solstício

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium.

Mas ela vai reencontrar
O chimarrão e a amizade
Num solstício de verão
De verão
De verão
But she'll find it again

2008, dedrfe, Yoñlu - Mecânica Celeste Aplicada (Luana) (yt)


acordeão

/ɐ.kɔɾˈdjɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.kɔɾˈðjɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from French accordéon, from German Akkordeon.

(music) accordion (a keyed, bellows-driven wind instrument)


lápis

→ Hunsrik: Lappis

From Italian lapis, from Latin lapis (“a stone”). Doublet of lápide (“tombstone”).


equinócio

PIE word
 *nókʷts
From Latin aequinoctium (“equinox”), from aequus (“equal”) + nox (“night”) (ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).


porém

From Old Galician-Portuguese poren, from por + ende, from Latin inde (“thence”).

Gostei da apresentação, mas tem um porém: pularam uma parte importante da história.

I liked the presentation. However, they skipped an important part of the story.

but (an instance of proclaiming an exception or starting an adversative clause)


equação

Learned borrowing from Latin aequātiōnem.


equilíbrio

Learned borrowing from Latin aequilībrium.


pronome indefinido

pt-noun

pronome indefinido m (plural pronomes indefinidos)

(grammar) indefinite pronoun (pronoun not specifying the identity of its referent)


cúmplice

cúmplice m or f by sense (plural cúmplices)

Borrowed from Late Latin complicem (“confederate, participant”), from Latin complicō (“to fold together”). Compare English accomplice.

bor+

(rare) cooperator (one who cooperates, aids)

accomplice (an associate in the commission of a crime)


companhia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese companhia.
Cognate with Galician and Spanish compañía, Catalan companyia, French compagnie, Italian compagnia, Occitan companhiá and English company.

inh+

(Brazil, historical) a militar unity of the bandeirantes


abside

(architecture) apse (semicircular projection from a building)


salsicha

From Italian salsiccia, from Late Latin salsīcia, neuter plural of salsīcius (“seasoned with salt”), from Latin salsus (“salted”).


índio

pt-noun

índio m (plural índios, feminine índia, feminine plural índias)

índios (plural)
índia (feminine)
índias (feminine plural)

Indian (indigenous person of the Americas)

(Rio Grande do Sul) farmhand (person employed to work on a farm)


índio

índio m (usually uncountable, plural índios)

From New Latin Indium, after German Indigo.


informática

From French informatique (“computer science”).

der

computer science (study of computers and their architecture)


beleza

Borrowed from Old Occitan belleza or Italian bellezza, both from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, a noun based on Latin bellus (“pretty”). By surface analysis, belo + -eza. Compare Spanish belleza and Catalan bellesa.

Ah, a beleza que existe / A beleza que não é só minha / Que também passa sozinha

1962, “Garota de Ipanema”, Vinicius de Moraes (lyrics), Antônio Carlos Jobim (music):

Ah, the beauty that exists / The beauty that is not just mine / That also passes alone

beauty (the condition of being beautiful)


tongo

pt-noun

tongo m (plural tongos, feminine tonga, feminine plural tongas)

tongos (plural)
tonga (feminine)
tongas (feminine plural)

(informal, of a person) a foolish person; a dunce; an idiot

(informal, of a person) a naïve or gullible person


sogra

From Old Galician-Portuguese sogra, from Late Latin socra, from Latin socrus.


limeira

From lima (“lime fruit”) + -eira (“forms tree names”).


ângulo

Borrowed from Latin angulus (“corner; remote area”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”).

bor+

figure formed by two half-planes or two half-lines with the same origin; space limited by this figure

measure of the distance between two rays that have the same origin

(photography, film) angle (camera position in relation to the focused object)

(figuratively) point of view, perspective


primeiro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese primeiro, from Latin prīmārius (“one of the first”), from prīmus (“first”). Doublet of primário. By surface analysis, primo + -eiro.


construção

→ Tetum: konstrusaun

[kõs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiōnem. Compare with Galician construción.

construction, building (act or process of building)


roxo

Far South Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique

From Old Galician-Portuguese roxo (“dark red”), from Latin russeus (“dark red”), from russus (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Cognate with Galician roxo (“reddish-brown”), Spanish rojo (“red”), Catalan ros (“blond”), Occitan ros (“russet”), French roux (“russet”), Italian rosso (“red”) and Romanian roșu (“red”).


asbesto

asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)


regaliz

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza glabra#Translingual

(countable) liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra, a leguminous plant from which a sweet, black liquor is extracted)


competição

Learned borrowing from Late Latin competītiōnem, from Latin competō. By surface analysis, competir + -ção.


cotovelo

Spanish: cotobelo

Ultimately from Latin cubitum (“elbow”) through Old Galician-Portuguese *covetelo, either from Latin cubitālis (via Mozarabic qubtal) or alternatively from Latin cubitellum. Cognate with Galician cotobelo. Cf. also the related coto and côvado.


ratazana

From rata (“female rat”) + -zana (“forms irregular augmentatives”).

suffix

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus#Translingual


púrpura

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).

(medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)

Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)

red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)

(metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power


electricista

pt-noun

electricista m or f by sense (plural electricistas)

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


rubor

Não tinha sequer olhos para notar uma palidez, para observar um rubor da circulação periférica, […]

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

He did not even have eyes to notice a paleness, to observe a blush in the peripheral circulation, […]


rouxinol

[χo(ʊ̯).ʃiˈnɔʊ̯]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], borrowed from Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *lusciniolus, diminutive of Classical Latin luscinia (“nightingale”). Cognate with Galician rousinol.


curtidor

pt-noun

curtidor m (plural curtidores, feminine curtidora, feminine plural curtidoras)

curtidores (plural)
curtidora (feminine)
curtidoras (feminine plural)

tanner (person whose occupation is to tan)

(Brazil, slang) enjoyer (someone who enjoys a given thing)


basculante

Either from bascular + -ante or borrowed from French basculant.


mucama

Borrowed from Kimbundu mukama (“slave, concubine”).

—Está, sinhá, respondia a mucama de cócoras no chão, está boa. Sinhá vira um bocadinho. Assim. Está muito boa.

1881, Machado de Assis, O Alienista, section VI, page 46:


intérprete

intérprete m or f by sense (plural intérpretes)

/ĩˈtɛɾ.pɾɨ.tɨ/

O intérprete traduz muito rapidamente, estou chocado.

The interpreter translates very quickly, I'm shocked.

interpreter (one who interprets speech in another language)


areia

Guinea-Bissau Creole: reia

Kabuverdianu: areia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arẽa, from Latin arēna (“sand”), possibly from Etruscan *𐌇𐌀𐌔𐌄𐌍𐌀 (*hasena). Doublet of arena.


florista

pt-noun

florista m or f by sense (plural floristas)


gaveta

From Old Occitan gaveda, from Latin gabata. Compare Italian gavetta (“mess tin”).

drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)


malandro

malandro m (plural malandros, feminine malandra, feminine plural malandras)

malandros (plural)
malandra (feminine)
malandras (feminine plural)

lazy, someone who takes advantage of others instead of working in order to get by


memória

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese memoria, borrowed from Latin memoria.

inh+

memória de passarinho

Memória sobre o Estabelecimento de Macau


jardim

→ Kadiwéu: jaadi

From Old Galician-Portuguese jardin (“garden”), from Old French jardin (“garden, enclosure”), from Medieval Latin jardinus (“garden”), from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardo (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”).
Compare Galician xardín, Spanish jardín, Catalan jardí, Occitan and French jardin and Italian giardino.

uder

jardim de infância
jardim de infância#Portuguese

(Brazil) Ellipsis of jardim de infância.


monarcha

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


omoplata

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē).


acrilato

(organic chemistry) acrylate (salt or ester of acrylic acid)


leque

From léquio (“Ryukyuan”), from Mandarin 琉球 (Liúqiú, “Ryukyu”).

fan (anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail)


vidro

Guinea-Bissau Creole: bidru

→ Japanese: ビードロ (bīdoro)

From Old Galician-Portuguese vidro, from Latin vitreus, from Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic *wedro- (“glass”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed-ro- (“water-like”), from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with French verre, Italian vetro, Spanish vidrio.


amanuense

pt-noun

amanuense m or f by sense (plural amanuenses)

Learned borrowing from Latin āmanuēnsis.

amanuensis (one employed to take dictation)

amanuensis (a clerk, secretary or stenographer)


aldeão

aldeão m (plural aldeãos or aldeões or aldeães, feminine aldeã, feminine plural aldeãs)

aldeãos (plural)
aldeões (plural)
aldeães (plural)
aldeã (feminine)
aldeãs (feminine plural)

[aʊ̯.deˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aldeião.


carona

Borrowed from Spanish carona (“saddle”).

(Brazil) hitchhiking (act of a free transportation in a vehicle)

Você pode, por favor, me dar uma carona?


anjo

Kabuverdianu: ánju

→ Kadiwéu: aanjo

From Old Galician-Portuguese angeo (“angel”), from Late Latin angelus (“angel”), from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
Cognate with Galician anxo, Spanish ángel, Catalan and Occitan àngel, French ange, Italian angelo and Romanian înger. Doublet of Ângelo and ângelus.

der

Entonces o Anjo lhe diſſe: Maria, naõ temas […]

1681, João Ferreira de Almeida, O Novo Testamento, Lucas 1:30

Then the angel said unto her: Fear not Mary […]

A Luiza é um anjo

1878, Eça de Queirós, O Primo Basílio, Livraria Internacional, page 58


clube

Borrowed from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba (“cudgel”).


andino

pt-noun

andino m (plural andinos, feminine andina, feminine plural andinas)

andinos (plural)
andina (feminine)
andinas (feminine plural)

/ɐ̃ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/

/ɐ̃ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/


fêmur

Learned borrowing from Latin femur (“thigh”).


camarão

→ Nheengatu: kamarãu

⇒ English: Cameroon (see there for further descendants)

[ka.maˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃w̃/

From Latin cammārus (“lobster”) + -ão, ultimately from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros). Compare Spanish camarón.


caminhão

[ka.mĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ka.mĩˈj̃ɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ka.miˈɲɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐ̃.mĩˈɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from French camion, influenced by caminho.

truck; lorry (vehicle designed to carry or haul heavy cargo)

(informal) truckload; boatload (a great quantity of something)


braça

From Old Galician-Portuguese braça, from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish braza, Catalan braça, and Italian braccia.

der

(historical) Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of length about equal to 2.2 m

(historical) cubic Portuguese brace or fathom, a traditional unit of volume about equal to 10.6 m³, particularly used in measuring earthwork


andina

/ɐ̃ˈd͡ʒĩ.nɐ/

/ɐ̃ˈd͡ʒĩ.nɐ/


circuito integrado

pt-noun

circuito integrado m (plural circuitos integrados)


monção

→ Catalan: monsó

→ French: mousson

each of the several fluvial expeditions by 17th century Brazilian explorers


basquetebol

[baʃˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]

[ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈβɔɫ]

[ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈβɔɫ]


compota

Borrowed from French compote (“mixture”). Piecewise doublet of composta and compósita.

piecewise doublet

jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)


doente

Kabuverdianu: duenti

From Old Galician-Portuguese doente, from Latin dolentem (“hurting, suffering”). Compare Spanish doliente, Italian dolente. Doublet of dolente, a borrowing.

