mescal

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)

mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave)


aventura

From Old Galician-Portuguese aventura, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin advenīre, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advir).

[ɐ.βẽˈtu.ɾɐ]

adventure (that which happens without design)


respondente

pt-noun

respondente m or f by sense (plural respondentes)

/ʁɨʃ.põˈdẽ.tɨ/


resposta

Kabuverdianu: respósta

/ʁeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

[χeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ]

/ʁɨʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese resposta, reposta, from responder, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of põer (Portuguese pôr). Compare Asturian and Spanish respuesta, Catalan and Galician resposta and Italian risposta.


víveres

[ˈbi.βɨ.ɾɨʃ]


germano

germano m (plural germanos, feminine germana, feminine plural germanas)

germanos (plural)
germana (feminine)
germanas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin Germānus (“German”).


germano

Borrowed from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥. Compare the inherited irmão; also a doublet of hermano.

a brother or sister with the same mother and father (as opposed to a stepbrother or sister)


mandioca

desctree

→ Spanish: mandioca
→ Middle French: manioc
French: manioc
→ German: Maniok
→ Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
Turkish: manyok
→ Romanian: manioc
→ English: manioc
→ Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
→ Romanian: manioc

→ Kongo: mandioko

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/


método

Learned borrowing from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).

Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.


riqueza

From rico (“rich”) + -eza (“-ness”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rico, from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”).

der

(uncountable) riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)

(uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)

the wealth of a person, organisation or location collectively

(uncountable) wealth, abundance (great amount)

(uncountable) sumptuousness (quality of what displays wealth)


pocilga

From an Old Galician-Portuguese *porcilga, related to porco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and *cōrtīcula, diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle.

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)

(colloquial) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)


purina

(organic chemistry) purine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)


filamento

Borrowed from Medieval Latin fīlāmentum, from Late Latin fīlō (“to spin, draw out in a long line”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

filament (wire in an incandescent light bulb)

(botany) filament (stalk of a stamen in a flower)


telegrama

/tɨ.lɨˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[tɨ.lɨˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/tɨ.lɨˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[tɨ.lɨˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

telegram; cable (message sent by telegraph)


xantina

/ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

(chemistry) xanthine (any group of alkaloids, including caffeine)


magnífico

Borrowed from Latin magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid”), derived from Latin magnus (“great”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”).

bor+

(historical) magnifico (nobleman of Venice)


técnico

→ Tetum: tékniku

From French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, skill, trade”).


guitarra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese guitarra, borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), borrowed from Aramaic קיתרא, borrowed from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cítara, cítola, and cistre.


apicultor

pt-noun

apicultor m (plural apicultores, feminine apicultora, feminine plural apicultoras)

apicultores (plural)
apicultora (feminine)
apicultoras (feminine plural)


perda

From Old Galician-Portuguese perda, from Vulgar Latin *perdita, from the feminine of Latin perditus (“lost”), perfect passive participle of perdō (“to lose”).

(euphemistic) the death of someone close


mirim

(Brazil) any small, stingless bee, especially those of the genus Plebeia


tamanduá-mirim

tamanduá-mirim m (plural tamanduás-mirins)

From Tupi, so called because it is smaller than the giant anteater.

tamandua (anteater of the genus Tamandua)


futsal

Blend of futebol (de) + salão, literally “hall football”.


sussurro

Borrowed from Latin susurrus (“a humming, whispering”).

bor+

whisper (the act of speaking in a quiet voice)


vina

From German Wiener, shortened form of Wiener Würstchen.

(Brazil, Paraná) sausage (food made from ground meat packed in a cylindrical casing)


encargo

responsibility (duty, obligation or liability for which someone is held accountable)


adax

Addax nasomaculatus
Wikispecies:Addax nasomaculatus

addax (Addax nasomaculatus, a large African antelope)


somas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bónus

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus, from Old Latin duonus, from Proto-Indo-European *dou- (“to worship”). Compare bom (“good”), a doublet inherited from the same Latin word.


philosopho

pt-noun

philosopho m (plural philosophos, feminine philosopha, feminine plural philosophas)

philosophos (plural)
philosopha (feminine)
philosophas (feminine plural)

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


cerva

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of cerveja (“beer”).


merchandising

Unadapted borrowing from English merchandising.


anos

Você tem dezesseis anos...

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 271:


organela

/ɔɾ.ɡɐˈnɛ.lɐ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐˈnɛ.lɐ]


cronologia

(uncountable) chronology (science of determining the order in which events occurred)

timeline (graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events)


pureza

Inherited from Latin pūritia, from pūrus (“limpid; pure”).

innocence (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)


alburno

pt-noun

alburno m (usually uncountable, plural alburnos)

(botany) sapwood; alburnum (soft, newer wood just under the bark)


chope

→ Hunsrik: Schopp

(Brazil, regional) a frozen dessert in a tube, freezepop, ice pop, freezie


chope

From the name in Chopi, which refers to their use of bows and arrows.


resma

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma). Compare Catalan raima and Spanish resma.

ream (set of twenty hands of paper or five hundred sheets)


economista

economista m or f by sense (plural economistas)


lenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese leenda, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of Latin legō (“to read”). Doublet of legenda.

bor

legend
story describing extraordinary events

legend
person of extraordinary accomplishment


protagonista

pt-noun

protagonista m or f by sense (plural protagonistas)

protagonist (leading person in a contest)


neto

neto m (plural netos, feminine neta, feminine plural netas)

netos (plural)
neta (feminine)
netas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese neto, derived in masculine from the feminine neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”).


teocracia

theocracy (government under the control of a state-sponsored religion)


autocracia

From Byzantine Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía). By surface analysis, auto- + -cracia.


tumulto

From Latin tumultus (“uproar, tumult; riot”).


troiana

[tɾoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[tɾoɪ̯ˈɐ̃.nɐ]


troiano

troiano m (plural troianos, feminine troiana, feminine plural troianas)

troianos (plural)
troiana (feminine)
troianas (feminine plural)


aderente

aderente m or f by sense (plural aderentes)

adherent (member of a party or association)


partícula alfa

partícula alfa f (plural partículas alfa)

(physics) alpha particle (positively charged nucleus of a helium-4 atom)


elmo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese elmo (“helm”), borrowed from Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 (hilms, “helm”), from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”).


salga

salting (act of curing food with salt, or adding salt to something)


partícula

Learned borrowing from Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part”). Doublet of partilha, which was inherited.

lbor

(linguistics) particle (word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech)


Gandhi

Gandhi (any major political leader who is a proponent of nonviolence)


nordeste

/nɔɾˈdɛʃ.tɨ/

[nɔɾˈðɛʃ.tɨ]

Borrowed from French nord-est (“northeast”).


horto

From Old Galician-Portuguese orto, from Latin hortus (“garden”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰortós, from *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).

kitchen garden (garden for growing fruit, vegetables and/or herbs)


dragões

(soccer, informal) Futebol Clube do Porto


aquário

Learned borrowing from Latin aquārium. Doublet of agueiro.


satélite

From Middle French satellite (“follower, attendant”), from Latin satellitem (“attendant, guard”), from Etruscan *𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌀𐌋 (*satnal).

uder

satellite (object orbiting a celestial object)


dragão

pt-noun

dragão m (plural dragões, feminine dragoa, feminine plural dragoas)

dragões (plural)
dragoa (feminine)
dragoas (feminine plural)

[dɾaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese dragon, from Latin dracōnem, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare Galician and Spanish dragón; also English drake.


dragão

[dɾaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(military) dragoon (soldier who uses horses for mobility but fights dismounted)

(Brazil, derogatory, colloquial) a very ugly woman

(Portugal, soccer, informal) a fan of the Futebol Clube do Porto


noroeste

/nɔˈɾwɛʃ.tɨ/

From nor(te) (“north”) + oeste (“west”).


espadas

From espada (“sword”). Originally the suit was represented by swords. Eventually the design changed but the name was kept.

(card games) spades (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠)


lauda

Uncertain, possibly from Latin laus or Latin laudare.

(printing) folio; page (one side of a leaf of a book)


aranha

Kabuverdianu: aranha

Papiamentu: araña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aranna (“spider”), from Latin arānea (“spider”). Compare Galician araña and Spanish araña. Probably a doublet of ronha, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

inh+

(Brazil, slang) vulva, vagina, especially when hairy


abertura

[ɐ.βɨɾˈtu.ɾɐ]

From Latin apertūra. By surface analysis, aberto + -ura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.


esófago

esófagos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin oesophagus, from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos).


álamo

Uncertain origin. Possibly from Vandalic *alms, or an alteration of Latin alnus (“alder”).

poplar (any of the trees in the genus Populus)


sobrenatural

supernatural (supernatural beings and events collectively)


choque

shock (something so surprising that it is stunning)

electric shock (sudden burst of electric energy through something or someone)

(medicine) circulatory shock (inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements)


neuroblastoma

(oncology) neuroblastoma (cancer affecting the ganglia)


física

Borrowed from New Latin physica (“physics”), from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”).

der

Holonyms: ciência, ciência exata

Meronyms: acústica, eletrodinâmica, mecânica, ondulatória, relatividade, termodinâmica


efectivo

pt-noun

efectivo m (plural efectivos, feminine efectiva, feminine plural efectivas)

efectivos (plural)
efectiva (feminine)
efectivas (feminine plural)

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


persiana

Venetian blind (blind consisting of overlapping horizontal slats)


lontra

From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. First attested in Gil Vicente's Auto das Fadas. Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese luntria, attested in 1253.

