testudíneo

Borrowed from translingual Testudines (“order of the turtles”).

bor+

(usually in the plural, scientific usage) turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)


tartarugazinha

pt-noun

tartarugazinha f (plural tartarugazinhas)

/tɐɾ.tɐˌɾu.ɡɐˈzi.ɲɐ/

[tɐɾ.tɐˌɾu.ɣɐˈzi.ɲɐ]


matamatá

tree of the species Eschweilera coriacea


cágado-de-pescoço-de-cobra

cágado-de-pescoço-de-cobra m (plural cágados-pescoço-de-cobra)

[ˈka.ɣɐ.ðu ðɨ pɨʃˈko.su ðɨ ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]

Argentine snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera)


cágado

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calap(p)acu, perhaps related to the etymon of cabaça. Cognate with Galician cágado (“tadpole”), Spanish galápago (“turtle”) and Catalan calàpet (“toad”).

(specifically) a chelid (member of the Chelidae family of turtles)

(by extension, derogatory) a slow or lazy person


tartaruga-da-amazônia

tartaruga-da-amazônia f (plural tartarugas-da-amazônia)

South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa)


tartaruga-do-mar

tartaruga-do-mar f (plural tartarugas-do-mar)


aluminon

(chemistry) aluminon (triammonium salt of aurintricarboxylic acid)


analbuminemia

(pathology) analbuminaemia (inherited metabolic defect characterised by an impaired synthesis of serum albumin)


argininosuccinase

(biochemistry) argininosuccinase (argininosuccinate lyase)


ameboma

(pathology) ameboma (rare complication of entamoeba histolytica)


apudoma

(oncology) apudoma (an endocrine tumour arising from an APUD cell)


catariano

catariano m (plural catarianos, feminine catariana, feminine plural catarianas)

catarianos (plural)
catariana (feminine)
catarianas (feminine plural)


angiolipoma

(pathology) angiolipoma (a subcutaneous nodule with vascular structure)


canil

From Vulgar Latin *canīle, derived from Latin canis (“dog”). By surface analysis, cão + -il.

kennel (facility at which dogs are reared or boarded)


androstenediol

[ɐ̃.dɾuʃ.tɨ.nɨˈðjɔɫ]

[ɐ̃.dɾuʃ.tɨ.nɨˈðjɔɫ]

(biochemistry) androstenediol (any of a group of related steroid androgens)


anodontia

(teratology) anodontia (congenital absence of teeth)


proposição

Learned borrowing from Latin prōpositiōnem. By surface analysis, propor + -ção.


amastia

(teratology) amastia (absence of breast tissue, nipple and areola)


pinha

Inherited from Latin pīnea. Compare Galician and Spanish piña.


arilo

(botany) aril (tissue surrounding the seed of certain fruits)


tigrinya

Tigrinya (Semitic language spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia)


albergamento

From albergar (“to lodge in a hostel”) + -mento.

suffix

the act or business of lodging people in a hostel


albergagem

From albergar (“to lodge in a hostel”) + -agem.


albergador

pt-noun

albergador m (plural albergadores, feminine albergadora, feminine plural albergadoras)

albergadores (plural)
albergadora (feminine)
albergadoras (feminine plural)

From albergar (“to lodge in a hostel”) + -dor (“-er”), from albergue (“hostel”).

suffix

(epidemiology) host (cell or organism which harbours another organism or biological entity)


esquivamento

(uncountable, psychology) the avoidance of social contact


CLT

(Brazil, initialism) Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho (Consolidation of Labor Laws)

(Brazil, by extension) labor laws in general

(Brazil, by extension) someone who works under CLT labor laws


alberguista

pt-noun

alberguista m or f by sense (plural alberguistas)

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣiʃ.tɐ]

From albergue (“hostel”) + -ista (“-ist”).


esquiveza

untameability (quality of not being tameable)


albergueiro

albergueiro m (plural albergueiros, feminine albergueira, feminine plural albergueiras)

albergueiros (plural)
albergueira (feminine)
albergueiras (feminine plural)

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣɐj.ɾu]

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣɐj.ɾu]

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣe.ɾu]

From albergue (“hostel”) + -eiro (“-eer”).


albergaria

From albergue (“hostel”) + -aria (“-ary”).

[aɫ.βɨɾ.ɣɐˈɾi.ɐ]

hostel (commercial overnight lodging place)


perdão

[peɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peɦˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peɾˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peʁˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peɻˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pɛɦ.ˈdɐ̃w̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese perdon, from perdõar (“to forgive”) (Modern Portuguese perdoar).


látego

Possibly from Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍄𐌿𐌲 (*laittug, “lead rope”), from Proto-Germanic *laidtugą (compare Old English lāttēh (“leading rein”)), from *laidijaną (“to lead”) + *tugą (“cord, rope”). Or perhaps from Basque latigoa, possibly via Spanish látigo.

compound

whip, especially one consisting of a rope and a thong


baião

English: baiao

[baɪ̯ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


cascal

(archaeology) midden (prehistoric pile of bones and shells)


cartaxo

stonechat (any bird of the genus Saxicola)


federação

/fɨ.dɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[fɨ.ðɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin foederātiōnem. By surface analysis, federar + -ção.


entroncamento

From entroncar (“to form a junction with”) + -mento.


ancião

pt-noun

ancião m (plural anciãos or anciões or anciães, feminine anciã, feminine plural anciãs)

anciãos (plural)
anciões (plural)
anciães (plural)
anciã (feminine)
anciãs (feminine plural)

/ɐ̃.siˈɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ̃.sɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ̃ˈsjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese ãcião, borrowed from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus.


acapu

Vouacapoua americana
Wikispecies:Vouacapoua americana


barreiro

clay pit (quarry where clay is extracted)


amadora

[ɐ.mɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


confederação

[kõ.fɨ.ðɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


pigídio

Borrowed from translingual pygidium, from Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ, “tail”).


anisomelia

(pathology) anisomelia (inequality between paired limbs)


tchê

(Rio Grande do Sul) a term of address for a man


polenguinho

polenguinho m (usually uncountable, plural polenguinhos)

Genericized trademark. From Polenghi + -inho.

Saímos às 10 horas e, ainda mal-acostumados à escassez, levamos apenas uns queijinhos alemães, tipo polenguinho[…]

1993, Daniel Aarão Reis Filho, “Alimentação nova para um corpo novo”, in De volta à Estação Finlândia: crônica de uma viagem ao socialismo perdido, Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, →ISBN, page 53:

Ceia
• 1 queijo tipo polenguinho light

2014, “Alimentação nova para um corpo novo”, in Emagreça em 7 dias comendo, eBooker, →ISBN, page 34:

Almir entrou no quarto, trazendo numa bandeja ordinária a xícara de café com leite, biscoitos, um pedacinho de queijo polenguinho.

2014, Carlos Heitor Cony, Rosa, vegetal de sangue, 9 edition, Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, →ISBN, page 96:

Na segunda visita, Márcia levou apenas queijos nacionais, o que valeu um protesto bem-humorado dos outros presos: "Exigimos a volta dos queijos franceses. Desse jeito, vamos acabar comendo polenguinho".

2018, Cezar Motta, Até a última página: uma história do Jornal do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, →ISBN, page 17:

“Polenguinho”, “queijinho”, e outros tantos apelidos “carinhosos” são usados para falar da secreção branca que se forma no pênis ou vagina e muita gente encontra na parceria durante o sexo.

2023 July 4, Thamara Maria, ““Queijinho” no pênis durante o sexo? Saiba o que é o esmegma”, in Metrópoles, Brasília: Grupo Metrópoles, archived from the original on 2024-05-18:


extincção

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


distincção

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


extinção

[is.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[iʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[eʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin extīnctiōnem, from extīnctus, perfect passive participle of extīnguō (“to extinguish”).

lbor

Extinção de incêndios florestais.

extinguishment (act of putting out a fire)

Extinção do Império Romano.

extinction; annihilation; eradication; destruction

Extinção da escravidão.

Extinção dos dinossauros.

(ecology) extinction (the disappearance of a species from a region, or as a whole)

A extinção da cal é feita com a adição de água à mesma.

The slaking of lime is done by adding water to it.

the act of slaking lime to produce slaked lime

Graças à extinção, podemos olhar diretamente ao sol quando ele está no horizonte.

Thanks to extinction, we can look directly at the sun when it’s in the horizon.

(astronomy) extinction (absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation)


gergelim

From Arabic جُلْجُلَان (juljulān, “sesame”).

Sesamum indicum
Sesamum indicum#Translingual

sesame (Sesamum indicum, a plant cultivated for seeds)

(uncountable) sesame (seeds of Sesamum indicum)


espinho-agulha

pt-noun

espinho-agulha m (plural espinhos-agulha)

(Brazil) a small bush with needle-like thorns. The exact species varying from region to region


espinho-branco

espinho-branco m (plural espinhos-brancos)

From espinho (thorn) + branco (white), literally “white-thorn”.

com

(Brazil) the common name of several thorny plants in the Mimosoideae subfamily characterised by white flowers


espinho-de-carneiro

pt-noun

espinho-de-carneiro m (plural espinhos-de-carneiro)

Xanthium spinosa
Wikispecies:Xanthium spinosa


espinho-de-cerca

espinho-de-cerca m (plural espinhos-de-cerca)

Mimosa bimucronata, a small South American tree


espinho-de-maricá

espinho-de-maricá m (plural espinhos-de-maricá)


espinhão

[is.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/iʃ.pĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[iʃ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/eʃ.pĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[eʃ.pĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.piˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From espinho + -ão (augmentative suffix).


espinho-de-cristo

espinho-de-cristo m (plural espinhos-de-cristo)


espinho-de-jerusalém

espinho-de-jerusalém m (plural espinhos-de-jerusalém)


horteleiro

horteleiro m (plural horteleiros, feminine horteleira, feminine plural horteleiras)

horteleiros (plural)
horteleira (feminine)
horteleiras (feminine plural)


hortinha

/ɔʁˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɔhˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɔʁˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɔhˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɔɾˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɔɾˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɔʁˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɔχˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɔɻˈt͡ʃi.ɲa/


hortaliça

vegetable (plant raised for leaves, roots, fruit or flowers)


hortazinha

/ˌɔʁ.taˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌɔʁ.taˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌɔɾ.taˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌɔʁ.taˈzĩ.ɲɐ/

/ˌɔɾ.tɐˈzi.ɲɐ/


hortelão

hortelão m (plural hortelãos, feminine hortelã, feminine plural hortelãs)

hortelãos (plural)
hortelã (feminine)
hortelãs (feminine plural)

Macanese: hortelám (“mint”)

[oɾ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[oχ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[oɻ.teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔɾ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/


manteigas

[mɐ̃ˈte(ɪ̯).ɡɐʃ]

/mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐʃ/

[mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐʃ]

/mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐʃ/

[mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐʃ]

/mɐ̃ˈte.ɡɐʃ/

[mɐ̃ˈte.ɣɐʃ]


hortelã

From Latin hortulana, feminine of hortulanus (“gardener”).

mint (any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae)


mação

Borrowed from French maçon (“stonemason; Freemason”).

Freemason (member of the Free and Accepted Masons organisation)


mourão

[mo(ʊ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


lagoa

Hunsrik: Lagoh

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagõa, from Latin lacūna (“pit”), from lacus (“lake; basin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”). Doublet of lacuna and laguna.


fundão

(Brazil) the part of a classroom farthest from the teacher, associated with unruly students


espinho

Inherited from Latin spīnus (“thorn-bush”).

inh+

thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)

(botany, specifically) a thorn which grows from the woody core of a plant, as opposed to an acúleo, which grows from the epidermis


hortaliceiro

pt-noun

hortaliceiro m (plural hortaliceiros, feminine hortaliceira, feminine plural hortaliceiras)

hortaliceiros (plural)
hortaliceira (feminine)
hortaliceiras (feminine plural)

greengrocer (person who sells fresh vegetables)


moita

Of uncertain origin. Compare with Galician mouta (“bush, hillock, dune, etc.”), probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

cog

thicket (dense, small growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees)


horta

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

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


funchal

From funcho (“fennel”) + -al (“a field of”).


fanga

From Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Cognate with Spanish fanega.

der

(historical) fanga, Portuguese sack, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to about 50–75 litres at different places and times


algor mortis

Unadapted borrowing from Latin algor mortis (literally “the cold of death”), from algor (“cold, coldness”) + mortis (“of death”).

ubor

(medicine) algor mortis (reduction in body temperature following death)


seleccionador

pt-noun

seleccionador m (plural seleccionadores, feminine seleccionadora, feminine plural seleccionadoras)

seleccionadores (plural)
seleccionadora (feminine)
seleccionadoras (feminine plural)

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


tuneladora

tunnel boring machine
tunnel boring machine

(engineering) tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)


principado

principality (region headed by a prince or princess)

(theology) principality (the fifth level of angels in Christian angelology)


jerosolimitano

jerosolimitano m (plural jerosolimitanos, feminine jerosolimitana, feminine plural jerosolimitanas)

jerosolimitanos (plural)
jerosolimitana (feminine)
jerosolimitanas (feminine plural)


hierosolimitano

hierosolimitano m (plural hierosolimitanos, feminine hierosolimitana, feminine plural hierosolimitanas)

hierosolimitanos (plural)
hierosolimitana (feminine)
hierosolimitanas (feminine plural)


dossel

Borrowed from Spanish dosel, from Catalan dosser.


chavista

chavista m or f by sense (plural chavistas)


joquempô

Pode crer / Que não existe passo em falso, acaso ou contrapé / Enquanto cara ou coroa, moeda para em pé / Enquanto a gente empata em pedra nesse joquempô


soporífico

From French soporifique, from Latin sopor (“deep sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swepōr, from *swep-.


peitchola

[peɪ̯ˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ]

[peɪ̯ˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ]


dezassete

From Old Galician-Portuguese dez (“ten”) + e (“and”) + sete (“seven”).

European Portuguese standard spelling of dezessete.


proletariado

From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) + -ado, from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”).

af

proletariat; working class (social class that does physical work)


abolicionismo

abolitionism (opinion in favor of the abolition of something, especially slavery)


esconde-esconde

pt-noun

esconde-esconde m (plural esconde-escondes)


Raimunda

[χaɪ̯ˈmũ.dɐ]


bitcoin

Unadapted borrowing from English bitcoin.


besante

(historical) bezant (coin minted at Byzantium)

(heraldry) bezant (heraldic representation of a gold coin)


lua de mel

honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

honeymoon (trip taken by a newly married couple during this period)


acidímetro

(chemistry) acidimeter (an instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids)


insurrecto

pt-noun

insurrecto m (plural insurrectos, feminine insurrecta, feminine plural insurrectas)

insurrectos (plural)
insurrecta (feminine)
insurrectas (feminine plural)


rasto

track; trail (mark left by something that has passed along)

A polícia não encontrou rastos de ninguém.


frol

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frol, either a metathesis of flor or a dissimilation of fror, all ultimately from Latin flōrem.


anchova

/ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃo.bɐ/

[ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃo.βɐ]

From Spanish anchova, anchoa, from Ligurian anciôa, from Vulgar Latin *apiuva, from Latin aphyē (“small fry”), from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).


taró

pt-noun

taró m (usually uncountable, plural tarós)


anglófilo

anglófilo m (plural anglófilos, feminine anglófila, feminine plural anglófilas)

anglófilos (plural)
anglófila (feminine)
anglófilas (feminine plural)

Anglophile (person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England)


anglófobo

anglófobo m (plural anglófobos, feminine anglófoba, feminine plural anglófobas)

anglófobos (plural)
anglófoba (feminine)
anglófobas (feminine plural)

Anglophobe (person who hates or fears England, its people or anything English)


anglómano

anglómano m (plural anglómanos, feminine anglómana, feminine plural anglómanas)

anglómanos (plural)
anglómana (feminine)
anglómanas (feminine plural)


fardo

Probably from Arabic فَرْد (fard, “one of a pair”), as applied to saddlebags. Alternative theories include Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “crease”) and Latin fartus (“filled”). See Spanish fardo for more.

um fardo de palha


torrada

Eu comi uma torrada ao pequeno-almoço.


craqueiro

craqueiro m (plural craqueiros, feminine craqueira, feminine plural craqueiras)

craqueiros (plural)
craqueira (feminine)
craqueiras (feminine plural)


dorga

A play with or euphemism for the word droga ("drug")

(Internet slang) Alternative form of droga (“drug”)


bávaro

bávaro m (plural bávaros, feminine bávara, feminine plural bávaras)

bávaros (plural)
bávara (feminine)
bávaras (feminine plural)

(uncountable) Bavarian (a Germanic language spoken in Bavaria)


caudilho

caudilho m (plural caudilhos, feminine caudilha, feminine plural caudilhas)

caudilhos (plural)
caudilha (feminine)
caudilhas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish caudillo, from Old Spanish cabdiello, from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin capitem. Doublet of cabedelo, coudel, capitel, capitelo, and cadete.

doublet

(politics) caudillo (a military dictator, especially in Latin American)

a local violent and authoritarian political leader; a strongman


batímetro

From bati- + -metro, from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”) and μέτρον (métron, “measure”).


interjeição

[ĩ.teɦ.ʒeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɦ.ʒeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɾ.ʒeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teʁ.ʒeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɻ.ʒeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.tɨɾ.ʒɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.tɨɾ.ʒɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.tɨɾ.ʒeˈsɐ̃w̃/

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin interiectiōnem.


aspirador

[ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐʃ.pi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]


poupança

thrift (the characteristic of using a minimum of something)


pundonor

pt-noun

pundonor m or f by sense (plural pundonores)

Borrowed from Spanish pundonor (“point of honour”), from Catalan punt d'honor.

[…] de que só a poderiamos ter evitado sacrificando a pundonor nacional.

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

[…] that we could not have avoided it without national dishonour.


fura-bolos

From fura (“pierces”) + bolos (“cakes”), literally “cake-piercer”. Compare Galician furabolos.

af

Seu dedo fecha a avenida das formigas. Vacilam, dão a volta no fura-bolos.

2008, Mário Kuperman, Contos: inclusive um de réis e outro do vigário, Marco Zero, page 94:

His finger closes the ants’ avenue. They falter, they go around via the index finger.


panapaná

Likely from Old Tupi panama (“butterfly”). Cognate with Guaraní panambi.

(Brazil) flight (collective term for butterfly)


siriri

winged male or female termite during breeding season


anticinema

(film) anticinema (any form of cinema that defies cinematic conventions)


epítome

(of a class of items) epitome (embodiment or encapsulation of)


preguicite

(humorous) laziness, as if it were a disease


vírgulas dobradas

(plural only) double quotes, inverted commas


fingidor

pt-noun

fingidor m (plural fingidores, feminine fingidora, feminine plural fingidoras)

fingidores (plural)
fingidora (feminine)
fingidoras (feminine plural)


célula dormente

célula dormente f (plural células dormentes)


célula adormecida

célula adormecida f (plural células adormecidas)


goró

(Brazil, colloquial) cachaça (a type of Brazilian rum)


sonda espacial

sonda espacial f (plural sondas espaciais)


cilindro de oxigênio

cilindro de oxigênio m (plural cilindros de oxigênio)


fisioterapeuta

fisioterapeuta m or f by sense (plural fisioterapeutas)

physiotherapist (therapist who treats physical dysfunction)


musculatura

musculature (the muscles of a body or organ collectively)


raquítico

raquítico m (plural raquíticos, feminine raquítica, feminine plural raquíticas)

raquíticos (plural)
raquítica (feminine)
raquíticas (feminine plural)


incrédulo

incrédulo m (plural incrédulos, feminine incrédula, feminine plural incrédulas)

incrédulos (plural)
incrédula (feminine)
incrédulas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin incrēdulus. Doublet of incréu.


ambligonite

European Portuguese standard spelling of ambligonita.


incubadora

incubator (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs)

(medicine) incubator (apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby)

(business) incubator (support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies)


apoferritina

(biochemistry) apoferritin (ferritin that is not combined with iron)


pipeta

pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)


observação

[ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ɔ.βsɨɾ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ɔ.βsɨɾ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin observātiōnem. By surface analysis, observar + -ção.


moleira

fontanelle (soft spot on the head of babies)


mistério

Learned borrowing from Latin mystērium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from μύστης (mústēs, “initiated one”), from μυέω (muéō, “to initiate”), from μύω (múō, “to shut”).


crisoterapia

(medicine) chrysotherapy (therapeutic use of gold)


CHON

From C + H + O + N. From translingual CHON.


corais

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


variedade

[vɐ.ɾjɛˈða.ðɨ]

[vɐ.ɾjɛˈða.ðɨ]

[bɐ.ɾjɛˈða.ðɨ]


lentes de contacto

lente de contacto
lente de contacto#Portuguese


lente de contacto

pt-noun

lente de contacto f (plural lentes de contacto)

lente de contato
lente de contato#Portuguese

European Portuguese standard spelling of lente de contato.


lentícula

Borrowed from Latin lenticula. Doublet of lentilha.


troncos cerebrais

tronco cerebral
tronco cerebral#Portuguese


alavancas de câmbio

alavanca de câmbio
alavanca de câmbio#Portuguese


ferros de engomar

ferro de engomar
ferro de engomar#Portuguese


glândulas pineais

glândula pineal
glândula pineal#Portuguese


chaves de fenda

chave de fenda
chave de fenda#Portuguese


figuras de linguagem

figura de linguagem
figura de linguagem#Portuguese


locuções prepositivas

locução prepositiva
locução prepositiva#Portuguese


bancos de dados

banco de dados
banco de dados#Portuguese


pronomes indefinidos

pronome indefinido
pronome indefinido#Portuguese


químicas orgânicas

química orgânica
química orgânica#Portuguese


sistemas operacionais

sistema operacional
sistema operacional#Portuguese


pronomes possessivos

pronome possessivo
pronome possessivo#Portuguese


classes gramaticais

classe gramatical
classe gramatical#Portuguese


impostos de renda

imposto de renda
imposto de renda#Portuguese


circuitos integrados

circuito integrado
circuito integrado#Portuguese


algarismos arábicos

algarismo arábico
algarismo arábico#Portuguese


números naturais

número natural
número natural#Portuguese


bodes expiatórios

bode expiatório
bode expiatório#Portuguese


jardins de infância

jardim de infância
jardim de infância#Portuguese


papéis higiênicos

papel higiênico
papel higiênico#Portuguese


trevos rodoviários

trevo rodoviário
trevo rodoviário#Portuguese


justiças

/ʒuʃˈt͡ʃi.sɐʃ/


particípios presentes

particípio presente
particípio presente#Portuguese


alemães

[a.leˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]

/ɐ.lɨˈmɐ̃j̃ʃ/


máquinas de escrever

máquina de escrever
máquina de escrever#Portuguese


fornos de microondas

forno de microondas
forno de microondas#Portuguese


impressões digitais

impressão digital
impressão digital#Portuguese


mensagens

[mẽˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃s]

[mẽˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃s]

[mẽˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃ʃ]

/mẽˈsa.ʒɐ̃j̃ʃ/


menestréis

/mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɐjʃ/

/mɨ.nɨʃˈtɾɐjʃ/


aldeias

[aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐʃ]


ferrugens

[feˈχu.ʒẽɪ̯̃ʃ]

/fɨˈʁu.ʒɐ̃j̃ʃ/


juízes de paz

[ˈʒwi.zɨʒ ðɨ ˈpaʃ]


velas de ignição

vela de ignição
vela de ignição#Portuguese


armazéns

[aʁ.maˈzẽɪ̯̃ʃ]

/ɐɾ.mɐˈzɐ̃j̃ʃ/


trabalhos

[tɾɐˈβa.ʎuʃ]


igrejas

/iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐʃ/

[iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐʃ]

/iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐʃ/

[iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐʃ]


algemas

[aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐs]

[aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐs]

[aʊ̯ˈʒẽ.mɐʃ]


laranjeiras

[la.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐʃ]

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐʃ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐʃ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐʃ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐʃ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾɐʃ/


quebra-cabeças

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐʃ]


quebra-cabeças

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐʃ]


obrigados

[ɔ.βɾiˈɣa.ðuʃ]


nuvens

[ˈnu.vẽɪ̯̃ʃ]

[ˈnu.βɐ̃j̃ʃ]


aldeãos

[aʊ̯.deˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

[aʊ̯.deˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

[aʊ̯.deˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ʃ]

[aɫˈdjɐ̃w̃ʃ]


girassóis

[ʒi.ɾaˈsɔɪ̯ʃ]

/ʒi.ɾɐˈsɔjʃ/


canetas esferográficas

caneta esferográfica
caneta esferográfica#Portuguese


tomadas de decisão

tomada de decisão
tomada de decisão#Portuguese


planejamentos urbanos

planejamento urbano
planejamento urbano#Portuguese


maxilares superiores

maxilar superior
maxilar superior#Portuguese


árvores de Natal

árvore de Natal
árvore de Natal#Portuguese


línguas maternas

língua materna
língua materna#Portuguese


canivetes suíços

canivete suíço
canivete suíço#Portuguese


instrumentos musicais

instrumento musical
instrumento musical#Portuguese


boa noite Cinderelas

boa noite Cinderela
boa noite Cinderela#Portuguese


relações sexuais

relação sexual
relação sexual#Portuguese


gargalhadas fatais

gargalhada fatal
gargalhada fatal#Portuguese


pastas de dente

pasta de dente
pasta de dente#Portuguese


calcanhares de Aquiles

calcanhar de Aquiles
calcanhar de Aquiles#Portuguese


jogos de cartas

jogo de cartas
jogo de cartas#Portuguese


primeiras pessoas

primeira pessoa
primeira pessoa#Portuguese


árvores genealógicas

árvore genealógica
árvore genealógica#Portuguese


desenhos animados

desenho animado
desenho animado#Portuguese


relógios de pulso

relógio de pulso
relógio de pulso#Portuguese


príncipes coroados

príncipe coroado
príncipe coroado#Portuguese


bandas desenhadas

banda desenhada
banda desenhada#Portuguese


acentos agudos duplos

acento agudo duplo
acento agudo duplo#Portuguese


memórias fotográficas

memória fotográfica
memória fotográfica#Portuguese


terceiras pessoas do plural

terceira pessoa do plural
terceira pessoa do plural#Portuguese


segundas pessoas do plural

segunda pessoa do plural
segunda pessoa do plural#Portuguese


choques culturais

choque cultural
choque cultural#Portuguese


histórias em quadrinhos

história em quadrinhos
história em quadrinhos#Portuguese


terceiras pessoas do singular

terceira pessoa do singular
terceira pessoa do singular#Portuguese


segundas pessoas do singular

segunda pessoa do singular
segunda pessoa do singular#Portuguese


tempos absolutos

tempo absoluto
tempo absoluto#Portuguese


novidades

As novidades da nova atualização


primeiras pessoas do plural

primeira pessoa do plural
primeira pessoa do plural#Portuguese


pontos de exclamação

ponto de exclamação
ponto de exclamação#Portuguese


primeiras pessoas do singular

primeira pessoa do singular
primeira pessoa do singular#Portuguese


santos do pau oco

santo do pau oco
santo do pau oco#Portuguese


medulas espinhais

medula espinhal
medula espinhal#Portuguese


pontos de interrogação

ponto de interrogação
ponto de interrogação#Portuguese


cartões de crédito

cartão de crédito
cartão de crédito#Portuguese


salas de jantar

sala de jantar
sala de jantar#Portuguese


guitarras elétricas

guitarra elétrica
guitarra elétrica#Portuguese


complexos de vira-lata

complexo de vira-lata
complexo de vira-lata#Portuguese


correntes alternas

corrente alterna
corrente alterna#Portuguese


postos de bombeiros

posto de bombeiros
posto de bombeiros#Portuguese


computadores pessoais

computador pessoal
computador pessoal#Portuguese


coelhinhos da Páscoa

coelhinho da Páscoa
coelhinho da Páscoa#Portuguese


gatos marmorados

gato marmorado
gato marmorado#Portuguese


maxilares inferiores

maxilar inferior
maxilar inferior#Portuguese


falanges distais

falange distal
falange distal#Portuguese


ossos do quadril

osso do quadril
osso do quadril#Portuguese


computadores de mesa

computador de mesa
computador de mesa#Portuguese


ossos piramidais

osso piramidal
osso piramidal#Portuguese


conchas nasais inferiores

concha nasal inferior
concha nasal inferior#Portuguese


ossos semilunares

osso semilunar
osso semilunar#Portuguese


falanges proximais

falange proximal
falange proximal#Portuguese


contatos imediatos

contato imediato
contato imediato#Portuguese


bósons de Higgs

bóson de Higgs
bóson de Higgs#Portuguese


macacos parauaçu

macaco parauaçu
macaco parauaçu#Portuguese


ninhos de geada

ninho de geada
ninho de geada#Portuguese


macacos parauacu

macaco parauacu
macaco parauacu#Portuguese


bichos geográficos

bicho geográfico
bicho geográfico#Portuguese


pedras no sapato

pedra no sapato
pedra no sapato#Portuguese


vogais temáticas

vogal temática
vogal temática#Portuguese


tartarugas de Galápagos

tartaruga de Galápagos
tartaruga de Galápagos#Portuguese


escadas rolantes

escada rolante
escada rolante#Portuguese


tartarugas matamatá

tartaruga matamatá
tartaruga matamatá#Portuguese


tartarugas de pente

tartaruga de pente
tartaruga de pente#Portuguese


tartarugas marinhas

tartaruga marinha
tartaruga marinha#Portuguese


tartarugas do Amazonas

tartaruga do Amazonas
tartaruga do Amazonas#Portuguese


tartarugas da Amazônia

tartaruga da Amazônia
tartaruga da Amazônia#Portuguese


leilões

[leɪ̯ˈlõɪ̯̃s]

[leɪ̯ˈlõɪ̯̃s]

[leɪ̯ˈlõɪ̯̃ʃ]


células adormecidas

célula adormecida
célula adormecida#Portuguese


sondas espaciais

sonda espacial
sonda espacial#Portuguese


células dormentes

célula dormente
célula dormente#Portuguese


cilindros de oxigênio

cilindro de oxigênio
cilindro de oxigênio#Portuguese


ânion

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of anião.


alguéns

[aʊ̯ˈɡẽɪ̯̃s]

[aʊ̯ˈɡẽɪ̯̃s]

[aʊ̯ˈɡẽɪ̯̃ʃ]


objetos voadores não identificados

objeto voador não identificado#Portuguese

plural of objeto voador não identificado


pagãos

[paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

[paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

[paˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃ʃ]


cristãos

[kɾisˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

[kɾisˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]

/kɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃ʃ/

[kɾiʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ʃ]

/kɾiʃˈtɐ̃w̃ʃ/


diretas

eleições diretas
eleições diretas#Portuguese


fricções

[fɾikˈsõɪ̯̃ʃ]


cavalarias

[kɐ.βɐ.lɐˈɾi.ɐʃ]


ião

European Portuguese standard form of íon.


crônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of crónica.


anião

aniões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

[a.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


conductividade

conductividade f (plural conductividades)


reator

Borrowed from English reactor or from French réacteur.


coloração

coloring / colouring, coloration / colouration


combustão

[kõ.buʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin combustiōnem.


balão

(chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)


aprimoramento

improvement, refinement, sublimation (raising to a state of excellence)


direta

/d͡ʒiˈɾɛ.tɐ/

/d͡ʒiˈɾɛ.tɐ/

Vou fazer uma direta.

(colloquial) all-nighter (act of staying up all night)


concentração

[kõ.sẽ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


produtora

female equivalent of produtor (“producer, creator”)

2012–2013, Filomena Silvano, Marta Rosales, Sónia Ferreira, in: Portuguese Studies Review: Volume 20 • Number 2 • Winter 2012 (publ. 2013), p. 150

The frequency of the Programme is weekly, having been part of the multicultural producer CHIN TV for the last ten years.

A frequência do Programa é semanal, tendo nos últimos dez anos integrado a produtora multicultural CHIN TV.

2018, Carol Pimentel, Super Heróis: O Universo, published by Discovery Publicações, São Paulo, p. 19 (Google Books)

It seems that the Captain has some fans at publisher and producer Blizzard.

Parece que o Capitão tem alguns fãs na editora e produtora Blizzard.

producer (organization that produces goods)


tcheca

Likely an alteration of xeca or vice-versa.

(Brazil, colloquial, vulgar) pussy, cunt


cativeiro

The course of our story must here revert a little, to detail the circumstances which had placed Miss Vere in the unpleasant situation from which she was unexpectedly and indeed unintentionally liberated by the appearance of Earnscliff and Elliot, with their friends and followers, before the Tower of Westburnflat.

1838, chapter XI, in Caetano Lopes de Moura, transl., O Misantropo, ou o Anão das pedras negras, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, translation of The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott, pages 194–195:

O ex-jogador de futebol Marcelinho Carioca foi sequestrado e alvo de extorsão durante mais de 24 horas, entre a madrugada de domingo e o momento em que o cativeiro foi descoberto pela Polícia Militar.

2023 December 19, “Mais de 24h em cativeiro: o passo a passo do sequestro de Marcelinho Carioca”, in O Globo, Rio de Janeiro: Globo:

prison (place where one is held captive)


albergada

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣa.ðɐ]


electrólise

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


baptizado

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


Adi Granth

Adi Granth (the main religious text of Sikhism)


britânica

female equivalent of britânico; female Briton


chinesa

(Madeira) café au lait served on a large cup


rodoviária

[ʁɔ.ðɔˈβja.ɾjɐ]


obrigadas

[ɔ.βɾiˈɣa.ðɐʃ]


hidrocraqueamento

pt-noun

hidrocraqueamento m (plural hidrocraqueamentos)


hidrodesalquilação

hidrodesalquilação f (plural hidrodesalquilações)


fóton

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of fotão.


conversão

[kõ.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/kõ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/kõ.bɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/


chechena

/t͡ʃɨˈt͡ʃe.nɐ/


britânico

britânico m (plural britânicos, feminine britânica, feminine plural britânicas)

britânicos (plural)
britânica (feminine)
britânicas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin britannicus.


aberta

a sunny spell (the period of time between rain showers)

(Rio Grande do Sul) glade; clearing (open space in the woods)


contentor

A carga pronta e metida nos contentores / Adeus aos meus amores que me vou / Pr'a outro mundo

1987, Xutos & Pontapés (lyrics and music), “Contentores”, in Circo de Feras:

The cargo ready and packed in the containers / Farewell to my beloved ones because I'm leaving / To another world

(Portugal, transport) container (a very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods)


fotão

fotões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


gênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of génio.


distorção

[d͡ʒis.toɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiʃ.toχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.toɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


bombardeador

pt-noun

bombardeador m (plural bombardeadores, feminine bombardeadora, feminine plural bombardeadoras)

bombardeadores (plural)
bombardeadora (feminine)
bombardeadoras (feminine plural)

[bõ.bɐɾ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

[bõ.bɐɾ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

bombardier (a bomber crew member who sights and releases bombs)


doador

doador m (plural doadores, feminine doadora, feminine plural doadoras)

doadores (plural)
doadora (feminine)
doadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin donator. By surface analysis, doar + -dor.


retardada

[ʁɨ.tɐɾˈða.ðɐ]


génio

génios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Sense 2.0 also based on Arabic جِنّ (jinn).

