminine plural)

(Internet, 2000s) a user of the now defunct social network Orkut


petiz

petiz m (plural petizes, feminine petiza, feminine plural petizas)

petizes (plural)
petiza (feminine)
petizas (feminine plural)


alcatra

From Arabic القَطْرَة (al-qaṭra, “piece, drop”).

De todas as carnes, a alcatra é um dos cortes mais nobres e saborosos. Uma peça de alcatra inteira compreende a picanha, a maminha e o baby-beef, sendo toda ela muito bem aproveitada no churrasco. Peça ao açougueiro que corte a ...

2014, Carlos Gabriel, O Sabor do Churrasco, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN:

Of all meats, rump is one of the noblest and tastiest cuts. A whole piece of rump includes picanha, maminha and baby-beef, all of which can be put to good use on the barbecue. Ask the butcher to cut the ...

rump (cut of meat from the rump of an animal)


comu

(Internet slang, 2000s) community; group (group and discussion forum within a social network)


linha branca

collectively, the most common electric appliances: fridge, stove, microwave, etc.


azáfama

Borrowed from Arabic الزَحْمَة (az-zaḥma, “pressing, thronging”).

bor+

No entanto, independentemente da data em que terá cruzado as muralhas da cidade pela primeira vez, uma coisa é certa, nessa altura viu se confrontado com uma azáfama urbana como jamais presenciara. Desde logo, as multidões, muito ...

2012, MARIO AVELAR, O Essencial sobre William Shakespeare, Leya, →ISBN:

bustle; flurry (excited or sudden activity)


autoclismo

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + κλύσμα (klúsma, “liquid used for washing out”).

(Portugal) flush (automatic cleansing of a toilet)


maria vai com as outras

pt-noun

maria vai com as outras m or f by sense (invariable)

Alternative form of maria-vai-com-as-outras


unidunitê

eeny, meeny, miny, moe
eeny, meeny, miny, moe#English

a children's counting-out game, similar to English eeny, meeny, miny, moe; most common full form: unidunitê, salameminguê, um sorvete colorê, o escolhido foi você


maria-vai-com-as-outras

maria-vai-com-as-outras m or f by sense (plural maria-vai-com-as-outras or (nonstandard) marias-vai-com-as-outras or (nonstandard) marias-vão-com-as-outras)

maria-vai-com-as-outras (plural)
marias-vai-com-as-outras (nonstandard plural)
marias-vão-com-as-outras (nonstandard plural)

Literally, “Mary goes with the others”. The "Maria" in question is considered to be Maria I, Queen of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves.

a person who is easily influenced; bandwagoner


ballão

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of balão.


hidrônimo

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of hidrónimo.


condição Marshall-Lerner

condição Marshall-Lerner f (uncountable)

condição de Marshall-Lerner
condição de Marshall-Lerner#Portuguese

Alternative form of condição de Marshall-Lerner


síndrome de cri du chat

síndrome do cri du chat
síndrome do cri du chat#Portuguese

Alternative form of síndrome do cri du chat


notação polonesa inversa

notação polonesa inversa f (uncountable)

notação polonesa reversa
notação polonesa reversa#Portuguese

Alternative form of notação polonesa reversa


metrônomo

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of metrónomo.


gônada

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of gónada.


permanência de objeto

[pɨɾ.mɐˈnẽ.sjɐ ð‿ɔˈβʒɛ.tu]

permanência de objetos
permanência de objetos#Portuguese

Alternative form of permanência de objetos


ex-BBB

[ˌeʒ.βɨ.βɨˈβe]

an ex-participant of the show Big Brother Brasil


matiné

European Portuguese standard spelling of matinê.


moagem

[moˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


quadrilha

[kwɐˈðɾi.ʎɐ]

(collective) gang (group of criminals or alleged criminals)


onda gravitacional

onda gravitacional f (plural ondas gravitacionais)


fujão

fujão m (plural fujões, feminine fujona, feminine plural fujonas)

fujões (plural)
fujona (feminine)
fujonas (feminine plural)


cáfila

(collective) caravan (a group of camels)


trineta

trineta f (plural trinetas, masculine trineto, masculine plural trinetos)

trinetas (plural)
trineto (masculine)
trinetos (masculine plural)


trisneto

trisneto m (plural trisnetos, feminine trisneta, feminine plural trisnetas)

trisnetos (plural)
trisneta (feminine)
trisnetas (feminine plural)


trisavós

great great grandparents
great great grandparents


trisneta

trisneta f (plural trisnetas, masculine trisneto, masculine plural trisnetos)

trisnetas (plural)
trisneto (masculine)
trisnetos (masculine plural)


água-mel

[ˌa.ɡwɐˈmɛʊ̯]

[ˌa.ɡwɐˈmɛʊ̯]

[ˌa.ɣwɐˈmɛɫ]

[ˌa.ɣwɐˈmɛɫ]

(Algarve, Alentejo) mead (alcoholic drink made from fermented honey)


EDO

Initialism of equação diferencial ordinária (“ordinary differential equation”).

initialism

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis


basquetista

pt-noun

basquetista m or f by sense (plural basquetistas)


atabaque

Borrowed from Arabic الطَّبَق (aṭ-ṭabaq, “plate”). First attested in c. 14th century. Cognate with Spanish tabaque (“wicker basket”).

