veto

(politics) veto (blocking of a process or decision)


mexicano

pt-noun

mexicano m (plural mexicanos, feminine mexicana, feminine plural mexicanas)

mexicanos (plural)
mexicana (feminine)
mexicanas (feminine plural)


via

From Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”), which see for details.

(rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)


via

Learned borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).

lbor

(historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)


debate

Deverbal from debater or borrowed from French débat.

A questão jurídica em debate foi com precisão resumida pelo Ministro Castro Filho: "É possível o juiz decretar a separação judicial do casal por culpa recíproca ou insuportabilidade da vida em comum, quando o pedido de separação é fundado na culpa exclusiva de um dos cônjuges, ausente a reconvenção".

2007, Leonardo Barreto Moreira Neves, O fim da culpa na separação judicial, Editora del Rey, →ISBN, page 148:


cabra

pt-noun

cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabrão or bode, masculine plural cabrões or bodes)

cabras (plural)
cabrão (masculine)
bode (masculine)
cabrões (masculine plural)
bodes (masculine plural)

→ Old Tupi: kabará

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan cabra, Italian capra, French chèvre and Romanian capră.

inh

(vulgar, offensive, regional) bitch (despicable woman)


verme

From Old Galician-Portuguese vermen, vermẽe, from Latin vermis (“worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”).

— Meu senhor, respondeu-me um longo verme gordo, nós não sabemos nada dos textos que roemos, nem escolhemos o que roemos, nem amamos ou detestamos o que roemos: nós roemos.

"Sir, a fat worm replied to me, we know nothing about the texts we gnaw, nor do we choose what we gnaw, nor do we love or hate what we gnaw: we gnaw."


rego

Deverbal from regar. Compare Galician rego, Spanish riego. Cf. also Latin riguum.

furrow (a trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop)

(vulgar) crack (space between the buttocks)


fuga

Sua fuga da prisão foi bem planejada.

His escape from prison was well planned.


fuga

(music) fugue (piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices)


thumbnail

Unadapted borrowing from English thumbnail.

ubor

(computing) thumbnail (a miniature preview of a larger image)


auto

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“to make, I do”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to lead”). Doublet of ato and acto.

auto (a sub-genre of dramatic literature)

document that is part of a lawsuit or court case

narration or description of an event made by a public authority and which serves as evidence of such event (e.g. a traffic citation)


arma

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Compare Galician arma.


zona

From Latin zōna (“girdle, zone”), from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, sash, zone”).

der

zone (in a broad geographic or geometric sense)

Ela mora nesta zona.

area, region (part of a city or country)

A cozinha está uma zona!

(Brazil, colloquial) red light district; brothel


papa

→ Swahili: papa

From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).


papa

From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).

(figurative) something with a pasty consistency


job

(Brazil, computing) job (task carried out in batch mode)


cinco

Guinea-Bissau Creole: cinco

Indo-Portuguese: cinco, cinquo, cinque

Kabuverdianu: sinku

Korlai Creole Portuguese: sink

Macanese: cinco

Kristang: singku

Papiamentu: sinku

Principense: xinku

Sãotomense: chinku

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinco~cinquo~cinque, from Latin cīnque.


sabre

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya.


mano

pt-noun

mano m (plural manos, feminine mana, feminine plural manas)

manos (plural)
mana (feminine)
manas (feminine plural)

Macanese: máno

Borrowed from Spanish mano, aphetic form of hermano (“brother, sibling”).

aphetic form

Esse cara aí é o meu mano

Mano, assiste esse vídeo que eu te mandei!


local

Borrowed from Late Latin locālis, from Latin locus. Cognate with the inherited lugar.


rosa

→ Tamil: ரோஜா (rōjā)

From Old Galician-Portuguese rosa, from Latin rosa (“rose”).


fait accompli

pt-noun

fait accompli m (plural faits accomplis)


architectura

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


canvas

Borrowed from English canvas. Doublet of cânhamo, cânave, cânabis, and canábis.

doublet

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) canvas (area on which graphics are rendered)

business model canvas
business model canvas


corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


pluma

Borrowed from Latin plūma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Portuguese); compare the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese pruma. See also chumaço, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.

(geology) upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)


bacalhau

→ Dutch: bakkeljauw (see there for further descendants)

→ Hawaiian: pakaliao

→ Shona: bakayau

From Dutch bakeljauw, bakkeljauw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Late Latin baccalaureus, baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly from Basque bakailao. The Basque term may be either the source or the descendant of Dutch kabeljauw, cognates would then include French cabillaud and German Kabeljau.
Cognate to Italian baccalà, Spanish bacalao, Catalan bacallà.

(Portugal, colloquial) handshake (grasping of hands by two people)

(Portugal, colloquial) vagina (woman's genitalia)


comer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, Asturian, and Spanish comer and Mirandese quemer.

cog

O comer está na mesa!

(informal, sometimes proscribed) food; meal


cantar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cantar, from Latin cantāre.

inh+

É belíssimo, o cantar deste pássaro!

The singing of this bird is very beautiful!

No confuso rumor que se formava, destacavam-se risos, sons de vozes que altercavam, sem se saber de onde, grasnar de marrecos, cantar de galos, cacarejar de galinhas.

1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

singing; song (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing)


tom

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

tone; pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency)

tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)

(music) tone (interval of a major second)


pero

a variety of apple, the fruit of the pereiro


lingua

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


esse

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.


quatro

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kuatru

Indo-Portuguese: quátor

Kabuverdianu: kuátu

Kadiwéu: cwaatolo

Korlai Creole Portuguese: kwat

Kristang: kuatu

Macanese: quatro

→ Nheengatu: kuaru

Papiamentu: kuater

Principense: kwatu

Sãotomense: kwatlu, kwatu

From Old Galician-Portuguese quatro, from Latin quattuor, from Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.


natura

Learned borrowing from Latin nātūra. Compare Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese natura.


elefante

pt-noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta or aliá, feminine plural elefantas or aliás)

elefantes (plural)
elefanta (feminine)
aliá (feminine)
elefantas (feminine plural)
aliás (feminine plural)

Papiamentu: elefante

From Old Galician-Portuguese (h)elefante, elifante, borrowed from Latin elephantis (“elephant”), from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant, ivory”).


lago

From Old Galician-Portuguese lago, from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


canard

(transport, engineering) canard (winglike structure on a vehicle)


phishing

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

ubor

(computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)


querer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querer, from Latin quaerere (“to seek, look for, desire”). Compare Galician querer.


movimento

From mover + -imento, perhaps based partly on Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

der

(uncountable) movement (physical motion)

(uncountable) the flow of people or vehicles in a location

movement (group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals)


nuca

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).


tangram

/ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃w̃/

[ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˈtɐ̃.ɡɾɐ̃w̃/


final

Borrowed from Late Latin fīnālis, from fīnis.

Participar de um amigo secreto realmente é bastante divertido, principalmente quando a turma é animada. Porém, no final da brincadeira, ganhar algo que não agrada pode ser decepcionante.

2006, Editora Sinodal, Celebrar Natal em família e comunidade, →ISBN, page 32:


intro

(music) Abbreviation of introdução; intro


diagonal

diagonal (something arranged diagonally or obliquely)

(geometry) diagonal (diagonal line or plane)


ritmo

From Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).


ticket

Unadapted borrowing from English ticket.


bacio

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum (“wide bowl”). Doublet of bacia. Cognate with Galician bacía, French bassin, and Catalan bací.


alma

From Old Galician-Portuguese alma, from Latin anima (“soul, breath”). Doublet of anima, borrowed from the same source.

Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia:

Oh bell of my village, / Mournful in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.


biblioteca

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).

Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca

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

When you have a doubt, go to the library.


remo

(uncountable, sports) rowing (the rowing of boats as a competitive sport)


mongol

Borrowed from Mongolian монгол (mongol). Doublet of mogol.

Mongolian (native or inhabitant of Mongolia)

(offensive) retard; idiot (generic term of abuse)


africano

pt-noun

africano m (plural africanos, feminine africana, feminine plural africanas)

africanos (plural)
africana (feminine)
africanas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese africano, borrowed from Latin āfricānus (“African”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese *africão, aflicão, an earlier borrowing


materialismo

materialism (excessive concern over material possessions)

(philosophy) materialism (belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical)


janeiro

Kabuverdianu: janeru

Guinea-Bissau Creole: janeru

→ Tetum: janeiru

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese janeyro (< */janˈnai̯ru/), from Latin Iānuārius. Compare Spanish enero. Doublet of Januário.


thread

Unadapted borrowing from English thread.

(computing) thread (one of several units of execution running concurrently)

(Internet) thread (series of grouped messages)


largo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese largo, from Latin largus (“large; abounding”).

(nautical) high seas (parts of the ocean surface that are far from shore)


largo

(music) largo (a musical piece or movement in such a tempo)


tapioca

→ Armenian: տապիոկա (tapioka)

→ Esperanto: tapioko

desctree

→ English: tapioca
→ Maori: tapioka
→ Marshallese: tapioka
→ Tagalog: tapyoka

→ Finnish: tapioka

→ French: tapioca
→ Ottoman Turkish: تاپیوقا
Turkish: tapyoka
→ Romanian: tapiocă

→ German: Tapioka

→ Indonesian: tapioka

→ Japanese: タピオカ

→ Spanish: tapioca

tapioca (starchy food made from cassava)

(cooking) crepe made with tapioca, served with various fillings, often meat or cheese


ilha

Kabuverdianu: ilha

→ Tetum: illa

From Old Galician-Portuguese illa, from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula, whence also English isle. Doublet of inherited ínsua, from Old Galician-Portuguese inssoa, as well as the learned borrowing ínsula; both of these are rare or specialist.

(slang) a group of houses in a poor area of a town

(figuratively, popular) a person who stands alone in defense of an idea


neve

Kabuverdianu: nevi

From Old Galician-Portuguese neve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, alteration of Latin nivem.