(Roman mythology) the tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person

a trait of personal character; characteristic; nature, quality

someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.

genie, Jinn (a spirit, either good or evil, of pre-Islamic and Islamic mythology)

irritability (the tendency of getting angry, annoyed)


fundição

[fũ.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


fissão

fission (process whereby one item splits to become two)

fissão nuclear
fissão nuclear#Portuguese

(nuclear physics) fission, short for fissão nuclear

(biology) fission (process by which a bacterium splits into two)


complicação

Learned borrowing from Latin complicātiōnem. By surface analysis, complicar + -ção.


combustível

Borrowed from French combustible, from Latin combustus (“burning”).


hidrodessulfurização

pt-noun

hidrodessulfurização f (plural hidrodessulfurizações)


engenharia

/ẽ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/

/ĩ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/

/ẽ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/

/ĩ.ʒẽ.ɲaˈɾi.ɐ/

/ẽ.ʒɨ.ɲɐˈɾi.ɐ/

From engenho + -aria. Compare Spanish ingeniería. Piecewise doublet of engenheira.


desidrogenação

desidrogenação f (plural desidrogenações)


formação

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmātiōnem. By surface analysis, formar + -ção.


implicação

Learned borrowing from Latin implicātiōnem. By surface analysis, implicar (“to implicate”) + -ção.


infinidade

Há uma infinidade de textos para se aprender este assunto

There's a number of texts to learn this subject

(idiomatic) a number; a very large amount of something


cativo

pt-noun

cativo m (plural cativos, feminine cativa, feminine plural cativas)

cativos (plural)
cativa (feminine)
cativas (feminine plural)

Papiamentu: katibu

desctree

Sranan Tongo: katibo
Aukan: katibo
Saramaccan: katibo

From Old Galician-Portuguese cativo, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin captīvus.


importância

Borrowed from Medieval Latin importantia.


eletronegatividade

pt-noun

eletronegatividade f (plural eletronegatividades)


consideração

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsīderātiōnem. By surface analysis, considerar + -ção.

lbor

reflection, weighting (act of examining carefully)

deference, respect (esteem one feels for someone)

(in the plural) comments (observations on a topic)


lançamento

From lançar (“to launch”) + -mento; cognate with Galician lanzamento.

Fui assistir ao lançamento do meu filme favorito.

I went watch the release of my favourite film.

launch; release (the act of launching: presenting something for the first time)

Os novos lançamentos da nossa loja não venderam bem.

The new products in our store didn’t sell well.

Lançamento de dardos é um desporto.

launch; hurl (the act of launching: throwing something with great force)

(nautical) launch (the act of launching: releasing a watercraft into the water)

(astronautics) launch (the act of launching: flying a rocket out of the ground)


invenção

/ĩ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin inventiōnem, from inveniō.


excesso

From Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”).


espectroscopia

pt-noun

espectroscopia f (plural espectroscopias)


dessulfurização

dessulfurização f (plural dessulfurizações)


cruzamento

crossing, intersection (where roads, lines, or tracks cross)

Vire à direita no cruzamento.

crossroads, crossing, intersection (a place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads)

crossbreeding (action, effect or product of producing (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize)


fermentação

Learned borrowing from Latin fermentātiōnem. By surface analysis, fermentar + -ção.


infraestrutura

pt-noun

infraestrutura f (plural infraestruturas)

From infra- + estrutura. Influenced by French infrastructure.


interconversão

interconversão f (plural interconversões)

[ˌĩ.teɾ.kõ.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌĩ.teɾ.kõ.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌĩ.teɾ.kõ.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˌĩ.tɛɾ.kõ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ˌĩ.tɛɾ.kõ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ˌĩ.tɛɾ.kõ.bɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/


iônico

iônico m (plural iônicos, feminine jónica, feminine plural jónicas)

iônicos (plural)
jónica (feminine)
jónicas (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)


ignição

[iɡ.niˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iɡ.niˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iɡ.niˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ignitiōnem (“combustion, ignition”).


agiria

(medicine) agyria (smooth brain in cases of lissencephaly)


faixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese faixa, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Doublet of fáscia.

Ele trazia uma faixa vermelha cruzada ao peito.

Esta é a minha faixa favorita no disco inteiro.

This is my favorite track on the entire disc.

(heraldry) fess (horizontal band across the middle of the shield)

faixa de pedestres
faixa de pedestres#Portuguese


furada

Esse regime para emagrecer é uma furada!

(informal) something deceitful or prone to failure, as a broken boat


grude

(figurative) low-quality or poorly prepared food; slop


adivinhas

[ɐ.ðiˈβi.ɲɐʃ]


adivinho

pt-noun

adivinho m (plural adivinhos, feminine adivinha, feminine plural adivinhas)

adivinhos (plural)
adivinha (feminine)
adivinhas (feminine plural)

[ɐ.ðɨˈβi.ɲu]


peleja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peleja. Compare Galician pelexa and Spanish pelea.


adivinha

[ɐ.ðɨˈvi.ɲɐ]

[ɐ.ðɨˈvi.ɲɐ]

[ɐ.ðiˈβi.ɲɐ]

[ɐ.ðɨˈβi.ɲɐ]

female equivalent of adivinho (“fortune-teller”)


berra

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

Uma nova banda muito na berra.


talhe

the general figure, form or aspect of someone's body or of an object, especially in regard to appearance and size

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


nhanha

Antes que se pensa que obras de nhanha na cara têm algo a ver com isto, deixem-me anotar que uma coisa que acho indubitavelmente boa dos ingleses é o seu celebrado sentido do humor.

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


talho

Deverbal from talhar. Compare Galician tallo and Spanish tajo.


mealha

From Old Galician-Portuguese mealla, from Early Medieval Latin medālia (“middle; half a denarius”), ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of medalha, which was borrowed through Italian.


escolho

Borrowed from Italian scoglio, from Vulgar Latin *scoculum (possibly through a Ligurian intermediate), from Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos).

(geography) skerry; reef (rock lying near or just above the surface of water)

(geography) a rocky island of difficult access

(figurative) obstacle; impediment; hurdle (something that prevents progress)


descarrego

discharge, release (from a hospital, place of storage, etc.)

(Brazil) a ritual in Afro-Brazilian religions, such as umbanda and candomblé, that involves weeds and prayer


patim

a small landing (level part of a staircase)

(usually in the plural) skate (boot having wheels or a blade)


molhe

Borrowed from Catalan moll, from Latin mōlēs. Compare Spanish muelle.

(nautical) mole (pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water)


piscada

blink (the act of very quickly closing an eye and opening it again)


pingado

(regional) coffee with milk served in an espresso glass


cinturão

[sĩ.tuˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From cintura + -ão; compare Spanish cinturón.


escorrega

(figuratively) slip, gaffe (foolish and embarrassing error)


enjôo

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


bloqueio

bloqueio cardíaco

block (something that prevents something from passing)

block (interference or obstruction of cognitive processes)


traíra

→ Hunsrik: Traira

Borrowed from Old Tupi tare'ira. Spelling and sense 2 possibly influenced by trair.


traíra

(Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) betrayer; traitor


neutrão

European Portuguese standard form of nêutron.


meados

Até meados de 1950 poucas pessoas criavam gado [...]

2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter XXI, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 489:

Until the mid-1950s few people raised cattle …


radioactividade

pt-noun

radioactividade f (plural radioactividades)

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


radiomarcador

radiomarcador m (plural radiomarcadores)


marcação

/mɐɾ.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

(sports) scoring (the process of winning points)


manufatura

Variant of manufactura, from Late Latin manū factūra (“thing made by hand”).


partição

[paɾ.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[paχ.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[paɻ.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


precaução

[pɾe.kaʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


próton

prótons (plural)
prótones (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


proporção

[pɾo.poɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pɾo.poχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pɾo.poɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


passageiro

pt-noun

passageiro m (plural passageiros, feminine passageira, feminine plural passageiras)

passageiros (plural)
passageira (feminine)
passageiras (feminine plural)


sequestramento

sequestramento m (plural sequestramentos)


reformação

Learned borrowing from Latin refōrmātiōnem. By surface analysis, reformar + -ção.


produção

the producers or the technical team (including directors, producers, screenwriters and camera operators) behind a radio or television program or a film


soldagem

[soʊ̯ˈda.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[sɔɫˈda.ʒɐ̃j̃]

By surface analysis, from soldar (“to weld”) + -agem.


remoção

[χe.moˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


perseguida

[pɨɾ.sɨˈɣi.ðɐ]

(informal, Brazil) vagina (woman's genitalia)


radioatividade

pt-noun

radioatividade f (plural radioatividades)


traçador

[tɾɐ.sɐˈðoɾ]

[tɾɐ.sɐˈðoɾ]


surgimento

emergence, arising, appearance (act of appearing)


afazer

(usually in the plural) chore; task (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)


protão

[pɾoˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

European Portuguese standard form of próton.


voltagem

[voʊ̯ˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[vɔɫˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[vɔɫˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[bɔɫˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃]


continha

/kõˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[kõˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

/kõˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/

[kõˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]


modificação

Learned borrowing from Latin modificātiōnem. By surface analysis, modificar + -ção


alteração

[aʊ̯.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɫ.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin alterātiōnem. By surface analysis, alterar + -ção.


transferência

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.feˈɾẽ.sɪ.ɐ]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.fɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/


radiação

[ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ha.d͡ʒɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χa.d͡ʒɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χa.d͡ʒjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɐ.djɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ʁɐ.ðjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


secundário

ensino secundário
ensino secundário#Portuguese

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


responsável

pt-noun

responsável m or f by sense (plural responsáveis)

[ʁɨʃ.põˈsa.βɛɫ]

Borrowed from French responsable, from Latin respōnsus, from respondere.

Você é o responsável por ele/ela?.

a person who holds custody over and/or otherwise take care of a minor or handicapped individual; a legal guardian


secundária

(Portugal, education) secondary school, high school


separação

/sɨ.pɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin sēparātiōnem. By surface analysis, separar + -ção.


saturação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin saturātiōnem. By surface analysis, saturar + -ção.


condutibilidade

pt-noun

condutibilidade f (plural condutibilidades)


telecomunicação

telecomunicação f (plural telecomunicações)


eletrónica

eletrónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


compressão

[kõ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/


eletrônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of eletrónica.


espectrômetro

espectrômetros (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


filmagem

[fiʊ̯ˈma.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


fabricação

Learned borrowing from Latin fābricātiōnem. By surface analysis, fabricar + -ção.


montagem

[mõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


descompressão

[d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/dɨʃ.kõ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/


equivalência

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aequivalentia.


radônio

pt-noun

radônio m (usually uncountable, plural radônios)


bloco

From French bloc (“group, block”), from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch bloc (“treetrunk”), from Old Saxon *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhulg'-, from *bhelg'- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”).


volfrâmio

pt-noun

volfrâmio m (usually uncountable, plural volfrâmios)


desempenho

Deverbal from desempenhar (“to perform”).

deverbal

performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)


profundidade

Borrowed from Latin profunditātem or from profundo + -idade.


solidificação

From solidificar (“to solidify”) + -ção.


aprovação

[ɐ.pɾu.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


contaminação

Learned borrowing from Latin contāminātiōnem.


supercondutor

pt-noun

supercondutor m (plural supercondutores)


classificado

classified advertisement
classified advertisement


absorção

/ɐ.bsɔɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βsɔɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


ressonância

Learned borrowing from Latin resonantia.

Estava com a virilha direita ruim, mas achava que ia jogar. No sábado, o médico resolveu fazer uma ressonância e apareceu uma distensão de dois centímetros.

2004 January 5, Alex, quotee, “A cruzada, segundo Alex”, in Placar, number 1266, São Paulo: Abril, 25/5 Vitória 2 x 1 Cruzeiro, page 68, column 2:

imagem por ressonância magnética#Portuguese

(medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of imagem por ressonância magnética (“magnetic resonance imaging”).


tireoide

[t͡ʃi.ɾeˈɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[t͡ʃi.ɾeˈɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]


benefício

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese beneficio, borrowed from Latin beneficium.


envelhecimento

pt-noun

envelhecimento m (plural envelhecimentos)


desintegração

/dɨ.zĩ.tɨ.ɡɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[dɨ.zĩ.tɨ.ɣɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From des- + integração or desintegrar + -ção.


higroscopicidade

higroscopicidade f (plural higroscopicidades)


eletroquímico

eletroquímico m (plural eletroquímicos, feminine eletroquímica, feminine plural eletroquímicas)

eletroquímicos (plural)
eletroquímica (feminine)
eletroquímicas (feminine plural)


adubação

[ɐ.ðu.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


sufoco

suffocation (shortness of breath or difficulty breathing)


barão

barão m (plural barões, feminine baronesa, feminine plural baronesas)

barões (plural)
baronesa (feminine)
baronesas (feminine plural)

From Old French baron. Doublet of varão.

Essa casa é muito cara, só barão pode comprar.

This house is very expensive, only a wealthy person can buy it.


evaporação

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvapōrātiōnem. By surface analysis, evaporar + -ção.


êxito

Learned borrowing from Latin exitus. Compare Galician and Spanish éxito, Catalan èxit and Italian esito.

Espero que ele tenha êxito.

O êxito de Marilyn Monroe não a fez feliz.

Marilyn Monroe's success did not make her happy.


abastecimento

By surface analysis, from abastecer + -mento.


afirmação

Learned borrowing from Latin affirmātiōnem. By surface analysis, afirmar + -ção.


diarreia

[d͡ʒɪ.aˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[d͡ʒjaˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[d͡ʒɪ.aˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[d͡ʒjaˈhɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[d͡ʒɪ.aˈχɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[d͡ʒjaˈχɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Borrowed from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).


milhar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mīlliāris, from Latin mīlliārius (“a thousand paces”).


soteropolitano

pt-noun

soteropolitano m (plural soteropolitanos, feminine soteropolitana, feminine plural soteropolitanas)

soteropolitanos (plural)
soteropolitana (feminine)
soteropolitanas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek σωτήρ (sōtḗr, “saviour”) + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”) + -ano (“-an”). In Corografia Brazilica (1817), Manuel Aires de Casal translated Salvador as Soteropolis, which later gave origin to the demonym.

af

Eu sou soteropolitano / Eu sou baiano / Eu sou de Salvador

1992, Chiclete com Banana (lyrics and music), “Eu Sou Soteropolitano” (0:51 from the start), in 13:

a person from Salvador (capital city of Bahia)


adsorção

[ad͡ʒ.soɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ad͡ʒ.soχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ad͡ʒ.soɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ.ðsuɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


traço

stroke (line or mark made on a surface by an implement for drawing, writing, etc.)

feature (one of the physical constituents of the face)

trait (an identifying characteristic, habit or trend)

art style (an artist's characteristic way of drawing)


adubo

Deverbal from adubar, from French adouber.


transtorno

transtorno da compulsão alimentar periódica

transtorno de compulsão alimentar periódica

transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade


arsênico

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of arsénico.


apreensão

[a.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃w̃/


precipitação

Learned borrowing from Latin praecipitātiōnem. By surface analysis, precipitar + -ção.

lbor

(chemistry) precipitation (chemical reaction forming solid in liquid)


apetite

Borrowed from French appétit, from Latin appetītus.


atitude

From French attitude, from Italian attitudine (“attitude, aptness”), from Medieval Latin aptitudō (“aptitude”).


trebelhos

[tɾɨˈβe.ʎuʃ]

[tɾɨˈβe.ʎuʃ]

[tɾɨˈβe.ʎuʃ]


aplicabilidade

pt-noun

aplicabilidade f (plural aplicabilidades)


ativista

ativista m or f by sense (plural ativistas)

activist (one who is politically active)


colocação

Learned borrowing from Latin collocātiōnem (“a putting together”). By surface analysis, colocar + -ção.


composição

Learned borrowing from Latin compositiōnem. By surface analysis, compor + -ção.


bombardeamento

pt-noun

bombardeamento m (plural bombardeamentos)


eletroquímica

(chemistry) electrochemistry (the science of the chemistry associated with the flow of electricity)


eletroquímica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


condensação

Learned borrowing from Latin condēnsātiōnem. By surface analysis, condensar + -ção.


comprometimento

pt-noun

comprometimento m (plural comprometimentos)


datação

dating (estimation of the age of something)


concessionária

concessionária f (plural concessionárias)


clássico

Borrowed from Medieval Latin classicus, from Latin classicus (“relating to the classes of Roman citizenry, especially the highest”), from classis.

der

classic (an artistic work of lasting worth, such as a film or song)

(sports) classic (a major, long-standing sporting event)


conservação

[kõ.sɨɾ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


nutrição

Learned borrowing from Latin nūtrītiōnem.


denominação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnōminātiōnem. By surface analysis, denominar + -ção.


controvérsia

Learned borrowing from Latin contrōversia.


destilação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēstillātiōnem. By surface analysis, destilar + -ção.


dependência

(usually in the plural) room of a residence


ebulição

Learned borrowing from Latin ēbullītiōnem.


deficiência

Borrowed from Late Latin dēficientia, from Latin dēficiēns. Compare Catalan deficiència, French déficience, Italian deficienza, Spanish deficiencia.


fluoretação

(chemistry, public health) fluoridation (the act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water)


sobrevivente

pt-noun

sobrevivente m or f by sense (plural sobreviventes)


fluorapatita

fluorapatitas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


diário

Borrowed from Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, (Late Latin also) diary”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”).


edição

[e.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

editing (an act or instance of something being edited)


desnitrificação

pt-noun

desnitrificação f (plural desnitrificações)


espécime

Learned borrowing from Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”).


entanto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entanto, from en (“in”) + tanto (“so much”).


filtração

[fiʊ̯.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


enriquecimento

pt-noun

enriquecimento m (plural enriquecimentos)


essencialidade

essencialidade f (plural essencialidades)


diamantoide

[d͡ʒɪ.a.mɐ̃ˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[d͡ʒɪ.a.mɐ̃ˈtɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]


determinação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterminātiōnem. By surface analysis, determinar + -ção.


geleira

(Portugal) cooler (insulated bin or box to keep food cold while picnicking or camping)


jóia

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


destruição

[d͡ʒis.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[deʃ.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[deʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese destruiçon, destroiçom, from Latin dēstructiōnem. By surface analysis, destruir + -ção. Compare Galician destrución.


fratura

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fractūra.


fortalecimento

pt-noun

fortalecimento m (plural fortalecimentos)


iluminação

Borrowed from Late Latin illūminātiōnem, from Latin illūminō.


incidência

Borrowed from Latin incidentia. By surface analysis, from incidir + -ência.


ingestão

[ĩ.ʒesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.ʒesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.ʒeʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.ʒeʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.ʒɨʃˈtɐ̃w̃/


imparcialidade

imparcialidade f (plural imparcialidades)


pergaminho

From Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus. Compare Spanish pergamino.


ferido

ferido m (plural feridos, feminine ferida, feminine plural feridas)

feridos (plural)
ferida (feminine)
feridas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferido, from Vulgar Latin *ferītus (“stricken”), perfect passive participle of feriō (“to strike”).


imobilização

From imobilizar + -ção or i- + mobilização.


lavandaria

[lɐ.βɐ̃.dɐˈɾi.ɐ]

From Latin lavanda + -aria. Compare French lavanderie.


lavagem

[lɐˈβa.ʒɐ̃j̃]

From lavar (“to wash”) + -agem. Compare Spanish lavaje, Catalan llavatge, French lavage, Italian lavaggio.

(figuratively) low-quality or poorly prepared food; slop


metalóide

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


micrograma

/ˌmi.kɾɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ˌmi.kɾɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ˌmi.kɾɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ˌmi.kɾɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]


pósitron

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of positrão.


positrão

positrões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


polônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polónio.


pastilha

pastilha elástica
pastilha elástica#Portuguese

(Portugal) Clipping of pastilha elástica (“chewing gum”).


multiplicidade

multiplicidade f (plural multiplicidades)


pertence

Cognate with Galician pertenza and Spanish pertenencia.

Não esqueçam de pegar seus pertences após saírem do avião.

Do not forget to take your belongings after leaving the airplaine.

(chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)


pertences

/pɨɾˈtẽ.sɨʃ/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


propulsão

[pɾo.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōpulsiōnem, from Latin prōpulsus.


reciclagem

(computing, Portugal) trash, recycling bin (a storage location for deleted files)


prescrição

[pɾeʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/pɾɨʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/


pertença

O nosso país está preparado para a pertença na União Europeia.

Our country is prepared for membership in the European Union.


prática

A prática leva à perfeição.


raridade

[ʁɐ.ɾiˈða.ðɨ]


ponta

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponta, from Latin puncta.


prático

From Latin practicus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or relating to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).

uder

pilot (person hired by a vessel to help navigate a harbor or coast)


redução

[χe.duˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʁɨ.ðuˈsɐ̃w̃]


profissional

pt-noun

profissional m or f by sense (plural profissionais)


procedência

From Latin procēdēns, or from proceder + -ência.


planetário

From Late Latin planētārius (“astrologer, relating to the planets”), from Latin planēta (“planet, wandering star”). By surface analysis, planeta + -ário.


uréia

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


tireóide

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


refrigeração

/ʁɨ.fɾi.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin refrigerātiōnem. By surface analysis, refrigerar + -ção.


respiração

[χeʃ.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨʃ.pi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


sabedoria

From sabedor + -ia, from Old Galician-Portuguese sabedoria. Cognate with Galician sabedoría and Spanish sabiduría.


sucesso

Borrowed from Latin successus, from succēdere (“to succeed”).


retenção

[he.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/


reprodutor

pt-noun

reprodutor m (plural reprodutores, feminine reprodutora, feminine plural reprodutoras)

reprodutores (plural)
reprodutora (feminine)
reprodutoras (feminine plural)


reservatório

[ʁɨ.zɨɾ.βɐˈtɔ.ɾju]


purificação

Learned borrowing from Latin pūrificātiōnem. By surface analysis, purificar + -ção.


múltiplo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin multiplus.


tração

[tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tractiōnem, from Latin tractus.


ulceração

[uʊ̯.se.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[uɫ.sɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


transmissão

[tɾɐ̃z.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃z.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈsɐ̃w̃/


formador

pt-noun

formador m (plural formadores, feminine formadora, feminine plural formadoras)

formadores (plural)
formadora (feminine)
formadoras (feminine plural)

From formar (“to form; to graduate someone”) + -dor.

suffix

former (something or someone who forms something)


xenônio

pt-noun

xenônio m (usually uncountable, plural xenônios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of xenónio.


umidade

Haplological contraction of Latin hūmiditātem.


ureia

From French urée (“urea”), from Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).


alcalinoterroso

alcalinoterroso m (plural alcalinoterrosos, metaphonic)

alcalinoterrosos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)


xenónio

xenónio m (usually uncountable, plural xenónios)

xenónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


ventilação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ventilātiōnem, from Latin ventilō (“to brandish; to winnow”). By surface analysis, ventilar + -ção.


trajeto

Learned borrowing from Latin traiectus. Compare Spanish trayecto, French trajet, and English traject.


acadêmico

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of académico.


anfibólio

(Brazil, mineralogy) Alternative form of anfíbola


agitação

Learned borrowing from Latin agitātiōnem (“movement, agitation”). By surface analysis, agitar + -ção.


retifica

A hand-held rotary tool with various attachments (e.g., Dremel).


valência

Borrowed from Late Latin valentia, from Latin valēns.


articulação

Learned borrowing from Latin articulātiōnem. By surface analysis, articular + -ção.


variação

[va.ɾɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/vɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/vɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/bɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin variātiōnem. By surface analysis, variar + -ção.


alúmen

[aˈlũ.mẽɪ̯̃]

[aˈlũ.mẽɪ̯̃]


tarefa

From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”), from the Classical Arabic root طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Cognate with Galician tarefa and Spanish tarea.

Tarefa apressada, tarefa estragada.

Estou fazendo minha tarefa.

tarefa de casa
tarefa de casa#Portuguese

(Brazil) Clipping of tarefa de casa (“homework”).

(regional) vessel where oil and rose water flow from the fields


concessão

[kõ.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


blindagem

[blĩˈda.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

Borrowed from French blindage (“armour”). By surface analysis, from blindar (“to shield”) + -agem.


confeiteiro

pt-noun

confeiteiro m (plural confeiteiros, feminine confeiteira, feminine plural confeiteiras)

confeiteiros (plural)
confeiteira (feminine)
confeiteiras (feminine plural)


cinábrio

Borrowed from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).


pepino-do-mar

sea cucumber (any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea)


compatibilidade

compatibilidade f (plural compatibilidades)


cristalinidade

cristalinidade f (plural cristalinidades)


corrosão

[ko.χoˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Late Latin corrōsiō, corrōsiōnem, from corrōsus, perfect passive participle of corrōdō. Alternatively, from French corrosion.


alcalinização

(chemistry) alkalinization (the process of becoming more alkaline)


compósito

Borrowed from Latin compositum. Doublet of composto.


credibilidade

Borrowed from Medieval Latin crēdibilitātem, from Latin credibilis.


participação

Learned borrowing from Latin participātiōnem. By surface analysis, participar + -ção.


alimentação

From alimentar + -ção (compare Spanish alimentación).


conjuntivo

Borrowed from Latin coniūnctīvus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungō.


secagem

By surface analysis, from secar (“to dry”) + -agem.


conjuntivas

/kõ.ʒũˈt͡ʃi.vɐʃ/

[kõ.ʒũˈti.βɐʃ]


deposição

Learned borrowing from Latin dēpositiōnem. By surface analysis, depor + -ção.


constituição

[kõs.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõs.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

A nova constituição foi ratificada pelo povo.

The new constitution was ratified by the people.

A constituição da lista de candidatos foi decidida pela liderança

The composition of the list of candidates was decided by the leadership.


nefrocalcinose

pt-noun

nefrocalcinose f (plural nefrocalcinoses)


pedreira

From pedra (“stone”) + -eira. Piecewise doublet of pedraria.

/pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾɐ/

[pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

/pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾɐ/

[pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[pɨˈðɾej.ɾɐ]

[pɨˈðɾej.ɾɐ]


pedreira

/pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾɐ/

[pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

/pɨˈdɾɐj.ɾɐ/

[pɨˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[pɨˈðɾej.ɾɐ]

[pɨˈðɾej.ɾɐ]


pesquisador

pesquisador m (plural pesquisadores, feminine pesquisadora, feminine plural pesquisadoras)

pesquisadores (plural)
pesquisadora (feminine)
pesquisadoras (feminine plural)


conjuntiva

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).

ellipsis

(anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)


confissão

[kõ.fiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese confisson, confesson, from Latin cōnfessiōnem.


descalcificação

pt-noun

descalcificação f (plural descalcificações)


paroxítono

From Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “paroxytone”).


glicosaminoglicano

pt-noun

glicosaminoglicano m (plural glicosaminoglicanos)


porcentagem

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of percentagem.


tampão

[tɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


raciocínio

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiōcinium.

lbor

O estudo da Matemática ajuda-te a melhorar o raciocínio.

The study of Mathematics helps you improve your reasoning.

Desculpa, falaste muito depressa e não consegui acompanhar o teu raciocínio. Podes repetir, por favor?

I'm sorry, you've spoken too fast and I couldn't follow your line of thought. Could you repeat, please?


ladrilho

Borrowed from Spanish ladrillo, from Vulgar Latin *latriclus, from *latericulus, diminutive of Latin later.


neurônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of neurónio.


ginasta

pt-noun

ginasta m or f by sense (plural ginastas)


indireta

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɾɛ.tɐ/

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɾɛ.tɐ/

mandar/jogar uma indireta

(informal) a hint, a suggestion avoiding direct statement


legislação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lēgislātiōnem (“the giving of the law”). By surface analysis, legislar + -ção.


derivação

[dɨ.ɾi.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


desprendimento

pt-noun

desprendimento m (plural desprendimentos)


inclusão

[ĩ.kluˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin inclusiōnem.


embrião

/ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/

[ẽ.bɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ẽˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.bɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩˈbɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, to swell”).


perturbação

[pɨɾ.tuɾ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin perturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, perturbar + -ção.


secreção

/sɨ.kɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/


hereditariedade

pt-noun

hereditariedade f (plural hereditariedades)


desencadeamento

desencadeamento m (plural desencadeamentos)

triggering (the initiation of an action)


obesidade

Borrowed from Latin obēsitātem. Cognate with Galician obesidade.

Para Jyana Gomes Morais, nutricionista da Fundação Pró-Rim, a obesidade, junto com tabagismo, etilismo, sedentarismo e baixo consumo de alimentos saudáveis (frutas e verduras), estão entre os maiores fatores de risco para o desenvolvimento de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, as quais são responsáveis por mais da metade das mortes ocorridas no mundo.

2021 February 23, Os riscos da obesidade:

For Jyana Gomes Morais, a nutritionist at the Pró-Rim Foundation, obesity, along with smoking, alcohol consumption, a sedentary lifestyle and low consumption of healthy foods (fruit and vegetables), are among the biggest risk factors for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases, which are responsible for more than half of all deaths worldwide.


dispnéia

[d͡ʒiʃpˈnɛɪ̯.ɐ]

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


imunodeficiência

imunodeficiência f (plural imunodeficiências)


piezeletricidade

piezeletricidade f (plural piezeletricidades)


obscuridade

Borrowed from Latin obscūritātem, from obscūrus.


hipertensão

[ˌi.peɾ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


erosão

[e.ɾoˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


potência

à terceira potência

(mathematics) power (a product of equal factors)


obstrução

[obʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɔβʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃]


hipotensão

hipotensão f (usually uncountable, plural hipotensões)

(pathology) hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)


reabsorção

[ʁjɐ.βsuɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


manifestação

Learned borrowing from Latin manifestātiōnem. By surface analysis, manifestar + -ção.


inflamação

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflammātiōnem. By surface analysis, inflamar + -ção. Piecewise doublet of inchação.


disposição

Learned borrowing from Latin dispositiōnem. By surface analysis, dispor + -ção.

disposition, inclination, attitude, character


hipercalciúria

pt-noun

hipercalciúria f (plural hipercalciúrias)


hidroxiapatita

hidroxiapatita f (plural hidroxiapatitas)

hidroxiapatitas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


desordem

[deˈzɔɦ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiˈzɔɦ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[deˈzɔɦ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiˈzɔɦ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[deˈzɔɾ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiˈzɔɾ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[deˈzɔʁ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiˈzɔʁ.dẽɪ̯̃]

[deˈzɔɻ.dẽɪ̯̃]

/dɨˈzɔɾ.dɐ̃j̃/

[dɨˈzɔɾ.ðɐ̃j̃]


fotônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fotónica.


levantador

levantador m (plural levantadores, feminine levantadora, feminine plural levantadoras)

levantadores (plural)
levantadora (feminine)
levantadoras (feminine plural)

[lɨ.βɐ̃.tɐˈðoɾ]

(volleyball) setter (player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball)


óculos

óculos m pl or (nonstandard) m (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

Plural of óculo, borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-. Cognate of the inherited olho.


ortopolifosfato

ortopolifosfato m (plural ortopolifosfatos)


insónia

European Portuguese standard spelling of insônia.


episódio

Borrowed from French épisode, from Medieval Latin epīsodium, from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”).


microeletrónica

pt-noun

microeletrónica f (plural microeletrónicas)

microeletrónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


grânulo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin granulum, diminutive of Latin granum (“grain”).


estilhaço

From estilha (“splinter, fragment”) + -aço.


microeletrônica

pt-noun

microeletrônica f (plural microeletrônicas)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of microeletrónica.


incendiário

Learned borrowing from Latin incendiārius. By surface analysis, incêndio + -ário.


lesão

Borrowed from Latin laesiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet aleijão.


fosforescência

pt-noun

fosforescência f (plural fosforescências)


liberação

[li.βɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin līberātiōnem. Doublet of livração. By surface analysis, liberar + -ção


supersaturação

pt-noun

supersaturação f (plural supersaturações)


irritabilidade

irritabilidade f (plural irritabilidades)


integridade

[ĩ.tɨ.ɣɾiˈða.ðɨ]

Borrowed from Latin integritātem (“soundness, integrity”).


progressão

[pɾo.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/pɾu.ɡɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

[pɾu.ɣɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃]


multiplicação

Learned borrowing from Latin multiplicātiōnem. By surface analysis, multiplicar + -ção.


prejuízo

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin praeiūdicium (“previous judgment or damage”), from prae- (“before”) + iūdicium (“judgment”).


intermediário

intermediary, go-between, broker, middleman


longevidade

[lõ.ʒɨ.βiˈða.ðɨ]

Learned borrowing from Latin longaevitātem.


prevenção

[pɾe.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/pɾɨ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/pɾɨ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/pɾɨ.bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

[pɾɨ.βẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin praeventiōnem, from Latin praeventus, from praeveniō.


mineiro

pt-noun

mineiro m (plural mineiros, feminine mineira, feminine plural mineiras)

mineiros (plural)
mineira (feminine)
mineiras (feminine plural)

Calque of French minière, corresponding to mina + -eiro.

mine (excavation from which ore or minerals are taken)


mineiro

a person from the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais


protetor

protetor m (plural protetores, feminine protetora, feminine plural protetoras)

protetores (plural)
protetora (feminine)
protetoras (feminine plural)


estabilizador

estabilizador m (plural estabilizadores)


longevidades

[lõ.ʒɨ.βiˈða.ðɨʃ]


recuperação

From Latin recuperātiōnem or recuperar + -ção.

restauration, renovation (back to a previous condition, e.g. a building or painting)

(medicine) recuperation (gradual restoration to health)


refração

[χe.fɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.fɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/


regulação

/ʁɨ.ɡu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ʁɨ.ɣu.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


osteoartrose

/ˌɔʃ.tjɔ.ɐɾˈtɾɔ.zɨ/


restrição

[χeʃ.tɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨʃ.tɾiˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Late Latin restrictiōnem, from Latin restringō.

(mathematics) constraint (a condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy)


vantagem

[vɐ̃ˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/vɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/vɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/bɐ̃ˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/


vaidade

From Old Galician-Portuguese vãidade, vãydade, from Latin vānitātem, from vānus. Compare vanidade, a borrowed doublet.


excreção

[iʃ.kɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.kɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin excrētiōnem, from Latin excernō.


refletor

From English reflector, from Latin. By surface analysis, refletir + -or.


refratário

refratário m (plural refratários, feminine refratária, feminine plural refratárias)

refratários (plural)
refratária (feminine)
refratárias (feminine plural)


resíduo

Borrowed from Latin residuus. Probably a doublet of rossio.

(mathematics) residue (form of complex number)

residue
residue (form of complex number)


conductibilidade

conductibilidade f (plural conductibilidades)


hipotireoidismo

hipotireoidismo m (usually uncountable, plural hipotireoidismos)

(pathology) hypothyroidism (insufficient production of thyroid hormone)


clorofluorocarboneto

clorofluorocarboneto m (plural clorofluorocarbonetos)


árgon

árgon m (plural (Portugal) árgones or (Brazil) árgons)

árgones (Portugal plural)
árgons (Brazil plural)


mutação

Learned borrowing from Latin mūtātiōnem. By surface analysis, mutar + -ção.


reflexão

/ʁɨ.flɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin reflexiōnem, verb noun based on reflectere.


extração

[iʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin extractiōnem.

(medicine) surgical operation to remove an organ or foreign object that has become lodged in the body

(chemistry) separation of one or more components of a mixture using appropriate solvents


institucionalização

pt-noun

institucionalização f (plural institucionalizações)

* institucionalizar (“to institutionalize”) + -ção (“-tion”)


alvejante

[aɫ.vɨˈʒɐ̃.tɨ]

[aɫ.vɨˈʒɐ̃.tɨ]

[aɫ.βɨˈʒɐ̃.tɨ]

bleach (chemical used industrially or domestically to remove colour from fabric or to disinfect after cleaning)


microarquitetura

pt-noun

microarquitetura f (plural microarquiteturas)


branqueador

[bɾɐ̃.kjɐˈðoɾ]

[bɾɐ̃.kjɐˈðoɾ]


branqueamento

branquemento racial
branquemento racial#Portuguese

(Brazil, historical) Ellipsis of branquemento racial.; racial whitening


suceptibilidade

suceptibilidade f (plural suceptibilidades)


confeito

Japanese: 金平糖(こんぺいとう) (konpeitō)

From Latin cōnfectus, perhaps as an adaptation of Italian confetto or French confit. Doublet of confete.


lavadeira

[lɐ.vɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ.vɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ.βɐˈðej.ɾɐ]


colóide

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


transparência

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.paˈɾẽ.sɪ.ɐ]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.pɐˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

From transparente + -ência, or borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentia, from trānspārēns (“transparent”).

slide (transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen)


escorrido

(Brazil, colloquial) run, flow of a liquid, usually referring to the trail or stain left by it


enfermidade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enfermidade, enfermedade, from Latin īnfirmitātem.


recriação

[χe.kɾɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.kɾjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.kɾi.ɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.kɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


betume

Seemingly from Catalan betum, from Vulgar Latin *bittūmen, from Latin bitūmen.


papeleira

From papel + -eira. Piecewise doublet of papelaria.

paper mill (a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients)

wastepaper basket, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin

desk, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin


sanitário

Borrowed from French sanitaire, a learned formation created from the base of Latin sānitās (cf. sanidade).


cadinho

From Latin catīnus, from Proto-Italic *katinos. By surface analysis, cado (“cask”) + -inho.

surf

(colloquial) a small amount; a trifle, a smidgen


irritação

Learned borrowing from Latin irrītātiōnem. By surface analysis, irritar + -ção.


cânfora

Ultimately of Austronesian origin; compare Malay kapur.


difusão

[d͡ʒi.fuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


esteróide

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


aerossol

[aˌɛ.ɾoˈsɔʊ̯]

[aˌɛ.ɾoˈzɔʊ̯]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈsɔl/

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈsɔɫ]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈsɔl/

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈsɔɫ]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈsɔ.li/


alotropia

From alótropo + -ia. By surface analysis, alo- + -tropia.


homogeneização

pt-noun

homogeneização f (plural homogeneizações)


einstênio

[ẽɪ̯ʃˈtẽ.nɪ.u]


diluição

[d͡ʒi.lʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒi.luɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


rádon

rádon m (usually uncountable, plural (Portugal) rádones)


rénio

rénio m (usually uncountable, plural rénios)

rénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


isopor

From Isopor, a trademark used by BASF and later by Knauf, German companies that sold the product in Brazil.

(Brazil) expanded polystyrene, styrofoam


glicogênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of glicogénio.


enferrujamento

enferrujamento m (plural enferrujamentos)


gadolínio

gadolínio m (usually uncountable, plural gadolínios)

(chemistry) gadolinium (chemical element)


glicogénio

glicogénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


suspensão

[suʃ.pẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


estequiometria

estequiometria f (plural estequiometrias)

From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “element”) + -metria.


crípton

pt-noun

crípton m (usually uncountable, plural (Portugal) críptones)

(Portugal, chemistry, uncountable) krypton


recristalização

recristalização f (plural recristalizações)

From re- + cristalização or recristalizar + -ção.


polinucleotídeo

polinucleotídeo m (plural polinucleotídeos)

polinucleotídeos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


espectrometria

espectrometria f (plural espectrometrias)


xênon

xênon m (usually uncountable, plural xênons)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of xénon.


acessão

/ɐ.sɨˈsɐ̃w̃/


piche

Borrowed from English pitch. Doublet of inherited pez.


aceitante

aceitante m or f by sense (plural aceitantes)


acerto

something that is correct
hit, correct strike


espectrografia

espectrografia f (plural espectrografias)


feromônio

(Brazil, biology, chemistry) pheromone (chemical secreted by an animal that affects the behaviour of other animals)


rênio

rênio m (usually uncountable, plural rênios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of rénio.


actuação

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


actualização

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


adesão

/ɐ.dɨˈzɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ðɨˈzɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Latin adhaesiōnem (“adhesion; linkiage”).


alínea

paragraph (or the first line of a paragraph)


adaptação

[ɐ.ðɐ.ptɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

adaptation (the process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation)


admissão

[ad͡ʒ.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ad͡ʒ.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ad͡ʒ.miˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


alojamento

(Internet) hosting (of data or services)


anuidade

Borrowed from Medieval Latin annuitātem, from Latin annuus (“annual”).


antecipação

Learned borrowing from Latin anticipātiōnem. By surface analysis, antecipar + -ção.


aptidão

[ap.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aptitūdinem.


alcornoque

From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from Latin quernus (“relating to oak”).

(botany) tree of the fagaceae family (Quercus suber) from which cork is extracted


antecedência

Borrowed from Latin antecēdentia, from antecēdēns (“preceding”).


apropriação

Learned borrowing from Latin appropriātiōnem. By surface analysis, apropriar + -ção.


arbítrio

Borrowed from Latin arbitrium. Doublet of the inherited alvitre and alvedrio.


comunhão

[ko.mũˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.mũˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.muˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniōnem, from Latin commūnis.


aluguer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aloguer. Ultimately from Latin allocāre. Compare to alocar.


beneficiário

pt-noun

beneficiário m (plural beneficiários, feminine beneficiária, feminine plural beneficiárias)

beneficiários (plural)
beneficiária (feminine)
beneficiárias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin beneficiārius (“enjoying a favor, granted a privilege”) from beneficium (“benefit”).


narração

[na.χaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/nɐ.ʁɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin nārrātiōnem. By surface analysis, narrar + -ção.


habitabilidade

pt-noun

habitabilidade f (plural habitabilidades)


efectivação

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


efetivo

efetivo m (plural efetivos, feminine efetiva, feminine plural efetivas)

efetivos (plural)
efetiva (feminine)
efetivas (feminine plural)

each of the individuals who comprise a group

(military) soldiers that comprise a troop


sanção

[sɐ̃ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin sānctiōnem.


ultimação

[uʊ̯.t͡ʃi.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


qualificação

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin quālificātiōnem. By surface analysis, qualificar + -ção.


assembleia

Borrowed from French assemblée (“assembly”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”).


destituição

[deʃ.t͡ʃi.tuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēstitūtiōnem.


caducidade

From caduco + -idade. Compare Spanish caducidade, French caducité and English caducity.


admissibilidade

pt-noun

admissibilidade f (plural admissibilidades)


convenção

[kõ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


adjudicação

Learned borrowing from Latin adiūdicātiōnem. By surface analysis, adjudicar + -ção.


vietnamês

pt-noun

vietnamês m (plural vietnameses, feminine vietnamesa, feminine plural vietnamesas)

vietnameses (plural)
vietnamesa (feminine)
vietnamesas (feminine plural)


declaração

Learned borrowing from Latin dēclārātiōnem. By surface analysis, declarar + -ção.


faculdade

Estou no meu segundo ano da faculdade

college (institute of advanced education)


invocação

Learned borrowing from Latin invocātiōnem. By surface analysis, invocar + -ção.


privação

[pɾi.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin prīvātiōnem. By surface analysis, privar + -ção.


arrendatário

pt-noun

arrendatário m (plural arrendatários, feminine arrendatária, feminine plural arrendatárias)

arrendatários (plural)
arrendatária (feminine)
arrendatárias (feminine plural)


assalariado

assalariado m (plural assalariados, feminine assalariada, feminine plural assalariadas)

assalariados (plural)
assalariada (feminine)
assalariadas (feminine plural)


quantia

Hunsrik: Quantie


maioritário

maioritários (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


autarquia

From Ancient Greek αὐταρχία (autarkhía), from αὐτός (autós) + ἄρχω (árkhō, “I rule”).


teor

Inherited from Latin tenōrem. Doublet of tenor (“tenor”), which was borrowed from Italian.

Era um pobre-diabo caminhando para os setenta anos, antipático, cabelo branco, curto e duro, como escova, barba e bigode do mesmo teor […]

1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

He was a poor devil reaching his seventy years, unlikable, his hair was white, short and thick, like a brush, beard and mustache of the same kind […]


executiva

classe executiva
classe executiva#Portuguese

(aviation) Clipping of classe executiva (“business class”).


arguição

[aɦ.ɡʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɦ.ɡuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɦ.ɡʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɦ.ɡuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɾ.ɡʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɾ.ɡuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʁ.ɡʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʁ.ɡuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɻ.ɡʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɻ.ɡuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐɾ.ɡwiˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐɾ.ɣwiˈsɐ̃w̃]


coacção

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


averiguação

[ɐ.βɨ.ɾi.ɣwɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


averbamento

[ɐ.βɨɾ.βɐˈmẽ.tu]


alívio

Deverbal from aliviar (“to alleviate”), from Latin alleviāre (“to lighten”).

the act of lightening (reducing the burden of)

relief (removal of stress or discomfort)


virgindade

From Old Galician-Portuguese virgĩidade, from Latin virginitātem (“virginity”), from virgō (“virgin”).


caução

[kaʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


celebração

[sɨ.lɨ.βɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


virgem

[ˈviɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɾ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviʁ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɻ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ˈviɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/ˈviɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/ˈbiɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese virgen, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virginem (“virgin”).

virgin (person who has never had sexual intercourse)


virgem

[ˈviɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɾ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviʁ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈviɻ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ˈviɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/ˈviɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/ˈbiɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

(Roman Catholicism) an image, icon or statuette of Virgin Mary


cessação

Learned borrowing from Latin cessātiōnem. By surface analysis, cessar + -ção.


cessionário

pt-noun

cessionário m (plural cessionários, feminine cessionária, feminine plural cessionárias)

cessionários (plural)
cessionária (feminine)
cessionárias (feminine plural)


assentada

the act of remaining sit or still for some period of time without standing up


cobrança

[kuˈβɾɐ̃.sɐ]


cômodo

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cómodo.


certidão

[seɾ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seχ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seɻ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[sɨɾ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese certedũe, from Latin certitūdinem, derived from certus (“certain”).

inh+

certificate (copy extracted from a separate document filed in a public office, issued by the respective service, which is an authentic document intended to prove the acts contained therein)


circulação

Learned borrowing from Latin circulātiōnem. By surface analysis, circular + -ção.


concepção

Learned borrowing from Latin conceptiōnem. Doublet of conceição.


comissário

pt-noun

comissário m (plural comissários, feminine comissária, feminine plural comissárias)

comissários (plural)
comissária (feminine)
comissárias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissārius.


