aro

From Old Galician-Portuguese aro of uncertain origin, probably from Latin arvum (“field”) with the initial meaning of outskirts and later rim, since those where usually circular in shape. First attested in c. 13th century. Cognate with Spanish aro and Galician aro.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aro”, 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 309

hoop (circular band of metal used to bind a barrel)

aro de propulsão

any large circular band of material
rim (outer edge of a wheel)

any large circular band of material
the frame of eyeglasses

any large circular band of material
juggling ring

any large circular band of material
cheesevat

(archaic) outskirts (the region surrounding a city)


saxofone

From French saxophone (“saxophone”), after its inventor Adolphe Sax.

saxophone (a musical instrument of the woodwind family)


labrador

pt-noun

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

labradores (plural)
labradora (feminine)
labradoras (feminine plural)

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðoɾ]

[lɐ.βɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Named after Labrador in Canada. Doublet of lavrador and laborador.


tique

tick; check mark (a mark used as an indicator)

tic (habitual convulsive motion of a muscle)

habit (action performed repeatedly and automatically)


highlander

highlander m or f by sense (plural highlanders)

[χaɪ̯ˈlɐ̃.deχ]

Unadapted borrowing from English highlander.

ubor

highlander; Highlander (someone from the Scottish Highlands)


fojo

Inherited from Latin *foveus, from fovea.

pitfall (trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground)


verso

verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)


crónica

crónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).


trojan

(computing) Trojan horse (malicious program disguised as legitimate software)


salmo

From Old Galician-Portuguese salmo, psalmo, from Late Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “song sung to a harp, performance on a stringed instrument”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “to pluck an instrument”).


sina

From Latin signa, from signum. Doublet of senha


rapa

(slang, São Paulo) a figure of authority who confiscates merchandise from street vendors


novo

Guinea-Bissau Creole: nobu, novu

Kabuverdianu: nobu

Papiamentu: nobo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese novo, from Latin novus (“new”), from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”). Compare Galician novo and Spanish nuevo.

inh+

O novo me assusta.


rapaz

From Old Galician-Portuguese rapaz, from Latin rapāx, rapācem (“who robs, plunders”), from rapio (“to grab”).


sensor

sensor (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli)


cela

From Old Galician-Portuguese cela (“cell”), from Latin cella (“small room”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelnā.

cell (small room or compartment)
room in a prison for containing inmates

cell (small room or compartment)
room of a monastery


setenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese setaenta, from Latin septuāgintā, from earlier *septmāginta, from Proto-Indo-European *septm̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *septḿ̥-dḱomt (“seven-ten”).


ara

(Catholicism) the altar stone: the stone covered by the corporal


suspense

suspense (the excited anticipation of an outcome)

(fiction) thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)


lumbago

(pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)


seta

From Old Galician-Portuguese saeta, from Latin sagitta.

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


puta

→ Saramaccan: púta

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Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana

From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. This etymology is supported by both María Moliner and Joan Coromines. Cognate with French pute, Catalan puta, Spanish puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

(vulgar, derogatory) prostitute, whore, hooker

(vulgar, derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman)


dinar

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār, “dinar”). Doublet of dinheiro and denário.

dinar (name of official currency of several countries)


lugar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese logar, from Late Latin locālem (“local”), from Latin locus (“place”), from Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put”).
Compare Galician lugar, Fala lugal, Asturian llugar, and Spanish lugar. Doublet of local.

inh+

Não vamos a Camelote, é um lugar pateta.

Let’s not go to Camelot, it’s a silly place.

Há lugar para cinco pessoas neste carro.

There is room for five people in this car.

Quem fica em primeiro lugar ganha medalha de ouro.

He who gets first place earns gold medals.

Não dê lugar à corrupção.

Não tive lugar para terminar o serviço.

I didn’t have an opportunity to finish the job.

(uncountable) opportunity (a chance for advancement, progress or profit)

Teremos que comer em outro lugar, aqui não há mais lugares.

We will have to eat elsewhere, there are no seats left here.

Parei de ler o livro naquele lugar.

I stopped reading the book at that spot.


debutante

pt-noun

debutante m or f by sense (plural debutantes)

debutant (especially a girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday)


serial killer

serial killer m or f by sense (plural serial killers)

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer.

ubor

serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)


sector

sectores (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


catheter

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


fá

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.


senda

From Old Galician-Portuguese senda, from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).


aspartame

pt-noun

aspartame m (usually uncountable, plural aspartames)

(organic chemistry) aspartame (an artificial sweetener)


trava

Deverbal from travar (“to lock, to hinder”).

deverbal

fetter (a chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal)


sorte

From Old Galician-Portuguese sorte, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”).

Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?

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 350:

Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?


muffin

Unadapted borrowing from English muffin.


tricolor

Learned borrowing from Latin tricolor, from tri- (“three”) + color (“color”)


VAR

video assistant referee
video assistant referee


planta

Learned borrowing from Latin planta. Doublet of chanta, which may be an inherited doublet, and clã.

planta do pé


ankh

ankh (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)


ídolo

From Old Galician-Portuguese idolo, borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).


monge

pt-noun

monge m (plural monges, feminine monja, feminine plural monjas)

monges (plural)
monja (feminine)
monjas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese monge~monje, borrowed from Old Occitan monge, from Late Latin monicus, alteration of monachus. Compare Galician monxe, Spanish monje.


auga

Metathesis of água. Compare Galician auga.

(Northern Portugal) Alternative form of água


cigano

cigano m (plural ciganos, feminine cigana, feminine plural ciganas)

ciganos (plural)
cigana (feminine)
ciganas (feminine plural)

From French cigain, from Byzantine Greek Αθίγγανος (Athínganos).

Gypsy (member of an itinerant people of Europe and the Americas)

(uncountable) the language of the Gypsies


passa

From Latin passa, feminine of passus (“dried”), past participle of pandō (“to spread out to dry”).

dried fruit
(specifically) raisin (dried grape)


catatonia

(psychiatry) catatonia (a severe condition characterised by a tendency to remain in a rigid state)


TEA

transtorno do espectro do autista#Portuguese

Initialism of transtorno do espectro do autista.


ginseng

ginseng m (usually uncountable, plural ginsengs)

ginseng (any of several plants of the genus Panax)

ginseng (root or extract of the ginseng plant)


cuspidor

cuspidor m (plural cuspidores, feminine cuspidora, feminine plural cuspidoras)

cuspidores (plural)
cuspidora (feminine)
cuspidoras (feminine plural)


haggis

haggis (Scottish dish made of minced offal and oatmeal)


toque

(by extension) detail, touch (a distinguishing feature or characteristic)


ramen

[ˈhɐ̃.mẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈhɐ̃.mẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈχɐ̃.mẽɪ̯̃]

Borrowed from Japanese ラーメン (rāmen), from Mandarin 拉麵／拉面 (lāmiàn, “pulled noodles”).


filo

(taxonomy) phylum (rank below kingdom and above class)


firewall

[faɪ̯.ɾeʊ̯ˈɔʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English firewall.

ubor

(computer security) firewall (computer software that monitors traffic in a network)


til

From Old Occitan tille, from Latin titulus. Doublet of título.

tilde, a diacritic (˜). Used in Portuguese to indicate a nasal vowel.

trifle (something of little importance or worth)


nota

From Old Galician-Portuguese nota, from Latin nota (“mark; sign”).


miri

(botany) a tree, Sideroxylon salicifolium, or its fruit

(ornithology) a type of parrot found in Amazonia


maquis

Borrowed from French maquis, from Corsican macchia, from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula. Doublet of mancha, malha, mágoa, mangra, and mácula.

doublet

maquis; macchia (type of brushland common in Corsica)


maquis

maquis (member of the French resistance during the Second World War)


snowboard

[snoˈβɔɾ.ðɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English snowboard.


snowboard

[snoˈβɔɾ.ðɨ]

snowboard (board used to slide downhill over snow)


root beer

Unadapted borrowing from English root beer.

root beer (beverage made with sarsaparilla root)


á

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.


á

From Old Galician-Portuguese aa (“wing”), from Latin āla (“wing”). Cognate with Galician á, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, and Occitan ala, French aile and Ligurian âa. Doublet of ala, which was a borrowing.


novena

Learned borrowing from Latin novēna. By surface analysis, nove (“nine”) + -ena.

surf

(Roman Catholicism) novena (a recitation of prayers for nine days)


biberão

[bi.beˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[bi.βɨˈɾɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from French biberon (“baby bottle”), ultimately from Latin bibere (“to drink”).

bor+

A mãe encheu o biberão com leite.

The mother filled the baby bottle with milk.

(Portugal) baby bottle (babies’ milk container)


jingle

[ˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡoʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English jingle.

(advertising) jingle (short, memorable song used in an advertisement)


tutor

pt-noun

tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

tutores (plural)
tutora (feminine)
tutoras (feminine plural)

→ Tetum: tutór

tutor (one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)

(law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)


gaja

Tu és a minha gaja
És a minha gaja
Sem nenhuma sombra de dúvida que haja

2015, dB + PZ (lyrics and music), “Tu és a minha gaja”:

You're my girl
You're my girl
Without any shadow of a doubt there is

(informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly Portugal) girl


ganga

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.

(mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)

(figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)


ganga

Borrowed from Mandarin káng. First attested in the 16th century.

(in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)

(Brazil) A variety of cotton plant with brown fiber


ganga

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

From Gaulish *cambica "bent log", derivative of cambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of canga.


ganga

(Brazil, obsolete) gang (group of criminals)


ganga

Borrowed from Kimbundu nganga (“sorcerer”).


ganga

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa). Doublet of ganda.


ganga

(Brazil) a set of matches in a board game, specially backgammon


ganga

Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole [Term?].

