uranografia

From Latin ūranographia, from Ancient Greek οὐρανογραφία (ouranographía). By surface analysis, urano- + -grafia.

οὐρανογραφία


venusiano

(science fiction) Venusian (inhabitant of Venus)


voivoda

voivode (a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe)


zwingliano

pt-noun

zwingliano m (plural zwinglianos, feminine zwingliana, feminine plural zwinglianas)

zwinglianos (plural)
zwingliana (feminine)
zwinglianas (feminine plural)


hitita

Hittite (person from the Hittite kingdom)


hitita

Hittite (Indo-European language spoken in Bronze-Age Anatolia)


acefalia

(medicine) acephalia (birth defect in which the head is absent)


amoralismo

(philosophy) amoralism (doctrine which advocates ignoring moral issues and norms)


jónico

jónico m (plural jónicos, feminine jónica, feminine plural jónicas)

jónicos (plural)
jónica (feminine)
jónicas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


jónico

jónicos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(poetry) Ionic (a four-syllable metrical unit that occurs in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry)


áxis

Borrowed from Latin axis (“axletree”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”). Compare the inherited doublet eixo.


concha nasal inferior

inferior concha nasal f (plural inferiores conchas nasais)

inferior concha nasal (canonical feminine)
inferiores conchas nasais (plural)

inferior nasal concha
inferior nasal concha


areopagita

(historical) Areopagite (a member of the ancient Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus)


vaca sagrada

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vaca, sagrada.

(idiomatic) sacred cow (something which cannot be tampered with)


maxila

Borrowed from Latin maxilla (“jaw”), a diminutive of māla (“jaw”).


espádua

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), diminutive of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Compare the inherited doublet espalda, and later borrowing espátula.


bonapartismo

From Bonaparte + -ismo, on the model of French bonapartisme.

(historical, politics) Bonapartism (practices and ideology of Napoleon Bonaparte)


carlismo

Carlism (movement seeking the establishment of a separate line of the Bourbon dynasty on the Spanish throne)


maxilar inferior

pt-noun

maxilar inferior m (plural maxilares inferiores)

(anatomy, dated) mandible, the lower jawbone


maxilar

From maxila (“maxilla”) or borrowed from Latin maxillāris.


queixada

queixada m or f by sense (plural queixadas)

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixada (“jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *capseāta, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *capseus (“chin”) (whence queixo), itself a derivative of Latin capsa (“box”), from capiō (“capture, seize, take”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).

der

any animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)

white-lipped peccary
white-lipped peccary

Tayassu pecari
Tayassu pecari#Translingual

white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America


concha nasal

[ˈkõ.ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]

[ˈkõ.ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]

[ˈkõ.t͡ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]


concretismo

(art) concretism (abstractionist movement)

something which is concrete instead of abstract


falange distal

pt-noun

falange distal f (plural falanges distais)


falange proximal

falange proximal f (plural falanges proximais)


falange média

falange média f (plural falanges médias)

intermediate phalange
intermediate phalange


ílio

Learned borrowing from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“intestines”).


tálus

Learned borrowing from Latin tālus (“anklebone”).


perónio

perónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


ísquio

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).


ufólogo

pt-noun

ufólogo m (plural ufólogos, feminine ufóloga, feminine plural ufólogas)

ufólogos (plural)
ufóloga (feminine)
ufólogas (feminine plural)


colonista

colonista m or f by sense (plural colonistas)

colonialist (specialist in colonial affairs)


trapézio

From Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion, “irregular quadrilateral”, literally “a little table”), diminutive of τράπεζα (trápeza, “table”)", from τρά- (trá-, “four”) + πέζα (péza, “foot, edge”).

uder

(geometry) trapezium (four-sided polygon with two sides parallel)

(anatomy) trapezium (bone of the carpus)


uncinado

Learned borrowing from Latin uncīnātus (“hooked, barbed”), from uncīnus (“hook”).


osso do quadril

pt-noun

osso do quadril m (plural ossos do quadril)


falanginha

/fa.lɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/fa.lɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/fɐ.lɐ̃ˈʒi.ɲɐ/

From falange (“phalanx”) + -inha (diminutive suffix).


osso piramidal

pt-noun

osso piramidal m (plural ossos piramidais)


fíbula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet fivela.


spanglish

Spanglish (code-switching of English and Spanish)


osso semilunar

osso semilunar m (plural ossos semilunares)


astrágalo

From Ancient Greek ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos).


chupa-chupa

— De forma nenhuma, Cruz. Esse homem foi morto porque sabia demais sobre essas luzes que o povo chama de “Chupa-chupa”.

1983, Márcio Souza, A ordem do dia: folhetim voador não identificado, Editora Marco Zero, page 61

— No way, Cruz. This man was killed because he knew too much about these lights the people call “Chupa-chupa”.

1995, Fernando Cleto Nunes Pereira, Que Ciência Constrói Discos Voadores?, Editora Record, page 43

She carefully described how a certain type of light, also known as “chupa-chupa”, appeared in the North and Northeast of Brazil, attacking human beings who were resting lying in hammocks.

Ela descreveu cuidadosamente como um certo tipo de luz, também conhecida como “chupa-chupa”, surgiu no Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, atacando seres humanos que descansavam deitados em redes.

1997, Rodolfo A. Franconi, Erotismo e Poder na Ficção Brasileira Contemporânea, Annablume, page 52

The “disappearing phenomenon” is attributed to extraterrestrial forces: a spacecraft, the “Chupa-chupa”, is the cause of the unexplainable.

O “fenômeno dos desaparecimentos” é atribuído a forças extraterrenas: uma nave espacial, o “Chupa-chupa”, é a causadora do inexplicável.

April 2003, Pablo Villarrubia Mauso, O mistério das luzes assassinas na Amazônia Ufo magazine, page 35

That man had knowledge about extremely important and unknown details of the Chupa-Chupa's action in the region, such as marks left by the strange flying artefact.

Aquele homem tinha conhecimento de detalhes importantíssimos e desconhecidos da ação do Chupa-Chupa na região, como as marcas deixadas pelo estranho artefato voador.

unidentified flying objects
unidentified flying objects

(Brazil) unidentified flying objects associated with the Colares UFO wave


óvni

From the pronunciation of the initialism OVNI (“objeto voador não identificado, UFO”) as if it were a word.


escafoide

From Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “light boat, skiff”) + -oide (“-oid”).

af

Holonym: carpo


calcâneo

Borrowed from Latin calcāneum (“heel”), rare form of calx (“heel”). Compare the inherited doublet calcanho (“foot”), an uncommon term used mostly in slang; see also the related calcanhar.


objeto voador não identificado

pt-noun

objeto voador não identificado m (plural objetos voadores não identificados)

objetos voadores não identificados (plural)

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vu.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vu.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɦ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vu.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/o.biˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vu.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du/

[obˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[o.biˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[obˈʒɛ.tu vo.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[obˈʒɛ.tu vʊ.aˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

[obˈʒɛ.tu vwaˈdoʁ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.du]

/obˈʒɛ.to vo.aˈdoɻ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.do/

[obˈʒɛ.to vo.aˈdoɻ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.do]

/o.biˈʒɛ.to vo.aˈdoɻ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.do/

[o.biˈʒɛ.to vo.aˈdoɻ ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka.do]

/ɔˈbʒɛ.tu vwɐˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.ti.fiˈka.du/

[ɔˈβʒɛ.tu vwɐˈðoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈka.ðu]

/ɔˈbʒɛ.tu bwɐˈdoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.ti.fiˈka.du/

[ɔˈβʒɛ.tu βwɐˈðoɾ ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈka.ðu]

/ɔˈbʒɛ.tu vwɐˈdo.ɾi ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.dẽ.ti.fiˈka.du/

[ɔˈβʒɛ.tu vwɐˈðo.ɾi ˈnɐ̃w̃ i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈka.ðu]

Literally, “flying object not identified”. Calque of English unidentified flying object.

calque

unidentified flying object
unidentified flying object

unidentified flying object (anything not readily explainable appearing to move through or be suspended in the air)


raia

From the feminine of raio, or from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius; cf. also the verb raiar. Compare Galician raia, Spanish raya. Cf. also French raie.
A less likely etymology derives it from an earlier arraia, from Old Galician-Portuguese *arraia, from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

border (the line or frontier area separating countries)


carburador

[kɐɾ.βu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[kɐɾ.βu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

carburetor (a device in an internal combustion engine)


impenetrabilidade

pt-noun

impenetrabilidade f (plural impenetrabilidades)

impenetrability (quality, state of being impenetrable)


noção

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
Proto-Italic *gnōskō
Latin nōscō
Latin nōtus
Latin -tiō
Latin nōtiōlbor.
Portuguese noção
Learned borrowing from Latin nōtiōnem (“notion”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

lbor

(uncountable) knowledge; information; the state of being aware of something


contato imediato

pt-noun

contato imediato m (plural contatos imediatos)


calcadoiro

From calcar (“trample”) + -doiro (“location where something is done”).


abieiro

a South American tropical fruit tree, Pouteria caimito, whose fruit is the abiu


casaco

From casaca (“white tie”), from French casaque or Italian casacca.


coruchéu

[ko.ɾuˈʃɛʊ̯]


abiu

→ Hunsrik: Abiu

(Brazil, botany) Pouteria caimito (Tree from the Sapotaceae family, native to South America, has good quality wood, oval leaves and produces edible fruits.)


antepara

(nautical) bulkhead (partition which divides the hull)


cireneu

pt-noun

cireneu m (plural cireneus, feminine cireneia, feminine plural cireneias)

cireneus (plural)
cireneia (feminine)
cireneias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin cȳrēneus (“Cyrenian”), from Cȳrēnē (“Cyrene”), from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē).


cavouco

(Portugal) the room in a mill that contains the tirl


caveirão

[ka.ve(ɪ̯)ˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ.vɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/

/kɐ.vɐjˈɾɐ̃w̃/

[kɐ.βejˈɾɐ̃w̃]

From caveira (“skull”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).

affix

A partir daí que surgiu o apelido como os blindados passaram a ser conhecidos: "caveirão", por ser a caveira o símbolo do Bope.

2023 June 7, “Conheça a história dos blindados da polícia do Rio; os primeiros foram incorporados à frota há pouco mais de 30 anos”, in O Globo, Rio de Janeiro:

(Brazil, chiefly Rio de Janeiro, slang) armoured car used by the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais


mangostão

[mɐ̃.ɡosˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[mɐ̃.ɡosˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐ̃.ɡoʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

[mɐ̃.ɡoʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐ̃.ɡuʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Malay manggustan, variant of manggis.


nêspera

From Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).


alpendre

Inherited from Latin appendere (“to hang”), from ap- + pendō (“to hang”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

der

terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)

overhang (portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building)


desabafo

Deverbal from desabafar (“to ventilate”).

deverbal

ventilation (the act of replacing stale or noxious air with fresh)


hipérbato

(grammar) hyperbaton (inversion of the usual order of words or phrases)


anástrofe

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”).

lbor

(prosody) anastrophe (unusual order of words)


currículo

Learned borrowing from Latin curriculum.

curriculum vitae, résumé (written account of one’s education, accomplishments, etc.)


calcadouro

From calcar (“trample”) + -douro (“location where something is done”).


alfaia

[aʊ̯ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”). Compare Galician alfaia and Spanish alhaja.


apelido

From Old Galician-Portuguese apelido, from Latin appellitō (“to be accustomed to call”), from appellō (“to address”).

inh

(Portugal) last name; surname; family name

(obsolete, literature) proper noun; name; designation


patamar

Minutos depois, ouviu-se um rumor de cadeiras, e não tardou que viesse da sala do fundo um velho alto e empertigado, vestido com certo apuro, a quem o porteiro fez largos cumprimentos até o patamar da escada.

