choca

From Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.
Compare English clock and French cloche (“bell”) and Irish clog (“bell, clock”).


facho

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fascŭlō, from fax (“torch”). Compare Galician facho.


facho

Clipping of fascista. Possibly influenced by Spanish facho and French facho.

2023 November 14, Agence France-Presse, “Presidente mexicano qualifica Javier Milei de "facho conservador"”, in Correio Brasiliense, Brasília, archived from the original on 2023-11-15:

(colloquial, derogatory) fash (a fascist or member of the far-right)


nádega

From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).

(anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock


portátil

From Medieval Latin portātilis (via Old French portatil (sense 1) or English portable (sense 2)), from Latin portātus.

computador portátil
computador portátil#Portuguese

(computing) Clipping of computador portátil. (laptop computer)


blindado

(military) armoured car (armoured fighting vehicle)


sadismo

(chiefly psychiatry) sadism (enjoyment of inflicting pain)


sadista

pt-noun

sadista m or f by sense (plural sadistas)

sadist (one who derives pleasure from cruelty)


iconoclasta

iconoclasta m or f by sense (plural iconoclastas)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin īconoclasta, from Ancient Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, “breaker of images”).

der

εἰκονοκλάστης


marisco

From mar + -isco. Cognate with Galician and Spanish marisco.

shellfish (aquatic invertebrate with a shell, especially as food)

(cooking, chiefly plural) seafood (edible aquatic life)


abciximab

(pharmacology) abciximab (antiplatelet drug)


metropolitano

Learned borrowing from Latin mētropolītānus.


fim de semana

→ Makalero: findesemana (“weekend”)


garoto

pt-noun

garoto m (plural garotos, feminine garota, feminine plural garotas)

garotos (plural)
garota (feminine)
garotas (feminine plural)

(Portugal, regional) café au lait, latte (coffee with milk)


satrapia

From Latin satrapīa, from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía), from σατράπης (satrápēs).

(historical) satrapy (province of the Persian empire)


volapuque

Borrowed from Volapük Volapük (“Volapük”), from vol (“world”) + -a- (“genitive singular morpheme”) + pük (“language”).


moinho

From Old Galician-Portuguese moinno, moỹo, from Late Latin molīnum, from molīnus, from Latin molō.

mill (grinding apparatus or the building housing it)


couro

Alteration of coiro, from Old Galician-Portuguese coiro, from Latin corium, with metathesis. Compare Galician coiro, Spanish cuero and French cuir.

(uncountable) leather (material produced by tanning animal skin)


jeropiga

Possibly a corruption of xaropiga, from xarope (“syrup”).

— Olhe, a falar a verdade, Sra. Escolástica, tomava uma gotinha de jeropiga... A Escolástica correu à taberna ao fim da rua, trouxe a jeropiga num copo de quartilho debaixo do avental; e ambas à mesa, uma molhando sopas no café, outra escorropichando o copo, concordavam, com suspiros, que neste mundo tudo eram sustos e lágrimas.

1875, Eça de Queirós, “Capítulo XXIV”, in O Crime do Padre Amaro, page 594:

jeropiga (liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine)

(derogatory) plonk (cheap or inferior wine)


africânder

pt-noun

africânder m or f by sense (plural africânders)


âmbar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ambar, from Andalusian Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕánbar).
Cognate with Galician ámbar.

inh+

(uncountable) amber (brownish yellow colour)


detonador

detonator (device used to detonate an explosive device)


comarca

(dated) administrative division or territory, especially one close to boundaries

(law) a region under the rule of one or more judges or courts


corrupto

pt-noun

corrupto m (plural corruptos, feminine corrupta, feminine plural corruptas)

corruptos (plural)
corrupta (feminine)
corruptas (feminine plural)


galáxia

Learned borrowing from Latin galaxiās (“galaxy; Milky Way”), from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

der

(astronomy) galaxy (set of a very large number of stars, other celestial bodies, cosmic dust and gas, with a spiral, elliptical or irregular shape, animated by movement and expansion, which constitutes an astral system)


índigo

From Late Latin indicum. Doublet of índico.


africâner

pt-noun

africâner m or f by sense (plural africâneres or africâners)

africâneres (plural)
africâners (plural)


remela

rheum; sleep (substance found in the corner of the eyes)


espião

espião m (plural espiões, feminine espiã, feminine plural espiãs)

espiões (plural)
espiã (feminine)
espiãs (feminine plural)

[is.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[isˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[isˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[esˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

E em que valor he estimada a Magistratura de Portugal quando com ella se pagão os serviços infames de hum espião?

1820, “Prerogativa do Poder Real fazer a nomeação dos Juizes”, in Historia das Cortes que houve em Portugal […] , Lisbon: Viuva Neves, page 35:


maioria

From maior (“bigger; greater”) + -ia (“-y”), from Old Galician-Portuguese maior, from Latin māior (“bigger; greater”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (“comparative suffix”).


calçada

From Vulgar Latin calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), from Latin calcō (“trample”), from Latin calx (“limestone”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish calzada and French chaussée.

(Brazil) sidewalk, pavement (paved footpath at the side of a road)


preposição

Borrowed from Latin praepositiōnem (“preposition”), from prae- (“pre-”) + positiō (“position”).

(grammar) preposition (type of word such as “of”, “from”, “for”, “by”)


berilo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).


agregado

[ɐ.ɣɾɨˈɣa.ðu]

aggregate (a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars)

member of a household, excluding the parents and their children


madruga

From madrugada, possibly with an analogy that -ada is a past participle suffix.

(Brazil, colloquial) the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning


sêmen

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmen (“seed; semen”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥. Doublet of semente and semilha.


iogurte

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt), from Old Turkic [script needed] (yoğrut), from Proto-Turkic *jog-urt (“curdled, coagulated milk”).

der

yoghurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)


cagado

pt-noun

cagado m (plural cagados, feminine cagada, feminine plural cagadas)

cagados (plural)
cagada (feminine)
cagadas (feminine plural)

Past participle of the verb cagar, corresponding to Latin cacātus.


recarga

Foi esta a pergunta que lhe fiz, tirando do bolso uma caneta alemã que tinha comprado em Bruxelas e de que gosto muito porque o aparo é preto e mate. – Deixame ver – disseme ela, abrindo a caneta e olhando para a recarga quase vazia.

2014, Javier Marías, Coração Tão Branco, Alfaguara, →ISBN:


brega

(bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter


brega

(music) a subgenre of Brazilian popular music that originated in the 1970s, often with romantic lyrics about love and infidelity


albergado

albergado m (plural albergados, feminine albergada, feminine plural albergadas)

albergados (plural)
albergada (feminine)
albergadas (feminine plural)

[aɫ.βɨɾˈɣa.ðu]

From albergar (“to lodge in a hostel”) + -ado (“-ated”), from albergue (“hostel”).

af

a homeless person, especially one who spends nights in a hostel


alface

pt-noun

alface f or (nonstandard) m (plural alfaces)

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَسّ. First attested in c. 16th century, but the variant alfaça is attested as early as 1279. Cognate with Maltese ħass.

Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativa#Translingual

(by extension) any plant in the genus Lactuca


faca

Unknown. Possibly from Latin falx (“sickle”).


supercondutividade

supercondutividade f (plural supercondutividades)


bétula

Borrowed from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Compare Italian betulla, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.

birch (any of various trees of the genus Betula)


malaquita

(mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)


almanaque

From Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic اَلْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “climate”), from Late Ancient Greek ἀλμενιχιακά (almenikhiaká, “calendar”), probably ultimately of Coptic origin. See almanac for more.


farra

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:
* from dialectal Arabic فَرْحَة (farḥa);
* from Latin pānis farreus (“spelt bread”);
* from fanfarra (“fanfare”).

carousal (noisy feast or social gathering, especially one with alcohol)


topologia

(mathematics) topology (mathematical study of shapes and topological spaces)


subscrito

(typography) subscript (text written lower than the text around it)


destaque

Deverbal from destacar (“to highlight”).

Os artigos em destaque.

Um aspecto de destaque é...


matéria-prima

pt-noun

matéria-prima f (plural matérias-primas)


aristocrata

aristocrata m or f by sense (plural aristocratas)


tranco

abrupt or irregular movement of a vehicle or a person transported by it


desembarque

Deverbal from desembarcar. Attested at least since early 18th century.


neoclassicismo

neoclassicismo m (plural neoclassicismos)

neoclassicism (art movements inspired by Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome)


tranca

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).


topete

quiff (hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward)

forelock (the part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead)


primado

primacy (the state or condition of being prime or first)

(ecclesiastical) primate (an archbishop or bishop)

(ecclesiastical) primacy (the office, rank, or character of a primate)


siderurgia

Cognate with Catalan siderúrgia and French sidérurgie.


explicação

dar explicações


suburbano

pt-noun

suburbano m (plural suburbanos, feminine suburbana, feminine plural suburbanas)

suburbanos (plural)
suburbana (feminine)
suburbanas (feminine plural)

suburban (someone who lives in a suburb)


afronta

Eu sei, nossa simples existência já é uma afronta
 Os demônios em você não aguentam ver
 Outro preto que desponta

2022, “Fogo nos Racistas”, performed by Black Pantera:

I know our existence alone is already an affront
 The demons inside you can't stand to see
 Another black man emerging

affront (open or intentional offense, slight, or insult)


guindaste

Borrowed from either French guindeau or Old French guindas, which are from Provençal guindatz and ultimately from Old Norse vindáss.

(regional) stork drawing water from wells


invariante

invariante m or f by sense (plural invariantes)

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.bɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

invariant (invariant value, quantity or function)


normando

normando m (plural normandos, feminine normanda, feminine plural normandas)

normandos (plural)
normanda (feminine)
normandas (feminine plural)


encerado

(countable) tarpaulin (heavy, waterproof sheet of material)


surfista

surfista m or f by sense (plural surfistas)


gago

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)

gagos (plural)
gaga (feminine)
gagas (feminine plural)


cacete

(Portugal, some parts of South Brazil) refers to some types of bread, especially French bread

Dei um cacete nele.

(Brazil, informal, vulgar) ass beating (act of beating someone up)


estupro

Borrowed from Latin stuprum (“defilement, violation”). Compare Italian stupro.

bor+

rape (the act of forcing sexual activity)


verba

budget (amount of money set aside for a project)


vitral

Borrowed from French vitrail (“stained glass”), from vitre. Piecewise doublet of vidral.

