carapau

Atlantic horse mackerel
Atlantic horse mackerel

Trachurus trachurus
Trachurus trachurus#Translingual

Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus, a fish of the northeast Atlantic)

Pagellus bogaraveo
Pagellus bogaraveo#Translingual

(Portugal, Azores) blackspot sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo, a fish of the northeastern Atlantic)

(Brazil) blue runner (Caranx crysos, a fish of the Atlantic)

(Brazil) horse-eye jack (Caranx latus, a fish of subtropical South Atlantic)

Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Wikispecies:Chloroscombrus chrysurus

(Brazil) Atlantic bumper (Chloroscombrus chrysurus, a fish of the Atlantic)

Decapterus macarellus
Wikispecies:Decapterus macarellus

(Brazil) mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus, a fish found is most oceans)

Decapterus punctatus
Wikispecies:Decapterus punctatus

(Brazil) round scad (Decapterus punctatus, a fish of the Atlantic)


flango

Eye dialect spelling of frango, representing childish or non-native Chinese Portuguese.


estrompido

Uncertain origin, possibly from a blend of estrondo + estampido.


embasamento

(architecture) foundation (the base of a building)

(figurative) basis (base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis)

plinth (base of a column, statue or pedestal)

(geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)


frioleira

From frivoleira (“frivolity”), from frívolo (“frivolous”).

frivolity; trifle; futility (something frivolous, unimportant, of little worth)

(sewing) a type of lace (light fabric with patterns of holes) used to decorate clothing


coadoção

[ˌko.ɐ.ðɔˈsɐ̃w̃]


iatista

pt-noun

iatista m or f by sense (plural iatistas)


ludopédio

From Latin lūdus (“play”) + pedem (“foot”) + -io.


ouvidoria

(government, management) an ombudsman department


denguice

the practice of displaying sadness or loneliness in order to receive affection


pontão

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponton, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”).


orientadora

[ɔ.ɾjẽ.tɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


priolo

(ornithology) Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina)


estrupido

racket (cacophonous noise of people or animals moving and talking)


laudação

[laʊ̯.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin laudātiōnem (“praise”), corresponding to laudar + -ção. Doublet of louvação.

lbor

laudation; praise (favourable representation)


lajeado

(construction) a surface paved with flagstones


guardador

pt-noun

guardador m (plural guardadores, feminine guardadora, feminine plural guardadoras)

guardadores (plural)
guardadora (feminine)
guardadoras (feminine plural)

[ɡwɐɾ.ðɐˈðoɾ]

[ɡwɐɾ.ðɐˈðoɾ]

[ɡwɐɾ.ðɐˈðo.ɾi]

keeper (someone who keeps, guards, watches over something)


quebra-galho

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐˈɣa.ʎu]

(Brazil, informal) kludge (temporary, inelegant solution)


monocasta

(oenology) a wine produced from a single grape variety


pevide

a flat seed, such as that of a pumpkin, melon or pear

(veterinary medicine) pip (respiratory disease of birds)

(speech pathology) inability to pronounce rhotic consonants correctly


pebol

(literary) football; soccer (team sport)


pacotilha

Borrowed from French pacotille (“junk”).

(historical) pacotille (cheap objects sold for a high profit to faraway peoples)

(transport) allowance (amount of luggage a passenger is allowed to carry free of charge)

(Brazil) gang (organisation of criminals)


prontuário

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmptuārium (“repository”).

lbor

repository (place for storage of things that need to be retrieved quickly)

(Portugal) handbook; manual (book of reference on a certain field of knowledge)


pardieiro

From Vulgar Latin parietinariu, from Latin parietina (“old or ruined wall”).


émulo

pt-noun

émulo m (plural émulos, feminine émula, feminine plural émulas)

émulos (plural)
émula (feminine)
émulas (feminine plural)


ramalhete

(collective) nosegay; bouquet (bundle of flowers or herbs)


parideira

[pɐ.ɾiˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[pɐ.ɾiˈðɐj.ɾɐ]


portuguesismo

Portuguesism (Portuguese attitudes and culture)

Portuguesism (a word or phrase typical of or derived from Portuguese)


recalculação

From recalcular (“to recalculate”) + -ção.

recalculation (the process of calculating again)


safadeza

mischievousness (the characteristic of being mischievous)


sachola

/sɐˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ/


renque

From Old Catalan renc (“rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

row (line of evenly spaced people or objects)


roupeiro

From roupa (“item of clothing”) + -eiro.

a person in charge of an organisation’s uniforms or outfits


pinote

an animal’s leap, done in order to kick or to dislodge a rider; buck

escape (the act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)


remexida

[ʁɨ.mɨˈʃi.ðɐ]

(informal) swing (the act of dancing lively)


epidemiólogo

epidemiólogo m (plural epidemiólogos, feminine epidemióloga, feminine plural epidemiólogas)

epidemiólogos (plural)
epidemióloga (feminine)
epidemiólogas (feminine plural)

epidemiologist (scientist specialised in epidemiology)


seguradora

[sɨ.ɣu.ɾɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


vedor

vedor m (plural vedores, feminine vedora, feminine plural vedoras)

vedores (plural)
vedora (feminine)
vedoras (feminine plural)

(government) inspector (person employed to inspect something)

(divination) dowser (one who uses a dowsing rod to find underground water)


roubalheira

[ʁo.βɐˈʎe.ɾɐ]

From roubar (“to steal”) + -alha + -eira.

Quero me mudar dessa cidade por causa da roubalheira.

I want to move from this city because of the thievery.

A roubalheira dos cofres públicos continua.


valado

ditch, hedge or bank surrounding a property

property surrounded by a ditch, hedge or bank


volteio

spin (the act of rotating on one’s own axis)


bronha

(Brazil, slang) wank (act of male masturbation)


subdelegacia

From sub- (“police station”) + delegacia.

(law enforcement) substation (police station under the jurisdiction of another)


aicebergue

[aj.sɨˈβɛɾ.ɣɨ]


armenidade

Armenianness (the quality or state of being Armenian)


armalcolita

(mineralogy) armalcolite (an orthorhombic mineral first discovered on the Moon)


armadilídeo

(zoology) armadillidiid (any member of the family Armadillidiidae)


armagedão

armageddon (the scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale)


ariídeo

(zoology) ariid (any member of the family Ariidae of catfish)


tontice

(uncountable) stupidity; foolishness (the quality of being stupid)


armodafinila

(pharmacology) armodafinil (a stimulant-like drug)


aromadendreno

(organic chemistry) aromadendrene (a hydrocarbon found in eucalyptus)


trapalhada

[tɾɐ.pɐˈʎa.ðɐ]

blunder; mess-up (a clumsy or embarrassing mistake)


arterivírus

arterivirus (any virus of the family Arteriviridae)


arterioloesclerose

(pathology) arteriolosclerosis (hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in the arterioles)


arquidemónio

arquidemónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


trepação

/tɾɨ.pɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

(Brazil, vulgar) a lot of sex; a fuckload of fucking


armista

armista m or f by sense (plural armistas)

(heraldry) armorist (a person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms)


arqueobotânica

(archaeology) paleoethnobotany (the study of plant remains from archaeological sites)


cavaleiro ladrão

cavaleiro ladrão m (plural cavaleiros ladrões)

(historical) robber baron (a feudal lord who charged exorbitant fees on travellers)


barão-ladrão

robber baron (morally questionable business tycoon)


artéria de Adamkiewicz

artéria de Adamkiewicz f (plural artérias de Adamkiewicz)

artery of Adamkiewicz
artery of Adamkiewicz

(anatomy) artery of Adamkiewicz (the largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans)


canhão Armstrong

canhão Armstrong m (plural canhões Armstrong)

(historical) Armstrong gun (a wrought iron breechloading cannon)


arqueobotânico

arqueobotânico m (plural arqueobotânicos)

(archaeology) archaeobotanist (a scientist engaged in archaeobotany)


doença de Creutzfeldt-Jakob

doença de Creutzfeldt-Jakob f (uncountable)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

(pathology, neurology) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (a degenerative disease of the nervous system)


macieira de Sodoma

(mediaeval mythology) apple of Sodom (a gigantic tree supposed to have grown on the site of the destroyed cities Sodom and Gomorrah)


horizonte artificial

horizonte artificial m (plural horizontes artificiais)

(aviation) artificial horizon (an instrument indicating orientation)


nervosia

nervousness (state or quality of being nervous)


art déco

(art) Art Deco (a style of decorative art and architecture)


insónia familiar fatal

fatal familial insomnia
fatal familial insomnia

fatal familial insomnia (a very rare autosomal-dominant inherited prion disease of the brain)


unidade de medida

unidade de medida f (plural unidades de medida)


nuvem de cogumelo

nuvem de cogumelo f (plural nuvens de cogumelo)

mushroom cloud (a mushroom-shaped cloud created by an explosion)


solubilidade aquosa

(pharmacology) aqueous solubility (equilibrium partitioning of a compound between its pure phase and water)


fitoesterol

(biochemistry) phytosterol (any of a group of steroid alcohols occurring in plants)


respiração artificial

respiração artificial f (usually uncountable, plural respirações artificiais)

artificial respiration
artificial respiration

(medicine) artificial respiration (manual or mechanical forcing of air into someone’s lungs)


reação de Arthus

reação de Arthus f (plural reações de Arthus)

(immunology) Arthus reaction (hypersensitivity reaction involving the in situ formation of antigen/antibody complexes)


tordo-comum

Turdus philomelos
Turdus philomelos#Translingual

song thrush (Turdus philomelos, a thrush of Eurasia)


pupila de Argyll Robertson

pupila de Argyll Robertson f (plural pupilas de Argyll Robertson)

Argyll Robertson pupil
Argyll Robertson pupil

(pathology) Argyll Robertson pupil (pupil of the eye that reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light)


sólido de Arquimedes

sólido de Arquimedes m (plural sólidos de Arquimedes)

(geometry) Archimedean solid (any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices)


ácido aristolóquico

(organic chemistry) aristolochic acid (carboxylic acid extracted from birthworts)


árbitro da elegância

árbitro da elegância m (plural árbitros da elegância)

arbiter elegantiarum
arbiter elegantiarum

arbiter elegantiarum (an authority on manners or etiquette)


águia calva

Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus#Translingual

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, an eagle of North America)


águia americana

águia americana f (plural águias americanas)


interface de programação de aplicações

interface de programação de aplicações f (plural interfaces de programação de aplicações)

interfaces de programação de aplicações (plural)

application programming interface
application programming interface

(programming) application programming interface (set of tools for building software applications)


arrinencefalia

(teratology) holoprosencephaly (a congenital disorder involving insufficient division of the lobes of the brain)


arsenocolina

(organic chemistry) arsenocholine (choline derivative in which arsenic replaces the nitrogen atom)


arquipálio

(anatomy) archipallium (the oldest region of the brain’s pallium)


artrometria

(medicine) arthrometry (measurement of the mobility of joints)


aromadendrina

(organic chemistry) aromadendrin (a flavanonol found in the wood of Siberian pine)


arqueometalurgia

(archaeology, metallurgy) archaeometallurgy (the study of prehistoric metallurgy)


artroconídio

(mycology) arthroconidium (a kind of asexual fungal spore)


arólio

(entomology) arolium (a median lobe into which the pretarsus expands, in an insect’s leg)


pedra de toque

pedra de toque f (plural pedras de toque)

touchstone (a stone used to test the quality of precious metals)

(figurative) touchstone (a standard of comparison or evaluation)


virgáurea

goldenrod (any plant of the genus Solidago)


passagem sem volta

passagem sem volta f (plural passagens sem volta)

passagem só de ida
passagem só de ida#Portuguese


passagem sem retorno

passagem sem retorno f (plural passagens sem retorno)


bilhete sem volta

bilhete sem volta m (plural bilhetes sem volta)


brilho aparente

brilho aparente m (plural brilhos aparentes)

(astronomy) apparent brightness (brightness of a star as measured by an observer)


bilhete só de ida

bilhete só de ida m (plural bilhetes só de ida)


atirador de elite

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

atiradores de elite (plural)
atiradora de elite (feminine)
atiradoras de elite (feminine plural)

sharpshooter; marksman (soldier who makes precision shots from a distance)


arte pobre

Calque of Italian arte povera (“poor art”).

calque

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see arte, pobre.


gato siberiano

pt-noun

gato siberiano m (plural gatos siberianos)


globo crucífero

globo crucífero m (plural globos crucíferos)

globus cruciger (a small globe with a cross, carried by European monarchs)


humor aquoso

humor aquoso m (usually uncountable, plural humores aquosos, metaphonic)

humores aquosos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

(ophthalmology) aqueous humour (the fluid that fills the front of the eye)


licença poética

licença poética f (plural licenças poéticas)

(narratology) poetic licence (the figurative right to embellish a story)


espiral de Arquimedes

espiral de Arquimedes f (plural espirais de Arquimedes)

(mathematics) Archimedean spiral (a spiral that increases in distance from the point of origin at a constant rate)


passagem só de ida

passagem só de ida f (plural passagens só de ida)

one-way ticket (a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back)

(figurative) one-way ticket (course of action from which there is no way back)


lagarta-do-cartucho

lagarta-do-cartucho f (plural lagartas-do-cartucho)

armyworm (the larva of any of the Spodoptera genus of noctuid moth)


nota ornamental

nota ornamental f (plural notas ornamentais)

(music) grace note (note that does not count as part of the total time value of the measure)


arquiconservador

arquiconservador m (plural arquiconservadores)

(politics) archconservative (a person who is extremely politically conservative)


nota de ornamento

nota de ornamento f (plural notas de ornamento)


licença artística

licença artística f (plural licenças artísticas)

(art) artistic licence (any departure from fact or convention by an artist)


artiodáctilo

(zoology) artiodactyl (any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes)


propriedade arquimediana

propriedade arquimediana f (uncountable)

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

Archimedean property
Archimedean property

(mathematical analysis) Archimedean property (the property that there is always a natural number greater than any real number)


marmota americana

marmota americana f (plural marmotas americanas)

groundhog (Marmota monax, a marmot of North America)


rock arte

(music) art rock (experimental, intellectual rock music)


rock de arena

(music) arena rock (rock music made to be played in large venues)


arqueozoólogo

(archaeology) archaeozoologist (scientist who studies archaeozoology)


água Apollinaris

Apollinaris water (mineral water obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg)


arquicriminoso

arquicriminoso m (plural arquicriminosos, metaphonic)

arquicriminosos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

archcriminal (a highly prolific or skilled criminal)


artesanalidade

artisanality (the quality of being artisanal)


ácido araquídico

(organic chemistry) arachidic acid (a long-chain fatty acid found in groundnut oil)


arsfenamina

(pharmacology, organic chemistry) arsphenamine (a phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis)


urso negro asiático

urso negro asiático m (plural ursos negros asiáticos)

Ursus thibetanus
Ursus thibetanus#Translingual

Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus, a bear of East Asia)


arracionalidade

arracionalidade f (plural arracionalidades)

(philosophy, sciences) arationality (the state or characteristic of being arational)


matéria cinzenta

matéria cinzenta f (plural matérias cinzentas)

(neuroanatomy) grey matter (collection of cell bodies with dendritic connections)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see matéria, cinzenta.


artemina

(biochemistry) artemin (a nerve growth factor in the GDNF family)


floresta negra

floresta negra m (plural florestas negras)

bolo floresta negra
bolo floresta negra#Portuguese


floresta negra

floresta negra f (plural florestas negras)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see floresta, negra.


substância cinzenta

substância cinzenta f (plural substâncias cinzentas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see substância, cinzenta.


tucano-de-bico-preto

tucano-de-bico-preto m (plural tucanos-de-bico-preto)

Ramphastos vitellinus ariel
Wikispecies:Ramphastos vitellinus ariel

channel-billed toucan
w:en:channel-billed toucan

Ariel toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus ariel, a subspecies of the channel-billed toucan)


águia careca

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, an eagle of North America)


tacada de aproximação

tacada de aproximação f (plural tacadas de aproximação)

(golf) approach shot (shot aimed to land on the green)


árvore de Diana

árvore de Diana f (plural árvores de Diana)

(chemistry) arbor Dianae (an arborescent precipitation of silver)


artrogripose

(pathology) arthrogryposis (the permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position)


arremesso de disco

arremesso de disco m (plural arremessos de disco)

(sports) discus (the athletic sport of throwing the discus)


bicho da maçã

Cydia pomonella
Wikispecies:Cydia pomonella

apple worm (the larva of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella)


corpo ordenado arquimediano

corpo ordenado arquimediano m (plural corpos ordenados arquimedianos)

Archimedean ordered field
Archimedean ordered field

(mathematics) Archimedean ordered field (an ordered field which satisfies the axiom of Archimedes)


chave de braço

chave de braço f (plural chaves de braço)

(martial arts) armlock (wrestling move that hyperrotates the opponent’s arm)


câmara alta

(government) upper chamber; upper house (part of the parliament in some countries)


frente ártica

(meteorology) arctic front (southern boundary of the Arctic air mass)


espírito faminto

espírito faminto m (plural espíritos famintos)

(Buddhism, Chinese folk religion) hungry ghost (a type of supernatural being)


arnicina

Arnica montana
Arnica montana#Translingual

(organic chemistry) arnicin (a bitter resin found in Arnica montana)


fruto proibido

fruto proibido m (plural frutos proibidos)

forbidden fruit
(biblical) the fruit forbidden to Adam

forbidden fruit
the fruit forbidden to Adam

forbidden fruit
(figurative) an illicit pleasure

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


dublê de corpo

dublê de corpo m or f by sense (plural dublês de corpo)

(cinematography) body double (double for scenes not involving the face)


lebre ártica

Lepus arcticus
Lepus arcticus#Translingual

arctic hare (Lepus arcticus, a hare of the arctic regions of North America)


lápis estríptico

lápis estríptico m (plural lápis estrípticos)

(medicine) styptic pencil (short medicated stick used to stop bleeding)


melro europeu

melro europeu m (plural melros europeus)

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual

Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula, a thrush of Eurasia and northern Africa)


lápis hemostático

lápis hemostático m (plural lápis hemostáticos)


rabequeiro

rabequeiro m (plural rabequeiros, feminine rabequeira, feminine plural rabequeiras)

rabequeiros (plural)
rabequeira (feminine)
rabequeiras (feminine plural)


malformação de Arnold-Chiari

malformação de Arnold-Chiari f (plural malformações de Arnold-Chiari)

(teratology) Chiari malformation (a malformation of the brain)


malformação de Chiari

malformação de Chiari f (plural malformações de Chiari)


pontapé inicial

pontapé inicial m (plural pontapés iniciais)

(Brazil, soccer) kick-off (opening kick in football)

(by extension) kick-off (opening sequence of an event)


parque aquático

parque aquático m (plural parques aquáticos)

aquapark; waterpark (an amusement park with waterplay areas)

aquatic centre (facility with swimming pools)


arpejador

(music) arpeggiator (effect that plays an arpeggio from an input chord)


teoria das probabilidades

teoria das probabilidades f (uncountable)

(mathematics) probability theory (the mathematical study of probability)


arquiabadia

(ecclesiastical) archabbey (abbey which is the seat of an archabbot)


arquiprelado

(ecclesiastical) archprelate (an archbishop or other chief prelate)


oveiro

eggcup (a small dish used to support a boiled egg)


arquêntero

(anatomy) archenteron (a primitive alimentary cavity)


arminiano

(Christianity) Arminian (follower the religious philosophy founded by Jacobus Arminius)


arqueu

(alchemy) archeus (the vital principle or force responsible for life)


arquivilão

(chiefly narratology) archvillain (a supreme villain)


soldagem por arco

soldagem por arco f (plural soldagens por arco)

(metallurgy) arc welding (welding with an electric arc)


arsenolita

(mineralogy) arsenolite (a mineral form of arsenic trioxide)


uapiti

Cervus canadensis
Cervus canadensis#Translingual

wapiti; elk (Cervus canadensis, a large deer of North America and East Asia)


arteriolopatia

arteriolopatia f (plural arteriolopatias)

(pathology) arteriolopathy (any disease of the arterioles)


dejeção

[de.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/dɨ.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

dejection (a state of melancholy or depression)

(physiology) evacuation; discharge (the act of expelling substance, especially faeces, from the body)

(earth science) material expelled or deposited by natural forces, such as alluvium and scoria


arquirrival

arquirrival m or f by sense (plural arquirrivais)


arteriogénese

(medicine) arteriogenesis (increase in the diameter of arterial vessels)


artrodese

(medicine) arthrodesis (the fusion of a joint between two or more bones so that the joint can no longer move)


arterioportografia

arterioportografia f (plural arterioportografias)

(medicine) arterioportography (arterial portography)


artrograma

(medicine) arthrogram (a series of images of a joint)


artémia

artémias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

brine shrimp (any aquatic crustacean of the genus Artemia)


guedelha

[ɡɨˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]

[ɡɨˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]


armórico

(uncountable) Armoric (language of the Armorican Gauls)


citarabina

(pharmacology) cytarabine (a particular drug used in chemotherapy)


artivista

artivista m or f by sense (plural artivistas)

artivist (a person who engages in artivism)


artropodologia

(zoology) arthropodology (the study of arthropods)


artrómetro

artrómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(medicine) arthrometer (a device for measuring the range of mobility of a joint)


bolo floresta negra

bolo floresta negra m (plural bolos floresta negra)

Black Forest gâteau (a type of gâteau originating in the Black Forest)


gigante vermelha

gigante vermelha f (plural gigantes vermelhas)


cagarra

Calonectris diomedea
Calonectris diomedea#Translingual

shearwater (Calonectris diomedea, a seabird of the Atlantic and Mediterranean)


fornicação

Learned borrowing from Latin fornicātiōnem. By surface analysis, fornicar + -ção

lbor

fornication (sexual intercourse, especially on the part of an unmarried person)


esqueleto articulado

pt-noun

esqueleto articulado m (plural esqueletos articulados)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see esqueleto, articulado.

articulated skeleton
articulated skeleton

(paleontology) articulated skeleton (skeleton found with the bones arranged in the proper order)


eremitério

(by extension) hermitage (any place of seclusion)


formiga-argentina

formiga-argentina f (plural formigas-argentinas)

Linepithema humilis
Wikispecies:Linepithema humilis

Argentine ant (a small, black ant belonging to the invasive species Linepithema humilis)


lubrificação

lubrication (the application of lubricants)


arqueirismo

archership (the qualities or work of an archer)


bissemanal

biweekly; fortnightly (a publication issued every two weeks)


hipercubo

(geometry) hypercube (an analogue of a cube in four or more dimensions)


bacalhau polar

bacalhau polar m (plural bacalhaus polares)

Arctogadus glacialis
Wikispecies:Arctogadus glacialis

Arctic cod (Arctogadus glacialis, a fish of the northeast Atlantic)


ciclo menstrual

ciclo menstrual m (plural ciclos menstruais)

(physiology) menstrual cycle (recurring cycle of ovulation and menstruation in females)


engenharia florestal

forestry (the art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes)


arritmogénese

(pathology) arrhythmogenesis (the development or onset of arrhythmia)


carcará

southern crested caracara
southern crested caracara

Caracara plancus
Caracara plancus#Translingual

southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)

(broadly) caracara (any of several South American birds of prey)


pardelha

[pɐɾˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]

[pɐɾˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]

Leuciscus leuciscus
Leuciscus leuciscus#Translingual

dace (Leuciscus leuciscus, a small fish of European rivers)


ácido arsônico

(inorganic chemistry) arsonic acid (an acid derived from arsine)


círculo de Apolônio

círculo de Apolônio m (plural círculos de Apolônio)

(geometry) Apollonian circle (two sets of circles such that every circle in the first set intersects every circle in the second)


fibrose cística

(pathology) cystic fibrosis (condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus)


fadiga de combate

(historical) shell shock (post-traumatic stress disorder in World War I soldiers)


chegante

chegante m or f by sense (plural chegantes)

/ʃeˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ʃeˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/t͡ʃɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[t͡ʃɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]


linha de Armstrong

Armstrong line (altitude above which water boils without a pressurised environment)


endeusamento

deification; apotheosis (the act of treating someone as a god)


guinéu

(historical) guinea (old British coin worth 21 shillings)


náutilo

nautilus (any marine mollusc of the family Nautilidae)


árvore-da-vida

árvore-da-vida f (plural árvores-da-vida)

(anatomy) arbor vitae (white matter of the cerebellum)


rola-turca

Streptopelia decaocto
Streptopelia decaocto#Translingual

collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto, a dove of Eurasia)


arrieiro

arriero (person who transports goods using pack animals)


pátena

(ecclesiastical) paten (plate for the host during Eucharist)


arreflexia

arreflexia f (usually uncountable, plural arreflexias)

(pathology) areflexia (lack of neuromuscular reflexes)


sal de cozinha

table salt (sodium chloride, a salt used to season food)


noute

Inherited from Latin noctem. More at noite.

Lembro-me, como do que estou vendo, da noute em que, ainda creança, li pela primeira vez numa selecta, o passo celebre de Vieira sobre o Rei Salomão, "Fabricou Salomão um palacio..."

1931, Fernando Pessoa, A minha pátria é a língua portuguesa:

(dated or dialectal) Alternative form of noite


arquiatro

Borrowed from Latin archīātrum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós).

(historical) archiater (the chief physician of a prince or city)


creme inglês

/ˌkɾɛ.m‿ĩˈɡleʃ/

custard, creme anglaise (a type of sweet sauce made from milk and eggs)


proletário

(sociology) proletarian (a member of the proletariat)


peito do pé

(anatomy) instep (top of the foot between the toes and the ankle)


vara-de-ouro

goldenrod (any plant of the genus Solidago)


marta europeia

marta europeia f (plural martas europeias)

[ˈmaɾ.tɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ˈmaχ.tɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Martes martes
Martes martes#Translingual

pine marten (Martes martes, a marten of northern Europe)


salto de esqui

salto de esqui m (plural saltos de esqui)

ski jumping (the sport of jumping from a ramp on skis)


bogari

Jasminum sambac
Jasminum sambac#Translingual

Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac), (a shrubby, fragrant vine)


hematologista

hematologista m or f by sense (plural hematologistas)

haematologist (scientist who specialises in haematology)


sistema nervoso periférico

sistema nervoso periférico m (plural sistema nervosos periféricos)

peripheral nervous system
peripheral nervous system

(neuroanatomy) peripheral nervous system (part of the nervous system other than the central nervous system)


artrosporo

(botany, mycology) arthrospore (a sporelike cell produced by some fungi, algae and bacteria)


articulador

articulator (one who, or that which, articulates)


côvado

From Old Galician-Portuguese côbedo, from Latin cubitum (“cubit”), possibly taken as a semi-learned term. Compare the likely inherited doublet coto and the later borrowing cúbito. Cognate with Spanish codo and possibly coto, Galician cóbado, and Catalan colze and colzo. Cf. also cotovelo.

(historical, measure) covado, Portuguese cubit, a traditional unit of length equal to about 0.6 meters and roughly approximating the length of a forearm and hand


baquelite

Bakelite (a heat-resisting chemically inert resin)


arquidiácono

(ecclesiastical) archdeacon (administrative official in a diocese)


branca ursina

branca ursina f (plural brancas ursinas)

hogweed (an umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum)

Acanthus mollis
Acanthus mollis#Translingual


esperteza

smartness; cleverness (the quality of being smart or clever)

cunning; slyness (the quality of being sly or deceitful)


arrogação

[a.χo.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.ʁu.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ʁu.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

(law) arrogation (the unjust assumption of rights or privilege)


hondurenho

hondurenho m (plural hondurenhos, feminine hondurenha, feminine plural hondurenhas)

hondurenhos (plural)
hondurenha (feminine)
hondurenhas (feminine plural)


órix árabe

órix da Arábia
órix da Arábia#Portuguese


artroscópio

(medicine) arthroscope (a form of endoscope used in arthroscopy)


zona afótica

(oceanography) aphotic zone (part of an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis)


litorina

periwinkle (any mollusc of the genus Littorina)

(Brazil, rail transport) railcar (self-propelled railroad wagon)


macaco-japonês

macaco-japonês m (plural macacos-japoneses)

Macaca fuscata
Macaca fuscata#Translingual

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata, a macaque of Japan)


estenose

(medicine) stenosis (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ)


arquienganador

arquienganador m (plural arquienganadores)

(religion) archdeceiver (one who orchestrates great deception, usually referring to the Devil)


arrenotoquia

(biology) arrhenotoky (the production of male offspring by parthenogenesis)


arriboflavinose

(pathology) ariboflavinosis (condition caused by deficiency of riboflavin)


arquicerebelo

(neuroanatomy) archicerebellum (the oldest part of the cerebellum in evolutionary terms)


água-tinta

/ˌa.ɡwɐˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

/ˌa.ɡwɐˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

(art) aquatint (a form of etching with acid on a plate)


ceifador

ceifador m (plural ceifadores, feminine ceifadora, feminine plural ceifadoras)

ceifadores (plural)
ceifadora (feminine)
ceifadoras (feminine plural)

(agriculture) reaper (one who reaps the crop)

Alternative form of Ceifador, as a common noun


áptero

(zoology) apteran (any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods)


ácido arsénico

(inorganic chemistry) arsenic acid (H₃AsO₄)


polinésio

polinésio m (plural polinésios, feminine polinésia, feminine plural polinésias)

polinésios (plural)
polinésia (feminine)
polinésias (feminine plural)

(linguistics) Polynesian (a family of language spoken in Polynesia)


artrocalasia

(teratology) arthrochalasis (disorder characterised by very loose joints)


articaína

(pharmacology) articaine (a local anesthetic used in dentistry)


arturianismo

(literature) Arthurianism (the use of Arthurian legend in literature)


arsenobenzeno

(organic chemistry) arsenobenzene (an aromatic derivative of arsenic)


arvicolídeo

(zoology) arvicolid (any member of the Arvicolidae)


descrédito

discredit (a degree of dishonour or disesteem)


aromaticidade

aromaticity (the property of having an aroma)

(organic chemistry) aromaticity (the property of having at least one conjugated ring)


artefatualidade

(philosophy) artifactuality (the quality of being artifactual)


pilarete

bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)


coarctação

(medicine) coarctation; stenosis (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ)


arqueoastronomia

From arqueo- + astronomia. Compare Italian archeoastronomia.

(astronomy, archaeology) archaeastronomy (the archeological study of astronomy)


cores Web

(computing) web colors (complete palette of colors that are displayed on the web and on the computer)


arpejo

(music) arpeggio (notes of a chord played individually)


enguia europeia

enguia europeia f (plural enguias europeias)

[ẽˈɡi.ɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ĩˈɡi.ɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ẽˈɡi.ɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[ĩˈɡi.ɐ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Anguilla anguilla
Anguilla anguilla#Translingual

European eel (Anguilla anguilla, an eel of Europe and Northern Africa)


chefe de justiça

chefe de justiça m (plural chefes de justiça)

(judiciary) chief justice (presiding member of a supreme court in some countries)


xilose

xilose f (usually uncountable, plural xiloses)

From xilo- + -ose (compare French xylose, Spanish xilosa).

(biochemistry) xylose (a sugar derived from wood)


cerveja de raiz

cerveja de raiz f (plural cervejas de raiz)

/sɨɾˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ dɨ ʁɐˈiʃ/

[sɨɾˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ ðɨ ʁɐˈiʃ]

/sɨɾˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ dɨ ʁɐˈiʃ/

[sɨɾˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ ðɨ ʁɐˈiʃ]

/sɨɾˈbe.ʒɐ dɨ ʁɐˈiʃ/

[sɨɾˈβe.ʒɐ ðɨ ʁɐˈiʃ]

/sɨɾˈve.ʒɐ dɨ ʁɐˈiʃ/

[sɨɾˈve.ʒɐ ðɨ ʁɐˈiʃ]

/sɨɾˈve.ʒɐ dɨ ʁɐˈiʃ/

[sɨɾˈve.ʒɐ ðɨ ʁɐˈiʃ]

root beer (beverage made with sarsaparilla root)


armilária

(mycology) armillaria; honey fungus (any mushroom of the genus Armillaria)


granularidade

grain (the size of the units that form the texture of something)

granularity (the extent or quality of being granular)


traça-de-livros

traça-de-livros f (plural traças-de-livros)

(Brazil) bookworm (any of various insects that infest books)

(Brazil) bookworm (person obsessed with reading)


arquiducado

archduchy (the territory of an archduke)


arminianismo

(Christianity) Arminianism (a school of thought within Protestantism founded by Jacobus Arminius)


canabrás

[kɐ.nɐˈβɾaʃ]

hogweed (an umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum)


órix da Arábia

[ˈɔ.ɾiks ðɐ ɐˈɾa.βjɐ]

Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx, a species of oryx)


simplificação

simplification (a simplified aspect of something)


rabequista

rabequista m or f by sense (plural rabequistas)

[ʁɐ.βɨˈkiʃ.tɐ]


arquifonema

(phonology) archiphoneme (a unit representing underlying phonemes)


rato-veadeiro

deer mouse (any of the muroid rodents in the genus Peromyscus)


arteríola

(anatomy) arteriole (one of the small branches of an artery)


aruaque

aruaque m or f by sense (plural aruaques)

From Kari'na aruac, from the name in Lokono.


aruaque

Arawak (the language of the Arawak people)


arquichanceler

arquichanceler m (plural arquichanceleres)

/ɐɾ.ki.ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/

/ɐɾ.ki.ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/

/ɐɾ.ki.t͡ʃɐ̃.sɨˈlɛɾ/

(government) archchancellor (chief chancellor)


arqueografia

archaeography (a treatise on antiquities)


verde-maçã

[ˌveɾ.ðɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃]

[ˌveɾ.ðɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃]

[ˌbeɾ.ðɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃]


borrelho

plover (any of the wading birds of the family Charadriidae)


truta ártica

Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus alpinus#Translingual

saibling (Salvelinus alpinus, a char of Europe)


copo-de-leite

calla lily (any of several flowering plants in the genus Zantedeschia)


cefalópode

cephalopod (any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda)


arquivolta

[ɐɾ.kiˈβɔɫ.tɐ]

(architecture) archivolt (an ornamental molding or band following the underside of an arch)


sagitário

(astrology) Sagittarian (someone with the Sagittarius star sign)


sagitariano

sagitariano m (plural sagitarianos, feminine sagitariana, feminine plural sagitarianas)

sagitarianos (plural)
sagitariana (feminine)
sagitarianas (feminine plural)


premonição

(parapsychology) premonition (the experience of seeing or thinking of something from the future)


artificialismo

artificialismo m (plural artificialismos)

artificiality (the quality of being artificial)

(psychology) artificialism (the belief that everything has been made by a conscious entity)


longa-metragem

longa-metragem (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural longas-metragens)


caloteiro

caloteiro m (plural caloteiros, feminine caloteira, feminine plural caloteiras)

caloteiros (plural)
caloteira (feminine)
caloteiras (feminine plural)

swindler (person who swindles, cheats or defrauds)

(informal) deadbeat (a person who tries to evade paying their debts)


ascaridíase

ascaridíase f (usually uncountable, plural ascaridíases)

(pathology) ascariasis (any disease caused by the parasitic roundworms Ascaris)


regaço

Deverbal from regaçar. Compare Galician and Spanish regazo.

lap (space in front of the lower abdomen, or over the legs of a seated person)

lap (the lower part of a garment that hangs loosely)


artificialidade

artificialidade f (plural artificialidades)


arquidiaconato

arquidiaconato m (plural arquidiaconatos)

(ecclesiastical) archdeaconry (the office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office)

(ecclesiastical) archdeaconry (the residence or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon)


artesunato

(pharmacology) artesunate (an antimalarial drug)


progéria

[pɾoˈʒɛ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/pɾoˈʒɛ.ɾjɐ/

[pɾoˈʒɛ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/pɾoˈʒɛ.ɾjɐ/

/pɾuˈʒɛ.ɾjɐ/

(pathology) progeria (genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are manifested at an early age)


curta-metragem

curta-metragem (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural curtas-metragens or (nonstandard) curta-metragens)

curtas-metragens (plural)
curta-metragens (nonstandard plural)


obra cinematográfica

obra cinematográfica f (plural obras cinematográficas)


artroscopista

artroscopista m or f by sense (plural artroscopistas)

(medicine) arthroscopist (one who carries out arthroscopy)


lancheira

[lɐ̃ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[lɐ̃ˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/lɐ̃ˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ̃ˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ̃ˈt͡ʃej.ɾɐ/

/lɐ̃ˈʃej.ɾɐ/

lunchbox (container for transporting meals)


escapadela

escape (the act of escaping), especially one of little importance

escapade (undertaking which goes against convention)


trinta-réis-ártico

trinta-réis-ártico m (plural trinta-réis-árticos)

[ˌtɾĩ.tɐˌχɛɪ̯zˈaχ.t͡ʃi.ku]

Stercorarius parasiticus
Stercorarius parasiticus#Translingual

Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus, a species of skua)


densidade aritmética

densidade aritmética f (plural densidades aritméticas)

(geography, statistics) arithmetic density (population density measured as the number of people per unit area of land)


gralha-cinzenta

gralha-cinzenta f (plural gralhas-cinzentas)

/ˌɡɾa.ʎɐ.sĩˈzẽ.tɐ/

Corvus cornix
Corvus cornix#Translingual

hooded crow (Corvus cornix, a crow of Eurasia)


polissemia

(semantics) polysemy (the condition of having multiple meanings)


peixe-galo

peixe-galo m (plural peixes-galo or peixes-galos)

peixes-galo (plural)
peixes-galos (plural)

John Dory (Zeus faber, an edible marine fish)


panículo

(anatomy) panniculus (a dense layer of fatty tissue growth)


merendeira

/mɨ.ɾẽˈdɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɨ.ɾẽˈdɐj.ɾɐ/


arritmicidade

arhythmicality (the quality of being arhythmical)


fressura

Borrowed from French fressure, from Middle French froissure, from Vulgar Latin *frixūra, from Latin frixus (“roasted, fried”).

pluck (set of animal viscera used for food)


peixe-de-são-pedro

peixe-de-são-pedro m (plural peixes-de-são-pedro)

[ˌpɐj.ʃɨ.ðɨˌsɐ̃w̃ˈpe.ðɾu]

[ˌpɐj.ʃɨ.ðɨˌsɐ̃w̃ˈpe.ðɾu]

[ˌpe.ʃɨ.ðɨˌsɐ̃w̃ˈpe.ðɾu]


concani

Konkani (member of the indigenous people of the Konkan Coast of India)

(uncountable) Konkani (Indo-Aryan language spoken in Konkan)


autoconfiança

self-confidence (the state of being self-confident)


contrição

[kõ.tɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(chiefly religion) contrition (sincere penitence or remorse)


arqueobactéria

arqueobactéria f (plural arqueobactérias)

archaeon; archaebacterium (any microorganism of the kingdom Archaea)


arquidruida

(Celtic paganism) archdruid (a chief druid)


artródia

/aʁˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/

/aʁˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[aɾˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/aɾˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[aχˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/aʁˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[aχˈtɾɔ.d͡ʒjɐ]

/ɐɾˈtɾɔ.djɐ/

[ɐɾˈtɾɔ.ðjɐ]

(anatomy) arthrodia (articulation in which the surfaces are nearly flat)


arquicórtex

(neuroanatomy) archicortex (a part of the allocortex)


atormentador

atormentador m (plural atormentadores, feminine atormentadora, feminine plural atormentadoras)

atormentadores (plural)
atormentadora (feminine)
atormentadoras (feminine plural)


sul-americano

sul-americano m (plural sul-americanos, feminine sul-americana, feminine plural sul-americanas)

sul-americanos (plural)
sul-americana (feminine)
sul-americanas (feminine plural)

South American (person from South America)


indo-europeu

Indo-European (member of Proto-Indo-European ethnolinguistic group)


arquitrave

(architecture) architrave (the lowest part of an entablature)


arverno

(historical) Arverni (a member of an ancient Gallic tribe)


pãozinho

pãozinho m (plural pãezinhos or (nonstandard) pãozinhos)

pãezinhos (plural)
pãozinhos (nonstandard plural)

/ˌpɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

/ˌpɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzĩ.j̃u]

[ˌpɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈzi.ɲo]


interface de programação de aplicativos

interface de programação de aplicativos f (plural interfaces de programação de aplicativos)

/ĩ.teʁˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vus/

[ĩ.tehˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vus]

/ĩ.teɾˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vus/

[ĩ.teɾˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vus]

/ĩ.teʁˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vuʃ/

[ĩ.teχˈfa.si d͡ʒi pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vuʃ]

/ĩ.teɻˈfa.se de pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ de a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vos/

[ĩ.teɻˈfa.se de pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ de a.pli.kaˈt͡ʃi.vos]

application programming interface
application programming interface

(programming) application programming interface (set of tools for building software applications)


arquimago

(fantasy) archmage (a very powerful mage)


arsenoaçúcar

(biochemistry) arsenosugar (any of several carbohydrates that contain arsenic)


arquencéfalo

(developmental biology) archencephalon (the primitive forebrain area of an embryo)


arquitraidor

archtraitor (a chief or transcendent traitor)


arquianelídeo

(zoology) archiannelid (any member of the Archiannelida)


arqueozoologia

(archaeology) archaeozoology (the stud of relationships between humans and animals over time)


arvicultura

(agriculture) arviculture (arable farming)


ácido argininosuccínico

argininosuccinic acid
argininosuccinic acid

(biochemistry) argininosuccinic acid (a basic amino acid)


ácido artemisínico

(organic chemistry) artemisinic acid (a compound that is a precursor of artemisinin)


arsenismo

(pathology) arsenicism (a diseased condition produced by gradual arsenic poisoning)


arquivística

archival science (the study of archiving)


metragem

[meˈtɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/mɨˈtɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


arteméter

(pharmacology) artemether (an antimalarial derived from artemisinin)


arrojadita

(mineralogy) arrojadite (a monoclinic-domatic mineral)


aríbalo

aryballos (small flask used, in Ancient Greece, to contain perfume or oil)


avaliabilidade

avaliabilidade f (plural avaliabilidades)

appraisability; evaluability (the ability to be evaluated)


discutibilidade

discutibilidade f (plural discutibilidades)

arguability (the quality or degree of being arguable)


fitopatógeno

(biology) phytopathogen (anything that is pathogenic to plants)


kickboxe

(martial arts) kickboxing (a sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet)


cientista da computação

cientista da computação m or f by sense (plural cientistas da computação)

computer scientist (one who studies or practises computer science)


guerrilha

guerrilla (war carried out by small independent groups)


guerrilha

guerrilha m or f by sense (plural guerrilhas)


horizonte arqueológico

horizonte arqueológico m (plural horizontes arqueológicos)

archaeological horizon
archaeological horizon

(archaeology) archaeological horizon (a common set of artefacts that identifies a culture)


arreador

arriero (person who transports goods using pack animals)


ceifeiro

ceifeiro m (plural ceifeiros, feminine ceifeira, feminine plural ceifeiras)

ceifeiros (plural)
ceifeira (feminine)
ceifeiras (feminine plural)

(agriculture) reaper (one who reaps the crop)


reação nuclear

reação nuclear f (plural reações nucleares)

(nuclear physics) nuclear reaction (any reaction involving the nucleus of atoms)


êrvedo

From Vulgar Latin *erbitus, from Latin arbutus (“strawberry tree”).

Arbutus unedo
Arbutus unedo#Translingual

(botany) strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo, a small, fruit-bearing tree of Europe)


dívida ativa

(accounting) accounts receivable (total amount owed)


paleoetnobotânica

(archaeology) paleoethnobotany (the study of plant remains from archaeological sites)


centroavante

centroavante m or f by sense (plural centroavantes)

(Brazil, soccer) centre forward (most central of the strikers)


galpão

[ɡaʊ̯ˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

shed (a slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something)


rabirruivo

redstart (any of various insectivorous birds of the genus Phoenicurus)


unidade lógica aritmética

unidade lógica aritmética f (plural unidades lógicas aritméticas)

arithmetic logic unit
arithmetic logic unit

(computer hardware) arithmetic logic unit (part of a CPU that does calculations and logical operations)


heléboro

From Latin hellebŏrum, from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), possibly from ἄλκη (álkē, “fawn”) βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”).

hellebore (any plant of the genus Helleborus)


arrebanhador

arrebanhador m (plural arrebanhadores, feminine arrebanhadora, feminine plural arrebanhadoras)

arrebanhadores (plural)
arrebanhadora (feminine)
arrebanhadoras (feminine plural)

/ɐ.ʁɨ.bɐ.ɲɐˈdoɾ/

[ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐ.ɲɐˈðoɾ]

/ɐ.ʁɨ.bɐ.ɲɐˈdoɾ/

[ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐ.ɲɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐ.ɲɐˈðo.ɾi]


aromatizador

aromatizer (one who, or that which, renders aromatic)


fruta-do-conde

fruta-do-conde f (plural frutas-do-conde)

Annona squamosa
Annona squamosa#Translingual

custard apple; sugar apple; sweetsop (Annona squamosa, a West Indian tree and its fruit)


esquistossomo

schistosome (any worm of the genus Schistosoma)


glândula apócrina

glândula apócrina f (plural glândulas apócrinas)

(anatomy) apocrine gland (any of several coiled, tubular glands that extrudes part of the cytoplasm as a secretion)


biafrense

biafrense m or f by sense (plural biafrenses)


arqueometria

(archaeology) archaeometry (the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to archaeology)


pardela

Calonectris diomedea
Calonectris diomedea#Translingual

shearwater (Calonectris diomedea, a seabird of the Atlantic and Mediterranean)


arquiconservadorismo

(politics) archconservatism (hard-line conservatism)


arquimodernista

arquimodernista m or f by sense (plural arquimodernistas)

(art) archmodernist (a leading modernist)


arquiestriado

(ornithology) arcopallium; archistriatum (region in the brain of birds that has functions in learning)


artrofibrose

(pathology) arthrofibrosis (the formation of fibrous tissue within a joint)


artisticidade

artisticness (the quality of being artistic)


artrocentese

(surgery) arthrocentesis (collection synovial fluid from a joint capsule)


arsônio

(chemistry) arsonium (the univalent AsH₄ cation)


encarceramento

encarceramento m (plural encarceramentos)

incarceration; imprisonment (the act of confining in jail)


arrinia

(teratology) arrhinia (congenital absence of the nose)


arpejamento

(music) arpeggiation (the act of playing an arpeggio)


quark bottom

(physics) bottom quark (a type of quark)


megleno-romeno

Megleno-Romanian (an Eastern Romance language spoken in Greece, Macedonia and Romania)


pulgão das macieiras

pulgão das macieiras m (plural pulgões das macieiras)

apple aphid (a bright green aphid, Aphis pomi)


lâmpada de Argand

lâmpada de Argand f (plural lâmpadas de Argand)

Argand lamp (a lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney)


artemisinina

(pharmacology) artemisinin (any of a group of antimalarial drugs)


aromaterapeuta

aromaterapeuta m or f by sense (plural aromaterapeutas)

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) aromatherapist (practitioner of aromatherapy)


baile de formatura

baile de formatura m (plural bailes de formatura)

prom (formal ball held near the end of the academic year)


corpo ordenado

corpo ordenado m (plural corpos ordenados)

(algebra) ordered field (field satisfying the properties of trichotomy, transitivity and preservation of an inequality when the same element is added to both sides)


bordo comum

Acer campestre
Acer campestre#Translingual

field maple (Acer campestre, a species of maple)


estudos de área

area studies (interdisciplinary fields of research focusing on a region)


painel fotovoltaico

painel fotovoltaico m (plural painéis fotovoltaicos)

(electricity) solar panel (array of connected solar cells)


elevador espacial

elevador espacial m (plural elevadores espaciais)

(astronomy, science fiction) space elevator (a hypothetical cable connecting the ground with space)


era apostólica

(Christianity) Apostolic Age (the period of the Twelve Apostles)


etimologia popular

etimologia popular f (plural etimologias populares)

(etymology) folk etymology (a false but popular etymology)


valor-verdade

valor-verdade m (plural valores-verdade)

(logic) truth value (variable with two possible values: true or false)


erva-de-bicho

Polygonum hydropiper
Wikispecies:Polygonum hydropiper

hydropiper (a species of knotweed, Polygonum hydropiper)


arqueogastrópode

arqueogastrópode m (plural arqueogastrópodes)

(zoology) archaeogastropod (any member of the Archaeogastropoda, a taxonomic order of sea snails)


ácido arsanílico

(organic chemistry) arsanilic acid (an organoarsenic compound used as a veterinary feed additive)


pera-maçã

Pyrus pyrifolia
Pyrus pyrifolia#Translingual

apple pear (Pyrus pyrifolia, a species of pear tree and its apple-like fruit)


código de área

código de área m (plural códigos de área)

(telephony) area code (telephone number prefix indicating the geographical area)


síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos

síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos f (uncountable)

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

(medical genetics) Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (inherited disorder caused by a defect in the synthesis of collagen)


prescritivismo

prescritivismo m (plural prescritivismos)

(linguistics) prescriptivism (prescribing idealistic language norms)


teoria dos grupos

(mathematics) group theory (the study of groups, an algebraic structure)


seta do tempo

(physics) arrow of time (direction of time in four dimensions)


valor de verdade

valor de verdade m (plural valores de verdade)


pão branco

white bread (bread made from white flour)


salário mínimo

salário mínimo m (plural salários mínimos)

(labour law) minimum wage (lowest rate of pay that an employer can legally pay)


pinheiro cembro

pinheiro cembro m (plural pinheiros cembros)

Swiss pine (Pinus cembra, a pine tree of Eurasia and northern Africa)


desculpante

desculpante m or f by sense (plural desculpantes)

apologiser (one who apologises, says sorry)


ponte em arco

(architecture) arch bridge (a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch)


ácido salicílico

ácido salicílico m (plural ácidos salicílicos)

(organic chemistry) salicylic acid (white crystalline organic acid)


quizomba

Borrowed from Kimbundu kizomba (“party”).

bor+

(music) kizomba (genre of Angolan popular music derived from the traditional semba dance)


pen-drive

Unadapted borrowing from English pen drive, a trademark for flash drives owned by Phison Electronics Corporation (US).

ubor

(computer hardware) pen drive; flash drive (small storage device with an USB input)


etila

(organic chemistry) ethyl (a univalent hydrocarbon radical)


deão

pt-noun

deão m (plural deãos or deões or deães, feminine deã, feminine plural deãs)

deãos (plural)
deões (plural)
deães (plural)
deã (feminine)
deãs (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French deien, from Latin decānus. Doublet of decano.

(ecclesiastical) dean (church dignitary)


arália

aralia (any of the ornamental and food plants of the genus Aralia)


prião

priões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(molecular biology) prion (misfolded protein)


quiolita

(mineralogy) chiolite (a mineral of aluminum, fluorine and sodium)


rabirruivo-de-testa-branca

rabirruivo-de-testa-branca m (plural rabirruivos-de-testa-branca)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Phoenicurus phoenicurus#Translingual

common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus, a small passerine bird)


aromatização

(organic chemistry) aromatization (the conversion into aromatic compounds)


rolagem

[χoˈla.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

By surface analysis, from rolar (“to roll”) + -agem.


biólogo marinho

biólogo marinho m (plural biólogos marinhos, feminine bióloga marinha, feminine plural biólogas marinhas)

biólogos marinhos (plural)
bióloga marinha (feminine)
biólogas marinhas (feminine plural)

marine biologist (scientist who studies marine biology)


arquivador

arquivador m (plural arquivadores, feminine arquivadora, feminine plural arquivadoras)

arquivadores (plural)
arquivadora (feminine)
arquivadoras (feminine plural)

[ɐɾ.ki.βɐˈðoɾ]

archivist (one who creates, maintains or controls archives)


arquilaúde

(music) archlute (a large European string instrument)


molalidade

(chemistry) molality (concentration of a substance in solution)


arquiabade

[ɐɾ.kjɐˈβa.ðɨ]

(ecclesiastical) archabbot (the title of the general superior in certain Catholic congretations)


vairão

[vaɪ̯ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

minnow (any of several small cyprinid fish)


sexo seguro

safe sex (sexual activity that minimises risks of STDs or pregnancy)


conchada

[kõˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]


arquivologia

archival science (the study of archiving)


turfe

(horse racing) turf (a racetrack for horses)

horse racing (the sport of racing and betting on horses)


cinetose

(medicine) kinetosis; motion sickness (a feeling of nausea or dizziness when travelling in a vehicle or craft)


prateação

silvering (the process of coating a surface with silver)


desigualdade triangular

desigualdade triangular f (plural desigualdades triangulares)

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

(mathematical analysis) triangle inequality (inequality that states that the magnitude of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors)


punguista

punguista m or f by sense (plural punguistas)

pickpocket (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)


blástula

(embryology) blastula (an early form in the development of an embryo)


sarongue

sarong (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist)


fenóxido

(chemistry) phenoxide (any metallic salt of a phenol)


zé-ninguém

zé-ninguém m (plural zés-ninguém or zés-ninguéns)

zés-ninguém (plural)
zés-ninguéns (plural)

/ˌzɛ.nĩˈɡẽj̃/

[ˌzɛ.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃]

/ˌzɛ.nĩˈɡɐ̃j̃/

nobody; zero; random (unimportant person)


painel solar

(electricity) solar panel (array of connected solar cells)


quartel-mestre

quartel-mestre m (plural quartéis-mestres)

/kwɐɾˌtɛlˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

[kwɐɾˌtɛɫˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ]

/kwɐɾˌtɛlˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/

[kwɐɾˌtɛɫˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ]

(military) quartermaster (officer responsible for supplies)


arquipresbítero

arquipresbítero m (plural arquipresbíteros)

(ecclesiastical) archpriest (priest with supervisory duties)


arquissacerdote

arquissacerdote m (plural arquissacerdotes)


segregação

[se.ɡɾe.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/sɨ.ɡɾɨ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[sɨ.ɣɾɨ.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

segregation (that act or practice of keeping things or people apart)


uróboro

(mythology) ouroboros (a serpent, dragon or worm who eats its own tail)


arritmogenicidade

(pathology) arrhythmogenicity (the condition of being arrhythmogenic)


recebedor

[ʁɨ.sɨ.βɨˈðoɾ]

[ʁɨ.sɨ.βɨˈðoɾ]

[ʁɨ.sɨ.βɨˈðo.ɾi]


excitador

excitador m (plural excitadores, feminine excitadora, feminine plural excitadoras)

excitadores (plural)
excitadora (feminine)
excitadoras (feminine plural)

arouser (someone or something that arouses)


idiota da vila

idiota da vila m or f by sense (plural idiotas da vila)

village idiot (stupidest person of a community or group)


arterialização

arterialização f (plural arterializações)

(physiology) arterialization (the conversion of venous blood into arterial blood)


língua de sinais argentina

língua de sinais argentina f (uncountable)

Argentine Sign Language
Argentine Sign Language

Argentine Sign Language (a sign language used in Argentina)


menina dos olhos

menina dos olhos f (plural meninas dos olhos)

apple of someone's eye
apple of someone's eye

(idiomatic) apple of someone's eye (a favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one)


tuaqueira

Arenga pinnata
Arenga pinnata#Translingual

areng (Arenga pinnata, a palm tree which yields sago, wine and fibres)


água-tofana

aqua Tofana (a strong poison used in 17th century Italy)


cadeirante

cadeirante m or f by sense (plural cadeirantes)

[kɐ.ðɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

[kɐ.ðɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

[kɐ.ðeˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

wheelchair user (person who uses a wheelchair)


ânus artificial

ânus artificial m (plural ânus artificiais)

(surgery) artificial anus (an artificial opening of the intestine)


malformação arteriovenosa

malformação arteriovenosa f (plural malformações arteriovenosas)

arteriovenous malformation
arteriovenous malformation

(pathology) arteriovenous malformation (disorder of the veins and arteries)


massa crítica

massa crítica f (plural massas críticas)

(nuclear physics) critical mass (amount of fissile material needed to a nuclear chain reaction)


expressionista

expressionista m or f by sense (plural expressionistas)


água-forte

(alchemy) aqua fortis (a solvent for dissolving all metals except gold)


luteria

lutherie (the craft of making musical instruments)


promissória

nota promissória
nota promissória#Portuguese


cabeço

heading; header (information at the top of a document, or on an envelope)

(nautical) bollard (post to secure mooring lines)


peixe-arqueiro

peixe-arqueiro m (plural peixes-arqueiros)

/ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/

/ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐɾˈkɐj.ɾu/

archerfish (any fish in the family Toxotidae)


veia cava

(anatomy) vena cava (large vein that returns blood into the right atrium)


reformatório

approved school; reformatory (prison for young offenders)


desvanecimento

desvanecimento m (plural desvanecimentos)

evanescence; fade (the act of vanishing away)

complacency (feeling of contented self-satisfaction)


desonestidade

(uncountable) dishonesty (the characteristic or condition of being dishonest)


umbigada

O samba de roda da Bahia, o jongo, o lundu, o coco, o calango e o cateretê são tradições musicais e coreográficas ligadas ao universo do negro que podem ser definidas como “samba de umbigada”. Na umbigada, “todos os participantes ...

2008, André Diniz, Almanaque do Carnaval: A história do carnaval, o que ouvir, o que ler, onde curtir, Zahar, →ISBN, page 47:

(dance) choreography used in various African or Afro-Brazilian dances


homília

(Christianity) homily (sermon concerning a practical matter)


luxação

[lu.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin luxātiōnem. By surface analysis, luxar + -ção

(medicine) dislocation; luxation (dislocating of an organ from its proper place, especially a bone from a joint)


lentivírus

lentivirus (any virus of the genus Lentivirus)


miíase

(medicine) myiasis (infestation of a living vertebrate with maggots)


latência

latency; delay (time between the start of a process and its conclusion)

(electronics) latency (delay due to the transmission and processing of signals)

(medicine) latency (delay between a stimulus and the response in an organism)


hidroginástica

hidroginástica f (plural hidroginásticas)

water aerobics (a form of aerobics done in water)


nervura

(biology, architecture) vein (vein-like salience on a surface)


ordália

(historical) ordeal (trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test)


arquiconfraria

arquiconfraria f (plural arquiconfrarias)

(ecclesiastical) archconfraternity (religious confraternity that can join with and extend privileges with other similar brotherhoods)


palheiro

From palha + -eiro; cf. also Latin paleārium.

(Brazil) a home-made cigarette wrapped with maize husk


aulinha

[aʊ̯ˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈlĩ.j̃ɐ]


heliporto

heliporto m (plural heliportos, metaphonic)

From heli- + porto, by analogy to aeroporto (“airport”).

(aviation) heliport (surface or facility for the landing of helicopters)


caixa-alta

[ˌkaɪ̯.ʃɐˈaʊ̯.tɐ]

[ˌkaɪ̯.ʃɐˈaʊ̯.tɐ]

(typography) upper case (capital letters, collectively)


opérculo

(biology) operculum (flap-like cover in some animals and plants)


táxon

táxon m (plural (Portugal) táxones or (Brazil) taxons or (Brazil) táxons)

táxones (Portugal plural)
taxons (Brazil plural)
táxons (Brazil plural)

(taxonomy) taxon (any of the taxonomic categories)


café-arábica

Coffea arabica
Wikispecies:Coffea arabica

arabica (a species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica)


imperatória

/ĩ.pɨ.ɾɐˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

Peucedanum ostruthium
Wikispecies:Peucedanum ostruthium

masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium, a herb of Europe)


micaelense

micaelense m or f by sense (plural micaelenses)

From the Latin form of Miguel, Michael + -ense.

a native of São Miguel (island in the Azores)


marionetista

marionetista m or f by sense (plural marionetistas)


reconstrução

[χe.kõʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.kõʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/

reconstruction (act of restoring something by building it again)

reconstruction (something reconstructed or restored)

reconstruction (attempt to analyse in detail how something works or occurred)

historical linguistics
historical linguistics

(historical linguistics) reconstruction (unattested word conjectured from its descendants)


tenacidade

tenacity (the quality or state of being tenacious)


petralha

petralha m or f by sense (plural petralhas)

Coined by Brazilian journalist and columnist Reinaldo Azevedo around 2006 blending petista + metralha, in reference to "Irmãos Metralha". The term is also commonly analysed as a blend of petista + tralha (“junk”).

coined

(neologism, derogatory, offensive) a person who supports or is affiliated with the Brazilian Worker's Party


lombriga

From Old Galician-Portuguese lombriga, from Latin lumbricus, with a shift in gender.

Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides#Translingual

giant roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides, a parasitic roundworm)


quetognata

chaetognath; arrow worm (any member of the Chaetognatha)


inseminação artificial

pt-noun

inseminação artificial f (plural inseminações artificiais)

artificial insemination
artificial insemination

(medicine) artificial insemination (surgical insemination without sexual intercourse)


espreguiçadeira

espreguiçadeira f (plural espreguiçadeiras)


avaliador

avaliador m (plural avaliadores, feminine avaliadora, feminine plural avaliadoras)

avaliadores (plural)
avaliadora (feminine)
avaliadoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.βɐ.ljɐˈðoɾ]


parafuso de Arquimedes

parafuso de Arquimedes m (plural parafusos de Arquimedes)

Archimedes' screw (a screwlike device that raises water)


seleção artificial

seleção artificial f (plural seleções artificiais)

artificial selection
artificial selection

(evolutionary theory) artificial selection (intervention by humans in the genetic development of a species)


cabeleira

[kɐ.βɨˈlɐj.ɾɐ]

[kɐ.βɨˈlɐj.ɾɐ]

hair, head of hair (especially long and voluminous)


magnitude aparente

magnitude aparente f (plural magnitudes aparentes)

(astronomy) apparent magnitude (measure of the brightness of a heavenly body)


peixe-escorpião

peixe-escorpião m (plural peixes-escorpião or peixes-escorpiões)

peixes-escorpião (plural)
peixes-escorpiões (plural)

scorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)


objeto indireto

objeto indireto m (plural objetos indiretos)

(grammar) indirect object (phrase indicating the entity indirectly affected by the action)


média aritmética

média aritmética f (plural médias aritméticas)

(statistics, probability) arithmetic mean (measure of central tendency)


lepidopterologia

(entomology) lepidopterology (scientific study of butterflies and moths)


bofe

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bofe.

(informal, usually in the plural) lung, bellows

(usually in the plural) offal (animal's organs as food)

(Brazil, informal, derogatory) ugly person

(Brazil, informal, derogatory) old prostitute

Empresário, publicitário, cantor... sei lá mais o quê, mas o bofe tem "aqué" (dinheiro, na gíria gay)!

2013 May 1, Evandro Santo, O melhor do pior, Matrix Editora, →ISBN:

Businessman, advertiser, singer... I don't know what else, but the guy's got "aqué" (gay slang for money)!


sorriso amarelo

sorriso amarelo m (plural sorrisos amarelos)

From sorriso (“smile”) + amarelo (“yellow”). Literally, “yellow smile”.


chada

From Latin *planāta, feminine accusative of *planātus (“flat”).


chada

(São Tomé and Príncipe) a camp of fishermen for the catch of the flying fish


soborô

From Portuguese sobrou (“it remained”), altered to sound like the name of a Japanese dish.

(humorous) leftovers (excess food from a meal saved to be eaten later)


pancadaria

[pɐ̃.kɐ.ðɐˈɾi.ɐ]


tareia

From Vulgar Arabic طَرِيحَة (ṭarīḥa, “endeavor”). Compare tarefa.


embirração

[ẽ.bi.χaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.bi.χaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Confesso: tenho uma embirração colossal com o Algarve. Se me pedirem dez razões, não tenho. É, como disse, uma embirração, e como tal não precisa de grandes argumentos. Basta ir «toda a gente» para o Algarve para eu não morrer de ...

2006, Pedro Mexia, Primeira pessoa, →ISBN:


multibanco

Registered trademark of an interbank network in Portugal.


bengaleiro

cloakroom (a room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club)

coat rack, coat stand, hatstand, hatrack


bengaleiro

bengaleiro m (plural bengaleiros, feminine bengaleira, feminine plural bengaleiras)

bengaleiros (plural)
bengaleira (feminine)
bengaleiras (feminine plural)

walking stick maker (person who makes walking sticks)


cagarro

(ornithology) Alternative form of cagarra

(regional, Azores) a native of Santa Maria


califasia

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “utterance”) + -ia.


srilanquês

pt-noun

srilanquês m (plural srilanqueses, feminine srilanquesa, feminine plural srilanquesas)

srilanqueses (plural)
srilanquesa (feminine)
srilanquesas (feminine plural)

Sri Lankan, person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent


traveco

From travesti (“cross-dresser”) + -eco (derogatory suffix).


gurizada

(South Brazil, informal) a collective of children


talidomida

pt-noun

talidomida f (usually uncountable, plural talidomidas)

(pharmacology) thalidomide (drug which causes birth defects in fetuses, formerly sold for morning sickness)


supremacismo

From supremacia + ismo, a calque of English supremacism.


obras cinematográficas

obra cinematográfica
obra cinematográfica#Portuguese


coligação

Learned borrowing from Latin colligātiōnem. By surface analysis, coligar + -ção


ornitóloga

female equivalent of ornitólogo (“ornithologist”)


estatice

Hunsrik: Statiss

statice (member of the former genus Statice, which is now known to be paraphyletic)


mequetrefe

From meco (“dissolute man”) + trefe (“mischievous”), first element from Latin moechus (“adulterer, fornicator”), second element of unknown origin.
Or, possibly of shared origin with Spanish mequetrefe by borrowing from Arabic مُخَطْرِف (muḵaṭrif, “raving”).

(colloquial) bum, loiterer (pejorative for a person perceived to be lazy)


intervencionista

pt-noun

intervencionista m or f by sense (plural intervencionistas)


reformador

reformador m (plural reformadores, feminine reformadora, feminine plural reformadoras)

reformadores (plural)
reformadora (feminine)
reformadoras (feminine plural)


mafagafo

Em um ninho de mafagafos, tinha sete mafagafinhos, quem amafagafigar os mafagafinhos, um bom amafagafigador será.

a meaningless word used in tongue-twisters; often this word is converted in various forms and derivations to add in the tongue twister: mafagafinho (diminutive), mafagafar (verb), mafagafigador (agent noun), etc.


yag

yag m or f by sense (plural yags or syag)

(Internet slang) Filter-avoidance spelling of gay.


alheira

(Portugal) a type of Portuguese sausage, made with bread, garlic and meats other than pork

Clipping of erva-alheira. (hedge mustard)


jogo do bicho

a betting game popular in Brazil where people bet on animals that represent numbers


beirã

[be(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃]


parelha

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja, Asturian pareya.

uma parelha de cavalos

team (a set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage)

(literature) couplet (a pair of lines with rhyming end words)


praguense

praguense m or f by sense (plural praguenses)


pratel

From Old French platel (French plateau (“tray”)).


último grito

(idiomatic) all the rage, the latest thing, colloquial for state of the art


roaz

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rōdācem, from Latin rōdere (“to gnaw, to bite”).

Tursiops truncatus
Tursiops truncatus#Translingual

name for a group of cetacean animals such as the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)


micro system

music center (an integrated home audio system; particularly, one smaller than a mini system)


mini system

O FW 360C, lançamento da Philips, é um mini system com capacidade para até 7 CDs — cerca de oito horas de música sem interrupção.

1996, Pequenas empresas, grandes negócios, edições 84-95, Editora Globo, page 98:

Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelho mini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muito material licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instalados software de programas de captação e edição de áudio.

2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner, E o rádio? : novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 130:

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


beirão

beirão m (plural beirões, feminine beirã or beiroa, feminine plural beirãs or beiroas)

beirões (plural)
beirã (feminine)
beiroa (feminine)
beirãs (feminine plural)
beiroas (feminine plural)

[be(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

a native of Beira (historical region of Portugal)


carcanhol

[kaɾ.kɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]

[kaχ.kɐ̃ˈj̃ɔʊ̯]

[kaɻ.kɐˈɲɔʊ̯]

/kɐɾ.kɐˈɲɔl/

[kɐɾ.kɐˈɲɔɫ]

/kɐɾ.kɐˈɲɔl/

[kɐɾ.kɐˈɲɔɫ]

O segredo do futebol, o Santo Graal das vitórias, o eldorado escondido na selva do mundo das chuteiras, era uma coisa tão banal e tão simples como o carcanhol que se paga à rapaziada todos os finais de mês?

2012, Domingos Amaral, Porque é que o FC Porto é Campeão e o Benfica só Ganha Taças da Liga?, Leya, →ISBN:


final-de-semana

final-de-semana m (plural finais-de-semana)

final de semana
final de semana#Portuguese

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


canguru perneta

Literally, “one-legged kangaroo”. Popularized, and possibly invented, in the Brazilian sitcom Sai de Baixo.

(Brazil, humorous, euphemistic, idiomatic) sexual intercourse


muar

From Old Galician-Portuguese muar, from Latin mūlāris, adjectival form of mūlus (“mule”).

mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)


pastéis de vento

pastel de vento
pastel de vento#Portuguese


pastel de vento

pastel de vento m (plural pastéis de vento)

a pastel (the fried pastry) without any filling


croché

Borrowed from French crochet. Doublet of colchete.


lúcia

(botany) a plant of genus Lucya, family Rubiaceae


coletânea

Learned borrowing from Latin collectanea.


cacifo

From Old Galician-Portuguese cafiz, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).

Como era hábito, antes da aula começar, ela foi ao seu cacifo, colocado no corredor das salas ímpares, onde guardou o equipamento de Educação Física. Ao mesmo tempo, outros rapazes e raparigas abriam a porta dos seus cacifos para ...

2012, Luisa Fortes da Cunha, TEODORA E A POCAO SECRETA, Editorial Presença, →ISBN:


bugre

pt-noun

bugre m or f by sense (plural bugres, feminine bugre or bugra, feminine plural bugres or bugras)

bugres (plural)
bugre (feminine)
bugra (feminine)
bugres (feminine plural)
bugras (feminine plural)

→ Hunsrik: Buker

Borrowed from Middle French bougre (“sodomite”), from the colloquial pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”). Doublet of búlgaro.

bor+

Em nosso numero passado, demos um telegramma noticiando ter chegado, de volta a Brusque, a turma de batedores que seguira d'alli no dia 3 de Fevereiro, trazendo flechas, arcos, outros objectos e um pequeno bugre.

1905 March 12, “Expedição contra os bugres”, in Novidades, number 41, Itajaí, column 2:

(Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage (derogatory term for a Native American)

(South Brazil, archaic, now viewed as an ethnic slur) Kaingang (member of the Kaingang people)

(Rio Grande do Sul, may be derogatory) Any indigenous person of the Americas.

Rio Grande do Sul; may be derogatory; Rio Grande do Sul; may be derogatory


excepcionalismo

pt-noun

excepcionalismo m (plural excepcionalismos)

excepcionalismos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)

exceptionalism (quality or condition of what is exceptional)

political system
political system#English

exceptionalism (doctrine that defends the exceptional nature of a given political system, nation, people, etc.)


céspede

[ˈsɛʃ.pɨ.ðɨ]

(poetic) field (ground covered with grass)


mata-mata

(Brazil) Alternative spelling of matamatá


mata-mata

(Brazil, sports) knockout, qualifying round, (UK) tie (tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress)


alarve

From Old Galician-Portuguese allarve, from Arabic العَرَب (al-ʕarab, “the Arabs”). Doublet of árabe.


esteva

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *stīpa, from Latin stīpes (“stake”).

Cretan rockrose (Cistus creticus), a shrub that yields labdanum


esteva

(agriculture) stilt (handle of a plough)


português com açúcar

Literally, “Portuguese with sugar”. Coined by the Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós.

Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese

(Portugal, informal) Brazilian Portuguese (the Portuguese language as spoken and written in Brazil)


governadora

[ɡu.βɨɾ.nɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


espertalhão

espertalhão m (plural espertalhões, feminine espertalhona, feminine plural espertalhonas)

espertalhões (plural)
espertalhona (feminine)
espertalhonas (feminine plural)

[iʃ.peχ.taˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.peχ.taˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


apnéia

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


alfa e ômega

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of alfa e ómega.


aritenóide

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


joinha

'No!' bellowed the giants. Jack grinned. Bucky flashed him a thumbs-up. / Yes, 'thumbs-up' existed Once upon a time. Nowadays it means, 'Good job,' or, 'You're OK with me.' Back then, it generally meant, 'My friends aren't going to kill you.'

2016, Rodrigo Abreu, transl., Outro conto sombrio dos Grimm, Rio de Janeiro: Record, translation of In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Um juiz concluiu que um emoji de "joinha" pode ter o mesmo valor legal de uma assinatura […] e decidiu que a reação é o suficiente para aceitar os termos de um contrato firmado entre duas ou mais partes.

2023 July 13, Clara Fabro, “Emoji do 'joinha' vale até como assinatura! Descubra o seu real significado”, in TechTudo, archived from the original on 2023-07-14:

thumbs up (gesture signifying approval or okay)

Antes de encerrar cada gravação, ela anuncia o próprio canal pedindo para que os usuários deixem um “jóinha”^([sic]) (marcar como “gostei”) e pede para clicar no botão “inscrever-se” que aparece no canto superior do vídeo, que, segundo Tatiana, isso contribui para o canal crescer.

2015, Feira de iniciação científica 2015: ciência, tecnologia e inovação - livro de destaques, Novo Hamburgo: Freevale, →ISBN, page 350:

E se você é um fodinha, vai deixando logo o seu joinha.

2016 December 21, Lukas Marques, Daniel Molo, 0:27 from the start, in A EVOLUÇÃO DOS CELULARES, spoken by Daniel Molo, Você Sabia?, via Youtube, archived from the original on 2023-11-01:

Ao avaliar a entrega, uma das práticas de gentileza com os entregadores é fazer sua avaliação no app do iFood e dar um joinha se você curtiu o trabalho.

2023 January 24, “Gostou da entrega? Dê um joinha para o entregador”, in iFood News, archived from the original on 2023-11-01:

(social media) like (Internet interaction)


arqueoastrônomo

arqueoastrônomo m (plural arqueoastrônomos)

arqueoastrônomos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


arquidemônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of arquidemónio.


ascaríase

ascaríase f (usually uncountable, plural ascaríases)


colectânea

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


empalanca

Alternative form of palanca (roan antelope)


estôfo

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


futibol

Dated spelling of futebol, now used as eye dialect


arauaque

arauaque m or f by sense (plural arauaques)


aracnóide

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


arauaco

arauaco m or f by sense (plural arauacos)


cerveja de raízes

cerveja de raízes f (plural cervejas de raízes)

cerveja de raiz
cerveja de raiz#Portuguese


formiga argentina

formiga argentina f (plural formigas argentinas)

Alternative spelling of formiga-argentina


insônia familiar fatal

insónia familiar fatal
insónia familiar fatal#Portuguese

Alternative form of insónia familiar fatal


segrêdo

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


marta européia

marta européia f (plural martas européias)

marta europeia
marta europeia#Portuguese

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


nuvem cogumelo

nuvem cogumelo f (plural nuvens cogumelo)

nuvem de cogumelo
nuvem de cogumelo#Portuguese


nuvem em cogumelo

nuvem em cogumelo f (plural nuvens em cogumelo)


ponto e vírgula

ponto e vírgula m (plural ponto e vírgulas or pontos e vírgulas)

ponto e vírgulas (plural)
pontos e vírgulas (plural)


fruto-do-conde

fruto-do-conde m (plural frutos-do-conde)


soldagem com arco

soldagem com arco f (plural soldagens com arco)

soldagem por arco
soldagem por arco#Portuguese


vedôr

vedôr m (plural vedôres, feminine vedora, feminine plural vedoras)

vedôres (plural)
vedora (feminine)
vedoras (feminine plural)


ácido araquidônico

ácido araquidónico
ácido araquidónico#Portuguese


ácido arsênico

ácido arsénico
ácido arsénico#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ácido arsénico.


teoria da probabilidade

teoria das probabilidades
teoria das probabilidades#Portuguese

Alternative form of teoria das probabilidades


dejecção

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


varêja

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


estrangêro

estrangêro m (plural estrangêros, feminine estrangêra, feminine plural estrangêras)

estrangêros (plural)
estrangêra (feminine)
estrangêras (feminine plural)

Eye dialect spelling of estrangeiro, representing Brazil Portuguese.


príon

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of prião.


areômetro

From Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós) + -metro.

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of areómetro.


artrômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of artrómetro.


estrangeyro

estrangeyro m (plural estrangeyros, feminine estrangeyra, feminine plural estrangeyras)

estrangeyros (plural)
estrangeyra (feminine)
estrangeyras (feminine plural)


lusco-fusco

lusco-fusco m (plural lusco-fuscos or luscos-fuscos)

lusco-fuscos (plural)
luscos-fuscos (plural)

Designa o "crepúsculo matutino ou vespertino": Substantivo usado na língua corrente, encontra-se em todos os nossos dicionários, com farta exemplificação em alguns dêles: "Era a hora do lusco-fusco" -1 "Era no lusco-fusco da tarde"...

1961, Ângela Vaz Leão, História de palavras:

Hoje o escuro não é apenas a incompreensão do que não vemos, mas um corpo que queremos abraçar, iluminar e sentir no lusco-fusco da nossa existência.


gadelha

[ɡɐˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]

[ɡɐˈðɐ(j).ʎɐ]


crochê

(sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)


belveder

[bɛɫ.vɨˈðeɾ]

[bɛɫ.vɨˈðeɾ]

[bɛɫ.βɨˈðeɾ]


verça

From Old Galician-Portuguese verça, from Vulgar Latin *virdia, from Latin viridia, neuter plural of viridis.


centro-avante

centro-avante m or f by sense (plural centro-avantes)

[ˌsẽ.tɾu.ɐˈβɐ̃.tɨ]


demógrafa

/dɨˈmɔ.ɡɾɐ.fɐ/

[dɨˈmɔ.ɣɾɐ.fɐ]


apocaliptista

apocaliptista m or f by sense (plural apocaliptistas)

apocaliptistas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)


extrangeiro

extrangeiro m (plural extrangeiros, feminine extrangeira, feminine plural extrangeiras)

extrangeiros (plural)
extrangeira (feminine)
extrangeiras (feminine plural)


demógrafo

demógrafo m (plural demógrafos, feminine demógrafa, feminine plural demógrafas)

demógrafos (plural)
demógrafa (feminine)
demógrafas (feminine plural)


apocalipticismo

apocalipticismo m (plural apocalipticismos)


otorrino

otorrino m or f by sense (plural otorrinos)

Preciso ir ao meu otorrino esta semana.

(medicine) otorhinolaryngologist, ENT specialist


parasitismo

(ecology) parasitism (interaction in which one organism benefits at the expense of another without killing them)

(figuratively) parasitism (the practice of taking advantage of others)


fêvera

From Old Galician-Portuguese fevra, from Latin fibra. Compare the borrowed doublet fibra.


Tomé incrédulo

doubting Thomas (one who requires proof before he believes in something)


sensacionalismo

sensacionalismo m (plural sensacionalismos)


sexólogo

sexólogo m (plural sexólogos, feminine sexóloga, feminine plural sexólogas)

sexólogos (plural)
sexóloga (feminine)
sexólogas (feminine plural)


stique

(field hockey or ice hockey) stick, hockey stick


migué

Uncertain, but probably from the expression dar uma de Miguel (see also miguelagem, migueloso). Some sources suggest this could be a reference to Miguel I of Portugal, though this might just be folk etymology.

(Brazil, slang) bullshit (untrue statements intended to deceive)


migué

(Brazil, slang) a person availing themselves of such statements


alentejanas

/ɐ.lẽ.tɨˈʒɐ.nɐʃ/

/ɐ.lẽ.tɨˈʒɐ.nɐʃ/


sexóloga

female equivalent of sexólogo (“sexologist”)


muvuca

Unknown. Usually said to be from Kimbundu mvuka (“fever”)

unk

Unknown

(Brazil, colloquial) of gathered people taken as a place in itself, an agitated crowd

(Brazil, colloquial) a eclectic situations, a chaos

(Brazil, colloquial) many people together, a lively crowd

(Brazil, colloquial) of events often large and public, a leisurely and/or a lively crowd

(Brazil, agriculture) a sowing technique consisting of planting seeds of different species all together


lulismo

Named after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva + -ismo.

Mas há um dilema a acompanhar no futuro próximo: saber o que acontece na relação de forças entre a pulsão autoritária do clã Bolsonaro e uma oposição democrática fragmentada, desiludida, desorientada e atormentada pela herança contaminada do lulismo.

2019 September 11, Manuel Carvalho, “O Brasil à frente da nova vaga do autoritarismo”, in Público:

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
w:Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

(Brazil) Lulism (political ideology of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)


machadiano

pt-noun

machadiano m (plural machadianos, feminine machadiana, feminine plural machadianas)

machadianos (plural)
machadiana (feminine)
machadianas (feminine plural)

a scholar of the works of Machado de Assis


alentejano

alentejano m (plural alentejanos, feminine alentejana, feminine plural alentejanas)

alentejanos (plural)
alentejana (feminine)
alentejanas (feminine plural)


festa julina

Literally, “July party”. Based on festa junina (“June party”).

an off-season festa junina (“June party”), taking place in July


nigromante

nigromante m or f by sense (plural nigromantes)

From Italian nigromante, from Ancient Greek νεκρόμαντις (nekrómantis).


espalhafato

Uncertain, possibly from espalhar + fato.

Tanto espalhafato, pensou Freyja, por um bebé que estava absolutamente indiferentea tudo aquilo que se passava à sua volta em sua honra. Ele estava vestido de forma magnífica num longo vestido de batismo rendado, uma herançade ...

2014, Mary Balogh, Ligeiramente Escandalosa, Leya, →ISBN:

fuss (excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something)

ostentation (display intended to excite admiration or applause)


proteccionista

proteccionista m or f by sense (plural proteccionistas)

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


aborrescente

aborrescente m or f by sense (plural aborrescentes)

[ɐ.βu.ʁɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ]

[ɐ.βu.ʁɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]

Blend of adolescente (“teenager”) + aborrecer (“to annoy”).


estrambote

(literature) extra lines or verses added to a work


voto cacareco

pt-noun

voto cacareco m (plural votos cacareco or votos cacarecos)

votos cacareco (plural)
votos cacarecos (plural)

After Cacareco, a rhinoceros who got more votes than human candidates in the 1958 council elections of São Paulo.

(Brazil, dated) protest vote (vote cast to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the candidates or system)


cachimbos da paz

cachimbo da paz
cachimbo da paz#Portuguese


ninhos de cobra

ninho de cobra
ninho de cobra#Portuguese


cabras da peste

cabra da peste
cabra da peste#Portuguese


cabra da peste

cabra da peste m (plural cabras da peste)

From cabra, variant of cabrão + intensifier da peste.


venda casada

product tying (the practice of selling one product or service as a mandatory addition to the purchase of a different product or service)


cangaço

Usually said to be from canga (“yoke”) + -aço.

(Brazil, historical) a form of social banditry in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries


três oitão

[ˈtɾe(ɪ̯)z oɪ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾe.zoɪ̯ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


namoradinho

namoradinho m (plural namoradinhos, feminine namoradinha, feminine plural namoradinhas)

namoradinhos (plural)
namoradinha (feminine)
namoradinhas (feminine plural)


cachimbo da paz

cachimbo da paz m (plural cachimbos da paz)

[kɐˈʃĩ.bu ðɐ ˈpaʃ]

[kɐˈʃĩ.bu ðɐ ˈpaʃ]

[kɐˈt͡ʃĩ.bu ðɐ ˈpaʃ]

(slang, euphemistic) weed, cannabis, marijuana


ninho de cobra

ninho de cobra m (plural ninhos de cobra)

[ˈni.ɲu ðɨ ˈkɔ.βɾɐ]

(Brazil, idiomatic) a place with very unpleasant people


brazuca

brazuca m or f by sense (plural brazucas)

(Portugal, ethnic slur, informal) Brazilian


funcionário-fantasma

funcionário-fantasma m (plural funcionários-fantasmas, feminine funcionária-fantasma, feminine plural funcionárias-fantasmas)

funcionários-fantasmas (plural)
funcionária-fantasma (feminine)
funcionárias-fantasmas (feminine plural)

ghost employee (a registered employee receiving taxpayers' money without actually working)


pneumatografia

(spiritualism) pneumatography (the act of a spirit making words appear out of nothing)


jovem guarda

a Brazilian music style and movement that started in the 1960s, often associated with soft, romantic lyrics, aimed at teenagers, influenced by American and British bands of the 1950s and 1960s


europeísta

europeísta m or f by sense (plural europeístas)


máquinas fotográficas

máquina fotográfica
máquina fotográfica#Portuguese


máquina fotográfica

máquina fotográfica f (plural máquinas fotográficas)

camera (device for taking still pictures)


sorte grande

hhe highest available prize in the lottery


badalhoca

[bɐ.ðɐˈʎɔ.kɐ]

(Portugal, derogatory) slut (promiscuous woman)

(slang, rare) remaining of feces in the hairs near the anus


chefes de família

chefe de família
chefe de família#Portuguese


chefe de família

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


badalhoco

badalhoco m (plural badalhocos, feminine badalhoca, feminine plural badalhocas)

badalhocos (plural)
badalhoca (feminine)
badalhocas (feminine plural)

A mulher levou as mãos à cabeça e não pôde abafar a sua revolta: — Tu não vês o que tás a fazer, badalhoco! Ora a minha vida, hã!... Já não me bastam os filhos, tenho de aturar também o marido... Que sina a minha! — e despejou o líquido ...

1981, Garcia Barreto, A malta da Rua dos Plátanos:

(informal, derogatory) dirty or slovenly person


negacionismo

negacionismo do Holocausto


tupiniquim

tupiniquim m or f by sense (plural tupiniquins)

Tupiniquim (a member of the Tupiniquim indigenous people)


puxões de orelha

puxão de orelha
puxão de orelha#Portuguese


puxão de orelha

puxão de orelha m (plural puxões de orelha)

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling, idiomatic) scolding


mentecato

mentecato m (plural mentecatos, feminine mentecata, feminine plural mentecatas)

mentecatos (plural)
mentecata (feminine)
mentecatas (feminine plural)


boca de urna

(derogatory) distribution of pamphlets during election day, which is a crime in some jurisdictions


chavão

/t͡ʃɐˈbɐ̃w̃/

[t͡ʃɐˈβɐ̃w̃]


mentecapto

mentecapto m (plural mentecaptos, feminine mentecapta, feminine plural mentecaptas)

mentecaptos (plural)
mentecapta (feminine)
mentecaptas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin mente captus (literally “captured in the mind”).


tubos de imagens

tubo de imagens
tubo de imagens#Portuguese


tubo de imagens

pt-noun

tubo de imagens m (plural tubos de imagens)


tropicália

(Brazil) a Brazilian cultural, artistic and musical movement starting in the late 1960s


matulão

matulão m (plural matulões, feminine matulona, feminine plural matulonas)

matulões (plural)
matulona (feminine)
matulonas (feminine plural)


MPB

Initialism of Música Popular Brasileira (“Brazilian popular music”).

initialism

A MPB é atualmente uma das grandes fontes para a compreensão da cultura brasileira explorada pelos "brasilianistas", dentre os quais destacamos Charles Perrone.

1998, Carlos Eduardo Brandão Calvani, Teologia e MPB, Edicoes Loyola, →ISBN, page 109:


presidiário

pt-noun

presidiário m (plural presidiários, feminine presidiária, feminine plural presidiárias)

presidiários (plural)
presidiária (feminine)
presidiárias (feminine plural)

From Latin praesidiārius, corresponding to presídio (“penitentiary”) + -ário.


forma-pensamento

forma-pensamento f (plural formas-pensamento)

(spiritualism) thought-form (a manifestation of the thoughts, ideas or emotions of someone)


altos e baixos

ups and downs (periods of positive and negative events, moods, etc.)


terras de ninguém

terra de ninguém
terra de ninguém#Portuguese


terra de ninguém

terra de ninguém f (plural terras de ninguém)

(figuratively) a place associated with mess, chaos, disorder


psicógrafo

psicógrafo m (plural psicógrafos, feminine psicógrafa, feminine plural psicógrafas)

psicógrafos (plural)
psicógrafa (feminine)
psicógrafas (feminine plural)

(spiritualism) psychographer (a medium who is believed to be able to psychograph - to have one's body be possessed by spirits in order to let them write texts in the physical world)


melhor idade

[mɨˈʎɔɾ iˈða.ðɨ]

[mɨˈʎɔɾ iˈða.ðɨ]

[mɨˈʎɔ.ɾi iˈða.ðɨ]

Literally, “best age”.
A play on the word maioridade (“adulthood”).


samba de roda

a variant of samba (the Brazilian genre of music and dance)


rolé

(Brazil) Alternative form of rolê (“walk”)


jabá

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Yoruba jàbàjábá.


jabá

promotion or marketing, especially self-promotion or self-marketing

payola (specifically, an illegal bribe given in exchange for playing a given music in radio and TV stations)


cocô do cavalo do bandido

cocô do cavalo do bandido m (uncountable)

Literally, “the crap from the bad guy's horse”.

lit

(Brazil, derogatory, idiomatic) a person or a thing that is extremely worthless


compincha

pt-noun

compincha m or f by sense (plural compinchas)

/kõˈpĩ.t͡ʃɐ/

Possibly borrowed from Spanish compinche.


revertério

[ʁɨ.βɨɾˈtɛ.ɾju]


miserê

(Brazil, colloquial) misery (extreme poverty)


bala na agulha

(slang, idiomatic) ballsiness, toughness, courage


bandidagem

[bɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈda.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

By surface analysis, from bandido (“criminal”) + -agem.


abobados

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tendões de Aquiles

tendão de Aquiles
tendão de Aquiles#Portuguese


CHA

Acronym of conhecimento, habilidade e atitude (“knowledge, ability and attitude”).

acronym

(Brazil, business) "knowledge, ability and attitude", often cited together as desirable qualities in a work environment


milgrada

[miɫˈɣɾa.ðɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese milgrãada, ultimately from Latin mālogrānātum, possibly influenced by mille-grana (“thousand seeds”). Cognate with Galician milgranda; cf. also Catalan magrana.

(archaic, dialectal) pomegranate (fruit)


chispe

Inherited from Vulgar Latin suispedem, from suis (“pig”, genitive singular) + pēs (“foot”).


modelito

Probably borrowed from Spanish modelito, diminutive of modelo

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


locutora

E porque os que têm um brilho interior não precisam de procurar os holofotes a locutora de rádio com voz de musa, que raramente aparece nas páginas dos média, tem-se tornado ao longo dos anos alvo do fascínio e admiração de muitos.

2013 August 23, Joana Emídio Marques, “No guarda-roupa da musa Inês Meneses”, in Diario de Notícias:


Ficha Limpa

pt-noun

Ficha Limpa m or f by sense (plural Fichas Limpas)

(Brazil, politics) a politician with a "clean slate" and thus able to run for elections according to the aforementioned law


gabardinas

[ɡɐ.βɐɾˈði.nɐʃ]


latas de sardinha

lata de sardinha
lata de sardinha#Portuguese


lata de sardinha

lata de sardinha f (plural latas de sardinha)

(idiomatic) an extremely crowded, tight place or vehicle (a bus, a train, etc.), to the extent that the people are unable to move


metrologista

metrologista m or f by sense (plural metrologistas)


dois ou um

a children's game in which three or more players use handshapes at the same time — each player showing one or two fingers —, for the purpose of singling out the one with a different handshape or separating the players into two groups with equal handshapes


prol

Back-formed from the plural próis, from Old Galician-Portuguese proe, proes, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable, useful”).


discriminador

discriminador m (plural discriminadores, feminine discriminadora, feminine plural discriminadoras)

discriminadores (plural)
discriminadora (feminine)
discriminadoras (feminine plural)


zerinho ou um

a variant of the children's game of dois ou um in which the handshapes used are either 0 (closed hand) or 1 (index finger extended)


homem dos sete ofícios

homem dos sete ofícios m (plural homens dos sete ofícios)

Como diz o ditado popular, em Portugal, era o homem dos sete ofícios... Neste caso, o mais apropriado seria dizer dos mil e um ofícios. Bom, e quando nenhuma dessas atividades o ocupava, expandia o seu ideal solidário. Nenhum vizinho ...

2009, Aloisio Augusto C. Ferreira Casa, Os Quatro Investigadores 2, Clube de Autores, page 48:


habilitação

carteira de habilitação
carteira de habilitação#Portuguese

(Brazil, formal) Ellipsis of carteira de habilitação (“driver's license”).


segredos de estado

segredo de estado
segredo de estado#Portuguese


alfange

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒe]

European Portuguese standard spelling of alfanje.


contumaz

contumaz m or f by sense (plural contumazes)

From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Spanish contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.


freela

(Brazil, colloquial, nonstandard) Clipping of freelancer.


mourisma

From Old Galician-Portuguese mourisma, corresponding to mouro (“Moor”) + -isma. Cognate with Spanish morisma.


moirama

[moɪ̯ˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]

[moɪ̯ˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]


moleca

(Brazil) a female brat; a girl regarded as mischievous, unruly or spoiled


o mestre mandou

Vamos jogar o mestre mandou.

(literally, “Let's play the master ordered”)


comêço

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


cysto

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


estêva

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


tôrre

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


môfo

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


chôro

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


salto á vara

salto com vara
salto com vara#Portuguese

(very rare) Obsolete spelling of salto com vara.


aryano

aryano m (plural aryanos, feminine aryana, feminine plural aryanas)

aryanos (plural)
aryana (feminine)
aryanas (feminine plural)

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


ômega

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ómega.


acôrdo

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


sinhá

Eye dialect spelling of senhora, representing Caipira Portuguese.


lusque-fusque

lusque-fusque m (plural lusque-fusques or lusques-fusques)

lusque-fusques (plural)
lusques-fusques (plural)


cuitelo

(archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of cutelo


microfonada

From microfone (“microphone”) + -ada (“hit, blow”).


megasseca

(climatology) megadrought (a drought lasting for decades or centuries)


bwiti

(religion) Bwiti (an animistic religion of Gabon and Cameroon)


muro de Berlim

pt-noun

muro de Berlim m (plural muros de Berlim)

(politics) Berlin Wall (any barrier designed to separate a people)


metanarrativa

(critical theory) metanarrative (a narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge)


irmão leigo

(ecclesiastical) lay brother (a layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest)


fantasma de Pepper

Pepper's ghost (an illusionary technique used to make objects appear or disappear)


número de Reynolds

número de Reynolds f (plural números de Reynolds)

(physics) Reynolds number (dimensionless parameter of flow)


doença de Aujeszky

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


mandeísmo

(religion) Mandaeism (a monotheistic religion practiced in the Middle East)


margem de erro

margem de erro f (plural margens de erro)

(chiefly statistics) margin of error (acceptable degree of lack of precision or error)