fino

From Old Galician-Portuguese fin, from Latin finis (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-.

Dois finos, por favor.

Cheio de traquejo da vida, a isso não se faria rogado, pois claro, o Palhais, entre o chamamento da moça de serviço e o consabido sorriso de beirão: - Vender, vender, do que nós precisamos é de beber um fino. O jovem, traga quatro finos, ...

2000, José de Melo, San Telmo, às quatro:

(Portugal, regional) draft beer (usually served in a small glass)


fino

Borrowed from Late Latin Finnus, from Proto-Germanic *finnaz.


fada

From Old Galician-Portuguese fada, from Vulgar Latin *Fāta (“goddess of fate”), from the plural of Latin fātum (“fate”).
Compare Galician, Catalan, and Occitan fada, Spanish hada, French fée and Italian fata.


impasse

impasse (a situation in which no progress can be made)


minuto

Learned borrowing from Latin minūtus. Compare the inherited miúdo.

Num minuto.


plano

Learned borrowing from Latin plānus (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Doublet of chão, porão, lhano, and piano.

doublet

(geometry) plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions)

plan (2-dimensional drawing of a building, location, transportation network, etc. as seen from above)

(anatomy) plane (imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions)


ronda

→ Gujarati: રોન (ron)

→ Indonesian: ronda

Borrowed from Spanish ronda. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese rolda.

round (song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time)


fantasia

Borrowed from Latin phantasia, from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía).

costume (outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress)


bordel

Borrowed from French bordel (“brothel”).


multa

→ Hunsrik: Mult

fine; ticket (monetary punishment for a violation)


parto

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


zeugma

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).


economia

Borrowed from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νόμος (nómos, “law”).


dono

pt-noun

dono m (plural donos, feminine dona, feminine plural donas, metaphonic)

donos (plural)
dona (feminine)
donas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: donu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dono, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house”), from *dem- (“to build”). Compare Galician dono and Spanish dueño. Doublet of dominó.

inh+

Sou o dono deste livro.

(form of address) master (used by a slave to address his owner)


instar

(zoology) instar (Each of the states of metamorphosis of an invertebrate animal, comprised between two periods of molting.)


roto

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rumpō.

(Portugal, derogatory) A poor person, particularly one whose appearance is shabby or unkept.

(Portugal, derogatory) A homosexual man.


mainframe

Unadapted borrowing from English mainframe.

ubor

(computer hardware) mainframe (large, powerful computer connected to terminals)


diglossia

(linguistics) diglossia (the coexistence of two closely related native languages)


inimigo

pt-noun

inimigo m (plural inimigos, feminine inimiga, feminine plural inimigas)

inimigos (plural)
inimiga (feminine)
inimigas (feminine plural)

From a semi-learned modification of Old Galician-Portuguese ẽemigo, based on its etymology, Latin inimicus, itself from in- (“not”) + amicus (“friend”) (modern amigo).


creche

nursery (a place where nursing is carried out)


cheesecake

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake.


freestyle

Unadapted borrowing from English freestyle.


taekwondo

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道) (taegwondo).


mó

From Old Galician-Portuguese moo, from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Spanish muela.


mó

Inherited from Latin mōlēs (“mass”). Doublet of mole, a borrowing.


backup

Unadapted borrowing from English backup.

(computing) backup (copy of file or record)


polvo

From Old Galician-Portuguese polbo, from Latin polypus (“octopus”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of pólipo.
Cognate with Galician polbo, Spanish pulpo, Italian polpo, French poulpe, pieuvre.


birra

Borrowed from Spanish birria, from Vulgar Latin *verrea, from verres (“boar”).

(uncountable) obstinacy (state of stubbornness)


curriculum vitae

pt-noun

curriculum vitae m (plural curricula vitae)

curriculum vitae
curriculum vitae#English

curriculum vitae, resume (summary of education and employment experience)


neta

From Old Galician-Portuguese neta, from Late Latin nepta, from Latin neptis (“granddaughter”).


mais

From Old Galician-Portuguese mais, from Latin magis (“more”). Doublet of mas. Displaced collateral form chus.


gol

gols (plural)
gois (plural rare)
spelling (Brazil)

(sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object; act of placing the object into the goal)


backhand

Unadapted borrowing from English backhand.


gore

(film) gore; splatter (genre of gory horror)


sé

From Old Galician-Portuguese see, from Latin sēdēs (“seat”), from sedeō (“to sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Doublet of sede. Cognate with Galician sé and Spanish sede.

(Roman Catholicism) see (the cathedral and region under the jurisdiction of a bishop)


naco

Unknown, possibly of Iberian origin. Compare Galician anaco.

naco de carne

Um cego andava pedindo esmola pela mão de um moço; a uma porta deram-lhe um naco de pão e um bocado de linguiça.

1883, Teófilo Braga, “O cego e o moço”, in Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez:


ovo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovo, from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum. Doublet of ova.

(biology) egg (cell that results from the fertilization of the female gamete by the male gamete)

(biology) egg (rounded body produced by oviparous females consisting of a membrane and outer shell that contains the embryo)

Você destruiu o meu ovo! Vou almoçar onde?

1991, Nelson Nadotti, 0:12:47 from the start, in Mário Márcio Bandarra, director, Inspetor Faustão e o Mallandro: A Missão (Primeira e Única), spoken by Inspetor Faustão (Fausto Silva), Rio de Janeiro: Xuxa Produções:

You destroyed my egg! Where am I going to have lunch?

this body, particularly that of chickens, when it has not yet been fertilized and is intended for food

chair to transport a baby from birth until it reaches around ten, or at most thirteen, kilos in weight


lida

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of ler (“to read”).

Eles deram uma lida rápida no manual mas não se aprofundaram.

They gave the manual a quick read but didn’t go deeper.


mofo

Unknown. Either deverbal from mofar or perhaps borrowed from Italian muffa (“mould, mildew”).

bor+

must (the property of being stale or musty)

(phytopathology) mildew (growth of minute powdery or webby fungi on a plant)


vaso

desctree

→ Malay: pasu (“vase; pot”)
Indonesian: pasu

From Old Galician-Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum (“vessel; vase”).

(biology) vessel (tube or canal that carries fluid)

(Brazil) toilet (device for depositing human waste and then flushing it)


macro

(computing) macro (abbreviation of complicated input)


wishful thinking

Unadapted borrowing from English wishful thinking.

ubor

wishful thinking
wishful thinking#English


tremolo

(music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note)


concertina

(military) concertina (coiled barbed wire)


sola

From Old Galician-Portuguese sola, from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea. Compare Galician sola, Spanish suela, Italian suola.


min

O evento é hoje, às 20h30min

Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.

O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s

The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.


fora

From Old Galician-Portuguese fora, from Latin forās (“outside”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”).

der

(Brazil, colloquial) rejection of a romantic proposal


cantina

/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

Borrowed from French cantine, from Italian cantina (“cellar”).


tremor

From Old Galician-Portuguese tremor, from Latin tremor.


bravura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bravura. By surface analysis, bravo + -ura.


bravura

Borrowed from Italian bravura. By surface analysis, bravo + -ura.


papo

crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some animals)

(Brazil, informal) chat (informal conversation)

(Brazil, informal) Clipping of papo furado (“lip service, nonsense”).


adipose

pt-noun

adipose f (usually uncountable, plural adiposes)

(medicine) adiposis (accumulation of adipose tissue)


vulva

Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).

der

(anatomy) vulva (the external female sexual organs)


anca

From Vulgar Latin *hanca, from Proto-Germanic *hankō (related to *ankijǭ (“joint, limb”)). Compare French hanche and English haunch.


anemia

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

(pathology) anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)


gourmand

pt-noun

gourmand m or f by sense (plural gourmands)

Unadapted borrowing from French gourmand.

ubor

gourmand (person who appreciates good food)


napalm

napalm (inflammable, viscous substance used in warfare)


username

Unadapted borrowing from English username.

(computing) username (a person’s identification on an individual computer system)


disparate

Deverbal from disparatar or borrowed from Spanish disparate.

Você fala um disparate, meu amigo.

O povo recebia um disparate de turistas no verão.

(literally, “The town received a great amount of tourists in the summer.”)

The town was deluged with tourists in summer.


bowling

Unadapted borrowing from English bowling.


toranja

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, “citron”). Compare Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”) and Catalan taronja (“orange”).


poste

→ Hunsrik: Poste

a large post, such as a lamppost or utility pole

(sports) goalpost (one of the two vertical side poles of a goal)

(basketball) center (a player who plays closest to the basket)


periquito

pt-noun

periquito m (plural periquitos, feminine periquita, feminine plural periquitas)

periquitos (plural)
periquita (feminine)
periquitas (feminine plural)

parakeet (any of various species of small parrots)


periquito

(Brazil, informal, humorous, childish) penis

(Brazil, soccer, usually derogatory) supporter of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras

Brazilian Integralist Action
w:Brazilian Integralist Action

(Brazil, derogatory, historical) integralist (member of the Brazilian Integralist Action)

(Portugal, military, slang, historical) a rookie, during the Portuguese Colonial War


tiara

Borrowed from Latin tiāra, from Ancient Greek τιάρα (tiára).

headband (curved, flexible accessory for holding one’s hair back)


tofu

tofu (food made from curdled soybean milk)


altiplano

(geography) plateau (level expanse of land at a high elevation)


tablet

Unadapted borrowing from English tablet.

(computing) tablet computer (a type of portable computer)


gaydar

Unadapted borrowing from English gaydar.

(LGBT, humorous) gaydar (ability to detect whether a person is gay)


censor

censor m (plural censores, feminine censora, feminine plural censoras)

censores (plural)
censora (feminine)
censoras (feminine plural)

censor (official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content)

censor, censurer (one who censures or condemns)


elogio

Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“inscription on a tombstone”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegiac poem or inscription”).


lógica

From Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from the feminine form of λογικός (logikós, “of or relating to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”).


logística

From Ancient Greek λογιστικός (logistikós, “practical arithmetic”, “rational”), from λόγος (lógos).

uder

logistics (planning and implementing the flow of goods and services)


septicemia

(pathology) septicemia (disease caused by pathogens in the bloodstream)


lodo

From Old Galician-Portuguese lodo, from Latin lutum (“soil, dirt”).


videotape

(Brazil) Alternative spelling of video-tape


zumbido

tinnitus (perception of a constant buzzing noise in the ear)


playback

Unadapted borrowing from English playback.

ubor

(music) playback (replaying of recorded sound or moving images)


zigoto

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtós, “yoked”).


zoólogo

pt-noun

zoólogo m (plural zoólogos, feminine zoóloga, feminine plural zoólogas)

zoólogos (plural)
zoóloga (feminine)
zoólogas (feminine plural)


ambient

(music) ambient (genre of electronic music with a slow, atmospheric tone)


lógico

Learned borrowing from Late Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογικός (logikós, “of or relating to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”).


zíper

pt-noun

zíper m (plural zíperes or (nonstandard) zípers)

zíperes (plural)
zípers (nonstandard plural)

zip fastener (a type of fastener used in clothing, bags)

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


coche

From French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi, from Kocs.

coach (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power)


pecado

→ Kadiwéu: pecaado

→ Sranan Tongo: pikadu

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecado (“sin”), from Latin peccātum.


zaga

Borrowed from Spanish zaga, from Andalusian Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā), from Arabic صَقَا (ṣaqā, “rear”).

(military, archaic) rear (the part of an army or fleet which comes last)

(Brazil, sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)


usurpador

usurpador m (plural usurpadores, feminine usurpadora, feminine plural usurpadoras)

usurpadores (plural)
usurpadora (feminine)
usurpadoras (feminine plural)


rua

From Old Galician-Portuguese rua (“street”), from or influenced by Old French rue (Modern French rue) or Old Spanish rua (Modern Spanish rúa), from Vulgar Latin *ruga (“furrow, path, street”), from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewp- (“to become encrusted”). Cognate with Galician rúa. Doublet of ruga.

der

Eu moro na rua da Igreja.

Olha para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua.

Look both ways before you cross the street.

O mendigo mora na rua.


flamboyant

Unadapted borrowing from French flamboyant.


ukelele

Unadapted borrowing from English ukelele.


manifesto

Learned borrowing from Latin manifestus.

manifesto; manifest
act or effect of manifesting

public declaration in which the reasons that led to the practice of certain acts that are of interest to a community are set out

(literature) programmatic text of a literary school or literary movement

list presented in a public office, due to legal obligation, of agricultural or industrial production, of the existence of goods to be sold, etc.


angina

(pathology) angina (infection of the throat)


zimbabuense

pt-noun

zimbabuense m or f by sense (plural zimbabuenses)


ubre

From Old Galician-Portuguese ubre, uvre, from Latin ūberem, from Proto-Italic *ouðer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Doublet of úbere.


úlcera

From Latin ulcera, plural of ulcus (“sore; ulcer; wound”), of uncertain origin.


uretra

From Latin ūrēthra, from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “urethra”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to urinate”).


xenofobia

xenophobia (fear or hatred of foreigners)


mentira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mentira, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentīrī, denominal verb from mēns (“mind”), in which the meaning "to lie" stems from a semantic shift "to be inventive, have second thoughts" > "to lie, conjure up", from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”), from *men- (“to think”) + *-tis.

inh+

/mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/

/mẽˈt͡ʃi.ɾɐ/


riso

From Old Galician-Portuguese riso, from Latin rīsus. Compare Spanish risa.


zoológico

jardim zoológico
jardim zoológico#Portuguese


curva

Feminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).


ultramar

From Old Galician-Portuguese ultramar, outramar, from Latin ultra (“beyond”) + mare (“sea”).

Eles viajaram para o ultramar.

overseas (countries and regions outside one’s country, especially across the sea)

Guerra do Ultramar.

(Portugal, historical, often capitalized) the Portuguese overseas territories from colonial times


overdose

[ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

[ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

[ɔ.βɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

[ow.βɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

[ɔ.vɐɾˈðɔ.zɨ]

Borrowed from English overdose, with the pronunciation partially unadapted in Portugal: over mimics the English phonemes, while dose is pronounced as a Portuguese word.

Meus heróis morreram de overdose / Meus inimigos estão no poder

1988 April 21, Cazuza, Roberto Frejat (lyrics and music), “Ideologia” (1:14 from the start), in Ideologia, performed by Cazuza, Rio de Janeiro: Philips:

My heroes died of overdose. My enemies are in power.

overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)


hip hop

Unadapted borrowing from English hip-hop.


xenófobo

pt-noun

xenófobo m (plural xenófobos, feminine xenófoba, feminine plural xenófobas)

xenófobos (plural)
xenófoba (feminine)
xenófobas (feminine plural)


ultraje

outrage (an offensive, immoral or indecent act)


usura

From Latin usura. Cognate with English usury.

(uncountable) usury (practice of lending money at exorbitant rates)


rancho

From Old French se ranger (“to be quartered, take up a position”).

mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail

a group of people doing something together

ranch (large plot for livestock); especially one in the western United States

(carnaval) a representation of the pastoral lifestyle


ultravioleta

From ultra- (“ultra-; beyond”) + violeta (“violet”).


uruguayo

pt-noun

uruguayo m (plural uruguayos, feminine uruguaya, feminine plural uruguayas)

uruguayos (plural)
uruguaya (feminine)
uruguayas (feminine plural)


arriba

From Old Galician-Portuguese arriba, from Latin ad (“at”) + rīpam (“coast, bank”). Cognate with Spanish arriba.


mentiroso

mentiroso m (plural mentirosos, feminine mentirosa, feminine plural mentirosas, metaphonic)

mentirosos (plural)
mentirosa (feminine)
mentirosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mentiroso, from mentir (“to lie”), from Latin mentior (“to lie”).


LGBT

LGBT m or f by sense (usually uncountable, plural (nonstandard) LGBTs)

[ˈɛɫ ˈʒe ˈβe ˈte]

[ˈɛɫ ˈʒe ˈβe ˈte]

Borrowed from English LGBT. Displaced GLS in Brazil.


umbral

Borrowed from Spanish umbral (“doorstep, threshold”), from Catalan limbrar, from Latin limināris. Doublet of liminar and limiar.

bor+

jamb (upright post that frames a door or window)

(Spiritism) a shadowy transitory realm to where immoral spirits are attracted after their physical death


campo

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kampu

→ Tetum: kampu

From Old Galician-Portuguese campo, from Latin campus (“wild field”). Doublet of campus, a borrowing from Latin. Compare Galician and Spanish campo.

O campo é tranquilo

Uma casa no campo.

field (large open area, especially one where crops are grown or sports are played)

campo magnético


chulo

(Portugal) pimp (prostitution solicitor)


universo

Borrowed from Latin ūniversum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of ūniversus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general”, literally “turned or combined into one”), from ūni-, combining form of ūnus (“one”), + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”).


cluster

Unadapted borrowing from English cluster.

ubor

(music) cluster (chord of three or more notes)

(computing) cluster (group of computers working concurrently)


breakdance

[ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]

[ˌbɾɐj.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]

[ˌbɾe.kɨˈðɐ̃.sɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English breakdance.


zambiano

pt-noun

zambiano m (plural zambianos, feminine zambiana, feminine plural zambianas)

zambianos (plural)
zambiana (feminine)
zambianas (feminine plural)


ábaco

Learned borrowing from Latin abacus (“board”), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”), from Hebrew אבק (abák, “dust”).

lbor

abacus (instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by sliding balls on wires, or counters in grooves)


thorax

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


ucraniano

pt-noun

ucraniano m (plural ucranianos, feminine ucraniana, feminine plural ucranianas)

ucranianos (plural)
ucraniana (feminine)
ucranianas (feminine plural)

From Ucrânia (“Ukraine”) + -ano (“-an”), from Old East Slavic оу (u, “at, in”) + краи (krai, “land”).

(uncountable) Ukrainian (a Slavic language spoken in Ukraine)


API

Orthographic borrowing from English API.

(programming) API (application programming interface)


iodo

iodo m (usually uncountable, plural iodos)


inglês

inglês m (plural ingleses, feminine inglesa, feminine plural inglesas)

ingleses (plural)
inglesa (feminine)
inglesas (feminine plural)

[ĩˈɡle(ɪ̯)ʃ]

Borrowed from Old French angleis, from Old English Englisċ.


arsénico

arsénicos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


jumper

jumper (short length of electrical conductor)


cobalto

cobalto m (usually uncountable, plural cobaltos)

From German Kobalt, from Kobold (“goblin”), so called because of its toxicity.

(chemistry, uncountable) cobalt (element)


fósforo

Learned borrowing from Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “torchbearer, light bearer”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to carry, to bear, to bring”).


PDA

personal digital assistant
personal digital assistant

PDA; personal digital assistant (hand-held electronic organiser)


astato

pt-noun

astato m (usually uncountable, plural astatos)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄστατος (ástatos, “unstable”).


carbono

Borrowed from French carbone, coined by Lavoisier, from Latin carbōnem. Doublet of carvão, which was inherited.

(chemistry, uncountable) carbon (chemical element)


vista

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vista, from Vulgar Latin *visita, from Latin visa, feminine past participle of videō.

inh+

Tenho uma vista normal.

Mas que vista maravilhosa!


sudoku

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 数独 (sūdoku, literally “numbers singly”).


urna

ballot box (a sealed box into which a voter puts his voting slip)

urn (vessel for ashes of a deceased person)

(by extension) coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)


undécimo

(fractional number) eleventh (one of eleven parts of a whole)


décimo

From Old Galician-Portuguese deçimo, borrowed from Latin decimus. Compare the inherited doublet dízimo.

(fractional number) tenth (one of ten parts of a whole)


verde

From Old Galician-Portuguese verde (“green”), from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis (“green”). Doublet of víride, which was borrowed from Latin.
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian verde, Catalan and Occitan verd, French vert and English vert, virid.


uso

From Old Galician-Portuguese uso, from Latin ūsus.


beatnik

pt-noun

beatnik m or f by sense (plural beatniks)

Unadapted borrowing from English beatnik.

ubor

beatnik (person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s)


dim sum

dim sum (Cantonese meal eaten in the late morning or early afternoon)


limbo

(Roman Catholicism) limbo (place for innocent souls)

(figurative) limbo (state of neglect or oblivion)

(botany) blade (the flat part of a leaf or petal)


superego

(psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)


bromo

pt-noun

bromo m (usually uncountable, plural bromos)


geografia

Borrowed from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).

geography (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth)


baile

→ English: baile

Inherited from Late Latin ballō, from Ancient Greek βαλλίζω (ballízō, “throw”).

der

(Brazil) any dancing event (not necessarily formal)

(Portugal, colloquial) an embarrassing situation where one party is completely dominated by another


best-seller

Unadapted borrowing from English best-seller.

ubor

bestseller (a top selling product, especially a book)


cobre

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), from Latin cyprium (aes) (“Cypriot copper”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros), because Cyprus was its chief source.

(colloquial) a small amount of money; little change


resto

Deverbal from restar (“to be left”), from Latin restāre, from re- + stō.

Duas pessoas sobreviveram, o resto morreu.

(uncountable, usually with article o) the rest (that which remains)

Comi um resto de carne.

remainder; leftover (something left behind)

O resto de onze dividido por três é dois.

The remainder of eleven divided by three is two.

(arithmetic) remainder (amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend)


marginal

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis.


marginal

pt-noun

marginal m or f by sense (plural marginais)

Aquele menino é um marginal!

outlaw, criminal (a person who operates outside established norms)


sex symbol

sex symbol m or f by sense (plural sex symbols)

Unadapted borrowing from English sex symbol.

ubor

sex symbol (person who embodies sexual ideals)


sexto

From Old Galician-Portuguese sexto, seisto, sesto, from Latin sextus.

(fractional number) sixth (one of six parts of a whole)


bestseller

Unadapted borrowing from English bestseller.


cromo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma).


cromo

Shortening of cromolitografía, from cromo- + litografia.


cromo

pt-noun

cromo m (plural cromos, feminine croma, feminine plural cromas)

cromos (plural)
croma (feminine)
cromas (feminine plural)

(Portugal, informal) dork (quirky, silly, and/or stupid socially inept person)


soldo

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldo, from Late Latin soldus, from contraction of Latin solidus (“gold coin”). Doublet of sólido.

(historical, numismatics) solidus (late Roman gold coin)

(historical, numismatics) a medieval Portuguese coin

salary or wage; any payment for a service


tweet

(Internet) tweet (entry posted on Twitter)


ageustia

[a.ʒeʊ̯ʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ]


fumo

Hunsrik: Fumm

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


prima

From Latin prīma, feminine of prīmus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-.

female equivalent of primo: a female cousin

(Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) the first canonical hour


sunga

From sungar (“to lift the waistband”), borrowed from Kimbundu sunga.


air guitar

Unadapted borrowing from English air guitar.

ubor

air guitar (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play)


flush

(poker) flush (hand consisting of all cards with the same suit)


latitude

(geography, astronomy) latitude (angular distance north or south from the equator)

(geography) latitude (imaginary line parallel to the equator)


centro

Borrowed from Latin centrum (“centre”), from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “to sting”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-.

der

center (point on a line midway between the ends)

(Brazil) An Umbanda house of worship or temple


dita

fate, destiny (that which cannot be avoided)

(uncommon) speech, saying (that which is said)


cento

From Old Galician-Portuguese cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Comprei dois centos de maçãs.

(literally, “I bought two hundreds of apples”)


teoria

Borrowed from Late Latin theōria (“theory”), from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría, “contemplation; speculation; a looking at; things looked at”), from θεωρέω (theōréō, “to look at, to view, to consider, to examine”), from θεωρός (theōrós, “spectator”).

der

(sciences) theory (coherent set of statements attempting to explain observed phenomena)

theory (underlying principles as opposed to practice)

(rare) host (collective term for angels)


cibo

(dialectal, informal) small portion of anything


nobel

pt-noun

nobel m (usually uncountable, plural nobéis)

Borrowed from Swedish Nobel. Penultimate stress likely influenced by English pronunciation.


nobel

nobel m or f by sense (usually uncountable, plural nobéis)


tandem

[ˈtɐ̃.dẽɪ̯̃]

/ˈtɐ̃.dɐ̃j̃/

tandem (bicycle with two seats and two sets of pedals)


banco

desc

→ Gujarati: બાંક (bā̃k), બાંકડો (bā̃kḍo)

→ Kadiwéu: baanco

→ Konkani: बांक (bāṅka)

desctree

→ Malay: bangku
Indonesian: bangku
→ Iban: bangku
→ Ternate: bangku

→ Malayalam: ബാങ്ക് (bāṅkŭ)

→ Marathi: बाक (bāk)

→ Sinhalese: බැංකුව (bæṁkuwa)

Borrowed from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

bank (safe place for storage and retrieval of items)

(sports) bench (place where players of a sport sit when not playing)

(hydrology) bank (a shallow area in a body of water)

banco de dados
banco de dados#Portuguese


forno

Guinea-Bissau Creole: furnu

From Old Galician-Portuguese forno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).


patente

patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)

rank (level in an organisation, such as the military)

(South Brazil) toilet (fixture in a bathroom)


salve

Por isso, um salve a todas as guerreiras, sábias, anciãs, jovens, caciques, pajés, mulheres indígenas que resistem e defendem o bem-estar do seu povo.

2020 September 5, SECOM, “Um salve à luta das mulheres indígenas no mundo todo”, in CONAFER, Brasília, DF, archived from the original on 2023-09-03:

So, a shout out to all warrior, wise, old, young, chief, shaman, indigenous women that resist and defend their people's well-being.


pedigree

Unadapted borrowing from English pedigree.

ubor

pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)


apparatchik

(historical) apparatchik (Communist bureaucrat or agent)


marshmallow

Unadapted borrowing from English marshmallow.

marshmallow (pre-softened confectionery made with sugar, corn syrup, egg whites and gelatin)


brado

From Old Galician-Portuguese braado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), deverbal from braadar.


manteiga de amendoim

pt-noun

manteiga de amendoim f (plural manteigas de amendoim)


manteiga de cacau

manteiga de cacau f (plural manteigas de cacau)


piropo

From Latin pyropus, from Ancient Greek πυρωπός (purōpós, “fire-colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).


piropo

(Portugal, informal) catcall; pick-up line


bastardo

From Old Galician-Portuguese bastardo, from Old French bastard, from Late Latin bastardus, from Frankish.


amendoim

Borrowed from Old Tupi mandubi, influenced by amêndoa (“almond”). Doublet of mandubi.

Arachis hypogaea (a herbaceous plant of the Leguminosae family, native to South America and cultivated in different regions of the world)

peanut (edible seed of this plant, which is also used to produce oil and butter)


cacau

→ Nheengatu: kakáu

From earlier cacáo, borrowed from Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl (“cacao bean”).

Theobroma cacao
Theobroma cacao#Translingual


atmosfera

Borrowed from New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”). By surface analysis, atmo- + esfera.

gases surrounding the Earth (or another astronomical body)

(figuratively) the apparent mood felt in an environment

(chemistry, planetology) a unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)


murmúrio

Learned borrowing from Late Latin murmurium, from Latin murmur, from Proto-Indo-European *mormur-, *mur- (“to mutter”).


piercing

Unadapted borrowing from English piercing.

ubor

Tire o seu piercing do caminho / Que eu quero passar / Quero passar, com a minha dor

1999 March 5, Zeca Baleiro (lyrics and music), “Piercing” (0:19 from the start), in Vô Imbolá ft. Faces do Subúrbio, Rio de Janeiro: MZA Music:

Eu comecei com um piercingzinho na orelha, né, que na época não era nem piercing, era brinco na orelha. E aí aderi à moda, cara, virou não só moda mas um prazer, né, que a dor do piercing me proporcionava. Hoje em dia eu tenho piercing pelo corpo inteiro, eu sou viciado em piercing. Eu posso te dizer que eu sou viciado em piercing.

2002, “Documento Trololó – Sadomasoquistas”, in Hermes e Renato, spoken by Josue (Marco Antônio Alves), São Paulo, via MTV Brasil:


parte

From Old Galician-Portuguese parte, from Latin partem, from Proto-Italic *partis.

Os compromissos requerem confiança entre as partes.

The commitments require trust between the parties.


manteiga

desc

→ Javanese: ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒ (mantéga), ꦩꦼꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦒ (mentéga), ꦩꦼꦂꦠꦺꦒ (mertéga)

desctree

→ Malay: mentega
Indonesian: mentega
→ Min Nan: 文地牙

→ Sundanese: ᮙᮔ᮪ᮒᮦᮌ (mantéga)

→ Tetum: manteiga

/mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/

[mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɡɐ/

[mɐ̃ˈtɐj.ɣɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manteiga, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia such as Iberian or Celtiberian.
Cognate with Galician and Mirandese manteiga, Asturian and Catalan mantega, Spanish and Aragonese manteca and possibly with Proto-Slavic *sъmetana (“sour cream”).

inh+

butter (fatty and unctuous substance obtained from the cream of milk)


corre

Todo mundo tem o seu corre diário.

(Brazil, slang) strife, fight (hard work)


qi

chi (the fundamental life-force or energy in Chinese folklore)


primo

pt-noun

primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

primos (plural)
prima (feminine)
primas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.

male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)


primo

From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.


transgressor

transgressor m (plural transgressores, feminine transgressora, feminine plural transgressoras)

transgressores (plural)
transgressora (feminine)
transgressoras (feminine plural)

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsoʁ/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsoχ]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsoɾ/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsoɾ]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsoɾ/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsoɾ]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈso.ɾi/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈso.ɾi]

offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)


OVNI

Abbreviation of objeto voador não identificado (“unidentified flying object”).


paia

From an eye-dialect spelling of palha (“straw”).

O paia é que estou doente e não poderei viajar.

The bad thing is that I'm ill and won't be able to travel.

(Northeast Brazil, South Brazil, slang) the bad thing


traje

→ Spanish: traje

From a derivative of Old Galician-Portuguese trager (whence modern Portuguese trazer), from Vulgar Latin tragēre, from Latin trahō. Compare Galician traxe.


fortuna

Learned borrowing from Latin fortūna, from fors (“chance, luck”).


lagosta

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.


presente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese presente, from Latin praesentem.


expertise

pt-noun

expertise f (usually uncountable, plural expertises)

Unadapted borrowing from French expertise.


fé

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fe, fee, from Latin fidem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Compare Fala and Galician fe.


transponder

Unadapted borrowing from English transponder.

ubor

transponder (transceiver that transmits a signal in response to another)


zorra

(Portugal, regional, derogatory) a prostitute


shorts

Unadapted borrowing from English shorts.


chili

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chili, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

chili pepper (piquant fruit of Capsicum plants, especially the varieties used in Mexican cuisine)

(uncountable) chili (spice made from chili peppers)

(uncountable) chili; chili con carne (dish of meat, beans, tomato sauce and chili)


toolbox

Unadapted borrowing from English toolbox.


transistor

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of transístor.


vaca

Kabuverdianu: báka

Papiamentu: baka

→ Kadiwéu: waaca

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca.

inh+

(derogatory, colloquial) a promiscuous woman; bitch


dauphin

Borrowed from French dauphin. Doublet of delfim.

(historical) dauphin (eldest son of the king of France)


pipeline

Unadapted borrowing from English pipeline.

ubor

(computing) pipeline (set of data processing elements connected in series)


ringtone

Unadapted borrowing from English ringtone.

ringtone (sound made by a telephone when ringing)


andas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


hot dog

/ˌʁɔ.t͡ʃiˈdɔ.ɡi/

/ˌʁɔ.t͡ʃiˈdɔ.ɡi/

/ˌʁɔ.t͡ʃiˈdɔ.ɡi/

[ˌχɔ.t͡ʃiˈdɔ.ɡi]

/ˌʁɔ.t͡ʃiˈdɔ.ɡe/

/ˈɔ.tɨ ˈdɔ.ɡɨ/

[ˈɔ.tɨ ˈðɔ.ɣɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English hot dog.


descoberta

From the feminine form of descoberto, past participle of descobrir, corresponding to Latin discoopertus.


au pair

au pair (person helping a host family with childcare or housework)


Mach

(physics) Mach (ratio of speed to the speed of sound)


sorriso

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin subrīsus.

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

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

smile (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice)


fábrica

Learned borrowing from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“forger, smith”). Doublet of frágua and forja.


airbag

Unadapted borrowing from English airbag.

(automotive) airbag (a protective system in automobiles)


loop

(computing) loop (repeating sequence of instructions)


ferrovia

[ˌfɛ.ʁɔˈβi.ɐ]

Borrowed from Italian ferrovia, calqued from German Eisenbahn. By surface analysis, ferro + via.

Meronyms: trilho, carril, travessa, dormente

railway (a track consisting of parallel rails)


script

Unadapted borrowing from English script. Doublet of escrito.

(acting) script (text of the dialogue and action for a drama)

(computing) script (source code that is interpreted rather than compiled)


arte

Inherited from Latin artem (“practical skill”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).


jacinto

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”).

der

hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)


governo

→ Makalero: governu (“government”)

→ Nheengatu: guvernu (“government”)

→ Tetum: governu (“government”)

Deverbal from governar. Compare Italian governo, Spanish gobierno.


gesso

Inherited from Latin gypsum (“gypsum”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of giz, borrowed through Arabic.

plaster (substance used for coating walls and ceilings)


jaspe

Borrowed from Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis).


jingoísmo

jingoism (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy)


jaez

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَاز (jahāz, “equipment”).

bor+

Confessemos, o capitalista não andava corrente com o Codigo do Bom-Tom. Declarar á noiva que um aphorismo de tal jaez lhe ficava no canhenho, foi falta de tino imperdoavel.

1868, Bruno Seabra, chapter 10, in Memórias de um pobre diabo, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria Luso-Brasileira, page 74:


blockbuster

Unadapted borrowing from English blockbuster.

ubor

blockbuster (film or book that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)


alfa

Borrowed from Latin alpha, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Doublet of alef.

(poetic) the beginning; the origin of something


judaísmo

Borrowed from Late Latin iūdaismus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos, “Jew”), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yehuda, “Judah”).


jaula

Borrowed from Old French jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, diminutive from Latin cavea. Compare gaiola, an inherited doublet, and Spanish jaula, likewise borrowed from French.


hoi polloi

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí, “the many”)


jornal

→ Hunsrik: Schurnall

Borrowed from French journal, from Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”).


jornal

Inherited from Latin diurnālis, from diēs (“day”).


jactancioso

pt-noun

jactancioso m (plural jactanciosos, metaphonic)

jactanciosos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)


jarra

jug; ewer; pitcher (deep vessel for holding liquids)


jaca

→ Catalan: jaca

→ English: jack, jackfruit

→ French: jaque

Borrowed from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai).

Artocarpus heterophyllus
Artocarpus heterophyllus#Translingual

jackfruit (the fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus)


jamaicano

jamaicano m (plural jamaicanos, feminine jamaicana, feminine plural jamaicanas)

jamaicanos (plural)
jamaicana (feminine)
jamaicanas (feminine plural)


sabor

From Old Galician-Portuguese sabor, from Latin sapōrem (“flavor, taste”), from sapiō (“to taste of”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

der

flavour (the quality produced by the sensation of taste)

a certeza de que nada mais terá o mesmo sabor

the certainty that nothing else will have the same flavour


jaque

jaques (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


jurídico

Ao ser bem atendido, o cliente passa a enxergar o jurídico como ponte de novos negócios, um verdadeiro promotor de estratégias comerciais.

2022 July 25, “O departamento jurídico como referência no atendimento aos clientes internos”, in JOTA, São Paulo:

departamento jurídico
departamento jurídico#Portuguese

(Brazil, colloquial) Ellipsis of departamento jurídico (“legal department”).


cringe

Unadapted borrowing from English cringe.

(neologism, Internet slang) cringe (content that embarrasses onlookers)


década

Borrowed from Latin decādem, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás).

a década de 1980


cripto

pt-noun

cripto f (countable and uncountable, plural criptos)

Clipping of criptomoeda, influenced by English crypto.


Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana f or (less common) m (uncountable)

Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”).

Fata Morgana (form of mirage caused by temperature inversion)


quimono

Borrowed from Japanese 着物 (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).


jornada

From Old Galician-Portuguese jornada, borrowed from Old Occitan jornada.


straight flush

pt-noun

straight flush m (plural straight flushes)

Unadapted borrowing from English straight flush.

ubor

(poker) straight flush (a hand that is both straight and flush)


quebracho

Borrowed from Spanish quebracho, from quebrar (“to break”) + hacha (“axe”).

quebracho (South American tree with hard, tannin-rich wood)


anti-aliasing

Unadapted borrowing from English anti-aliasing. By surface analysis, anti- + aliasing.

(computer graphics) antialiasing (any technique that reduces aliasing)


quinina

(pharmacology) quinine (alkaloid used to treat malaria)


oeste

Borrowed from French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west.


quingombó

(dated, chiefly Brazil) Synonym of quiabo (“okra”)


divertimento

From divertir (“to amuse, to entertain”, from Latin dīvertere) + -mento (“-ment”).

suffix

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


antialiasing

Unadapted borrowing from English antialiasing. By surface analysis, anti- + aliasing.


quórum

Learned borrowing from Latin quōrum, genitive plural form of quī (“who, which”).

quorum (minimum number of members required)


papel

→ Old Tupi: papera
Nheengatu: papera

From Old Galician-Portuguese papel, from Old Catalan paper.

folha de papel

paper (sheet material typically used for writing on or printing)

Apesar de desempenhar vários papéis memoráveis, jamais recebeu um prêmio.

Despite having played many memorable roles, he/she never won an award.

No papel de pai e de marido, fracassou miseravelmente.

In the role of father and husband he failed miserably.


quinteto

quintet
(music) music composition in five parts

(music) five musicians who perform a piece of music together

quintet
group of five (things or people)


queda

From Old Galician-Portuguese caeda, from Vulgar Latin *cadeta (“a falling, drop”) feminine past participle of *cadescere, from Latin cadere. Compare Spanish caída.

inh

O orgulho antecede a queda.

Houve uma queda de temperatura depois da chuva.

There was a drop in temperature after the rain.

Como aconteceu a queda do avião?

A garota não tinha queda para música.


juvenil

Borrowed from Latin iuvenīlis, derived from iuvenis (“young”). By surface analysis, joven (“young”) + -il (“-ile”).

surf

(sports) a competition for players aged 16 and 17


sacra

(Catholicism) altar card (one of a set of three richly-ornamented cards, placed on the altar during a Tridentine mass, containing the texts of prayers)


esposas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


microonda

Superseded spelling of micro-onda (“microwave”).


consommé

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consumado.


equino

Learned borrowing from Latin equīnus, from equus (“horse”), from Old Latin equos (“horse”), from Proto-Italic *ekwos (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).


equino

Learned borrowing from Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).


norte

Borrowed from French nord, from Old English norþ, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.


marido

Guinea-Bissau Creole: maridu

Kabuverdianu: maridu

From Old Galician-Portuguese marido, from Latin marītus (“husband”), from mās (“male, a male”).

husband (male partner in a married couple)


esposo

pt-noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas, metaphonic)

esposos (plural)
esposa (feminine)
esposas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposo, from Latin spōnsus.


xénon

xénon m (usually uncountable, plural (Portugal) xénones)

xénones (Portugal plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


quilate

Borrowed from Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ), from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion). Cognate with Galician and Spanish quilate.

metric carat, unit of mass for precious stones and pearls, equal to 200 mg

(historical) carat, traditional unit of mass for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to about 199 mg

carat, 24-part measure of the purity of gold

(figurative) excellence, superlative quality


jugo

From Old Galician-Portuguese jugo, from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. The preservation of the -u- was likely due to metaphony.

(figuratively) something which represses or restrains someone


esposa

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposa, from Latin spōnsa.


doze

Abbreviation of calibre 12 (“12-gauge”).

(Brazil, colloquial) shotgun (gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls)


pago

Borrowed from Spanish pago, from Latin pāgus (“district; village”).

(Rio Grande do Sul) the place where one was born or grew up


trave

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, from Latin trabem (“beam”).


gnocchi

Unadapted borrowing from Italian gnocchi.


sable

(heraldry) sable (the black colour on coats of arms)


coxa

From Old Galician-Portuguese coixa, coissa, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

(arthropod anatomy) coxa (basal segment of some arthropods’ limbs)


quebrada

(Brazil, slang, often used in plural) neighborhood

(Brazil, slang) a place in a town or city where drugs are routinely consumed, often without knowledge of authorities


senso

Learned borrowing from Latin sēnsus (“sense”), perfect passive participle of sēntiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”). Doublet of siso.

der

senso comum


querido

pt-noun

querido m (plural queridos, feminine querida, feminine plural queridas)

queridos (plural)
querida (feminine)
queridas (feminine plural)

Past participle of querer. Displaced expected *quesido.


layout

Unadapted borrowing from English layout.

(publishing, Internet) layout (physical arrangement of content on a page)


clandestino

clandestino m (plural clandestinos, feminine clandestina, feminine plural clandestinas)

clandestinos (plural)
clandestina (feminine)
clandestinas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”).


noventa

From Old Galician-Portuguese noveenta, novaenta, from Vulgar Latin *nōvāgintā, from Latin nōnāgintā (blended with novem (“nine”)), from earlier *nūnāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱomt (“nine tens”).


megabyte

[ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbaɪ̯t͡ʃ]

[ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbaɪ̯t͡ʃ]

[ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbaɪ̯t͡ʃ]

Unadapted borrowing from English megabyte.

ubor

(computing) megabyte (one million bytes)


vida

Angolar: vira

Guinea-Bissau Creole: vida, bida

Kabuverdianu: bida

Korlai Creole Portuguese: vid

Macanese: vida

Principense: vida

→ Tetum: vida

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vida, from Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā.

inh+

A vida é bela!

Uma pessoa no ínicio de sua vida se chama criança.

A person is called a child during the beginning of his life.

lifetime (period during which someone is alive or something exists)

Fôra um homem de boa vida.

Perderam-se muitas vidas durante a guerra.

O futebol é a minha vida.

(figurative) something inherently part of a person's existence

A vida desértica evoluiu para aguentar o calor.

Desert creatures evolved to withstand heat.

(ecology) the flora and fauna of an ecosystem

life
the flora and fauna of an ecosystem

(video games) one of the player's chances to play

life
one of the player's chances to play

(figurative) vigour (active strength or force of body or mind)

Cheguei, vida.

(figuratively, endearing) honey, sweetheart (term of endearing)


exposed

Unadapted borrowing from English exposed.

ubor

(Brazil) exposé (a piece of media publicly revealing withheld information)


químico

From Latin chimicus, alternative form of chēmicus (“chemical”), from chēmia (“chemistry”), Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”).

der

chemical (an artificial chemical compound)


químico

pt-noun

químico m (plural químicos, feminine química, feminine plural químicas)

químicos (plural)
química (feminine)
químicas (feminine plural)


cidade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cidade, from Latin cīvitātem.

inh+

Hometown


quintal

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quintãal, from Vulgar Latin *quintanālem; equivalent to quinta + -al.

yard (land with vegetable garden, next to a house)


quintal

From Medieval Latin quintāle (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”). Doublet of centenário.

der

quintal, a nonstandard unit of mass equal to 100 kg

(historical) quintal, Portuguese hundredweight, a traditional unit of mass usually equivalent to 58.7 kg


bungee jumping

/ˌbɐ̃.ʒiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pĩɡ/

[ˌbɐ̃.ʒiˈðʒɐ̃.pĩɡ]

Unadapted borrowing from English bungee jumping.

ubor

bungee jumping (the sport of jumping from a great height with a cord)


missa

From Old Galician-Portuguese missa, from Late Latin missa (“mass”) (possibly a borrowing or semi-learned term), from Latin mittō (“to send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange, remove”).

der

mass (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)


bauxite

European Portuguese standard spelling of bauxita.


cooler

Unadapted borrowing from English cooler.

(Brazil) cooler (insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping)


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta (“turning spot in arena; goal”). Doublet of meda.


meta

Quando falamos de inventário, alguns itens continuam muito fortes e flexíveis no meta, como por exemplo os arpões. Como as snipers saíram do meta, os jogadores tiveram que trocar um dos utilitários para conseguir tags durante o meio do jogo.

2020, “Qual o Novo meta do Fortnite – Temporada 6”, in Escola dos Games, archived from the original on 2021-05-14:


ama

From Old Galician-Portuguese ama, from Late Latin amma, q.v.


vaga

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).


vaga

Back-formation from vagar (“to vacate”).


agama

agama (lizard of the subfamily Agaminae)


bungee jump

/ˌbɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pi/

/ˌbɐ̃.ɡiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pi/

/ˌbɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pi/

/ˌbɐ̃.ɡiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pi/

/ˌbɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pe/

/ˌbɐ̃.ɡiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pe/

Unadapted borrowing from English bungee jump.


sidearm

Unadapted borrowing from English sidearm.


química

From Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā), or from Latin chimicus, alternative form of chēmicus (“chemical”), from chēmia (“chemistry”), Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”).

der

اَلْكِيمِيَاء

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)


química

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


medicina

Learned borrowing from Latin medicīna (“medicine”), from medicīnus (“medical”), from medicus, from medeor (“to heal; to cure”). Doublet of mezinha.


ardor

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ārdōrem.


quinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quintãa, from Latin quintana.

wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)


quinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta, from Latin quintam.


tête-à-tête

Unadapted borrowing from French tête-à-tête.


ventre

From Old Galician-Portuguese ventre, from Latin ventrem, from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri.


tradutor

pt-noun

tradutor m (plural tradutores, feminine tradutora, feminine plural tradutoras)

tradutores (plural)
tradutora (feminine)
tradutoras (feminine plural)


cruz

Kabuverdianu: krus

Papiamentu: krus

→ Bengali: ক্রুশ (kruś)

→ Hindi: क्रूश (krūś)

→ Malayalam: കുരിശ് (kuriśŭ)

→ Sinhalese: කුරුසය (kurusaya)

→ Tamil: குருசு (kurucu)

→ Old Tupi: kurusá
Nheengatu: kurusá

LL-Q5146 (por)-Nelson Ricardo 2500-cruz.wav

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crucem (“cross”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”).


jota

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”), from Semitic. Doublet of iota.

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.


jota

Borrowed from Spanish jota (“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“to dance”).


dolina

(geology) sinkhole (hole formed in soluble rock)


aplomb

pt-noun

aplomb m (usually uncountable, plural aplombs)

(ballet) aplomb (elegance and precision exhibited by a dancer)


ninjutsu

(martial arts) ninjutsu (Japanese martial art used for espionage)


tomo

Borrowed from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, to separate”).

der

volume, tome (book which is part of a series)


boca

From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

Evite respirar pela boca enquanto corre

Avoid breathing by the mouth when running

(anatomy) mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)

Deste canal lança o Amazonas pela terra dentro aquella porção de agoa, que junta com a referida do Akeky fórma o rio deste nome, que dá entrada para o' Amazonas pela bocca do Xingú.

1826, Academia das ciências de Lisboa, Collecçao de noticias para a historia e geografia das naçoes ultramarinas, que vivem nos dominios portuguezes, ou lhes sao visinhas..., Typografia da mesma Academia, page 9:

mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)

Encha até a boca

brim (of a bottle or any other container)


honeypot

(computer security) honeypot (a trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorised use of information systems)


cultura

Borrowed from Latin cultūra (“culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to till, to cultivate”).

arts, customs and habits that characterise a group of people


vitiligo

(pathology) vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation)


fandom

Unadapted borrowing from English fandom.


sniper

Unadapted borrowing from English sniper.

(military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)


madrigal

[mɐ.ðɾiˈɣaɫ]

[mɐ.ðɾiˈɣaɫ]


morena

(geology) moraine, debris (large rock fragments left by a melting glacier)


morena

brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)


homossexual

pt-noun

homossexual m or f by sense (plural homossexuais)


def

Referes-te a ti própria como a “Def”. Detestas o politicamente correto?

2015, “Mafalda Ribeiro: “Parti ossos 90 vezes. Mas agradeço sempre, até as dores””, in Visão:

You refer to yourself as the “Def” (handicapped). Do you hate political correctness?.

(Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) handicapped

Não sejas def.

(Portugal, derogatory, somewhat dated) retarded, idiot


carnificina

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificīna.


tutorial

Probably borrowed from English tutorial or less likely from tutor + -ial.

(computing) tutorial (a video or text that is basically a how-to)


hasta

From Latin hasta, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰast- (“branch”).


citro

citrus (any shrub or tree in the genus Citrus, or its fruit)


escola

Kabuverdianu: skola

→ Javanese: ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ (sekolah)

Konkani: iśkol

Devanagari script: इश्कोल

Latin script: iskol

Kannada script: ಇಶ್ಕೊಲ್

desctree

→ Malay: sekolah
Indonesian: sekolah
→ Ternate: skola, sikola
→ Iban: sekula

→ Tetum: eskola

From Old Galician-Portuguese escola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”). The Portuguese form may indicate a semi-learned influence on the phonetic aspects of the word.


tristeza

From Old Galician-Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia. By surface analysis, triste + -eza.

Tristeza não tem fim / Felicidade, sim

1958, “A Felicidade”, performed by Antônio Carlos Jobim:

(uncountable) sadness (state or emotion of being sad)


bula

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bulla (“seal, sealed document; bull”), from Latin bulla (“bubble, rounded object”). Doublet of bola and bolha.

bor

(pharmacy) medication package insert (document that provides information about a drug and its use)


shopping

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from shopping, based on shopping center.


zygoma

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


manhã

Guinea-Bissau Creole: manha

Indo-Portuguese: manhão

Kabuverdianu: manhan

Macanese: manhã

Principense: manha

From Old Galician-Portuguese mannãa (“morning”), from Vulgar Latin *maneāna (“morning”), from Latin māne (“in the morning”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”).
Cognate with Galician mañá, Asturian mañana, Leonese mañana, Mirandese manhana, Spanish mañana, and Aragonese manyana.


capoeira

From capão (“capon”) + -eira. Compare Galician capoeira and Spanish caponera.

Fui à capoeira apanhar ovos.

a woven basket used by bondsmen to transport items


capoeira

→ Spanish: capoeira

→ Basque: capoeira

→ Czech: capoeira

→ Dutch: capoeira

→ French: capoeira

→ Japanese: カポエイラ (kapoeira)

→ English: capoeira

→ Polish: capoeira

→ Russian: капоэйра (kapoejra)

→ Swedish: capoeira

Uncertain. There are various theories on the etymology:
* from Old Tupi kopûera, from kó (“clearing”) + pûera (“that once was”)
* from Old Tupi ka'apûera, from ka'a (“woods; forest”) + pûera (“that once was”)
* from Old Tupi ka'apaũ, from ka'a (“woods; forest”) + paũ (“round”)
Both Tupi words refer to lands that used to be cleared by the Tupis for agriculture and to which slaves would escape.
* from the root kupura (to play) in the Ki-Kongo language.
* from capão (“capon”) + -eira, from a supposed resemblance between capoeira and cockfighting.
The spelling of this word and its derived terms were likely influenced by Etymology 1.

A capoeira é uma arte marcial brasileira.
Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art.

capoeira, a martial art developed in Brazil

glade; clearing (area of land devoid of trees)


ardeb

ardeb (a Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops)


ranking

Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.


peruano

pt-noun

peruano m (plural peruanos, feminine peruana, feminine plural peruanas)

peruanos (plural)
peruana (feminine)
peruanas (feminine plural)


chips

chips (thin-sliced and deep-fried potatoes sold in sealed bags)


phalange

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


boda

From Old Galician-Portuguese voda (“wedding”), from Latin vōta (“vows”), plural of vōtum (“vow”). Cognate with English vow. Doublet of voto and bodo.


coccyx

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


regalo

gift (something given to another without charge)

muff (a piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands warm)


Agosto

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


litro

Kadiwéu: liitilo


reggae

Unadapted borrowing from English reggae.

(music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)


castor

From Latin castōrem (“beaver”), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr).

castor (a hat made from the fur of the beaver)


Down

síndrome de Down
síndrome de Down#Portuguese

(informal) Ellipsis of síndrome de Down.


cervical

Borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis, formed from the root of Latin cervīx (“the neck, nape of the neck”) and -ālis (see -al). By surface analysis, cérvice + -al.

der

vértebra cervical
vértebra cervical#Portuguese

(anatomy) Ellipsis of vértebra cervical.


Dr.

pt-noun

Dr. m (plural Drs., feminine Dra. or Drª., feminine plural Dras. or Drª.s)

Drs. (plural)
Dra. (feminine)
Drª. (feminine)
Dras. (feminine plural)
Drª.s (feminine plural)


protector

protector m (plural protectores, feminine protectora, feminine plural protectoras)

protectores (plural)
protectora (feminine)
protectoras (feminine plural)

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


caló

Caló (language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)


Dom

honorific title usually used before a man's name, equivalent to Spanish Don; it has historically been used by members of the high nobility in Portugal and Brazil


roda

From Old Galician-Portuguese roda, from Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).


tanga

loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)


Barbie

Unadapted borrowing from English Barbie.

Neste sentido convém entender que, quando nos deparamos com qualquer rapaz forte e de músculos definidos, automaticamente, perguntamos: será que ele é uma Barbie? Este tipo de questionamento ocorre a partir de uma percepção contemporânea que, dentro do universo da cultura gay está sendo categorizado como tal.

2000, Wilton García, A forma estranha: ensaios sobre cultura e homoerotismo, page 48:

In this sense, it’s worth understanding that when we come across any strong guy with defined muscles, we automatically ask: is he a Barbie? This type of questioning arises from a contemporary perception that, within the universe of gay culture, he is being categorized as such.

(Brazil, gay slang) a gay man who is attractive and well-groomed


soda

From Spanish soda. Meanings of a beverage are semantic loan from English soda.

(historical) parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking


Frances

Frances m (plural Franceses, feminine Francesa, feminine plural Francesas)

Franceses (plural)
Francesa (feminine)
Francesas (feminine plural)


designer

designer m or f by sense (plural designers)

Unadapted borrowing from English designer.


R.

Rua Augusta

Abbreviation of rua (“street”) (used in street names).


Madeira

From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.

vinho da Madeira
vinho da Madeira#Portuguese


Sr.

pt-noun

Sr. m (plural Srs. or S.res, feminine Sra. or Sr.ª, feminine plural Sras. or Sr.ᵃˢ)

Srs. (plural)
S.res (plural)
Sra. (feminine)
Sr.ª (feminine)
Sras. (feminine plural)
Sr.ᵃˢ (feminine plural)


protista

From New Latin Protista, from Ancient Greek πρώτιστος (prṓtistos), corresponding to proto- + -ista.

(biology) protist (eukaryotic unicellular organisms)


bislama

From Bislama Bislama, from French bêche-de-mer (“sea cucumber”).


vitória

From Old Galician-Portuguese vitoria, borrowed from Latin victōria, from victor (“conqueror”).


cadeira

Kabuverdianu: kadera

Macanese: cadera

→ Bengali: কেদারা (kedara)

→ Konkani: कदेल (kadel)

→ Malayalam: കസേര (kasēra)

→ Odia: କେଦାରା (kedārā)

→ Tamil: கதிரை (katirai)

From Old Galician-Portuguese cadeira, from Vulgar Latin *cathēgra, variant of Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of cátedra, a borrowing.

Cadeira presidencial

(figurative) seat, chair (central or branch seat of a society)

Em seguida, manteve o ritmo entre seus dedos e sua palma, sobre um de meus seios enquanto sua outra mão baixava por meu ventre, fazendo caricias em minhas cadeiras e rodeando meu umbigo com seu dedo indicador.

2017 June 28, Mariela Saravia, Pérola de Lótus: Uma intrusa, Babelcube Inc., →ISBN:

Then, he kept the rhythm between his fingers and his palm, on one of my breasts while his other hand moved down my belly, caressing my hips and circling my navel with his index finger.


bermuda

(in the plural) Bermuda shorts (a type of knee-high shorts)

(in the plural) boardshorts (a type of shorts used mostly for surfing)


baptismo

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


angola

Angolan (person from Angola or of Angolan descent)


brasil

Etymology tree
Vulgar Latin *brasa
Old Galician-Portuguese brasa
Portuguese brasa
Proto-Italic *-elis
Latin -īlislbor.
Portuguese -il
Portuguese brasil
From brasa (“ember”) + -il.


salvador

pt-noun

salvador m (plural salvadores, feminine salvadora, feminine plural salvadoras)

salvadores (plural)
salvadora (feminine)
salvadoras (feminine plural)

[saɫ.βɐˈðoɾ]

(archaic, rare) an official who subjected the coins to a final examination


Reich

Reich (territory of a German empire or nation)


inuktitut

Inuktitut (Eskimo-Aleut language spoken by the Inuit)


br

Este servidor é cheio de br!

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of brasileiro.


boutique

Unadapted borrowing from French boutique.


hera

From Old Galician-Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera (“ivy”).


fortaleza

From Old Galician-Portuguese fortaleza, from Provençal and Old Occitan fortalessa, from Late Latin fortalitia (“fortress”), from Latin fortis (“strong”).

fortress; fortification; stronghold (a large place built to withstand attacks)

(figurative) bulwark; stronghold (something that offers protection, especially in a psychological sense)

fortitude; inner strength (emotional strength in the face of adversity)

strength (the quality of being physically strong)


papiamento

Papiamento (Spanish- and Portuguese-based creole spoken in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao)


prato

→ Annobonese: paatu

→ Bengali: পরাত (porat)

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad, flat”). Possibly arrived through the intermediate of French plat, or perhaps a semi-learned term or one used by mainly upper-class speakers in the past, and thus avoiding the usual sound shifts from Latin -pl- into Portuguese -ch-. Compare Spanish plato. Doublet of the popularly inherited chato and the Hellenism plati-.

der

a flat dish from which food is served or eaten


peru

pt-noun

peru m (plural perus, feminine perua, feminine plural peruas)

perus (plural)
perua (feminine)
peruas (feminine plural)

From Peru (“Peru, also frequently used as a pars pro toto to refer to all the Spanish settlements in America”).


peru

(Portugal, soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper


navicular

Learned borrowing from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.


auge

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).


qualidade

Learned borrowing from Latin quālitātem.

As árvores melhoram a qualidade do ar através da remoção de poluentes.

Trees improve air quality by removing pollutants.


showbusiness

Unadapted borrowing from English showbusiness.

ubor

showbusiness (the entertainment industry)


maori

Borrowed from Maori Māori (“Maori”), from māori (“normal”).


tonga

Tongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)


argentina

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

[aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

[aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]

/aɾ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/


navajo

pt-noun

navajo m or f by sense (plural navajos or navajo)

Borrowed from Spanish navajo, from Tewa navahu (“field adjoining an arroyo”).

der

one of the Navajo (indigenous people of southwestern United States)


navajo

Navajo (native language of the Navajo people)


cancro

→ Tetum: kankru

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

(Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing


cu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cuu (“ass”), from Latin cūlum. Compare Galician cu, Spanish and Italian culo, French cul, and Romanian cur.

inh+

(Brazil, vulgar) anything or anyone annoying, boring or somewhat bad


lingüística

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


inglesa

female equivalent of inglês: Englishwoman


braille

braille (system of writing using raised dots)


afar

one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa


wolof

pt-noun

wolof m (plural wolof or wolofs or (uncommon) wolofes)

wolof (plural)
wolofs (plural)
wolofes (plural uncommon)

(uncountable) Wolof (a Niger-Congo language spoken in Senegal and the Gambia)


manx

(uncountable) Manx Gaelic (Celtic language spoken on the Isle of Man)

Manx cat (breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man)


quito

(Angola) a vessel to transport or store water


quito

Queres um quito?

(Portugal, informal) bit (a small amount of something)


borracho

drunk (an individual who is currently or often drunk)

a Portuguese biscuit made with flour, eggs and white wine


t-shirt

/ˌtiˈʃɐɾ.tɨ/

/ˌtiˈʃɐɾ.tɨ/

/ˌtiˈt͡ʃɐɾ.tɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English T-shirt.


latina

(nautical) Short for vela latina (“lateen”).


vibrato

(music) vibrato (musical effect where the pitch of a note is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered)


mata

From Old Galician-Portuguese mata, possibly from Late Latin matta (“reed mat”).


ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba#Translingual


prenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese prenda, borrowed from Old Spanish pendra, peñdra, from Latin pignora.


zeitgeist

(sociology) zeitgeist (the dominant set of ideals and beliefs of an era)


cambio

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


gleba

(by extension) a part of a territory that still needs to be judicially divided


china

Borrowed from Spanish china, from Quechua china (“female”).

(Rio Grande do Sul) a woman, especially one of Native American descent

(Rio Grande do Sul, derogatory) a prostitute


china

(dated or informal) Chinaman; Chinese; someone from China


cupcake

Unadapted borrowing from English cupcake.


lacrimal

Learned borrowing from Latin lacrima (“tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.


nazca

a member of the Nazca people of ancient Peru


colorado

pt-noun

colorado m (plural colorados, feminine colorada, feminine plural coloradas)

colorados (plural)
colorada (feminine)
coloradas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Sport Club Internacional sports team


badminton

Unadapted borrowing from English badminton.


urdu

Urdu (an Indo-Iranian language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and India)


cebuano

pt-noun

cebuano m (plural cebuanos, feminine cebuana, feminine plural cebuanas)

cebuanos (plural)
cebuana (feminine)
cebuanas (feminine plural)


T

adaptor (device allowing more plugs at a socket)


calor

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kalur

Kabuverdianu: kalor

Papiamentu: kalor


viking

Unadapted borrowing from English viking, from Old Norse víkingr.


caput

Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cabo, chefe, and chef.

lbor

(law) a title or header of a legal article containing its central idea


khmer

(uncountable) Khmer; Cambodian (national language of Cambodia)


bebida

From the past participle of beber (“to drink”).


zulu

Zulu (individual member of the Zulu people)


ansatz

(mathematics) ansatz (a provisional mathematical assumption used to describe a certain phenomenon)


preso

pt-noun

preso m (plural presos, feminine presa, feminine plural presas)

presos (plural)
presa (feminine)
presas (feminine plural)

→ Hunsrik: Preso

From Old Galician-Portuguese preso, from Latin prēnsus, variant of prehēnsus.


eczema

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκζεμα (ékzema).

bor+

(dermatology, pathology) eczema (acute or chronic inflammation of the skin)


internet

pt-noun

internet f (usually uncountable, plural internets)

Unadapted borrowing from English internet.

ubor

Digamos que eu queira colocar um home theater na sala de minha casa. Posso comprar a televisão em um lugar porque é mais barato, comprar as caixas em outro porque um amigo me indicou, comprar o resto do equipamento num site da internet e receber em casa, e depois tentar montar tudo sozinho.

2009, Raúl Candeloro, A Hora da Virada, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 58:

Alternative letter-case form of Internet

Estou sem internet. Ultimamente a minha internet tem estado sempre em baixo.

I have no internet. Lately, my internet is always down.

internet (an internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.)


tupi

Tupi (a member of the Tupi tribes of Brazil)


tupi

Old Tupi (an extinct language of Brazil)

(proscribed) Nheengatu (a modern language of Brazil)


pneumonia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).

lbor

(pathology) pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)


bairro

From Old Galician-Portuguese bairro, barrio, from Arabic بَرِيّ (bariyy, “savage”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city. Compare Spanish barrio.


GP

garota de programa
garota de programa#Portuguese

garoto de programa
garoto de programa#Portuguese

Initialism of garota de programa／garoto de programa.


login

(computing) login (the act of logging into a system)

(computing) username (name that identifies a user of a computer system)


subwoofer

Unadapted borrowing from English subwoofer.

ubor

subwoofer (electronic speaker for low-frequency sounds)


modus operandi

pt-noun

modus operandi m (plural modus operandi or modi operandi)

modus operandi (plural)
modi operandi (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin modus operandī.


planeta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese planeta f or m, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin.


teco

(informal) a bit; a piece (a small portion of something)


metamorphose

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


rapariga

/ʁɐ.pɐˈɾi.ɡɐ/

[ʁɐ.pɐˈɾi.ɣɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese rapariga, from raparigo (now only dialectal), *raprigo, from Leonese rapiego.

(Portugal, dated in Brazil) girl, young lady

(Brazil, derogatory) hooker, whore, slut, female prostitute


agarose

agarose (polysaccharide extracted from agar)


duodecimal

(countable) duodecimal (number expressed in the duodecimal system)


rani

rani (Hindu princess or female ruler in India)


nevada

Past participle of nevar, from Latin nivātus.


momento

Harry estudou-o por um momento.

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 508:


berne

Uncertain. Usually explained as a corruption of verme (“worm”), but it could instead be from a Guaraní word.


champagne

/ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲi/

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃i]

/ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲi/

[ʃɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃i]

/t͡ʃɐ̃ˈpa.ɲɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from French champagne.


rota

Borrowed from Old French rote (modern French route).


rota

(music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)


rota

(Roman Catholicism) rota (ecclesiastical court of appeal)


rota

rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)


DST

Initialism of doença sexualmente transmissível.


berlina

(historical) berlin (four-wheeled carriage)


POA

(chiefly Rio Grande do Sul, slang) Acronym of Porto Alegre.


vlogger

pt-noun

vlogger m or f by sense (plural vloggers)

Unadapted borrowing from English vlogger.


chador

Unadapted borrowing from English chador.


hindi

Unadapted borrowing from English Hindi, from Persian هندی (hendi), from هند (hend, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).


ácido

(chemistry) acid (any of various substances which react with bases to form salts)

ácido lisérgico
ácido lisérgico#Portuguese

(slang) Clipping of ácido lisérgico; acid (LSD)


home theater

Unadapted borrowing from English home theater.

home cinema (theatre-quality film system at home)


guaraní

pt-noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís)


mujahid

mujahid m or f by sense (plural mujahids)

(Islam) mujahid (Muslim engaging in jihad)


doce

Hunsrik: Doss

From Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcem (“sweet”). Compare Sicilian duci.

lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide

(Brazil, slang) LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)


indiana

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/

/ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/

[ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

/ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/


singleton

(computing) singleton (class that may not be instantiated more than once)


home cinema

Unadapted borrowing from English home cinema.


xhosa

Xhosa (member of a Bantu people from South Africa)

(uncountable) Xhosa (a Bantu language spoken by the Xhosa)


ummah

(Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)


feminazi

pt-noun

feminazi m or f by sense (plural feminazis)

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista + nazi.


intifada

Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”).

bor

اِنْتِفَاضَة

intifada (insurrection by Palestinians against Israel)


taco

(sports) cue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)


adhan

(Islam) adhan (the call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh))


DOE

(Brazil) Initialism of Diário Oficial do Estado.


KO

A luta acabou com um KO em poucos segundos.

The fight ended with a KO in a few seconds.


hangul

From Korean 한글 (han'geul, “Korean script”), from Archaic Korean 한 (han, “great”) + 글 (geul, “script”).


pastiche

pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)


ménage à trois

pt-noun

ménage à trois f or m (plural ménages à trois)

Unadapted borrowing from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”).

ubor

(sex) ménage à trois; threesome (a sexual activity involving three people)


ménage

household (everyone who lives in a given house)

ménage à trois
ménage à trois#Portuguese


UTI

Initialism of unidade de terapia intensiva and unidade de tratamento intensivo.


forro

Borrowed from Old French feurre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)

an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling


forro

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).
Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

bor+

Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)


TPM

tensão premenstrual
tensão premenstrual#Portuguese

PMT (premenstrual tension); Initialism of tensão premenstrual.


klingon

Klingon (artificial language from the Star Trek franchise)


expo

Clipping of exposição. Alternatively, borrowed from English expo.


facto

factos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin factum. Doublet of feito.


detective

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


drag queen

pt-noun

drag queen f or (uncommon/derogatory) m (plural drag queens)

[ˈdɾɛ.ɡi ˈkuɪ̯̃]

Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.


loganberry

Unadapted borrowing from English loganberry.


americano

pt-noun

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

americanos (plural)
americana (feminine)
americanas (feminine plural)

United States of America
United States of America#English

American (native or citizen of the United States of America)


emir

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).


Prof.

pt-noun

Prof. m (invariable, feminine Prof.ª or Profa., feminine plural Prof.ᵃˢ or Profas.)

Prof.ª (feminine)
Profa. (feminine)
Prof.ᵃˢ (feminine plural)
Profas. (feminine plural)


monte

Guinea-Bissau Creole: monti

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monte m, from Latin montem m. Compare Galician monte m.

inh+

pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)

Eu conheco um monte de gente.

(usually in um monte de (“a lot of”)) heap; load; pile (a great amount of something)

(inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy

(Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings


PL

projeto de lei
projeto de lei#Portuguese


marcha

Deverbal from marchar, influenced by French marche.


Av.

Av. Paulista

Abbreviation of avenida (“avenue”) (used in street names).


RH

Initialism of recursos humanos (“human resources”).


PES

Initialism of percepção extrassensorial.


num.

(grammar) Abbreviation of número (“number”).


caca

→ Sranan Tongo: kaka

(childish or euphemistic) crap; excrement


ria

Alteration of rio (“river”), or borrowed from Spanish ría.

(hydrography) ria (rugged coastal inlet)

(hydrography) branch; inlet (body of water extending from or flowing into a larger one)


RSS

Initialism of república socialista soviética.


anagoge

/ɐ.nɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/

[ɐ.nɐˈɣɔ.ʒɨ]


unto

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese unto, from Latin ūnctum (“ointment”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian unto, Occitan onch and Romanian unt.


antineutrino

(physics) antineutrino (the antiparticle of the neutrino)


lança

From Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian [Term?]. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician and Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.

lance, spear (long stick with a sharp tip)


lança

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of lança-perfume.


lança

Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum#Translingual

langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)


perigo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perigoo, probably a semi-learned word from Latin perīculum (“danger”). Compare Galician perigo and Spanish peligro.

(uncountable) danger (exposure to liable harm)

danger (an instance or cause of liable harm)


avec

Unadapted borrowing from French avec (“with”).


checksum

checksum (number serving to detect error)


presunto

From Vulgar Latin *persunctu, ultimately from Classical Latin suctus, perfect passive participle of sugō.

dry-cured ham; thigh of a hog cured for food


literal

(programming) literal (value written in the source code)


int

Unadapted borrowing from English int, abbreviation of integer.


cooper

Ellipsis of teste de Cooper (“Cooper test”).

ellipsis

(sports, dated) A slow-paced run intented to improve one's physical fitness.

1982 July 16, Álfio Beccari, “A agradável solidão de correr”, Viva em Forma, in Placar, number 634, São Paulo: Abril, page 72, column 2:
As razões, razões, obviamente, são de diversos tipos. Uma das mais corriqueiras, no entanto, brandidas usualmente nas rodinhas de atletas bissextos ao longo das pistas de cooper, é a de que “correr às vezes é chato”.
The reasons, obviously, are of various kinds. One of the most common, however, usually brandished in the circles of occasional athletes along the Cooper tracks, is that "running is sometimes boring".

1998 December 5, Iara Crepaldi, quoting Abílio Diniz, “Chemical Brothers”, in Trip, volume 12, number 67, São Paulo: Trip, page 60:
“Não há dúvida de que o cigarro é incompatível com o esporte. Já fumei muito, mas larguei quando comecei a levar o cooper a sério. Hoje, fumo dois cigarros por dia. E dois não são três. Se você souber dosar as coisas, dá para tirar muito mais prazeres da vida”
"There is no doubt that smoking is incompatible with sports. I used to smoke a lot, but I quit when I started taking Cooper seriously. Today, I smoke two cigarettes a day. And two is not three. If you know how to balance things, you can get much more enjoyment out of life"

2005 November 5, Nina Lemos, “Gramática: palavras datadas”, Badulaque, in Tpm, volume 4, number 49, São Paulo: Trip, page 63, column 1:
Corrida! Sim, no fim dos anos 70 e início dos 80 as pessoas tinham mania por correr. Fazer cooper salvava todos os males mundiais. Na mesma época, os prédios mais sofisticados da cidade eram os que tinham “pista de cooper”, de preferência na cobertura.
Running! Yes, in the late '70s and early '80s, people were obsessed with running. Doing Cooper saved all the world's ills. At the same time, the most sophisticated buildings in the city were the ones with a "Cooper track," preferably on the rooftop.


stripper

pt-noun

stripper m or f by sense (plural strippers)

stripper (one who removes one’s clothes as entertainment)


packet

(networking) packet (small fragment of data)


Disney

(Brazil, slang, neologism) the state of forgetting something; blackout; oblivion


amante

Ele foi flagrado na cama com a sua amante!

He was caught on the bed with his lover!

lover (someone who is not one's official partner), affair, mistress, side chick


roentgen

(physics) röntgen (unit of exposure to ionising radiation)


smoking

Borrowed from French smoking, ultimately a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.


glasnost

Borrowed from Russian гла́сность (glásnostʹ, “openness”).

bor

(historical) glasnost (policy of transparency of the Soviet Union)


microchip

Unadapted borrowing from English microchip.


tangerina

/tɐ̃.ʒeˈɾĩ.nɐ/

/tɐ̃.ʒeˈɾĩ.nɐ/

/tɐ̃.ʒɨˈɾi.nɐ/

From Tânger (“Tangier, a city in Morocco”) + -ina.


mandarina

From mandarim, because of its color's resemblance to the robes of mandarins; spelling possibly influenced by French mandarine, itself from mandarim.

Citrus reticulata
Citrus reticulata#Translingual

mandarin orange (fruit of the Citrus reticulata tree)


perestroika

/pɛ.ɾɛʃˈtɾɔj.kɐ/

perestroika (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s)


Pe.

(Roman Catholicism) Abbreviation of padre (“priest”).


sex shop

Unadapted borrowing from English sex shop.

ubor

sex shop (shop that sells sexual merchandise)


cheerleader

Unadapted borrowing from English cheerleader.

cheerleader (person who encourages a team or entertains the audience)


malware

Unadapted borrowing from English malware.

(computer security) malware (software developed to harm a computer system)


valva

(anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)


muslim

(chiefly dated) Muslim (follower of the Islamic religion)


crevasse

(glaciology) crevasse (a crack or fissure in a glacier or snow field)


trilobite

European Portuguese standard spelling of trilobita.


add-on

Unadapted borrowing from English add-on.

(software) add-on (extension of core application)


cerca

Deverbal from cercar (“surround”), or from Old Galician-Portuguese cerca (“surround”), from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare Spanish cerca, northern Italian cerca, French cerce), from the feminine of Latin circus.


paraplegia

(pathology) paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)


alcaide

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “the leader”).

der

alcaide (commander of a province or fortress)


jantar

From Old Galician-Portuguese jantar, jentar (“lunch, to have lunch”), from Vulgar Latin *iantāre (“to eat lunch”), from Latin ientāre (“to breakfast”). See iēntāculum (“the first meal of the day”).


baby boom

Unadapted borrowing from English baby boom.

ubor

(historical, singular only) baby boom (post-World War II baby boom (1946 to 1964))

baby boom (any increase in the birth rate)


freezer

Unadapted borrowing from English freezer.


anoxia

(pathology) anoxia (condition in which a tissue or environment is totally deprived of oxygen)


filipino

pt-noun

filipino m (plural filipinos, feminine filipina, feminine plural filipinas)

filipinos (plural)
filipina (feminine)
filipinas (feminine plural)

Filipino (native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

Filipino (prestige register of the Tagalog language)


angioedema

(pathology) angioedema (swelling of the lower layers of the skin or of other tissues)


ansa

Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“handle”). Doublet of asa.


app

app (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural apps)

A realização de pequenas melhorias relativamente a algo que já existe poderá levá-lo a um máximo local, mas não o irá ajudar a alcançar o máximo global. Poderá desenvolver a melhor versão de uma app para encomendar papel higiénico através do iPhone, […]

2014, Peter Thiel, translated by Miguel Bôto, Zero to One, →ISBN, unnumbered page; republished as De Zero a Um, Leya, 2015:

(computing) app (small computer application)


bruno

bruno m (plural brunos, feminine bruna, feminine plural brunas)

brunos (plural)
bruna (feminine)
brunas (feminine plural)

From Frankish brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), possibly through an Italian intermediate.


workstation

Unadapted borrowing from English workstation.

ubor

(computing) workstation (powerful desktop computer)


carso

(geology) karst (type of land formation)


surra

(Brazil, figuratively) a resounding defeat


auteur

Borrowed from French auteur. Doublet of autor.


flume

From Old Galician-Portuguese flume, frume (“river”), from Latin flūmen (“river”), from fluere (“to flow”).
Cognate with English flume, Italian fiume and Occitan flume.


alemão

pt-noun

alemão m (plural alemães, feminine alemã, feminine plural alemãs)

alemães (plural)
alemã (feminine)
alemãs (feminine plural)

/ɐ.lɨˈmɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleiman, from Latin Alamannus, from Proto-Germanic *Alamann-. Doublet of alamano.

(Brazil, slang) a person with blond hair and fair skin

(Brazil, chiefly criminal slang) cop (police officer)


antiquark

(physics) antiquark (the antiparticle of a quark)


foie gras

Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

ubor

foie gras (fattened liver of geese or ducks)


pino

pin (cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts)

(bowling) pin (slender object specially designed for use in bowling)

(electricity) pin (any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector)


lepra

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “to peel”).

Mycobacterium leprae
Mycobacterium leprae#Translingual

leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)


geez

Ge'ez (an extinct Semitic language of Ethiopia)


neuralgia

[neʊ̯.ɾaʊ̯ˈʒi.ɐ]

[neʊ̯.ɾaʊ̯ˈʒi.ɐ]


impetigo

Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō. Doublet of impigem.

(pathology) impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)


striptease

Unadapted borrowing from English striptease.

striptease (act of slowly taking off one’s clothes to sexually arouse the viewer)


bodega

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, apoteca, botica, and butique.

doublet

a small, cheap and possibly insalubrious tavern

anything considered worthless, useless or rather bad


detector

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of detetor.


elo

From Old Galician-Portuguese *ãelo, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of anus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). See also the doublet anel, borrowed from Occitan.

Amar é um elo
 entre o azul
 e o amarelo

(Can we date this quote?), Paulo Leminski, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

To love is a link
 between the blue /
and the yellow


ataxia

(pathology) ataxia (pathological lack of coordination)


bote

From Old French bot, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt.

rowing boat (boat propelled only by oars)


bote

(biology) an animal's sudden thrust forward towards its prey

(Brazil, soccer) a goalkeeper's jump to catch the ball


sami

From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.

Saami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)


enclave

Coordinate term: exclave

(geography) enclave (region completely surrounded by another)


abbadessa

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


verga

From Latin virga (“slender green branch, twig, stick”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”). Compare Galician and Spanish verga, French vergue, verge. Doublet of virga.

der

cesto de verga

(nautical) yard (spar on a mast from which sails are set)

(architecture) lintel (horizontal structural beam spanning an opening)


commodity

pt-noun

commodity f (plural commodities or commoditys)

commodities (plural)
commoditys (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English commodity.


tuk-tuk

Unadapted borrowing from English tuk-tuk.


selo

From Old Galician-Portuguese seello, from Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum. Doublet of sigilo. Cognate with Galician selo and Spanish sello.


restaurante

[χeʃ.taʊ̯ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

Borrowed from French restaurant (“restaurant; restoring”), from restaurer (“to restore”).

bor

restaurant (an eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables)


calma

From Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”). Possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, although the word was found in Ibero-Romance as early as in Italian.

der

(obsolete, literature) heat produced by the sun


zwitterion

(chemistry) zwitterion (molecule that carries both a positive and a negative charge)


agitprop

Unadapted borrowing from English agitprop.


playboy

[pleɪ̯ˈbɔɪ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

playboy (man who devotes himself to pleasure)


dólar

From English dollar, from Dutch daler, from German Taler, Thaler, shortened from Joachimsthaler, from the place name Joachimsthal.

dollar (designation for specific currency)


chofer

pt-noun

chofer m or f by sense (plural choferes)


part-time

Unadapted borrowing from English part-time.


terabyte

Unadapted borrowing from English terabyte.

(computing) terabyte (one trillion bytes)


fragor

Borrowed from Latin fragor (“a breaking to pieces”), from frangere (“to break”).


persona non grata

pt-noun

persona non grata f (plural personae non gratae or personas non gratas)

personae non gratae (plural)
personas non gratas (plural)

persona non grata
persona non grata#English

persona non grata (a person who is not welcome)


esfera

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).

der

(mathematics) sphere (regular three-dimensional object)

sphere, domain (region in which something or someone is active)


recto

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


cachorro

pt-noun

cachorro m (plural cachorros, feminine cachorra, feminine plural cachorras)

cachorros (plural)
cachorra (feminine)
cachorras (feminine plural)

Guinea-Bissau Creole: katcur, katchuru

Kabuverdianu: katchor

Macanese: cachôro

Papiamentu: kachó

Uncertain, perhaps from Basque txakur, with metathesis, or from a Vulgar Latin *cattulus, from Latin catulus, and possibly via Spanish cachorro (“cub”). Compare also Italian cucciolo and Corsican ghjacaru.

(Brazil, Madeira, colloquial) dog (of any age)

(Brazil, by extension) an unfaithful man


sonido

Borrowed from Spanish sonido, a semi-learned descendant of Latin sonitus.


esquina

From Old Galician-Portuguese esquina, from Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌽𐌰 (*skina); see also Old High German scina.

angle (corner where two walls intersect)

A casa faz esquina com a rua República

The house is on the corner of rua República.

Natal está ao virar da esquina.


semana

Angolar: thomana

Annobonese: sumanu

desc

Guinea-Bissau Creole: semana, sumana, simana

Indo-Portuguese: sumana, suman, sumané

Kabuverdianu: sumána, semána, simána

Kristang: sumana, semana

Principense: sumana

→ Hupdë: semana

→ Kadiwéu: semaana

→ Konkani: सोमान (somān), सुमान (sumān)

→ Mbyá Guaraní: semana

→ Old Tupi: somana

→ Tetum: semana

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese semana, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), from septimus (“seventh”).


pop-up

Unadapted borrowing from English pop-up.

pop-up advertisement
pop-up advertisement

pop-up (folded paper element which pops up from a book)


poder

O rei do Reino Unido tem pouco poder.

The king of the United Kingdom has little power.

power (the ability to coerce, influence or control)

Os poderes mundiais se reuniram.

(chiefly geopolitics) power (a powerful organization, especially a country)

Quem lida com isso é o poder judiciário.

The branch that deals with this is the judiciary.

(politics) power (branch of the government)

Essa vacina tem o poder da cura.

Meu poder favorito é o teletransporte.

(science fiction) power; superpower (supernatural ability)


cepa

(microbiology) strain (variant of a virus)

vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)

stump (remains of a plant that has been cut off), especially one used to make charcoal


fanfic

pt-noun

fanfic f or (uncommon) m (plural fanfics)

Unadapted borrowing from English fanfic.

(colloquial) lie (an intentionally false statement)


uns

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.