(colloquial, informal) a crazy or mad person


apostasia

Borrowed from Latin apostasia, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”).

der

apostasy (renunciation of set of beliefs)


flatulência

flatulence (state of having gas in digestive system)


mosteiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese mõesteiro (“monastery”), from Vulgar Latin *monistērium from Late Latin monastērium (“monastery, monk's cell”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “hermit's cell”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Cognate with Galician mosteiro, English minster and French moutier (Old French moustier). Doublet of monastério.

der

monastery (place of residence for monks)


silogismo

Learned borrowing from Latin syllogismus, from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός (sullogismós, “inference, conclusion”).

der

(logic) syllogism (inference from two or more premises)


vestuário

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vestuārium, corruption of Latin vestiārium, from vestis (“clothing”).


monstro

Vi um filme de monstro hoje.

a fictional creature with hideous traits, often evil, dangerous and associated with horror fiction

Esses assassinos são uns monstros!

(figurative) a person who acts cruelly or performs very immoral acts

(slang, bodybuilding) an excessively muscular person, often a man


chegada

/t͡ʃɨˈɡa.dɐ/

[t͡ʃɨˈɣa.ðɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese chegada, from chegar (“arrive”), from Latin plicāre (“fold up, arrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”); alternatively, chegar + -ada.

der

arrival (act of arriving or something that has arrived)


gás natural

pt-noun

gás natural m (countable and uncountable, plural gases naturais)


divergente

[di.βɨɾˈʒẽ.tɨ]

(mathematics) divergence (differential operator)


eslavo eclesiástico

Old Church Slavonic (the first literary and liturgical Slavic language)


bombeiro

bombeiro m (plural bombeiros, feminine bombeira, feminine plural bombeiras)

bombeiros (plural)
bombeira (feminine)
bombeiras (feminine plural)

→ Tetum: bombeiru

firefighter (person trained to extinguish fires and undertake rescue operations)


bombeiro

From Rioplatense Spanish bombero or bombeadero.


posição

Borrowed from Latin positiōnem. By surface analysis, pôr + -ção.

posture (way a person holds and positions their body)

(sports) position (place assigned to a player)


táxi

Borrowed from English taxi or French taxi. Alternatively, clipping of taxímetro.


antinomia

Borrowed from Latin antinomia, from Ancient Greek ἀντινομία (antinomía).

(logic) antinomy (contradiction between valid conclusions)


simetria

From Latin symmetria (“symmetry”), from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría, “symmetry”), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

der

(geometry) symmetry (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis)


aviação

[ɐ.βjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


piada

Toby não sabe contar piadas.

Não tem piada.


glaciar

(geology, Portugal) glacier (body of flowing ice)


passado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese passado, corresponding to passar (“to pass”) + -ado.

inh+

No passado as pessoas não liam muitos livros.

In the past people didn’t read many books.

past (period of time that has already happened)

(grammar) past; past tense (verb tense expressing actions that already happened)


maconha

From Kimbundu makanha, plural of rikanha (“tobacco”).


armento

(collective) herd (herd or flock of cattle or horses)


escritório

Learned borrowing from Latin scrīptōrium.


anátema

Borrowed from Late Latin anathema (“curse, person cursed, offering”), from Ancient Greek ἀνάθεμα (anáthema, “something dedicated, especially dedicated to evil”), from ἀνατίθημι (anatíthēmi, “to set upon, offer as a votive gift”).


arquivo

Learned borrowing from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon).


cientista

pt-noun

cientista m or f by sense (plural cientistas)


fundação

[fũ.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin fundātiōnem. By surface analysis, fundar + -ção.

lbor

(architecture, chiefly in the plural) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)

foundation (endowed institution or charity)


tocha

From Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from Late Latin torqua, from Latin torques.


criador

pt-noun

criador m (plural criadores, feminine criadora, feminine plural criadoras)

criadores (plural)
criadora (feminine)
criadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese creador, from Latin creātōrem, from creō (“to create”). By surface analysis, criar + -dor.


caderno

→ Tetum: kadernu

From Old Galician-Portuguese caderno, from Latin quaternum, from quater.
Compare Spanish cuaderno, French cahier and Italian quaderno.

A Raquel comprou alguns cadernos para as aulas.

Rachel bought a few notebooks for her classes.

notebook (book in which notes or memoranda are written)


arioso

(music) arioso (a musical style similar to aria)


bogatyr

bogatyr (medieval Russian heroic warrior)


tênis de mesa

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ténis de mesa.


química orgânica

química orgânica f (plural químicas orgânicas)


felicidade

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcitātem. Cognate with Galician felicidade.

happiness (state of someone who is happy)


barómetro

European Portuguese standard spelling of barômetro.


anémone

anémones (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


autodisciplina

autodisciplina f (plural autodisciplinas)


ícone

Learned borrowing from Latin īconem (“icon”), from Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”).


xerife

Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble”).

bor+

sheriff (title used by Moorish princes who claimed to be descendants of Muhammad)

sheriff (title used by Muslims who visited Muhammad's temple three times)


xerife

sheriff (magistrate in some counties in England and in certain towns in Western American countries)

sheriff (official vested with police power in rural counties in the United States)


órgão

→ Japanese: オルガン (orugan)

[ˈɔɦ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɦ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɾ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔʁ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɻ.ɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “organ, instrument, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“work”).


colméia

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


órfão

pt-noun

órfão m (plural órfãos, feminine órfã, feminine plural órfãs)

órfãos (plural)
órfã (feminine)
órfãs (feminine plural)

[ˈɔh.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔh.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɾ.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔχ.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˈɔɻ.fɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Late Latin orphănus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “without parents, fatherless”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos.


bilinguismo

bilingualism (condition of being bilingual)


autoerotismo

autoerotism (sexual activity involving oneself)


lobisomem

pt-noun

lobisomem m or m or f by sense (plural lobisomens)

lobisomem m or (by-personal-gender canonical feminine masculine)
lobisomens (plural)

→ Spanish: lobisón

First attested as lubusome in the 11th century,
from Latin lupus (“wolf”) + hominem (“man”).

nowrap

􂀿<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">dead link</i>􂁀


poção

From Old Galician-Portuguese poçon, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pōtiōnem, pōtiōnem, from pōtō (“to drink”). Compare the inherited peçonha.


quilômetro

Kadiwéu: ciloomito

From quilo- (“kilo-”) + metro (“meter, metre”), calque of French kilomètre.

prefix

(measure) kilometre, kilometer, a unit of length equal to 1000 metres or meters


presença

From Old Galician-Portuguese presença, from Latin praesentia.


brinquedo

Kabuverdianu: brinkedo

From Latin vinculum. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną (“to gleam, glitter, flash”).


desejo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Galician desexo, Asturian deséu, Spanish deseo, and Aragonese deseyo.


banditismo

Borrowed from Italian banditismo, equivalent to bandido + -ismo.


defesa

acusação

antonym(s) of “defendant’s representation”

From Old Galician-Portuguese defesa, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“defence”), from the feminine of Latin dēfēnsus, perfect passive participle of dēfendō. Doublet of defensa and devesa.

(law) the defendant’s representation (lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of the defendant in court)

defence (argument in support or justification of something)

(sports) defence (portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring)

(higher education) the formal presentation of a dissertation, thesis or project


dígito

Learned borrowing from Latin digitus. Doublet of dedo, which was inherited.


habilidade

Borrowed from Latin habilitātem. By surface analysis, hábil + -idade.


âncora

From Old Galician-Portuguese ancora, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura), from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“corner, hirn”).

der

(nautical) anchor (object that moors a vessel to the sea bottom)

(figurative) anchor (that which gives stability or security)


nacionalidade

From nacional (“national”) + -idade (“-ity”).


booleano

(programming) Boolean; bool (a variable that can hold a true/false or 1/0 value)


repouso

Deverbal from repousar. Compare Spanish reposo, French repos, Italian riposo, Romanian repaus.

(uncountable) sleep (state of reduced consciousness for resting)

(euphemistic, uncountable) the state of being dead


heresia

From Old Galician-Portuguese eresia, borrowed from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις (haíresis, “choice, system of principles”).

heresy (dissension from religious dogma)


loteria

Borrowed from French loterie, from Italian lotteria. From the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot).


anônimo

pt-noun

anônimo m (plural anônimos, feminine anônima, feminine plural anônimas)

anônimos (plural)
anônima (feminine)
anônimas (feminine plural)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anónimo.


painel

From Old French panel, from Latin pannus. Compare English panel.

panel (rectangular section of a surface)

panel (a group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc)


audiologia

audiology (study of hearing and hearing defects)


basalto

From Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”) b-x:n-O39


colmeia

[koʊ̯ˈmɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[koʊ̯ˈmɛɪ̯.ɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese colmẽa, inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Spanish colmena.


vazio

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vazio, from Latin vacīvus. Compare Galician and Spanish vacío.

inh+

(figurative) emptiness (state or feeling of being empty)

(Trás-os-Montes) young wether (castrated ram)


cemitério

desc

→ Konkani: शिमीतीर (śimītīr), शिमितीर (śimitīr)

→ Malayalam: സെമിത്തേരി (semittēri)

Borrowed from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).

der

cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)

O parque está um cemitério.


pensador

pt-noun

pensador m (plural pensadores, feminine pensadora, feminine plural pensadoras)

pensadores (plural)
pensadora (feminine)
pensadoras (feminine plural)


prémio

prémios (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

From Latin praemium (“prize”), from prae (“before”) + emo (“to acquire, to obtain”).

prize (honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest)


exílio

Borrowed from Latin exilium, exsilium. Displaced Old Portuguese eixillo.


lutécio

lutécio m (usually uncountable, plural lutécios)


manjericão

→ Hunsrik: Manschërikong

[mɐ̃.ʒe.ɾiˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈkɐ̃w̃/

Possibly from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón) through a derivative of the Late Latin basilicum.

Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum#Translingual

Ocimum gratissimum
Wikispecies:Ocimum gratissimum


rebelião

[χe.be.lɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.bɨˈljɐ̃w̃/

[ʁɨ.βɨˈljɐ̃w̃]


lasca

From Old High German *laska or Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 (*laska, “piece; tatter”), from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch las, and Middle English lasce.

O chão da carpintaria estava cheio de lascas de madeira.

The carpentry’s floor was full of woodchips.

Quero uma lasca dessa carne, garçom.

I’d like a shaving of that meat, waiter.

chip; splinter (small piece removed from the surface of something)


violoncelo

Borrowed from Italian violoncello (“cello”), from violone (“violone”) + -cello.


exceção

/ɐjʃ.sɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐj.ʃɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.sɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐj.ʃɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

/e.ʃɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese eiceiçon, from Latin exceptiōnem.

A exceção prova a regra.


extremista

pt-noun

extremista m or f by sense (plural extremistas)


parteira

/pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/pɐɾˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

From parto (“birth; delivery”) + -eira (“-eer”), from Old Galician-Portuguese parto, from Latin partus (“birth”), from pariō (“to bring forth, to give birth to, to produce”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bring forth”).

uder

midwife (person who assists women in childbirth)


surdo

pt-noun

surdo m (plural surdos, feminine surda, feminine plural surdas)

surdos (plural)
surda (feminine)
surdas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese sordo, from Latin surdus, from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer- (“ringing, whistling”).

(music) floor tom, low tom (a type of drum, traditionally used in samba)


espectador

espectador m (plural espectadores, feminine espectadora, feminine plural espectadoras)

espectadores (plural)
espectadora (feminine)
espectadoras (feminine plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from Latin spectātōrem, from spectō (“to watch”), from speciō (“to look at”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-.


navegador

navegador m (plural navegadores, feminine navegadora, feminine plural navegadoras)

navegadores (plural)
navegadora (feminine)
navegadoras (feminine plural)

[nɐ.vɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[nɐ.vɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[nɐ.βɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

Learned borrowing from Latin nāvigātōrem, from nāvigō (“to sail, to navigate”). By surface analysis, navegar + -dor.


navegador

[nɐ.vɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[nɐ.vɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

[nɐ.βɨ.ɣɐˈðoɾ]

(computing) browser (software component capable of rendering HTML)


tuga

Clipping of portuga, from português (“Portuguese”).

(informal, slang, sometimes derogatory) Portuguese (person from Portugal)


ossatura

(anatomy) osteology (bone structure of a particular individual)


marrano

pt-noun

marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)

marranos (plural)
marrana (feminine)
marranas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram). Doublet of marrão.


palavras

[pɐˈla.βɾɐʃ]


californiano

californiano m (plural californianos, feminine californiana, feminine plural californianas)

californianos (plural)
californiana (feminine)
californianas (feminine plural)


hipócrita

hipócrita m or f by sense (plural hipócritas)


futebolista

futebolista m or f by sense (plural futebolistas)

(soccer) footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia) (a person who plays football)


candelabro

Learned borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla (“candle”).


pronome possessivo

pt-noun

pronome possessivo m (plural pronomes possessivos)


elephante

elephante m (plural elephantes, feminine elephanta, feminine plural elephantas)

elephantes (plural)
elephanta (feminine)
elephantas (feminine plural)

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


viticultura

(agriculture, oenology) viticulture (the growing of grape vines)


sistema operacional

sistema operacional m (plural sistemas operacionais)


molécula

(chemistry) molecule (two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds)


monstruosidade

monstruosidade f (plural monstruosidades)

monstrosity (monstrous thing, person or act)

(uncountable) monstrosity (state of being monstrous)


filatelia

filatelia f (usually uncountable, plural filatelias)


império

Altered from Old Galician-Portuguese emperio (to more closely reflect the Latin source), borrowed from Latin imperium.

empire
State ruled by an emperor or empress

empire
time of rule of an emperor or empress

political unit that covers a vast territorial extension and that integrates people with different cultures under a single power, regardless of the form of government

(Açores) type of chapel, in masonry or wood, where the insignia of the Holy Spirit are displayed and where part of the ceremonies of the festivals dedicated to him take place

(Açores) set of festivals dedicated to the Holy Spirit

(figuratively) predominance; absolute domination

(figuratively) large company or economic group


nível

From Old French nivel, livel, from Vulgar Latin *libellus, from Latin lībella, from lībra.


ditadura

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra, dictātor (“chief magistrate”), from dictō (“to dictate, to prescribe”), from dīcō (“to say, to speak”), Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-e- (“to show, point out”).

uder

dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)


pardal

pt-noun

pardal m (plural pardais, feminine pardoca or pardaloca, feminine plural pardocas or pardalocas)

pardais (plural)
pardoca (feminine)
pardaloca (feminine)
pardocas (feminine plural)
pardalocas (feminine plural)


sentina

/sẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/sẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

(nautical) bilge (lowest part of a ship)

toilet (device for depositing human waste and flushing it away)


adendo

addendum (appendix or supplement to a document)


coabitante

coabitante m or f by sense (plural coabitantes)

coinhabitant (one who dwells with another)


antropometria

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.mɨˈtɾi.ɐ/

anthropometry (science of measuring the human body)


catarro

Borrowed from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos).

phlegm (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)


gari

Named after French businessman Aleixo Gary, who in 1876 was contracted by the government of Rio de Janeiro to provide sanitation services.


celibato

Borrowed from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibāre, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

bor+

celibacy (abstaining from sexual relations)


pederastia

[pɨ.ðɨ.ɾɐʃˈti.ɐ]

pederasty (erotic relationship between a man and an adolescent boy)


ciclope

From Latin cyclōpem (“cyclops”), from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “a cyclops”), from κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”)) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”)).


grafia

From Ancient Greek γρᾰφή (graphḗ) + -ia.

spelling (a specific way a word is written)

orthography (correct spelling according to established usage)


caso oblíquo

(grammar) oblique case (any noun case except the nominative)


alusão

Learned borrowing from Latin allūsiōnem.


razão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese razon, from Latin ratiōnem. Doublet of ração and rácio.

inh+

Usar a razão dá resultados melhores do que usar a emoção.

Using reason yields better results than using emotion.

Qual é a razão dessa briga?

reason; motive (the cause of an action or determination)

Eu acho que vai chover, ele acha que não. Logo veremos quem tem razão.

(literally, “... Soon we will see who has correctness.”)

I think it’s going to rain, he thinks it won’t. Soon we will see who is right.

correctness; rightness (the condition of being right)

A razão dos lados desse retângulo é de cinco por sete.

The ratio of this rectangle’s sides is five to seven.

(mathematics) ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities)


comprimento

From Latin complēmentum (“complement”), or from Old Galician-Portuguese comprir + -mento. Compare also the doublets cumprimento and complemento.


bêbado

pt-noun

bêbado m (plural bêbados, feminine bêbada, feminine plural bêbadas)

bêbados (plural)
bêbada (feminine)
bêbadas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bevedo, from Latin bibitus, from bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from *peh₃-.
Cognate with Galician bébedo.

etymon

one who is under the influence of alcohol

one who is frequently under the influence of alcohol; a drunkard


arquiteto

pt-noun

arquiteto m (plural arquitetos, feminine arquiteta, feminine plural arquitetas)

arquitetos (plural)
arquiteta (feminine)
arquitetas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”).


realidade

(uncountable) reality (entirety of all that is real)

(uncountable) reality (state of being actual or real)

real life (life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment)


vertebrado

vertebrate (an animal having a backbone)


milagre

From Old Galician-Portuguese miragre, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”). Compare Spanish milagro.
Doublet of miráculo, a more recent borrowing.

miracle (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers)

miracle (fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it)


étnico

pt-noun

étnico m (plural étnicos, feminine étnica, feminine plural étnicas)

étnicos (plural)
étnica (feminine)
étnicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin ethnicus (“pagan; heathen”), from Ancient Greek ἐθνικός (ethnikós, “of or for a nation, heathen”), from ἔθνος (éthnos, “a company”, later “a people or nation, heathens”).

der

(archaic) an ethnic, heathen; a non-Judaeo-Christian


poliéster

From English polyester. By surface analysis, poli- + éster.


comitiva

Borrowed from Medieval Latin comitīva, from comitāre (“to accompany”).


cana-de-açúcar

pt-noun

cana-de-açúcar f (plural canas-de-açúcar)

Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarum#Translingual

sugar cane (species of grass (Saccharum officinarum), whose sap is a source of sugar)


aligátor

Borrowed from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto (literally “the lizard”).

der

alligator (crocodilian in the genus Alligator)


comentador

pt-noun

comentador m (plural comentadores, feminine comentadora, feminine plural comentadoras)

comentadores (plural)
comentadora (feminine)
comentadoras (feminine plural)

From Latin commentātor. By surface analysis, comentar + -dor.


paletó

Kadiwéu: nibalito

Borrowed from French paletot, from English paltok.

paletot (a loose outer jacket, overcoat)

(Brazil, slang, euphemistic) coffin, as a euphemism for death


haltere

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres, “a type of dumbbell used in Ancient Greece”).

lbor

dumbbell (a weight with two disks attached to a short bar)


quesito

From Latin quaesītus, from Latin quaerō. Doublet of quisto.


oitavo

From Old Galician-Portuguese oitavo, from Latin octāvus. Cognate with Galician oitavo, Spanish ochavo, and Catalan octau.

(fractional number) eighth (one of eight parts of a whole)


violador

pt-noun

violador m (plural violadores, feminine violadora, feminine plural violadoras)

violadores (plural)
violadora (feminine)
violadoras (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin violātōrem. By surface analysis, violar + -dor.

violator (someone who violates something)


querela

quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)


escravo

escravo m (plural escravos, feminine escrava, feminine plural escravas)

escravos (plural)
escrava (feminine)
escravas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“a Slav”), from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of eslavo, esloveno, esclavão / eslavão, and tchau / chau.

doublet

slave (person forced to work against their will)

(figuratively) slave (person in a servile condition)

(figuratively) slave (one who is completely enthralled or controlled by a given entity or phenomenon)

(computing) slave (device subject to control by another device)

(BDSM) slave (submissive partner in BDSM play)


bulevar

Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (“bulwark”). Doublet of baluarte.

der

boulevard (broad, landscaped thoroughfare)


múmia

Borrowed from classical Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

bor

Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ)


aerofagia

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.fɐˈʒi.ɐ/

(medicine) aerophagy (the swallowing of air)


histologia

pt-noun

histologia f (usually uncountable, plural histologias)

(biology) histology (the study of the microscopic structure of tissue)


franja

Borrowed from French frange. Doublet of fímbria.

bangs; fringe (hair hanging over the forehead)

Huma dragona com franja de retroz no hombro esquerdo […] e outra sem franja […] no hombro direito.

1851 August 14, Eusebio de Queiroz Coitinho Mattoso Camara, “Decreto N.º 812”, in Collecção das leis do Império do Brasil de 1851, volume 14, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, published 1852, section 45, page 229:

A epaulette with twisted yarn fringe over the left shoulder and a fringeless one over the right shoulder.


agonismo

(biochemistry) agonism (relationship between an agonist and a receptor)


apofonia

(phonetics) apophony (alternation of sounds within a word)


anticlericalismo

(politics) anticlericalism (opposition to political influence of clerics)


astigmatismo

(optics) astigmatism (defect of a lens such that it doesn’t have a focal point)

(ophthalmology) astigmatism (inability of the eye to focus)


nicho

Borrowed from French niche, from Old French niche, from nichier (“make a nest”), from Latin nīdus (“nest”).


cimento

Hunsrik: Siment

From Old Galician-Portuguese cimento, from Latin caementum. Doublet of cemento. Cognate of Spanish cimiento.

cement (powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water)

cement (paste-like substance used in construction)

cement (any material with strong adhesive properties)


barbarismo

(linguistics) foreignism, alienism: the incorrect use of a word or sense thereof according to a foreign language


tabagismo

smoking (dependence on tobacco consumption)

(medicine) nicotinism (set of physiological and psychological problems due to excessive tobacco consumption)


adulterante

[ɐ.ðuɫ.tɨˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]


reunião

[heʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.uˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χeʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χeʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


meia-noite

From meia + noite or from Latin mediam noctem.

Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!

2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 317:

I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!


tragédia

[tɾaˈʒɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/tɾaˈʒɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[tɾaˈʒɛ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/tɾaˈʒɛ.d͡ʒjɐ/

/tɾɐˈʒɛ.djɐ/

[tɾɐˈʒɛ.ðjɐ]

Borrowed from Latin tragoedia, from Ancient Greek τραγῳδῐ́ᾱ (tragōidíā).

(narratology) tragedy (work in which the main character is suffers negative consequences)

(narratology, uncountable) tragedy (genre of such works, and the art of producing them)


classe gramatical

classe gramatical f (plural classes gramaticais)

part of speech (the function a word or phrase performs)


bisca

Na sueca, nunca se joga uma bisca antes do ás.

In sueca, the seven should never be played before the ace.

(card games) manille (the second-highest trump in certain card games)


número racional

número racional m (plural números racionais)


esfregão

[is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/iʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[iʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/eʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[eʃ.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.fɾeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/(i)ʃ.fɾɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[(i)ʃ.fɾɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]

scourer (cloth, sponge or other material used for scrubbing)

(Brazil) mop (utensil made of strips of cloth attached to the end of a handle, used, after moistening, to scrub or wash the floor)


epifania

(religion) epiphany (manifestation of a divine being)

epiphany (illuminating realisation or discovery)


encomenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese encomenda, from comenda, from comendar (modern Portuguese encomendar).

an order (commercial request for some product or service)

(Afro-Brazilian religions) a ritual spell or curse


zangão

[zɐ̃ˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

mind his own business
mind one's own business

someone who doesn’t mind his own business

(business) agent (one entrusted with the business of another)


metade

From Old Galician-Portuguese metade displacing collateral form meiadade, from Late Latin medietātem (“center; midpoint”), from Latin medius (“middle; half”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”). Compare Spanish mitad.

inh

Metade homem, metade Deus / E os dois sentem medo de mim

2017, “Esú”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

Half man, half God / And both are afraid of me

half (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)

middle; midpoint (point equidistant between two extremes)

middle (time between the beginning and the end)

(mathematics) half (fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2)


anosognosia

pt-noun

anosognosia f (usually uncountable, plural anosognosias)

(neurology) anosognosia (inability to recognise personal defects)


caminhada

From caminhar (“to walk”) + -ada. Compare Spanish caminata.

Eu dei uma caminhada.


compasso

pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)

(Catholicism) a Portuguese Easter ritual


bocado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bocado, from boca (“mouth”) + -ado (“-ed”).

inh+

delicacy (choice dish suggesting rarity and refinement)

Tirei um bocado de bolo.

Esperei apenas bocado de tempo.

(chiefly Portugal) bit (a small amount of something)

Um bocado de pessoas viu aquilo.

Esperei um bocado de tempo.


cassino

Borrowed from French casino, from Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of casino.


coto

From Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Doublet of côvado and cúbito. Cognate with Galician cóbado, Spanish codo and possibly Spanish coto, Catalan colze and colzo.

stump (remaining part of an amputated limb or organ)

(by extension) stump (remaining part of an elongated object that has been chopped or mostly consumed)


mastodonte

From masto- + -odonte (from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn)).

mastodon (extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus Mammut)


microcosmo

microcosm (smaller system as representative of a larger one)


pandemia

pandemic (disease that hits a wide geographical area)


cromatina

(cytology) chromatin (complex of DNA, RNA and proteins found in cells)


espéculo

Learned borrowing from Latin speculum. Doublet of espelho.


exoftalmia

pt-noun

exoftalmia f (usually uncountable, plural exoftalmias)

(pathology) exophthalmos (abnormal protrusion of the eyeball)


dever

duty (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)

Já fizeste os teus deveres?


moralista

moralista m or f by sense (plural moralistas)


ocra

ochre (earth pigment containing silica, aluminium and ferric oxide)


rifa

raffle (drawing in which tickets are sold to win a prize)


cinquenta

Kabuverdianu: sinkuenta

Papiamentu: sinkuenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese cinquaenta, from Latin cīnquāgintā.


aluna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

female equivalent of aluno (“student”); female student


hansa

(historical) Hanse (guild of merchants around the Baltic coast)


túnica

Kadiwéu: toonicogo

tunic (garment worn over the torso reaching from the hips to the ankles)

(zoology) mantle (body wall of a mollusc)

(anatomy) tunica (membranous structure lining a cavity)

(botany) tunica (layer, coat, sheath or similar covering)


turma

From Latin turma (“crowd, company”), perhaps a borrowing. Compare Italian torma.

class (group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year)


lande

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin glāndem, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”). Doublet of glande.


amígdala

Borrowed from Latin amygdala. Doublet of amêndoa and mandorla.

(anatomy, immunology) tonsil (small lymphatic mass on each side of the throat)

(neuroanatomy) amygdala (region of the brain)

(geology) amygdale; amygdule (almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava)


sofista

pt-noun

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistas)


electrónica

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


radiano

(geometry) radian (SI unit of angular measure)


gorro

skullcap (cap that covers from the forehead to just above the back of the neck)


lancha

→ Catalan: llanxa

→ English: launch

→ Spanish: lancha

From Malay lancar (“agile”), itself probably from Portuguese lançar.


arranque

(by extension) startup, launch, bootstrap


maníaco

maníaco m (plural maníacos, feminine maníaca, feminine plural maníacas)

maníacos (plural)
maníaca (feminine)
maníacas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin maniacus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness”). See mania.


colesterol

[kɔ.lɨʃ.tɨˈɾɔɫ]

[kɔ.lɨʃ.tɨˈɾɔɫ]


puritano

puritano m (plural puritanos, feminine puritana, feminine plural puritanas)

puritanos (plural)
puritana (feminine)
puritanas (feminine plural)

prude (a person who is or tries to be excessively proper)


trapo

From Late Latin trapus, alternative form of drappus (“piece of cloth”), probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”).


holograma

/ɔ.lɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɔ.lɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

/ɔ.lɔˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/

[ɔ.lɔˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

hologram (an image created using holography)


terapeuta

pt-noun

terapeuta m or f by sense (plural terapeutas)

From Ancient Greek θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”).


lição

→ Konkani: लिसांव (lisāuva)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese liçon, from Latin lēctiōnem.

inh+

lesson (section of learning or teaching)

lesson (something that serves as a warning or encouragement)


sentimentalismo

pt-noun

sentimentalismo m (plural sentimentalismos)

(uncountable) sentimentalism (the condition of being overly sentimental)


carreta

Macanese: caréta

→ Balinese: ᬓ᭄ᬭᬾᬢ (kréta)

→ Hunsrik: Karett

→ Javanese: ꦏꦿꦺꦠ (kréta)

→ Malay: kereta
Indonesian: kêrèta

→ Tetum: karreta, kareta

semi-trailer (trailer pulled by a truck)


optimista

optimista m or f by sense (plural optimistas)

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


imposto de renda

imposto de renda m (plural impostos de renda)


orfanato

Cresci em um orfanato.

orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)


sarcófago

Learned borrowing from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos), from σαρκός (sarkós, “flesh”) + φάγος (phágos).


sádico

pt-noun

sádico m (plural sádicos, feminine sádica, feminine plural sádicas)

sádicos (plural)
sádica (feminine)
sádicas (feminine plural)


serotonina

(biochemistry) serotonin (a neurotransmitter)


pauta

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin pacta, plural of pactum.


repugnancia

Não ha homem que com maior reluctancia e maior repugnancia tenha encarado como eu [...] a perspectiva de se ver envolvido em uma grande guerra.

1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

There is no man in this room who has always regarded the prospect of engaging in a great war with greater reluctance and with greater repugnance that I have done ….


gramático

gramático m (plural gramáticos, feminine gramática, feminine plural gramáticas)

gramáticos (plural)
gramática (feminine)
gramáticas (feminine plural)

grammatician (person who studies grammar)


absinthio

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


semáforo

Borrowed from French sémaphore, from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign”) and -φωρος (-phōros, “bearing, bearer”).

(computer architecture) semaphore (token used to restrict and allow access to a shared resource)


picado

(music) staccato (articulation in with each note played for a very short duration)


vendaval

Borrowed from French vent d’aval (“high sea wind, west wind”).

bor

Foi o tempo foi o vento, veio o vendaval / Veio o medo de ter medo e o medo do mal

2012, “A volta”, in Capicua, performed by Capicua:

The time went, the wind went, then came the gale / Came the fear of fearing and the fear of evil

A candidata que para muitos já tinha ganho antes do dia das eleições, com as sondagens a empurrá-la para a frente como um vendaval imparável, pediu desculpa aos seus apoiantes por não ter quebrado o telhado de vidro à segunda tentativa […]

2016 November 10, Alexandre Martins, “Vendaval Trump varre a América e deixa mais perguntas do que respostas [“Windstorm” Trump sweeps up America, leaving behind more questions than answers]”, in Público:

The candidate, who many thought had already won even before Election Day, given the polls propelling her forwards like an unstoppable windstorm, apologised to her supporters for not having broken the glass ceiling on her second try […]


horologia

Borrowed from Latin horologia (“horology”)

bor+

horology (art, science and technology of timekeeping)


díptero

(zoology) fly (insect of the order Diptera)


amaranto

From New Latin Amaranthus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”).


abomaso

(anatomy) abomasum (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant)


neofobia

(psychology) neophobia (aversion to all progress, to all innovations)


vómito

European Portuguese standard spelling of vômito.


minibar

Borrowed from English minibar. By surface analysis, mini- + bar.


pitaya

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish pitaya.


litania

(religion) litany (prayers recited by a leader alternated with responses from the congregation)


lebre

pt-noun

lebre f (plural lebres, masculine lebrão, masculine plural lebrões)

lebres (plural)
lebrão (masculine)
lebrões (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lebre, from Latin leporem.


heliolatria

(theology) heliotheism; heliolatry (worship of the sun as a god)


fraseologia

phraseology (the style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech)


aeronauta

Borrowed from French aéronaute. By surface analysis, aero- + -nauta.


internado

(healthcare) inpatient (patient who stays in a hospital)


filantropia

pt-noun

filantropia f (usually uncountable, plural filantropias)

Borrowed from Late Latin philanthrōpia, from Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía).

der

philanthropy (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind)


cavala

From Latin caballa. Compare Spanish caballa.

mackerel (edible fish of genus Scomber or Scomberomorus)


pecador

pt-noun

pecador m (plural pecadores, feminine pecadora, feminine plural pecadoras)

pecadores (plural)
pecadora (feminine)
pecadoras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecador, from Latin peccātōrem.


pè

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


cigarra

From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.

cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)


narina

Cognate with French narine and Spanish narina, from Vulgar Latin *narina, from Latin nāris (“nostril”), from nāsus (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.

nostril (either of the two orifices located on the nose)


antracite

antracites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


anticongelante

anticongelante m (plural anticongelantes)


homotopia

(topology) homotopy (continuous deformation of one continuous function to another)


angaria

angary (right to seize property during war)


homologia

(topology) homology (system of quotient groups associated to a topological space)


antidoping

[ɐ̃.tiˈðɔ.pĩɡ]

(sports) a test that determines whether an athlete has used performance-enhancing drugs


pitstop

(motor racing) pit (area at a motor racetrack used for refuelling and repairing the vehicles during a race)

(motor racing) pit stop (stop made during an automobile race at the pit)

(figurative) pit stop (a stop during a trip)


afasia

(pathology) aphasia (pathological speech disorder)


arrivismo

(sociology) arrivisme (the state or behaviour of an arriviste)


arrivista

arrivista m or f by sense (plural arrivistas)

arriviste; upstart (one who has gained wealth, but not social acceptance)


abeliano

(Christianity) Abelian (member of a 4th century Christian sect of Africa)


barrote

→ Swahili: boriti


oromo

oromo m (plural oromos or (uncommon) oromo)

Oromo (a member of the Oromo ethnic group of Ethiopia and Kenya)

(uncountable) Oromo (a Cushitic language spoken by the Oromo)


ortodontia

From ortodonte + -ia or orto- + -odonte + -ia.


arroto

Deverbal from arrotar. Compare Galician arroto.

belch, burp (noisy expulsion of stomach gas through the mouth)


oftalmologia

(medicine) ophthalmology (medical study of the eye)


quadriga

[kwɐˈðɾi.ɣɐ]


popa

From Old Galician-Portuguese popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).


atavismo

(biology) atavism (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in a species)


ULA

unidade lógica aritmética
unidade lógica aritmética#Portuguese

(computer hardware) Acronym of unidade lógica aritmética.


tomografia

tomography (imaging by sections or sectioning)


nn

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of n (“no”)


prerrogativa

Borrowed from Latin praerogātīva (“previous verdict; claim, privilege”), feminine of praerogātīvus (“having first vote; privileged”).

bor+

prerogative (a hereditary or official right or privilege)


balalaica

Borrowed from Russian балала́йка (balalájka).


editora

Ela foi feita para ser uma editora.

editora discográfica
editora discográfica#Portuguese

(music) Ellipsis of editora discográfica.; record label


alambique

From Arabic الإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq, “still”), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”). Compare English alembic, French alambic, Spanish alambique.

der

alembic (chemical apparatus used to purify substances by distillation)


alquimia

From Old Galician-Portuguese alquimia, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْكِيمْيَا (alkímya) and Medieval Latin alchemia, from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “ingot, bar”).

اَلْكِيمْيَا

اَلْكِيمِيَاء

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)

alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)


touro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese touro, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, related to Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Compare Galician touro and Spanish toro.


cavilha

Borrowed from Italian caviglia or Old Occitan cavilla, from Vulgar Latin *cāvicla, from syncopation of *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and clavícula.


bigamia

bigamy (the state of having two spouses)


fundamentalista

pt-noun

fundamentalista m or f by sense (plural fundamentalistas)

fundamentalist (one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts)


viburno

viburnum (any plant of the genus Viburnum)


cacatua

→ French: cacatoès


calvinismo

(Christianity) Calvinism (branch of Protestantism based on the practices of John Calvin)


calvinista

calvinista m or f by sense (plural calvinistas)

(Christianity) Calvinist (adherent of Calvinism)


hoplita

Learned borrowing from Latin hoplita, from Ancient Greek ὁπλίτης (hoplítēs, “hoplite”).

der

(military, Ancient Greece) hoplite (heavily-armed spearman)


vulcanólogo

pt-noun

vulcanólogo m (plural vulcanólogos, feminine vulcanóloga, feminine plural vulcanólogas)

vulcanólogos (plural)
vulcanóloga (feminine)
vulcanólogas (feminine plural)

From Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcano”), Roman god of fire + -logo.

volcanologist, vulcanologist (person who studies volcanology)


empirismo

(philosophy) empiricism (doctrine that the source of human knowledge is experience)


sudeste

Borrowed from French sud-est (“southeast”), from sud (“south”) + est (“east”).


positivista

pt-noun

positivista m or f by sense (plural positivistas)

Borrowed from French positiviste (“positivist”), from positif (“positive”), from Latin posītīvus (“positive”), from the past participle stem of pōnō (“to place”).


psíquico

pt-noun

psíquico m (plural psíquicos, feminine psíquica, feminine plural psíquicas)

psíquicos (plural)
psíquica (feminine)
psíquicas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin psȳchicus, from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós), corresponding to psico- + -ico.

psychic (person who possesses extra-sensory abilities)


propulsor

propeller (mechanical device used to propel)


materialista

materialista m or f by sense (plural materialistas)


brasileiro

brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)

brasileiros (plural)
brasileira (feminine)
brasileiras (feminine plural)

From brasil + -eiro, later reanalyzed as Brasil + -eiro.

(historical) one who works with brazilwood

(Portugal, derogatory, dated) Portuguese person who migrated to Brazil


brasileiro

Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese

(informal) Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil)


heterogamia

/ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ɡɐˈmi.ɐ/

[ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.ɣɐˈmi.ɐ]

(cytology) heterogamy; anisogamy (sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes)


teleologia

(philosophy) teleology (study of the purpose of occurrences)


herpetologia

herpetology (the branch of biology dealing with reptiles)


graduando

graduando m (plural graduandos, feminine graduanda, feminine plural graduandas)

graduandos (plural)
graduanda (feminine)
graduandas (feminine plural)

[ɡɾɐˈðwɐ̃.du]

a student who is in the final process of completing a graduation; a graduand


cantoria

Escutei uma cantoria no quarto.


edito

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēdictum.


antítese

Borrowed from Medieval Latin antithesis (“opposition, contraction”) (in Classical Latin, "permutation of letters"), from Ancient Greek ἀντίθεσις (antíthesis, “opposition”). By surface analysis, anti- + tese.


galinhas

[ɡaˈlĩ.j̃ɐʃ]


miocardite

From miocárdio + -ite or mio- + cardite.


charco

Unknown. Possibly pre-Romanic or from Scandinavian flark. Compare Spanish charco.


racha

Deverbal from rachar (“to crack; to split”).

deverbal

O frio abriu rachas nos meus lábios.

The cold caused cracks to open up in my lips.

crack; fissure (thin break in previously solid material)

Pus várias rachas de lenha na fogueira.

I put several pieces of firewood in the fire.

Joguei um punhado de rachas de pedra nos pássaros.

I threw a handful of rock fragments at the birds.

sliver; fragment (small piece broken out of something)

Me dê uma racha de açúcar.

(informal) bit (small amount of something)

(vulgar) fanny; pussy (external female sexual organs)


racha

(Brazil, slang) an informal football match played in an improvised location

(Brazil) schism (split or separation within a group)


musgo

From Old Galician-Portuguese musgo, from Latin mūscus (“moss”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews-.


fabricante

manufacturer (one who manufactures a product)


jatobá

Hymenaea courbaril
Hymenaea courbaril#Translingual

courbaril (a South American tree, Hymenaea courbaril)

the wood of this tree, highly desirable because of its hardness


cibe

Borassus flabellifer
Borassus flabellifer#Translingual

palmyra (Borassus flabellifer, a palm tree)


pedestre

pt-noun

pedestre m or f by sense (plural pedestres)

/pɨˈdɛʃ.tɾɨ/

[pɨˈðɛʃ.tɾɨ]

pedestrian (somebody walking rather than using a vehicle)


serac

(glaciology) serac (a sharp ridge of ice between crevasses of a glacier)


endorfina

(biochemistry) endorphin (any of a group of peptide hormones)


surdo-mudo

surdo-mudo m (plural surdos-mudos, feminine surda-muda, feminine plural surdas-mudas)

surdos-mudos (plural)
surda-muda (feminine)
surdas-mudas (feminine plural)


cinestesia

(physiology) kinesthesia (perception of the movement of one’s own body)


silvicultura

silvicultura f (usually uncountable, plural silviculturas)

forestry; silviculture (the science and practice of growing trees)


agonista

agonist (a muscle that contracts while another relaxes)

(biochemistry) agonist (molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell)


agonista

agonista m or f by sense (plural agonistas)


artigo

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”). Compare the inherited artelho and later borrowing artículo.

slbor

article (story, report, or opinion piece)


anticomunista

pt-noun

anticomunista m or f by sense (plural anticomunistas)

(politics) anticommunist (person opposed to communism)


ofensa

From Latin offēnsa, from offēnsō (“to strike”).

insult (anything that causes offence by being of an unacceptable quality)


saxofonista

saxofonista m or f by sense (plural saxofonistas)

saxophonist (person who plays the saxophone)


libretista

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


equestre

equestre m or f by sense (plural equestres)


alto-relevo

(sculpture) high relief (sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth)


triatleta

triatleta m or f by sense (plural triatletas)


cunha

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Spanish cuña.

ter uma cunha


mármore

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmor, from Vulgar Latin *marmŏrem, from Latin marmor n, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”).


crustáceo

crustacean (arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea)


gaivota

[ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]

[ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese gaviota, from Latin gāvia (“seagull”) + -ota. Compare Spanish gaviota.

seagull (white seabird of the family Laridae)


cobaia

→ French: cobaye

From Old Tupi çobaîa (foreign), from a clipping of Old Tupi saûîasobaîa (guinea pig, literally “foreign tree rat”). The change of ⟨ç⟩ (pronounced /s/) to ⟨c⟩ (pronounced /k/) is irregular and likely stems from a misreading or misprint.

(figuratively) guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)


berbere

pt-noun

berbere m or f by sense (plural berberes)

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), probably from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros, “foreign”). Doublet of bárbaro and brabo.

der

Berber (member of northwest African ethnic group)


berbere

Berber (a group of closely related languages)


baixo-relevo

(sculpture) bas relief (a low or mostly-flat sculpture)


molusco

mollusc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca)


semiologia

semiotics (study of communication signs)


grou

pt-noun

grou m (plural grous, feminine grua, feminine plural gruas)

grous (plural)
grua (feminine)
gruas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese gru m, from Latin gruem f or m (“crane”) or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *gruum m, from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

crane (large, long-legged and long-necked birds)


grilo

From Old Galician-Portuguese grilo, from Latin gryllus, from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

cricket (insect of the family Gryllidae)

(historical) one of the barefoot priests of the Order of Saint Augustine


antifascista

antifascista m or f by sense (plural antifascistas)

antifascist (person who opposes fascism)


raposo

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas, metaphonic)

raposos (plural)
raposa (feminine)
raposas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)


mostrador

mostrador m (plural mostradores, feminine mostradora, feminine plural mostradoras)

mostradores (plural)
mostradora (feminine)
mostradoras (feminine plural)


lesma

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.


cuco

From Old Galician-Portuguese cuco, from Late Latin cucus or cuccus, or Latin cuculus or Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux).


melro

melro m (plural melros, feminine mélroa or melra, feminine plural mélroas or melras)

melros (plural)
mélroa (feminine)
melra (feminine)
mélroas (feminine plural)
melras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese melrro, from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

Turdus merula
Turdus merula#Translingual

Eurasian blackbird (A common true thrush, Turdus merula)


flamengo

flamengo m (plural flamengos, feminine flamenga, feminine plural flamengas)

flamengos (plural)
flamenga (feminine)
flamengas (feminine plural)

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin flamencus, from Old Dutch flāmisk (Modern Dutch Vlaams), from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz + *-iskaz.

slbor

(uncountable) Flemish (the Dutch dialect spoken in Flanders)


flamengo

English: flamingo

Borrowed from Old Occitan flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”).


fumador

pt-noun

fumador m (plural fumadores, feminine fumadora, feminine plural fumadoras)

fumadores (plural)
fumadora (feminine)
fumadoras (feminine plural)

smoker (person who smokes tobacco habitually)


ciano

From Latin cȳanus, form Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos).


aracnídeo

From New Latin Arachnida, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).


salamandra

From Latin salamandra (“salamander”), from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


fía

pt-noun

fía f (plural fías, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

fías (plural)
fio (masculine)
fios (masculine plural)


falcata

Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:

The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.


anho

From Latin agnus (“lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Cognate with Galician año.


alerce

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْأَرْز (al-ʔarz), from Classical Arabic أَرْز (ʔarz, “cedar”).

(countable) larch (Larix, a coniferous tree)


proteína

(nutrition) protein (one of three major classes of food)

(biochemistry) protein (a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)

(by extension) high-protein foods, especially meat


periodismo

journalism (activity or profession of being a journalist)

the condition of being subject to intervals


gajo

gajo m (plural gajos, feminine gaja, feminine plural gajas)

gajos (plural)
gaja (feminine)
gajas (feminine plural)

From gajão, from Caló gachó (“man”), from Romani gaʒo (“non-Romani”).

O Pedro João Vilela era, resumido numa única palavra (que vale mais do que muitas palavras que por aí andam), um gajo fixe. Dito de outra maneira: nunca tive vontade de lhe bater. O gajo cumprimentava-me nos corredores, embora nunca […]

2011, DAVID MACHADO, Deixem Falar as Pedras, Leya, →ISBN, page 167:

Pedro João Vilela was, to express it with a single word (which is worth more than many of the words moving about), a cool guy. In other words: I have never felt like hitting him. The guy would greet me in the corridors, although [he] never […]

(informal, chiefly Portugal) guy; dude (as a term of address)


alfanje

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒi]

[aʊ̯ˈfɐ̃.ʒe]

From Arabic الْخَنْجَر (al-ḵanjar, “dagger”).

cutlass (European sword with a straight or slightly curved blade)

scimitar (Middle Eastern sword with a curved blade)

scythe (agricultural hand tool with a blade)


alcaparra

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual


cona

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cona f and cono m.


homicida

pt-noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)

murderer; homicide (a person who kills another)


tolo

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

tolos (plural)
tola (feminine)
tolas (feminine plural)

→ Malay: tolol
→ Indonesian: tolol

Unknown. Maybe from Latin stolidus (“foolish”) or tōles (“tonsilitis”).

Meus ancestrais se banhavam com ouro / Olhe bem pra minha pele / Ela reluz, seu tolo

2018, “Kanye West da Bahia”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

My ancestors bathed in gold / Take a good look at my skin / It glistens, you fool


versículo

Learned borrowing from Latin versiculus.


liberalismo

liberalism (the quality of being liberal)

(politics) liberalism (movement founded on the autonomy and personal freedom of the individual)

(economics) liberalism (theory in favour of laissez faire and the free market)


erudito

erudito m (plural eruditos, feminine erudita, feminine plural eruditas)

eruditos (plural)
erudita (feminine)
eruditas (feminine plural)


almenara

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَنَارَة (al-manāra). Doublet of minarete.

bor+

(history) torch or bonfire lit at the top of a tower or high point to transmit signals visible from a distance


curação

[ku.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin cūrātiō (“cure”), from cūrō (“to cure”), from cūra (“care, cure”).


momo

King Momo (character representing the king of carnival in Latin America)


neofascista

pt-noun

neofascista m or f by sense (plural neofascistas)


esoterismo

esoterism (inward forms of faith and religion)


estetismo

estetismo m (usually uncountable, plural estetismos)

aestheticism (doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal)


praxe

Shortening of praxe académica (“academic practice”), from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”). Doublet of práxis.

uder

Para muitos, a praxe trata-se de uma simples diversão estudantil. Para outros é mesmo um marco importante para determinar uma nova fase de vida, e até uma aprendizagem para toda a vida. Serão as praxes o que muitas vezes parecem ao longe, meras brincadeiras burlescas e inofensivas? Constituem, pelo menos em parte, um sistema de integração legítimo e eficaz? O que é afinal a praxe académica?

2015 October 23, Bruno Moraes Cabral, ““Desobedecer à praxe”: a crítica da obediência universitária”, in esquerda.net:

(Portugal, university slang) hazing (initiation rituals for university freshmen)


cidadão

pt-noun

cidadão m (plural cidadãos, feminine cidadã, feminine plural cidadãs)

cidadãos (plural)
cidadã (feminine)
cidadãs (feminine plural)

[si.ðɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cidadão. By surface analysis, cidade (“city”) + -ão (“-an”). Compare Galician cidadán and Spanish ciudadano.


neofascismo

neofascism (right-wing political movement inspired by fascism)


revisionismo

(sciences) revisionism (advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or view of historical events)


disco duro

(computing) hard drive (device used for storing large amounts of data)


ébano

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano influencing Latin (h)ebenus, ultimately from Egyptian.


progressista

pt-noun

progressista m or f by sense (plural progressistas)


pronunciamento

pronunciamento m (plural pronunciamentos)

pronouncement; proclamation (formal public announcement)

(phonology) pronunciation (the act of speaking a word or phoneme)


etrusco

Borrowed from Latin Etrūscus (“Estruscan”), from Etrūria (“Etruria”).


osmose

osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)


eucaristia

(Christianity) Eucharist (religious service in which this sacrament is enacted)


centrómero

centrómeros (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(genetics) centromere (region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled)


expectativa

expectativas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

expectation (that which is expected or looked for)


trompeta

Borrowed from Spanish trompeta or French trompette.


foras

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


xeque

Borrowed from Arabic شَاه (šāh), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh, “king”), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Doublet of cheque.

der

(chess) check (when the king is directly threatened by an enemy piece)


xeque

pt-noun

xeque m (plural xeques, feminine xeica, feminine plural xeicas)

xeques (plural)
xeica (feminine)
xeicas (feminine plural)


fisco

fisc; exchequer; national treasury; public treasury


fotosfera

/ˌfɔ.tɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

(astronomy) photosphere (the visible surface layer of a star)


seus

Ele só conversa com os seus.

(with article os) his kin, folks, fellows, kind or friends


albergue

From Old Galician-Portuguese albergue, from Old Occitan albergue, from Gothic *𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 (*haribairgō).

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɦ.ɡi]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɦ.ɡi]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɾ.ɡi]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛʁ.ɡi]

[aʊ̯ˈbɛɻ.ɡe]

hostel (commercial overnight lodging place)

hostel (temporary refuge for the homeless)


fatalismo

fatalism (doctrine that all events are subject to fate)


humanismo

(philosophy) humanism (philosophical system emphasising the agency of human beings)


favoritismo

favouritism (unfair favouring of a person or group)


choro

Deverbal from chorar. For the origin of the music sense there exist various theories:
* a fusion of choro (from chorar) and Latin chorus
* a corruption of choromeleiros, musicians during the Brazilian colonial period
* a corruption of xolo, a type of dance from Brazilian fazendas.

(music) choro (Brazilian popular music genre)


anónimo

anónimo m (plural anónimos, feminine anónima, feminine plural anónimas)

anónimos (plural)
anónima (feminine)
anónimas (feminine plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from Late Latin anōnymus, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”).


vaia

Borrowed from Spanish vaya, from Italian baia.


fanatismo

fanatism (excessive or intolerance of opposing views)

fanaticism (characteristic or practice of being a fanatic)


póquer

European Portuguese standard spelling of pôquer.


subconsciente

subconscious (part of consciousness that is not currently in focal awareness)


farro

Triticum turgidum
Triticum turgidum#Translingual

emmer (Triticum turgidum, a species of wheat)


caricaturista

pt-noun

caricaturista m or f by sense (plural caricaturistas)

caricaturist (person who draws caricatures)


prazo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prazo, from Latin placitus [diēs] (agreed day), perfect passive participle of placeō (“to be pleasing”). Compare Spanish plazo.

inh+

deadline (date on or before which something must be completed)


Eng.

Abbreviation of engenheiro (“engeineer”)


feito

From Old Galician-Portuguese feito, from Latin factum. Doublet of facto/fato.


afago

[…] até estes animais, antes domésticos, aprenderam a desconfiar dos afagos,[…]

[…] even these animals, previously domesticated, learned to distrust being stroked, […]


guerra civil

pt:war between inhabitants of the same place

(military) civil war (war between the inhabitants of the same place)

pt:conflict between people in the same group

(figurative) civil war (conflict between people in the same group)


fratricida

pt-noun

fratricida m or f by sense (plural fratricidas)

fratricide (person who kills his sibling)


ativo

From earlier autivo, from Latin actīvus (“active”).

asset (something or someone of any value)

(slang, LGBT, BDSM) top, pitcher (a dominant partner in a sexual relationship, usually the one who penetrates)


antiterrorismo

(law enforcement, military) antiterrorism (activity aiming at opposing terrorism)


monco

From Latin muccus, a variant of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”). Doublet of muco.


chaparro

From Spanish chaparro, from Basque txapar, txaparro (“dwarf evergreen oak”), diminutive of sapar, zapar (“thicket, bush”).

Quercus suber
Quercus suber#Translingual

(Southern Portugal) cork oak (Quercus suber)


fronde

Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).


buja

Não vale bujas!

(informal, chiefly sports) a violent shoot


amistoso

pt-noun

amistoso m (plural amistosos, metaphonic)

Borrowed from Spanish amistoso (“friendly”). Compare Catalan amistós.

bor+

(Brazil, sports) friendly (game not part of a competition)


intriga

intrigue (a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice)


rufo

(percussion) roll (the fast, light, uniform beating of a drum)


portento

Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”). Compare English portend, portent with similar meaning.


estípula

Borrowed from Latin stipula (“string, straw”).


velcro

Velcro (fastener consisting of two strips of fabric)


anticristo

(religion) antichrist (character or force that, according to the Apocalypse, will come before the Final Judgment to attempt a decisive triumph over Christ and His Church)


costura

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.


cornalina

(mineralogy) carnelian (a reddish brown chalcedony)


convés

[kõˈvɛ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

From Catalan combés, from Latin conversus.

(nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)


impostura

Learned borrowing from Late Latin impostūra.


garante

/ɡaˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɡaˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(law) guarantor (person or company that provides a guarantee)

guarantee, warranty (anything that assures a certain outcome)


robótica

robotics (the science and technology of robots)


parricida

pt-noun

parricida m or f by sense (plural parricidas)

patricide (someone who murders their father)


carnaval

[kɐɾ.nɐˈβaɫ]

Borrowed from Italian carnevale (“carnival”), from Latin carnem levāre (“to take away meat”).

der

carnival (festive occasion marked by parades)


snobismo

snobismos (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


nadador

pt-noun

nadador m (plural nadadores, feminine nadadora, feminine plural nadadoras)

nadadores (plural)
nadadora (feminine)
nadadoras (feminine plural)


sarmento

a woody shoot of a vine etc., used as firewood


superfluido

(physics) superfluid (substance that exhibits superfluidity)


sodomita

sodomita m or f by sense (plural sodomitas)


samaritano

samaritano m (plural samaritanos, feminine samaritana, feminine plural samaritanas)

samaritanos (plural)
samaritana (feminine)
samaritanas (feminine plural)

bom samaritano
bom samaritano#Portuguese


tribuno

tribune (elected official in ancient Rome)


papiro

Learned borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of pavio.

Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus#Translingual

papyrus (Cyperus papyrus, a plant native to the Nile valley)

papyrus (a paper-like material made from the papyrus plant)


dogmatismo

dogmatism (arrogance in stating opinion)


tarso

From Latin tarsus (“tarsus”), from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “flat surface used for drying”).


subalterno

From Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus.


animista

pt-noun

animista m or f by sense (plural animistas)


nuto

(figuratively) the will, what is desired or chosen


nesga

(fabric) gore (triangular patch of fabric)


torcida

From torcer (“to twist; to support”) + -ida.

(Brazil, chiefly sports) supporters (people who support something, especially a sports team)


vigia

Spanish: vigía


vigia

sentinel; lookout (referring to a person, a sentry or guard)


célula dendrítica folicular

célula dendrítica folicular f (plural células dendríticas foliculares)

células dendríticas foliculares (plural)

follicular dendritic cell
follicular dendritic cell


brinco

From Vulgar Latin *vrincu, *vincru, *vinclu from Latin vinculum,
from vinciō (“bind, fetter, tie”) + -culum. Doublet of vínculo.

A casa está um brinco.

(figuratively) something impeccably clean; spotless


bica

Deverbal from bicar.
According to folk etymology, the coffee sense is an acronym of Beba Isto Com Açúcar (“drink this with sugar”). This etymology appears to have come from a 1998 text, however, and the term most likely came about as a way to differentiate between machine coffee and coffeepot coffee.

att

Did I translate this right? I'm not 100% sure I got the explanation at Ciberdúvidas; I'm not big on coffee.

Não me apetece — responde o miúdo. Peço um café(«Uma bica, sim?», mas porquê este inútil «sim»?), e o empregado, afastandose, trôpego, repete a meia voz:«Uma bica!».Talvez parabem memorizaro pedido. Quando regressar, pedirei ...

2012, Abelaira Augusto, NEM SO MAS TAMBEM, Editorial Presença, →ISBN:

Vd: 'bica', 'galão', 'meia', = (EP) jargon for café. cafeicultor m coffee-grower. cafeína f caffeine. cafeteira f coffee pot. cafezal m coffee plantation. cafezinho m ( BR) small black coffee. cáfila f (de camelos) coffle; caravan;2 (fig) rabble, mob.

2011, Maria F. Allen, The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 Edition): Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61:

(Portugal, chiefly Lisbon and Southern Portugal) espresso

(Brazil) a type of strong kick with the tip of one's foot striking the adversary


kolkhoz

kolkhoz (farming collective in the Soviet Union)


bico

From Old Galician-Portuguese bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos (“chicken beak, small”), from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“hook”). Possibly influenced by picar. Compare Spanish pico.

beak, bill (structure projecting from a bird's face)

beak (chitinous structure that forms the jaw of cephalopods and turtles)

Anatomical structure:
snout (mouth of a dolphin)

rostrum (beak-shaped projection of weevils)

(figurative) tip (extreme end of an object)

(Brazil, informal) toe kick; toe-poke (a kick with the toes)


bico

pt-noun

bico m (plural bicos, feminine bicunim, feminine plural bicunins)

bicos (plural)
bicunim (feminine)
bicunins (feminine plural)

From Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “mendicant”).


toca

Uncertain, with multiple theories:
* from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia;
* from Spanish tueca.

Sua casa de sapé e lama faz rir aos bichos que moram em toca e gargalhar ao joão de barro.

1919, Monteiro Lobato, Jeca Tatú: Vida e costumes, page 8:


cerda

From Late Latin setula, diminutive of Latin sēta, saeta (“thick hair”). Compare Spanish cerda, Italian setola (“bristle”).


mordomo

From Old Galician-Portuguese moordomo, mayordomo, from Late Latin maior domus (“steward”), from Latin māior (“main, principal”) + genitive singular of domus (“household”).


eleição

→ Tetum: eleisaun

[e.leɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese eleiçon, eiliçon, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctiōnem.


exposto

exposto m (plural expostos, feminine exposta, feminine plural expostas, metaphonic)

expostos (plural)
exposta (feminine)
expostas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From expor. The sense of foundling is a shortening of exposto na roda (exposed in the foundling wheel).

foundling (child abandoned by its parents)


suposto

Inherited from Latin suppostus, contracted form of suppositus.


gravidez

gravidez f (usually uncountable, plural gravidezes)

[ɡɾɐ.viˈðeʃ]

[ɡɾɐ.viˈðeʃ]

[ɡɾɐ.βiˈðeʃ]


sandes

/ˈsɐ̃.d͡ʒiʃ/

(Portugal) sandwich (snack consisting of ingredients between slices of bread)


botanista

botanista m or f by sense (plural botanistas)


ligante

(chemistry) ligand (something that binds to another chemical entity)


sacerdotisa

From sacerdote (“priest”) + -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

suffix

female equivalent of sacerdote; priestess


redil

(figurative) flock; congregation (people who gather in a place of worship)


analgésico

(pharmacology) analgesic, painkiller (medicine that reduces pain)


aprisco

(figurative) home (house where one lives)


predicado

From Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject”), a noun use of the neuter past participle of praedicō (“I proclaim”).

der

quality (positive attribute or characteristic)


psicólogo

pt-noun

psicólogo m (plural psicólogos, feminine psicóloga, feminine plural psicólogas)

psicólogos (plural)
psicóloga (feminine)
psicólogas (feminine plural)

psychologist (expert in the field of psychology)


electrodoméstico

electrodoméstico m (plural electrodomésticos)

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


secadora

dryer, clothes dryer (household appliance for drying clothing)


provento

(chiefly in the plural) revenue, proceeds


badana

From Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “inside, lining, liner”). Compare Spanish badana.

der

(informal) fin (of a fish, especially cod)


saqué

Borrowed from Japanese 酒 (sake, “rice wine”).


saque

(volleyball) serve (the act of putting the ball in play)


ruminante

From Latin rūminantem (“which ruminates”), present participle of rūminor (“to ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat”).


saca

Devagarinho, ela foi se abaixando para pegar uma saca a seus pés, despejou-a, e caíram na cama uns pedacinhos de madeira e gravetos, tudo que restava da fiel vassoura de Harry, enfim derrotada.

1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 151:

Very slowly, she was kneeling down to get a sack on his feet, she emptied it, and some little fragments and chips of wood fell on the bed, everything what remained from the loyal Harry's broom, finally defeated.


velino

vellum (type of parchment paper made from the skin of a lamb, baby goat or calf)


ionosfera

/jɔ.nɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

(meteorology, planetology) ionosphere (layer of Earth's atmosphere or a similar region on another planet)


meado

O verão começa em meados de junho.


aloína

(pharmacology) aloin (glycoside derivative)


fitoquímico

pt-noun

fitoquímico m (plural fitoquímicos, feminine fitoquímica, feminine plural fitoquímicas)

fitoquímicos (plural)
fitoquímica (feminine)
fitoquímicas (feminine plural)


vagaba

(Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of vagabundo.

(Brazil, colloquial, vulgar, offensive) Clipping of vagabunda.


supino

(grammar) supine (type of verbal noun found in Latin)

(weightlifting) bench press (exercise preformed by pushing a barbell while lying on a bench)


agrado

contentment; satisfaction; gladness; pleasure


cafeína

caffeine (alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants)


ataques

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


islamismo

Islam (Abrahamic religion founded by Muhammad)


transeuntes

/tɾɐ̃ˈsjũ.tɨʃ/


transeunte

pt-noun

transeunte m or f by sense (plural transeuntes)

Learned borrowing from Latin trānseuntem (“traversing”).

lbor

Pus sangue pela boca, pelos ouvidos / Caí em estado de coma, hemorragia / E até os transeuntes que ali passavam / Sentiam um arrepio e viravam a cara

2003, Rogério Skylab (lyrics and music), “Mictório” (0:41 from the start), in Skylab IV, Rio de Janeiro: Tratore:


pego

Haematopus ostralegus
Haematopus ostralegus#Translingual

Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)


pego

From Old Galician-Portuguese peego, from Latin pelagus (“sea”), from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos). Doublet of pélago.


multiculturalismo

pt-noun

multiculturalismo m (plural multiculturalismos)

multiculturalism (promotion of a society with cultures)


pegas

plural of pega (“Eurasian magpie; gossipy woman”)


poliginia

polygyny (the condition or practice of having multiple wives)


puxado

annex (addition or extension to a building)


islamofobia

Internationalism. Equivalent to islamo- + -fobia.

Islamophobia (the fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims)


improviso

Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).

bor+

improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)

makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)


falo

From Latin phallus, from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós)


rodado

(clothing, of a dress or skirt) width, roundness

Aldyr Garcia Schlee
w:Aldyr Garcia Schlee


esquecido

pt-noun

esquecido m (plural esquecidos, feminine esquecida, feminine plural esquecidas)

esquecidos (plural)
esquecida (feminine)
esquecidas (feminine plural)


telefone

Borrowed from English telephone or French téléphone. By surface analysis, tele- + -fone.


varrido

varrido m (plural varridos, feminine varrida, feminine plural varridas)

varridos (plural)
varrida (feminine)
varridas (feminine plural)


ronco

From Latin rhoncus, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos).


proselitismo

proselytism (active effort to convince other people to join one’s organisation)


relativismo

From relativo (“relative”) + -ismo (“-ism”).

(philosophy) relativism (theory that truth and moral values are relative)


mamada

(vulgar, countable, uncountable) oral sex, especially fellatio


sionismo

From Sião + -ismo, on the model of French sionisme, from Latin Sīōn.

(politics) Zionism (movement seeking a Jewish homeland in Israel)


olfato

olfatos (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from Latin olfactus (“sense of smell”), perfect passive participle of olfaciō (“to smell”).


saudita

pt-noun

saudita m or f by sense (plural sauditas)


therian

Unadapted borrowing from English therian.

ubor

(subculture) therianthrope (someone who identifies as a non-human animal)


fío

pt-noun

fío m (plural fíos, feminine fía, feminine plural fías)

fíos (plural)
fía (feminine)
fías (feminine plural)

Eye dialect spelling of filho, representing Caipira Portuguese.


piaba

(Brazil) fish of the genus Schizodon or Leporinus native to South America


desaguar

pt-verb

desaguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) deságuo or (European Portuguese) desaguo, first-person singular preterite desaguei, past participle desaguado)

deságuo (Brazil first-person present singular)
desaguo (European first-person present singular)
desaguei (first-person preterite singular)
desaguado (participle past)
desaguar (impersonal infinitive)
desaguar (first-person infinitive singular)
desaguares (infinitive second-person singular)
desaguar (infinitive singular third-person)
desaguarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
desaguardes (infinitive plural second-person)
desaguarem (infinitive plural third-person)
desaguando (gerund)
desaguado (masculine participle past singular)
desaguados (masculine participle past plural)
desaguada (feminine participle past singular)
desaguadas (feminine participle past plural)
deságuo (Brazil first-person indicative present singular)
desaguo (first-person indicative present singular)
deságuas (Brazil indicative present second-person singular)
desaguas (indicative present second-person singular)
deságua (Brazil indicative present singular third-person)
desagua (indicative present singular third-person)
desaguamos (first-person indicative plural present)
desaguais (indicative plural present second-person)
deságuam (Brazil indicative plural present third-person)
desaguam (indicative plural present third-person)
desaguava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
desaguavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
desaguava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
desaguávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
desaguáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
desaguavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
desaguei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desagüei (Brazil first-person indicative preterite singular)
desaguaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
desaguou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desaguamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
desaguámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desaguastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
desaguaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
desaguara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
desaguaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
desaguara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
desaguáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
desaguáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
desaguaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
desaguarei (first-person future indicative singular)
desaguarás (future indicative second-person singular)
desaguará (future indicative singular third-person)
desaguaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
desaguareis (future indicative plural second-person)
desaguarão (future indicative plural third-person)
desaguaria (conditional first-person singular)
desaguarias (conditional second-person singular)
desaguaria (conditional singular third-person)
desaguaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
desaguaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
desaguariam (conditional plural third-person)
deságue (Brazil first-person present singular subjunctive)
desague (first-person present singular subjunctive)
deságüe (Brazil first-person present singular subjunctive)
desagúe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
deságues (Brazil present second-person singular subjunctive)
desagues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
deságües (Brazil present second-person singular subjunctive)
desagúes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
deságue (Brazil present singular subjunctive third-person)
desague (present singular subjunctive third-person)
deságüe (Brazil present singular subjunctive third-person)
desagúe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
desaguemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
desagüemos (Brazil first-person plural present subjunctive)
desagueis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
desagüeis (Brazil plural present second-person subjunctive)
deságuem (Brazil plural present subjunctive third-person)
desaguem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
deságüem (Brazil plural present subjunctive third-person)
desagúem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desaguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desaguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desaguasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desaguássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desaguásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desaguassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
desaguar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
desaguares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
desaguar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
desaguarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
desaguardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
desaguarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
deságua (Brazil imperative positive second-person singular)
desagua (imperative positive second-person singular)
deságue (Brazil imperative positive singular third-person)
desague (imperative positive singular third-person)
deságüe (Brazil imperative positive singular third-person)
desagúe (imperative positive singular third-person)
desaguemos (first-person imperative plural positive)
desagüemos (Brazil first-person imperative plural positive)
desaguai (imperative plural positive second-person)
deságuem (Brazil imperative plural positive third-person)
desaguem (imperative plural positive third-person)
deságüem (Brazil imperative plural positive third-person)
desagúem (imperative plural positive third-person)
não deságues (Brazil imperative negative second-person singular)
não desagues (imperative negative second-person singular)
não deságües (Brazil imperative negative second-person singular)
não desagúes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não deságue (Brazil imperative negative singular third-person)
não desague (imperative negative singular third-person)
não deságüe (Brazil imperative negative singular third-person)
não desagúe (imperative negative singular third-person)
não desaguemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não desagüemos (Brazil first-person imperative negative plural)
não desagueis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não desagüeis (Brazil imperative negative plural second-person)
não deságuem (Brazil imperative negative plural third-person)
não desaguem (imperative negative plural third-person)
não deságüem (Brazil imperative negative plural third-person)
não desagúem (imperative negative plural third-person)

o rio desagua no mar

E se declara que este rio que se tem por Corrientes não é o conhecido com este nome, que entra no rio da Prata acima da Cidade de Santa Fé, entre os rios Arias, e o de Santa Luzia, mas sim outro diverso que ao norte do Tropico de Capricornio desagua no rio Paraguai, que conforme a carta manuscrita que se entregará ao Commissario Portuguez, discorre da banda do Sul do rio Tepaú.

1751 January 17, Thomaz da Silva Telles, José de Carvajal y Lancaster, “Art. XII”, in Tratado […] , Madrid, page 91; republished as José Ferreira Borges de Castro, “Reinado do Senhor D. José I”, in Collecção dos tratados, […] , volume 3, Lisbon: Imprensa nacional, 1856:


conjunção

/kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin coniūnctiōnem (“conjunction, combination”).

bor+

conjunction (act of joining or being joined)


expatriado

pt-noun

expatriado m (plural expatriados, feminine expatriada, feminine plural expatriadas)

expatriados (plural)
expatriada (feminine)
expatriadas (feminine plural)

expatriate (person living outside his own country)

expatriate (person who has been banished from his own country)


peptona

(biochemistry) peptone (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis)


totalitarismo

From totalitário (“totalitarian”) + -ismo.

(politics) totalitarianism (political system where the state wields absolute control)


trocado

change (small denominations of money, especially in coins)

(informal) small change (insignificant amount of money)


virtuose

virtuose m (plural virtuoses, feminine virtuosa, feminine plural virtuosas)

virtuoses (plural)
virtuosa (feminine)
virtuosas (feminine plural)

Alternative form of virtuoso (person having masterly ability)


ácido desoxirribonucleico

ácido desoxirribonucleico m (plural ácidos desoxirribonucleicos)

deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleic acid

(genetics, biochemistry) deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA


púlpito

O deputado do BE Jorge Falcato discursou hoje a partir do púlpito da Assembleia da República, usado pela primeira vez por uma pessoa com deficiência em cadeira de rodas, mas a plataforma não funcionou e o parlamentar caiu.

2016 October 7, “Deputado cai ao estrear plataforma para deficientes no acesso ao púlpito”, in Diário de Notícias, Lisboa: Global Media Group:

Já nas considerações finais do programa, ele se dirigiu ao púlpito para soltar uma frase de efeito, mas se atrapalhou e, em vez de "que tristeza", afirmou "que tistreza".

2022 December 30, “Relembre 15 momentos dos debates presidenciais de 2022 na televisão”, in G1, Brasília:

pulpit (raised desk, lectern, or platform for an orator or public speaker)