1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa

When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…


sono

Macanese: sôno, sono

→ Ambonese Malay: sono

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sono, from Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swopnos (“dream”), both from *swep-. Compare Galician sono, Spanish sueño, Italian sonno and French sommeil.

inh+

Estou com sono.

I'm sleepy. (literally, “I am with sleepiness.”)


ghostwriter

pt-noun

ghostwriter m or f by sense (plural ghostwriters)

Unadapted borrowing from English ghostwriter.

ubor

ghostwriter (professional writer for another person)


pera

From Old Galician-Portuguese pera, from Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.


som

From Old Galician-Portuguese son (probably influenced by or possibly borrowed from Old Occitan son), from Latin sonus. Alternatively, regressively derived from the verb soar. Compare Galician and Spanish son.

(informal) music (melodic and rhythmic sounds made as art)

(informal) an audio device, such as a stereo


raison d'être

Unadapted borrowing from French raison d’être.


observatório

[ɔ.βsɨɾ.βɐˈtɔ.ɾju]

Borrowed from French observatoire. By surface analysis, observar + -tório.


fevereiro

Kabuverdianu: febreru

→ Tetum: fevereiru

From Old Galician-Portuguese fevereiro, fevreyro, febreyro, from Late Latin Febrārius, from Latin Februārius, from fēbruum (“purification”), via the purification ritual Fēbrua held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar.


santo

pt-noun

santo m (plural santos, feminine santa, feminine plural santas)

santos (plural)
santa (feminine)
santas (feminine plural)

Kadiwéu: xaanto

Nheengatu: santu

From Old Galician-Portuguese santo, from Latin sānctus, perfect passive participle of sanciō (“consecrate, appoint as sacred”), from Proto-Indo-European *sān- (“healthy, happy”).

der

quando a esmola é demais, o santo desconfia

(Roman Catholicism) someone who has been formally canonised by the Catholic Church

(Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian religion) orisha (deities in the Yoruba religion)


raro

Probably borrowed from Latin rārus. Compare ralo, an inherited doublet.


gris

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gris, from Old French gris, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz (“grey”).

inh+

grey / gray (the colour between white and black)


pelúcia

Ursinho de pelúcia.

(chiefly Brazil) plush, a soft tissue, made of wool or silk, faux fur


março

Kabuverdianu: marsu

→ Tetum: marsu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese março, from Latin (mēnsis) mārtius (“(month) of the Roman god Mars”).


hangar

hangar (large structure where aircraft are kept)


fio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum. Compare Galician fío and Spanish filo, hilo.

inh+

fio de água

fio de azeite

fio da navalha


fio

(Brazil, Internet slang) thread (series of messages, generally grouped by subject)


fio

pt-noun

fio m (plural fios, feminine fia, feminine plural fias or fia)

fios (plural)
fia (feminine)
fias (feminine plural)
fia (feminine plural)

É, professora, meu fio não aguentou as gozações da mininada. Eu tentei fazê ele continuá, mas não teve jeito. Ele tava chateado demais.

Welp, teacher, ma son couldn't handle the children's pranks. I tried ta make 'im stay there, but there was no talkin' him out of it. He was just too upset.

Eye dialect spelling of filho, representing Caipira Portuguese.

Ele jurô pur Deus, pela sarvação da árma da mãe dele... [...] qui os fio dele pudia nascer tudo morto, se aquilo num fosse vredade... só aí qui uns gato-pingado resorvêro acriditar.

(Can we date this quote?), Wulcino Teixeira de Carvalho, Bravuras E Bravatas De Um Caipira:

He swore ta God, to the salvation o' the soul of his Ma... ... 'n that may his children all arrive stillborn if it wern't troo... only den did some very few people dicide to believe 'im.

Eye dialect spelling of filhos, representing Caipira Portuguese.


lobo

lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

lobos (plural)
loba (feminine)
lobas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Galician and Spanish lobo. Doublet of lúpus, a borrowing.


lobo

Learned borrowing from New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).


dom

From Old Galician-Portuguese don, dõo, from Latin donum.


peluche

Borrowed from French peluche, from Old French peluchier.

Um ursinho de peluche.

Este peluche é bastante fofo.


pidgin

(linguistics) pidgin (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers)


oca

a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves


oca

(dated, colloquial) Alternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)


oca

Oxalis tuberosa
Wikispecies:Oxalis tuberosa

oca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)


oca

(historical, rare) oka (Ottoman unit of weight)


pointer

Unadapted borrowing from English pointer.


worm

(computer security) worm (self-replicating program)


trap

(offensive, derogatory) trap (a transvestite or trans woman)


yin-yang

/ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/

/ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡi/

/ˈjĩ ˈjɐ̃.ɡe/

(Chinese philosophy) yin-yang (opposite principles in Chinese philosophy)


cursor

cursor (part of scientific instruments that indicates a value or position)

(graphical user interface) cursor (icon representing the position of a pointing device)


uracil

(organic chemistry) uracil (one of the bases of RNA)


allegro

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre.


agenda

agenda (booklet where a schedule is kept)


carte

kart, cart, go-kart, go-cart (small vehicle used for racing)


escape

tubo de escape
tubo de escape#Portuguese


anglo

pt-noun

anglo m (plural anglos, feminine angla, feminine plural anglas)

anglos (plural)
angla (feminine)
anglas (feminine plural)

Angle (a member of the ancient Germanic tribe)


ancestral

ancestral m or f by sense (plural ancestrais)

[ɐ̃.seʃˈtɾaʊ̯]

[ɐ̃.sɨʃˈtɾaɫ]

[ɐ̃.sɨʃˈtɾaɫ]

From the Old French adjective ancestrel, from the noun ancestre (“ancestor”), from Late Latin antecessor (“predecessor”), an agent noun from the past participle stem of Latin antecedere (“to proceed”), from the prefix ante- with the infinitive cedere (“to go”), the former from Proto-Italic *kezdō (“to avoid or to go away”), from the Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to yield or to go”).

uder

ancestor; forefather (someone from whom a person is descended)


lira

Borrowed from Italian lira, from Latin lībra.


anosmia

(pathology) anosmia (the inability to smell)


urso

pt-noun

urso m (plural ursos, feminine ursa, feminine plural ursas)

ursos (plural)
ursa (feminine)
ursas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin ursus (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Displaced the inherited doublet usso.

puss caterpillar (larva of the genus Podalia)

(figurative) unsociable person, misanthrope

(figurative) individual who is the target of mockery

(Portugal, university slang) brilliant student


cinta

From Late Latin cincta, plural of cinctum, variant of cinctus.

band (strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together)


mau

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mao, from Latin malus, from Proto-Italic. Cognate with Galician mao and Spanish malo.

inh+

Junta-te aos bons e serás melhor que eles; junta-te aos maus e serás pior que eles.

Hang out with good people and you'll be better than them; hang out with bad people and you'll be worse than them.


sketch

Unadapted borrowing from English sketch.


soul

(music) soul music (a music genre combining gospel music, rhythm and blues and often jazz)


CPU

Orthographic borrowing from English CPU.

(computer hardware) CPU (“central processing unit”)

(computer hardware, proscribed) computer case, computer chassis, computer tower


flamenco

flamenco (a genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain)


p.p.

próximo passado
próximo passado#Portuguese

pronto pagamento
pronto pagamento#Portuguese


softball

Unadapted borrowing from English softball.


hobbit

Unadapted borrowing from English hobbit; coined by J.R.R. Tolkien.

hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)


politburo

politburo (governing council of the Soviet Union)


WC

WC; water closet (room containing a toilet, especially one in a commercial establishment)


vela

Kadiwéu: weela

Deverbal from velar. Less likely inherited from Latin vigilia.

Acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.

vela de ignição
vela de ignição#Portuguese


vela

From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese vea.

der

A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.

The ship has two masts with square sails.

Vela é um desporto olímpico.


rival

rival (competitor with the same objective)


algolagnia

algolagnia (sexual pleasure from suffering pain)


ayo

pt-noun

ayo m (plural ayos, feminine aya, feminine plural ayas)

ayos (plural)
aya (feminine)
ayas (feminine plural)


root

(computing) root (user with complete access to the operating system)


fígado

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”). Compare Spanish hígado, Italian fegato.

inh

(anatomy) liver (organ of human or animal)

(cooking) liver (organ of animal used as food)


vitamina

As vitaminas são essenciais para o nosso metabolismo

Vitamins are essential for our metabolism.

Adoro vitamina de banana.

(Brazil, colloquial) fruit milk shake (a sweet, creamy beverage made by mixing milk and fruit)


RNA

Orthographic borrowing from English RNA.


semibreve

[sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.βɨ]

(music) semibreve (musical note four beats long in 4/4 time)


hostel

Unadapted borrowing from English hostel.


níquel

From German Kupfernickel (“cupronickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“goblin; demon”), pet form of Nikolaus.

(chemistry, uncountable) nickel (chemical element)


escritor

pt-noun

escritor m (plural escritores, feminine escritora, feminine plural escritoras)

escritores (plural)
escritora (feminine)
escritoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese escriptor, from Latin scriptor, scriptōrem.


massa

From Old Galician-Portuguese massa, from Latin massa (“mass; dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), from μάσσω (mássō, “to handle; to knead”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.

(cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)

a concentration of substance or tightly packed objects

(construction) mortar (mixture for bonding bricks)

(uncountable, physics) mass (quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume)


LSD

Borrowed from German LSD, initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid.

lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide#English


português

português m (plural portugueses, feminine portuguesa, feminine plural portuguesas)

portugueses (plural)
portuguesa (feminine)
portuguesas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese portuguees, portugaes, from Late Latin portucalēnsis, also portucensis, from Latin Portucale < Portus Cale, former name of what is now the city of Oporto. See Portugal.


português

português m (usually uncountable, plural portugueses)

English: Portuguese

Spanish: portugués


caviar

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).


vento

Guinea-Bissau Creole: bentu

Kabuverdianu: bentu

Papiamentu: bientu

From Old Galician-Portuguese vento, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic *wentos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“blowing”), present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).

(less common) air (gases of the atmosphere)

Coloquei a mão no bolso para pegar a carteira, mas só encontrei vento.