1871, Machado de Assis, chapter II, in Almas agradecidas:

Também o Purgatório se divide em nove partes: na base da montanha, o antipurgatório; ao longo da encosta, sete patamares, de forma circular, parecendo terraços; no topo, o paraíso terrestre.

2010, Salvatore D’Onofrio, “Dante”, in Dicionário de Cultura Básica:

Esse tipo de abstração, segundo Piaget (1995), engloba dois aspectos inseparáveis: um definido como reflexionamento, que consiste em projetar (como em um refletor) sobre um patamar superior aquilo que é extraído de um patamar inferior.

2015, José Manuel Moran, José Armando Valente, Educação a distância, Summus Editorial, Os processos de construçāo de conhecimento

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


patamar

→ English: patamar


neonazi

pt-noun

neonazi m or f by sense (plural neonazis)

(Portugal) neo-Nazi (a believer in neo-Nazism)


macaco-guariba

macaco-guariba m (plural macacos-guariba)


macaco-barrigudo

macaco-barrigudo m (plural macacos-barrigudos)

common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)


macaco-preto

From macaco (“monkey”) + preto (“black”), literally “black monkey”.

af

red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus)


macaco-da-noite

pt-noun

macaco-da-noite m (plural macacos-da-noite)


macaco-de-cheiro

macaco-de-cheiro m (plural macacos-de-cheiro)

common squirrel monkey
common squirrel monkey

Saimiri sciureus
Saimiri sciureus#Translingual

common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)


hidra

(zoology) hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra)


frangalho

/fɾɐ̃ˈɡa.ʎu/

(estar) em frangalhos

estou um frangalho


macaco-cairara

macaco-cairara m (plural macacos-cairara)

white-fronted capuchin
white-fronted capuchin

white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)


escoamento

From escoar (“to drain”) + -mento, from es- + coar (“to filter”), from Latin cōlāre (“to filter”).


formiga-correição

formiga-correição f (plural formigas-correição)

[foʁˌmi.ɡɐ.ko.χeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


indefinido

Borrowed from Latin indēfīnītus (“indefinite”). By surface analysis, in- + definido.

bor+

(grammar) an indefinite pronoun or article


letão

pt-noun

letão m (plural letões, feminine letã, feminine plural letãs)

letões (plural)
letã (feminine)
letãs (feminine plural)


macaco parauaçu

macaco parauaçu m (plural macacos parauaçu)

O macaco parauaçu ou paraguaçu é um macaco da Amazônia, de pêlo crêspo, Pithecia monachtus Humb.

1969, Gioconda Mussolini, Evolução, raça e cultura: (leituras de antropologia física), Companhia Editora Nacional, page 154:

The parauaçu or paraguaçu monkey is a curly-haired Amazonian monkey, Pithecia monachtus Humb.

(referindo-se ao macaco parauaçu)

2000, Ernani Silva Bruno, Equipamentos, usos e costumes da casa brasileira: Costumes, EdUSP, page 25:

Quando a água alcança o nariz do pai, ele pára e o pai se transforma em macaco parauaçu (dukawã) que tem bigode como os brancos, lembrando a espuma da água tocando seu nariz (Agostinho Manduca do rio Jordão).

2007, Els Lagrou, A fluidez da forma: arte, alteridade e agência em uma sociedade amazônica (Kaxinawa, Acre), PPGSA-UFRJ, page 274:

When the water reaches the father’s nose, he stops and the father turns into a parauaçu monkey (dukuwã) who has a moustache like the Whites, reminiscent of water foam touching his nose.

Pithecia monachus
Wikispecies:Pithecia monachus


ilusionista

ilusionista m or f by sense (plural ilusionistas)

Borrowed from French illusionniste (“illusionist”).

bor+

illusionist (one who works with illusion)


lavra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavra, from Latin labōra (“toil”).


goiabeira

[ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]

[ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]


irlandês

pt-noun

irlandês m (plural irlandeses, feminine irlandesa, feminine plural irlandesas)

irlandeses (plural)
irlandesa (feminine)
irlandesas (feminine plural)


UCP

unidade central de processamento#Portuguese

(computing) Initialism of unidade central de processamento (“CPU”).


E/S

electrical engineering
electrical engineering

(computing, electrical engineering) input/output


anticor

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɾ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoχ]

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɻ/

(particle physics) anticolour (the property of antiquarks equivalent to that of colour in quarks)


pintassilgo

Uncertain, possibly from Spanish pintacilgo.

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


pichador

pichador m (plural pichadores, feminine pichadora, feminine plural pichadoras)

pichadores (plural)
pichadora (feminine)
pichadoras (feminine plural)

From pichar (“to tar; to graffiti”) + -dor, from piche (“tar”), from English pitch.


adenoameloblastoma

adenoameloblastoma m (plural adenoameloblastomas)

(pathology) adenoameloblastoma (benign adenomatoid odontogenic tumour)


pancada

João levou uma pancada na cabeça.


ponteira

ferrule (metal tip of an umbrella or cane)


tremedeira

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðe.ɾɐ]

From tremer (“to tremble; to shiver”) + -deira.

af

shiver (trembling from cold, disease or fright)


púcaro

→ Spanish: búcaro

→ Italian: bucchero, buccaro (archaic)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin poculum, from Proto-Italic *pōtlo- (with the instrument suffix *-tlo-, that yields -culum, compare Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “drinking vessel”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“drink”). Compare bibo.

cog

a type of jug or mug, used for taking liquid from another container


moinha

[ˈmuɪ̯̃.j̃ɐ]

[ˈmuɪ̯̃.j̃ɐ]

Possibly moer (“to grind”) + farinha (“flour”).


adenofibroma

(pathology) adenofibroma (a type of benign neoplasm)


intestino delgado

pt-noun

intestino delgado m (plural intestinos delgados)

(anatomy) small intestine (upper part of the intestine)


anafilaxia

(immunology) anaphylaxis (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)


rinoceronte negro

rinoceronte negro m (plural rinocerontes negros)

Alternative spelling of rinoceronte-negro


noneto

nonet
(music) music composition in nine parts

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


septeto

(music) music composition in seven parts

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

septet
group of seven (things or people)


sexteto

sextet
(music) music composition in six parts

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


metrónomo

metrónomos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) + νόμος (nómos).

(music) metronome (device that marks time by means of regular ticks)


octeto

(music) music composition in eight parts

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


serrador

(regional) sickle (toothed sickle, fixed to an iron handle, to cut straw intended for animals)

Recurvirostra avosetta
Recurvirostra avosetta#Translingual

(ornithology) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)


torniquete

tourniquet (a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding)


transporte público

transporte público m (plural transportes públicos)


canaque

canaque m or f by sense (plural canaques)

From French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).


cafuné

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Kimbundu kifumate.

Não sei se existe arrependimento, mas a verdade é que o papagaio volta manso e procura até colaborar com meus agrados baixando a cabeça, a fim de receber o cafuné.

1989, Irineu Fabichak, Como cuidar do seu papagaio, Nobel, page 20:

I don’t know if there is regret, but the truth is that the parrot comes back tame and even tries to collaborate with my caresses by lowering its head, in order to receive cafuné.

O cafuné no seu cabelo a trouxe de volta, e descobriu-se rodeada pelas crianças: […]

2001, Ana Elizabeth Cavalcanti, Paulina Schidtbauer Rocha, Autismo, Casa do Psicólogo, page 59:

The cafuné in her hair brought her back, and she found herself surrounded by the children: […]

— Chega, meu bem. Deita aqui a cabeça no meu colo que eu vou te fazer um cafuné bem gostoso…

2006, Clotilde Tavares, A botija, 34, page 44:

— Come, my dear. Lay your head here on my lap and I will give you a very nice cafuné.

(Brazil) the act of fondling or caressing someone's head


uréter

(anatomy) ureter (narrow duct that carries urine from the kidneys)


esquimau

esquimau m or f by sense (plural esquimaus)


senhoras

[sẽˈj̃o.ɾɐʃ]


miúda

Há muito tempo que não via esta miúda, a filha do Jaime. Miúda... está feita uma mulher, bonita, decidida, com um olhar confiante e aberto, vê-se que sabe o que quer e vai em frente. Chegou aqui e pôs logo o pessoal da contabilidade em ...

2012, LUÍS FRANCISCO, A Vida Passou por Aqui, Leya, →ISBN:


sanha

Probably inherited from Latin saniēs, Late Latin sania interpreted as the base of īnsānia (“unsoundness of mind”).


cabrão

Macanese: cabrám

[kaˈbɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (cabra + -on (augmentative suffix)). Compare Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró, Italian caprone, Venetian cavron. By surface analysis, cabra + -ão

billy goat; masculine equivalent of cabra (“goat”)

(derogatory) cuckold (deceived husband or partner)

(Portugal, offensive) bastard, motherfucker (An extremely contemptible person)


saudades

[sɐwˈða.ðɨʃ]


supervivente

supervivente m or f by sense (plural superviventes)


ampelite

ampelites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(mineralogy) ampelite (carbonaceous alum schist)


paroxismo

From Medieval Latin paroxysmus, from Ancient Greek παροξυσμός (paroxusmós).

paroxysm (a random or sudden outburst of activity)

paroxysm (a sudden recurrence of a disease, such as a seizure or a coughing fit)


compostura

composition (general makeup of something)


hipismo

From Ancient Greek ἵππος (híppos) + -ismo.

(sports) horse racing (set of sporting activities that are practiced on horseback)


alambrado

wire netting (hexagonal network of interwoven wire)


porcaria

From porco + -aria. Compare Spanish porquería, Catalan porqueria, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria. Piecewise doublet of porqueira.


ouvido

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouvydo (displacing collateral form oydo), from earlier *ouido, from Latin audītus.

ear, especially the inner part of the ear


tamanho

From Old Galician-Portuguese tamanno, from Latin tam magnus.


maluco

Unknown. Maybe from maluco (“moluccan”)- see Moluccas - or from a diminutive of malo.

unk

Unknown


espécie

Learned borrowing from Latin speciēs. Compare Spanish especie, French espèce.

Darwin escreveu "A origem das espécies".

Que espécie de idiota é ele?


cobertas

[kuˈβɛɾ.tɐʃ]


coberta

(nautical) lower deck than the deck of a ship


veadinho

(Brazil) diminutive of veado; little faggot


helenizado

Hellenist (person who adopted Greek culture)


catecúmeno

pt-noun

catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)

catecúmenos (plural)
catecúmena (feminine)
catecúmenas (feminine plural)

catechumen (convert the Christianity prior to baptism)


informático

informático m (plural informáticos, feminine informática, feminine plural informáticas)

informáticos (plural)
informática (feminine)
informáticas (feminine plural)


amimia

(psychiatry) amimia (inability to express oneself using gestures)


semiólogo

semiólogo m (plural semiólogos, feminine semióloga, feminine plural semiólogas)

semiólogos (plural)
semióloga (feminine)
semiólogas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logo.


cocainómano

cocainómano m (plural cocainómanos, feminine cocainómana, feminine plural cocainómanas)

cocainómanos (plural)
cocainómana (feminine)
cocainómanas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


antropónimo

antropónimos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


intimidade

From íntimo (“intimate”) + -idade (“-ity”).


balcão

→ Konkani: बलकांव (balkāuva)

[baʊ̯ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Italian balcone (“balcony, scaffold”). Doublet of palco.


hospital psiquiátrico

pt-noun

hospital psiquiátrico m (plural hospitais psiquiátricos)

psychiatric hospital
psychiatric hospital


disfemismo

(uncountable) dysphemism (use of a derogatory or vulgar word to replace a neutral one)

dysphemism (word or phrase used to replace another in this way)


manopla

gauntlet (protective armor for the hands)


estimulador

estimulador m (plural estimuladores, feminine estimuladora, feminine plural estimuladoras)

estimuladores (plural)
estimuladora (feminine)
estimuladoras (feminine plural)


sumo sacerdote

sumo sacerdote m (plural sumos sacerdotes, feminine suma sacerdotisa, feminine plural sumas sacerdotisas)

sumos sacerdotes (plural)
suma sacerdotisa (feminine)
sumas sacerdotisas (feminine plural)

high priest (clergyman with the highest rank)


olíbano

frankincense; olibanum (gum resin from trees of the genus Boswellia)


secador

dryer (any device that removes humidity)

secador de cabelo
secador de cabelo#Portuguese


número real

(mathematics) real number (limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers)


adulador

adulador m (plural aduladores, feminine aduladora, feminine plural aduladoras)

aduladores (plural)
aduladora (feminine)
aduladoras (feminine plural)


pacu

pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)


registrador

registrador m (plural registradores, feminine registradora, feminine plural registradoras)

registradores (plural)
registradora (feminine)
registradoras (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)

/ʁɨ.ʒiʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/

[ʁɨ.ʒiʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]

/ʁɨ.ʒiʃ.tɾɐˈdoɾ/

[ʁɨ.ʒiʃ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ʁɨ.ʒiʃ.tɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

a device or person who registers information

(computing) register (part of the central processing unit used to store numbers)


manómetro

manómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Formed from Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + -metro, on the model of French manomètre.

af

manometer (instrument used to measure pressure in a fluid)


tilaka

tilak (symbol worn by Hindus on the forehead)


arginase

(biochemistry) arginase (an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine)


fricote

Uncertain. Possible from French fricot (“coarsely prepared meal”) or English freak out.

der

(Brazil, colloquial, informal) hissy fit (nervous crisis or hysterical fainting)

(Brazil, colloquial, informal) crying; tantrum


gardénia

/ɡɐɾˈdɛ.njɐ/

[ɡɐɾˈðɛ.njɐ]

European Portuguese standard spelling of gardênia.


gigote

/ʒiˈɡɔ.t͡ʃi/

/ʒiˈɡɔ.t͡ʃi/


pérgola

pergola (trelliswork roof used to support climbing plants)


alprenolol

(pharmacology) alprenolol (drug used to treat angina)


alglucerase

alglucerase (modified form of human β-glucocerebrosidase)


abdômen

pt-noun

abdômen m (plural abdômenes or abdomens)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of abdómen.


ambroxol

[ɐ̃.bɾokˈsɔʊ̯]

(pharmacology) ambroxol (secretolytic agent used in the treatment of respiratory diseases)


motivador

motivador m (plural motivadores, feminine motivadora, feminine plural motivadoras)

motivadores (plural)
motivadora (feminine)
motivadoras (feminine plural)


retrospectiva

No final de dezembro, sempre fazem retrospectivas para relembrar o que passou durante o ano.

In late December, they always make a look-back in order to recall what happened during the year.

look-back (recapitulation of things that occurred in the past)


relojo

(nonstandard, eye-dialect or obsolete) Alternative form of relógio


coerentismo

(philosophy) coherentism (reasoning where the truth of a belief is defined by its coherence with the rest of the believer’s knowledge and experiences)


ciclo hidrológico

ciclo hidrológico m (usually uncountable, plural ciclos hidrológicos)


vespeiro

From vespa (“wasp”) + -eiro (“indicates location”). Compare Spanish avispero, Catalan vesper, Occitan vespièr, French guêpier, Italian vespaio, Romanian viespar, Friulian gjespâr, Sardinian ghespàrju.


iemenita

pt-noun

iemenita m or f by sense (plural iemenitas)

Yemeni (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent)


decorador

decorador m (plural decoradores, feminine decoradora, feminine plural decoradoras)

decoradores (plural)
decoradora (feminine)
decoradoras (feminine plural)


psicopompo

From Ancient Greek ψυχοπομπός (psukhopompós), from ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + πομπός (pompós, “conductor”).


neodymio

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


praseodymio

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


araguato

Mycetes ursinus
Wikispecies:Mycetes ursinus

araguato (a South American monkey, Mycetes ursinus)


cinéfilo

pt-noun

cinéfilo m (plural cinéfilos, feminine cinéfila, feminine plural cinéfilas)

cinéfilos (plural)
cinéfila (feminine)
cinéfilas (feminine plural)

cinephile (enthusiast of films and cinema)


jusante

Para isso, vamos intervir a montante e a jusante.

To do so, we are going to intervene up and downstream.


pirarucu

→ English: pirarucu

→ Japanese: ピラルクー

→ Paraguayan Guaraní: piraruku

→ Spanish: pirarucú

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira
Old Tupi pirá
Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku
Old Tupi uruku
Old Tupi pirauruku
Nheengatu pirarukúbor.
Portuguese pirarucuBorrowed from Nheengatu pirarukú.

etymon

Ela mesma ralou uma porção de raiz em uma língua de pirarucu.

1893, Inglês de Sousa, “Amor de Maria”, in Contos amazonicos, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert & C., page 76:

Não deixe de comer um filé de filhote, peixe típico amazônico. Também são servidos pirarucu, dourada e pescada, entre outros. Quase tudo com jambu e tucupi.

2024 August 8, Venceslau Borlina Filho, “3 dias em Belém: veja roteiro para desbravar a capital do Pará, sede da COP30”, in Folha de S.Paulo:


cream cracker

Unadapted borrowing from English cream cracker.


morcela

Uncertain, possibly from Latin [Term?]. See Spanish morcilla.

blood sausage; pudding (sausage made primarily from blood)


aguador

watering can (a container specific to carry and dispense water for plants usually with a sprout)


moldura

Borrowed from Spanish moldura, from moldadura.

frame (rigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting)


ósculo

(biology) osculum (main opening in a sponge)


parquete

parquet (block of wood used to make floors)


caparro

(informal) a muscled physical constitution


surucucu

Lachesis muta
Lachesis muta#Translingual


apendicectomia

pt-noun

apendicectomia f (plural apendicectomias)

(surgery) appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix)


tablete

tablete (Brazil, Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural tabletes)


neurocirurgia

(neurology, surgery) neurosurgery (surgery of the nervous system, especially brain)


histerectomia

(surgery) hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)


metempsychose

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


subclasse

(taxonomy) subclass (rank directly below class)

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming) subclass (class that inherits properties and methods of another class)


ambientador

air freshener (device containing substances that neutralise unpleasant odours)


contratenor

countertenor (male singing voice higher than the typical male range)


sapucaia

→ English: sapucaia

sapucaia (any of several trees in the genus Lecythis)


candomblé

Borrowed from Kimbundu candombe and Yoruba ilé.


terma

bathhouse (a building with baths for communal use)


conjectura

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of conjetura.


leishmaniose

(pathology) leishmaniasis (any disease caused by the protozoans of the genus Leishmania)


idiotice

(uncountable) idiocy (state of being an idiot)


míster

míster m (plural (Brazil) místers or (Portugal) místeres)

místers (Brazil plural)
místeres (Portugal plural)

Borrowed from English mister. Doublet of máster, maestro, magíster, and mestre.

doublet

(Brazil) mister (title conferred on an adult male), especially when referring to Anglophones


preboste

/pɾɨˈbɔʃ.tɨ/

[pɾɨˈβɔʃ.tɨ]

Borrowed from Catalan prebost, from Latin praepositus.

(military) provost (military prison keeper)

(religion) provost (highest position in a monastery below an abbot)


anfíbraco

(poetry, prosody) amphibrach (metrical foot of three syllables)


espiritualismo

pt-noun

espiritualismo m (usually uncountable, plural espiritualismos)

spiritualism (the philosophic doctrine opposing materialism)

spiritualism (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums)


pochete

fanny pack (small fabric pouch worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)


viela

Borrowed from French vielle (“vielle; hurdy-gurdy”).

bor+

(music) vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)


viela

Borrowed from French bielle (“connecting rod”).


epocha

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


exterminador

pt-noun

exterminador m (plural exterminadores, feminine exterminadora, feminine plural exterminadoras)

exterminadores (plural)
exterminadora (feminine)
exterminadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin exterminātōrem. By surface analysis, exterminar + -dor.

exterminator (someone or something that exterminates)

exterminator (person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests)

(science fiction) terminator (artificial intelligence machine created to destroy humans)


abacaxis

[ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈʃiʃ]


cordado

Adaptation of the taxonomical term Chordata as corda + -ado.

(zoology) chordate (any member of the phylum Chordata)


abhinaya

(dance) abhinaya (use of the face and hands in Indian dancing)


saite

(Brazil, rare) Alternative spelling of site

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


maná

(biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)


apsara

(Indian mythology) apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)


artesãos

[aχ.teˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃ʃ]

/ɐɾ.tɨˈzɐ̃w̃ʃ/


caixões

[kaɪ̯ˈʃõɪ̯̃s]

[kaɪ̯ˈʃõɪ̯̃s]

[kaɪ̯ˈʃõɪ̯̃ʃ]


contusão

[kõ.tuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


combinação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin combīnātiōnem. By surface analysis, combinar + -ção.


conclusão

(European Union law) opinion (judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice for a legal solution in a case)


convulsão

[kõ.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


conjugação

[kõ.ʒu.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.ʒu.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.ʒu.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin coniugātiōnem. By surface analysis, conjugar + -ção.

O acidente ocorreu devido a uma conjugação de vários fatores.

The accident happened due to a conjugation of several factors.


constelação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem.


gasómetro

gasómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From gás + -o- + -metro, on the model of French gazomètre.


campeão

pt-noun

campeão m (plural campeões, feminine campeã, feminine plural campeãs)

campeões (plural)
campeã (feminine)
campeãs (feminine plural)

[kɐ̃.peˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɐ̃.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃w̃/

[kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɐ̃.peˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɐ̃.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃w̃/

[kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kɐ̃.peˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ̃ˈpjɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Italian campione (cf. also French champion), from Medieval Latin or Late Latin campiōnem (“champion, fighter”), from Frankish *kampijō (or a Lombardic equivalent) from Proto-Germanic *kampijô, based on Latin campus (“level ground”).


check-up

Unadapted borrowing from English checkup.


bóson de Higgs

pt-noun

bóson de Higgs m (plural bósons de Higgs)

/ˈbɔ.zõ d͡ʒi ˈiɡʃ/


bosão

European Portuguese standard form of bóson.


maciço

From Old Galician-Portuguese maciço, from Vulgar Latin *massīcius. By surface analysis, massa + -iço. Compare Spanish macizo. Doublet of massivo.


porção

[pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


relações

[χe.laˈsõɪ̯̃ʃ]

/ʁɨ.lɐˈsõj̃ʃ/


méson

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of mesão.


halitose

halitose f (usually uncountable, plural halitoses)

(pathology) halitosis (condition of having foul-smelling breath)


mortadela

mortadella, baloney, bologna (type of sausage)


colectivismo

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


durião

[du.ɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[duˈɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


parque temático

parque temático m (plural parques temáticos)

theme park (amusement park that has one or more specific central themes)


thio

thio m (plural thios, feminine thia, feminine plural thias)

thios (plural)
thia (feminine)
thias (feminine plural)

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


cabaré

cabaret (live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub)


maratonista

maratonista m or f by sense (plural maratonistas)

marathoner (someone who participates in marathons)


saltador

saltador m (plural saltadores, feminine saltadora, feminine plural saltadoras)

saltadores (plural)
saltadora (feminine)
saltadoras (feminine plural)

jumper (someone or something that jumps)


durio

Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


paranóia

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


equinodermo

Learned borrowing from New Latin echinoderma. By surface analysis, equino- + -dermo.

lbor

echinoderm (member of the Echinodermata)


ostrogodo

pt-noun

ostrogodo m (plural ostrogodos, feminine ostrogoda, feminine plural ostrogodas)

ostrogodos (plural)
ostrogoda (feminine)
ostrogodas (feminine plural)

[ɔʃ.tɾɔˈɣo.ðu]

Ostrogoth (member of a tribe of estern Goths)


laceração

/lɐ.sɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin lacerātiōnem. By surface analysis, lacerar + -ção.


leoparda

female equivalent of leopardo; leopardess


badmintonista

pt-noun

badmintonista m or f by sense (plural badmintonistas)


óbvio

Às vezes é preciso dizer o óbvio.

Sometimes it is necessary to state the obvious.


bebê

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of bebé.


transformação

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiōnem, from Latin trānsfōrmō.


aranheira

[a.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[a.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲe.ɾɐ/


detetive

pt-noun

detetive m or f by sense (plural detetives)

detective (police officer or private investigator dedicated to obtaining information and evidence about possible crimes)


trabalhador

trabalhador m (plural trabalhadores, feminine trabalhadora, feminine plural trabalhadoras)

trabalhadores (plural)
trabalhadora (feminine)
trabalhadoras (feminine plural)

[tɾɐ.βɐ.ʎɐˈðoɾ]

[tɾɐ.βɐ.ʎɐˈðoɾ]

[tɾɐ.βɐ.ʎɐˈðo.ɾi]


emergência

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēmergentia, from Latin ēmergentem.


guerreiro

guerreiro m (plural guerreiros, feminine guerreira, feminine plural guerreiras)

guerreiros (plural)
guerreira (feminine)
guerreiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese guerreiro, from guerra (“war”) + -eiro.


investigação

[ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin investīgātiōnem. By surface analysis, investigar + -ção.


féretro

From Latin ferētrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).


invasão

[ĩ.vaˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōnem (“attack, invasion”), from Latin invāsus (“entered, invaded”).


actividade

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


extrovertido

pt-noun

extrovertido m (plural extrovertidos, feminine extrovertida, feminine plural extrovertidas)

extrovertidos (plural)
extrovertida (feminine)
extrovertidas (feminine plural)

extrovert (one who is outgoing, sociable and socially confident)


introvertido

introvertido m (plural introvertidos, feminine introvertida, feminine plural introvertidas)

introvertidos (plural)
introvertida (feminine)
introvertidas (feminine plural)


direcção

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


fenômeno

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of fenómeno.


antimónio

antimónio m (usually uncountable, plural antimónios)

antimónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin antimonium.


TBT

(Internet, initialism) Throwback Thursday


antimônio

pt-noun

antimônio m (usually uncountable, plural antimônios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of antimónio.


caldeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeiro.

inh

boiler (device for heating circulating water)


hectómetro

hectómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


dríade

From Latin Dryadem, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad, tree nymph”).


redor

From Old Galician-Portuguese redor, from Latin retrō (“backwards; behind”, adverb). Doublet of retrô.

inh

the area surrounding someone or something


putona

(Brazil, slang, vulgar) Augmentative of puta; whore, slut


correção

[ko.χeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin corrēctiōnem.


ninho de geada

pt-noun

ninho de geada m (plural ninhos de geada)

1943, Mensario do “Jornal do Commercio” (artigos de collaboração), v.23, ed.1, page 7

Continuing its advance, the coffee plantation was detained for a long time at the height of the Claro River, that with Piracicaba, Araras, was considered an extremely dangerous “frost nest”.

Continuando a sua marcha deteve-se o cafesal longamente à altura de Rio Claro, que com Piracicaba, Araras, era tido como perigosíssimo “ninho de geada”.

1962, Câmara dos Deputados of the Congresso Nacional of Brazil, Anais da Câmara dos Deputados, Impr. Nacional, page 657

As they say, in farmer language, coffee was planted in a “frost nest”.

Como se costuma dizer, em linguagem de agricultor, plantou-se o café em “ninho de geada”.

— Não quis abrir uma fazenda de café em ninho de geada?

1962, Francisco Marins, Clarão na serra, Atelie Editorial, page 176:

— He didn’t want to start a coffee farm on a frost nest?

1996, Godofredo de Oliveira Neto, O bruxo do contestado: romance, Editora Nova Fronteira, page 149

The cold, in a frost nest region, was such that they slept in the house of the pine salesman’s employee.

O frio, numa região ninho de geada, era tanto que dormiram na casa do empregado do homem que vendia os pinheiros.

Teve azar, como se viu mais tarde, comprou terras baixas e acabou ficando, pela localização, com um ninho de geada.

2000, Eduardo Etzel, Filosofando com o Miró, Atelie Editorial, page 200:

He was unlucky, as he would later find out, [because he] bought low lands and ended up, due to the location, with a frost nest.

(agriculture, Paraná, São Paulo) a place where destructive frosts occur frequently


sépia

Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπίᾱ (sēpíā).

cuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)


nácar

nacre (pearly substance on the interior of mollusk shells)


xiita

From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “Shia”) + -ita.

(Islam) Shiite (a member of the Shi'a branch of Islam)

(slang) extremist (someone who has an extreme view on something)


central eléctrica

central eléctrica f (plural centrais eléctricas)

central elétrica
central elétrica#Portuguese

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


yakisoba

yakisoba (Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce)


sistemas nervosos

sistema nervoso
sistema nervoso#Portuguese


placar

placard (a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement)

scoreboard (board that displays the score of a game)

(by extension) the scores of a game at a given time


malho

Inherited from Latin malleus (“hammer; mallet”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).


arabinase

(biochemistry) arabinase (any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arabinans)


babaçuê

an Afro-Brazilian religion practised in Pará and Maranhão


almude

From Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu/middattu/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, and Spanish almud.

(historical, measure) almude, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 14–26 liters depending on the area of Portugal


ténia

European Portuguese standard spelling of tênia.


espinela

(mineralogy) spinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)


turmalina

tourmaline (a black, semi-precious gemstone)


acentos circunflexos

acento circunflexo
acento circunflexo#Portuguese


praiano

pt-noun

praiano m (plural praianos, feminine praieira, feminine plural praieiras)

praianos (plural)
praieira (feminine)
praieiras (feminine plural)


praieiro

praieiro m (plural praieiros, feminine praieira, feminine plural praieiras)

praieiros (plural)
praieira (feminine)
praieiras (feminine plural)

(Brazil, historical) someone who participated in the Praieira revolt


ambiguidade

Borrowed from Latin ambiguitātem. By surface analysis, ambíguo + -idade.


madeireiro

madeireiro m (plural madeireiros, feminine madeireira, feminine plural madeireiras)

madeireiros (plural)
madeireira (feminine)
madeireiras (feminine plural)

From madeira (“wood; timber”) + -eiro (“-eer”).


cíclope

And then I almost started an interplanetary war with his one-eyed friend!

2024 March 27, “Não vou a lugar nenhum” (13:37 from the start), in Invencível, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Imortal (Leonardo Camillo), São Paulo: Vox Mundi, dubbing of Invincible – I'm Not Going Anywhere, via Prime Video:


arma branca

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɦ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ]

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɦ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ]

/ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈβɾɐ̃.kɐ]


arma de fogo

There are in the Armies a great many Inſtances of Gun-ſhot Wounds of the Arm near the Scapula, which require Amputation at the Shoulder; but the Apprehenſion of loſing their Patients on the Spot by the Hæmorrhage, has deterred Surgeons from undertaking it.

1746, “Da Amputaçam ou Mutilaçam” (chapter XXXVII), in Jacob de Castro Sarmento, transl., Tratado das operaçoens de cirurgia, translation of A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery by Samuel Sharp, page 353:

It happens many times in the armies of an arm being wounded by a firearm at the scapula, and that wound requires the amputation of said scapula; but the fear that the hemorrhage would cause the death of the patient has scared and prevented surgeons to undertake it.


yorkshire

pt-noun

yorkshire m or f by sense (plural yorkshires)

/ˌjɔɾ.kɨˈʃaj.ɐɾ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Yorkshire.


borrego

Coordinate term: cordeiro

ensopado de borrego

perna de borrego


amaurose

(ophthalmology) amaurosis (blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye)


tóner

European Portuguese standard spelling of toner.


guarda-costas

/ˈɡwaʁ.dɐ ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/

/ˈɡwaɾ.dɐ ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ/

[ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ ˈkɔʃ.tɐʃ]

O guarda-costas é simpático.


fricção

[fɾikˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin frictiōnem (“rubbing”).


legião

[le.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[leˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin legiōnem (“legion”). Doublet of Leão.

(historical, military, Ancient Rome) legion (major unit or division of the Roman army)

(military) legion (large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat)

(figurative) legion (large number of people)


transições

[tɾɐ̃.ziˈsõɪ̯̃s]

[tɾɐ̃.ziˈsõɪ̯̃s]

[tɾɐ̃.ziˈsõɪ̯̃ʃ]


atrito

Borrowed from Latin attrītus (“rubbed”), perfect passive participle of atterō (“to rub”).

(physics, uncountable) friction (force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact)

friction (conflict between people having dissimilar ideas or interests)


choupo

From Old Galician-Portuguese chopo, from Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from a metathetical alteration and contraction of Classical Latin pōpulus (“poplar”). Compare Spanish chopo.


transição

[tɾɐ̃.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin trānsitiōnem (“transit; passage”), from trānseō (“to traverse”). Semantic loan from English transition in genetics and LGBT senses.

transition (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

(LGBT) transition (gender-related life change)


esôfago

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of esófago.


legionário

pt-noun

legionário m (plural legionários, feminine legionária, feminine plural legionárias)

legionários (plural)
legionária (feminine)
legionárias (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin legiōnārius (“legionary”). By surface analysis, legião + -ário.

lbor

(military, Ancient Rome) legionary (soldier in a Roman legion)

(military) legionnaire (soldier in the French Foreign Legion)


magia negra

black magic (magic derived from evil forces)


massala

(Mozambique) the fruit of Strychnos spinosa


espadachim

pt-noun

espadachim m or f by sense (plural espadachins)

swordsman (a person who fights with a sword)


crueldade

From Old Galician-Portuguese crueldade, from Latin crūdēlitātem.


cadeiras de rodas

cadeira de rodas
cadeira de rodas#Portuguese


cadeiras eléctricas

cadeira eléctrica
cadeira eléctrica#Portuguese


cadeira eléctrica

cadeira eléctrica f (plural cadeiras eléctricas)

cadeira elétrica
cadeira elétrica#Portuguese

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


cadeira de rodas

cadeira de rodas f (plural cadeiras de rodas)

Concede a Joaquim Marques de Oliveira e Souza a propriedade e uso exclusivo, por 10 annos, de uma cadeira de rodas para conducção de aleijados, de que é inventor.

1830 December 30, Viscode de Alcantara, “Carta Imperial”, in Collecção das leis do Imperio do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Nacional, published 1876, page 252:


imperfeição

[ĩ.peɾ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.peχ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.peɻ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin imperfectiōnem.


pedra no sapato

pt-noun

pedra no sapato f (plural pedras no sapato)

Eu diria que seria uma pedra no sapato o diabetes, né?

2008, Antonio Pithon Cyrino, Entre a ciência e a experiência: Uma cartografia do autocuidado no diabetes, Editora UNESP, page 120:

I’d say that it would be an annoyance to have diabetes, wouldn’t it?

a minor but constant problem; an annoyance

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedra, no, sapato.


tchau

Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetian s-ciao (“slave”). Doublet of escravo, eslavo, esloveno, and esclavão / eslavão.

doublet

goodbye (an instance of wishing goodbye, especially with the word tchau)


atadura

[ɐ.tɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


brocha

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broche.


despesa

From Old Galician-Portuguese despesa, despensa, from Late Latin dispēnsa, from Latin dispēnsō. Doublet of despensa and dispensa.


estojo

Borrowed from Old Occitan estug, from Vulgar Latin *studiāre, from Latin studium. Compare Spanish estuche and French étui.

pt:Estojo (munição)
pt:Estojo (recipiente)


pedregulho

[pɨ.ðɾɨˈɣu.ʎu]

Uncertain. Either from pedra (“rock; stone”) + -ego + -ulho or from Latin petrīca + -ulho.


xaréu

leather cape used by cowboys to cover the hips of their horses


xaréu

pompano (any of various fishes of the genus Trachinotus)

jack (any of various fishes of the genus Caranx)


schnaps

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps.

schnaps / schnapps (a German distilled alcoholic liquor with fruit flavouring)


calligraphia

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


mais-que-perfeito

Literally, “more than perfect”. Calque of Latin plūsquamperfectus.


tapeçaria

From French tapisserie, from tapis + -erie.

tapestry (a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls)


amidinotransferase

pt-noun

amidinotransferase f (plural amidinotransferases)

(biochemistry) amidinotransferase (any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of amidinos)


siroco

Borrowed from French sirocco, from Italian scirocco (“south-east wind”), ultimately from Arabic شرق (šarq, “east”). Doublet of xaroco.

sirocco (hot southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean)


afogamento

drowning (an instance of a person or animal drowning)


pandu

From Latin pandus. Editor note:^(Latin - not descended from Portuguese: Possibly from (subjunctive) of pandō)


salsola

salsola (any plant of the genus Salsola)


campanha

/kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

/kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

From Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from campāneus, from Latin campus (“field”). Compare Spanish campaña, Italian campagna, French champagne. Doublet of champanhe, borrowed from French.

inh

campaign (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal)

open country (a large expanse of land without trees)


aleive

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aleive. Further etymology is uncertain. Possibly Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lēwjan, “to betray; to deceive”) or Arabic العَيْب (al-ʕayb).

der

deceit (act or practice intended to deceive)


apontador

From apontar (“to point; to sharpen”) + -dor.

something which points (shows where something is)

(programming) pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location)


esquerdalha

(politics) leftists as a whole; all the leftists of a region or movement


neozelandês

pt-noun

neozelandês m (plural neozelandeses, feminine neozelandesa, feminine plural neozelandesas)

neozelandeses (plural)
neozelandesa (feminine)
neozelandesas (feminine plural)

[ˌnɛʊ̯ˌze.lɐ̃ˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

From neo- (“neo-; new”) + Zelândia (“Zealand”) + -ês (“-ese”).


assassínio

From assassino (“assassin”) + -io, from Italian assassino, from Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”).


carroça

Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”).

bor+

cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal)

(derogatory) a slow, old or low-quality car


badalo

From Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”), from Vulgar Latin *batāclum, from contraction of *ba(t)tuāculum, from Latin battuere (“to beat, to clap”).
Cognate with Galician badal, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

inh

(Portugal, informal, by extension) tongue (human)


feroês

pt-noun

feroês m (plural feroeses, feminine feroesa, feminine plural feroesas)

feroeses (plural)
feroesa (feminine)
feroesas (feminine plural)


crescimento

From crescer (“to grow”) + -mento. Cognate with Galician crecemento, Spanish crecimiento.

growth (an increase in size, number, value, or strength)


Nero

From Old Galician-Portuguese Nero, from Latin Nerō.

an excessively opulent or cruel statesman


psicopata

psicopata m or f by sense (plural psicopatas)

From psico- + -pata, from Ancient Greek.

psychopath (one who suffers from psychopathy)


virginiano

virginiano m (plural virginianos, feminine virginiana, feminine plural virginianas)

virginianos (plural)
virginiana (feminine)
virginianas (feminine plural)

Virgoan (person born under the astrological sign of Virgo)


virginiano

Virginian (native or resident of the state of Virginia)


açor

English: Azores

From Old Galician-Portuguese açor, from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

goshawk (bird of prey in the genus Accipiter)


sacrílego

sacrílego m (plural sacrílegos, feminine sacrílega, feminine plural sacrílegas)

sacrílegos (plural)
sacrílega (feminine)
sacrílegas (feminine plural)


ancrod

(pharmacology) ancrod (defibrinogenating agent derived from the venom of the Malayan pit viper)


argatroban

(pharmacology) argatroban (an anticoagulant)


abdominalgia

(medicine) abdominalgia (abdominal pain)


hidrólogo

hidrólogo m (plural hidrólogos, feminine hidróloga, feminine plural hidrólogas)

hidrólogos (plural)
hidróloga (feminine)
hidrólogas (feminine plural)

hydrologist (person who studies hydrology)


antiproteinase

antiproteinase f (plural antiproteinases)

(biochemistry) antiproteinase (any inhibitor of proteinase activity)


capilar

(anatomy) capillary (any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)


macaco parauacu

macaco parauacu m (plural macacos parauacu)

o macaco parauacú grande, o rio pegal-o quiz, correu de pressa, veio.

1914, João Capistrano de Abreu, Rã-txa hu-ní-ku-ĩ: a lingua dos caxinauás do rio Ibuaçu, affluente do Muru, Typ. Lenzinger, page 491:

the big parauacú monkey, the river wanted to catch him, ran fast, came.

Administra-se outros remédios também para estancar a desinteria, cujas denominações referem-se a ela: “Remédio de Fezes”, “Remédios de Fezes Duras de Macaco Parauacu”, “Remédio de Desarranjo”, etc.

1991, Dominique Buchillet, Medicinas tradicionais e medicina ocidental na Amazônia: contribuições científicas apresentadas no Encontro de Belém - 27/novembro a 1º./dezembro de 1989, PR/SCT/Cnpg, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, page 478:

Other medicines are also adimistered to stop dysentery, whose names refer to it: “Feces Medicine”, “Hard Parauacu Monkey Feces Medicine”, “Dysentery Medicine”, etc.

Coletamos amostras de solo de cupinzeiros arborícolas utilizados pelo macaco parauacu Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala (Cebidae) na Amazônia Central, bem como amostras de subsolo do local

1996, Resumos do XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, page 217:

We collected soil samples from arboricolous termitaria used by the parauacu monkey Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala (Cebidae) in Central Amazônia, as well as samples of local subsoil.

Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala
Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala

Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala (a subspecies of the white-faced saki)


turíbulo

From Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs, thūris (“incense”) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (instrumental suffix).

der

censer; thurible (religious ornamental container for burning incense)


abhisheka

abhisheka (a ceremony involving washing, cleansing and anointing)


antioncogene

(genetics) antioncogene (any gene that suppresses the formation of tumours)


congénere

pt-noun

congénere m or f by sense (plural congéneres)

congéneres (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

/kõˈʒɛ.nɨ.ɾɨ/

From Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”). Cognate with Spanish congénere, Italian congenere, French congénère.

congener, peer, an individual of the same sort


objecção

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


números atômicos

número atômico
número atômico#Portuguese


rumens

[ˈhũ.mẽɪ̯̃s]

[ˈhũ.mẽɪ̯̃s]

[ˈχũ.mẽɪ̯̃ʃ]


manguito

(fashion) muff (piece of clothing used for keeping the hands warm)

(colloquial) bras d'honneur; Iberian slap (obscene gesture)


bicicleta estática

bicicleta estática f (plural bicicletas estáticas)

exercise bicycle (exercise device imitating a bicycle)


cábula

Uncertain. Possibly from Catalan càbala (“plot, intrigue”). Compare Spanish cábula.

(Portugal) cheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)

– Quê? Que não quero mais saber dele? Esta que aqui está nunca mais fará vida com semelhante cábula! Juro por esta luz!

– What? That I don't want to know about him anymore? This one here will never have a life with such a deceitful person again! I swear by this light!

A cábula, a má sorte, a guigne perseguiam-no, e, pendido ao meu braço o miserável soluçava: – «Havemos de melhorar, empreste-me algum. Estou sem níquel!».


arteriotomia

(surgery) arteriotomy (the opening of an artery)


agrónomo

agrónomo m (plural agrónomos, feminine agrónoma, feminine plural agrónomas)

agrónomos (plural)
agrónoma (feminine)
agrónomas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek ἀγρονόμος (agronómos).

agronomist (scientist specialised in agronomy)


cambrense

cambrense m or f by sense (plural cambrenses)

/kɐ̃ˈbɾẽ.sɨ/


galerista

galerista m or f by sense (plural galeristas)

/ɡɐ.lɨˈɾiʃ.tɐ/

gallerist (the owner or operator of an art gallery)

art dealer (someone who buys and sells works of art)


exportador

exportador m (plural exportadores, feminine exportadora, feminine plural exportadoras)

exportadores (plural)
exportadora (feminine)
exportadoras (feminine plural)


desempate

tiebreaker (something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation)


robalo

From Catalan llobarro (“small wolf”), possibly via Spanish robalo.

Dicentrarchus labrax
Dicentrarchus labrax#Translingual

Centropomus undecimalis
Wikispecies:Centropomus undecimalis

snook (any fish of the family Centropomidae, especially Centropomus undecimalis)


inflação

[ĩ.flaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflātiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet inchação.


inchação

/ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.t͡ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Inherited from Latin īnflātiōnem, and therefore a doublet of inflação, a later borrowing. By surface analysis, inchar + -ção. Compare Spanish hinchazón, Italian enfiagione, dialectal French enflaison, archaic Romanian umflăciune.


adúltera

[ɐˈðuɫ.tɨ.ɾɐ]

female equivalent of adúltero (“adulteress”)


arbovirose

[ɐɾ.βu.βiˈɾɔ.zɨ]

(pathology) arbovirosis (any disease caused by an arbovirus)


bagatela

Ela comprou uma bolsa pela bagatela de 280 mil reais.

She bought a purse for the low cost of 280 thousand reais.

(sarcastic) an excessive amount of money

a small amount of money
an excessive amount of money


baquelita

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of baquelite.


dislipidemia

(medicine) dyslipidemia (an inbalance of lipids in the blood)


sufragista

pt-noun

sufragista m or f by sense (plural sufragistas)


antiprotease

antiprotease (anything that inhibits the action of a protease)


cachopo

cachopo m (plural cachopos, feminine cachopa, feminine plural cachopas, metaphonic)

cachopos (plural)
cachopa (feminine)
cachopas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Unknown. Maybe from Latin scopulus (“crag, rock”).


amostra

Ultimately from Latin mōnstrō (“to point out”); cognates include Italian and Catalan mostra.


leitura

From Late Latin lēctūra, feminine of Classical Latin lēctūrus, from legō (“to read”). Compare Spanish and Catalan lectura.

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


erupção

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin ēruptiōnem.


dialectismo

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


reacção

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


transacção

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


tubarões

[tu.baˈɾõɪ̯̃ʃ]

[tu.βɐˈɾõj̃ʃ]


sensações

[sẽ.saˈsõɪ̯̃ʃ]


tuiuiú

De nossas necessidades
faço histórias, ponderações, estudos
explicação comum de tuiuiú eu tenho:
ele passou da conta no crescer
o tuiuiú, quando acorda e abre as asas,
ultrapassa as bordas do amanhecer
deste modo, […]

2001, Lucinda Nogueira Persona, “Tuiuiú”, in Sopa escaldante, →ISBN, page 22:

Of our needs
I create stories, ponderings, studies
I have a common jabiru explanation:
it stepped over the line when growing up
The jabiru, when it wakes up and extends its wings,
crosses the borders of sunrise
like this, […]

(Brazil) jabiru (a species of bird in the stork family)


aminoacidemia

(pathology) aminoacidemia (the presence of amino acids in the blood)


aminograma

(biochemistry) aminogram (diagram that shows the amino acid composition of a peptide or protein)


incógnita

(algebra) unknown (variable whose value is to be found)


sportinguista

sportinguista m or f by sense (plural sportinguistas)

From Sporting [Clube de Portugal] + -ista.

(Portugal, soccer) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal


From the fact that veado (“deer”) is slang for a gay man and in jogo do bicho (“animal's game”), the number 24 is associated with deer.

(slang, often offensive) gayness, homosexuality


esteticista

esteticista m or f by sense (plural esteticistas)

aesthetician (oneone who studies aesthetics)

beautician (someone who provides beauty treatments)


guarani

(uncountable) Guaraní (a Tupian language of South America)


guarani

guarani m or f by sense (plural guaranis)

one of the Guaraní, an indigenous South American people


atracção

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


chouriço

→ English: chouriço

desc

→ Spanish: chorizo (or borrowed from Galician) (see there for further descendants)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese souriço. Compare Galician chourizo.


adopção

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


atração

[a.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin attractiōnem.


adoção

/ɐ.dɔˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ðɔˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin adoptiōnem.


abadessas

[ɐ.βɐˈðe.sɐʃ]


colisão

Learned borrowing from Latin collīsiōnem.


assunção

[a.sũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.sũˈsɐ̃w̃/

assumption (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself)

assumption (taking of a person up into heaven)


aversão

[a.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.bɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


castração

[kaʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


compulsão

[kõ.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsiōnem, from Latin compulsus.


fracção

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


cancelamento

(neologism, sociology) the act of canceling somebody: ceasing to provide financial or moral support to someone deemed unacceptable


circuncisão

Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.


aplicação

Learned borrowing from Latin applicātiōnem. By surface analysis, aplicar + -ção.

(Portugal, computing) application, app (a computer program)


ambulância

→ Konkani: आंबुलांस (āmbulāusa)

Borrowed from French ambulance, from Latin ambulantia.


milénio

milénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


milênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of milénio.


hidromel

pt-noun

hidromel m (usually uncountable, plural hidroméis)

mead (alcoholic drink made from fermented honey)


HAP

(organic chemistry) Initialism of hidrocarboneto aromático policíclico (“PAH”).


fração

[fɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin fractiōnem.


filólogo

filólogo m (plural filólogos, feminine filóloga, feminine plural filólogas)

filólogos (plural)
filóloga (feminine)
filólogas (feminine plural)


menorá

menorá f or (nonstandard) m (plural menorás)

Borrowed from Hebrew מנורה (m'norá, “light, lamp, menorah”).

bor+

(Judaism) menorah (seven-branch candelabrum)


carta de condução

pt-noun

carta de condução f (plural cartas de condução)


rail shooter

Unadapted borrowing from English rail shooter.


peltre

pewter (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)


marlim

marlin (fish belonging to either Tetrapturus or Makaira)


pichação

[pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From pichar (“to graffiti illegally”) + -ção, from piche (“pitch”).

(uncountable) graffiti (form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places)


doido

pt-noun

doido m (plural doidos, feminine doida, feminine plural doidas)

doidos (plural)
doida (feminine)
doidas (feminine plural)

From earlier doudo, of uncertain origin. Doublet of dodó.

a crazy person; someone out of their mind


carvalheira

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎɐj.ɾɐ/

[kɐɾ.βɐˈʎej.ɾɐ]

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎe.ɾɐ/

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual

English oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)


aventureiro

aventureiro m (plural aventureiros, feminine aventureira, feminine plural aventureiras)

aventureiros (plural)
aventureira (feminine)
aventureiras (feminine plural)

From aventura (“adventure”) + -eiro (“-er”), from Old Galician-Portuguese aventura, from Latin adventūra, feminine of adventūrus (“about to arrive”), from adveniō (“to arrive”).

adventurer (someone who goes on an adventure)


afibrinogenemia

(medicine) afibrinogenemia (a blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally)


chulipa

From English sleeper in railway sleeper.

O comboio vai cauteloso por um troço da via em reparação, tropeando nos railhes com a ligeireza folgada dum menino a saltar de chulipa em chulipa.

1959, Aquilino Ribeiro, Filhas da Babilónia, Livrarias Aillaud & Bertrand, page 89:

The train goes carefully through a part of the railway being repaired, stumbling on the rails with the swiftness of a boy jumping from sleeper to sleeper.

(dated, Portugal) railway sleeper or railroad tie (piece of timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad)


bicho geográfico

bicho geográfico m (plural bichos geográficos)

From bicho (“bug”) + geográfico (“geographical”), literally “geographical bug”, so called after the map-shaped marks it leaves on the skin.

af

O bicho geográfico é, na verdade, o Ancylostoma caninum, comum nas fezes de cães, ou o Ancylostoma brasiliense, comum nas fezes de gatos.

2008, Luiz Roberto Tommasi, Meio Ambiente e Oceanos, Senac, page 184:

The geographical bug is, actually, the Ancylostoma caninum, common in dog faeces, or the Ancylostoma brasiliense, common in cat faeces.

(informal) either of two species of ancylostomatids (parasitic hookworms) which cause creeping eruption


rúcula

arugula; rocket (edible Mediterranean herb of the mustard family)


panificadora

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

bread maker (household appliance which makes bread or dough)


panjabi

pt-noun

panjabi m or f by sense (plural panjabis)


medronho

Uncertain. Cognate with Spanish madroño.

(uncountable) medronho (alcoholic beverage)


seleção

Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiōnem (“selection”), from sēlēctus (“selected”), past participle of sēligō (“to select; to cull”).
The sense “national team” is from the idea that a national team is formed by a selection of a country’s best sportsmen.

lbor

A seleção de animais para o abate.

selection (the process or act of selecting)

Vou ler uma seleção de livros.

selection (the elements which are chosen in a selection)

A seleção italiana de futebol venceu o torneio quatro vezes.

The Italian national football team won tournament four times.

national sports team
national sports team

(sports) a sports team that represents a region or organisation, such as a national sports team

(sports, colloquial, by extension) dream team (a sports team that is considered the best)

A seleção natural garantiu a sobrevivência dos homens.

Natural selection guaranteed man’s survival.

(evolutionary theory) (natural) selection (a process by which certain beings are excluded from the chance of passing their genes to future generations)


ribeiro

From Latin rīpārius (“riparian”), from rīpa (“riverbank”). Doublet of the borrowed ripário.

a brook, creek or stream (small body of running water)


selecção

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


abstracção

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


abstração

[abʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐβʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin abstractiōnem.

slbor

abstraction (the act or result of abstracting)


apóstolo

From Old Galician-Portuguese apostolo, apostol, borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “messenger, one sent forth”), from ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō, “to send off”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to set”).


forasteiro

pt-noun

forasteiro m (plural forasteiros, feminine forasteira, feminine plural forasteiras)

forasteiros (plural)
forasteira (feminine)
forasteiras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Catalan foraster (“foreigner”).


conservadorismo

pt-noun

conservadorismo m (plural conservadorismos)


alarmista

alarmista m or f by sense (plural alarmistas)

alarmist (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause)


ossos pisiformes

osso pisiforme
osso pisiforme#Portuguese


politólogo

politólogo m (plural politólogos, feminine politóloga, feminine plural politólogas)

politólogos (plural)
politóloga (feminine)
politólogas (feminine plural)


santidade

From Old Galician-Portuguese santidade, from Latin sānctitātem. By surface analysis, santo + -idade.


alcatéia

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


diversão

[d͡ʒi.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒi.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒi.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[di.βɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dīversiōnem, from Latin dīversus (“opposite; apart; diverse”), past participle of dīvertō (“to divert; to separate”).

der

the act or result of diverging (to tend into different directions)

(military) diversion (tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action)

(uncountable) fun (amusement, enjoyment or pleasure)


tufão

→ English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān, “storm; typhoon”). See etymology in typhoon.

bor+

typhoon (weather phenomenon in the Pacific, equivalent to a hurricane)


tríbade

[ˈtɾi.βɐ.ðɨ]

From Latin tribas, from Ancient Greek τριβάς (tribás), from τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).


distração

[d͡ʒis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


tribadismo

tribadism, a form of lesbian intercourse involving the rubbing together of two partners' vulvae


alcateia

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَطِيعَ (al-qaṭīʕa, “herd”).

Meronym: lobo

Lá fóra, ouve-se uivar phantastica alcateia

1920, Teixeira de Pascoaes, Elegia da solidão:

Outside, a fantastic wolfpack is heard howling

(collective) wolfpack (collective noun for wolves)

Deitado na cama, uma alcatéia de zumbis e sacerdotisas pululavam diante da minha mente.

1997 March, Arthur Veríssimo, “A dança da bacurinha (ou Sodoma e Gomorra)”, in Trip, volume 10, number 54, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, page 24:

Lying in bed, a pack of zombies and priestesses jumped in front of my mind.

Três leões eram irmãos, filhos do mesmo pai, e pertenciam a uma alcateia alegre de mais de vinte leões e leoas.

2006, Jorge Duro, J. R. Bonavita, Desperte o empreendedor em você, page 11:

Three lions were brothers, sons of the same father, and belonged to a happy pride of over twenty lions and lionesses.

(by extension, collective) a pack of any fierce beast or being

Meronyms: bandido, criminoso, malfeitor

Além disso, o cidadão honesto e trabalhador que paga seus impostos e sua a camiseta trazendo para casa o pão nosso de cada dia, ainda está sujeito a trombar com uma alcatéia de bandidos, de ladrões, de salteadores que estão livres e soltos pelas ruas da cidade, ameaçando-nos em cada semáforo ou esquina da vida.

2004, Aziz Lasmar, José Seligman, Gostei mais do primeiro, Editora AGE, page 168:

In addition, the honest and hard-working citizen who pays his taxes and sweats his shirt bringing home our daily bread, is still subject to running into a pack of crooks, of thieves, of robbers who are free and unjailed across the streets of the city, threatening us on every traffic light or corner of life.

(figurative, collective) gang (a group of criminals or wrongdoers working together)

Meronym: submarino

Entre 16 e 23 de Dezembro de 1941, uma alcateia de 10 U-Boats atacara o comboio HG-76, […]

2012, Domingos Amaral, Enquanto Salazar dormia..., Casa das Letras, page 122:

Between December 16 and 23 of 1941, a fleet of 10 U-Boats had attacked convoy HG-76, […]

(Brazil, military, collective) a fleet of military submarines


bichano

desctree

→ Old Tupi: bixana
Nheengatu: pixana (from alternative form pixana)

Onomatopoeic, or from bicho (“animal”) + -ano


PTS

Initialism of proteína texturizada de soja.


cama elástica

pt-noun

cama elástica f (plural camas elásticas)


bichinho

(informal) pet (animal kept as a companion)

(Brazil, informal) loved one (child, romantic partner, spouse)


afastamento

From afastar (“to move away; to repel”) + -mento.

suffix

the act or result of repelling or of moving two things away from each other

the process of growing apart (of people becoming less acquainted with each other); distancing

(statistics) the difference between a predicted value and the actual result

(transport) deviation of a vehicle or craft from a route


safista

From Safo (“Sappho, Ancient Greek poet”) + -ista.


divergência

divergence (the degree to which things diverge)

disagreement (the condition of not agreeing or concurring)

(mathematics) Alternative form of divergente


lisonja

Borrowed from Spanish lisonja, of Occitan or Old French origin.


pegador

pt-noun

pegador m (plural pegadores, feminine pegadora, feminine plural pegadoras)

pegadores (plural)
pegadora (feminine)
pegadoras (feminine plural)

Desenvolvimento: a um sinal, o “pegador” sai a pegar os demais com o braço livre. Quem é tocado transforma-se também em pegador, adotando a mesma posição. Será vencedor o último a ser preso.

2002, Flávia Teixeira de Moraes, “Didática e linguagem” (chapter 8), in Trabalhando com a educação infantil, Canoas: ULBRA, →ISBN, Corrida do elefante, page 148:

it (person who chases others in the game of tag)


pegador

tongs (tool used for picking things up without touching them)

tag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)

remora (any of various elongated fish from the family Echeneidae)


desvio

Deverbal from desviar, from Old Galician-Portuguese desviar, from Latin dēviāre (“to stray”).

[d͡ʒiʒˈviʊ̯]

deviation (the act of deviating; a wandering from the way)

bypass (a road that passes around something)

(rail transportation) points (movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another)

embezzlement (fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner)

(mathematics, physics) difference between values


lusofobia

Lusophobia (feeling of antipathy or aversion towards Portugal, the Portuguese and what is Portuguese; quality of lusophobe)


excursão

[iʃ.kuχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.kuχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


ahamkara

/ɐ.ɐ̃ˈka.ɾɐ/

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).

(Hinduism) ahamkara (the ego in Hinduism)


descerebrado

descerebrado m (plural descerebrados, feminine descerebrada, feminine plural descerebradas)

descerebrados (plural)
descerebrada (feminine)
descerebradas (feminine plural)

[dɨʃ.sɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.ðu]

[dɨ.ʃɨ.ɾɨˈβɾa.ðu]


abacaxizeiro

From abacaxi (“pineapple”) + -z- + -eiro.


bacharel

bacharel m (plural bacharéis, feminine bacharela, feminine plural bacharelas)

bacharéis (plural)
bacharela (feminine)
bacharelas (feminine plural)

[ba.ʃaˈɾɛʊ̯]

/bɐ.t͡ʃɐˈɾɛl/

[bɐ.t͡ʃɐˈɾɛɫ]

From Old French bacheler, from Medieval Latin baccalaureus.

bachelor (someone who has achieved a bachelor’s degree)


bacharelismo

pretentious or pseudo-intellectual gibberish (needlessly obscure or overly technical language)


bacharelando

From bacharelar (“to achieve a bachelor’s degree”) + -ando (“-ing”).

suffix

a student in a course or programme which gives a bachelor's degree


bacharelato

a course or programme in which students graduate with a bachelor's degree


bacharelado

pt-noun

bacharelado m (plural bacharelados, feminine bacharelada, feminine plural bachareladas)

bacharelados (plural)
bacharelada (feminine)
bachareladas (feminine plural)

From bacharelar (“to achieve a bachelor’s degree”) + -ado.

suffix

a course or programme in which student graduate with a bachelor's degree


bacharelada

[bɐ.ʃɐ.ɾɨˈla.ðɐ]

[bɐ.ʃɐ.ɾɨˈla.ðɐ]

[bɐ.t͡ʃɐ.ɾɨˈla.ðɐ]


abafação

[ɐ.βɐ.fɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From abafar (“to become fogged; to smother”) + -ção.

(uncountable) dyspnea (difficult or laboured respiration)


alfarrábio

Named after Turkestani philosopher الـفارابی (Al-Fārābī) (c. 872–c. 951).

named-after

Quando às vezes lhe acontecia dizer, coisa que todos nós já fizemos: — Oh! se eu fosse rico! — não era jamais ao ver uma bela rapariga, como costumava fazer o avô Gillenormand, mas ao contemplar um alfarrábio.

2002, Frederico Ozanam Pessoa de Barros (translator), Os miseráveis, Casa da Palavra, translated from the original (1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, A. Lacroix), page 118

When it sometimes happened to him to say, something we have all done: — Oh! if I were rich! — it wasn’t ever when seeing a beautiful girl, as grandfather Gillenormand used to, but when contemplating an old tome.


abafador

pt-noun

abafador m (plural abafadores, feminine abafadora, feminine plural abafadoras)

abafadores (plural)
abafadora (feminine)
abafadoras (feminine plural)

[ɐ.βɐ.fɐˈðoɾ]

[ɐ.βɐ.fɐˈðoɾ]

From abafar (“to smother”) + -dor (“-er”).

any person or device which snuffs or prevents the spread of fire

candle snuffer (tool for extinguishing candles, consisting of a cup on a handle)

Vinte e seis vírgula sete porcento dos brigadistas consideram como a parte mais satisfatória do trabalho de brigadista o combate direto com abafador […]

2004, Nilton César Fiedler, Thiago Oliveira Rodriges, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros, Combate a incêndios florestais no Distrito Federal in Floresta issues 34–35, Centro de Pesquisas Florestais, page 92

Twenty six point seven percent of the fire-fighters consider direct fire-fighting with a fire flapper the most satisfactory part of their job.

[…], a tal ponto que o agricultor “tratasse um abafador com a mesma importância que trata uma enxada”.

2005, Suzi Huff Theodoro, Mediação de Conflitos Socioambientais, Editora Garamond Ltda, page 112:

[…] , up to the point where the farmer “would treat a fire flapper with the same regard as he treats a hoe”.

Não há uma tecnologia de combate ao fogo, mas uma técnica: quem carrega o galão de água vai bombeando e borrifando para diminuir um pouco a temperatura para o que vem atrás com o abafador — esse, sim, com o impacto, apaga o fogo.

2012, Sônia Bridi, Diário do clima, Globo Livros, page 223:

There isn’t a technology for fire-fighting, but there is a technique: the person who carries a water container pumps and sprays in order to lower the temperature a little for the person who comes behind with the fire flapper — this one, indeed, with the impact, puts out the fire.

fire flapper (tool for extinguishing wildfires, consisting of a piece of rubber on a pole)

Em 12 de março, três dias antes da explosão da P-36, um boletim relata problema no abafador de chamas, peça que impede que o gás retorne para a tubulação: […]

March 2001, Consuelo Dieguez, Marcelo Carneiro, Sepultados no fundo do mar in Veja issue 1693, Abril, page 52

In March 12, three days before the explosion of P-36, a bulletin relates problems with the flame snuffer, a piece which prevents the gas from returning to the tubes: […]

Ele insistia em que não era shako nem nada e sim abafador de bules e de leiteiras.

1972, Pedro Nava, Memórias: Baú de ossos, Olympio, page 236:

He insisted that it was not a shako or anything, but indeed a cosy for teapots and milk jugs.

cosy (covering put on an item to keep it warm)

earmuff (sound-deadening cups worn over the ears)

damper (device in keyboard instruments which deadens the vibrations of the strings)

Mas a mente de Lúcio, como a de todas pessoas, exceto as mais íntimas, aparecia a ele como uma voz por trás de um abafador; era perceptível, mas indefinível.

2008, Diogo de Souza, Fuga de Rigel, Isis, page 59:

But Lucio’s mind, as those of every person, except the most intimate, appeared to him as a voice through a muffler; it was perceptible, but indefinite.

E para ajudá-lo chamavam o "ajudador" ou "abafador" que sentado no tórax do moribundo e com um crucifixo a pressionar sua garganta dizia: — Vai meu irmão, Nosso Senhor está te chamando!

1994, Franklin Cunha, Deusas, bruxas e parteiras, Solivros, page 84:

And to help him they would call the "helper" or "smotherer" who, sitting on the moribund's thorax with a crucifix pressing his throat, would say: — Go my brother, Our Lord is calling you!

[…], que conta o inesperado embate de um abafador (“o que abreviava a vida de moribundos, depois de confessados e comungados, abafando-os com almofadas”)⁵ com Abel, que lhe corta o ímpeto de fazer a morte sem hesitação, e Isaac, o sobrevivente das mãos de um abafador, que lhe põe termo aos dias.

2008, Flávio M. Silva, Espécies de espaço: territorialidades, literatura, mídia, Editora UFMG, page 290:

[…] , which tells of the unexpected shock of a smotherer (“he who abbreviates the lives of the moribund, after they have confessed and communicated, smothering them with cushions”)⁵ with Abel, who cuts short his impetus for causing death without hesitation, and Isaac, who survived an encounter with a smotherer, who puts an end to his days.

Quantas vezes o abafador tinha escutado aquilo, gritos de desespero, apelos sôfregos e angustiados, sem se deter na sua missão sagrada!

2008, Miguel Torga, Novos contos da montanha, Leya, page 16:

How many times the smotherer had heard that, screams of despair, anguished and anxious appeals, without detaining himself in his sacred mission!

(Portuguese folklore) a person whose job is to smother the moribund on their deathbed

Abafador de carteira ali é bicho de pé em chiqueiro.

1959, Ferrucio Fabbri, A estação, Livraria São José, page 44:

A wallet robber there is like a chigger in a pigsty.

1998, António Cabral, Jogos populares infantis, Editorial Notícias, page 288

Each participant, after the first shot, shoots his abafador from the point where it stopped in the previous shot.

Cada participante, após o primeiro lançamento, atira seu abafador do ponto onde este ficou na jogada anterior.

the biggest marble used in a marble game


arrastão

[a.χaʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.ʁɐʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

From arrastar (“to trawl; to drag”) + -ão, from rasto (“dragnet”).

(fishing) trawling (fishing technique in which a net is dragged)

(fishing) trawler (fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet)

(fishing) dragnet (net dragged across the bottom of a body of water)

a form of crime, occurring in Brazil, in which a group of criminals surround a location (usually a beach or tunnel) and steal every object in it; a flash rob


beudo

Eye dialect spelling of bêbado, representing Caipira Portuguese.


caroça

Hunsrik: Kaross

Feminine alteration of caroço (“hard seed”).


caroço

Swahili: korosho

From Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”). Cognate with Galician carozo.

(by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit

(informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)

an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud


caroçama

Naturalmente, cada ano as raízes da figueira cresciam e enterravam e afogavam essa — caroçama — que desaparecia.

1952, João Simões Lopes Neto, Casos do Romualdo: contos gauchescos, Martins Livreiro, Page 44

Naturally, every year the fig tree’s roots would grow and bury and drown this — mass of seeds — which would disappear.

Pegou doença ruim, de apodrecer o corpo, e ninguém queria saber dele pois a cara do coitado era uma caroçama feia, que Deus me livre e perdoe!

1962, Francisco Martins, Clarão na Serra, Edições Melhoramentos, page 181:

He caught a bad disease, which rots the body, and nobody wanted to have anything to do with him because the poor fellow’s face was an ugly mass of growths, God forbid!

[…], curara o gôgo das chumbungas, queimara a caroçama dos frangos índios: tinha-lhe tanta confiança, mal comparando, como a que tinha em Deus.

1962, Valdomiro Silveira, Dirce Côrtes Riedel, Os caboclos: contos, Editôra Civilização Brasileira, page 11:

[…] , had cured the turkeys’ gapes, burned the gamecocks’ growth mass : he had as much trust in him, comparing badly, as he had in God.

(Brazil, rare) an excessive amount of hard fruit seeds, or of growths (abnormal masses, such as a tumours)


creepypasta

Unadapted borrowing from English creepypasta.

ubor

As creepypastas surgiram como uma evolução do folclore digital moderno. Essas histórias começaram a ganhar popularidade no início dos anos 2000, quando fóruns e sites de compartilhamento de histórias, como o 4chan e o Reddit, proporcionaram plataformas para que os usuários compartilhassem narrativas de terror originais.

2024 March 24, Millena dos Santos Siqueira, Creepypasta: você sabe o que é esse tipo de história?:

Creepypastas emerged as an evolution of modern digital folklore. These stories began to gain popularity in the early 2000s, when forums and story-sharing sites such as 4chan and Reddit provided platforms for users to share narratives of the original Horror.

A releitura dessas tramas com personagens macabros assustadores feita pela "geração selfie" chama-se Creepypasta.

2018 August 24, Momo, Slender Man e outras lendas da internet... O que é Creepypasta e como ela invadiu a cultura pop?:

The reinterpretation of these plots with scary macabre characters made by the "selfie generation" is called Creepypasta.

Algumas Creepypastas são impressionantes e conseguem entreter e fazer com que caia na boca do povo fazendo todo mundo falar, afinal muita gente gosta de uma historinha de terror e quer compartilhar aquilo, enquanto outras são mal escritas, às vezes porque o autor não tem capacidade criativa e às vezes porque o exagero chega ao ponto do ridículo quebrando todo o clima e fazendo a pessoa falar "Ah ta, então o teletubbie maldito matou a vizinhança dele toda, aham...".

2012 July 1, O que é Creepypasta? Descubra tudo sobre elas!:

Some Creepypastas are impressive and manage to entertain and make people talk, after all, many people like a horror story and want to share it, while others are poorly written, sometimes because the author lacks creative capacity. and sometimes because the exaggeration reaches the point of ridiculousness, breaking the whole atmosphere and making the person say "Ah, so the damn teletubbie killed his whole neighborhood, huh...".

(Internet slang) creepypasta (horror stories originating on the internet, usually written by anonymous authors with the aim of being replicated until they go viral)


desporto

pt-noun

desporto m (plural desportos, metaphonic)

→ Tetum: desportu

From Old French desport, variant of deport (“fun, amusement”), from Latin deportāre.


registo

registos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Old Galician-Portuguese registo, registro, from Medieval Latin registrum, from Late Latin regesta (“list, items recorded”), from Latin regerere (“to record, to carry back”), from re- + gerere (“to carry, bear”).

uder

registration (act of signing up or registering for something)

record (information put into a lasting physical medium)

(computing) record (set of data relating to a single individual or item)

register (device that automatically records a quantity)

register (formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.)


champô

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā, “to press, knead”), from the Sanskrit चपयति (capayati, “to pound, knead”).


encaroçamento

From encaroçar (“to form chunks; to form growths”) + -mento.

suffix

O cancro de mama causou o encaroçamento dos seios.

The breast cancer caused the formation of growths in the breast.

the formation of growths (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)

Deixar leite fora da geladeira causa o encaroçamento do mesmo.

Leaving milk outside the refrigerator causes the formation of chunks in it.

the formation of undissolved pellets or chunks


vogal temática

pt-noun

vogal temática f (plural vogais temáticas)

(Portuguese grammar) the first vowel of a suffix, such as a and i in -ado and -ido respectively

Indo-European studies
Indo-European studies

(Indo-European studies) thematic vowel (the vowel *e or *o before a suffix in Proto-Indo-European)


molhagem

[moˈʎa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


molhadela

a slight wetting (act of making something wet)


molhador

molhador m (plural molhadores, feminine molhadora, feminine plural molhadoras)

molhadores (plural)
molhadora (feminine)
molhadoras (feminine plural)

a person or device which wets (makes wet)


molhada

wetting (the act of making something wet)


descaroçador

From descaroçar (“to deseed”) + -dor (“-er”).

descaroçador de algodão

cotton gin (literally, “deseeder of cotton”)


fórceps

forceps (instrument used in surgery to grasp objects)


molhadura

From molhar (“to wet”) + -dura (“-ture”).

(Brazil, slang) a bribe or tip given in exchange for a favour or information


descaroçamento

descaroçamento m (plural descaroçamentos)

the process of removing seeds from fruits or bolls


defensão

[de.fẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin dēfēnsiōnem (“defence”).


arroz-agulha

a variety of rice with long, pointy seeds


arroz carreteiro

arroz (“rice”) + carreteiro (“trucker”).

a Brazilian dish prepared with rice and small pieces of meat


arroz do brejo

Luziola peruviana, a grass of the Americas


arroz miúdo do Peru

quinoa (a pseudocereal cultivated in the Andes)


arroz-de-rato

white stonecrop (Sedum album, a crassulacean plant)


arroz-doce

[ɐˌʁoʒˈðo.sɨ]

rice pudding (dish prepared with rice and milk)


arroz-de-telhado

[ɐˌʁoʒ.ðɨ.tɨˈʎa.ðu]

Umbilicus pendulinus, a crassulacean plant


arroz-de-leite

[ɐˌʁoʒ.ðɨˈlɐj.tɨ]

[ɐˌʁoʒ.ðɨˈlɐj.tɨ]

[ɐˌʁoʒ.ðɨˈle.tɨ]


arroz de cuxá

/ɐˈʁoʒ dɨ kuˈʃa/

[ɐˈʁoʒ ðɨ kuˈʃa]

a traditional dish of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, made of rice, to be eaten with cuxá


arroz de auçá

[ɐˈʁoʒ ð‿awˈsa]

Literally, “Hausa rice”; auçá is an alteration of hauçá (“Hausa”).

a traditional dish of the Brazilian state of Bahia, consisting of rice without any condiments


catita

unk

Unknown

short-tailed opossum
short-tailed opossum

short-tailed opossum (any marsupial of the Monodelphis genus)


brigantina

/bɾi.ɡɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/bɾi.ɡɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

(historical) brigandine (coat of armour)


anotia

(teratology) anotia (congenital absence of the outer ear)


tartaruga marinha

pt-noun

tartaruga marinha f (plural tartarugas marinhas)

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


cágado-de-pescoço-comprido

cágado-de-pescoço-comprido m (plural cágados-de-pescoço-comprido)

Argentine snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera)


tartaruga-de-couro

tartaruga-de-couro f (plural tartarugas-de-couro)

Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea#Translingual

leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea, a sea turtle)


tartaruga do Amazonas

tartaruga do Amazonas m (plural tartarugas do Amazonas)

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


tartaruga-cabeçuda

tartaruga-cabeçuda f (plural tartarugas-cabeçudas)

Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta#Translingual

loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta, a sea turtle)


tartaruga matamatá

tartaruga matamatá f (plural tartarugas matamatá)

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


tartaruga de Galápagos

tartaruga de Galápagos f (plural tartarugas de Galápagos)

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


tartaruga-de-pente

tartaruga-de-pente f (plural tartarugas-de-pente)

Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata#Translingual

hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, a sea turtle)


tartaruga-verde

tartaruga-verde f (plural tartarugas-verdes)

Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas#Translingual


tartaruga-oliva

tartaruga-oliva f (plural tartarugas-oliva)

olive ridley sea turtle
olive ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea
Wikispecies:Lepidochelys olivacea

olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea, a sea turtle)


tartaruga de pente

tartaruga de pente f (plural tartarugas de pente)

Alternative spelling of tartaruga-de-pente


tartaruga da Amazônia

tartaruga da Amazônia f (plural tartarugas da Amazônia)

Alternative form of tartaruga-da-amazônia


quelônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of quelónio.


jurará-açu

South American river turtle
South American river turtle

Podocnemis expansa
Wikispecies:Podocnemis expansa

(Brazil) South American river turtle (Podocnemis expansa, a freshwater turtle)


quelónio

quelónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from translingual Chelonia (“order of the sea turtles”).

bor+

turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)


jurararetê

/ʒu.ɾɐ.ɾɐ.ɾɨˈte/

the freshwater turtle Podocnemis expansa, South American river turtle, Arrau turtle


jabuti-tinga

/ʒa.buˌt͡ʃiˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/ʒa.buˌt͡ʃiˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

[ʒɐ.βuˌtiˈtĩ.ɡɐ]

Chelonoidis denticulatus
Wikispecies:Chelonoidis denticulatus

yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)


jabuti-piranga

pt-noun

jabuti-piranga f (plural jabutis-piranga)

[ʒɐ.βuˌti.piˈɾɐ̃.ɡɐ]

Chelonoidis carbonarius
Wikispecies:Chelonoidis carbonarius

red-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)