pipoca

→ Spanish: pipoca

From Old Tupi pi'poka (“sudden burst of a surface”).

bor

(Brazil, colloquial, pathology) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)

Senna didymobotrya
Wikispecies:Senna didymobotrya

(Brazil, botany) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)


antidetonante

pt-adj

antidetonante m or f (plural antidetonantes)


sujeira

From sujo (“dirty”) + -eira, from Latin sūcidus (“juicy; sappy”), from sūcus (“juice”).

something which causes things to become dirty, such as a speck of dust or a stain

(uncountable, Brazil, figurative) corruption; disloyalty; dishonesty


triunfal

[tɾiʊ̯̃ˈfaʊ̯]


anticolonialista

anticolonialista m or f (plural anticolonialistas)

(politics) anticolonial (against colonialism)


anticolonialista

pt-noun

anticolonialista m or f by sense (plural anticolonialistas)

(politics) anticolonialist (opponent of colonialism)


antiglobalista

antiglobalista m or f by sense (plural antiglobalistas)

(politics) antiglobalist, anti-globalization (a proponent of antiglobalism)


antimilitarista

pt-adj

antimilitarista m or f (plural antimilitaristas)

(politics) antimilitarist (opposed to militarism)

(politics) opposing a military government


antimilitarista

pt-noun

antimilitarista m or f by sense (plural antimilitaristas)

(politics) antimilitarist (one who opposes militarism)

(politics) one who opposes a military government


aortite

(pathology) aortitis (inflammation of the aorta)


viscosidade

viscosity
quality or state of being viscous

(physics) a property of fluids that means they offer resistance to flow, which in liquids decreases as the temperature rises, but in gases increases as the temperature rises

property of a body undergoing permanent deformations under the action of a stress, with stresses being linear functions of deformation speeds


vitalidade

Learned borrowing from Latin vītālitātem. By surface analysis, vital + -idade.


aortografia

/ɐ.ɔɾ.tɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

[ɐ.ɔɾ.tɔ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]

(medicine) aortography (arteriography of the aorta)


acumulação

Learned borrowing from Latin accumulātiōnem. By surface analysis, acumular + -ção.

accumulation (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated)


orografia

(geomorphology) orography (the scientific study, or a physical description of mountains)


ortodontista

pt-noun

ortodontista m or f by sense (plural ortodontistas)


aracnoide

[ɐ.ɾɐˈknɔj.ðɨ]

(anatomy) arachnoidal (pertaining to the arachnoid mater)


aracnoide

[ɐ.ɾɐˈknɔj.ðɨ]

(anatomy) arachnoid mater (middle layer of the meninges)


arborescente

pt-adj

arborescente m or f (plural arborescentes)

[ɐɾ.βu.ɾɨʃˈsẽ.tɨ]

/ɐɾ.bu.ɾɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

[ɐɾ.βu.ɾɨˈʃẽ.tɨ]

(philosophy) arborescent (marked by insistence on totalising principles, binarism and dualism)


arabista

pt-noun

arabista m or f by sense (plural arabistas)

[ɐ.ɾɐˈβiʃ.tɐ]

(anthropology, linguistics) Arabist (a scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics or language)

(politics) Arabist (one that wants to spread Arabic culture)


angra

From Late Latin ancra, angra (“valley, space between two trees”), perhaps a variant of Vulgar Latin *angula, from Latin angulus (“angle, corner”).

uder

(nautical) roadstead (a partly-sheltered anchorage outside a harbour)


paleografia

From paleo- + -grafia, from Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (palaiós, “old”) and γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to write”).

(archaeology, linguistics) paleography (the study of ancient forms of writing)


polaina

From French poulaine (“footwear”), from Old French poulanne (“hide from Poland”).

der

compression sleeve for the leg or lower leg


romanche

pt-adj

romanche m or f (plural romanches, not comparable)

/ʁuˈmɐ̃.t͡ʃɨ/

Borrowed from French romanche (“Romansch”), from Romansch rumantsch, from Latin rōmānicē (“in a Roman manner”).


argonauta

pt-noun

argonauta m or f by sense (plural argonautas)

argonaut (an adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest)


arteriopatia

(pathology) arteriopathy (any disease of the arteries)


ictiologia

ichthyology (branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish)


Egle

Borrowed from Latin Aeglē, from Ancient Greek Αἴγλη (Aíglē).

(Greek mythology) Aegle (goddess of good health)


inconformista

inconformista m or f by sense (plural inconformistas)

nonconformist (someone who does not conform to accepted beliefs, customs or practices)


ascensorista

ascensorista m or f by sense (plural ascensoristas)


astrofotografia

astrofotografia f (plural astrofotografias)

(astronomy, photography) astrophotography (photography of celestial objects)


pirólise

From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosing”).

