bisão europeu

pt-noun

bisão europeu m (plural bisões europeus)

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual

wisent (the European bison, Bison bonasus)


bisonte europeu

bisonte europeu m (plural bisontes europeus)

European bison; wisent (the species Bison bonasus)


boas novas

(Christianity) good news (the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)


boa vontade

boa vontade f (usually uncountable, plural boas vontades)

goodwill (favourably disposed attitude toward someone or something)


bicicleta de montanha

bicicleta de montanha f (plural bicicletas de montanha)

mountain bike (bicycle especially designed for off-road riding)


boi-almiscarado

boi-almiscarado m (plural bois-almiscarados)


bola de berlim

bola de berlim f (plural bolas de berlim)


bola de demolição

bola de demolição f (plural bolas de demolição)

wrecking ball (heavy steel ball used for demolition)


bloco de notas

bloco de notas m (plural blocos de nota)


delecionista

delecionista m or f by sense (plural delecionistas)


atenuação

Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, atenuar + -ção.

lbor

attenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)

(physics) attenuation (a reduction in the level of some property with distance)


benefício da dúvida

pt-noun

benefício da dúvida m (plural benefícios da dúvida)

benefit of the doubt
benefit of the doubt

benefit of the doubt (a favourable judgement given in the absence of full evidence)


bola do pé

ball (place where the toe joins the rest of the foot)


bola de cristal

bola de cristal f (plural bolas de cristal)

crystal ball (a globe used to foretell the future)


bolsa carteira

bolsa carteira f (plural bolsas carteiras)

clutch (a small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)


briluz

Era briluz, as lesmolisas touvas / Roldavam e relviam nos gramilvos — Lewis Carroll, Jaguadarte (tradução de Augusto de Campos do poema Jabberwacky).

(nonce word) brillig (four o’clock in the afternoon)


bolsa de estudos

bolsa de estudos f (plural bolsas de estudos)


bomba sexual

(colloquial) sex bomb (someone highly sexy)


boneco de palito

boneco de palito m (plural bonecos de palito)


boneca de pano

boneca de pano f (plural bonecas de pano)


bomba de neutrões

bomba de neutrões f (plural bombas de neutrões)

(European Portuguese spelling) neutron bomb (atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons)


britadeira

From britar (“to brit, to crush”) + -deira.

jackhammer (portable percussive drill device)


bomba de hidrogénio

bomba de hidrogénio f (plural bombas de hidrogénio)


brasão de armas

brasão de armas m (plural brasões de armas)

(heraldry) coat of arms (a hereditary design depicted on an escutcheon)


buldogue americano

buldogue americano m (plural buldogues americanos)


bucha de canhão

bucha de canhão f (plural buchas de canhão)

cannon fodder (military forces considered to be expendable)

(by extension) anything considered to be expendable


brema-do-mar

Abramis brama
Abramis brama#Translingual


autorreferência

autorreferência f (plural autorreferências)


burro de carga

burro de carga m (plural burros de carga, feminine burra de carga, feminine plural burras de carga)

burros de carga (plural)
burra de carga (feminine)
burras de carga (feminine plural)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see burro, de, carga.

(figurative) someone who carries an excessive amount of weight


bútio-rabo-canela

bútio-rabo-canela m (plural bútios-rabo-canela)

Buteo rufinus
Buteo rufinus#Translingual

(rare) long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus)


búfalo-asiático

búfalo-asiático m (plural búfalos-asiáticos)


avejão

[a.veˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.vɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.vɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.bɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βɨˈʒɐ̃w̃]


avejão

From Latin vīsiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet visão.

[a.veˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.vɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.vɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.bɨˈʒɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βɨˈʒɐ̃w̃]

apparition; ghost (spirit appearing after death)


bilau

(Brazil, colloquial, often childish) wiener (penis)


bitola

gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)


birita

(Brazil, slang) booze (any alcoholic beverage)


bissetriz

(geometry) angle bisector (ray that divides an angle into two equal parts)


blusão

→ Hunsrik: Blusong

[bluˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


biúta

Britis arietans
Britis arietans#Translingual

(Angola) puffadder (Britis arietans, a venomous snake of subsaharan Africa)


boia salva-vidas

boia salva-vidas f (plural boias salva-vidas)


berrante

(Brazil) a blowing horn made from the horns of cattle or other animals used by Brazilian cowboys to call the cattle in the field or during transportation with herds


cadeira de escritório

cadeira de escritório f (plural cadeiras de escritório)

office chair (type of chair with a rotating base and small wheels)


cadeira de balanço

cadeira de balanço f (plural cadeiras de balanço)

rocking chair (chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked)


cadeia de caracteres

cadeia de caracteres f (plural cadeias de caracteres)

(computing) string (sequence of characters)


café com leite

café com leite m (plural cafés com leite)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see café, com, leite.


beijupirá

Rachycentron canadum
Rachycentron canadum#Translingual


biquíni

Garota da Copacabana / Um biquíni assim / Já é demais / E fica todo mundo na praia: / “Tomara que caia! Tomara que caia!”

1955, Carlos Barroso, Pedro Caetano, 0:07 from the start, in Tomara que caia, performed by Bill Farr:

Girl from Copacabana / A bikini like that / It's already too much / And everyone stays on the beach: / “I hope it falls! I hope it falls!”


cadeira de praia

cadeira de praia f (plural cadeiras de praia)


cabine de pilotagem

cabine de pilotagem f (plural cabines de pilotagem)

cockpit (the space for pilot and crew in an aircraft)


bodoque

From Arabic بُنْدُق (“hazelnuts, small projectiles”).

der

slingshot (Y-shaped device used to shoot projectiles)


cabeça de impressão

pt-noun

cabeça de impressão f (plural cabeças de impressão)


cadeia montanhosa

cadeia montanhosa f (plural cadeias montanhosas)

mountain chain (a series of mountain ranges)


saguão

Macanese: saguám

[saˈɡwɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Spanish zaguán, from Andalusian Arabic إِسْطِوَان (ʔisṭiwān), from Arabic أُسْطُوَانَة (ʔusṭuwāna, “pillar”).

der

أُسْطُوَانَة


benemérito

pt-noun

benemérito m (plural beneméritos, feminine benemérita, feminine plural beneméritas)

beneméritos (plural)
benemérita (feminine)
beneméritas (feminine plural)

contributor (a benefactor; someone who gives to charity or some cause)


cabine telefónica

cabine telefónica f (plural cabines telefónicas)

telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)


cachorro-do-mato

cachorro-do-mato m (plural cachorros-do-mato)

Cerdocyon thous
Cerdocyon thous#Translingual

Speothos venaticus
Wikispecies:Speothos venaticus

bush dog (a wild canine animal of species Speothos venaticus)


bobão

bobão m (plural bobões, feminine bobona, feminine plural bobonas)

bobões (plural)
bobona (feminine)
bobonas (feminine plural)

Finn: Wait...
Marceline: What?
Finn: Why are you holding yout bass up high like that?
Marceline: Um, I get better finger action this way.
Finn: But you look like a nerd.

2014 June 30, “Betty” (3:47 from the start), in Hora de Aventura, season 5, episode 48, Rio de Janeiro: Delart, dubbing of Betty (Adventure Time), via Cartoon Network Brasil:


cabeça de merda

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

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de, merda.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de merda.

(rare, derogatory) shithead (stupid or contemptible person)


bilionário

bilionário m (plural bilionários, feminine bilionária, feminine plural bilionárias)

bilionários (plural)
bilionária (feminine)
bilionárias (feminine plural)

billionaire (person whose wealth exceeds one billion)


bisteca

Borrowed from English beefsteak. Cognate with Spanish bistec and French bifteck.


bicho-papão

From bicho (“beast”) + papão (“glutton”). The legend says the creature would come at night to eat mischievous children, thus originating its name.

bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster in children’s stories)


birmã

Burmese (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent)


blogueiro

blogueiro m (plural blogueiros, feminine blogueira, feminine plural blogueiras)

blogueiros (plural)
blogueira (feminine)
blogueiras (feminine plural)

Blogger Usa-se às vezes para designar o dono do blog. É preferível dizer-se blogueiro. Nunca se diga bloguista! ...

2003, Paulo Querido, Luís Ene, Blogs, Centro Atlantico, →ISBN, page 151:

(Internet) blogger (contributor to a blog)


binóculo

binoculars (hand-held device for looking at a distance)


boça

Borrowed from Spanish boza, probably from Italian.

(nautical) cable (cable fixed to a hook on the bow, which is used to tie a vessel)


bibliófago

bibliófago m (plural bibliófagos, feminine bibliófaga, feminine plural bibliófagas)

bibliófagos (plural)
bibliófaga (feminine)
bibliófagas (feminine plural)


bomba de nêutron

bomba de nêutron f (plural bombas de nêutron)

(Brazil) neutron bomb (atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons)


boiola

(Brazil, derogatory, slang) fruitcake; fag; faggot; male homosexual

(Brazil, derogatory, slang) sissy (effeminate male)


bicho-de-conta

bicho-de-conta m (plural bichos-de-conta)


bisbilhotice

Aquela interminável torrente de bisbilhotice literária que arrastava o casamento dela, de Diana, para o fim. Ela não podia conservá-lo. Ele ia-se embora. Embora. Ia-se embora de ao pé dela. Diana esmagada ali pela sua própria miséria.

2011 [1926], As Torrentes da Primavera, Simon and Schuster, translation of The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway, →ISBN:

That interminable stream of literary gossip that was bringing her, Diana’s, marriage to an end. She couldn’t hold him. He was going. Going. Going away from her. Diana sitting there in misery.


buraco de minhoca

buraco de minhoca m (plural buracos de minhoca)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see buraco, de, minhoca.

buraco de verme
buraco de verme#Portuguese


cabo de guerra

cabo de guerra m (plural cabos de guerra)


braguilha

fly (strip that hides the opening of trousers or underpants)


boca-de-leão

snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum)


bufunfa

bufunfa f (usually uncountable, plural bufunfas)

(Angola, Brazil, colloquial) money; cheese


bem-estar

well-being (state of health, happiness and/or prosperity)


brancura

/bɾɐ̃ˈku.ɾɐ/


brochura

brochure (booklet of printed informational matter)


birmanês

birmanês m (plural birmaneses, feminine birmanesa, feminine plural birmanesas)

birmaneses (plural)
birmanesa (feminine)
birmanesas (feminine plural)


bernardo-eremita

bernardo-eremita m (plural bernardos-eremitas)


bobo da corte

jester (person in a mediaeval royal court)


brânquia

[ˈbɾɐ̃.kɪ.ɐ]

[ˈbɾɐ̃.kɪ.ɐ]

From Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion), possibly via Latin branchia.

(animal anatomy) gill (breathing organ of fish)


bombinha

firecracker (a type of very small explosive)


bolor

mould, mold (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)


besteiro

besteiro m (plural besteiros, feminine besteira, feminine plural besteiras)

besteiros (plural)
besteira (feminine)
besteiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese baesteiro, from Latin bālistārius, corresponding to besta (“crossbow”) + -eiro.