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Atabaque”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 342


figueiral

From figueira (“fig tree”) + -al (“field of”).

af

a place with an abundance of fig trees; an orchard of fig trees


cachê

A banda recebia um cachê de mil dólares por show.

The band received a payment of a thousand dollars per show.

payment for an entertainment performance


cegarrega

/ˌsɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/

[ˌsɛ.ɡaˈhɛ.ɡɐ]

/ˌsɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/

[ˌsɛ.ɡaˈhɛ.ɡɐ]

/ˌsɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/

[ˌsɛ.ɡaˈχɛ.ɡɐ]

/ˌsɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ.ɡa/

/ˌsɛ.ɡɐˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/

[ˌsɛ.ɣɐˈʁɛ.ɣɐ]

Onomatopoeic, or possibly derived from cigarra (“cicada”).

Vá. Canta lá a tua cegarrega. Eu escuto com a paciência e a atenção de um discípulo... como é que se diz?... de um discípulo...» «...modelar.» «Isso... Ensina lá, não ouves? Já não me lembro em que ponto ias...

1995, Fernando Campos, A esmeralda partida:

(music) rattle (instrument or sound imitating the sound of a cicada)

(by extension) chatty person; chatterbox


vimaranense

pt-noun

vimaranense m or f by sense (plural vimaranenses)


perceção

/pɨɾ.sɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin perceptiōnem.

lbor

European Portuguese standard spelling of percepção.


sapão

Biancaea sappan
Biancaea sappan#Translingual

Caesalpinia sappan
Caesalpinia sappan#Translingual

sapan (Biancaea sappan, syn. Caesalpinia sappan), a tree of southeast Asia)


Judéia

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of Judeia.


gêlo

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of gelo.


rombóide

Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of romboide. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


dismenorréia

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of dismenorreia.


bêsta

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of besta.


pêso

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of peso.


dióxido de nitrogênio

dióxido de nitrogénio
dióxido de nitrogénio#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of dióxido de nitrogénio.


calças à boca de sino

pt-noun

calças à boca de sino f pl (plural only)


Maria vai com as outras

Maria vai com as outras m or f by sense (plural Maria vai com as outras or (nonstandard) Marias vai com as outras or (nonstandard) Marias vão com as outras)

Maria vai com as outras (plural)
Marias vai com as outras (nonstandard plural)
Marias vão com as outras (nonstandard plural)

Alternative spelling of maria-vai-com-as-outras


terra do leite e do mel

terra do leite e do mel f (plural terras do leite e do mel)

terra de leite e mel
terra de leite e mel#Portuguese

Alternative form of terra de leite e mel


terra do leite e mel

terra do leite e mel f (plural terras do leite e mel)


gol de consolação

gol de consolação m (plural gols de consolação)

golo de consolação
golo de consolação#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of golo de consolação.


bug do milênio

bug do milénio
bug do milénio#Portuguese


enthusiasmo

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of entusiasmo.


céu de brigadeiro

céu de brigadeiro m (plural céus de brigadeiro)

[ˈsɛw ðɨ βɾi.ɣɐˈðɐj.ɾu]

[ˈsɛw ðɨ βɾi.ɣɐˈðɐj.ɾu]

[ˈsɛw ðɨ βɾi.ɣɐˈðej.ɾu]

[ˈsɛw ðɨ βɾi.ɣɐˈðej.ɾu]

[ˈsɛw ðɨ βɾi.ɣɐˈðe.ɾu]

Literally, “brigadier sky”. Originally air force slang, suggesting that brigadiers were unable to fly in more difficult conditions.


abrótea

From Latin abrotanum. Doublet of abrótano and abrótono.

Asphodelus ramosus
Asphodelus ramosus#Translingual

branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, a herb of the Mediterranean region)

forkbeard (Phycis phycis, a hake of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic)

Urophycis brasiliensis
Wikispecies:Urophycis brasiliensis

Brazilian codling (Urophycis brasiliensis, a hake of the southern Atlantic coast of South America)

Merluccius hubbsi
Wikispecies:Merluccius hubbsi

Argentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi, a hake of the Argentine coast)


enhe

The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.


luciferismo

(religion) Luciferianism (belief system that venerates the essential characteristics identified with Lucifer)


prevaricadora

[pɾɨ.βɐ.ɾi.kɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


novela mexicana

novela mexicana f (plural novelas mexicanas)

(usually as part of a simile) a dramatic situation

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see novela, mexicana.


sêmea

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *semea, from Latin simila (“fine wheat flour”).