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico


arroz

→ Kaingang: aronh

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder.
Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor.
Arabic رُزّ (ruzz)
Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz)
Andalusian Arabic روزbor.
Portuguese arrozBorrowed from Andalusian Arabic روز, from Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz), from رُزّ (ruzz), borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰiš.

etymon

(uncountable) rice (Oryza sativa, a cereal)

(uncountable) rice (the seeds of this cereal)


incapaz

pt-noun

incapaz m or f by sense (plural incapazes)

Learned borrowing from Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- + capaz.


carestia

scarcity; shortage (inadequate amount of something)


brigantino

brigantino m (plural brigantinos, feminine brigantina, feminine plural brigantinas)

brigantinos (plural)
brigantina (feminine)
brigantinas (feminine plural)


testamento

From Old Galician-Portuguese testamento, probably borrowed from Latin testāmentum, from testor (“to testify”), from testis (“witness”).

(law) will; testament (formal declaration of one’s intent concerning the disposal of one’s property and holdings after death)

(Christianity) testament (either of two parts of the Bible)


clínico

clínico m (plural clínicos, feminine clínica, feminine plural clínicas)

clínicos (plural)
clínica (feminine)
clínicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin clīnicus, from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós), from κλίνη (klínē, “the bed”).


clínica

1889, França Júnior, As Doutoras, 2nd act, 12th scene.
A sua clínica desaparecerá, minha senhora, no dia em que as mulheres formarem-se às dúzias e aos centos.

Your clinic will disappear, my lady, on the day that the women graduate by the dozens and by the hundreds.

(healthcare) clinic (small medical facility)

O dr. Mateus Saraiva, que exerceu a clínica no Rio de Janeiro na primeira parte do século XVIII

1927, Humberto de Campos, chapter 285, in A caridade, O Brasil Anedótico:

Doctor Mateus Saraiva, who pratised medicine in Rio de Janeiro in the first part of the 18th century.

(uncountable) medicine; healthcare (the practice of treating disease)


bizantino

bizantino m (plural bizantinos, feminine bizantina, feminine plural bizantinas)

bizantinos (plural)
bizantina (feminine)
bizantinas (feminine plural)

Byzantine (native of the Byzantine Empire)


torrente

(figurative) torrent (large amount or stream of something)


principiante

principiante m or f by sense (plural principiantes)


suor

From Old Galician-Portuguese suor, suur, sudor, from Latin sūdōrem.

sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores)

sweating (the bodily process of producing sweat)


alteza

From Old Galician-Portuguese alteza, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus. By surface analysis, alto + -eza.


patriota

patriota m or f by sense (plural patriotas)

(Brazil, informal) a follower of former president of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonaro


perua

(Brazil, informal, figuratively, sometimes offensive) a middle-aged woman who uses extravagant clothes and accessories

(Brazil, informal, sometimes offensive) a prostitute

(Brazil) van (an automobile smaller than a bus or truck and larger than a common car)


litografia

lithography (printing method which uses etched plates)

lithograph (image produced by lithography)


holografia

(uncountable) holography (the production of three-dimensional images in a three-dimensional environment)

hologram (an image created using holography)


hematologia

(medicine) haematology (scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs)


hagiografia

(religion) hagiography (the study of saints)

(religion) hagiography (a biography of a saint)


messias

(religion) messiah (person ordained by God to lead the people of Israel)


stresse

European Portuguese standard spelling of estresse.


mosaico

From Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).


nervosismo

nervousness (state or quality of being nervous)


colar

From Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris.


hidráulico

hidráulico m (plural hidráulicos, feminine hidráulica, feminine plural hidráulicas)

hidráulicos (plural)
hidráulica (feminine)
hidráulicas (feminine plural)


pijama

From English pyjamas, from Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā), from Persian پایجامه (“leg garment”).

pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)


albumina

(organic chemistry) albumin (one of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water)


possessivo

possessivo m (plural possessivos, feminine possessiva, feminine plural possessivas)

possessivos (plural)
possessiva (feminine)
possessivas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin possessīvus (“possessive”), from possideō (“to possess”), from potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).

bor+

a possessive (unwilling to yield possession) individual

a jealous (suspecting rivalry in love) individual


nutriente

Borrowed from Latin nūtrientem, present participle of nūtriō (“to suckle, to nourish, to foster”).


seara

From Old Galician-Portuguese sẽara, from Iberian Vulgar Latin senara, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *senara (“piece of land cultivated on the side”), from *sen- (“separation”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)) + *aryeti (“to plow”).
Cognate with Galician seara, senra, Mirandese senara, Asturian senra and Spanish serna.


primitiva

(mathematics) primitive (function whose derivative is a given function)

(programming) primitive (data type that is built into the programming language)


primitivo

primitive (member of a primitive society)


estro

From Latin oestrus, from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros, “vehement desire, frenzy”, literally “gadfly”).

heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)


perdedor

pt-noun

perdedor m (plural perdedores, feminine perdedora, feminine plural perdedoras)

perdedores (plural)
perdedora (feminine)
perdedoras (feminine plural)

[pɨɾ.ðɨˈðoɾ]

[pɨɾ.ðɨˈðoɾ]

[pɨɾ.ðɨˈðo.ɾi]

loser (someone with bad luck or poor skills who consistently loses)

loser (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life)


leguminosa

legume (member of Leguminosae family, such as peas or beans)


sirte

From Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis), the Gulf of Sidra, a shallow gulf on the coast of Libya.

sandy reef that hinders the floating of ships


georgiana

[ʒe.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ʒe.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ʒe.oɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[ʒe.oʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]


Panchen Lama

(Tibetan Buddhism) Panchen Lama (second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism)


partida

From Old Galician-Portuguese partida, from partir (“to depart”), from Latin partīre (“to part”), from pars (“part”).

(obsolete)


sinal

Hunsrik: Sinaal

From Old Galician-Portuguese sinal, synal, from Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum. By surface analysis, sino + -al and signo + -al.

Isso é um sinal claro dos problemas que virão.

This is a clear sign of coming problems.

Esta ruína é um dos poucos sinais que restaram da guerra.

These ruins are one of the few remaining traces of the war.

sign; mark; trace (a visible or otherwise perceivable indication of something)

Ele voltou da guerra com o rosto cheio de sinais.

He returned from the war with his face full of marks.

mark (a blemish, stain, scratch, scar or similar on a surface, especially on the skin)

O sinal IGREJA é composto dos sinais CASA e CRUZ.

The sign for ‘church’ is a compound of the signs for ‘house’ and ‘cross’.

signal (a visual or audible indication made to give notice of some occurrence, command or danger)

sign; gesture (a motion of the hands or body used to express something)

(linguistics) sign (a linguistic unit of a sign language)

Você tem sinal?

(deaf culture) name sign; sign name (a sign-language sign that identifies a person)

Faça o sinal da cruz.

school bell (bell or siren used to announce the beginning and end of classes in schools)

O sinal está aberto, pode ir.

traffic light (set of lights indicating when it is safe to cross a street)

Deixe sua mensagem após o sinal.

(telephony) beep (tone played by an answering machine before it starts recording)

Espere pelo meu sinal para atacar.

O sinal de rádio não pega do outro lado da montanha.

The radio signal does not reach the other side of the mountain.

(telecommunications) signal (physical impulse used to convey data)

(finance) deposit; down payment (initial payment of a purchase)

O sinal de igual e o sinal de mais.

(mathematics) sign (a symbol that represents a mathematical operation or relationship)


zoa

(Brazil, Internet slang) Clipping of zoação.


georgiano

georgiano m (plural georgianos, feminine georgiana, feminine plural georgianas)

georgianos (plural)
georgiana (feminine)
georgianas (feminine plural)

From Geórgia (“Georgia”, country) + -ano.

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

Georgian (person from the country Georgia)


georgiano

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

Georgian (language of the country Georgia)


georgiano

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɦ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oɾ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

[ʒɪ.oʁ.ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu]

Georgian (person from the American state Georgia)


gerontologia

gerontology (branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people)


faquir

faquir m (plural faquires or (rare) faquirs)


barrica

Borrowed from Gascon barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).


topografia

topography (graphic representation of the surface features of a place)


epistemologia

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”) + -logia (“-logy”).

af

grc:ἐπιστήμη

epistemology (branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge)


pilone

pylon (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple)


intercessor

pt-noun

intercessor m (plural intercessores, feminine intercessora, feminine plural intercessoras)

intercessores (plural)
intercessora (feminine)
intercessoras (feminine plural)


inquietude

Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō.

restlessness; inquietude (state or condition of being restless)


vivianite

vivianites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(mineralogy) vivianite (a hydrated iron phosphate mineral)


comercial

Borrowed from Late Latin commerciālis, from Latin commercium.

commercial (advertisement in a common media format)


arati

(Hinduism) arati; aarti (prayer ritual involving candles)


lombardo

lombardo m (plural lombardos, feminine lombarda, feminine plural lombardas)

lombardos (plural)
lombarda (feminine)
lombardas (feminine plural)

Lombard (member of a Germanic people who settled in Italy during the Dark Ages)

(uncountable) Lombard (Romance language spoken in Lombardy)


vila

From Old Galician-Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa (“country house”). Cognate with Galician vila, Spanish and Italian villa, and French ville.

inh

(Brazil, colloquial) a low-class residential area, like row houses, but in a self-managed community around a cul-de-sac


litosfera

lithosphere (outermost layer of a rocky planet)


productor

pt-noun

productor m (plural productores, feminine productora, feminine plural productoras)

productores (plural)
productora (feminine)
productoras (feminine plural)

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


coprolalia

(psychology) coprolalia (compulsive tendency to use obscene language)


aio

aio m (plural aios, feminine aia, feminine plural aias)

aios (plural)
aia (feminine)
aias (feminine plural)

Probably from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”), whence Portuguese aia (“governoress”).


plataforma

(computing) platform (environment for running software)

a ramp for launching missiles or rockets


biosfera

/bjɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

biosphere (part of Earth capable of supporting life)


chikungunya

Unadapted borrowing from English chikungunya.


holocausto

From Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos), through Latin holocaustum.

