Danzig

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Gdańsk, Danzig (the capital city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


dó

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese doo, from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolor (“pain”). Compare Spanish duelo.

inh+

pity (feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something)


aventura

From Old Galician-Portuguese aventura, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventūrus, from Latin advenīre, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advir).

[ɐ.βẽˈtu.ɾɐ]

adventure (that which happens without design)


alterante

[aɫ.tɨˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]


alterante

pt-noun

alterante m or f by sense (plural alterantes)

[aɫ.tɨˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]

alterant (something that causes alteration)


angelical

angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)


Catarina

a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine

Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina#Portuguese


diligente

Learned borrowing from Latin dīligentem.


pungente

/pũˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/pũˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

From Old Galician-Portuguese pungente, from Latin pungentem.

pungent (having a strong odour or taste that stings the nose or tongue)

(figuratively) poignant (evoking strong mental sensation)


respondente

respondente m or f by sense (plural respondentes)

/ʁɨʃ.põˈdẽ.tɨ/


resposta

Kabuverdianu: respósta

/ʁeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

[χeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ]

/ʁɨʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese resposta, reposta, from responder, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of põer (Portuguese pôr). Compare Asturian and Spanish respuesta, Catalan and Galician resposta and Italian risposta.


dissolvente

pt-adj

dissolvente m or f (plural dissolventes)

solvent (having the power of dissolving)


humilde

Borrowed from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humī (“on the ground”). Influenced by humildade, a semi-learned borrowing from humilitātem.


mandioca

desctree

→ Spanish: mandioca
→ Middle French: manioc
French: manioc
→ German: Maniok
→ Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
Turkish: manyok
→ Romanian: manioc
→ English: manioc
→ Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
→ Romanian: manioc

→ Kongo: mandioko

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/

[mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/


riqueza

From rico (“rich”) + -eza (“-ness”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rico, from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”).

der

(uncountable) riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)

(uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)

the wealth of a person, organisation or location collectively

(uncountable) wealth, abundance (great amount)

(uncountable) sumptuousness (quality of what displays wealth)


pocilga

From an Old Galician-Portuguese *porcilga, related to porco (“pig”), possibly through a Vulgar Latin *porcicula (with metathesis and later contraction), itself possibly from a crossing of Late Latin porcīle, from Latin porcus, and *cōrtīcula, diminutive of Latin cōrtem (“farmyard or enclosure”), or from a root *porcīlica, from porcīle.

pigsty (shelter or enclosure where pigs are kept)

(colloquial) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)


convincente

pt-adj

convincente m or f (plural convincentes)

convincing (effective as proof or evidence)


xantina

/ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

/ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

(chemistry) xanthine (any group of alkaloids, including caffeine)


purina

(organic chemistry) purine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)


rostral

(anatomy) rostral (in the direction of the rostrum)


guitarra

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra). Doublet of cítara, cítola, and cistre.


Potsdam

Potsdam (a city, the state capital of Brandenburg, Germany)


patrimonial

patrimonial m or f (plural patrimoniais)


perda

From Old Galician-Portuguese perda, from Vulgar Latin *perdita, from the feminine of Latin perditus (“lost”), perfect passive participle of perdō (“to lose”).

(euphemistic) the death of someone close


mirim

(Brazil) tiny, little, wee; often in compound animal names of Tupi origin, such as "tamanduá-mirim".

Having childlike, juvenile characteristics; childish.

Suitable for children or made for them: "a escola tem um jardim mirim" (the school has a kindergarten).

(sports) In football, a category for players in the 14-year age group.

(grammar) Also appears as a bound root in compounds of Tupi origin, like "Itapemirim", "Guandumirim".


vina

From German Wiener, shortened form of Wiener Würstchen.

(Brazil, Paraná) sausage (food made from ground meat packed in a cylindrical casing)


concomitante

concomitante m or f (plural concomitantes)

Learned borrowing from Latin concomitantem.

lbor

concomitant; concurrent; simultaneous (happening at the same time)


fluente

pt-adj

fluente m or f (plural fluentes, comparable, comparative mais fluente, superlative o mais fluente or fluentíssimo)

fluentes (plural)
mais fluente (comparative)
o mais fluente (superlative)
fluentíssimo (superlative)


cerva

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of cerveja (“beer”).


toste

From Old Galician-Portuguese toste (“swiftly”), from Italian tosto, from Latin tostus (“parched”), past participle of torreō (“to parch”).


organela

/ɔɾ.ɡɐˈnɛ.lɐ/

[ɔɾ.ɣɐˈnɛ.lɐ]


cronologia

(uncountable) chronology (science of determining the order in which events occurred)

timeline (graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events)


pureza

Inherited from Latin pūritia, from pūrus (“limpid; pure”).

innocence (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)


resma

Borrowed from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma). Compare Spanish resma, Catalan raima.


economista

pt-noun

economista m or f by sense (plural economistas)


Elisabet

a female given name; Alternative form of Elisabete


América

the Americas (the continents of North, Central and South America)

(chiefly Portugal, informal) the United States


República Dominicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


lenda

From Old Galician-Portuguese leenda, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of Latin legō (“to read”). Doublet of legenda.

bor

legend
story describing extraordinary events

legend
person of extraordinary accomplishment


Isabell

a female given name of less common usage, variant of Isabel


protagonista

pt-noun

protagonista m or f by sense (plural protagonistas)

protagonist (leading person in a contest)


teocracia

theocracy (government under the control of a state-sponsored religion)


autocracia

From Byzantine Greek αὐτοκρατία (autokratía). By surface analysis, auto- + -cracia.


partícula alfa

partícula alfa f (plural partículas alfa)

(physics) alpha particle (positively charged nucleus of a helium-4 atom)


salga

salting (act of curing food with salt, or adding salt to something)


aderente

tenacious (clinging to an object or surface; adhesive)


aderente

aderente m or f by sense (plural aderentes)

adherent (member of a party or association)


partícula

Learned borrowing from Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part”). Doublet of partilha, which was inherited.

lbor

(linguistics) particle (word that has a particular grammatical function but does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech)


lauda

Uncertain, possibly from Latin laus or Latin laudare.

(printing) folio; page (one side of a leaf of a book)


aranha

Kabuverdianu: aranha

Papiamentu: araña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aranna (“spider”), from Latin arānea (“spider”). Compare Galician araña and Spanish araña. Probably a doublet of ronha, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

inh+

(Brazil, slang) vulva, vagina, especially when hairy


ardente

From Old Galician-Portuguese ardente, from Latin ārdentem.


sobrenatural

pt-adj

sobrenatural m or f (plural sobrenaturais)

(chiefly theology) supernatural (produced by God)

supernatural; paranormal (that cannot be explained scientifically)


abertura

[ɐ.βɨɾˈtu.ɾɐ]

From Latin apertūra. By surface analysis, aberto + -ura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.


persiana

Venetian blind (blind consisting of overlapping horizontal slats)


Micael

Borrowed from Latin Michaēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל. Doublet of Miguel, Michel, Maicon, and Maicol.


física

Borrowed from New Latin physica (“physics”), from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”).

der

Holonyms: ciência, ciência exata

Meronyms: acústica, eletrodinâmica, mecânica, ondulatória, relatividade, termodinâmica


incapaz

Learned borrowing from Latin incapax. By surface analysis, in- + capaz.


incapaz

pt-noun

incapaz m or f by sense (plural incapazes)


carestia

scarcity; shortage (inadequate amount of something)


espacial

From French spatial or English spatial, from Latin spatium (“space”).

Exploração espacial.

Perceção espacial.

spatial (relating to the dimension of space)


lontra

From Old Galician-Portuguese *lontra, from a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin lutra. First attested in Gil Vicente's Auto das Fadas. Cf. also Old Galician-Portuguese luntria, attested in 1253.

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico


clínica

1889, França Júnior, As Doutoras, 2nd act, 12th scene.
A sua clínica desaparecerá, minha senhora, no dia em que as mulheres formarem-se às dúzias e aos centos.

Your clinic will disappear, my lady, on the day that the women graduate by the dozens and by the hundreds.

(healthcare) clinic (small medical facility)

O dr. Mateus Saraiva, que exerceu a clínica no Rio de Janeiro na primeira parte do século XVIII

1927, Humberto de Campos, chapter 285, in A caridade, O Brasil Anedótico

Doctor Mateus Saraiva, who pratised medicine in Rio de Janeiro in the first part of the 18th century.

(uncountable) medicine; healthcare (the practice of treating disease)


Singapura

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


torrente

(figurative) torrent (large amount or stream of something)


alteza

From Old Galician-Portuguese alteza, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus. By surface analysis, alto + -eza.


principiante

principiante m or f by sense (plural principiantes)


patriota

patriota m or f by sense (plural patriotas)

(Brazil, informal) a follower of former president of Brazil Jair Messias Bolsonaro


holografia

(uncountable) holography (the production of three-dimensional images in a three-dimensional environment)

hologram (an image created using holography)


perua

(Brazil, informal, figuratively, sometimes offensive) a middle-aged woman who uses extravagant clothes and accessories

(Brazil, informal, sometimes offensive) a prostitute

(Brazil) van (an automobile smaller than a bus or truck and larger than a common car)


vomeronasal

pt-adj

vomeronasal m or f (plural vomeronasais)

(anatomy) vomeronasal (of, pertaining to, or situated near the vomer bone between the nose and the mouth)


hematologia

(medicine) haematology (scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs)


da Silva

French: Da Silva

Occitan: Da Silva


stressante

European Portuguese standard spelling of estressante.


hagiografia

(religion) hagiography (the study of saints)

(religion) hagiography (a biography of a saint)


palustre

palustral; marshy (pertaining to, characteristic of, or living in marshes)


albumina

(organic chemistry) albumin (one of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water)


refrescante

refrescante m or f (plural refrescantes)

/ʁɨ.fɾɨʃˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

refreshing (pleasantly fresh or different)


seara

From Old Galician-Portuguese sẽara, from Iberian Vulgar Latin senara, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *senara (“piece of land cultivated on the side”), from *sen- (“separation”) (<< Proto-Indo-European *swé (“self”)) + *aryeti (“to plow”).
Cognate with Galician seara, senra, Mirandese senara, Asturian senra and Spanish serna.