Balearica pavonina
Balearica pavonina#Translingual

(dated) black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)


aileron

Unadapted borrowing from French aileron.


cedilha

pt-noun

cedilha f or (nonstandard) m (plural cedilhas)

cedilla (mark placed under the letter C)


cedilha

(by extension) the name of the letter C with a cedilla


garrafa

Bandial: garafa

Kadiwéu: galaapa

From Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa); see carafe for more.


cacique

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)

caciques (plural)
cacica (feminine)
cacicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Lokono kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).


SIDA

síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida#Portuguese

AIDS; Acronym of síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida.


coração

Guinea-Bissau Creole: korson

Kabuverdianu: kurason

Papiamentu: kurason

→ Konkani: कुरासांव (kurāsāuva)

[ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese coraçon, from Vulgar Latin *corāceōnem, derived from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic *kord, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr ~ *ḱr̥d-.
Compare Galician and Spanish corazón, Mozarabic ڧرجون (qurəjūn).

O coração de Harry batia acelerado agora.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 434:

Now, Harry's heart was beating very fast.

(figurative) heart, emotions, kindness, spirit


coração

[ko.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɔ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


sublime

sublime m or f by sense (plural sublimes)


parede

→ Kadiwéu: baloote

From Old Galician-Portuguese parede, from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m. Compare Galician parede, Spanish pared.


bretão

bretão m (plural bretões, feminine bretã, feminine plural bretãs)

bretões (plural)
bretã (feminine)
bretãs (feminine plural)

[bɾeˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese breton, from Latin Brittōnem.

inh+

Breton (Celtic language spoken in north-western Brittany)


desktop

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

ubor

(computing) desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)

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


patricida

pt-noun

patricida m or f by sense (plural patricidas)


upload

Unadapted borrowing from English upload.

upload (file transfer to central storage)


tinta

→ Konkani: तींत (tīnta)

→ Malay: tinta

Indonesian: tinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese tinta, tĩta, from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).


cifra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

der

(music) number or letter that represents a chord


haddock

Unadapted borrowing from English haddock.


a

From Latin a, form of A, from Etruscan 𐌀 (a), from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from Egyptian 𓃾.


fitness

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)


grau

From Old Galician-Portuguese grao, graao, from Latin gradus (“step, grade, degree”).

A água congela a zero graus centígrados.

degree, a unit of temperature, now typically using the Celsius scale

degree, a certificate of academic accomplishment conferred by a college or university

(mathematics) degree, a unit of angular measure

légua (1⁄18, 1⁄20, or 1⁄25 equatorial degree)

(mathematics) degree, the highest exponent within a polynomial expression

(informal) wheelie, a stunt where a bicycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle is ridden for a short period while it is standing only on its rear wheel or wheels.


antiviral

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.viˈɾaʊ̯]

(pharmacology) a drug that acts against virus infections


jogging

Unadapted borrowing from English jogging.

jogging (running at a slow pace as a form of exercise)

jogging bottoms; sweatpants (loose pants designed for jogging or comfort)


barracuda

barracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)


laca

lac (resinous substance produced by insects)


cigana

Opisthocomus hoazin
Opisthocomus hoazin#Translingual

hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin, a bird of South America)


heavy metal

[ˈɛ.βi ˈmɛ.tɐɫ]

Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.

(music) heavy metal (genre of rock music)


bullying

Unadapted borrowing from English bullying.

bullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)


tela

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)

(by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)

screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)

(Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)


grana

Borrowed from Italian grana (“cash < grain”), from Latin granum (“grain”). Compare grão.


posta

Nominalization of the feminine past participle.


posta

(dated) station of horses on the road that served as an inn or restaurant for travalers


posta

(dialectal) Alternative form of bosta (“shit”)


cropped

[ˈkɾɔ.pɨ.ðɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English cropped.

ubor

crop top (a short T-shirt or blouse that is cut off above the abdomen)


overflow

Unadapted borrowing from English overflow.

(computing) overflow (situation where a value exceeds the available range)


paulistano

pt-noun

paulistano m (plural paulistanos, feminine paulistana, feminine plural paulistanas)

paulistanos (plural)
paulistana (feminine)
paulistanas (feminine plural)

→ English: Paulistano


passe

pass (document granting admission or permission to pass)

(sports) pass (the act of moving the ball to another player)

(bullfighting) pass (the act of tricking the bull into running through the cape)


dacha

dacha (a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside)


placard

Unadapted borrowing from French placard.


carioca

carioca m or f by sense (plural cariocas)

→ English: Carioca

Etymology tree
Old Tupi kariîó
Proto-Tupian *ekʷ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ok
Proto-Tupian *-ap
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
Old Tupi -a
Old Tupi oka
Old Tupi Kariîookabor.
Portuguese carioca
From Old Tupi Kariîooka, a former indigenous village in nowadays Guanabara bay.

etymon

Os cariocas apreciam a praia de Copacabana.

The inhabitants of Rio enjoy the beach of Copacabana.

Carioca (inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro city)

(proscribed) native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro state


carioca

weak coffee (with added hot water or from a second shot of spent espresso)


pano

From Old Galician-Portuguese pano, from Latin pannus (“cloth; rag”).


puré

purés (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


trimestre

Learned borrowing from Latin trimestris.

trimester (term corresponding to a third of an academic year)


chucha

/ˈt͡ʃu.t͡ʃɐ/


abdómen

abdómenes (Portugal plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin abdomen (“belly, abdomen”).


parente

pt-noun

parente m or f by sense (plural parentes)

From Old Galician-Portuguese parente, from Latin parentem (“relative”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

der

relative (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)


grama

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin grāmĭna, plural of grāmen. Compare Galician and Spanish grama.


grama

pt-noun

grama m or (nonstandard) f (plural gramas)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), a semantic calque of Latin scripulum.


vaza

(card games) a trick (a sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined)


cara

From Old Galician-Portuguese cara, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn.

cara ou coroa

Ele tem cara de idiota.

(informal) resemblance, appearance (perceived characteristic of a person, object or situation)


cara

Esse país não é um país que tem uma sociedade com complexo de vira-lata, que o cara [Elon Musk] gritou e a gente fica com medo. Esse cara tem que aceitar as regras desse país.

2024 August 31, Jeniffer Gularte, Mariana Muniz, quoting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Lula: Musk tem de respeitar decisão do STF”, in Diário do Pará, page B1:

(Brazil, informal) man, fellow, guy and any adult male


bibimbap

(rare) bibimbap (Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang)


BI

bilhete de identidade
bilhete de identidade#Portuguese

Initialism of bilhete de identidade (“ID card”).


cama

Kabuverdianu: kama

→ Chichewa: kama

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cama, from Late Latin cama, first attested in Isidore. Likely a borrowing from an Iberian substrate.


nabo

From Old Galician-Portuguese nabo, from Latin nāpus (“turnip”).

Brassica rapa
Brassica rapa#Translingual

(botany, cooking) turnip (Brassica rapa or its root)


nabo

pt-noun

nabo m (plural nabos, feminine naba, feminine plural nabas)

nabos (plural)
naba (feminine)
nabas (feminine plural)


demanda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese demanda, from demandar, from Latin dēmandāre (“to demand”).

inh+

(uncountable, economics) demand (desire to purchase goods and services)


crochet

Unadapted borrowing from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.


backspace

Unadapted borrowing from English backspace.


aspecto

aspectos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Semi-learned term remade from Old Galician-Portuguese aspeito, based on Latin aspectus.


diva

a role model, someone to be looked up to


continuum

pt-noun

continuum m (plural continuuns or continua)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin continuum. Doublet of contínuo.

ubor

continuum (series where neighbouring elements are very similar, but distant elements are very different)


buffer

Unadapted borrowing from English buffer.

(computing) buffer (memory for temporary storage)


leva

Uma leva de vândalos entrou na loja.

wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)


rotunda

(Portugal, Macau) traffic circle, roundabout


dextran

(organic chemistry) dextran (a biopolymer of glucose produced by enzymes of certain bacteria)


fugu

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚 (fugu, “blowfish”).


ensemble

Unadapted borrowing from French ensemble.

ubor

ensemble (a coordinated costume or outfit)

ensemble (a group of artists who perform together)

(music) ensemble (a piece for several musicians)


básico

basics, essentials (the basic part of something)

(Portugal, education, colloquial, uncountable) Clipping of ensino básico.


nona

Borrowed from Venetian nona (“grandmother”).

(familiar, South Brazil, São Paulo) grandmother


nata

From Vulgar Latin *natta, variant of Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew מיטה \ מִטָּה (mitá, “bed, couch”)).

cog

מיטה \ מִטָּה

pastel de nata
pastel de nata#Portuguese

(figurative) cream of the crop (the best of something)


semestre

/sɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

From Latin semestris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mensis (“month”).


carácter

caracteres (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


caudal

Learned borrowing from Latin caudālis (“having a tail”), from cauda (“tail”). By surface analysis, cauda + -al.


caudal

Borrowed from Spanish caudal, from Latin capitālis (“capital; deadly”). See also the doublets cabedal and capital.

(hydrology) discharge (volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time)

(figuratively) a great amount of volume of something


glossolalia

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs) + λᾰλῐᾱ́ (laliā́, “talking; form of speech, dialect”) (from λᾰ́λος (lálos, “talkative”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)).

der

(religion) glossolalia (speaking in tongues)


seguidor

pt-noun

seguidor m (plural seguidores, feminine seguidora, feminine plural seguidoras)

seguidores (plural)
seguidora (feminine)
seguidoras (feminine plural)

follower (one who follows: moves in the path of another thing)

follower (one who follows: adheres to the opinions, ideas or teachings of another)


freegan

freegan m or f by sense (plural freegans)

Unadapted borrowing from English freegan.

ubor

freegan (a person who uses thrown-out items as a challenge to consumerism)


aula

Learned borrowing from Latin aula, from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).


pedido

From Latin petītus (“sought”), perfect passive participle of petō (“to make for; to desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fall; fly”).

der

pedido de demissão

pedido de casamento

order (request for some product or service)


prensa

From prensar (“to press”), from Latin pressāre (“to press”), frequentative of premō (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres- (“to press”).


evento

Learned borrowing from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”).

lbor

event; occurrence (something that happens)

(relativity) event (point in space-time)

(computing) event (action triggered by an event listener when a condition is met)


acto

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


madrugada

[mɐ.ðɾuˈɣa.ðɐ]

the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning

(figurative) dawn (the first stages of a process)


recurso

Borrowed from Latin recursus, participle of recurrere (“to return”).

É o último recurso para casos extremos.

It is the last resort for extreme cases.

Temos recursos limitados.

Um recurso foi concedido a favor do réu.


vendedor

pt-noun

vendedor m (plural vendedores, feminine vendedora, feminine plural vendedoras)

vendedores (plural)
vendedora (feminine)
vendedoras (feminine plural)

From Latin vēnditōrem. By surface analysis, vender + -dor.


colaborador

colaborador m (plural colaboradores, feminine colaboradora, feminine plural colaboradoras)

colaboradores (plural)
colaboradora (feminine)
colaboradoras (feminine plural)


catolicismo

catolicismo m (usually uncountable, plural catolicismos)

Catholicism (faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church)

Roman Catholicism (faiths, practices and doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church)


tratado

Past participle of tratar, or a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractātus, perfect passive participle of tractō (“to handle; to manage”).

(international law) treaty (binding agreement under international law)

(literature) treatise (systematic discourse on some subject)


manifestante

manifestante m or f by sense (plural manifestantes)

demonstrator (a person participating in a demonstration)


cocaína

Borrowed from French cocaïne. By surface analysis, coca + -ina


clérigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese clerigo, crerigo, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “the clergy, what is alloted, a lot, inheritance, originally a shard used in casting lots”), from Proto-Indo-European *kald-, *klād- (“timber, log”), from *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, hew, break, destroy, kill”).


área

Learned borrowing from Latin ārea. Doublet of eira (“threshing floor”), which was inherited.

A igreja fica naquela área.

area; region; place (a geographical location)

Ele tem espinhas nessa área do rosto.

He has pimples in this area of his face.

area; region; place (an extent of surface)

Minha mãe trabalha na área da educação.

My mother works in the field of education.

area; field (related things and concepts)

Calcule a área do triângulo.

(geometry) area (measure of two-dimensional extent)

(soccer) area; penalty area (square in front of the goal)

court (open, enclosed space in a building or compound)


compatriota

pt-noun

compatriota m or f by sense (plural compatriotas)


despedida

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ]


arresto

(law) sequestration of a debtor’s assets


político

político m (plural políticos, feminine política, feminine plural políticas)

políticos (plural)
política (feminine)
políticas (feminine plural)

→ Tetum: polítiku

Borrowed from Latin polīticus, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός (politikós).


diálogo

Learned borrowing from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos).

Analise o diálogo entre os dois personagens.

Analyse the dialogue between the two characters.

dialogue (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

Podemos chegar a uma solução através do diálogo.

We can reach a solution through dialogue.

(figurative) peaceful resolution through conversation instead of fighting


representante

representante m or f by sense (plural representantes)

/ʁɨ.pɾɨ.zẽˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

representative (someone who may speak for another in a particular capacity)

representative (someone or something that is taken as typical of its class)


periódico

periodical (publication that appears at fixed intervals)


tráfico

traffic (commercial transportation or exchange of goods)

Tráfico de pessoas é crime.

(informal) trafficking (illegal trade with drugs, firearms etc.)


maleta

briefcase (case used for carrying documents)


tormenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese tormenta, tormẽta, from Latin tormenta, plural of tormentum.


partido

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

bachelor (man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet)


república

→ Tetum: repúblika

Learned borrowing from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).

(politics) state where elected officials represent the citizens

(government) a type of state-level subdivision used in Russia

rented house or apartment where various students live together


heroína

Borrowed from Latin hērōīna, from Late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (hērōḯnē).


cultivo

Deverbal from cultivar (“to cultivate”).

(agriculture) cultivation; culture (the practice of growing plants)


oficial

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiais, feminine oficial or oficiala, feminine plural oficiais or oficialas)

oficiais (plural)
oficial (feminine)
oficiala (feminine)
oficiais (feminine plural)
oficialas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin officiālis.


oriente

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriente, borrowed from Latin orientem, present participle of orior (“to rise”).


anglicano

pt-noun

anglicano m (plural anglicanos, feminine anglicana, feminine plural anglicanas)

anglicanos (plural)
anglicana (feminine)
anglicanas (feminine plural)

[ˌɐ̃ɡliˈkɐːnu]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin anglicānus, suggested in the Magna Carta by Anglicana ecclesia (“the English church”), from Latin Anglicus, from Angli, Anglus (“an Englishman”). Compare anglo.


gangster

gangster m or f by sense (plural gangsters)


comunicado

From comunicar (“to communicate”) + -ado (“-ed”).

af

Recebi um comunicado urgente.
I received an urgent communiqué.

communiqué (official report or statement)


sacerdote

pt-noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes, feminine sacerdotisa, feminine plural sacerdotisas)

sacerdotes (plural)
sacerdotisa (feminine)
sacerdotisas (feminine plural)

[sɐ.sɨɾˈðɔ.tɨ]


dirigente

dirigente m or f by sense (plural dirigentes)


iniciativa

initiative (willingness to act first or on one’s own)


adolescente

adolescente m or f by sense (plural adolescentes)

adolescent, teenager (child aged between thirteen and nineteen)


etiqueta

Borrowed from French étiquette. Doublet of tíquete and tiquê.

etiquette (set of rules and ceremonies used in court and society)

sign, label (piece of paper, plastic or other material that is attached to an object to indicate content, price and/or other information)

label (piece of fabric or other material that is sewn onto the inside of garments with an indication of the size, material, manufacturer and, often, washing instructions)

(computing) identifier, reference (code that identifies and classifies a specific element in a document)


rigidez

rigidity (the quality or state of being rigid)


mercado

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.


influencia

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


líquido

Learned borrowing from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, to be fluid”).

lbor

(chemistry, physics) liquid (substance that is liquid)


polígono

polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges)


sindicato

Hunsrik: Sindicatt


istmo

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).


crítica

point made to criticize something or someone


medida

O segundo debate sobre um programa de Governo desta legislatura trouxe ontem ao Parlamento um primeiro-ministro municiado para o embate com uma mão cheia de medidas políticas.

2015 December 3, Maria Lopes, Nuno Sá Lourenço, Sofia Rodrigues, “Costa anuncia 13 medidas no seu primeiro debate”, in Público:


magistrado

Borrowed from Latin magistrātus (“magistrate”).


producto

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


okrug

(government) okrug (an administrative division of certain Slavic states)


katyusha

(military) Katyusha (Soviet rocket launcher)


caso

(sciences) instance used as a topic of study

(grammar) grammatical case (category that reflects the function performed by a noun phrase)

affair; love affair (adulterous relationship)


geode

(geology) geode (hollow stone with crystals on the inside wall)


temor

From Old Galician-Portuguese temor, from Latin timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“to fear”).

(uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)

(chiefly theology) fear (extreme veneration or awe)


terrorismo

terrorism (use of terror as a means of coercion)


época

Borrowed from Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ).

age, period, epoch (particular period of history)


frente

Borrowed from Spanish frente f, from Old Spanish fruente f, from Latin frontem m. Doublet of fronte and front.

(military) front (area or line of conflict)


saldo

balance (difference between credit and debit of an account)

(chiefly in the plural) sale (sale of goods at reduced prices)


sirena

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).


cajón

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cajón. Related to caixão (“coffin”).

(music) cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument)


falta

From Old Galician-Portuguese falta, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Cognate to Catalan falta, English fault, Spanish falta and French faute.

Desmaiei por falta de água.

Nota-se a falta de problemas sociais nesta região.

One can notice the lack of social issues in this region.

lack (the condition of not having, needing, or needing more of something)

Levei cinco faltas esse semestre.

(education) absence; truancy (an instance of missing a class)

Sinto muito, foi uma falta minha.

fault (a mistake, error, sin or transgression, especially a minor one)

O goleiro teve que cometer uma falta para evitar o gol.

The goalkeeper had to commit a foul to avoid the goal.

Falta!

Quem vai bater a falta?

(soccer) direct free kick (free kick following a foul committed outside the penalty area)

Sinto falta dos bons tempos.

(only in sentir falta) the condition of missing someone or something


polémica

polémicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


programa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

/pɾoˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/pɾoˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/pɾuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pɾuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/pɾuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[pɾuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

program
(computing) computer instructions

(television, radio) performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television; programme

Segundo o programa, a palestra será às seis.

According to the timetable, the lecture will be at six.

(relational) schedule, plan
timetable, timeline

O programa de hoje será ir ao cinema.

Today's activity will be going to the movies.

(relational) schedule, plan
(Brazil, informal) leisure activity

(Brazil, colloquial) trick (act of prostitution; the time that a prostitute spends with a client in exchange for money)


rede

From Old Galician-Portuguese rede, from Latin rēte.

(fishing) Short for rede de pesca (“fishing net”).

