força

From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.

ability to exert influence on others; authority; power

series of means used to force someone to do something; violence

strong capacity for action of something; intensity

spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage

(military) set of troops, ships, planes or elements of two or more of these combat assets, intended to carry out a policing or combat mission


lombo

Kabuverdianu: lonbu

Papiamentu: lomba

From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo, from Latin lumbus (“loin”), from Proto-Germanic *landwīn, *landwiō (“waist, loins”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (“kidney, waist”).

der

lombo de porco

lombo de vaca


graveto

From earlier garaveto, from Spanish garabato.

small bits of firewood, used to start a fire


bastão

[basˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[basˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[baʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese baston, from Late Latin bastum, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “carry”). Doublet of batom.


brilho

shine (brightness from a source of light)


tribo

Borrowed from Latin tribus f (“one of the three tribes of Rome”), from trēs (“three”).

bor+

(historical) one of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities and Luceres

(biblical) one of the twelve tribes of Israel

(anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band but smaller than a state)

(sociology, informal) subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)

(taxonomy) tribe (rank between family and genus)


ferro de engomar

pt-noun

ferro de engomar m (plural ferros de engomar)

[ˈfɛ.ʁu ð‿ẽ.ɡuˈmaɾ]

[ˈfɛ.ʁu ð‿ẽ.ɡuˈmaɾ]


arenque

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Spanish arenque, from Old Occitan arenc or Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.


falcão

[faʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese falcon, from Late Latin falcōnem, probably of Germanic origin.


caso locativo

(grammar) locative case (case used to indicate place, or the place where)


caso instrumental

(grammar) instrumental case (case to express agency or means)


figura de linguagem

figura de linguagem f (plural figuras de linguagem)


análise

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).

lbor

analysis
examining a thing, part by part

infinitesimal calculus
infinitesimal calculus

differential calculus
differential calculus

(mathematics) part of mathematics that comprises infinitesimal calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus) and its applications

(in the plural) qualitative and quantitative examination of certain substances in the body, based on samples (blood, urine, feces, etc.), which allows a diagnosis to be made


esplendor

From Old Galician-Portuguese esplandor, esprandor, from Latin splendor.

shine (excellence in quality or appearance)


julgadora

[ʒuɫ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾɐ]


capitalismo

From capital + -ismo, perhaps modelled after French capitalisme.

(economics) capitalism (an economic regime characterized by private ownership of the means of production, the predominance of capital as a productive element and the existence of a free market geared towards making a profit)

(politics) capitalism (regime in which political power depends on capital holders)


julgador

pt-noun

julgador m (plural julgadores, feminine julgadora, feminine plural julgadoras)

julgadores (plural)
julgadora (feminine)
julgadoras (feminine plural)

[ʒuɫ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[ʒuɫ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[ʒuɫ.ɣɐˈðo.ɾi]

From julgar (“to judge”) + -dor. Possibly corresponds to Late Latin jūdicātōrem or iūdicātōrem, accusative form of iūdicātor (“judger”), from Latin iūdicō.


eletrizante

eletrizante m or f (plural eletrizantes)

From eletrizar (“to electrify”) + -ante.


cenário

From Latin scaena (“stage, scene”) + -ário, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “stage, scene”), .


fonética

From French phonétique, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētikós).

(linguistics) phonetics (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)


tudo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese todo, from Latin tōtus (“all; everything”).


reverso

Borrowed from Latin reversus (“returned”), active participle of revertor (“to turn back; to return”), from re- + vertō (“to turn”).


locomotora

locomotive (the power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons)


estômago

From Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).


carneiro

pt-noun

carneiro m (plural carneiros, feminine ovelha, feminine plural ovelhas)

carneiros (plural)
ovelha (feminine)
ovelhas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carneiro, from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Galician carneiro and Spanish carnero.


elétrico

Borrowed from New Latin ēlectricus (“of amber”), from Latin ēlectrum (“amber”), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).


domínio

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


americanismo

(figuratively) apple pie (anything quintessentially American)


grafo

Borrowed from French graphe (“graph”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “to draw”).


marmita

Eu fiz uma marmita para levar para o trabalho

(by extension) a meal transported inside a lunchbox


marmita

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


nudismo

nudism (the practice of social, non-sexual nudity)


cítara

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.


acorde

(music) chord (three or more simultaneous notes)

(figurative) harmony; accord (a pleasing combination of actions, elements or sentiments)


plástico

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).

plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)


resina

From Old Galician-Portuguese resina, from Latin rēsīna.

resin (any viscous liquid secreted by plants)


península

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

lbor

Meronym: istmo

(geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)


pleonasmo

Borrowed from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).


auréola

[aʊ̯ˈɾɛʊ̯.lɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈɾɛʊ̯.lɐ]

Learned borrowing from Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

Vegeta, olha só! Sumiu a auréola que você tinha na cabeça!

2001 October 3, “A estratégia de Vegeta” (20:10 from the start), in Dragon Ball Z, episode 283, spoken by Goku (Wendel Bezerra), São Paulo: Álamo, dubbing of ベジータの秘策(ひさく)!! 神龍(ポルンガ)と2つの願(ねが)い, via Cartoon Network Brasil:

halo, aureole, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints)

aureola (luminous cloud around a sacred personage)


aminoácido

(organic chemistry) amino acid (any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid)

(biochemistry) amino acid (any of the twenty α-amino acids)


agnosticismo

agnosticism (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable)


intelligencia

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


afluente

Learned borrowing from Latin affluentem.


palato

Learned borrowing from Latin palātum (“palate”).


gradiente

[ɡɾa.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/ɡɾaˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/

[ɡɾa.d͡ʒɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/ɡɾaˈd͡ʒjẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ɡɾɐˈdjẽ.tɨ/

[ɡɾɐˈðjẽ.tɨ]

Borrowed from Latin gradientem, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”), from gradus (“a step, pace”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”).

der

gradient (rate of inclination or declination of a slope)


arepa

arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)


complemento

Borrowed from Latin complēmentum. Compare the doublets comprimento and cumprimento.

complement (something which combines with something else to make a whole)

(grammar) complement (clause needed to complete the meaning of an expression)


tautologia

(uncountable) tautology (redundant use of words)

tautology (expression that features tautology)

(logic) tautology (statement that is true for all values of its variables)


hipocorístico

From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós).

bor

ὑποκοριστικός

hypocorism (nickname indicating intimacy)


aneurisma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “widening, opening”).


heráldica

Borrowed from French héraldique (“heraldic”).

heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms)


uricemia

From úrico + -emia. Compare French uricémie.


ambição

[ɐ̃.biˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


clarinete

(music) clarinet (woodwind musical instrument)


antro

(anatomy) antrum (a bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls)


algoritmo

Borrowed from English algorithm, from Medieval Latin algorismus, from Arabic الخَوَارِزْمِيّ (al-ḵawārizmiyy), name of the Persian mathematician al-Khwārizmī, whose name literally means "person from Chorasmia". The English form was influenced by unrelated Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”). Doublet of algarismo.

der

الخَوَارِزْمِيّ

Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
pt:algoritmo


amnistia

amnistias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin amnēstia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía, “forgetting”).


identidade

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identitātem.


exemplo

From Old Galician-Portuguese exemplo, eixemplo, borrowed from Latin exemplum.


tambor

From Old Galician-Portuguese atanbor, from Arabic الطُنْبُور (aṭ-ṭunbūr); cognate to Persian طبل (“drum”), Spanish and Galician tambor.

(music) drum (a type of percussive musical instrument)

drum (a barrel or large cylindrical container for liquids)

(firearms) cylinder (part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds)

drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
tumbler (movable obstruction in a lock)

drum (any hollow, cylindrical object)
the revolving drum of a concrete mixer

(architecture) drum (any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar)

(South Brazil) cockpit (an enclosure for cockfights)


estrangeiro

pt-noun

estrangeiro m (plural estrangeiros, feminine estrangeira, feminine plural estrangeiras)

estrangeiros (plural)
estrangeira (feminine)
estrangeiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese strangeiro, from Old French estrangier (Modern French étranger).


estrangeiro

(dated, except regional) exterior, foreign lands


consumidor

consumidor m (plural consumidores, feminine consumidora, feminine plural consumidoras)

consumidores (plural)
consumidora (feminine)
consumidoras (feminine plural)


mídia

media (journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry)

Um CD é uma mídia física para reproduzir músicas.

A CD is a physical medium to reproduce music.

(by extension, countable, technology) any medium, such as a disk, which reproduces audio and/or video


end zone

Unadapted borrowing from English end zone.


seca

(meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)

Que seca!


protocolo

protocol (system of procedures for doing something)


aspirante

pt-noun

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspirantes)

/ɐʃ.piˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

Ultimately from Latin aspīrante, possily borrowed from Italian aspirante. By surface analysis, aspirar + -ante.

A popularidade de Marcos começou a crescer a partir do ano passado, quando sites de entretenimento da capital redescobriram o aspirante a sósia.

2016 February 12, “"Vin Diesel de Curitiba" vende panos de prato para enfrentar a crise”, in UOL Notícias, Cotidiano:

Marcos's popularity began to grow last year, when the capital's entertainment websites rediscovered the double aspirant.


amanhã

Macanese: amanhâm

[a.mɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃]

[a.mɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese a mannãa (literally "at morning", in a similar sense to English tomorrow) from Vulgar Latin *māneāna. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese cras.

Deixa esta tarefa para amanhã.

As crianças de hoje serão os adultos de amanhã.

The children of today will be the adults of tomorrow.


pardo

pardo m (plural pardos, feminine parda, feminine plural pardas)

pardos (plural)
parda (feminine)
pardas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pardo, from Latin pardus.

Pardo é um termo oficial no Brasil formalmente utilizado para descrever alguém de origem multirracial.

Pardo is an official term used formally in Brazil to describe someone of multiracial origins.


vocativo

Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.

(grammar) vocative case (case used when addressing someone)


romeno

romeno m (plural romenos, feminine romena, feminine plural romenas)

romenos (plural)
romena (feminine)
romenas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Romanian român, from Latin romānus. Doublet of romão and romano.


bisonte

Borrowed from Latin bisōntem. Doublet of bisão.

Bison bonasus
Bison bonasus#Translingual

bison (a similar American animal, Bison bison)


banqueta

stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)


glândula pineal

glândula pineal f (plural glândulas pineais)


merengue

From Spanish merengue, from French meringue.


orbe

orbe m or (nonstandard) f (plural orbes)


glândula

Kabuverdianu: glândula

Borrowed from Latin glandula. Cf. also landra.


quê

a characteristic (distinguishable feature of a person or thing)


catarata

From Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταράκτης (kataráktēs) "down-rushing".

(pathology) cataract (opacity of the lens in the eye)


kryptonita

kryptonite (weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable)


parra

From Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure, fence”).


guincho

any bird characterised by its high-pitched call


ciclone

Borrowed from English cyclone, from Ancient Greek.


cinismo

cynicism (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)


egoísta

pt-noun

egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)

Borrowed from French égoïste. By surface analysis, ego + -ista.


confinamento

lockdown (the confinement of people in their own homes)

confinement, detention (the act of confining or the state of being confined)


campa

From Old Galician-Portuguese campãa, from Late Latin campāna. Compare Galician campá, Spanish campana.


divo

divo m (plural divos, feminine diva, feminine plural divas)

divos (plural)
diva (feminine)
divas (feminine plural)


eunuco

Learned borrowing from Latin eunuchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

(historical) eunuch (castrated man who was entrusted with the care of the women in the harem)

(figuratively, derogatory) man unable to procreate


astenia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).


opereta

(music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)


gameta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”).


fraternidade

Borrowed from Latin frāternitātem. Cognate with Spanish fraternidad.


faceta

Borrowed from French facette. Equivalent to face + -eta.

(figurative) facet (one among many similar yet distinct things)

(anatomy) facet (component of a compound eye)


fracasso

crash (the sound of objects crashing together)


aplauso

Learned borrowing from Latin applausus (“clapping”).


órbita

orbit (path of one object around another)


inconsciente

From in- (“un-”) + consciente (“conscious”).


citoplasma

(cytology) cytoplasm (contents of a cell excluding the nucleus)


gengiva

From Old Galician-Portuguese gengiva, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

(anatomy) gum, gingiva (flesh around teeth)


cobertura

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobertura, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.

Vi a cobertura do campo pela neve.

A cobertura da caixa é resistente.

cover (anything which covers other things)

Quem tem dinheiro prefere morar na cobertura.

Those who have money prefer living in the penthouse.

(architecture) penthouse (apartment on the top floor of a building)

Não te preocupes, meu cheque tem cobertura.

A cobertura das eleições pelo jornal foi breve.

The newspaper’s coverage of the elections was brief.

(communication) news coverage (a media organization’s account of an occurrence)

Corre para o outro lado enquanto eu te dou cobertura.

Run to the other side while I cover you.

(military, law enforcement) protection from enemy fire

O meio-campista lhe deu cobertura enquanto corria para o gol.

The midfielder protected him while he ran towards the goal.

(sports) the act of preventing adversaries from reaching a team

Margens com cobertura vegetal sofrem menos erosão.

Riverbanks with plant cover suffer less erosion.

(ecology) contents of the topmost layer of soil

Esta seguradora tem uma cobertura boa para acidentes de carro.

This insurance company has a good warranty for car accidents.

Esta companhia tem uma cobertura que abrange todos bairros.

This company has a coverage that reaches every neighborhood.

coverage (the extent to which a television radio or internet signal reaches)

(topology) cover (a set of sets whose union contains the given set)

Este bolo tem cobertura de chocolate.


nucléolo

(cytology) nucleolus (part of a cell’s nucleus)


asiático

pt-noun

asiático m (plural asiáticos, feminine asiática, feminine plural asiáticas)

asiáticos (plural)
asiática (feminine)
asiáticas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin āsiāticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσιατικός (Asiatikós).


perímetro

(geometry) perimeter (the length of the outline of an object)

perimeter (instrument for measuring the field of vision)


filete

Borrowed from French filet (“soft piece of meat”).

bor+

(Portugal) fillet (a strip or compact piece of meat or fish)


filete

Borrowed from French filet (“small string”).

very thin or narrow string (of light, water, solid material, etc.)

(architecture) listel, fillet: straight and flat frame of a building, often separating the flutings of a shaft

(botany) the part of the stamen holding the anther


próstata

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

uder

Deixa-me cutucar sua próstata.


linfa

Learned borrowing from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

(physiology, immunology) lymph (fluid carried by the lymphatic system)


crítico

pt-noun

crítico m (plural críticos, feminine crítica, feminine plural críticas)

críticos (plural)
crítica (feminine)
críticas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós).

critic (a person who appraises the works of others)


cocota

(Brazil, dated) a young and beautiful girl


megera

After Ancient Greek Μέγαιρα (Mégaira, “Megaera”), one of the Erinyes in Greek mythology.

der

(derogatory) an evil or bad-tempered woman


presidiario

pt-noun

presidiario m (plural presidiarios, feminine presidiaria, feminine plural presidiarias)

presidiarios (plural)
presidiaria (feminine)
presidiarias (feminine plural)


mágico

mágico m (plural mágicos, feminine mágica, feminine plural mágicas)

mágicos (plural)
mágica (feminine)
mágicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin magicus, from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”). Compare meigo, which is likely a doublet.


menino

menino m (plural meninos, feminine menina, feminine plural meninas)

meninos (plural)
menina (feminine)
meninas (feminine plural)

Guinea-Bissau Creole: mininu

Kabuverdianu: meninu

→ Spanish: menino, menina

→ French: menin

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meninho (the palatal nasal survives in the Galician cognate meniño), of uncertain origin:
* From Latin minimus.
* From a Gallo-Romance language (cf. Catalan minyó (“boy”), French mignon (“cute”)).
* From meu ninno, with ninno being a borrowing from Old Spanish niño. The alveolar nasal may have arisen due to conflation with Old Galician-Portuguese neno, from Vulgar Latin *ninnus.
* From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) (compare Middle Irish menn (“kid”), Middle Breton menn (“young goat”), Middle Welsh myn (“kid”), from Proto-Celtic *menno-).


mistura

From Old Galician-Portuguese mestura, from Latin mixtūra, mistūra.

mixture, blend (various different things put together)

(Brazil) a meal that combines various ingredients; for example: rice and vegetables


misericordioso

pt-noun

misericordioso m (plural misericordiosos, feminine misericordiosa, feminine plural misericordiosas, metaphonic)

misericordiosos (plural)
misericordiosa (feminine)
misericordiosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From Medieval Latin misericordiōsus, from misericors, misericordis + -ōsus. By surface analysis, misericórdia + -oso (compare French miséricordieux).


bexiga

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca. Presumably came via a northern dialect or Galician on account of the /b-/. Compare Galician vexiga, Spanish vejiga. Doublet of vesico-, a borrowing from Latin.


dança

From Old Galician-Portuguese dança, deverbal of dançar.


epidídimo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís).


gnosticismo

Borrowed from French gnosticisme. By surface analysis, gnóstico + -ismo.

(religion) Gnosticism (any of various early Christian and Jewish belief systems emphasising personal spiritual knowledge)


caçador

pt-noun

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

caçadores (plural)
caçadora (feminine)
caçadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçador, corresponding to caçar (“to hunt”) + -dor (“-er”). Compare Spanish cazador, Italian cacciatore, French chasseur.

hunter; huntsman (one who hunts animals)

(by extension) hunter (one who searches for something meticulously)

(military) chasseur (soldier equipped for rapid movement)


motor a explosão

motor a explosão m (plural motores a explosão)

internal combustion engine
internal combustion engine


partitura

(music) sheet music (written musical notation)


cálculo

Borrowed from Latin calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

(mathematics, uncountable) calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject)


alcano

alkane (saturated hydrocarbon of formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₂)


admirador

admirador m (plural admiradores, feminine admiradora, feminine plural admiradoras)

admiradores (plural)
admiradora (feminine)
admiradoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.ðmi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.ðmi.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrātōrem. By surface analysis, admirar + -dor.


cofre

Borrowed from French coffre. Doublet of côvão.

safe (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)


anisotropia

From aniso- + -tropia or anisótropo + -ia.

(biology, mineralogy, physics) anisotropy (the property of being directionally dependent)


obrigado

pt-noun

obrigado m (plural obrigados, feminine obrigada, feminine plural obrigadas)

obrigados (plural)
obrigada (feminine)
obrigadas (feminine plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin obligātus (“obliged”), past participle of obligō (“to bind in obligation”).

slbor

(law) someone bound by a legal obligation


obrigado

a thank you (instance of expressing gratitude)


cromatografia

pt-noun

cromatografia f (usually uncountable, plural cromatografias)

(analytical chemistry) chromatography (technique for separation of components in a mixture)


australiano

australiano m (plural australianos, feminine australiana, feminine plural australianas)

australianos (plural)
australiana (feminine)
australianas (feminine plural)


policial

policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)


masoquismo

From German Masoch (name of Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch) + -ismo.

af

masochism (the enjoyment of receiving pain)


fiambre

Borrowed from Spanish fiambre, from frío (“cold”).

Um sanduíche de queijo e fiambre.


duque

pt-noun

duque m (plural duques, feminine duquesa, feminine plural duquesas)

duques (plural)
duquesa (feminine)
duquesas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese duc (“duke”), borrowed from Old French duc (“duke”), from Latin dux (“ruler”), from dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Doublet of doge.

(card games) deuce, two (a card with two spots)


aurora austral

aurora austral f (plural auroras austrais)

Borrowed from New Latin aurōra austrālis, from Latin aurōra (“dawn”) + austrālis (“southern”).


aurora boreal

pt-noun

aurora boreal f (plural auroras boreais)

Borrowed from New Latin aurōra boreālis, from Latin aurōra (“dawn”) + boreālis (“northern”).


mesmo

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesmo, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese meesmo, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *medesmo, from proto-Romanic forms as *medessimu, from *medissimu, from *medipsimu, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from a previous *metipsissīmus, derived from Latin -met (emphatic suffix) + ipse (“himself”) + -issimus (superlative suffix). Compare with Spanish mismo, French même.

O mesmo ocorreu hoje.


sambo

(martial arts) Sambo (a Russian martial art)


alnico

alnico (alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt)


resultados

Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas...

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 538:

I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has got very poor grades in my classes...


ferromagnetismo

(physics) ferromagnetism (the phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets)


isoterma

isotherm (line representing equal or constant temperature)


ligando

Borrowed from Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligo (“bind”).

(chemistry) ligand (something that binds to another chemical entity)


impureza

impurity (the condition of being impure)

impurity (a component or additive that renders something else impure)


adenocarcinoma

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

(oncology) adenocarcinoma (any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue)


focinho

From Vulgar Latin faucinus, a diminutive of Latin faucēs (“throat, gullet”). Alternatively, influenced by Spanish hocicar (“to root with the nose”), ultimately from Latin fodere (“to dig”).
Cognate with Galician fociño. Compare also Spanish hocico and Asturian focicu.

cog

snout (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast)


contador

pt-noun

contador m (plural contadores, feminine contadora, feminine plural contadoras)

contadores (plural)
contadora (feminine)
contadoras (feminine plural)

From contar + -dor. Piecewise doublet of computador.

(Brazil) accountant (someone who maintains financial matters for a person)


contador

contador da água


armadura

[ɐɾ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Galician armadura.

inh+

armatura (the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)

A FN permanece amarrada aos fundamentos nacionalistas de extrema-direita. "A armadura da sua doutrina permanece uma concepção determinista e étnica da identidade, impermeável aos valores universalistas dos Direitos do Homem e da cidadania republicana. (...)"

2015 December 13, Jorge Almeida Fernandes, “Estratégia de Marine Le Pen: devorar a direita tradicional”, in Público:

The FN remains tied to far-right nationalist underpinnings. "The armor of his doctrine remains a deterministic and ethnic conception of identity, impervious to the universalist values of human rights and republican citizenship. (...)"


cartucho

From French cartouche (“cartouche”), from Italian cartoccio (“paper bag, cartouche”), from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to scratch, to inscribe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to scratch”).

der

cartridge (vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer)


pescoço

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescoço, from Old Spanish pescoço (Modern Spanish pescuezo), from *poscoço, from Latin post + Old Spanish coço.


sabão

→ Okinawan: サフン (safun)

desctree

→? Min Nan: 雪文 (sap-bûn)
→ Amis: safon
→ Kavalan: sabun
→ Puyuma: sabun
→ Tsou: savungu

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabon, sabõ, from Latin sāpōnem, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).


bocal

Encha até o bocal.

brim (of a bottle or any other container)

(construction) the metal piece into which a light bulb is inserted and rotated

the part of the candlestick into which the candle is inserted

(construction) parapet at the edge of a cistern or well

an aperture
lower part of a coat's sleeve

leather strip initially used to tame a saddle animal

silk or cotton strip that, in saddle animals, replaces the leather strip

in saddle animals
bit (metal in horse’s mouth)

(medicine) a channel that, when fixated to the tip of a duct, regulates the liquid flux or is used to pass fluid


etarra

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna


margem

[ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɾ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaʁ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɻ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ˈmaɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese margen, from Latin marginem (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merg-.

inh

(typography) margin (edge of paper which remains blank)

margin (difference between results, characteristics, scores)


muralha

Borrowed from Italian muraglia (“wall”), muro (“wall”) + -aglia, or from Late Latin muralia, from Latin mūrus.

wall (structure built for defence surrounding or separating an area)


cerveja

Kabuverdianu: serveja

→ Tetum: serveja

Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a. Compare Spanish cerveza.


palavra

→ Angolar: palava

desctree

→ English: palaver
→ Danish: palaver
→ Finnish: palaveri
→ German: Palaver
→ Hungarian: paláver
→ Swedish: palaver

desc

→ Guinea-Bissau Creole: palabra, palavra

→ Indo-Portuguese: palau, palav, paláver, pálver, pálvra

→ Kabuverdianu: palábra, palávra

→ Korlai Creole Portuguese: palab

→ Principense: palava

From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

der

Abri o dicionário e li a definição de uma palavra qualquer.

I opened the dictionary and read the definition of a random word.

Você tem a minha palavra.

Preciso ter uma palavra com meus filhos.

Esse processador aceita palavras de 32 bits.

No meio da conferência, me passaram a palavra.

I was given the permission to speak in the middle of the conference.

Cristãos seguem a palavra de Jesus.


finlandês

pt-noun

finlandês m (plural finlandeses, feminine finlandesa, feminine plural finlandesas)

finlandeses (plural)
finlandesa (feminine)
finlandesas (feminine plural)


aberto

Guinea-Bissau Creole: abertu

Indo-Portuguese: aberto

Kabuverdianu: abértu

Kristang: abertu

Principense: betu

Sãotomense: betu

From Old Galician-Portuguese aberto, from Latin apertus.


asteróide

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


meteoróide

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


teclado

From tecla (“key of a keyboard”) + -ado.

keyboard (set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer, etc.)

keyboard (component of a musical instrument consisting of keys)

(music) keyboard (electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard)


discussão

[d͡ʒiʃ.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


ocidental

ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)

Learned borrowing from Latin occidentālis (“western”), from occidēns (“west”), occidō (“fall down; pass away”). By surface analysis, ocidente + -al.

lbor

someone who was born in the western world


criança

Macanese: quiança

From Old Galician-Portuguese criança. By surface analysis, criar (“to raise”) + -ança. Compare Spanish crianza and Medieval Latin creantia.


bosta

Attested since 1621. From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-; Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).
Back-formation from bostal (“corral: cattle pen”), from Late Latin bōstar, būstar, from bōs (“bull”) and stāre (“to stand, remain; a standing, habitation”).


direita

[d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tɐ]

[d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tɐ]

Feminine of direito. Or from Old Galician-Portuguese dereita, feminine form of dereito, from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), from dīrigō (“lay straight; direct; distribute”), from dis- + regō (“to rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Compare Spanish derecha, Catalan dreta, French droite, Italian dritta, Romanian dreapta.


direito

Modified orthographically from Old Galician-Portuguese dereito (compare Spanish derecho), from Vulgar Latin *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of direto.

law (body of rules and standards to be applied by courts)


estrela

Guinea-Bissau Creole: strela

Kabuverdianu: strela

Kristang: strela

Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
Cognate with Galician estrela, Spanish and Catalan estrella, Occitan estela, French étoile, Italian stella and Romanian stea. Doublet of Estela.

star
(astronomy) luminous celestial body

(geometry) concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points


caneta

→ Hunsrik: Kanett

From cana (“cane, reed”) + -eta. Sense 3 is a derivation from sense 2 (itself an analogy), originally as the expression "tocar a bola por entre as canetas" ("play the ball between the legs").

Já não me aguento das canetas.

Ela deu uma caneta na zagueira e arrematou no gol.

She nutmegged the defender and shot to the goal.

(Brazil, soccer/football) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)


antiferromagnetismo

(physics) antiferromagnetism (a phenomenon similar to ferromagnetism)


paralelogramo

(geometry) parallelogram (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length)


limão

Swahili: limau

Borrowed from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian لیمو (limu), لیمون (limun).


angolano

pt-noun

angolano m (plural angolanos, feminine angolana, feminine plural angolanas)

angolanos (plural)
angolana (feminine)
angolanas (feminine plural)

Angolan (person from Angola or of Angolan descent)


televisão

From tele- + visão, calque of French télévision.


calamar

Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).


trem

Borrowed from English train, from Middle English, from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”).

trem de cozinha

(rail transport, Brazil) train (line of connected cars or carriages)

(slang, Brazil, chiefly Minas Gerais and Goiás) thingy; thingummy

trem de aterragem
trem de aterragem#Portuguese


rosto

From Old Galician-Portuguese rosto, rostro, from Latin rostrum.

Era difícil dizer se a professora os ouvira, pois seu rosto estava oculto pelas sombras.

2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 240:

It was difficult to tell whether the teacher had heard them, because her face was hidden by the shadows.

Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:


felação

Learned borrowing from Latin fēllātiōnem.


comparação

/kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin comparātiōnem. By surface analysis, comparar + -ção.

comparison (the act of comparing or the state of being compared)


experiência

Borrowed from Latin experientia (“experience”).

bor+

experience (event(s) of which one is cognizant)

(uncountable) knowledge gathered throughout time

Experiência científica


lula

From Latin lōlīgō (“squid, cuttlefish”).


anel

From Old Galician-Portuguese anel, borrowed from Old Occitan anel, from Latin ānellus (“finger ring”). Compare the inherited doublet elo. Cognates include Catalan anell, French anneau, Italian anello, Spanish anillo.
Sense 2 likely comes from the round form of the anus.


relé

(electronics) relay (electrical actuator)


minhoca

Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca; perhaps from *milocca, from a substrate language. If related to Proto-Celtic *mīlom (“animal”), then from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”).


coruja

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

unk

Unknown

As corujas caçam à noite.


estética

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).


chave de fenda

pt-noun

chave de fenda f (plural chaves de fenda)


seminude

(Internet slang) a sexually provocative photograph that does not show intimate parts


dúvida

Estou em dúvida.

Em caso de dúvidas, pergunta.

Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

When you are in doubt, go to the library.


fulcro

From Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“to prop up, to support”).

uder

fulcrum (the pivot about which a lever turns)


braços

[...] o gato ronronava feliz nos braços de Hermione.

2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 55:

… the cat was purring happily on Hermione's arms.


coragem

Guinea-Bissau Creole: korajen

Macanese: corázi

[koˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

Borrowed from Old Occitan coratge or Old French corage, from Latin cor (“heart”).

courage; boldness; guts (the quality of not being scared easily)

courage; audacity; insolence (the quality of being insolent)


coragem

[koˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/kɔˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


coroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

der

crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)

crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)

(heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)

(dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)

crown (any of various coins or currencies, including the krone, krona, koruna)


coroa

(Brazil, colloquial) a middle-aged person


águia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”).

inh+

eagle (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)

eagle (representation of such an eagle (bird) carried as an emblem)

(heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)

Seu filho é uma águia, Sra. Coelho!


despedida de solteiro

pt-noun

despedida de solteiro f (plural despedidas de solteiro)

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈte.ɾu]


islandês

islandês m (plural islandeses, feminine islandesa, feminine plural islandesas)

islandeses (plural)
islandesa (feminine)
islandesas (feminine plural)


conotação

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiōnem, from Latin connotō. By surface analysis, conotar + -ção.


martelo

→ Tamil: மடுத்தல் (maṭuttal)

→ Chittagonian: মাত্তুল (mattul)

From Old Galician-Portuguese martelo, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Galician martelo, Spanish martillo, Catalan martell, and Italian martello.


avelã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).
Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.


quilograma

From quilo- (“kilo-”) + grama (“gram”), calqued from French kilogramme.


raio

From Old Galician-Portuguese rayo, from Latin radius. Doublet of rádio.


aliasing

Unadapted borrowing from English aliasing.

ubor

(signal processing, graphics, sound recording) aliasing (distortion caused by a low sampling rate)

graphics; sound recording; graphics; sound recording


calculadora

calculator (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)


locução prepositiva

pt-noun

locução prepositiva f (plural locuções prepositivas)


recepção

Learned borrowing from Latin receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”).


lábio

From Latin labium (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

uder

lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)

labium (liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva)


quadrupolo

(physics) quadrupole (configuration equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions)


trator

From earlier tractor, formed from Latin tractus (“dragged”) + the suffix -or, or borrowed from English tractor.

tractor (a type of vehicle used in farms)


anedota

[ɐ.nɨˈðɔ.tɐ]

From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”).


hipótese

From Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”).

der

(sciences) hypothesis (tentative conjecture in science)


ladrão

pt-noun

ladrão m (plural ladrões, feminine ladra or (colloquial) ladrona or (colloquial) ladroa, feminine plural ladras or (colloquial) ladronas or (colloquial) ladroas)

ladrões (plural)
ladra (feminine)
ladrona (colloquial feminine)
ladroa (colloquial feminine)
ladras (feminine plural)
ladronas (colloquial feminine plural)
ladroas (colloquial feminine plural)

→ Angolar: ladron

Chinese Pidgin English: la-li-loong

Guinea-Bissau Creole: ladron

Indo-Portuguese: laderan

Kristang: ladrang

Principense: ladran

→? Shona: ladrone

[laˈdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese ladron, from Latin latrōnem (“highwayman, brigand”).


lâmpada

[ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.ðɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese lampada, borrowed from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp or flambeau”), from Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”). Compare the inherited Old Portuguese form lampaa.


espírito

From Old Galician-Portuguese espirito, borrowed from Latin spīritus, from spīrō (“breathe, respire; live”), from Proto-Indo-European *speys- (“to blow”).

spirit (the soul of a person or other living being)


coentro

From Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίανδρον (koríandron).

Coriandrum sativum
Coriandrum sativum#Translingual

coriander, cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)


negócio

Borrowed from Latin negōtium (“business, affair”).

affair (that which is done or is to be done)


raiz

Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais

Kabuverdianu: raìs

Papiamentu: rais

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare Galician raíz.

inh+

(arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)

(graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)

(linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)

(linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)

(computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)

(figurative, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up


acusativo

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsātīvus. By surface analysis, acusar + -tivo.


tóxico

Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

der

(toxicology) poison (substance harmful to a living organism)


pimenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).


leste

Borrowed from French l’est (“the east”), from le, l’ (“the”) + est (“east”), from Old English ēast (“east”), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin.


asturiano

pt-noun

asturiano m (plural asturianos, feminine asturiana, feminine plural asturianas)

asturianos (plural)
asturiana (feminine)
asturianas (feminine plural)


grego

grego m (plural gregos, feminine grega, feminine plural gregas)

gregos (plural)
grega (feminine)
gregas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese grego, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

(uncountable) Greek (Indo-European language spoken in Greece and Cyprus)

(colloquial) Greek (incomprehensible speech or jargon)


amidina

(organic chemistry) amidine (an organic compound derived from oxoacids)


peçonha

From Old Galician-Portuguese peçonna, poçonna, poçõya, from Vulgar Latin *potionea, from Latin pōtiō (“drink”). Cognate of Spanish ponzoña, Galician pezoña and French poison, doublet of poção.

(biology) venom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)

(figuratively) venom; malice; malevolence; vitriol


fluxo

Learned borrowing from Latin fluxus (“flow”). Doublet of chocho and frouxo.


medalha

Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia (“middle; half a denarius”), ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of mealha 'type of medieval coin', the native Portuguese counterpart.

der

medal (stamped metal disc used as ornament or charm)

medal (metal object used as a prize or military decoration)


estudante

pt-noun

estudante m or f by sense (plural estudantes)

student (person who studies an academic subject)

Aluno é aquele que atende regularmente a um curso, de qualquer nível, duração ou especialidade, com a suposta finalidade de adquirir conhecimento ou ter direito a um título. Já o estudante é um ser autônomo, que busca uma nova competência e pretende exercê-la, para o seu benefício e da sociedade. O aluno recebe. O estudante busca. Quando o sistema funciona, todos os alunos tendem a se tornar estudantes. Quando o sistema falha, eles se divorciam. É o que parece ocorrer entre nós: enquanto o número de alunos nos ensinos fundamental, médio e superior cresce, assombram-nos sinais do desaparecimento de estudantes entre as massas discentes.

2014, Thomaz Wood Jr., “Procuram-se estudantes”, in CartaCapital, section 794:

Aluno is someone who attends a course regularly, of any level, duration or specialty, with the supposed finality of acquiring knowlege or having the right to a title. However, the estudante is an autonomous being, who seeks a new competence and intends to exercise it, for their benefit and that of society. The aluno receives. The estudante seeks. When the system works, all the alunos tend to become estudantes. When the system fails, they divorce from each other. That is what seems to happen between us: while the number of alunos in the primary school, high school and higher education grows, there are haunting signs of the disappearance of estudantes among the mass of learners.

(Brazil, rare, by extension) a student who is actively interested in learning (by comparison with the word aluno used more negatively)


imprensa

Possibly borrowed from Spanish imprensa; ultimately from Latin impressus (“printed”).

the press (collective term for printed media)

(uncountable) printing (process or business of producing printed material)


termo

From Old Galician-Portuguese termĩo, from Latin terminus (“boundary; end”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through”). Doublet of the borrowing término.

surroundings (area surrounding something)

end (final point of something in space or time)

term (limitation, restriction or regulation)

term; word (especially one from a specialised area)

(grammar) a word with a function in a sentence

(mathematics) term (value in an expression)


annal

Borrowed from Latin annālis, from annus (“year”).

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


padeiro

padeiro m (plural padeiros, feminine padeira, feminine plural padeiras)

padeiros (plural)
padeira (feminine)
padeiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pãadeiro, from Vulgar Latin pānātārius, from Latin pānis (“bread”).

baker (person who bakes and sells bread)


videira

From vide (“vine tendril”) + -eira, from Latin vītis (“vine”).

vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)


batom

Borrowed from French bâton (“stick”). Doublet of bastão.


cachoeira

/kɐˈʃwɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐˈʃwɐj.ɾɐ/

(Brazil, slang, colloquial, chiefly preceded by cê é louco) bro


sociedade

Borrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

society (group of people sharing culture)

society (group of persons who meet to engage in a common interest)

(uncountable) society (people of one’s country or community taken as a whole)

(business) partnership (association of two or more people to conduct a business)


sobrancelha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

inh+

eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)


baioneta

From French baïonnette, after the town of Bayonne.

bayonet (dagger designed to be mounted on firearms)


vergonha

Macanese: vegónha

[veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia. Compare French vergogne, Catalan vergonya. Doublet of verecúndia.


propriedade

Borrowed from Latin proprietātem (“quality; ownership”), from proprius (“own, individual”).

bor

the state of being proper (following the established standards of behaviour)


imediato

Learned borrowing from Latin immediātus (“immediate”).


amizade

From Old Galician-Portuguese amizade, amiçade, amizidade,
from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).


quilombo

(Angola) quilombo (fortified residence or encampment in the forest)

(Brazil) quilombo (remote settlement founded by fugitive slaves)


apelante

pt-noun

apelante m or f by sense (plural apelantes)

(law) appellant (party making an appeal)


isqueiro

From isca (“tinder”) + -eiro. Compare Spanish yesquero.


inteligência

inteligência f (usually uncountable, plural inteligências)

Learned borrowing from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).

lbor

(military, espionage) intelligence; intel (secret information about the enemy)

intelligence agency (governmental agency devoted to gathering information for national security)


ortiga

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oɾˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

[oχˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]


revolução

[ʁɨ.βluˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, from Latin revolvō.

revolution (act or effect of revolutionizing, of causing profound change in)

(astronomy) revolution (translational movement of one star in relation to another)

(astronomy) revolution (return of a star to a point in its own orbit)

(mathematics) revolution (full turn rotation, in a plane, around a point)

revolution (movement around an axis; circular motion)

(politics) revolution (insurrectionary movement against established power)

(politics) revolution (set of sudden and profound changes in the political, economic, social and institutional structures of a community, generally imposed violently)

(figuratively) any sudden and profound change


abraço

Deverbal from abraçar (“to hug, embrace”).


engenheiro

pt-noun

engenheiro m (plural engenheiros, feminine engenheira, feminine plural engenheiras)

engenheiros (plural)
engenheira (feminine)
engenheiras (feminine plural)

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɐj.ɾu/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɐj.ɾu/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲe.ɾu/

Calque of Medieval Latin ingeniārius (“one who makes or uses an engine”), composed of inherited engenho + -eiro, from Latin ingenium (“an engine”). Alternatively a calque of French ingénieur composed in the same fashion. Compare also Spanish ingeniero.

cal

engineer (person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering)


museu

→? Tetum: muzeu

Learned borrowing from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).


reactivo

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


mirra

pt-noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Commiphora myrrha
Commiphora myrrha#Translingual

myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)


mirra

→ Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)

→ Korean: 미라 (mira)


distinção

/d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/dɨʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin distīnctiōnem.


residência

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

(Brazil) residency (position or term of a medical resident)


consciência

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientia, from con- (“with”) + scientia (“knowledge”).

immediate knowledge of one's own psychic activity

conscience, consciousness (moral sense)
ability to know oneself intuitively

spontaneous and more or less vague knowledge; impression

(psychology) part of psychic activity of which the subject has intuitive knowledge

(philosophy) state in which the subject knows himself as such, and distinguishes himself from the objects that surround him

ability to make value judgments about one's own actions


viúva

pt-noun

viúva f (plural viúvas, masculine viúvo, masculine plural viúvos)

viúvas (plural)
viúvo (masculine)
viúvos (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese viuva, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Classical Latin vidua (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Displaced Old Portuguese collateral form viuda, from the same Classical Latin word.

fawn-breasted tanager
fawn-breasted tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota
Pipraeidea melanonota#English

fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota, a passerine bird)

white-headed marsh tyrant
white-headed marsh tyrant

Arundinicola leucocephala
Wikispecies:Arundinicola leucocephala

white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala, a passerine bird)

Parona leatherjacket
Parona leatherjacket

Parona leatherjacket (Parona signata, a fish)

Victoria amazonica
Wikispecies:Victoria amazonica

Amazon lily (Victoria amazonica, a water lily)


escultura

→ Tetum: eskultura

sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)


laxante

laxative (substance with a laxative effect)


feiticeiro

feiticeiro m (plural feiticeiros, feminine feiticeira, feminine plural feiticeiras)

feiticeiros (plural)
feiticeira (feminine)
feiticeiras (feminine plural)


quinoleína

(organic chemistry) quinoline (any of a class of hetercyclic compounds)


farmácia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”).

der

pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

(uncountable) the science of creating medicine


embaixada

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (“service”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *andbahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

der

embassy (organization representing a foreign state)

ambassadorship (the post or office of ambassador)

the act of repeatedly kicking a football upwards in order to prevent it from touching the ground


agrometeorologia

agrometeorology (the study of the weather to help with agriculture)


realista

pt-noun

realista m or f by sense (plural realistas)

realist (one who sees things as they are)


transformador

transformador m (plural transformadores)

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈðoɾ]

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈðoɾ]

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(electrical engineering) transformer (device that changes the characteristics of AC electricity)


anticiclone

(meteorology) anticyclone (system of winds that spiral out from a centre of high pressure)


toxicólogo

toxicólogo m (plural toxicólogos, feminine toxicóloga, feminine plural toxicólogas)

toxicólogos (plural)
toxicóloga (feminine)
toxicólogas (feminine plural)

(toxicology) toxicologist (scientist or physician whose specialty is toxicology)


kra

O kra eh foda!


antologia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

lbor

anthology (collection of literary works)


autismo

pt-noun

autismo m (usually uncountable, plural autismos)


tatá

Inherited from Latin tata, from Proto-Indo-European *tata-. Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.


gladiador

gladiador m (plural gladiadores, feminine gladiadora, feminine plural gladiadoras)

gladiadores (plural)
gladiadora (feminine)
gladiadoras (feminine plural)

[ɡlɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

[ɡlɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

Learned borrowing from Latin gladiātor. By surface analysis, gladiar (“to gladiate”) + -dor.

surf

(Ancient Rome, historical) gladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)


paleoclimatologia

palaeoclimatology (the study of prehistoric climate)


revés

[χeˈvɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]


mentol

pt-noun

mentol m (usually uncountable, plural mentóis)

(organic chemistry) menthol (cyclic monoterpene alcohol)


boate

Borrowed from French boîte (“nightclub”, literally “box”).

bor+

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

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

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

nightclub (establishment that is open late at night)

discotheque (a dance hall / club / party place)


fantoche

/fɐ̃ˈtɔ.t͡ʃɨ/

Borrowed from French fantoche, borrowed from Italian fantoccio.


migrante

pt-noun

migrante m or f by sense (plural migrantes)

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[miˈɣɾɐ̃.tɨ]


tael

tael (any of several eastern Asian units of measure)

tael (any of several eastern Asian monetary units)


traça

bristletail, silverfish (also called traça-de-livros, bicho-de-prata or lepisma)


homófono

From Ancient Greek ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos), from ὁμός (homós) + φωνή (phōnḗ). By surface analysis, homo- + -fono.

(semantics) homophone (word with the same pronunciation as another)


asterisco

Learned borrowing from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”).

der

asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)


Boeing

Unadapted borrowing from English Boeing.

(aviation) an aeroplane produced by Boeing


cano

Os terramotos (e as suas réplicas) costumam dar origem a incêndios (devido ao rebentamento das canalizações de gás ou das instalações de eletricidade) e a inundações (devido à rutura dos canos da água). Havendo aparelhos que ...

2012, João Pedro George, Como sobreviver a um terramoto em Portugal, Leya, →ISBN:

(firearms) barrel (metallic tube of a gun)


internauta

pt-noun

internauta m or f by sense (plural internautas)

From Internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”).

(computing) Internet user, netizen, cybercitizen, internaut, cybernaut


rocha

Borrowed from French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Italian rocca, English rock, French roche, and Breton roc'h. Doublet of roca.


orelha

Guinea-Bissau Creole: oredja

Kabuverdianu: oredja, orédja

Papiamentu: orea

/ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

/ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese orelha, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Cognate Galician orella, Spanish oreja. Doublet of aurícula

inh+

quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha


utente

Borrowed from Latin ūtentis, from ūtēns (“using, employing”).

(...) o primeiro-ministro deslocou-se a Ermesinde, no concelho de Valongo, onde encontrou à sua espera a comissão de utentes da A41/Núcleo de Alfena. (...) Os utentes reclamam o “fim das portagens no pórtico de Alfena da A41", argumentando que este "cria uma desigualdade na região”.

2016 May 6, Margarida Gomes, “Costa entre as portagens, a escola pública e a moção ao congresso”, in Público:

user (especially of a public or private service)


extracto

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


anfigonia

(dated, biology) amphigony (sexual reproduction)


retoque

tweak (a slight adjustment or modification)


angiosperma

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɦ.mɐ]

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɦ.mɐ]

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɾ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.ʒi.oˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ/

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.ʒjoˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ/

/ˌɐ̃.ʒjɔˈʃpɛɾ.mɐ/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, urn, pot”) + σπερμος (spermos, “seed”).

lbor

(botany) angiosperm (member of plant group)


savana

savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)


estandarte

From Old French estandart. Cognate with English standard.

badge of a religious, military or civil corporation

group of soldiers forming guard to the flag

(music) piece of wood, located below the bridge, to which the strings of bowed instruments are attached

(botany) typically superior and more developed petal of a papilionaceous corolla


antagonista

pt-noun

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonistas)

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).

af

ἀγωνιστής<t:a combatant, pleader, actor>

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


landgrave

pt-noun

landgrave m (plural landgraves, feminine landgravina, feminine plural landgravinas)

landgraves (plural)
landgravina (feminine)
landgravinas (feminine plural)

/ˌlɐ̃d͡ʒˈɡɾa.vi/

/ˌlɐ̃d͡ʒˈɡɾa.vi/

/ˌlɐ̃d͡ʒˈɡɾa.ve/

/ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɡɾa.vɨ/

[ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɣɾa.vɨ]

/ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɡɾa.vɨ/

[ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɣɾa.vɨ]

/ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɡɾa.bɨ/

[ˌlɐ̃.dɨˈɣɾa.βɨ]


calculador

calculador m (plural calculadores, feminine calculadora, feminine plural calculadoras)

calculadores (plural)
calculadora (feminine)
calculadoras (feminine plural)

From calcular + -dor; cf. also Latin calculator.

calculator (person or thing that performs calculations)


embriaguez

embriaguez f (usually uncountable, plural embriaguezes)

/ẽ.bɾjɐˈɡeʃ/

[ẽ.bɾjɐˈɣeʃ]

From Italian ubriachezza, or else from Old Galician-Portuguese embriago (compare embriagar).

inebriation, intoxication, drunkenness (state of being intoxicated or drunk)


onomatopeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”).

bor+

ὀνοματοποιία

(linguistics, uncountable) onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents)

onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)


miopia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”).


comércio

→ Hunsrik: Komerss

Borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”), from com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”).

(uncountable) commerce, trade (exchange)


automóvel

automobile (any vehicle that moves on the ground using its own power)


buraco

Uncertain.
Possibly from Old Galician-Portuguese furaco, through Vulgar Latin *foraculum from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”). Compare Galician buraco, furaco, furado, Asturian furacu, buracu, Ladino burako, Leonese buraco, and Spanish buraco; cf. also Catalan forat, Spanish horado.
Or, possibly borrowed from Old High German boron (“to bore, drill”).

der

burrow (a tunnel or hole dug by a creature)

(figurative, depreciative) a very filthy, crude or precarious house

(billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)

(figurative) an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence

(slang) a difficult situation financially

(card games) canasta, especially its Brazilian variant


segurança

/sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese segurança. By surface analysis, segurar (“to hold; to secure”) + -ança.

surf

A segurança está cem vezes mais rigorosa este verão.

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 127:

The security is a hundred times more severe this summer.

Estas grades de ferro estão aqui para nossa segurança.

These iron bars are here for our safety.

security; safety (condition of not being threatened)

(by extension) any object related to the safety of something or some place

(military) a set of devices designed to help avoid surprise attacks

Falou com segurança.


segurança

pt-noun

segurança m or f by sense (plural seguranças)

/sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

Há muitos seguranças neste estabelecimento.

watch; guard; doorman (person hired to ensure security or protect an individual, group or place)


pássaro

Macanese: pastro

From Old Galician-Portuguese passaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, from Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare English passerine, Spanish pájaro, Romanian pasăre.

inh

passerine (any bird of the order Passeriformes)


mesquita

→ Tetum: meskita

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).


igreja

Angolar: ngeedha

Annobonese: guesa

Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia

Indo-Portuguese: greja

Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa

Kristang: greza

Macanese: greza

Principense: gêêza

Sãotomense: glêza

→ Acehnese: geurèja

→ Bengali: গির্জা (girja)

→ Bodo (India): गिरजा (girja)

→ Gujarati: ઇગરજી (igarjī)

Gujarati: ગિરજા (girjā)

→ Hindi: गिरजा (girjā)

→ Iban: gerija

→ Javanese: greja

→ Kaingang: igreja

→ Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje)

→ Malay: gereja
Indonesian: gereja

→ Swahili: gereza (“prison”)

→ Rwanda-Rundi: gereza

→ Tetum: igreja

→ Urdu: گرجا (girjā)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Spanish iglesia Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église, and Italian chiesa. Doublet of eclésia, a borrowing.


galho

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *galleus (“oaken”), from Latin galla (“oak apple”).

inh+

branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)


framboesa

Borrowed from French framboise, from Frankish *brāmabaʀi (“blackberry, bramble”). Compare Spanish frambuesa and Dutch framboos.


curdo

pt-noun

curdo m (plural curdos, feminine curda, feminine plural curdas)

curdos (plural)
curda (feminine)
curdas (feminine plural)

Kurd (member of an ethnic group native to a region between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria)

(uncountable) Kurdish (an Indo-Iranian language spoken by the Kurds)


alfinete

→ Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn)

→ Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet)

→ Ladino: alfinete

desc

→ Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti)

→ Malay: alpeniti, peniti

Indonesian: peniti

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic.


doutor

pt-noun

doutor m (plural doutores, feminine doutora, feminine plural doutoras)

doutores (plural)
doutora (feminine)
doutoras (feminine plural)

Kadiwéu: dotowegi

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doutor (“scholar”), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin doctōrem (“teacher”).

inh+

a doctor (a person who has attained a doctorate)

a doctor, a physician (a member of the medical profession)


cinefilia

pt-noun

cinefilia f (usually uncountable, plural cinefilias)


cineasta

From French cinéaste, from ciné, contraction of cinéma, on pattern of enthousiaste.

filmmaker, moviemaker (a producer or director of films/movies)


sensitivo

sensitivo m (plural sensitivos, feminine sensitiva, feminine plural sensitivas)

sensitivos (plural)
sensitiva (feminine)
sensitivas (feminine plural)

(parapsychology) psychic (a person who possesses extra-sensory abilities)


café da manhã

/kaˈfɛ da mɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃/

/kaˈfɛ da mɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃/

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see café, da, manhã.

(Brazil) breakfast (first meal of the day)


lio

sheaf; bundle (collection of things bound together)


cinematografia

From Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma) + γρᾰ́φω (gráphō).

cinematography (the art of making films)


chicote

Possibly from French chicot (“stump; stub”) or from Nahuatl xicohtli (“a kind of large bee”).

unk

Possibly

bor

whip (flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking)


medula

Learned borrowing from Latin medulla. Doublet of miolo, inherited from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

(uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones)


RU

pt-noun

RU m (usually uncountable, plural (nonstandard) RUs)

restaurante universitário
restaurante universitário#Portuguese

(Brazil) Initialism of restaurante universitário.


referência

/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/


egípcio

egípcio m (plural egípcios, feminine egípcia, feminine plural egípcias)

egípcios (plural)
egípcia (feminine)
egípcias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin aegyptius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios).

(uncountable) Egyptian (Afroasiatic language spoken in Ancient Egypt)


abricó

Borrowed from French abricot, from Catalan abrecoc, ultimately from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (malum) praecoquum, from earlier Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “over-ripe peach”). Doublet of precoce.

der

اَلْبَرْقُوق

Abricó. — Armeniaca vulgaris, Lamark. — Prunus armeniaca, Linn. — Fam. das Rosaceas. — Planta natural da Armenia;

1873, Joaquim de Almeida Pinto, Diccionario de botanica brasileira:

Apricot. - Armeniaca vulgaris, Lamark. - Prunus armeniaca, Linn. - Rosaceae Fam. - Plant native to Armenia;


advérbio

[ɐˈðvɛɾ.βju]

[ɐ.ðɨˈvɛɾ.βju]

[ɐˈðvɛɾ.βju]

[ɐ.ðɨˈvɛɾ.βju]

[ɐˈðβɛɾ.βju]

[ɐ.ðɨˈβɛɾ.βju]


ferreiro

pt-noun

ferreiro m (plural ferreiros, feminine ferreira, feminine plural ferreiras)

ferreiros (plural)
ferreira (feminine)
ferreiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferreiro (compare Galician ferreiro), from Latin ferrārius (“blacksmith”) (compare Spanish herrero), from ferrum (“iron”). By surface analysis, ferro + -eiro.


pequeno-almoço

pequeno-almoço m (plural pequenos-almoços, metaphonic)

pequenos-almoços (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

Calque of French petit déjeuner, or Compound of pequeno + almoço.

(Portugal) breakfast (first meal of the day)


carpete

carpet (a fabric used as a floor covering)


TH

hormone replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy


egipcio

egipcio m (plural egipcios, feminine egipcia, feminine plural egipcias)

egipcios (plural)
egipcia (feminine)
egipcias (feminine plural)


medo

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (“fear”). Compare Spanish miedo.

Não tenho medo.

Estamos com medo.

Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!

2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:

I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!

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


tatuagem

From English tattoo + -agem, from a Polynesian source such as Samoan tatau (“to tap”).

O meu irmão tem muitas tatuagens.


matrícula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.

lbor

enrolment (act of enrolling or state of being enrolled)


tapete

→ Tetum: tapete

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapete, tapede, from Latin tapēte, from tapēs.

carpet, rug (a fabric used as a floor covering)


tecido

Past participle of tecer (“to weave”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tecer, from Latin texere (“to weave”). Cognate of texto (“text”).


ruptura

Learned borrowing from Latin ruptūra. Compare the inherited doublet rotura.


alceno

alkene (unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon-carbon double bonds)


prisão

Hunsrik: Prisong

[pɾiˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from French prison, from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiōnem, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of preensão.


sacarose

From Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + -ose, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρις (sákkharis).


decoração

Learned borrowing from Latin decorātiōnem. By surface analysis, decorar + -ção.


occitano

From Occitan occitan, from òc (“yes”), from Latin hoc (“that”).


éter

pt-noun

éter m (plural éteres or (obsolete) éters)

Borrowed from Latin aethēr (“the upper pure, bright air”), from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn, shine”).

der

(organic chemistry) ether (class and specifically diethyl ether)

(alchemy) aether (classical physical element)

(physics, obsolete) aether (substance once thought to fill all space)


personalidade

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālitātem, from Latin persōna (“mask; character”).

personality (set of qualities that make a person distinct from another)

(by extension) personality (set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting)

personality (qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd)


preconceito

From pre- (“pre-”) + conceito (“concept”), from Latin conceptus (“thought, purpose”).

(uncountable) prejudice, preconception (adverse judgement formed beforehand)

prejudice (any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative)


sincronia

(uncountable) synchronicity; synchrony (the state of being synchronous)


sionista

pt-noun

sionista m or f by sense (plural sionistas)


afonia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía). By surface analysis, a- + -fonia.


sinagoga

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to bring together”).


sibilo

hiss (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)


duquesa

From duque (“duke”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

af

duchess (female spouse or widow of a duke)


chinês

pt-noun

chinês m (plural chineses, feminine chinesa, feminine plural chinesas)

chineses (plural)
chinesa (feminine)
chinesas (feminine plural)

Ele sabe falar chinês.


doença

From Old Galician-Portuguese doença, from Latin dolentia, from dolēns (“suffering”). By surface analysis, doer (“to hurt”) + -ença.

surface analysis

illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)

(uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)

(figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)


trovão

[tɾoˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Metathetical alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese torvon (possibly influenced by troar (“to thunder”)), from Vulgar Latin *turbōnem (“whirlwind”), alteration of Latin turbinem. Compare Galician trebón, Spanish turbión (archaic or dialectal turbón). Doublet of turbina, from ultimately the same Latin root, through French, and turbo.

thunder (the sound caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)


sentença

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentença, from Latin sententia (“opinion; sentence”), from sentiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

der

quote; proverb; maxim (a wise or classic saying)

(obsolete, grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)


cheiro

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tceru


fumaça

From fumo + -aça, from Old Galician-Portuguese fumo, from Latin fūmus (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

A fumaça dos incêndios de grandes proporções no Parque Nacional de Brasília se espalhou pela Asa Norte, bairro de Brasília próximo à área, na manhã desta segunda-feira (16).

2024 September 16, Pedro Ladeira, “Cena de Brasília: Fumaça se espalha por Brasília e fogo se aproxima da administração do Parque Nacional”, in Folha de S.Paulo:

smoke (particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material)


refeição

[he.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

meal (food that is prepared and eaten at a specific time)


direto

Modified from learned form directo, borrowed from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), from dīrigō (“lay straight; direct; distribute”), from dis- + regō (“to rule, to govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Compare the inherited direito.


seção

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sectiōnem.


raba

(informal, vulgar) ass, butt (the buttocks)


antipatia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντιπάθεια (antipátheia), noun of state from ἀντιπαθής (antipathḗs, “opposed in feeling”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + root of πάθος (páthos, “feeling”). By surface analysis, anti- + -patia.


questão

[kesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[keʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem (“inquiry; question”).

question (phrase asking for information)

question (a request for an answer in a test)

matter; issue (a point in debate or controversy)


sólido

Borrowed from Latin solidus. Doublet of soldo.

(geometry) solid (three-dimensional object)


ácido ribonucleico

pt-noun

ácido ribonucleico m (plural ácidos ribonucleicos)

(biochemistry) ribonucleic acid (a macromolecule found in cells)


estrela cadente

estrela cadente f (plural estrelas cadentes)


veterinário

veterinário m (plural veterinários, feminine veterinária, feminine plural veterinárias)

veterinários (plural)
veterinária (feminine)
veterinárias (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin veterīnārius (“farrier; cattle doctor; veterinarian”), from veterīnum (“beast of burden”).

lbor

veterinarian (doctor who treats animals)


fraqueza

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza, from fraco (“weak”) + -eza (“-ity”), from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”).

(uncountable) weakness (the condition of being weak)


bibliómano

pt-noun

bibliómano m (plural bibliómanos, feminine bibliómana, feminine plural bibliómanas)

bibliómanos (plural)
bibliómana (feminine)
bibliómanas (feminine plural)


latim

From Old Galician-Portuguese latin, borrowed from Latin latīne (“in Latin”), from latīnus (“Latin”), from Latium (“the region around Rome”). Compare latino, ladinho and ladino.

(uncountable) Latin (language of the ancient Romans)

any of the several phases of Latin (such as Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin and Old Latin)


babuíno

Borrowed from Italian babbuino, from French babouin, of West Germanic origin.


norueguês

norueguês m (plural noruegueses, feminine norueguesa, feminine plural norueguesas)

noruegueses (plural)
norueguesa (feminine)
norueguesas (feminine plural)

/nɔ.ɾwɛˈɡeʃ/

[nɔ.ɾwɛˈɣeʃ]


odre

From Old Galician-Portuguese odre, from Latin uter.


idéia

Foi só uma idéia, pensei que você talvez gostasse de se encontrar comigo.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 254:

It was just an idea, I thought you might like to meet me.

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


cacofonia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

bor+

cacophony (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)


palácio

Learned borrowing from Latin palātium (“palace”), from Palātium (“Palatine hill”), possibly from Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀𐌃 (falad, “sky”). Cognate of the inherited paço.

lbor

palace (large residence where aristocrats usually live)

castelo

palace (large and lavishly ornate residence)


semiótica

From French sémiotique, from Ancient Greek.

semiotics (study of communication signs)


situação

Não posso enfatizar suficientemente o perigo da presente situação [...]

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 134:

I can't emphasize sufficiently the danger of the current situation …

situation (one's status with regard to circumstances)


linfonodo

(anatomy, immunology) lymph node (filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system)


anticorpo

pt-noun

anticorpo m (plural anticorpos, metaphonic)

From anti- + corpo (“body”). Calque of German Antikörper, coined by Paul Ehrlich in 1891.

antibody (protein that binds to a specific antigen)


ignorância

Eu nunca estive mais orgulhoso da minha ignorância.

I have never been more proud of my ignorance.

Permita-me reduzir a tua ignorância sobre o assunto.

Allow me to reduce your ignorance on the subject.

Ele partiu para a ignorância quando foi contrariado.

(literally, “He went to aggressiveness...”)

He got aggressive when he was contradicted.

Eu só dei a minha opinião e ele veio com ignorância.

I just gave my opinion and he came at me with attitude.


mangue

Uncertain. Possibly from Spanish mangle.

Somos argila do divino mangue / Suor e sangue / Carne e agonia / Sangue quente, noite fria

2017, “Intro”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

We're the clay of the divine mangrove / Sweat and blood / Flesh and agony / Hot blood, cold night

mangrove (tropical habitat of trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water)

mangrove (any of several trees that grow in such habitats)


anglicismo

From ânglico (“Anglian”) + -ismo or anglo- + -ismo.

(uncountable) anglicism (cultural aspect)


bemol

Borrowed from Italian bemolle. By surface analysis, bê + mole.

(music) flat (note played a semitone lower than a natural)


temperamento

tempering (the act of tempering material)

temper; temperament (a person’s normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting)


probidade

probidade f (usually uncountable, plural probidades)

Borrowed from Latin probitātem (“uprightness, honesty”), from probus (“good, excellent, honest”).


muleta

crutch (long stick used to assist in walking)


bailarina

pt-noun

bailarina f (plural bailarinas, masculine bailarino, masculine plural bailarinos)

bailarinas (plural)
bailarino (masculine)
bailarinos (masculine plural)


chapéu

→ Konkani: चेपें (cepẽ)

→ Ladino: chapeo

→ Manado Malay: capeo (“hat”)

→ Swahili: chepeo

Borrowed from Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of capelo.
Compare Galician chapeu, Spanish chapeo, chapeau, Catalan capell, Occitan capèl, French chapeau, and Italian cappello (the Galician and Spanish also being borrowings from French).

(informal) circumflex accent (the diacritic mark ^)

(Portugal, soccer, handball) chip (a goal by passing the ball over the keeper)


paisagem

[paɪ̯ˈza.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

Borrowed from French paysage (“countryside; landscape”). Compare also Spanish paisaje, Italian paesaggio.

bor+

landscape (portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view)

landscape (a picture representing a scene by land or sea)


tifa

cattail (any of several perennial herbs of the genus Typha)


relacionamento

pt-noun

relacionamento m (plural relacionamentos)

From relacionar (“to relate; to make a connection”) + -mento, from relação (“relation”), from Latin relātiō (“bringing back”).

suffix

relationship (connection or association)

the act of relating (making a connection)

relationship (a romantic or sexual involvement)


tábua

peituda

antonym(s) of “a woman with very small breasts”

Kadiwéu: taaboa

Macanese: tábu

From Old Galician-Portuguese tavoa, from Latin tabula (“board; plank”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of tábula, which is a borrowing.

Usei tábuas de carvalho para fazer o assoalho.

Piquei uns pepinos na tábua.

I diced some cucumbers on the chopping board.

chopping board (small board on which food is chopped)

Tábua de queijos.

a small table for serving food or playing games

Procure o seu nome na tábua.

table (grid of data in rows and columns)

Todo mundo viu a tábua que levei da minha ex-namorada.

Everyone saw the rejection I got from my ex-girlfriend.

(Brazil, slang) a refusal or rejection, especially of a marriage proposal

Tua mãe é uma tábua.

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a woman who is very thin and has small breasts


tráfego

Alteration of tráfico (“traffic; contraband”), from Italian traffico (“traffic”).

traffic (the flow of pedestrians or vehicles in a location)

traffic (commercial transportation or exchange of goods)


syntaxe

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


brique

From earlier bricabraque, borrowed from French bric-à-brac.

(South Brazil, colloquial) exchange (an act of exchanging or trading something for another thing)


faraó

pt-noun

faraó m or f by sense (plural faraós, feminine (rare, proscribed) faraoa or faraona, feminine plural (rare, proscribed) faraoas or faraonas)

faraós (plural)
faraoa (feminine proscribed rare)
faraona (feminine)
faraoas (feminine plural proscribed rare)
faraonas (feminine plural)

From Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr:aA (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace, pharaoh”), from pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“big”).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">pr-ꜥꜣ</i>

(Egyptology, historical) pharaoh (supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt)


faraó

pt-noun

faraó m (usually uncountable, plural faraós)


punhal

poniard (a dagger with a triangular blade)


adenina

From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ina.

(biochemistry, genetics) adenine (a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA)


capitel

Borrowed from Italian capitello. Doublet of cabedelo, coudel, caudilho, capitelo, and cadete.

doublet

(architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)


pôr-do-sol

[ˈpoɾ ðu ˈsɔɫ]

[ˈpoɾ ðu ˈsɔɫ]

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


povo

Kabuverdianu: povu

→ Makalero: povu

→ Mirandese: pobo

From Old Galician-Portuguese poboo (displacing collateral form poblo), from Latin populus (“people, nation”), from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”), maybe from Etruscan. Cognate with Galician pobo.

hamlet (a small village or a group of houses)


terço

From Old Galician-Portuguese terço, from Latin tertius (“third”), from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

(fractional number) third (one of three parts of a whole)

(Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray; the rosary

(historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)


mandamento

(chiefly biblical) commandment (command or edict)


truta

From Late Latin tructa, of uncertain origin, possibly from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs). Compare Galician troita.

trout (fish in Salmonidae which spawns more than once)


truta

(by extension) a close friend, especially one who helps with illegal activity


ombro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ombro, from Latin umerus (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Doublet of úmero.

inh+

(anatomy) shoulder (joint between arm and torso)


peça

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza, Old Irish cuit.

peça de fruta

peça de roupa

piece (single item belonging to a class of similar items)

(Brazil, colloquial, euphemistic) cock, dick (penis)


lousa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin lausa. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“stone”).

flagstone (piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing)


autocarro

From auto- + carro, a calque from English and French autocar.


ônibus

Learned borrowing from Latin omnibus (“for everyone”), dative plural of omnis (“all”). Doublet of omnibus.

lbor

(Brazil) bus (motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people)

Á hora marcada chegou o omnibus, e apressei-me a ir a tomar o meu lugar.

1856 December 22, José de Alencar, “A D***”, Cinco Minutos, in Diario do Rio de Janeiro, volume XXXVI, number 352, Rio de Janeiro, page 1, column 1:

Antes de 1863 não seria assim, creio eu, porque até então era um homem muito mettido comsigo, reservado, morando no caminho do Jardim Botanico, para onde ia de omnibus ou de mula.

1884 January 4, Machado de Assis, “Fulano”, in Gazeta de Noticias, volume X, number 4, Rio de Janeiro, page 1, column 8:

Com o charuto acceso contemplei o Boulevard, áquella hora em toda a pressa e estridor da sua grossa sociabilidade. A densa torrente dos omnibus, calhambeques, carroças, parelhas de luxo, rolava vivamente, como toda uma escura humanidade formigando entre patas e rodas, n’uma pressa inquieta.

1901, Eça de Queirós, chapter XVI, in A cidade e as serras, Porto: Livraria Chardron, page 364:


estratégia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στρατηγία (stratēgía, “office of general, command, generalship”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “to lead, to conduct”).

strategy (science and art of military command)


tabela

table (grid of data in rows and columns)

(basketball) backboard (flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached)

(soccer) a strategy where two teammates pass the football to each other frequently while moving towards the other team’s goal

(sports) table (a classification of teams or individuals based on their success)


terceiro

pt-noun

terceiro m (plural terceiros, feminine terceira, feminine plural terceiras)

terceiros (plural)
terceira (feminine)
terceiras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese terçeiro, from Latin tertiārius, from tertius. Doublet of terciário.

inh+

A dificuldade dos alunos em reconhecer a influência de terceiros no processo de decisão por uma profissão pode ser compreendida por meio da literatura que trata do papel dos genitores na escolha profissional dos filhos.

The students' difficulty in recognizing the influence of others in the process of deciding on a profession can be understood through the literature that concerns parents in their children's professional choice.

(formal, more often in the plural) a third party or third person; someone else (often in the context of business or law)


naipe

Borrowed from Spanish naipe, from Catalan naip, most likely from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. See naip for more.

(by extension, music) section (of a band or orchestra)


tribuna

gallery (uppermost seating area of a theatre, hall or auditorium)

eloquence; oratory (artistry and persuasiveness in speech)


inhame

English: yam

French: igname

→ Irish: ionam

Italian: igname

Macanese: nhame

Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Spanish ñame.


pejorativo

Borrowed from French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, past participle of pēiōrō (“to make worse”), from Latin pēior (“worse”). By surface analysis, pejorar + -tivo

bor+

pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)


padrinho

pt-noun

padrinho m (plural padrinhos, feminine madrinha, feminine plural madrinhas)

padrinhos (plural)
madrinha (feminine)
madrinhas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese padrinno, from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”), from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Compare Galician padriño.

inh

best man (the primary attendant to the groom at a wedding)


álibi

Learned borrowing from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”).

lbor

(law) alibi (criminal legal defense where someone tries to prove that he was in another place when the act was committed).


prêmio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of prémio.


geada

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese geada, from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, derived from Latin gelāre (“freeze”). By surface analysis, gear (“to frost”) + -ada. Doublet of gelada and geleia.
Compare Galician xeada, Spanish helada, Catalan gelada, French gelée and Italian gelata.

surface analysis

(uncountable) frost, hoar frost (frozen dew)


padaria

From pada (“small loaf of bread”) + -aria, from Latin panata, from Latin pānis (“bread”), Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).

der

bakery (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold)


capacete

From Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.


surpresa

Borrowed from French surprise, from Old French surprendre (“to overtake”), from sur- (“over”) + prendre (“to take”), from Latin prendere (“to seize”).

(uncountable) surprise (feeling that something unexpected has happened)


aliado

pt-noun

aliado m (plural aliados, feminine aliada, feminine plural aliadas)

aliados (plural)
aliada (feminine)
aliadas (feminine plural)

ally (anything akin to another by structure, etc.)


premissa

From Latin praemissa (“set before”), feminine past participle of praemitto (“to send or put before”), from prae- (“pre-”) + mittō (“to send”).

premise (a proposition antecedently supposed or proved)

(logic) premise (any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced)


sítio

Uncertain. Probably from Latin situs (“position, place, site”). The Internet sense is a semantic loan from English site.

(Brazil, agriculture) a farm or rural property, especially a small one


sítio

Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *sedicum, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

(military) siege (military blockade of settlement)


competidor

competidor m (plural competidores, feminine competidora, feminine plural competidoras)

competidores (plural)
competidora (feminine)
competidoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin competītōrem, from competō (“to coincide, to meet, to agree”).

competitor (person against whom one is competing)


vaticano

vaticano m (plural vaticanos, feminine vaticana, feminine plural vaticanas)

vaticanos (plural)
vaticana (feminine)
vaticanas (feminine plural)

a Vaticanian (someone from the Vatican city state)


viandante

viandante m or f by sense (plural viandantes)

[vɪ.ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

[vɪ.ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi]


violinista

violinista m or f by sense (plural violinistas)


privilégio

Learned borrowing from Latin prīvilēgium (“law concerning a specific individual; privilege”), from prīvus (“private”) + lēx (“law”).

lbor

privilege (a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor)


propiska

propiska (system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR)


ácido fólico

pt-noun

ácido fólico m (usually uncountable, plural ácidos fólicos)

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) folic acid (vitamin B9, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid)


palidez

palidez f (usually uncountable, plural palidezes)


livraria

From livro (“book”) + -aria (“place where something is sold”), from Old Galician-Portuguese livro, from Latin librum (“book”).


turbina

Borrowed from French turbine (“turbine”), itself borrowed from Latin turbinem (“circular movement, top, reel, spindle”). Compare trovão, an inherited doublet through a Vulgar Latin variant.

der

turbine (rotary machines that use the energy of a stream of fluid)


grafologia

From grafólogo + -ia or grafo- + -logia, on the model of French graphologie.


ligatura

(typography) ligature (character that combines multiple letters)


psicoterapia

psychotherapy (treatment of those with mental illness)


morfema

(linguistic morphology) morpheme (smallest linguistic unit of meaning)


esquema

→ Tetum: eskema

Borrowed from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

scheme
orderly combination of related parts


banda larga

(telecommunications) broadband (wide band of electromagnetic frequencies)

(Internet) broadband (high-capacity internet connection)


dilema

dilemma (circumstance in which a choice must be made between two alternatives)

(loosely) dilemma (difficult circumstance)


vírus

From Latin vīrus (“poison, slime, venom”).


protoplasma

(cytology) protoplasm (contents of a cell)


punição

Learned borrowing from Latin pūnītiōnem (“punishment”). By surface analysis, punir + -ção.


assustador

pt-noun

assustador m (plural assustadores, feminine assustadora, feminine plural assustadoras)

assustadores (plural)
assustadora (feminine)
assustadoras (feminine plural)

scarer; frightener (someone or something that frightens)


hoste

From Old Galician-Portuguese oste (“host, army”) (with the -h- added back to reflect the Latin etymon), from Latin hostem (“an enemy of the state”), from Proto-Italic *hostis (“stranger, guest”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest”). Compare Galician hoste, Spanish hueste.


pontuação

[põ.tʊ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


colombiano

pt-noun

colombiano m (plural colombianos, feminine colombiana, feminine plural colombianas)

colombianos (plural)
colombiana (feminine)
colombianas (feminine plural)


guatemalteco

guatemalteco m (plural guatemaltecos, feminine guatemalteca, feminine plural guatemaltecas)

guatemaltecos (plural)
guatemalteca (feminine)
guatemaltecas (feminine plural)


seringa

From Medieval Latin syringa, from sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of siringe.


seringa

seringa m or f by sense (plural seringas)


seringa

→ English: seringa

(Brazil) any of several flowering plant species in the genus Hevea (rubber trees)


buscante

O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça ^([sic]) rreal.

1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral, page 183:

He who owns the very beautiful 'tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.


cego

cego m (plural cegos, feminine cega, feminine plural cegas)

cegos (plural)
cega (feminine)
cegas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cego (“blind”), from Latin caecus (“blind”), from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed, blind”).


ariano

pt-noun

ariano m (plural arianos, feminine ariana, feminine plural arianas)

arianos (plural)
ariana (feminine)
arianas (feminine plural)

From Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble" or "noble one”).

uder

Aryan (member of the ancient Indo-European people who settled in the Indus valley)


ariano

(Christianity, historical) Arian (one who follows the Christology of Arianism; a heretic)


ariano

(astrology) Arian (person with the star sign of Aries)


chileno

pt-noun

chileno m (plural chilenos, feminine chilena, feminine plural chilenas)

chilenos (plural)
chilena (feminine)
chilenas (feminine plural)


manduco

Borrowed from Konkani [script needed] (māṇḍūk), from Sanskrit मण्डूक (maṇḍūka).

(India, Macau) a species of edible freshwater frog


manduco

(Africa, especially Cape Verde) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)


aluminite

European Portuguese standard spelling of aluminita.


esférico

Learned borrowing from Latin sphaericus. By surface analysis, esfera + -ico.

(Portugal, soccer, poetic) football (ball)