(military, historical) crossbowman (someone equipped with a crossbow)


bumerangue

/bu.mɨˈɾɐ̃.ɡɨ/

Borrowed from English boomerang, from Dharug bumariny.


besouro-bombardeiro

besouro-bombardeiro m (plural besouros-bombardeiros)


bucentauro

bucentaur (a supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man)


breviário

breviary (a book containing prayers and hymns)


bucaneiro

bucaneiro m (plural bucaneiros, feminine bucaneira, feminine plural bucaneiras)

bucaneiros (plural)
bucaneira (feminine)
bucaneiras (feminine plural)


brasão

[bɾaˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


bálano

From Latin balanus (“acorn”), from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). Cognate with Catalan bàlan, French balane, Italian balano, Spanish bálano.


brincalhão

pt-noun

brincalhão m (plural brincalhões, feminine brincalhona, feminine plural brincalhonas)

brincalhões (plural)
brincalhona (feminine)
brincalhonas (feminine plural)

/bɾĩ.kaˈʎɐ̃w̃/

[bɾĩ.kaˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/bɾĩ.kɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/


burgomestre

…e aos nobres e veneráveis Senhores Burgomestre e Magistrados desta Cidade de Amsterdam/Amstelveen.

2017, Chacham Dr. Pinchas Toledano, E.H. Rosenberg, editors, חמישה חומשי תורה ותפילות לשבת כמנהג ק׳׳ק תלמוד תורה אמשטרדם [Five Books of the Torah and Prayers for Sabbath per the Practice of the Holy Community Talmud Torah in Amsterdam] (prayer book; hardcover; overall work in Hebrew, English, Dutch, and Portuguese), Jerusalem: Koren Publishers Jerusalem, →ISBN, תפלות לשבת, page 111:

…and to the noble and venerable Lords Burgomaster and Magistrates of this city of Amsterdam/Amstelveen.

burgomaster (the mayor of a town in certain countries)


arrôto

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


brutamontes

brutamontes m or f by sense (invariable)


aqüífero

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


buxeira

box (any of various evergreen shrubs or trees)


brutamonte

brutamonte m or f by sense (plural brutamontes)


bueiro

Unknown. Maybe from bua (“water (childish)”) + -eiro or boiar (“to float”) + -eiro.

manhole (a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations)

drain (hole, pipe or channel allowing water to flow out)

(specifically) storm drain (drain for rainwater on the side of a road)


beterraba sacarina

beterraba sacarina f (plural beterrabas sacarinas)

Alternative spelling of beterraba-sacarina


cabine telefônica

cabine telefônica f (plural cabines telefônicas)

cabine telefónica
cabine telefónica#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cabine telefónica.


bomba de nêutrons

bomba de nêutrons f (plural bombas de nêutrons)

bomba de nêutron
bomba de nêutron#Portuguese


bomba de hidrogênio

bomba de hidrogênio f (plural bombas de hidrogênio)

bomba de hidrogénio
bomba de hidrogénio#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of bomba de hidrogénio.


bracelete

bracelet (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament)


benjamim

/bɐ̃j̃.ʒɐˈmĩ/

(Southeast Brazil) adaptor (device allowing more plugs at a socket)


bugiganga

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

[bu.ʒiˈɣɐ̃.ɡɐ]

Uncertain, possibly from Spanish bojiganga or Portuguese bugio.

A expressão "arqueado de bugigangas" é uma metáfora indicativa das estrelas que pontilham o espaço sideral. O termo "bugiganga" significa algo sem valor, mas associado à infância transforma-se numa espécie de tesouro. Relacionando ...

2006, João Claudio Arendt, Cinara Ferreira Pavani, Na esquina do tempo: 100 anos com Mario Quintana:

Não se lembrava mais quando começou aquela mania de colecionar todo tipo de bugiganga. Talvez, fosse a diversidade das coisas que chamasse a sua atenção. Ficava maravilhado com as variações das coisas. Assim, saía a procurar, até ...

2009, Hideraldo Montenegro, O Espelho De Alice, Clube de Autores, page 61:

trifle (thing of little importance or worth)

gadget, doohickey (mechanism of unknown use or functionality)


bronzeado

O seu bronzeado está ótimo.

suntan, tan (darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources)


ômicron

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ómicron.


bóia salva-vidas

bóia salva-vidas f (plural bóias salva-vidas)

boia salva-vidas
boia salva-vidas#Portuguese

Superseded spelling of boia salva-vidas.


doadora de órgãos

doadora de órgãos f (plural doadoras de órgãos)

doador de órgãos
doador de órgãos#Portuguese


ácido crotônico

ácido crotónico
ácido crotónico#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ácido crotónico.


diodo emissor de luz

diodo emissor de luz m (plural diodos emissores de luz)

díodo emissor de luz
díodo emissor de luz#Portuguese

Alternative form of díodo emissor de luz


ácido carbônico

ácido carbónico
ácido carbónico#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ácido carbónico.


água tônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of água tónica.


brema

(ichthyology) bream (fish of the genus Abramis)


águia pesqueira

águia pesqueira f (plural águias pesqueiras)


dicionário de sinônimos

dicionário de sinônimos m (plural dicionários de sinônimos)

dicionário de sinónimos
dicionário de sinónimos#Portuguese

Alternative form of dicionário de sinónimos


algo mais

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see algo, mais.


cadafalso

gallows; scaffold (platform for executions)


arquiinimigo

arquiinimigo m (plural arquiinimigos, feminine arquiinimiga, feminine plural arquiinimigas)

arquiinimigos (plural)
arquiinimiga (feminine)
arquiinimigas (feminine plural)


cachorro do mato

cachorro do mato m (plural cachorros do mato)

Alternative spelling of cachorro-do-mato


cachaço

clod (part of a shoulder or neck of beef)


café puro

black coffee (coffee served without cream or milk)


cafelo

Macanese: cafelo

Macanese: cafelâ


azerbaidjano

azerbaidjano m (plural azerbaidjanos, feminine azerbaidjana, feminine plural azerbaidjanas)

azerbaidjanos (plural)
azerbaidjana (feminine)
azerbaidjanas (feminine plural)


bomba-relógio

time bomb (bomb with a timeout mechanism)


álgebra abstracta

álgebra abstrata
álgebra abstrata#Portuguese

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


cabeçalho

(printing, typography) header (upper portion of a page layout)


bilião

[bi.lɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[biˈljɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Angola, Portugal, cardinal number) trillion (10¹²)

Tenho um bilião de coisas para fazer.

(colloquial, hyperbolic) billion (an unspecified very large number)


cagador

cagador m (plural cagadores, feminine cagadora, feminine plural cagadoras)

cagadores (plural)
cagadora (feminine)
cagadoras (feminine plural)


acônito

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of acónito.


cabrita

→ Sranan Tongo: krabita


caixa de texto

caixa de texto f (plural caixas de texto)

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) text box (widget that accepts textual input)


caixa de Pandora

caixa de Pandora f (plural caixas de Pandora)

Pandora's box (a source of unforeseen trouble)


caixa de guerra

caixa de guerra f (plural caixas de guerra)


caixa de costura

caixa de costura f (plural caixas de costura)

housewife (case for materials used in sewing)


caixa de entrada

caixa de entrada f (plural caixas de entrada)

(computing) inbox (folder containing received messages)


caixa de areia

caixa de areia f (plural caixas de areia)

litter box (box to provide a soiling area for cats)


bárion

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of barião.


caixa de correio

caixa de correio f (plural caixas de correio)


caixa de câmbio

caixa de câmbio f (plural caixas de câmbio)

gearbox (part of a car containing the gears)


caixa e espiga

mortise-and-tenon joint
mortise-and-tenon joint

(woodworking, rare) mortise-and-tenon joint, as a technique


caixa automático

caixa automático m (plural caixas automáticos)

automated teller machine
automated teller machine

(banking) automated teller machine (banking)


cafeteira

From café + -t- + -eira. Compare French cafetière.

coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)


bola de Berlim

bola de Berlim f (plural bolas de Berlim)

bola de berlim
bola de berlim#Portuguese


zênite

Sua popularidade chegou ao zênite nos anos 80.

Their popularity reached its peak in the 80s.

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of zénite.


caixa registradora

caixa registradora f (plural caixas registradoras)

cash register (machine that registers transactions)


anemômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anemómetro.


cajá-manga

cajá-manga m (plural cajás-manga or cajás-mangas)

cajás-manga (plural)
cajás-mangas (plural)


binômio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of binómio.


cal virgem

quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)


cabeleireira

[kɐ.βɨ.lɐjˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[kɐ.βɨ.lɐjˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]


decênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of decénio.


cabresto

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabresto, inherited from Latin capistrum. Doublet of the borrowing capistro.


bundão

bundão m (plural bundões, feminine bundona, feminine plural bundonas)

bundões (plural)
bundona (feminine)
bundonas (feminine plural)


cabeça-dura

cabeça-dura m or f by sense (plural cabeças-duras)

[kɐˌβe.sɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


calendário solar

calendário solar m (plural calendários solares)

solar calendar (a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun)


cama de casal

double bed (a bed designed for two adults)


calendário lunar

calendário lunar m (plural calendários lunares)

lunar calendar (a calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon)


boas-vindas

welcome (the act of greeting, of bidding someone welcome)


caldeira de recuperação

caldeira de recuperação f (plural caldeiras de recuperação)

recovery boiler (boiler for recovering soda)


cabreiro

cabreiro m (plural cabreiros, feminine cabreira, feminine plural cabreiras)

cabreiros (plural)
cabreira (feminine)
cabreiras (feminine plural)

[kɐˈβɾɐj.ɾu]

[kɐˈβɾɐj.ɾu]

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin caprārius. By surface analysis, cabra + -eiro.


camelo bactriano

camelo bactriano m (plural camelos bactrianos)

Camelus bactrianus
Camelus bactrianus#Translingual

(rare) Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)


bloguista

bloguista m or f by sense (plural bloguistas)

(Internet) blogger (contributor to a blog)


camada de ozónio

camada de ozónio f (plural camadas de ozónio)

camada de ozono
camada de ozono#Portuguese


bioluminescência

bioluminescência f (plural bioluminescências)

(biochemistry) bioluminescence (emission of light by a living organism)


caingangue

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe]

Kaingang (native language spoken in South Brazil)


caingangue

caingangue m or f by sense (plural caingangues or caingangue)

caingangues (plural)
caingangue (plural)

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe]

one of the Kaingang, a native people of South Brazil


anêmona-do-mar

anêmona-do-mar f (plural anêmonas-do-mar)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anémona-do-mar.


biofísica

biophysics (the application of methods from physics to biology)


jaburu

→ English: jabiru

Jabiru mycteria
Jabiru mycteria#Translingual


cagalhão

[ka.ɡaˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ.ɡɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/

[kɐ.ɣɐˈʎɐ̃w̃]


caiaque

Borrowed from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq).


anglo-saxônico

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anglo-saxónico.