(sports) net (mesh behind the goal frame)

net (mesh of strings)
net (mesh behind the goal frame)

net (mesh of strings)
hairnet (netting worn over one's hair)

(figurative) sieve (something that catches and filters everything)

hammock (suspended bed or couch made of cloth or netting)

network (an interconnected group or system)

(business) chain (businesses with the same brand name)

(broadcasting) network (group of affiliated television stations)

(networking) (computers and other devices connected together to share information)

(Internet) the Net; the Web (the Internet)

A rede de esgotos.


aplique

hair extension (hair which is attached to one’s normal hair to make it longer)


comedor

pt-noun

comedor m (plural comedores, feminine comedora, feminine plural comedoras)

comedores (plural)
comedora (feminine)
comedoras (feminine plural)


tocador

tocador m (plural tocadores, feminine tocadora, feminine plural tocadoras)

tocadores (plural)
tocadora (feminine)
tocadoras (feminine plural)

(music) player (one who plays a musical instrument)


tocador

(Brazil, electronics) player (electronic device that plays media)


frasco

→ Japanese: フラスコ (furasuko)

From Late Latin flascō (with a different outcome from the most common inherited outcome in ch-), from Frankish *flaska (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle, flask”). Doublet of fiasco.


defensa

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfēnsa. Doublet of defesa and devesa.


entrevista

[ẽ.tɾɨˈβiʃ.tɐ]

Calque of English interview, entre- (“inter-”) + vista (“view”).

interview (a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant)

interview (conversation between a journalist and another person)


periodista

pt-noun

periodista m or f by sense (plural periodistas)


analista

analista m or f by sense (plural analistas)

Borrowed from French analyste, from Ancient Greek.


cómoda

cómodas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


bandeja

→ Spanish: bandeja

From the verb bandejar (“to winnow”) or alternatively from banda (“side”).

tray (object on which things are carried)


separador

[sɨ.pɐ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[sɨ.pɐ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

separator (object located between two or more things and hence separating them)

separator (a device for removing one substance from another)

(Portugal) reservation (area that separates opposing traffic lanes)


ato

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, from agere. Doublet of auto.

act (division of theatrical performance)


escala

Learned borrowing from Latin scāla. Cognate of escada (“ladder, stairs”).


escala

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.


gancho

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *ganskyos (“branch, twig”).

(clothing) the central part of a pair of trousers to which the legs are sown


ministro

ministro m (plural ministros, feminine ministra, feminine plural ministras)

ministros (plural)
ministra (feminine)
ministras (feminine plural)

→ Tetum: ministru

Learned borrowing from Latin ministrum (“attendant”), from minus (“less”).

lbor

(politics) minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)

(Christianity) one who does something on behalf of the church

(diplomacy) minister (rank below ambassador)

agent (one who acts for or in the place of another)


colcha

From Old Galician-Portuguese colcha, probably from Latin culcita (“mattress”).


sofá

→ Tetum: sofá

Borrowed from French sofa, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”). More at sofa.

sofa (upholstered furniture, with back and arms, where people sit)


eco

Learned borrowing from Latin echō, from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ), from ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.

echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)


asa

Guinea-Bissau Creole: aza

Kabuverdianu: ása, áza

Principense: aza

Sãotomense: aza

Annobonese: aza

Saramaccan: hánza

→ Galician: aza

From Old Galician-Portuguese asa, from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Merged with Old Galician-Portuguese aa (“wing”), from Latin āla (“wing”). Cognate with Galician asa (“handle”) and Spanish asa (“handle”). Doublet of ansa.

Eu encontrei um pássaro com uma asa partida.

Peguei no balde pela asa.

handle (part of an object which is held in the hand when used or moved)


tiro

Holonyms: fogo, rajada

(sports, figurative) a very strong kick, throw or hit

(South Brazil) the act of throwing bolas or a lasso towards an animal

(soccer) free kick (kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference)


espuma

Cerveja boa tem bastante espuma.


soldado

pt-noun

soldado m or f by sense or (see usage notes) m (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)

soldado m or f by sense or (canonical masculine)
soldados (plural)
soldada (feminine)
soldadas (feminine plural)

desctree

→ Malay: serdadu
> Indonesian: serdadu (inherited)
→ Javanese: ꦱꦫꦝꦝꦸ (saradhadhu)
→ Petjo: serdadoe, soldadoe

→ Sinhalese: සොල්දාදුවා (soldāduwā)

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldado, corresponding to soldo (“military salary”) + -ado. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).
Compare Spanish soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat.

(figurative) soldier; warrior (person who fights for a cause)


forca

From Old Galician-Portuguese forca, from Latin furca.

gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)


hipster

pt-noun

hipster m or f by sense (plural hipsters)

Unadapted borrowing from English hipster.

ubor

hipster (person interested in the latest trends)


vestíbulo

lobby (entryway or waiting area; vestibule)


busto

bust (sculptural portrayal of a person’s head and shoulders)

bust (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)


parlamento

Borrowed from French parlement. By surface analysis, parlar (“to speak”) + -mento.


atacante

pt-noun

atacante m or f by sense (plural atacantes)


manivela

crank (bent piece of an axle or shaft used to impart rotation)


experto

experto m (plural expertos, feminine experta, feminine plural expertas)

expertos (plural)
experta (feminine)
expertas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin expertus. Doublet of esperto and expert.


entrada

From Old Galician-Portuguese entrada, from entrar.


derrota

E velejando todas eſtas naos por ſua derrota prouue a noſſo Senhor que chegarão a ſaluamento a Moçambique, […]

1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam, page 3

And our Lord was pleased that all of these ships sailing through their route reached the safety of Mozambique, […]

(nautical) route (course travelled by a ship)


parada

From the feminine past participle of parar.

Essas paradas dificultam o andamento do processo

These stops make the process undergoing difficult

stop
halt (the act of stopping or halting)

Descemos na próxima parada

(Brazil) stop (place where passengers get on and off buses or trams)

Amanhã vai ter uma parada na avenida

Tomorrow there will be a parade in the avenue

parade (organised procession with displays and performances)

(gambling) stake (money laid down as a wager)

(music) record chart (ranking of music according to popularity)

Que parada é essa?

(Brazil, slang) thing (an object, quality or concept)


maceta

truncated conical iron hammer crossed by a short wooden handle

cylindrical piece for grinding and undoing paints


gira

(religion) the gathering or grouping of various spirits, who manifest through mediums in Umbanda


corte

O corte tem de ser preciso.

Tenho um corte no meu dedo!

visible result of a cut (e.g. a wound or damage to an object)

Esse é um corte elegante.

Cortes serão necessários para evitar prejuízo.

Esta faca tem um bom corte.

corte inglês

(fashion) a particular style or way certain pieces are made

Se não pagar a companhia, sofrerá corte de energia.

If you don't pay the company, you will experience power suspension.

suspension (the act of stopping a habitual activity or the flow of something)


corte

→ Malayalam: കോടതി (kōṭati)

From Old Galician-Portuguese corte, from Latin cōrtem, shortened version of Latin cohors (“court; enclosure”). Doublet of coorte, a borrowing.


marco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marcus, from Frankish *mark, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“boundary, border”).

der

mark (indication for reference or measurement)

(figurative) an important event, a milestone; a turning point


marco

From Middle High German marc (“half-pound”), from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (“land boundary”). As a German currency, a calque of German Mark. As a Finnish currency, a calque of Finnish markka, via Old Swedish mark. Cognate with English mark, Catalan marc, and Galician and Spanish marco.

(historical) marco, Portuguese mark, a traditional unit of mass, usually equal to 230 g and particularly used for trade in gold and silver

(historical) mark, other similar half-pound units in other measurement systems

(historical) mark, a former German currency

(historical) markka, a former Finnish currency


retrovisor

[ˌʁɛ.tɾɔ.βiˈzoɾ]

rear-view mirror (mirror in a vehicle giving view of the traffic behind)


xá

Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/).


contexto

(linguistics) context (text in which a word appears)


diplomacia

Borrowed from French diplomatie. Compare Catalan diplomàcia, English diplomacy.

diplomacy (art of conducting international relations)


balaustrada

(architecture) balustrade (row of balusters)


xampu

Hunsrik: Schampu

From English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), from the Sanskrit verb चपयति (capayati, “to pound, knead”), mid 18th c.


política

→ Tetum: polítika

From Latin politica, from the Ancient Greek πολιτική (politikḗ).

politics (activities associated with running a government or organisation)

policy (a formal principle or protocol of conduct)

female equivalent of político (“politician”)


colega

Borrowed from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”).

bor+

colleague (fellow member of a profession)


capítulo

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“chapter”), diminutive Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. Compare the inherited doublet cabido.

chapter (administrative division of an organization)


xadrez

From Old Galician-Portuguese axadrez, enxadrez, from Andalusian Arabic الشَطْرَنْج (aš-šaṭranj), from Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj, “chess”), from Persian شترنگ (šatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /čatrang/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cátur-aṅga, literally “four parts”) (of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers).
Cognate with Galician xadrez, Asturian axedrez, Mirandese xadreç, Spanish ajedrez and Aragonese axedrez.


codorniz

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cōturnīcem.

quail (Any of various small game birds of the family Phasianidae or of the family Odontophoridae)


candidatura

candidacy (the process of becoming a candidate)


integrante

pt-noun

integrante m or f by sense (plural integrantes)

/ĩ.teˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ĩ.teˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ĩ.tɨˈɡɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[ĩ.tɨˈɣɾɐ̃.tɨ]


seu

From senhor, from Old Galician-Portuguese sennor, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”).

Estive com o seu Luís ontem.
I was with Mr. Luís yesterday.

(familiar) mister (as a form of address)


delegado

delegado m (plural delegados, feminine delegada, feminine plural delegadas)

delegados (plural)
delegada (feminine)
delegadas (feminine plural)


mandato

Learned borrowing from Latin mandātum. Piecewise doublet of mandado.

No Brasil, o mandato presidencial é de quatro anos.