(chemistry) pyrolysis (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)


libra esterlina

libra esterlina f (plural libras esterlinas)

pound sterling (currency of the United Kingdom)


Amiens

[aˈmi.ẽɪ̯̃ʃ]

/ɐˈmi.ɐ̃j̃ʃ/

Amiens (the capital city of the modern Somme department, in the modern region of Hauts-de-France, France)


baderna

From Italian name Baderna, in reference to the aficionados of Italian dancer Marietta Baderna (1828–1892).

(Brazil) disorderly situation, ruckus, turmoil


psicologista

psicologista m or f by sense (plural psicologistas)


psicografia

(spiritualism) psychography (the act of a spirit possessing one's physical body in order to write something)


balista

Learned borrowing from Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Doublet of besta.


balsamina

See bálsamo (“balsam”). Also compare New Latin Balsamina.

balsam (flowering plant of the genus Impatiens)


antenupcial

pt-adj

antenupcial m or f (plural antenupciais)


pomada

Kadiwéu: pomaada

Borrowed from French pommade, from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple”) + -ata. By surface analysis, pomo + -ada.


antifebril

[ˌɐ̃.ti.fɨˈβɾiɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.ti.fɨˈβɾiɫ]

(pharmacology) antipyretic; antifever; antifebrile (that reduces fever)


anticonstitucional

anticonstitucional m or f (plural anticonstitucionais)


-ada

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

falar (“to speak”) + -ada → falada (“spoken”)

forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar


-ada

pt-noun

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

cadeira (“chair”) + -ada → cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)

faca (“knife”) + -ada → facada (“knifing”)

cabo (“handle”) + -ada → cabada (“blow with a handle”)

forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

chegar (“to arrive”) + -ada → chegada (“arrival”)

largar (“to start running, in a race”) + -ada → largada (“the start of a race”)

forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

dinheiro (“money”) + -ada → dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)

bezerro (“calf”) + -ada → bezerrada (“herd of calves”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun

colher (“spoon”) + -ada → colherada (“spoonful”)

xícara (“cup”) + -ada → xicarada (“cupful”)

forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

feijão (“bean”) + -ada → feijoada (“feijoada”)

coalho (“curd”) + -ada → coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)

forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

laranja (“orange”) + -ada → laranjada (“orange juice”)

marmelo (“quince”) + -ada → marmelada (“quince jam”)

forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”


arritmia

Borrowed from New Latin arrhythmia, from Ancient Greek ἄρρυθμος (árrhuthmos).

(pathology) arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat)


mediação

[me.d͡ʒɪ.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[mɨ.ðjɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


physica

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


intervenção

[ĩ.teɦ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɦ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɾ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teʁ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.teɻ.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.tɨɾ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ẽ.tɾɨ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.tɨɾ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ẽ.tɾɨ.vẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.tɨɾ.bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.tɨɾ.βẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

/ẽ.tɾɨ.bẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ẽ.tɾɨ.βẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin interventiōnem.

lbor

O diretor fez uma intervenção antes da reunião.

The director made a statement before the meeting.


antinacional

pt-adj

antinacional m or f (plural antinacionais)

(politics) antinational (opposed to one’s own nation)

(politics) antinational (not founded on the idea of the nation)


universalidade

pt-noun

universalidade f (plural universalidades)


serenidade

From sereno + -idade, or borrowed from Latin serēnitātem (“serenity; fine weather”), from serēnus (“serene; clear”) + -itās (“-ity”).

bor

(of the sky) the state of being cloudless


trompetista

pt-noun

trompetista m or f by sense (plural trompetistas)

trumpeter (person who plays the trumpet)


queima

queima das fitas
queima das fitas#Portuguese


tranquilidade

Learned borrowing from Latin tranquillitātem (“quietness, tranquility”).


bengali

pt-noun

bengali m or f by sense (plural bengalis)


bengali

pt-adj

bengali m or f (plural bengalis, not comparable)


Arábia

Arábia Saudita
Arábia Saudita#Portuguese


biblista

pt-noun

biblista m or f by sense (plural biblistas)


bioluminescente

pt-adj

bioluminescente m or f (plural bioluminescentes)


ninfómana

ninfómanas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


trindade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese trĩidade, from Latin trīnitātem, from trēs.


