mãe

Angolar: maa

→ Ambonese Malay: mai, maitua

Annobonese: mai, me

Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai

Indo-Portuguese: mãe, mai

Kabuverdianu: mai

→ Konkani: मांय (māiya)

Kristang: mai

desctree

→ Old Tupi: mãîa, manha
Nheengatu: manha

Principense: mwin

Sãotomense: men

→ Tetun Dili: madre

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, hypocoristic form of madre, from Latin māter (“mother”).
Compare Galician mai, nai, Mirandese, Leonese, and Aragonese mai and Asturian ma.

Coordinate term: pai

mother (female who gives birth to or parents a child)

Mãe, a senhora viu meus óculos?

A Ibéria é a mãe da Era do Descobrimento.

Iberia is the mother of the Age of Discovery.

nave-mãe

célula-mãe

(relational, in compounds) mother, stem (whence others spawn, are generated, are copied or stem)

lees (sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages)


fim

From Old Galician-Portuguese fim, fin, from Latin finis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰnh₂-.


rã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rãa, from Latin rana. Compare Galician ra and Spanish rana.

inh+

Eu li que pernas de rã são um prato típico da culinária francesa.

I've read that frog legs are a typical dish in French cuisine.


apical

(phonetics) apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)


impostor

pt-noun

impostor m (plural impostores, feminine impostora, feminine plural impostoras)

impostores (plural)
impostora (feminine)
impostoras (feminine plural)

impostor (someone who uses a false identity)


pentelho

From Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair, comb”). By surface analysis, pente + -elho.
Compare Galician pentello, Spanish pendejo.

(vulgar, mostly in the plural) peanuts (something of liitle importance)


pentelho

pentelho m (plural pentelhos, feminine pentelha, feminine plural pentelhas)

pentelhos (plural)
pentelha (feminine)
pentelhas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, vulgar, informal, derogatory) brat (a young boy, especially an annoying one)


aerogel

/aˌɛ.ɾoˈʒɛw/

[aˌɛ.ɾoˈʒɛʊ̯]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛl/

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛɫ]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛl/

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛɫ]

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈʒɛ.li/

aerogel (an ultralight solid-state substance)


cancioneiro

From canção (“song”) + -eiro; maybe borrowed from Spanish cancionero (“songbook”).

(collective) songbook (collection of lyrics or songs)


sarin

sarin (a neurotoxin used as a chemical weapon)


PowerPoint

Alternative letter-case form of powerpoint


feitoria

From feitor + -ia, the stem from Latin factor, cognate with English factor.


imagem

[iˈma.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese ymagen, omagen, omage, from Latin imāginem (“a copy, likeness, image”), from *im-, also the root of imitor (“to copy, imitate”).

der

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…

image; picture; figure (optical representation of an object)

image (mental representation of something seen or imagined)

image; face (characteristics that are first perceived by others)

(computing) image (file containing all data of a storage medium)

(religion) icon (small object of religious devotion)

(geometrical optics) image (a group of emitted, reflected or refracted rays of light)

Coordinate term: contradomínio

(mathematics) image (values mapped to by a function)


revanche

/ʁɨˈbɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

[ʁɨˈβɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ]


aludel

(alchemy) aludel (pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end)


galego

pt-noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)

galegos (plural)
galega (feminine)
galegas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus, from Gallaecia. Cognate with Galician galego and Spanish gallego.

(Alentejo, derogatory) someone from the Norte Region of Portugal

(Brazil, dialectal) blonde (a person with fair hair)

Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present p. 108,

p. 89 referring to Dicionario de Gria, Sao Paulo: Editora Preludio, 1974, p. 62

(Brazil, dated) a European immigrant to Brazil, more specifically, a Portuguese or Spanish immigrant

(Brazil, derogatory) a Portuguese of poor education


aprosopia

(teratology) aprosopia (underdevelopment of the face)


cleptomania

From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania.


alidade

(cartography, astronomy, surveying) alidade (sighting device used for measuring angles)


soufflé

Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé.


magyar

pt-noun

magyar m or f by sense (plural magyares)


aggiornamento

Unadapted borrowing from Italian aggiornamento.

ubor

(historical) aggiornamento (the reform of some teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in 1962-65)


dez

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dez, from Latin decem (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.


mousse

pt-noun

mousse f or (nonstandard) m (plural mousses)


igual

From Old Galician-Portuguese igual, ygual, from Latin aequālis.


linguística

Borrowed from French linguistique. Compare linguístico (“linguistic”).


disc jockey

disc jockey m or f by sense (plural disc jockeys)

Unadapted borrowing from English disc jockey.


ata

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta (“register of public events”).


língua

Angolar: lunga

Annobonese: lunga

Guinea-Bissau Creole: lingu, lingua

Indo-Portuguese: lingo, légo, leagou

Kabuverdianu: lingua

Korlai Creole Portuguese: ling

Macanese: língu

Principense: lunge

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lingua (“tongue, language”), from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”), from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā (“tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).
Cognate with Galician lingua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, Occitan lenga, French langue, Italian lingua and Romanian limbă.

inh+

Língua portuguesa

O inglês é a minha segunda língua.


língua

Disseram mais os ditos Antonio e Tambor, que a Barca viera a Quitangonha ou Matibana, e que fundeára perto de uma Ilha, e que logo fundeada o Capitão e um Mouro que traziam a bordo por nome Abdala, que servia de lingua, foram para terra levando dinheiro n'um sacco[…]

1858 January 7, Francisco Felizardo Saudás de Carvalho, Auto de averiguação; republished as “N.º 68–C”, in Documentos relativos ao apresamento, julgamento e entrega da barca franceza Charles et Georges, Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1858, page 122:

(archaic) interpreter (person who converts spoken language in real time)


spaniel

spaniel (any of several dog breeds bred to flush out game)


hypochondria

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


influencer

pt-noun

influencer m or f by sense (plural influencers)

Unadapted borrowing from English influencer.

ubor

(social media) influencer (influential person on social media)


replicon

(genetics) replicon (region of DNA or RNA that replicates from a single origin)


laptop

Unadapted borrowing from English laptop.

(computing) laptop computer (class of portable computers)


plafond

Unadapted borrowing from French plafond.


tara

From Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”). Compare Italian tara and French tare, taré (“crazy”).


opa

a type of cape used by members of the clergy

(Brazil, colloquial) carousal (noisy feast or social gathering)

(Brazil) yellow lapacho (Handroanthus serratifolius)


opa

pt-noun

opa m (plural opas, feminine oma, feminine plural omas)

opas (plural)
oma (feminine)
omas (feminine plural)


franchise

Unadapted borrowing from English franchise.

ubor

franchise (business licensed to operate under a given business model and brand)


quinhentos

Kadiwéu: cinyeento

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinnentos, quinentos, from Latin quīngentōs, accusative masculine plural of quīngentī, from quīnque (“five”) + centum (“hundred”). Compare Galician quiñentos, Spanish quinientos.

five hundred (the value of 500, or something with the value of 500)


serval

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese [gato-]cerval (“Iberian lynx”). See more on the doublet of cerval.

der

Leptailurus serval
Leptailurus serval#Translingual


ahimsa

ahimsa (doctrine of non-violence in Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism)


gerente

pt-noun

gerente m or f by sense (plural gerentes)

/ʒeˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʒeˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

Inherited from Latin gerentem, present participle of gerō.


etimologia

Borrowed from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) + -λογία (-logía).


concierge

concierge m or f by sense (plural concierges)

/kõˈsjɛɾ.ʒɨ/

concierge (one who attends to the slightest desire of hotel guests)


giaour

(religious slur) giaour (term for a non-Muslim used by Turks)


vogal

member; seat on a representative body without a specific role


sakura

cherry blossom, sakura (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)


kibe

Named after Brazilian blog Kibe Loko, accused of plagiarizing other blogs. First attested in the mid-2000's.

ref

Gustavo Miller (2008 April 7) “Blogs se acusam de plágio”, in Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese), archived from the original on 2012-10-27

(Brazil, Internet slang, dated) plagiarism


bonobo

bonobo (Pan paniscus, a species of chimpanzee)


nitrogénio

nitrogénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


ganja

pt-noun

ganja f (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)


ganja

Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).


adenoma

From French adénome, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn). By surface analysis, adeno- + -oma.

(pathology) adenoma (benign tumour of the epithelium)


neoprene

neoprene m (usually uncountable, plural neoprenes)

From French néoprène or English neoprene. By surface analysis, neo- + (cloro)preno.


chumbo

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin plumbum. Doublet of the semi-learned prumo.

Só se fala no recente chumbo da proposta de lei.

All anyone talks about is the recent rejection of the bill.


césio

pt-noun

césio m (usually uncountable, plural césios)


estanho

estanho m (usually uncountable, plural estanhos)

From Old Galician-Portuguese estanno, from Latin stannum, stagnum, of Celtic origin.


enxofre

From Old Galician-Portuguese suffre (with the prefix en-), from Latin sulfur, sulphur, suphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Galician xofre and Spanish azufre. Doublet of súlfur.


mercúrio

mercúrio m (usually uncountable, plural mercúrios)


leão

leão m (plural leões, feminine leoa, feminine plural leoas)

leões (plural)
leoa (feminine)
leoas (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: lion

Macanese: leám

Papiamentu: leon

→ Tetum: leaun

From Old Galician-Portuguese leon (“lion”), from Latin leōnem (“lion”), from Ancient Greek λέων (léōn). Cognate with Galician and Spanish león, Catalan lleó, Occitan leon, French lion, Italian leone, and Romanian leu.


lã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lãa, from Latin lāna.
Cognate with Catalan llana, French laine, Galician laa, Italian lana, Occitan lana, Romanian lână and Spanish lana.

inh+

wool (wavy fur of sheep and other animals)


prata

pt-noun

prata f (usually uncountable, plural pratas)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prata, from Vulgar Latin *platta, *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), because silver was often made into sheets. Possibly a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo the usual sound shifts. Compare Galician prata and Spanish plata. See also the related prato and chato.


prata

(Brazil, informal) one hundred cents of current currency unit: an entire real, a Brazilian buck


ouro

→ Kadiwéu: oolo

→ Itsekiri: oro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

singular of ouros (“diamonds”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)


margrave

/mɐɾˈɡɾa.vɨ/

[mɐɾˈɣɾa.vɨ]

/mɐɾˈɡɾa.vɨ/

[mɐɾˈɣɾa.vɨ]

/mɐɾˈɡɾa.bɨ/

[mɐɾˈɣɾa.βɨ]

margrave (military officer in charge of German border area)


mão

Kabuverdianu: mo

Macanese: mám

>? Saramaccan: máun

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mão (“hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Cognate with Galician man, Spanish mano, Catalan mà, Occitan man, French main, Italian mano and Romanian mână.

der

a mão esquerda não sabe o que faz a direita

mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando

Apontara com a mão machucada.