In Brazil, the presidential term is four years long.

term (period to which a politician is elected to an office)


insurgente

insurgente m or f by sense (plural insurgentes)


pacifismo

pacifism (doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence)


galimatias

galimatias; gobbledygook (meaningless speech)


senado

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin senātus.


símbolo

Learned borrowing from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).


bolchevique

pt-noun

bolchevique m or f by sense (plural bolcheviques)

[bɔɫ.t͡ʃɨˈβi.kɨ]


terreno

→ Hunsrik: Terreno

terrain (area of land or the particular features of it)

field (wide, open space used to grow crops or to hold farm animals)

campo

field (course of study or domain of knowledge or practice)


comandante

comandante m or f by sense (plural comandantes)

commander (one who exercises control and direction over a group of persons)


leucemia

From French leucémie (“leukemia”), from German Leukämie (“leukemia”), from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)


liga

From ligar (“to unite; to bind”), from Latin ligāre (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).

league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)

(uncountable) connection (act of connecting)

garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)


período

(Portugal) a school year interval (in pre-university education) of approximately three months, the first running from the beginning of the school year in September, until Christmas, the second from Christmas to Easter, and the third from Easter to the end of the school year in June


acento

(orthography) accent (mark to indicate accent)


optimismo

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


cortina

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cortina~cortinha, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).

inh+

curtain (piece of cloth covering a window)


absolutismo

From French absolutisme. By surface analysis, absoluto + -ismo.

(political science) absolutism (absolute or arbitrary government)

(Portugal, historical) period when D. Miguel was in power in Portugal


pacifista

pt-noun

pacifista m or f by sense (plural pacifistas)

pacifist (one who opposes violence and war)


candidato

candidato m (plural candidatos, feminine candidata, feminine plural candidatas)

candidatos (plural)
candidata (feminine)
candidatas (feminine plural)


comando

→ Afrikaans: kommando

→ English: commando

From comandar (“to command; to order”), from com- + mandāre (“to deliver; to order”).

order; command (task given to someone or something)

command (right, authority or ability to order)

(sports) first place while a competition is underway

(computing) command (directive to a computer program to perform a specific task)

Clipping of telecomando; remote control (device used to operate an appliance from a short distance away)

telecomando

(military) commando (small fighting force trained for quick raids)

(military) area under the jurisdiction of a commander


frase

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).

der

(grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)

(music) phrase (a small, somewhat independent series of notes)


círculo

Borrowed from Latin circulus. Doublet of the inherited cercho.

Eu represento o círculo eleitoral de Braga

(politics) a constituency, a representative district


legado

Borrowed from Latin lēgātus (“envoy, ambassador”).

bor+

(Roman Catholicism) nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church)


legado

From legar, from Latin lēgātum (“legacy”).


fundador

pt-noun

fundador m (plural fundadores, feminine fundadora, feminine plural fundadoras)

fundadores (plural)
fundadora (feminine)
fundadoras (feminine plural)


figura

From Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra.


visitante

visitante m or f by sense (plural visitantes)

visitor (someone who visits someone or somewhere)


alambre

Borrowed from Arabic العَنْبَر (al-ʕanbar).


pobreza

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobreza, from pobre (“poor”) + -eza (“-ness; -ity”), from Latin pauper (“poor”), from *pavo-pars (“getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *pau- (“smallness”). By surface analysis, pobre + -eza.

(uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)


negociador

pt-noun

negociador m (plural negociadores, feminine negociadora, feminine plural negociadoras)

negociadores (plural)
negociadora (feminine)
negociadoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin negōtiātōrem (“merchant, banker”). By surface analysis, negociar + -dor.


triunfo

Borrowed from Latin triumphus (“triumphal procession”), from Old Latin triumpus, from Etruscan *𐌈𐌓𐌉𐌀𐌌𐌐𐌄 (*θriampe), from Ancient Greek θρίαμβος (thríambos, “thriambus”). Doublet of trunfo.

der

triumph (conclusive success; victory; conquest)

(historical, Ancient Rome) triumph (ceremony to celebrate someone’s military achievement)


adepto

pt-noun

adepto m (plural adeptos, feminine adepta, feminine plural adeptas)

adeptos (plural)
adepta (feminine)
adeptas (feminine plural)

contributor, adept (a person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution)


reino

Swahili: Ureno (“Portugal”)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reino (“kingdom”), from Latin rēgnum. Compare Galician and Spanish reino.

inh+

Era uma vez uma princesa que vivia num reino longínquo.

Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a faraway kingdom.

kingdom (nation having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen)

Os seres humanos pertencem ao reino animal.


postura

posture (position of body or way of carrying oneself)

(figurative) stance (opinion or point of view)


traidor

pt-noun

traidor m (plural traidores, feminine traidora, feminine plural traidoras)

traidores (plural)
traidora (feminine)
traidoras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traedor, from Latin trāditōrem (“traitor”), from trādō (“to give over”), from trāns (“across, beyond”) + dō (“to give”).


teste

test (session in which something or someone is examined under various conditions)


recompensa

Deverbal from recompensar (“to reward”).

reward (something of value given in return for an act)


cabala

Borrowed from Hebrew קבלה (qabbalah, “tradition”).

bor+

(Judaism) Kabballah (mystical Jewish teachings)


cabala

Borrowed from French cabale, itself from Hebrew קבלה (qabbalah, “tradition”).


vínculo

Learned borrowing from Latin vinculum (“tie, bond”), from vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) + -ulum. Doublet of brinco.


objetivo

Learned borrowing from Latin objectīvus.


seda

Kadiwéu: xeeda

From Old Galician-Portuguese seda, from Latin saeta (“animal hair”), from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).

a piece of silken cloth or silken clothes


vide

From Old Galician-Portuguese vide, from Latin vītis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis (“that which twines or bends, branch, switch”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, wind, bend”).


artefacto

European Portuguese standard spelling of artefato.


argumento

argument (fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason)


voto

From Old Galician-Portuguese voto, partly borrowed from Latin vōtum (“vow”), itself from voveō (“to vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Doublet of the inherited bodo (“food, money, or clothes given to the poor on holy days”) and boda (“wedding”).

doublet

vote (act or instance of participating in such a choice)

vow (solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner)


papá

Probably of childish, onomatopoeic origin.


perna

Guinea-Bissau Creole: perna

Kabuverdianu: perna

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perna, from Latin perna, from Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂ (“heel”). Compare Galician perna and Spanish pierna.


esqueleto

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκελλώ (skellṓ, “to dry, to dry up, to make dry, to parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skele- (“to parch, to wither”).

der

(anatomy) skeleton (bones of an organism)

(figuratively, derogatory) a very thin person


turista

pt-noun

turista m or f by sense (plural turistas)


músculo

distender um músculo


luto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese luito, from Latin lūctus (“grief, sorrow”). Compare Galician loito.

inh+

estar de luto

luto nacional

Ainda assim, o Governo “apela a todos os cidadãos que participem nas cerimónias fúnebres de Estado, prestando homenagem a Mário Soares, grande figura da história portuguesa contemporânea, fundador do nosso regime democrático e símbolo da Liberdade”. É o que se lê no último parágrafo do documento que decreta os três dias de luto nacional, de 9 a 11 de Janeiro.

2017 January 9, Sónia Sapage, “Governo apela a multidão nas ruas de Lisboa”, in Público:


rosé

Unadapted borrowing from French rosé. Piecewise doublet of rosado.


medicamento

Learned borrowing from Latin medicāmentum.

lbor

medicine (substance which promotes healing)


documento

Learned borrowing from Latin documentum.


intestino

Borrowed from Latin intestīnus (“internal”).


chico

(Brazil, regional, colloquial) ass (the anus)


golpe

From Old Galician-Portuguese colbe, golbe, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus (“blow; cuff”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “blow; slap”). Some sources believe it to have been introduced through a Gallo-Romance intermediate such as Old Occitan colp, although this is uncertain. It may alternatively be a derivative of an Old Portuguese verb golpar, golbar. Compare Spanish golpe.

der

O pivete lhe deu um golpe no rosto.

A derrota foi um golpe.

(figurative) blow (unfortunate occurrence)

A vitória foi um golpe de sorte.

(figurative) a decisive act or occurrence

O empresário deu um golpe na própria empresa.

(literally, “The businessman did a scam on ...”)

The businessman scammed his own company.

(Brazil, figurative) scam, grift (fraudulent deal)

Acabou de ocorrer um golpe naquele país.
A coup d’état just occurred in that country.

golpe de estado
golpe de estado#Portuguese

Clipping of golpe de estado: coup d'état

(obsolete) multitude (great amount, especially of people)


beneplácito

From Late Latin beneplacitum. Cognate with Spanish beneplácito and Italian beneplacito.


socialista

pt-noun

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistas)

From French socialiste (“socialist”). By surface analysis, social + -ista.

(politics) socialist (one who practices or advocates socialism)

(Portugal, politics) a member or supporter the Portuguese Socialist Party


agon

agon (a struggle between the protagonist and antagonist)


nariz

From Old Galician-Portuguese nariz, from Late Latin nārīcem f, ultimately derived from Latin nāris. Compare Galician nariz m, Asturian, Spanish, and Aragonese nariz f, Italian narice f.

cog

nose (the organ of the face used to smell things)


oferta

From Old Galician-Portuguese offerta, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin offerta, ultimately from Latin offerō. Compare Catalan and Spanish oferta, Italian offerta.

offer (something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered)


físico

pt-noun

físico m (plural físicos, feminine física, feminine plural físicas)

físicos (plural)
física (feminine)
físicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós).

physicist (scientist who studies of physics)


tumba

From Late Latin tumba (possibly borrowed), from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).

tomb (small building or vault for the remains of the dead)


tez

Uncertain. Maybe from Latin aptus via a form *aptitia. Cognate with Spanish tez.

complexion (appearance of the skin on the face)


código

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cōdicem, with change of declension.


artículo

Learned borrowing from Latin articulus. Doublet of artelho and artigo.

(zoology) articulus (a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage)

(zoology) articulus (a joint of the cirri of a crinoid)


alternativa

From alternativo (“alternative”), from Medieval Latin alternātīvus.

alternative (one of a set of mutually exclusive choices)


bento

From the name of the founder, Saint Benedict of Nursia (Portuguese: São Bento). Compare Spanish benito.


insulto

insult (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)


supermercado

From super- (“super-”) + mercado (“market”). Calque of English supermarket.


sunita

Sunni (follower of the Sunni branch of Islam)


título

Borrowed from Latin titulus (“title”), unknown origin. Doublet of til.

(law) certificate of right of some sort, such as to ownership of a property

typically, a reference to a transit offering multiple rides or for a specified duration.


diagnóstico

From Ancient Greek διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós).

der

διαγνωστικός


tarde

From Old Galician-Portuguese tarde, from Latin tardē (“tardily; late”, adverb), from tardus (“late”, adjective). Compare French tard, Spanish tarde and related to English tardy.

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.

Olha que a cidade toda ficou vazia nessa tarde bonita pra te ver jogar.

1998, Soulfly, Los Hooligans, Umbabarauma:

Look how the whole city emptied out on this beautiful afternoon to watch you play


pipa

→ Gujarati: પીપ (pīp)

→ Swahili: pipa

From Old Galician-Portuguese pipa (“pipe”), from Vulgar Latin *pipa, from Latin pipō (“to pip, to pipe”).

pipe, a wooden barrel, cask, or vat, especially for wine

(historical, measure) pipe, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 400–550 liters depending on the part of Portugal

(measure) truckload, the volume of a tanker

soltar pipa


retrete

(Portugal) toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)

(Portugal) toilet, bathroom (room used for urination and defecation)


bidé

European Portuguese standard spelling of bidê.


estilo

Probably borrowed from Latin stilus (“stylus”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“pierce”). Doublet of esteio (inherited) and style (borrowed from English).

doublet

(Portugal, swimming) stroke (a particular style of swimming)

Vou participar na prova de 100m estilos.

(Portugal, swimming, in the plural) medley

(botany) style, stylet (the stalk that connects the stigma to the ovary in a pistil of a flower)


princesa

Borrowed from French princesse, from príncipe (“prince”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

suffix

Você é uma princesa

Oi, princesa!

term of endearment
term of endearment#English

(informal) a young girl; used as a term of endearment


ducha

Borrowed from French douche, from Italian doccia.

douche (a jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally)

shower (device for bathing that makes water fall on the body)

shower (an instance of bathing with this device)


esponja

→ Hunsrik: Esponja

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá), a later form of σπόγγος (spóngos, “sponge”) (compare Latin fungus). Doublet of espúndia.

sponge (marine invertebrate of the phylum Porifera)

sponge (piece of porous material used for washing)


continente

América

América do Norte, América Central, América do Sul


afiliado

pt-noun

afiliado m (plural afiliados, feminine afiliada, feminine plural afiliadas)

afiliados (plural)
afiliada (feminine)
afiliadas (feminine plural)


feto

Learned borrowing from Latin fētus (“offspring”).

lbor

(embryology) fetus (human embryo after the eighth week of gestation)

(biology) fetus (unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal)


feto

From earlier fento, from Old Galician-Portuguese *feeyto, from Latin filictum (“place abounding in ferns”), from filix, filicem (“fern”).
Cognate with Galician fento, fieito and Spanish helecho.

inh

(Portugal) fern (any of a group of plants in the division Pteridophyta)


máquina

Borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from μῆχος (mêkhos, “means”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gh- (“to be able to, to help; power, sorcerer”).

der

(figurative) person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional


pentágono

From Late Latin pentagōnum, from Ancient Greek πεντάγωνον (pentágōnon, “pentagon”), neuter form of πεντάγωνος (pentágōnos, “five-angled”). By surface analysis, penta- + -gono.


compra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese compra (“purchase”), from comprar (“to buy”), from Latin comparō (“to procure”).

inh+

purchase (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent)


bebé

bebés (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


mando

command; order (demand for someone to do something)


ofensiva

Os cavaleiros lançaram uma última ofensiva.

(military) offensive (a large-scale attack)

É melhor partirmos para a ofensiva.

We are better off going on the offensive.

(uncountable, military, sports, debating) offensive (the posture of attacking)


aborto

Borrowed from Latin abortus (“abortion”).

bor+

(medicine) abortion, miscarriage (loss of a fetus or embryo)

abortion; failure (an abandoned project)

(derogatory, colloquial) monstrosity (someone or something very ugly)


vestido

From Old Galician-Portuguese vestido, from Latin vestītus (“dressed; clothing”), perfect passive participle of vestiō (“to dress”), from vestis (“clothes”).

dress (woman’s garment which covers the upper part of the body as well as below the waist)


trono

From Old Galician-Portuguese trono (“throne”) (displacing trõo), borrowed from Latin thronus (“throne”), from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “throne, seat”).

der

O rei sentou-se no seu trono dourado.

Ele é o herdeiro aparente do trono.

(figuratively) throne (the formal position of a sovereign)

(colloquial, humorous) throne, toilet (ceramic bowl)


grifo

From Old Galician-Portuguese grifo, from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).


brigada

desctree

→ Javanese: ꦧꦽꦒꦢ (bregada)
→ Indonesian: bregada

(military) brigade (military unit composed of several regiments)


rapidez

pt-noun

rapidez f (usually uncountable, plural rapidezes)


contacto

European Portuguese standard spelling of contato.


azulejo

Borrowed from Spanish azulejo, from Arabic اَلزُّلَيْج (az-zulayj, “polished stone”), formed as a diminutive of زُلُج (zuluj, “smooth rocks”).


modo

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

der

mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something)

(music) mode (one of several ancient scales)


altura

From Old Galician-Portuguese altura, from alto + -ura.

Tenho medo de altura.

Nessa altura, ninguém vivia na ilha.

At that time nobody lived on the island.

moment, period (in time, usually referring to the past)


técnica

technique (a way of accomplishing a task that is not immediately obvious)


impacto

(figurative) impact (significant or strong influence or effect)


departamento

department (administrative subdivision of an organisation)

(government) département (county-level administrative unit in various French-speaking countries)


perspectiva

Borrowed from Medieval Latin perspectīva (“science of optics”).

bor+

(optics) perspective (appearance of depth in objects)

perspective (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface)

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

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

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


explosivo

From French explosif, ultimately from Latin explōsus, remodelled with the cognate suffix -ivo.


cisterna

Borrowed from Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂ (“woven container”).


mendigo

pt-noun

mendigo m (plural mendigos, feminine mendiga, feminine plural mendigas)

mendigos (plural)
mendiga (feminine)
mendigas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mendigo, from Latin mendīcus.


carril

From carro + -il, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus, with influence from carrus.

rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)


barco

From barca (“barge”), from Latin barca, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “an Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Egyptian bꜣjr (“transport ship, type of fish”), b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 Compare English barque, barge.


petróleo

From Medieval Latin petroleum, from Latin petra (“rock”) + oleum (“oil”).


tropa

Borrowed from French troupe. Doublet of trupe.

(Brazil, collective) group of pack animals


objeto

Learned borrowing from Latin obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“throw against”), from ob (“against”) + iaciō (“throw”).

that to which emotions or an action is directed towards

(grammar) object (in a sentence, the receiver of an action)


signo

Learned borrowing from Latin signum. Doublet of sino, senho, senha, and sinal.


fenómeno

fenómenos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phaenomenon, from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”).

der

phenomenon (observable fact or occurrence)


obstáculo

Learned borrowing from Latin obstaculum.

obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)


analfabetismo

(uncountable) illiteracy, analphabetism (inability to read)

(uncountable) ignorance; lack of knowledge in general or in a specific subject


indicador

pt-noun

indicador m (plural indicadores, feminine indicadora, feminine plural indicadoras)

indicadores (plural)
indicadora (feminine)
indicadoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin indicātōrem (“pointer”), from Latin indicō (“to point out”).

bor+

indicator (someone or something that indicates something)


sexo

o sexo masculino

o sexo feminino

(countable) category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species

(countable) another category, especially for humans and often separable, based on non-physical traits or roles; gender


palanca

Borrowed from Spanish palanca, from Latin phalanga (“roller; pole”), from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log; phalanx”).

der

lever (long, rigid object used to transmit force)

(military architecture, historical) a rampart with palisades or stakes


rentrée

Unadapted borrowing from French rentrée.

(education, administration) the return to school or work after a recess (usually the summer break)


índice

Learned borrowing from Latin indicem (“indicator; index”).

lbor

(computing, databases) index (data structure to improve the performance of table operations)

(mathematics) index (raised suffix indicating a power)

index (number representing a property or ratio)


palma

→ English: palma

From Old Galician-Portuguese palma, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Doublet of palmo

palma da mão

(usually in the plural) clap (the act of striking the palms of the hands)

palm tree (any tree of the family Arecaceae)

(historical) Alternative form of palmo, a traditional unit of length


característica

pt-noun

característica f (plural características)

características (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)


nisei

From Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).

(Brazil) nisei (one whose parents are Japanese)


modelo

From Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).

model (representation of a physical object)


modelo

model (person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion)


perfil

Borrowed from Spanish perfil (“profile”), from Provençal perfil.

profile (the shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side)

(law enforcement) profile (summary or collection of information, especially about a person)

(Internet) profile (specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems)


cristianismo

cristianismo m (usually uncountable, plural cristianismos)

From Latin Christianismus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανισμός (Khristianismós).

der

Χριστιανισμός


tradução

[tɾɐ.ðuˈsɐ̃w̃]

From Latin trāductiō, trāductiōnis (“transferring, translation”, literally “leading across”), from trādūcō (“to lead across”), from trāns (“across”) + dūcō (“to lead”). By surface analysis, traduzir + -ção.

(translation studies) translation (discipline of translating written language)


leitmotiv

pt-noun

leitmotiv m (plural leitmotiven or leitmotiv or leitmotivs or leitmotives)

leitmotiven (plural)
leitmotiv (plural)
leitmotivs (plural)
leitmotives (plural)

(music) leitmotif (a recurring melodic theme in an opera)

(by extension) leitmotif (recurring theme)


narciso

Borrowed from Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

narcissus; daffodil (any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus)


turismo

Borrowed from English tourism, from tour + -ism, from Old French tour.

tourism (the act of travelling or sightseeing)


tortura

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

inh

torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)


mito

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, humour, companion, speech, account, rumour, fable”).

lbor

(figuratively, informal) person or thing held in excessive or quasi-religious awe, legend


conjunto

Borrowed from Latin coniūnctus (“adjoining, connected”).

bor+

(mathematics) set (collection of mathematical objects, often having a common property)

outfit (all the clothes that you wear at the same time, usually special clothes)


goma

→ Sranan Tongo: goma

Inherited from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

gum (viscous substance exuded by certain plants)

Cola na minha goma mais tarde pra gente jogar um pouco de videogame.

Come to my house later so we can play some video games.


plugin

(computing) plug-in (computer program addon)


espectro

espectros (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Um espectro de possibilidades.


apraxia

(neurology) apraxia (disorder of motor planning)


sistema

From Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma). Compare French système.

Os hippies eram contra o sistema.

The hippies were against the establishment.

(colloquial) Often preceded by the word o (the): system, the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual; the establishment


instrumento

tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)

musical instrument (device used to produce music)


oceano

Learned borrowing from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus, a water deity”).

der

A casa tem vista para o oceano.

um oceano de oportunidades


recado

From Old Galician-Portuguese recado, from recadar, from Vulgar Latin *recapitō.

Tenho um recado para você.

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 186:


curso

Borrowed from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“to run”). Compare the inherited doublet corso.


imperialismo

(politics) imperialism (the policy of extending power, by force)


pintor

pt-noun

pintor m (plural pintores, feminine pintora, feminine plural pintoras)

pintores (plural)
pintora (feminine)
pintoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintor, from Vulgar Latin *pinctōrem, from Latin pictor.


chanson

Unadapted borrowing from French chanson f. Doublet of canção f.

ubor

(music) chanson (traditional French song)


colapso

Borrowed from Latin collāpsus (“collapsed”), perfect active participle of collābor (“collapse”).


bala

Borrowed from French balle, from Middle French balle from Northern Italian balla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla, *balla (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Kenji Narukami (Wendel Bezerra): Ih, eu não tenho mais balas...
Jushiro Fudo (Márcio Araújo): Não é bala que se fala, é munição!

2009 April 15, “Corra! Rei das Feras!” (02:20 from the start), in Ryukendo, episode 3, São Paulo: Centauro, via RedeTV!; dubbing of “走れ!百獣の王”, in 魔弾戦記リュウケンドー, 2006 January 22:

bullet, projectile (part of the ammunition for firearms)


foro

From Old Galician-Portuguese foro, from Latin forum. Doublet of fórum and cognate with Galician foro and Spanish fuero.

(law, historical) foral (royal document establishing a town's council)

doenças do foro cardíaco


foro

Learned borrowing from Latin forum. Doublet of fórum.


cerro

Inherited from Latin cirrus (“curl of hair; mane or forelock of a horse”), comparing a hill to the head of a horse.


escano

From Old Galician-Portuguese escano, from Latin scamnum, from Proto-Italic *skaβnom, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ-no-m, from *skabʰ- (“to hold up”).
Cognate with Galician escano, Spanish escaño, Italian scanno, Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambhá). Doublet of escanho.


colina

From Late Latin collīna, possibly through French colline or Italian collina, From the feminine of Latin collīnus, from collis (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“hill”), from *kelH-.


colina

(biochemistry) choline (a hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound)


beatbox

Unadapted borrowing from English beatbox.


transporte

Deverbal from transportar (“to transport”).

deverbal

/tɾɐ̃sˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃sˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃sˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/

[tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi]

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔɾ.tɨ/

(uncountable) transportation (conveyance of people and goods)

(military) transport (vehicle used to transport troops and equipment)


bomba

→ Bengali: বোমা (bōma)

→ Gujarati: બંબો (bambo)

→ Hindi: बंबा (bambā)

→ Malay: bomba

→ Marathi: बंब (bamba)

→ Swahili: bomba

desctree

→ Urdu: بمبہ (bamba)
→ Kalasha: بامبا (bambá)

Borrowed from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”). Doublet of bombo.

der

pump (device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas)

pump (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold)

(colloquial) bombshell (an unforeseen event with important consequences)

(Brazil, slang) the bomb (a success; something excellent)

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) trash (something worthless or of poor quality)

(Brazil, bodybuilding, slang) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)

bomba de chocolate
bomba de chocolate#Portuguese

(Brazil, colloquial) Ellipsis of bomba de chocolate (“éclair”).


inferno

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese inferno, iferno, from Latin īnfernus (“infernal; of the lower regions”).

uder

(figurative) a very unpleasant or negative situation


claro

Learned borrowing from Latin clārus (“clear; bright”), displacing Old Galician-Portuguese craro.

lbor

clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)


isonomia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰσονομία (isonomía).


chichi

Tenho de fazer chichi .


barba

→ Sranan Tongo: barba

Aukan: baiba

From Old Galician-Portuguese barba, barva, from Latin barba (“beard”), from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).


goy

Possibly by influence from English guy, by association with gay.

a homosexual male who does not assume himself as such; a closeted gay


confronto

confrontation (a conflict between armed forces)


Black Friday

pt-noun

Black Friday f or (less common) m (plural Black Fridays)

Unadapted borrowing from English Black Friday.

ubor

(retailing, advertising) Black Friday (period with widespread discounts after the fourth Tuesday of November)


boi

pt-noun

boi m (plural bois, feminine vaca, feminine plural vacas)

bois (plural)
vaca (feminine)
vacas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese boi, from Latin bovem (“cow, bull”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *boem), accusative of bōs, itself a borrowing from some Osco-Umbrian language dialect, from Proto-Italic *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Compare Galician boi. Doublet of bife.

inh+

(Brazil, derogatory, figurative) cuckold (man married to an unfaithful wife)

(Northeast Brazil, colloquial) menstruation


mas

From Old Galician-Portuguese mas, from Latin magis (“more”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”). Doublet of mais.

Quero que você termine isso, sem mas nem porquês.

I want you to finish this, no buts or whys.

but (an instance of proclaiming an exception)


estalinismo

pt-noun

estalinismo m (usually uncountable, plural estalinismos)


militar

militar m or f by sense (plural militares)

a member of the military or of a military government; military serviceman


sangria

From sangre (“blood”, from Latin sanguis) + -ia.

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sanguis</i>

bloodletting (medical practice of causing bleeding)


causal

Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa + -al.

lbor

conjunção causal
conjunção causal#Portuguese

Clipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”).


PlayStation

pt-noun

PlayStation m or f (plural PlayStations)

Unadapted borrowing from English PlayStation.

ubor

(video games) PlayStation (a video game console of the "PlayStation" brand)

(video games) PlayStation (the original PlayStation)


PlayStation

(trademark) PlayStation (video gaming brand)


dobra

dobra (currency unit of São Tomé and Príncipe)


coronel

pt-noun

coronel m (plural coronéis, feminine coronela, feminine plural coronelas)

coronéis (plural)
coronela (feminine)
coronelas (feminine plural)

Kadiwéu: goloneegi

Borrowed from Middle French coronel, from Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), from columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“going around”).

der

colonel (commissioned office in the armed services)


chave

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcabi

Macanese: chávi

→ Assamese: চাবি (sabi)

→ Bengali: চাবি (cabi)

→ Gujarati: ચાવી (cāvī)

→ Hindi: चाभी (cābhī), चाबी (cābī)

→ Konkani: चावी (cāvī)

→ Marathi: चावी (cāvī)

→ Rohingya: sabí

→ Sylheti: ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi)

→ Tamil: சாவி (cāvi)

→ Malayalam: ചാവി (cāvi), ചാബി (cābi)

→ Urdu: چابھی (cābhī), چابی (cābī)

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate).
Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie. Doublet of clave, a borrowing.

der

Chave do portão

key (object that opens and closes a lock)

Chave do carro

key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)

Chave de fenda/chave de fendas

any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner

Coloque o valor entre chaves.

(typography) curly bracket (name of the characters { and })

Terminar dentro do prazo é a chave para o sucesso.

Finishing within schedule is the key to success.

(figurative) key (crucial step, element or requirement)

(figurative) keys (free access to something)

(cryptography) key (a string used to encode or decode text)

(databases) key (value that identifies a row in a table)

(music) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)

winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)

(electricity) the switch of a circuit breaker

(sports) group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)

(rail transport) the mechanism that activates a switch

chave dicotômica

(taxonomy) clavis; key (groups of information used for identifying a taxon)


santa

(figuratively, often ironically) a good or kind woman


teta

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”).


teta

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation.
Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta.

onomatopoeic

expressive

(vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland)


deadlock

Unadapted borrowing from English deadlock.

ubor

(computing) deadlock (inability to continue operating due to two processes requiring a response from one other)


vigor

vigour; energy (active strength or force of body or mind)


enciclopédia

From New Latin encyclopaedia (“general education”), a univerbated form of Koine Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā).

der

ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ

af

encyclopedia (reference work consisting of a list of words or expressions, not always arranged in alphabetical order, including general information on all branches of human knowledge)

(linguistics) encyclopedia (knowledge about the world, shared, at a given time and in a given social environment, by interlocutors who participate in the production and interpretation of discursive acts)


cheddar

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.


ameloblastoma

(pathology) ameloblastoma (rare benign tumour of the upper or lower jaw)


compadre

pt-noun

compadre m (plural compadres, feminine comadre, feminine plural comadres)

compadres (plural)
comadre (feminine)
comadres (feminine plural)

Kadiwéu: inigompaadile

From Old Galician-Portuguese compadre, conpadre, from Late Latin compatrem, from com- + Latin pater.
Cognate with Galician and Spanish compadre, Catalan and Italian compare.

godfather of one’s child; father of one’s godchild

father of one's child's spouse; co-father-in-law


canção

[kɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cançon f, from Latin cantiōnem f. Doublet of chanson f.


all-in

(poker) all in (hand where at the player bets all of his chips)


occiput

(anatomy) occiput (back of the head or skull)


compressor

(anatomy, surgery, technology) compressor


spina bifida

espinha bífida
espinha bífida#Portuguese


gota

From Old Galician-Portuguese gota, from Latin gutta.