(architecture, by extension) stained glass window


herbicida

herbicide (substance used to kill plants)


avôs

From analogy with the singular form, the inherited plural os avós presents regular metaphony (cf. ôvo, óvos; nôvo, nóvos) and now means grandparents (see usage note), from Old Galician-Portuguese avoos, from Late Latin aviolos, ultimately from Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”).


bruxo

pt-noun

bruxo m (plural bruxos, feminine bruxa, feminine plural bruxas)

bruxos (plural)
bruxa (feminine)
bruxas (feminine plural)


pusilânime

pusilânime m or f by sense (plural pusilânimes)

Borrowed from Latin pusillanimis (“pusillanimous”), from pusillus (“very small”) + animus (“spirit”).


apólice

From Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof, declaration”).


mangá

pt-noun

mangá (Brazil, Portugal) m or (Portugal) f (plural mangás)

(chiefly Brazilian Portuguese spelling) manga, a comic made in Japanese style


sardinha

From Old Galician-Portuguese sardinha, from Latin sardīna, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

sardine (any of several small, edible species of herring)


sardinha

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]


abstinência

Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Galician-Portuguese astẽença.

Abstinência sexual

abstinence (practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure)


pirotécnico

pirotécnico m (plural pirotécnicos, feminine pirotécnica, feminine plural pirotécnicas)

pirotécnicos (plural)
pirotécnica (feminine)
pirotécnicas (feminine plural)


acessório

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin accessōrius.


acessório

pt-noun

acessório m (plural acessórios, feminine acessória, feminine plural acessórias)

acessórios (plural)
acessória (feminine)
acessórias (feminine plural)

(law) accessory (a person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator)


hifenização

hyphenation (joining words or syllables with a hyphen)

hyphenation (breaking of a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)


descarte

discarding (the act of discarding: throwing away or rejecting)


éon

éon m (plural (Portugal) éones or (Brazil) éons)

éones (Portugal plural)
éons (Brazil plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).

lbor

(geology) eon (longest time period used in geology)

(Gnosticism) eon (spirit being emanating from the Godhead)


tédio

Learned borrowing from Latin taedium (“boredom”), from taedeō (“to be tired of”).


cataplasma

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).


trol

pt-noun

trol m or f by sense (plural tróis or troles)

(fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges)

(Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption)


trol

trawl (long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it)


centrista

centrista m or f by sense (plural centristas)

(Portugal, politics) a member or supporter of CDS – People's Party


impacte

Borrowed from Latin impāctus, perfect passive participle of impingō.

(figurative) impact (significant or strong influence or effect)


número natural

número natural m (plural números naturais)


imortal

imortal m or f by sense (plural imortais)


rugido

Borrowed from Latin rugītus. Doublet of ruído.

roar (loud, deep cry, such as that of a lion)


lenhador

lenhador m (plural lenhadores, feminine lenhadora, feminine plural lenhadoras)

lenhadores (plural)
lenhadora (feminine)
lenhadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin lignātōrem (“woodcutter; firewood collector”). By surface analysis, lenhar (“to chop firewood”) + -dor.


colectivo

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


comuna

(government) commune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)

commune (small rural community whose members share ownership of property)

a group of people who share an ideology and work together


cidro

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin citrus.


participante

pt-noun

participante m or f by sense (plural participantes)


paralelo

Learned borrowing from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἄλληλος (állēlos, “one another”).

a comparison (evaluation of the similarities and differences)


histeria

hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)


conservador

conservador m (plural conservadores, feminine conservadora, feminine plural conservadoras)

conservadores (plural)
conservadora (feminine)
conservadoras (feminine plural)

[kõ.sɨɾ.βɐˈðoɾ]

conservative (one who favours the status quo)


vulcanologia

From Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, Roman god of fire”) + -logia, on the model of French vulcanologie.


live action

Unadapted borrowing from English live action.

ubor

a live action adaptation of a previously animated work


delicadeza

delicateness (the characteristic of being delicate)


clientelismo

(politics) patronage (the practice of granting favours in return for political support)


duplo sentido

pt-noun

duplo sentido m (plural duplos sentidos)


desfragmentação

desfragmentação f (plural desfragmentações)

From desfragmentar + -ção or des- + fragmentação.


yottabyte

Unadapted borrowing from English yottabyte.

ubor

(computing) yottabyte (one septillion bytes)


ungüento

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


entretanto

no entretanto


glaciologia

glaciology (the study of ice and its effect on the landscape)


manuscrito

Borrowed from Medieval Latin manūscrīptum (“thing written by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + scrīptus (“written”), past participle of scrībere (“to write”); calqued from a word of Germanic origin.


compreensão

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From compreender + -são, or borrowed from Latin comprehēnsiōnem.

Obrigada pela compreensão.


papaia

Carica papaya
Carica papaya#Translingual

papaya (Carica papaya, a tropical tree of the Americas)

papaya (the fruit of the Carica papaya tree)


começo

O rei celebrou o começo de seu reino.

The king celebrated the beginning of his reign.

beginning; commencement (the process of beginning, starting)

Meu personagem favorito morreu logo no começo do livro.

My favourite character died right at the start of the book.

beginning; start (the initial stages of something)


congressista

pt-noun

congressista m or f by sense (plural congressistas)


acha

From Old Galician-Portuguese acha, from Late Latin ascla (“sliver”), from Latin astula.


acha

From Old Galician-Portuguese acha, from Old French hache (“battle-axe”), from Frankish.


amasso

(Brazil, informal) makeout (passionate kissing or petting)


alquequenje

Borrowed from French alkékenge, from Arabic الكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj).

Alkekengi officinarum
Alkekengi officinarum#Translingual

Physalis alkekengi
Physalis alkekengi#Translingual

(botany) bladder cherry; alkekengi (Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi), a plant of southern Europe)


homenzarrão

[o.mẽ.zaˈχɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.mẽ.zɐˈʁɐ̃w̃/


amazona

Learned borrowing from Latin Amāzonem, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn), adapted to the common feminine suffix -a.

(Greek mythology) Amazon (mythological female warrior)


conserto

repair; the act of repairing, fixing, or mending something

a business specialized in repairing, often of specific sorts of objects


hypotheca

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


cronometrista

cronometrista m or f by sense (plural cronometristas)


calumnia

Elle exclamou logo, vivamente: —Para evitar qualquer calumnia d'essas linguas damnadas!

1878, Eça de Queirós, chapter V, in O Primo Basílio:

He soon exclaimed, vividly: "To avoid any calumny from these damned people!"

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


neandertal

neandertal m or f by sense (plural neandertais)

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#Translingual

Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis, an extinct hominid)

(derogatory) Neanderthal (primitive or stupid person)


cosmopolita

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolitas)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

lbor

κοσμοπολίτης


fórum

Learned borrowing from Latin forum. Doublet of foro.

(Ancient Rome) forum (ancient Roman marketplace)

(Internet) forum (Internet message board)

forum (place for discussion)
forum (Internet message board)

O julgamento ocorrerá no fórum criminal da Barra Funda, em São Paulo.
The trial will take place at the Barra Funda criminal court, in São Paulo.

(Brazil, by extension) the building where such court is located


gangrena

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.na/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.nɐ/


predicativo

(grammar) predicative (object of a linking verb)


treonina

(biochemistry) threonine (an essential amino acid)


úvula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ūvula (“small grape”), diminutive of ūva.

(anatomy) uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)


valina

(biochemistry) valine (an essential aminoacid)


tirosina

(biochemistry) tyrosine (aminoacid used by cells to synthesise proteins)


exorcista

pt-noun

exorcista m or f by sense (plural exorcistas)

exorcist (a person who practices exorcism)


oculista

oculista m or f by sense (plural oculistas)

From óculo + -ista, ultimately from Latin oculus. Calque of French oculiste.

optician (a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles)

ophthalmologist (medical doctor specialising in the eye)


triptofano

(biochemistry) tryptophan (an essential amino acid)


ecumenismo

ecumenismo m (usually uncountable, plural ecumenismos)

(philosophy) ecumenism (ecumenical doctrines and practices)


otorrinolaringologista

otorrinolaringologista m or f by sense (plural otorrinolaringologistas)


optometrista

optometrista m or f by sense (plural optometristas)


otorrinolaringologia

otorrinolaringologia f (plural otorrinolaringologias)

From ot(o)- + rin(o)- + laring(o)- + -logia.


enterite

(pathology) enteritis (intestinal disease)


enfisema

(pathology) emphysema (abnormal accumulation of air in tissues)


ectoplasma

(parapsychology) ectoplasm (visible substance believed to emanate from spiritualistic mediums)


agoiros

[aˈɡoɪ̯.ɾuʃ]


icosaedro

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εἰκοσάεδρον (eikosáedron), from εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”). By surface analysis, icosa- + -edro.


esteta

aesthete (someone who has an unusually high sensitivity to beauty)


heptano

(organic chemistry) heptane (saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₇H₁₆)


organograma

/ɔɾ.ɡɐ.nuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐ.nuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ɔɾ.ɡɐ.nuˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐ.nuˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

(Brazil) organigram, organogram, organizational chart


agoiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese agoiro, from Latin augurium. Doublet of augúrio, which was borrowed from Latin.