ótica

European Portuguese standard spelling of óptica.


barafunda

Unknown. Hypothetical derivations include:
* Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá), a greeting used by Jews;
* Latin Berecynthia, a goddess whose feasts were accompanied by orgies;
* influence of confundir (“to confuse”).
Compare Spanish barahúnda.

der

בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא

Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá)

swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)


aterrissagem

By surface analysis, from aterrissar (“to land”) + -agem.


caixa eletrónico

pt-noun

caixa eletrónico m (plural caixas eletrónicos)


cajado

From Old Galician-Portuguese cayado, from Latin caia (“cudgel”).


beduíno

beduíno m (plural beduínos, feminine beduína, feminine plural beduínas)

beduínos (plural)
beduína (feminine)
beduínas (feminine plural)

From French bédouin, from Arabic بَدَوِيّ (badawiyy).

bedouin (member of a nomadic Arab tribe)


bugalho

From older bagalho, possibly from baga (“berry”) + galha (“gall”).

gall (blister or tumour-like growth found on the surface of plants)


axônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of axónio.


avelãzeira

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

[ɐ.βɨˌlɐ̃ˈzej.ɾɐ]

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈze.ɾɐ/


grão-mestre

grão-mestre m (plural grão-mestres, feminine grã-mestra, feminine plural grã-mestras)

grão-mestres (plural)
grã-mestra (feminine)
grã-mestras (feminine plural)

/ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈmɛs.tɾi/

[ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈmɛs.tɾi]

/ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈmɛs.tɾi/

[ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈmɛs.tɾi]

/ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈmɛʃ.tɾi/

[ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈmɛʃ.tɾi]

/ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈmɛs.tɾe/

[ˌɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈmɛs.tɾe]

/ˌɡɾɐ̃w̃ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/


dicotiledônea

dicotiledôneas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


botequeiro

botequeiro m (plural botequeiros, feminine botequeira, feminine plural botequeiras)

botequeiros (plural)
botequeira (feminine)
botequeiras (feminine plural)

(informal) barfly (person who spends much time in a bar)


cafarnaum

bedlam (a place of chaotic uproar, where confusion prevails)


camapu

Physalis peruviana
Physalis peruviana#Translingual

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) (plant)


calhandra

/kaˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/

/kaˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/

/kɐˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/


camarim

dressing room (room for changing clothes)


arameu

arameu m (plural arameus, feminine arameia, feminine plural arameias)

arameus (plural)
arameia (feminine)
arameias (feminine plural)

Aramaean (member of a Semitic people native to Aram)


bófia

Sabes que o bigode / já não está na moda / nem com buços do vinho / dá mais música à bófia

2014, “Dá mais música à bófia”, in B Fachada, performed by B Fachada:


calcinha

(chiefly Brazil) panties (underpants for females)


calcinha

(Portugal, informal) an effeminate or easily afraid man


detector de fumaça

detector de fumaça m (plural detectores de fumaça)

detetor de fumaça
detetor de fumaça#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of detetor de fumaça.


calhambeque

/kɐ.ʎɐ̃ˈbɛ.kɨ/


cenotáfio

cenotaph (monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere)


caixa-preta

(aviation) black box (recorder in an aircraft)


calouro

calouro m (plural calouros, feminine caloura, feminine plural calouras)

calouros (plural)
caloura (feminine)
calouras (feminine plural)


calúnia

Learned borrowing from Latin calumnia (“slander”). Doublet of coima.

lbor

slander, calumny (false, malicious statement)


calabrês

pt-noun

calabrês m (plural calabreses, feminine calabresa, feminine plural calabresas)

calabreses (plural)
calabresa (feminine)
calabresas (feminine plural)

[kɐ.lɐˈβɾeʃ]


calamidade

calamity (event resulting in great loss)

calamity (distress that results from some disaster)


calefação

Learned borrowing from Latin calefactiōnem.

lbor

heating (the act of making something hot)


calendas

calends (the first day of the Roman month)


bonecos de neve

boneco de neve
boneco de neve#Portuguese


calombo

Possibly borrowed from Kimbundu ka'lumba, ka'luma.


caixa torácica

pt-noun

caixa torácica f (plural caixas torácicas)


calculista

calculista m or f by sense (plural calculistas)

calculator (person who calculates, schemes)


danças do ventre

dança do ventre
dança do ventre#Portuguese


danças da morte

dança da morte
dança da morte#Portuguese


danças das cadeiras

dança das cadeiras
dança das cadeiras#Portuguese


delegacias de polícia

delegacia de polícia
delegacia de polícia#Portuguese


dedos indicadores

dedo indicador
dedo indicador#Portuguese


dentes de leite

dente de leite
dente de leite#Portuguese


derivas continentais

deriva continental
deriva continental#Portuguese


datas de nascimento

data de nascimento
data de nascimento#Portuguese


derivações regressivas

derivação regressiva
derivação regressiva#Portuguese


derramamentos de sangue

derramamento de sangue
derramamento de sangue#Portuguese


derretimentos nucleares

derretimento nuclear
derretimento nuclear#Portuguese


demonstrações do resultado do exercício

head

demonstrações do resultado do exercício f

demonstração do resultado do exercício#Portuguese

plural of demonstração do resultado do exercício


descansos de tela

descanso de tela
descanso de tela#Portuguese


desfiles de moda

desfile de moda
desfile de moda#Portuguese


cambojano

pt-noun

cambojano m (plural cambojanos, feminine cambojana, feminine plural cambojanas)

cambojanos (plural)
cambojana (feminine)
cambojanas (feminine plural)

Cambodian (a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent)

(uncountable) Cambodian (language of Cambodia)


calota

calota polar

cap (a portion of a spherical or other convex surface)


chefes de estação

chefe de estação
chefe de estação#Portuguese


despedidas de solteira

despedida de solteira
despedida de solteira#Portuguese


detetores de fumaça

detetor de fumaça
detetor de fumaça#Portuguese


dias onomásticos

dia onomástico
dia onomástico#Portuguese


desvios para o vermelho

desvio para o vermelho
desvio para o vermelho#Portuguese


dicionários enciclopédicos

dicionário enciclopédico
dicionário enciclopédico#Portuguese


diagramas de Hertzsprung-Russell

plural of diagrama de Hertzsprung-Russell


dicionários de sinónimos

dicionário de sinónimos
dicionário de sinónimos#Portuguese


direitos exclusivos

direito exclusivo
direito exclusivo#Portuguese


diagramas de Venn

diagrama de Venn
diagrama de Venn#Portuguese


direitos consuetudinários

direito consuetudinário
direito consuetudinário#Portuguese


diretores de cinema

diretor de cinema
diretor de cinema#Portuguese


discos de acreção

disco de acreção
disco de acreção#Portuguese


direitos públicos

direito público
direito público#Portuguese


discursos indiretos livres

discurso indireto livre
discurso indireto livre#Portuguese


discos flexíveis

disco flexível
disco flexível#Portuguese


direitos criminais

direito criminal
direito criminal#Portuguese


discos de hóquei

disco de hóquei
disco de hóquei#Portuguese


danças da chuva

dança da chuva
dança da chuva#Portuguese


dedos auriculares

dedo auricular
dedo auricular#Portuguese


dissonâncias cognitivas

dissonância cognitiva
dissonância cognitiva#Portuguese


discos intervertebrais

disco intervertebral
disco intervertebral#Portuguese


plasmas sanguíneos

plasma sanguíneo
plasma sanguíneo#Portuguese


distritos eleitorais

distrito eleitoral
distrito eleitoral#Portuguese


doadores de órgãos

doador de órgãos
doador de órgãos#Portuguese


dogos argentinos

dogo argentino
dogo argentino#Portuguese


doenças venéreas

doença venérea
doença venérea#Portuguese


doenças sexualmente transmitidas

plural of doença sexualmente transmitida


cadeira elétrica

cadeira elétrica f (plural cadeiras elétricas)

electric chair (a device used for performing execution by electrocution)


domínios públicos

domínio público
domínio público#Portuguese


dorsais oceânicas

dorsal oceânica
dorsal oceânica#Portuguese


ductos deferentes

ducto deferente
ducto deferente#Portuguese


canhota

[kɐ̃ˈj̃ɔ.tɐ]

[kɐ̃ˈj̃ɔ.tɐ]


déficits comerciais

déficit comercial
déficit comercial#Portuguese


decídua

(anatomy) decidua (mucous membrane that lines the uterus)


dívidas públicas

dívida pública
dívida pública#Portuguese


dióxidos de carbono

dióxido de carbono
dióxido de carbono#Portuguese


jardins botânicos

jardim botânico
jardim botânico#Portuguese


dívidas internas

dívida interna
dívida interna#Portuguese


jogos de computador

jogo de computador
jogo de computador#Portuguese


díodos emissores de luz

díodo emissor de luz
díodo emissor de luz#Portuguese


jogos eletrônicos

jogo eletrônico
jogo eletrônico#Portuguese


jardins zoológicos

jardim zoológico
jardim zoológico#Portuguese


joguetes nas mãos de

joguete nas mãos de
joguete nas mãos de#Portuguese


distâncias focais

distância focal
distância focal#Portuguese


áreas de serviço

área de serviço
área de serviço#Portuguese


árvores rubro-negras

árvore rubro-negra
árvore rubro-negra#Portuguese


áreas de transferência

área de transferência
área de transferência#Portuguese


índices de massa corporal

índice de massa corporal
índice de massa corporal#Portuguese


árvores de extensão

árvore de extensão
árvore de extensão#Portuguese


óleos de girassol

óleo de girassol
óleo de girassol#Portuguese


órgãos de reflexão

órgão de reflexão
órgão de reflexão#Portuguese


ônibus escolares

ônibus escolar
ônibus escolar#Portuguese


órgãos de sentido

órgão do sentido
órgão do sentido#Portuguese


ônibus espaciais

ônibus espacial
ônibus espacial#Portuguese


árvores geradoras

árvore geradora
árvore geradora#Portuguese


abridores de lata

abridor de lata
abridor de lata#Portuguese


órgãos sensoriais

órgão sensorial
órgão sensorial#Portuguese


donzelas de ferro

donzela de ferro
donzela de ferro#Portuguese


Exposições mundiais

Exposição mundial
Exposição mundial#Portuguese


acentos diacríticos

acento diacrítico
acento diacrítico#Portuguese


administradores de banco de dados

administrador de banco de dados#Portuguese

plural of administrador de banco de dados


amigos por correspondência

amigo por correspondência
amigo por correspondência#Portuguese


urtigas

/uʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐʃ/

[uχˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐʃ]


aparelhos televisores

aparelho televisor
aparelho televisor#Portuguese


aparelhos de mudança de via

aparelho de mudança de via
aparelho de mudança de via#Portuguese


aquecimentos globais

aquecimento global
aquecimento global#Portuguese


ares condicionados

ar condicionado
ar condicionado#Portuguese


anúncios intersticiais

anúncio intersticial
anúncio intersticial#Portuguese


areias movediças

areia movediça
areia movediça#Portuguese


butique

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of botica, bodega, apoteca, and adega.

doublet

boutique (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewellery and the like)


apontadores de lápis

apontador de lápis
apontador de lápis#Portuguese


arestas orientadas

aresta orientada
aresta orientada#Portuguese


artigos definidos

artigo definido
artigo definido#Portuguese


armas de destruição em massa

arma de destruição em massa
arma de destruição em massa#Portuguese


arrays associativos

array associativo
array associativo#Portuguese


aspiradores de pó

aspirador de pó
aspirador de pó#Portuguese


ativos circulantes

ativo circulante
ativo circulante#Portuguese


artigos indefinidos

artigo indefinido
artigo indefinido#Portuguese


assistentes sociais

assistente social
assistente social#Portuguese


assistências humanitárias

assistência humanitária
assistência humanitária#Portuguese


assédios sexuais

assédio sexual
assédio sexual#Portuguese


audiências objetivadas

audiência objetivada
audiência objetivada#Portuguese


ataques de nervos

ataque de nervos
ataque de nervos#Portuguese


aves de capoeira

ave de capoeira
ave de capoeira#Portuguese


bancos de igreja

banco de igreja
banco de igreja#Portuguese


aços inoxidáveis

aço inoxidável
aço inoxidável#Portuguese


barras de status

barra de status
barra de status#Portuguese


barras de estado

barra de estado
barra de estado#Portuguese


batimentos cardíacos

batimento cardíaco
batimento cardíaco#Portuguese


atestados de óbito

atestado de óbito
atestado de óbito#Portuguese


benzoatos de sódio

benzoato de sódio
benzoato de sódio#Portuguese


beijos de língua

beijo de língua
beijo de língua#Portuguese


benefícios da dúvida

benefício da dúvida
benefício da dúvida#Portuguese


bicarbonatos de sódio

bicarbonato de sódio
bicarbonato de sódio#Portuguese


bichos de pelúcia

bicho de pelúcia
bicho de pelúcia#Portuguese


bichos de peluche

bicho de peluche
bicho de peluche#Portuguese


bicicletas de montanha

bicicleta de montanha
bicicleta de montanha#Portuguese


calvário

Borrowed from Late Latin calvāria (literally “skull”), a calque of Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), from Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā).