(pathology, uncountable) gout (disease characterised by acute inflammatory arthritis)


gota

folk dance from the Minho region in Portugal, similar to the fandango


vitrine

shop window (large window at the front of a shop used to display goods)


ameba

(biology) amoeba (a genus of unicellular protozoa)


bibliomania

bibliomania (a passion for owning books)


coño

(vulgar, slang, ethnic slur) Spanish person


tandoor

tandoor (cylindrical clay oven used in Indian cuisine)


ubuntu

(politics) ubuntu (ideology focusing on people’s allegiances and relations)


mora

Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“delay”).

lbor

(law) a mulct for not paying a debt in time

(phonology) mora (unit of syllable weight)


fama

From Old Galician-Portuguese fama, from Latin fāma, from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₂-mā-, from *bheh₂- (“to speak”).

Esse homem tem má fama.

Ele entrou para o hall da fama.


hibakusha

pt-noun

hibakusha m or f by sense (plural hibakushas)

Borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).

bor

2017, “A “Associação Hibakusha Brasil pela Paz” e os sobreviventes de Hiroshima e Nagasaki no Brasil”, in Biblioteca Digital Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações:

hibakusha (survivor of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)


bebo

pt-noun

bebo m (plural bebos, feminine beba, feminine plural bebas)

bebos (plural)
beba (feminine)
bebas (feminine plural)


playoff

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.


dama

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.


panettone

Unadapted borrowing from Italian panettone.


abraço de urso

pt-noun

abraço de urso m (plural abraços de urso)


sommelier

sommelier m (plural sommeliers, feminine sommelière, feminine plural sommelières)

sommeliers (plural)
sommelière (feminine)
sommelières (feminine plural)

Unadapted borrowing from French sommelier.


compositor

pt-noun

compositor m (plural compositores, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositoras)

compositores (plural)
compositora (feminine)
compositoras (feminine plural)


quietude

Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētūtem, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).


anglomania

Anglomania (exaggerated enthusiasm for anything English)


lágrima

Macanese: lágri

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagrima, lagrema, from Latin lacrima, from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-, from earlier compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”).


taverna

From Latin taberna (“inn, tavern, shop”).


bastante

/bɐʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

Já comi o bastante.

(with definite article o) enough things; a sufficient amount


pum

(childish) fart (emission of digestive gases from the anus)


sirdar

sirdar (high-ranking person in India and west-central Asia)

sirdar (leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides)


hemicrania

(pathology) hemicrania (a headache affecting one side of the head)


oxigénio

oxigénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, acidic”) + γένος (génos, “birth, generation”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.


academia

Borrowed from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos.


hematoma

(medicine) bruise (purple mark on the skin resulting from a blow)


canapé

canapé (a bite-size slice open-faced sandwich)


culturismo

From cultura + -ismo, compare French culturisme.


rendez-vous

Unadapted borrowing from French rendez-vous. Doublet of randevu.

ubor

rendezvous (agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet)


peixe

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pis

Kabuverdianu: pexi

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peixe, inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Compare Galician peixe.

inh+

fish (cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)


são

pt-noun

são m (plural sãos, feminine sã, feminine plural sãs)

sãos (plural)
sã (feminine)
sãs (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese são, from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Doublet of sano. Cognate with Galician san and Spanish sano.


lacrosse

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).


japonês

pt-noun

japonês m (plural japoneses, feminine japonesa, feminine plural japonesas)

japoneses (plural)
japonesa (feminine)
japonesas (feminine plural)

a nikkei or any person of Japanese ancestry or parentship

Minha namorada é japonesa.

(Brazil, generic, by extension) any East Asian person in general


bivalve

bivalve (any mollusc in the class Bivalvia)


rom

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).


piti

Possibly a clipping of pitiatismo (“pithiatism”).

(Brazil, informal) scene; drama; tantrum (exhibition of strong emotions)


slivovitz

slivovitz (alcoholic beverage made of distilled, fermented plum juice)


pulsar

(astronomy) pulsar (rotating neutron star)


esperanto

pt-noun

esperanto m (usually uncountable, plural esperantos)


fado

Inherited from Latin fātum (“destiny, fate”).

inh+

Quem me dera poder mudar o meu fado.

O fado é um estilo musical português.


medusa

(zoology) medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)


shaitan

Borrowed from English shaitan, from Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān).

der

Arabic شَيْطَان (šayṭān)

(Arab mythology) shaitan (an evil djinn or devil)


género

géneros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


príncipe

From Old Galician-Portuguese principe, princepe, borrowed from Latin prīncipem, from *prīmoceps by syncope, from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“to take, to capture”).


gozo

Borrowed from Old Spanish gozo (compare modern Spanish gozo), from Latin gaudium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese goyo, goivo. Doublet of gáudio and goivo.


ova

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ŏva f sg (“roe”), from Latin ōva n pl (“eggs”). Doublet of ovo (“egg”), from the Latin singular ōvum. Compare Spanish hueva.


arau

(Brazil) guillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)


captor

pt-noun

captor m (plural captores, feminine captora, feminine plural captoras)

captores (plural)
captora (feminine)
captoras (feminine plural)

I prefer not to swap pleasantries with my captors.

2018 November 13, “A espada” (18:58 from the start), in She-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Adora (Lina Mendes), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix:


tiramisu

Borrowed from Italian tiramisù (literally “pick-me-up”).


protecção

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


hidrogénio

hidrogénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


alef

Borrowed from Hebrew אלף. Doublet of alfa.

aleph (first letter of the Hebrew alphabet)


criação

[kɾɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɾjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese criaçon, from Latin creātiōnem. By surface analysis, criar + -ção. Compare Spanish criazón.


possessor

pt-noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)

possessores (plural)
possessora (feminine)
possessoras (feminine plural)


ema

→ Catalan: emú

desctree

→ English: emu
→ Japanese: エミュー
→ Polish: emu

→ French: émeu

→ Greek: εμού (emoú)

→ Russian: э́му (ému)
→ Kazakh: эму (ému)

→ Spanish: emú

Possibly from Arabic, or a pronunciation of an indigenous name for the bird.


pinto

(Brazil, vulgar) penis, especially small


pinto

Borrowed from English pint, q.v. Cognate with Spanish pinta.

(measure) English or American pint, a unit of liquid volume equal to 473, 551, or 568 mL


quarta-feira

⇒ Tetum: loron-kuarta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quarta feira (“Wednesday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin quārta fēria (“Wednesday”, literally “fourth weekday”). Replaced earlier mércores.
Compare Galician cuarta feira and Mirandese quarta-feira.


europeu

pt-noun

europeu m (plural europeus, feminine europeia, feminine plural europeias)

europeus (plural)
europeia (feminine)
europeias (feminine plural)

From Latin eurōpaeus, from Ancient Greek Εὐρωπαῖος (Eurōpaîos, “European”). By surface analysis, Europa + -eu.

der

European (person living or originating from Europe)

European (person who resides within the European Union)


desenho

Deverbal from desenhar (“to design, draw”), from Latin dēsīgnō (“to design”).

deverbal

desenho animado
desenho animado#Portuguese

(colloquial) Ellipsis of desenho animado; cartoon


mago

Borrowed from Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), from Old Iranian.

(Christianity, usually capitalized) Magi


tinnitus

(medicine) tinnitus (perception of a ringing noise)


prostituta

pt-noun

prostituta f (plural prostitutas, masculine prostituto, masculine plural prostitutos)

prostitutas (plural)
prostituto (masculine)
prostitutos (masculine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin prōstitūta.


mesquite

mesquite (any of the North-American deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis)


moeda

From Old Galician-Portuguese moeda, mõeda, from Latin monēta (“money, coinage, mint”), from Moneta (“a surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined”, literally “adviser”), from monere (“to warn, advise”).
Cognate with Galician moeda, Spanish, Catalan, and Occitan moneda, French monnaie, Italian moneta and English money.

Ele achou uma moeda romana.

O escudo português era a moeda de Portugal antes da introdução do euro.

The Portuguese Escudo was the currency of Portugal prior to the introduction of the Euro.


sete pecados capitais

sete pecados capitais m pl (plural only)

Meronyms: avareza, inveja, gula, preguiça, ira, luxúria, orgulho


fusa

(music) demisemiquaver (thirty-second note)


taro

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual

taro (Colocasia esculenta; edible corm of the taro plant)


lata

From Italian latta, from Old High German latta (“lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþþō.


crase

assimilation of sounds of two identical vowels, throughout the evolution process of a language

(grammar) name given to the process of the contraction of a + a, that is, a merge (assimilation) of the Portuguese preposition a (“to, for”) + the article a (“the”)


menor

(law) minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)


viajante

viajante m or f by sense (plural viajantes)

/vjɐˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/

/vjɐˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/

/bjɐˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/


ómega

ómegas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


first-person shooter

first-person shooter m (plural first-person shooters)

Unadapted borrowing from English first-person shooter.

ubor

first-person shooter
first-person shooter#English


quarta

Kadiwéu: cwaata

From Latin quartus (“fourth”). As a unit of dry measure, in reference to its making up one-fourth of the alqueire or Portuguese bushel. Cognate with Spanish cuarterón.

(historical) quarta, Portuguese quart, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts

(historical) quarta, Portuguese quarter-pound, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g