inh+

fine flour: what is left from wheat flour after the separation of the bran;

fine bran: bran as a by-product of the production of refined grains


necedade

Borrowed from Spanish necedad, from necio + -dad.


nescidade

From Old Galician-Portuguese necidade, neicidade, from néscio + -dade.


tanso

pt-noun

tanso m (plural tansos, feminine tansa, feminine plural tansas)

tansos (plural)
tansa (feminine)
tansas (feminine plural)

É exactamente na percepção que as pessoas estão a formar de que não serve de nada votar porque há um conjunto de regras não escritas que está completamente enraizado e que faz com que as instituições não cumpram o seu papel. E o eleitor sente que é pouco mais que um tanso…

2016 November 16, Leonete Botelho, ““As pessoas votam nos palhaços porque se revêem neles””, in Público:


chavalo

chavalo m (plural chavalos, feminine chavala, feminine plural chavalas)

chavalos (plural)
chavala (feminine)
chavalas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish chavalo, from Caló chavale, chavó.


buço

From Latin bucceum, from bucca (“cheek”).


alforreca

From a variant form of Arabic حُرَّيْقَة (ḥurrayqa, “nettle”). Compare Maltese ħurrieq.

O "nem por isso" é a alforreca das respostas negativas. O que mais enfurece nela é a falta não-absoluta de significância.

2014 July 21, Miguel Esteve Cardoso, “Nem por isso”, in Público:

The "not really" is the jellyfish of negative answers. What is most infuriating about it is the non-absolute lack of significance.

(Portugal, figurative, uncommon) something inconsistent or unpleasant


carteirista

carteirista m or f by sense (plural carteiristas)

Quanto aos furtos por carteirista e aos furtos por esticão, os registos oficiais indiciam que a percentagem de portugueses com 12 ou mais anos que foram vítimas de um destes crimes é muito semelhante e é, sobretudo, reduzida. No primeiro ...

1998, Eduardo Viegas Ferreira, Manuel António Ferreira Antunes, Crime e insegurança em Portugal: padrões e tendências, 1985-1996:

Concerning thefts by pickpockets and thefts by sudden grabbing, official registers indicate that the percentage of Portuguese people, 12-years-old or older, who were victims of one of these crime is very similar and is, above all, small. In the first […]


chapata

Borrowed from Spanish chapata, from Italian ciabatta.


absintho

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of absinto.


bôrdo

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of bordo.


typho

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of tifo.


épocha

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of época.


môlho

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of molho.


patriarchado

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of patriarcado.


calças à boca-de-sino

calças à boca-de-sino f pl (plural only)

calças à boca de sino
calças à boca de sino#Portuguese

Superseded spelling of calças à boca de sino.


carvalho português

carvalho português m (plural carvalhos portugueses)


sciencia

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of ciência.


válvula de escape

válvula de escape f (plural válvulas de escape)


inglez

inglez m (plural inglezes, feminine ingleza, feminine plural inglezas)

inglezes (plural)
ingleza (feminine)
inglezas (feminine plural)


ácido desoxirribonucléico

ácido desoxirribonucléico m (plural ácidos desoxirribonucléicos)

ácido desoxirribonucleico
ácido desoxirribonucleico#Portuguese

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of ácido desoxirribonucleico.


electrostática

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of eletrostática. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


elastómero

European Portuguese standard spelling of elastômero.


x-ato

Borrowed from English X-Acto, a brand name. Compare English Exacto knife.

(Portugal) utility knife (tool used to cut)


chapeuzinho

[ʃaˌpɛʊ̯ˈzĩ.j̃u]

[ʃaˌpɛʊ̯ˈzĩ.j̃u]

(Brazil, informal, sometimes childish) circumflex (the diacritic＾)


futurólogo

futurólogo m (plural futurólogos, feminine futuróloga, feminine plural futurólogas)

futurólogos (plural)
futuróloga (feminine)
futurólogas (feminine plural)

From futuro + -logo, possibly as a calque of French futurologue.


goniómetro

goniómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía) + -o- + -metro.


gerontocracia

(government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)


sistema de posicionamento global

pt-noun

sistema de posicionamento global m (plural sistemas de posicionamento global)

sistemas de posicionamento global (plural)

Global Positioning System
Global Positioning System

(cartography) Global Positioning System, GPS


hipsómetro

hipsómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek ῠ̔́ψος (húpsos) + -metro.


velocidades de escape

velocidade de escape
velocidade de escape#Portuguese


rábula

Learned borrowing from Latin rabula (“pettifogger”).

lbor

Só o fazia, porém, entre os colegas e repórteres bem comportados. Nada de boêmios, poetas e noctívagos, na sua roda! Advogava unicamente no cível e no comercial. Isto de "crime", dizia ele com asco, "só para rábulas". Pronunciava - "rábulas" - quase cuspindo, porque devem ter reparado que os mais vaidosos com os títulos escolares são os burros e os de baixa extração que os possuem. (...)