ânimo

Borrowed from Latin animus (“the soul, thoughts, intellect, ideas, will, thoughts, courage, etc.; the breath, life”), from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, from *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Doublet of animus, related to alma (“soul”) and anima (“anima”).

bor

Não podemos perder nosso ânimo competitivo.

spirit; disposition; essence; nature; temperament

Ele está sem ânimo para nada.
He doesn’t feel like doing anything.

motivation; will (willingness to do something)

(Jungian psychology) Alternative form of animus


empregada

[ẽ.pɾɨˈɣa.ðɐ]

maid (women employed to keep a house clean)


organigramas

/ɔɾ.ɡɐ.niˈɡɾɐ.mɐʃ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐ.niˈɣɾɐ.mɐʃ]

/ɔɾ.ɡɐ.niˈɡɾɐ.mɐʃ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐ.niˈɣɾɐ.mɐʃ]

/ɔɾ.ɡɐ.niˈɡɾa.mɐʃ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐ.niˈɣɾa.mɐʃ]


póster

European Portuguese standard spelling of pôster.


vizinho

pt-noun

vizinho m (plural vizinhos, feminine vizinha, feminine plural vizinhas)

vizinhos (plural)
vizinha (feminine)
vizinhas (feminine plural)

Guinea-Bissau Creole: vizinhu

Kabuverdianu: bizinhu

Papiamentu: bisiña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vezinho, from Late Latin vēcīnus, from Latin vīcīnus. Compare Galician veciño, Spanish vecino.

inh+

Ele é nosso vizinho.

neighbor (person who lives next to another)

neighbor (place or object located next to another)


vizinha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vezinha.

female equivalent of vizinho (“neighbor”)


serpentina

streamer (colored coiled paper that is used during Carnival)

(mineralogy) serpentine (layered mineral consisting of magnesium and iron silicates)

(historical) serpentine (early type of cannon)


fantasmagoria

Borrowed from French fantasmagorie, based on Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image”).


gamo

pt-noun

gamo m (plural gamos, feminine gama, feminine plural gamas)

gamos (plural)
gama (feminine)
gamas (feminine plural)

fallow deer (Dama dama, a ruminant mammal)


favo

From Old Galician-Portuguese favo, from Latin favus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell”).


empregado

pt-noun

empregado m (plural empregados, feminine empregada, feminine plural empregadas)

empregados (plural)
empregada (feminine)
empregadas (feminine plural)


algarismo arábico

algarismo arábico m (plural algarismos arábicos)

Arabic numeral (any of the ten symbols from 0 through 9)


castanha

/kaʃˈtɐ̃.ɲɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea (“chestnut”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).


superfície

surface (the upside of a flat object or of a liquid)

(geometry) surface (the outside hull of a tangible object)

(figurative) tip of the iceberg (only the beginning of a larger situation)


dádiva

From Old Galician-Portuguese dadiva, from Latin datīva, plural of datīvum. The shift in stress is possibly due to the influence of dēbita (“debt”), from the tendency of learned words having stress on their first syllable, or from the reinterpretation of the word as dado (“given”) with a suffix.

gift (something given without charge as a gesture of good will)

blessing (a very favourable circumstance, occurrence or object)


mudança

From mudar (“to change”) + -ança (“-ance”).

change (the process of becoming different)

move (event of changing one's residence)

all the objects carried when one changes residence


alumínio

Borrowed from French aluminium, from English aluminium, ultimately from Latin alūmen.


inveja

From an alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Compare Galician envexa, Catalan and Occitan enveja and French envie. Doublet of invídia, a borrowing with the same meaning.


dalmático

Dalmatian (extinct Romance language of Croatia)


trocadilho

From trocado (“switched”) + -ilho, from trocar (“to switch”).

O trocadilho, infelizmente, é intraduzível.

The pun is unfortunately untranslatable.

spoonerism (phrase where sounds are transposed)


volátil

volátil m or f by sense (plural voláteis)

Learned borrowing from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).


suposição

Borrowed from Latin suppositiōnem (“supposition”). By surface analysis, supor + -ção.

bor+

assumption; supposition (act of assuming or supposing something)

assumption; supposition (the thing supposed)


dálmata

pt-noun

dálmata m or f by sense (plural dálmatas)

(demonym) Dalmatian (person from Dalmatia)


queijo

Guinea-Bissau Creole: keju

→ Javanese: ꦏꦺꦗꦸ (kèju)

Banyumasan: keju

→ Minangkabau: keju

→ Malay: keju
Indonesian: keju

→ Sinhalese: කේජු (kēju)

→ Tetum: keiju

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.


cevada

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Galician cevada, Spanish cebada and Catalan and Occitan civada.

barley (strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains)


licença

Tetum: lisensa

From Old Galician-Portuguese lecença, from Latin licentia (“license; freedom; liberty”), from licēns (“allowing, permitting”), present participle of licet (“allow”).

uder

license; permit (legal document giving official permission to do something)

permission given to an employee to miss work for some time (due to ill health, for example); leave


polegada

From Old Galician-Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician and Spanish pulgada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.

American or English inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm

(historical) polegada, Portuguese inch, a historical unit of length about equal to 2.8 cm

(historical) square polegada, a historical unit of area about equal to 7.8 cm²

(historical) cubic polegada, a historical unit of volume about equal to 22 cm³, particularly used in measuring timber


contradição

[kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin contrādictiōnem (“contradiction”).

contradiction (statement that contradicts itself)


discórdia

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɾ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/

[d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/


instância

[ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

jurisdiction (power to exercise authority)

(computing) instance (a created object in object-oriented programing)


bode expiatório

pt-noun

bode expiatório m (plural bodes expiatórios)

scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))


filantropo

filantropo m (plural filantropos, feminine filantropa, feminine plural filantropas)

filantropos (plural)
filantropa (feminine)
filantropas (feminine plural)

philanthropist (person who loves mankind)

philanthropist (very generous person or institution)


tesouro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tesouro, from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure; hoard”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse; treasure”). Doublet of the borrowing tesauro.

der

treasure (collection of valuable things)

(government) Treasury (department responsible for management of public revenue)

treasure (any single thing that one values greatly)

Vamos tesouro, não se junte com essa gentalha.

Let’s go treasure, don’t socialise with this riffraff.

(lexicography) a reference work where terms are grouped together according to their subject


punho

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese punno, puno, from Latin pugnus (“fist”), from Proto-Italic *pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos, *puḱnos, from *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”).

inh+

(anatomy) wrist (part of the body between the hand and the forearm)


figurinista

pt-noun

figurinista m or f by sense (plural figurinistas)


organização

organization; order (the condition of being organized)

organization (the way something is organized)

organization (group of people or entities with an explicit purpose)

tidying (the act of tidying something up)


troco

Deverbal from trocar (“to switch; to exchange”), from Medieval Latin trocāre (“to barter”).

deverbal

change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

(rare) exchange; switch (act of exchanging or switching two thing)


sésamo

Sesamum indicum
Sesamum indicum#Translingual


glória

From Old Galician-Portuguese gloria, from Latin gloria.


foguete

→ Hunsrik: Fogett

Maybe from Spanish cohete (influenced by fogo (“fire”)), from Catalan coet, from Latin coda; or from fogo + -ete.


náufrago

pt-noun

náufrago m (plural náufragos, feminine náufraga, feminine plural náufragas)

náufragos (plural)
náufraga (feminine)
náufragas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin naufragus (“shipwrecked”).


sereia

pt-noun

sereia f (plural sereias, masculine sereio, masculine plural sereios)

sereias (plural)
sereio (masculine)
sereios (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)


aritmética

Borrowed from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).

der

ἀριθμητική (τέχνη)

arithmetic (mathematics of numbers, etc.)


frescura

/fɾɨʃˈku.ɾɐ/

(slang) overly sentimental or picky behaviour


macarrão

[ma.kaˈχɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐ.kɐˈʁɐ̃w̃/

noodles (type of pasta, also in American English sense)

(generalised) pasta, namely dry or Italian varieties, with some exceptions such as lasagna.


objeção

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.bʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɔ.βʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin objectiōnem.


vanglória

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾi.ɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾi.ɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.a]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/bɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

From Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”). By surface analysis, vã (“vain”) + glória (“glory”). Cognate with English vainglory, Italian and Spanish vanagloria.


fricativa

(phonetics) fricative (consonant produced by constricting the flow of air)


fruita

(archaic or Brazil) Alternative form of fruta


compromisso

From Latin comprōmissum (“a compromise, originally a mutual promise to refer to arbitration”).

bor

compromise (settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions)


mudéjar

pt-noun

mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)

Borrowed from Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).

der

Mudéjar (Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista)


fumarola

fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)


corpo celeste

pt-noun

corpo celeste m (plural corpos celestes)

(astronomy) celestial body, heavenly body


trampolim

From Italian trampolino (“trampoline”), from trampolo (“stilt”), from German trampeln (“trample”).

(gymnastics) trampoline (gymnastic and recreational device)

diving board (springboard used for diving into water)


fruito

Inherited from Latin fructus. Compare Galician froito.

recolhe o fruito de seus contentamentos.

1500s, Gaspar Correia, Lendas da Índia, I, page 1:


caratê

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).


onda sonora

(physics) sound wave (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material)


decomposição

decomposition, act of taking something apart


tártaro

tártaro m (plural tártaros, feminine tártara, feminine plural tártaras)

tártaros (plural)
tártara (feminine)
tártaras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tartaro, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tatar”).

inh+

Tatar (member of the Tatar ethnic group)


tártaro

Borrowed from Late Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

bor+

(wine) tartar (compound deposited during wine-making)

(dentistry) tartar (yellow deposit on the teeth)


tártaro

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).


projeção

[pɾo.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/pɾu.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin prōiectiōnem (“projection”), from prōiectus (“projected”).

lbor

projection (something which projects outwards)

(uncountable) the quality of something which projects outwards

projection (act of projecting, throwing)

projection (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation)

projection (display of an image by a projector)

(psychology) the attribution of one’s emotions into another object or person

(geometry) projection (image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions)

(cartography) projection (system for representing a globe in a flat surface)


ONG

/ˈɔ ˈɛ.nɨ ˈʒe/

(Brazil) Acronym of organização não-governamental.

(Portugal) Initialism of organização não-governamental.


murta

From Latin myrta (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning "bitter".

myrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)


gastroenterite

pt-noun

gastroenterite f (plural gastroenterites)

(medicine) gastroenteritis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine)


diquark

(particle physics) diquark (the hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon)


germanismo

(linguistics) Germanism (a word or idiom loaned from German or an ancient Germanic language)


adamantium

Unadapted borrowing from English adamantium.

ubor

(fiction) adamantium (fictional indestructible metal)


gincana

Borrowed from English gymkhana, from Hindi गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā) / Urdu گیندخانا (gendxānā, “racquet court”), influenced by English gymnastics and gymnasium.

der

(motor sports) a competition involving the display of driving skills

a competition where teams (or, less commonly, individuals) compete in activities that are fun rather than sportslike, such as treasure hunts, quizzes and sack races


kettlebell

Unadapted borrowing from English kettlebell.

ubor

(weightlifting) kettlebell (cast iron ball with a handle)


illusionista

pt-noun

illusionista m or f by sense (plural illusionistas)


bioquímico

bioquímico m (plural bioquímicos, feminine bioquímica, feminine plural bioquímicas)

bioquímicos (plural)
bioquímica (feminine)
bioquímicas (feminine plural)

biochemist (chemist whose speciality is biochemistry)


golpista

golpista m or f by sense (plural golpistas)

[ɡɔɫˈpiʃ.tɐ]

scammer; swindler; fraudster (person who carries out a scam or fraud)

coup plotter; coupist; putschist (one who takes part in a coup d'état)


skyrmion

(physics) skyrmion (hypothetical particle)


cafetão

cafetão m (plural cafetões, feminine cafetina, feminine plural cafetinas)

cafetões (plural)
cafetina (feminine)
cafetinas (feminine plural)


cafetão

Borrowed from French cafetan, from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Persian خفتان (xaftân).

