personificação

personificação f (plural personificações)

personification; embodiment (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea)

personification (the attribution of human qualities to an inanimate object)


picape

Borrowed from English pickup, short for pick up truck.

(Brazil) pickup truck (truck with an open cargo bed)


perseverança

/pɨɾ.sɨ.vɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

/pɨɾ.sɨ.vɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

/pɨɾ.sɨ.bɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[pɨɾ.sɨ.βɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

perseverance (persistent determination; insistence)


perífrase

periphrasis (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one)


perneta

pt-noun

perneta m or f by sense (plural pernetas)


perna-de-pau

European Portuguese standard spelling of perna de pau.


perícia

O homem puxa, inclinando-se todo para trás para empregar o peso inteiro do corpo enquanto vai manipulando os vários fios, aos quais a besta reage, obediente, às vezes saltita pelo ar mas parece que está tudo sob controle, muita é a perícia, comentamos eu e a minha companheira de viagem, cheios de apreciação, […]

2014, João Magueijo, Bifes Mal Passados: Passeios e outras catástrofes por terras de Sua Majestade

The man pulls, leaning far back to employ his body's full weight while he manipulated the several strings, to which the beast [equid] reacts, obedient, at times hopping into the air, but appearing completely under his control; what mastery! my travel partner and I observe, full of appreciation […]

a person or group of people responsible for expert analyses, such as a forensic scientist


pertinência

pertinence (the quality of being pertinent)

(set theory) membership (the fact of being a member of a set)

(fuzzy logic) membership (the degree to which a value belongs to a fuzzy set)


pilantragem

[pi.lɐ̃ˈtɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

By surface analysis, from pilantra (“rascal”) + -agem.


petição

[pe.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


toxicologista

toxicologista m or f by sense (plural toxicologistas)

toxicologist (scientist specialised in toxicology)


toxicologia

toxicology (scientific study of poisons)


pilhagem

[piˈʎa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/pɨˈʎa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


peteca

Borrowed from Old Tupi peteka, although the term in that language didn't refer to the object.

an object similar to a badminton shuttlecock, but larger and struck with the palm of the hand


peteca

(Pará) marble (small ball used in games)


picareta

→ Hunsrik: Pikarett

pickaxe (heavy tool used to break rocks)


picareta

picareta m or f by sense (plural picaretas)


tornozeleira eletrônica

tornozeleira eletrônica f (plural tornozeleiras eletrônicas)

ankle monitor, ankle bracelet (device that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear to track their location)


pimenta-do-reino

pimenta-do-reino f (plural pimentas-do-reino)

black pepper (Piper nigrum, a flowering vine)

black pepper (the fruits of the black pepper plant used as spice)


piezoeletricidade

(physics) piezoelectricity (capacity of crystal to generate electricity)


pimenta-da-jamaica

Pimenta dioica
Pimenta dioica#Translingual

allspice (spice made from the fruits of the Pimenta dioica tree)


Francônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Francónia.


patuléia

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


peste bubônica

peste bubônica f (usually uncountable, plural pestes bubônicas)

peste bubónica
peste bubónica#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of peste bubónica.


omnidireccional

pt-adj

omnidireccional m or f (plural omnidireccionais)

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


peônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of peónia.


parcimônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of parcimónia.


mangangaba

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/

/mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa.bɐ/

[mɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈɡa.βɐ]


onisciente

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of omnisciente.


onidirecional

onidirecional m or f (plural onidirecionais)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of omnidirecional.


-lândia

pt-noun

-lândia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -lândias)

-land (forms the names of regions and cities)


olissiponense

pt-adj

olissiponense m or f (plural olissiponenses)


olissiponense

pt-noun

olissiponense m or f by sense (plural olissiponenses)


-logista

-logista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -logistas)

-logist (person who studies or is an expert in a given field)


Ilha Prince Edward

Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island#English

Prince Edward Island (an island and province of Canada, in the Atlantic Ocean)


cabeça oca

cabeça oca m or f by sense (plural cabeças ocas)


cientologia

Scientology (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard)


egrégora

(spiritualism, occult) egregore (psychic entity influencing thoughts)


bagual

Borrowed from Spanish bagual, after Bagual, a Querandí chieftain.

(South Brazil, of a horse) untamed or recently tamed

(South Brazil, of a person) uncouth; crude


encolhida de ombros

encolhida de ombros f (plural encolhidas de ombros)

shrug (a lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or uncertainty)


Indianápolis

Indianapolis (a city, the state capital of Indiana, United States)


alcáçova

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَصَبَة (al-qaṣaba), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Spanish alcazaba and English casbah.

bor+

a Moorish fortress within or beside a walled city


laringeal

(Indo-European linguistics) laryngeal (certain reconstructed Proto-Indo-European phonemes)


aluvião

alluvium (material deposited by flowing water)


pista de dança

pt-noun

pista de dança f (plural pistas de dança)


pista de pouso

pista de pouso f (plural pistas de pouso)

runway (paved strip on which planes land or take off)


bandagem

[bɐ̃ˈda.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/bɐ̃ˈda.ʒɐ̃j̃/


eletrostática

electrostatics (branch of physics that deals with static electricity)


loquaz

Learned borrowing from Latin loquācem (“talkative”).


orologia

(geomorphology) orology (the study of mountains)


assistolia

pt-noun

assistolia f (usually uncountable, plural assistolias)

(cardiology) asystole (absence of systole)


incomestível

pt-adj

incomestível m or f (plural incomestíveis)

inedible (not appropriate, worthy or safe to eat)


incredulidade

Borrowed from Late Latin incrēdulitātem, from Latin incrēdulus.

disbelief (unwillingness or inability to believe in something)


egiptologia

Borrowed from French égyptologie. By surface analysis, Egipto + -logia.


descrença

/d͡ʒiʃˈkɾẽ.sɐ/

/dɨʃˈkɾẽ.sɐ/


placa de circuito

pt-noun

placa de circuito f (plural placas de circuito)

circuit board (board with electronic components and circuits)


polução noturna

polução noturna f (plural poluções noturnas)

nocturnal emission (ejaculation while asleep)


ponte de Wheatstone

ponte de Wheatstone f (plural pontes de Wheatstone)

Wheatstone bridge (instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance)


ponte levadiça

ponte levadiça f (plural pontes levadiças)


ponte terrestre

ponte terrestre f (plural pontes terrestres)

land bridge (connection between usually separate landmasses)


ponta solta

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ponta, solta.

(idiomatic) loose end (minor problem that needs to be resolved)


pirataria

piracy (unauthorised duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law)

hijacking a plane with the aim of making certain claims

(figuratively) extortion, robbery, rascality


ponte aérea

(aviation) air bridge (link established by air transport)

(basketball) alley oop (play in which one player catches a pass while airborne and dunks)


plataforma continental

plataforma continental f (plural plataformas continentais)

(nautical) continental shelf (underwater landmass that extends from a continent)


ponte basculante

ponte basculante f (plural pontes basculantes)


obstetra

obstetra m or f by sense (plural obstetras)

/ɔbʃˈtɛ.tɾɐ/

[ɔβʃˈtɛ.tɾɐ]

(medicine) obstetrician (physician who specialises in childbirth)


piça

Maybe a borrowing from French pisse (“piss”).

(Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul, vulgar, colloquial) dick; prick; penis


ponta do icebergue

ponta do icebergue f (plural pontas do icebergue)

(idiomatic) tip of the iceberg (a small indication of a larger possibility)


planilha

Borrowed from Spanish planilla (“list”).

(Brazil) spreadsheet (a sheet of paper marked with a grid where data is recorded)

(Brazil, computing) spreadsheet (a computer simulation of such a system of recording tabular data)


sociável

Learned borrowing from Latin sociābilis. By surface analysis, sociar + -ável.


diástole

Ultimately from Ancient Greek διαστολή (diastolḗ, “separation, drawing asunder”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + στέλλειν (stéllein, “send”). Cognate with Galician diástole.

der

(physiology) diastole (period when the heart refills with blood)


polução

(medicine) pollution (emission of semen at times other than in sexual intercourse)


placa-mãe

[ˌpla.kɐˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃]

[ˌpla.kɐˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃]

(computer hardware) motherboard (primary circuit board of a computer)


plosiva

(linguistics) stop; plosive (consonant produced by blocking the passage of air)


poliqueta

polychete (any annelid of the class Polychaeta)


poliqueta

polychetous (of or relating to polychetes)


polícia militar

pt-noun

polícia militar f (plural polícias militares)

military police (police unit of a military organisation)

the branch of Brazilian police responsible for policing the civilian population


polinomial

pt-adj

polinomial m or f (plural polinomiais, not comparable)

(algebra) polynomial (relating to polynomials)


poluição sonora

pt-noun

poluição sonora f (usually uncountable, plural poluições sonoras)

[po.luɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ soˈnɔ.ɾɐ]

[po.luɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ soˈnɔ.ɾɐ]


volúvel

fickle (quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance)


praça de touros

praça de touros f (plural praças de touros)

(bullfighting) bullring (area in which a bullfight is competed)


precognição

(parapsychology) precognition (the ability to foresee future events)


abóbeda

[ɐˈβɔ.βɨ.ðɐ]


porrigem

[poˈχi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

ringworm (contagious fungal infection of the skin)


prancheta

/pɾɐ̃ˈʃe.tɐ/

/pɾɐ̃ˈʃe.tɐ/

/pɾɐ̃ˈʃe.tɐ/

/pɾɐ̃ˈʃe.tɐ/

/pɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃe.tɐ/

clipboard (flat piece of rigid material with a clip to hold papers)

(figurative) the planning stage of a project


porta-voz

porta-voz m or f by sense (plural porta-vozes)

[ˌpɔχ.tɐˈvɔ(ɪ̯)ʃ]

/ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈvɔʃ/

/ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈvɔʃ/

/ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈbɔʃ/

[ˌpɔɾ.tɐˈβɔʃ]

Literally "voice carrier" or "voice bearer".

spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman (one who speaks as the voice of a group)


possessão

possession; ownership (the act of owning something)

possession (territory under the rule of another country)

(parapsychology, religion) possession (the condition of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity)


portagem

[poɾˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[poχˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[poɻˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) toll (fee for using roads and bridges)


posposição

(grammar) postposition (particle that comes after the noun)


portável

(computing) portable (able to be adapted to multiple systems)


predição

[pɾe.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pɾɨ.ðiˈsɐ̃w̃]

prediction (statement of what will happen in the future)


acetamida

(organic chemistry) acetamide (amide of acetic acid)


predestinação

(theology) predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God)


prefeitura

(government) prefecture (the district governed by a prefect)

prefecture (the office or position of a prefect)

town hall (a building that houses the local government offices of a town)

(Brazil) city hall (building that houses a city government)


primeira classe

primeira classe f (plural primeiras classes)

first class (the most luxurious class of accommodation)


primeira dama

primeira dama f (plural primeiras damas)


primeira lei de Newton

(mechanics) Newton's first law (observation that objects in motion tend to stay in motion)


precariedade

[pɾɨ.kɐ.ɾjɛˈða.ðɨ]

[pɾɨ.kɐ.ɾjɐˈða.ðɨ]

the lack of sufficient or appropriate resources


preeminente

pt-adj

preeminente m or f (plural preeminentes)

preeminent (exceeding others in quality or rank)


afrofobia

Afrophobia (the fear, hate or dislike of Africans)


potestade

Borrowed from Latin potestātem. Cf. also the archaic form podestade.