1911, Lima Barreto, “Foi buscar lã...”, in O homem que sabia javanês e outros contos:

pettifogger (lawyer who confuses matters with artifices)

(Brazil) quack lawyer, pettifogger (an individual who practices law without being qualified to do so)

blabbermouth, windbag (man who talks a lot without reaching a conclusion)


rábula

E o mal já vem de há muito, neste aspecto, ao que não é alheio o facto de a lei permitir brincadeiras sindicalistas também a titulares de órgãos de soberania, o que me faz vir à memória uma rábula magnífica, protagonizada por Ivone Silva, ...

2014, António Vilar, É a vida, Vida Economica Editorial, →ISBN, page 109:

(film, theater) minor role, supporting part (small role in a play)


interferómetro

pt-noun

interferómetro m (plural interferómetros)

interferómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From interfere (“interferes”) + -o- + metro.


calor latente

calor latente f (plural calores latentes)


talão

→ Malayalam: താൾ (tāḷ)

→ Tamil: தாள் (tāḷ)


laivo

(informal, in the plural) smattering (superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject)


sonegações fiscais

sonegação fiscal
sonegação fiscal#Portuguese


sonegação fiscal

sonegação fiscal f (plural sonegações fiscais)

(finance) tax evasion (illegal avoidance of tax)


liminar

preliminary injunction
preliminary injunction


tributário

taxpayer; tributary (an individual who pays or is required to pay taxes)


fiscalização

inspection, oversight (act or effect of monitoring, of checking whether something or someone behaves as expected)


cantiga de roda

cantiga de roda f (plural cantigas de roda)


cantigas de roda

cantiga de roda
cantiga de roda#Portuguese


borzeguim

Borrowed from Spanish borceguí, from Old French brousequin (Modern French brodequin), probably from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown origin.

1490-1550, Cancioneiro de Paris

Do not wear black buskins / because it is not allowed in the court.

Não tragais borzeguis pretos, / que na corte são defesos.


história da carochinha

história da carochinha f (plural histórias da carochinha)

a folktale (a tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place)

a cock-and-bull story (a far-fetched and fanciful story or tale of highly dubious validity)


mulé

Eye dialect spelling of mulher, representing Caipira Portuguese.


macrocéfalo

macrocéfalo m (plural macrocéfalos, feminine macrocéfala, feminine plural macrocéfalas)

macrocéfalos (plural)
macrocéfala (feminine)
macrocéfalas (feminine plural)

From macr(o)- + -céfalo, from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “long”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).


quilómetros quadrados

quilómetro quadrado
quilómetro quadrado#Portuguese


quilômetros quadrados

quilômetro quadrado
quilômetro quadrado#Portuguese


decímetros cúbicos

decímetro cúbico
decímetro cúbico#Portuguese


decímetro cúbico

decímetro cúbico m (plural decímetros cúbicos)


conjugador

[kõ.ʒu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[kõ.ʒu.ɣɐˈðoɾ]


cerviz

From Latin cervīcem. Doublet of cérvix and cérvice.


grande-caloria

grande-caloria f (plural grandes-calorias)


multitarefa

Calque of English multitasking, from multi- + tarefa (“task”).


vovente

vovente m or f by sense (plural voventes)

votive person (person who makes vows or promises)


monómetro

monómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


perguntas que não querem calar

pergunta que não quer calar
pergunta que não quer calar#Portuguese


pergunta que não quer calar

pergunta que não quer calar f (plural perguntas que não querem calar)

Literally, “question that does not want to shut up”.

lit

(Brazil, idiomatic) an important question, often one difficult or impossible to answer


olhômetro

pt-noun

olhômetro m (usually uncountable, plural olhômetros)

A olhômetro, esta sala tem uns 20 metros quadrados.

By a "guesstimate", this room has about 20 square meters.

(informal) "eye-meter", the ability to guesstimate


vivalma

Nas ruas da cidade não se via vivalma.

There was not a living soul to be seen in the streets of the city.


central nuclear

central nuclear f (plural centrais nucleares)


salazar

Named after Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.

named-after

(Portugal, colloquial) a kitchen scraper


ultracentrifugadora

pt-noun

ultracentrifugadora f (plural ultracentrifugadoras)


ultracentrífuga

ultracentrífuga f (plural ultracentrífugas)


aguadeiro

aguadeiro m (plural aguadeiros, feminine aguadeira, feminine plural aguadeiras)

aguadeiros (plural)
aguadeira (feminine)
aguadeiras (feminine plural)

From aguada (“a supply of water”) + -eiro.


mulheres honestas

mulher honesta
mulher honesta#Portuguese


mulher honesta

mulher honesta f (plural mulheres honestas)

(dated, potentially offensive as sexist) a woman who is not sexually promiscuous


alcoómetro

alcoómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


alcoômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of alcoómetro.


lactómetro

lactómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


galactómetro

galactómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


alcoolômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of alcoolómetro.


lactodensímetro

lactodensímetro m (plural lactodensímetros)


alcoolómetro

alcoolómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


confeção

[kõ.feˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

European Portuguese standard spelling of confecção.


confeição

[kõ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese confeyçon, from Latin cōnfectiōnem. Doublet of confecção and confeção, which were borrowed.

concoction (the preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients)

(chiefly archaic) Alternative form of confecção


trocadalhos do carilho

trocadalho do carilho
trocadalho do carilho#Portuguese


trocadalho do carilho

trocadalho do carilho m (plural trocadalhos do carilho)

Spoonerized "trocadilho do caralho" ("a fucking pun"). Literally, “one hell of a pun”.