executivo

poder executivo
poder executivo#Portuguese


compensação

Learned borrowing from Latin compēnsātiōnem. By surface analysis, compensar + -ção.


circunstância

circumstance (a fact or condition that affects an event or situation)

(usually in the plural) condition; state (the way things are at a given moment)

(formal) solemnity; formality (the quality of being deeply serious)


comparecimento

pt-noun

comparecimento m (plural comparecimentos)


andorrense

andorrense m or f by sense (plural andorrenses)


comissão

Learned borrowing from Latin commissiōnem.


conduta

Borrowed from Latin conducta < conductus. Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese condoito, which was inherited. Doublet of conduíte.

conduct, behaviour, demeanour, deportment


condução

[kõ.duˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


comprovativo

From comprovar or borrowed from Latin comprobātīvus.

receipt; confirmation; proof of payment.


condomínio

a fee that each owner pays for common services

(law) tenancy in common, strata title, commonhold


concelho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese concelho, from Latin concilium. Compare Galician concello. Doublet of concílio.


conflito

Borrowed from Latin cōnflictus (“struck together”).

bor+

conflict; strife; war (clash, often violent, between multiple parties)

conflict (a state where things operate towards different results due to incompatibility)


consumação

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsummātiōnem. By surface analysis, consumar + -ção.


coação

Learned borrowing from Latin coāctiōnem.

coercion (forcing or pressuring someone to do something)


coação

straining, filtering; leaching; percolation


contemporâneo

pt-noun

contemporâneo m (plural contemporâneos, feminine contemporânea, feminine plural contemporâneas)

contemporâneos (plural)
contemporânea (feminine)
contemporâneas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin contemporāneus.


correcção

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


condenação

Learned borrowing from Latin condemnātiōnem. By surface analysis, condenar + -ção.


continuação

Learned borrowing from Latin continuātiōnem. By surface analysis, continuar + -ção.


contraprova

[kõ.tɾɐˈpɾɔ.βɐ]


contraprestação

pt-noun

contraprestação f (plural contraprestações)

/kõ.tɾɐ.pɾɨʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


convocação

Learned borrowing from Latin convocātiōnem. By surface analysis, convocar + -ção.


comproprietário

pt-noun

comproprietário m (plural comproprietários)


consolidação

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsolidātiōnem. By surface analysis, consolidar + -ção.


critério

From New Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion, “a test, a means of judging”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “a judge”), from κρίνω (krínō, “to judge”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to move, to separate”).


cônjuge

pt-noun

cônjuge m or (nonstandard) f (plural cônjuges)


contagem

[kõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


cópia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōpia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”).

lbor

cópia de segurança


dedução

Learned borrowing from Latin dēductiōnem.


correspondência

pt-noun

correspondência f (plural correspondências)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondentia.


curador

pt-noun

curador m (plural curadores, feminine curadora, feminine plural curadoras)

curadores (plural)
curadora (feminine)
curadoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin cūrātōrem (“guardian”), corresponding to curar (“to cure”) + -dor (“-er”).

bor+

curator (person who manages a collection, especially of a museum)

curator; trustee (person appointed as the guardian of someone else’s estate)

curer; healer (someone who cures, heals)


derrogação

/dɨ.ʁu.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[dɨ.ʁu.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


câmbio

From Old Galician-Portuguese cambio, either directly from Late Latin cambium (“change”) or deverbal of cambiar (cf. Portuguese escambo), from Latin cambiāre (“to change”) , from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *kamb- (“crooked; bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱamb-, *(s)kamb- (“bent”).

exchange:
act of exchanging or swapping; swap

taxa de câmbio

(uncountable, economics, finance) currency exchange

transformation (act of transforming or being transformed)

commutation (substitution of one thing for another)

walkie-talkie (portable, bi-directional radio transceiver)

(rare) change (the process of becoming different)

(automotive) transmission (assembly of gears in an motorcar)

(botany) cambium (layer of cells responsible for secondary growth of roots and stems)


cristianização

pt-noun

cristianização f (plural cristianizações)


demonstração

/dɨ.mõʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin dēmōnstrātiōnem. By surface analysis, demonstrar + -ção.


desobriga

a release from or settlement of a debt, etc

the fulfillment of the observances of Lent

(of a parish priest) act of going through the parish, ministering the sacraments


dilação

[d͡ʒi.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


desaparecimento

pt-noun

desaparecimento m (plural desaparecimentos)


ditame

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin dictamen.


domicílio

Learned borrowing from Latin domicilium.


descendente

pt-noun

descendente m or f by sense (plural descendentes)


duração

[du.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dūrātiōnem. By surface analysis, durar + -ção.


desconto

(sports, Portugal) injury time, stoppage time, additional time, added time


donatário

Learned borrowing from Latin dōnātārius.


dissolução

Learned borrowing from Latin dissolūtiōnem.


designação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsignātiōnem. By surface analysis, designar + -ção.


desconhecimento

pt-noun

desconhecimento m (plural desconhecimentos)


doutrina

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin doctrīna.


emancipação

Learned borrowing from Latin ēmancipātiōnem. By surface analysis, emancipar + -ção.


débito

Borrowed from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt”), neuter past participle of debere (“to owe”). Compare the inherited dívida.


dezasseis

From decem (“ten”) + ac (“and”) + sex (“six”).

European Portuguese standard spelling of dezesseis.


empréstimo

(linguistics) loanword, foreign word, borrowing


desconformidade

pt-noun

desconformidade f (plural desconformidades)


elaboração

Learned borrowing from Latin elaborātiōnem. By surface analysis, elaborar + -ção.


diligência

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentia. Definition #5 based on French diligence.


entrelinha

Pode-se ler nas entrelinhas.

(by extension) something implicit or implied


desvalorização

pt-noun

desvalorização f (plural desvalorizações)


colecção

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


disponibilidade

disponibilidade f (plural disponibilidades)

From Medieval Latin disponibilis + -dade.


esclarecimento

esclarecimento m (plural esclarecimentos)


cerimónia

European Portuguese standard spelling of cerimônia.


carrinha

carrinha funerária


bilhete

Borrowed from French billet, from Old French billette, from Latin bulla.


demónio

demónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Old Galician-Portuguese demonio, from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), diminutive of δαίμων (daímōn, “god, divine power”).


calha

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãalla, from Vulgar Latin *canālia, from Latin canālis (“gutter, ditch”); cf. cale and canal.


camião

Macanese: camiám

[ka.mɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaˈmjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

European Portuguese standard form of caminhão.


cidadãos

[si.ðɐˈðɐ̃w̃ʃ]


ciúmes

jealousy (resentfulness over a loved one’s attention or connection with someone someone else)


audiência

[aʊ̯.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ]

[aʊ̯.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.sɪ.ɐ]

hearing (a proceeding at which discussions are heard)

audience (formal meeting with a dignitary)

audience (group of people seeing a performance)


asneira

«(...) Mais ainda aos portugueses, já que muitas das vossas asneiras provêm diretamente do latim.» Caralho, por exemplo, deriva de caraculu e significa pequena estaca.

2016 February 8, Ana Pago, “O poder de uma boa asneira”, in Notícias Magazine:


cavalheiro

Borrowed from Spanish caballero, from Late Latin caballārius. Doublet of cavaleiro.


cassete

cassete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural cassetes)


atirador

atirador m (plural atiradores, feminine atiradora, feminine plural atiradoras)

atiradores (plural)
atiradora (feminine)
atiradoras (feminine plural)


colégio

campus (private non-higher education establishment)

set of members of one of these establishments

corporation of people with equal rank or dignity

branch of national corporate organization that groups individuals who, in the context of a given profession, exercise a certain specialty

set of individuals who belong to a constituency

(obsolete) convent or religious institute dedicated to teaching


brincadeira

[bɾĩ.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[bɾĩ.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[bɾĩ.kɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

Era uma brincadeira de criança.

Foi uma brincadeira.


devolução

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dēvolutiōnem, from Latin dēvolvō.

lbor

refund (of a product, being able to send the physical item back to the seller)


cêntimo

cent (a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries)


bagagem

[baˈɡa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/bɐˈɡa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

[bɐˈɣa.ʒɐ̃j̃]


audição

[aʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin audītiōnem, from audiō (“to hear”).


escuridão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escuridom, escoridõe; by surface analysis, escuro + idão.


custódia

Learned borrowing from Latin custōdia. Doublet of Custóias.


detenção

[de.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin dētentiōnem.

lbor

(military) disciplinary penalty that applies to military personnel, preventing them from leaving the barracks for a variable number of days


civilização

From French civilisation (“civilization”) or from civilizar (“to civilise”) + -ção.


carteira

/kɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

Tenho pouco dinheiro na carteira.

wallet (small case for keeping money and documents)

female equivalent of carteiro; postwoman

Você já tirou carteira?

carteira de motorista
carteira de motorista#Portuguese

(Brazil) Ellipsis of carteira de motorista (“driver’s license”).

carteira de trabalho
carteira de trabalho#Portuguese

(Brazil) Ellipsis of carteira de trabalho (“employment record book”).


bêbedo

pt-noun

bêbedo m (plural bêbedos, feminine bêbeda, feminine plural bêbedas)

bêbedos (plural)
bêbeda (feminine)
bêbedas (feminine plural)


ajudante

ajudante m or f by sense (plural ajudantes)

[ɐ.ʒuˈðɐ̃.tɨ]


ciúme

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *zelumen, from Late Latin zelus (“jealousy”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-.


boleia

Borrowed from French volée. Doublet of vólei.

Só nos restava uma saída: alugar um táxi ou pedir boleia. Optámos pela boleia, porque não tínhamos dinheiro para o táxi e a distância ainda era razoável. O que parece incrível é que a única boleia que se nos ofereceu foi na carroça de um ...

2009, Alfredo Rosendo Machado, Não Desistas, letrasdouro, →ISBN, page 60:

We only had one way out: to rent a cab or ask for a ride. We chose the ride, because we had no money for the cab and the distance was still reasonable. What seems amazing is that the only ride that was offered to us was in the cart of a ...

(Portugal) ride (in a vehicle, for free)


desgraça

/d͡ʒiʒˈɡɾa.sɐ/

/dɨʒˈɡɾa.sɐ/

[dɨʒˈɣɾa.sɐ]


compaixão

[kõ.paɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin compassiōnem, from Latin compatior.


advogada

[ɐ.ðβuˈɣa.ðɐ]


champanhe

/ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲi/

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃i]

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ɪ̯̃]

/ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲi/

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃i]

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ɪ̯̃]

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃ɪ̯̃]

/t͡ʃɐ̃ˈpa.ɲɨ/

/t͡ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃j̃/

Borrowed from French champagne, after the region Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campanha.

champagne (sparkling wine made in Champagne)

(informal) sparkling wine (any effervescent wine)


bondade

From Old Galician-Portuguese bondade, from Latin bonitātem.

Os chineses dizem: a bondade gera bondade e o mal gera punição.

Say the Chinese: goodness begets goodness and evil begets punishment.


carrinho

carrinho de compras


conselheiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese conselleyro, from Latin cōnsiliārius. Cognate with Galician conselleiro and Spanish consejero. By surface analysis, conselho + -eiro.


carruagem

[ka.χʊˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[kaˈχwa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/kɐˈʁwa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

Borrowed from Spanish carruaje, from Catalan carruatge or Occitan cariatge, ultimately derived from Latin carrus.


colónia

European Portuguese standard spelling of colônia.


celeiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese celeyro, from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella.


coleção

Learned borrowing from Latin collēctiōnem. Cognate with Galician and Spanish colección, Catalan col·lecció, Occitan colleccion, French collection and Italian collezione.


bolacha

Macanese: bolacho

biscoito [dialect-dependent, some distinguish both]

(slang) coaster, a piece of material used to protect the surface of a table