(religion) holocaust (among the ancient Hebrews, a sacrifice in which the victim was completely consumed by fire)

(religion) holocaust (victim offered in this sacrifice)

massacre, slaughter (killing of a large number of human beings)

(figuratively) abdication of one's own will to satisfy someone else's


rapina

Borrowed from Latin rapīna. Doublet of ravina.


cláusula

→ Tetum: kláuzula

(law) clause (separate part of a contract)


atractivo

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


alitame

alitame (dipeptide of alanine and aspartic acid)


paralelismo

parallelism (state or condition of being parallel)

(rhetoric, grammar) parallelism (juxtaposition of equivalent syntactic constructions)

(computing) parallelism (the use of parallel methods in computing)


religião

[he.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.liˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.liˈʒjɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin religiōnem (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”), from relegō (“to bind back or behind”), from re- + legō (“to choose, to select; to collect, to gather”).


prólogo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prologo, borrowed from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).


entreguerras

/ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/

/ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/

/ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/

/ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁɐs/

/ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/

[ˌẽ.tɾeˈɡɛ.χɐʃ]

/ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/

[ˌẽ.tɾiˈɡɛ.χɐʃ]

/ẽ.tɾɨˈɡɛ.ʁɐʃ/

[ẽ.tɾɨˈɣɛ.ʁɐʃ]

(history) interwar (the period between two wars, especially the first and second world wars)


ligadura

(surgery) ligature (thread used to close a vessel or duct)

(music) slur; ligature (the symbol indicating a legato passage)


texto

From Old Galician-Portuguese texto, borrowed from Medieval Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus (“woven”), perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”).

(uncountable) writing (written letters or symbols that express some meaning)

script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)


mediador

pt-noun

mediador m (plural mediadores, feminine mediadora, feminine plural mediadoras)

mediadores (plural)
mediadora (feminine)
mediadoras (feminine plural)

[mɨ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

[mɨ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)


patada

a kick, especially from an animal's paws

(figurative, informal) an act of unkindness or ingratitude

(figurative, informal) an instance of verbally attacking someone, often indirectly (i.e. with hints)


veterano

veterano m (plural veteranos, feminine veterana, feminine plural veteranas)

veteranos (plural)
veterana (feminine)
veteranas (feminine plural)


conflicto

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


excepcional

excepcional m or f by sense (plural excepcionais)

From French exceptionnel, or Latin exceptiō, exceptiōnem + -al. Compare exceção.


corredor

corredor m (plural corredores, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredoras)

corredores (plural)
corredora (feminine)
corredoras (feminine plural)

Eu sou corredor.


corredor

Desobstruam o corredor!


núcleo

Learned borrowing from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).

lbor

núcleo urbano

núcleo duro

nucleus (core, central part of something)

nucleus (initial part which will receive additions)

(chemistry, nuclear physics) nucleus (massive, positively charged core of an atom)

(cytology) nucleus (large organelle found in cells)

(linguistics) nucleus (centre of a syllable)


individualista

pt-noun

individualista m or f by sense (plural individualistas)


átomo

Learned borrowing from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

der

(physics, chemistry) atom (nucleus surrounded by electrons)

atom (smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something)

(historical) atom (theoretical indivisible particle of matter)


literatura

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”). Doublet of letradura.

lbor

literature (a body of written works collectively)

(literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)

(literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)

(literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)

(sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)

(literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)

(literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)


khagan

khagan (title of imperial rank used by some Turkic and Mongolian peoples)


antipartícula

antiparticle (type of subatomic particle)


ascensor

lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)


mínimo

(usually in the plural) parking light, sidelight

(chiefly Brazil) Clipping of dedo mínimo.

salário mínimo
salário mínimo#Portuguese


instinto

/ĩʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/

instinct (a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)


máxima

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin maxima.

2024 July 15, Catarina Leite, “Vem aí uma massa de ar quente. Máximas podem aproximar-se dos 40ºC [A mass of hot air is coming. Highs could approach 40ºC]”, in Smooth FM, retrieved 2024-07-22:


energético

Borrowed from French énergétique, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός (energētikós).

energy drink (highly caffeinated beverage used to increase alertness)


adjunto

adjunct (something attached or subordinate to something else)

(grammar) adjunct (dispensable phrase that amplifies a sentence’s meaning)


instante

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstantem (“urging; urgent”).

instant; moment (very brief period of time)


aromatase

(biochemistry) aromatase (enzyme responsible for aromatisation of androgen hormones)


gráfico

From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.

der

printer (operator of a printing press or owner of a printing business)


cedimento

the act of ceding (giving way or giving away)


diagrama

/d͡ʒi.aˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

[d͡ʒɪ.aˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjaˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/d͡ʒi.aˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

[d͡ʒɪ.aˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjaˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/djɐˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[djɐˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/djɐˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[djɐˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

diagram; graph (plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show workings or parts relationships)


darknet

pt-noun

darknet f (usually uncountable, plural darknets)

Unadapted borrowing from English darknet.

ubor

(Internet) darknet (networks that can only be accessed with special software, configuration or authorisation)


fémur

Learned borrowing from Latin femur (“thigh”).

lbor

European Portuguese standard spelling of fêmur.


pátina

patina (green rust that appears on bronze objects)


neolítico

pt-noun

neolítico m (usually uncountable, plural neolíticos)

(archaeology) Neolithic (the last period of the Stone Age)


andrógeno

/ɐ̃ˈdɾɔ.ʒɨ.nu/


suprarrenal

(anatomy) adrenal gland (endocrine gland situated above the kidney)


estirpe

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.

You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.


estrógeno

(biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)


testosterona

(physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)

(figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)


autora

From autor (“author”) + -a (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

suffix

female author, authoress (female equivalent of autor)


navegante

pt-noun

navegante m or f by sense (plural navegantes)

/nɐ.vɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.vɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

/nɐ.vɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.vɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

/nɐ.bɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.βɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

seafarer; navigator (one who travels by sea)


farofa

Uncertain.
* Possibly an African borrowing; see Kimbundu falofa, referencing a meal made with flour, oil, water, and peanuts. However some sources argue that the Kimbundu term may have been borrowed from Portuguese instead.
* Perhaps from Latin far (“a type of hulled wheat”) + offa (“chunk; dumpling”).

(Brazil, cooking) food made from manioc flour cooked in fat


casada

female equivalent of casado; married woman


filho

filho m (plural filhos, feminine filha, feminine plural filhas)

filhos (plural)
filha (feminine)
filhas (feminine plural)

Guinea-Bissau Creole: fidju

Indo-Portuguese: filh

Kabuverdianu: fidju

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filho (“son”), from Latin fīlius (“son”), from Old Latin fīlios (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁y-li-os (“sucker”), a derivation from the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Compare Galician fillo and Spanish hijo.

inh+

(informal) son (term of address for a younger male)

(somewhat poetic) son; child (any descendant)

child (any person or thing heavily influenced by something else)

(graph theory) child (a node, of a tree, that has a parent node)


hormona

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

(Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)


síndrome

pt-noun

síndrome f or (Portugal, sometimes proscribed) m (plural síndromes)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).

lbor

síndrome de Alice no país das maravilhas

(medicine, pathology) syndrome (a well-defined set of symptoms that do not characterize a single disease, but can reflect a pathogenic modality)

(figuratively) syndrome (set of signs or characteristics associated with a critical situation and causing fear or insecurity)


hemofilia

(pathology) haemophilia (hereditary illness that impairs the body’s ability to control bleeding)


topónimo

topónimos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

toponym; placename (the name of a place)


receptáculo

Learned borrowing from Latin receptāculum (“receptacle”).

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


comodoro

(military, nautical) commodore (a naval officer)

(nautical) commodore (president of a yacht club)


fita

Macanese: fita

→ Bengali: ফিতা (phita)

→ Hindi: फ़ीता (fītā)

Uncertain. Likely from Latin vitta (“band, ribbon”).

(Brazil, video games, colloquial) cartridge

(Portugal, education, slang) a colored ribbon to indicate membership of a faculty


fita

É tudo fita!

Deixem-se de fitas!

Fazer fita.


cruzada

crusade (any of several military expeditions by European Christians against Muslims and Pagan)


filósofo

pt-noun

filósofo m (plural filósofos, feminine filósofa, feminine plural filósofas)

filósofos (plural)
filósofa (feminine)
filósofas (feminine plural)

From Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, “lover of wisdom”), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).

uder

philosopher (person who studies philosophy)


retórica

Learned borrowing from Latin rhētorica (“rhetoric”), from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

der

rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)

rhetoric (meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress)


axioma

Learned borrowing from Latin axiōma, from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma).

axiom (self-evident and necessary truth)


certeza

From certo (“certain; sure”) + -eza, from Old Galician-Portuguese certo, from Latin certus (“certain, fixed”).

Tenho certeza que isso ocorrerá.

(literally, “I have certainty that this will happen.”)

(uncountable) certainty (state of being certain)

Morte e impostos são as únicas certezas da vida.

Death and taxes are life’s only certainties.


colonialista

pt-noun

colonialista m or f by sense (plural colonialistas)


destacamento

emphasis; highlight; prominence (the condition of being given more importance than others)

(chiefly military) detail; detachment (unit organized for special duties)


vulcão

vulcão m (plural vulcões or vulcães or vulcãos)

vulcões (plural)
vulcães (plural)
vulcãos (plural)

[vuʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Ultimately from Latin Vulcanus (“Vulcan”).


comerciante

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)

merchant; trader (one who gains a livelihood from trading)


réplica

Deverbal from replicar (“to replicate”), from Latin replicāre (“to fold”), from re- + plicō (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”).

der

(law) answer (document filed in response to a complaint)


antropofagia

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.fɐˈʒi.ɐ/

cannibalism (act of eating another of one’s own species)


bife

Macanese: bife

→ Tetum: bife

Borrowed from English beef, from Old French buef, from Latin bovem (“ox”). Doublet of boi.


bife

pt-noun

bife m (plural bifes, feminine bifa, feminine plural bifas)

bifes (plural)
bifa (feminine)
bifas (feminine plural)

(Algarve, colloquial, derogatory, ethnic slur) English person


cá

(Brazil) The name of the Latin-script letter K/k. (kay)


mecanismo

mechanism (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)


adicto

addict, junkie (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)


boleto

Borrowed from Latin bōlētus, from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).

Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis#Translingual

porcini (Boletus edulis, an edible mushroom)


boleto

Borrowed from Spanish boleta or Italian bolletta, from Latin bulla.

boleto bancário
boleto bancário#Portuguese


medula espinal

medula espinal f (plural medulas espinais)


diazepam

(pharmacology) diazepam (minor tranquillizer, benzodiazepine)


mudra

(dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)


alavanca

→ Indonesian: alabangka

[ɐ.lɐˈβɐ̃.kɐ]


xis

(figuratively) main (the main part of something)


xis

Shortened from xisbúrguer, borrowed from English cheeseburger).


hemorragia

Borrowed from Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “violent bleeding”).


tronco cerebral

pt-noun

tronco cerebral m (plural troncos cerebrais)


beca

(informal, Portugal) a bit (small quantity)


mesencéfalo

Latin From Greek mesos inner and encephalos cephalon, brain


terra preta

→ English: terra preta

terra preta de índio
terra preta de índio#Portuguese

terra preta; Ellipsis of terra preta de índio.


minino

minino m (plural mininos, feminine minina, feminine plural mininas)

mininos (plural)
minina (feminine)
mininas (feminine plural)


intelecto

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.


avô

pt-noun

avô m (plural avôs, feminine avó, feminine plural avós)

avôs (plural)
avó (feminine)
avós (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese avoo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”).


latrocínio

(law) hold-up; armed robbery (robbery where the thief intimidates the victim with a weapon)

(law) robbery followed by the murder of the victim


hepatoma

(oncology) hepatoma (cancer originating in the liver)


avó

avó f (plural avós, masculine avô, masculine plural avôs)

avós (plural)
avô (masculine)
avôs (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avoa, from Late Latin aviola, diminutive of Latin avia.


testemunha

Kabuverdianu: tistimunha

Ele era a única testemunha do acidente.

He was the only witness of the accident.


telhado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese telhado (“roof”), from Vulgar Latin *teglātu, from Latin tēgulātum, from tēgula (“a roof-tile”). Compare Galician tellado, Spanish tejado, Catalan teulada.


distância

[d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

[...] a poucos metros de distância [...]

2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 9:

Um vulto encontrava-se dentro do carro. Daquela distância, Diana tentou perceber quem seria a companhia — nos dedos da catraia não brilhava nenhum anel de ouro, por isso seria namorado, acompanhante, amigo colorido, ou outras novidades que os miúdos inventam.

2013, Carlos Sérgio Rodrigues, Anamnesis, Leya, →ISBN, pages 30–31:

distance (space between two points, two places or two objects)


sonho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sonho, from Latin somnium. Compare Galician soño, Spanish sueño, Italian sogno, and French songe.

Ela teve um sonho estranho.

dream (imaginary events seen while sleeping)

(figurative) dream (a deep hope or desire)

(cooking) a traditional Christmas treat prepared with eggs and flour, fried in olive oil; beignet, fritter

(Brazil, cooking) Berliner (a spherical piece of fried dough with a sweet filling)


chaveiro

From chave + -eiro; compare Galician chaveiro; compare Spanish llavero, Catalan clauer, French clavier, Italian chiavaio; cf. also Late Latin clāvārius.


chaveiro

pt-noun

chaveiro m (plural chaveiros, feminine chaveira, feminine plural chaveiras)

chaveiros (plural)
chaveira (feminine)
chaveiras (feminine plural)

keyholder, claviger (person in charge of keys for a given location)


alumno

alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)

alumnos (plural)
alumna (feminine)
alumnas (feminine plural)

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


escalada

From French escalade, from Italian scalata.


temática

themes, collectively; the argument; the themes or subjects contained in a literary or artistic work


hipódromo

From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hipo- + -dromo.


matutino

Primeiro foi a modelo Xuxa, que hoje apresenta o matutino Xou da Xuxa, na Rede Gl[o]bo.

1986 December 8, “A bela e as ferinhas”, in Placar Magazine, number 863, São Paulo: Editora Abril, page 7:


hélice

a rotating propeller, such as a ship’s screw or a helicopter’s rotor


agami

From Kari'na akami, possibly via French. Possibly related to the Old Tupi etymon of the synonym jacamim.

Psophia crepitans
Psophia crepitans#Translingual

grey-winged trumpeter
grey-winged trumpeter#English

(zoology) agami (a South American bird, Psophia crepitans (grey-winged trumpeter))


aljamiado

(palaeography) aljamiado (Iberian Romance languages written in Arabic)


pórtico

(architecture) portico (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)


porca

From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, from Latin porca (“sow”), feminine of porcus (“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).


nacionalista

pt-noun

nacionalista m or f by sense (plural nacionalistas)

(politics) nationalist (person who supports nationalism, the political doctrine that makes the nation an absolute value)

(sports, slang) fan, member or athlete of the Clube Desportivo Nacional or another club with the national designation


pé

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pee, from Latin pedem. Cognate with Galician pé, Asturian and Spanish pie, and Catalan peu

inh+

(zoology) foot, part of the body of some terrestrial animals

(geography) foot (lower part of a slope)

leg (rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object)

riser (the vertical part of a step on a staircase)

(historical, measure) Portuguese foot, a former unit of length equivalent to about 33.6 cm


curvatura

Learned borrowing from Latin curvātūra. By surface analysis, curvar + -tura.

curvature (the shape of something curved)


serpe

From Old Galician-Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Cognate with Galician serpe, Spanish sierpe, Catalan serp, Occitan sèrp, Italian serpe and Romanian șarpe.


assaltante

pt-noun

assaltante m or f by sense (plural assaltantes)


palmar

Borrowed from Latin palmāris (“palm (relational)”).

bor+

village or farmstead located in a palm grove


palimpsesto

palimpsest (a manuscript scraped clean for reuse)


assassinato

From assassino (“assassin”) + -ato, from Italian assassino, from Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”).


bárbaro

pt-noun

bárbaro m (plural bárbaros, feminine bárbara, feminine plural bárbaras)

bárbaros (plural)
bárbara (feminine)
bárbaras (feminine plural)

From Latin barbarus (“foreign, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”), of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the sound of foreign languages. Doublet of brabo and berbere.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

(historical) barbarian (member of peoples considered uncivilised by the Romans and Greeks)


mérito

Dá-se o mérito real da entrada de criadores de gado ao sertão o que não é bem verdade, pois no período de 1700, isto é, muito antes deles chegarem, já existiam bastante criadores, muitas famílias de coragem e determinação adentravam as matas, à procura de terras boas para viver e produzirem;

2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter VIII, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 139:

The real merit of the arrival of cattle breeders in the sertão is given, which is not quite true, because in the 1700s, in other words, long before they arrived, there were already plenty of breeders, many families with courage and determination entering the forests in search of good land to live on and produce;

merit (something worthy of positive recognition)


legislatura

(law) legislature (governmental body with the power to make, amend, and repeal laws)


dramaturgia

dramaturgy (the art of composing dramas)


dosso

From Old Galician-Portuguese dosso, from Vulgar Latin dossum, from Latin dorsum; compare the modern form dorso, a borrowed doublet.
Compare French and Romanian dos.


altista

pt-noun

altista m or f by sense (plural altistas)

[aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ]

altoist (someone who plays an alto instrument)


guitarrista

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristas)


marmelada

Catalan: melmelada

French: marmelade

English: marmalade

German: Marmelade

Italian: marmellata

Spanish: mermelada


druida

druida m (plural druidas, feminine druidesa or druidisa, feminine plural druidesas or druidisas)

druidas (plural)
druidesa (feminine)
druidisa (feminine)
druidesas (feminine plural)
druidisas (feminine plural)


figurante

figurante m or f by sense (plural figurantes)

extra, bit player, walk-on (in a film, play, TV show etc.)


figurino

(haute couture) a design or pattern of an item of clothing

(chiefly acting) costume; outfit (set of clothing)


soluço

From Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare Spanish sollozo, Romanian sughiț; compare also French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium.

[…] agora só se ouvia algum soluço de aflição, o barulho inconfundível de alguém que acaba de tropeçar.

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

[…] now only a sob distress could be heard, and the unmistakable noise of someone who had just stumbled.


distintivo

From distinto + -ivo, or else borrowed from French distinctif.


arista

Borrowed from Latin arista. Doublet of aresta, which was inherited.

(biology) arista (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)


orco

From Orco, from Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogro and orc.
The sense of mythological creature is a semantic loan from English orc.

Orcos são seres de aparência humana, porém incrivelmente feios, com braços grandes, corpo peludo, rosto deformado, dentes caninos inferiores protuberantes e ligeiramente corcundas.

2007 July 7, Marcelo Rodrigues et al., “Raças Selvagens” (chapter 6.4), in Tagmar II – Livro de Criaturas, 2.2.0 edition, Projeto Tagmar 2, archived from the original on 2024-02-09, page 41, column 1:


etanol

etanol m (usually uncountable, plural etanóis)


potro

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

potros (plural)
potra (feminine)
potras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, of dubious deeper etymology, probably derived from Latin pullus. Doublet of poldro.

(historical) horse-shaped torture instrument


rubrica

Learned borrowing from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”).


activo

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


simpatia

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

(uncountable) likeableness (quality of being likeable)

(countable, occult) ritual; rite (set of repeated actions, intending to produce a supernatural result)


purista

pt-noun

purista m or f by sense (plural puristas)


aprendiz

aprendiz m or f by sense (plural aprendizes)

Borrowed from Old French aprentis, with spelling influenced by aprender. First attested in c. 15th century.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aprendiz”, 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 284

apprentice (a trainee, especially in a skilled trade)


neblina

fog, mist (water or other liquid finely suspended in air)


foco

Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo.

(optics) focus (point at which rays of light converge)

(geometry) focus (point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge)

(photography) focus (convergence of light on the photographic medium)

(epidemiology) the source of transmission of a disease


brecha

Borrowed from French brèche (“gap”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”).

breach, gap (opening allowing passage or entrance)


chisme

Uncertain, perhaps equivalent to etymology 2. Compare Spanish chisme.


apache

Apache (one of the native Apache people of the southwestern United States)

Apache (a violent Parisian gangster during the late 19th century and early 20th century)


apache

Apache (Athabaskan language spoken by the Apache)


potra

(botany) a disease that causes bulges to appear on the stems of plants


sequestro

Borrowed from Latin sequestrum (“depository”), derived from sequester (“mediator, trustee”).

kidnapping (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom)


despotismo

despotism (government by a singular authority)


oráculo

Learned borrowing from Latin oraculum. Possibly a doublet of orago.


pavor

From Old Galician-Portuguese pavor, from Latin pavōrem.


gaita

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
* Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
* Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa);
* Old Galician-Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
* from the same root as Spanish gayo;
* Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
* Suevic.


contratante

pt-noun

contratante m or f by sense (plural contratantes)


sofisma

(philosophy) sophism (flawed argument that is superficially correct)


soberano

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

soberanos (plural)
soberana (feminine)
soberanas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Spanish soberano. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.

monarch; sovereign (the ruler of a country)


balde

desc

→ Assamese: বাল্টি (balti), বাল্টিং (baltiṅ)

→ Bengali: বালতি (baloti)

→ Gujarati: બાલદી (bāldī)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बालटी (bālṭī)

Urdu: بالٹی (bālṭī)

→ Kadiwéu: -baalida

→ Makalero: paaldi (“bucket”)

→ Malay: baldi

→ Nepali: बाल्टिन (bālṭina)

→ Odia: ବାଲଟି (bālaṭi)

→ Punjabi: ਬਾਲਟੀ (bālṭī)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਲ਼ਟੀ (bāḷṭī)

Shahmukhi script: بالٹی (bālṭī)

→ Sindhi: بالٽيِ (baltī)

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
* baldo (“lacking”), from Arabic;
* Vulgar Latin *batulu for batillum;
* Late Latin baiula, feminine of Classical Latin bāiulus (“carriers”).


rombencéfalo

From Ancient Greek rhombos hind and encephalos brain.


alcova

From Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “the vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).


hábito

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abito, borrowed from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”).

uder

habit (an action done on a regular basis)


accessit

pt-noun

accessit m (plural accessits or accessit)

accessit (honorable mention in an academic contest)


alameda

an avenue, street or other pathway lined with trees


criado

criado m (plural criados, feminine criada, feminine plural criadas)

criados (plural)
criada (feminine)
criadas (feminine plural)

→ French: griot

→ English: griot

desc

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt">criada</i>

Macanese: quiada (from criada)


bicho

→ Hunsrik: Bisch, Bischo

Kabuverdianu: bitchu

From Vulgar Latin *bīstius, a masculine form of bīstia, from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of besta.

se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come

(Brazil, slang, vocative) buddy (close friend); also used as a general informal form of address


risca

stripe (long, straight region of a colour); parting (of the hair)


lote

From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.


asteroide

/ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.dɨ/

[ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.ðɨ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

bor+

(zoology) asteroid (any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea)

(Brazil, humorous) Eye dialect spelling of esteroide


chalupa

Borrowed from French chaloupe, likely from Old French eschalope (“shell”).


carambola

/kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/

Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).


batista

pt-noun

batista m or f by sense (plural batistas)

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).


arca

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arca, archa, borrowed from Latin arca. First attested in 1109.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Arca”, 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 296

... certo tipo de «divisões» que lhe permitissem a arrumação dos seus papéis «na devida ordem», de modo a substituir a sua «caixa grande» (a famosa e mítica arca?

1996, Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem: poemas esotéricos : edição crítica, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, →ISBN:

... a certain type of «divisions» that would allow him to arrange his papers «in due order», in order to replace his «big box» (the famous and mythical ark?) ...) ...

(malacology) ark clam (mollusc in the genus Arca)

(dated) coffer (strong chest used for keeping valuables safe)

(by extension, dated) coffer (a supply of money belonging to an organization)


atacado

From the past participle of atacar (“to attack”)


catenina

(biochemistry) catenin (any of several proteins that have a role in cell adhesion)


convencido

pt-noun

convencido m (plural convencidos, feminine convencida, feminine plural convencidas)

convencidos (plural)
convencida (feminine)
convencidas (feminine plural)


camionista

camionista m or f by sense (plural camionistas)

(Portugal) truck driver (person employed to drive a truck)


cascata

Borrowed from Italian cascata (“cascade, waterfall”), ultimately from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).


casca

skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)


caporal

Borrowed from French caporal, from Italian caporale, from capo (“chief”).

(Portugal, military) former military rank, between corporal and sergeant


trado

From Old Galician-Portuguese traado (13th century), from Late Latin taratrum (“auger”), attested by Isidore of Seville. Either from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia or from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *taratrom, from Proto-Indo-European *térh₁-tro-. Alternatively from Ancient Greek τέρετρον (téretron, “borer, gimlet”). Compare Galician trade, Spanish taladro.


clientela

clientele (body of clients who frequent an establishment)


caco

From Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from Latin caccabus (“pot”), see also Galician cacho (“broken container, broken piece of a container”) and Spanish cacho.

cog

shard; piece (broken piece of ceramic or glass)

Estou um caco total.


transplante

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈplɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈplɐ̃.tɨ/

(botany) transplant (act of uprooting and replanting a plant)

(medicine) transplant (operation in which tissue or an organ is moved from one body to another)


evasiva

evasion (the act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)


tijolo

Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.

casa de tijolo

considered collectively as a building material

tijolo de marmelada

(usually humorous, figurative) anything brickshaped

(informal, humorous, figurative) doorstop (large book)

(Brazil, typography) a compact composition with no lead paragraph and few stops

(Brazil, soccer, informal) a strong shot that is hard to catch

(São Paulo, slang, obsolete) dating, relationship


teorema

(mathematics) theorem (proven mathematical statement)


especialista

pt-noun

especialista m or f by sense (plural especialistas)

specialist; expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)


campesino

campesino m (plural campesinos, feminine campesina, feminine plural campesinas)

campesinos (plural)
campesina (feminine)
campesinas (feminine plural)

countryman (person who lives in a rural area)


farsa

Borrowed from Old French farse, French farce.


agricultor

agricultor m (plural agricultores, feminine agricultora, feminine plural agricultoras)

agricultores (plural)
agricultora (feminine)
agricultoras (feminine plural)


eremita

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


firmamento

the act of making something firm, secure


diferencial

(mathematics) differential (infinitesimal change)


diferencial

an aspect that makes something or someone better than its competitors


amusia

(neurology) amusia (the inability to comprehend or respond to music)


gaia

Colloquial or regional pronunciation spelling of galha. The sense of loving betrayal is possibly a assimilation of chifre or vice versa.

Levar gaia.

(Brazil, slang, colloquial) cheating (romantical betrayal)


tonelada

From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada.

metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg

British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds

(historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg

caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.


indumento

Learned borrowing from Late Latin indūmentum (“garment”).

(formal) garment (single item of clothing)


incenso

Modified, based on the Latin etymology, from Old Galician-Portuguese encensso, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incēnsum, from Latin incēnsus.


kombi

(Brazil) Volkswagen Kombi, a very popular van that was manufactured in Brazil between 1950 and 2013


arquitecto

pt-noun

arquitecto m (plural arquitectos, feminine arquitecta, feminine plural arquitectas)

arquitectos (plural)
arquitecta (feminine)
arquitectas (feminine plural)

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


mastro

From Old Galician-Portuguese masto (also maste), from Middle French mast (“mast”), from Old Frankish *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mast- (“board”).


marciano

marciano m (plural marcianos, feminine marciana, feminine plural marcianas)

marcianos (plural)
marciana (feminine)
marcianas (feminine plural)

(ufology, science fiction) Martian (inhabitant of the planet Mars)


morfina

(biochemistry, pharmacology) morphine (opioid used as an anaesthetic or recreational drug)


motociclista

motociclista m or f by sense (plural motociclistas)


otaku

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

ubor

(fandom slang) weeb (one with an interest in something such as anime or manga)


pedra

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra

Kabuverdianu: pédra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.


ortografia

From Latin orthographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) and γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, orto- + -grafia.

(uncountable) orthography (study of correct spelling)

orthography (a specific system for writing in a language)


fotógrafo

pt-noun

fotógrafo m (plural fotógrafos, feminine fotógrafa, feminine plural fotógrafas)

fotógrafos (plural)
fotógrafa (feminine)
fotógrafas (feminine plural)

photographer (person who takes photographs)


gama

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).


animismo

(anthropology, religion) animism (belief that spirits inhabit natural objects)


submarino

From sub- (“sub-, under”) + marino (“marine; of the sea”).


pudico

pt-noun

pudico m (plural pudicos, feminine pudica, feminine plural pudicas)

pudicos (plural)
pudica (feminine)
pudicas (feminine plural)

prude (a person who is or tries to be excessively proper)


pio

Shh, não quero ouvir um pio!

(figurative) peep (a feeble utterance or complaint)


novato

novato m (plural novatos, feminine novata, feminine plural novatas)

novatos (plural)
novata (feminine)
novatas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish novato (“beginner”). By surface analysis, novo + -ato.

bor+

beginner; newbie (new (inexperienced) user or participant)


avalancha

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ/

[ɐ.βɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ]


fugitivo

pt-noun

fugitivo m (plural fugitivos, feminine fugitiva, feminine plural fugitivas)

fugitivos (plural)
fugitiva (feminine)
fugitivas (feminine plural)

From Latin fugitīvus. Doublet of fugidio. By surface analysis, fugir + -tivo

fugitive (a person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially from the police)


interruptor

Learned borrowing from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.

lbor

switch (device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow)


roulotte

Unadapted borrowing from French roulotte.


licor

Hunsrik: Likoer

liquor (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation)


manati

manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)


asco

There are at least two hypotheses:
* Inherited from a deverbal formation derived from Vulgar Latin *ōsicāre (“to loathe”), from Latin ōdī (“to hate”). Compare Old Spanish usco (“disgust”).
* Inherited from Latin eschăra (“scab, scar”), from Ancient Greek ἐσχάρα (eskhára, “hearth, brazier, scab”), cognate to English eschar, scurf, scar.
Compare Spanish asco.


asco

Learned borrowing from New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “a sac”).


insecto

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


manada

From Latin manuāta, from manus (“hand”).

(collective) herd (number of domestic animals assembled together)

(usually with a) sheeple (people who unquestioningly accept something as true)


gordura

fat (specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy)

(uncountable) fatness (state of being fat)


alvo

→ Tetum: alvu

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin albus. Doublet of álbum.

A flecha acertou no alvo.

Ela foi alvo de críticas.

(figurative) object of criticism or ridicule


desjejum

/d͡ʒi.ʒeˈʒũ/

From des- + jejum. Compare Spanish desayuno, French déjeuner.


escrita

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrita, from Latin scrīpta, feminine form of scrīptus (“written”), from scrībō (“to write”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.

writing (written letters or symbols that express some meaning)


angiologia

(anatomy) angiology (the study of blood vessels)


secessionista

pt-noun

secessionista m or f by sense (plural secessionistas)


serenata

Borrowed from Italian serenata, from the adjective sereno (“clear, calm”), from Latin serēnus (“calm”).


sintonia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie, Spanish sintonía, Italian sintonia.

bor+

(figuratively) mutual agreement, harmony (between people or objects)


sesta

From Old Galician-Portuguese sesta, from Latin sexta (hora), feminine of sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Doublet of sexta. Cognate with Spanish siesta.

nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)


praça

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça, plaça, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetian piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place and Spanish plaza. Doublet of plateia.

slbor

A Praça do Comércio é uma das maiores praças da Europa.
Praça do Comércio is one of the largest plazas in Europe.

plaza (a public square or open area in front of a building or a place)


praça

Kabuverdianu: prása

→ Tetum: prasa

Papiamentu: plasa

(Brazil, historical, military) Ellipsis of praça de pré.


sirene

Borrowed from French sirène, from Latin sirēna. Doublet of sereia.

siren (device that produces a piercing loud sounds as an alarm of signal)


transparente

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.paˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.pɐˈɾẽ.tɨ/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentem (“transparent”), from trānspāreō, from Latin trāns + pāreō.


ontem

From Old Galician-Portuguese oonte (“yesterday”), from *ãoite, from earlier *anoite, from Latin ad noctem (“towards the night”), from nox (“night”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese eire.
Cognate with Galician onte and Spanish anoche.

inh

(figurative, poetic) yesterday (the recent past)


investigador

pt-noun

investigador m (plural investigadores, feminine investigadora, feminine plural investigadoras)

investigadores (plural)
investigadora (feminine)
investigadoras (feminine plural)


cólon

cólon m (plural (Brazil) cólons or (Portugal) cólones)

cólons (Brazil plural)
cólones (Portugal plural)


astronauta

astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas)

From astro- + -nauta or French astronaute.

astronaut (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)


vírgula

O candidato fez muitas promessas, mas em cada promessa uma vírgula.

The candidate made many promises, but in each promise a "comma" (meaning hidden purposes and conditions).

(figuratively) fine print, small print (hidden details and conditions)


afixo

(linguistics) affix (a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem)


livreto

From Italian libretto (“booklet”), from Latin liber (“book”).


aceleração

/ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerātiōnem (“a hastening”). By surface analysis, acelerar + -ção.


francês

pt-noun

francês m (plural franceses, feminine francesa, feminine plural francesas)

franceses (plural)
francesa (feminine)
francesas (feminine plural)

→ Indonesian: Prancis

→ Malay: Perancis

desc

→ Persian: فراسیس (farâsîs), فراسیسی (farâsîsî)

→ Middle Bengali: ফরাসিস (phorasis), ফরাসিসি (phorasisi)

Bengali: ফরাসি (phoraśi)

→ Assamese: ফৰাচী (phorasi)

q

influenced by English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">French</i>

→ Dhivehi: ފަރަންސޭސި (faran̊sēsi) (influenced by English French)

→ Gujarati: ફરાસીસી (pharāsīsī)

desc

→ Hindi: फ़रासीसी (farāsīsī), फ़्रांसीसी (frānsīsī) (influenced by English French)

→ Punjabi: ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ (frānsīsī) (influenced by English French)

→ Sindhi: فِرانسِيسِي

→ Sindhi: فِرانسِيسِي (influenced by English French)

→ Tetum: fransés

[fɾɐ̃ˈse(ɪ̯)ʃ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frances (“French”), from Latin francēnsis. By surface analysis, França + -ês.


passeata

Borrowed from Italian passeggiata (“promenade”). By surface analysis, passear (“to go for a walk”) + -ata (“indicates collectivity”), from passo (“step”).


lexicografia

lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)


abducção

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


quinta-feira

⇒ Tetum: loron-kinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta feira (“Thursday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin quīnta fēria (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”). Replaced earlier joves.
Compare Galician quinta feira and Mirandese quinta-feira.

der

Thursday (day between Wednesday and Friday)


seqüestro

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1990/Portugal 1945) of sequestro.


segunda-feira

pt-noun

segunda-feira f (plural segundas-feiras)

⇒ Tetum: loron-segunda

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ]

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ]

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfe.ɾɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese segunda feira (“Monday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin secunda fēria (“Monday”, literally “second weekday”). Replaced earlier lues. Compare Galician segunda feira and Mirandese segunda-feira.
The loss of the original Latin weekday names is sometimes ascribed to influence from Arabic, in which the days are numbered in a way similar to modern Portuguese. Note however that the same did not happen in Spanish, where Arabic influence was generally stronger.


velhice

oldness, age (the property of that which is old)

old age (the time when one is an old person)


poeirinha

Tinha uma poeirinha aqui e eu limpei.

There was a little dust here and I cleaned it.


cor-de-laranja

cor de laranja
cor de laranja#Portuguese

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


avaliação

[ɐ.βɐ.ljɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


guardanapo

Borrowed from French garde-nappe (“tablecloth protector”), from Medieval Latin guardanappa, from nappa (corruption of mappa). See also mapa.


cartaz

→ Tamil: கடுதாசி (kaṭutāci)

→ Malayalam: കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ)

→ Thai: กระดาษ (grà-dàat)

From Arabic قِرْطَاس (qirṭās), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “sheet of paper”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to scratch, to inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”). Cognate to English chart. Doublet of carta.

der

Um grande cartaz fora afixado à vitrine, e alguns moradores de Hogsmeade o liam.

2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 455:

A big poster had been attached on the showcase, and some people from Hogsmeade were reading it.

(music) lineup (acts performing at a concert or music festival)


trânsito

traffic (flow of pedestrians or vehicles)

transit (the act of passing through or over something)

(astronomy) transit (the passage of a celestial body across the observer’s meridian or across the disk of a larger celestial body)

transit (surveying instrument similar to a theodolite)

connections (contacts with people who may be useful)


empurrãozinho

/ẽ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ẽ.puˌhɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ĩ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ĩ.puˌhɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ẽ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ẽ.puˌhɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ĩ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ĩ.puˌhɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ẽ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ẽ.puˌχɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ĩ.puˌʁɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ĩ.puˌχɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]


barreira

From Old Galician-Portuguese barreira. By surface analysis, barra + -eira.

(soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)


anormalidade

abnormality (quality of what is abnormal)


terça-feira

⇒ Tetum: loron-tersa

From Old Galician-Portuguese terça feira (“Tuesday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin tertia fēria (“Tuesday”, literally “third weekday”). Replaced earlier martes. Related to Galician terza feira and Mirandese terça-feira.


pilha

battery (device that produces electricity)


pilha

Deverbal from pilhar (“to pillage, to sack”).


povoação

From povoar + -ção, possibly corresponding to Late Latin populātiōnem, from Latin populus, and thus perhaps a doublet of população.

settlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)


abdução

[ɐ.βðuˈsɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Latin abductiōnem (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”).

bor+

(anatomy) abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)

(Brazil, law) abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being)


cabeça

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, from caput.

head (topmost, foremost, or leading part)


cabeça

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kabesa

Kabuverdianu: kabesa, kabésa

Kristang: kabesa

Macanese: cabéça


estranho

pt-noun

estranho m (plural estranhos, feminine estranha, feminine plural estranhas)

estranhos (plural)
estranha (feminine)
estranhas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estranho, from Latin extrāneus. Cognates include Spanish extraño, Catalan estrany, French étrange and Italian strano.

inh+

/iʃˈtɾɐ̃.ɲu/

/eʃˈtɾɐ̃.ɲu/

Toda criança sabe que não se deve falar com estranhos.

Every child knows that one should not talk to strangers.


sexta-feira

⇒ Tetum: loron-sesta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sesta feira (“Friday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin feria sexta (“sixth weekday”). Replaced earlier vernes.
Compare Galician sexta feira (“Friday”), Mirandese sesta-feira (“Friday”), Asturian estaferia and Spanish sextaferia.


dúzia

From Old Galician-Portuguese ducea, from a Vulgar Latin *duocina or ducēna, both ultimately from Latin duodecim (“twelve”).


outono

From Old Galician-Portuguese outono, from Latin autumnus (“autumn”).
Cognate with Galician outono, Spanish otoño, Occitan auton, French automne, Italian autunno and Romanian toamnă.


tino

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:
* from Latin tenus;
* from Latin tenue;
* from Spanish tino, of uncertain origin.

common sense (the ability to make good judgements based on reason)

tact (the power of doing what is required by circumstances)


polícia

Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).


polícia

pt-noun

polícia m or f by sense (plural polícias)

→ Hunsrik: Puliss

→ Tetum: polísia


barraca

→ Gujarati: બરાક (barāk)


diabo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese diaboo, displacing the collateral forms diabre, diabro and diablo, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin diabolus (“devil”) (probably borrowed as a semi-learned term), itself from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”). Doublet of diabolô and diábolo.

der

(religion, fiction) devil; demon; fiend (creature from Hell)

Ele falou o diabo sobre seus inimigos.

He said a lot of crap about his enemies.

(colloquial, with definite article) used to emphasise the extent of an action, usually one of a negative nature


diabo

pt-noun

diabo m (plural diabos, feminine diaba or diáboa, feminine plural diabas or diáboas)

diabos (plural)
diaba (feminine)
diáboa (feminine)
diabas (feminine plural)
diáboas (feminine plural)

Kadiwéu: diaabo


calendário

→ Tetum: kalendáriu

Learned borrowing from Latin calendārium.

lbor

calendar (system by which time is divided)


aldeia

[aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

LL-Q5146 (por)-Nelson Ricardo 2500-aldeia.wav

From Old Galician-Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.

der

Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:

Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

(Brazil) in particular, a tribal village


remédio

Learned borrowing from Latin remedium (“a remedy, cure”), from re- (“again”) + medeor (“to heal”).

lbor

(pharmacology) medicine (substance which promotes healing)

(figurative) remedy (something that corrects or counteracts)


aí

→ English: ai

three-toed sloth
three-toed sloth#English

A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.


laranjeira

[la.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[la.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾɐ/

From laranja (“orange (fruit)”) + -eira.


bafo

Macanese: bafo

Onomatopoeic. From Old Galician-Portuguese bafo.


neerlandês

pt-noun

neerlandês m (plural neerlandeses, feminine neerlandesa, feminine plural neerlandesas)

neerlandeses (plural)
neerlandesa (feminine)
neerlandesas (feminine plural)

From French Néerlandais, néerlandais. By surface analysis, Neerlândia + -ês.


varão

From Old Galician-Portuguese varon~baron, from Latin barōnem. Doublet of barão.


tifo

(pathology) typhus (disease characterised by high recurrent fever)


holandês

holandês m (plural holandeses, feminine holandesa, feminine plural holandesas)

holandeses (plural)
holandesa (feminine)
holandesas (feminine plural)

→ Hindi: ओलंदेज़ (olandez)

(uncountable) Dutch (Germanic language spoken in the Netherlands, Flanders and former Dutch colonies)


acrograma

/ɐ.kɾɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɐ.kɾɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ɐ.kɾɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɐ.kɾɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ɐ.kɾɔˈɡɾa.mɐ/

[ɐ.kɾɔˈɣɾa.mɐ]

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, at the extremity”) + γράμμα (grámma, “written character, letter, that which is drawn”).

der

acronym (word formed by initial letters)


janota

Borrowed from French janot, from Jeannot.


barbatana

[bɐɾ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

[bɐɾ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

fin, flipper (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)

fin (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)


ausência

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin absentia (“absence”).

slbor

Sei lá, a tua ausência me causou o caos
No breu de hoje eu sinto que
O tempo da cura tornou a tristeza normal


fénix

European Portuguese standard spelling of fênix.


afegão

pt-noun

afegão m (plural afegãos, feminine afegã, feminine plural afegãs)

afegãos (plural)
afegã (feminine)
afegãs (feminine plural)

[a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.fɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.fɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]

Afghan; Afghani; Afghanistani (person from Afghanistan)

Pashto; Afghani (a language spoken in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan)


limiar

From Latin līmināre. Doublet of liminar and umbral.

no limiar de


navalha

From Old Galician-Portuguese navalla, inherited from Vulgar Latin *navac(u)la, from Latin novācula (“a sharp knife, dagger, razor”). Doublet of novácula. Cognate with Catalan and Galician navalla, Mirandese nabalha and Spanish navaja.

inh

Colabora com uns rapazes russos, deve em quando pede dinheiro às pessoas com uma navalha persuasiva, cheia de argumentos: parece que a navalha torna as pessoas generosas, sensíveis às razões do meu afilhado.

2013, António Lobo Antunes, Somos unha com carne, não somos?, Leya, →ISBN:

(Brazil, idiomatic) one who cannot drive cars well


regador

pt-noun

regador m (plural regadores, feminine regadora, feminine plural regadoras)

regadores (plural)
regadora (feminine)
regadoras (feminine plural)

[ʁɨ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]


regador

[ʁɨ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

watering can (a container specific to carry and dispense water for plants usually with a sprout)


vontade

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade, from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Galician vontade and Spanish voluntad.

inh

Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.

Estou com vontade de chorar.

will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something


alheio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alhẽo, from Latin aliēnus ("belonging to someone else", later "exotic, foreign"), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Compare Galician alleo, Spanish ajeno. Doublet of alien.


número primo

(number theory) prime number (natural number)


albanês

pt-noun

albanês m (plural albaneses, feminine albanesa, feminine plural albanesas)

albaneses (plural)
albanesa (feminine)
albanesas (feminine plural)


tomada

capture (the act of taking something by force)

plug (pronged end of an electrical cord)

socket (opening into which an electrical plug is connected)

(cinematography) take (scene filmed without an interruption)


noma

(pathology) noma (gangrenous disease of the mouth and cheeks)


motor de explosão

motor de explosão m (plural motores de explosão)

internal combustion engine
internal combustion engine


tetravós

great great great grandparents
great great great grandparents


instalação

/ĩʃ.tɐ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

plant, installation (industrial apparatus or machinery)


azeda

dock (any of the weedy herbs in the genus Rumex)


prataria

From prata (“silver”) + -aria (“indicates collection”).


prataria

From prato (“plate”) + -aria (“indicates collection”).


maquinaria

machinery (machines constituting a production apparatus)


usina

Borrowed from French usine (“factory; works”). Doublet of oficina.

bor+

(Brazil) plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one

(Brazil) sugar mill (factory that produces sugar)

(Brazil) power plant (industrial complex where electricity is produced)


promotor

pt-noun

promotor m (plural promotores, feminine promotora, feminine plural promotoras)

promotores (plural)
promotora (feminine)
promotoras (feminine plural)

O promotor imobiliário vendeu o prédio no centro do Porto por um milhão de euros.

The property developer sold the building in the center of Porto for one million euros.


porquê

Precisamos (de) descobrir o porquê disto ter acontecido.

We need to find out the reason that caused this to happen.

Não há um porquê.


centelha

From Spanish centella, from Latin scintilla.

(figuratively) sudden and unexpected intuition

(electricity) luminous and momentary electrical discharge that happens inside conductors separated by gas


árbitro

árbitro m or f by sense or m (plural árbitros, feminine árbitra, feminine plural árbitras)

árbitro m or f by sense or (canonical masculine)
árbitros (plural)
árbitra (feminine)
árbitras (feminine plural)

(sports) referee (umpire, judge, the supervisor of a game)


cinza

From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa (“ashes”), from a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia (“ashes (cold or warm)”), from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).
Cognate with Galician cinza, Spanish ceniza and Romanian cenușă.


auscultador

Learned borrowing from Latin auscultātōrem (“listener”). By surface analysis, auscultar + -dor.


pessoal

O que tem de errado com vocês, pessoal?

(informal) folks; guys (to address a crowd)


aparelhagem

/ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

By surface analysis, aparelho (“device”) + -agem. Aparelho from Latin appariculum, diminutive of apparātus (“device”)

surf

Esses bailes são conhecidos por usarem diversos veículos com grande aparelhagem de som alto, fecharem vias públicas e promover grandes aglomerações de público.

2024 June 20, Paulo Eduardo Dias, Francisco Lima Neto, “Polícia faz operação contra organizadores de bailes funk na zona norte de São Paulo”, in Folha de S.Paulo:

(uncountable) a collection of devices, gear

plant (industrial apparatus or machinery)

(Portugal) mini hi-fi system, mini hi-fi, mini stereo system


ventura

From Old Galician-Portuguese ventura, from Latin ventūra.


alfajor

a popular confection in South America usually filled with caramel-like dulce de leche


fanático

pt-noun

fanático m (plural fanáticos, feminine fanática, feminine plural fanáticas)

fanáticos (plural)
fanática (feminine)
fanáticas (feminine plural)

fanatic (one who is zealously enthusiastic)


apagão

[a.paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.pɐˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.pɐˈɣɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Spanish apagón or from apagar + -ão.

o apagão da Wikipédia em inglês em 2012

blackout (an instance of censorship, especially a temporary one)

Preoupação na Ucrânia com um possível apagão maciço da Internet.

Concern in Ukraine about a possible massive Internet blackout (or: shutdown).


geração

→ Tetum: jerasaun

[ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʒɛ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon, *gẽeraçon, from Latin generātiōnem. By surface analysis, gerar + -ção.

generation (origination by some process; formation)

age, generation (period of around thirty years)


travesti

travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)

transvestite; cross-dresser (person who wears clothing of the opposite sex)


bússola

Borrowed from Italian bussola, from Late Latin buxula.


estação

→ Tetum: estasaun

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


velhinho

velhinho m (plural velhinhos, feminine velhinha, feminine plural velhinhas)

velhinhos (plural)
velhinha (feminine)
velhinhas (feminine plural)


idade

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydade, from Latin aetātem, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-. Compare Sicilian itati.

der

age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)


natureza

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese natureza. cognate with Galician natureza. Compare Spanish naturaleza.

inh+

O Homem pertence à natureza.

Ele não se consegue controlar; é a sua natureza.

He can't control himself; it's his nature.

nature, character, distinguishing features


assinatura

Essa é minha assinatura.

Para cancelar a assinatura, clique aqui.

subscription (for a publication or service)


acabamento

(uncountable) the final, minor details or steps in the production of something


avô maternal

pt-noun

avô maternal m (plural avôs maternais, feminine avó maternal, feminine plural avós maternais)

avôs maternais (plural)
avó maternal (feminine)
avós maternais (feminine plural)

maternal grandfather
maternal grandfather

maternal grandfather (the father of one's mother)


cavaleiro

cavaleiro m (plural cavaleiros, feminine cavaleira, feminine plural cavaleiras)

cavaleiros (plural)
cavaleira (feminine)
cavaleiras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cavaleiro, from Late Latin caballārius. Compare Galician cabaleiro. By surface analysis, cavalo (“horse”) + -eiro (“-eer”). Doublet of cavalheiro, through Spanish caballero.

surf

(military, historical) knight (heavily armoured warrior of the Middle Ages)

(military) cavalryman; cavalier (soldier who serves on a cavalry regiment)

(nobility) knight (noble ranked below a baron)


cavaleiro

pt-noun

cavaleiro m (plural cavaleiros, feminine amazona, feminine plural amazonas)

cavaleiros (plural)
amazona (feminine)
amazonas (feminine plural)

horseman; horserider (person who rides a horse)


avô paternal

avô paternal m (plural avôs paternais, feminine avó paternal, feminine plural avós paternais)

avôs paternais (plural)
avó paternal (feminine)
avós paternais (feminine plural)

paternal grandfather
paternal grandfather

paternal grandfather (the father of one's father)


crença

From Old Galician-Portuguese creença, from Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. By surface analysis, crer + -ença. Doublet of credência and credença.


betão

Borrowed from French béton (“concrete”), from Latin bitūmen (“asphalt”), from Gaulish *bitu. Doublet of betume.

(chiefly Portugal) concrete (building material)


apetrecho

From a- + petrecho. Cognate with Spanish pertrecho.

(usually in the plural) appurtenance (equipment for some specific task)


aparelho

Clipping of aparelho dental (literally “dental device”).: braces

Clipping of aparelho auditivo (literally “earing device”).


cartas

Não abro cartas.

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 162:


irmã

From Old Galician-Portuguese irmãa, yrmãa, from Latin germāna with influence from irmão.


mulher

Kabuverdianu: mudjér

→ Aukan: muyee

→ Indonesian: moler

→ Saramaccan: mujë́ë

From Old Galician-Portuguese muller, moller (hence also Galician muller), from Latin mulierem (“woman; wife”), of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk; to milk). Cognate with Spanish mujer, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, and Romanian muiere.

Aquela mulher lê livros.

A mulher tem o direito de votar.

(literally, “The woman (as such) has the right to vote.”)

Minha mulher não está aqui.

A mulher do João não está aqui.
John’s wife isn’t here.

Mulher, vem cá.

(with possessive pronoun, the preposition de, or in the vocative) wife (married woman)


xilofone

(music) xylophone (instrument consisting of wooden bars struck by mallets)


enfermeira

/ẽ.fɨɾˈmɐj.ɾɐ/

/ẽ.fɨɾˈmɐj.ɾɐ/

female equivalent of enfermeiro (sister, nurse)


tabela periódica

tabela periódica f (plural tabelas periódicas)

periodic table (chart of the chemical elements by atomic number)


preto

preto m (plural pretos, feminine preta, feminine plural pretas)

pretos (plural)
preta (feminine)
pretas (feminine plural)

Angolar: peetu

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pretu

Indo-Portuguese: prato

Kabuverdianu: prétu

Korlai Creole Portuguese: pret

Kristang: pretu

Papiamentu: pretu

Principense: peetu

Sãotomense: pletu

→ Ladino: preto

From Old Galician-Portuguese preto (“black, near”), from earlier *apreto, from apretar (Modern Portuguese apertar (“tighten, press, clamp”)), from Late Latin appectorāre, from Latin pectus (“chest”). The semantic evolution to "black" or "dark" comes through the sense of "dense" or "thick". See also the related perto. Another common, but less likely, etymology suggested is a Vulgar Latin *prettus, from pressus.
Compare Galician preto, Asturian and Leonese prietu, Ladino preto, and Spanish prieto.

inh

O preto é a mais escura das cores.

Uma preta passou por aqui.

(usually offensive, ethnic slur) a black person


galhada

antler (bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk)

the branches of a tree or bush as a whole

a large branch from which smaller branches stem; a bough

(Brazil, slang) the figurative result of unfaithfulness in marriage


polegar

From Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris (“of the thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgar and Galician polgar.


corante

From corar (“to colour, dye”), from cor (“colour”). Doublet of colorante.

colourant; dye (pigment used the change the colour of something)


constipação

[kõʃ.t͡ʃi.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin cōnstīpātiōnem. By surface analysis, constipar + -ção.


bateria

battery (group of electrochemical cells used to power electric devices)

(military) battery (coordinated group of artillery weapons)

Realizamos uma bateria de testes.

(figurative) a series of coordinated actions

(music) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)


braço

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese braço, from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “arm”), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”). Compare Galician brazo, Spanish brazo, Catalan braç, Romanian braț, and Italian braccio.

der

Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 100:

Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.

(specifically) upper arm; brachium (part of the arm between the elbow and shoulder)

arm (part of an object designed to be used with the arm)

arm; sleeve (part of an item of clothing for the upper body that goes around the arm)

arm (part of a furniture for sitting that one can rest one’s arm on)

arm (anything that extends out from another thing)

(music) neck (extended part of a stringed instrument)

(geography) arm; inlet (small part of a body of water extending out from the main body)

pt:extension
pt:mountain range extension

(geography) a smaller range extending from a mountain range

(mechanics) the part of a lever on either side of the fulcrum

(genetics) arm (part of a chromosome extending from the centromere)

(astronomy) arm (outer part of a spiral galaxy)

arm (person employed to do manual labour)


tintura

/t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

/t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

From Latin tinctūra, future active participle of tingō (“to moisten”).

tincture (pigment or other substance that colours or dyes)


expressão

[iʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

/eʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).


sufixo

suffix (letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)


genitivo

From Renaissance Latin cāsus genitīvus (literally “case pertaining to origin, birth”) (also spelled cāsus genetīvus), from genitus, the perfect passive participle of gignō (“beget”).

bor

(grammar) (of or relating to the case of possession)


extensão

[is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

(electricity) extension cord; power strip with extension cord


oportunidade

opportunity (chance for advancement, progress or profit)


ciência

science (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)

science (particular discipline or branch of learning)

science, awareness (fact of knowing something)


basco

pt-noun

basco m (plural bascos, feminine basca, feminine plural bascas)

bascos (plural)
basca (feminine)
bascas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Gascon or from Spanish vasco, from Latin vascō.


pisca

(Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator


flanco

From French flanc, from Middle French flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin, probably Frankish *hlanca, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“flexible", "to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend”). Akin to Old High German hlanca (“loin”), Middle High German lanke (“hip joint”) (German lenken (“to bend, turn, lead”)), Old English hlanc (“loose, slender, flaccid, lank”). More at English lank.


palmeira

→ English: palmyra

From palma (“palm”) + -eira (“forms tree names”).


machado

→ Tetum: maxadu

Inherited from Latin marculātus, from marculus (“hammer”).

axe (tool and weapon consisting of a heavy blade on the end of a shaft)


repugnância

Borrowed from Latin repugnantia (“resistance; repugnance”), from repugnō (“to resist”), from re- + pugnō (“to fight”).


incêndio

Learned borrowing from Latin incendium (“conflagration; fire”).

lbor

fire (occurrence of fire in a certain place)


gerúndio

[ʒeˈɾũ.d͡ʒɪ.u]

[ʒeˈɾũ.d͡ʒɪ.u]

[ʒeˈɾũ.d͡ʒɪ.o]

From Latin gerundium, from gerundus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).

gerund (verb form functioning as a verbal noun)


zagueiro

pt-noun

zagueiro m (plural zagueiros, feminine zagueira, feminine plural zagueiras)

zagueiros (plural)
zagueira (feminine)
zagueiras (feminine plural)

From zaga (“defense (sports); rear (military)”) + -eiro (“-eer”), from Spanish zaga (“defense”), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā).

suffix

(Brazil, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)


fogão

Macanese: fogám


custo

cost (amount of money, or other valuable things, required for something)

pt:required money or valuables
pt:cost of an edge

(graph theory) cost (value associated with the traversal of an edge)

(figuratively) difficulty (obstacles that hinder the achievement of a goal)

(figuratively) cost (negative consequence)


beque

(Brazil, soccer) back (a position behind most players on the team)


beque

(Brazil, informal) joint (marijuana cigarette)


besta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese besta, probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of bicha.

inh+

beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo)

ass (any of several species of horse-like animals)

(derogatory) fool; idiot (stupid person)


besta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”), from Latin bālista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

inh+

crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock)


sapata

From Old Galician-Portuguese çapata (“slipper”).

uder

shoe (an object resembling a shoe, e.g. brake shoe)

Coordinate term: sapatilha

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) lesbian, dyke

(regional, Rio Grande do Sul) hopscotch (type of children's game)


secretária

Feminine of secretário (“secretary”), from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”).

der

(computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)


alavanca de câmbio

pt-noun

alavanca de câmbio f (plural alavancas de câmbio)


secretário

secretário m (plural secretários, feminine secretária, feminine plural secretárias)

secretários (plural)
secretária (feminine)
secretárias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”), from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“to separate; to part; to reject”).

bor+

secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)

secretary (head of a department of government)


secretário

Probably so named because its crest of long feathers resembles quill pens stuck behind the ears of an office clerk; alternatively, possibly from Arabic صَقْر اَلطَّائِر (ṣaqr aṭ-ṭāʔir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “bird”); see secretary bird.

uder

صَقْر اَلطَّائِر

Sagittarius serpentarius
Sagittarius serpentarius#Translingual

secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)


penhor

From Old Galician-Portuguese pennor, from Vulgar Latin *pignorem, from Latin pignus n (“pledge”).

pledge (security to guarantee payment of a debt)