África

América

América do Norte, América Central, América do Sul

(historical, Ancient Rome) Africa (a province of the Roman Empire; modern Tunisia and western Libya)


primitiva

(mathematics) primitive (function whose derivative is a given function)

(programming) primitive (data type that is built into the programming language)


Suméria

Sumer (an ancient civilisation in Mesopotamia)


alternante

alternate; alternating (succeeding by turns)


Suzuki

Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki).


lúgubre

Borrowed from Latin lugubris. Cf. also lôbrego.


estanque

impermeable, well covered or blocked so that water cannot flow


leguminosa

legume (member of Leguminosae family, such as peas or beans)


Las Vegas

[ˈla(ɪ̯)ʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ]

/ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/

[ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɣɐʃ]

/ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɡɐʃ/

[ˈlaʒ ˈvɛ.ɣɐʃ]

/ˈlaʒ ˈbɛ.ɡɐʃ/

[ˈlaʒ ˈβɛ.ɣɐʃ]

Las Vegas (a city in Nevada, United States)


partida

From Old Galician-Portuguese partida, from partir (“to depart”), from Latin partīre (“to part”), from pars (“part”).

(obsolete)


zoa

(Brazil, Internet slang) Clipping of zoação.


gerontologia

gerontology (branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people)


topografia

topography (graphic representation of the surface features of a place)


barrica

Borrowed from Gascon barrique, from Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).


epistemologia

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”) + -logia (“-logy”).

af

grc:ἐπιστήμη

epistemology (branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge)


vivianite

vivianites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(mineralogy) vivianite (a hydrated iron phosphate mineral)


inquietude

Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō.

restlessness; inquietude (state or condition of being restless)


comercial

pt-adj

comercial m or f (plural comerciais, not comparable)

Borrowed from Late Latin commerciālis, from Latin commercium.


sensorial

sensorial m or f (plural sensoriais, comparable, comparative mais sensorial, superlative o mais sensorial or sensorialíssimo)

sensoriais (plural)
mais sensorial (comparative)
o mais sensorial (superlative)
sensorialíssimo (superlative)

(relational) sensation, sense; sensorial; sensory


vila

From Old Galician-Portuguese vila (“village”), from Latin villa (“country house”). Cognate with Galician vila, Spanish and Italian villa, and French ville.

inh

(Brazil, colloquial) a low-class residential area, like row houses, but in a self-managed community around a cul-de-sac


litosfera

lithosphere (outermost layer of a rocky planet)


plataforma

(computing) platform (environment for running software)

a ramp for launching missiles or rockets


coprolalia

(psychology) coprolalia (compulsive tendency to use obscene language)


biosfera

/bjɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

biosphere (part of Earth capable of supporting life)


AEB

Agência Espacial Brasileira
w:Agência Espacial Brasileira

Initialism of Agência Espacial Brasileira, the Brazilian Space Agency


FAB

Força Aérea Brasileira
w:pt:Força Aérea Brasileira

(Brazil) Acronym of Força Aérea Brasileira (“Brazilian Air Force”).


chikungunya

Unadapted borrowing from English chikungunya.


rapina

Borrowed from Latin rapīna. Doublet of ravina.


referente

pt-adj

referente m or f (plural referentes, not comparable)

/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.tɨ/

referring (as in referente a = referring to, regarding)


cláusula

(law) clause (separate part of a contract)


teatral

[t͡ʃɪ.aˈtɾaʊ̯]

[t͡ʃɪ.aˈtɾaʊ̯]


religião

[he.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.li.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.liˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.liˈʒjɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin religiōnem (“scrupulousness, pious misgivings, superstition, conscientiousness, sanctity, an object of veneration, cult-observance, reverence”), from relegō (“to bind back or behind”), from re- + legō (“to choose, to select; to collect, to gather”).


excepcional

pt-adj

excepcional m or f (plural excepcionais)

From French exceptionnel, or Latin exceptiō, exceptiōnem + -al. Compare exceção.


excepcional

pt-noun

excepcional m or f by sense (plural excepcionais)


ligadura

(surgery) ligature (thread used to close a vessel or duct)

(music) slur; ligature (the symbol indicating a legato passage)


patada

a kick, especially from an animal's paws

(figurative, informal) an act of unkindness or ingratitude

(figurative, informal) an instance of verbally attacking someone, often indirectly (i.e. with hints)


antipartícula

antiparticle (type of subatomic particle)


individualista

pt-adj

individualista m or f (plural individualistas)


individualista

pt-noun

individualista m or f by sense (plural individualistas)


literatura

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”). Doublet of letradura.

lbor

literature (a body of written works collectively)

(literature, loosely) literature (the body of all written works)

(literature) literature (the body of written works from a given culture, nation or era)

(literature) literature (written material considered historically important or artistically superior)

(sciences) literature (scholarly works on a particular subject)

(literature) literature (the study of written works for their artistic quality)

(literature, loosely) literature (bodies of written and oral text)


máxima

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin maxima.

2024 July 15, Catarina Leite, “Vem aí uma massa de ar quente. Máximas podem aproximar-se dos 40ºC [A mass of hot air is coming. Highs could approach 40ºC]”, in Smooth FM, retrieved 2024-07-22:


adicional

pt-adj

adicional m or f (plural adicionais, not comparable)

additional (supplemental or added to something)


instante

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstantem (“urging; urgent”).


aromatase

(biochemistry) aromatase (enzyme responsible for aromatisation of androgen hormones)


darknet

pt-noun

darknet f (usually uncountable, plural darknets)

Unadapted borrowing from English darknet.

ubor

(Internet) darknet (networks that can only be accessed with special software, configuration or authorisation)


pátina

patina (green rust that appears on bronze objects)


estirpe

Probably borrowed from Latin stirpem (“rootstock”).

Não deves, filho meu, querer casar com alguém de estirpe mais nobre que a tua.

You shouldn't, my son, marry someone of a lineage nobler that yours.


suprarrenal

pt-adj

suprarrenal m or f (plural suprarrenais)


suprarrenal

(anatomy) adrenal gland (endocrine gland situated above the kidney)


testosterona

(physiology) testosterone (steroid hormone)

(figurative) testosterone (manly behavior)


convencional

convencional m or f (plural convencionais)


estelar

(astronomy) stellar (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars)


autora

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

suffix

female author, authoress (female equivalent of autor)


emocional

emotional (of or relating to the emotions)

emotional (determined by emotion rather than reason)

emotional (appealing to or arousing emotion)


navegante

pt-noun

navegante m or f by sense (plural navegantes)

/nɐ.vɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.vɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

/nɐ.vɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.vɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

/nɐ.bɨˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/

[nɐ.βɨˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

seafarer; navigator (one who travels by sea)


farofa

African borrowing, likely Bantu; see Kimbundu falofa or farofa, referencing a meal made with flour, oil, water, and peanuts.

(Brazil, cooking) food made from manioc flour cooked in fat


hormona

Borrowed from English hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”).

(Portugal, physiology, endocrinology) hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)


hemofilia

(pathology) haemophilia (hereditary illness that impairs the body’s ability to control bleeding)


síndrome

síndrome f or (Portugal, sometimes proscribed) m (plural síndromes)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”).

lbor

(medicine, pathology) syndrome (a well-defined set of symptoms that do not characterize a single disease, but can reflect a pathogenic modality)

(figuratively) syndrome (set of signs or characteristics associated with a critical situation and causing fear or insecurity)


certeza

From certo (“certain; sure”) + -eza, from Old Galician-Portuguese certo, from Latin certus (“certain, fixed”).

Tenho certeza que isso ocorrerá.

(literally, “I have certainty that this will happen.”)

(uncountable) certainty (state of being certain)

Morte e impostos são as únicas certezas da vida.

Death and taxes are life’s only certainties.


Florina

Florina (a town and regional unit of West Macedonia, Greece)


fita

Macanese: fita

→ Bengali: ফিতা (phita)

→ Hindi: फ़ीता (fītā)

Uncertain. Likely from Latin vitta (“band, ribbon”).

(Brazil, video games, colloquial) cartridge

(Portugal, education, slang) a colored ribbon to indicate membership of a faculty


fita

É tudo fita!

Deixem-se de fitas!


cruzada

crusade (any of several military expeditions by European Christians against Muslims and Pagan)


lustral

lustral (relating to ritual purification)


retórica

Learned borrowing from Latin rhētorica (“rhetoric”), from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speech”), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”).

der

rhetoric (art of using language for persuasion)

rhetoric (meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress)


colonialista

pt-adj

colonialista m or f (plural colonialistas)


colonialista

pt-noun

colonialista m or f by sense (plural colonialistas)


comerciante

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)

merchant; trader (one who gains a livelihood from trading)


réplica

Deverbal from replicar (“to replicate”), from Latin replicāre (“to fold”), from re- + plicō (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to plait, to weave”).

der

(law) answer (document filed in response to a complaint)


antropofagia

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.fɐˈʒi.ɐ/

cannibalism (act of eating another of one’s own species)


anogenital

(anatomy) anogenital (of or relating to the anus and genitals)


alavanca

→ Indonesian: alabangka

[ɐ.lɐˈβɐ̃.kɐ]


medula espinal

pt-noun

medula espinal f (plural medulas espinais)


hemorragia

Borrowed from Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “violent bleeding”).


Terra Nova

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ/

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ/

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ/

[ˈtɛ.χɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ]

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ/

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.vɐ/

/ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.bɐ/

[ˈtɛ.ʁɐ ˈnɔ.βɐ]

Newfoundland (an island off the coast of Eastern Canada)


mudra

(dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)


filarial

(medicine) filarial (pertaining to filaria)


beca

(informal, Portugal) a bit (small quantity)


adluminal

(anatomy) adluminal (near or toward the lumen of a seminiferous tubule)


terra preta

→ English: terra preta

terra preta de índio
terra preta de índio#Portuguese

terra preta; Ellipsis of terra preta de índio.


distância

[d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

distance (space between two points, two places or two objects)


testemunha

Kabuverdianu: tistimunha

Ele era a única testemunha do acidente.

He was the only witness of the accident.


avó

pt-noun

avó f (plural avós, masculine avô, masculine plural avôs)

avós (plural)
avô (masculine)
avôs (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avoa, from Late Latin aviola, diminutive of Latin avia.


confidencial

pt-adj

confidencial m or f (plural confidenciais)


acinar

(anatomy) acinar (pertaining to or located in an acinus)


escalada

From French escalade, from Italian scalata.


hostil

hostile (showing ill will and malevolence)


temática

themes, collectively; the argument; the themes or subjects contained in a literary or artistic work


agami

From Kari'na akami, possibly via French. Possibly related to the Old Tupi etymon of the synonym jacamim.

Psophia crepitans
Psophia crepitans#Translingual

grey-winged trumpeter
grey-winged trumpeter#English

(zoology) agami (a South American bird, Psophia crepitans (grey-winged trumpeter))


parcial

Hunsrik: parsial


hélice

a rotating propeller, such as a ship’s screw or a helicopter’s rotor


Appalachia

Unadapted borrowing from English Appalachia.

ubor

Appalachia (a region in the eastern United States)


curvatura

Learned borrowing from Latin curvātūra. By surface analysis, curvar + -tura.

curvature (the shape of something curved)


nacionalista

pt-adj

nacionalista m or f (plural nacionalistas, comparable, comparative mais nacionalista, superlative o mais nacionalista or nacionalistíssimo)

nacionalistas (plural)
mais nacionalista (comparative)
o mais nacionalista (superlative)
nacionalistíssimo (superlative)

patriotic (which concerns the independence and interests of the nation)

(politics) nationalist (whic is supporter of nationalism)

(sports, slang) relating to the Clube Desportivo Nacional or another club with the national name


nacionalista

pt-noun

nacionalista m or f by sense (plural nacionalistas)

(politics) nationalist (person who supports nationalism, the political doctrine that makes the nation an absolute value)

(sports, slang) fan, member or athlete of the Clube Desportivo Nacional or another club with the national designation


porca

From Old Galician-Portuguese porca, from Latin porca (“sow”), feminine of porcus (“pig”), from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).


Troia

Troy (an ancient city in far northwestern Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

A place in the parish of Carvalhal, municipality of Grândola, district of Setúbal, Portugal


serpe

From Old Galician-Portuguese serpe, from Vulgar Latin serpes, from Latin serpēns, from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.
Cognate with Galician serpe, Spanish sierpe, Catalan serp, Occitan sèrp, Italian serpe and Romanian șarpe.


palmar

(figurative) clear, evident, incontestable


assaltante

pt-noun

assaltante m or f by sense (plural assaltantes)


temente

(religion) fearful (having extreme awe towards a deity)


presidencial

pt-adj

presidencial m or f (plural presidenciais)


legislatura

(law) legislature (governmental body with the power to make, amend, and repeal laws)


intelectual

intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)

→ Bengali: আঁতেল (ãtel)


dramaturgia

dramaturgy (the art of composing dramas)


altista

pt-noun

altista m or f by sense (plural altistas)

[aʊ̯ˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ]

altoist (someone who plays an alto instrument)


guitarrista

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristas)


marmelada

Catalan: melmelada

French: marmelade

English: marmalade

German: Marmelade

Italian: marmellata

Spanish: mermelada


figurante

figurante m or f by sense (plural figurantes)

extra, bit player, walk-on (in a film, play, TV show etc.)


arista

Borrowed from Latin arista. Doublet of aresta, which was inherited.

(biology) arista (one of the fibrils found on grains or fishes)


rubrica

Learned borrowing from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”).


aprendiz

pt-noun

aprendiz m or f by sense (plural aprendizes)

Borrowed from Old French aprentis, with spelling influenced by aprender. First attested in c. 15th century.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Aprendiz”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 284

apprentice (a trainee, especially in a skilled trade)


brecha

Borrowed from French brèche (“gap”), from Frankish *breka (“a breach, break”).

breach, gap (opening allowing passage or entrance)


simpatia

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

(uncountable) likeableness (quality of being likeable)

(countable, occult) ritual; rite (set of repeated actions, intending to produce a supernatural result)


purista

pt-noun

purista m or f by sense (plural puristas)


anual

pt-adj

anual m or f (plural anuais, not comparable)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin annuālis. By surface analysis, ano + -ual. Displaced anal.


neblina

fog, mist (water or other liquid finely suspended in air)


apache

Apache (one of the native Apache people of the southwestern United States)

Apache (a violent Parisian gangster during the late 19th century and early 20th century)


apache

Apache (of or relating to the Apache people and their culture)

Apache (of or relating to the Apache language)


gaita

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:
* Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits, “goat”), from Proto-Germanic *gaits, with semantic shift due to bagpipes being made of goat skin;
* Ottoman Turkish (Turkish gayda), from Bulgarian гайда (gajda), possibly via Arabic غَيْطَة (ḡayṭa);
* Old Galician-Portuguese guaita, from Proto-Germanic *wahta;
* from the same root as Spanish gayo;
* Hausa algaita, via a Berber language;
* Suevic.


potra

(botany) a disease that causes bulges to appear on the stems of plants


ilustre

pt-adj

ilustre m or f (plural ilustres, comparable, comparative mais ilustre, superlative o mais ilustre or ilustríssimo)

ilustres (plural)
mais ilustre (comparative)
o mais ilustre (superlative)
ilustríssimo (superlative)


contratante

contratante m or f (plural contratantes)

contracting (that makes a legal contract)


contratante

pt-noun

contratante m or f by sense (plural contratantes)


Helga

a female given name, equivalent to English Helga


Gouda

Gouda (a city in South Holland, Netherlands)


escolar

From Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

calendário escolar

material escolar


alcova

From Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “the vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).


-ia

-ia f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ias)

alegre (“joyful”) + -ia → alegria (“joy”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood

acéfalo (“acephalous”) + -ia → acefalia (“acephaly”)

(medicine) forms the names of medical conditions; -y; -ia

governador (“governor”) + -ia → governadoria (“the job or office of a governor”)

forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship

Brasil (“Brazil”) + -ia → Brasília (“Brasilia”)


hibernal

Learned borrowing from Latin hībernālis (“wintry”), from hiems (“winter”).


alameda

an avenue, street or other pathway lined with trees


carambola

/kɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/

Via Malay karambal, from Marathi करंबळ (karambaḷ), ultimately from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmā́ra), कर्मरङ्ग (karmaranga).


chalupa

Borrowed from French chaloupe, likely from Old French eschalope (“shell”).


asteroide

pt-adj

asteroide m or f (plural asteroides, not comparable)

/ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.dɨ/

[ɐʃ.tɨˈɾɔj.ðɨ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).

bor+

(zoology, relational) Of, or pertaining to, the class Asteroidea


risca

stripe (long, straight region of a colour); parting (of the hair)


arca

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arca, archa, borrowed from Latin arca. First attested in 1109.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Arca”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 296

... certo tipo de «divisões» que lhe permitissem a arrumação dos seus papéis «na devida ordem», de modo a substituir a sua «caixa grande» (a famosa e mítica arca?
... a certain type of «divisions» that would allow him to arrange his papers «in due order», in order to replace his «big box» (the famous and mythical ark?) ...) ...

1996, Fernando Pessoa, Mensagem: poemas esotéricos : edição crítica, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica

(malacology) ark clam (mollusc in the genus Arca)

(dated) coffer (strong chest used for keeping valuables safe)

(by extension, dated) coffer (a supply of money belonging to an organization)


batista

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).


batista

pt-noun

batista m or f by sense (plural batistas)


catenina

(biochemistry) catenin (any of several proteins that have a role in cell adhesion)


cascata

Borrowed from Italian cascata (“cascade, waterfall”), ultimately from Latin cāsus (“fallen”).


camionista

pt-noun

camionista m or f by sense (plural camionistas)

(Portugal) truck driver (person employed to drive a truck)


casca

skin; peel; rind (of fruits or vegetables)


clientela

clientele (body of clients who frequent an establishment)


caporal

Borrowed from French caporal, from Italian caporale, from capo (“chief”).

designating a quality of chopped tobacco


tijolo

Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.


organizacional

pt-adj

organizacional m or f (plural organizacionais)

organizational (of, relating to or produced by an organization)


filtrante

[fiʊ̯ˈtɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

[fiʊ̯ˈtɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]


evasiva

evasion (the act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation)


tradicional

tradicional m or f (plural tradicionais)

From Latin trāditiōnem (“teaching”) + -al.

traditional (of or relating to tradition)


farsa

Borrowed from Old French farse, French farce.


institucional

institucional m or f (plural institucionais)

institutional (of, pertaining to or characteristic of institutions)


pertinente

pertinent; relevant (directly related to a topic)


especialista

pt-noun

especialista m or f by sense (plural especialistas)

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


diferencial

pt-adj

diferencial m or f (plural diferenciais)

differential (relating to, having or being a difference)

(mathematics) differential (relating to differentiation or differential calculus)


diferencial

(mathematics) differential (infinitesimal change)


eremita

pt-noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


gaia

Colloquial or regional pronunciation spelling of galha. The sense of loving betrayal is possibly a assimilation of chifre or vice versa.

Levar gaia.

(Brazil, slang, colloquial) cheating (romantical betrayal)


amusia

(neurology) amusia (the inability to comprehend or respond to music)


tonelada

From tonel (“tun”) + -ada (“-ful”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel (“little tun, cask”), from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). In reference to the English unit, calqued from English ton. Doublet of tunel. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonelada.

metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg

British or American ton, a unit of mass equal to 20 hundredweight, 2,240 or 2,000 pounds

(historical) tonelada, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 793 kg

caskful, a notional unit of mass indicating the full contents of any tun, cask, &c.


kombi

(Brazil) Volkswagen Kombi, a very popular van that was manufactured in Brazil between 1950 and 2013


Dagmar

a female given name from Danish, equivalent to English Dagmar


ausente

pt-adj

ausente m or f (plural ausentes, not comparable)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin absentem.


mendicante

mendicant (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)


morfina

(biochemistry, pharmacology) morphine (opioid used as an anaesthetic or recreational drug)


motociclista

pt-noun

motociclista m or f by sense (plural motociclistas)


otaku

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

ubor

(fandom slang) weeb (one with an interest in something such as anime or manga)


pedra

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra

Kabuverdianu: pédra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.


Ingrid

a female given name from Swedish, equivalent to English Ingrid


ortografia

From Latin orthographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) and γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, orto- + -grafia.

(uncountable) orthography (study of correct spelling)

orthography (a specific system for writing in a language)


gama

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).


emocionante

pt-adj

emocionante m or f (plural emocionantes)

poignant (evoking strong mental sensation)


-ura

pt-noun

-ura f (noun-forming suffix, plural -uras)

-ness (forms nouns of quality from adjectives)


avalancha

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.vɐˈlɐ̃.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.bɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ/

[ɐ.βɐˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃɐ]


roulotte

Unadapted borrowing from French roulotte.


multilingue

pt-adj

multilingue m or f (plural multilingues)

(chiefly European Portuguese spelling) multilingual (pertaining to multiple languages)


angiologia

(anatomy) angiology (the study of blood vessels)


sintonia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía). Compare French syntonie, Spanish sintonía, Italian sintonia.

bor+

(figuratively) mutual agreement, harmony (between people or objects)


serenata

Borrowed from Italian serenata, from the adjective sereno (“clear, calm”), from Latin serēnus (“calm”).


praça

From Old Galician-Portuguese praça, plaça, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), shortening of πλατεῖα (plateîa) ὁδός (hodós, “broad way”). Cognate with Italian piazza, Venetian piasa, Sicilian chiazza, French place and Spanish plaza. Doublet of plateia.

slbor

A Praça do Comércio é uma das maiores praças da Europa.
Praça do Comércio is one of the largest plazas in Europe.

plaza (a public square or open area in front of a building or a place)


gordura

fat (specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy)

(uncountable) fatness (state of being fat)


secessionista

pt-adj

secessionista m or f (plural secessionistas)


secessionista

pt-noun

secessionista m or f by sense (plural secessionistas)


manada

From Latin manuāta, from manus (“hand”).

(collective) herd (number of domestic animals assembled together)

(usually with a) sheeple (people who unquestioningly accept something as true)


sesta

From Old Galician-Portuguese sesta, from Latin sexta (hora), feminine of sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Doublet of sexta. Cognate with Spanish siesta.

nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)


astronauta

astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas)

From astro- + -nauta or French astronaute.

astronaut (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)


escrita

From Old Galician-Portuguese escrita, from Latin scrīpta, feminine form of scrīptus (“written”), from scrībō (“to write”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreybʰ-.

writing (written letters or symbols that express some meaning)


transparente

pt-adj

transparente m or f (plural transparentes)

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.paˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.pɐˈɾẽ.tɨ/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentem (“transparent”), from trānspāreō, from Latin trāns + pāreō.


sirene

Borrowed from French sirène, from Latin sirēna. Doublet of sereia.

siren (device that produces a piercing loud sounds as an alarm of signal)


vírgula

O candidato fez muitas promessas, mas em cada promessa uma vírgula.

The candidate made many promises, but in each promise a "comma" (meaning hidden purposes and conditions).

(figuratively) fine print, small print (hidden details and conditions)


bamba

Borrowed from Kimbundu mbamba (“master”).

(Brazil) of renown, a bigshot
valiant, valorous

(Brazil) of renown, a bigshot
expert, a hotshot, a pro


Nazaré

A town and municipality of the district of Leiria, Portugal

the letter N in the Portuguese radio alphabet


Índia

From Old Galician-Portuguese India, borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿdūš/) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). By surface analysis, Indo + -ia.


quinta-feira

Tetum: loron-kinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quinta feira (“Thursday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin quīnta fēria (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”). Replaced earlier joves.
Compare Galician quinta feira and Mirandese quinta-feira.

der

Thursday (day between Wednesday and Friday)


sexta-feira

Tetum: loron-sesta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sesta feira (“Friday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin feria sexta (“sixth weekday”). Replaced earlier vernes.
Compare Galician sexta feira (“Friday”), Mirandese sesta-feira (“Friday”), Asturian estaferia and Spanish sextaferia.


passeata

Borrowed from Italian passeggiata (“promenade”). By surface analysis, passear (“to go for a walk”) + -ata (“indicates collectivity”), from passo (“step”).


aceleração

/ɐ.sɨ.lɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.sɨ.lɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin accelerātiōnem (“a hastening”). By surface analysis, acelerar + -ção.


abducção

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


lexicografia

lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)


velhice

oldness, age (the property of that which is old)

old age (the time when one is an old person)


segunda-feira

pt-noun

segunda-feira f (plural segundas-feiras)

Tetum: loron-segunda

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ]

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ]

/sɨˌɡũ.dɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

[sɨˌɣũ.dɐˈfe.ɾɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese segunda feira (“Monday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin secunda fēria (“Monday”, literally “second weekday”). Replaced earlier lues. Compare Galician segunda feira and Mirandese segunda-feira.
The loss of the original Latin weekday names is sometimes ascribed to influence from Arabic, in which the days are numbered in a way similar to modern Portuguese. Note however that the same did not happen in Spanish, where Arabic influence was generally stronger.


poeirinha

Tinha uma poeirinha aqui e eu limpei.

There was a little dust here and I cleaned it.


dúzia

From Old Galician-Portuguese ducea, from a Vulgar Latin *duocina or ducēna, both ultimately from Latin duodecim (“twelve”).


avaliação

[ɐ.βɐ.ljɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


terça-feira

Tetum: loron-tersa

From Old Galician-Portuguese terça feira (“Tuesday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin tertia fēria (“Tuesday”, literally “third weekday”). Replaced earlier martes. Related to Galician terza feira and Mirandese terça-feira.


abdução

[ɐ.βðuˈsɐ̃w̃]

Borrowed from Latin abductiōnem (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“to take or lead away”), from ab (“away”) + dūcō (“to lead”).

bor+

(anatomy) abduction (physiology: movement separating limb from axis)

(Brazil, law) abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being)


anormalidade

abnormality (quality of what is abnormal)


aldeia

[aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese aldeia, aldea, from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish aldea, Mirandese aldé and Aragonese aldeya.

der

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

1913, Fernando Pessoa, Ó sino da minha aldeia

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

(Brazil) in particular, a tribal village


pilha

battery (device that produces electricity)


pilha

Deverbal from pilhar (“to pillage, to sack”).


barreira

From Old Galician-Portuguese barreira. By surface analysis, barra + -eira.

(soccer) wall (line of players standing side-by-side to block a free kick)


povoação

From povoar + -ção, possibly corresponding to Late Latin populātiōnem, from Latin populus, and thus perhaps a doublet of população.

settlement (the process through which a place becomes populated or settled)


cabeça

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabeça, from Vulgar Latin capitia, from the neuter plural (reanalyzed as a feminine singular) of Latin capitium, from caput.

head (topmost, foremost, or leading part)


cabeça

Guinea-Bissau Creole: kabesa

Kabuverdianu: kabesa, kabésa

Kristang: kabesa

Macanese: cabéça, (unadapted) cabeça


barraca

→ Gujarati: બરાક (barāk)


laranjeira

[la.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[la.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/lɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾɐ/

From laranja (“orange (fruit)”) + -eira.


polícia

Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).


polícia

pt-noun

polícia m or f by sense (plural polícias)

→ Hunsrik: Puliss


aí

→ English: ai

three-toed sloth
three-toed sloth#English

A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.


janota

Macanese: janota

Borrowed from French janot, from Jeannot.


ausência

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin absentia (“absence”).

slbor

Sei lá, a tua ausência me causou o caos
No breu de hoje eu sinto que

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

O tempo da cura tornou a tristeza normal


barbatana

[bɐɾ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

[bɐɾ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

fin, flipper (marine mammal's wide limb for swimming)

fin (paddle-like rubber covering for the foot)


fénix

European Portuguese standard spelling of fênix.


navalha

From Old Galician-Portuguese navalla, inherited from Vulgar Latin *navac(u)la, from Latin novācula (“a sharp knife, dagger, razor”). Doublet of novácula. Cognate with Catalan and Galician navalla, Mirandese nabalha and Spanish navaja.

inh

Colabora com uns rapazes russos, deve em quando pede dinheiro às pessoas com uma navalha persuasiva, cheia de argumentos: parece que a navalha torna as pessoas generosas, sensíveis às razões do meu afilhado.

2013, António Lobo Antunes, Somos unha com carne, não somos?, Leya

(Brazil, idiomatic) one who cannot drive cars well


noma

(pathology) noma (gangrenous disease of the mouth and cheeks)


Jordânia

[ʒoɦˈdɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ʒoɦˈdɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ʒoɾˈdɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ʒoʁˈdɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[ʒuɾˈðɐ.njɐ]

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


vontade

From Old Galician-Portuguese voontade, from the Latin voluntās, voluntātis (“will; desire; disposition toward”). Cognate with Galician vontade and Spanish voluntad.

Casei-me com ele contra a minha vontade.

Estou com vontade de chorar.

will; the condition of feeling like or wanting something


aparelhagem

/ɐ.pɐ.ɾɨˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

By surface analysis, from aparelho (“device”) + -agem. Aparelho from Latin appariculum, diminutive of apparātus (“device”)

plant (industrial apparatus or machinery)

(Portugal) mini hi-fi system, mini hi-fi, mini stereo system


instalação

/ĩʃ.tɐ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

plant, installation (industrial apparatus or machinery)


azeda

dock (any of the weedy herbs in the genus Rumex)


maquinaria

machinery (machines constituting a production apparatus)


prataria

From prata (“silver”) + -aria (“indicates collection”).


prataria

From prato (“plate”) + -aria (“indicates collection”).


tomada

capture (the act of taking something by force)

plug (pronged end of an electrical cord)

socket (opening into which an electrical plug is connected)

(cinematography) take (scene filmed without an interruption)


usina

Borrowed from French usine (“factory; works”). Doublet of oficina.

bor+

(Brazil) plant (factory or industrial facility), especially a large one

(Brazil) sugar mill (factory that produces sugar)

(Brazil) power plant (industrial complex where electricity is produced)


cinza

From Old Galician-Portuguese cĩisa (“ashes”), from a Vulgar Latin root *cinisia (“ashes (cold or warm)”), from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).
Cognate with Galician cinza, Spanish ceniza and Romanian cenușă.


sociocultural

pt-adj

sociocultural m or f (plural socioculturais)


centelha

From Spanish centella, from Latin scintilla.

(figuratively) sudden and unexpected intuition

(electricity) luminous and momentary electrical discharge that happens inside conductors separated by gas


pessoal

É para meu uso pessoal.


assinatura

Essa é minha assinatura.

Para cancelar a assinatura, clique aqui.

subscription (for a publication or service)


estação

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


ventura

From Old Galician-Portuguese ventura, from Latin ventūra.


idade

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydade, from Latin aetātem, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

der

age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)


bússola

Borrowed from Italian bussola, from Late Latin buxula.


natureza

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese natureza. cognate with Galician natureza. Compare Spanish naturaleza.

inh+

O Homem pertence à natureza.

Ele não se consegue controlar; é a sua natureza.

He can't control himself; it's his nature.

nature, character, distinguishing features


travesti

pt-noun

travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)

transvestite; cross-dresser (person who wears clothing of the opposite sex)


geração

[ʒe.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʒɛ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese geeraçon, *gẽeraçon, from Latin generātiōnem. By surface analysis, gerar + -ção.

generation (origination by some process; formation)

age, generation (period of around thirty years)


crença

From Old Galician-Portuguese creença, from Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. By surface analysis, crer + -ença. Doublet of credência and credença.


irmã

From Old Galician-Portuguese irmãa, yrmãa, from Latin germāna with influence from irmão.


bateria

battery (group of electrochemical cells used to power electric devices)

(military) battery (coordinated group of artillery weapons)

Realizamos uma bateria de testes.

(figurative) a series of coordinated actions

(music) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)


mulher

Kabuverdianu: mudjér

→ Aukan: muyee

→ Indonesian: moler

→ Saramaccan: mujë́ë

From Old Galician-Portuguese muller, moller (hence also Galician muller), from Latin mulierem (“woman; wife”), of uncertain origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (milk; to milk). Cognate with Spanish mujer, Catalan muller, Italian moglie, and Romanian muiere.

Aquela mulher lê livros.

A mulher tem o direito de votar.

(literally, “The woman (as such) has the right to vote.”)

Minha mulher não está aqui.

A mulher do João não está aqui.
John’s wife isn’t here.

Mulher, vem cá.

(with possessive pronoun, the preposition de, or in the vocative) wife (married woman)


mulher

(derogatory, of a man) pansy; wimpy; effeminate


tabela periódica

tabela periódica f (plural tabelas periódicas)

periodic table (chart of the chemical elements by atomic number)


constipação

[kõʃ.t͡ʃi.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin cōnstīpātiōnem. By surface analysis, constipar + -ção.


galhada

antler (bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk)

the branches of a tree or bush as a whole

a large branch from which smaller branches stem; a bough

(Brazil, slang) the figurative result of unfaithfulness in marriage


polegar

pt-adj

polegar m or f (plural polegares, not comparable)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pollegar, from Latin pollicāris (“of the thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”). Compare Spanish pulgar and Galician polgar.


corante

From corar (“to colour, dye”), from cor (“colour”). Doublet of colorante.


expressão

[iʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

/eʃ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).


semanal

pt-adj

semanal m or f (plural semanais, not comparable)

From semana (“week”) + -al (“of or relating to”).


tintura

/t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

/t͡ʃĩˈtu.ɾɐ/

From Latin tinctūra, future active participle of tingō (“to moisten”).

tincture (pigment or other substance that colours or dyes)


extensão

[is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[is.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[iʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[es.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐjʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

(electricity) extension cord; power strip with extension cord


inquestionável

pt-adj

inquestionável m or f (plural inquestionáveis)


oportunidade

opportunity (chance for advancement, progress or profit)


ciência

science (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)

science (particular discipline or branch of learning)

science, awareness (fact of knowing something)


besta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese besta, probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”). Doublet of bicha.

inh+

beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo)

ass (any of several species of horse-like animals)

(derogatory) fool; idiot (stupid person)


besta

astonished, speechless (extremely surprised)


besta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese baesta (“crossbow”), from Latin bālista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra).

inh+

crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock)


palmeira

From palma (“palm”) + -eira (“forms tree names”).


pisca

(Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator


repugnância

Borrowed from Latin repugnantia (“resistance; repugnance”), from repugnō (“to resist”), from re- + pugnō (“to fight”).


tribo

Borrowed from Latin tribus f (“one of the three tribes of Rome”), from trēs (“three”).

(historical) one of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities and Luceres

(biblical) one of the twelve tribes of Israel

(anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band but smaller than a state)

(sociology, informal) subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)

(taxonomy) tribe (rank between family and genus)


sapata

From Old Galician-Portuguese çapata (“slipper”).

uder

shoe (an object resembling a shoe, e.g. brake shoe)

Coordinate term: sapatilha

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) lesbian, dyke

(regional, Rio Grande do Sul) hopscotch (type of children's game)


alavanca de câmbio

pt-noun

alavanca de câmbio f (plural alavancas de câmbio)


secretária

Feminine of secretário (“secretary”), from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”).

der

(computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)


força

From Old Galician-Portuguese força, from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“fort”). Compare Galician forza, Spanish fuerza.

ability to exert influence on others; authority; power

series of means used to force someone to do something; violence

strong capacity for action of something; intensity

spiritual, mental or psychological energy; courage

(military) set of troops, ships, planes or elements of two or more of these combat assets, intended to carry out a policing or combat mission


electrizante

pt-adj

electrizante m or f (plural electrizantes)

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


figura de linguagem

pt-noun

figura de linguagem f (plural figuras de linguagem)


eletrizante

pt-adj

eletrizante m or f (plural eletrizantes)

From eletrizar (“to electrify”) + -ante.

(figurative) electric (emotionally thrilling)


fonética

From French phonétique, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνητῐκός (phōnētikós).

(linguistics) phonetics (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols)


análise

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).

lbor

analysis
examining a thing, part by part

infinitesimal calculus
infinitesimal calculus

differential calculus
differential calculus

(mathematics) part of mathematics that comprises infinitesimal calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus) and its applications

(in the plural) qualitative and quantitative examination of certain substances in the body, based on samples (blood, urine, feces, etc.), which allows a diagnosis to be made


locomotora

locomotive (the power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons)


península

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

Meronym: istmo

(geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)


afluente

Learned borrowing from Latin affluentem.


intelligencia

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


resina

From Old Galician-Portuguese resina, from Latin rēsīna.

resin (any viscous liquid secreted by plants)


cítara

Borrowed from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára, “kind of harp”). Doublet of guitarra, which entered through Arabic, and of cítola and cistre.


auréola

[aʊ̯ˈɾɛʊ̯.lɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈɾɛʊ̯.lɐ]

Learned borrowing from Latin aureola (corona) ("golden (crown)").

Vegeta, olha só! Sumiu a auréola que você tinha na cabeça!

2001 October 3, “A estratégia de Vegeta” (20:10 from the start), in Dragon Ball Z, episode 283, spoken by Goku (Wendel Bezerra), São Paulo: Álamo, dubbing of ベジータの秘策(ひさく)!! 神龍(ポルンガ)と2つの願(ねが)い, via Cartoon Network Brasil

halo, aureole, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints)

aureola (luminous cloud around a sacred personage)


acorde

concordant (agreeing, correspondent, harmonious)


arepa

arepa (type of corn bread from the northern Andes)


heráldica

Borrowed from French héraldique (“heraldic”).

heraldry (the profession of devising and blazoning arms)


tautologia

(uncountable) tautology (redundant use of words)

tautology (expression that features tautology)

(logic) tautology (statement that is true for all values of its variables)


abundante

[ɐ.βũˈdɐ̃.tɨ]

abundant; plentiful (fully sufficient; having more than enough)


ambição

[ɐ̃.biˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


uricemia

From úrico + -emia. Compare French uricémie.


amnistia

amnistias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin amnēstia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía, “forgetting”).


identidade

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identitātem.


intencional

pt-adj

intencional m or f (plural intencionais, comparable, comparative mais intencional, superlative o mais intencional or intencionalíssimo)

intencionais (plural)
mais intencional (comparative)
o mais intencional (superlative)
intencionalíssimo (superlative)


mídia

media (journalists and other professionals who compose the mass communication industry)

Um CD é uma mídia física para reproduzir músicas.

A CD is a physical medium to reproduce music.

(by extension, countable, technology) any medium, such as a disk, which reproduces audio and/or video


end zone

Unadapted borrowing from English end zone.


Páscoa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Pascoa, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh).


seca

(meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)

Que seca!


aspirante

/ɐʃ.piˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

Ultimately from Latin aspīrante, possily borrowed from Italian aspirante. By surface analysis, aspirar + -ante.


aspirante

pt-noun

aspirante m or f by sense (plural aspirantes)

/ɐʃ.piˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

A popularidade de Marcos começou a crescer a partir do ano passado, quando sites de entretenimento da capital redescobriram o aspirante a sósia.

2016 February 12, “"Vin Diesel de Curitiba" vende panos de prato para enfrentar a crise”, in UOL Notícias, Cotidiano

Marcos's popularity began to grow last year, when the capital's entertainment websites rediscovered the double aspirant.


OTAN

w:pt:Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte

Acronym of Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte: NATO


banqueta

stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)


glândula pineal

glândula pineal f (plural glândulas pineais)


orbe

orbe m or (nonstandard) f (plural orbes)


glândula

Kabuverdianu: glândula

Borrowed from Latin glandula. Cf. also landra.


catarata

From Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek καταράκτης (kataráktēs) "down-rushing".

(pathology) cataract (opacity of the lens in the eye)


parra

From Medieval Latin parricus (“enclosure, fence”).


kryptonita

kryptonite (weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable)


veloz

fast; quick (moving or capable of moving with great speed)


egoísta

Borrowed from French égoïste. By surface analysis, ego + -ista.

selfish (holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making)


egoísta

pt-noun

egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)


contagiante

pt-adj

contagiante m or f (plural contagiantes)

contagious (of a disease, able to be transmitted to others)

contagious (of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others)


campa

From Old Galician-Portuguese campãa, from Late Latin campāna. Compare Galician campá, Spanish campana.


opereta

(music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)


astenia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia), from ἀσθενής (asthenḗs, “sick, weak”), from ἀ- (a-, “not, un-”) + σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).


faceta

Borrowed from French facette. Equivalent to face + -eta.

(figurative) facet (one among many similar yet distinct things)

(anatomy) facet (component of a compound eye)


fraternidade

Borrowed from Latin frāternitātem. Cognate with Spanish fraternidad.


fervente

fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)


órbita

orbit (path of one object around another)


frustrante

/fɾuʃˈtɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/fɾuʃˈtɾɐ̃.tɨ/

From Latin frūstrante, present participle of frūstrō.


gengiva

From Old Galician-Portuguese gengiva, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

(anatomy) gum, gingiva (flesh around teeth)


cobertura

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobertura, from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.

Vi a cobertura do campo pela neve.

A cobertura da caixa é resistente.

cover (anything which covers other things)

Quem tem dinheiro prefere morar na cobertura.

Those who have money prefer living in the penthouse.

(architecture) penthouse (apartment on the top floor of a building)

Não te preocupes, meu cheque tem cobertura.

A cobertura das eleições pelo jornal foi breve.

The newspaper’s coverage of the elections was brief.

(communication) news coverage (a media organization’s account of an occurrence)

Corre para o outro lado enquanto eu te dou cobertura.

Run to the other side while I cover you.

(military, law enforcement) protection from enemy fire

O meio-campista lhe deu cobertura enquanto corria para o gol.

The midfielder protected him while he ran towards the goal.

(sports) the act of preventing adversaries from reaching a team

Margens com cobertura vegetal sofrem menos erosão.

Riverbanks with plant cover suffer less erosion.

(ecology) contents of the topmost layer of soil

Esta seguradora tem uma cobertura boa para acidentes de carro.

This insurance company has a good warranty for car accidents.

Esta companhia tem uma cobertura que abrange todos bairros.

This company has a coverage that reaches every neighborhood.

coverage (the extent to which a television radio or internet signal reaches)

(topology) cover (a set of sets whose union contains the given set)

Este bolo tem cobertura de chocolate.


inconsciente

pt-adj

inconsciente m or f (plural inconscientes, not comparable)

From in- (“un-”) + consciente (“conscious”).

unconscious (without directed thought or awareness)

(of animals or objects) having no consciousness


Septuaginta

Septuagint (an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek)


forense

forensic (relating to the scientific investigation of evidence for a court of law)


próstata

From Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).

uder

Deixa-me cutucar sua próstata.


Oltênia

Oltenia (a historical region in the southwest of Romania)


linfa

Learned borrowing from Latin lympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).

(physiology, immunology) lymph (fluid carried by the lymphatic system)


Olténia

European Portuguese standard spelling of Oltênia.


cocota

(Brazil, dated) a young and beautiful girl


megera

After Ancient Greek Μέγαιρα (Mégaira, “Megaera”), one of the Erinyes in Greek mythology.

der

(derogatory) an evil or bad-tempered woman


mistura

From Old Galician-Portuguese mestura, from Latin mixtūra, mistūra.

mixture, blend (various different things put together)

(Brazil) a meal that combines various ingredients; for example: rice and vegetables


bexiga

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca. Presumably came via a northern dialect or Galician on account of the /b-/. Compare Galician vexiga, Spanish vejiga. Doublet of vesico-, a borrowing from Latin.


insuficiente

pt-adj

insuficiente m or f (plural insuficientes)

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsufficientem.


dança

From Old Galician-Portuguese dança, deverbal of dançar.


partitura

(music) sheet music (written musical notation)


anisotropia

From aniso- + -tropia or anisótropo + -ia.

(biology, mineralogy, physics) anisotropy (the property of being directionally dependent)


cromatografia

pt-noun

cromatografia f (usually uncountable, plural cromatografias)

(analytical chemistry) chromatography (technique for separation of components in a mixture)


policial

policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)


aurora boreal

aurora boreal f (plural auroras boreais)

Borrowed from New Latin aurōra boreālis, from Latin aurōra (“dawn”) + boreālis (“northern”).


lentiviral

(virology) lentiviral (of or relating to a lentivirus)


aurora austral

aurora austral f (plural auroras austrais)

Borrowed from New Latin aurōra austrālis, from Latin aurōra (“dawn”) + austrālis (“southern”).


isoterma

isotherm (line representing equal or constant temperature)


Verónica

European Portuguese standard spelling of Verônica.


impureza

impurity (the condition of being impure)

impurity (a component or additive that renders something else impure)


armadura

[ɐɾ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese armadura, from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Galician armadura.

inh+

armatura (the rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo)

A FN permanece amarrada aos fundamentos nacionalistas de extrema-direita. "A armadura da sua doutrina permanece uma concepção determinista e étnica da identidade, impermeável aos valores universalistas dos Direitos do Homem e da cidadania republicana. (...)"

2015 December 13, Jorge Almeida Fernandes, “Estratégia de Marine Le Pen: devorar a direita tradicional”, in Público

The FN remains tied to far-right nationalist underpinnings. "The armor of his doctrine remains a deterministic and ethnic conception of identity, impervious to the universalist values of human rights and republican citizenship. (...)"


-ente

pt-adj

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)

Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.

temer (“to fear”) + -ente → temente (“fearful”)

resplandecer (“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)

-ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir


-ente

pt-noun

-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

verter (“to gush, to spring (water)”) + -ente → vertente (“spring”)

encher (“to fill”) + -ente → enchente (“flood”)

-er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir


precoce

Learned borrowing from Latin praecox. Doublet of abricó.

precocious (characterised by exceptionally early occurrence or development)

sinais de alerta precoces.


etarra

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

ETA, of ETA (relating to ETA; Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)


espiritual

Learned borrowing from Late Latin spīrituālis. By surface analysis, espírito + -ual.


margem

[ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɦ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɾ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaʁ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ˈmaɻ.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ˈmaɾ.ʒɐ̃j̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese margen, from Latin marginem (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merg-.

inh

(typography) margin (edge of paper which remains blank)

margin (difference between results, characteristics, scores)


muralha

Borrowed from Italian muraglia (“wall”), muro (“wall”) + -aglia, or from Late Latin muralia, from Latin mūrus.

wall (structure built for defence surrounding or separating an area)


cerveja

Kabuverdianu: serveja

→ Tetum: serveja

Inherited from Latin cervēs(i)a. Compare Spanish cerveza.


-ante

pt-adj

-ante m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -antes)

estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulating”)

brilhar (“to shine”) + -ante → brilhante (“brilliant”)

-ing, -ant; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -ar


-ante

pt-noun

-ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -antes)

viajar (“to travel”) + -ante → viajante (“voyager, traveler”)

anunciar (“to announce”) + -ante → anunciante (“announcer”)

estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulant”)

-er, -ant; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ar


palavra

→ Angolar: palava

desctree

→ English: palaver
→ Danish: palaver
→ Finnish: palaveri
→ German: Palaver
→ Hungarian: paláver
→ Swedish: palaver

desc

→ Guinea-Bissau Creole: palabra, palavra

→ Indo-Portuguese: palau, palav, paláver, pálver, pálvra

→ Kabuverdianu: palábra, palávra

→ Korlai Creole Portuguese: palab

→ Principense: palava

From Old Galician-Portuguese palavra, with hyperthesis from earlier paravra, paravla, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Latin parabola (“comparison, illustration”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ, “comparison; parable”). Doublet of parábola, a borrowing.

der

Abri o dicionário e li a definição de uma palavra qualquer.

I opened the dictionary and read the definition of a random word.

Você tem a minha palavra.

Preciso ter uma palavra com meus filhos.

Esse processador aceita palavras de 32 bits.

No meio da conferência, me passaram a palavra.

I was given the permission to speak in the middle of the conference.

Cristãos seguem a palavra de Jesus.


estrela

Guinea-Bissau Creole: strela

Kabuverdianu: strela

Kristang: strela

Saramaccan: teréja, teéja, teéa

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrela, strela (“star”), from Latin stēlla (“star”), from Proto-Italic *stērolā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”).
Cognate with Galician estrela, Spanish and Catalan estrella, Occitan estela, French étoile, Italian stella and Romanian stea. Doublet of Estela.

star
(astronomy) luminous celestial body

(geometry) concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, generally with five or six points


Vênus

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Vénus.


bosta

Attested since 1671. From Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew- (“excrement; dung”) + the suffix *-st-; Compare German Kot (“feces”), Welsh budr (“filthy”).
Back-formation from bostal (“corral: cattle pen”), from Late Latin bōstar, būstar, from bōs (“bull”) and stāre (“to stand, remain; a standing, habitation”).


criança

Macanese: quiança

From Old Galician-Portuguese criança. By surface analysis, criar (“to raise”) + -ança. Compare Spanish crianza and Medieval Latin creantia.


discussão

[d͡ʒiʃ.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


ocidental

Learned borrowing from Latin occidentālis (“western”), from occidēns (“west”), occidō (“fall down; pass away”). By surface analysis, ocidente + -al.

lbor

west; western (of, facing, situated in, or related to the west)


ocidental

pt-noun

ocidental m or f by sense (plural ocidentais)

someone who was born in the western world


caneta

→ Hunsrik: Kanett

From cana (“cane, reed”) + -eta. Sense 3 is a derivation from sense 2 (itself an analogy), originally as the expression "tocar a bola por entre as canetas" ("play the ball between the legs").

Já não me aguento das canetas.

Ela deu uma caneta na zagueira e arrematou no gol.

She nutmegged the defender and shot to the goal.

(Brazil, soccer/football) nutmeg (action of playing the ball between the legs of an opponent)


direita

[d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tɐ]

[d͡ʒiˈɾeɪ̯.tɐ]

Feminine of direito. Or from Old Galician-Portuguese dereita, feminine form of dereito, from Latin dīrectus (“straight”), from dīrigō (“lay straight; direct; distribute”), from dis- + regō (“to rule, govern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Compare Spanish derecha, Catalan dreta, French droite, Italian dritta, Romanian dreapta.


televisão

From tele- + visão, calque of French télévision.


experiência

Borrowed from Latin experientia (“experience”).

bor+

experience (event(s) of which one is cognizant)

(uncountable) knowledge gathered throughout time

Experiência científica


comparação

/kõ.pɐ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin comparātiōnem. By surface analysis, comparar + -ção.

lbor

comparison (the act of comparing or the state of being compared)


felação

Learned borrowing from Latin fēllātiōnem.


dúvida

Estou em dúvida.

Em caso de dúvidas, pergunta.


lula

From Latin lōlīgō (“squid, cuttlefish”).


coruja

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

unk

Unknown

As corujas caçam à noite.


minhoca

Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca; perhaps from *milocca, from a substrate language. If related to Proto-Celtic *mīlom (“animal”), then from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”).


chave de fenda

pt-noun

chave de fenda f (plural chaves de fenda)


estética

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).


coroa

From Old Galician-Portuguese corõa (“crown”), from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”), from Proto-Indo-European *kor, *ker. Doublet of corona.

der

crown (royal, imperial or princely headdress)

crown (imperial or regal power, or those who wield it)

(heraldry) crown (as depicted above a coat of arms)

(dentistry) crown (prosthetic covering for a tooth)

crown (any of various coins or currencies, including the krone, krona, koruna)


coroa

(Brazil, colloquial) a middle-aged person


latente

latent (existing or present but concealed or inactive)


coragem

Guinea-Bissau Creole: korajen

Macanese: corázi

[koˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

Borrowed from Old Occitan coratge or Old French corage, from Latin cor (“heart”).

courage; boldness; guts (the quality of not being scared easily)

courage; audacity; insolence (the quality of being insolent)


coragem

[koˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/kɔˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


conotação

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiōnem, from Latin connotō. By surface analysis, conotar + -ção.


águia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”).

inh+

eagle (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)

eagle (representation of such an eagle (bird) carried as an emblem)

(heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)

Seu filho é uma águia, Sra. Coelho!


despedida de solteiro

pt-noun

despedida de solteiro f (plural despedidas de solteiro)

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈte.ɾu]


avelã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese avelãa, from Latin abellana (“filbert, hazelnut”), from Abella (“Avella, a city in the Campania region of Italy”).
Cognate with Galician abelá, Spanish avellana, Occitan avelana and Romanian alună.


locução prepositiva

pt-noun

locução prepositiva f (plural locuções prepositivas)


calculadora

calculator (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)


hipótese

From Late Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις (hupóthesis, “base, basis of an argument, supposition”).

der

(sciences) hypothesis (tentative conjecture in science)


recepção

Learned borrowing from Latin receptiōnem (“the act of receiving; reception”).


anedota

[ɐ.nɨˈðɔ.tɐ]

From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”).


lâmpada

[ˈlɐ̃.pɐ.ðɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese lampada, borrowed from Late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp or flambeau”), from Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”). Compare the inherited Old Portuguese form lampaa.


agramatical

pt-adj

agramatical m or f (plural agramaticais)

(linguistics) ungrammatical (in violation of a language’s grammar)


raiz

Guinea-Bissau Creole: rais

Kabuverdianu: raìs

Papiamentu: rais

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raiz, from Latin rādīcem, from Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). Compare Galician raíz.

inh+

(arithmetic) root (a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number)

(graph theory) root (the single node of a tree that has no parent)

(linguistics) root (primary lexical unit of a word)

(linguistics) root (word from which another word or words are derived)

(computing) root (highest directory of a directory structure)

(figurative, usually in the plural) the place where one grew up


raiz

Aquele homem de kilt é um escocês raiz!

That man over there wearing a kilt is a true Scotsman!

(Brazil, slang) O.G., true (valid, legitimate)

Este é o método raiz de fazer carne assada!

This is the traditional way of making a barbecue!


pimenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese pimenta, from Latin pigmenta, form of pigmentum (“pigment”), from pingō (“to paint”), Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“spot, color”).


vectorial

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


amidina

(organic chemistry) amidine (an organic compound derived from oxoacids)


peçonha

From Old Galician-Portuguese peçonna, poçonna, poçõya, from Vulgar Latin *potionea, from Latin pōtiō (“drink”). Cognate of Spanish ponzoña, Galician pezoña and French poison, doublet of poção.

(biology) venom (animal toxin delivered by a bite or sting)

(figuratively) venom; malice; malevolence; vitriol


medalha

Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia (“middle; half a denarius”), ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of mealha 'type of medieval coin', the native Portuguese counterpart.

medal (stamped metal disc used as ornament or charm)

medal (metal object used as a prize or military decoration)


estudante

pt-noun

estudante m or f by sense (plural estudantes)

student (person who studies an academic subject)

Aluno é aquele que atende regularmente a um curso, de qualquer nível, duração ou especialidade, com a suposta finalidade de adquirir conhecimento ou ter direito a um título. Já o estudante é um ser autônomo, que busca uma nova competência e pretende exercê-la, para o seu benefício e da sociedade. O aluno recebe. O estudante busca. Quando o sistema funciona, todos os alunos tendem a se tornar estudantes. Quando o sistema falha, eles se divorciam. É o que parece ocorrer entre nós: enquanto o número de alunos nos ensinos fundamental, médio e superior cresce, assombram-nos sinais do desaparecimento de estudantes entre as massas discentes.

2014, Thomaz Wood Jr., “Procuram-se estudantes”, in CartaCapital, section 794

Aluno is someone who attends a course regularly, of any level, duration or specialty, with the supposed finality of acquiring knowlege or having the right to a title. However, the estudante is an autonomous being, who seeks a new competence and intends to exercise it, for their benefit and that of society. The aluno receives. The estudante seeks. When the system works, all the alunos tend to become estudantes. When the system fails, they divorce from each other. That is what seems to happen between us: while the number of alunos in the primary school, high school and higher education grows, there are haunting signs of the disappearance of estudantes among the mass of learners.

(Brazil, rare, by extension) a student who is actively interested in learning (by comparison with the word aluno used more negatively)


imprensa

Possibly borrowed from Spanish imprensa; ultimately from Latin impressus (“printed”).

the press (collective term for printed media)

(uncountable) printing (process or business of producing printed material)


videira

From vide (“vine tendril”) + -eira, from Latin vītis (“vine”).

vine (climbing plant that produces grapes)


annal

Borrowed from Latin annālis, from annus (“year”).

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


cachoeira

/kɐˈʃwɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐˈʃwɐj.ɾɐ/

(Brazil, slang, colloquial, chiefly preceded by cê é louco) bro


vergonha

Macanese: vegónha, vegônha

[veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia. Compare French vergogne, Catalan vergonya. Doublet of verecúndia.


baioneta

From French baïonnette, after the town of Bayonne.

bayonet (dagger designed to be mounted on firearms)


propriedade

Borrowed from Latin proprietātem (“quality; ownership”), from proprius (“own, individual”).

bor

the state of being proper (following the established standards of behaviour)


sobrancelha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrancelha, sobrencelha, from Latin supercilia, plural of supercilium (“eyebrow”), from super (“above”) + cilium (“eyelid”). Doublet of supercílio. A nasal infix developed in Portuguese, as with Romansch survantscheglia; cf. also Romanian sprânceană.

inh+

eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)


sociedade

Borrowed from Latin societātem (“society, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

society (group of people sharing culture)

society (group of persons who meet to engage in a common interest)

(uncountable) society (people of one’s country or community taken as a whole)

(business) partnership (association of two or more people to conduct a business)


amizade

From Old Galician-Portuguese amizade, amiçade, amizidade,
from Vulgar Latin *amīcitātem, derived from Latin amīcus (“friend”).


dural

(anatomy) dural (relating to the dura mater)


apelante

pt-noun

apelante m or f by sense (plural apelantes)

(law) appellant (party making an appeal)


ortiga

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oɾˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/oʁˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

[oχˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ]


inteligência

inteligência f (usually uncountable, plural inteligências)

Learned borrowing from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).

lbor

(military, espionage) intelligence; intel (secret information about the enemy)

intelligence agency (governmental agency devoted to gathering information for national security)


independente

pt-adj

independente m or f (plural independentes)

Borrowed from Latin indēpendentem (“independent”).

bor+

independent (not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free)


revolução

[ʁɨ.βluˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin revolūtiōnem, from Latin revolvō.

lbor

revolution (act or effect of revolutionizing, of causing profound change in)

(astronomy) revolution (translational movement of one star in relation to another)

(astronomy) revolution (return of a star to a point in its own orbit)

(mathematics) revolution (full turn rotation, in a plane, around a point)

revolution (movement around an axis; circular motion)

(politics) revolution (insurrectionary movement against established power)

(politics) revolution (set of sudden and profound changes in the political, economic, social and institutional structures of a community, generally imposed violently)

(figuratively) any sudden and profound change


mirra

pt-noun

mirra f (usually uncountable, plural mirras)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mirra, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.

Commiphora myrrha
Commiphora myrrha#Translingual

myrrh (dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree)


mirra

→ Japanese: ミイラ (mīra)

→ Korean: 미라 (mira)


distinção

/d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒis.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

[d͡ʒiʃ.t͡ʃĩˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/dɨʃ.tĩˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin distīnctiōnem.


escultura

sculpture (work of art created by sculpting)


residência

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia, from Latin residēns (“residing”), from resideō (“to reside”), from re- + sedeō (“to sit”).

(Brazil) residency (position or term of a medical resident)


quinoleína

(organic chemistry) quinoline (any of a class of hetercyclic compounds)


laxante

laxative (causing movement of the bowels)


viúva

pt-noun

viúva f (plural viúvas, masculine viúvo, masculine plural viúvos)

viúvas (plural)
viúvo (masculine)
viúvos (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese viuva, from Vulgar Latin *viduva, from Classical Latin vidua (“widow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂. Displaced Old Portuguese collateral form viuda, from the same Classical Latin word.

fawn-breasted tanager
fawn-breasted tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota
Pipraeidea melanonota#English

fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota, a passerine bird)

white-headed marsh tyrant
white-headed marsh tyrant

Arundinicola leucocephala
Wikispecies:Arundinicola leucocephala

white-headed marsh tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala, a passerine bird)

Parona leatherjacket
Parona leatherjacket

Parona leatherjacket (Parona signata, a fish)

Victoria amazonica
Wikispecies:Victoria amazonica

Amazon lily (Victoria amazonica, a water lily)


consciência

Borrowed from Latin cōnscientia, from con- (“with”) + scientia (“knowledge”).

immediate knowledge of one's own psychic activity

conscience, consciousness (moral sense)
ability to know oneself intuitively

spontaneous and more or less vague knowledge; impression

(psychology) part of psychic activity of which the subject has intuitive knowledge

(philosophy) state in which the subject knows himself as such, and distinguishes himself from the objects that surround him

ability to make value judgments about one's own actions


embaixada

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Occitan ambayssada, derivative of ambaissa (“service”), from Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 (andbahti, “service, function”), from Proto-Germanic *andbahtiją (“service, office”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz (“servant”), from Gaulish *ambactos (“servant”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“round about, around”) + *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”).

der

embassy (organization representing a foreign state)

ambassadorship (the post or office of ambassador)

the act of repeatedly kicking a football upwards in order to prevent it from touching the ground


farmácia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pharmacia, from Ancient Greek φαρμακεία (pharmakeía, “the use of drugs”), from φάρμακον (phármakon, “a drug, charm, enchantment”).

der

pharmacy (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed)

(uncountable) the science of creating medicine


agrometeorologia

agrometeorology (the study of the weather to help with agriculture)


antologia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

lbor

anthology (collection of literary works)


paleoclimatologia

palaeoclimatology (the study of prehistoric climate)


Yamada

Borrowed from Japanese 山(やま)田(だ) (Yamada).


realista

pt-noun

realista m or f by sense (plural realistas)

realist (one who sees things as they are)


boate

Borrowed from French boîte (“nightclub”, literally “box”).

bor+

Não há nenhuma diferença clara entre casa noturna e boate no dicionário.

2022 May 19, Qual a diferença entre casa noturna e boate?

There is no clear difference between a nightclub and a club in the dictionary.

nightclub (establishment that is open late at night)

discotheque (a dance hall / club / party place)


Komodo

Komodo (an island in Lesser Sunda, Indonesia)


migrante

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[miˈɣɾɐ̃.tɨ]


migrante

pt-noun

migrante m or f by sense (plural migrantes)

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/miˈɡɾɐ̃.tɨ/

[miˈɣɾɐ̃.tɨ]


predominante

pt-adj

predominante m or f (plural predominantes)


traça

bristletail, silverfish (also called traça-de-livros, bicho-de-prata or lepisma)


Boeing

Unadapted borrowing from English Boeing.

(aviation) Boeing (an American aerospace company)


internauta

pt-noun

internauta m or f by sense (plural internautas)

From Internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”).

(computing) Internet user, netizen, cybercitizen, internaut, cybernaut


Tasmânia

Tasmania (an island and state of Australia)


Flensburg

Flensburg (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


rocha

Borrowed from French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Italian rocca, English rock, French roche, and Breton roc'h. Doublet of roca.


orelha

Guinea-Bissau Creole: oredja

Kabuverdianu: oredja, orédja

Papiamentu: orea

/ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

/ɔˈɾɐ(j).ʎɐ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese orelha, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Cognate Galician orella, Spanish oreja. Doublet of aurícula

inh+

quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha


Mongólia

[mõˈɡɔ.lɪ.ɐ]

[mõˈɡɔ.lɪ.ɐ]


utente

Borrowed from Latin ūtentis, from ūtēns (“using, employing”).

(...) o primeiro-ministro deslocou-se a Ermesinde, no concelho de Valongo, onde encontrou à sua espera a comissão de utentes da A41/Núcleo de Alfena. (...) Os utentes reclamam o “fim das portagens no pórtico de Alfena da A41", argumentando que este "cria uma desigualdade na região”.

2016 May 6, Margarida Gomes, “Costa entre as portagens, a escola pública e a moção ao congresso”, in Público

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

user (especially of a public or private service)


anfigonia

(dated, biology) amphigony (sexual reproduction)


angiosperma

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɦ.mɐ]

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɦ.mɐ]

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈspɛɾ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.ʒi.oˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ/

[ˌɐ̃.ʒɪ.oˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.ʒjoˈʃpɛʁ.mɐ/

/ˌɐ̃.ʒjɔˈʃpɛɾ.mɐ/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, urn, pot”) + σπερμος (spermos, “seed”).

lbor

(botany) angiosperm (member of plant group)


savana

savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)


anodal

(physics) anodic; anodal (relating to an anode)


antagonista

pt-noun

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonistas)

From Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”, from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).

af

ἀγωνιστής<t:a combatant, pleader, actor>

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


embriaguez

pt-noun

embriaguez f (usually uncountable, plural embriaguezes)

/ẽ.bɾjɐˈɡeʃ/

[ẽ.bɾjɐˈɣeʃ]

From Italian ubriachezza, or else from Old Galician-Portuguese embriago (compare embriagar).

inebriation, intoxication, drunkenness (state of being intoxicated or drunk)


Natacha

a female given name, equivalent to English Natasha, Alternative form of Natasha


onomatopeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”).

bor+

ὀνοματοποιία

(linguistics, uncountable) onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents)

onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)


Matilde

a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda, Alternative form of Matilda


miopia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía, “shortsightedness”).


Somália

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


segurança

/sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese segurança. By surface analysis, segurar (“to hold; to secure”) + -ança.

surf

Estas grades de ferro estão aqui para nossa segurança.

These iron bars are here for our safety.

security; safety (condition of not being threatened)

(by extension) any object related to the safety of something or some place

(military) a set of devices designed to help avoid surprise attacks

Falou com segurança.


segurança

pt-noun

segurança m or f by sense (plural seguranças)

/sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

Há muitos seguranças neste estabelecimento.

watch; guard; doorman (person hired to ensure security or protect an individual, group or place)


Marcela

a female given name, equivalent to English Marcella


Ema

a female given name, equivalent to English Emma


mesquita

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquita, mezquita (“mosque”), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).


igreja

Angolar: ngeedha

Annobonese: guesa

Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia

Indo-Portuguese: greja

Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa

Kristang: greza

Macanese: greza

Principense: gêêza

Sãotomense: glêza

→ Acehnese: geurèja

→ Bengali: গির্জা (girja)

→ Bodo (India): गिरजा (girja)

→ Gujarati: ગિરજા (girjā)

→ Hindi: गिरजा (girjā)

→ Iban: gerija

→ Javanese: greja

→ Kaingang: igreja

→ Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje)

→ Malay: gereja
Indonesian: gereja

→ Swahili: gereza (“prison”)

→ Rwanda-Rundi: gereza

→ Tetum: igreja

→ Urdu: گرجا (girjā)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese igreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Spanish iglesia Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église, and Italian chiesa. Doublet of eclésia, a borrowing.


framboesa

Borrowed from French framboise, from Frankish *brāmabaʀi (“blackberry, bramble”). Compare Spanish frambuesa and Dutch framboos.


cineasta

From French cinéaste, from ciné, contraction of cinéma, on pattern of enthousiaste.

filmmaker, moviemaker (a producer or director of films/movies)


cinefilia

pt-noun

cinefilia f (usually uncountable, plural cinefilias)


cinematografia

cinematography (the art of making films)


medula

Borrowed from Latin medulla. Doublet of miolo, inherited from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

(uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones)


tatuagem

From English tattoo + -agem, from a Polynesian source such as Samoan tatau (“to tap”).

O meu irmão tem muitas tatuagens.


carpete

carpet (a fabric used as a floor covering)


referência

/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/


TH

hormone replacement therapy
hormone replacement therapy


Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes (a city, the state capital of Aguascalientes, Mexico)


matrícula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.

lbor

enrolment (act of enrolling or state of being enrolled)


prisão

Hunsrik: Prisong

[pɾiˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from French prison, from Old French prison, from Latin prehēnsiōnem, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of preensão.


decoração

Learned borrowing from Latin decorātiōnem. By surface analysis, decorar + -ção.


sacarose

From Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + -ose, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρις (sákkharis).


ruptura

Learned borrowing from Latin ruptūra. Compare the inherited doublet rotura.


bilingue

(chiefly European Portuguese spelling) bilingual


personalidade

Borrowed from Late Latin persōnālitātem, from Latin persōna (“mask; character”).

personality (set of qualities that make a person distinct from another)

(by extension) personality (set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting)

personality (qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd)


sincronia

(uncountable) synchronicity; synchrony (the state of being synchronous)


sibilante

sibilant (characterised by a hissing sound)


Transnístria

[tɾɐ̃ʒˈniʃ.tɾɪ.ɐ]

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈniʃ.tɾjɐ/

/tɾɐ̃ʒˈniʃ.tɾjɐ/

Transnistria (a breakaway country in Moldova)


sionista

pt-noun

sionista m or f by sense (plural sionistas)


sinagoga

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to bring together”).


afonia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía). By surface analysis, a- + -fonia.


predisponente

pt-adj

predisponente m or f (plural predisponentes)


duquesa

From duque (“duke”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

af

duchess (female spouse or widow of a duke)


infantil

[ĩ.fɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

(relational) child (relating to a child, suitable for a child)

immature, childish (behaving immaturely)


Gold Coast

Gold Coast (a city in Queensland, Australia)


Atena

From Latin Athena, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


sentença

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentença, from Latin sententia (“opinion; sentence”), from sentiō (“to feel, to perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to head for, go”).

der

quote; proverb; maxim (a wise or classic saying)

(obsolete, grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)


doença

From Old Galician-Portuguese doença, from Latin dolentia, from dolēns (“suffering”). By surface analysis, doer (“to hurt”) + -ença.

surface analysis

illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)

(uncountable) illness; disease (a state of bad health)

(figurative) illness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)


refeição

[he.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.fɐjˈsɐ̃w̃/

meal (food that is prepared and eaten at a specific time)


Ruthenia

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


antipatia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντιπάθεια (antipátheia), noun of state from ἀντιπαθής (antipathḗs, “opposed in feeling”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + root of πάθος (páthos, “feeling”). By surface analysis, anti- + -patia.


raba

(informal, vulgar) ass, butt (the buttocks)


fumaça

From fumo + -aça, from Old Galician-Portuguese fumo, from Latin fūmus (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

smoke (particles and vapor/vapour given off by burning material)


seção

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sectiōnem.


questão

[kesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kesˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[keʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin quaestiōnem (“inquiry; question”).

question (phrase asking for information)

question (a request for an answer in a test)

matter; issue (a point in debate or controversy)


estrela cadente

pt-noun

estrela cadente f (plural estrelas cadentes)


fraqueza

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza, from fraco (“weak”) + -eza (“-ity”), from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”).

(uncountable) weakness (the condition of being weak)


idéia

Foi só uma idéia, pensei que você talvez gostasse de se encontrar comigo.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 254

It was just an idea, I thought you might like to meet me.

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


possível

Um erro possível.

Um possível erro.


cacofonia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”).

bor+

cacophony (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance)


situação

situation (one's status with regard to circumstances)


semiótica

From French sémiotique, from Ancient Greek.

semiotics (study of communication signs)