(Brazil, rare, humorous, vulgar, euphemistic) a pun, usually of low level


vigoréxico

vigoréxico m (plural vigoréxicos, feminine vigoréxica, feminine plural vigoréxicas)

vigoréxicos (plural)
vigoréxica (feminine)
vigoréxicas (feminine plural)


paraísos fiscais

paraíso fiscal
paraíso fiscal#Portuguese


espécia

(obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of espécie


x-acto

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of x-ato. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


cartão postal

cartão postal m (plural cartões postais)


oitubro

(Portugal, dialectal) Alternative form of outubro


archaista

archaista m or f by sense (plural archaistas)

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of arcaísta.


chapèuzinho

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1973) of chapeuzinho.


badameco

From vade-mécum, from Latin vāde mēcum (literally “go with me!”).

der

Se pusermos um badameco a cometer um crime, é apenas um badameco; mas se ele for bonito como um anjo, passa a ser um caso social. O professor não queria saber de razões. Durante uma semana discutiu o filme e escreveu sobre ele ...

1992, Agustina Bessa Luís, Ordens Menores: Romance, Guimaraes:

(informal, derogatory) nobody (someone who is not important)


morcão

Ai de mim! Um dia veio, porém, em que a Adélia, em vez de me chamar morcão, quando, esfalfado no serviço do Senhor, eu mal podia ajudá-la a desatacar o colete, passou, sempre que os meus lábios insaciáveis se colavam demais ao seu colo, a empurrar-me, a chamar-me carraça (...)

1887, Eça de Queirós, “I”, in A Relíquia, page 60:

(Portugal, informal, derogatory) idiot, dork


fogaça

From Late Latin focācium (via its plural focācia), derived from Latin focus (“hearth”). Compare Galician fogaza, Spanish hogaza and Italian foccacia.

a type of sweet and spongy cake or bread


digitalizador

pt-noun

digitalizador m (plural digitalizadores)


papão

papão m (plural papões, feminine papona, feminine plural paponas)

papões (plural)
papona (feminine)
paponas (feminine plural)


pixulé

Unknown, compare Argentine Spanish pichuleo (“stinginess”), pichulear (“to hunt for bargains”).

Talvez devesse se valer de ajudante, um garoto molambento mas esperto dos descidos das favelas, que mendigam debaixo do sol da praça, apanham algum trocado, pixulé, caraminguá ocioso e sem serventia estendido pela caridade, inda ...

1998, Afonso Schmidt, Trabalhadores do Brasil: histórias do povo brasileiro, Geração Editorial:


goraz

[ɡoˈɾa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

red or blackspot sea bream (fish of the species Pagellus bogaraveo)


boca de siri

sealed lips (the act of keeping a secret)


gibiteca

Blend of gibi (“comic book”) + biblioteca (“library”). Equivalent to gibi + -teca


rabelo

(nautical, Portugal, regional) a type of boat used on the river Douro


novinho

pt-noun

novinho m (plural novinhos, feminine novinha, feminine plural novinhas)

novinhos (plural)
novinha (feminine)
novinhas (feminine plural)


novinha

novinha f (plural novinhas, masculine novinho, masculine plural novinhos)

novinhas (plural)
novinho (masculine)
novinhos (masculine plural)


Nintendinho

Literally, “small Nintendo”, from Nintendo (“a video game brand”) + -inho (“small”).

affix

(Brazil, informal, video games) a NES console


cara-pintada

pt-noun

cara-pintada m or f by sense (plural caras-pintadas)

(historical) in Brazil, in 1991–1992, any of the students who painted their faces with the colors of the national flag and went on protests demanding the impeachment of the president Fernando Collor de Mello


tosses de cachorro

tosse de cachorro
tosse de cachorro#Portuguese


tosse de cachorro

tosse de cachorro f (plural tosses de cachorro)

(idiomatic, informal) barking cough (a loud, intense cough)


fogo no rabo

restlessness (an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable)

(Brazil, vulgar) horniness (sexual excitement)


pedalada

A sessão norte-americana desta quarta-feira trouxe duas surpresas. As bolsas de Nova Iorque mergulharam no vermelho e as da Europa perderam a pedalada da manhã.