der

גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא

Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā)

calvary (representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ)

(figuratively) calvary; ordeal (a painful or trying experience)


bisontes europeus

bisonte europeu
bisonte europeu#Portuguese


bolas de berlim

bola de berlim
bola de berlim#Portuguese


blocos de nota

bloco de notas
bloco de notas#Portuguese


bailes de máscaras

baile de máscaras
baile de máscaras#Portuguese


bolas de demolição

bola de demolição
bola de demolição#Portuguese


bolsas carteiras

bolsa carteira
bolsa carteira#Portuguese


bolsas de estudos

bolsa de estudos
bolsa de estudos#Portuguese


bombas de hidrogénio

bomba de hidrogénio
bomba de hidrogénio#Portuguese


bombas de neutrões

bomba de neutrões
bomba de neutrões#Portuguese


bonecas de pano

boneca de pano
boneca de pano#Portuguese


bonecos de palito

boneco de palito
boneco de palito#Portuguese


bombas de nêutron

bomba de nêutron
bomba de nêutron#Portuguese


brasões de armas

brasão de armas
brasão de armas#Portuguese


assassinos em série

assassino em série
assassino em série#Portuguese


buracos de minhoca

buraco de minhoca
buraco de minhoca#Portuguese


buldogues americanos

buldogue americano
buldogue americano#Portuguese


boias salva-vidas

boia salva-vidas
boia salva-vidas#Portuguese


burros de carga

burro de carga
burro de carga#Portuguese


bolas de cristal

bola de cristal
bola de cristal#Portuguese


buchas de canhão

bucha de canhão
bucha de canhão#Portuguese


cadeiras de praia

cadeira de praia
cadeira de praia#Portuguese


cadeias de caracteres

cadeia de caracteres
cadeia de caracteres#Portuguese


cadeias montanhosas

cadeia montanhosa
cadeia montanhosa#Portuguese


cafés com leite

café com leite
café com leite#Portuguese


cadeiras de escritório

cadeira de escritório
cadeira de escritório#Portuguese


cabos de guerra

cabo de guerra
cabo de guerra#Portuguese


cadeiras de balanço

cadeira de balanço
cadeira de balanço#Portuguese


cabines telefónicas

cabine telefónica
cabine telefónica#Portuguese


cabeças de impressão

cabeça de impressão
cabeça de impressão#Portuguese


cabines de pilotagem

cabine de pilotagem
cabine de pilotagem#Portuguese


bolas de Berlim

bola de Berlim
bola de Berlim#Portuguese


beterrabas sacarinas

beterraba sacarina
beterraba sacarina#Portuguese


bombas de hidrogênio

bomba de hidrogênio
bomba de hidrogênio#Portuguese


bombas de nêutrons

bomba de nêutrons
bomba de nêutrons#Portuguese


cabines telefônicas

cabine telefônica
cabine telefônica#Portuguese


bóias salva-vidas

bóia salva-vidas
bóia salva-vidas#Portuguese


cabeças de merda

cabeça de merda
cabeça de merda#Portuguese


dicionários de sinônimos

dicionário de sinônimos
dicionário de sinônimos#Portuguese


doadoras de órgãos

doadora de órgãos
doadora de órgãos#Portuguese


detectores de fumaça

detector de fumaça
detector de fumaça#Portuguese


águias pesqueiras

águia pesqueira
águia pesqueira#Portuguese


diodos emissores de luz

diodo emissor de luz
diodo emissor de luz#Portuguese


caixas automáticos

caixa automático
caixa automático#Portuguese


caixas de Pandora

caixa de Pandora
caixa de Pandora#Portuguese


caixas de câmbio

caixa de câmbio
caixa de câmbio#Portuguese


caixas de areia

caixa de areia
caixa de areia#Portuguese


caixas de correio

caixa de correio
caixa de correio#Portuguese


austro-húngara

pt-noun

austro-húngara f (plural austro-húngaras)

[ˌaʊ̯ʃ.tɾoˈũ.ɡa.ɾɐ]

/ˌawʃ.tɾɔˈũ.ɡɐ.ɾɐ/


caixas registradoras

caixa registradora
caixa registradora#Portuguese


caixas eletrónicos

caixa eletrónico
caixa eletrónico#Portuguese


cadeiras elétricas

cadeira elétrica
cadeira elétrica#Portuguese


calendários lunares

calendário lunar
calendário lunar#Portuguese


calendários solares

calendário solar
calendário solar#Portuguese


caixas de costura

caixa de costura
caixa de costura#Portuguese


caixas de texto

caixa de texto
caixa de texto#Portuguese


caixas de guerra

caixa de guerra
caixa de guerra#Portuguese


camadas de ozónio

camada de ozónio
camada de ozónio#Portuguese


caixas torácicas

caixa torácica
caixa torácica#Portuguese


caldeiras de recuperação

caldeira de recuperação
caldeira de recuperação#Portuguese


camelos bactrianos

camelo bactriano
camelo bactriano#Portuguese


jaqueiras

/ʒɐˈkɐj.ɾɐʃ/

/ʒɐˈkɐj.ɾɐʃ/

/ʒɐˈkej.ɾɐʃ/

/ʒɐˈkej.ɾɐʃ/


cachorros do mato

cachorro do mato
cachorro do mato#Portuguese


caixas de entrada

caixa de entrada
caixa de entrada#Portuguese


calabresa

smoke-cured pork sausage with calabresa pepper


biologia evolutiva do desenvolvimento

biologia evolutiva do desenvolvimento f (uncountable)

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vol.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.voɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vɔl.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.vɔɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vol.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.voɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vɔl.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.vɔɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bol.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.boɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bɔl.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.bɔɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bol.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.boɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bɔl.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.bɔɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

evolutionary developmental biology
evolutionary developmental biology

(biology) evolutionary developmental biology (branch of biology)


canelite

canelite f (usually uncountable, plural canelites)

(medicine) shin splint (painful inflammation of muscles in the shins)


campo de extermínio

campo de extermínio m (plural campos de extermínio)

death camp (facility where people are killed en-masse)


cantarela

Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius#Translingual


campo de batalha

campo de batalha m (plural campos de batalha)

battlefield (place where a battle occurs)


canal deferente

canal deferente m (plural canais deferentes)


campeonato mundial

campeonato mundial m (plural campeonatos mundiais)

world cup (competition involving competitors from around the world)


canção de ninar

canção de ninar f (plural canções de ninar)

(Brazil) lullaby (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)


campo de concentração

campo de concentração m (plural campos de concentração)

concentration camp (camp where large numbers of persons are detained)


canção do cisne

canção do cisne f (plural canções do cisne)

(idiomatic) swan song (a final performance)


atrelado

(Portugal) trailer (vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment)


caractere chinês

caractere chinês m (plural caracteres chineses)


cara ou coroa

cara ou coroa m (plural caras ou coroas)

heads or tails (flipping a coin in order to choose between two alternatives)


caracol de Pascal

caracol de Pascal m (plural caracóis de Pascal)


carité

Vitellaria paradoxa
Vitellaria paradoxa#Translingual

shea (Vitellaria paradoxa, a tree of West Africa)


cardo hortense

cardo hortense m (plural cardos hortenses)


carne de canhão

cannon fodder (military forces considered to be expendable)


cardo de coalho

cardo de coalho m (plural cardos de coalho)


cartão SIM

SIM card (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data)


carrinho de compras

carrinho de compras m (plural carrinhos de compras)


carrinho de supermercado

carrinho de supermercado m (plural carrinhos de supermercado)

shopping cart (conveyance used to carry items while shopping)


carta de baralho

carta de baralho f (plural cartas de baralho)

playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)


carste

From German der Karst, name of a limestone region in Slovenia.

(geology) karst (type of land formation)


carro de bombeiro

carro de bombeiro m (plural carros de bombeiro)


carro-chefe

carro-chefe m (plural carros-chefe or carros-chefes)

carros-chefe (plural)
carros-chefes (plural)


carta geográfica

carta geográfica f (plural cartas geográficas)


carta de crédito

carta de crédito f (plural cartas de crédito)

(finance, banking) letter of credit (trade finance document)


carta nas mangas

carta nas mangas f (plural cartas nas mangas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carta, nas, mangas.

(idiomatic) ace up one's sleeve (a surprise advantage of which others are not aware)


cartão de embarque

cartão de embarque f (plural cartões de embarque)

boarding pass (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.)


cartão de débito

cartão de débito m (plural cartões de débito)

debit card (card taking money directly from the bank account)


cartão de ponto

cartão de ponto m (plural cartões de ponto)


casa da moeda

mint (money-producing building or institution)


casa de penhores

casa de penhores f (plural casas de penhores)

pawnshop (business premises of a pawnbroker)


casa da árvore

casa da árvore f (plural casas da árvore)


casa de câmbio

casa de câmbio f (plural casas de câmbio)

bureau de change (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged)


carro fúnebre

carro fúnebre m (plural carros fúnebres)

hearse (vehicle for transporting a corpse)


campo de força

campo de força m (plural campos de força)

(science fiction) force field (a field of energy that prevents passage)


carta de marca

carta de marca f (plural cartas de marca)

letter of marque (official commission authorising someone to seize the property or people of another nation)


canteiro de obras

canteiro de obras m (plural canteiros de obras)

(construction) building site (location of a building under construction)


carro de combate

carro de combate m (plural carros de combate)

(military) tank (military armoured fighting vehicle)


caneta de tinta permanente

caneta de tinta permanente f (plural canetas de tinta permanente)

(Portugal) fountain pen (pen containing a reservoir of ink)


casamento arranjado

casamento arranjado m (plural casamentos arranjados)

arranged marriage (marriage planned by someone else)


casamento misto

casamento misto m (plural casamentos mistos)

mixed marriage (marriage between people of different races, cultures, religions, etc.)


castanhola

(music) castanet (a single handheld percussion instrument)


caso essivo

(grammar) essive case (case used to indicate a temporary state of being)


caso caritivo

(grammar) caritive case (case used to express the lack of something)


caso absolutivo

(grammar) absolutive case (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action)


caso comitativo

(grammar) comitative case (case used to denote companionship)


caso alativo

(grammar) allative case (case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something)


caso elativo

(grammar) elative case (case used to indicate movement out of something)


caso adessivo

(grammar) adessive case (noun case used to indicate adjacent location)


caso ilativo

(grammar) illative case (case used to indicate movement into something)


caso delativo

(grammar) delative case (case used to indicate movement from an object)


castelo de areia

castelo de areia m (plural castelos de areia)

sandcastle (a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle)


cancro do pulmão

cancro do pulmão m (plural cancros do pulmão)

(Portugal) lung cancer (cancer of the lung(s))


caso ergativo

(grammar) ergative case (case used to indicate the agent of a verb)


castanheiro-do-pará

castanheiro-do-pará m (plural castanheiros-do-pará)


causa de pedir

causa de pedir f (plural causas de pedir)

(law) cause of action (condition that entitles suing)


canadiano

canadiano m (plural canadianos, feminine canadiana, feminine plural canadianas)

canadianos (plural)
canadiana (feminine)
canadianas (feminine plural)