(biblical) power (fourth level of angels)


aeromancia

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

aeromancy (divination by use of atmospheric conditions)


precedência

precedence (the state of preceding in importance or priority)


unção

From Old Galician-Portuguese hunçon, onçon, from Latin unctiō, unctiōnis.


prisão de ventre

pt-noun

prisão de ventre f (usually uncountable, plural prisões de ventre)

constipation (state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult)


predisposição

predisposition (state of being susceptible to something)


albita

(mineralogy) albite (plagioclase feldspar)


proiz

painter (rope used to attach a boat to a jetty)


propriocepção

proprioception (sense of the position of parts of the body)


progénie

progénies (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


prisão perpétua

prisão perpétua f (plural prisões perpétuas)

life sentence (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant’s life)


proporção áurea

proporção áurea f (plural proporções áureas)

(geometry) golden ratio (a number which is equal the sum of its own reciprocal and 1)


prova de fogo

crucible (difficult and trying experience)


prestável

[pɾɨʃˈta.βɛɫ]

É um dicionário prestável.

helpful; useful (furnishing help; giving aid)


prova dos nove

prova dos nove f (plural provas dos nove)

(arithmetic) the procedure of casting out nines

O seguro está muito bem modelado e a prova dos nove é que a inadimplência é baixa.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(logic, rhetoric) a definitive proof of the point stated


abobada

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


preênsil

[pɾɪˈẽ.siʊ̯]

[pɾɪˈẽ.siʊ̯]

prehensile (able to take hold of objects)


prepucial

(anatomy) preputial (relating to the prepuce)


aerostática

From aerostático, on the model of French aérostatique.

(physics) aerostatics (study of gases in equilibrium)


prontidão

/pɾõ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃w̃/

[pɾõ.t͡ʃiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pɾõ.tiˈðɐ̃w̃]

readiness (state or degree of being ready)


prosódia

(linguistics) prosody (study of rhythm and other attributes in speech)

(poetry) prosody (study of poetic meter)


proclamação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōclāmātiōnem, from Latin prōclāmō. By surface analysis, proclamar + -ção.

lbor

proclamation (a statement which is proclaimed)


procrastinação

pt-noun

procrastinação f (plural procrastinações)

procrastination (act of postponing, delaying or putting off actions)


proeminente

pt-adj

proeminente m or f (plural proeminentes)


proveta

Probably borrowed from French éprouvette. Compare Spanish probeta.

test tube (glass tube used for small-scale laboratory tests)


pronunciação

(phonology) pronunciation (way in which words are pronounced)


pressuposição

presupposition (assumption without proof)


prisão domiciliária

pt-noun

prisão domiciliária f (usually uncountable, plural prisões domiciliárias)

(law, Portugal) house arrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to their own residence)


preia

From Old Galician-Portuguese prea, from Latin praeda, from earlier praeheda, from prae- + Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to hold”).


tênue

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of ténue.


voragem

[voˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]


Gatling

Unadapted borrowing from English Gatling.

ubor

Gatling gun (an early type of machine gun)


psicologia clínica

(psychology) clinical psychology (branch of psychology)


psicologia cognitiva

cognitive psychology
cognitive psychology

(psychology) cognitive psychology (branch of psychology)


páprica

paprika (a Hungarian spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper or chilli pepper)


pátria-mãe

pt-noun

pátria-mãe f (plural pátrias-mães or pátrias-mãe)

pátrias-mães (plural)
pátrias-mãe (plural)


psiquiatria

psiquiatria f (usually uncountable, plural psiquiatrias)

(medicine) psychiatry (branch of medicine dealing with mental illness)


pugnaz

Borrowed from Latin pugnācem, accusative form of pugnāx.


pós-doutoral

pt-adj

pós-doutoral m or f (plural pós-doutorais, not comparable)

postdoctoral (relating to a postdoctorate)


prótese

Borrowed from Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek.

(medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)

(phonetics) prothesis (prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)

(music) anacrusis (unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat)


provisão

provision (goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use)


putrefação

Learned borrowing from Latin putrefactiōnem.

lbor

putrefaction (process of becoming rotten)


pértica

(historical) a unit of measure equivalent to approximately 2.60 metres


prímula

primrose (any plant of the genus Primula)


qualidade de vida

pt-noun

qualidade de vida f (usually uncountable, plural qualidades de vida)

quality of life (general well-being of individuals and societies)


pré-escolar

pt-adj

pré-escolar m or f (plural pré-escolares)

preschool (relating to years before primary school)


quacre

(religion) Quaker (member of the Religious Society of Friends)


abjeção

[ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ab.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.bʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin abiectiōnem.


quatro olhos

pt-noun

quatro olhos m or f by sense (invariable)

(derogatory) four-eyes (person who wears spectacles)


programação orientada a objetos

programação orientada a objetos f (uncountable)

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tus/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tus]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tus/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tus]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tus/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tus]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tus/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tus]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tuʃ/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tuʃ]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tuʃ/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a o.biˈʒɛ.tuʃ]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tuʃ/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tuʃ]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tuʃ/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ a obˈʒɛ.tuʃ]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.da a obˈʒɛ.tos/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.da a obˈʒɛ.tos]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.da a obˈʒɛ.tos/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.da a obˈʒɛ.tos]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾi.ẽˈta.da a o.biˈʒɛ.tos/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾɪ.ẽˈta.da a o.biˈʒɛ.tos]

/pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃w̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.da a o.biˈʒɛ.tos/

[pɾo.ɡɾa.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ o.ɾjẽˈta.da a o.biˈʒɛ.tos]

/pɾu.ɡɾɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃ ɔ.ɾjẽˈta.dɐ ɐ ɔˈbʒɛ.tuʃ/

[pɾu.ɣɾɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃ ɔ.ɾjẽˈta.ðɐ ɐ ɔˈβʒɛ.tuʃ]

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(programming) object-oriented programming (paradigm that uses objects to design programs)


vaquinha

(informal) money collected from a group of people in order to pay for something that benefits the whole group


queda-d'água

waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


queimadura de primeiro grau

queimadura de primeiro grau f (plural queimaduras de primeiro grau)

(medicine) first-degree burn (mild burn)


quinta roda

(idiomatic) fifth wheel (anything superfluous or unnecessary)


queimadura de segundo grau

queimadura de segundo grau f (plural queimaduras de segundo grau)

(medicine) second-degree burn (burn that blisters the skin)


quinta coluna

quinta coluna f (plural quintas colunas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quinta, coluna.

(idiomatic) fifth column (a group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group)


usabilidade

usability (degree to which an object or device is easy to use)


queimadura de terceiro grau

queimadura de terceiro grau f (plural queimaduras de terceiro grau)

(medicine) third-degree burn (severe burn)


supremacia

From French suprématie, from English supremacy.


psicopolítica

psychopolitics (interaction between psychology and politics)


usurpação

Learned borrowing from Latin ūsurpātiōnem. By surface analysis, usurpar + -ção.


provocação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātiōnem. By surface analysis, provocar + -ção.

provocation (the act of provoking, annoying)


puxa-saco

pt-noun

puxa-saco m or f by sense (plural puxa-sacos)

Deverbal from puxar saco, from puxa + saco.

Seria bem mais fácil se eu fosse uma puxa-saco como você.

2018 November 13, “A espada” (8:10 from the start), in She-Ra e as Princesas do Poder, season 1, episode 1 (streaming), spoken by Felina (Fernanda Baronne), Rio de Janeiro: Gramophone, dubbing of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Sword, via Netflix

[original: I guess it sure must be easy being a people-pleaser like you.]
It would be way easier if I were a sycophant like you.

(Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) sycophant, apple polisher (one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another person)


quiralidade

(chemistry) chirality (phenomenon in which objects are mirror images of each other)


quipá

kippah; yarmulke (skullcap worn by Jewish males)


alogamia

(biology) allogamy (fertilisation of an ovum from one individual with the spermatozoa of another)


quintessencial

pt-adj

quintessencial m or f (plural quintessenciais)

quintessential (of the nature of a quintessence)


pteridófita

pteridophyte (a vascular plant that produce spores but not seeds)


quadrúpede

pt-noun

quadrúpede m or f by sense (plural quadrúpedes)


quilometragem

By surface analysis, from quilômetro (“kilometer”) + -agem.

kilometrage (total distance, in kilometres, travelled)


química inorgânica

inorganic chemistry (branch of chemistry that deals with elements and non-carbon containing compounds)


quebequense

quebequense m or f by sense (plural quebequenses)


quebequense

pt-adj

quebequense m or f (plural quebequenses)


amiodarona

(pharmacology) amiodarone (medicine used against arrhythmia)


queimação

[keɪ̯.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Latin cremātiōnem, affected by the same change as Portuguese queimar (q.v.) < Latin cremāre. Compare Spanish quemazón. By surface analysis, queimar + -ção. Doublet of cremação, a borrowing from Latin.

burn (physical sensation in the muscles)

heartburn (pain in the chest caused by stomach acid entering the gullet)


quiáltera

(music) tuplet (note value with a non-standard duration)


quitinete

(Brazil) a very small flat, usually with only a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom


relacionabildade

pt-noun

relacionabildade f (plural relacionabildades)

relatability (quality of being relatable)


regra da mão direita

regra da mão direita f (usually uncountable, plural regras da mão direita)

(physics) right-hand rule (common mnemonic for understanding notation conventions for vectors in three dimensions)


relatividade geral

(relativity) general relativity (theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference)


reiterabilidade

iterability (the capacity of being repeated)


quirguiz

quirguiz m or f by sense (plural quirguizes)


analista de sistemas

analista de sistemas m or f by sense (plural analistas de sistemas)

(computing) systems analyst (person responsible for researching, planning and recommending software)


recessão

[χe.seˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.sɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

recession (a period of reduced economic activity)


república marítima

república marítima f (plural repúblicas marítimas)

(historical) maritime republic (city-state which established colonies around the Mediterranean)


república bananeira

república bananeira f (plural repúblicas bananeiras)

(Brazil, politics) banana republic (country dependent on a single export commodity with a corrupt dictatorial government)


república de bananas

república de bananas f (plural repúblicas de bananas)


recapitulação

recapitulation (enumeration of the major points of a work)


recontagem

[χe.kõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ʁɨ.kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/


refulgência

refulgence (the quality of being refulgent)


recreação

/ʁɨ.kɾi.ɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.kɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin recreātiōnem. By surface analysis, recrear + -ção.

lbor

recreation (activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates)


reestruturação

pt-noun

reestruturação f (plural reestruturações)

restructuring (an alteration of structure)


relutante

reluctant (not wanting to take some action)


redundância

[ʁɨ.ðũˈdɐ̃.sjɐ]

(uncountable) redundancy (state of being redundant)


reificação

reification (consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete)


reinstalação

/ʁjĩʃ.tɐ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

reinstallation (the act or process of reinstalling)


reiteração

[χeɪ̯.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɐj.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɐj.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁe.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


relacionável

pt-adj

relacionável m or f (plural relacionáveis)


reconciliação

Learned borrowing from Latin reconciliātiōnem. By surface analysis, reconciliar + -ção.

lbor

reconciliation (the reestablishment of friendly relations)

(Roman Catholicism) reconciliation (a sacrament involving contrition, confession, punishment and absolution)


remixagem

(music) remixing (the process of creating musical remixes)


repescagem

/ʁɨ.pɨʃˈka.ʒɐ̃j̃/

(sports) repechage (heat for competitors who have lost in a previous round)


renascença

/ʁɨ.nɐʃˈsẽ.sɐ/

/ʁɨ.nɐˈʃẽ.sɐ/

Renaissance (any revival of older culture)


resiliência

resilience (the ability to recover quickly from negative circumstances)

resilience (the property of material of restoring its original shape)


televendas

[ˌtɛ.lɛˈβẽ.dɐʃ]

telemarketing (the business of selling products or services by making telephone calls)

direct response television
direct response television

direct response television (television advertising that asks consumers to respond directly to the company)


república popular

pt-noun

república popular f (plural repúblicas populares)

people's republic (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments)


restinga

/ʁesˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/ʁesˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/ʁeʃˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

[χeʃˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ]

reef (rocks at or near surface of the water)


respeitabilidade

respeitabilidade f (plural respeitabilidades)

respectability (quality of being respectable)


relevância

[ʁɨ.lɨˈβɐ̃.sjɐ]

relevance (property or state of being relevant)


lezíria

From Old Galician-Portuguese lezira, from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”).


rescisão

[χe.siˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ʁɨʃ.siˈzɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.ʃiˈzɐ̃w̃/

From Late Latin rescissiōnem, from Latin rescindō (“I cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“I cut”).


renascentista

pt-adj

renascentista m or f (plural renascentistas)

Renaissance (relating to the Renaissance)


renascentista

pt-noun

renascentista m or f by sense (plural renascentistas)

an artist who was active during the Renaissance


remetente

From remeter + -ente or from Latin remittentem, participle of remittere, from remittō (“to send back”). Compare Spanish remitente.


remetente

remetente m or f by sense (plural remetentes)

sender (someone who is sending the mail)


anquilose

(anatomy) ankylosis (the growing together of bones)


abjecção

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


progénia

progénias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


primeira-dama

primeira-dama f (plural primeiras-damas)


quáquer

quáquer m or f by sense (plural quáqueres or quáquers)


placa tectônica

placa tectônica f (plural placas tectônicas)

placa tectónica
placa tectónica#Portuguese


república de banana

república de banana f (plural repúblicas de banana)

república de bananas
república de bananas#Portuguese

Alternative form of república de bananas


Mogúncia

From Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.