I put my hand in my pocket to get my wallet, but I found nothing.

(Brazil, figurative) nothingness; nothing (the lack of something)


xor

(logic) xor; exclusive or (logical operation that outputs true only when both inputs differ)


imperial

«Traga-me mais uma imperial», disse eu ao empregado. Tinha uma praticamente cheia, mas não gosto de ser apanhado desprevenido. O Juvenal julgou que era para ele e agradeceu, eu disse-lhe «nada», e peguei na imperial, passei as ...

2013, Afonso Cruz, Alice Vieira, André Gago, Catarina Fonseca, David Machado, Isabel Stidwell, José Fanha, A misteriosa mulher da ópera, Leya, →ISBN, page 155:


meme

(Internet) meme (humorous image, video or other media shared in the Internet)


fronte

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fronte f, from Latin frontem f.


minúscula

(orthography) minuscule (lower-case letter)


sestra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽestra, from Latin Latin sinistra.


sílaba

From Latin syllaba, from Ancient Greek συλλαβή (sullabḗ).


hotel

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital and hospedal.


colher de café

pt-noun

colher de café f (plural colheres de café)

/kuˈʎɛɾ dɨ kɐˈfɛ/

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ kɐˈfɛ]

/kuˈʎɛɾ dɨ kɐˈfɛ/

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ kɐˈfɛ]

[kuˈʎɛ.ɾi ðɨ kɐˈfɛ]


colher de sopa

colher de sopa f (plural colheres de sopa)

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ ˈso.pɐ]

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ ˈso.pɐ]

a spoon the size and shape of an Australian tablespoon, bigger than an American tablespoon but the same shape, unlike a soupspoon but still used for soup


colher de sobremesa

colher de sobremesa f (plural colheres de sobremesa)

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ su.βɾɨˈme.zɐ]

[kuˈʎɛɾ ðɨ su.βɾɨˈme.zɐ]

tablespoon (American), dessertspoon (Australian) (a spoon for eating cereal, etc.)


game show

[ˈɡeɪ̯.mi ˈʃoʊ̯]

[ˈɡeɪ̯.mi ˈʃoʊ̯]

[ˈɡeɪ̯.me ˈʃoʊ̯]

Unadapted borrowing from English game show.

ubor

game show (television programme where individuals compete for a prize)


sova

(informal) beating; spanking (act physically beating a person)


quarto

From Old Galician-Portuguese quarto, from Latin quārtus.

(fractional number) quarter; fourth (one of four parts of a whole)

Não devia estar num quarto particular?

2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 400:

(specifically) bedroom (room used to sleep in and keep personal objects)

(historical) quarter (unit of volume for liquids equivalent to a quarter of a tun)


gasolina

Borrowed from French gazoline, from English gasoline.


expert

/ɛksˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/

/ɛksˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/

/ɛksˈpɛɾt͡ʃ/

/ˈɛkʃ.pɛʁt͡ʃ/

[ˈɛkʃ.pɛχt͡ʃ]

/ɛkʃˈpɛʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ɛkʃˈpɛχ.t͡ʃi]

/ɛkʃˈpɛʁt͡ʃ/

[ɛkʃˈpɛχt͡ʃ]

/ɛksˈpɛɻt͡ʃ/

Unadapted borrowing from English expert. Doublet of esperto and experto.

expert (person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given field)


pane

breakdown (a mechanical failure, such as in an engine)


parsec

Unadapted borrowing from English parsec.

(astronomy) parsec (a unit of length, about 3.26 lightyears)


quinto

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinto, from Latin quīntus.

(fractional number) fifth (one of five parts of a whole)


anda

(usually in the plural) stilt (a pole with footrests used by entertainers)

(in the plural, Christianity) a framework for carrying religions images during a procession


carta

Papiamentu: karta (with Spanish)

→ Japanese: カルタ (karuta)

→ Swahili: karata

From Old Galician-Portuguese carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of cartaz.

der

chart, map (visual representation of an area)

(card games) playing card (any of the 52 rectangular pieces of card used to play games)

(law) charter (document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges)

(Portugal, São Paulo) driver's license (an official personal document that permits driving a vehicle)


colher

Kabuverdianu: kudjer

Itsekiri: ukujẹ́rẹ̀

From Old Galician-Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin cochleārem (“spoon”). The Old Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Galician culler, French cuillère, Spanish cuchara, Catalan cullera. Compare with caracol (“snail”).


crepe

Borrowed from French crêpe, from Latin crīspus. Doublet of crespo.

crepe; crêpe (light fabric with a crinkled surface)

crepe; crêpe (French pancake-like pastry)


tema

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of teima.

theme; topic; subject (what something is about)

(music) theme (main melody of a piece of music)

(film, television) theme (melody that identifies a film or programme)

(linguistic morphology) theme (the main stem of a word, without the affixes)

(graphical user interface) theme; skin (colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application)

(historical) theme (regional unit of the Byzantine empire)


baliza

→ Catalan: balisa

→ French: balise

→ Spanish: baliza

From Mozarabic, from Late Latin *palitium, from Latin pālus.

(sports, Portugal) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put an object)


baliza

person who goes ahead in a parade doing acrobatics with a baton: the baton twirler


andar

From Old Galician-Portuguese andar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.


sebe

hedge (thicket of bushes planted in a row)


PSP

(Brazil) Abbreviation of Partido Social Progressista.


PSP

(Portugal) Abbreviation of Polícia de Segurança Pública.


dachshund

pt-noun

dachshund m or f by sense (plural dachshunds)


whisky

Unadapted borrowing from English whisky.


nono

From Old Galician-Portuguese nono, from Latin nōnus.

(fractional number) ninth (one of nine parts of a whole)


nono

nono m (plural nonos, feminine nona, feminine plural nonas)

nonos (plural)
nona (feminine)
nonas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Venetian nono (“grandfather”), from Latin nonnus (“monk; tutor; old person”).


zodíaco

Borrowed from Latin zōdiacus, from Ancient Greek ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós).

(astrology) zodiac (region of the celestial sphere corresponding to the apparent path of the sun)

(astrology) zodiac (the set of the twelve astrological signs)


dinheiro

→ Kadiwéu: dinyeelo

/d͡ʒiˈɲe.ɾʷ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese dĩeiro (a coin of little value), from Vulgar Latin *dīnārius, an alteration of Latin dēnārius (“small Roman silver coin”). Doublet of denário and dinar.

inh

dinheiro, carinho e reza, nunca se despreza

(uncountable) money (means of exchange and measure of value)

(historical) a coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal


arqueiro

pt-noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

arqueiros (plural)
arqueira (feminine)
arqueiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.

(military) archer; bowman (soldier armed with a bow)

(archery) archer (person who practices the sport of archery)

(Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)


marimba

marimba (musical instrument similar to a xylophone)


coma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”).


coma

Learned borrowing from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).


cowboy

Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.


pagamento

From Old Galician-Portuguese pagamento, from pagar + -mento.


malina

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maligna.

slbor

(dated, pathology) typhoid fever (a deadly disease characterised by severe fever)


hiragana

/i.ɾɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/

[i.ɾɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]

/i.ɾɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/

[i.ɾɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]


profeta

pt-noun

profeta m (plural profetas, feminine profetisa, feminine plural profetisas)

profetas (plural)
profetisa (feminine)
profetisas (feminine plural)


profeta

profeta m or f by sense (plural profetas)


rutabaga

Brassica napus
Brassica napus#Translingual

rutabaga (Brassica napus, a plant with an edible root)


bum

O "bum" do gado só veio com a crise do arroz no final de 80 para início de 90;

2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter 145, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page VIII:

The cattle boom only came with the rice crisis in the late 80s and early 90s;


polaco

polaco m (plural polacos, feminine polaca, feminine plural polacas)

polacos (plural)
polaca (feminine)
polacas (feminine plural)

(chiefly Portugal) Pole (person from Poland)

(South Brazil, Southeast Brazil) a descendant of Polish immigrants

(South Brazil, Southeast Brazil, humorous, sometimes offensive) a person who is very white; pasty


polaco

(chiefly Portugal) Polish (West Slavic language spoken in Poland)


kebab

kebab (Turkish dish of skewered meat and vegetables)


pasto

From Latin pāstus (“pasture”), perfect passive participle of pāscō (“to feed”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

der

pasture (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding)

grass or herbage suitable for the grazing of livestock


puzzle

Unadapted borrowing from English puzzle.


plurale tantum

pt-noun

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tantum)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin plurale tantum.

ubor

(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.


dedo

Kabuverdianu: dedu

→ Nheengatu: dedu

Papiamentu: dede

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dedo, from Latin digitus, from Proto-Indo-European *deyǵ- (“to show, point out, pronounce solemnly”). Doublet of dígito, which was borrowed. Compare Galician dedo, Spanish dedo, and Catalan dit.

der

digit, a part of the body inclusive of fingers or toes

adicione quatro dedos de leite

(informal, measure) finger, the width of a finger as an approximate unit of length

(historical, measure) dedo, a traditional Portuguese unit of measurement about equal to 1.8 cm


archipelago

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


bypass

Unadapted borrowing from English bypass.

(medicine) bypass (a passage created around a damaged organ)


appoggiatura

pt-noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

appoggiaturas (plural)
appoggiature (plural)


fresa

Borrowed from French fraise or from Vulgar Latin *frēsāre, from frēsum, past participle of Latin frendēre (“to grind”). See also Spanish fresa.


pulga

From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).


WiFi

WiFi m or f (usually uncountable, plural WiFis)


umami

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 旨(うま)味(み) (umami), from 旨い (umai, “delicious”).


substantivo

Borrowed from Latin substantīvus (“substantive”), from substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“to stand under; to exist”), from sub + stō (“to stand”).

bor+

(grammar) noun, substantive (grammatical category)


lua

Guinea-Bissau Creole: lua

Kabuverdianu: lua

→ English: Lua

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna (“moon”), from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.
Cognate with Galician lúa, Spanish, Italian, and Occitan luna, Catalan lluna, French lune, and Romanian lună.

inh+

Marte tem duas luas, Fobos e Deimos.