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 52:

He had pointed it using his wounded hand.

forefoot (either of the front feet of a quadruped)

(card games) hand (a round of a card game)

coat (a covering of material, such as paint)

(sports) leg (a single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest)

(figurative) hand (an instance of helping)


plutónio

plutónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


frâncio

pt-noun

frâncio m (usually uncountable, plural frâncios)


cura

From Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”).

cure (a method, device or medication that restores good health)

healing (the process of restoring good health)


silício

Borrowed from New Latin silicium, from Latin silex (“stone, flint”).


ruténio

ruténio m (usually uncountable, plural ruténios)

ruténios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


delicatessen

delicatessen (shop selling prepared foods)


tungsténio

tungsténio m (usually uncountable, plural tungsténios)

tungsténios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


cão

cão m (plural cães, feminine cadela, feminine plural cadelas)

cães (plural)
cadela (feminine)
cadelas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese can, from Latin canis, canem. Compare Galician and Spanish can.


loja

→ Hunsrik: Loja

→ Makalero: loja (“shop”)

→ Tetum: loja

Borrowed from Catalan llotja, from French loge, from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, protective roof, shelter made of foliage”).

der

(Freemasonry) lodge (local chapter of freemasons)


dinamarquês

pt-noun

dinamarquês m (plural dinamarqueses, feminine dinamarquesa, feminine plural dinamarquesas)

dinamarqueses (plural)
dinamarquesa (feminine)
dinamarquesas (feminine plural)


timeout

(computing) timeout (termination of an incomplete task after a time limit)

(psychology) timeout (type of punishment)


vão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vão, from Latin vānus (“empty”). Cognate with Galician van and Spanish vano.

inh+

(architecture) a hole in the wall where a window or door is placed; a sliver, a breach

(architecture) the empty space below a staircase


sete

Kadiwéu: seete

Macanese: séti

From Old Galician-Portuguese sete, from Latin septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Compare Spanish siete.


moto

Alteration of mote; compare also Italian motto.


gana

a strong desire, willingness or enthusiasm to achieve something; impetus; spur


gálio

pt-noun

gálio m (usually uncountable, plural gálios)


juiz de paz

juiz de paz m or m or f by sense (plural juízes de paz, feminine juíza de paz, feminine plural juízas de paz)

juiz de paz m or (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)
juízes de paz (plural)
juíza de paz (feminine)
juízas de paz (feminine plural)

[ˈʒuɪ̯ʒ d͡ʒi ˈpa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

[ˈʒujʒ ðɨ ˈpaʃ]

Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace; the authority that officiates marriages


ópera

Borrowed from Italian opera, from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of obra.


supervisor

supervisor m (plural supervisores, feminine supervisora, feminine plural supervisoras)

supervisores (plural)
supervisora (feminine)
supervisoras (feminine plural)


irídio

irídio m (usually uncountable, plural irídios)


destreza

dexterity (skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands)

ability; prowess (a high level of capability or skill)


obra

From Old Galician-Portuguese obra, from Latin opera. Compare the borrowed doublet ópera.

construction (process of constructing, building)

construction site (place where a building is under construction)

work (literary, artistic, or intellectual production)


austral

Borrowed from Spanish austral, from Latin austrālis.

[aʊ̯sˈtɾaʊ̯]

[aʊ̯sˈtɾaʊ̯]

[aʊ̯ʃˈtɾaʊ̯]

(historical) austral (short-lived Argentinian currency)


fogo

Guinea-Bissau Creole: fugu

Kabuverdianu: fogu

Korlai Creole Portuguese: fog

Kristang: fogu

Macanese: fogo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus. Cognate with Galician fogo, Spanish fuego, Catalan foc, Occitan fuòc, French feu, Italian fuoco and Romanian foc. Doublet of foco.

inh+

1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver

Love is a fire that burns without being seen

A criança aprendeu a não colocar a mão no fogo da maneira mais difícil.

The child learned not to put his hand in the fire the hard way.

(uncountable) fire (chemical reaction producing a flame)

Um fogo destruiu várias lojas no centro.

A fire destroyed several shops downtown.

fire (destructive occurrence of fire in a certain place)

Os soldados avançaram sob fogo pesado.

(military) fire (projectiles in mid-air)

O fogo da paixão.

fogo de artifício
fogo de artifício#Portuguese

O fumante viu que não tinha fogo.

The smoker noticed that he didn’t have a lighter.

a device that produces a flame; a lighter or match

Seu filho é fogo.

(Brazil, uncountable) pain in the ass (someone or something that is hard to deal with)


celesta

(music) celesta (an idiophone similar to a small piano)


dopamina

pt-noun

dopamina f (usually uncountable, plural dopaminas)

(biochemistry) dopamine (neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning and pleasure)


chicana

chicanery (the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge)


niqab

niqab; yashmak (face-covering veil worn by Muslim women)


chato

chato m (plural chatos, feminine chata, feminine plural chatas)

chatos (plural)
chata (feminine)
chatas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, inherited from Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flattened”), from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús). Doublet of prato and plati-.

(colloquial) bore (a boring, uninteresting person)


afortunado

afortunado m (plural afortunados, feminine afortunada, feminine plural afortunadas)

afortunados (plural)
afortunada (feminine)
afortunadas (feminine plural)


reprise

(Brazil) rerun (a re-airing of a TV program)


não

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

Hoje recebi duas respostas: um sim e um não.

Today I received two answers: one yes and one no.


giz

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْس (jibs, “gypsum”), from Latin gypsum (“plaster”), from Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos). Doublet of gesso, which was inherited.

bor+

chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard)


tramway

(rail transport) tramway; Alternative spelling of trâmuei


bênção

pt-noun

bênção f (plural bênçãos or (now proscribed) bênções)

bênçãos (plural)
bênções (plural proscribed)

Macanese: bênça

[ˈbẽ.sɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese bẽeiçon, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin benedictiōnem (“blessing; benediction”), from benedictus, from Latin benedīcō. The plural in -ãos was formed by analogy with other paroxytones in -ão; the etymologically correct plural *bênções is considered incorrect. Compare also bendição, a later semi-learned borrowing.


totem

Borrowed from English totem, from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).

totem (object or creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family)

totem pole (Native American sculpture made by carving trees)


pobre

From Old Galician-Portuguese pobre, poubre, from Latin pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).


chapa

Uncertain. Possibly from French chape, chappe, from Latin cappa (“cape”), or from a root *klapa.

license plate (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle)

(cooking) a heated metal plate used to cook food

plate (flat piece of metal)
a heated metal plate used to cook food

(informal) X-ray (photograph made with X-rays)

(politics) ticket (two or more people, often in the same party, running together in an election)


chapa

(Brazil, colloquial) mate; pal; buddy (term of address for a friend)

(Brazil) a person who helps truck drivers find locations and exchange cargos


poncho

Borrowed from Spanish poncho, from Quechua punchu.


régua

Borrowed from Latin rēgula (“rule, bar”), from regō (“to rule, to guide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Cognate and doublet of regra (“rule”) and relha.


abrigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese abrigo (“a place where one is sheltered from the elements or harm”), from abrigar, of disputed origin: possibly from Late Latin *abrīgāre (“to cover, shelter”), from a- + *brīgāre, from Frankish *berīhan (“to cover, protect”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *wrīhaną (“to cover, clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *werǵ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”). Cognate with Old High German birīhan (“to cover”), Old English bewrēon (“to cover, enwrap, protect”).
Late Latin abrīgāre may have also crossed with Old Frankish *bergan (“to take care of, protect, hide”), from Proto-Germanic *berganą (“to care for”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to take care”), due to similarity in form and meaning. If so, this would relate the word also to Old High German bergan (“to shelter”) (German bergen) and Old English beorgan (“to save, preserve”). More at borrow.
Alternatively, and more likely, the verb abrigar may be derived from Latin apricāre (“warm in the sun”), from apricus (“sunny”).

cog

Me deixe viver ou viva comigo
Me mande embora ou me faça de abrigo

2018, “Flamingos”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

Lemme live or live with me
Send me away or give me shelter


montanha

Guinea-Bissau Creole: montanha

Kabuverdianu: montanha

[mõˈtɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

[mõˈtɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese montanna, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.


ó

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


argúcia

Borrowed from Latin argutia (“subtle wit”).


aplasia

(pathology) aplasia (incomplete development, or absence, of an organ or tissue)


runa

Borrowed from French rune, from Old Norse rún, rúnar (“secret, rune”), from Proto-Germanic *rūnō.


full house

Unadapted borrowing from English full house.

ubor

(poker) full house (three of a kind and a pair)


sarcasmo

Borrowed from Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sneer”), from Ancient Greek σαρκάζειν (sarkázein, “to gnash the teeth”, literally “to tear off the skin”), based on σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).


pulha

Borrowed from Spanish pulla, from Italian puglia.


cuca

Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”). Doublet of quiche.

Segundo o autor Alexandre de Freitas, “aparentada do stollen e do panetone, a cuca nada mais é do que um pão doce feito com massa mole e batida, onde são acrescentadas frutas secas ou frescas, no meio ou sobre a massa; […]”.

2005, Carlos Vieira, Armazem Colombo, →ISBN, page 82:

According to author Alexandre de Freitas, “related to stollen and panetone, Streuselkuchen is nothing more than a sweet bread made with soft, beaten dough, to which dry or fresh fruit is added in the middle or on top of; […] ”.

(South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping)


somali

From Somali Soomaali (“Somali”), of uncertain origin.

Somali (a language of the Horn of Africa)


sonata

(music) sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)


coronal

(phonetics) coronal (consonant produced with tip or blade of tongue)


hindustani

Hindustani (language encompassing Hindi and Urdu)


chaise longue

pt-noun

chaise longue f (plural chaise longues or chaises longues)

chaise longues (plural)
chaises longues (plural)

/ˈʃɛ.zɨ ˈlõ.ɡɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”).

ubor

chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)


devoto

pt-noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

devotos (plural)
devota (feminine)
devotas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus (“promised; vowed”).

bor+

(religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)


estratosfera

(meteorology, planetology) stratosphere (layer of Earth's atmosphere)


curling

/ˈkɐɾ.lĩ.ɡɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English curling.

ubor

curling (sport where players slide stones on a sheet of ice)


cepo

From Latin cippus. Doublet of the borrowed cipo.

(figuratively, derogatory) indolent, stupid or worthless person

trap used to capture birds, rabbits and other animals

the part of the plough that penetrates the earth


estrato

Learned borrowing from Latin strātus. Compare the inherited estrado.

(geology) stratum (layer of sedimentary rock)


censo

census (official count of members of a population)


confessor

pt-noun

confessor m (plural confessores, feminine confessora, feminine plural confessoras)

confessores (plural)
confessora (feminine)
confessoras (feminine plural)

(religion) confessor (one who confesses faith in a religion, especially Christianity)

(Roman Catholicism) confessor (priest who hears confession)


película

Learned borrowing from Latin pellicula, from pellis (“skin”).


dobro

From Old Galician-Portuguese dobro, from Latin dūplus. Compare the borrowed doublet duplo.


copla

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cōpula. Compare the inherited doublet cobra and the learned doublet cópula.


schnapps

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.


acervo

Inherited from Latin acervus (“heap”). Compare Italian coacervo (“jumble”).


UCI

Initialism of unidade de cuidados intensivos (“intensive care unit”).


tuning

Unadapted borrowing from English tuning.

car tuning, pimping (process of modifying a vehicle)


proxy server

Unadapted borrowing from English proxy server.

ubor

(computing) proxy server (server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server)


mimosa

(botany) mimosa (any plant belonging to the genus Mimosa)


mountain bike

Unadapted borrowing from English mountain bike.

mountain bike (bicycle designed for off-road riding)


concha

From Vulgar Latin *concla, from Latin conchula, diminutive of concha, from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), from Proto-Indo-European *kongʰo-

scoop; ladle (specialised spoon for serving)


flashback

Unadapted borrowing from English flashback.

(narratology) flashback (earlier event inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative)


petabyte

Unadapted borrowing from English petabyte.

(computing) petabyte (one quadrillion bytes)


common law

Unadapted borrowing from English common law.


vasco

pt-noun

vasco m (plural vascos, feminine vasca, feminine plural vascas)

vascos (plural)
vasca (feminine)
vascas (feminine plural)


achar

From Hindi आचार (ācār) and Urdu آچار (āćār), from Persian آچار (âčâr).

bor

Urdu آچار (āćār)

achar (a spicy and salty pickle of Indian cuisine)


choco

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cluccus, metathesis of *cuclus, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Compare Galician and Spanish choco.

(zoology) cuttlefish (any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia)


legging

Unadapted borrowing from English legging.

ubor

Ela estava com os cabelos presos em um rabo de cavalo, usava uma legging e uma blusa enorme, que chegava quase aos seus joelhos, e parecia cansada.

2024, Beatriz Oliveira, Paixão e Segredos, →ISBN:

She had her hair tied up in a ponytail, was wearing leggings and an oversized blouse that almost reached her knees, and she looked tired.

legging (a covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle)


fractal

(mathematics) fractal (self-similar geometric figure)


rupia

From Hindi रुपीया (rupīyā), variant of रुपया (rupyā).

rupee (currency unit used in India, Pakistan and other countries)


coima

From Latin calumnia (“fallacy”). Doublet of calúnia.


litoral

Learned borrowing from Latin lītorālis. Cognate to Spanish litoral.


relincho

/ʁɨˈlĩ.t͡ʃu/


validez

able-bodiedness (the quality of being able-bodied)


teca

→ Dutch: teak

→ English: teak

→ Finnish: teak, tiikki

→ Telugu: టేకు (ṭēku)

→ Spanish: teca

→ Catalan: teca

Borrowed from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Tectona grandis
Tectona grandis#Translingual

teak (Tectona grandis, a tropical hardwood tree)


varicela

(pathology) chickenpox (a common childhood disease)


depósito

(geology) sediment or rock different from the surrounding material

deposit
(banking) money placed in an account

deposit
anything left behind on a surface

store; depot; warehouse (place where items may be kept)


dreidel

dreidel (four-sided spinning top with Hebrew letters)


vagabundo

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagabondo, from Late Latin vagabundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”).

(derogatory) tramp, hobo (homeless person)

wanderer; vagabond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time)


timing

Unadapted borrowing from English timing.


mudo

pt-noun

mudo m (plural mudos, feminine muda, feminine plural mudas)

mudos (plural)
muda (feminine)
mudas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mudo, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.


refill

Unadapted borrowing from English refill.

a refill, especially a free refill of food or drink at a restaurant


decrepitude

decrepitude f (usually uncountable, plural decrepitudes)

decrepitude (the state of being decrepit)


favorito

favorito m (plural favoritos, feminine favorita, feminine plural favoritas)

favoritos (plural)
favorita (feminine)
favoritas (feminine plural)

favourite (person who enjoys special regard or favour)

favourite (person who is preferred or trusted above all others)

favourite (contestant or competitor thought most likely to win)


favorito

(computing) bookmark (record of the address of a file or page)


velocímetro

speedometer (a device that indicates the speed of a vehicle)


nigiri

Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).

bor+

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">握り寿司</i> nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand

(cooking) nigiri (Japanese dish consisting of a sweet, vinegary, boiled rice ball topped with a piece of raw fish or seafood)


término

Learned borrowing from Latin terminus, from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“through”). Doublet of termo.

ending; termination; conclusion; closure

breakup (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship)


manicure

manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)


manicure

pt-noun

manicure m or f by sense (plural manicures)

manicurist (person who performs manicures)


vampiro

vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampira or vampiresa, feminine plural vampiras or vampiresas)

vampiros (plural)
vampira (feminine)
vampiresa (feminine)
vampiras (feminine plural)
vampiresas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.

vamp (woman who uses sexual desire to exploit men)


espinha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese espinha, from Latin spīna (“thorn”), from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). Cognate with Galician espiña. The sense of "spine" or "thorn" was lost to espinho.


corvo

From Old Galician-Portuguese corvo, from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.


idiossincrasia

pt-noun

idiossincrasia f (plural idiossincrasias)

From Ancient Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasía, “one’s own temperament”), from ἴδιος (ídios, “one’s own”) + σύν (sún, “together”) + κρᾶσις (krâsis, “temperament”).

uder

ἰδιοσυγκρασία


sprinter

pt-noun

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)

Unadapted borrowing from English sprinter.

ubor

Alternative form of sprínter (one who sprints)


sindi

Sindhi (Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh)


nitidez

definition (clarity of visual presentation)


superintendente

pt-noun

superintendente m or f by sense (plural superintendentes)


fruto

From Old Galician-Portuguese fruito, from Latin frūctus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), a derivative of Latin fruor (“to enjoy”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”). Compare Galician froito.


clearance

Unadapted borrowing from English clearance.

ubor

(medicine) clearance (removal of harmful substances from the blood)


vanguardista

pt-noun

vanguardista m or f by sense (plural vanguardistas)

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[bɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]


camping

Unadapted borrowing from English camping.


motocicleta

Borrowed from French motocyclette (“motorcycle”). By surface analysis, motociclo + -eta or moto- + (bi)cicleta.

bor+

motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)


feitor

Malay: fetor, fetur

From Latin factōrem. Doublet of fator. Piecewise doublet of fazedor.


víbora

From Latin vīpera, a conflation of vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth to”).


vigilante

pt-noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.

a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard


tordo

From Old Galician-Portuguese tordo, from Latin turdus (“a thrush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

thrush (one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae)


indígena

indígena m or f by sense (plural indígenas)

native (person who is native to a place)

(specifically) Indian (individual of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas)


cal

cal f or (nonstandard) m (plural cales or cais)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cal, from Vulgar Latin cals, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).


veneno

→ Kadiwéu: weneeno

poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

(figurative) poison (something that harms a person or thing)

(figurative) venom (feeling or speech marked by spite or malice)


chefe

Borrowed from French chef, from Old French chief, from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput (“head”). Cognate of Spanish jefe and English chief. Doublet of chef, cabo, caput, and capuz.

chef (the head cook of an establishment such as a restaurant)

(Brazil, colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a waiter


doula

Borrowed from English doula, from Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”).

doula (woman who advises, accompanies and provides non-clinical assistance (physical, emotional, etc.) to pregnant women, before, during and after childbirth)


organista

pt-noun

organista m or f by sense (plural organistas)

/ɔɾ.ɡɐˈniʃ.tɐ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐˈniʃ.tɐ]


organizador

organizador m (plural organizadores, feminine organizadora, feminine plural organizadoras)

organizadores (plural)
organizadora (feminine)
organizadoras (feminine plural)


capataz

Kadiwéu: gabateegi


pschent

pschent (the double crown of ancient Egypt)


caneca

→ Hunsrik: Kanecker

→ Kimbundu: neka

Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano + -eca, from Latin canna.


controlador

controlador m (plural controladores, feminine controladora, feminine plural controladoras)

controladores (plural)
controladora (feminine)
controladoras (feminine plural)


cigarro

Kabuverdianu: sigaru

→ Tetum: sigaru


venda

From Old Galician-Portuguese venda (“sale”), from vender (“to sell”), from Latin vendō (“to sell”).

general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing)


venda

From Old Galician-Portuguese venda, from Proto-Germanic *binda; see also Old High German binta and German Binde.


idioma

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).

der

O idioma português.

language (form of communication using words and structured with grammar)


fruta

Guinea-Bissau Creole: fruta

Kabuverdianu: fruta

Papiamentu: fruta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fruita, from Late Latin fructa, designating the collective of Latin frūctus. Compare Galician froita.


andaluz

pt-noun

andaluz m (plural andaluzes, feminine andaluza, feminine plural andaluzas)

andaluzes (plural)
andaluza (feminine)
andaluzas (feminine plural)


selva

→ English: selva

→ Russian: се́льва (sélʹva)

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silva.

O leão é o rei da selva.


vegetal

vegetable (edible material derived from a plant)

(figuratively) vegetable (person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment)


pudor

pudor (appropriate sense of modesty or shame)


PAN

partido dos aposentados da nação#Portuguese

(Brazil) Acronym of partido dos aposentados da nação.


syncope

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


titular

titular m or f by sense (plural titulares)

From título + -ar, or borrowed from Late Latin titulāris.

(sports) starter (a player who plays from the start a game)


letrado

letrado m (plural letrados, feminine letrada, feminine plural letradas)

letrados (plural)
letrada (feminine)
letradas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese leterado, from Latin litterātus (“learned; erudite”).


anatase

(mineralogy) anatase (form of titanium dioxide used as a pigment)


parietal

Learned borrowing from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).


carro

→ Kimbundu: dikalu

From Old Galician-Portuguese carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”).

cart (vehicle drawn or pushed by a person or animal)

any “vehicle” which is drawn, such as an elevator, a cable car, or a train wagon


administrador

pt-noun

administrador m (plural administradores, feminine administradora, feminine plural administradoras)

administradores (plural)
administradora (feminine)
administradoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin administrātōrem.

lbor

(Portugal) the administrator of a residential building, condominium or another residential complex


garrote

(historical) an iron necklace used for execution in Spain and Portugal

(medicine) bandage used to compress a limb and prevent bleeding

withers (part of a quadruped's body between the shoulder and the neck)

(Brazil) a calf between two and four years old


cream cheese

Unadapted borrowing from English cream cheese.

ubor

cream cheese (a type of soft white cheese)


pomelo

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.

pomelo (large citric fruit native to southeast Asia)


limerence

(psychology, rare) limerence (state of mind caused by a romantic attraction)


pedicure

pedicure (cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails)


sequela

(pathology) sequela (condition caused by an earlier disease or problem)

(narratology) sequel (a following release in a series of films, books etc.)

entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)


comparativo

Learned borrowing from Latin comparātīvus.


germe

From Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥.

germ (idea that forms the basis of some project)


letra

From Old Galician-Portuguese letra, letera, from Latin littera (“letter”), from Etruscan [Term?], from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “tablet”).

der

calligraphy (style of handwriting of a person), handwriting

(soccer) a kind of kick, in which the player kicks with the leg opposite to the ball


ruga

From Latin ruga. Doublet of rua (“street”).


drive-thru

Unadapted borrowing from English drive-thru.


tipo

From Latin typus (“figure; type”), from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “mark”), from τύπτω (túptō, “to poke”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

Este tipo de fruta é muito doce.

kind; sort; type (grouping based on shared characteristics)

Um tipo apareceu em minha casa.

(typography) type (letter or character used for printing)

(linguistics) a language type in typology


psicanalista

pt-noun

psicanalista m or f by sense (plural psicanalistas)


assassino

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn, “fundementalist”).


acta

Learned borrowing from Latin ācta (“register of public events”).

lbor

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


rapé

From French râpé, past participle of râper.

snuff (finely ground or pulverised tobacco for sniffing)


gelada

Doublet of geada and geleia. See geado for further etymology.

(Brazil, colloquial) cold one (a can or serving of cold beer)


gelada

Theropithecus gelada
Wikispecies:Theropithecus gelada

gelada (Theropithecus gelada, an Old World monkey)


aquavit

From Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish akvavit, from Latin aqua vitae (“spirits”).


marinheiro

pt-noun

marinheiro m (plural marinheiros, feminine marinheira, feminine plural marinheiras)

marinheiros (plural)
marinheira (feminine)
marinheiras (feminine plural)

Tetum: mariñeiru

From Old Galician-Portuguese marỹeiro, corresponding to marinho + -eiro. Compare Spanish marinero, Catalan mariner, Italian marinaio, French marinier. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marīnārius.


escopeta

Borrowed from Spanish escopeta (“rifle”), from Italian schioppetto, from schioppo (“gun, rifle”).


tento

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.


affidavit

(law) affidavit (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement)


pornografia

From Ancient Greek πορνογραφία (pornographía).


vagar

From Old Galician-Portuguese vagar, from Latin vagārī.


tato

Borrowed from Latin tāctus (“sense of touch”), from tāctus (“touched”), perfect passive participle of tangō (“to touch”).


showbiz

Unadapted borrowing from English showbiz.

ubor

showbusiness (the entertainment industry)


azur

Borrowed from French azur, from Old French azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azul.

der

, Grande enciclopédia portuguesa e brasileira, volume 3, Editorial Enciclopédia, page 962

Currently, dye factories produce a very pure azure.

Actualmente, as fábricas de corantes produzem azur muito puro.

No escudo do prelado maranhense os atributos das armas originais foram transformados e dispostos em um escudo cortado em faixa, figurando no 1º quartel quatro faixas ondadas de azul em campo de prata, e no 2º quarto flores de lis também de prata, posta 2 em 2, em campo de azur, com bordadura de vermelho pleno.

1984, Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro, Anais do Congresso de História do Segundo Reinado: Comissão de Genealogia e Heráldica, Comissão de História Jurídica, Comissão de História Cultural, Comissão de História Religiosa, page 74:

Em seu brasão de família havia dragões de ouro e ostentava a branda e escudetes de sinople e azur, […]

2001, Antonio Miranda, Manucho e o labirinto, Global, page 37:

O vermelho ou goles se representa por linhas perpendiculares (fig. 1). O azul ou azur, por linhas horizontais (fig. 2).

1992, Eugenio Vergara Caffarelli, As moedas do Brasil desde o Reino Unido, 1818-1992: ilustrado com 690 fotografias, page 18:

Red or gules is represented by perpendicular lines (fig. 1). Blue or azure, by horizontal lines (fig. 2).

Esmalte: as cores do brasão que não são metais: azul = azur, blau; verde = sinople, sinopla; preto = sable; vermelho = goles etc.
Color: the tinctures of the blazon which are not metals: blue = azure; green = vert; black = sable; red = gules etc.

, Valton Sergio von Tempski-Silka, Histórico dos Brasões e Bandeiras do Estado do Paraná, page 18


feedback

[ˌfi.ðɨˈβɛ.kɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English feedback.

ubor

feedback (assessment on information produced)

(electronics) feedback (signal that is looped back to control a system within itself)


sim

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese si (“yes”) (with nasalization of the vowel under the influence of não or mim), from Latin sīc (“thus; so”), from Proto-Indo-European *so (“this, that”).

inh+

Recebemos um sim e três nãos.


pistola

→ Bengali: পিস্তল (pistol)

→ Gujarati: પિસ્તોલ (pistol)

→ Hindustani:

desc

Hindi: पिस्तौल (pistaul), पिस्तोल (pistol)

Urdu: پسطول (pistol)

→ Sinhalese: පිස්තෝලය (pistōlaya)

→ Swahili: bastola

Probably from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from pištěti (“to whistle”), of imitative origin.
Perhaps, however, from Italian pistolese (“from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)”).


trégua

From Old Galician-Portuguese tregua, from Early Medieval Latin treuga, from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa, “treaty; covenant”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Cognate with truce.


armistício

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin armistitium, from Latin arma (“weapons”) and statio (“immobility”) (compare solstitium).
Cognate to Galician and Spanish armisticio, French and English armistice, Italian armistizio, Catalan armistici.


sentido

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentido, past participle of sentir, from Latin sentīre (“to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

der

sense (animals’ means of gathering data)

direction (path or course of a given movement)

Não gosto do sentido que esta discussão está indo.

I don’t like the direction this discussion is taking.

(figurative) direction (how something is turning out to be)

Isto não faz sentido.

(semantics) meaning (objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes)


beluga

Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinapterus leucas#Translingual

beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)


credo

Learned borrowing from Latin credō (“to believe”). Doublet of creio.

lbor

O credo cristão.

(religion) creed; credo (a religious belief system)


piscina

→ Hunsrik: Pisin

Learned borrowing from Latin piscīna (“fishpond; swimming pool”), from piscis (“fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

fazer piscinas

to swim the distance of a swimming pool; to repeatedly follow a specific round-trip route


chihuahua

pt-noun

chihuahua m or f by sense (plural chihuahuas)


band-aid

[bɐ̃ˈdɐj.ðɨ]

[bɐ̃ˈdɐj.ðɨ]

Unadapted borrowing from English band-aid.


workaholic

pt-noun

workaholic m or f by sense (plural workaholics)

Unadapted borrowing from English workaholic.

ubor

workaholic (person who feels compelled to work excessively)


olé

(Brazil, colloquial, chiefly soccer) series of dribbles done by a team

Escrevi aqui outro dia que Henrique Meirelles vinha aplicando um olé em Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva no debate sobre a relação entre a taxa de juros e a remuneração da caderneta de poupança.

2009 May 15, Alon Feuerwerker, “Um "xis" em Meirelles”, in Correio Braziliense, Brasília, DF: Diários Associados, retrieved 2023-07-23, Política, page 04:

I wrote here the other day that Henrique Meirelles had been applying an trick to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the debate on the relationship between the interest rate and the remuneration of the savings account.

Neymar anda tomando um olé do mercado publicitário. As quedas falsas durante a Copa de 2018, o escândalo com Najila Trindade em 2019 e a enorme capacidade de se meter em polêmicas a todo momento fizeram com que o jogador caísse no ranking de garotos-propaganda mais valorizados do país.

2020 July 24, João Batista Jr., “Neymar anda tomando um olé do mercado publicitário”, in Veja, number 2697, São Paulo: Grupo Abril, retrieved 2023-07-23, Veja Gente:

Neymar has been taking a series of dribbles from the advertising market. The false falls during the 2018 World Cup, the scandal with Najila Trindade in 2019 and the enormous capacity to get involved in controversies at all times caused the player to fall in the ranking of the most valued poster boys in the country.


marca

From Suevic *marka, from Proto-West Germanic *mark.

mark; trace (visible impression or sign)

(impact):

(figurative) lasting impact (significant or strong influence)

branding iron; brand (piece of heated metal used to brand livestock)

brand (mark of ownership made by burning, especially on cattle)

brand (name, symbol, logo or other item used to distinguish a product or service)

a number used for reference or measurement

(sports) mark (score for a sporting achievement)

a gold and silver coin previously used in Portugal


marca

markka (currency unit used in Finland until 2002)


applet

(computing) applet (a small program module that runs under the control of a larger application)


pedraria

From pedra (“stone”) + -aria. Piecewise doublet of pedreira.

[pɨ.ðɾɐˈɾi.ɐ]


classe

class, kind (group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes)


declive

Borrowed from Latin dēclīvem (“sloping downwards”), from de- + clīvus (“slope”).


trato

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractus. Compare the inherited doublet treito. Cognate to Spanish tracto.


barman

Unadapted borrowing from English barman.


nicotina

(organic chemistry) nicotine (addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco)


leggings

Unadapted borrowing from English leggings.


canasta

(card games) canasta (game for two or four players, in which two decks of 52 cards are used, and whose objective is to obtain series of seven cards of equal value)


monja

pt-noun

monja f (plural monjas, masculine monge, masculine plural monges)

monjas (plural)
monge (masculine)
monges (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese monja, from monge + -a. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese monga.


peregrino

peregrino m (plural peregrinos, feminine peregrina, feminine plural peregrinas)

peregrinos (plural)
peregrina (feminine)
peregrinas (feminine plural)

pilgrim (someone who goes on a pilgrimage)


apostilb

apostilb m (plural apostilb or apostilbs)


reinado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinado.

inh+

reign (the period during which a monarch rules)


copa

From Old Galician-Portuguese copa, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.

singular of copas (“hearts”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)


tais

(rare) tais (a traditional woven textile of East Timor)


galactose

(biochemistry) galactose (a monosaccharide found in dairy products)


festa

Kabuverdianu: festa

Macanese: festa

→ Konkani: फेस्त (phesta)

→ Malay: pesta
Indonesian: pesta

→ Sranan Tongo: fesa
→ Dutch: fissa

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Vamos começar a festa.

A festa acabou.


professora

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

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

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


abulia

Learned borrowing from French aboulie, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía). First attested in 1883.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Abulia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados, volume 1, number 7, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, page 52


folclore

[fɔɫˈklɔ.ɾɨ]


happy hour

Unadapted borrowing from English happy hour.

ubor

happy hour (period in the late afternoon or evening when pubs offer discounts)


bolsa

→ English: bulse

From Old Galician-Portuguese bolssa, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Doublet of bursa.

stock exchange (building and the associated organization)


estória

pt:João Batista Ribeiro de Andrade Fernandes

[iʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

[eʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

Borrowed from Latin historia with influence of English story.

Sílvio de Abreu, autor de ‘Belíssima’, é conhecido por criar estórias recheadas de personagens tipicamente brasileiras.

2005 November 4, “Estória de poder e paixão”, in Correio da Manhã, retrieved 2024-07-21:

Sílvio de Abreu, author of 'Belíssima', is known for creating stories full of typically Brazilian characters.

Uma estória para a história.

2017 July 10, “Memórias felizes de histórias inesquecíveis”, in SIC Notícias, retrieved 2024-07-21:

Esta série contará as estórias de Portugal, Bósnia e Herzegovina, Eslovénia, Grécia, Itália, República Checa, Suécia e Ucrânia.

2021, “A Minha Estória”, in RTP, retrieved 2024-07-21:

This series will tell the stories of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Greece, Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Ukraine.

2024 May 17, “Tiago Moutinho: 'Foi uma estória de amor sem cereja no topo' [Tiago Moutinho: 'It was a love story without a cherry on top']”, in Diário de Coimbra, retrieved 2024-07-21:

story (an account of real or fictional events)


norma

norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)


rei

pt-noun

rei m (plural reis, feminine rainha, feminine plural rainhas)

reis (plural)
rainha (feminine)
rainhas (feminine plural)

Angolar: alê

Annobonese: alé

Guinea-Bissau Creole: rei

Kabuverdianu: rei

Korlai Creole Portuguese: rhe

Kristang: re

→ Old Tupi: reîa

Papiamentu: rei, Arei

Principense: arê

Sãotomense: alê

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Italic *rēks
Latin rex
Old Galician-Portuguese rei
Portuguese rei
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rei, from Latin rēgem (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“rules”). Compare Galician and Fala rei.


picante

Esta receita precisa de muito picante.

This recipe requires a lot of hot sauce.


incluso

pt-noun

incluso m (plural inclusos, feminine inclusa, feminine plural inclusas)

inclusos (plural)
inclusa (feminine)
inclusas (feminine plural)

(Internet slang, derogatory) a person who is not much familiarized with the cyberculture (in the sense of "unduly included among internet users")


sedes

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


terrier

pt-noun

terrier m or f by sense (plural terriers)

Unadapted borrowing from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.


golpe de estado

pt-noun

golpe de estado m (plural golpes de estado)

coup d'état (the sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people)


cortisol

(biochemistry, steroids) cortisol (Steroid hormone (C21H30O5) secreted by the adrenal cortex or obtained synthetically, used for medicinal purposes mainly for its anti-inflammatory effects.)


arroba

From Old Galician-Portuguese arroba and arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “fourth”) in reference to its making up one-fourth of a quintal. Cognate with Galician and Spanish arroba, Catalan arrova, and Maltese raba’.

(historical) arroba, a traditional unit of mass, equivalent to 14.7 kg

(typography) at, the name of the symbol @


fera

(Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)


figo

From Old Galician-Portuguese figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig tree, fig (fruit)”).


kuru

Borrowed from Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”).

bor+

(pathology) kuru (central nervous system disease among the Fore people)


mala

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).


mala

(Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person


bunda

→ English: bunda

→? Haitian Creole: bounda


pega

From Old Galician-Portuguese *pega, from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

(Portugal, offensive) slut (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)


pega

(bullfighting) the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight, involving eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands


pega

pt-noun

pega (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural pegas)


carpo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).


fresta

From Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (“window”) by metathesis, from Latin fenestra (“window”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Galician fiestra, Spanish hiniestra, Catalan finestra, Occitan fenèstra, French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and German Fenster.

inh

a gap or slit; a small, narrow, usually vertical, aperture in a wall, curtain or other objects by which one can see what is beyond or outside them


pia

Hunsrik: Pia

From Old Galician-Portuguese pia, from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Deixe o prato na pia, mas não dentro.

Leave the plate on the counter, not in the sink.

pia batismal

a basin for holding water, in particular one that is furniture or part of the building rather than a movable object


teaser

Unadapted borrowing from English teaser.

teaser (a short film or quote meant to draw an audience to a film or show)


tatu

Hunsrik: Tattu


rima

Borrowed from French rime, from Old French rime; or from Medieval Latin rhythmus.


tenda

→ Malay: tenda

→ Indonesian: tenda

From a Early Medieval Latin or Late Latin tenda, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, substantivized feminine of *tenditus, as a variant form of tentus, perfect passive participle of Latin tendō. Compare Italian tenda, Spanish tienda, French tente.


gibi

Genericized trademark from Gibi, a comic book with a black boy as its mascot.

(obsolete, derogatory, Brazil) black boy


soba

soba (a traditional community leader in Angola.)


soba

Borrowed from Japanese 蕎麦 (soba, “a variety of Japanese noodle made from buckwheat”). Doublet of sobá.

bor+

(cooking) soba (Japanese buckwheat noodle)


costas

From Old Galician-Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.


masculino

pt-noun

masculino m (plural masculinos, feminine feminino, feminine plural femininos)

masculinos (plural)
feminino (feminine)
femininos (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin masculīnus.

(Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of time masculino (“men's team”).

(Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of campeonato masculino (“men's championship”).

(South Brazil, law enforcement) male individual


gestor

gestor m (plural gestores, feminine gestora, feminine plural gestoras)

gestores (plural)
gestora (feminine)
gestoras (feminine plural)


atentado

(law) attack (illegal act of violence toward another)


estrada

Guinea-Bissau Creole: strada

Kabuverdianu: stráda

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrada, strada, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin [via] strāta, feminine of strātus.

Toda vez que eu viajava pela estrada de Ouro Fino
 De longe eu avistava a figura de um menino

1996, “O Menino da Porteira”, performed by Sérgio Reis:

Every time I traveled on Ouro Fino's road
 From afar I would see the figure of a boy


thrash metal

Unadapted borrowing from English thrash metal.

ubor

thrash metal (variant of heavy metal music)


chiffon

Unadapted borrowing from French chiffon.


galanga

galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)


artel

artel (Russian or Soviet craftsmen’s collective)


tribu

Os nativo^([sic]) pensam que o Fantasma tem medo de Roark e por isso desprezam sua autoridade e as guerras recomeçam na tribu.

1938 December 31, “O Fantasma – rei das selvas” (chapter 13), in A Gazetinha Nova Phase, volume VI, number 451, São Paulo, page 3:


seno

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sinus (“sine”), from Latin sinus (“curve, breast”). Doublet of seio and sino.


armada

→ Indonesian: armada

→ Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)

From armar + -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.


acrania

(physiology) acrania (absence of the skull)


pai

Ambonese Malay: pai, paitua

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pai

Indo-Portuguese: pai

Kabuverdianu: pai

Kristang: pai

→ Nheengatu: paya

Sãotomense: pe

Annobonese: pe

From Old Galician-Portuguese pay, hypocoristic form of padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of padre.
Compare Galician pai, Mirandese and Leonese pai and Aragonese pai.

Pai, eu estou saindo com as meninas.

(usually in the plural) parent (either a mother or a father)

Os gregos foram os pais da civilização.

The Greeks were the fathers of civilisation.

(figurative) father (the founder of a discipline or science)


IVA

(taxation) Acronym of imposto sobre o valor acrescentado (“value added tax”).


okupa

Das 150 okupas que Portugal conheceu desde 1993, é-lhe difícil apontar as que terão sido mais relevantes na história, mas acredita que “os casos mais paradigmáticos foram os que queriam mudança social”, e enumera alguns: a Casa Reciclada, a Casa de Cascais, a Zarabatana (Queluz), a Kasa Enkantada em Lisboa, a Fontinha, a C.O.S.A. (Setúbal)

2017 November 7, Zita Moura, “Okupas: uma história que se escreve a cada dia”, in mapa:


okupa

Tudo começou na passada quarta-feira, quando o grupo Matéria Bruta ocupou o imóvel propriedade da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML), alegando que esta lhe cedera o espaço. Contactada pelo DN, a vereadora Helena Roseta, responsável pelo pelouro da Habitação da CML, negou que a autarquia tivesse cedido o prédio aos okupas, embora tenha reconhecido que existiu um pedido por parte da associação.

2010 November 26, Inês Banha, “'Okupas' despejados lutam por casas devolutas”, in Diario de Noticias:


erre

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.


avar

Avar (a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan)


strip poker

strip poker (variant of poker where the loser removes their clothes)


collant

Unadapted borrowing from French collant.


tirano

pt-noun

tirano m (plural tiranos, feminine tirana, feminine plural tiranas)

tiranos (plural)
tirana (feminine)
tiranas (feminine plural)

Via Old Galician-Portuguese tirano, borrowed from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “absolute ruler”).


ás

(military aviation) ace (pilot who shot down five or more enemy aircraft)


ás

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


écharpe

Unadapted borrowing from French écharpe.


satay

satay (Indonesian and Malaysian meat dish)


receptor

pt-noun

receptor m (plural receptores, feminine receptora, feminine plural receptoras)

receptores (plural)
receptora (feminine)
receptoras (feminine plural)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of recetor.


angolar

angolar (currency of Angola between 1926 and 1958)

(uncountable) Angolar (Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)


metical

Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).


viga

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga.


eletricidade

Borrowed from New Latin ēlectricitātem, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).


pataca

(historical) a silver coin worth 320 réis

(historical) pataca (monetary unit of Portuguese Timor)


paulista

pt-noun

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)

(Christianity) Paulist (member of a religious order associated with Saint Paul)


amaretto

amaretto (a sweet almond-flavoured liqueur)


cruzeiro

From cruz + -eiro. Compare Galician cruceiro, Spanish crucero.

calvary (a type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine)

(architecture) crossing (the volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it)

cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure)

cruise ship, cruiser (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience)

(archaic) cruiser (a class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship)


manche

(aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)


fluminense

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

→ Italian: fluminense

→ New Latin: flūminēnsis

From Latin flūmin (“river”) + -ense (“inhabitant of”).

af

an inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(relational) of the state of Rio de Janeiro


peseta

peseta (former currency unit of Spain and Andorra)


sagu

Hunsrik: Sagu

sago (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms)

sago (any species of palm from which sago is extracted)

sago pudding (a dessert made by boiling small grains of sago)


mol

mols (plural)
moles (plural)
spelling (Brazil)

Borrowed from German Mol (“mole”), shortened form of Molekulargewicht (“molecular weight”).


pénis

European Portuguese standard spelling of pênis.


propósito

purpose; motive (reason for which something is done)


nougat

nougat (a confection of honey and roasted nuts)


barril

barrel, container formed of wooden staves bound by hoops


molde

[ˈmɔʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

[ˈmɔʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

A escola foi o molde para toda a sua vida.


dona

From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.

Oi, dona Ana! Como vão as coisas?

(colloquial, familiar) a title of address to an adult woman, especially a middle-aged one

Ei, dona, a senhora poderia por favor tirar seu carro?

Hey, lady, could you please move your car?

(colloquial, used mostly by young people) lady (adult female human, especially one old enough to be a mother)


eme

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.


capa

→ Japanese: 合羽

→ Kadiwéu: caapa

→ Tetum: kapa

From Old Galician-Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

cloak; cape (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)

(printing) cover (front and back of a book or magazine)

the front cover or front page of a publication

jacket (protective or insulating cover for an object)

(bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)

(figurative) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)


capa

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), from Phoenician 𐤊𐤐 (kp /kaph/), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”).

(Portugal) kay (name of the Latin letter K, k)


alter ego

[ˈaɫ.tɛɾ ˈɛ.ɣu]

alter ego (alternate personality or persona)


pente

From Old Galician-Portuguese *peitẽe, from Latin pectinem. Cognate with Galician peite, Spanish peine, Catalan pinta, French peigne and Italian pettine.


nuvem

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve, nuven, from a Vulgar Latin root *nūbinem, from Latin nūbes. Compare Spanish nube.


névoa

Kabuverdianu: nébua

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nevoa, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Galician néboa and Spanish niebla. Doublet of nébula.


breu

From a Celtic language. Compare Spanish brea.

estar um breu


fiel

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.


peito

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pitu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).


noite

Guinea-Bissau Creole: noti

Kabuverdianu: noiti

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Galician noite, Spanish noche.

1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”

It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Então, vais para a noite?


cetro

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron).


parábola

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of palavra. The mathematical sense is taken from New Latin or directly from Greek.


leito

From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

O rio subiu e saiu do leito.


dogue

(Brazil, colloquial, by extension) any kind of dog

(Brazil, colloquial) a small type of hot dog

(Brazil, colloquial, by extension) any hot dog


ripa

beam, clapboard (a long, thin, flat piece of wood used in construction)


leite

Kabuverdianu: leti

Macanese: lete

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leite m, from Late Latin lactem m or f, from Latin lac n, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlákts. Compare Galician leite m, Spanish leche f, and French lait m.

inh+

Eu gosto de café com leite e açúcar.

Leite integral, leite desnatado.

milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)

(by extension) milk (white liquid obtained from a vegetable source)

(colloquial, by extension) white sap expelled from some trees and green fruit when cut; latex

Dá-me o teu leite.


venta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Latin *ventāna, from Latin ventus (“wind”). Cognate with Galician ventá and Spanish ventana. Doublet of ventã and ventana.


febre

From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever, from Latin febris (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

O doutor disse que o rapaz está com febre.

(medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)

Esse estilo musical está se tornando uma febre.

(figuratively) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)


semita

Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)


bonde

Borrowed from English bond. The tramway sense is said to have originated from coupons sold as transport tickets which looked liked bonds issued at the time.


pele

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pele

Kabuverdianu: peli

From Old Galician-Portuguese pele, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).


farol

Borrowed from Italian farolo, diminutive of faro, from Latin pharus (“lighthouse”), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros), an island in Alexandria famous for its lighthouse. Compare Italian and Spanish faro, French phare.

lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)


grua

Borrowed from French grue, from Latin grūs.


boia

→ Swahili: boya

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.


alano

Borrowed from Latin Alānus. Likely a doublet of alão.

(historical) Alan (member of the Alans, a Sarmatian tribe)


pinga

(figuratively) sip (small mouthful of drink)


pinga

(informal) penny-pincher (one who is always short of money)


pinga

(Mozambique) yoke (pole which, supported on the shoulders of two men, allows the load tied to it to be carried)


malva

mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)


contorno

pt-noun

contorno m (plural contornos, metaphonic)

(Brazil) ring road; beltway (highway encircling a city)


instructor

instructor m (plural instructores, feminine instructora, feminine plural instructoras)

instructores (plural)
instructora (feminine)
instructoras (feminine plural)

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


MST

w:Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra

(Brazil) Initialism of Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra.


fala

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.

(uncountable) speech (the ability to speak; the state of not being mute)

A fala da personagem

Justo na hora de sua apresentação, ele esqueceu sua fala.

Right on time the for his presentation, he forgot his speech.

A fala dele é muito engraçada.

a dialect or regional variant of a language

Ele praticava sua fala, um tanto nervoso.

a line of dialogue in a screenplay or script

Fala Rodrigo, beleza?

(Brazil, informal) used to greet someone (equivalent to english sup)


vinda

From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩida, feminine of the past participle of the verb vĩir (modern vir).


parecer

expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation


sede

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).

inh

Não tenho sede.

thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

Sede de vingança.

(figurative) thirst; craving (eager desire)


sede

From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.

A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.

The seat of the European Commission is in Brussels.

headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

(ecclesiastical) see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.

London was the host 2012 Summer Olympics.

venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)


prece

Borrowed from Latin precem (“prayer; entreaty”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).


ampolla

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


sinfonia

Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sanfona.


aldose

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) aldose (any of a class of monosaccharides)


cubo

(geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)

any object whose shape is similar to that of a cube

(mathematics) cube (the third power of a number or mathematical expression)


alva

From Old Galician-Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Classical Latin albus (“white”). Cognate with Galician alba.

alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)


erva

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Galician herba and Spanish hierba.

inh

herb
(colloquial, South Brazil) yerba mate


pira

(slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

(Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely


taipan

taipan (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus)


funicular

funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline)


femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

ubor

(narratology) femme fatale (seductive and dangerous woman)


aula magna

(Portugal) a great hall used for special occasions at a university

(Brazil) a talk, generally given by a professor or renowned authority in some area of knowledge, at the beginning of the academic semester


nora

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


nora

noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)


sarna

Sarcoptes scabiei
Sarcoptes scabiei#Translingual

(pathology) scabies; mange (an infestation of parasitic mites Sarcoptes scabiei)


anil

Borrowed from Arabic نِيل (nīl) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian نیل (nil, “indigo”), from Middle Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”).


sonda

probe (device or craft used for exploration)

sound (long, thin probe for sounding body)

a rope or rod used to fathom bodies of water


cera

From Old Galician-Portuguese cera (“wax”), from Latin cēra.


morto

pt-noun

morto m (plural mortos, feminine morta, feminine plural mortas, metaphonic)

mortos (plural)
morta (feminine)
mortas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese morto, from Vulgar Latin *mortu(s), from Latin mortuus, perfect active participle of morior (“to die”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from *mer- (“to die”). Compare Galician morto and Spanish muerto.

(card games) a number of cards set apart that can be picked up by the first player to play all his cards


mês

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mes, from Latin mēnsis (“month”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan mes, Italian mese, French mois, and Romansch mais.

inh+

month (one of twelve divisions of the year)


mês

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sigla

Borrowed from Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).

acronym (word formed by initial letters)

monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)


berdache

pt-noun

berdache m or f by sense (plural berdaches)

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender)


cartilha

primer, reader (children's book introducing basic literacy)


brana

(physics) brane (hypothetical object extending across a number of spatial dimensions)


trovoada

O primeiro-ministro afirmou na madrugada deste domingo que o incêndio no distrito de Leiria, que matou pelo menos 43 pessoas, terá sido causado por trovoadas secas e que as vítimas estavam todas numa única estrada ou nas suas imediações.

2017 June 18, LUSA, “Costa: trovoadas secas terão sido a origem do fogo, mas é prematuro tirar ilações”, in Público:


toda

tody (any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds)


toda

a member of the Toda people of southern India


toda

a Dravidian language spoken by the Toda people


bolha

From Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

bubble (a spherical volume of contained fluid)

bubble (spherical cavity in solid material)

(economics) bubble (period of intense speculation in a market)

(figurative) bubble (environment in which one is immersed)


bolha

(Brazil, slang) a lame or pathetic person


briga

desctree

→ Guianese Creole: briga
Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Deverbal from brigar. Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).


ponto

From Old Galician-Portuguese ponto, from Latin punctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”). Cognate with Spanish punto. Doublet of point.

point, a specific spot, location, or place

E em triumpho, aos pulos, contou elle mesmo os sessenta e oito pontos que Carlos perdia.

1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica, Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:

And in triumph, jumping, he counted himself the sixty-eight points Carl had lost.

—Vamos ao ponto essencial… Quanto quer o snr. Palma por me dizer quem lhe encommendou o artigo da Corneta?

Let’s get to the point… how much does Mr. Palma want for telling me who ordered the Corneta article?

(economics) point, a unit used to express stocks, shares, interest rates, etc.

(geometry) point, a zero-dimensional object or location

Alencar deu um olhar á severa frontaria de convento, adormecida, sem um ponto de luz.

Alencar looked at the sombre façade of the convent, asleep, without a dot of light.

(typography) point, a dot or tittle of a character

(sewing) stitch, a single pass of a needle in sewing or surgery suture

timecard, a register of when employees arrive and leave

time clock, a machine used to log when employees arrive and leave

ponto crítico

(cooking) medium rare, done an amount of cooking between rare and well done

ponto de ônibus

ponto de táxi

(Brazil) bus stop, taxi stand, a location where passengers wait for a bus or taxi

(historical, measure) Portuguese point, a small unit of length, about equal to 0.2 mm

point, a unit of measurement for a TV audience

(theater) an assistant who helps actors with forgotten lines


luar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũar, from Latin lūnāris. Compare Galician luar. Doublet of lunar.

inh+

unknown, Fernando Pessoa, A hora do diabo
«A música, o luar e os sonhos são as minhas armas mágicas. Mas por música não deve entender-se só aquela que se toca, se não também aquela que fia eternamente por tocar. Por luar, ainda, não se deve supor que se fala só do que vem da lua e faz as árvores grandes perfis; há outro luar, que o mesmo sol não exclui, e obscurece em pleno dia o que as coisas fingem ser. Só os sonhos são sempre o que são. É o lado de nós em que nascemos e em que somos sempre naturais e nossos.»

"Music, moonlight and dreams are my magic weapons. But music should not only be understood as music that is played, but also music that remains forever unplayed. Moonlight should not be taken to mean only that which comes from the moon and makes the trees look great; there is another moonlight, which the sun itself does not exclude, and which obscures in the middle of the day what things pretend to be. Only dreams are always what they are. It's the side of us where we are born and where we are always natural and our own."

moonlight (sunlight reflected by the moon)


blusa

(obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)

(Brazil) any type of informal or social coat


guna

(Portugal, Porto, colloquial, derogatory) a chav (relating to a youth from a working class background, aggressive with poor education)


ceva

(agriculture) food used to fatten animals

(fishing) bait used to draw fish to a general area


ganso

pt-noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

gansos (plural)
gansa (feminine)
gansas (feminine plural)

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese ansar, anssar.

goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)


sacristia

From Ecclesiastical Latin sacristia, from sacer (“sacred, holy”).


palmo

From Latin palmus, from palma. Doublet of palma. Cognate with Spanish and Galician palmo and Catalan pam and palm.

(historical, measure) palmo, a traditional unit of length about equal to 22 cm

(historical, measure) square palmo, a traditional unit of area about equal to 480 cm²

(historical, measure) cubic palmo, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 L, particularly used in measuring masonry


corpo

From Old Galician-Portuguese corpo, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. Doublet of the borrowings corpus and cós.

Dois corpos de cargas iguais se repelem.

Two objects with like charges repel each other.

Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais

Corpo de bombeiros

a group of people united by a common objective; corps

Mexa a massa até tomar corpo.

Os protestos populares tomaram corpo.

The popular protests have become stronger.

(with tomar) consistency, firmness; strength

Quero ganhar corpo até o fim do ano.

I want to gain muscle before the end of the year.


brodo

(countable) broth (soup made from broth)


testo

From Old Galician-Portuguese testo, from Latin testum.


cio

From Old Galician-Portuguese cio, ceo, from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos). See also zelo.

(uncountable) heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)


aioli

aioli (a type of sauce made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil)


mouro

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

mouros (plural)
moura (feminine)
mouras (feminine plural)

Macanese: môro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.

inh+

Moor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)

Moor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)

(chiefly historical) a Muslim of any ethnicity; Mussulman

(Northern Portugal, colloquial, mildly derogatory) a Lisboner or from the South of Portugal


mouro

mouro encantado
mouro encantado#Portuguese

(Iberian folklore) Synonym of mouro encantado


streaming

Unadapted borrowing from English streaming.

ubor

(computing) streaming (the transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it)


marga

Borrowed from Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.


granizado

slush (flavored shaved ice served as a drink)


cava

Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.


rogo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rogo. Compare Spanish ruego.


tina

From Latin tīna (“wine-vessel”), from Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 (θina, “type of vessel”).


sena

(card games) six (a card with six spots)


sena

senna (any of several trees of the genus Senna and Cassia)


sena

pt-noun

sena m or f by sense (plural senas or sena)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


muda

From Latin mūtam, accusative feminine form of mūtus.


muda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese muda, deverbal from mudar.


oncogene

/õ.kɔˈʒɛ.nɨ/

(oncology, genetics) oncogene (gene that contributes to the conversion of a normal cell into a cancerous cell)


puto

From Old Galician-Portuguese puto, from Latin pūtus (“boy”). Cognate with Italian putto (“child”).

Estava lá um puto a fazer o que não devia.

There was a kid doing things he shouldn't.

2024 July 14, Rui Antunes, “Espanha tetracampeã: No pátio do Europeu, a bola é dos putos Nico e Lamine (e a taça também) [Four-time champion Spain: In the European courtyard, the ball belongs to the kids Nico and Lamine (and the cup too)]”, in Visão, retrieved 2024-07-16:

O meu puto está sempre a fazer asneiras.

Aquele cara ali é um puto.

That dude over there isn't worth anything.

(Brazil, vulgar) a jerk; an unlikable, obnoxious person

(vulgar, Brazil) a male prostitute; a manwhore

(vulgar, Rio Grande do Sul) a fag; a gay, homosexual

Eu estou sem nenhum puto.

(vulgar, Brazil) a small quantity of money


matemático

pt-noun

matemático m (plural matemáticos, feminine matemática, feminine plural matemáticas)

matemáticos (plural)
matemática (feminine)
matemáticas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin mathēmaticus, from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, learning”).


reflector

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


volante

Borrowed from Latin volantem. Compare the inherited doublet voante.


volante

From Carlos Volante, an Argentine football player that represented Flamengo during the 1930's to 1940's.

defensive midfielder
defensive midfielder


canja

Macanese: canje

(figuratively) anything that is easy to obtain or accomplish


bambu

→ Asturian: bambú

→ Catalan: bambú

→ Dutch: bamboe (see there for further descendants)

desctree

→ French: bambou
→ Moore: bambu
→ Norman: bambou
→ Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or Dutch bamboe or English bamboo) (see there for further descendants)

→ Italian: bambù

→ Spanish: bambú

Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor.
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor.
Malay bambubor.
Portuguese bambu
Borrowed from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).


bago

any small round object, such as a piece of lead


ganda

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa).


naga

(Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)


cesto

From cesta (“basket”), from Latin cista (“trunk, chest”).


torre

→ Kinikinao: torre

From Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.

cog

A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.

The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.


acrobata

pt-noun

acrobata m or f by sense (plural acrobatas)

acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination)


rabino

Borrowed from Late Latin rabbi, from Ancient Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí, “rabbi”), from Hebrew רבי (rabbi, “my master”).

(Judaism) rabbi (Jewish spiritual teacher)


desfibrilador

desfibrilador m (plural desfibriladores)

(medicine) defibrillator (device that delivers an electric shock to correct ventricular fibrillation)


feno

Ultimately from Latin fēnum, monophthongized variant of faenum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-. Judging by the unexpected retention of /-n-/ (compare Old Portuguese fẽo), possibly borrowed from or influenced by Asturian fenu. The motive could have been to avoid homophony with feo (“ugly”), although this homophony is tolerated in Galician.


homem

Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi

Indo-Portuguese: homm

Kabuverdianu: ómi

Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm

Kristang: omi

Macanese: home

Principense: omi

>? Saramaccan: ómi, wómi

Etymology tree
Latin homō
Old Galician-Portuguese ome
Portuguese homem
From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (“a human”), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“an earthling”).

inh

O homem conquistará o espaço.

(uncountable, with definite article o) mankind (the human race in its entirety)

Ainda não terminou, homem!

(vocative) used to address a male, implying impatience or disappointment

(colloquial, informal, with possessive pronoun) male lover

homem-aranha
spiderman

homem-lobo
werewolf

(in compounds, fiction) a being who is half man and half creature, or a man with some characteristics of a creature


ambiente

[ɐ̃.bɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

[ɐ̃.bɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

Borrowed from Latin ambientem, present active participle of ambiō (“surround”).

Gosto do ambiente deste restaurante.

I like the atmosphere of this restaurant.


paparazzo

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paparazzo.


ambulante

pt-noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulantem, present participle of ambulāre (“to walk”).


kumis

koumiss (fermented milk drink from Central Asia)


gringa

Comprei estes CDs da gringa.

Meu irmão estava na gringa semana passada.

(slang, Brazil, usually with de or em) abroad


pátria

From Latin patria (“fatherland”), feminine of patrius (“fatherly”), from pater (“father”).

fatherland (the country of one’s birth, origin)


lise

Learned borrowing from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

(medicine, pathology) lysis (gradual recovery from disease)

(biology, biochemistry) lysis (destruction of cells)


mula

Learned borrowing from Latin mūla. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

(figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)


pau

Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Kabuverdianu: pó

→ Swahili: pao, pau

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pao, from Latin pālus (“stake”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Galician pau, Asturian palu, and Spanish palo.

inh+

(figuratively, slang, vulgar) penis, dick, cock, prick

singular of paus (“clubs”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

paus

Isso custou uns 500 paus.


fia

pt-noun

fia f (plural fias, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

fias (plural)
fio (masculine)
fios (masculine plural)


noblesse oblige

Unadapted borrowing from French noblesse oblige (literally “nobility obliges”), primarily used as a phrase.

ubor

noblesse oblige (the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank)


treno

Borrowed from French thrène, from Latin thrēnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos).


acelga

From Arabic السِّلْقَة (as-silqa). Compare Medieval Latin acelga and Spanish acelga.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual

Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Wikispecies:Beta vulgaris var. cicla

(cooking, botany) chard (Beta vulgaris, sometimes Beta vulgaris var. cicla)


achaque

Uncertain origin, possibly from Arabic or a Germanic language. Compare Spanish achaque.

an excuse for doing something; a pretext


duende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).

der

(Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents

(by extension, fiction) any small fictional humanoid, especially a mischievous or evil one


teatro

Borrowed from Latin theātrum (“theatre; stage”), from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see; to watch; to observe”).

der

(uncountable) theater (drama or performance as a profession or artform)

theater (a region where a particular action takes place)

(figurative) drama (rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events)


broche

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broca.


tempura

European Portuguese standard form of tempurá.


dumping

Unadapted borrowing from English dumping.

ubor

(economics) dumping (the sale of goods at less than their normal price)


brasa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Fala and Galician brasa.

inh+

(by extension, colloquial) hottie (attractive person)


aparato

apparatus (assortment of tools or instruments)


cavallo

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


fossa

Borrowed from English fossa, from Malagasy fosa.

Cryptoprocta ferox
Cryptoprocta ferox#Translingual


crème brûlée

Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.


godo

From Latin Gothus, from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gutans), from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Goth (member of the East Germanic tribe)

(Minho) small pebble rounded by the action of water


pianista

pt-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)

From piano (“piano”) + -ista (“-ist”), from Italian piano (“piano; flat”).


aia

→ Hindi: आया (āyā)
→ English: ayah


azotato

(chemistry) nitrate (any salt or ester of nitric acid)


nitroglicerina

nitroglicerina f (usually uncountable, plural nitroglicerinas)

(organic chemistry) nitroglycerine (a heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid)


vulgo

From Latin vulgus (“the common people”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel (“to throng, crowd”).


intendente

pt-noun

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes)

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

(historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator)

a rank in the Portuguese Public Security Police


estufa

Borrowed from Italian stufa, from stufare.

As plantas crescem mais rapidamente em estufas.

gases com efeito de estufa


goi

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).


búfalo

pt-noun

búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

búfalos (plural)
búfala (feminine)
búfalas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).


beija-flor

pt-noun

beija-flor m or f by sense (plural beija-flores)

Literally, “flower kisser”, from beijar (“to kiss”) + flor (“flower”).


rio

Guinea-Bissau Creole: riu

→ Hunsrik: Rio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rio (“river”), from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“a small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.
Cognate with Galician río, Spanish río, Catalan riu, Occitan riu, French ru, Italian rio, rivo and Romanian râu.

inh+

O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:

The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

Ganhamos um rio de dinheiro.

(figuratively) a large amount of anything


lume

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lume, from Latin lūmen.
Cognate with Galician, French, Italian, and Romanian lume, Spanish lumbre, Catalan llum and Occitan lum. In the sense of "lumen" it is a modern neologism. Doublet of lúmen, a borrowing.

cog

flame, fire (to cook or keep oneself warm)


permafrost

(geology) permafrost (permanently frozen ground)


bicarbonato

(chemistry) bicarbonate (the univalent anion HCO₃)


constante

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese constante, from Latin cōnstantem, present active participle of cōnstō (“to stand together”).

inh+

constant (that which is permanent or invariable)

(algebra) constant (quantity that remains fixed)

(sciences) constant (property that does not change)

(programming) constant (identifier that is bound to an invariant value)


bem

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ben, from Latin bene (“well”).

Mais um conto sobre a luta do bem contra o mal.

Yet another tale about the fight between good and evil.

(chiefly narratology) good (the ensemble of forces that conspire for good, as opposed to evil)

Ele faliu e teve que vender quase todos os seus bens.

He went bankrupt and had to sell most of his goods.

good; property (item that is owned by a person)

Você vem conosco, meu bem?

(usually with a possessive pronoun) darling; dear (term of address for a loved one)


ramo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ramo, from Latin rāmus (“branch”), from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”).

(by extension) subject, field, discipline; branch (area in business or of knowledge, research)


entusiasmo

Borrowed from Late Latin enthūsiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós, “inspiration, enthusiasm”), from ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”).

der

ἐνθουσιασμός

enthusiasm (excited interest or eagerness)


mafioso

pt-noun

mafioso m (plural mafiosos, feminine mafiosa, feminine plural mafiosas, metaphonic)

mafiosos (plural)
mafiosa (feminine)
mafiosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Mafioso; mobster (a member of the mafia)


lado

From Old Galician-Portuguese lado, from Latin lātus.

Estou do teu lado.


acetato

Borrowed from French acétate, from Vulgar Latin acētātu-, participle of acētāre (“to turn into acētum (“vinegar”)”). First attested in 1846.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Acetato”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 70

(uncountable, organic chemistry) acetate

transparency (a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.)


rorqual

From Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval, from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.

rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)


fosfato

phosphate (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid)


airo

guillemot (any of the seabirds in the genus Uria)


tetraedro

[ˌtɛ.tɾɐˈɛ.ðɾu]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράεδρον (tetráedron, “triangle-based pyramid”), from τετράς (tetrás, “four”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). By surface analysis, tetra- + -edro.

bor+

(geometry) tetrahedron (polyhedron with four sides)


acetilcolina

(biochemistry) acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)


arsina

(inorganic chemistry) arsine (a poisonous gas)


ozono

pt-noun

ozono m (usually uncountable, plural ozonos)


perclorato

(chemistry) perchlorate (any salt of perchloric acid)


pandeísmo

Otávio de Faria póde falar, com razão, de um pandeísmo de Carlos Nejar. Não uma poesia panteísta, mas pandeísta.

1983, Giovanni Pontiero, Carlos Nejar, poeta e pensador, page 349:


cima

From Old Galician-Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, conceive”).


namespace

Unadapted borrowing from English namespace.

ubor

(programming) namespace (abstract space of keywords)


tabaco

→ Gujarati: તમાકુ (tamāku)

→ Japanese: たばこ (tabako)

desctree

→ Japanese: タバコ (tabako)
→ Early Modern Korean: 담파고 (tamphakwo)
→ Ainu: タンパク (tampaku)

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco. See tobacco for more.

Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum#Translingual

(botany) common name, extended to other plants of the genus Nicotiana, whose leaves are used in the production of cigarettes, cigars, etc.


panteísmo

From pan- + Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ismo.