(Portugal) Canadian (person from Canada)


caso abessivo

(grammar) abessive case (case used to express the lack of something)


cecídio

gall (growth found on the surface of plants)


cavalo de vapor

cavalo de vapor m (plural cavalos de vapor)


catálogo telefónico

catálogo telefónico m (plural catálogos telefónicos)

telephone directory (a listing of telephone subscribers)


cavalo de pau

cavalo de pau m (plural cavalinhos de pau)

hobby horse (a child's toy consisting of a (usually wooden or cloth) horse's head mounted on a stick)


cebolinha-verde

cebolinha-verde f (plural cebolinhas-verdes)

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual


cera de ouvido

earwax (waxy substance secreted by the ear)


cera de abelha

cera de abelha f (usually uncountable, plural ceras de abelha)


camisa-de-vênus

camisa-de-vênus f (plural camisas-de-vênus)

(Brazil) condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)


central telefónica

central telefónica f (plural centrais telefónicas)

(telecommunications) switch (system which allows the interconnection of a calling party’s telephone line with any called party's line)


camisa de força

camisa de força f (plural camisas de força)

(Brazil) straitjacket (garment that prevents arm movement)


canaleta

gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)

swale (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water)


captura de tela

captura de tela f (plural capturas de tela)

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


caso possessivo

(grammar) possessive case (case used to express direct possession)


campesinato

peasantry (impoverished rural farm workers)


capô

hood, bonnet (cover over the engine of a motor car)


cardigã

/kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

[kaɦ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃]

/kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

[kaɦ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃]

/kaɾ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

/kaʁ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

/kaɻ.d͡ʒiˈɡɐ̃/

/kɐɾ.diˈɡɐ̃/

[kɐɾ.ðiˈɣɐ̃]


caramujo

snail (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)


carrapato

Probably either directly from or derived from the same source as Spanish garrapata.


cara-metade

cara-metade f or (rare) m or (rare) f by sense (plural caras-metades)

cara-metade f or (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)
caras-metades (plural)


camuflagem

camuflagem f (usually uncountable, plural camuflagens)

Borrowed from French camouflage. By surface analysis, camuflar + -agem.

Near-synonym: disfarce

(countable) camouflage (a disguise or covering up)

(ethology) camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)

(military) camouflage (use of natural or artificial material to confuse the enemy)

(textiles) camouflage (pattern on clothing)


carma

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) karma (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence)

karma (a force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate)


catapora

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatá pora (“fire marks”).


carteira de identidade

carteira de identidade f (plural carteiras de identidade)

(Brazil) ID card (card or badge showing the official identity of the wearer)


carteira de motorista

carteira de motorista f (plural carteiras de motorista)

(Brazil) driver's license (documenting permitting a person to drive)


carriço

From Old Galician-Portuguese carriço, from Vulgar Latin *cāriceus, from Latin cārex (“sedge”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish carrizo.


caroneiro

caroneiro m (plural caroneiros, feminine caroneira, feminine plural caroneiras)

caroneiros (plural)
caroneira (feminine)
caroneiras (feminine plural)


cartunista

cartunista m or f by sense (plural cartunistas)

(comics) cartoonist (creator of cartoons)


caravançará

[kɐ.ɾɐ.βɐ̃.sɐˈɾa]

Borrowed from French caravansérail, from Ottoman Turkish كاروانسَرای (karvanseray), كَروانسَرای (kervanseray), from Persian کاروانسرای (kârvânsarây).

der

(historical) caravanserai (an inn having a central courtyard where caravans can rest)

(Brazil, dated) mess (chaotic arrangement of things)


caneleira

shinguard (piece of apparel to protect the shin)

Cinnamomum verum
Cinnamomum verum#Translingual

(uncountable) cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)


casinha de cachorro

pt-noun

casinha de cachorro f (plural casinhas de cachorro)


carruageiro

carruageiro m (plural carruageiros, feminine carruageira, feminine plural carruageiras)

carruageiros (plural)
carruageira (feminine)
carruageiras (feminine plural)


campo vetorial

campo vetorial m (plural campos vetoriais)

(mathematics) vector field (construction)


cariátide

caryatid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element)


capacho

From Spanish capacho, from capazo, from Latin capax.

doormat (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house)

(figuratively) doormat (someone that is over-submissive to others’ wishes)


capão

From Old Galician-Portuguese capon, from a Vulgar Latin root *cappō, *cappōnem, from Latin cāpō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Compare Catalan capó, English capon, French chapon, Italian cappone, Spanish capón.

der

capon (a cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table)


capão

Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'a (“woods”) + 'ypa'ũ (“island”) (itself "space" pa'ũ in "water" 'y).

(Brazil) copse; an isolated bunch of trees in an open space


caravela-portuguesa

pt-noun

caravela-portuguesa f (plural caravelas-portuguesas)

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war

Physalia physalis
Physalia physalis#Translingual

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)


casquinha

(Brazil, countable) ice cream (in a cone)


caçapa

(Brazil, billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (net into which balls are struck)


castelhanismo

Hispanicism (a Spanish-language item as it appears in another language)


carrinho de mão

carrinho de mão m (plural carrinhos de mão)

/kaˈʁĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃w̃/

[kaˈhĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kaˈʁĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃w̃/

[kaˈhĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kaˈʁĩ.ɲu d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃w̃/

[kaˈχĩ.j̃u d͡ʒi ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐˈʁi.ɲu dɨ ˈmɐ̃w̃/

[kɐˈʁi.ɲu ðɨ ˈmɐ̃w̃]

Empregado no commercio — 1: quando conduzia um carrinho de mão, foi atropelado por um automovel, que lhe produziu escoriações e ferimentos contusos no hypocondrio esquerdo, e um corto-contuso na região frontal (foi para a Santa Casa).

1913, “Accidentes no trabalho em Junho de 1913”, in Boletim do Departamento Estadual do Trabalho, volume 2, number 7, São Paulo: Typ. Brasil de Rothschild & Cia., page 256:

Trade employee - 1: while driving a wheelbarrow, he was hit by a car, which caused abrasions and blunt injuries to the left hypochondrium, and a cut and bruise to the frontal region (he was taken to Santa Casa).


centímetro cúbico

centímetro cúbico m (plural centímetros cúbicos)


carcás

From Old Galician-Portuguese carcaix, from Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”).


catamarã

/kɐ.tɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃/

Borrowed from English catamaran, from Tamil கட்டுமரம் (kaṭṭumaram).


casmurro

pt-noun

casmurro m (plural casmurros, feminine casmurra, feminine plural casmurras)

casmurros (plural)
casmurra (feminine)
casmurras (feminine plural)

curmudgeon (an ill-tempered stubborn person)


catacrese

the use of a word from a similar or comparable concept to represent another concept


cartão do cidadão

cartão do cidadão m (plural cartões do cidadão)

[kaɾˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ du si.daˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaχˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ du si.daˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaɻˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ do si.daˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɐɾˈtɐ̃w̃ du si.ðɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

cartão de cidadão
cartão de cidadão#Portuguese


carne moída

carne moída f (usually uncountable, plural carnes moídas)

(uncountable) mince, minced meat (finely chopped meat)


chaninho

(colloquial) pussy (affectionate term for a cat)


caulinita

(mineralogy) kaolinite (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)


catódio

(electricity) cathode (electrode through which current flows outward)


cereal matinal

cereal matinal m (plural cereais matinais)

(Brazil) breakfast cereal (food made from processed grains)


chacal-dourado

chacal-dourado m (plural chacais-dourados)


chargista

chargista m or f by sense (plural chargistas)

cartoonist (creator of political cartoons)


chacal prateado

chacal prateado m (plural chacais prateados)


casamata

(military) casemate (bombproof chamber as part of fortification)


chinglês

(rare) Chinglish (English influenced by Chinese)


certidão de nascimento

certidão de nascimento f (plural certidões de nascimento)

birth certificate (official document certifying the details of a person’s birth)


chantagem emocional

chantagem emocional f (plural chantagens emocionais)

emotional blackmail (psychological misuse of a person’s emotions)


cerveja inglesa

cerveja inglesa f (plural cervejas inglesas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cerveja, inglesa.


troneira

(architecture, military) embrasure, crenel (indentation between the merlons of a battlement)


candil

From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl). Cognate with Galician and Spanish candil and Turkish kandil.

[kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]


candil

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

[kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]


caçadeira

[kɐ.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[kɐ.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

shotgun (gun that fires several small pellets)


cavanhaque

Named after French general L. E. Cavaignac (1802–1857).

named-after

goatee (beard at the centre of the chin)


chefe de estado

pt-noun

chefe de estado m or f by sense (plural chefes de estado)

head of state (the chief public representative of a nation)


chuveirada

shower (instance of bathing with a shower), especially one that is done quickly


castidade

castidade f (usually uncountable, plural castidades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese castidade, borrowed from Latin castitātem.

chastity (abstaining from sexual intercourse outside of marriage)


chave de grifo

chave de grifo f (plural chaves de grifo)

pipe wrench; monkey wrench (adjustable wrench)


caucasoide

caucasoide m or f by sense (plural caucasoides)


chinês simplificado

Simplified Chinese (Chinese written using simplified characters)


chinelo de dedo

chinelo de dedo m (plural chinelos de dedo)

flip-flop; thong (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps)


carvalho-português

carvalho-português m (plural carvalhos-portugueses)

Quercus faginea
Quercus faginea#Translingual

Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea, an oak of the western Mediterranean region)


cavalinha

From cavalo (“horse”) + -inha in the one sense and cavala (“mackerel”) + -inha in the other.


capacitor de fluxo

capacitor de fluxo m (plural capacitores de fluxo)

(science fiction) flux capacitor (device that grants time travel)


chocolate quente

chocolate quente m (plural chocolates quentes)


chocólatra

chocólatra m or f by sense (plural chocólatras)


chocolate branco

chocolate branco m (plural chocolates brancos)

white chocolate (sweet made from cocoa butter)


choupo-tremedor

choupo-tremedor m (plural choupos-tremedores)


chá preto

chá preto m (usually uncountable, plural chás pretos)

black tea (tea leaves which have been oxidised)


causticidade

causticidade f (usually uncountable, plural causticidades)

causticity (the quality of being caustic)


ciclo de Otto

Otto cycle (basic thermodynamic cycle of the normal four-stroke internal combustion engine)


cidade fantasma

cidade fantasma f (plural cidades fantasma)


chá gelado

chá gelado m (usually uncountable, plural chás gelados)


ciclo do carbono

ciclo do carbono m (plural ciclos do carbono)


cavalariça

From Late Latin caballāricia, from Latin caballus (“horse”). Compare Spanish caballeriza.


cidade dormitório

cidade dormitório f (plural cidades dormitório or cidades dormitórios)

cidades dormitório (plural)
cidades dormitórios (plural)


choque elétrico

choque elétrico m (plural choques elétricos)

electric shock (shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body)


centípede

(rare) centipede (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)


cinejornal

newsreel (short film containing news or current affairs)


chuva de molhar bobo

chuva de molhar bobo f (plural chuvas de molhar bobo)

(Brazil, colloquial) rain that seems light enough for people to walk around in without getting wet, fooling those who do into getting drenched; alternatively, a rain that falls before those walking around expected it to come


cirilização

Cyrillization (putting text into the Cyrillic alphabet)


cata-vento

weather vane (a device showing the direction of the wind)


cata-vento

cata-vento m or f by sense (plural cata-ventos)

(figuratively) fickle person, who often changes their opinion


caxemirense

caxemirense m or f by sense (plural caxemirenses)


chá verde

chá verde m (usually uncountable, plural chás verdes)

green tea (tea made from the leaves of the tea plant)


carocha

/kɐˈɾɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

Unknown. For sense 3, compare coroça and Spanish coroza.