Trindade

From Old Galician-Portuguese trĩidade (“the Trinity”), from Ecclesiastical Latin trīnitātem (“the Trinity”), from Latin trīnitātem (“a trinity”), from trēs (“three”).

der

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad (an island in the Caribbean, part of Trinidad and Tobago)


psychanalyse

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


wi-fi

pt-noun

wi-fi m or f (usually uncountable, plural wi-fis)

[ˌwaɪ̯ˈfaɪ̯]

(networking) Wi-Fi (wireless data communication standard)


psicanálise

Borrowed from French psychanalyse (“psychoanalysis”), from German Psychoanalyse (“psychoanalysis”).

bor+

psychoanalysis (family of psychological theories and methods)


paróquia

From Late Latin parochia, from Ancient Greek παροικία (paroikía, “a dwelling abroad”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

der

(Christianity) parish (part of a diocese)

(Christianity) parish (members of a parish)

Este é o melhor bar da paróquia.

(humorous) hood; neighbourhood (part of a city)


bruxa

pt-noun

bruxa f (plural bruxas, masculine bruxo, masculine plural bruxos)

bruxas (plural)
bruxo (masculine)
bruxos (masculine plural)

Kabuverdianu: bruxa

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Galician, Mirandese, Aragonese, and Asturian bruxa; Spanish bruja; Catalan bruixa and Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).


puta que pariu

Literally, “whore that gave birth”.
Compare Spanish puta que te parió.

(figurative) bumfuck (a very remote place)

(Brazil, informal) grab handle inside a car


hipocondria

From New Latin hypochondria, from Ancient Greek.

hypochondria, hypochondriasis (excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness)


matinê

matinee (a showing of a movie or theatrical performance during the day)

(by extension) any event happening in the afternoon


totó

(colloquial, derogatory) dummy, dimwit (an unintelligent person)

(Northern parts of Brazil) table football; foosball (table soccer)


fusiforme

(chiefly botany, zoology) fusiform (spindle-shaped)


retorta

Borrowed from Medieval Latin retorta, from Latin retortus.

(chemistry) retort (flask used in distillation)


cairota

[kaɪ̯ˈɾɔ.tɐ]

[kaɪ̯ˈɾɔ.tɐ]


cairota

pt-noun

cairota m or f by sense (plural cairotas)

[kaɪ̯ˈɾɔ.tɐ]

[kaɪ̯ˈɾɔ.tɐ]


vertigem

[vehˈt͡ʃi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[vehˈt͡ʃi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[veɾˈt͡ʃi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[veχˈt͡ʃi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[veɻˈt͡ʃi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/vɨɾˈti.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/vɨɾˈti.ʒɐ̃j̃/

/bɨɾˈti.ʒɐ̃j̃/

From Latin vertīginem (“dizziness”), from vertō (“to revolve”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

vertigo; dizziness (state of being dizzy)


misericórdia

Learned borrowing from Latin misericordia.


caliptra

(botany) calyptra (thin, hood-like tissue)


Posen

Poznan (a city in the Greater Poland, Poland)


-pata

pt-noun

-pata m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -patas)


Patras

Patras (a city, the regional capital of Western Greece, Greece)


cambista

cambista m or f by sense (plural cambistas)

scalper (one who sells tickets unofficially)


pelada

association football
association football

(Brazil, slang) a friendly, amateur association football match


Fátima

Borrowed from Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima, “abstainer”).

bor+

(Islam) Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad

a female given name from Arabic, of Christian usage


Fátima

Fátima (a city in Ourém, district of Leiria, Portugal)


faiança

[faɪ̯ˈɐ̃.sɐ]

[faɪ̯ˈɐ̃.sɐ]

Borrowed from French faïence, named after Italian Faenza, a city; from Latin Faventia.

faience (type of tin-glazed earthenware ceramic)


Luzia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Luzia, from Latin Lūcia. Doublet of Lúcia.


extraoficial

pt-adj

extraoficial m or f (plural extraoficiais)


amigdalite

(pathology) tonsillitis (inflammation of the tonsils)


histamina

(biochemistry) histamine (an amine released during allergic reaction)


escarlate

From Old French escarlate (“scarlet cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Persian سقرلاط (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), a variant of سقلاط (seqellât, “scarlet cloth”), from Byzantine Greek σιγιλλᾶτος (sigillâtos), ultimately from Latin (textum) sigillātum; or, alternatively, from Germanic.


penca

Unknown. Probably related to Spanish penca (“leaf's vein, stalk”).

Vinho ou cachaça? perguntou o velho, apontando, de volta, na porta, com uma penca de bananas que lhe vinham caindo das mãos de maduras.

1867, Franklin Távora, chapter 11, in O Cabeleira, page 190

Wine or cachaça? asked the old man, appearing, again, at the door, holding a bunch of bananas that would fall from his hands so ripe they were.

(slang) a bunch (a considerable amount of something)

Vou ver. E, com desabalados gestos, Montezuma partiu, falando só, com dois pince-nez escarranchados na penca.

1913, Coelho Neto, chapter XXVII, in A Conquista

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(slang) hooter; schnozzle (especially large nose)


anabasina

(organic chemistry) anabasine (pyridine alkaloid)


progesterona

(biochemistry, steroids) progesterone (steroid hormone secreted by the ovaries)


envergadura

/ẽ.vɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/

[ẽ.vɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

/ẽ.vɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/

[ẽ.vɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

/ẽ.bɨɾ.ɡɐˈdu.ɾɐ/

[ẽ.bɨɾ.ɣɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

From envergar + -dura. Compare Spanish envergadura, French envergure.


caravanista

pt-adj

caravanista m or f (plural caravanistas)

(Portugal) related to travels or stayings in a caravan


caravanista

pt-noun

caravanista m or f by sense (plural caravanistas)

caravaner (one who travels in a caravan)

(Portugal) caravaner (one who travels or stays in a caravan)


carola

From Latin corōlla (“small crown”), possibly semi-learned.

assiduous attendant of a church; devotee


aftose

(medicine) aphthosis (aphthous stomatitis)


fadista

fadista m or f by sense (plural fadistas)


parataxe

(grammar) parataxis (a construct in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions)


castrense

pt-adj

castrense m or f (plural castrenses, not comparable)

/kɐʃˈtɾẽ.sɨ/


castrense

/kɐʃˈtɾẽ.sɨ/


castrense

pt-noun

castrense m or f by sense (plural castrenses)

/kɐʃˈtɾẽ.sɨ/


barricada

Borrowed from French barricade. Piecewise doublet of barrigada.

barricade (a barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence)


Blumenthal

Unadapted borrowing from German Blumenthal.


Weintraub

Unadapted borrowing from German Weintraub.


Pune

Pune (a major city and district of Maharashtra, India)


Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar (a city, the state capital of Odisha, India)


humanidade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese humanidade, itself borrowed from Latin hūmānitātem (“humanity”).

inh+

humanity; mankind (the human race as a whole)


Agra

From Sanskrit अग्रेवण (agrevaṇa, “forest border”), from अग्र (agra, “border, in front of”) + वन (vana, “forest”).


noa

From Old Galician-Portuguese noa, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese nõa, from Vulgar Latin of Iberia *nona, from proto-Romanic *nona, from Vulgar Latin *nona, from Latin nōna, feminine of nōnus (“ninth”). Doublet of Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, and Italian nona (“ninth”).

cog

O clérigo, que dizia sempre suas orações, dessa vez esqueceu-se-lhe da noa.

The priest, who had always said her hours, that time forgot the nones.


asplenia

asplenia (absence of normal spleen function)


artroplastia

(surgery) arthroplasty (surgical repair of a joint)


garçonnière

Unadapted borrowing from French garçonnière.


negroide

[neˈɡɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[neˈɡɾɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

/nɨˈɡɾɔj.dɨ/

[nɨˈɣɾɔj.ðɨ]

(archaic) negroid (relating/belonging to a population group made up of native peoples from Central and Southern Africa)


cibernauta

pt-noun

cibernauta m or f by sense (plural cibernautas)

(computing) netizen, cybercitizen, internaut, cybernaut


fror

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fror.

inh+

(archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of flor


-oide

pt-adj

-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -oides)

pt-noun

-oide m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oides)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).


Cirenaica

Cyrenaica (a traditional region and breakaway state in eastern Libya)


citarista

pt-noun

citarista m or f by sense (plural citaristas)


permutação

Learned borrowing from Latin permūtātiōnem (“change; exchange”). By surface analysis, permutar + -ção.

lbor

(mathematics) permutation (one-to-one mapping)

(combinatorics) permutation (ordering of a finite set of distinct elements)

an exchange (act of trading, exchanging or swapping)

(prosody) metathesis (transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

(cytology) exchange of genetic material during meiosis


omnipotente

pt-adj

omnipotente m or f (plural omnipotentes)

omnipotentes (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin omnipotentem. By surface analysis, omni- + potente.


bodas de prata

silver wedding (anniversary celebration)


insensível

pt-adj

insensível m or f (plural insensíveis, comparable, comparative mais insensível, superlative o mais insensível or insensibilíssimo)

insensíveis (plural)
mais insensível (comparative)
o mais insensível (superlative)
insensibilíssimo (superlative)

From Late Latin īnsēnsibilis. By surface analysis, in- + sensível.

cold, tactless, undiplomatic, insensitive (not having normal emotional feelings)


rubéola

[χuˈbɛʊ̯.lɐ]

From Vulgar Latin *rubeolum, from rubellus (“reddish”).

rubella (disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract)


biologista

pt-noun

biologista m or f by sense (plural biologistas)


mesoderme

[ˌmɛ.zɔˈðɛɾ.mɨ]

mesoderm (tissue produced by gastrulation)


geléia

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


sedição

[se.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin sēditiōnem (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) + -itiō (“going”).


nipa

Nypa fruticans
Nypa fruticans#Translingual

nipa, a palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans


desculpa

Deverbal from desculpar. Compare Catalan and Spanish disculpa.

excuse, pretext (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)


liderança

[li.ðɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

From liderar (“to lead”) + -ança (“-ance”), from líder (“leader”), from English leader, from lead, from Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan (“lead”), from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“lead”).

(uncountable) leadership (capacity of someone to lead)

(collectively) the leaders of an organisation

lead (the state of being ahead, e.g. in a race)


Togliatti

Unadapted borrowing from Russian Толья́тти (Tolʹjátti), in turn after Italian politician Palmiro Togliatti.

ubor

Tolyatti, Togliatti (a city in Samara Oblast, Russia)


flama

Borrowed from Latin flamma. Doublet of chama.


partícula subatómica

pt-noun

partícula subatómica f (plural partículas subatómicas)

(physics) subatomic particle (unit of matter smaller than an atom)


Surabaya

Surabaya (the capital and largest city of East Java, Indonesia)


raiva

From Old Galician-Portuguese raiva, from earlier ravia, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs. Compare Galician and Spanish rabia.

anger (a strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something)


Haora

Howrah (a city and district of West Bengal, India)


gravação

[ɡɾa.vaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɡɾɐ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɡɾɐ.vɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɡɾɐ.bɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɡɾɐ.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


nevasca

snowstorm, blizzard (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow)


Pichilemu

[…] os vinhos, os licores que encontra, e ás vezes, como no povoado de Pichilemu, não respeita as mulheres.

1937, Joaquim Nabuco, Balmaceda, page 94

[…] the wines, the spirits he finds, and sometimes, such as in the village of Pichilemu, doesn’t respect women.

[…] os restos indígenas de Pichilemu […]

1952, Revista da Academia Brasileira de Letras, Vol. 83-84, p. 264

[…] the Indian remains from Pichilemu […]

Jan 1990, Trip magazine


caça

Deverbal from caçar, from Late Latin captiāre (“to seize”), from Latin captō (“to catch or grasp at”), from capiō (“to take, to capture, to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).

der

(uncountable) hunting (chasing animals for game or food)

(uncountable) game (animals hunted for food)


monarquia

Learned borrowing from Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía). By surface analysis, mono- + -arquia.


relação sexual

pt-noun

relação sexual f (plural relações sexuais)


calopsita

From New Latin calopsittacus, from Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful, lovely”) + ψιττακός (psittakós, “parrot”).

uder

cockatiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)


licantropia

(mythology) lycanthropy (ability to shapeshift into a wolf)


dor de cabeça

pt-noun

dor de cabeça f (plural dores de cabeça)

[ˈdoɾ ðɨ kɐˈβe.sɐ]

[ˈdoɾ ðɨ kɐˈβe.sɐ]

From dor (“pain”) + de (“of”) + cabeça (“head”).

(medicine, literally) headache (pain or ache in the head)

(figuratively, idiomatic) something which is irritating


laringite

From laringe (“larynx”) + -ite (“-itis”), from Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λάρυγξ (lárunx).


horrível

pt-adj

horrível m or f (plural horríveis, comparable, comparative mais horrível, superlative o mais horrível or horribilíssimo)

horríveis (plural)
mais horrível (comparative)
o mais horrível (superlative)
horribilíssimo (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Latin horribilis.


protuberância

Learned borrowing from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).

lbor

protuberance; bulge (something sticking out)


automotriz

(rail transportation) railcar (self-propelled railroad vehicle)


conversa pra boi dormir

pt-noun

conversa pra boi dormir f (plural conversas pra boi dormir)

conversa para boi dormir
conversa para boi dormir#Portuguese

Syncopic form of conversa para boi dormir


cocker spaniel americano

cocker spaniel americano m or f by sense (plural cocker spaniels americanos)

American cocker spaniel
American cocker spaniel

American cocker spaniel (breed of sporting dog)


estral

oestral; oestrous (relating to oestrus, a female animal’s willingness to mate)


-teca

-teca f (noun-forming suffix, plural -tecas)

Learned borrowing from Latin -theca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, scabbard”).


revelação

/ʁɨ.vