sumidouro

From sumir + -douro. Compare Galician sumidoiro.

a place where things mysteriously disappear

storm drain (hole designed to drain excess water from paved areas)

(figurative) drain (something consuming resources and providing nothing in return)

(graph theory) sink (destination vertex)


sociofobia

social anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder

social anxiety disorder (intense fear in social situations)


verde-azeitona

pt-noun

verde-azeitona m (plural verdes-azeitona or verdes-azeitonas)

verdes-azeitona (plural)
verdes-azeitonas (plural)


verde-esmeralda

verde-esmeralda m (plural verdes-esmeraldas or verdes-esmeralda)

verdes-esmeraldas (plural)
verdes-esmeralda (plural)


tricotilomania

trichotillomania (disorder in which the patient compulsively pulls their hair out)


tetrâmetro

(poetry) tetrameter (verse with four metrical feet)


soquete

rammer (tool used to ram the powder in a muzzle-loading cannon)


soquete

(Brazil, computing) socket (computing interprocess communication channel)


soquete

Borrowed from French socquette, from English sock.


xenotransplante

xenotransplante m (plural xenotransplantes)

xenotransplantation (transplantation into a different species)


ácido crisofânico

(organic chemistry) chrysophanic acid (a dioxymethylanthraquinone found in rhubarb)


wolfhound irlandês

wolfhound irlandês m (plural wolfhounds irlandeses)

Irish wolfhound (a sighthound used to hunt wolves)


wikificação

(Wikimedia jargon) the process of converting a website or system into a wiki


voz média

(grammar) middle voice (form in which the subject of a verb performs some action upon itself)


vulcão-escudo

(volcanology) shield volcano (volcano with a large size and low profile)


voz passiva

(grammar) passive voice (voice in which the subject receives the action)


vitimização secundária

vitimização secundária f (plural vitimizações secundárias)

secondary victimization
secondary victimization


frontão

[fɾõˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(architecture) gable, pediment (the triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs)


estribilho

Borrowed from Spanish estribillo, from estribo.


quindim

quindim (Brazilian baked custard dessert made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut)


vilancete

Borrowed from Old Spanish villancete, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”), whence also Portuguese vilão.

(music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)


xibiu

(vulgar, slang, chiefly Northeast Brazil) pussy (the female genitalia)

(Brazil, regional) a small diamond used in tools for cutting glass


xiri

(vulgar, slang, Northeast Brazil) pussy (the female genitalia)


xingamento

(Brazil, colloquial) insult (speech intended to be rude)


sifão

siphon (a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)

trap (bent tube used to prevent the flow of gases)


tesourinha

Phibalura flavirostris
Wikispecies:Phibalura flavirostris

swallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America)

earwig (any of various insects of the order Dermaptera)


chaveta

[t͡ʃɐˈβe.tɐ]

linchpin; cotter pin; split pin (a pin to secure something in it axis)

(typography, mathematics) brace, curly bracket


chalana

(Brazil, nautical) fragile, flat-bottomed vessel used to transport people and goods along small rivers


tabela-verdade

tabela-verdade f (plural tabelas-verdade)

(logic) truth table (table showing all possible truth-values for an expression)


pimba

(Portugal, music, derogatory) type of folk Portuguese music with simple romantic or vulgar lyrics


breca

Unknown. Possibly from Arabic قِلَّة البَارَك (qilla(t) al-bārak, “bad luck”).

der

قِلَّة البَارَك

(obsolete) a disease that makes the hair of goats fall off


breca

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual

(rare) grey mullet (Mugil cephalus, a tropical and subtropical fish)


serviola

[sɨɾˈβjɔ.lɐ]

cathead (heavy piece of timber for holding an anchor in position)


trifólio

Learned borrowing from Latin trifolium, a calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon). Doublet of the inherited trevo.

(architecture) trefoil (symbol having the shape of such leaves)


estopa

From Old Galician-Portuguese estopa, from Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē). Compare Spanish estopa and French étoupe.

(nautical) oakum (fibrous caulking material)


goivo

From Old Galician-Portuguese goyvo, gouvo, from Latin gaudium. Doublet of gozo and gáudio. Cognate with Sicilian javiu.


rossio

From Old Galician-Portuguese rossio, ressio, of uncertain origin; cognate with Galician roussio, resío. Possibly from Latin residuus, and thus a doublet of resíduo.

plaza (open area used for gathering in a city)


rotatividade

turnover (rate of change or replacement)


decúbito

decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)


trineto

pt-noun

trineto m (plural trinetos, feminine trineta, feminine plural trinetas)

trinetos (plural)
trineta (feminine)
trinetas (feminine plural)


trigamia

trigamy (the state of having three spouses simultaneously)


transgressão

/tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃]

transgression (violation of a law or rule)


transumanismo

transhumanism (philosophy favouring the use of science and technology)


transpiração

[tɾɐ̃s.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃s.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.pi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspīrātiōnem, from trānspīrō, from Latin trāns + spīrō.


traqueíte

(medicine) tracheitis (inflammation of the trachea)


timão

From Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

/t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/

[t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

shaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)


timão

/t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/

[t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


transtorno de personalidade

pt-noun

transtorno de personalidade m (plural transtornos de personalidade)

personality disorder
personality disorder

(psychiatry) personality disorder (one of a class of mental disorders)


roldana

[χoʊ̯ˈdɐ̃.nɐ]

pulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)


trilo

(music) trill (rapid alternation of notes)


transplantação

transplantação f (plural transplantações)

[tɾɐ̃s.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃s.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.plɐ̃.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

(botany) transplant (act of uprooting and replanting a plant)

(medicine) transplant (operation in which tissue or an organ is moved from one body to another)


engenheira

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲe.ɾɐ/


contraceptivo

contraceptivos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


transtorno de estresse pós-traumático

transtorno de estresse pós-traumático m (plural transtornos de estresse pós-traumático)

transtornos de estresse pós-traumático (plural)

/tɾɐ̃sˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi isˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)s.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃sˈtoɦ.nu d͡ʒi isˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)s.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃sˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi esˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)s.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃sˈtoɦ.nu d͡ʒi esˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)s.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃sˈtoɾ.nu d͡ʒi isˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)s.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃sˈtoɾ.nu d͡ʒi isˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)s.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃sˈtoɾ.nu d͡ʒi esˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)s.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃sˈtoɾ.nu d͡ʒi esˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)s.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi iʃˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)ʃ.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi iʃˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi eʃˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(j)ʃ.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/

[tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoʁ.nu d͡ʒi eʃˈtɾɛ.si ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ku]

/tɾɐ̃sˈtoɻ.no de esˈtɾɛ.se ˌpɔ(j)s.tɾawˈma.t͡ʃi.ko/

[tɾɐ̃sˈtoɻ.no de esˈtɾɛ.se ˌpɔ(ɪ̯)s.tɾaʊ̯ˈma.t͡ʃi.ko]

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoɾ.nu dɨ (i)ʃˈtɾɛ.sɨ ˌpɔʃ.tɾawˈma.ti.ku/

[tɾɐ̃ʃˈtoɾ.nu ðɨ (i)ʃˈtɾɛ.sɨ ˌpɔʃ.tɾawˈma.ti.ku]

post-traumatic stress disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

(Brazil, psychology) post-traumatic stress disorder (condition that develops following some stressful situation)

pt:transtorno de estresse pós-traumático


consoada

(often capitalized) Christmas dinner (meal traditionally eaten at Christmas Eve)


someliê

someliê m or f by sense (plural someliês)


tipóia

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


porta-jóias

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


auto-polinização

auto-polinização f (plural auto-polinizações)


bicho-de-sete-cabeças

bicho-de-sete-cabeças m (plural bichos-de-sete-cabeças)

bicho de sete cabeças
bicho de sete cabeças#Portuguese

Alternative spelling of bicho de sete cabeças


duplo negativo

duplo negativo m (plural duplos negativos)

negativo duplo
negativo duplo#Portuguese


pessoa não grata

pessoa não grata f (plural pessoas não gratas)

persona non grata
persona non grata#Portuguese


relógio do sol

relógio do sol m (plural relógios do sol)

relógio de sol
relógio de sol#Portuguese


volastonite

European Portuguese standard spelling of volastonita.


sexo, drogas e rock 'n roll

sexo, drogas e rock 'n roll m (uncountable)

sexo, drogas e rock and roll
sexo, drogas e rock and roll#Portuguese

Alternative form of sexo, drogas e rock and roll


sexo, drogas e rock 'n' roll

sexo, drogas e rock 'n' roll m (uncountable)


vara de pescar

vara de pescar f (plural varas de pescar)


wollastonita

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of wollastonite.


urso cinzento

urso cinzento m (plural ursos cinzentos)

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


pessoa non grata

pessoa non grata f (plural pessoas non gratas or pessoas non grata)

pessoas non gratas (plural)
pessoas non grata (plural)

(rare) Alternative form of persona non grata


tabela verdade

tabela verdade f (plural tabelas verdade)


pronome oblíquo tônico

pronome oblíquo tônico m (plural pronomes oblíquos tônicos)

pronome oblíquo tónico
pronome oblíquo tónico#Portuguese

Alternative form of pronome oblíquo tónico


ursinho de peluche

ursinho de peluche m (plural ursinhos de peluche)

ursinho de pelúcia
ursinho de pelúcia#Portuguese


visão de raio-X

visão de raios-X
visão de raios-X#Portuguese


unidade de processamento central

unidade de processamento central f (plural unidades de processamento central or unidades de processamento centrais)

unidades de processamento central (plural)
unidades de processamento centrais (plural)

unidade central de processamento#Portuguese

Alternative form of unidade central de processamento


casa de Deus

Alternative letter-case form of Casa de Deus


transgênero

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of transgénero.


salve-se quem puder

Alternative spelling of salve-se-quem-puder


antropônimo

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of antropónimo.


trigêmeo

trigêmeo m (plural trigêmeos, feminine trigêmea, feminine plural trigêmeas)

trigêmeos (plural)
trigêmea (feminine)
trigêmeas (feminine plural)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of trigémeo.


antropômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of antropómetro.


antropotopônimo

antropotopônimo m (plural antropotopônimos)

antropotopônimos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


antropogênese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of antropogénese.


saquê

Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”).


transagem

/tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒẽj̃/

[tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/


tansagem

[tɐ̃ˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/tɐ̃ˈsa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


tajique

pt-noun

tajique m or f by sense (plural tajiques)


osteogênese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of osteogénese.


és-sueste

[ˌɛ(ɪ̯).sʊˈɛʃ.t͡ʃi]

[ˌɛ(ɪ̯)ˈswɛʃ.t͡ʃi]

/ˌɛʃˈswɛʃ.tɨ/

/ˌɛˈʃwɛʃ.tɨ/


és-sudeste

[ˌɛʃ.suˈðɛʃ.tɨ]

/ˌɛ.ʃuˈdɛʃ.tɨ/

[ˌɛ.ʃuˈðɛʃ.tɨ]


dictafone

dictafones (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)
spelling (Brazil)


sicômoro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of sicómoro.


tchetcheno

tchetcheno m (plural tchetchenos, feminine tchetchena, feminine plural tchetchenas)

tchetchenos (plural)
tchetchena (feminine)
tchetchenas (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)


babaçu

babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus)

→ English: babassu

→ French: babaçu, babassu

→ Italian: babaco

Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.

Attalea speciosa
Wikispecies:Attalea speciosa

(Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm)


abdicador

abdicador m (plural abdicadores, feminine abdicadora, feminine plural abdicadoras)

abdicadores (plural)
abdicadora (feminine)
abdicadoras (feminine plural)


aparigraha

(Jainism) aparigraha (the Jainist principle of greedlessness)


sulco nasolabial

sulco nasolabial m (plural sulcos nasolabiais)


sonho acordado

sonho acordado m (plural sonhos acordados)

daydream (a spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts)


porta-cigarros

cigarette case (a small flat case for holding cigarettes)


queixo duplo

double chin (a layer of fat under the chin)


síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida

síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida f or m (uncountable)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immune deficiency syndrome

(pathology) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (infectious disease caused by HIV)


raposa voadora

raposa voadora f (plural raposas voadoras)

flying fox (bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon)


gesso de Paris

plaster of Paris (hemihydrate of calcium sulfate)


sinclínio

(geology) syncline (concave-upward fold in rock strata)


vaso sanitário

vaso sanitário m (plural vasos sanitários)

toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)


queda d'água

waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


magrebe

magrebe m or f by sense (plural magrebes)


serra tico-tico

serra tico-tico f (plural serras tico-tico)


saco de pancada

saco de pancada m (plural sacos de pancada)

punching bag (device used to practice punching)

(figurative) punching bag (object of abuse)


tempestade em copo d'água

tempestade em copo d'água f (plural tempestades em copo d'água)

(idiomatic) storm in a teacup (major fuss over a trivial matter)


rolo compressor

rolo compressor m (plural rolos compressores)

road roller, steamroller (heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt)


prosencéfalo

(anatomy) forebrain; prosencephalon (anterior part of the brain)


parálogo

(genetics) paralogon (set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region)


sustança

From Latin substantia. Doublet of substância.


estrogénio

estrogénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)


pelego

sheepskin (skin of a sheep with the fleece left on)

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


tiragem

/t͡ʃiˈɾa.ʒẽj̃/

[t͡ʃiˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(printing) run (batch of copies printed)


cigarreira

/si.ɡɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ/

[si.ɣɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ]

/si.ɡɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ/

[si.ɣɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ]


czarismo

tsarism (a system of government ruled by a tsar)


demonho

(colloquial or regional) Alternative form of demónio


sarrafo

(construction) beam (large piece of prepared timber)


ribossomo

(biology, cytology) ribosome (organelle involved in the production of proteins)


tonicidade

(linguistics) accent (stronger articulation of a syllable)


sistematização

sistematização f (plural sistematizações)

systematisation (act of making systematic)


talhante

talhante m or f by sense (plural talhantes)

(Portugal) butcher (a person who prepares and sells meat)


semifusa

(music) hemidemisemiquaver (note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note)


tocaia

Borrowed from Old Tupi (t)okaîa (“shack”).

ambush (act of concealing oneself and waiting to attack by surprise)


vulcanologista

vulcanologista m or f by sense (plural vulcanologistas)

volcanologist (person who studies volcanology)


trombadinha

trombadinha m or f by sense (plural trombadinhas)

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[tɾõ.bɐˈði.ɲɐ]


trombadinha

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[tɾõ.bɐˈði.ɲɐ]


terrado

terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)


torreta

(architecture) turret (a small tower on the corner of a building)


urso-malaio

Helarctos malayanus
Wikispecies:Helarctos malayanus

sun bear (Helarctos malayanus, a species of bear found in Southeast Asia)


sexo por telefone

phone sex (an erotic or sexual telephone conversation between two or more people)


vagão-restaurante

vagão-restaurante m (plural vagões-restaurante or vagões-restaurantes)

vagões-restaurante (plural)
vagões-restaurantes (plural)

[vaˌɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃.hes.taʊ̯ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

[vaˌɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃.hes.taʊ̯ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

[vaˌɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃.χeʃ.taʊ̯ˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/vaˌɡɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[vaˌɣɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

/vaˌɡɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[vaˌɣɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

/baˌɡɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[baˌɣɐ̃w̃.ʁɨʃ.tawˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]


voivodia

(historical) voivodeship (the realm of a voivode)


vazamento de memória

vazamento de memória m (plural vazamentos de memória)

(computing) memory leak (fault in a program’s memory allocation logic)


vala coletiva

vala coletiva f (plural valas coletivas)


túnel do carpo

túnel do carpo m (plural túneis do carpo)

(anatomy) carpal tunnel (passageway on the palmar side of the wrist)


sol-pôr

sunset (time of day when the sun disappears below the horizon)


tetraidrocanabinol

(organic chemistry) tetrahydrocannabinol (substance found in marijuana)


sílex córneo

(geology) chert (fine-grained silica-rich sedimentary rock)


antífen

antífen m (plural antífenes or antífens)


virgem de ferro

virgem de ferro f (plural virgens de ferro)

(historical) iron maiden (torture device)


sistema circulatório

sistema circulatório m (plural sistemas circulatórios)

(physiology) circulatory system (the heart and blood vessels)


superdose

overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)


voivodato

(historical, rare) voivodeship (the realm of a voivode)


castelo no ar

(idiomatic) castle in the air (idea that is unlikely to be ever realised)


castelo de vento

castelo de vento m (plural castelos de vento)


sinal da cruz

sign of the cross (gesture made by Christians)


vice-rei

viceroy (governor representing a monarch)


vólei

Borrowed from English volley. Doublet of boleia.


palmura

web (a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain animals)


vigário

Probably an early borrowing of Latin vicārius. Doublet of vicário, which was loaned at a later date.

vicar (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy)


somatização

(medicine) somatisation (generation of physical symptoms for a psychiatric disorder)


iatagã

Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish یتاغان (modern Turkish yatağan).


senegalês

senegalês m (plural senegaleses, feminine senegalesa, feminine plural senegalesas)

senegaleses (plural)
senegalesa (feminine)
senegalesas (feminine plural)


probóscide

[pɾuˈβɔ.ʃi.ðɨ]


amblótico

abortive (drug that induces an abortion)


transitoriedade

transitoriedade f (plural transitoriedades)

transitoriness (state or quality of being transitory)


sicário

From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”).


telefone celular

telefone celular m (plural telefones celulares)

(dated) mobile phone; cell phone (portable, wireless telephone)


isópode

isopod (crustacean of the order Isopoda)


semeadura

(agriculture) broadcast (the act of scattering seed)


deserção

/dɨ.zɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Late Latin dēsertiōnem, from Latin dēsertus.

desertion (act of leaving one’s duty or post)


tavão

tavão m (plural tavões or (rare) tavãos)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tavão, from Latin tabānus. Compare Galician tabán, Spanish tábano, French taon.

inh+

horsefly (any fly of the family Tabanidae)


porto-riquenho

pt-noun

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

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


tocaio

tocaio m (plural tocaios, feminine tocaia, feminine plural tocaias)

tocaios (plural)
tocaia (feminine)
tocaias (feminine plural)


tahine

From Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna), from the root ط ح ن (ṭ-ḥ-n) related to grinding. Final -e is the standard pronunciation in Levantine Arabic.

uder

Arabic طَحِينَة (ṭaḥīna)


serelepe

(Brazil) Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans)


rejuvenescimento

pt-noun

rejuvenescimento m (plural rejuvenescimentos)

rejuvenation (the process of rendering young again)


ácido graxo

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) fatty acid (type of acid found in oils and fats)


pseudofruto

(botany) pseudofruit; accessory fruit (a fruit with tissue not derived from ovary)


banho turco

Turkish bath (Middle Eastern style steam bath)


terra firme

(nautical) terra firma; dry land (land, as opposed to sea)


secretária automática

secretária automática f (plural secretárias automáticas)

answering machine (device that automatically records voice mail)


sol da meia-noite

sol da meia-noite m (usually uncountable, plural sóis da meia-noite)

midnight sun (phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set)


barramento

the act of barring (obstructing or prohibiting something)

bus (electrical conductor serving as a common connection for other circuits or components)


climatólogo

climatólogo m (plural climatólogos, feminine climatóloga, feminine plural climatólogas)

climatólogos (plural)
climatóloga (feminine)
climatólogas (feminine plural)

climatologist (person who studies the climate)


soberania

(of a polity) sovereignty (full right and power to govern itself)

sovereignty (supreme authority over all things)


breviador

[bɾɨ.βjɐˈðoɾ]

(Roman Catholicism) abbreviator (papal officer)


climatologista

climatologista m or f by sense (plural climatologistas)


saxónio

saxónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Saxon (member of the ancient Saxon tribe)


rola-bosta

/ˈʁɔ.lɐ ˈbɔʃ.tɐ/

[ˈχɔ.lɐ ˈbɔʃ.tɐ]

(Brazil, vulgar) roller; dung beetle (beetle that rolls dung into round balls)


secretária eletrónica

secretária eletrónica f (plural secretárias eletrónicas)


almoção

[aʊ̯.moˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


fios de ovos

[ˈfiʊ̯ʒ d͡ʒi ˈɔ.vuʃ]

[ˈfi.uʒ ˈð‿ɔ.βuʃ]

fios de ovos (traditional Portuguese sweet food)


europeização

Europisation (assimilation of European culture)

Europeanisation (assimilation of European Union culture and loss of national culture)


pamonha

Two possibilities borrowed from Old Tupi:
* From pomong (“sticky”).
* From apamimõîa (“totally cooked”).


pamonha

pamonha m or f by sense (plural pamonhas)

Agora, ela havia de se lembrar, achando que era um pamonha, um homem sem decisão […]

1946, João Guimarães Rosa, “Sarapalha”, in Sagarana, 1 edition, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Universal:


terneiro

terneiro m (plural terneiros, feminine terneira, feminine plural terneiras)

terneiros (plural)
terneira (feminine)
terneiras (feminine plural)


biologia evolutiva

evolutionary biology
evolutionary biology

evolutionary biology (branch of biology concerned with evolution)


ripanço

hackle (instrument used to comb out flax)


rouquidão

[χo(ʊ̯).kiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


pq

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porquê (“reason”).


três pontos

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see três, pontos.


versão do rei James

King James Version (1611 translation of the Bible into English)


vogal anterior

vogal anterior f (plural vogais anteriores)

(phonetics) front vowel (any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth)


veia porta

veia porta f (plural veias portas or veias porta)

veias portas (plural)
veias porta (plural)

(anatomy) portal (vein that carries blood into the liver)


vogal posterior

vogal posterior f (plural vogais posteriores)

(phonetics) back vowel (any vowel produced in the back of the mouth)


tibialgia

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


porta-copos

From porta (“carries”) + copos (“glasses”).

coaster (a recipient for glasses placed over tables in order to avoid the table's humidity)


serendipitia

serendipity (unintended learning experience)


tecido adiposo

tecido adiposo m (uncountable, metaphonic)

(anatomy) adipose tissue (tissue which stores fat)


vagão-leito

vagão-leito m (plural vagões-leito or vagões-leitos)

vagões-leito (plural)
vagões-leitos (plural)


usina de ideias

usina de ideias f (plural usinas de ideias)

(Brazil, idiomatic) think tank (group producing research and recommendations)


tetraz-grande-das-serras

tetraz-grande-das-serras m (plural tetrazes-grandes-das-serras)

western capercaillie
western capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus
Tetrao urogallus#Translingual

western capercaillie; wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus, a grouse of Europe and Asia)


terratenente

terratenente m or f by sense (plural terratenentes)


saco de boxe

punching bag (device used to practice punching)


sangue ruim

sangue ruim m or f by sense (plural sangues ruins)

(colloquial, by extension) a wicked person; a scoundrel


sandália havaiana

sandália havaiana f (plural sandálias havaianas)

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


rã-touro americana

rã-touro americana f (plural rãs-touro americanas)

Rana catesbeiana
Wikispecies:Rana catesbeiana


erva-cicutária

erva-cicutária f (plural ervas-cicutárias)

Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthriscus sylvestris#Translingual

cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris, a weedy biennial umbellifer)


versão cover

(Brazil, music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)


castanha-da-índia

castanha-da-índia m (plural castanheiros-da-índia)

Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum#Translingual

horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum, a large deciduous tree of the Old World)

horse chestnut; conker (the large nutlike seed of the horse chestnut tree)


salto mortal

Literally, “deadly leap”, as one could land on their head if not done properly.


vagueação

/vɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[vɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

/vɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[vɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

/bɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[bɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


sândi

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit संधि (saṃdhí).

lbor

(linguistics) sandhi (fusion of sounds across word boundaries)


tranqueta

latch (door fastening that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot)


rolimã

(Brazil) ball bearing (bearing assembly with spherical balls)


tojeira

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual

gorse; furze (Ulex europaeus, an evergreen shrub of Europe and northern Africa)


préstimo

usefulness (the quality of being useful)


belas-letras

belles-lettres (literary works valued for their aesthetic qualities)


piadista

pt-noun

piadista m or f by sense (plural piadistas)


vinho da casa

house wine (inexpensive wine sold in restaurants)


sorveira

Sorbus domestica
Sorbus domestica#Translingual

service tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)


serpentinito

(geology) serpentinite (a metamorphic rock)


tartaranhão

/taʁ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[tah.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/taʁ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[tah.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/taɾ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[taɾ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/taʁ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃w̃/

[taχ.ta.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[taɻ.ta.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɐɾ.tɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐ̃w̃/

harrier (any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus)


tratante

tratante m or f by sense (plural tratantes)

/tɾɐˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

scoundrel (deceitful and unreliable person)


neurologista

neurologista m or f by sense (plural neurologistas)

neurologist (doctor who specialises in neurology)


silfo

silfo m (plural silfos, feminine sílfide, feminine plural sílfides)

silfos (plural)
sílfide (feminine)
sílfides (feminine plural)

(mythology) sylph (the elemental being of air)


trapeira

/tɾɐˈpɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɾɐˈpɐj.ɾɐ/

dormer-window (upright window in a roof)


sobressalto

start; jump (instance of jerking suddenly in surprise)


occipício

(anatomy) occiput (back of the head or skull)


serendipidade

serendipity (unintended learning experience)


sarapatel

English: sarapatel

Konkani: [script needed] (sarpatel)

[sɐ.ɾɐ.pɐˈtɛɫ]

[sɐ.ɾɐ.pɐˈtɛɫ]

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Spanish zarapatel (“a type of stew”).


vice-presidente

vice-presidente m or f by sense (plural vice-presidentes)


sabotador

saboteur (a person who destroys property in order to hinder his enemy)


carango

Uncertain. Possibly from Quechua huarangu, or linked to Latin cancer via a Vulgar Latin metathetic form (compare Old Spanish cangro); cf. also caranguejo.

(informal) ride (affectionate term for one’s automobile)

Pthirus pubis
Pthirus pubis#Translingual

crab louse; pubic louse (Pthirus pubis, a parasitic insect that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans)


soropositivo

soropositivo m (plural soropositivos, feminine soropositiva, feminine plural soropositivas)

soropositivos (plural)
soropositiva (feminine)
soropositivas (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)


decapitador

decapitador m (plural decapitadores, feminine decapitadora, feminine plural decapitadoras)

decapitadores (plural)
decapitadora (feminine)
decapitadoras (feminine plural)

beheader; decapitator (one who decapitates)


torda-mergulheira

torda-mergulheira f (plural tordas-mergulheiras)

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎe.ɾɐ]

razorbill (Alca torda, a large seabird of the north Atlantic)


fúcsia

After the genus Fuchsia, named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

(botany) fuchsia (a popular garden plant)


sotavento

the direction towards which the wind is blowing, leeward side


posicionamento

posicionamento m (plural posicionamentos)

placement (the way something is positioned)


aduaneiro

aduaneiro m (plural aduaneiros, feminine aduaneira, feminine plural aduaneiras)

aduaneiros (plural)
aduaneira (feminine)
aduaneiras (feminine plural)

customs officer (officer enforcing customs laws)


alfandegário

alfandegário m (plural alfandegários, feminine alfandegária, feminine plural alfandegárias)

alfandegários (plural)
alfandegária (feminine)
alfandegárias (feminine plural)


aferventamento

aferventamento m (plural aferventamentos)

the act of boiling something for a short while


pessoa jurídica

pessoa jurídica f (plural pessoas jurídicas)

(law) legal person (an organisation or group of people)


barlavento

the direction from which the wind is blowing; windward side


dactiloscopia

dactiloscopias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


codorniz comum

codorniz comum f (plural codornizes comuns)

Coturnix coturnix
Coturnix coturnix#Translingual

common quail (Coturnix coturnix, a bird)


codorna-comum

codorna-comum f (plural codornas-comuns)


computação em nuvem

(computing) cloud computing (centralised computing services provided over the Internet)


imposto de sangue

imposto de sangue m (plural impostos de sangue)

blood tax (derogatory term for military conscription)


limpa-neve

snow plough (vehicle used to push snow off roads)


flauta de Pã

(music instrument) panpipes (wind instrument consisting of a series of tubes of different lengths)


palavra-valise

palavra-valise f (plural palavras-valise)

(linguistics) portmanteau word (word which combines the meaning of two words)


saco plástico

saco plástico m (plural sacos plásticos)

plastic bag (packaging made of thin, flexible plastic)


saída de incêndio

saída de incêndio f (plural saídas de incêndio)

fire exit (emergency exit in case of fire)


rolo da massa

rolling pin (cylinder with a handle at each end, used to flatten dough)


solda de estanho

solda de estanho f (plural soldas de estanho)

soldering iron (tool with a heated tip used to melt and apply solder)


régua de cálculo

régua de cálculo f (plural réguas de cálculo)


roubo de identidade

roubo de identidade m (plural roubos de identidade)

identity theft (the deliberate assumption of another person’s identity)


secção transversal

secção transversal f (plural secções transversais)

cross section (section formed by a plane cutting through an object)


testamento vital

testamento vital m (plural testamentos vitais)

living will (document expressing a person’s desire to be allowed to die instead of being kept alive by artificial means)


taxa de compressão

taxa de compressão f (plural taxas de compressão)

(computing) compression ratio (ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original data)


velocidade de escape

velocidade de escape f (plural velocidades de escape)

(astrophysics) escape velocity (minimum velocity needed to escape the gravitational field of a heavenly body)


velocidade de escapamento

velocidade de escapamento f (plural velocidades de escapamento)


visão remota

(parapsychology) remote viewing (ability to sense from great distances)


vento de feição

vento de feição m (plural ventos de feição)

(nautical) fair wind (wind blowing in the direction the sailor wants to go)


sinete

Borrowed from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum.

signet (object (especially a ring) used to impress a picture into sealing wax)


abreviador

abreviador m (plural abreviadores, feminine abreviadora, feminine plural abreviadoras)

abreviadores (plural)
abreviadora (feminine)
abreviadoras (feminine plural)


troço

Borrowed from Occitan tros (“piece”). Possibly a doublet of tirso and torso.

É o troço mais emblemático de toda a linha de alta velocidade.

This is the most remarkable leg of the entire high speed line.

section, leg (of a highway or railway line)

Você pode me passar esse troço?


ultravida

[uɫ.tɾɐˈβi.ðɐ]


tremoço

From Arabic اَلتُّرْمُس (at-turmus), from Aramaic תורמוסא / ܬܘܪܡܣܐ (tūrmūsā, “lupine”), from Akkadian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/), from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/). Also found as Ancient Greek θέρμος (thérmos) and Coptic ⲑⲁⲣⲙⲟⲥ (tharmos) and in the taxonomical Lupinus albus subsp. termis.

der

Aramaic תורמוסא


cornogodinho

Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia#Translingual

rowan (Sorbus aucuparia, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)


mesosterno

(anatomy) gladiolus (central part of the sternum)


tira-linhas

/ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.ɲɐs/

[ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.j̃ɐs]

/ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.ɲɐs/

[ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.j̃ɐs]

/ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.ɲɐʃ/

[ˌt͡ʃi.ɾɐˈlĩ.j̃ɐʃ]

ruling pen (type of pen used to draw precise lines)


tanoeiro

pt-noun

tanoeiro m (plural tanoeiros, feminine tanoeira, feminine plural tanoeiras)

tanoeiros (plural)
tanoeira (feminine)
tanoeiras (feminine plural)

cooper (craftsman who makes and repairs barrels)


minorquino

minorquino m (plural minorquinos, feminine minorquina, feminine plural minorquinas)

minorquinos (plural)
minorquina (feminine)
minorquinas (feminine plural)


absorvedor

absorvedor m (plural absorvedores, feminine absorvedora, feminine plural absorvedoras)

absorvedores (plural)
absorvedora (feminine)
absorvedoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.βsɔɾ.vɨˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βsɔɾ.vɨˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βsoɾ.βɨˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βsɔɾ.βɨˈðoɾ]


sobrinha-neta

sobrinha-neta f (plural sobrinhas-netas)


superpotência

(geopolitics) superpower (sovereign state with dominant status on the globe)


retroalimentação

retroalimentação f (plural retroalimentações)

(computing, electronics) feedback (the looping of a signal back into a system)


sustentabilidade

sustentabilidade f (plural sustentabilidades)

sustainability (the ability to sustain something)

(ecology) sustainability (the ability to carry out human activities without affecting the natural environment)


telefone de disco

telefone de disco m (plural telefones de disco)

rotary phone (telephone with a rotary dial)


castanheiro-da-índia

castanheiro-da-índia m (plural castanheiros-da-índia)

[kɐʃ.tɐˌɲɐj.ɾu.ðɐˈĩ.djɐ]

[kɐʃ.tɐˌɲɐj.ɾu.ðɐˈĩ.djɐ]

horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum, a large deciduous tree of the Old World)


valor próprio

valor próprio m (plural valores próprios)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see valor, próprio.

(Portugal, linear algebra) eigenvalue (change in magnitude of an eigenvector)


boteco

From botequim, from Italian botteghino, from bottega.

(Brazil) pub; bar (establishment where alcoholic beverages are bought and drunk)


revanchismo

[ʁɨ.βɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu]

(geopolitics) revanchism (political policy of endeavouring to regain lost territory)

(chiefly politics) vindictiveness (a policy or tendency of seeking revenge)


cinco ks

five Ks (five items of faith worn by Khalsa Sikhs)


brincadeira de criança

brincadeira de criança f (plural brincadeiras de criança)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brincadeira, de, criança.

(idiomatic) child's play (something particularly simple or easy)


corda vocal

(anatomy) vocal cord (membrane fold in the human larynx)


caneta hidrográfica

caneta hidrográfica f (plural canetas hidrográficas)

Literally, “hydrographic (water-writing) pen”.

lit

felt-tip pen (pen that holds ink conveyed to a writing surface by a felt nib)


bexiga natatória

pt-noun

bexiga natatória f (plural bexigas natatórias)

(anatomy) swim bladder (gas-filled sac within the bodies of fish)


baixo alemão

(linguistics) Low German; Low Saxon (West Germanic language spoken in northern Germany and in the eastern Netherlands)


eixo de simetria

eixo de simetria m (plural eixos de simetria)

(geometry) axis of symmetry (a line about which a geometric figure is symmetric)


freio de mão

(Brazil, automotive) handbrake (hand-operated brake in a car)


livre comércio

(Brazil) free trade (trade free from government interference)


lei marcial

martial law (rules by military authorities in a time of crisis)


matemática aplicada

matemática aplicada f (plural matemáticas aplicadas)

applied mathematics (mathematics used to solve problems in other sciences)


marketing de emboscada

(business) ambush marketing (strategy wherein advertisers associate themselves with an event without paying any sponsorship fee)


música folclórica

música folclórica f (plural músicas folclóricas)

folk music (traditional music of a specific region)


macaco-rhesus

Macaca mulatta
Macaca mulatta#Translingual

rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta, a monkey of southeast Asia)


música folk

música folk f (usually uncountable, plural músicas folk)

folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)


amúsico

amúsico m (plural amúsicos, feminine amúsica, feminine plural amúsicas)

amúsicos (plural)
amúsica (feminine)
amúsicas (feminine plural)


anteparo

screen (divider used to block an area from view or protect it)


oficial de justiça

oficial de justiça m (plural oficiais de justiça)

(law) bailiff (legal officer to whom some degree of authority)


corvo-marinho

corvo-marinho m (plural corvos-marinhos, metaphonic)

corvos-marinhos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

shag (sea bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae)


patinação de velocidade

speed skating (the sport of racing on ice skates)


convolução

Formed from Latin convolutus, with the suffix -ção.

(anatomy) convolution; gyrus (fold on the surface of the brain)


osteogénese imperfeita

osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenesis imperfecta

(pathology) osteogenesis imperfecta (disease characterised by bones that easily fracture)


gladíolo

gladiolus (any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus)


pensamento desejoso

pensamento desejoso m (plural pensamentos desejosos, metaphonic)

pensamentos desejosos (plural)
metaphonic (plural)

wishful thought (an instance of wishful thinking)


glicínia

wisteria (woody climbing vine of the genus Wisteria)


megafone

/ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈfɔ.nɨ/

[ˌmɛ.ɣɐˈfɔ.nɨ]

megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person’s voice)


onda de maré

tidal wave (large and sudden rise and fall in the tide)


goiveira

[ɡoɪ̯ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ɡoɪ̯ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]


grasnido

[ɡɾɐʒˈni.ðu]

quack (cry of a goose, duck or garganey)


infetuosidade

infectiousness (state or condition of being infectious)


meirinho

meirinho m (plural meirinhos, feminine meirinha, feminine plural meirinhas)

meirinhos (plural)
meirinha (feminine)
meirinhas (feminine plural)

(historical) bailiff (legal officer with some degree of authority)


geringonça

/ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

/ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

/ʒɨ.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

Borrowed from Spanish jerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons, from Old French jargon. Doublet of jargão.
The political sense was a generalization of the informal name given to the 21st Portuguese government.

contraption (complicated and precarious machine)

slang (language outside of conventional usage)

(Portugal, politics) a government formed by several parties, often in order to prevent a party who won a simple majority, from governing


livre-cambismo

free trade (trade free from government interference)


espaço vetorial

espaço vetorial m (plural espaços vetoriais)

(mathematics) vector space (mathematical structure formed by a collection of vectors)


esfera armilar

esfera armilar f (plural esferas armilares)

armillary sphere (instrument used to represent the motion of celestial bodies around the earth)


irradiador

[i.ʁɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

[i.ʁɐ.ðjɐˈðoɾ]

radiator (anything which radiates or emits rays)


infecciosidade

infecciosidade f (plural infecciosidades)


perspiração

/pɨɾʃ.pi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


lançadeira

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðe.ɾɐ]


norte-coreano

norte-coreano m (plural norte-coreanos, feminine norte-coreana, feminine plural norte-coreanas)

norte-coreanos (plural)
norte-coreana (feminine)
norte-coreanas (feminine plural)


depravada

[dɨ.pɾɐˈβa.ðɐ]


janeireiro

From janeiras (“New Year's carols”) + -eiro, from janeiro (“January”).


entremeio

that which is in between [something]
the space between [something]

that which is in between
the space between


forno de micro-ondas

forno de micro-ondas m (plural fornos de micro-ondas, metaphonic)

fornos de micro-ondas (plural)
metaphonic (plural)


oaguaçu

oaguaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural oaguaçus)


oabaçu

oabaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural oabaçus)


onisciência

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of omnisciência.


codorna comum

codorna comum f (plural codornas comuns)


computação nas nuvens

computação em nuvem
computação em nuvem#Portuguese


castanheira-da-índia

castanheira-da-índia f (plural castanheiras-da-índia)

Alternative form of castanheiro-da-índia


roubo da identidade

roubo da identidade m (plural roubos da identidade)

roubo de identidade
roubo de identidade#Portuguese


osteogênese imperfeita

osteogénese imperfeita
osteogénese imperfeita#Portuguese

Alternative form of osteogénese imperfeita


secretária electrónica

secretária electrónica f (plural secretárias electrónicas)

secretária eletrónica
secretária eletrónica#Portuguese

Superseded spelling of secretária eletrónica.


seção transversal

seção transversal f (plural seções transversais)

secção transversal
secção transversal#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of secção transversal.


abcári

(India) abkari (tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs in India)


serpentinita

serpentinitas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


abade nullius

(Roman Catholicism) abbot nullius (abbot exempt from diocesan control)


artificialista

artificialista m or f by sense (plural artificialistas)

artificialist (proponent of artificialism)


aaronita

aaronita m or f by sense (plural aaronitas)


almôço

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


heliômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of heliómetro.


acelerômetro

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of acelerómetro.


aguaçu

aguaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural aguaçus)


gerigonça

/ʒɨ.ɾiˈɡõ.sɐ/

[ʒɨ.ɾiˈɣõ.sɐ]


abderita

abderita m or f by sense (plural abderitas)


saxônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of saxónio.


aguaçú

Archaic spelling of aguaçu. It was proposed in Brazil in 1931 but never made standard.


baguaçu

Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini#Translingual

fruit of the plant Syzygium cumini; jambul


baguaçu

baguaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural baguaçus)


uauaçu

uauaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural uauaçus)


secretária eletrônica

secretária eletrônica f (plural secretárias eletrônicas)

Alternative form of secretária eletrónica


abdominocentese

abdominocentese f (plural abdominocenteses)

(surgery) abdominocentesis (extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen)


abdominoscopia

abdominoscopia f (plural abdominoscopias)

(medicine) abdominoscopy (examination of the abdomen using an endoscope)


probóscida

[pɾuˈβɔ.ʃi.ðɐ]


absintismo

absinthism (condition of being poisoned by absinthe)


abominador

abominador m (plural abominadores, feminine abominadora, feminine plural abominadoras)

abominadores (plural)
abominadora (feminine)
abominadoras (feminine plural)


absoluteza

absoluteness (the characteristic of being absolute)


absorvidade

absorbedness (the capability of being absorbed)


ablactação

Learned borrowing from Latin ablactātiōnem. By surface analysis, ablactar + -ção.

lbor

weaning; ablactation (process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment)


absorciometria

(chemistry) absorptiometry (analysis using absorptiometer)


abortador

pt-noun

abortador m (plural abortadores, feminine abortadora, feminine plural abortadoras)

abortadores (plural)
abortadora (feminine)
abortadoras (feminine plural)


absolutização

absolutisation (act or result of absolutising)


absortividade

absorptivity (the quality of being absorptive)


absorciómetro

absorciómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

absorptiometer (instrument that computes absorption rate)


abstersão

abstersion (the act of cleaning or cleansing)


abanete

abnet (girdle of a Jewish priest or officer)


absurdidade

(uncountable) absurdity (the quality of being absurd)


datiloscopia

From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”) + -ia.

af

grc:δάκτυλος

dactyloscopy (forensic analysis of fingerprints)


abolidor

pt-noun

abolidor m (plural abolidores, feminine abolidora, feminine plural abolidoras)

abolidores (plural)
abolidora (feminine)
abolidoras (feminine plural)


absolvedor

absolvedor m (plural absolvedores, feminine absolvedora, feminine plural absolvedoras)

absolvedores (plural)
absolvedora (feminine)
absolvedoras (feminine plural)


abade-geral

[ɐˌβa.ðɨ.ʒɨˈɾaɫ]

[ɐˌβa.ðɨ.ʒɨˈɾaɫ]

[ɐˌβa.ðɨ.ʒɨˈɾa.li]

abbot general (leader of a monastic order)


abalienação

Learned borrowing from Latin abaliēnātiōnem. By surface analysis, abalienar + -ção.

lbor

(law) abalienation (act of abalienating)


ablativo absoluto

pt-noun

ablativo absoluto m (plural ablativos absolutos)

(linguistics) ablative absolute (type of grammatical construction in Latin)


abenaki

Abenaki (a member of an Algonquian tribe of North America)


abstencionismo

abstencionismo m (plural abstencionismos)

abstentionism (policy of abstaining from political participation)


acantameba

acanthamoeba (any amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba)


acantocitose

(pathology) acanthocytosis (presence of acanthocytes in the blood)


estrogênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of estrogénio.


acantela

acanthella (larva stage of Acanthocephala)


acantose

(medicine) acanthosis (abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum)


acantoma

(medicine) acanthoma (neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin)


abandonador

abandonador m (plural abandonadores, feminine abandonadora, feminine plural abandonadoras)

abandonadores (plural)
abandonadora (feminine)
abandonadoras (feminine plural)


aberrómetro

aberrómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

[ɐ.βɨˈʁɔ.mɨ.tɾu]

By surface analysis, aberrar + -o- + -metro.

surf

aberrometer (device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye)


absurdismo

(philosophy) absurdism (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational)


acantopterígio

pt-noun

acantopterígio m (plural acantopterígios)

(zoology) acanthopterygian (any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii)


abstencionista

abstencionista m or f by sense (plural abstencionistas)

abstentionist (advocate of not getting involved politically)


abelita

(chemistry) abelite (explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate and hydrocarbons)


abrina

abrine (toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans)


guaguaçu

guaguaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural guaguaçus)


ab-reação

[ɐ.βʁjaˈsɐ̃w̃]

(psychoanalysis) abreaction (re-living of an experience)


abietato

(organic chemistry) abietate (any salt or ester of abietic acid)


ablaqueação

Learned borrowing from Latin ablaqueātiōnem. By surface analysis, ablaquear + -ção.

lbor

ablaqueation (process of laying bare the roots of trees)


absurdista

pt-noun

absurdista m or f by sense (plural absurdistas)


ablação

[ɐ.βlɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin ablātiōnem (“a taking away”).

lbor

(medicine) ablation (removal of a body part)

(sciences) ablation (progressive removal of material)

(grammar) the removal of an initial phoneme of a term


abscisão

(rhetoric) abscission (abrupt stop of speech)

(botany) abscission (natural separation of a part of a plant)


ablastina

(immunology) ablastin (antibody efficient against some protozoans)


abrasômetro

abrasiometer (device which measures the resistance of surfaces to abrasion)


abomasite

(veterinary medicine) abomasitis (inflammation of the abomasum in young ruminants)


aberrância

/ɐ.bɨˈʁɐ̃.sjɐ/

[ɐ.βɨˈʁɐ̃.sjɐ]


abruzzês

pt-noun

abruzzês m (plural abruzzeses, feminine abruzzesa, feminine plural abruzzesas)

abruzzeses (plural)
abruzzesa (feminine)
abruzzesas (feminine plural)


abrenúncio

abrenunciation (absolute renunciation; repudiation)


acacetina

acacetin (a glycoside that form in the leaves of the common locust tree)


ab-rogação

/ɐ.bʁu.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βʁu.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin abrogātiōnem. By surface analysis, ab-rogar + -ção.


abusividade

abusiveness (the quality of being abusive)


ribossoma

European Portuguese standard form of ribossomo.


aboriginalidade

aboriginalness (state or condition of being an aboriginal)


abortismo

abortionism (advocacy or practice of abortion)


abássida

Abbasid (member of the dynasty that ruled from Baghdad from about to 750 to 1250)


academês

(derogatory) academese (preference for long or complex words and sentences)


abádida

[ɐˈβa.ði.ðɐ]

Abbadid (member of a Muslim dynasty that rule in Seville in the 11th century)


academização

academisation (the process or action of academising)


abraamismo

Abrahamism (Abrahamic religions collectively)


acantólise

(medicine) acantholysis (loss of intercellular connections)


acantócito

(hematology) acanthocyte (erythrocyte that has a spiny appearance)


abelissauro

abelisaurus (theropod dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous)


acantocéfalo

(zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)


abstratidade

[ɐβʃ.tɾɐ.tiˈða.ðɨ]

abstractness (the quality of being abstract)


acantita

(mineralogy) acanthite (a mineral form of silver sulfide)


acantamebíase

(pathology) acanthamoebiasis (infection by acanthamoebas)


acanturídeo

(zoology) acanthurid (any member of the Acanthuridae)


abjuração

/ɐ.bʒu.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βʒu.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin abiūrātiōnem. By surface analysis, abjurar + -ção.

abjuration (renunciation or rejection of doctrine, belief, ideology, etc. that was previously profiled)

retraction (denial of what had previously been stated)


acantopódio

acanthopodium (toothlike pseudopodium in some amoebas)


anglófoba

[ɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.fu.βɐ]


ablegado

(Roman Catholicism) ablegate (representative of the pope in foreign countries)


abjunção

[a.bi.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ab.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.bi.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ab.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ab.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.bi.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.bʒũˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βʒũˈsɐ̃w̃]

abjugation, remoteness, separation (act of abjugation)


abstracionista

pt-noun

abstracionista m or f by sense (plural abstracionistas)

abstractionist (someone who creates abstract art)


abortina

Brucella abortus
Wikispecies:Brucella abortus

abortin (extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus)


abiologia

(sciences) abiology (the sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies)


academismo

(art) academicism (traditional or orthodox formalism)


abjurador

abjurador m (plural abjuradores, feminine abjuradora, feminine plural abjuradoras)

abjuradores (plural)
abjuradora (feminine)
abjuradoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.βʒu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βʒu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βʒu.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]


acarose

acariasis (disease caused by mites or ticks)


acedapsona

(pharmacology) acedapsone (antimicrobial drug used to treat leprosy)


anglómana

/ɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.mɐ.nɐ/


acemetas

(historical) Acoemetae (fifth-century monastic order who kept up divine service day and night)


acenaftileno

(organic chemistry) acenaphthylene (a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon)


abortividade

abortiveness (the quality of being abortive)


aceptilação

(civil law) acceptilation (release from debt or obligation without payment)


acetoexamida

(pharmacology) acetohexamide (an antidiabetic drug)


acetilacetona

(organic chemistry) acetylacetone (the diketone CH₃COCH₂COCH₃ used as a solvent and as a coordination ligand)


acetonaftona

(organic chemistry) acetonaphthone (either of two isomers of methyl naphthyl ketone)


acantódio

(zoology) acanthodian (member of a group of extinct fish, the Acanthodii)


acetazolamida

acetazolamide (carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that is used to treat glaucoma and other conditions)


aceitador

aceitador m (plural aceitadores, feminine aceitadora, feminine plural aceitadoras)

aceitadores (plural)
aceitadora (feminine)
aceitadoras (feminine plural)


acetosiringona

acetosiringona f (plural acetosiringonas)

(organic chemistry) acetosyringone (a derivative of acetophenone)


acetogénese

acetogéneses (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(biochemistry) acetogenesis (anaerobic production of acetic acid or acetate by bacteria)


acetóxi

(organic chemistry) acetoxy (univalent radical derived from acetic acid by loss of a hydrogen atom)


acidificador

(chemistry) acidifier (simple or compound whose presence is necessary to produce acidity)


acmeísmo

Acmeism (a literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia)


barbarismos

[bɐɾ.βɐˈɾiʒ.muʃ]


acetofenona

(organic chemistry) acetophenone (an aromatic ketone)


aclamador

aclamador m (plural aclamadores, feminine aclamadora, feminine plural aclamadoras)

aclamadores (plural)
aclamadora (feminine)
aclamadoras (feminine plural)


acmeísta

acmeísta m or f by sense (plural acmeístas)

Acmeist (a poet member of the Acmeist school)


acetarsona

(organic chemistry, medicine, rare) acetarsol (compound sometimes used as an antiinfective)


acompanhador

acompanhador m (plural acompanhadores, feminine acompanhadora, feminine plural acompanhadoras)

acompanhadores (plural)
acompanhadora (feminine)
acompanhadoras (feminine plural)

(music) accompanist (performer who takes the accompanying part)


casuística

casuistry (the process of analysing individuals cases)


acefato

acephate (an insecticide used primarily against aphids)


acaríase

acariasis (disease caused by mites or ticks)


acatisto

acathistus (Greek liturgical hymn in honour of Mary)


bebedora

[bɨ.βɨˈðo.ɾɐ]


acondrogénese

achondrogenesis (congenital defect characterised by a very short body, short limbs and skeletal abnormalities)


aceragem

/ɐ.sɨˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

acierage (process of electroplating a copper engraving with iron or steel)


acausalidade

(physics) acausality (lack of causality)


abstratividade

abstractiveness (the property of being abstractive)


acarologia

acarology (the study of ticks and mites)


achagua

/ɐˈt͡ʃa.ɡwɐ/

[ɐˈt͡ʃa.ɣwɐ]


abstracionismo

abstracionismo m (plural abstracionismos)

abstractionism (the principles of abstract art)


acarídeo

(zoology) acarid (any parasitic arachnid of the subclass Acarina)


acarino

(zoology) acarus (mite in the genus Acarus)


acessibilidade

acessibilidade f (plural acessibilidades)

accessibility (the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach)


acelerógrafo

(seismology) accelerograph (instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake)


acentuação

the placement of a diacritical mark on a letter

accentuation (the act or process of accentuating)

(music) accentuation (pitch or modulation of the voice)


acelerometria

accelerometry (the measurement of acceleration)


acetilase

(biochemistry) acetylase (any enzyme that catalyses the formation of acetate esters)


acetoína

(organic chemistry) acetoin (one of the constituents of the flavour of butter)


acismo

(rhetoric) accismus (feigning disinterest in something while actually desiring it)


acetilação

(organic chemistry) acetylation (the reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance)


acetonida

(organic chemistry) acetonide (any cyclic acetal derived from acetone and a diol)


acidólise

acidolysis ((chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid)


acetosidade

acetosity (the quality of being acetous)


acotiledónea

acotiledóneas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(botany) acotyledon (plant that has no cotyledons)


acinace

(historical) acinaces (ancient shortsword or sabre)


acetonitrila

(organic chemistry) acetonitrile (the simplest organic cyanide or nitrile)


acetificação

acetification (the process of converting into vinegar)


achinês

Acehnese (a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh)


acidúria

aciduria (presence of acid in the urine)


adenoides

[ɐ.ðɨˈnoj.ðɨʃ]


aclamação

Learned borrowing from Latin acclāmātiōnem. By surface analysis, aclamar + -ção.

lbor

acclamation (eager expression of approval)


acetrizoato

(organic chemistry) acetrizoate (any salt or ester of acetrizoic acid)


acerbidade

[ɐ.sɨɾ.βiˈða.ðɨ]

acerbity (harshness, bitterness or severity)


acrodextrina

(biochemistry, cytology) achrodextrin (a form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine)


acroasfixia

(pathology) acroasphyxia (impaired circulation to the fingers)


acumpliciamento

pt-noun

acumpliciamento m (plural acumpliciamentos)


acroceratose

(pathology) acrokeratosis (keratosis of the fingers and toes)


acipitrídeo

(zoology) accipitrid (any member of the Accipitridae)


acroceratose verruciforme

acroceratose verruciforme f (uncountable)

acrokeratosis verruciformis
acrokeratosis verruciformis

acrokeratosis verruciformis (disorder characterized by small, verrucous skin lesions)


acolitato

acolyteship (condition of being an acolyte)


agarramento

(slang) intimate physical acts with someone


acrocefalosindactilia

(pathology) acrocephalosyndactylia (craniosynostosis with syndactyly)


aconitato

(chemistry) aconitate (any salt or ester of aconitic acid)


acosmista

acosmista m or f by sense (plural acosmistas)

(philosophy) acosmist (one who denies the existence of a universe as distinct from God)


acidentalidade

acidentalidade f (plural acidentalidades)

accidentality (quality of being accidental)


acetonúria

(pathology) acetonuria (a form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine)


acosmismo

(philosophy) acosmism (denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God)


alfabeto fonético

alfabeto fonético m (plural alfabetos fonéticos)

phonetic alphabet (system used for transcribing the sounds of speech)


aqui e agora

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aqui, e, agora.


anel abdominal

anel abdominal m (plural anéis abdominais)

(anatomy) abdominal ring (either of two openings in the abdominal muscle wall)


acrolecto

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


acondrito

(astronomy, geology) achondrite (any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules)


agarrador

agarrador m (plural agarradores, feminine agarradora, feminine plural agarradoras)

agarradores (plural)
agarradora (feminine)
agarradoras (feminine plural)

grabber (someone or something that grabs)


acetiltiocolina

(organic chemistry) acetylthiocholine (acetyl derivative of thiocolina)


acomodabilidade

accommodableness (the quality or condition of being accommodable)


acetabuloplastia

acetabuloplastia f (plural acetabuloplastias)

(surgery) acetabuloplasty (corrective surgery to the acetabulum)


acidogenicidade

acidogenicity (the condition or extent of being acidogenic)


acetábulo

(anatomy) acetabulum (bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone)


acomodacionista

acomodacionista m or f by sense (plural acomodacionistas)

accommodationist (someone who accommodates opposition and compromises their own stance)


acomodacionismo

accommodationism (policy of being accommodating)


acessoriedade

accessoriness (the state of being accessory)


churras

Está tendo um churras na casa do Beto hoje. Quer vir?

There is a barbecue going on at Bob's home today. Do you want to come?

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of churrasco (“barbecue”)


acreção

[a.kɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.kɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin accrētiōnem.

lbor

accretion (act of increasing or growing)


acridídeo

(entomology) acridid (any member of the Acrididae)


acetólise

(organic chemistry) acetolysis (breakdown of an organic compound using acetic acid or acetic anhydride)


acrodinia

(pathology) acrodynia (a disease of the skin)


acroleína

(organic chemistry) acrolein (a pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde)


acérvulo

acervulus (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)


acromotriquia

achromotrichia (absence of pigmentation in the hair)


acântio

(medicine) acanthion (point at the base of the anterior nasal spine)


acídia

pt-noun

acídia f (usually uncountable, plural acídias)

accidie (general listlessness and apathy)


acusticista

acusticista m or f by sense (plural acusticistas)


aqueménida

aqueménidas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Achaemenid (a member of the Achaemenid dynasty)


acrivastina

acrivastine (a drug used to treat allergies)


acritarca

(paleontology, palynology) acritarch (small, unclassifiable organic fossil)


acusatividade

(grammar) accusativity (the quality of being accusative)


acumetria

acoumetry (the measuring of the power or extent of hearing)


acrodermatite

(pathology) acrodermatitis (dermatitis that affects the hands and feet)


acelerograma

(seismology) accelerogram (graphical output from an accelerograph)


acumulatividade

accumulativeness (the state or quality of being accumulative)


acetalização

(organic chemistry) acetalization (reaction that yields an acetal)


aquiropodia

acheiropody (congenital lack of hands and feet)


balochi

Balochi (an Indo-Iranian language spoken in Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan)


acetilmetionina

(organic chemistry) acetylmethionine (the N-acetyl derivative of the amino acid methionine)


aculturação

acculturation (process by which a person or people acquire a culture)


marola

(Brazil, slang) the smoke and sometimes the smell produced by marijuana


véio

véio m (plural véios, feminine véia, feminine plural véias)

véios (plural)
véia (feminine)
véias (feminine plural)

Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Brazil Portuguese.


antirretroviral

antirretroviral m (plural antirretrovirais)

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˌχɛ.tɾo.viˈɾaʊ̯]

[ˌɐ̃.tiˌʁɛ.tɾɔ.viˈɾaɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.tiˌʁɛ.tɾɔ.viˈɾaɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.tiˌʁɛ.tɾɔ.βiˈɾaɫ]

(pharmacology) antiretroviral (drug fighting retrovirus)


aquisitividade

acquisitiveness (propensity to acquire property)


aquileia

achillea (any plant of the genus Achillea)


cretcheu

cretcheu m or f by sense (plural cretcheus)


camada de abscisão

camada de abscisão f (plural camadas de abscisão)

(botany) abscission layer (layer of cells in a plant which begin the process of abscission)


caça selvagem

(Germanic mythology) Wild Hunt (ghostly hunt that rides across the sky)


casa de repouso

casa de repouso f (plural casas de repouso)

nursing home (place of residence for people who require constant nursing care)


capacitador

capacitador m (plural capacitadores, feminine capacitadora, feminine plural capacitadoras)

capacitadores (plural)
capacitadora (feminine)
capacitadoras (feminine plural)

enabler (one who helps something to happen)


sertão

[sehˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[sehˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seɾˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seχˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seɻˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Uncertain, possible shortening of desertão (“big desert”) (which is from deserto + -ão) or from Latin sertānus.

The semi-arid, barren inland portion of northeastern Brazil.

(loosely) A similarly arid area in another region or country.


arranha-céus

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛws/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯s]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛws/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯s]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

[aˌχɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯ʃ]

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

/ɐˌʁa.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/


arranha-céus

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛws/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯s]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛws/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯s]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

[aˌχɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯ʃ]

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/

/ɐˌʁa.ɲɐˈsɛwʃ/


aquilia

(pathology) achylia (the lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract)


carta de alforria

carta de alforria f (plural cartas de alforria)

(historical) a legal document granting freedom to a slave


barquilha

(nautical) log (device for measuring the speed of a vessel)


brucelose

brucelose f (usually uncountable, plural bruceloses)

(pathology) brucellosis (infection by the bacterium Brucella)


caxingui

/kɐ.t͡ʃĩˈɡi/

Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus#Translingual

coypu (Myocastor coypus, a large, semiaquatic rodent of South America)


ratão

Dasyatis pastinaca
Wikispecies:Dasyatis pastinaca


credenciador

accreditor (person or organisation that provides accreditation)


beldroega

[bɛɫ.dɾuˈɛ.ɣɐ]

[bɛɫˈdɾwɛ.ɣɐ]

Older verdoega, from Latin portulāca, possibly via Mozarabic [Term?]. Doublet of portulaca.

Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca oleracea#Translingual

purslane (a plant of the family Portulacaceae, especially Portulaca oleracea)


deterrência

deterrence (action taken by states to prevent hostile action)


choque anafilático

choque anafilático m (plural choques anafiláticos)

anaphylactic shock (severe allergic reaction)


agomelatina

agomelatine (a melatonergic antidepressant)


dólar australiano

dólar australiano m (plural dólares australianos)

Australian dollar (official currency of Australia)


mal de Chagas

(pathology) Chagas' disease (form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America)


dívida externa

dívida externa f (plural dívidas externas)

(finance) foreign debt (debt owed to foreigners)


bandolete

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


lápis azul

From lápis (“pencil”) + azul (“blue”), literally “blue pencil”. During the Estado Novo regime, censors would strike out any text deemed unsuitable for publication using a blue pencil.

af

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lápis, azul.

(Portugal, idiomatic, figurative) censorship


ecolinguística

(linguistics) ecolinguistics (linguistics taking ecological context into account)


cópia carbono

carbon copy (copy produced using carbon paper)

carbon copy (copy of an e-mail sent automatically to another address)

someone or something that is exactly like someone/something else


beninense

pt-noun

beninense m or f by sense (plural beninenses)


código fonético

código fonético m (plural códigos fonéticos)

spelling alphabet (system using a word to represent each letter)


ratão-d'água

/ʁaˌtɐ̃w̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/

[haˌtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ]

/ʁaˌtɐ̃w̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/

[haˌtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ]

/ʁaˌtɐ̃w̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/

[χaˌtɐ̃ʊ̯̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ]

/ʁɐˌtɐ̃w̃ˈd‿a.ɡwɐ/

[ʁɐˌtɐ̃w̃ˈd‿a.ɣwɐ]


crise dramática

crise dramática f (plural crises dramáticas)

(drama) crisis (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak)


conta corrente

conta corrente f (plural contas correntes)

current account; checking account (bank account from which money can easily be transferred)


condução aberrante

(medicine) aberrant conduction (heart condition where the electrical stimulus travels via an abnormal pathway)


véi

véi m (plural véis, feminine véia, feminine plural véias)

véis (plural)
véia (feminine)
véias (feminine plural)

2023, “Gabi Martins rebate seguidor que a acusou de ser bancada por homem: 'O 'véi' da lancha sou eu' [Gabi Martins hits back at a follower who accused her of being bankrolled by a man: 'I'm the old man in the speedboat']”, in Marie Claire:

Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Brazil Portuguese.


bacamarte

Coordinate term: arcabuz

blunderbuss (old style of firearm with a large opening at the muzzle)

(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) tome (large old book)


centroide

[sẽˈtɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[sẽˈtɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[sẽˈtɾɔj.ðɨ]

(mathematics, physics) centroid (point at the centre of any shape)


ratão-do-banhado

ratão-do-banhado m (plural ratões-do-banhado)

[ʁɐˌtɐ̃w̃.du.βɐˈɲa.ðu]

coypu (Myocastor coypus, a large, semiaquatic rodent of South America)


curanchim

(Brazil, colloquial) tailbone; coccyx (the final fused vertebrae)


explorador dental

explorador dental m (plural exploradores dentais)

explorer (hand tool with sharp point used in dentistry)


sonda exploradora

sonda exploradora f (plural sondas exploradoras)


escala absoluta

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see escala, absoluta.

absolute scale (temperature scale based on absolute zero)


berbequim

manual drill (tool for creating holes on hard material)


esqui aquático

esqui aquático m (plural esquis aquáticos)

water ski (type of ski used for skiing on water)

(uncountable) water skiing (the sport of skiing on water)


carpintaria

Probably from carpint(eiro) + -aria. Compare Galician carpintaría, French charpenterie.

(uncountable) carpentry (the trade of cutting and joining timber)


estado absoluto

(grammar) absolute state (in the Semitic languages, the state of a noun that is not grammatically linked to another noun)


espaço-tempo absoluto

(physics) absolute space-time (Newtonian concept of an unchangeable reference system of time and spatial coordinates)


braçal

From braço + -al, or from Latin brachiālis, bracchiālis. Doublet of braquial. Compare Spanish brazal.


alforria

From Arabic اَلْحُرِّيَّة (al-ḥurriyya, “freedom”).

bor

اَلْحُرِّيَّة

(historical) manumission (act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves)


bandeirante

pt-noun

bandeirante m or f by sense (plural bandeirantes)

/bɐ̃.dɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

/bɐ̃.dɐjˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/


codão

codões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(biochemistry) codon (sequence of three nucleotides)


dragomano

(historical) dragoman (an interpreter, especially for the Arabic and Turkish languages)


ácoro

Acorus calamus
Acorus calamus#Translingual

sweet flag; calamus (Acorus calamus, a perennial wetland plant with an aromatic medicinal root)


dissuasão

[d͡ʒi.sʊ.aˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


ceratocone

(pathology) keratoconus (a degenerative disorder of the eye)


conluio

collusion; conspiracy (secret agreement for an illegal or evil purpose)


confiscação

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfiscātiōnem. By surface analysis, confiscar + -ção.

lbor

confiscation (the act or process of confiscating something)


caçanje

Um caçanje ancião refere aos outros alguns casos que viu na mocidade de cativas amadas e orgulhosas castigadas do céu por seus pecados, mortas entre os grilhões do cativeiro.

badly-written or badly-spoken Portuguese


clemência

clemency; leniency (gentle or kind exercise of power)


diérese

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διαίρεσις (diaíresis, “division, split”).

bor+

(linguistics, prosody) diaeresis (separation of a vowel into two distinct syllables)

(orthography) diaeresis (name of the diacritic ¨)


estrepe

(weaponry) a caltrop or sharp stick used as a booby trap


credenciamento

pt-noun

credenciamento m (plural credenciamentos)

accreditation; accreditment (the process of giving or earning credentials)


cápsico

capsicum (any plant of the genus Capsicum)


criminólogo

criminólogo m (plural criminólogos, feminine criminóloga, feminine plural criminólogas)

criminólogos (plural)
criminóloga (feminine)
criminólogas (feminine plural)

criminologist (specialist in criminology)


escotismo

escotismo m (usually uncountable, plural escotismos)

scouting (a movement that aims to support young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development)


ermitão

ermitão m (plural ermitãos or ermitães or ermitões, feminine ermitã or ermitoa, feminine plural ermitãs or ermitoas)

ermitãos (plural)
ermitães (plural)
ermitões (plural)
ermitã (feminine)
ermitoa (feminine)
ermitãs (feminine plural)
ermitoas (feminine plural)

[eɦ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eɦ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eɾ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʁ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eɻ.miˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From ermita + -ão. Compare Spanish ermitaño.

hermit; eremite (someone who lives alone for religious reasons)

hermit; recluse (someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship)


clítico

(linguistics) clitic (morpheme attached to another word)


falcoaria

(uncountable) falconry (sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey)

a place or cage where birds of prey are kept


condescendência

condescendência f (plural condescendências)

condescendence; condescension (courtesy toward inferiors)


flor-de-lis

(heraldry) fleur-de-lis (design representing a flower with three petals)


escavação

excavation (act of excavating, or of making hollow)

excavation (cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping)

(archaeology) excavation (site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out)


encardimento

grime (dirt that is ingrained and difficult to remove)


couve-lombarda

couve-lombarda f (plural couves-lombardas)

Savoy cabbage (a hardy cabbage with dense, crinkled leaves)


costa-marfinense

costa-marfinense m or f by sense (plural costa-marfinenses)


desesperação

desperation (the act of despairing or becoming desperate)


dançarina exótica

dançarina exótica f (plural dançarinas exóticas)

(euphemistic) exotic dancer, dancer; stripper


cóclea

Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).

der

(anatomy) cochlea (the complex, spirally coiled, tapered cavity of the inner ear)


cosmopolitano

pt-noun

cosmopolitano m (plural cosmopolitanos, feminine cosmopolitana, feminine plural cosmopolitanas)

cosmopolitanos (plural)
cosmopolitana (feminine)
cosmopolitanas (feminine plural)

By surface analysis, cosmopolita + -ano.

cosmopolitan (person at ease in any part of the world)


geleia real

royal jelly (substance secreted by bees used in the nutrition of larvae and queens)


grupo ABO

(medicine) ABO group (basic system of categorizing blood by antigen type)


freio ABS

antilock brake; ABS brake (brake that compensates for overbraking)


gralha-preta

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual

carrion crow (Corvus corone, a European crow)


gestação abdominal

gestação abdominal f (plural gestações abdominais)

(medicine) abdominal gestation (pregnancy within the abdominal cavity)


função de Ackermann

(computing theory) Ackermann function (a total computable function that is not primitive recursive)


gol de honra

(sports) consolation goal (goal scored by the losing team near the end of the game)


estréia

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


genótipo

(genetics) genotype (combination of alleles that determines a specific trait of an individual)


chupim

Fringilla coelebs
Fringilla coelebs#Translingual


galiforme

galliform; fowl (any bird of the order Galliformes)


quirche

From German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).


guerrilheiro

guerrilheiro m (plural guerrilheiros, feminine guerrilheira, feminine plural guerrilheiras)

guerrilheiros (plural)
guerrilheira (feminine)
guerrilheiras (feminine plural)

/ɡɨ.ʁiˈʎɐj.ɾu/

/ɡɨ.ʁiˈʎɐj.ɾu/

guerrilla (soldier in a small, independent group)


gametófito

(botany) gametophyte (plant which produces gametes)


francofonia

Francophonie (French speakers or French-speaking countries and regions collectively)


gluão

gluões (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


quebra-jejum

/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.ʒeˈʒũ/

/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.ʒeˈʒũ/

/ˌkɛ.bɾɐ.ʒɨˈʒũ/

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.ʒɨˈʒũ]

breakfast (a meal eaten after a period of fasting)


gabonês

gabonês m (plural gaboneses, feminine gabonesa, feminine plural gabonesas)

gaboneses (plural)
gabonesa (feminine)
gabonesas (feminine plural)


guirlanda

/ɡiʁˈlɐ̃.dɐ/

[ɡiɦˈlɐ̃.dɐ]

/ɡiʁˈlɐ̃.dɐ/

[ɡiɦˈlɐ̃.dɐ]

/ɡiɾˈlɐ̃.dɐ/

/ɡiʁˈlɐ̃.dɐ/

/ɡiɾˈlɐ̃.dɐ/

wreath (ornamental circular band of flowers and twigs)


goma-arábica

goma-arábica f (usually uncountable, plural gomas-arábicas)

gum arabic (a substance extracted from acacia trees)


habilitador

habilitador m (plural habilitadores, feminine habilitadora, feminine plural habilitadoras)

habilitadores (plural)
habilitadora (feminine)
habilitadoras (feminine plural)

enabler (someone or something that helps something happen)


hidroterapista

hidroterapista m or f by sense (plural hidroterapistas)

hydrotherapist (therapist who performs hydrotherapy)


hall da fama

hall of fame (structure housing memorials to famous or illustrious individuals)


japinha

japinha m or f by sense (plural japinhas)


forjador

forjador m (plural forjadores, feminine forjadora, feminine plural forjadoras)

forjadores (plural)
forjadora (feminine)
forjadoras (feminine plural)

[fuɾ.ʒɐˈðoɾ]

[fuɾ.ʒɐˈðoɾ]


imaculada conceição

Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception

(theology, Roman Catholicism) Immaculate Conception (the conception of Virgin Mary in her mother’s womb free from original sin)


epicidade

epicness (quality or state of being epic)


microarranjo

microarray (two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material)


leão-de-chácara

leão-de-chácara m (plural leões-de-chácara, feminine leoa-de-chácara, feminine plural leoas-de-chácara)

leões-de-chácara (plural)
leoa-de-chácara (feminine)
leoas-de-chácara (feminine plural)

(Brazil) bouncer (member of the security personnel of an entertainment venue)


nível de Abney

nível de Abney m (plural níveis de Abney)

Abney level (clinometer used to measure tree heights)


roto falando do esfarrapado

roto falando do esfarrapado m (uncountable)

pot calling the kettle black
pot calling the kettle black

(idiomatic) pot calling the kettle black (somebody who accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser)


nervo abducente

nervo abducente m (plural nervos abducentes)

(anatomy) abducens nerve (eye nerve that controls the lateral rectus muscle)


música absoluta

(music) absolute music (music which depends solely on its rhythmic, melodic and contrapuntal structure)


caô

Ele tá de caô pra cima de mim...

(Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, colloquial) lie; nonsense talk


baiuca

small, inexpensive and sometimes poorly managed tavern


lorota

(Brazil, colloquial) lie; bullshit; nonsense


hipocapnia

hypocapnia (reduced carbon dioxide in the blood)


mucumbu

(Northeast Brazil) tailbone; coccyx (the final fused vertebrae)


impuridade

impurity (the condition of being impure)

impurity (a component or additive that renders something impure)


impudor

impudence (impudent language, conduct or behaviour)


inseminação

insemination (the act of making pregnant)


hilaridade

(uncountable) hilarity (the quality of being hilarious)


indenidade

indemnity; indemnification (reimbursement of loss, damage or penalty)


jequiriti

Abrus precatorius
Abrus precatorius#Translingual

jequirity (Abrus precatorius, an Indonesian legume with poisonous seeds)


maladia

malady (any ailment or disease of the body)


intimidação

intimidation (the act of scaring someone with threats)


lanternim

/lɐ̃.tɨɾˈnĩ/

louver (turret for ventilation and light on mediaeval buildings)


judoca

Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう)家(か) (jūdōka).


marabuto

From Moroccan Arabic مْرَابِط (mrabeṭ) (standard Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ, “soldier stationed in fortified outpost”)).


maracutaia

(Brazil) guile; rule; deceit; fraud; shenanigans


marcenaria

(uncountable) cabinetmaking (the trade of making wooden furniture)


laringologista

pt-noun

laringologista m or f by sense (plural laringologistas)

laryngologist (a person who studies or specialises in laryngology)


livramento

deliverance (extrication from imprisonment)


negação

[ne.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/nɨ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[nɨ.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

negation (the act of negating something)

(logic) negation (proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition)


indignação

[ĩ.d͡ʒiɡ.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin indignātiōnem. By surface analysis, indignar + -ção.

lbor

indignation (anger aroused by an offence or injustice)


marsúpio

Learned borrowing from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”).


ojeriza

/ɔ.ʒɨˈɾi.zɐ/


hendíadis

(rhetoric) hendiadys (a figure of speech used for emphasis)


miocárdio

(anatomy, cardiology) myocardium (muscles that surround and power the heart)


inconveniência

pt-noun

inconveniência f (plural inconveniências)

Borrowed from Late Latin inconvenientia.

inconvenience (something inconvenient or bothering)


inventividade

inventividade f (usually uncountable, plural inventividades)


mediocridade

(uncountable) mediocrity (condition of being mediocre)


minotauro

(Greek mythology, fantasy) minotaur (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)


jordaniano

jordaniano m (plural jordanianos, feminine jordaniana, feminine plural jordanianas)

jordanianos (plural)
jordaniana (feminine)
jordanianas (feminine plural)


noitinha

[noɪ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

[noɪ̯ˈt͡ʃĩ.j̃ɐ]


abobadas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


individualidade

pt-noun

individualidade f (plural individualidades)

individuality (set of characteristic and distinctive qualities of each individual)

personality (person considered very important)


modificador

modifier (someone or something that modifies)

(grammar) modifier (qualifying word, clause or phrase)


narcolepsia

(pathology) narcolepsy (disorder characterised by sudden, brief attacks of deep sleep)


marfinense

marfinense m or f by sense (plural marfinenses)


narcoléptico

narcoléptico m (plural narcolépticos, feminine narcoléptica, feminine plural narcolépticas)

narcolépticos (plural)
narcoléptica (feminine)
narcolépticas (feminine plural)

narcoleptic (one who suffers from narcolepsy)


abobado

abobado m (plural abobados, feminine abobada, feminine plural abobadas)

abobados (plural)
abobada (feminine)
abobadas (feminine plural)


hipertensor

(medicine) hypertensor (agent that causes hypertension)


iniciador

iniciador m (plural iniciadores, feminine iniciadora, feminine plural iniciadoras)

iniciadores (plural)
iniciadora (feminine)
iniciadoras (feminine plural)

(genetics) primer (molecule required for replication of DNA)


despudor

impudence (impudent language, conduct or behaviour)


breque

(music) in samba, a sudden interruption of the music so that the singer can make a spoken interjection, usually with a humorous tone.


enxadada

[ẽ.ʃɐˈða.ðɐ]

Mas, uma batida terrível, pesada, ressoou na porta, e, como nos sonhos infernais, me pareceu que eu recebia uma enxadada no estomago.

2009, Charles Baudelaire, Pequenos poemas em prosa (O spleen de Paris), hedra, →ISBN, page 45:

But a terrible, heavy knock resounded on the door, and, as in infernal dreams, it felt like I was struck in the stomach [with a hoe].


folgado

folgado m (plural folgados, feminine folgada, feminine plural folgadas)

folgados (plural)
folgada (feminine)
folgadas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese folgado. By surface analysis, folgar + -ado.


pife

(card games) a game where each player is given 9 cards and has to create three sequences or sets


pernoita

Deverbal from pernoitar (“to overnight”).

deverbal

night (night spent at a place, especially a hotel)


picho

(Portugal) a small jar or pot used to extract or drink wine

(Portugal, by extension) any such small jar or pot


picho

the act of spraying graffiti over an urban surface


vareio

agitação (restlessness that leads the individual to make foolishness and to say disconnected things)


vergastada

[vɨɾ.ɣɐʃˈta.ðɐ]

[vɨɾ.ɣɐʃˈta.ðɐ]

[bɨɾ.ɣɐʃˈta.ðɐ]


xereta

Probably a variant of cheireta, from cheirar (“to smell”).

Nunca poderia dialogar com você através de um biocomputador ou transfone, sabendo dos vários xeretas que poderiam estar na escuta. Detesto abelhudos!

2009, Roberto Schima, Limbographia, Clube de Autores, page 277:


reencontro

the act of finding or meeting again, especially after a long time


parede abdominal

pt-noun

parede abdominal f (plural paredes abdominais)

abdominal wall (muscles that surround the abdominal cavity)


ponto de referência

ponto de referência m (plural pontos de referência)


piedade filial

filial piety (respect to one’s parents and ancestors)


planície abissal

planície abissal f (plural planícies abissais)

abyssal plain (expanse of flat ocean floor)


putinismo

(politics) Putinism (the policies of Vladimir Putin)


poro abdominal

poro abdominal m (plural poros abdominais)

(ichthyology) abdominal pore (sphincter near the cloaca of fish)


panamenho

panamenho m (plural panamenhos, feminine panamenha, feminine plural panamenhas)

panamenhos (plural)
panamenha (feminine)
panamenhas (feminine plural)


pressão sanguínea

pressão sanguínea f (plural pressões sanguíneas)

blood pressure (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the blood vessels)


previsão do tempo

previsão do tempo f (plural previsões do tempo)

weather forecast (prediction of future weather)


propulsor a jato

propulsor a jato m (plural propulsores a jato)

jet pack (equipment worn on the back allowing flight)


prendedor de gravata

prendedor de gravata m (plural prendedores de gravata)


presença real

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see presença, real.

(theology) real presence (actual presence of Christ in the Eucharist)


produto cartesiano

produto cartesiano m (plural produtos cartesianos)

(set theory) Cartesian product (set of possible pairs)


pressão osmótica

pressão osmótica f (plural pressões osmóticas)

(physics) osmotic pressure (pressure exerted by a solution across a semipermeable membrane)


quadro de giz

chalkboard; blackboard (slate board for writing on with chalk)


quinto dos infernos

quinto dos infernos m (plural quintos dos infernos)

back of beyond; boondock (a remote place)


programa de computador

programa de computador m (plural programas de computador)

computer program (complete piece of software)


quilómetro quadrado

quilómetro quadrado m (plural quilómetros quadrados)

square kilometre (standard unit of area)


respiração abdominal

abdominal respiration
abdominal respiration

abdominal respiration (respiration controlled by the diaphragm)


respiração de Kussmaul

Kussmaul breathing (laboured breathing associated with metabolic acidosis, renal failure and diabetes)


rapelista

rapelista m or f by sense (plural rapelistas)


roda de fiar

spinning wheel (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle)


ressecção abdominoperineal

ressecção abdominoperineal f (plural ressecções abdominoperineal)

abdominoperineal resection
abdominoperineal resection

(surgery) abdominoperineal resection (surgery to remove a portion of the large intestine)


plataforma de abrasão

plataforma de abrasão f (plural plataformas de abrasão)

(geology) abrasion platform (bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff)


rodeio

Deverbal from rodear. Compare Spanish rodeo.

William Shakespeare, A Comédia dos Erros
Está bem. Ora quero que nos digas, siracusano, sem rodeio inútil, por que de tua pátria te afastaste e o motivo de estares ora em Éfeso.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

O rodeio é um paradeiro certo a um lado ou no centro do campo, onde se reúne o gado, quando, para diversos fins, é necessário lidar com ele. Quase sempre escolhe-se o lançante brando de uma coxilha; no alto desta costuma-se plantar ...

2003, Carlos F. Sica Diniz, João Simões Lopes Neto: uma biografia, Editora AGE Ltda, →ISBN, page 290:


ovulação

(physiology) ovulation (release of an ovum from the ovary)


oscilação

Learned borrowing from Latin ōscillātiōnem. By surface analysis, oscilar + -ção.


pedalagem

[pɨ.ðɐˈla.ʒɐ̃j̃]

By surface analysis, from pedalar (“to pedall”) + -agem.


paramécio

(zoology) paramecium (oval-shaped protozoan of the genus Paramecium)


pan-arabismo

pan-Arabism (movement seeking the union of Arabic peoples)


patrulhamento

patrol (the act of patrolling a location)


pilastra

(architecture) pier or pilaster (rectangular pillar that supports or decorates a wall or roof)


palavra-chave

pt-noun

palavra-chave f (plural palavras-chaves or palavras-chave)

palavras-chaves (plural)
palavras-chave (plural)

[pɐˌla.βɾɐˈt͡ʃa.βɨ]

keyword (word used as an identifier of a document to assist in searching)


placentário

placental (any animal that is a member of the Placentalia)


pulguento

pulguento m (plural pulguentos, feminine pulguenta, feminine plural pulguentas)

pulguentos (plural)
pulguenta (feminine)
pulguentas (feminine plural)

a creature or person infested with fleas

(derogatory) a dog, specially a stray or mutt


pan-eslavismo

Pan-Slavism (movement seeking the union of Slavic peoples)


rapeleiro

rapeleiro m (plural rapeleiros, feminine rapeleira, feminine plural rapeleiras)

rapeleiros (plural)
rapeleira (feminine)
rapeleiras (feminine plural)


protecionismo

protecionismo m (usually uncountable, plural protecionismos)

(economics) protectionism (policy of protecting domestic producers)


rabdologia

(arithmetic) rabdology (practice of performing arithmetic using Napier's bones)


pigmeu

pigmeu m (plural pigmeus, feminine pigmeia, feminine plural pigmeias)

pigmeus (plural)
pigmeia (feminine)
pigmeias (feminine plural)

From Latin pygmaeus, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos).

pygmy (a member of various African peoples noted for their low stature)

(Greek mythology) pygmy (a member of a mythological race of dwarfs)

(figuratively) pygmy (any dwarfish person)

(figuratively) pygmy (an insignificant person)


quatrilhão

[kwa.tɾiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Brazil, cardinal number) quadrillion (10¹⁵)

(Portugal, informal, cardinal number) Synonym of quatrilião (“10¹⁸”)


psicologia anormal

abnormal psychology (study of persons whose psychological characteristics deviate from the norm)


pós-operatório

pós-operatório m (plural pós-operatórios)

(surgery) the period after a surgical operation


resumidor

resumidor m (plural resumidores, feminine resumidora, feminine plural resumidoras)

resumidores (plural)
resumidora (feminine)
resumidoras (feminine plural)


pró-reitor

pró-reitor m (plural pró-reitores, feminine pró-reitora, feminine plural pró-reitoras)

pró-reitores (plural)
pró-reitora (feminine)
pró-reitoras (feminine plural)

[ˌpɾɔ.χeɪ̯ˈtoχ]

/ˌpɾɔ.ʁɐjˈtoɾ/

/ˌpɾɔ.ʁɐjˈtoɾ/

(higher education) a rector’s assistant; provost


relógio de ponto

relógio de ponto m (plural relógios de ponto)

time clock (a device that records the times that employees start and finish work)


rinha de galo

cockfight (contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks)


segunda intenção

segunda intenção f (plural segundas intenções)

(usually in the plural) ulterior motive (secret motive for doing something)


reticulado completo

reticulado completo m (plural reticulados completos)

(algebra) complete lattice (partially ordered set)


refractómetro de Abbe

refractómetro de Abbe m (plural refractómetros de Abbe)

refratómetro de Abbe
refratómetro de Abbe#Portuguese

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


rádio de galena

rádio de galena m (plural rádios de galena)

crystal set (an early kind of radio receiver)


rã-touro

bullfrog (any of various large species of frog of North America)


seguridade social

(chiefly Brazil) welfare (aid provided by a government to the poor)


roupa de banho

roupa de banho f (plural roupas de banho)

(Brazil) swimsuit (tight-fitting garment worn for swimming)


sorvete italiano

sorvete italiano m (plural sorvetes italianos)

soft serve (a frozen dessert similar to ice cream, but softer)


selo de segurança

selo de segurança m (plural selos de segurança)

seal (something which will be visibly damaged when a container is opened)


seio de Abraão

seio de Abraão m (plural seios de Abraão)

(Christianity) Abraham's bosom (waiting place for the faithful dead)


salto de fé

(philosophy, religion) leap of faith (act of believing in something despite lack of proof)


soda limonada

soda limonada f (plural sodas limonadas)

lemonade (carbonated beverage made from lemon)


sandália japonesa

sandália japonesa f (plural sandálias japonesas)

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


serendipismo

serendipity (unintended learning experience)


sinal de Romaña

sinal de Romaña m (plural sinais de Romaña)

Romana's sign (periorbital swelling associated with the acute stage of Chagas' disease)


sinal de pontuação

sinal de pontuação m (plural sinais de pontuação)

(orthography) punctuation mark (symbol that aids understanding and correct reading of text)


saco de dormir

saco de dormir m (plural sacos de dormir)

sleeping bag (protective bag for a person to sleep in)


show de aberrações

show de aberrações m (plural shows de aberrações)

freak show (shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics)


senhoras e senhores

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen

ladies and gentlemen (used to address an audience)


sistema imunológico

sistema imunológico m (plural sistemas imunológicos)

(anatomy, immunology) immune system (system that protects the body from foreign material and organisms)


sobrepovoação

overpopulation (population larger than a region can hold)


superpopulação

superpopulação f (plural superpopulações)


semana de trabalho

semana de trabalho f (plural semanas de trabalho)

working week; workweek (Monday to Friday)


superfamília

(taxonomy) superfamily (category above family and below order)

(molecular biology) superfamily (group of related proteins or other molecules)


superpovoamento

superpovoamento m (plural superpovoamentos)


zuera

(Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of zoeira.


risca-de-giz

terno risca-de-giz
terno risca-de-giz#Portuguese


supremo tribunal

supremo tribunal m (plural supremos tribunais)

supreme court (court of law representing the highest legal authority)


seguro de vida

seguro de vida m (plural seguros de vida)

life insurance (insurance on the life of a person)


superlativo absoluto

superlativo absoluto m (plural superlativos absolutos)

absolute superlative
absolute superlative

absolute superlative (Romance superlative formed with the suffix -íssimo or a cognate)


solução tampão

solução tampão f (plural soluções tampão)

(chemistry) buffer solution (solution that maintains a constant pH)


tecla de seta

arrow key (computer key marked with an arrow)


teoria de caracteres

character theory (branch of abstract algebra dealing with group characters)


teoria dos números

(mathematics) number theory (branch of pure mathematics)


tecido conjuntivo

tecido conjuntivo m (usually uncountable, plural tecidos conjuntivos)

(anatomy) connective tissue (type of tissue that binds other types of tissue)


revisão por pares

revisão por pares f (plural revisões por pares)

peer review (review by independent researchers of scientific manuscripts intended to be published)


tensão superficial

tensão superficial f (plural tensões superficiais)

(physics) surface tension (effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane)


tempo livre

free time (time that can be spent on one’s own activities rather than work)


texto puro

(cryptography) cleartext (unencrypted text)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see texto, puro.


taxa de câmbio

taxa de câmbio f (plural taxas de câmbio)

(economics, finance) exchange rate (rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another)


salada russa

After Russia, the country of origin. Cognate with English Russian salad, Spanish ensalada rusa, Italian insalata russa, French salade russe, Serbo-Croatian rȕskā saláta.

(usually uncountable) Olivier salad, Russian salad (traditional Russian salad of boiled vegetables with mayonnaise)

(figurative) potpourri (collection of various things)


reação de Abderhalden

Abderhalden reaction
Abderhalden reaction

Abderhalden reaction (occurrence of proteolytic enzymes specific for foreign proteins introduced via parents)


silhueta de ampulheta

silhueta de ampulheta f (plural silhuetas de ampulheta)

hourglass figure (body with a narrow waist and wide bust and hips)


síndrome de Down

(medical genetics) Down's syndrome / Down syndrome


singapuriano

singapuriano m (plural singapurianos, feminine singapuriana, feminine plural singapurianas)

singapurianos (plural)
singapuriana (feminine)
singapurianas (feminine plural)


terror noturno

terror noturno m (plural terrores noturnos)

(pathology) night terror (disorder where sleep is interrupted by anxiety, panic or screaming)


singleto

(quantum mechanics) singleton (quantum state having zero spin)


rajada

"O furacão evoluiu para a categoria 3, mas em relação ao grupo oriental do arquipélago [ilhas de Santa Maria e de São Miguel], podemos dizer que se continua a prever vento médio igual ou superior a 65 quilómetros por hora e rajadas superiores a 100 quilómetros por hora", afirmou a meteorologista Elsa Vieira […]

2017 October 14, Victor Ferreira, “Furacão Ophelia mergulhou ilha do Pico em chuva intensa e sobe para categoria 3”, in Público:


russificação

russification (assimilation into Russian culture)


símile

simile (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)


sândalo

sandalwood (any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum)

sandalwood (the aromatic heartwood of sandalwood trees)


serpentão

[seɾ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seχ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[seɻ.pẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/sɨɾ.pẽˈtɐ̃w̃/

(music) serpent (old bass wind instrument)


tacómetro

tacómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek τάχος (tákhos) + -metro.

tachometer (device for measuring velocity)


sêmola

semolina (food substance made from cereal grains, reduced to granules by incomplete grinding)


gnósticas

/ˈɡnɔʃ.t͡ʃi.kɐʃ/


sobreanca

saddlecloth (blanket placed under a saddle)


solilóquio

(drama) soliloquy (act of a character speaking to himself)


silabário

(orthography) syllabary (table or list of syllables)

(orthography) syllabary (writing system where each character represents a complete syllable)


superação

the act or process of overcoming a difficulty


ruandês

ruandês m (plural ruandeses, feminine ruandesa, feminine plural ruandesas)

ruandeses (plural)
ruandesa (feminine)
ruandesas (feminine plural)

[χʊ.ɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

[χwɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]


toque de recolher

toque de recolher m (plural toques de recolher)

curfew (a regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time)


tubo de Eustáquio

tubo de Eustáquio m (plural tubos de Eustáquio)

(anatomy) Eustachian tube (tube that links the pharynx to the cavity of the middle ear)


varinha mágica

varinha mágica f (plural varinhas mágicas)

(fantasy) magic wand (stick used to perform magic)

mixer (electric appliance to mix ingredients, esp. hand mixer or blender)


uni-duni-tê

eeny, meeny, miny, moe
eeny, meeny, miny, moe

eeny, meeny, miny, moe (children’s counting game used to pick an option)


sem-abrigo

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ aˈbɾi.ɡu]

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ aˈbɾi.ɡu]

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ aˈbɾi.ɡo]

/ˈsɐ̃j̃ ɐˈbɾi.ɡu/

[ˈsɐ̃j̃ ɐˈβɾi.ɣu]


toirão

Paul de Toirões


segurança social

(chiefly Portugal) welfare (aid provided by a government to the poor)