Heraclião

Iraklion (a city, the regional capital of Crete, Greece)


Magna Grécia

Magna Graecia (the Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily)


progênie

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of progénie.


Fócida

Borrowed from Latin Phōcida, from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).

Phocis (a regional unit of Central Greece, Greece)


Beócia

Boeotia (a regional unit of Central Greece, Greece)


televenda

[ˌtɛ.lɛˈβẽ.dɐ]


protolíngua

/ˌpɾɔ.tɔˈlĩ.ɡwɐ/

(linguistics) proto-language (ancestor language of all the languages of a given language family)


andesina

(mineralogy) andesine (sodium calcium aluminum silicate)


fatual

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of factual.


quinta-essencial

pt-adj

quinta-essencial m or f (plural quinta-essenciais)


polêmica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of polémica.


Tebas

Borrowed from Latin Thēbae, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι (Thêbai).

Thebes (ancient Egyptian city; modern Luxor)

Thebes (a modern city in the regional unit of Boeotia, in central Greece)


Andorra-a-Velha

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.aˈvɛ.ʎɐ/

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.aˈvɛ.ʎɐ/

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.aˈvɛ.ʎɐ/

[ɐ̃ˌdo.χɐ.aˈvɛ.ʎɐ]

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.ɐˈvɛ.ʎɐ/

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.ɐˈvɛ.ʎɐ/

/ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.ɐˈbɛ.ʎɐ/

[ɐ̃ˌdo.ʁɐ.ɐˈβɛ.ʎɐ]

Andorra la Vella
Andorra la Vella#English

Andorra la Vella (a town, the capital city of Andorra)


citoquímica

(biochemistry) cytochemistry (the biochemistry of cells)


arsácida

(historical) Arsacid (of or relating to the Arsacid Dynasty)


catafracta

cataphract (armor for the entire body and often for the horse)


coronha

stock (part of a gun that rests against the shoulder)


ab-rogável

[ɐ.βʁuˈɣa.vɛɫ]

[ɐ.βʁuˈɣa.vɛɫ]

[ɐ.βʁuˈɣa.βɛɫ]


fecundabilidade

fecundability (condition of being fecund)


homogeneidade

[ˌɔ.mɔ.ʒɨ.nɐjˈða.ðɨ]

[ˌɔ.mɔ.ʒɨ.nɐjˈða.ðɨ]

homogeneity (quality of being homogeneous)


bruta bestia

pt-noun

bruta bestia m or f by sense (plural brute bestie)

Borrowed from Venetian bruta bestia (“ugly beast”).

(South Brazil, derogatory) an irritating person


nome de batismo

nome de batismo f (plural nomes de batismo)

Christian name (first name given at Christian baptism)


pedra de rim

(medicine) kidney stone (calculus in the kidney)


bala dum-dum

dum dum bullet (hollow bullet designed to pierce bullet-proof vests)


peixeira

/pɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/pɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

From peixe + -eira, as it was primarily used to cut and scale fish. Piecewise doublet of peixaria.

(Brazil) fish platter (metal tray for serving fish)


tísica

pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis


panificação

breadmaking; bakery (the process or art of baking bread)


paraquedista

paraquedista m or f by sense (plural paraquedistas)

parachutist, skydiver (someone who jumps with a parachute)


laringal

[la.ɾĩˈɡaʊ̯]

(anatomy) laryngeal (of or relating to larynx)

(phonetics) laryngeal (uttered by using the larynx)


laringal

[la.ɾĩˈɡaʊ̯]


netiqueta

Blend of net + etiqueta, calque of English netiquette.

(Internet) netiquette (set of rules and good practices that guide communication on the internet)


paternidade

fatherhood; paternity (the condition of being a father)


pimpinela

Sechium edule
Sechium edule#Translingual

(Madeira) chayote (Sechium edule, a tropical fruit-bearing vine)


reflorestação

reforestation (the replanting of trees in a region)


sala de espera

sala de espera f (plural salas de espera)

lounge; waiting room (room for people to wait)


reticências

(typography) ellipsis (mark used in printing to indicate an omission)


pulsão de morte

pulsão de morte f (plural pulsões de morte)

(Freudian psychology) death wish (desire for the death of oneself or of someone else)


reta final

(idiomatic) home stretch (final part of an effort)


vacaloura

Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus#Translingual

stag beetle (Lucanus cervus, a large species of beetle)


prevaricação

[pɾɨ.βɐ.ɾi.kɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

(law) prevarication (abuse in the exercise of a public office)


prima-dona

prima-dona f (plural prima-donas or primas-donas)

prima-donas (plural)
primas-donas (plural)

prima donna (principal female opera singer)


retaliação

retaliation (act of responding violently to an act of harm or perceived injustice)


Belgica

É preciso ter presente que nessa occasião o maior perigo para a Belgica provinha da França e não da Allemanha.

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

At that time, bear in mind, the greatest danger to Belgium came from France and not from Germany.


Ilhas Canecas

From ilhas (“islands”) + Hawaiian kanaka (“person; Hawaiian”).

(rare) the Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)


skatista

skatista m or f by sense (plural skatistas)

(Brazil) skateboarder (person who rides a skateboard)

(Brazil) skater (member of skateboarding subculture)


sucção

[sukˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Latin sūctiō, attested since Late Latin and derived from sūgō (“to suck”).

Por si só, isso já revela o buraco negro, da sucção de dinheiro público, dessa economia bélica.

2021 May 4, Rafael Santos, Complexo industrial-militar e tecnologia: A inflexão da pesquisa científico-militar estadunidense como gestante da inovação tecnológica após os chamados anos dourados, Editora Dialética

By itself, this already reveals the black hole of the extortion of public money in this war economy.


sublinha

underline (line placed underneath a line text)


teoria dos grafos

(mathematics) graph theory (study of networks of nodes and vertices)


subversão

[ˌsuβ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ˌsuβ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ˌsuβ.βɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


sujidade

dirtiness (state or quality of being dirty)


teoria dos jogos

(mathematics) game theory (mathematical study of strategic situations)


teoria dos conjuntos

(mathematics) set theory (mathematical study of sets)


teoria da conspiração

teoria da conspiração f (plural teorias da conspiração)


supervisão

supervision (the act or instance of supervising)


torre de menagem

torre de menagem f (plural torres de menagem)

(historical) keep (main tower of a castle)


solha

flatfish (any fish of the order Pleuronectiformes)


tarântula

tarantula (any spider of the family Theraphosidae)


sósia

From Latin Sosia, the name of a slave in Plautus' play Amphitryon. Compare French sosie, Spanish sosias and Italian sosia.

double (a person resembling or standing for another)


tendenciosidade

tendenciosidade f (plural tendenciosidades)


viúva-negra

black widow (species of venomous spider)


sístole

(physiology) systole (contraction of the heart)


subespécie

(taxonomy) subspecies (rank below a species)


varíola

(pathology) smallpox (an acute, highly infectious and often fatal disease)


sulista

southern (of or relating to a southern region)


sulista

sulista m or f by sense (plural sulistas)

southerner (someone from the south of a region)


udmurt

Udmurt (member of the Udmurt people of Siberia)


soletração

spelling (the act of listing the letters of words)


tenca

tench (Tinca tinca, a species of freshwater game fish)


taquigrafia

tachygraphy (the art and practice of rapid writing)


vicunha

Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, from Quechua wik'uña. Doublet of vigonho.

Vicugna vicugna
Wikispecies:Vicugna vicugna

vicuna (Vicugna vicugna, a camelid of South America)


vegetação

/vɨ.ʒɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/vɨ.ʒɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/bɨ.ʒɨ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin vegetātiōnem. By surface analysis, vegetar + -ção.


tília

Probably borrowed from Latin tilia (“linden tree”).

linden (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia)


varejeira

/vɐ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/vɐ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/bɐ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/vɐ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/vɐ.ɾɨˈʒe.ɾɐ/

any large species of fly that lays its eggs in flesh


térmite

termite (white bodied, wood-consuming insect)


tocata

(music) toccata (musical piece designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer)


trombeta

→ Swahili: tarumbeta

Adapted borrowing from French trompette. By surface analysis, tromba + -eta. Doublet of trompete.

cornetfish (any of several slender, elongated tropical fish of the family Fistulariidae)

Datura stramonium
Datura stramonium#Translingual

thorn apple (Datura stramonium, a toxic herb used in traditional medicine)

angel's trumpet (any plant of the genera Brugmansia and Datura)


versalete

(typography) written in or relating to small caps


tâmil

pt-noun

tâmil m or f by sense (plural tâmeis or tâmiles)

Borrowed from Tamil தமிழ் (tamiḻ, “Tamil”).

Tamil (of or relating to the Tamil people, culture or language)


velhacaria

deceit (act or behaviour intended to deceive)


tacada

a stroke with bat, golf club or similar tool


tarambola

/tɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈbɔ.lɐ/

plover (wading bird of the family Charadriidae)


surucuá

(Brazil) trogon (bird of the family Trogonidae)


tâmia

chipmunk (squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias)


suíte

(music) suite (musical form pre-dating the sonata)

a room, especially a hotel room, with its own bathroom


tampinha

tampinha m or f by sense (plural tampinhas)

[tɐ̃ˈpĩ.j̃ɐ]

[tɐ̃ˈpĩ.j̃ɐ]


sénior

seniores (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin senior. Doublet of senhor.

senior (higher in rank, dignity or office)


Tenochtitlã

(uncommon) Alternative spelling of Tenochtitlán


Roterdã

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Roterdão.


esqueitista

esqueitista m or f by sense (plural esqueitistas)


prima-donna

prima-donna f (plural prima-donnas or primas-donnas)

prima-donnas (plural)
primas-donnas (plural)


prima dona

prima dona f (plural prima donas or primas donas)

prima donas (plural)
primas donas (plural)


teoria de conjuntos

teoria dos conjuntos
teoria dos conjuntos#Portuguese

Alternative form of teoria dos conjuntos


Iujno-Sakhalinsk

(rare) Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (a city, the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia)


phthisica

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


IES

ensino superior
ensino superior#Portuguese

Initialism of instituição de ensino superior.


sênior

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of sénior.


agrimónia

agrimónias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

agrimony (any plant of the genus Agrimonia)


Jezabel

(biblical) Jezebel (Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel in 1 Kings)

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jezebel


Luneburgo

Lüneburg (a town, the capital of Lüneburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany)


Gagaúzia

Gagauzia (an autonomous region of Moldova)


auroterapia

(medicine) chrysotherapy (therapeutic use of gold)


chuva congelante

chuva congelante f (plural chuvas congelantes)

freezing rain (rain which freezes upon contact with the ground)


argirose

/ɐɾ.ʒiˈɾɔ.zɨ/

(medicine) argyrosis (black pigmentation of tissue due to exposure to silver)


aragonita

(mineralogy) aragonite (saline evaporate)


cobertura de risco

cobertura de risco f (plural coberturas de risco)

(finance) hedge (contract or arrangement reducing exposure to risk)


caixinha

[kaɪ̯ˈʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

[kaɪ̯ˈʃĩ.j̃ɐ]

O meu patrão me deu uma caixinha pela faxina que eu fiz na casa dele.