2016 January 13, Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, “Wall Street cai mais de 2%”, in Expresso:

(figuratively) energy, dynamism; momentum

(soccer) step over (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)


temakeria

From Japanese 手巻 (temaki, “temaki, hand-rolled sushi”) + -eria (“-ery, place specialized in selling something”).

suf

(Brazil) temaki shop (a restaurant specialized in selling temaki)


colchoaria

[kɔɫ.ʃwɐˈɾi.ɐ]

[kɔɫ.ʃwɐˈɾi.ɐ]

[kɔɫ.t͡ʃwɐˈɾi.ɐ]


conterrâneo

countryman, compatriot (somebody from one's own country)

somebody from one's own region, state, province, etc.


porfia

From Old Galician-Portuguese perfia, from Latin perfidia (“dishonesty”). Compare Spanish porfía. Doublet of perfídia.


portulano

(historical, nautical, geography) portolan


culatra

breech (part of a firearm behind the chamber)


gabarola

pt-noun

gabarola m or f by sense (plural gabarolas)

/ɡɐ.bɐˈɾɔ.lɐ/

[ɡɐ.βɐˈɾɔ.lɐ]


entendedor

entendedor m (plural entendedores, feminine entendedora, feminine plural entendedoras)

entendedores (plural)
entendedora (feminine)
entendedoras (feminine plural)

understander (someone who understands (something))


quixiquila

... as classes de idade, a função judiciária, a acção divinatona, o exercício da curandice, o quixiquila, ou contrato verbal de emprestimos mensais recíprocos, do salário total, etc., e ainda um aspecto impessoal que é o da propriedade.

1966, José Redinha, Etnossociologia do nordeste de Angola: Premio Frei João dos Santos, 1956:

(Angola, finance) informal money pooling scheme, similar to susu


trengo

trengo m (plural trengos, feminine trenga, feminine plural trengas)

trengos (plural)
trenga (feminine)
trengas (feminine plural)

[…] a mãe que continuava a gritar com as criadas; as constantes «doenças» de Carminho, sempre com o trengo do Eduardo a cirandar à cabeceira. Quanto ao general, vivia preocupado com o andar da guerra, que «não se resolve, […]

2013, Domingos Amaral, Enquanto Salazar dormia..., Leya, →ISBN:


basilecto

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of basileto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


mesolecto

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of mesoleto. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.


zeros à esquerda

zero à esquerda
zero à esquerda#Portuguese


capturas de ecrã

captura de ecrã
captura de ecrã#Portuguese


bucéfalo

bucéfalo m (plural bucéfalos, feminine bucéfala, feminine plural bucéfalas)

bucéfalos (plural)
bucéfala (feminine)
bucéfalas (feminine plural)

From Bucéfalo (“Bucephalus, the warhorse of Alexander the Great”), from Latin Būcephalus, from the Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos).

nitrido abufado dos bucéfalos em pânico

2007, Oscar Kellner Neto, Os Amarradores De Patas, Clube de Autores, page 33:

cavalgando um bucéfalo abundante de ossos e falto de carnes

2015, Heloisa Pires Lima, Benjamin, o filho da felicidade, FTD Educação, →ISBN, page 20:

riding a horse plentiful in bones and lacking in flesh

O pior, ele foi escrito por quatro autoras, que chamam as mulheres de coisas como “bucéfalas”. Merecíamos um presente desses?

1977 September 5, TPM, volume 8, number 91, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, →ISSN, page 115:

The worst part was, it was written by four female authors who call women things like “*Bucephaluses”. Did we deserve a gift like this?


TCC

trabalho de conclusão de curso#Portuguese

Initialism of trabalho de conclusão de curso.


captura de ecrã

captura de ecrã f (plural capturas de ecrã)

[kaˈptu.ɾɐ ð‿ɛˈkɾɐ̃]

(Portugal, computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)


capeta

(colloquial) the Devil; Satan (the supreme evil being)

Brazilian cocktail made with vodka, condensed milk, cinnamon, and guarana


jeitinho

[ʒeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]

[ʒeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃u]

[ʒeɪ̯ˈt͡ʃi.ɲo]

From jeito (“way”) + -inho (diminutive suffix).

affix

(Brazil) workaround, hack (improvised solution)

jeitinho brasileiro
jeitinho brasileiro#Portuguese


feijão-frade

[fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi]

[fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi]

[fe(ɪ̯)ˌʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈfɾa.de]

/fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.dɨ/

[fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

/fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.dɨ/

[fɐjˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

[fejˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

[fejˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

[feˌʒɐ̃w̃ˈfɾa.ðɨ]

Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata#Translingual


périplo

From Latin periplūs, from Ancient Greek περῐ́πλους (períplous).

circumnavigation, periplus (navigation around a sea or the maritime coasts of a country)

circumnavigation, periplus (description of such a trip)

circumnavigation, periplus (trip or visit made around a certain central space)


laracha

/lɐˈɾa.t͡ʃɐ/


funk ostentação

(music, Brazil) a São Paulo-originating variation of the funk carioca which, conversely to the original genre whose themes typically surround the everyday life in favelas, focus on the prosperous life of the artists after they became famous and rich, somewhat similarly to some artists of rap music


esquife

From Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”).


funk carioca

/ˈfɐ̃.kɨ kɐˈɾjɔ.kɐ/

Por isso, desde sempre, fizeram discos de metal, hip hop e até abriram portas para o funk carioca (lembra de Popozuda? É deles).