(astronomy) moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)


banca

booth (a small stall for the display and sale of goods)

newsstand (open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale)

(Brazil) jury (a group of people whose aim is to judge something)


arco

From Old Galician-Portuguese arco, arquo (“arch, bow”), from Latin arcus (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

der

bow (rod used to play stringed instruments)

(dentistry) archwire (orthodontic wire conforming to the alveolar or dental arch)

(ophthalmology) arcus (white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea)


single

Unadapted borrowing from English single.

(music) single (song released on its own or with an extra track)


adjectivo

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


umlaut

(linguistics) umlaut (the partial assimilation of a vowel in Germanic languages)

(orthography) umlaut (the diacritical mark ¨ used to indicate such assimilation)


ocarina

(music) ocarina (an oval wind instrument)


yakuza

Unadapted borrowing from English yakuza, from Japanese やくざ (yakuza).


yakuza

yakuza (member of that Japanese organized crime gang)


padre

→ English: padre

→ Hindi: पादरी (pādrī)

→ Japanese: 破天連 (bateren)

→ Konkani: पाद्रि (pādri)

→ Malay: paderi

Indonesian: padri

→ Malayalam: പാതിരി (pātiri)

→ Persian: پادری (pādrī) (India)

→ Sinhalese: පාදිලියා (pādiliyā)

→ Swahili: padre, padri, padiri

→ Thai: บาทหลวง (bàat-lǔuang)

From Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Italic *patēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of pai.

inh

ecclesiastical priest (Christian clergyman who performs masses)


bottom

Unadapted borrowing from English bottom.


coach

life coach (professional who helps clients to achieve their personal goals)


frango

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin.

unk

unknown

De vaca ou de frango?

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

(Brazil) the goalkeeper who makes this mistake


approach

approach (a manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made)


palíndromo

From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”), from πάλιν (pálin, “back, again, back again”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, race, racecourse”).


vicissitude

vicissitude (regular change or succession from one thing to another)


domo

Derived from Italian duomo (“cathedral”), from Latin domus (“house”).

der+

(architecture) dome (hemispherical roof)


contralto

(music) contralto (voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano)

(music) contralto (singer with this voice)


Wi-Fi

pt-noun

Wi-Fi m or f (usually uncountable, plural Wi-Fis)


aeroplano

From French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”).


maçã

From Old Galician-Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin māla Mattiāna (literally “apples of Mattium”), though some theorize that Mattiāna was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.
Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).


caos

Learned borrowing from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).


tsunami

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese, 津波(つなみ) (tsunami).


vez

From Old Galician-Portuguese vez (displacing vegada), from Latin vicis (“change, alternation”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to wind, bend”).

der

Ver-te-ei outra vez.

Vencemos quatro vezes seguidas.

move (chance to use something shared in sequence with others)

(games) turn; move (one’s chance to make a move in a game having two or more players)


print

Tirar print.


pianissimo

From Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


crescendo

(music) crescendo (music to be play gradually more loudly)


staccato

Unadapted borrowing from Italian staccato.

ubor

(music) staccato (a style of playing short sharp notes)


radical

(linguistic morphology) stem (main part of a word)


radical

pt-noun

radical m or f by sense (plural radicais)

radical (person holding unorthodox views)


toga

toga (loose outer garment worn by the citizens of ancient Rome)


colo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese colo, from Latin collum (“neck”). Cognate with Galician colo, Spanish cuello, Italian collo, and French cou.

inh+

(anatomy) neck; collum (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

(anatomy) neck (part of a bone that connects its head to its body)

(anatomy) cervix (necklike portion of any part)


colo

Borrowed from Latin cōlon (“colon”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “limb”).


gato

pt-noun

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gatos (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)

Annobonese: gatu

Kabuverdianu: gátu

→ Kimbundu: ngatu

→? Gulf Arabic: قطو (gaṭu)

From Old Galician-Portuguese gato, from Late Latin cattus; compare also catta, possibly of ultimately Afroasiatic origin. See the etymology at cat for further details.

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

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

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

Felis silvestris catus
Felis silvestris catus#Translingual

cat (domestic cat: Felis silvestris catus)

one of a number of utensils made of iron or similar material used to fix objects

excess flesh on the upper part of riding animals

(Brazil, colloquial) an illegal connection to use electricity or watch pay TV for free

(Brazil, colloquial) truck driver who rents boias-frias to work on farming

(Trás-os-Montes) lie (deliberately false statement)


allegretto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.


sub

a miley casou em casa e as subs fazendo aquele auê todo p revelação de sexo de bebê kkkkkkkkkkk aiai

2018 December 26, Letícia (@leticiaramosccp), Twitter:

As subs que eu sigo no Instagram não estão me dando stories o suficiente

2018 December 28, daniella (@dnifurtado), Twitter:

(slang) Alternative form of subcelebridade


clave

Learned borrowing from Latin clāvem. Doublet of chave.


emperador

pt-noun

emperador m (plural emperadores, feminine emperatriz, feminine plural emperatrizes)

emperadores (plural)
emperatriz (feminine)
emperatrizes (feminine plural)

[ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ẽ.pɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]


hexadecimal

(computing) hexadecimal (number expressed in base 16)


closet

Unadapted borrowing from English closet.

2020 September 2, Luane Baptista, “Como montar um closet no apartamento: ideias e orientações”, in CRB Construtora, archived from the original on 2021-11-21:

dressing room, walk-in closet (US), walk-in wardrobe (UK) (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy)


madame

madam (polite term of address to a woman)


câmara

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamara

Indo-Portuguese: cambr, cambra

Kabuverdianu: kánbra

Kristang: kambra

→ Gujarati: કમરો (kamro)

→ Hindi: कमरा (kamrā)

→ Tetum: kámara

→ Urdu: کمرہ (kamra)

From Old Galician-Portuguese camara, from Vulgar Latin camara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

câmara municipal
câmara municipal#Portuguese

(Portugal) Alternative form of câmara municipal


dental

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dentālis, from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). By surface analysis, dente + -al.


prima donna

prima donna f (plural prima donnas or primas donnas)

prima donnas (plural)
primas donnas (plural)


mesa

→ Javanese: méja

→ Kadiwéu: nameeja

→ Kaingang: mẽja

→ Kituba: mesa

→ Lingala: mésá

→ Luganda: mmeeza

→ Malay: meja
Indonesian: meja

→ Malayalam: മേശ (mēśa)

Papiamentu: mesa

→ Sinhalese: මේසය (mēsaya)

→ Tamil: மேசை (mēcai), மேஜை (mējai)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa (“table”).
Cognate with Galician mesa, Spanish mesa, French moise, Italian mensa and Romanian masă.
Not related to Persian میز (mêz, “table”). As both it and Portuguese mesa have been borrowed into different languages of southern Asia, they are sometimes confused by etymologists.

José, põe a mesa, por favor.
José, please set the table.

Cumprimentou-as tocando a aba do chapéu — pois ele usava chapéu, um fedora verde imaculado, além de luvas cor de lima —, e em seguida caminhou até a mesa onde estavam as mulheres, que deram risada.

2015, Neil Gaiman, Os filhos de Anansi, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 6:

He greeted them by touching the brim of his hat – for he wore a hat, an immaculate green fedora, and lime-colored gloves – and then walked to the table where the women were, who gave a laugh.

Portugal tem boa mesa e bom vinho.


húngaro

húngaro m (plural húngaros, feminine húngara, feminine plural húngaras)

húngaros (plural)
húngara (feminine)
húngaras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin hungarus, from German Ungar.

(uncountable) Hungarian (language spoken by the Hungarian people)


reboot

Unadapted borrowing from English reboot.

(computing) reboot (instance of rebooting)


arse

(poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot)


catapulta

Learned borrowing from Latin catapulta, from Ancient Greek καταπέλτης (katapéltēs), from κατά (katá, “downwards, into, against”), from πάλλω (pállō, “to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown”).


pogrom

pogrom (riot against a particular ethnic or religious group)


cantor

cantor m (plural cantores, feminine cantora, feminine plural cantoras)

cantores (plural)
cantora (feminine)
cantoras (feminine plural)


decimal

Borrowed from Late Latin decimālis, from Latin decimus.

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


baud

(computing, telecommunications) baud (a rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)


ghoul

Unadapted borrowing from English ghoul, from Persian غول (ğul).

(mythology, folklore) ghoul (a spirit said to feed on corpses)


pareidolia

From Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, “alongside”) + εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image”).

der

pareidolia (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar)


adulto

pt-noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

adultos (plural)
adulta (feminine)
adultas (feminine plural)


segundo

From Old Galician-Portuguese segundo, from Latin secundus, probably taken as a semi-learned term.

Um minuto tem sessenta segundos.

O relâmpago durou um segundo.

(loosely) second (extremely short period of time)

O segundo não conseguiu ultrapassar o primeiro.

The second one was unable to overtake the first one.

the second one (anything that comes immediately after the first)


geometria

Borrowed from Latin geometria, from Ancient Greek.

(mathematics) geometry (branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships)


gente

From Old Galician-Portuguese gente, from Latin gentem, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis.

Tinha uma gente esperando na porta.

There were some people waiting at the door.

A gloriosa história da gente portuguesa.

The glorious history of the Portuguese people.

people
persons forming a distinct identity

Gente, preciso de ajuda.

guys, folks (informal address to a group of people)

(historical, Ancient Rome) gens (in Ancient Rome, a group of people descending from a common ancestor)


vale

From Old Galician-Portuguese vale, val, from Latin vallis (“valley”).


soprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

(music) soprano (the highest vocal range)


soprano

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)


samizdat

(uncountable) samizdat (underground publishing in the Soviet Union)


gata

From Old Galician-Portuguese gata, from Late Latin catta.


porno

Clipping of pornográfico and pornografia.


media

Unadapted borrowing from English media, mass media.

(Portugal, journalism) Alternative spelling of média (“media; mass media”)


placenta

Borrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).


anima

Unadapted borrowing from Latin anima. Doublet of alma, inherited from the same source.

(Jungian psychology) anima (unconscious feminine aspect of a male)


solitude

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdō, corresponding to sōlus (“alone”) + -tūdō.


pasta

From Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

inh

(cooking) dough (mix of flour and other ingredients)

Eu gosto de escovar os dentes com essa pasta de dente.

I like to brush my teeth with this toothpaste.

(computing) folder (container of computer files)

briefcase (case used for carrying documents)

(politics) ministry; portfolio (responsibilities of a government department)


kit

kit (collection of items needed for a specific purpose)

kit (collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble)


silva

From Old Galician-Portuguese silva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- (“mountain, ridge, forest”). Compare the doublet selva and Galician silva.
The /i/ is puzzling. Philologist Leite de Vasconcelos felt that the word was not a Latinism and conjectured a term spīna *silvea with the same suffix as ligneus and pīneus, where the close post-tonic vowel would cause the stressed vowel to rise, as in marisma and sirgo.

bramble (any of various thorny shrubs, especially those in the family Rubus)

Rubus fruticosus
Rubus fruticosus#Translingual

(in particular) blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)


elixir

(alchemy) elixir (liquid which was believed to turn non-precious metals to gold)


abacate

Kabuverdianu: abakati

→ Bulgarian: авока́до (avokádo)

→ English: abacate

→ Hunsrik: Abakatt

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From Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“testicle, avocado”).

der

O guacamole é feito com abacates.


acardite

(organic chemistry) acardite (substance used to stabilise chemicals and as a plasticiser)


abacaxi

[ɐ.βɐ.kɐˈʃi]

(Portugal) a certain fragrant, sweet cultivar of pineapple

(Brazil, military slang) pineapple (hand grenade)


zap

pt-noun

zap m (usually uncountable, plural zaps)

Se na hora do off / Ele não sabe fazer / Chama no zap bb

2022, “Chama No Zap BB”, in Valzito (music), Junho 2k22, performed by Fernando Pisadinha ft. DJ Ivis and Nuzio Medeiros, MBC Music:

No grupo de zap "Compras réveillon 2017" surgem discussões acaloradas sobre o melhor acordo de cessar fogo entre Israel e Palestina.

2024 September 7, Antonio Prata, “Venho, por meio desta”, in Folha de S.Paulo:


jade

From French jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).


terra

From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra.

Cuidado, essa é a terra dos caçadores de cabeças.

Be careful, that is the land of the headhunters.

land; region; territory (area associated with something)

Deixa essa pedra na terra.

ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)

Compramos uma terra para criar gado.

land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone)

Após meses de viagem, finalmente chegaram em terra.

After months of travel, they finally arrived on land.

(sailing) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water)

A camisa está suja de terra.

earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground)

Lá na minha terra tem muitas capivaras.

There are a lot of capybaras in my homeland.


pão

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pon

Kabuverdianu: pom

Korlai Creole Portuguese: pãw

Kristang: pang

Papiamentu: pan

→ Bengali: পাঁউ (pãu)

⇒ Bengali: পাঁউরুটি (pãuruṭi)

→ Burmese: ပေါင်မုန့် (paungmun.) (compounded with မုန့် (mun., “snack”))

→ Gujarati: પાઉં (pāũ)

→ Hindi: पाव (pāv)

→ Japanese: パン (pan) (see there for further descendants)

→ Kadiwéu: paon

→ Korean: 빵 (ppang)

→ Makalero: paun (“bread”)

→ Malay: paung

→ Marathi: पाव (pāv)

→ Nheengatu: pãu

→ Sinhalese: පාන් (pān)

→ Tamil: பாண் (pāṇ)

→ Tetum: paun

→ Thai: ปัง (bpang)

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pan, from Latin pānem.
Compare Galician, Asturian, Leonese, and Spanish pan, Catalan pa, French pain, Italian pane, and Romanian pâine.

cog

casa onde não há pão, todos ralham e ninguém tem razão

Tem cuidado, ou levas já um pão

Be careful, or I'll give you a punch right now


seis

Kabuverdianu: sais

Macanese: sês

Papiamentu: seis

From Old Galician-Portuguese seis, seys, from Latin sex (“six”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”).


moral

a set of moral values, (collectively) principles, morality;

(informal) authority, capacity or right to impose on or influence another;

balls (boldness), attitude of authority;

right to have a say on a matter, to judge someone etc., moral high ground;


limousine

Unadapted borrowing from French limousine.


chiaroscuro

Unadapted borrowing from Italian chiaroscuro.


pirata

Borrowed from Latin pīrāta, from Ancient Greek πειρατής (peiratḗs), from πεῖρα (peîra, “trial, attempt, plot”).

pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)

pirate (person who reproduces copyrighted works without permission)


rancor

Borrowed from Latin rancōrem (“rancor; putridity”).

bor+

Ainda guardamos rancor pelo que fizeram conosco.

We still hold a grudge for what you did to us.

(usually uncountable) rancor; grudge (deep seated animosity)


sobrinho

pt-noun

sobrinho m (plural sobrinhos, feminine sobrinha, feminine plural sobrinhas)

sobrinhos (plural)
sobrinha (feminine)
sobrinhas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”).
Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.


deus ex machina

pt-noun

deus ex machina m (plural deuses ex machina or dei ex machina)

deuses ex machina (plural)
dei ex machina (plural)

(narratology) deus ex machina (contrived plot resolution)


vice

used as an abbreviation of any word containing the prefix vice-


ego

Learned borrowing from Latin ego (“I”). Doublet of eu.

(psychology) ego (most central part of the mind)


kibbutz

kibbutz m (plural kibbutzim or (less common) kibbutz)

kibbutzim (plural)
kibbutz (plural uncommon)


default

Unadapted borrowing from English default.

ubor

(finance) default (condition of failing to meet an obligation)

(computing) default (value used when none has been given)


tenor

Borrowed from Italian tenore. Doublet of teor.


albino

pt-noun

albino m (plural albinos, feminine albina, feminine plural albinas)

albinos (plural)
albina (feminine)
albinas (feminine plural)

From Medieval Latin albinus, from Latin albus.

albino (something or someone suffering from albinism)


chá

→ Apalaí: xa

→ Gujarati: ચા (cā)

→ Hunsrik: Scha

→ Nheengatu: xaa

desc

→ Spanish: cha / chá (Philippine Spanish)

→? Tagalog: tsa

→? Cebuano: tsa

→ Tetum: xá

From Cantonese 茶 (caa⁴, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis#Translingual

tea plant (Camellia sinensis, a bush whose leaves are used to make tea)

(uncountable) tea (drink made by infusing parts of plants)

(slang) any drug made by infusing a substance

chá de bebê

(Brazil) shower (party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts)


coro

From Old Galician-Portuguese coro, probably borrowed from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós). Doublet of chorus.

Eu canto num coro.

(architecture) choir (part of a church or concert hall where the choir assembles)


try

(programming) try (block of code that may trigger exceptions)


ergo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


caixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese cajxa~qajxa, probably borrowed from Catalan caixa, from Latin capsa. Compare Sicilian cascia, Spanish caja.


caixa

Macanese: caixa

Aquele caixa trabalha bem.

cashier (one who works at a till handling payments)


caixa

a cash register and the counter upon which it resides


metro

→ Kadiwéu: meetilo

From French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

[...] a poucos metros de distância [...]

2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 9:


metro

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain.


diner

diner (a small and inexpensive type of restaurant)


nirvana

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”).

bor

(Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)


tour

tour (journey through a given list of places)


mel

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mel, from Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.
Compare Galician mel m, Spanish miel f.

inh+

A conversa era sobre parentes, os parentes estranhos, interessantes ou, por qualquer razão, notáveis de cada um. Alguém já tinha contado que um parente comia favo de mel com abelha dentro.

The conversation was about relatives, each one's weird, interesting or, for some reason, remarkable relatives. Someone had already said that a relative [of his] ate honeycomb with the bee inside.


poro

From Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).


porta

From Old Galician-Portuguese porta, from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”).

Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:

If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

(computing) port (connector of an electronic device)


bacon

bacon (cured meat from the belly, sides or back of a pig)


lista

From Old Galician-Portuguese lista, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic *līstōn.


nauta

Learned borrowing from Latin nauta, from Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs).


bravo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bravo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bravus or *brabus, from a fusion of Latin prāvus and barbarus.

(North Brazil) a neophyte to rubber tapping, a novice seringueiro


ira

From Old Galician-Portuguese ira, from Latin īra, from Proto-Indo-European *eis.

anger, rage (a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something)


status quo

status quo (the existing state of things)


pelo

From Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. The retention of single Latin /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the product of analogy with the near-synonym cabelo < Latin capillus.

O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode.

The teenager was happy when he saw the first hairs of his moustache emerging.

hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo

Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato.

Pelos de tarântula.

Não toques o pelo de uma urtiga.

(by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals


mono

Uncertain, but probably borrowed from or related to Spanish mono.


história

Kabuverdianu: stória

[iʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

Learned borrowing from Latin historia (“history”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”). Doublet of estória.


longa

(music) long (a note formerly used in music, twice the length of a breve)


longa

pt-noun

longa (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural longas)


hooligan

hooligan m or f by sense (plural hooligans)

Unadapted borrowing from English hooligan.


byte

(computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)


parkour

Unadapted borrowing from French parkour.


breve

Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

(music) a double whole note (US) or breve (UK)

(phonetics) a syllable or vowel that is quickly pronounced


astrologia

Borrowed from Latin astrologia (“astronomy, astrology”), from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “astronomy, astrology”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”).


droga

From French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from drocgue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge (“dry”).

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drug (substance used to treat an illness or relieve a symptom)

drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive)

Essa droga não funciona!

(informal) crap (something of poor quality)


tumor

(oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth)


azo

Borrowed from Old Occitan aize (“comfort”), from Latin adiacēns. Compare French aise and Italian agio. Doublet of adjacente.


mona

From Venetian mona (“pussy, cunt”).
Possibly borrowed from Spanish mona.

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

Hoje a 1 hora da tarde foi tambem conduzido áquelle posto o creoulo Manoel Oliveira, por estar cahido com forte «mona» na rua 15 de Novembro, na porta do estabelecimento funerário do Sr. Miguel Dellelis.

1906 March 3, A Situação, Jaguarão, page 2; quoted in Jeferson Francisco Selbach, Rosemary Fritsch Brum, “Jornal A Situação 1906 a 1920”, in Ruralização e viver em fronteira: Jaguarão/RS, Porto Alegre: Animal, 2017 May 13, →ISBN, page 99:

the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed

(bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts


tora

(Brazil) log (cut and cleared trunk of a tree)


data

Borrowed from Late Latin data, from Latin datus (“given”). Doublet of dada.

Qual é sua data de nascimento?

date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

Uma data de coisas.

Quero comprar esta data.


posse

Borrowed from Medieval Latin posse (“power, ability”).

Sei que há moças que vendem o corpo, única posse real, em troca de um bom jantar em vez de um sanduíche de mortadela.

1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:

No Palácio da Ajuda, tomarão posse todos os membros do Governo, os 17 ministros e os 41 secretários de Estado, numa cerimónia conjunta à imagem do que aconteceu a 30 de Outubro, com o XX Governo, liderado por Pedro Passos Coelho.

2015 November 26, São José Almeida, “Cavaco deverá sublinhar desafios ao dar posse a Costa”, in Público:


adv.

(lexicography, grammar) Abbreviation of advérbio (“adverb”).


pronto

trained soldier (soldier who successfully completed their training period)


quota

Alternative form of cota, exclusively in the sense of the English word quota, but not for the other uses of cota meaning he quotes or armour coat


adj.

(lexicography, grammar) Abbreviation of adjetivo (“adjective”).


shuriken

pt-noun

shuriken m or f (plural shurikens or shuriken)

shuriken (throwing blade with multiple points used by ninjas)


ou

From Old Galician-Portuguese ou, from Latin aut.

(logic) inclusive or (connective which yields true when at least one of the predicates is true)


fome

From Old Galician-Portuguese fame, from Latin famēs (“hunger”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin alternative accusative form Latin *fam(i)ne(m), or more likely a variant nominative form *famen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Spanish hambre (Old Spanish fambre), Catalan fam, French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

der

Tenho fome porque não como há três dias.

I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten in three days.

(uncountable) hunger (need or compelling desire for food)

Fome de poder.

Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.

famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)


odor

From Old Galician-Portuguese odor (displacing collateral form olor), from Latin odōrem.


tanuki

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 狸 (たぬき, tanuki, “raccoon dog”).

ubor

Nyctereutes procyonoides
Nyctereutes procyonoides#Translingual

raccoon dog; tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides, a canid of East Asia)


cognome

Borrowed from Latin cognomen, based on Portuguese nome.

cognomen; moniker (nickname or epithet by which someone is identified)

cognomen (third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome)


glace

frosting, icing (a sugary coating for cakes and other baked goods)


performance

/pɨɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

/pɛɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

(art) performance (artistic manifestation based on staging that can combine dance, music, audiovisual media)

(linguistics) performance (manifestation of a speaker's linguistic competence)


transversal

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.veχˈsaʊ̯]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.βɨɾˈsaɫ]


transversal

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.veχˈsaʊ̯]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.βɨɾˈsaɫ]


phase

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


character

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


professor

pt-noun

professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

professores (plural)
professora (feminine)
professoras (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: profesor

desc

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt">professora</i>

Macanese: (from professora) sora

O professor propõe a adição 8+5 e alguns alunos não conseguem efetuá-la; contudo, se ela for representada como 8 laranjas mais 15 laranjas, eles a executam com êxito.

2006, Sergio Lorenzato, Para aprender matematica, Autores Associados, →ISBN, page 19:

teacher (a person who teaches professionally)


idiota

Borrowed from Latin idiōta, from Ancient Greek ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs, “layman”) from ἴδιος (ídios, “private”).


dossier

Unadapted borrowing from French dossier.


block

Unadapted borrowing from English block. Doublet of bloco.

(social media) block (temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service)


gate

(electronics) gate (circuit that implements a logical operation)


tio

pt-noun

tio m (plural tios, feminine tia, feminine plural tias)

tios (plural)
tia (feminine)
tias (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: tiu

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tiu

→ Aukan: tiyu

→ Saramaccan: tio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tio, from Late Latin thīus, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Galician and Spanish tío, Italian zio, Sardinian tiu.

inh+

uncle (brother of someone's father or mother, or an aunt's husband)

Tinha dois tiozinhos no ponto.

(Brazil, colloquial, often considered disrespectful) uncle (term of address for any adult)

uncle (term of address for any adult)
guy; bloke

tio da limpeza

janitor (literally, “uncle of the cleaning”)

an employee who performs a given activity

(slang, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro


geek

geek (expert in a technical field, particularly to do with computers)


diocese

From Ancient Greek δῐοίκησῐς (dioíkēsis), through Latin dioecēsis.

(religion) diocese (administrative district in some ancient Roman provinces)

(religion) diocese (ecclesiastical territorial division subject to the jurisdiction of a bishop or of his legitimate substitute)


nome

Guinea-Bissau Creole: nomi

Kabuverdianu: nómi

Macanese: nómi

From Old Galician-Portuguese nome, from Latin nōmen (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

[...] e as letras do seu nome se rearrumaram.

2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 264:

… and the letters of his name rearranged themselves.

name (word or phrase which identifies an individual person, place, class, or thing)

Preciso limpar meu nome.


maestro

pt-noun

maestro m (plural maestros, feminine maestrina, feminine plural maestrinas)

maestros (plural)
maestrina (feminine)
maestrinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian maestro. Doublet of mestre, magíster, máster, and míster.

doublet

(music) conductor (person who conducts an orchestra)


pack

A garota começou a vender packs para pagar as despesas.

The girl started selling packs to pay her expenses.

(colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos sold over the internet


caverna

(nautical) rib (part of a ship’s framework)


trema

From French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).


ET

(ufology) Abbreviation of extraterrestre.


dobre

Bora começar com um dobre de sena.

(dominoes) double (tile where both ends have the same value):


vagina

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of bainha and vagem.


fotografia

Borrowed from French photographie, from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós, “(genitive) of light”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”). By surface analysis, foto- + grafia.

der

photography (the art of taking photographs)

photograph (picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface)

(figurative) carbon copy (something that looks very similar to something else)


ave

Kabuverdianu: avi

From Old Galician-Portuguese ave (“bird”), from Latin avis (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Todas as aves têm asas.


pique

Borrowed from Middle French picque (“a prick, sting”), from Old French pic (“a sharp point”).


pique

Então você já tentou de tudo: criar carinhas com cabelo de cenoura ralada e olhos de azeitona, contar que o coelhinho come, que se não comer não cresce, que vai ter que levar “pique”… e nada é eficiente o suficiente para acabar com a birra clássica, exigindo que só come se for batata frita ou salgadinho.

2016 November 2, “Alimentação infantil: 6 dicas para aguçar a curiosidade do seu filho”, in ABC na Cozinha, Joinville:


avalanche

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɨ/

/ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

[ɐ.βɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ]

Borrowed from French avalanche, from Savoyard Franco-Provençal avalançhe.

avalanche (large mass of snow sliding down a mountain side)

(figurative) (sudden, great, or irresistible influx of anything)


monitor

pt-noun

monitor m (plural monitores, feminine monitora, feminine plural monitoras)

monitores (plural)
monitora (feminine)
monitoras (feminine plural)

monitor (someone who watches over something)

monitor lizard (lizard of the genus Varanus)


tia

tia f (plural tias, masculine tio, masculine plural tios)

tias (plural)
tio (masculine)
tios (masculine plural)

→ Aukan: tiya

→ Saramaccan: tia

From Old Galician-Portuguese tia, from Late Latin thīa, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

aunt (sister of someone's father or mother, or an uncle's wife)

(slang) aunt (colloquial term of address for an older woman)

(slang, by extension) colloquial term of address for any female person

tia da limpeza

(Brazil, slang) a female clerk who performs a regular activity


hermano

hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas)

hermanos (plural)
hermana (feminine)
hermanas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish hermano. Doublet of irmão and germano.

(Brazil, informal, endearing) Argentinian

(Portugal, informal, endearing) Spaniard


corno

From Latin cornū, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

horn (growth on the heads of certain animals)


hora

→ Chichewa: ola

Kabuverdianu: óra

Macanese: ora

Papiamentu: ora

From Old Galician-Portuguese ora, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan hora, Occitan and Italian ora, French heure and Romanian oară.

der

Há vinte e quatro horas num dia.

Ele estava aqui há uma hora.

A alguma hora, eu passo aí.

Que horas são?

É hora de dar tchau.


brada

Borrowed from English brother. Doublet of frade, freire, and bróder.


jazz

Que é isso? Uma rádio tocando jazz de manhã e prometendo tocar música erudita na sequência? Só pode ser piada ou estou sonhando ainda!

2010, Ricardo da Mata, O Mundo Lá Fora, Clube de Autores, page 199:

What is this? A radio playing jazz in the morning and promising to play classical next? It can only be a joke, or I am still dreaming!


silo

(agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)

(military) silo (underground missile facility)


sauna

sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)


bulldog

Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog.


par

From Old Galician-Portuguese par, from Latin pār (“equal, like”), from Proto-Indo-European *per (“exchange”).


exploit

Unadapted borrowing from English exploit.

(computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)


enigma

Borrowed from Latin aenigma (“riddle”), from Ancient Greek αἴνιγμα (aínigma, “dark saying, riddle”).


merda

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From Old Galician-Portuguese *merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

[…] que havia a Moça mandar, senão merda com mais merda?

17th century, Gregório de Matos, “A certo frade na Villa de Sam Francisco, a quem hua moça fingindose agradecida à seus repetidos galanteyos, lhe mandou em simulações de doce huma panella de merda”, in James Amado, compiler, Crônica do viver baiano seiscentista feita em verso pelo doutor Gregório de Matos e Guerra, Salvador: Janaína, published 1969:

(uncountable) shit; faeces (excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

(uncountable) shit (rubbish; worthless matter)

O teu trabalho é uma merda.

Hum! A cidade... Tem um aeroporto, tem um clube de dança onde jogam gamão, boas casas de comércio, em resumo é uma merda.

1963, Jorge Amado, Seara vermelha, São Paulo: Martins, page 167:

Se você vai ver direito, sabe, esse quadro por quanto foi vendido. Você olha o quadro e fala: "Essa merda não vale nada". Essa merda foi vendida por 54 milhões de dólares.

1990 October 5, Ricardo Soares, quoting Luiz Camargo Wolfmann, “Ricardo Soares entrevista Luiz Camargo Wolfmann”, in Trip, São Paulo: Abril, page 9:

piece of shit (an object of poor quality)

[…] garanto que nem se comoveu quando queimou as cartas, entretanto fica sofrendo por causa de uma Nanci que resolveu sair falando "merda" para todo o mundo...

1972, Cassandra Rios, Muros altos, Rio de Janeiro: Distribuidora Record, page 193:

Na família de Ariana, todas as mulheres morrem esclerosadas. Porque ninguém avisa às coitadas que elas estão falando merda, pensando merda e fedendo a merda.

1998, Fernanda Young, Carta para alguém bem perto, São Paulo: Objetiva, →ISBN, page 19:

(colloquial, usually uncountable) shit (nonsense; bullshit)

Fiquei aqui o dia todo e não fiz merda nenhuma.

I stayed here all day long and didn't do shit.

(colloquial) shit (anything) [with alguma or nenhuma]

(figuratively, colloquial) shit (problem or difficult situation)

Nós nunca conseguimos sair da merda.

(figuratively, colloquial) a state of misery or penury


merda

(vulgar, derogatory) shit (a worthless or cowardly person; used particularly of men)


cappuccino

pt-noun

cappuccino m (plural cappuccini or cappuccinos)

cappuccini (plural)
cappuccinos (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cappuccino.


orc

Unadapted borrowing from English orc. Doublet of ogro and orco.

(fantasy) orc (evil, monstrous humanoid creature)


jugular

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.


bandana

/bɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.nɐ/

/bɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.nɐ/

Ultimately from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), either via English bandana or French bandana.

der

bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)


pastoral

(Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine


driver

Unadapted borrowing from English driver.

As informações de boot podem ser armazenadas em uma partição separada. Mais uma vez, ela tem seu próprio formato, pois, no momento do boot, o sistema ainda não carregou drivers de dispositivo do sistema de arquivos e, por isso, não pode interpretar o formato do sistema de arquivos.

2008, Sistemas Operacionais com Java, Sistemas Operacionais com Java, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 311:

(computing) driver (program acting as interface between an application and hardware)


bilabial

(phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)


clone

clone (organism produced asexually from a single ancestor)

clone (copy of something already existing)

clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)


côr

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


like

(Brazil, social media) like (Internet interaction)


bro

(colloquial) bro (a male comrade or friend)

(colloquial) bro (used to address a male)


marsupial

marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)


brownie

Unadapted borrowing from English brownie.


bolso

Este casaco não tem bolsos.

Na minha idade, um homem deve se preocupar não com o seu corpo mas com o seu bolso.

At my age, a man needs to worry not about his body but about his pocket.

(figuratively) one's finances or acquisitive power


lace

Unadapted borrowing from English lace (wig).


cheat

(video games) cheat (hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game)


zombie

Unadapted borrowing from English zombie.


snorkel

Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.

snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)


mar

Kabuverdianu: mar, már

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mar (“sea”), from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Compare Galician mar.

inh+

um mar de possibilidades

(figurative) a multitude; a great amount or number of things


catena

Borrowed from Latin catēna (“chain”). Doublet of cadeia.

(geology) catena (series of distinct soils along a slope)


costa

From Latin costa (“side, rib”), in later and Medieval Latin coming to mean “edge” or “coast”. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.


girafa

(by extension, rare) any member of the Giraffidae family

(Brazil, figurative, colloquial) a very tall or long-necked individual

(Brazil, film, television) boom (movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)

(music) Clipping of piano girafa (“giraffe piano”)


paca

(Brazil) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

(Brazil, by extension, cooking) dish made of its meat

paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
dish made of its meat

(Brazil, colloquial) naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool


paca

From Middle French pacque, Old French pakke, from Dutch pak.

(dated) a kind of tree fom Portuguese India


milieu

milieu (a person’s social setting or environment)


ala

Learned borrowing from Latin āla. Compare the inherited doublet á.

(sports) wing (position on either side of the field)

(chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)

a row among a larger group of people or things

(Brazil) a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants

(architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)

(chess) each player’s half of the chessboard


ala

(sports) wing; winger (player in a wing position)

(aviation) wingman (support pilot in a squadron)


kickboxing

Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.

ubor

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


pinta

Japanese: ピン (pin)


pinta

pt-noun

pinta f (countable and uncountable, plural pintas)

Originally from French pinte (“French pint”), although now used for English pint.

(measure) Synonym of pinto, an English or American unit of liquid volume


favor

Macanese: favôr

From Latin favor (“favour; good will”), from faveō (“to favour”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoweh₁ (“to notice”).

uder

favor (instance of voluntarily assisting someone)


porco

pt-noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)

porcos (plural)
porca (feminine)
porcas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”). Compare Galician porco.

inh

pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)

(derogatory) pig (dirty or slovenly person)


camper

Unadapted borrowing from English camper.

(video games, Internet slang) camper (person who stays in one spot during a FPS game)


chorus

Unadapted borrowing from English chorus. Doublet of coro.

Ele usa um baixo Ken Smith, standard, de 5 cordas, com pedal oitavador e chorus.

He plays a standard, 5-string Ken Smith bass, with an octaver pedal and chorus.

Podem ser conseguidos a partir de efeitos como o chorus, delay, flanger ou compressor/limitador, phase-shift e pitch transposer.

2010, Antonio Adolfo, Arranjo: um enfoque atual, Lumiar Editora, page 64:

[These] may be achieved by means of effects such as chorus, delay, flanging, compression/gate, phase-shift and pitch transposition.

O flanger permite então vários ajustes, desde um chorus comum (é só deixar o botão Res ou Resonance ou Feedback no zero e ajustar o Depth e o Rate) […]

2016, Daniel Luiz Alves, Desvendando Seu Setup: Como melhorar seu som, Clube de Autores, page 65:

Thus, the flanger permits various adjustments, from a simple chorus (just set the Res or Resonance or Feedback knob to zero and adjust the Depth and Rate [knobs]) […]

(music) chorus (effect produced by mixing a signal with delayed and modulated copies of itself)


despertador

[dɨʃ.pɨɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]

[dɨʃ.pɨɾ.tɐˈðoɾ]


integral

[ĩ.teˈɡɾaʊ̯]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire; untouched”).


máscara

From Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”).


aba

From Latin alapa (“slap, smack”). Cognate with Galician aba.

a aba do chapéu

(computing) tab (navigational widget in a GUI)


tabuleiro de xadrez

pt-noun

tabuleiro de xadrez m (plural tabuleiros de xadrez)

[tɐ.βuˈlɐj.ɾu ðɨ ʃɐˈðɾeʃ]

[tɐ.βuˈlɐj.ɾu ðɨ ʃɐˈðɾeʃ]

[tɐ.βuˈlej.ɾu ðɨ ʃɐˈðɾeʃ]

[tɐ.βuˈlej.ɾu ðɨ ʃɐˈðɾeʃ]

[tɐ.βuˈle.ɾu ðɨ ʃɐˈðɾeʃ]


dose

Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis).

Uma meia dose de sardinhas assadas.

(informal) fix (a single dose of an addictive drug)


frame

(networking) frame (independent chunk of data)

(Internet) frame (individually scrollable region of a webpage)

frame (individual image emitted by a projector or monitor)


loba

(derogatory slang) a bitch, a slut: a sexually promiscuous woman

(archaic, ecclesiastical) a wide cassock worn by Portuguese clergy


acinesia

(medicine) akinesia (loss of the ability to control muscles)


olho

Guinea-Bissau Creole: udju

Kabuverdianu: odju

Papiamentu: wowo

Saramaccan: wójo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olho (“eye”), from Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Italic *okelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of óculo, a borrowing. Compare Galician ollo, Spanish ojo, French œil and Italian occhio.

inh+

(figuratively) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)

Queijo São Jorge - queijo curado de consistência firme, pasta amarelada, dura ou semidura, com olhos pequenos e irregulares disseminados na massa, que apresenta uma estrutura quebradiça, é obtido por dessoramento e prensagem após a coagulação do leite de vaca inteiro e cru, produzido na ilha de São Jorge.

1986 July 9, Governo Regional - Região Autonóma dos Açores, “Decreto Regulamentar Regional 24/86/A, de 9 de Julho”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 2015-12-15:

(cooking) a hole in cheese, bread or similar items

(geology) short for olho-d'água (“spring, source”)


cereal

Borrowed from Latin Cereālis (“relating to Ceres”), from Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”).

cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains)

(uncountable) cereal (the grains of such plants)

breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)


madre

From Old Galician-Portuguese madre, from Latin māter, mātrem (“mother, matron”), from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Cognate of mãe.

Madre superiora.


hogshead

Unadapted borrowing from English hogshead.

ubor

hogshead (an English measure of liquids)


jalapeño

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.


vara

From Old Galician-Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”). Cognate with Catalan, Galician, and Spanish vara.

(historical, measure) vara, a Portuguese rod, yard or ell, a former unit of length about equal to 1.1 m

(historical, measure) square vara, a former unit of area about equal to 1.2 m²

a district court, an original court, a trial court or court of first instance


dictador

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


racismo

→ Tetum: rasizmu

O que é racismo? É um desejo de uma raça que sempre teve vantagem sobre as demais, que aos poucos está perdendo estas vantagens, vantagens que a mãe natureza oferece, que por muito tempo foi privilégio para umas raças que se achavam superiores;

2023, Djalma do Nascimento Sousa, chapter V, in Memórias do Sul do Maranhão, Maranhão, published 2023, page 117:

What is racism? It is the desire of a race that has always had an advantage over others, which is gradually losing these advantages, advantages that Mother Nature offers, which for a long time was a privilege for some races that thought they were superior;


delay

(posh, except in technical contexts) delay (period of time before an event being initiated and actually occurring)

(audio engineering) delay (effect that produces echo-like repetitions in sound)

(audio engineering) delay (unit that produces a delay effect)


pote

Kadiwéu: boote

From French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).

der

(historical, measure) pot, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 7–13 liters depending on the area of Portugal


shade

[ˈʃeɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[ˈʃeɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

“Eu não preciso dizer que você é feia, porque você sabe que é feia” (Paris..., 1990), exemplifica Corey para o fato de shade ser como uma leitura do que está subentendido como defeito no outro. Shade também se transforma em movimento.

2022 September 9, Ademir Corrêa, Cinema queerité: Gêneros e identidades no documentário "Paris is burning", Paco e Littera, →ISBN:

"I don't need to say that you're ugly, because you know you're ugly" (Paris..., 1990), exemplifies Corey to illustrate that shade is like reading what's implied as a flaw in the other person. Shade also becomes a movement.


palatal

(phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)


smash

(tennis) smash (overhead shot hit sharply downward)


sorvete

→ Hunsrik: Sorvett

Borrowed from French sorbet, from Old Italian sorbetto (“sherbet”), from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic شُرْبَة (šurba, “drink”). Compare Salvadoran Spanish sorbete (“ice cream”). Doublet of sorbet.


gema

Borrowed from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”).

bor+

(botany) bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)


adagietto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

ubor

(music) adagietto (passage played more lighthearted than adagio)


acne

acne (a pattern of blemishes resulting from the skin condition)


fantasma

pt-noun

fantasma m or f by sense or m (plural fantasmas)

fantasma m or f by sense or (canonical masculine)
fantasmas (plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin phantasma (“apparition, specter”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of abantesma.


mosca

From Old Galician-Portuguese mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.

fly (various insects in the order Diptera)


moa

moa (large, extinct flightless bird of New Zealand)


desastre

Borrowed from Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

disaster (unforeseen event causing great loss, etc.)


gangue

pt-noun

gangue (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural gangues)

gang; street gang (criminal group, especially one that practices petty crime)

gang (a group of friends who do things together regularly, especially mischievous children)


terror

Os olhos do elfo se arregalavam de terror e ele tremia.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:

A música é tão importante que existe até categoria de premiação no Oscar, pois a mesma ajuda a criar todo o clima que vemos nos filmes[,] seja este um filme divertido e infantil, ou seja,^([sic]) aquele terror super hiper mega blaster assustador.

2009, Robson Campos De Abreu, Teatro para Mágicos, Clube de Autores, page 60:

Você é um terror, garoto!

Esses bandidos são um terror

(Brazil, slang) a very troublesome person or thing


screenshot

Unadapted borrowing from English screenshot.

ubor

(computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)


ninja

(martial arts, historical) ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination and ninjutsu)


cornada

goring (a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting)


autor

pt-noun

autor m (plural autores, feminine autora, feminine plural autoras)

autores (plural)
autora (feminine)
autoras (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin auctor. Doublet of auteur.

És apenas um homem
Um escravo de Deus
Autor do desastre que aconteceu

2017, “Desastre”, performed by Moonspell:

You're just a man
A slave of God
Author of the disaster that occured


velar

Learned borrowing from Latin vēlāris, corresponding to velo (“velum”) + -ar.

(phonetics) velar (a consonant articulated at the soft palate)


azul

Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.
Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.


lambada

→ English: lambada


tonto

pt-noun

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)

tontos (plural)
tonta (feminine)
tontas (feminine plural)

Of unclear origin. Compare Italian tonto, Romanian tont or tânt, and Spanish tonto.


aurora

Learned borrowing from Latin aurōra (“dawn, sunrise”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsōs (“dawn”).


sangue

From Old Galician-Portuguese sangue, sangui, from Latin sanguinem, from older sanguen, from *san-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Compare Galician sangue, Spanish sangre.


fresco

pt-noun

fresco m (plural frescos, feminine fresca, feminine plural frescas)

frescos (plural)
fresca (feminine)
frescas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese fresco, from Vulgar Latin *friscum.


visarga

(Sanskrit phonetics) visarga (voiceless h in Sanskrit)


grave

From Old Galician-Portuguese grave, from Latin gravis (“heavy; grave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.


editor

editor m (plural editores, feminine editora, feminine plural editoras)

editores (plural)
editora (feminine)
editoras (feminine plural)

publisher (person who publishes printed media)


editor

(computer software) editor (program for modifying files, especially text files)


prosa

From Old Galician-Portuguese prosa, from Latin prōsa (“straightforward”) in the term prōsa ōrātio (“straightforward speech”), alteration of prōrsa, from the feminine form of prōrsus (“straight, forwards”), from Old Latin prōvorsus (“moving straight ahead”), from prō- (“forward”) + vorsus (“turned”).

der

(literature, uncountable) prose (written language not intended as poetry)


divisa

From diviso, on the model of French devise.


albariza

albariza (white porous chalky soil found in Andalusia)


haver

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.


gordo

pt-noun

gordo m (plural gordos, feminine gorda, feminine plural gordas)

gordos (plural)
gorda (feminine)
gordas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese gordo, from Latin gurdus.


kamikaze

Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).

bor

<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">かみかぜ</i> (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)


clima

From Late Latin clīma, from Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klíma, “region, zone”), from κλῐ́νω (klínō, “to slope, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

der

climate (long-term manifestations of weather)

(informal) mood; atmosphere (as in the situation)


tag

an RFID chip, especially one used to unlock electronic door locks, often carried as a key fob


res

Agora o rework está fazendo sentido, o res como habilidade funciona como habilidade e não como uma ultimate em forma de habilidade, com 70% mais lento pra dar o res em alguém ela pode ser pinada, levar stun, tem que ter oportunidade para ambos os lados.

2017 November 2, comment by Amido // NewsInside.org, “Overwatch recebe atualização que balanceia Mercy e Ana”, in IGN Brasil:

A atual vc apenas da Res atrás da parede, precisa ficar dividindo a cura para outras pessoas quando o outro healer morre, ou morre e ele troca pra DPS, ai vc e obrigado a pegar um suporte que aguente e se encaixe na comp.

2018 August 20, Aqua, “Vamos falar da Mercy 1.0?”, in Blizzard Forums:

Isso serve não só pra status em si, mas, por exemplo: pra você ressucitar alguém de Mercy. Tem res que não vale a pena você ir. Tipo assim, não vale a pena, não agrega nada pro jogo. Tem res que agrega.

2023 December 8, Nitrao, 19:05 from the start, in DANDO DICAS PARA DIAMANTE, player de SOUJORN - Coach do Nitrao, via YouTube:

(video games, Internet slang) res; Clipping of ressurreição.


mortal

From Old Galician-Portuguese mortal, and their source Latin mortālis, from mors (“death”). By surface analysis, morte + -al.

a mortal, a human (someone susceptible to death)


these

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


brisa

Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71:

I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.

(meteorology) a gentle to moderate wind; breeze

(Brazil, slang) the state of musing and meditating or dreaming while awake; reverie, dreaminess, muse

(Brazil, slang) psychological effects of drugs (specially marijuana); high; trip


quark

(physics) quark (an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter)


charge

(Brazil) cartoon (satire of public figures)


espada

→ Assamese: ইস্পাত (ispat)

→ Bengali: ইস্পাত (iśpat)

→ Gujarati: ઇસપાત (isapāt, “steel”)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: इस्पात (ispāt)

Urdu: اسپات (ispāt)

desc

𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / इसपात

→ Maithili: 𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / इसपात (𑒃𑒮𑒣𑒰𑒞 / isᵊpāt)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਇਸਪਾਤ (isapāt)

Shahmukhi script: اسپات (ispāt)

From Old Galician-Portuguese espada, through prothesis from Latin spatha (“a type of sword”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “broad blade”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂-dʰ-.

der

singular of espadas (“spades”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)


hacker

Unadapted borrowing from English hacker.

(computing) hacker (one who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer)

(computing) hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorised access to data)


style

Unadapted borrowing from English style. Doublet of estilo and esteio.


abugida

[ɐ.βuˈʒi.ðɐ]

(linguistics) abugida (writing system in which consonant-vowel sequences are written as a unit)


pus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


blackout

Unadapted borrowing from English blackout.


mantra

(Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation)

(figurative) mantra (a slogan or phrase often repeated)


leu

Borrowed from Romanian leu (“leu; lion”).

bor+

leu (currency unit of Romania and Moldova)


mamba

mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)


bouquet

Unadapted borrowing from French bouquet.


pala

Borrowed from Latin pāla (“shovel, bezel”). Doublet of pá.

forepiece, brim (projecting rim of a hat)

part of a leg warmer that covers the foot

blinker (eye shield attached to a horse hood in order to impede its rear vision)

(clothing) yoke (of a shirt, dress or pants)

(Christianity) pall (piece used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist)


funk

(music, uncountable) funk (a genre of popular music derived from soul music)

(Brazil, music, uncountable) funk carioca (Brazilian music genre derived from Miami bass)

(Brazil, music) a particular song or composition of funk carioca


adware

Unadapted borrowing from English adware.

(computing) adware (software application that displays advertisements)


spyware

Unadapted borrowing from English spyware.

ubor

(computing) spyware (malicious program that monitors and reports activity)


delivery

Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.

(Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)


lego

Lego (small, coloured plastic toy bricks made by the Lego Company)

(trademark generalisation) any similar brick toy

(figurative) things that can be assembled together to form a larger thing


distrito

Learned borrowing from Latin districtus, from distringō.