My boss gave me a gratuity for the cleaning-up I did at his house.

(Brazil, slang) an additional payment given as a bonus; a gratuity


atmosfera física

atmosfera física f (plural atmosféras físicas)

atmosphere (a unit of measurement for pressure)


contestável

pt-adj

contestável m or f (plural contestáveis)


crisoidina

chrysoidine (yellow-orange crystalline dye)


crisolaminarina

(biochemistry) chrysolaminarin (storage polysaccharide typically found in photosynthetic heterokonts)


crisotila

(mineralogy) chrysotile (a form of serpentine asbestos)


cronossequência

pt-noun

cronossequência f (plural cronossequências)

(geology) chronosequence (sequence of different soils)


Algeciras

[aɫ.ʒɨˈsi.ɾɐʃ]


cronotoxicologia

chronotoxicology (study of the interactions between toxic substances and biological rhythms)


cronoterapêutica

(medicine) chronotherapeutics (therapy administered in phase with a person’s biological clock)


cronozona

(geology) chronozone (group of strata formed during the same chron)


doença de descompressão

decompression sickness
decompression sickness

decompression sickness (condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood)


dor na consciência

dor na consciência f (plural dores na consciência)

pang of conscience (a feeling of shame, guilt or embarrassment, resulting from behaviour one regrets)


febre do ouro

gold rush (period of heavy immigration into an area where gold has been discovered)


pacense

pt-adj

pacense m or f (plural pacenses, not comparable)


pacense

pt-noun

pacense m or f by sense (plural pacenses)


pacense

native or inhabitant of Paços de Ferreira


cronofobia

chronophobia (fear of the passing of time)


linha costeira

linha costeira f (plural linhas costeiras)

coastline (shape, outline or boundary of a coast)


locomotiva-tênder

locomotiva-tênder f (plural locomotivas-tênder)

tank engine (steam locomotive train which carries its own fuel and water in the same unit)


luva de boxe

(boxing) boxing glove (padded mitten worn in boxing)


nomenclatura binomial

binomial nomenclature
binomial nomenclature

(biology, taxonomy) binomial nomenclature (the scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinised name in two parts)


nova ordem mundial

nova ordem mundial f (plural novas ordens mundiais)

New World Order (global peace and stability achieved through a new political order)

(conspiracy theories) New World Order (planned rule of the world by a secret global elite)


cronoamperometria

(physics, analytical chemistry) chronoamperometry (technique in which an electric current is measured during the course of a titration)


maior de idade

pt-adj

maior de idade m or f (plural maiores de idade)


maior de idade

pt-noun

maior de idade m or f by sense (plural maiores de idade)


cronoespécie

chronospecies (species derived from a sequential development pattern on an evolutionary scale)


crisologia

(rare) chrysology (branch of political economy relating to the production of wealth)


cronofarmacocinética

chronopharmacokinetics (the study of how the absorption, metabolism and elimination of drugs relates to the time at which they are administered)


cronofarmacodinâmica

chronopharmacodynamics (the study of how the effects of drugs change based on the time at which they are administered)


eviternidade

(philosophy) aeviternity (midpoint between time and eternity)


cronoestratigrafia

cronoestratigrafia f (plural cronoestratigrafias)

(geology) chronostratigraphy (the interpretation of geologic history by means of the determination of the ages and time sequence of rock strata)


esferovite

(Portugal) styrofoam (expanded polystyrene foam)


cronopotenciometria

(chemistry, physics) chronopotentiometry (form of electroanalysis in which the rate of change of potential at an electrode is measured at constant current)


estrangúria

[iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɡu.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/iʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɡu.ɾjɐ/

[eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɡu.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/eʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈɡu.ɾjɐ/

strangury (painful, frequent need to urinate in small volume)


embocadura

bit (piece of metal placed in a horse’s mouth and connected to the reins)

mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows)

(music) embouchure (shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument)


palavra mágica

palavra mágica f (plural palavras mágicas)

magic word (mnemonic of please or thanks)


Nazca

Nazca (a city, the provincial capital of Nazca, Peru)


jiboia

→ English: jiboya

boa constrictor, jiboya (a large tropical American snake)


roleta russa

roleta russa f (usually uncountable, plural roletas russas)

Russian roulette (deadly game using a revolver)

(figurative) any situation involving high risk


parede corta-fogo

parede corta-fogo f (plural paredes corta-fogo)

firewall (wall used to prevent the spread of fire)


partícula elementar

partícula elementar f (plural partículas elementares)

(physics) elementary particle (a subatomic particle that does not consist of smaller particles)


passagem de nível

passagem de nível f (plural passagens de nível)

level crossing (crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road)


partenogénese

(biology) parthenogenesis (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation)


romanização

Latinization (act or process of Latinizing)

Romanization (transliteration of text into the Latin alphabet)


sapiência

Borrowed from Latin sapientia. Doublet of sabença, which was inherited.


sanguessuga

sanguessuga f or (nonstandard) m (plural sanguessugas)

/ˌsɐ̃.ɡɨˈsu.ɡɐ/

[ˌsɐ̃.ɡɨˈsu.ɣɐ]

From Latin sanguisūga (literally “bloodsucker”), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“suck”).

uder

leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)


Alcalá de Henares

Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares#English

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

Alcalá de Henares (a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain)


retrosaria

haberdashery (a shop selling sewing goods)


saliência

protuberance (something that protrudes out)


relatividade

relativity (the state of being relative)

(physics) relativity (principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers)


reverência

/ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

/ʁɨ.vɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

/ʁɨ.bɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ/

[ʁɨ.βɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

reverence (profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context)

reverence (form of address for some members of the clergy)

bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)


questionável

pt-adj

questionável m or f (plural questionáveis)

questionable (open to doubt or challenge)

questionable (of dubious respectability or morality)


reunificação

reunification (the act of unifying something again)


sapateira

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual

(Portugal, zoology) edible crab (Cancer pagurus)

shoe cabinet (piece of furniture to store shoes)

female shoemaker; female equivalent of sapateiro


onda eletromagnética

pt-noun

onda eletromagnética f (plural ondas eletromagnéticas)

electromagnetic wave
electromagnetic wave

(physics) electromagnetic wave (wave of electromagnetic radiation)


tanatografia

thanatography (account of someone’s death)


tanatologista

tanatologista m or f by sense (plural tanatologistas)


secundanista

pt-adj

secundanista m or f (plural secundanistas)

sophomore (person in the second year of school)


secundarista

secundarista m or f (plural secundaristas)


pedra-da-lua

(mineralogy) moonstone (translucent gemstone of feldspar)


rocha-mãe

(geology) bedrock (underground layer of rock)


rotação de culturas

(agriculture) crop rotation (farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years)


roda-gigante

Ferris wheel (amusement ride consisting of a large, upright rotating wheel with seats)


pedra preciosa

pt-noun

pedra preciosa f (plural pedras preciosas)


rosquinha

[χoʃˈkĩ.j̃ɐ]

(Brazil) doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough)


sagacidade

sagacity (the quality of being sage, wise or able to make good decisions)


tanatocenose

thanatocoenose (dead life forms found together)


tanatomania

thanatomania (belief that one is fated to die, having been cursed)


sabotagem

By surface analysis, from sabotar (“to sabotage”) + -agem.

sabotage (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption or destruction)


linguística histórica

historical linguistics
historical linguistics


linguística diacrônica

diachronic linguistics
diachronic linguistics


leira

Cognate with Galician leira and Spanish llera.


parapolicial

pt-adj

parapolicial m or f (plural parapoliciais)

parapolice (within the police force but above the law)


tonelada métrica

pt-noun

tonelada métrica f (plural toneladas métricas)

metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg


padiola

Akin to Galician padiola. Compare Spanish parihuela.


macla

Borrowed from French macle, either from Latin macula (from Italic) or from Medieval Latin mascula (from Germanic); see French and English macle for more.

(crystallography) crystal twinning (intergrowth of crystals)


revolução do neolítico

Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution

(archaeology) Neolithic Revolution (discovery of agriculture)


pele de galinha

pele de galinha f (plural peles de galinha)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pele, de, galinha.


sala de estar

living room (room in a house used for social and leisure activities)


russofilia

Russophilia (a strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Russia)


sacrificável

pt-adj

sacrificável m or f (plural sacrificáveis)

sacrificeable (able to be used as sacrifice)

expendable (not worth preserving or saving)


samnita

pt-noun

samnita m or f by sense (plural samnitas)


roleta

(uncountable) roulette (game of chance played with a roulette wheel)

(Brazil) turnstile (rotating mechanical device)


reviravolta

[ʁɨˌvi.ɾɐˈvɔɫ.tɐ]

[ʁɨˌvi.ɾɐˈvɔɫ.tɐ]

[ʁɨˌβi.ɾɐˈβɔɫ.tɐ]

volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)

turn of events (deviation from the expected)


taxonomia

(uncountable) taxonomy (science of classifying and naming organisms)

taxonomy (classification in a hierarchical system)


tornozeleira

a band worn around the ankle for protection


pimenta-redonda

pimenta-redonda f (plural pimentas-redondas)

black pepper (fruit of the black pepper plant used as spice)


pimenta-negra

pimenta-negra f (plural pimentas-negras)

black pepper (Piper nigrum, a flowering vine)

black pepper (the fruits of the black pepper plant used as spice)


pimenteira da Jamaica

pimenteira da Jamaica f (plural pimenteiras da Jamaica)

Pimenta dioica
Pimenta dioica#Translingual

(countable) allspice (Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America)


plataforma de petróleo

plataforma de petróleo f (plural plataformas de petróleo)

oil platform (large structure used to extract oil and gas from the ocean)


pistola de pregos

pistola de pregos f (plural pistolas de pregos)

nail gun/nailgun, nailer (gun which drives nails)


touca de banho

touca de banho f (plural toucas de banho)

shower cap (waterproof headgear worn in shower)


toninha

porpoise (any of the small cetacean species of the family Phocoenidae)

Pontoporia blainvillei
Wikispecies:Pontoporia blainvillei

La Plata dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei, a dolphin species of South America)


cruis

Eye dialect spelling of cruz, representing Brazil Portuguese.


superestrela

superestrela m or f by sense (plural superestrelas)


ugandense

ugandense m or f by sense (plural ugandenses)


substância química

substância química f (plural substâncias químicas)

chemical (any specific element or chemical compound)


pimenta-preta

pimenta-preta f (plural pimentas-pretas)


tela azul da morte

tela azul da morte f (plural telas azuis da morte)

blue screen of death
blue screen of death

(Brazil, computing) blue screen of death (screen indicating a system error)


testemunha de Jeová

testemunha de Jeová f (plural testemunhas de Jeová)

Jehovah's Witness (member of the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination of Christianity)


videocâmara

(Portugal) video camera (device for recording video footage)


ventoinha

ventoinha m or f by sense (plural ventoinhas)

From vento (“wind”) + -inha. The Cape Verdean sense is in reference to the party's iconography, which depicts a fan.

(feminine only) fan (electrical device used to cool people or machinery)

(feminine only) weather vane (a device showing the direction of the wind)

(Cape Verde, politics) a member of the Movement for Democracy


servo-croata

pt-adj

servo-croata m or f (plural servo-croatas)

Serbo-Croatian (pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language)


serragem

[seˈχa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/sɨˈʁa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], inherited from Latin serrāginem.


vingatividade

vengefulness (state or quality of being vengeful)


águia filipina

pt-noun

águia filipina f (plural águias filipinas)

Pithecophaga jefferyi
Pithecophaga jefferyi#Translingual

Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi, aspecies of eagle of the Philippines)


telecinesia

telekinesis (ability to move objects with the power of one’s thoughts)


tuberculose pulmonar

tuberculose pulmonar f (plural tuberculoses pulmonares)

pulmonary tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis

(pathology) pulmonary tuberculosis (tuberculosis infecting the lungs)


tábula rasa

(uncountable, philosophy) tabula rasa (the idea that the mind comes into the world as a blank state)

tabula rasa (anything which exists in a pristine state)


torradeira

[tu.ʁɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tu.ʁɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]


vinheta

a short motion picture used in intros and outros

(advertising) jingle (short, memorable song used in an advertisement)


trisavó

trisavó f (plural trisavós, masculine trisavô, masculine plural trisavôs)

trisavós (plural)
trisavô (masculine)
trisavôs (masculine plural)

great-great-grandmother, female great-great-grandparent (the mother of a great-grandparent)


quitridiomicose

chytridiomycosis (a disease of amphibians)


tarefa de casa

tarefa de casa f (plural tarefas de casa)

homework (school work that is done at home)


síndrome do túnel carpal

síndrome do túnel carpal f (uncountable)

carpal tunnel syndrome
carpal tunnel syndrome

carpal tunnel syndrome (repetitive stress injury at the wrist)


revolucionista

pt-adj

revolucionista m or f (plural revolucionistas)

(uncommon) revolutionary (relating to a revolution)


sazão

From Old Galician-Portuguese sazon, ssazon.

a period of time favourable for a given activity


silhueta

Borrowed from French silhouette, from the name of Étienne de Silhouette, a French politician. His surname, in turn, comes from Basque zulueta (“holes, caves”).

silhouette (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)


síndroma

pt-noun

síndroma f or (sometimes proscribed) m (plural síndromas)


ponta de lança

ponta de lança m or f by sense (plural pontas de lança)

[ˈpõ.tɐ ðɨ ˈlɐ̃.sɐ]

spearhead (player who initiates attacking moves)


salacidade

(uncountable) salacity (the state or quality of being salacious)


tuba uterina

(anatomy) Fallopian tube (duct in female mammals through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus)


viatura

From Latin vectūra, from the verb vehō (“to carry, to bear”).

any automobile used to transport people or goods


segunda pessoa

segunda pessoa f (plural segundas pessoas)

(grammar) second person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience)


roteirista

roteirista m or f by sense (plural roteiristas)

screenwriter (person who writes scripts for radio or television)

(nautical) person who chooses a maritime itinerary


turbamulta

From Latin turba (“crowd”) + multa (“much”). Compare Spanish turbamulta.

swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)


água-neve

[ˌa.ɣwɐˈnɛ.βɨ]


sem-teto

sem-teto m or f by sense (plural sem-tetos)


termodinâmica

(physics) thermodynamics (science of heat-energy conversion)


sem-vergonha

sem-vergonha m or f by sense (plural sem-vergonhas)

/ˌsẽj̃.veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˌsẽɪ̯̃.veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˌsẽj̃.veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˌsẽɪ̯̃.veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˌsẽj̃.veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˌsẽɪ̯̃.veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˌsẽj̃.veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˌsẽɪ̯̃.veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[ˌsẽɪ̯̃.veɻˈɡo.ɲa]

/ˌsɐ̃j̃.vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ/

[ˌsɐ̃j̃.vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ]

(Brazil, slang) sleazebag; scumbag (morally reprehensible person)


xamã

(animism) shaman (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds)


sustentação

sustentation; sustainment (act of sustaining)

lift (upward force that keeps aircraft aloft)


singularidade

singularity (peculiar state or occurrence)

uniqueness (the quality of being unique)

(relativity) singularity (point in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density)


vigília

vigil (nocturnal celebration in the eve of a religious festival)


trompa de falópio

trompa de falópio f (plural trompas de falópio)


trança

Uncertain. Compare Spanish trenza, English tress, French tresse, and Italian treccia.

braid; plait (weave of three or more strands)


tamargueira

/tɐ.mɐɾˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

[tɐ.mɐɾˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

/tɐ.mɐɾˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

[tɐ.mɐɾˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

/tɐ.mɐɾˈɡe.ɾɐ/

[tɐ.mɐɾˈɣe.ɾɐ]


salva-vidas

salva-vidas m or f by sense (invariable)

[ˌsaɫ.βɐˈβi.ðɐʃ]

From salvar (“to rescue”) + vidas (“lives”).

O salva-vidas salvou um menino de se afogar.

The lifeguard saved the boy from drowning.

lifeguard (attendant employed to save swimmers)


vagoneta

minecart (small wheeled container that travels on tracks)


xadrezista

xadrezista m or f by sense (plural xadrezistas)

[ʃɐ.ðɾɨˈziʃ.tɐ]


subjetividade

(uncountable) subjectivity (state of being subjective)


vulnerabilidade

vulnerabilidade f (plural vulnerabilidades)

(uncountable) vulnerability (the state of being vulnerable)

vulnerability (specific weakness in the protections or defences)


sebenta

(Portugal) textbook (formal manual of instruction)


seleção natural

(evolutionary theory) natural selection (process by which beneficial traits tend to be passed on to succeeding generations)


vermelhidão

[vɨɾ.mɨ.ʎiˈðɐ̃w̃]

[vɨɾ.mɨ.ʎiˈðɐ̃w̃]

[bɨɾ.mɨ.ʎiˈðɐ̃w̃]

redness (quality of being red in colour)


sanfona

Inherited from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sinfonia, a borrowing.

(music) hurdy-gurdy (medieval instrument with a wheel that vibrates its strings)

(music, Brazil) concertina (musical instrument with free reeds, with bellows and hexagonal box, equipped with two button keyboards)

(music, Brazil) accordion (instrument with free reeds that vibrate due to the action of a bellows)

(figurative) bellows (any flexible container)

(figurative) verbiage; repetition of arguments


selêucida

Seleucid (relating to the Macedonian dynasty that ruled parts of the Middle East from 312 BCE – 63 BCE)


retrocontagem

[ˌχɛ.tɾo.kõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ˌʁɛ.tɾɔ.kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃/

(rare) countdown (backward count to mark the start of an even)


seixoeira

Tringa canutus
Wikispecies:Tringa canutus

knot (Tringa canutus, a species of wading bird)


transportável

pt-adj

transportável m or f (plural transportáveis)

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.puɾˈta.βɛɫ]

transportable (capable of being transported)


trilha

trail (track or indication marking the route of something that has passed)

trail (route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers)


trilha

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τρίγλα (trígla, “mullet”).

Mullus argentinae
Wikispecies:Mullus argentinae

Argentine goatfish (Mullus argentinae, a fish found in the coast of Argentina and South Brazil)


trincheira

[tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[tɾĩˈʃe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɾĩˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɾĩˈt͡ʃej.ɾɐ/

/tɾĩˈʃej.ɾɐ/

(military) trench (narrow excavation used in warfare)


sentimentalista

pt-noun

sentimentalista m or f by sense (plural sentimentalistas)

sentimentalist (person who is overly sentimental)


sentimentalista

pt-adj

sentimentalista m or f (plural sentimentalistas)

sentimentalistic (tending to be overly sentimental)


vazante

(of a liquid) which is emptying or leaking, getting out of a container


xavante

pt-noun

xavante m or f by sense (plural xavantes)


significância

significance (the extent to which something matters)


vira-lata

vira-lata m or f by sense (plural vira-latas)

From vira (“he knocks over”) + lata (“[trash] can”).

af

stray (dog that lives at large, without an owner)

(very offensive) mongrel (person of mixed race)

Eu tenho que sair desse lugar. Eu odeio esse país.
Vai tarde, vira-lata.
I have to leave this place. I hate this country.
Good riddance, mutt.

a person who dislikes his own country and culture and/or prefers what is foreign (especially American). This term originated from Nelson Rodrigues' description of Mongrel Complex (Complexo de Vira-lata), the people's tendency to view their own country in a negative way


vira-lata

(of a domestic animal, especially a dog) mongrel (of mixed breed)


turbulência

(uncountable) turbulence (state of being turbulent or agitated)

turbulence (period of agitation in the air which is disruptive to an aircraft)


sensacionalista

pt-adj

sensacionalista m or f (plural sensacionalistas)

sensationalist (characterised by sensationalism)


sensacionalista

pt-noun

sensacionalista m or f by sense (plural sensacionalistas)

sensationalist (one who indulges in sensational behaviour)


veemência

Learned borrowing from Latin vehementia.

vehemence (an intense concentration, force or power)


videocassete

videocassete (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural videocassetes)

videocassette (cassette containing recorded videotape)


regularização

regularisation (the act of regularising)


epitrocóide

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


subjectividade

subjectividade f (plural subjectividades)

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


roleta-russa

roleta-russa f (usually uncountable, plural roletas-russas)


rosa-dos-ventos

rosa-dos-ventos f (plural rosas-dos-ventos)

rosa dos ventos
rosa dos ventos#Portuguese


ponta-de-lança

ponta-de-lança m or f by sense (plural pontas-de-lança)

ponta de lança
ponta de lança#Portuguese

European Portuguese standard spelling of ponta de lança.


partícula subatômica

partícula subatômica f (plural partículas subatômicas)

partícula subatómica
partícula subatómica#Portuguese

Alternative form of partícula subatómica


tonnelada métrica

tonnelada métrica f (plural tonneladas métricas)

tonelada métrica
tonelada métrica#Portuguese


Idade das Trevas

Dark Ages (historic period European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000)


Mércia

Mercia (a mediaeval kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons in England)


toilete

Alternative form of toalete (personal grooming)


apendectomia

(surgery) appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix)


biblioclepta

biblioclepta m or f by sense (plural bibliocleptas)


serbo-croata

pt-adj

serbo-croata m or f (plural serbo-croatas)


coexistência

coexistence (the condition of multiple things existing together)


braquidactilia

(medicine) brachydactyly (abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes)


braquifacial

braquifacial m or f (plural braquifaciais)

(anatomy) brachyfacial (having a short face)


braquioníquia

brachyonychia (condition in which the end of the thumb is widened and flattened)


braquiodonte

braquiodonte m or f (plural braquiodontes)

brachydont (having low-crowned, short teeth)


bolacha-da-praia

pt-noun

bolacha-da-praia f (plural bolachas-da-praia)

Literally, “beach cookie”. The dead, dried individuals found on beaches are hard and similar in shape to a biscuit.

sand dollar (any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida)


braquiação

(zoology) brachiation (movement by swinging arms between holds)


ampola de Vater

ampola de Vater f (plural ampolas de Vater)

(anatomy) ampulla of Vater (swelling marking the union of the pancreatic duct and the common bile duct)


antropogénese

antropogéneses (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔˈʒɛ.nɨ.zɨ/


Perpinhã

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/pɛɾ.piˈɲɐ̃/


aniquilação

annihilation (the act of completely destroying something)


-antropia

-antropia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -antropias)


videocâmera

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of videocâmara.


sem vergonha

sem vergonha m or f by sense (plural sem vergonhas)

/ˈsẽj̃ veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈsẽj̃ veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈsẽj̃ veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈsẽj̃ veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

[ˈsẽɪ̯̃ veɻˈɡo.ɲa]

/ˈsɐ̃j̃ vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ/

[ˈsɐ̃j̃ vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ]


partenogênese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of partenogénese.


antroponose

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔˈnɔ.zɨ/

(medicine) anthroponosis (spread of disease from humans to animals)


antropização

(ecology) anthropisation (transformation or adaptation of the environment to meet the needs of humans)


maçã-de-Adão

[maˌsɐ̃.d͡ʒi.aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[maˌsɐ̃.d͡ʒi.aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/mɐˌsɐ̃.d‿ɐˈdɐ̃w̃/

[mɐˌsɐ̃.d‿ɐˈðɐ̃w̃]

From maçã (“apple”) + de (“of”) + Adão (“Adam”).


Macaronésia

Macaronesia (islands in the North Atlantic)


asseguração

/ɐ.sɨ.ɡu.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.sɨ.ɣu.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


antropocoria

(botany) anthropochory (the dispersal of seeds, spores or fruit by humans)


antropomorfose

antropomorfose f (plural antropomorfoses)

(philosophy) anthropomorphosis (transformation into a human form)


Nortúmbria

(historical) Northumbria (a mediaeval kingdom in northeastern England)


antroposofista

antroposofista m or f by sense (plural antroposofistas)

(philosophy, religion) anthroposophist (proponent of anthroposophy)


braquicefalia

(pathology) brachycephaly (condition wherein the skull is flattened)


antropozoonose

antropozoonose f (plural antropozoonoses)

(pathology) anthropozoonosis (disease transmitted between animals and humans)


antropometrista

antropometrista m or f by sense (plural antropometristas)

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.mɨˈtɾiʃ.tɐ/

anthropometrist (practitioner of anthropometry)


bibliólatra

bibliólatra m or f by sense (plural bibliólatras)


braquialgia

(medicine) brachialgia (pain in the arm)


democratização

democratização f (plural democratizações)

democratisation (the introduction of democracy)


antropopatia

(theology) anthropopathy (attribution of human emotions to a god)


antropotomia

anthropotomy (anatomy or dissection of the human body)


antropotomista

pt-adj

antropotomista m or f (plural antropotomistas)

anthropotomical (pertaining to anthropotomy)


coletivização

collectivisation (the act of collectivising)


antropografia

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

[ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]

(anthropology) anthropography (branch of anthropology that deals with human divisions as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions and customs)


antropomorfização

pt-noun

antropomorfização f (plural antropomorfizações)

anthropomorphisation (attribution of human qualities)


braquiterapia

From braqui- (“brachy-”) + terapia (“therapy”).


biblioclasta

pt-adj

biblioclasta m or f (plural biblioclastas)


biblioclasta

pt-noun

biblioclasta m or f by sense (plural biblioclastas)


antropomorfita

antropomorfita m or f by sense (plural antropomorfitas)

(theology) anthropomorphite (one who ascribes human attributes to a deity)


desestabilização

desestabilização f (plural desestabilizações)

destabilization (the act of making something unstable)


delusão

delusion (state of being deluded or misled)


bibliomancia

bibliomancy (divination by interpreting a passage from a book)


antropossemiótica

(semiotics) anthroposemiotics (study of human communication)


São Lourenço

From são (“saint”) + Lourenço (“Laurence”).


autopolinização

autopolinização f (plural autopolinizações)


antropomorfista

antropomorfista m or f by sense (plural antropomorfistas)

anthropomorphist (one who anthropomorphises)


descriminalização

descriminalização f (plural descriminalizações)

decriminalization (the act of making something no longer a crime)


víquingue

víquingue m or f by sense (plural víquingues)

Borrowed from English Viking, from Old Norse víkingr.

(historical) Viking (Scandinavian seafaring raider)


antropobiologia

antropobiologia f (plural antropobiologias)


tramagueira

/tɾɐ.mɐˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

[tɾɐ.mɐˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

/tɾɐ.mɐˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

[tɾɐ.mɐˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

/tɾɐ.mɐˈɡe.ɾɐ/

[tɾɐ.mɐˈɣe.ɾɐ]


braquilogia

From braqui- + -logia, from Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”).


antropomancia

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/

anthropomancy (divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails)


antropomorfizável

pt-adj

antropomorfizável m or f (plural antropomorfizáveis)

anthropomorphizable (capable of being anthropomorphized)


antropolatria

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.lɐˈtɾi.ɐ/

(philosophy, theology) anthropolatry (worship of men)


antropogenia

pt-noun

antropogenia f (usually uncountable, plural antropogenias)

/ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.ʒɨˈni.ɐ/

anthropogeny (study of human origins and development)


pateca

→ French: pastèque

From Arabic بَطِيخَة (baṭīḵa, “watermelon”).


pesca esportiva

pesca esportiva f (usually uncountable, plural pescas esportivas)

(Brazil) angling (fishing for recreation or sport)


supercorda

(physics) superstring (hypothetical, very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten or more dimensions)


sucessão apostólica

apostolic succession
apostolic succession


tradutologia

translation studies (study of theory and practice of translating and interpreting)


teoria do caos

(mathematics) chaos theory (study of iterative non-linear systems)


sobredose

[su.βɾɨˈðɔ.zɨ]

overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)


temeridade

(uncountable) temerity (reckless boldness)


revulsão

[he.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[he.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʁɨ.vuɫˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ʁɨ.vuɫˈsɐ̃w̃]

[ʁɨ.βuɫˈsɐ̃w̃]

(medicine) revulsion (the treatment of one diseased area by acting elsewhere)


sizígia

From Late Latin sȳzygia (“conjunction”), from Ancient Greek συζυγία (suzugía, “union, yoke, pair”).

der

(astronomy, astrology) syzygy (alignment of celestial bodies)


travessura

[tɾɐ.βɨˈsu.ɾɐ]


senciente

From Latin sentientem (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.

sentient (experiencing sensation, thought or feeling)


segurelha

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin satureia.


sílex

flint (hard, fine-grained quartz which generates sparks when struck)


vetorial

(mathematics) vectorial (of or relating to a vector)


vencível

(of a debt) having a determined due date


sangue azul

pt-adj

sangue azul m or f (plural sangues azuis)

/ˌsɐ̃.ɡ‿ɐˈzul/

[ˌsɐ̃.ɡ‿ɐˈzuɫ]

/ˌsɐ̃.ɡ‿ɐˈzul/

[ˌsɐ̃.ɡ‿ɐˈzuɫ]


vida após a morte

pt-noun

vida após a morte f (usually uncountable, plural vidas após a morte)

(religion, parapsychology) afterlife; life after death


testemunha ocular

testemunha ocular f (plural testemunhas oculares)

eyewitness (person who has seen an event)


unidade central de processamento

unidade central de processamento f (plural unidades centrais de processamento)

unidades centrais de processamento (plural)

central processing unit
central processing unit

(computer hardware) central processing unit (part of a computer that executes instructions)


seichelense

pt-adj

seichelense m or f (plural seichelenses)

Seychellois (of or relating the Seychelles)


seichelense

pt-noun

seichelense m or f by sense (plural seichelenses)

Seychellois (person from the Seychelles)


Ânglia Oriental

(historical) East Anglia (an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Great Britain)


sessão espírita

sessão espírita f (plural sessões espíritas)

séance (a ceremony where people try to communicate with spirits)


pá de lixo

dustpan (flat scoop for assembling dust)


respiração boca-a-boca

respiração boca-a-boca f (plural respirações boca-a-boca)

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (first-aid technique)


síndrome de Guillain-Barré

síndrome de Guillain-Barré f (uncountable)

Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome

(neurology) Guillain-Barré syndrome (a disease of the nervous system)


uzbeque

uzbeque m or f by sense (plural uzbeques)


lanterna de Aristóteles

lanterna de Aristóteles f (plural lanternas de Aristóteles)

(zoology) Aristotle's lantern (jaws of sea urchins)


setra

(Brazil) slingshot (device for shooting small projectiles)


biba

Eriobotrya japonica
Eriobotrya japonica#Translingual

(Macau) loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica)


biba

(vulgar, slang, Brazil) a homosexual man; a fag


trepadeira

[tɾɨ.pɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.pɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.pɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

climber; creeper (plant that grows by creeping)

nuthatch (any passerine bird of the genus Sitta)

(Brazil, vulgar) slut, whore (promiscuous woman)


osteogénese

osteogéneses (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

/ˌɔʃ.tjɔˈʒɛ.nɨ.zɨ/

(physiology) osteogenesis (the formation and development of bone)


hipocampal

hippocampal (relating to the hippocampus)


viscondessa

From visconde (“viscount”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


tramazeira

Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus aucuparia#Translingual

rowan (Sorbus aucuparia, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)


voz ativa

(grammar) active voice (the voice in which the subject of a verb carries out the action)


súcia

(Brazil) carousal (loud and noisy social gathering)


vela solar

(astronautics) solar sail (a sail-like structure on a spacecraft)


roséola

(pathology) roseola (rosy rash that occurs with various fevers)


roda-viva

[ˌʁɔ.ðɐˈvi.vɐ]

[ˌʁɔ.ðɐˈvi.vɐ]

[ˌʁɔ.ðɐˈβi.βɐ]

swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)


régua-tê

/ˌʁɛ.ɡwɐˈte/

/ˌʁɛ.ɡwɐˈte/

/ˌʁɛ.ɡwɐˈte/

[ˌχɛ.ɡwɐˈte]

/ˌʁɛ.ɡwɐˈte/

[ˌʁɛ.ɣwɐˈte]

T-square (ruler with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end)


transumância

From trans- + Latin humus (“earth, soil”) + -ância.

af

transhumance (the movement of people with their grazing animals to new pastures)


vergasta

/vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/

[vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

/vɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/

[vɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

/bɨɾˈɡaʃ.tɐ/

[bɨɾˈɣaʃ.tɐ]

cane (short rod used for corporal punishment)


sabe-tudo

(derogatory) know-it-all (someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)


selagem

By surface analysis, from selar (“to stamp, to seal”) + -agem.


roupa interior

pt-noun

roupa interior f (plural roupas interiores)

underwear (clothes worn beneath other clothes)


roupa de baixo

roupa de baixo f (plural roupas de baixo)

(Brazil) underwear (clothes worn beneath other clothes)


tadjique

tadjique m or f by sense (plural tadjiques)


tesouraria

treasury (place where treasure is stored safely)

treasury (department of a company that deals with its finances)


síndrome de abstinência

síndrome de abstinência f (plural síndromes de abstinência)

abstinence syndrome (physical symptoms of an addict during withdrawal)


sexualização

sexualization, (UK) sexualisation (act or process of sexualising)


semicolcheia

(music) semiquaver (a sixteenth note, drawn as a crotchet with two tails)


zootecnista

zootecnista m or f by sense (plural zootecnistas)

zootechnician (specialist in zootechnics)


polinização

(botany) pollination (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma)


são-tomense

pt-adj

são-tomense m or f (plural são-tomenses)

Sãotomense (of or relating to São Tomé and Príncipe)


são-tomense

pt-noun

são-tomense m or f by sense (plural são-tomenses)

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe


senoidal

pt-adj

senoidal m or f (plural senoidais, not comparable)


trepanação

(surgery) trepanation (drilling of a hole in the skull)


soneca

Só vou tirar uma soneca.


tanchagem

/tɐ̃ˈʃa.ʒẽj̃/

[tɐ̃ˈʃa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/tɐ̃ˈʃa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/tɐ̃ˈʃa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/tɐ̃ˈt͡ʃa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

Metathesis of chantagem, from Old Galician-Portuguese chantagem, from Latin plantāginem. Compare Spanish llantén. Doublet of plantago.

plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)


sinclinal

(geology) synclinal (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane)


vara de pesca

[ˈva.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpɛʃ.kɐ]

[ˈva.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpɛʃ.kɐ]

[ˈba.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpɛʃ.kɐ]

fishing rod (rod with a line used for fishing)


rodela

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Compare Spanish rodilla.

a round piece of food, such as a slice of banana or sausage

(historical) a type of round infantry shield


natação sincronizada

synchronised swimming
synchronised swimming

(Portugal, swimming) synchronised swimming (event where competitors swim in a ballet-like manner)


retranca

/ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[χeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ]

/ʁɨˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/

(nautical) boom (spar extending the foot of a sail)

(horse tack) crupper (strap looped under a horse’s tail)

(sports) defence (tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring)


sirigaita

(informal) minx (a cheeky, impudent or pert woman)

short-toed treecreeper
short-toed treecreeper


siba

From Latin sepia. Doublet of sépia. Compare Galician xiba and Spanish jibia.

cuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)


tragicidade

pt-noun

tragicidade f (usually uncountable, plural tragicidades)

tragicness (state or quality of being tragic)


topa-tudo

(Brazil) someone who will do anything for money


tecnologia da informação

tecnologia da informação f (uncountable)

information technology
information technology

(computing) information technology (the practice of creating and/or studying computer systems and applications)


estiagem

[is.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[isˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[esˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[is.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[isˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[esˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[iʃ.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[iʃˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[eʃ.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[eʃˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[es.t͡ʃɪˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[esˈt͡ʃja.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

From estio (“summer, dry season”) + -agem.

Produziu-se como que uma estiagem da sabedoria, e há o risco de que a sabedoria tenha emigrado destas paragens para junto de vós.

2001, Plato, translated by Maura Iglésias, Meno, Rio de Janeiro: Ed. PUC-Rio, pages 70c-71a

A kind of drought of wisdom has come on, and there is a risk that wisdom has deserted this vicinity in favor of yours.


mortalidade materna

mortalidade materna f (plural mortalidades maternas)

maternal death (death caused by pregnancy or its management)


onda dente de serra

onda dente de serra f (plural ondas dente de serra)

(mathematics, engineering) sawtooth wave (function or waveform that ramps upwards and then sharply drops)


violência doméstica

violência doméstica f (plural violências domésticas)

domestic violence (violence committed against member of the household)


varejeira azul

varejeira azul f (plural varejeiras azuis)

bluebottle (any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body)


turboélice

turboprop (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)


vida noturna

nightlife (nocturnal entertainment activities)


tábua de cortar

tábua de cortar f (plural tábuas de cortar)

chopping board (a sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food)


unidade de terapia intensiva

unidade de terapia intensiva f (plural unidades de terapia intensiva)

(Brazil) intensive care unit (hospital ward for patients in danger of dying)


fobia social

social anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder

(psychiatry) social anxiety disorder (intense fear in social situations)


viagem no tempo

viagem no tempo f (plural viagens no tempo)

(chiefly science fiction) time travel (hypothetical or fictional travel to the past or future)

a short television piece about past events


visão de raios-X

(science fiction) X-ray vision (ability to see through solid matter)


terraformação

(science fiction) terraforming (process of modifying a planet’s environment so it becomes similar to Earth’s)


Imaculada Conceição

Immaculate Conception
Immaculate Conception

(Roman Catholicism) Immaculate Conception (doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin)


solução final

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see solução, final.

(historical) final solution (the planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews)


truta arco-íris

truta arco-íris f (plural trutas arco-íris)

Oncorhynchus mykiss
Oncorhynchus mykiss#Translingual

rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, a fish)


tonsila

(anatomy, immunology) tonsil (small mass of lymphoid tissue)


tipoia

[t͡ʃiˈpɔɪ̯.ɐ]

[t͡ʃiˈpɔɪ̯.ɐ]

sling (bandage used to support a wounded arm)


temperança

/tẽ.pɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

Learned borrowing from Latin temperantia.


adufa

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic دُفَّة, from Arabic دَفَّة (daffa).


tricotilomania

trichotillomania (disorder in which the patient compulsively pulls their hair out)


sicofanta

pt-noun

sicofanta m or f by sense (plural sicofantas)

Learned borrowing from Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs).


wikificação

(Wikimedia jargon) the process of converting a website or system into a wiki


voz média

(grammar) middle voice (form in which the subject of a verb performs some action upon itself)


voz passiva

(grammar) passive voice (voice in which the subject receives the action)


vitimização secundária

pt-noun

vitimização secundária f (plural vitimizações secundárias)

secondary victimization
secondary victimization


tesourinha

Phibalura flavirostris
Wikispecies:Phibalura flavirostris

swallow-tailed cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris, a passerine bird of South America)

earwig (any of various insects of the order Dermaptera)


chalana

(Brazil) a type of flat-bottomed fluvial vessel similar to a wherry


chaveta

[t͡ʃɐˈβe.tɐ]

linchpin; cotter pin; split pin (a pin to secure something in it axis)

(typography, mathematics) brace, curly bracket


soquete

Borrowed from French socquette, from English sock.


tabela-verdade

tabela-verdade f (plural tabelas-verdade)

(logic) truth table (table showing all possible truth-values for an expression)


breca

Unknown. Possibly from Arabic قِلَّة البَارَك (qilla(t) al-bārak, “bad luck”).

der

قِلَّة البَارَك

(obsolete) a disease that makes the hair of goats fall off


breca

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual

(rare) grey mullet (Mugil cephalus, a tropical and subtropical fish)


serviola

[sɨɾˈβjɔ.lɐ]

cathead (heavy piece of timber for holding an anchor in position)


estopa

From Old Galician-Portuguese estopa, from Latin stuppa, from Ancient Greek στύππη (stúppē). Compare Spanish estopa and French étoupe.

(nautical) oakum (fibrous caulking material)


semiconsciente

pt-adj

semiconsciente m or f (plural semiconscientes)


rotatividade

turnover (rate of change or replacement)


roldana

[χoʊ̯ˈdɐ̃.nɐ]

pulley (simple machine used to lift heavy objects)


transpiração

[tɾɐ̃s.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃s.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.pi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspīrātiōnem, from trānspīrō, from Latin trāns + spīrō.


transplantação

pt-noun

transplantação f (plural transplantações)

[tɾɐ̃s.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃s.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.plɐ̃.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.plɐ̃.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

(botany) transplant (act of uprooting and replanting a plant)

(medicine) transplant (operation in which tissue or an organ is moved from one body to another)


transgressão

/tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃z.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɡɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.ɣɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃]

transgression (violation of a law or rule)


trigamia

trigamy (the state of having three spouses simultaneously)


traqueíte

(medicine) tracheitis (inflammation of the trachea)


consoada

(often capitalized) Christmas dinner (meal traditionally eaten at Christmas Eve)


braquidonte

pt-adj

braquidonte m or f (plural braquidontes)


someliê

pt-noun

someliê m or f by sense (plural someliês)


tipóia

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


tabela verdade

tabela verdade f (plural tabelas verdade)


auto-polinização

auto-polinização f (plural auto-polinizações)


pessoa não grata

pessoa não grata f (plural pessoas não gratas)

persona non grata
persona non grata#Portuguese


wollastonita

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of wollastonite.


volastonite

European Portuguese standard spelling of volastonita.


pessoa non grata

pessoa non grata f (plural pessoas non gratas or pessoas non grata)

pessoas non gratas (plural)
pessoas non grata (plural)

(rare) Alternative form of persona non grata


casa de Deus

Alternative letter-case form of Casa de Deus


visão de raio-X

visão de raios-X
visão de raios-X#Portuguese


vara de pescar

vara de pescar f (plural varas de pescar)


unidade de processamento central

unidade de processamento central f (plural unidades de processamento central or unidades de processamento centrais)

unidades de processamento central (plural)
unidades de processamento centrais (plural)

unidade central de processamento#Portuguese

Alternative form of unidade central de processamento


antropogênese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of antropogénese.


tansagem

[tɐ̃ˈsa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/tɐ̃ˈsa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


transagem

/tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒẽj̃/

[tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ˈza.ʒɐ̃j̃/


tajique

tajique m or f by sense (plural tajiques)


osteogênese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of osteogénese.


Godthaab

Godthåb, Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland)


Arca da Aliança

(biblical) Ark of the Covenant (sacred container with the tablets of the Ten Commandments)


Coréia do Sul

(Brazilian Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (until 1990) of Coreia do Sul.


Saigão

Saigon (former name of Ho Chi Minh City)


Síbaris

Sybaris (an ancient Greek city and colony in southern Italy)


Bessarábia

Bessarabia (a historical region in Eastern Europe; modern Moldova and Ukraine)


Revolução Industrial

Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution (major technological change in the late 18th and early 19th century)


Península de Kola

Kola Peninsula (a peninsula in northern Russia)


Ursa Menor

(astronomy) Ursa Minor (a circumpolar constellation of the northern sky)


Ilíada

Iliad (Ancient Greek epic poem about the Trojan War)


Aquitânia

administrative region
administrative region

(historical) Aquitaine (a former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England)

(historical) Aquitaine (a former province of the kingdom of France)

(historical) Aquitaine (a former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)


babaçu

babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus)

→ English: babassu

→ French: babaçu, babassu

→ Italian: babaco

Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.

Attalea speciosa
Wikispecies:Attalea speciosa

(Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm)


Ctesifonte

(historical) Ctesiphon (the ancient capital of Parthia, in modern Iraq)


síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida

síndrome da imunodeficiência adquirida f or m (uncountable)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
acquired immune deficiency syndrome

(pathology) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (infectious disease caused by HIV)


raposa voadora

raposa voadora f (plural raposas voadoras)

flying fox (bat of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon)


sustança

From Latin substantia. Doublet of substância.


serra tico-tico

serra tico-tico f (plural serras tico-tico)


magrebe

Maghrebi (of or relating to the Maghreb)


magrebe

magrebe m or f by sense (plural magrebes)


queda d'água

waterfall (flow of water over the edge of a cliff)


tempestade em copo d'água

tempestade em copo d'água f (plural tempestades em copo d'água)

(idiomatic) storm in a teacup (major fuss over a trivial matter)


Ulcinj

Ulcinj (a town and municipality of Montenegro)


semifusa

(music) hemidemisemiquaver (note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note)


tiragem

/t͡ʃiˈɾa.ʒẽj̃/

[t͡ʃiˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(printing) run (batch of copies printed)


tonicidade

(linguistics) accent (stronger articulation of a syllable)


vulcanologista

vulcanologista m or f by sense (plural vulcanologistas)

volcanologist (person who studies volcanology)


semeadura

(agriculture) broadcast (the act of scattering seed)


talhante

talhante m or f by sense (plural talhantes)

(Portugal) butcher (a person who prepares and sells meat)


Soar

Al Batinah North Governorate
Al Batinah North Governorate#English

Sohar (a city in Al Batinah North Governorate, Oman)


tocaia

Borrowed from Old Tupi (t)okaîa (“shack”).

ambush (act of concealing oneself and waiting to attack by surprise)


torreta

(architecture) turret (a small tower on the corner of a building)


cigarreira

/si.ɡɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ/

[si.ɣɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ]

/si.ɡɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ/

[si.ɣɐˈʁɐj.ɾɐ]

cigarette case (a small flat case for holding cigarettes)


sistematização

sistematização f (plural sistematizações)

systematisation (act of making systematic)


trombadinha

trombadinha m or f by sense (plural trombadinhas)

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/tɾõ.baˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[tɾõ.bɐˈði.ɲɐ]


vala coletiva

vala coletiva f (plural valas coletivas)


voivodia

(historical) voivodeship (the realm of a voivode)


verde de inveja

pt-adj

verde de inveja m or f (plural verdes de inveja)


virgem de ferro

pt-noun

virgem de ferro f (plural virgens de ferro)

(historical) iron maiden (torture device)


superdose

overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)


inconducente

pt-adj

inconducente m or f (plural inconducentes)

(rare) unconducive (not likely to produce an outcome)


palmura

web (a fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain animals)


somatização

(medicine) somatisation (generation of physical symptoms for a psychiatric disorder)


deserção

/dɨ.zɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Late Latin dēsertiōnem, from Latin dēsertus.

desertion (act of leaving one’s duty or post)


probóscide

[pɾuˈβɔ.ʃi.ðɨ]


secretária automática

pt-noun

secretária automática f (plural secretárias automáticas)

answering machine (device that automatically records voice mail)


terra firme

(nautical) terra firma; dry land (land, as opposed to sea)


transitoriedade

transitoriedade f (plural transitoriedades)

transitoriness (state or quality of being transitory)


Azevedo

From Old Galician-Portuguese *azevedo (“a place with an abundance of hollies”), from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevo (“holly”). Compare Spanish Acevedo.


secretária eletrónica

pt-noun

secretária eletrónica f (plural secretárias eletrónicas)


climatologista

climatologista m or f by sense (plural climatologistas)

climatologist (person who studies the climate)


soberania

(of a polity) sovereignty (full right and power to govern itself)

sovereignty (supreme authority over all things)


europeização

Europisation (assimilation of European culture)

Europeanisation (assimilation of European Union culture and loss of national culture)


Pontevedra

[põ.tɨˈvɛ.ðɾɐ]

[põ.tɨˈvɛ.ðɾɐ]

[põ.tɨˈβɛ.ðɾɐ]

Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)

Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Spain)


computacional

pt-adj

computacional m or f (plural computacionais)

computational (of or relating to computing or computation)


biologia evolucionária

evolutionary biology
evolutionary biology

evolutionary biology (branch of biology concerned with evolution)


Alegranza

/ɐ.lɨˈɡɾɐ̃.zɐ/

[ɐ.lɨˈɣɾɐ̃.zɐ]


pamonha

Two possibilities borrowed from Old Tupi:
* From pomong (“sticky”).
* From apamimõîa (“totally cooked”).


pamonha

pt-noun

pamonha m or f by sense (plural pamonhas)

Agora, ela havia de se lembrar, achando que era um pamonha, um homem sem decisão […]

1946, João Guimarães Rosa, “Sarapalha”, in Sagarana, 1 edition, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Universal


rouquidão

[χo(ʊ̯).kiˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


versão do rei James

King James Version (1611 translation of the Bible into English)


versão cover

(Brazil, music) cover version (rerecording of a song by another musician or group)


veia porta

veia porta f (plural veias portas or veias porta)

veias portas (plural)
veias porta (plural)

(anatomy) portal (vein that carries blood into the liver)


vogal anterior

vogal anterior f (plural vogais anteriores)

(phonetics) front vowel (any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth)


vogal posterior

vogal posterior f (plural vogais posteriores)

(phonetics) back vowel (any vowel produced in the back of the mouth)


tibialgia

(medicine) shin splint (painful inflammation of muscles in the shins)


usina de ideias

usina de ideias f (plural usinas de ideias)

(Brazil, idiomatic) think tank (group producing research and recommendations)


terratenente

terratenente m or f by sense (plural terratenentes)


sandália havaiana

sandália havaiana f (plural sandálias havaianas)

(Brazil) flip-flop (sandal, usually of rubber, secured to the foot by two straps)


sangue ruim

sangue ruim m or f by sense (plural sangues ruins)

(colloquial, by extension) a wicked person; a scoundrel


rã-touro americana

rã-touro americana f (plural rãs-touro americanas)

Rana catesbeiana
Wikispecies:Rana catesbeiana


erva-cicutária

erva-cicutária f (plural ervas-cicutárias)

Anthriscus sylvestris
Anthriscus sylvestris#Translingual

cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris, a weedy biennial umbellifer)


serendipitia

serendipity (unintended learning experience)


estressante

pt-adj

estressante m or f (plural estressantes)


tranqueta

latch (door fastening that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot)


tojeira

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual

gorse; furze (Ulex europaeus, an evergreen shrub of Europe and northern Africa)


saciável

Learned borrowing from Latin satiābilis. By surface analysis, saciar + -ável.


piadista

pt-noun

piadista m or f by sense (plural piadistas)


antissocial

pt-adj

antissocial m or f (plural antissociais)

antisocial (unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people)


sorveira

Sorbus domestica
Sorbus domestica#Translingual

service tree (Sorbus domestica, a deciduous tree or shrub of Eurasia)


neurologista

pt-noun

neurologista m or f by sense (plural neurologistas)

neurologist (doctor who specialises in neurology)


ultravida

[uɫ.tɾɐˈβi.ðɐ]


serventia

usefulness (the quality of being useful)


tratante

/tɾɐˈtɐ̃.tɨ/


tratante

tratante m or f by sense (plural tratantes)

/tɾɐˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

scoundrel (deceitful and unreliable person)


trapeira

/tɾɐˈpɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɾɐˈpɐj.ɾɐ/

dormer-window (upright window in a roof)


Agartha

(mythology) Agartha (a legendary city in the Earth’s core)


torda-mergulheira

torda-mergulheira f (plural tordas-mergulheiras)

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌtoɾ.ðɐ.mɨɾ.ɣuˈʎe.ɾɐ]

razorbill (Alca torda, a large seabird of the north Atlantic)


belas-letras

belles-lettres (literary works valued for their aesthetic qualities)


vagueação

/vɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[vɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

/vɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[vɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

/bɐ.ɡjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[bɐ.ɣjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


pessoa jurídica

pessoa jurídica f (plural pessoas jurídicas)

(law) legal person (an organisation or group of people)


codorniz comum

codorniz comum f (plural codornizes comuns)

Coturnix coturnix
Coturnix coturnix#Translingual

common quail (Coturnix coturnix, a bird)


codorna-comum

codorna-comum f (plural codornas-comuns)


computação em nuvem

(computing) cloud computing (centralised computing services provided over the Internet)


palavra-valise

palavra-valise f (plural palavras-valise)

(linguistics) portmanteau word (word which combines the meaning of two words)


multivariável

pt-adj

multivariável m or f (plural multivariáveis)

multivariate (having or involving multiple variables)


flauta de Pã

(music instrument) panpipes (wind instrument consisting of a series of tubes of different lengths)


régua de cálculo

pt-noun

régua de cálculo f (plural réguas de cálculo)


saída de incêndio

saída de incêndio f (plural saídas de incêndio)

fire exit (emergency exit in case of fire)


solda de estanho

solda de estanho f (plural soldas de estanho)

soldering iron (tool with a heated tip used to melt and apply solder)


dactiloscopia

dactiloscopias (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


transcricional

pt-adj

transcricional m or f (plural transcricionais)

transcriptional (of or relating to transcription)


secção transversal

pt-noun

secção transversal f (plural secções transversais)

cross section (section formed by a plane cutting through an object)


taxa de compressão

taxa de compressão f (plural taxas de compressão)

(computing) compression ratio (ratio of the size of compressed data to the size of the original data)


velocidade de escape

velocidade de escape f (plural velocidades de escape)

(astrophysics) escape velocity (minimum velocity needed to escape the gravitational field of a heavenly body)


visão remota

(parapsychology) remote viewing (ability to sense from great distances)


velocidade de escapamento

velocidade de escapamento f (plural velocidades de escapamento)


vice-presidente

vice-presidente m or f by sense (plural vice-presidentes)


fúcsia

After the genus Fuchsia, named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.

(botany) fuchsia (a popular garden plant)


sustentabilidade

sustentabilidade f (plural sustentabilidades)

sustainability (the ability to sustain something)

(ecology) sustainability (the ability to carry out human activities without affecting the natural environment)


retroalimentação

retroalimentação f (plural retroalimentações)

(computing, electronics) feedback (the looping of a signal back into a system)


superpotência

(geopolitics) superpower (sovereign state with dominant status on the globe)


brincadeira de criança

brincadeira de criança f (plural brincadeiras de criança)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see brincadeira, de, criança.

(idiomatic) child's play (something particularly simple or easy)


corda vocal

(anatomy) vocal cord (membrane fold in the human larynx)


definicional

pt-adj

definicional m or f (plural definicionais)

definitional (relating to or being a definition)


bexiga natatória

pt-noun

bexiga natatória f (plural bexigas natatórias)

(anatomy) swim bladder (gas-filled sac within the bodies of fish)


caneta hidrográfica

caneta hidrográfica f (plural canetas hidrográficas)

Literally, “hydrographic (water-writing) pen”.

lit

felt-tip pen (pen that holds ink conveyed to a writing surface by a felt nib)


lei marcial

martial law (rules by military authorities in a time of crisis)


matemática aplicada

pt-noun

matemática aplicada f (plural matemáticas aplicadas)

applied mathematics (mathematics used to solve problems in other sciences)


música folk

música folk f (usually uncountable, plural músicas folk)

folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)


música folclórica

música folclórica f (plural músicas folclóricas)

folk music (traditional music of a specific region)


convolução

Formed from Latin convolutus, with the suffix -ção.

(anatomy) convolution; gyrus (fold on the surface of the brain)


osteogénese imperfeita

osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenesis imperfecta

(pathology) osteogenesis imperfecta (disease characterised by bones that easily fracture)


frangível

[fɾɐ̃ˈʒi.veʊ̯]

[fɾɐ̃ˈʒi.vɛɫ]

[fɾɐ̃ˈʒi.vɛɫ]

[fɾɐ̃ˈʒi.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin frangibilis. By surface analysis, franger + -ível.


patinação de velocidade

speed skating (the sport of racing on ice skates)


goiveira

[ɡoɪ̯ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ɡoɪ̯ˈve(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]


glicínia

wisteria (woody climbing vine of the genus Wisteria)


onda de maré

tidal wave (large and sudden rise and fall in the tide)


lançadeira

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[lɐ̃.sɐˈðe.ɾɐ]


infetuosidade

infectiousness (state or condition of being infectious)


injuriante

[ĩ.ʒu.ɾɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ĩ.ʒuˈɾjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

[ĩ.ʒu.ɾɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ĩ.ʒuˈɾjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ĩ.ʒuˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

insulting (which insults; which is an insult)


esfera armilar

pt-noun

esfera armilar f (plural esferas armilares)

armillary sphere (instrument used to represent the motion of celestial bodies around the earth)


infecciosidade

infecciosidade f (plural infecciosidades)


geringonça

/ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

/ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

/ʒɨ.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

Borrowed from Spanish jerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons, from Old French jargon. Doublet of jargão.
The political sense was a generalization of the informal name given to the 21st Portuguese government.

contraption (complicated and precarious machine)

slang (language outside of conventional usage)

(Portugal, politics) a government formed by several parties, often in order to prevent a party who won a simple majority, from governing


magnocelular

pt-adj

magnocelular m or f (plural magnocelulares)

(biology) magnocellular (having large cells)


perspiração

/pɨɾʃ.pi.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


Artashat

Artashat (a town, the provincial capital of Ararat, Armenia)


Armavir

Borrowed from Armenian Արմավիր (Armavir).

Armavir (a town and province of Armenia)


artificialista

pt-noun

artificialista m or f by sense (plural artificialistas)

artificialist (proponent of artificialism)