2011, Alexandre Petillo, Curtindo rock brasileiro, Belas-Letras, →ISBN:

(music, Brazil) popular Brazilian street music genre similar to rap, inspired by Miami bass and originating in Rio de Janeiro favelas in the 1980s


baile funk

Uma bala de borracha disparada por um policial militar do 28º Batalhão de Polícia Militar Metropolitano durante a dispersão a um baile funk na região de Guaianases, no extremo leste da cidade de São Paulo, na madrugada de domingo, dia 10 de novembro.

2019 November 13, Paulo Eduardo Dias, ““O policial mirou no meu rosto, atirou e debochou de mim”: o relato da garota cega por uma bala de borracha”, in El País:

A rubber bullet fired by a military police officer from the 28th Metropolitan Military Police Battalion during the dispersion of a baile funk in the Guaianases region, in the extreme east of the city of São Paulo, in the early hours of Sunday, November 10th.

(Brazil, music) a funk carioca dancing event, typical in favelas


sonoplasta

pt-noun

sonoplasta m or f by sense (plural sonoplastas)

the professional or person who performs sonoplastia


sonoplastia

(art) the technique of creating musical ambients, soundscapes and other sound effects, often used in music, theaters, radio, etc.


baião de dois

a dish made with rice, bean and cheese baked together


conivência

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnīventia.

connivance (act, quality or condition of what is complicit)

complicity (material or moral collaboration in a crime)

complicity (attitude of someone who refrains from preventing a crime, an infraction, etc.)

leniency (defective compromise, failure, etc.)

(botany) convergence (approximation, at the apex, of plant structures that remain free at the base)


pindaíba

Borrowed from Old Tupi pinda'yba (“fishing rod”).

bor+

(Brazil, informal) scarcity of money, especially a temporary poverty


cará

Hunsrik: Karaa

Probably borrowed from an indigenous language (possibly Tupi) from the southeast of Brazil. The first known use of the term is in the writings of Joseph of Anchieta (1534–1597).

various species of Dioscorea and their edible tubers

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual

(nonstandard) taro (Colocasia esculenta) and its edible tubers


reduto

Borrowed from Latin reductus, cognate with English redoubt.

(figurative) stronghold, place of refuge or survival [by a particular group]

(figurative, by extension) meeting place, hangout


relento

the air humidity of the night, that forms dew


tiracolo

strap crossing a person’s chest from one side of their neck to the opposite side of the body, such as the strap of a cross-body bag


recôndito

a location or concept with those characteristics


intromissão

From Medieval Latin intromissiōnem, from Latin intrōmittō.


jurema

Borrowed from Old Tupi yu'rema (“juicy hawthorn”).

(botany) (Pithecellobium tortum) South American tree, from the Legume family, with a tortuous trunk and branches and dark pods

hallucinogenic drink made from the plant (jurema), used in religious rituals

(Brazil, colloquial) hard work; tiring task


xeique

pt-noun

xeique m (plural xeiques, feminine xeica, feminine plural xeicas)

xeiques (plural)
xeica (feminine)
xeicas (feminine plural)


showmício

Literally, “concert-rally”. Blend of show (“musical concert”) + comício (“political rally”).

blend

(Brazil, Mozambique) a political rally with a musical concert


pé de moleque

From pé (“foot”) + de (“of”) + moleque (“urchin”), literally “urchin foot”.

af

(Brazil, cooking) a traditional Brazilian sweet made with peanuts, similar to brittle


pica das galáxias

pt-noun

pica das galáxias m or f by sense (plural picas das galáxias)

someone with great reputation or accomplishments


cachorrês

From cachorro (“dog”) + -ês (“-ese, language”).

af

(Brazil, possibly childish) dogese (language of dogs)


sereio

From sereia (“mermaid”) + -o (masculine suffix).

merman (legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down)


homem-sereia

[ˌõ.mẽɪ̯̃.seˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]

[ˌõ.mẽɪ̯̃.seˈɾeɪ̯.ɐ]

/ˌɔ.mɐ̃j̃.sɨˈɾɐj.ɐ/

/ˌɔ.mɐ̃j̃.sɨˈɾɐj.ɐ/

/ˌɔ.mɐ̃j̃.sɨˈɾe.ɐ/

From homem (“man”) + sereia (“mermaid”), literally “mermaid-man”.


dislate

E como é que o próprio Mariano Rajoy consegue dizer isto sem que os seus ouvintes reclamem pelo erro crasso? Na verdade, poucos espanhóis parecem importar-se com tal dislate.

2017 October 24, Marco Neves, “Portugal ou Espanha: qual é a nação mais antiga?”, in Certas Palavras:


dinheirinho

From dinheiro (“money”) + -inho (“diminutive suffix”).

Dei um dinheirinho para meu filho comprar bala.

I gave a little money for my son to buy candy.

diminutive of dinheiro
a small amount of money

Estou feliz de trabalhar e ganhar meu dinheirinho no fim do mês.

I'm happy to work and earn my (dear, precious) money every month.

diminutive of dinheiro
(endearing) money


fisiculturista

pt-noun

fisiculturista m or f by sense (plural fisiculturistas)


jagunço

(Brazil) bodyguard; thug, hoodlum; jagunço

hitman, contract killer (man hired to kill)

a blade traditionally used as a weapon in Bahia and Pernambuco


aturá

(Brazil) a large, cylindrical basket made of embira fiber and carried on the back, used by Native Americans to transport crops


maragato

(Brazil, history) supporter of the federalist movement that, in 1893, inspired the revolution against the party of Júlio de Castilhos, president of Rio Grande do Sul.

(Brazil, history) revolutionary who, in 1923, opposed the government of Borges de Medeiros, governor of Rio Grande do Sul.


estrangeirismo

estrangeirismo m (plural estrangeirismos)

Literally, “foreignism”, from estrangeiro (“foreign”) + -ismo (“-ism”).

af

Não use "show", use "espetáculo"! "Show" é estrangeirismo!
Don't use "show", use "espetáculo"! "Show" is a foreignism!

(derogatory) a loanword (borrowed from other language into Portuguese) that one considers wrong to use, because it is able to be substituted by a more traditionally correct Portuguese-sounding word

foreignness (the typical behaviour of a foreigner)


estulto

pt-noun

estulto m (plural estultos, feminine estulta, feminine plural estultas)

estultos (plural)
estulta (feminine)
estultas (feminine plural)


cartas de condução

carta de condução
carta de condução#Portuguese


catavento

catavento m or f by sense (plural cataventos)


raspadinha

/ʁaʃ.paˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/ʁɐʃ.pɐˈdi.ɲɐ/

[ʁɐʃ.pɐˈði.ɲɐ]


farra do boi

a bloodsport that consists of beating a bull to exhaustion


calorão

[ka.loˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


escaldão

[is.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.kaʊ̯ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Olha, vais apanhar um escaldão!


quiromante

quiromante m or f by sense (plural quiromantes)

From Ancient Greek χειρόμαντις (kheirómantis).


displicência

Borrowed from Latin displicentia, from displicēns.


marani

pt-noun

marani f (plural maranis, masculine marajá, masculine plural marajás)

maranis (plural)
marajá (masculine)
marajás (masculine plural)


republiqueta

república (“republic”) + -eta (diminutive suffix)


tarteira

/tɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/


pichulé

Não tô brincando não. Leva o cem! Uma em cima da outra, bobo. Hoje a féria foi boa. O Natal tá aí e sempre pinga uns pichulés a mais.

1980, Cinco em hum: antologia, Editora do Escritor, page 55:

1983, Ariosto Augusto de Oliveira, Na mão grande: contos, Editora Alfa-Omega, page 12

Bem que eu grampeava uns pichulés na compra das frutas. Uns cem mangos pro cigarro.

Alternative spelling of pixulé (“loose change; gratuity”)


sub-rés-do-chão

[su.biˌχɛ(ɪ̯)ʒ.duˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[subˌχɛ(ɪ̯)ʒ.duˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˌsubˌʁɛʒ.duˈʃɐ̃w̃/

[ˌsuβˌʁɛʒ.ðuˈʃɐ̃w̃]

/ˌsubˌʁɛʒ.duˈʃɐ̃w̃/

[ˌsuβˌʁɛʒ.ðuˈʃɐ̃w̃]

/ˌsubˌʁɛʒ.duˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/

[ˌsuβˌʁɛʒ.ðuˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃]


tição

/t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃w̃/

[t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese tiçon, from Latin tītiōnem (“firebrand”).

(Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) very dark person


reluctancia

Não ha homem que com maior reluctancia e maior repugnancia tenha encarado como eu […] a perspectiva de se ver envolvido em uma grande guerra.

1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

There is no man in this room who has always regarded the prospect of engaging in a great war with greater reluctance and with greater repugnance that I have done […] .


triz

Uncertain, possibly from triscar (“to touch lightly”) or Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).


mariquice

From maricas (“coward, effeminate”) + -ice.


alcofa

mobile cot, carrycot (box-shaped bed for babies)


odontoceto

Learned borrowing from New Latin Odontoceti, From Ancient Greek ὀδόντος (odóntos, “teeth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “whale”).


varinha de condão

pt-noun

varinha de condão f (plural varinhas de condão)

(fantasy) magic wand (stick used to perform magic)