Deu também, nesse mesmo ano, uma peste de carocha preta como nunca se vira.

2024 January 18, Raimundo Sales, Manairama - Maldição e Vida, Scortecci, →ISBN:

That same year, there was also an outbreak of black beetles like never seen before.

[…] Que bem que ficava uma carocha a este herege!

1879, Manoel Bernardes Branco, Portugal e os Estrangeiros, page 397:

[…] a dunce cap would look great on this heretic!

Como elle estava condemnado a fogueira, estava ella já prompta; o réo trazia uma carocha e uma samarra pintada de demonios e tições accesos […]

1866, Charles Dellon, Narração da Inquisição de Goa, vertida em port., e accrescentada com notas, por M.V. d'Abreu, page 226:

As he was condemned to the stake, it was already prepared; the accused wore a dunce cap and a cloak painted with demons and burning embers […]

(historical) a kind of dunce cap used during the Spanish Inquisition


carocha

/kɐˈɾɔ.t͡ʃɐ/


cazaque

cazaque m or f by sense (plural cazaques)


cinto de castidade

cinto de castidade m (plural cintos de castidade)

chastity belt (belt-like garment used to prevent sexual intercourse)


chahada

(Islam) shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)


circulador de ar

circulador de ar m (plural circuladores de ar)

ventilator (device that circulates fresh air and expels stale or noxious air)


catividade

catividade f (usually uncountable, plural catividades)


cinto de segurança

cinto de segurança m (plural cintos de segurança)

seat belt; safety belt (a belt that attaches a person to an immovable object for safety)


cisne-negro

Cygnus atratus
Cygnus atratus#Translingual


circuito elétrico

circuito elétrico m (plural circuitos elétrico)

electric circuit (paths that can carry an electric current)


casa noturna

Compound of casa + noturna. Literally, “nocturnal house”.

Não há nenhuma diferença clara entre casa noturna e boate no dicionário.

2022 May 19, Qual a diferença entre casa noturna e boate?:

There is no clear difference between a nightclub and a club in the dictionary.

nightclub (establishment that is open late at night)


chave de cadeia

chave de cadeia f (plural chaves de cadeia)

(slang) someone who brings trouble to those involved with them


chinês tradicional

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chinês, tradicional.

Traditional Chinese (Chinese written using traditional characters)


cientista político

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

cientistas políticos (plural)
cientista política (feminine)
cientistas políticas (feminine plural)

political scientist (expert in political science)


cenoura-brava

cenoura-brava f (plural cenouras-bravas)

[sɨˌnow.ɾɐˈβɾa.βɐ]

Pastinaca sativa
Pastinaca sativa#Translingual

parsnip (the plant Pastinaca sativa and its root)


caturra

caturra m or f by sense (plural caturras)

curmudgeon (an ill-tempered stubborn person)


caturra

cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)


castanha-do-pará

castanha-do-pará f (plural castanhas-do-pará)

[kɐʃˌtɐ.ɲɐ.ðu.pɐˈɾa]

[kɐʃˌtɐ.ɲɐ.ðu.pɐˈɾa]

Named after Captaincy of Grão Pará, former administrative unit in Brazil's North Region, from where the nut is native to.

A castanha do Pará, geral e impropriamente conhecida com o nome de castanha do Maranhão, é, como se sabe, o fructo da Bertholletia Excelsa ou castanheiro.

1864, Couto de Magalhães, “Appendice”, in Relatorio dos negocios da provincia do Pará, Belém: Typographia Frederico Rhossard, Castanhas, page 9:

O preço da castanha do Pará, segundo se me informou, regulava ha 60 annos, a 80 réis por alqueire e conservou-se por muito tempo a 100, 160 e 200 réis.

1869, Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, chapter VII, in A região occidental da provincia do Pará, Belém: Typographia do Diario de Belem, page 211:

Já então não tinhamos mantimentos alguns; as nossas barracas estavam completamente podres; foi preciso fazer ranchos de palha para nos abrigarmos das chuvas torrenciaes que cahiam sem interrupção. Os nossos recursos eram a caça e a pesca e pricipalmente o fructo do tucary, a castanha do Pará.

1890, Paula Freitas, “Explorações em Matto-Grosso”, in Revista da Sociedade de Geographia do Rio de Janeiro, volume VI, number 4, Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Perseverança, page 148:

Bertholletia excelsa
Bertholletia excelsa#Translingual

Captaincy of Grão Pará
pt:castanha-do-pará


clareamento

clearing (act or process of making or becoming clear)


ciência política

ciência política f (plural ciências políticas)


celibatário

celibatário m (plural celibatários, feminine celibatária, feminine plural celibatárias)

celibatários (plural)
celibatária (feminine)
celibatárias (feminine plural)


classe lateral

classe lateral f (plural classes laterais)

(algebra) coset (a copy of a subgroup multiplied by some element from the parent group)


classe operária

classe operária f (plural classes operárias)

working class (social class doing physical work)


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

funk (foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour)


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/


classe média

middle class (a social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class)


classe lateral à direita

classe lateral à direita f (plural classes laterais à direita)

Literally, “lateral class to the right”.


classe lateral à esquerda

classe lateral à esquerda f (plural classes laterais à esquerda)


caubói

cowboy (person who tends cattle, especially in the American West)

cowboy (a man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music)


caçador de recompensas

caçador de recompensas m (plural caçadores de recompensas, feminine caçadora de recompensas, feminine plural caçadoras de recompensas)

caçadores de recompensas (plural)
caçadora de recompensas (feminine)
caçadoras de recompensas (feminine plural)

[kɐ.sɐˈðoɾ ðɨ ʁɨ.kõˈpẽ.sɐʃ]

[kɐ.sɐˈðoɾ ðɨ ʁɨ.kõˈpẽ.sɐʃ]

[kɐ.sɐˈðo.ɾi ðɨ ʁɨ.kõˈpẽ.sɐʃ]

bounty hunter (person who catches criminals in return for a reward)


classe trabalhadora

classe trabalhadora f (plural classes trabalhadoras)


cara-pálida

cara-pálida m or f by sense (plural caras-pálidas)


cetim

From Arabic السَاتَان زَيْتُون (as-sātān zaytūn, “satin from Zaitun”), a city in China, perhaps 新疆 (Xīnjiāng), a port during the middle ages.

bor

السَاتَان زَيْتُون

satin (cloth with a glossy surface and a dull back)


castrão

[kasˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kasˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kaʃˈtɾɐ̃w̃/

[kaʃˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐʃˈtɾɐ̃w̃/


chapim

tit (a small passerine bird of the genus Parus)


cobra-lisa-austríaca

pt-noun

cobra-lisa-austríaca f (plural cobras-lisas-austríacas)


clínico geral

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

clínicos gerais (plural)
clínica geral (feminine)
clínicas gerais (feminine plural)

general practitioner
general practitioner

general practitioner (physician who provides primary care; family doctor)


cerquinho

Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea, an oak of the western Mediterranean region)


ceifeira-debulhadora

ceifeira-debulhadora f (plural ceifeiras-debulhadoras)

[sɐjˌfɐj.ɾɐ.ðɨ.βu.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

[sɐjˌfɐj.ɾɐ.ðɨ.βu.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

(Portugal, agriculture) combine harvester (farming machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain)


centáurea

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


coexistência pacífica

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coexistência, pacífica.

peaceful coexistence
peaceful coexistence

(politics) peaceful coexistence (mutual non-interference)


clériga

female equivalent of clérigo; clergywoman


chantili

chantili m (usually uncountable, plural chantilis)

whipped cream (thick cream that has had air incorporated into it by rapid beating)


chinchila

chinchila (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural chinchilas)

/t͡ʃĩˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/


cherovia

[t͡ʃɨ.ɾuˈβi.ɐ]

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā, “caraway”), via Andalusian Arabic.

bor+

parsnip (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa)


chateação

/ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/t͡ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


chumbinho

(fishing) sinker (weight used in fishing)


chumbada

[t͡ʃũˈba.ðɐ]


chilique

tantrum (childish display of bad temper)


chanfro

/ˈt͡ʃɐ̃.fɾu/


chupista

pt-noun

chupista m or f by sense (plural chupistas)

(slang) bloodsucker; parasite (someone who takes advantage of others)


coalescedor

coalescer (device used to perform coalescence)


chalreta

[ʃaʊ̯ˈχe.tɐ]


coito interrompido

coitus interruptus (sexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis)


chama-maré

/ˌʃɐ̃.mɐ.maˈɾɛ/

/ˌʃɐ̃.mɐ.maˈɾɛ/

/ˌʃɐ.mɐ.mɐˈɾɛ/

/ˌʃɐ.mɐ.mɐˈɾɛ/

/ˌt͡ʃa.mɐ.mɐˈɾɛ/

(Brazil) fiddler crab (Uca (genus of crab in which males have one oversized claw))


chupão

/t͡ʃuˈpɐ̃w̃/


caçamba

Borrowed from Kimbundu kisambu (“big basket”).

(Brazil) skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)

(Brazil) bed (platform of a lorry where the load is hauled)


cheroqui

cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)


chifrudo

chifrudo m (plural chifrudos, feminine chifruda, feminine plural chifrudas)

chifrudos (plural)
chifruda (feminine)
chifrudas (feminine plural)

(derogatory) cuckold (man who has an unfaithful partner)


colega de classe

colega de classe m or f by sense (plural colegas de classe)

classmate (someone who is or was in the same class)


carta branca

[ˈkaɾ.tɐ ˈβɾɐ̃.kɐ]

Compound of carta (“letter”) + branca (“white”). Literally, “white letter”.

com+

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carta, branca.

(idiomatic) carte blanche; free rein (the absence of constraints)


chibata

cane (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment)


colega de quarto

pt-noun

colega de quarto m or f by sense (plural colegas de quarto)

roommate (a person with whom one shares a house)


chuchu

Hunsrik: Schuschu

Sechium edule
Sechium edule#Translingual

(Brazil, informal) honey (term of endearment)


cervejaria

/sɨɾ.vɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/sɨɾ.vɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/sɨɾ.bɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

[sɨɾ.βɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ]

beer bar, beer parlour, alehouse (pub or bar where beer is sold)


chuvinha

[t͡ʃuˈβi.ɲɐ]


charque

→ Hunsrik: Scharke

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

(Brazil) jerky (lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun)


colete salva-vidas

colete salva-vidas m (plural coletes salva-vidas)


cidadela

citadel (a strong fortress that sits high above a city)


chocadeira

[ʃu.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ʃu.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

incubator (apparatus used to hatch eggs)

hatchery (a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions)


chiclete

chiclete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural chicletes)

From English Chiclets (a brand of candy-coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams), from chicle (principal ingredient of chewing gum), from Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli (“gum of the sapodilla tree, chewing gum”).

der

Como esta música é produto acabado / Da sociedade de consumo imediato / Como tudo o que se comete nesta vida, chiclete

1981, “Chiclete”, in Táxi, performed by Táxi:


chibateamento

an instance of caning (beating with a cane)


chalota

/t͡ʃɐˈlɔ.tɐ/


chucrute

sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)


camurça

Inherited from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corça (“doe”).
Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Occitan camos and French chamois.


charneca

/t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ/

[t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ]

Unknown, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cerrica, from cerrus (“Turkey oak”), via Mozarabic.

Olhos a arder em êxtases de amor, / Boca a saber a sol, a fruto, a mel: / Sou a charneca rude a abrir em flor!