(chiefly Portugal) kaftan (long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean)


cafetina

cafetina f (plural cafetinas, masculine cafetão, masculine plural cafetões)

cafetinas (plural)
cafetão (masculine)
cafetões (masculine plural)


amplicon

(genetics) amplicon (piece of DNA or RNA formed as the product of amplification events)


galinha

Kabuverdianu: galinha

Papiamentu: galiña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). By surface analysis, galo + -inha.
Compare Galician galiña.

inh+

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single


pepsina

(biochemistry) pepsin (a digestive enzyme)


pepita

Borrowed from Spanish pepita, diminutive of pepa.


pagode

→ Catalan: pagoda

→ French: pagode

→ English: pagoda

→ German: Pagode

→ Spanish: pagoda

Borrowed from Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti), from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “goddess”).

Dizem que no Reyno de Golgonda ha hum pagode […] onde os Gentios fazem a ſua oração

1720, Rafael Bluteau, Vocabulario Portuguez, & Latino, Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, page 185:

It's said that in the Golkonda Kingdom there is a pagoda […] where the gentiles pray

(architecture, Buddhism) pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)

Tambem he moeda de ouro […] que o Gentio da India fabrica, […] foy chamada pagode.

It is also (the name of) a gold coin […] minted by the Indian gentiles, […] it was named pagoda.

(historical) pagoda (Indian unit of currency)


parmense

pt-noun

parmense m or f by sense (plural parmenses)


leonino

leonino m (plural leoninos, feminine leonina, feminine plural leoninas)

leoninos (plural)
leonina (feminine)
leoninas (feminine plural)

(astrology) Leonian (a person born under the astrological sign of Leo)


gruta

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.


súbdito

súbdito m (plural súbditos, feminine súbdita, feminine plural súbditas)

súbditos (plural)
súbdita (feminine)
súbditas (feminine plural)

European Portuguese standard spelling of súdito.


cagada

Fui no banheiro e dei uma cagada.

Ouvi falar que deu uma cagada no aeroporto.

I heard something bad happened at the airport.

Você só faz cagada.

Que cagada, ganhei na loteria.

This is unbelievable, I won the lottery.

(vulgar) an event of very unlikely good luck


sólido arquimediano

sólido arquimediano m (plural sólidos arquimedianos)

(geometry) Archimedean solid (any of a class of semi-regular convex polyhedra composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices)


algebrista

algebrista m or f by sense (plural algebristas)

[aɫ.ʒɨˈβɾiʃ.tɐ]


rotura

From Old Galician-Portuguese routura, from Latin ruptūra. Doublet of the borrowed form ruptura.


transverso

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛʁ.su/

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛχ.su]

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈvɛɾ.su/

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈbɛɾ.su/

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈβɛɾ.su]

Borrowed from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of travesso.

(zoology) reptilian head bone that joins the posterior part of the jaw to the pterygoid


infanticida

infanticida m or f by sense (plural infanticidas)

infanticide (a person who kills a child)


produto

Learned borrowing from Latin prōductus (“brought forth”), perfect participle of prōdūcō (“to bring forth”), from prō (“forth”) + dūcō (“to lead; to draw”).

lbor

product (consequence of someone’s efforts)

(mathematics) product (quantity obtained by multiplication)

(chemistry) product (substance formed as a result of a reaction)


wakf

waqf (inalienable endowment for charity in Islamic countries)


peneira

Kadiwéu: beneela

sieve (device to separate larger objects)

(figurative) something which selects the best and filters out the rest


chícharo

Synonym of feijão-frade (“black-eyed pea”)


efe

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


limoeiro

From limão (“lemon fruit”) + -eiro (“forms tree names”).

suffix

(South Brazil) lemandarin (tree), rangpur (tree)


sétimo

From Old Galician-Portuguese setimo, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin septimus.

(fractional number) seventh (one of seven parts of a whole)


decalina

(organic chemistry) decalin (decahydronaphthalene)


interregno

Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum.


louro

pt-noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)

louros (plural)
loura (feminine)
louras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).


relâmpago

/ʁɨˈlɐ̃.pɐ.ɡu/

[ʁɨˈlɐ̃.pɐ.ɣu]

Alteration of relâmpado, from re- + lâmpado, from Latin lampada (“lamp”), from lampas, or through a derivative of Late Latin lampāre. The prefix re- indicates the idea of repetition, hence lightning striking over and over again. Compare Spanish relámpago.

lightning (flash of light caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge)


metáfora

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)


tesoura

From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

(architecture) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves

scissor-tailed flycatcher
scissor-tailed flycatcher

scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)

(soccer) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open

(martial arts) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)


solecismo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σολοικισμός (soloikismós).

bor+

há solecismo quando se usa "houveram homens" em vez de "houve homens"
there is solecism when using "houveram homens" instead of "houve homens"

(grammar) solecism (Grammatical error, generally syntax, due to lack of knowledge of one or more rules)


diferença

From Latin differentia (“difference”), from differō (“to differ”), from dif- + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

uder

(uncountable) difference (quality of being different)

difference (an instance of being different)


menina

Spanish: menina

From Old Galician-Portuguese meninha, from meninho.

Doutor, é menino ou menina?

Ela é minha menina / E eu sou o menino dela / Ela é o meu amor / E eu sou o amor todinho dela

1968, “A minha menina”, performed by Os Mutantes:

She is my girl / And I am her boy / She is my love / And I am her whole love.

Pode sentar-se aqui, menina.

young lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)

Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas.

He became a regular frequenter of houses of girls [brothels].

(Portugal, derogatory, usually in the plural) prostitute


metanol

pt-noun

metanol m (usually uncountable, plural metanóis)

(organic chemistry) methanol (the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH)


algodão

[aʊ̯.ɡuˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʊ̯.ɡoˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʊ̯.ɡuˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʊ̯.ɡoˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aʊ̯.ɡoˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[aɫ.ɣuˈðɐ̃w̃]

[aɻɡoˈdɐ̃w̃]

From Andalusian Arabic القُطُن (al-quṭun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of cotão.

(uncountable) the fibre extracted from the plant

(uncountable) the cloth made from the fibre


irredentismo

irredentism (doctrine advocating annexation of foreign land by country with historic links)


toupeira

(derogatory) fool, idiot (stupid person)


xeque-mate

xeque-mate m (plural xeques-mate or xeques-mates)

xeques-mate (plural)
xeques-mates (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta). from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is ambushed/conquered”).

der

(chess) checkmate (conclusive victory in a game of chess)

(figurative) checkmate (situation with no obvious escape)


ninguém

Kabuverdianu: ningen

Macanese: ninguim

From Latin nec (“not any”) + quem (“whom”).

nobody (someone who is not important or well-known)


latão

From lata (“can”) + -ão (augmentative suffix).


latão

From Old French laton, from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), from Common Turkic *altun (“gold”). Compare Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).


conteúdo

From old past participle of Old Galician-Portuguese contẽer; cf. conter. Compare Italian contenuto, Catalan contingut, French contenu.


transliteração

pt-noun

transliteração f (plural transliterações)

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.li.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From transliterar (“to transliterate”) + -ção.

suffix

(writing, translation studies) transliteration (act of transliterating)

(writing, translation studies) transliteration (text which has been transliterated)


lanolina

lanolin (greasy yellow substance secreted by woolly animals)


banho

From Old Galician-Portuguese banho, from Vulgar Latin *baneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον (balaneîon).

(informal) thrashing, bloodbath (heavy defeat)


estrume

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin strumen, alteration of Latin strāmen (“straw for bedding”). Compare Galician estrume.

O estrume da égua morta quando eu tinha seis anos / Gira transparente nesta brisa fria…

1959, Cristovam Pavia, “Requiem”, in 35 Poemas:


castanha de caju

pt-noun

castanha de caju f (plural castanhas de caju)


deutério

(chemistry) deuterium (isotope of hydrogen)


milha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.

inh+

(historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league

English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km


milha

From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).


capricho

fazer com capricho
fazer com capricho#Portuguese

(in the expression fazer com capricho)
stubbornness, obstinacy

(in the expression fazer com capricho)
care; skill


capoeirista

pt-noun

capoeirista m or f by sense (plural capoeiristas)


usuário

usuário m (plural usuários, feminine usuária, feminine plural usuárias)

usuários (plural)
usuária (feminine)
usuárias (feminine plural)

user (one who uses something, a consumer)

(euphemistic) user (one who uses illegal drugs)

(computing) user (person who uses a computer or a computing network)

(computing) username (person’s identification on an individual computer system)


amêndoa

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, *amyndula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala and mandorla.

Prunus amygdalus
Prunus amygdalus#Translingual

almond (nut of tree of species Prunus amygdalus (syn. Prunus dulcis))

stone; pit (hard seed of a fleshy fruit)


botica

Papiamentu: botika

Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, apoteca, bodega, and butique.

doublet

(archaic) general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things)

(archaic) pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are dispensed)


correio

From Old Occitan corrieu (“messenger”) (Catalan correu), from Old French corlieu, or from Spanish correo.

mail (regular delivery of letters and small parcels)


tântalo

pt-noun

tântalo m (usually uncountable, plural tântalos)

Named after Tântalo (“Tantalus”), from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos, “Tantalus”), a character from Greek mythology.


cálcio

Learned borrowing from New Latin calcium, a word derived by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”), supposedly from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

lbor

(chemistry) calcium (chemical element of atomic number 20)


lantânio

pt-noun

lantânio m (usually uncountable, plural lantânios)

From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “escape notice”).

uder

(chemistry) lanthanum (metallic chemical element)


calças

→ Makalero: kalsa, kaalsa (“trousers”)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calças, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

inh+

(plural only) pants (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)


união

[u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ūniōnem, from Latin ūniōnem (“to unite”).


cério

pt-noun

cério m (usually uncountable, plural cérios)

Learned borrowing from New Latin cerium, from Cerēs (“a dwarf planet”), from Latin Cerēs (“goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to grow”).


austríaco

austríaco m (plural austríacos, feminine austríaca, feminine plural austríacas)

austríacos (plural)
austríaca (feminine)
austríacas (feminine plural)


hypothese

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


escorpião

[iʃ.koχ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.koχˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.koχ.pɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.koχˈpjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem (“scorpion”), from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

bor+

(Portugal) Scorpio (someone with a Scorpio star sign)


híbrido

Learned borrowing from Latin hibridus, hybridus (“hybrid”, adjective), from hibrida f (“hybrid”, noun), most likely from Ancient Greek, with influence from ὕβρις (húbris).

(biology) hybrid (offspring resulting from crossbreeding)

hybrid (car that runs on both fuel and electricity)


pesquisa

Borrowed from Spanish pesquisa (“investigation”), ultimately from Latin perquīrō (“to ask, inquire or search diligently”).


serviço

Hunsrik: Sërviss

Macanese: siviço

From Old Galician-Portuguese serviço, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin servitium (“slavery; servitude”) (compare Italian servizio, French service, Norman sèrvice, Spanish servicio), from servus (“serf”). By surface analysis, servo + -iço.

(economics) service (work that is produced, traded, sold, then consumed)

the way a commercial establishment serves the costumers

(religion) service (religious rite or ritual)


esquimó

pt-noun

esquimó m or f by sense (plural esquimós)

(uncountable) Eskimo (any of several languages)


feio

feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

feios (plural)
feia (feminine)
feias (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.


trabalho

Kabuverdianu: trabadja

Papiamentu: trabou

From Old Galician-Portuguese traballo (“pain, effort, labor”), deverbal from traballar (modern trabalhar).

inh

Sou lenhador, cortar árvores é o meu trabalho.

I’m a lumberjack, cutting trees is my job.

Tenho dois trabalhos para sustentar minha família.

job (economic role for which a person is paid)

Tenho um trabalho para ti: vigiar as crianças enquanto vou ao mercado.

I have a job for you: watching the children while I go to the market.

job; task (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Preguiçosos não gostam de trabalho.

(uncountable) work; toil; labour; effort

No meu trabalho temos cadeiras que giram.

At my workplace we have spinning chairs.

Foi um trabalho zerar este jogo.

(figurative) difficulty in completing a task

Preciso escrever um trabalho sobre a idade do ferro.

I need to write a report about the Iron Age.

Uma amarração faz uma pessoa ficar com outra, ou faz ela voltar, faz ela desejar e não conseguir deixar de pensar nessa outra pessoa. Por isso, como mais abaixo é explicado, o trabalho de amarração acaba abrindo uma porta para que a pessoa que encomendou a amarração entre por essa porta e acabe conquistando vitoriosamente a vida da outra pessoa.

2009, Edy Santola, O Livro Mestre De Feitiços & Magias, Clube de Autores, page 489:

(religion, spiritualism) an often ritualistic activity or program in some particular religion or cult to obtain a material goal through supernatural means, such as spiritual intervention or magic

trabalho académico
trabalho académico#Portuguese

Clipping of trabalho académico (“academic work”).


afeição

[a.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


gótico

Borrowed from Late Latin gothicus (“gothic”).

bor+

Gothic (an extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths)


aplustre

(Ancient Rome, nautical) aplustre (an ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship)


desenvolvimento

pt-noun

desenvolvimento m (plural desenvolvimentos)


bacteriófago

(microbiology, virology) bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria)


variável

[bɐˈɾja.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin variābilis. By surface analysis, variar + -ável.

(programming) variable (named memory location)


gume

From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

acumen; acuteness (preciseness of perception)


médio

Borrowed from Latin medius, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare meio (an inherited doublet).

(usually in the plural) dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)


uísque

Borrowed from English whisky, from Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”).

(uncountable) whiskey (a type of alcoholic drink)


cantil

[kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]


esboço

From Italian sbozzo, from Italian sbozzare (“to sketch out”).


garçom

garçom m (plural garçons, feminine garçonete, feminine plural garçonetes)

garçons (plural)
garçonete (feminine)
garçonetes (feminine plural)

From French garçon (“waiter; boy”), from Middle French, from Old French garçun (“servant”, oblique case of gars), from Frankish *warkjon, wrakjon (“servant, boy”, oblique case of *warkjo, wrakjo), from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, driven one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to drive”).

der

oblique case of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro">gars</i>

oblique case of <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*warkjo, wrakjo</i>

(Brazil) waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)


nascituro

pt-noun

nascituro m (plural nascituros, feminine nascitura, feminine plural nascituras)

nascituros (plural)
nascitura (feminine)
nascituras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin nāscitūrus.


pelicano

Learned borrowing from Latin pelicānus (“pelican”), from Ancient Greek πελεκάνος (pelekános).

lbor

pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)


piolho

From Old Galician-Portuguese peollo, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, diminutive of pēdis (“louse”), from Proto-Indo-European *pezd-. Compare Galician piollo, Spanish piojo, Catalan poll, French pou.


síncope

(medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)

(music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)

(phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)


regra

Borrowed from Latin rēgula as a semi-learned term. Compare Spanish regla. Cf. the inherited doublet relha, reixa and also the borrowed régua.

Não há uma regra geral.


azimute

Borrowed from Old French azimut, from Arabic اَلسَّمْت (as-samt, “the direction”).


mecânico

mechanic (a skilled worker capable of building or repairing machinery)


feijão

Macanese: fijám

[fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese *feijõo, variant of feijoo, from Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).
Cognate with Galician feixón, Ladino fijon, Spanish frijol, Catalan fesol and Italian fagiolo.


colheita

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin collecta. Compare Galician colleita, Asturian collecha, Spanish cosecha, Catalan collita, Occitan culhida, French cueillette. Doublet of coleta.


locativo

(grammar) locative (grammatical case expressing the place where or the time during which something occurs)


ninho

Kabuverdianu: ninhu

From Old Galician-Portuguese *nio, *nĩo (“nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”), from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).
Compare Galician niño, Spanish nido, Catalan niu, French nid and Italian nido.

inh

(ornithology) nest (bird-built structure)

(by extension) nest (place used by any animal for depositing eggs and hatching young)

(figurative) one’s home viewed affectionately


cozinha

Papiamentu: cushina

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cozinha, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Compare Galician cociña, Asturian and Spanish cocina.

inh+

ここは厨房(ちゅうぼう)か

2024 February 8, “Cozinha da corte/Fervido em água salgada” (10:58 from the start), in Dungeon Meshi, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Laios Touden (Pedro Crispim), Rio de Janeiro: Som de Vera Cruz, dubbing of 宮廷料理/塩茹で, via Netflix:

(cooking) cuisine (foods and cooking associated with a particular culture)


conspiração

[kõʃ.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin cōnspīrātiōnem (“conspiracy, plot”).

bor

plot, conspiracy (act of working in secret to obtain some goal)


roubo

From Old Galician-Portuguese roubo, from roubar, from Medieval Latin raubāre from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.

(uncountable) robbery (the practice of robbing)

(uncountable) loot; swag (burglar’s or thief’s booty)

(figurative, derogatory) a price which is too expensive; a rip-off


justificativa

justification (reason, explanation, or excuse)


pressentimento

pt-noun

pressentimento m (plural pressentimentos)

From pressentir (“to have a hunch or premonition”) + -mento (“-ment”), from pre- (“pre-”) + sentir (“to feel”).

suffix

Tenho um pressentimento de que não estamos mais no Kansas.

I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore.


diâmetro

Learned borrowing from Latin diametrus, from Ancient Greek διάμετρος (diámetros, “measure across”).


baía

From Late Latin baia, possibly from Iberian badia.

bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land)


mundano

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”).


tubérculo

(botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem)

(botany) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on certain plants)

(anatomy) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on a bone)

(pathology) tubercle (small nodule produced by tuberculosis)


vizinhança

From vizinho (“neighbour”) + -ança (“-ance”).

neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)

neighborhood (inhabitants in the close proximity)

(uncountable) the relationship between neighbours

surroundings (area surrounding something)


pirilampo

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πυριλάμπης (Purilámpēs, “Pyrilampes”).


centeio

From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo (“rye”), from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from Latin centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Galician centeo, and Spanish centeno. Doublet of Centeno.


percussor

pt-noun

percussor m (plural percussores, feminine percussora, feminine plural percussoras)

percussores (plural)
percussora (feminine)
percussoras (feminine plural)


rótula

Learned borrowing from Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rolha.

lbor

(São Paulo, Bahia, South Brazil) roundabout


romã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese romãa, and in the sense of pomegranate a phono-semantic matching of Arabic رُمَّانَة (rummāna, “pomegranate”) parsed as Latin rōmāna (“Roman”).


acanto

Borrowed from Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

acanthus (any of the genus Acanthus of prickly herbaceous plants)


cachecol

Borrowed from French cache-col (“scarf, muffler”), from cache (“hide”) + col (“neck”).

bor+

scarf (long garment worn around the neck)


madrileno

pt-noun

madrileno m (plural madrilenos, feminine madrilena, feminine plural madrilenas)

madrilenos (plural)
madrilena (feminine)
madrilenas (feminine plural)


acqua alta

acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).


curcuma

Borrowed from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “turmeric”).


idílio

From Latin īdyllium, from Ancient Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidúllion), from diminutive of εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).


assembléia

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


grampeador

/ɡɾɐ̃.pjɐˈdoɾ/

[ɡɾɐ̃.pjɐˈðoɾ]

/ɡɾɐ̃.pjɐˈdoɾ/

[ɡɾɐ̃.pjɐˈðoɾ]

[ɡɾɐ̃.pjɐˈðo.ɾi]

From grampear (“to staple”) + -dor, from grampo (“staple; clamp”).

(Brazil) stapler (device which binds together paper)


vertente

From verter (“to gush; to spring”) + -ente.

spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

O vale de vertentes íngremes, semelhante a uma cratera, era tão largo que até à luz do dia Sazed mal teria conseguido ver o outro lado. Na escuridão que ia chegando, obscurecido pela bruma, o limite distante do enorme buraco era apenas ...

2015, Brandon Sanderson, O Poço da Ascensão, Leya, →ISBN:

slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)

Na verdade, um repertório que apresenta três das principais vertentes da obra caymmiana — as vertentes baianas. Isso mostra que ao chegar ao Rio, o jovem Dorival já era um compositor pronto para a glória, com obras-primas no baú.

2001, Stella Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi: o mar e o tempo, Editora 34, →ISBN, page 13:

... essas vertentes do realismo ficaram petrificadas diante das modificações globais em curso. Da mesma maneira comportaram-se várias das vertentes liberais da teoria internacionalista. De Richard Cobden, Woodrow Wilson e J. A. Hobson, ...

2001, José Flávio Sombra Saraiva, Relações internacionais: dois séculos de história. Entre a preponderância européia e a emergência americano-soviética, IBRI, →ISBN, page 15:

(figuratively) perspective, angle, aspect


ímpeto

Learned borrowing from Latin impetus (“a rushing upon, an attack, assault, onset”), from impetō (“to rush upon, attack”), from in (“upon”) + petō (“to seek, fall upon”).


gónada

gónadas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


gendarmeria

gendarmerie (military body charged with police duties)


botulismo

(pathology) botulism (medical condition)


bidê

bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)


preceito

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin praeceptum (“lesson; precept”), from praecipiō (“to teach”), from prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“to take; to understand”).

slbor

precept (rule or principle governing personal conduct)

teaching (something taught by a religious or philosophical authority)


epêntese

From Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis).

epenthesis (the insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)


onanismo

From the Biblical character Onã + -ismo.


pré-história

[ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

/ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

From pré- (“pre-”) + história (“history”).

prehistory (history of human culture prior to written records)


papila

(anatomy) papilla (any nipple-like structure)


favicon

(web design) favicon (icon for a website)


jardim de infância

pt-noun

jardim de infância m (plural jardins de infância)

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/

[ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

[ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ]

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/

[ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

[ʒaɦˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ]

/ʒaɾˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/

[ʒaɾˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ʒaɾˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.si.ɐ/

[ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ʒaʁˈd͡ʒĩ d͡ʒi ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

[ʒaɻˈd͡ʒĩ de ĩˈfɐ̃.sɪ.a]

/ʒɐɾˈdĩ d‿ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ/

[ʒɐɾˈðĩ d‿ĩˈfɐ̃.sjɐ]

Literally, “garden of childhood”, a calque of German Kindergarten.

kindergarten (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6)


isomorfismo

(biology) isomorphism (the similarity in form of organisms of different ancestry)

(algebra) isomorphism (bijection f such that both f and its inverse f⁻¹ are homomorphisms)

(chemistry) isomorphism (similarity in the crystal structures of similar chemical compounds)

(computing) isomorphism (one-to-one correspondence between all the elements of two sets)


insegurança

/ĩ.sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[ĩ.sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

From in- + segurança (“security”), from segurar (“to hold; to secure”) + -ança.

(uncountable) insecurity (lack of security)

something one is not self-confident about


metempsicose

From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis), from μετεμψυχόομαι (metempsukhóomai, “of a soul, to pass from one body to another”), from μετα- (meta-) + ἐν (en, “in”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

der

μετεμψύχωσις

metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul)


alvor

From Old Galician-Portuguese alvor, from Late Latin albōrem (“whiteness”), from Latin albus. Doublet of albor.


mobilidade

Learned borrowing from Latin mōbilitātem (“mobility”). By surface analysis, móbil + -idade.

lbor

mobility (measure of the extent to which something is mobile)


melancolia

From Old Galician-Portuguese melanconia, borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

der

melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)


modalidade

(uncountable) modality (state of being modal)

(sports) discipline (sub-category of a sport)


sensatez

pt-noun

sensatez f (usually uncountable, plural sensatezes)

sensibleness; common sense (the ability to make good judgements based on reason)


sofrimento

From sofrer (“to suffer”) + -mento, from Old Galician-Portuguese sofrer, from Latin sufferō (“to carry under; to suffer”).

uder

(uncountable) suffering (the condition of someone who suffers)

a prolonged physical or emotional distress

(uncountable) poverty (quality or state of being poor)


linfático

Borrowed from French lymphatique, from Latin lymphāticus. By surface analysis, linfa + -ático.


lápide

Borrowed from Latin lapidem (“stone”). Doublet of lápis.


bardana

burdock (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium)


sentada

sitting (period of time in which one is seated for a specific purpose)


promontório

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmontōrium, alternative form of prōmunturium (“peak; promontory”).

lbor

(geology) promontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff)


caju

→ Hindi: काजू (kājū)

→ Konkani: काजू (kājū)

→ Marathi: काजू (kājū)


metodismo

Methodism (Christian movement founded by John Wesley)


quebra-cabeça

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐ]

From quebrar (“to break”) + cabeça (“head”).


oleandro

From Medieval Latin oleandru, from Late Latin lorandrum, perhaps an alteration of rhododendron.

Nerium oleander
Nerium oleander#Translingual

oleander (Nerium oleander, a poisonous shrub)


rissole

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of rissol.


microbiologia

pt-noun

microbiologia f (usually uncountable, plural microbiologias)

(biology) microbiology (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)


misticismo

mysticism (doctrine of direct communication with divine truth)


misoginia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía).


matsutake

Tricholoma matsutake
Wikispecies:Tricholoma matsutake

matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake, a prized edible mushroom)


metodista

pt-noun

metodista m or f by sense (plural metodistas)

a member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan


mongoloide

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloides)

(anthropology) mongoloid (member of the race native to North Asia, East Asia, Oceania and Greenland)

(offensive) mongoloid (someone with Down’s syndrome)

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


morfismo

(mathematics) morphism (a structure-preserving map from one mathematical structure to another)


motociclismo

From motociclo + -ismo. Compare French motocyclisme.


moina

Uncertain, possibly from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”) or French moine. Compare Galician moina.

(Portugal, derogatory, dated) rascal, trickster

(Porto) car guard (informally employed person in charge of finding parking spots for cars)


diamante

Borrowed from Late Latin diamantem, from Latin adamantem, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + δαμάζω (damázō, “to overpower, tame, conquer”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.


moscovita

pt-noun

moscovita m or f by sense (plural moscovitas)


narrador

narrador m (plural narradores, feminine narradora, feminine plural narradoras)

narradores (plural)
narradora (feminine)
narradoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin nārrātōrem. By surface analysis, narrar + -dor.

(narratology) narrator (person or the voice whose viewpoint is used in telling a story)

narrator; sportscaster (someone who narrates events as they occur or are shown, such as a documentary or sporting event)

storyteller (person who relates stories to an audience)


maca

stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)


maca

From Kimbundu maka (“conversation, word”).

Não há maca.


centrifugadora

centrifugadora f (plural centrifugadoras)


nevralgia

[nɨ.βɾaɫˈʒi.ɐ]

(pathology, neurology) neuralgia (nerve pain)


narcisista

narcisista m or f by sense (plural narcisistas)


oração

[o.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese oraçon, from Latin ōrātiōnem (“discourse; prayer”). By surface analysis, orar + -ção.

prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)


camaleão

[ˌkɐ̃.mɐ.leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌkɐ̃.mɐ.leˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin chamaeleon, from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn) from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”). Second -a-, and Brazilian pronunciation with a nasal vowel, by folk etymology, interpreting the term as a compound of cama (“bed”) and leão (“lion”).


estátua

Learned borrowing from Latin statua, from statuō (“to set up; to erect”).


suíço

suíço m (plural suíços, feminine suíça, feminine plural suíças)

suíços (plural)
suíça (feminine)
suíças (feminine plural)

From Suíça (“Switzerland”), from German Schweiz (“Switzerland”).


oportunismo

opportunism (the taking of opportunities)


moca

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.


moca

(Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)


estabelecimento

estabelecimento m (plural estabelecimentos)

From estabelecer (“establish”) + -mento, Latin stabiliō (“to establish”).


perpetrador

perpetrador m (plural perpetradores, feminine perpetradora, feminine plural perpetradoras)

perpetradores (plural)
perpetradora (feminine)
perpetradoras (feminine plural)

[pɨɾ.pɨ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]

[pɨɾ.pɨ.tɾɐˈðoɾ]

perpetrator (one who perpetrates a crime or offense)


pistache

From French pistache, from Latin pistacium, from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion).

Pistacia vera
Pistacia vera#Translingual

pistachio (Pistacia vera, a deciduous tree)

pistachio (the nut-like fruit of the pistachio tree)


boneca

→ Malay: boneka

Indonesian: boneka

→ Tetum: boneka

Borrowed from Spanish muñeca (“doll”), from Old Spanish munneca. Doublet of munheca.

Brincar de boneca.

(figurative) a very pretty or well-dressed woman


naturismo

naturism (the practice of social nudity)

the belief that anything that is natural has better therapeutic value


ortodoxia

Borrowed from Late Latin orthodoxia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, “right opinion”). By surface analysis, ortodoxo + -ia

der

orthodoxy (correctness in doctrine and belief)

(uncountable) Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)


ninfomania

pt-noun

ninfomania f (usually uncountable, plural ninfomanias)

nymphomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women)


diabo-da-tasmânia

diabo da tasmânia m (plural diabos-da-tasmânia)

diabo da tasmânia (canonical masculine)
diabos-da-tasmânia (plural)

Sarcophilus harrisii
Sarcophilus harrisii#Translingual

Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii, a marsupial of Tasmania)


oportunista

oportunista m or f by sense (plural oportunistas)

opportunist (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)


dreadlock

dreadlocks (hair left to grow into long matted strings)


annus horribilis

annus horribilis
annus horribilis#English

(often italicized) annus horribilis (a horrible year)


oligarca

oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

(politics) oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)

(colloquial) wealthy, politically influential industrialist or businessman


selenita

From Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs).

A selenita é uma pedra serena que instila a paz profunda e por isso é excelente para a meditação e o trabalho espiritual.

2020 March 12, Judy Hall, A Bíblia dos Cristais - Vol. 1: O Guia Definitivo dos Cristais, Editora Pensamento, →ISBN:

Selenite is a serene stone that instills deep peace and is therefore excellent for meditation and spiritual work.


selenita

selenita m or f by sense (plural selenitas)

Mas eu não sou um selenita e quero que a Lua se dane, dona Creuma! Cansei dessa história! […]

2018 July 6, Eliana Martins, A maldição do filme, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN:

But I'm not a selenite [moon inhabitant], and I don't care about the Moon, Mrs. Creuma! I'm tired of this story! […]

(science fiction) an inhabitant of Luna, the moon of Terra


nudista

nudista m or f by sense (plural nudistas)


réveillon

Unadapted borrowing from French réveillon.

ubor

a New Year's Eve party, feast or celebration


ostracismo

(historical) ostracism (a ten-year banishment from the ancient city-state of Athens by popular vote)


baunilha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bainilha, from Spanish vainilla.


relatório

From relatar (“to relate, to narrate”) + -ório (“-ory”), from relato (“account; narration”), from Latin relātus (“narration”), past participle of referō (“to carry back; to refer”).


caule

Borrowed from Latin caulis. Doublet of couve.

(botany) stem (above-ground stalk of a vascular plant)


gimnosperma

(botany) gymnosperm (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary)


omaso

omasum (the third part of the stomach of a ruminant)


floema

(botany) phloem (vascular tissue of plants)


áudio

Borrowed from English audio, from audio-, from Latin audiō (“to hear, to listen”). Doublet of ouvir.

Coordinate term: vídeo

audio (sound that is stored, transmitted or reproduced electronically)

(informal) equipment or a piece of equipment that reproduces audio


papel higiênico

pt-noun

papel higiênico m (plural papéis higiênicos)


obus

From French obus (“shell”), from German Haubitze (“howitzer”), from Czech houfnice (“catapult”), from houf (“throng”), from Old High German houf (“heap”), from Proto-West Germanic *haup, from Proto-Germanic *haupaz.


xilema

(botany) xylem (vascular tissue in land plants)


videojogo

videojogo m (plural videojogos, metaphonic)


morfinomania

morfinomania f (usually uncountable, plural morfinomanias)


garimpeiro

garimpeiro m (plural garimpeiros, feminine garimpeira, feminine plural garimpeiras)

garimpeiros (plural)
garimpeira (feminine)
garimpeiras (feminine plural)

/ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpɐj.ɾu/

/ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpɐj.ɾu/


patronato

patronage (the act of providing approval and support)


piromania

(psychology) pyromania (obsession with fire)


parvo

parvo m (plural parvos, feminine parva, feminine plural parvas)

parvos (plural)
parva (feminine)
parvas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin parvus, from metathesized form of Proto-Indo-European *pau-ro, from *ph₁w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish parvo.


parapsicologia

parapsychology (study of supernatural phenomena)


paramento

(religion) liturgical paraphernalia or ornaments


mocho

Unknown. Possibly from Spanish mocho, which could be from Latin mutilus. Also see Spanish mochuelo (“little owl”). Compare Galician moucho.


partitivo

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin partītīvus, from Latin partītus + -īvus.


apto

Borrowed from Latin aptus, perfect passive participle of apō.


prostaglandina

pt-noun

prostaglandina f (plural prostaglandinas)

(biochemistry) prostaglandin (any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid)


ferritina

(biochemistry) ferritin (any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits)


ascite

(pathology) ascites (accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity)


ciranda

sieve (device to separate larger objects)

(music) a traditional dance from the Northeastern region of Brazil, where people hold hands in order to dance in a circle


cúmulo

Learned borrowing from Latin cumulus. Compare the inherited doublet cômoro and Spanish colmo.

Não ter o que comer é o cúmulo da pobreza.

Not having anything to eat is the epitome of poverty.

(figurative) epitome; the foremost example of something


cavaquinho

From cavaco (“fragment of wood”) + -inho.

(music) cavaquinho (small string instrument of the European guitar family)


anedonia

From an- + Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ia.

af

(psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)


bachquir

Bashkir (member of a Turkic ethnic group of central Asia)

(uncountable) Bashkir (Turkic language spoken by the Bashkirs)


sexo oral

oral sex (stimulation of the genitals using the mouth)


anómero

anómeros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(organic chemistry) anomer (any diastereoisomer of a sugar)


microblogging

[ˌmi.kɾɔˈβlɔ.ɣĩɡ]

Unadapted borrowing from English microblogging.

ubor

microblogging (activity of posting regular updates on a microblog)


furano

(organic chemistry) furan (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds)


osteopatia

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) osteopathy (manipulation of bones and muscles)


peronismo

pt-noun

peronismo m (usually uncountable, plural peronismos)


anorgasmia

anorgasmia f (usually uncountable, plural anorgasmias)

(medicine) anorgasmia (failure to achieve orgasm)


amilopectina

(biochemistry) amylopectin (insoluble form of starch)


televoto

televoting (polling by providing an audience with a telephone number for each option)


tanatologia

thanatology (study of human aspects of death)


cercopiteco

guenon (monkey of the genus Cercopithecus)


odontologia

dentistry (field of medicine which deals with the teeth)


responsabilidade

responsabilidade f (plural responsabilidades)


quitina

quitina f (usually uncountable, plural quitinas)

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) + -ina.

(biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)


cuneta

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

jackdaw (Coloeus monedula, a European bird)


texano

texano m (plural texanos, feminine texana, feminine plural texanas)

texanos (plural)
texana (feminine)
texanas (feminine plural)


frenologia

(medicine, biology) phrenology (the discredited science that studies the relationships between a person’s character and the morphology of the skull)


caatinga

caatinga f (usually uncountable, plural caatingas)

→ English: caatinga

/kɐ.ɐˈtĩ.ɡɐ/

Borrowed from Old Tupi ka'atinga, from ka'a + ting + -a.

etymon

caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil)


goleador

pt-noun

goleador m (plural goleadores, feminine goleadora, feminine plural goleadoras)

goleadores (plural)
goleadora (feminine)
goleadoras (feminine plural)

(soccer) football player who scores many goals; high-scorer


juniores

/ʒuˈnjɔ.ɾɨʃ/


seminarista

seminarista m or f by sense (plural seminaristas)

(Roman Catholicism) seminarist (student at a seminary)

seminarian (person who presents a seminar)


neurastenia

(psychiatry) neurasthenia (condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache and irritability)


virologia

virology (branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease)


ambiofonia

ambiophonics (technique using digital signal processing and two loudspeakers directly in front of the listener)


calandra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin calandra, from Ancient Greek κάλανδρα (kálandra), κάλανδρος (kálandros, “lark”), from Pre-Greek or Anatolian.

/kɐˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/


calandra

Borrowed from French calandre, from Vulgar Latin *calendra, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

/kɐˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/

calender (rolling machine for finishing textiles)


fufa

(Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) dyke; lesbian


angiografia

From angi(o)- + -grafia (compare French angiographie).

(medicine) angiogram (X-ray image of the blood vessels)


aerobiologia

(biology) aerobiology (the study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses)


ludista

ludista m or f by sense (plural ludistas)

Luddite (19th century textile worker who destroyed machinery)

(by extension, derogatory) Luddite (one opposing technological advancement)


morada

From morar (“to live somewhere”) + -ada.

Escreva o seu nome e morada, por favor.


gafe

gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public)


friulano

friulano m (plural friulanos, feminine friulana, feminine plural friulanas)

friulanos (plural)
friulana (feminine)
friulanas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian friulano (“Friulian”).

bor+

Friulian (inhabitant or native of Friulia)


estilista

pt-noun

estilista m or f by sense (plural estilistas)


caipira

caipira m or f by sense (plural caipiras)

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi kopira (“farmer”).


naturalista

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalistas)


celacanto

coelacanth (either of two species of deep-water fish)


andadura

[ɐ̃.dɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


cariz

Organizações de cariz social.


acróbata

acróbata m or f by sense (plural acróbatas)

[ɐˈkɾɔ.βɐ.tɐ]


activista

activista m or f by sense (plural activistas)

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


tópico

(Internet) thread (a series of messages)

(medicine) topic (external local application or remedy)


vitalismo

(philosophy) vitalism (doctrine that life involves some immaterial vital force)


neonazista

neonazista m or f by sense (plural neonazistas)

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


alude

Borrowed from Spanish alud, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

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


monopolista

monopolista m or f by sense (plural monopolistas)


uxoricida

uxoricida m or f by sense (plural uxoricidas)

uxoricide (someone who kills their wife)


osteopenia

osteopenia f (usually uncountable, plural osteopenias)


tridente

Borrowed from Latin tridentem, from trēs (“three”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes) + dēns (“tooth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts).


surrealismo

From French surréalisme, equivalent to surreal + -ismo.

surrealism (artistic movement and aesthetic philosophy)


fluidez

fluidez f (usually uncountable, plural fluidezes)


meio

From Old Galician-Portuguese meio, meo, from Latin medius, from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare the borrowed doublets médio and médium. Sense of "way" or "mean" from Latin medium.

way, mean (method by which something is done)


crina

From Vulgar Latin *crina, from Latin crinis.


moderador

[mu.ðɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[mu.ðɨ.ɾɐˈðoɾ]


juba

Learned borrowing from Latin iuba (“mane”).


catalão

pt-noun

catalão m (plural catalães, feminine catalã, feminine plural catalãs)

catalães (plural)
catalã (feminine)
catalãs (feminine plural)


berquélio

berquélio m (usually uncountable, plural berquélios)

Borrowed from English berkelium, after the city of Berkeley.

(chemistry) berkelium (transuranic chemical element)


silêncio

Learned borrowing from Latin silentium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese seenço.


crossa

From French crosse (“stick; crosier”), from Old French croce, from Frankish *krukkju.

(by extension) anything shaped like a crosier (elongated and ending in a hook)

Crossa aórtica.


boboca

(Brazil, informal) idiot, foolish person


cadáveres

[kɐˈða.vɛ.ɾɨʃ]

[kɐˈða.vɛ.ɾɨʃ]

[kɐˈða.βɛ.ɾɨʃ]


senão

From Old Galician-Portuguese senon. By surface analysis, se (“if”) + não (“not”). Compare French sinon, Spanish sino.

surf

O trabalho em geral é bom, mas tem alguns senãos.

In general, the work is good, but it has a few caveats.


bacana

Either: originating from the Portuguese term bacanal; or borrowed from Ligurian bacan. Compare Spanish bacán (“cool”).


triestino

pt-noun

triestino m (plural triestinos, feminine triestina, feminine plural triestinas)

triestinos (plural)
triestina (feminine)
triestinas (feminine plural)


abélia

abelia (any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia)


louvor

From Old Galician-Portuguese louvor, loor, corresponding to louvar (“to praise”) + -or (“forms nouns indicating condition”), from Latin laudō (“to praise”), from laus (“praise, glory”).

suffix

(uncountable) praise; worship (especially of a religious entity)


arapuca

Borrowed from Old Tupi ûyrá puka (“bird trap”).

(Brazil) a type of trap, used to catch birds or other small animals

Aha! Ela caiu na minha arapuraca!

(Brazil, figurative) any trick designed to catch someone in a general sense; a trap


populismo

(politics) populism (doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general people)


microfone

Borrowed from English microphone. By surface analysis, micro- + fone.


rabdomante

pt-noun

rabdomante m or f by sense (plural rabdomantes)

[ʁɐ.βðuˈmɐ̃.tɨ]

(divination) dowser; rhabdomancer (one who uses a dowsing rod to find underground water)


corografia

From Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “place”) + -grafia.


instintos

/ĩʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tuʃ/


atalho

From the verb atalhar (“shorten, obstruct”).

shortcut, cutoff (a path between two points that is faster than the commonly used paths)

shortcut (a method to accomplish something that omits one or more steps)

(computing, in the Microsoft family of operating systems) shortcut (a file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it)

(computing) shortcut, keyboard shortcut, hotkey (a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation)


talentos

Está na hora de testarmos os nossos talentos no mundo real, você não acha?

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 546:

It's time to test our talents in the real world, don't you think?


alienígena

pt-noun

alienígena m or f by sense (plural alienígenas)

Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnigena (“stranger; alien”).


sombras

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

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

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


cobardes

[kuˈβaɾ.ðɨʃ]


bodas

bodas de ouro


celulose

From French cellulose (“consisting of cells”).

uder

cellulose (the polysaccharide cellulose)


cavalete

Borrowed from Italian cavalletto. By surface analysis, cavalo + -ete.

easel (upright frame for displaying or supporting something)

trestle, sawhorse (triangular support frame with four legs)

A-frame sign (sign that stands on two legs, for either advertisement or caution)

(music) bridge (support for a string instrument)


barrancos

/bɐˈʁɐ̃.kuʃ/


baterista

pt-noun

baterista m or f by sense (plural bateristas)

(music) drummer (one who plays the drums)


barranco

a dirt cliff, especially one at the edge of a river or road

gully (trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow)


lobos

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


angioma

/ɐ̃.ʒiˈõ.mɐ/

[ɐ̃.ʒɪˈõ.mɐ]

/ɐ̃.ʒiˈõ.mɐ/

[ɐ̃.ʒɪˈõ.mɐ]

(pathology) angioma (benign tumour consisting of small blood vessels)


baronesa

From barão (“baron”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


chocalho

From choca + -alho, from Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.

bell, cowbell (a small bell worn by cows and other animals)

(zoology) rattle (organ of an animal producing a rattling sound)


selvagem

pt-noun

selvagem m or f by sense (plural selvagens)

[seʊ̯ˈva.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈβa.ʒɐ̃j̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese salvage, salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, salvatxe, sauvatge (cf. Catalan salvatge), from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”), from silva (“woods; forest”).

(derogatory) savage (uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian)


mitocôndria

From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + Ancient Greek χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”).

af

grc:χονδρίον


sandália

From Latin sandalia, plural of sandalium (“sandal”), from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”).


quebradas

[kɨˈβɾa.ðɐʃ]


rossiniano

pt-noun

rossiniano m (plural rossinianos, feminine rossiniana, feminine plural rossinianas)

rossinianos (plural)
rossiniana (feminine)
rossinianas (feminine plural)


jihadista

jihadista m or f by sense (plural jihadistas)

(Islam) mujahid; jihadist (one who participates in a jihad)


artroscopia

(surgery) arthroscopy (the examination of the interior of a joint using an arthroscope)


rottweiler

rottweiler m or f by sense (plural rottweilers)

[ˌχɔt͡ʃˈvaɪ̯.leχ]

Unadapted borrowing from German Rottweiler, after the town of Rottweil.


voyeurismo

voyeurism (derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly)


líderes

[ˈli.ðɛ.ɾɨʃ]


objetiva

[ɔ.βʒɛˈti.βɐ]

objective (lens closest to the object being examined)


abacista

pt-noun

abacista m or f by sense (plural abacistas)

Borrowed from Late Latin abacista, from Latin abacus (“abacus”) + -ista (“-ist”).

abacist (one who calculates using an abacus)


chusma

From Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).

der

(collective) mob (unruly group of people)


distrofia

From dis- + -trofia, from Ancient Greek.


exorcismo

exorcism (ritual driving out of evil spirits)


glóbulo

globule (small round particle of substance)


mágica

(Brazil) magic (ritual or procedure associated with supernatural powers)

(Brazil) magic (trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena)


mínima

(music) minim (a half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem)


seguidora

female equivalent of seguidor (“follower”)


revisionista

pt-noun

revisionista m or f by sense (plural revisionistas)


arcatura

(architecture) arcature (a small, arched passageway)


anemómetro

anemómetros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(meteorology) anemometer, windmeter (an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind)


bárbara

[ˈbaɾ.βɐ.ɾɐ]


grafeno

(inorganic chemistry) graphene (large-scale, one-atom thick layer of graphite)


timba

Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer#Translingual

(Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)


antidiagonal

(linear algebra) antidiagonal (the diagonal of a matrix that leads from top-right towards bottom-left)


pederasta

[pɨ.ðɨˈɾaʃ.tɐ]

pederast (man who is engaged in a sexual relationship with an adolescent boy)

(by extension, derogatory) male homosexual


revisor

revisor m (plural revisores, feminine revisora, feminine plural revisoras)

revisores (plural)
revisora (feminine)
revisoras (feminine plural)


progenitora

From progenitor (“progenitor”) + -a (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


sulco

Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“furrow; ditch”).

(agriculture) furrow (trench cut in the soil with a plough)

A espadada deixara um sulco em seu rosto.

The sword strike had left a groove on his face.

furrow (any trench, channel or groove on a surface)


touchscreen

pt-noun

touchscreen m or f (plural touchscreens)

(hardware) touch screen (input and output screen)


priapismo

Priapismo é uma condição médica geralmente dolorosa e potencialmente danosa na qual o pênis ereto não retorna ao seu estado flácido, apesar da ausência de estimulação física e psicológica.

Priapism is a generally painful and potentially dangerous medical condition in which the erect penis does not return to its flaccid state, despite the absence of physical and psychological stimulation.


perdedora

[pɨɾ.ðɨˈðo.ɾɐ]


sartriano

sartriano m (plural sartrianos, feminine sartriana, feminine plural sartrianas)

sartrianos (plural)
sartriana (feminine)
sartrianas (feminine plural)

(philosophy) Sartrean (a follower of Sartre’s theory)


distractor

distractor m (plural distractores, feminine distractora, feminine plural distractoras)

distractores (plural)
distractora (feminine)
distractoras (feminine plural)

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


vizir

(historical) vizier (high-ranking official in the Ottoman Empire)


prioridades

Naturalmente, cada um teve seu método e suas prioridades.

2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 141:

Naturally, each one had his method and his priorities.


vencedor

vencedor m (plural vencedores, feminine vencedora, feminine plural vencedoras)

vencedores (plural)
vencedora (feminine)
vencedoras (feminine plural)

winner (one who has won or often wins), victor


oftalmólogo

oftalmólogo m (plural oftalmólogos, feminine oftalmóloga, feminine plural oftalmólogas)

oftalmólogos (plural)
oftalmóloga (feminine)
oftalmólogas (feminine plural)


anticapitalista

anticapitalista m or f by sense (plural anticapitalistas)

(politics) anticapitalist (one opposes capitalism)


abdómenes

[ɐˈβðɔ.mɛ.nɨʃ]


vôo

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


ataúdes

[ɐ.tɐˈu.ðɨʃ]


anti-spyware

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈspaɪ̯.wɛɾ]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈspaɪ̯.wɛχ]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈspaɪ̯.wɛɻ]

From anti- + spyware or directly borrowed from English anti-spyware.

Mas você conhece os diferentes tipos de softwares de segurança? Sabe qual a função de cada um? Para sanar essas e outras dúvidas, no texto de hoje, iremos explicar o que são antivírus, antispywares e firewalls, e quais são as principais diferenças entre eles.

2021 July 13, Pedro Henriques, Aplicativos de segurança – diferença entre antivírus, antispyware e firewall:

But do you know the different types of security software? Do you know what each one's function is? To resolve these and other doubts, in today's text, we will explain what antivirus, antispyware program and firewalls are, and what the main differences are between them.

(computer security) antispyware program (security software that aims to detect and remove adware and spyware)


baniano

→ English: banyan

From Arabic بَنِيَان (baniyān), from Gujarati વાણિયો (vāṇiyo), ultimately from Sanskrit वाणिज (vāṇijá), variant of वणिज् (vaṇíj, “merchant, trader”).


australopiteco

australopiteco m (plural australopitecos)

australopithecine (member of a group of extinct hominids)


mestre

mestre m (plural mestres, feminine mestra, feminine plural mestras)

mestres (plural)
mestra (feminine)
mestras (feminine plural)

→ Assamese: মিস্ত্ৰী (mistri)

→ Bengali: মিস্ত্রী (mistri)

desc

→ Kannada: ಮೇಸ್ತ್ರಿ (mēstri), ಮೇಷ್ಟ್ರು (mēṣṭru)

→ Malayalam: മേസ്തിരി (mēstiri)

→ Telugu: మేస్త్రి (mēstri), మేస్త్రీ (mēstrī)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meestre, from earlier maestre, via Old Occitan maestre or Old Catalan maestre, from Latin magistrum. Alternatively inherited from the Latin nominative magister. Cognate with Galician mestre. Doublet of maestro, magíster, máster, and míster.

doublet

master (person holding a master's degree)


furo

Deverbal from furar. Compare Italian foro.

(Brazil, slang) the act of standing someone up (missing an appointment)


corredora

female equivalent of corredor (“runner, jogger”)


papada

an appendix that hangs from the beak of certain birds


latino-americana

pt-noun

latino-americana f (plural latino-americanas)


latino-americano

latino-americano m (plural latino-americanos, feminine latino-americana, feminine plural latino-americanas)

latino-americanos (plural)
latino-americana (feminine)
latino-americanas (feminine plural)

From latino (“Latin”) + americano (“American”).

af

Latin American (person from Latin America)


reprimenda

reproach; reprimand (mild rebuke, or an implied criticism)


carvão

[kaɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaɦˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaɾˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaʁˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kaɻˈvɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese carvon, from Latin carbōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *ker (“to burn”). Doublet of carbono.

smut (range of fungi that cause crop disease); fungus of the genus Ustilago


regímenes

/ʁɨˈʒi.mɛ.nɨʃ/


sinecura

sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)


topógrafo

pt-noun

topógrafo m (plural topógrafos, feminine topógrafa, feminine plural topógrafas)

topógrafos (plural)
topógrafa (feminine)
topógrafas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -grafo.


oradoras

/ɔ.ɾɐˈdo.ɾɐʃ/

[ɔ.ɾɐˈðo.ɾɐʃ]


talassemia

(pathology) thalassemia (inherited disorder in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced)


caracteres

/kɐ.ɾɐˈktɛ.ɾɨʃ/

/kɐ.ɾɐˈktɛ.ɾɨʃ/


caracteres

/kɐ.ɾɐˈktɛ.ɾɨʃ/

/kɐ.ɾɐˈktɛ.ɾɨʃ/


adrenoleucodistrofia

(medicine) adrenoleukodystrophy (a degenerative genetic disease)


adenosina

(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) adenosine (a nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue)