pessoa

From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Vulgar Latin *pessona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Displaced borrowed persona (retained in dialects of Spain).

inh

Estava a ver/vendo umas pessoas caminhar.

person (an individual being, especially a human)

O sujeito portava uma arma em/na sua pessoa.

The person was carrying a weapon in his person.

(formal) person (someone’s physical body)

Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa.

(grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)

(Christianity theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)

Trindade

person of the Holy Trinity; Holy Trinity

(law) person (person or organisation with standing before the courts)


orla

From Vulgar Latin *orula, diminutive of Latin ora. Compare French orle.


reajuste

/ʁjɐˈʒuʃ.tɨ/


recorte

clipping; snippet (from a newspaper or magazine)


reformado

pt-noun

reformado m (plural reformados, feminine reformada, feminine plural reformadas)

reformados (plural)
reformada (feminine)
reformadas (feminine plural)


amora

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), from Proto-Indo-European *moro. Compare Galician amora, Italian and Spanish mora and French mûre.


refugiado

refugiado m (plural refugiados, feminine refugiada, feminine plural refugiadas)

refugiados (plural)
refugiada (feminine)
refugiadas (feminine plural)


quiabo

Unknown. Perhaps from Kimbundu kingombo.

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


quiabeiro

okra (Abelmoschus esculentus, a plant grown for its edible pods)


regente

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

Hunsrik: Rëschent

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

[χeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]

Borrowed from Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns.

regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

conductor (a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)


reclame

a small, commercial advertisement, originally in the printed press


mangueira

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

hose (flexible tube conveying water or other fluids)


mangueira

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/


quivi

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.


relato

broadcast (usually on the radio) of a sports event (mostly football)


reforma

reform (the change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative)

pension (gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services)

renovation (repairs made to a building to improve or renew its appearance)


fruta-pão

fruta-pão f (plural frutas-pães or frutas-pão)

frutas-pães (plural)
frutas-pão (plural)

[ˌfɾu.tɐˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌfɾu.tɐˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌfɾu.taˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


bananeira

(Brazil) handstand (usually in the phrase plantar bananeira)


melão

Kadiwéu: melo

From Old Galician-Portuguese melon, from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).


rema

Borrowed from Latin rhema, from Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma).

(linguistics) rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)


pepineiro

Cucumis sativus
Cucumis sativus#Translingual

cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)


melancia

Alteration of balancia (“watermelon”), influenced by melão (“melon”), from Arabic بَلَنْسِيّ (balansiyy, “Valencian”).


melancia

pt-noun

melancia m or f by sense (plural melancias)

Invasão de São Paulo por Mato Grosso? Mentira! Bem se vê que você é um "melancia".

1955, Mário Donato, Madrugada sem Deus, São Paulo: José Olympio, page 246:

Ele é um melancia. / Verde por fora, vermelho por dentro.

2024, Matthias Lehmann, translated by Bruno Ferreira Castro and Fernando Scheibe, Chumbo, Nemo, →ISBN, page 207:

(Brazil, military, slang) a soldier with socialist leanings


reproche

/ʁɨˈpɾɔ.t͡ʃɨ/

reproach (mild rebuke, or an implied criticism)


relevo

relief; relievo (artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background)

relief (difference of elevations on a surface)


resguardo

[ʁɨʒˈɣwaɾ.ðu]

(colloquial) lying-in (period of postpartum confinement)


reparo

Essa nau precisa de reparos imediatamente.

repair (the act of repairing, fixing something)

Foi um evento tão pequeno que ninguém lhe deu reparo.

It was such a small event that no one noticed it.

note; notice (the act of noticing or noting something)

(military) defensive works, such as trenches

(military) the support base of a piece of artillery


reserva

reserve (the act of reserving, or keeping back)

reserve (that which is reserved as for future use)

reserve (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)

reserve (tract of land reserved for aboriginal people)

(military) reserve (body of troops in the rear of an army)

booking (a reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel)


reserva

reserva m or f by sense (plural reservas)

(sports) reserve (player who does not participate from the start of the game)


retiro

(Brazil) a type of fazenda that is only active some parts of the year


represa

Inherited from Latin reprēnsa, feminine of reprēnsus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“to seize; to catch”).

dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)


retornado

(Portugal) a Portuguese settler who was forced to return to Portugal from Africa during the decolonization process


reta

From Latin rēcta, feminine of rēctus (“straight”), from perfect passive participle of regō (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to direct”).

der

(geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure)


retardado

pt-noun

retardado m (plural retardados, feminine retardada, feminine plural retardadas)

retardados (plural)
retardada (feminine)
retardadas (feminine plural)

[ʁɨ.tɐɾˈða.ðu]

a retarded person, a retard
a person affected by mental retardation

a retarded person, a retard
(derogatory) fool, idiot


pepino

Borrowed from Spanish pepino, from Latin pepōnem.

cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)

cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)

(Brazil, slang) problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)


revenda

resale (the action of selling something previously bought)


salvaguarda

[saɫ.βɐˈɣwaɾ.ðɐ]

safeguard (something that serves as a guard or protection)


reto

From earlier recto, from New Latin rectum intestinum (“the straight intestine”).

der

(anatomy) rectum (terminal part of the large intestine)


retardo

retard, retardation (the state of being tardy)

(slang, derogatory) behavior perceived as stupid, nonsensical or childish


retrato

retract (an act of retracting or withdrawing)


tacho

Unknown, maybe through metathesis of chato.


tapado

pt-noun

tapado m (plural tapados, feminine tapada, feminine plural tapadas)

tapados (plural)
tapada (feminine)
tapadas (feminine plural)


sobrado

(Brazil, Africa) a multiple-storey house, especially one with a balcony


salva

From salvar (“to save”), from Old Galician-Portuguese salvar, from Latin salvāre (“to save”).

salvo (salute paid by simultaneous firing of cannons)

salva de palmas.

(by extension) any noisy simultaneous salute


salva

From sálvia (“salvia”), from Latin salvia.


socorro

succour (aid, assistance or relief given to one in distress)


sobra

(often in the plural) leftover; remainder (something that remains)


templo

From Old Galician-Portuguese templo, tenplo, borrowed from Latin templum, from Proto-Indo-European *t(e)mp-lo-s, from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).


tramo

bay (distance between two supports in a vault)


subordinado

subordinado m (plural subordinados, feminine subordinada, feminine plural subordinadas)

subordinados (plural)
subordinada (feminine)
subordinadas (feminine plural)

subordinate (person in a lower class or rank)


tempero

Japanese: 天麩羅, 天婦羅, 天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura)

Deverbal from temperar, from Latin temperāre (“to mix, to temper”).


transa

(Brazil, colloquial) deal, trade, agreement

(Brazil, colloquial) sex (an act of sexual intercourse)


suba

Deverbal from subir (“to raise; to ascend”).

deverbal

1963, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 4, Imprensa Nacional, page 55

In the present moment fertilisers and insecticides and pesticides, elements very indispensable to the revitalisation of national agriculture, are having such an increase in price that there is no telegraph from Banco do Brasil that can be up to par with the situation.

No momento atual os fertilizantes e os inseticidas e praguicidas, elementos indispensabilíssimos ao soerguimento da agricultura nacional, estão com uma suba tal que não há telex do Banco do Brasil que possa estar a par da situação.

Redatores de assuntos financeiros registravam a queda das ações de algumas empresas e uma suba compensatória de outras.

1974, Janer Cristaldo, Uma estória obscena, Edições Casa do Livro, page 77:

Editors of financial matters registered the decrease of some companies’ shares and a compensatory increase of others.

[…], no segundo caso, porque essa retirada do subsídio, que ensejou uma suba de Cr$45,00 no preço do quilo da carne de primeira, provocou uma natural retração no consumo.

1981, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 7, Centro de Documentação e Informação, page 141

[…] , in the second case, because this removal of the subside, which caused a Cr$45.00 increase in the price of first-grade meat, caused a natural reduction of consumption.

(Rio Grande do Sul) an increase in price


transe

Deverbal from transir or borrowed from French transe.


transbordo

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈβoɾ.ðu]

overflow (spillage occurring when the volume of liquid exceeds the volume of the container)


transportes

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃiʃ/

[tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔχ.t͡ʃiʃ]

/tɾɐ̃ʃˈpɔɾ.tɨʃ/


trepa

Voltas a fazer isso e levas uma trepa.

Do that again, and you'll take a beating.


surto

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūrctus, from Latin surrēctus.

surge; outbreak (sudden rush or increase of something)


tributo

From Old Galician-Portuguese tributo, trebuto, borrowed from Latin tribūtum.

Article 3, Código Tributário Nacional (Brazilian National Taxation Code)

Tributo is any compulsory monetary payment, in currency or which value may be expressed in it, that does not constitute sanction to illicit action, instituted by law and charged through fully bound administrative activity.

Tributo é toda prestação pecuniária compulsória, em moeda ou cujo valor nela se possa exprimir, que não constitua sanção de ato ilícito, instituída em lei e cobrada mediante atividade administrativa plenamente vinculada.


trino

Onomatopoeic, related to Italian trillo.


turno

Borrowed from Spanish turno, from turnar, from French tourner.


trote

(chiefly of horses) trot (gait of an animal between walk and canter)

prank (practical joke or mischievous trick)

prank call (practical joke made using the telephone)


turné

European Portuguese standard spelling of turnê.


tosa

the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming


suspiro

Deverbal from suspirar. Alternatively from Latin suspirium.

no último suspiro


cova

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.


vendido

pt-noun

vendido m (plural vendidos, feminine vendida, feminine plural vendidas)

vendidos (plural)
vendida (feminine)
vendidas (feminine plural)

(figurative) mercenary (one who readily switches sides for personal gain)


sutura

suture (seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together)


covo

Alternation of côvão, an inheritance from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of cobo.

der

pot (trap used for fishing crabs and lobsters)


viciado

pt-noun

viciado m (plural viciados, feminine viciada, feminine plural viciadas)

viciados (plural)
viciada (feminine)
viciadas (feminine plural)

addict (person addicted to something, especially drugs)

(figurative) addict (person obsessed with something)


uniforme

Borrowed from Latin ūnifōrmis (“uniform”).


veja

Probably a borrowing from Old Tupi, compare bijá, pijá (“kind of fish”).

Sparisoma cretense
Wikispecies:Sparisoma cretense

Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)


vislumbre

Borrowed from Spanish vislumbre, from Latin vix lūmināre (“barely illuminate”).

der

Que vislumbre escondido de melhores Dias ou horas no teu campo cabe?

(Can we date this quote?), Fernando Pessoa, À noite:

Which hidden glimpse of better days and hours fits in your field?


argónio

argónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


berinjela

/bɨ.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of beringela.


criptónio

pt-noun

criptónio m (usually uncountable, plural criptónios)

European Portuguese standard spelling of criptônio.


neptúnio

neptúnios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


nitrogênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of nitrogénio.


selênio

selênio m (usually uncountable, plural selênios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of selénio.


neônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of neónio.


arsênio

arsênio m (usually uncountable, plural arsênios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of arsénio.


plutônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of plutónio.


hidrogênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of hidrogénio.


argônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of argónio.


pseudónimo

pseudónimos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -ónimo.

Eric Blair escrevia sob o pseudónimo de George Orwell.

Eric Blair used to write under the pseudonym of George Orwell.


pseudônimo

Eric Blair escrevia sob o pseudônimo de George Orwell.

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of pseudónimo.


ítrio

ítrio m (usually uncountable, plural ítrios)


rutênio

rutênio m (usually uncountable, plural rutênios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ruténio.


vândalo

vândalo m (plural vândalos, feminine vândala, feminine plural vândalas)

vândalos (plural)
vândala (feminine)
vândalas (feminine plural)

From Latin Vandalus, named after the Germanic tribe, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz.

Vandal (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)

vandal (one who needlessly damages others’ property)


arsénio

arsénio m (usually uncountable, plural arsénios)

arsénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


rubídio

rubídio m (usually uncountable, plural rubídios)


zircónio

zircónio m (usually uncountable, plural zircónios)

zircónios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


estrôncio

estrôncio m (usually uncountable, plural estrôncios)


álgebra

[ˈaɫ.ʒɨ.βɾɐ]

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), through Latin algebra.

(mathematics) study of formal manipulations of equations, with the aim of solving certain problems (or the equations themselves)

(mathematics) set of unary and binary operations related to each other by certain properties

(obsolete) art of restoring dislocated bones


molibdénio

molibdénio m (usually uncountable, plural molibdénios)

molibdénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


selénio

selénio m (usually uncountable, plural selénios)

selénios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


molibdênio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of molibdénio.


criptônio

criptônio m (usually uncountable, plural criptônios)

(chiefly Brazil, chemistry, uncountable) krypton


netúnio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of neptúnio.


zircônio

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of zircónio.


lince

Previously lynce, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“to shine, bright, to see”). Doublet of onça.


nióbio

pt-noun

nióbio m (usually uncountable, plural nióbios)


elefanta

female equivalent of elefante (“elephant”)


lasanha

From Italian lasagna, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).


ornitorrinco

From the New Latin genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus#Translingual

platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus, a monotreme of Australia)


foca

From Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal, sea dog”).

— Por falar nisso, sabe o que é um foca?
— Sei — disse Cotoxó.
— Que é? Diga!
— Foca é um repórter em início de carreira, que ganha mal, se veste mal, come mal, escreve mal, só diz bobagens, não tem cultura, é tido como idiota e um dia se torna chefe da redação.

1989, Paulo Rangel, O Assassinato do Conto Policial, FTD, →ISBN, page 10:

“By the way, do you know what a seal is?”
“Yes”, said Cotoxó.
“What is it? Tell me!”
“A seal is a reporter at the beginning of his career, who earns badly, dresses badly, eats badly, writes badly, says nothing but nonsense, has no culture, is considered an idiot and one day becomes head of the newsroom.”

(Brazil, journalism) a journalist at the start of his/her career


tungstênio

pt-noun

tungstênio m (usually uncountable, plural tungstênios)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of tungsténio.


leopardo

Learned borrowing from Late Latin leopardus from Ancient Greek λεόπαρδος (leópardos) from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πάρδος (párdos, “panther”).


burocrata

pt-noun

burocrata m or f by sense (plural burocratas)


cenoura

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).
Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria,
Maltese zunnarija,
Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

der

*سَفُنَّارْيَة

إِسْفَنَارِيَّة

σταφυλίνη ἀγρία


cachorro-quente

pt-noun

cachorro-quente m (plural cachorros-quentes)


álbum

From German Album, from Latin album (“blank white writing tablet”), from albus (“white”). Doublet of alvo.


historiador

pt-noun

historiador m (plural historiadores, feminine historiadora, feminine plural historiadoras)

historiadores (plural)
historiadora (feminine)
historiadoras (feminine plural)


histórico

Borrowed from Latin historicus (“historical”).

bor+

(computing) history (record of previous events)


couve-de-bruxelas

pt-noun

couve-de-bruxelas f (plural couves-de-bruxelas)

[ˈkow.βɨ ðɨ βɾuˈʃɛ.lɐʃ]

[ˈko.vɨ ðɨ βɾuˈʃɛ.lɐʃ]


centésimo

(fractional number) hundredth (one of one hundred parts of a whole)


alho

Kabuverdianu: adju, óie (Barlavento)

→ Chichewa: adyo

→ Yoruba: ayù

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alho (compare Galician allo), from Latin allium (compare Spanish ajo).


burocracia

(colloquial) the use or demand a big amount of documents


segunda

Kadiwéu: segoonda


dragão-de-comodo

pt-noun

dragão-de-comodo m (plural dragões-de-comodo)


jerimum

→ Mauritian Creole: ziromon

→ Seychellois Creole: ziromon


pingüim

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


abóbora

→ Kadiwéu: aboobile

[ɐˈβɔ.βu.ɾɐ]

From Hispanic Medieval Latin apopores, apoperes of uncertain origin. Cognate of Spanish abobra and Galician abóbora.

Tenho-me sentido muito cansado. Ainda são onze da noite e já virei uma abóbora.

I've been feeling very tired. It's still 11 p.m. and I'm already lethargic.

(figurative) someone unenergetic, lethargic


abóbora

[ɐˈβɔ.βu.ɾɐ]


câncer

Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

Políticos são um câncer para o nosso país.

Politicians are a very bad thing for our country.

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


arco-íris

→ Tetum: arkuiris

From arco (“arch, bow”) + íris (“iris”). Compare Spanish arco iris.


território

Learned borrowing from Latin territōrium.

lbor

territory (large extent or tract of land)

(government) territory (a national subdivision with fewer powers than a state or province)

territory (area controlled or used by an entity)

(ecology) territory (area controlled by an individual animal or pack)

(politics) territory (the land, sea and airspace claimed or controlled by a government)


suicídio

Borrowed from New Latin suicīdium, from sui (“oneself”) and -cīdium (“-cide”).


espinafre

From Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx). Compare Spanish espinaca.

uder

Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ)


baleia-assassina

pt-noun

baleia-assassina f (plural baleias-assassinas)


charme

charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)


joaninha

/ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

From Joana (a female given name) + -inha. Cognate with Galician xoaniña.


dardo

Borrowed from French dard (“javelin”), from Old French dart, from Frankish *darōþu.


dinossauro

From New Latin dīnosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).


jacaré

pt-noun

jacaré m (plural jacarés, feminine (informal) jacaroa, feminine plural (informal) jacaroas)

jacarés (plural)
jacaroa (feminine informal)
jacaroas (feminine informal plural)

→ English: yacare

→ Galician: jacaré

→ Hunsrik: Schakaree

Borrowed from Old Tupi îakaré (“alligator”).

bor+

any crocodilian of the family Alligatoridae

(strictly) caiman (any crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae)


andorinha

/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundīna, from Latin hirundō, hirundinem; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.
Cognate with Galician andoriña, Mirandese andorina, Leonese andolina and Asturian andarina.


crocodilo

Borrowed from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


aboboreira

[ɐ.βu.βuˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[ɐ.βu.βuˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]


suicida

pt-noun

suicida m or f by sense (plural suicidas)


abelha

[ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]

[ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abella, from Latin apicula.


jegue

Uncertain, possibly from English jackass.

(Brazil, figuratively, derogatory) idiot, fool


leoa

From Old Galician-Portuguese leõa, from Latin leaena (“lioness”), from Ancient Greek λέαινα (léaina).


flecha

From Old Galician-Portuguese frecha, borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


camelô

(Brazil) huckster, peddler, hawker (itinerant street vendor)


vira

a traditional music and dance genre of northern Portugal


edifício

É um edifício bonito.


zôo

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


dromedário

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use).


arranha-céu

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛw/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛw/

[aˌhɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯]

/aˌʁɐ̃.ɲɐˈsɛw/

[aˌχɐ̃.j̃ɐˈsɛʊ̯]

[aˌhɐ.ɲaˈsɛʊ̯]

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛw/

/ɐˌʁɐ.ɲɐˈsɛw/

/ɐˌʁa.ɲɐˈsɛw/


psiquiatra

pt-noun

psiquiatra m or f by sense (plural psiquiatras)

From psiqu- (“psych-”) + -iatra (“doctor”).

psychiatrist (doctor specializing in psychiatry)


dugongo

Borrowed from English dugong from Tagalog dugong, from Cebuano dugong.


zepelim

Borrowed from German Zeppelin, named after its inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin.


chimpanzé

/t͡ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/


duty-free

Unadapted borrowing from English duty-free.

ubor

duty-free (a shop where duty-free goods can be bought)


lipase

(biochemistry) lipase (any enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids)


zoologista

pt-noun

zoologista m or f by sense (plural zoologistas)


tartaruga

/tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɡɐ/

[tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɣɐ]

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Sense 3 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.

der

turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)

(colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)

(figuratively, colloquial) a slow person


aleta

vane (a surface radially mounted along an axis)

a small wing or wing-like structure, such as tailplanes, missile fins and fletchings

(anatomy) alar wall (cartilage on either side of the nose)


flushing

Unadapted borrowing from English flushing.

ubor

(medicine, nursing) Catheter hub cleaning with saline prior to accessing.


baleia-corcunda

pt-noun

baleia-corcunda f (plural baleias-corcundas)


cavalgada

[kɐ.βaɫˈɣa.ðɐ]

From cavalgar. Compare Spanish cabalgada.


pastrami

From Romanian pastramă, probably through Yiddish and possibly through English, that from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma).


milho

Afrikaans: mielie

English: mielie, mealie

Itsekiri: imíyò

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milho (“millet”), from Latin milium (“millet”). Compare Galician millo and Spanish mijo.

inh+

(uncountable) maize (seeds of the plant Zea mays)


portão

[pohˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pohˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɾˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poχˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɻˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


enguia

Inherited from Latin anguīlla (presumably from a form *anguīla, to account for the dropped /l/).


pá

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pālam (“shovel”). Doublet of pala. Compare Galician pa and Spanish pala.

shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)

the end of a paddle or oar with the blade

(Portugal) shoulder, chuck (cut of meat)


pá

Shortening of rapaz (“boy”), from earlier paz.

Estás bom, pá?

Ó pá, aonde vais?

(Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)


enguia-elétrica

pt-noun

enguia-elétrica f (plural enguias-elétricas)


pista

track; road; path
lane (division of roadway)

racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)

pista de pouso
pista de pouso#Portuguese

track; road; path
Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)

pista de dança
pista de dança#Portuguese

Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)

clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)


orgulho

From Old Galician-Portuguese orgullo, from Catalan orgull, from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, itself from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *uzgōljō. Compare French orgueil, Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo.


camelo

camelo m (plural camelos, feminine camela, feminine plural camelas)

camelos (plural)
camela (feminine)
camelas (feminine plural)

→ Kadiwéu: gameelo

From Old Galician-Portuguese camelo, from Vulgar Latin *camellus, from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-. Cognate with Galician camelo and Spanish camello.


camelo

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάμιλος (kámilos).


acusação

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsātiōnem. By surface analysis, acusar + -ção.


terrorista

pt-noun

terrorista m or f by sense (plural terroristas)

terrorist (person who uses violence to further political goals)


gaita de foles

gaita de foles f (plural gaitas de foles)

[ˈɡaj.tɐ ðɨ ˈfɔ.lɨʃ]


cavalo-marinho

cavalo-marinho m (plural cavalos-marinhos)

From cavalo + marinho, literally “sea horse”.


termômetro

Borrowed from French thermomètre. By surface analysis, termo- + -metro.


boxeador

boxeador m (plural boxeadores, feminine boxeadora, feminine plural boxeadoras)

boxeadores (plural)
boxeadora (feminine)
boxeadoras (feminine plural)


herói

herói m (plural heróis, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)

heróis (plural)
heroína (feminine)
heroínas (feminine plural)

Macanese: hirói

From Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).

uder

hero (individual who stands out for an act of extraordinary courage, bravery, strength of character, or other quality considered notable)

hero (one who is admired for any reason, constituting the center of attention)

(mythology) hero (character born from a divine being and a mortal being)


cérebro

[ˈsɛ.ɾɨ.βɾu]

(anatomy) brain, cerebrum (organ located in the anterior and superior part of the brain)

(figuratively) central management body; center

(figuratively) individual who plans and/or directs a project, enterprise, etc.

(figuratively) individual who engages in intellectual or scientific activity


prova

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova, either regressively derived from the verb provar or from Late Latin proba (“proof”), from Latin probō (“to approve; to prove”), from probus (“good”).

proof; evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)

evidência

(law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)

Aquelas palavras foram uma prova de seu ódio.

Those words were an assertion of his hatred.

Corri a prova dos cem metros barreiras.

(sports) discipline (category in which a sport belongs)

(logic, mathematics) proof (sequence of statements which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof)


rol

list (enumeration or compilation of items)


portulaca

Borrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.

(botany) purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)


motorista

pt-noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)


cônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cónica.


cónica

cónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


hexaedro

[ˌɛ.ksɐˈɛ.ðɾu]


pombo

pombo m (plural pombos, feminine pomba, feminine plural pombas)

pombos (plural)
pomba (feminine)
pombas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).


pomba

pt-noun

pomba f (plural pombas, masculine pombo, masculine plural pombos)

pombas (plural)
pombo (masculine)
pombos (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

(Brazil, vulgar) penis (man's genitalia)


hipérbole

Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


circunferência

pt-noun

circunferência f (plural circunferências)

Borrowed from Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).


rabo-de-cavalo

rabo-de-cavalo m (plural rabos-de-cavalo)


aviador

aviador m (plural aviadores, feminine aviadora or aviatriz, feminine plural aviadoras or aviatrizes)

aviadores (plural)
aviadora (feminine)
aviatriz (feminine)
aviadoras (feminine plural)
aviatrizes (feminine plural)


subtração

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin subtractiōnem.


cateto

Learned borrowing from Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos).


assessor

pt-noun

assessor m (plural assessores, feminine assessora, feminine plural assessoras)

assessores (plural)
assessora (feminine)
assessoras (feminine plural)


triângulo

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēs
Latin angulus
Latin triangulus
Latin triangulumlbor.
Portuguese triângulo
Learned borrowing from Latin triangulum. Sense 2 is a partial calque of Japanese 三角絞め (sankaku jime, “triangle choke”).

partial calque

Quando começamos, percebi que não haveria meios de agarrá-lo, então deixei que ele furasse minha guarda e o peguei em um triangulo com as pernas.

2021 September 13, Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire, Respire - uma vida em movimento, HARLEQUIN, →ISBN:

(martial arts) triangle choke (a type of chokehold that encircles the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle)

(music) triangle (a percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle)


oceânico

pt-noun

oceânico m (plural oceânicos, feminine oceânica, feminine plural oceânicas)

oceânicos (plural)
oceânica (feminine)
oceânicas (feminine plural)


cidade-estado

cidade-estado f (plural cidades-estado or cidades-estados)

cidades-estado (plural)
cidades-estados (plural)


vinho

Kabuverdianu: vinhu

→ English: vinho

→ Malayalam: വീഞ്ഞ് (vīññŭ)

→ Kaingang: vĩjũ

→ Swahili: mvinyo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vinho, from Latin vīnum (compare Galician viño, Spanish and Italian vino, Catalan vi, French and Romanian vin, and English wine), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.


cotangente

/kɔ.tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.tɨ/


nexo

não tem nexo


tangente

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/


castanho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castanho (“brown”), probably from Latin castaneus (“pertaining to chestnuts”).
Cognate with Galician castaño, Mirandese castanho, Asturian castañu, Spanish castaño and Catalan castany. Doublet of castâneo.


apologia

From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”). By surface analysis, apo- + -logia.

der

Ele fez apologia ao nazismo

(by extension) endorsement, defence, commendation


hipotenusa

From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.

(geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)


cripta

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.


vermelho

Guinea-Bissau Creole: burmedju

Korlai Creole Portuguese: birmel

Kristang: bremelu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vermelho (“red”), from Vulgar Latin *vermiclus, from Latin vermiculus (“little worm”), from vermis (“worm”), ultimately in reference to a scale insect of species Kermes vermilio, used to make a crimson dye.
Cognate with Galician vermello, Spanish bermejo, Asturian bermeyu, Catalan vermell, Occitan vermelh, French vermeil and Italian vermiglio. Also related to English vermilion. Doublet of vermículo, which was borrowed.


cretino

pt-noun

cretino m (plural cretinos, feminine cretina, feminine plural cretinas)

cretinos (plural)
cretina (feminine)
cretinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French crétin (“fool”), from Alpine French crestin (“Christian”), from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of cristão, Cristiano, and Cristian.

doublet

(pathology) cretin (one who suffers from cretinism)

(derogatory) cretin; idiot (person of low intelligence or common sense)

(derogatory) jerk; douchebag; asshole (one with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behaviour)


azul-celeste

From azul (“blue”) + celeste (“celestial, heavenly”).


crisma

pt-noun

crisma f or (less common) m (plural crismas)

From Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

(Christianity) confirmation (sacrament of sealing one’s adhesion to the doctrine)

rechristening (a ceremonial change of name or designation)


crisma

(Christianity) chrism (holy oil used in certain ceremonies)


amarelo

From Old Galician-Portuguese amarelo (“yellow”), from Early Medieval Latin amārellus (“yellowish, pale”), derived from Latin amārus (“bitter”). Compare Galician amarelo, Mirandese amarielho, Spanish amarillo.

inh

(dated) Oriental (a person of East Asian descent)

(historical, syndicalism) a member of syndicalist movements that sought government assistance

(rare) egg yolk (the yellow part of the egg)


astrônomo

pt-noun

astrônomo m (plural astrônomos, feminine astrônoma, feminine plural astrônomas)

astrônomos (plural)
astrônoma (feminine)
astrônomas (feminine plural)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of astrónomo.


astrónomo

astrónomo m (plural astrónomos, feminine astrónoma, feminine plural astrónomas)

astrónomos (plural)
astrónoma (feminine)
astrónomas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin astronomus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονόμος (astronómos).


obturador

[ɔ.βtu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɔ.βtu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]


catalisador

(automotive) catalytic converter (chamber which oxidises carbon dioxide from exhaust gases)


pinheiro

From pinho (“pine tree, pinewood”) + -eiro. Compare Galician piñeiro.

pine (any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, or similar)

Christmas tree (tree decorated with hangings during Christmas)

Araucaria angustifolia
Wikispecies:Araucaria angustifolia

(South Brazil) Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia, a tree of South America)


carvalho

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvalho of uncertain origin. Possibly from a local latin *carbālius via a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. Apparently cognate to Asturian carbayu, carba, Galician carballo, carba, and Spanish carbayo, carvallo/carballo.


seringueira

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡe.ɾɐ/


seringueira

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡe.ɾɐ/

female equivalent of seringueiro (“rubber tapper”)


paleontologista

paleontologista m or f by sense (plural paleontologistas)


cacto

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cato.


alabastro

Borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase made of alabaster”).


saudação

[saʊ̯.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[sɐw.ðɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese saudaçon, from Latin salūtātiōnem. By surface analysis, saudar + -ção.


oliveira

Learned borrowing from Latin [arbor] olīvāria, from olīva (“olive”). By surface analysis, oliva (“olive”) + -eira.


aracnofobia

From aracno- + -fobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).


nogueira

From Late Latin (arbor) nucāria < nucārius < Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, French noyer, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr.


azeitona

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”). Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

der

الزَّيْتُونَ


ecologista

pt-noun

ecologista m or f by sense (plural ecologistas)

environmental activist
environmental activist


orquídea

→ Hunsrik: Orkidje

From New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”).


brócolis

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo.


moda

From French mode (“fashion; trend”), from Latin modus (“measure; manner, method”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

As minissaias voltaram à moda.

fashion (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons)

Bacalhau à moda da casa.

(statistics) mode (most frequently occurring value in a distribution)


azar

From Arabic الزَهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Italian zara and French hasard.

Foi muito azar ter perdido aquele livro.

Losing that book was some real bad luck.


eucalipto

From the New Latin genus name Eucalyptus or French eucalyptus, named by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in the 18th century after Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).

eucalyptus (any tree of the genus Eucalyptus)


caqui

Hunsrik: Kacki


freixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese freixo, freyxo, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).


fobofobia

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + -fobia.


banana split

Unadapted borrowing from English banana split.

ubor

banana split (a dessert containing a banana cut in half)


metrologia

From metro- + -logia, on the model of French métrologie.


azeite

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeite, from Arabic الزَّيْت (az-zayt). Compare Galician and Spanish aceite.


claustrofobia

From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) + -fobia.


agorafobia

Learned borrowing from Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “gathering of people or place of gathering”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).


batata-da-terra

pt-noun

batata-da-terra f (plural batatas-da-terra)


sequóia

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


ipê

any of several flowery trees in Bignoniaceae


paleontologia

From paleo- + ontologia, on the model of French paléontologie, ultimately from Ancient Greek roots.


século

Learned borrowing from Latin saeculum. Displaced Old Portuguese seglo, segre, which was semi-learned.

Século XXI


fobia

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + -ia.


centurião

[sẽ.tu.ɾɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[sẽ.tuˈɾjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(military, Ancient Rome) centurion (officer in command of a century of soldiers)


BBB

a participant in the show Big Brother Brasil


cerejeira

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒe.ɾɐ/


salgueiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese salgueiro, from Vulgar Latin *salicārius, from Latin salix (“willow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”).


cereja

→ Hunsrik: Sëreesch

From Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.
Cognate with Galician cereixa, Spanish cereza, Catalan cirera, Occitan cerièisa, French cerise, Italian ciliegia and Romanian cireașă.


pétala

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon). Compare Spanish pétalo and English petal.


mirto

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).


dicionário

→ Tetum: disionáriu

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, from Latin dictiōnārius, from dictiō (“speaking”) + -ārium (“room, place”). Compare French dictionnaire

af

dictionary (reference work with a list of words)


cipreste

From Latin cypressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).


geologia

Borrowed from French géologie. By surface analysis, geo- + -logia.


adem

→ Macanese: ade

From Old Galician-Portuguese ãade, from Latin anatem (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t-.

Anas platyrhynchos
Anas platyrhynchos#Translingual

mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, a wild species of duck)


petúnia

Borrowed from translingual Petunia, from French petun (“tobacco”, obsolete), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.


pavão

pt-noun

pavão m (plural pavões, feminine pavoa, feminine plural pavoas)

pavões (plural)
pavoa (feminine)
pavoas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pavon (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō.


lírio

From Old Galician-Portuguese liro, lilio, from Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry), from Egyptian D2:D21-D21:X1-M2 (ḥrrt, “flower”).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egx-dem">ḥrry</i>

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ḥrrt</i>


casus belli

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī (literally “case of war”).


cogumelo

Spanish: gurumelo

From Vulgar Latin * cucumellus, diminutive of Latin cucuma (“large cooking vessel”). Compare Galician cogomelo, Occitan cocomèla and Sardinian cugumeddu.


suspeito

pt-noun

suspeito m (plural suspeitos, feminine suspeita, feminine plural suspeitas)

suspeitos (plural)
suspeita (feminine)
suspeitas (feminine plural)


anarquia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”), + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”).

lbor

(government) anarchy (without a formal government)

(by extension) anarchy (a state of chaos or disorder)


jargão

[ʒaɦˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʒaɦˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʒaɾˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʒaʁˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʒaɻˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

jargon (garbled or incomprehensible language)

jargon (altered language, usually as a result of incorporating terms from other languages)

slang (specific language used by professional or social sectors)

slang (coded language of certain groups, used with the aim of avoiding its understanding by elements outside these groups)


cameraman

pt-noun

cameraman m (plural cameramen or cameramans)

[ˌkɐ̃.me.ɾaˈmẽɪ̯̃]

[ˌkɐ̃.me.ɾaˈmẽɪ̯̃]

Unadapted borrowing from English cameraman.

ubor

cameraman (somebody who operates a film or TV camera)


lâmina

(mycology) gill (any of the folds on the underside of a mushroom’s cap)


violeta

(Brazil) viola (musical instrument of the violin family)


porra

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

(archaic) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)

(Brazil, vulgar) cum, spunk (UK), spooge (US), jizz, jizzum, jism

Tire esta porra daqui!

Mas que porra é esta? Não foi isso que pedi.

What the fuck is this? That's not what I ordered.

Vamos detonar essa porra
Vamos levantar poeira

Let's fuck this shit up
Let's raise dust

(informal or vulgar) shit, fuck; (often worthless) stuff, thing


bursa

Borrowed from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of bolsa.

(anatomy) bursa (sac where muscle slides across bone)


esthetica

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


paradigma

[pɐ.ɾɐˈði.ɣmɐ]

From Late Latin paradīgma (“paradigm”), from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma, “pattern”).

der

(linguistics) paradigm (set of all forms which contain a common element)

(computing) a fundamental style of programming


franco

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese franco, from French franc.

inh+

franc (former currency of France and Belgium)

franc (any of several units of currency)


frio

Guinea-Bissau Creole: friu

Kabuverdianu: friu

Papiamentu: friu

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese frio, from Latin frīgidus (“cold”), from frīgeō (“to be cold”), from frigus (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos-, *sriges-, *sriHges-. Compare Galician and Spanish frío, Asturian fríu, Catalan fred, Italian freddo. Doublet of frígido.


appaloosa

pt-noun

appaloosa m or f by sense (plural appaloosas)


hypnose

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


croma

(television, film) chromakey, greenscreen


croma

(Portugal) female equivalent of cromo (“dork”)


pterodáctilo

From French ptérodactyle, from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).


looping

Probably borrowed from French looping, from English loop.


nim

From Hindi नीम (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).

Azadirachta indica
Azadirachta indica#Translingual

neem (Azadirachta indica, an evergreen tree of India)


nim

Blend of não (“no”) + sim (“yes”). Compare German Jein.


infanta

princess, infanta (the daughter of a king in Spain and Portugal)


camiseta

→ Hunsrik: Kamisett

(Brazil, Mozambique) T-shirt (lightweight shirt with short sleeves and no buttons or collar)


taiga

taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)


PIB

produto interno bruto
produto interno bruto#Portuguese

(economics) Acronym of produto interno bruto (“GDP (gross domestic product)”).


cronista

cronista m or f by sense (plural cronistas)

Utilizando os registros, produzidos pelos cronistas coloniais, da presença destas aves em aldeias Tupi nos séculos xvi e xvii...

2012, Felipe Ferreira Vander Velden, As Galinhas Incontavéis. Tupis, Europeus e Aves Domésticas na Conquista do Brasil:

Using the registries, produced by the colonial chroniclers, of the presence of these birds in Tupian villages in the 16th and 17th centuries...

chronicler (author of historical chronicles)

(journalism) chronicler (chronicle author)


passo

From Old Galician-Portuguese passo, from Latin passus. Cognate with Catalan pas and Galician and Spanish paso.

step; footstep; pace (movement made from one foot to the other)

(historical, measure) Portuguese pace, a former unit of length equivalent to about 1.6 m

step; footstep (sound produced by stepping on the ground)

(chiefly military, except in set phrases) pace (manner or speed of walking or marching)

(dance) the movements associated with a dance style

step; stage; phase (distinct part of a process or protocol)

(figurative) step (an attempt in dealing with something)

(geography) pass (narrow passage or channel between geographical features)

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a gear’s teeth)

(mechanical engineering) pitch (distance between a screws’s threads)


camisa

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kamisa

Kabuverdianu: kamisa

→ Kannada: ಕಮಿಸು (kamisu)

Korlai Creole Portuguese: kamidz

Kristang: kameza

→ Malay: kemeja
Indonesian: kemeja

→ Old Tupi: kamixá
Nheengatu: kamixá

Principense: kamiza

Sãotomense: kaminza

→ Telugu: కమీజు (kamīju)

→ Tetum: kamiza

From Old Galician-Portuguese camisa, from Late Latin camisia, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi, from *hamō + *-iþi.

etymon

shirt (light garment worn over the torso)

(Brazil) chemise; nightgown (garment mainly worn by women for sleeping in)

coat; hood (protective cover of an object)


cubismo

From French cubisme, from Latin cubus (“mass, quantity”), from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube, square”).

uder

cubism (an artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes)


bada

→ Italian: bada


número cardinal

pt-noun

número cardinal m (plural números cardinais)


crosta

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”).

crust (any solid, hard surface layer; outer layer of bread and pastry)

(geology) crust (outermost layer of a planet)


expositor

expositor m (plural expositores, feminine expositora, feminine plural expositoras)

expositores (plural)
expositora (feminine)
expositoras (feminine plural)


expositor

display, cardboard display, display stand, display case, showcase (device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion)


paladar

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum. Considering its intervocalic /l/, presumably borrowed via Spanish paladar. Doublet of padar (the inherited counterpart); cf. also Galician padal.

taste (a person’s implicit set of preferences)


ferryboat

Unadapted borrowing from English ferryboat.


média

Feminine of médio (“medium”), from Latin medius, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”).

[ˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[ˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

measure of central tendency
measure of central tendency

(statistics) average
measure of central tendency

(education) the score necessary to go from one grade to another


média

Borrowed from English media, mass media.

[ˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[ˈmɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

(Portugal, journalism) media; mass media


epónimo

epónimos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

eponym (name of a person that has given rise to the name of something)

eponym (word formed from a person’s name)


mola

spring (device made of flexible material)

(Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)


germana

/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/

[ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nɐ]

/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/

[ʒeɦˈmɐ̃.nɐ]

/ʒeɾˈmɐ̃.nɐ/

/ʒeʁˈmɐ̃.nɐ/


bazar

From Italian bazar, from Persian بازار (bâzâr, “market”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾčʾl /wāzār/, “market”).

der

bazaar (a covered or enclosed public marketplace, especially one in the Middle East)

bazaar (a temporary market or stall for charity), especially one housing a rummage sale

(Portugal) a shop, especially a grocery store

(Brazil) thrift shop (shop that sells used goods for a low price)

the sale of one’s used items: a yard sale, garage sale or jumble sale, or the act of selling to a thrift shop

(figurative) marketplace (a place or sphere for the exchange of anything)


infante

pt-noun

infante m (plural infantes, feminine infanta, feminine plural infantas)

infantes (plural)
infanta (feminine)
infantas (feminine plural)

/ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ĩˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

From Old Galician-Portuguese infante, a borrowing from Latin īnfantem (“infant”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Italian infante, French enfant.

prince, infante (the son of a king in Spain and Portugal)


culto

worship (religious ceremony that expresses devotion)


cubano

cubano m (plural cubanos, feminine cubana, feminine plural cubanas)

cubanos (plural)
cubana (feminine)
cubanas (feminine plural)

(Madeira, informal) Portuguese from the mainland


presa

Feminine of preso (“imprisoned; captured; bound; prisoner”), from Old Galician-Portuguese preso, from Latin prehēnsus (“seized”), perfect passive participle of prehendō (“to seize; to catch”).

prey (that which may be seized by animals)

prey (animal that is eaten by another living being)

tusk (pair of teeth that extend outside the mouth of some animals)

female equivalent of preso (“female prisoner”)


siciliano

siciliano m (plural sicilianos, feminine siciliana, feminine plural sicilianas)

sicilianos (plural)
siciliana (feminine)
sicilianas (feminine plural)


siciliano

Sicilian (Romance language spoken in Sicily)


rubato

Borrowed from Italian rubato (“stolen”). Doublet of roubado.

(music) rubato (timing played near, but not on the beat)


rubi

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Catalan robí (“ruby”), from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”).


olhar

From Old Galician-Portuguese aollar, from Vulgar Latin *adoculāre, from oclus, from Latin oculus.
Cognate with Galician ollar, Mirandese oulhar, Spanish aojar and Italian adocchiare.

Harry respondeu com o olhar mais sujo que conseguiu dar.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 496:

Harry replied by giving the dirtiest look he could.


megabit

[ˌmɛ.ɣɐˈβit]

Unadapted borrowing from English megabit.


numeral cardinal

pt-noun

numeral cardinal m (plural numerais cardinais)


amanita

amanita (any mushroom of the genus Amanita)


nascente

Learned borrowing from Latin nāscentem. By surface analysis, nascer + -ente.

source; spring (place where water emerges from the ground)


nascente

the point in the horizon where the sun rises


resistente

resistente m or f by sense (plural resistentes)

resistor (person who fights against an occupying army)


mostarda

Borrowed from Old French moustarde, from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum.


skyline

Unadapted borrowing from English skyline.

ubor

skyline (silhouette of a city’s buildings)


jorna

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


curioso

pt-noun

curioso m (plural curiosos, feminine curiosa, feminine plural curiosas, metaphonic)

curiosos (plural)
curiosa (feminine)
curiosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)


verbo

From Old Galician-Portuguese verbo, vervo, from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), from Proto-Italic *werβom (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”).

John 1:1-4
No princípio era o Verbo (...)
In the beginning was the Word (...)


almoço

Angolar: lomothu

Guinea-Bissau Creole: almos, almosu

Indo-Portuguese: almoça

Kabuverdianu: almusu

Principense: romosu

Tetum: almosu

From Old Galician-Portuguese almorço, from Latin admorsus or Vulgar Latin *admordium, in either case deriving from Latin admordeō (“to bite or gnaw at or into”). Compare Spanish almuerzo.


transexual

pt-noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuais)


chão

Macanese: cham

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chão (“ground”), from Latin plānum (“level ground”) < plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Compare Galician chan and Spanish llano. Doublet of plano, porão, piano, and flete.

doublet

Não deixe cair nada no chão.

Este é o nosso chão.

Ainda tem um chão até o dia de eu me mudar.

There is still some time until the day I will move.

(Brazil, informal) a period of time between the present and a future event


luo

Luo (member of a tribal group in eastern Africa)

Luo (a language spoken by the Luo people)


laranja

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

der

E querẽdo Eitor Anrriquez de Santarem como hómem de animo poer a lança na tȩſta de hum Elefaute, de dous que ali andauam pelejando: deſuiou o Elefante a lãça com a tromba, & apanhou ò com ella per antre as pȩrnas & lançou o pera o ár como ſe fora hũa laranja, & quis lhe Deos bem que jndo armado cayo em lugar & de maneira que o nã matou.

1563, João de Barros, chapter II, in Terceira decada da Aſia, volume 5, Lisbon, page 124:

As ſobre-mãos ſe manifeſtaõ de principio, como hũa fava; porèm depois vem a creçer, & a fazerſe algũas vezes, como meya laranja.

1693, Antonio Pereyra Rego, “Das Sobre-mãos, ou Formas, & Cravos” (chapter 63), in Inſtruçam da Cavallaria de Brida, Coimbra: Joam Antunes, page 304:

[…]vim em conhecimento que o veneno, que o eſcravo tinha tomado, era ſolimaõ, & por iſſo lhe dei, primeiro que tudo, um vomitorio de dez onças de agua de flor de laranja, & logo quatro onças de oleo da ſemente dos nabos, & huma oitava de cristal bem preparado, miſturado tudo com outra oitava do meu Bezoartico Cordeal[…]

1707, Joam Curvo Semmedo, “Obſervaçam XLIII”, in Obſervações Medicas Doutrinaes, Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, page 271:

I came to know that the poison, that the slave had drunk, was sulema and therefore I gave him, first of all, a vomitory of ten ounces of orange flowers, and four ounces of turnip seed oil right after, and one oitava of well-prepared crystal, mixing everything with another oitava of my Bezoartico Cordeal.


laranja

pt-noun

laranja m or f by sense (plural laranjas)

Kadiwéu: lalaanja

(colloquial, Brazil) a front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man


inquilino

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

inquilinos (plural)
inquilina (feminine)
inquilinas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).

lbor

tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)

(biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)


missal

(Christianity) missal (book containing prayers used during mass)


pervinca

periwinkle (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca)


nandu

From Spanish ñandú from Guaraní ñandu guasu.

rhea (any of the American flightless birds of the genus Rhea)


ré

From Latin re[sonāre] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.


ré

(nautical) stern (rear part of a ship or vessel)

(Brazil) reverse (gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards)


velho

pt-noun

velho m (plural velhos, feminine velha, feminine plural velhas)

velhos (plural)
velha (feminine)
velhas (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: bedju

Macanese: vêlo

From Old Galician-Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.

(endearing) husband, especially a middle-aged or elderly one

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


croco

Borrowed from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos).


epônimo

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of epónimo.


realismo

royalism (support for a king or royal house)


basilisco

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, “little king”), diminutive of βασιλεύς (basileús, “chief, king”).

der

(mythology, science fiction) basilisk (snake-like dragon type)

basilisk (any lizard of the genus Basiliscus)


graça

From Old Galician-Portuguese graça, an early borrowing from Latin grātia.

cutie (term of endearment referring to a cute person or animal)

Com licença, senhora; qual a sua graça?


elenco

Learned borrowing from Late Latin elenchus, from Ancient Greek ἔλεγχος (élenkhos). Compare Italian and Spanish elenco.

lbor

Um elenco é um conjunto de artistas.

(collective) cast (group of actors performing together)


zapping

Unadapted borrowing from English zapping.

ubor

zapping, channel hopping, channel surfing


atleta

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).


raquitismo

pt-noun

raquitismo m (usually uncountable, plural raquitismos)

(pathology) rickets (disorder that causes soft bones)


lá

Borrowed from Italian la, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip’s”).

(music) la (sixth note of a major scale, in solfège)


galo

galo m (plural galos, feminine galinha, feminine plural galinhas)

galos (plural)
galinha (feminine)
galinhas (feminine plural)

Papiamentu: gai

From Old Galician-Portuguese galo, from Latin gallus (“rooster”). Cognate with Galician galo and Spanish gallo.

a swelling on the forehead, resulting from a blow


galo

galo m (plural galos, feminine gala, feminine plural galas)

galos (plural)
gala (feminine)
galas (feminine plural)


governante

governante m or f by sense (plural governantes)

[ɡu.βɨɾˈnɐ̃.tɨ]


dinastia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “lordship, dominion”).

bor+

dynasty (a series of rulers or dynasts from one family)


felino

Borrowed from Latin fēlīnus (“feline”), from fēlēs (“cat”).


regata

(Brazil) wifebeater (kind of sleeveless shirt)


autonomia

From Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomía), possibly via French autonomie.

range (distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling)


poesia

From Latin poesis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “production, composition”).


schnitzel

Unadapted borrowing from German Schnitzel.


azia

From Latin acidiva. Cognate with Galician acía.


marmelo

Hunsrik: Marmell

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Galician marmelo and Spanish membrillo.

compound

(Portugal, humorous, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob (breast)


analogia

analogy (relationship of resemblance or equivalence)


archeologia

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


diurno

(Roman Catholicism) diurnal (book containing canonical offices performed during the day)


pelos

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


elfo

pt-noun

elfo m (plural elfos, feminine elfa or elfo, feminine plural elfas or elfos)

elfos (plural)
elfa (feminine)
elfo (feminine)
elfas (feminine plural)
elfos (feminine plural)

Borrowed from English elf, from Middle English, from Old English ælf (“incubus, elf”), from Proto-Germanic *albiz (“fairy, elf”).

(Norse mythology) elf (a mythical being)


orçamento

Ligue para nós e faça um orçamento sem compromisso.

(business) quote (summary of work to be done with a set price)

O Congresso aprovou o orçamento da União para 2018 com um défice de R$ 21 bi.

The Congress approved the 2018 federal budget requesting a R$ 21 bn. deficit.

(finance, politics) budget (itemized summary of intended expenditure and expected revenue)


dispositivo

From Latin dispositus + -ivo (compare French dispositif).


jiu-jitsu

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (a Brazilian martial art based on jujitsu)


ODE

Orthographic borrowing from English ODE.

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis

ordinary differential equation
ordinary differential equation

(mathematical analysis) ordinary differential equation


death metal

Unadapted borrowing from English death metal.

ubor

(music) death metal (subgenre of heavy metal)


adenoide

[ɐ.ðɨˈnɔj.ðɨ]

From French adénoïde, from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and εἶδος (eîdos, “form”). By surface analysis, adeno- + -oide.

(anatomy) adenoid (mass of lymphatic tissue situated posterior to the nasal cavity)


quotidiano

Learned borrowing from Latin quotīdiānus.


persa

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese perssião.

der

Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)


persa

(uncountable) Persian; Farsi (national language of Iran)


occidente

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


entusiasta

pt-noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastas)

From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs, “an enthusiast, a zealot”), from ἐνθουσιάζειν (enthousiázein, “to be inspired or possessed by a god”).

uder

ἐνθουσιαστής

enthusiast (person filled with or guided by enthusiasm)


semente

From Latin sēmentem, from sēmen (“seed”). Doublet of sêmen / sémen.


polaca

(Brazil, dated) prostitute or promiscuous woman


vaginismo

(pathology) vaginismus (painful muscular contraction of the vagina)


ventoso

From Latin ventōsus. By surface analysis, vento (“wind”) + -oso (“-ous”).


andorrano

pt-noun

andorrano m (plural andorranos, feminine andorrana, feminine plural andorranas)

andorranos (plural)
andorrana (feminine)
andorranas (feminine plural)


monegasco

monegasco m (plural monegascos, feminine monegasca, feminine plural monegascas)

monegascos (plural)
monegasca (feminine)
monegascas (feminine plural)


andorrana

/ɐ̃.doˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/

/ɐ̃.doˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/

/ɐ̃.doˈʁɐ̃.nɐ/

[ɐ̃.doˈχɐ̃.nɐ]


jam session

Unadapted borrowing from English jam session.

ubor

(music) jam (impromptu informal performance or practice session)


tainha

Kabuverdianu: tainha

From Latin tagenia, from Ancient Greek [Term?].


dodô

From English dodo, probably from obsolete Portuguese doudo (if so, a doublet of doido) or Dutch dodaars.


irlandesa

female equivalent of irlandês; Irishwoman


cosplay

Unadapted borrowing from English cosplay.

Fazer cosplay de um personagem.

cosplay (instance of dressing as a character)


filosofia

Borrowed from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


categoria

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).


passivo

(especially in the plural) economic liabilities

(slang, LGBT, BDSM) bottom, sub (a submissive partner in a sexual relationship, usually the one who is penetrated)


decaedro

[ˌdɛ.kɐˈɛ.ðɾu]

(geometry) decahedron (polyhedron with ten faces)


cocô

(informal or childish) poo, poop (excrement)


deque

(nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)


xixi

Eu fiz xixi na rua.


decano

Borrowed from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem (“ten”). Doublet of deão, which was borrowed from Old French.

(ecclesiastical) dean (church dignitary)


decano

(organic chemistry) decane (aliphatic hydrocarbon isomer having the chemical formula C₁₀H₂₂)


verdura

From verde (“green”) + -ura (“-ness”), with the first element from Old Galician-Portuguese verde, from Latin viridis (“green”). Alternately, from Vulgar Latin *virdūra.

(uncountable) greenness (state or quality of being green)

(uncountable) unripeness (state or quality of being unripe)

(in the plural) vegetable (a plant raised for some edible part of it, excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, or spice in the culinary sense)


skinhead

pt-noun

skinhead m or f by sense (plural skinheads)

/ˌskĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/

/ˌskĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/

/ˌskĩˈʁɛ.d͡ʒi/

[ˌskĩˈχɛ.d͡ʒi]

Unadapted borrowing from English skinhead.

ubor

skinhead (member of a punk subculture characterised by the use of a shaved head)


negritude

From French négritude. Equivalent to negro + -itude.

negritude (the characteristic of being of black African descent)

blackness (the characteristic of being black in colour)


toolkit

Unadapted borrowing from English toolkit.

(computing) toolkit (set of basic components for developing software)


tosse

From Old Galician-Portuguese tosse, from Latin tussis (“cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).


intersexual

pt-noun

intersexual m or f by sense (plural intersexuais)

(biology) intersex (individual with characteristics of both sexes)


asma

Learned borrowing from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborous breathing”).


rododendro

rhododendron (flowering shrub in the genus Rhododendron)


interlíngua

/ˌĩ.tɛɾˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/

interlanguage (idiolect developed by a second-language learner that preserves some features of the first language)


amelia

(teratology) amelia (congenital absence of one or more limbs)


terremoto

Borrowed from Latin terraemotus, from terrae (“earth”) + mōtus (“movement”).


russo

pt-noun

russo m (plural russos, feminine russa, feminine plural russas)

russos (plural)
russa (feminine)
russas (feminine plural)

(uncountable) Russian (the Russian language)


monumento

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monumento, borrowed from Latin monumentum. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mõimento.

inh+

monument (a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)


astrobiologia

astrobiology (study of life in the universe)


chow mein

chow mein (westernised Chinese dish of stir-fried noodles with vegetables and meat or seafood)


precedente

[pɾɨ.sɨˈðẽ.tɨ]

(law) precedent (prior judgement in law)


pelota

From Old Occitan pelota (possibly via Spanish pelota), from Old French pelote, from Latin pila (“ball”).


wollastonite

(mineralogy) wollastonite (a grey inosilicate mineral)


lástima

Que lástima!


pimento

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”). Doublet of pigmento, a borrowing.

der

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum annuum#Translingual

sweet pepper, bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)


sociologia

Borrowed from French sociologie, a term coined in 1834 by Auguste Comte. By surface analysis, socio- + -logia.

sociology (study of society, human social interactions, etc.)


veterinario

pt-noun

veterinario m (plural veterinarios, feminine veterinaria, feminine plural veterinarias)

veterinarios (plural)
veterinaria (feminine)
veterinarias (feminine plural)


ginecologia

gynecology (branch of medicine specialising in the problems of women)


artista

artista m or f by sense (plural artistas)

From arte (“art”) + -ista or from Italian artista.


genocida

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas)

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + -cida, or geno- + -cida.

suffix

genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)


socialismo

Borrowed from French socialisme (“socialism”) or from social + -ismo.

bor+

(politics, economics) socialism (political and economic doctrine that advocates collective control of the main means of production as a way of ensuring an equitable distribution of wealth)

(politics) socialism (political system that puts this doctrine into practice)

(politics) socialism (group of parties on the non-communist left that reject the revolutionary path and accept the institutional functioning of liberal democracies)

(politics) socialism (intermediate stage that follows the overthrow of capitalism and precedes the implementation of communism)


neologismo

new word or expression formed within the language or imported from another linguistic system

new meaning of a word already existing in the language

use of recently formed words or new meanings of words already existing in the language


fisiologia

physiology (branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life)


comportamento

From comportar + -mento, from Latin comportō (“to carry”).

behaviour (the way matter moves or acts)


balun

balun (device that connects an unbalanced transmission to a balanced one)


luta

From Old Galician-Portuguese luita, from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor. Compare Galician loita and Spanish lucha.

fight (physical conflict between two parties)

fight; striving (great effort in pursuing something)


béchamel

béchamel sauce (white sauce made with butter, flour and milk)


ayahuasca

Banisteriopsis caapi
Banisteriopsis caapi#Translingual

ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis caapi, a vine of South America)

ayahuasca (psychoactive infusion made from the ayahuasca vine)


autista

pt-noun

autista m or f by sense (plural autistas)

[aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ]


iPhone

iPhone (smartphone produced by Apple Inc.)


esterno

Borrowed from New Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”).


churros

Nessa época os churros não eram recheados, mas fizeram tanto sucesso que ganharam novos estilos. O primeiro churros recheado foi o de doce de leite, ele caiu no gosto do povo, e permanece até hoje!!

2018 December 4, “Origem do churros e como ele se tornou um dos queridinhos do Brasil”, in Delícia Lanches, Guarulhos, archived from the original on 2023-08-16:

Um churros crocante, sequinho e ainda com o recheio bem generoso é uma perdição. Fazer churros em casa é possível e é mais fácil do que parece. A confeiteira Talita Galli, de Santos, no litoral de São Paulo, mostrou como preparar a massa, não errar no ponto e deu dicas para fazer um churros quentinho e crocante na hora que quiser.

2020 October 30, Mariane Rossi, “Aprenda a fazer churros crocantes e sequinhos em casa”, in G1, São Paulo: Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.:


morfologia

(uncountable) morphology (the scientific study of form and structure)

morphology (the form and structure of something)

(biology) morphology (study of the form of living organisms)

(linguistics) morphology (study of the structure and content of word forms)


interno

pt-noun

interno m (plural internos, feminine interna, feminine plural internas)

internos (plural)
interna (feminine)
internas (feminine plural)

(medicine) intern (physician working in a hospital as a final part of medical training)


série

From Latin seriēs (“series; row”), from serō (“to bind together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).

uder

series (number of things or events that follow on one after the other)

linha

things that follow on one after the other

(Brazil, education) grade (a level of pre-collegiate education)

(television, radio) series (a program in which several episodes are broadcast in regular intervals)

(publishing) book series (a series books having certain characteristics in common)

(mathematics) sequence (an ordered list of objects)

(mathematics) series (sum of the terms of a sequence)


anatomia

Borrowed from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía).

anatomy (art of studying the different parts of any organized body)


green card

Unadapted borrowing from English green card.


nervoso

pt-noun

nervoso m (plural nervosos, feminine nervosa, feminine plural nervosas, metaphonic)

nervosos (plural)
nervosa (feminine)
nervosas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin nervōsus (“sinewy; nervous”), corresponding to nervo + -oso.

(colloquial) a person who is often needlessly angry


infinito

Borrowed from Latin īnfīnītus. Doublet of infindo, which was inherited.

(grammar) infinitive (non-finite verb form)

(uncountable) infinity (endlessness or unlimitedness)


tipografia

typography (art or practice of setting and arranging type)


dica

LL-Q5146 (por)-Adélaïde Calais WMFr-dica.wav

Originated in Brazilian Portuguese. Ultimately from indicar (“to indicate”).


andesite

andesites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


meteorologia

meteorology (science that studies the weather)


avenida

[ɐ.βɨˈni.ðɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish avenida, from French avenue, from Old French avenue (feminine past participle of avenir (“approach”)), from Latin advenīre (“come to”, from ad (“to”) + venīre (“come”)).

der

feminine past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">avenir</i> (“approach”)


anglesite

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anglesita.


mostra

Fui a uma mostra de quadros neoclássicos.

I went to an exhibition of neoclassical paintings.

exhibition; show; display (event where objects are set to be seen by the public)

Sua expressão era uma mostra de sua tristeza.

His facial expression was a display of his sadness.

show; display (the act of displaying something)

(military) review (inspection of personnel and equipment)


deficiente

pt-noun

deficiente m or f by sense (plural deficientes)

Os deficientes auditivos estão aprendendo linguagem de sinais.

People with hearing disabilities are learning sign language.


slot machine

Unadapted borrowing from English slot machine.


boneco

doll (of a male human character or animal)

puppet (small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods)

(figurative, by extension) puppet (manipulable person)

Em 1999, surge a série de bonecos Batman Beyond, sem nem mesmo a série ser exibida em um canal aberto, ela só passava no Warner Channel, mais uma vez, uma porrada de Batman, onde o dificil era encontrar um que se parecesse ...

2008, Lincoln Nery, Batman A Trajetória, Clube de Autores, page 501:


spin-off

Unadapted borrowing from English spin-off


mercante

pt-noun

mercante m or f by sense (plural mercantes)

/mɨɾˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

From Latin mercantem. Cognate with Italian mercante and Spanish mercante.


defunto

defunto m (plural defuntos, feminine defunta, feminine plural defuntas)

defuntos (plural)
defunta (feminine)
defuntas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin (vītā) dēfūnctus (“he who has finished [life]”).


califa

caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)


flash card

Unadapted borrowing from English flashcard.

ubor

flashcard (card with information serving as a memorisation aide)


muco

Borrowed from Latin mucus. Doublet of monco.


tetrarca

pt-noun

tetrarca m or f by sense (plural tetrarcas)

From Late Latin tetrarcha, from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs). By surface analysis, tetra- + -arca.

(politics, historical) tetrarch (governor of subdivision of a province)

(politics, Ancient Rome) tetrarch (any of the four co-emperors during the Tetrarchy)

(military, Ancient Greece) tetrarch (officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx)


porrete

baton; truncheon (stick carried by police officers)


apside

(astronomy) apsis (point in elliptical orbit when a body is closest or furthest from the sun)


pescado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescado (“fish”), from Latin piscātus (“fished”), perfect passive participle of piscor (“I fish”). By surface analysis, pescar (“to fish”) + -ado.

surf

(historical) municipal service related to fishing and fishers


humor negro

Compound of humor + negro. Literally, “black humor”.

black humor (comedy making light of taboo subjects)


lulo

O lulo é um fruto tropical e exótico, originário dos Andes, tem cor laranja quando maduro, e é uma baga globosa, assemelha- se a um tomate […]

2013 March 5, Pedro Henrique Monteiro Matarazzo et al., “Desenvolvimento dos frutos de lulo (Solanum quitoense LAM), em Viçosa-MG”, in Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, volume 35, number 1, Jaboticabal, →DOI, archived from the original on 2023-10-29, Abstract, page 131:

The lulo is a tropical and exotic fruit, originating in the Andes is orange when ripe, and is a globose berry, resembling a tomato […]

Solanum quitoense
Solanum quitoense#Translingual


componente

pt-noun

componente (Brazil) m or (Portugal) m or (Portugal) f (plural componentes)

componente m or (canonical feminine masculine)
componentes (plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin compōnentem. By surface analysis, compor + -ente.

lbor

component (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity)


pentano

(organic chemistry) pentane (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₅H₁₂)


pentatleta

pt-noun

pentatleta m or f by sense (plural pentatletas)

(athletics) pentathlete (an athlete who competes in the pentathlon)


catchup

/kɛˈt͡ʃɐ.pɨ/

(uncommon) Alternative spelling of ketchup


toner

toner (ink used in laser printers and photocopiers)


composto

composto m (plural compostos, metaphonic)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese composto, from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus. Doublet of compósito.


smartphone

Unadapted borrowing from English smartphone.

ubor

smartphone (mobile phone with greater computing capacity)


halvah

halva (confection made from sesame seeds and honey)


defensor

pt-noun

defensor m (plural defensores, feminine defensora, feminine plural defensoras)

defensores (plural)
defensora (feminine)
defensoras (feminine plural)

defender (someone or something which defends)

advocate (person who speaks in support of something)


ainoco

Borrowed from Japanese 間の子 (あいのこ, ainoko).

bor+

(Brazil) a person with mixed European and Japanese origin, especially in the southern states


solidão

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdinem. -dão is the inherited form of the Latin ending -tūdinem but the root shows semi-learned derivation (compare purely inherited saudade).

slbor

Salva-me da solidão

O que é a solidão?

A casa está cheia de solidão.

A solidão da noite

Salva minha alma desta solidão.


big bang

(astrophysics) big bang (explosion creating a universe)


pessimismo

pessimism (expectation that bad things will happen)


pessimista

pt-noun

pessimista m or f by sense (plural pessimistas)

pessimist (someone who habitually expects the worst)


storytelling

Unadapted borrowing from English storytelling.


tirso

From Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Doublet of torso and possibly troço.


jet ski

Unadapted borrowing from English jet ski.


alma mater

Unadapted borrowing from Latin alma māter.

alma mater (school or college from which an individual has graduated)


remix

(music) remix (piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together)


promessa

From Old Galician-Portuguese promessa, from Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).

Os colonos foram às Américas com a promessa de uma vida nova.

The colonisers went to the Americas with the hope for a new life.

O vento forte indicava a promessa de chuva.

The strong wind indicated the likelihood of rain.


toilette

Unadapted borrowing from French toilette.

Alternative form of toalete (personal grooming)


toilette

Alternative form of toalete (toilet, bathroom)


acusador

pt-noun

acusador m (plural acusadores, feminine acusadora, feminine plural acusadoras)

acusadores (plural)
acusadora (feminine)
acusadoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsātōrem.


tentativa

Nominalization of the feminine singular of tentativo.

tentativa de delito


pernada

From perna + -ada, literally “leg thrust”.


marchand

pt-noun

marchand m or f by sense (plural marchands)

Unadapted borrowing from French marchand.


torto

From Old Galician-Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.
Cognate with Galician torto, Spanish tuerto, Catalan tort, French tordu, Italian torto and Romanian tort.


salpa

salp (free-swimming tunicate of the family Salpidae)


harpa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arpa, from Late Latin harpa, from Frankish *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


senhor

pt-noun

senhor m (plural senhores, feminine senhora, feminine plural senhoras)

senhores (plural)
senhora (feminine)
senhoras (feminine plural)

Angolar: thun

Guinea-Bissau Creole: sinhor, nhor

Indo-Portuguese: sinhor

Kabuverdianu: nho, nhu, sinhor

Kristang: sinyor

Indonesian: sinyo

Macanese: nhom, nhum, sium

Principense: sun

Sãotomense: sun, Chinhô

Tetum: señór

→ English: senhor

→ Malay: senyur

Indonesian: senyur

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor m or f, from Latin seniōrem (“older”), comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of sénior. Compare Galician and Spanish señor.

inh+

Dei o livro ao senhor João.

mister (title conferred to an adult male)

Não irei, senhor.

Sim, senhor!

(military) sir (address to a military superior)

O cinema estava cheio de senhores.

Um senhor está a sua procura.

O senhor ordenou a construção de uma fossa.

The lord ordered the construction of a moat.

Escravos devem obedecer seus senhores.

(honorific) Sir (title given to a knight)


abade

pt-noun

abade m (plural abades, feminine abadessa, feminine plural abadessas)

abades (plural)
abadessa (feminine)
abadessas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abade, from Latin abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs, “father”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

inh+

abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)


vestibular

(Brazil) an admittance test for Brazilian universities


PEC

Proposta de Emenda Constitucional
w:pt:Proposta de Emenda Constitucional

(Brazil, politics) Acronym of Proposta de Emenda Constitucional. (Constitutional Amendment Proposal)


PEC

w:pt:Pacto de Estabilidade e Crescimento

(Portugal, politics) Acronym of Pacto de Estabilidade e Crescimento.


tenente

From Latin tenentem, probably a borrowing.

(military, law enforcement) lieutenant (a low commissioned officer rank)


ouriço

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouriço, from Latin ēricius (“hedgehog”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *auricius), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”).
Cognate with Galician ourizo, Asturian oriciu, Spanish erizo (Santander dialect orizo), Catalan eriçó (dialectal oriç), Occitan eriç, French hérisson (cf. also oursin), Italian riccio and Romanian arici.

der

O ouriço usa os seus espinhos para se proteger dos predadores.

The hedgehog uses its quills to protect itself from predators.

Quando penetram a pele humana, os espinhos do ouriço infligem uma ferida dolorosa.

The sea urchin's spines inflict a painful wound when they penetrate human skin.


delinquente

pt-noun

delinquente m or f by sense (plural delinquentes)

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlinquentem.


polimorfismo

polymorphism (ability to assume different forms or shapes)

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming) polymorphism (the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type)


karaté

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī).

ryu-r

唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī)


apatia

Borrowed from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia), from ἀπαθής (apathḗs, “without feeling or suffering”).

(philosophy) apatheia (freedom from emotional disturbance, in Stoic philosophy)


peshmerga

/ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛʁ.ɡɐ/

[ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛɦ.ɡɐ]

/ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛʁ.ɡɐ/

[ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛɦ.ɡɐ]

/ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛɾ.ɡɐ/

/ˌpɛ.ʃiˈmɛʁ.ɡɐ/

peshmerga (the armed militia of Iraqi Kurdistan)


solenoide

[sɔɫˈnɔj.ðɨ]

(electricity) solenoid (coil of wire that acts as an electromagnet)


sinistro

Learned borrowing from Latin sinistrum. Compare the inherited doublet sestro.


periferia

(Brazil) outskirts, suburbs (often related to poor neighborhoods around a big city)


destro

pt-noun

destro m (plural destros, feminine destra, feminine plural destras)

destros (plural)
destra (feminine)
destras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese destro, from Latin dextrum. Cognate with Galician destro, and Spanish diestro. Doublet of Dexter.

inh+

expert (person with exceptional skill in a field)


tiroide

[t͡ʃiˈɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[t͡ʃiˈɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[t͡ʃiˈɾɔɪ̯.de]

From Ancient Greek θυρεός (thureós, “a large oblong shield”) + -oide.


mercado negro

pt-noun

mercado negro m (plural mercados negros)

black market (trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls)


favela

The slum sense is named after the tree. The first favela was founded by veterans of the War of Canudos on Morro da Providência (Providence Hill). That hill was similar to a hill where a battle took place during the war, which had many favela trees. The name of the tree probably comes ultimately from a diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”). An alternative etymology may be favo + -ela.

a tree of species Cnidoscolus quercifolius, native to northeastern Brazil

(Brazil) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)


cômico

cômico m (plural cômicos, feminine cômica, feminine plural cômicas)

cômicos (plural)
cômica (feminine)
cômicas (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)


pickles

Unadapted borrowing from English pickles.


hegemonia

hegemony (domination, influence, or authority over a nation or society)


eufemismo

Borrowed from French euphémisme (“euphemism”), from Late Latin euphemismos, from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós).


arrondissement

pt-noun

arrondissement m (plural arrondissements)

(administrative division) arrondissement (an administrative division in some countries)


picas

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


mano a mano

mano a mano (a head-on conflict or direct competition)


rampa

ramp (inclined surface that connects two levels; incline)


telepatia

From tele- + -patia, both from Ancient Greek.

(parapsychology) telepathy (communication by psychic means)


butanol

pt-noun

butanol m (usually uncountable, plural butanóis)


propanol

propanol m (usually uncountable, plural propanóis)


demiurgo

(Gnosticism) Demiurge (inferior creator deity in Gnosticism)


legenda

Learned borrowing from Latin legenda. Doublet of lenda.

(film, television, often in plural) subtitle(s) (textual versions of film dialogue)

caption (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)

key, legend (textual description of symbols and/or colour codes on a map or graph)


iglu

Borrowed from English igloo, from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, building (of any kind)”), from Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.


terapia

From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía).

(medicine) therapy (specific treatment of a disease)


canela

Inherited from Latin cannella, diminutive of canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).


ontologia

From onto- + -logia, or else a loan, French ontologie.


demagogo

pt-noun

demagogo m (plural demagogos, feminine demagoga, feminine plural demagogas)

demagogos (plural)
demagoga (feminine)
demagogas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós, “popular leader, mob leader”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “guide”).


valente

pt-noun

valente m or f by sense (plural valentes)

From Old Galician-Portuguese valente, from Latin valentem (“strong”), from valeō (“to be strong”).


bibliografia

Borrowed from French bibliographie, from Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía). By surface analysis, biblio- + -grafia.

der

βιβλιογραφία

bibliography (section of a written work containing citations to all the books referenced in the work)

bibliography (list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author)

bibliography (study of the history of books)


visto

From Old Galician-Portuguese visto, from Vulgar Latin *visitus, from Latin vīsus, perfect participle of videō (“to see”).

Precisa de um visto para entrar no Vietname.

visa (permit to enter and leave a country)

signature, stamp (to confirm that something has been checked or verified)


DIU

intrauterine device
intrauterine device#English


hard rock

Unadapted borrowing from English hard rock.


dysenteria

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


vivente

pt-noun

vivente m or f by sense (plural viventes)


trigonometria

Learned borrowing from New Latin trigōnometria, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trígōnon, “triangle”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

(mathematics) trigonometry (branch of mathematics dealing with triangles)


ergonomia

ergonomics (science of the design of equipment so as to reduce discomfort)


epinefrina

(biochemistry) epinephrine (catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter)


entropia

(information theory) entropy (measure of the amount of information in a signal)

(figurative) disorder, chaos, unpredictability


macrocosmo

(philosophy) macrocosm (a complex structure containing numerous smaller-scale structures)


olmo

From Old Galician-Portuguese olmo, from Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).


comunismo

A calque of the German word Kommunismus (from Marx and Engels's Manifesto of the Communist Party), in turn a calque of the French word communisme, which was formed from commun (“common”) (from Latin communis) and the suffix -isme (“-ism”). By surface analysis, comum + -ismo.


casal

From Old Galician-Portuguese casal, from Late Latin casālis (“domestic, belonging to the house”) or casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from casa. Compare Italian casale, Old French chesal, Spanish casal.

O casal perfeito não existe.


fascismo

From Italian fascismo, from fascio (“bundle, fasces”), from Latin fasces, plural of fascis. Compare Portuguese feixe.

fascism (extreme totalitarian political regime)


rinite

(pathology) rhinitis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose)


nazista

pt-noun

nazista m or f by sense (plural nazistas)

(Brazil, historical) Nazi (member of the Nazi party)

(figurative) Nazi (a person showing (neo-)Nazi or xenophobic behaviour)


impedimento

impediment (that which impedes progress)

(Brazil, sports) offside (illegal position ahead of the ball)


comunista

comunista m or f by sense (plural comunistas)

(Portugal, politics) a member or supporter the Portuguese Communist Party


nazismo

Nazism (the ideology of Adolf Hitler’s NSDAP)


ambigrama

/ɐ̃.biˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/ɐ̃.biˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

/ɐ̃.biˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɐ̃.biˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ɐ̃.biˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɐ̃.biˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

ambigram (design that may be read in two different ways)


fascista

fascista m or f by sense (plural fascistas)


marxista

marxista m or f by sense (plural marxistas)

Marxist (follower of Karl Marx’s philosophy)


interesse

Tenho um interesse em música.

Ela só está consigo por interesse, pois você é rico.

She is with you only for her own benefit since you are rich.

self-interest, especially when pretending to like someone to attain some benefit for oneself


demonio

Obsolete spelling of demónio. (in Portugal)

Obsolete spelling of demônio. (in Brazil)


aneto

Borrowed from Latin anēthum, from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).

Anethum graveolens
Anethum graveolens#Translingual

dill (herb of the species Anethum graveolens)


infraestructura

infraestructura f (plural infraestructuras)


caramelo

desctree

→ Spanish: caramelo (“caramel, candy”)
→ Catalan: caramel
→ French: caramel (see there for further descendants)

From Old Galician-Portuguese caramelo, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus, or alternatively from Early Medieval Latin cannamellis (“honey cane”), probably from Latin canna + mellis, genitive of mel (“honey”).

inh

(Brazil) a type of mixed-breed dog with a caramel-colored coat


paraíso

From Old Galician-Portuguese parayso, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.


detalhe

Borrowed from French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).


avestruz

pt-noun

avestruz m or f by sense (plural avestruzes)

/ɐ.vɨʃˈtɾuʃ/

/ɐ.vɨʃˈtɾuʃ/

/ɐ.bɨʃˈtɾuʃ/

[ɐ.βɨʃˈtɾuʃ]

From ave (< Latin avis) + Old Occitan estrutz, from Latin struthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).


crioulo

Uncertain but usually associated with cria (“offspring”), criar (“to breed; to rear”). Possibly a corruption of criadouro (“breeding place”).

Crioulos de base portuguesa.

(linguistics) creole (a language that arises from the adoption of a pidgin as a first language)

(uncountable) Cape Verdean Creole; Crioulo

crioulo (a horse breed of South America)


crioulo

crioulo m (plural crioulos, feminine crioula, feminine plural crioulas)

crioulos (plural)
crioula (feminine)
crioulas (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: kriolu

→ English: crioulo, Crioulo

→ Spanish: criollo

→ English: criollo

→ French: créole

→ English: creole, Creole

(historical) criollo (a descendant of European settlers who is born in a colony)

(historical) a slave born at the house of his master

(historical) a black person born in the Americas

Creole (a person of mixed African and European ancestry born in a colony or former colony)

(Brazil, dated, usually ethnic slur) nigger; negro (a person of sub-Saharan African descent)


talento

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

uder

(historical) talent (Classical unit of weight and money)

talent (marked natural ability or skill)


cumprimento

From cumprir + -mento, possibly corresponding to Latin complēmentum. See also the doublets comprimento and complemento. Compare Spanish cumplimiento.


vinagre

→ Konkani: विनाग्र (vināgra)

→ Malayalam: വിനാഗിരി (vināgiri)

Borrowed from Spanish vinagre, from Catalan vinagre, from Latin vīnum ācre (“bitter wine”). Displaced azedo.


ingresso

ingression (act or process of entering or joining)


confusão

[kõ.fuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


labirinto

Learned borrowing from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos).

lbor

labyrinth, maze (complicated irregular network of passages or paths)

(figurative) labyrinth (anything complicated or confusing)

labyrinth (acessory respiratory organ of certain fish)


processo

Learned borrowing from Latin prōcessus (“advanced”), past participle of prōcēdō (“to proceed”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”).

process (series of events to produce a result)

(law) process (act of serving a defendant with a summons or a writ)

(law) trial (appearance at judicial court)

(computing) process (task or program that is or was executing)

(anatomy) process (tissue outgrowth, especially in bones)


occipital

Borrowed from New Latin occipitālis, from Latin occiput (“the back of the head”).

Holonym: crânio


zebro

pt-noun

zebro m (plural zebros, feminine zebra, feminine plural zebras)

zebros (plural)
zebra (feminine)
zebras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese zebro, zevro (“wild ass”), from earlier ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).

Equus hydruntinus
Wikispecies:Equus hydruntinus

a wild horse or a wild ass (Equus hydruntinus, an extinct equine)


pressa

Não tenho nenhuma pressa.


mal-entendido

Compound of mal + entendido. Literally, “badly understood”.


tronco

desctree

→ Dutch: tronk
Afrikaans: tronk
→ English: tronk
→ Kwanyama: ondolonggo

→ Gujarati: તુરંગ (turaṅg)

→ Kannada: ತುರಂಗ (turaṅga)

→ Malayalam: തുറുങ്ക് (tuṟuṅkŭ)

→ Marathi: तुरुंग (turuṅga)

Inherited from Latin truncus (“tree trunk; trunk of a human; cut-off piece”).

inh+

in a tree structure, a major branch from which smaller branches stem

(linguistics) a language family which is not a subfamily (that is, the topmost family of a language family tree)

(geometry) frustum (the portion of a solid hat lies between two parallel planes)

stocks (type of device for public humiliation and punishment)

(historical, colonial Brazil) a post where slaves were tied to be flogged


conquistador

pt-noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadores, feminine conquistadora, feminine plural conquistadoras)

conquistadores (plural)
conquistadora (feminine)
conquistadoras (feminine plural)


cardamomo

From Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).


prisma

Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

(geometry) prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)

perspective (a point of view used in an analysis)