1930, Florbela Espanca, Charneca em Flor:

heathland (tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation)


cinzel

→ Malayalam: ചിന്തേർ (cintēṟ)

From older cisel (influenced by pincel "paintbrush"), from Old French cisel, from cisoir (with a change in suffix), from Late Latin cīsōrium (“cutting instrument”), ultimately from Latin caedere (“cut”).

chisel (tool consisting of an oblong piece of metal ending in a sharp edge)

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico


chocolateiro

pt-noun

chocolateiro m (plural chocolateiros, feminine chocolateira, feminine plural chocolateiras)

chocolateiros (plural)
chocolateira (feminine)
chocolateiras (feminine plural)


chave-mestra

/ˌʃa.vɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

/ˌʃa.vɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

/ˌt͡ʃa.bɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

[ˌt͡ʃa.βɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ]

skeleton key (a key that opens a range of locks)

(figurative) anything which creates opportunities


cilindricidade

(rare) cylindricity (quality of being cylindrical)


cobra-de-água-de-colar

cobra-de-água-de-colar f (plural cobras-de-água-de-colar)

Natrix natrix
Natrix natrix#Translingual


claquete

(film) clapperboard (device used in film)


casa de retiro

casa de retiro f (plural casas de retiro)

retirement home (multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly)


ciberespaço

ciberespaço m (usually uncountable, plural ciberespaços)

cyberspace (world of information through the Internet)


chauvinismo

(derogatory) chauvinism (excessive patriotism)

(derogatory) chauvinism (unwarranted bias)


caudilhismo

caudillismo (type of government ruled by a caudillo)


citologista

citologista m or f by sense (plural citologistas)

cytologist (scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes)


cisne bravo

Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus#Translingual

whooper swan (the swan species Cygnus cygnus)


chicória

[ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

[ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

Probably either borrowed from Italian cicoria or perhaps from a Mozarabic form (cf. Spanish achicoria), from Vulgar Latin and Late Latin cichoria, from the plural of Latin cichorium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


cingalês

cingalês m (plural cingaleses, feminine cingalesa, feminine plural cingalesas)

cingaleses (plural)
cingalesa (feminine)
cingalesas (feminine plural)

Sinhalese (member of the major ethnic group of Sri Lanka)

(uncountable) Sinhalese (a language of Sri Lanka)


cobrão

[koˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


caxumba

→ Hunsrik: Kaschumbe

Unknown, but possibly of African origin.

(Brazil, medicine, informal) mumps (contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the salivary glands)


cervejeiro

cervejeiro m (plural cervejeiros, feminine cervejeira, feminine plural cervejeiras)

cervejeiros (plural)
cervejeira (feminine)
cervejeiras (feminine plural)


cidreira

[siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

Citrus medica
Citrus medica#Translingual

(botany) citron (a small citrus tree, Citrus medica)

Melissa officinalis
Melissa officinalis#Translingual

(botany) lemon balm (a herb, Melissa officinalis)


clitóris

From Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).

(anatomy) clitoris (elongated erectile organ)


caçamba de entulho

caçamba de entulho f (plural caçambas de entulho)


coerção

[ko.eɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.eχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.eɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kwɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

coercion (use or threat of force to compel)


cocheira

stable (building where animals are lodged)

trough (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)


casuar

cassowary (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius)


clister

From Ancient Greek κλῠστήρ (klustḗr, “syringe”), through Latin clystere.

der

enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)


coalizão

(Brazil) coalition (group of organisations)


castanheiro

From castanha + -eiro. Cf. also Medieval Latin castaneārius.

chestnut tree (a tree that bears chestnuts)


codinome

(business, espionage, military, Brazil) code name (name used to clandestinely identify something)


clarividência

(parapsychology) clairvoyance (the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses)


clipe

(military) removable magazine of a firearm

section of video taken from a longer video

music video (motion picture accompanying a song)


colocatário

pt-noun

colocatário m (plural colocatários, feminine colocatária, feminine plural colocatárias)

colocatários (plural)
colocatária (feminine)
colocatárias (feminine plural)

(rare) roommate (someone with whom one shares an apartment or house)


comitologia

comitology (art of resolving issues by committees)


cleptocrata

cleptocrata m or f by sense (plural cleptocratas)


coletor de lixo

coletor de lixo m (plural coletores de lixo)

(programming) garbage collector (element that reclaims resources which are no longer in use)


colher de pedreiro

colher de pedreiro f (plural colheres de pedreiro)

trowel (handtool used by masons to hold and spread mortar)


combatente ilegal

combatente ilegal m or f by sense (plural combatentes ilegais)

illegal combatant (one who engages in combat without meeting the Geneva Convention)


comandante-em-chefe

comandante-em-chefe m or f by sense (plural comandantes-em-chefe)

commander in chief (supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country)


completidão

completeness (state or condition of being complete)


circunscrição eleitoral

circunscrição eleitoral f (plural circunscrições eleitorais)

(politics, Brazil) electoral district (district represented by one or more elected officials)


coletor de impostos

coletor de impostos m (plural coletores de impostos, feminine coletora de impostos, feminine plural coletoras de impostos)

coletores de impostos (plural)
coletora de impostos (feminine)
coletoras de impostos (feminine plural)

tax collector (one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes)


comissário de bordo

comissário de bordo m (plural comissários de bordo)

flight attendant (member of the crew of an aeroplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers)


comissária de bordo

comissária de bordo f (plural comissárias de bordo)

comissário de bordo
comissário de bordo#Portuguese

female equivalent of comissário de bordo


coitadinho

coitadinho m (plural coitadinhos, feminine coitadinha, feminine plural coitadinhas)

coitadinhos (plural)
coitadinha (feminine)
coitadinhas (feminine plural)

From coitado + -inho, diminutive of coitado, from coitar (“to cause pain”).

poor thing (someone or something to be pitied)


central elétrica

central elétrica f (plural centrais elétricas)

power station (an industrial complex where electricity is produced)


composto químico

composto químico m (plural compostos químicos)

(chemistry) compound (substance made by chemical combination of elements)


compatibilismo

compatibilismo m (plural compatibilismos)

(philosophy) compatibilism (the doctrine of compatibility between determinism and free will)


comissária de voo

comissária de voo f (plural comissárias de voo)

comissário de voo
comissário de voo#Portuguese


composto orgânico

composto orgânico m (plural compostos orgânicos)

(organic chemistry) organic compound (carbon containing covalent compound)


cognição

Learned borrowing from Latin cognitiōnem.


concreto reforçado

(Brazil) reinforced concrete (building material)


complexo de messias

God complex (narcissistic personality disorder)


companheiro de quarto

pt-noun

companheiro de quarto m or f by sense (plural companheiros de quarto, feminine companheira de quarto, feminine plural companheiras de quarto)

companheiros de quarto (plural)
companheira de quarto (feminine)
companheiras de quarto (feminine plural)

roommate (a person with whom one shares a room)


comédia de situação

comédia de situação f (plural comédias de situação)


condicionador de ar

condicionador de ar m (plural condicionadores de ar)


clareira

/klɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

/klɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

glade; clearing (open space in the woods)


cone de escória

cone de escória m (plural cones de escória)

(volcanology) cinder cone (conical deposit of rock fragments)


condensado de Bose-Einstein

condensado de Bose-Einstein m (plural condensados de Bose-Einstein)

Bose-Einstein condensate
Bose-Einstein condensate

(physics) Bose-Einstein condensate (gaseous superfluid)


concurso de beleza

concurso de beleza m (plural concursos de beleza)

beauty pageant (competition on attractiveness)


cigarro eletrônico

cigarro eletrônico m (plural cigarros eletrônicos)

electronic cigarette
electronic cigarette


conduíte

Borrowed from French conduite, from Latin conducta. Doublet of conduta.

conduit (duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled)


cobra-de-escada

cobra-de-escada f (plural cobras-de-escada)


conjunto de caracteres

conjunto de caracteres m (plural conjuntos de caracteres)

(computing) character set (set of characters in a character encoding)


conflito de interesses

conflito de interesses m (plural conflitos de interesses)

conflict of interest
conflict of interest


cloreto de sódio

cloreto de sódio m (usually uncountable, plural cloretos de sódio)

(inorganic chemistry) sodium chloride (chemical term for table salt; NaCl)


constante arbitrária de integração

constante arbitrária de integração f (plural constantes arbitrárias de integração)

constantes arbitrárias de integração (plural)

constant of integration
constant of integration

(calculus) constant of integration (constant to be added at the indefinite integral)


cinteiro

cinteiro m (plural cinteiros, feminine cinteira, feminine plural cinteiras)

cinteiros (plural)
cinteira (feminine)
cinteiras (feminine plural)


conta bancária

conta bancária f (plural contas bancárias)

bank account (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank)


cleptomaníaco

cleptomaníaco m (plural cleptomaníacos, feminine cleptomaníaca, feminine plural cleptomaníacas)

cleptomaníacos (plural)
cleptomaníaca (feminine)
cleptomaníacas (feminine plural)

kleptomaniac (one who steals compulsively)


contravariância

contravariance (reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator)


contravigilância

countersurveillance (the art of evading surveillance)


colcheia

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]


cobra-coral

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐ.kuˈɾaɫ]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐ.kuˈɾaɫ]

coral snake (snake of the genus Micrurus or Micruroides)


computador portátil

computador portátil m (plural computadores portáteis)


cessar-fogo

cessar-fogo m (plural cessar-fogos or cessar-fogo, metaphonic)

cessar-fogos (plural)
cessar-fogo (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

ceasefire (in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose)


contrato social

contrato social m (plural contratos sociais)

(philosophy, politics) social contract (implicit agreement among members of a society)

articles of association
articles of association

(business) articles of association (document that defines the responsibilities of the directors of a company)


controle de natalidade

controle de natalidade m (usually uncountable, plural controles de natalidade)

birth control (voluntary control of the number of children conceived)


colete de forças

colete de forças m (plural coletes de forças)

(Portugal) straitjacket (garment that prevents arm movement)


claustrófobo

claustrófobo m (plural claustrófobos, feminine claustrófoba, feminine plural claustrófobas)

claustrófobos (plural)
claustrófoba (feminine)
claustrófobas (feminine plural)

claustrophobe (one who suffers from claustrophobia)


colunata

colonnade (a series of columns at regular intervals)


cleptocracia

kleptocracy (corrupt and dishonest government)


cimeira

(botany) cyme (flattish or convex flower cluster)

(Portugal) summit (gathering of leaders)


coelhinho

coelhinho da Páscoa
coelhinho da Páscoa#Portuguese

(colloquial) Ellipsis of coelhinho da Páscoa (“Easter Bunny”).


coelhinho

coelhinho m (plural coelhinhos, feminine coelhinha, feminine plural coelhinhas)

coelhinhos (plural)
coelhinha (feminine)
coelhinhas (feminine plural)


concunhado

concunhado m (plural concunhados, feminine concunhada, feminine plural concunhadas)

concunhados (plural)
concunhada (feminine)
concunhadas (feminine plural)


convés de proa

convés de proa m (plural conveses de proa)

foredeck (the part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast)


copião

copião m (plural copiões, feminine copiona, feminine plural copionas)

copiões (plural)
copiona (feminine)
copionas (feminine plural)

(informal) copycat (one who imitates others’ work)

(cinematography) rushes; dailies (raw, unedited or lightly edited footage)


coquetel Molotov

coquetel Molotov m (plural coquetéis Molotov)

Molotov cocktail (simple incendiary bomb)


comício

(historical) comitia (popular legislative assembly in Ancient Rome)


colhedeira

[ku.ʎɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ku.ʎɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

combine harvester (machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain plants)


corno manso

mari complaisant (husband who tolerates his wife’s adultery)


cordão umbilical

cordão umbilical m (plural cordões umbilicais)

(anatomy) umbilical cord (cord between foetus and placenta)


concussão

[kõ.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

concussion (an injury to part of the body, especially the brain)


controle mental

controle mental m (usually uncountable, plural controles mentais)

mind control (subverting an individual’s control of his mind)


castelão

castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã or (rare) castelona or (rare) casteloa, feminine plural castelãs or (rare) castelonas or (rare) casteloas)

castelãos (plural)
castelões (plural)
castelães (plural)
castelã (feminine)
castelona (feminine rare)
casteloa (feminine rare)
castelãs (feminine plural)
castelonas (feminine plural rare)
casteloas (feminine plural rare)

/kɐʃ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese castelão (compare Galician castelán), from Latin castellānus, corresponding to castelo + -ão.

(obsolete) a feudal lord who owns a castle


castelão

castelão m (plural castelãos or castelões or castelães, feminine castelã or (rare) castelona, feminine plural castelãs or (rare) castelonas)

castelãos (plural)
castelões (plural)
castelães (plural)
castelã (feminine)
castelona (feminine rare)
castelãs (feminine plural)
castelonas (feminine plural rare)

/kɐʃ.tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese castelão, corresponding to Castela + -ão. Doublet of castelhano. Compare Galician castelán.

(dated) Castilian (native of Castile, Spain)


castelão

[kaʃ.tɛˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


civeta

Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Doublet of zibeta.

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


cobra-real

[ˌkɔ.bɾɐ.χeˈaʊ̯]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐˈʁjaɫ]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐˈʁjaɫ]

Ophiophagus hannah
Ophiophagus hannah#Translingual


churrasqueira

From churrasco (“barbecue”) + -eira. Piecewise doublet of churrascaria.

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈke.ɾɐ/

barbecue (fireplace, brazier or apparatus for the grilling of meat)

an annex or outbuilding that houses a barbecue, typically including a chimney, sink, counter and tables


churrasqueira

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈke.ɾɐ/

(Brazil) female equivalent of churrasqueiro


comitativo

(grammar) comitative case (case used to denote companionship)


colhereiro

Platalea leucorodia
Platalea leucorodia#Translingual

Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

(by extension) spoonbill (any bird in the genus Platalea)


cortador de grama

cortador de grama m (plural cortadores de grama)


corredor aéreo

corredor aéreo m (plural corredores aéreos)

(aviation) air corridor (predefined route for aeroplanes)


corrente sanguínea

corrente sanguínea f (plural correntes sanguíneas)

bloodstream (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal)


cortador de unha

cortador de unha m (plural cortadores de unha)

nail clipper (tool for trimming fingernails)


conciliação

reconciliation (the reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement)


corrente contínua

corrente contínua f (plural correntes contínuas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see corrente, contínua.

direct current (electric current in which the electrons flow in one direction)


comutador

(mathematics) commutator (mathematical element, in a group)

(networking) switch (device that connects multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously)


coração partido

coração partido m (plural corações partidos)

broken heart (subjective feeling of grief or loss)


corda de pular

corda de pular f (plural cordas de pular)

skipping rope (rope for play or exercise)


compatrício

compatrício m (plural compatrícios, feminine compatrícia, feminine plural compatrícias)

compatrícios (plural)
compatrícia (feminine)
compatrícias (feminine plural)

compatriot (somebody from the same country)


consogro

consogro m (plural consogros, feminine consogra, feminine plural consogras)

consogros (plural)
consogra (feminine)
consogras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese consogro, from Latin cōnsocerum.

co-father-in-law (father of one’s son- or daughter-in-law)


conscrição

[kõs.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõs.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

conscription (involuntary labour, especially military service)


combatividade

combatividade f (usually uncountable, plural combatividades)

combativeness (state of being combative)


corte de cassação

corte de cassação f (plural cortes de cassação)

(law) court of cassation (the highest court of appeal in some countries)


colheitadeira

(Brazil) combine harvester (machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain plants)


chupador

chupador m (plural chupadores, feminine chupadora, feminine plural chupadoras)

chupadores (plural)
chupadora (feminine)
chupadoras (feminine plural)

sucker (someone or something that sucks, draws into the mouth)


coletor

coletor m (plural coletores, feminine coletora, feminine plural coletoras)

coletores (plural)
coletora (feminine)
coletoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin collectōrem, from Latin collectāre, from collectus.

bor+

collector (person who is employed to collect payments)


computação

Learned borrowing from Latin computātiōnem. By surface analysis, computar + -ção.

lbor

computation (the act of computing something)

computing (the study, field of computers and computer programming)


coruja-do-mato

pt-noun

coruja-do-mato f (plural corujas-do-mato)


condestável

Borrowed from Old French conestable, influenced by conde (“count”).


ciclomotor

Borrowed from French cyclomoteur. By surface analysis, ciclo- + motor.

moped (lightweight, two-wheeled motor vehicle)


confluência

confluence (convergence or combination of forces, people, or things)

confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet)


contiguidade

contiguity (state in which objects are physically touching)


coordenadas polares

(mathematics) polar coordinates (coordinates of a point in a plane)


contrabaixo

bass guitar (electric stringed instrument similar to an electric guitar)

(music) double bass (the largest stringed instrument of the violin family)


contraponto

(music) counterpoint (a melody added to an existing one)


consogra

co-mother-in-law (mother of one’s son- or daughter-in-law)


confessionário

confessionário m (plural confessionários)

(Roman Catholic church) confessional (a small room where confession is performed)


condolência

Based on Old French condoléance. Compare also Spanish condolencia.

condolence (sympathy for someone’s suffering)


corrida de touros

corrida de touros f (plural corridas de touros)

bullfighting (performance art in which a matador manipulates and kills a bull)


concordância

agreement (state whereby several parties share a view or opinion)

(grammar) agreement (the state of different words in a clause having the same value of a grammatical category)

concordance (index showing the places a word may be found in a work)


conflagração

/kõ.flɐ.ɡɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.flɐ.ɣɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

conflagration (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)


contagem final

contagem final f (plural contagens finais)

[kõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃ fiˈnaʊ̯]

countdown (backward count to mark the start of an event)


consanguinidade

consanguinidade f (plural consanguinidades)

consanguinity (relationship by blood, descent)


contemplação

the act of contemplating (considering with attention)


copa do mundo

(Brazil) world cup (competition involving competitors from around the world)


consternação

/kõʃ.tɨɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsternātiōnem. By surface analysis, consternar + -ção.

lbor

consternation (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)


contravenção

[kõ.tɾa.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.tɾɐ.βẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

contravention (act of contravening a rule)

(criminal law) misdemeanor (small crime)


cofrinho

(Brazil) piggy bank (a small container to store small saved coins in)

(Brazil, vulgar, humorous) the portion of the butt crack that is visible when a person squats


contágio

contagion (transmission of a contagious disease)


construtivismo

(art) constructivism (movement in modern art)


coquilha

(sports) jockstrap, athletic protector, strap, cup (supporter worn by men around the genitals during exercise)


contato visual

pt-noun

contato visual m (plural contatos visuais)

eye contact (action of looking at another human or animal in the eye)


compilador

compilador m (plural compiladores, feminine compiladora, feminine plural compiladoras)

compiladores (plural)
compiladora (feminine)
compiladoras (feminine plural)


compilador

(computing) compiler (computer program that transforms source code into object code)


constante de Planck

constante de Planck f (usually uncountable, plural constantes de Planck)

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ dɨ ˈplɐ̃.kɨ/

[kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ ðɨ ˈplɐ̃.kɨ]


coreto

bandstand (platform for bands to play on)


continuidade

continuity (lack of interruption or disconnection)

(mathematics) continuity (characteristic property of a continuous function)


corja

(collective, derogatory) rabble (disorderly crowd)


contrato de experiência

contrato de experiência m (plural contratos de experiência)

probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)


contorcionista

contorcionista m or f by sense (plural contorcionistas)

contortionist (an acrobat who twists their body)


corniso

Ultimately from Latin cornus, probably through Spanish cornizo < Vulgar Latin *corniceus.


contracultura

Calque of English counterculture, from contra- + cultura.

counterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)


couve-de-folhas

couve-de-folhas f (plural couves-de-folhas)

kale Brassica oleracea acephala, an edible plant


condicionador

condicionador m (plural condicionadores)


cova coletiva

cova coletiva f (plural covas coletivas)


conversa fiada

conversa fiada f (plural conversas fiadas)


contratorpedeiro

contratorpedeiro m (plural contratorpedeiros)


creme chantilly

creme chantili
creme chantili#Portuguese


creme azedo

creme azedo m (usually uncountable, plural cremes azedos)

sour cream (cream which has been treated with bacteria)


creme dental

toothpaste (paste for cleaning the teeth)


conectivo

(grammar) connective (word used to connect words, clauses and sentences)

(logic) connective (function that operates on truth values)


crime do colarinho branco

crime do colarinho branco m (plural crimes do colarinho branco)


crime de ódio

hate crime (crime motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc.)


criança de rua

criança de rua f (plural crianças de rua)

street urchin (child living in the streets)


corço

Capreolus capreolus
Capreolus capreolus#Translingual

roe deer (small deer species, Capreolus capreolus)


crise da meia-idade

crise da meia-idade f (plural crises da meia-idade)

(psychology) mid-life crisis (emotional period of doubt)


compreensibilidade

understandability (the property of being understandable)


corredeira

[ku.ʁɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ku.ʁɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]


coreógrafo

coreógrafo m (plural coreógrafos, feminine coreógrafa, feminine plural coreógrafas)

coreógrafos (plural)
coreógrafa (feminine)
coreógrafas (feminine plural)


conto de fadas

conto de fadas m (plural contos de fadas)

Likely a calque. Compare English fairy tale, French conte de fées, Spanish cuento de hadas.

(literature) fairy tale (a fantasy folktale)

A vida não é um conto de fadas.

(figurative) fairy tale (a blissful situation or existence)


correia

→ Hunsrik: Korrea

From Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia.

a thin leather strip used to tie or bind


cromatografia em camada delgada

cromatografia em camada delgada f (plural cromatografias em camada delgada)

cromatografias em camada delgada (plural)

thin layer chromatography
thin layer chromatography

(analytical chemistry) thin layer chromatography


costa-riquenho

costa-riquenho m (plural costa-riquenhos, feminine costa-riquenha, feminine plural costa-riquenhas)

costa-riquenhos (plural)
costa-riquenha (feminine)
costa-riquenhas (feminine plural)


cultuação

worship (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)


costeletas

(Brazil) sideburns (facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin)


cossaco

From French cosaque, from Polish Kozak. Doublet of cazaque.

Cossack (member of semi-nomadic Eastern European people)

Cossack (member of a Cossack military unit)


cubo de gelo

ice cube (small piece of ice used for cooling drinks)


cominho

Cuminum cyminum
Cuminum cyminum#Translingual


corcunda

corcunda m or f by sense (plural corcundas)

→ Spanish: carcunda


colonizador

colonizador m (plural colonizadores, feminine colonizadora, feminine plural colonizadoras)

colonizadores (plural)
colonizadora (feminine)
colonizadoras (feminine plural)

colonist (a founder or member of a colony)


corroboração

corroboration (the act of corroborating)


covinha

dimple (skin depression at corners of the mouth)


corpo d'água

corpo d’água (canonical masculine)
corpos d'água (plural)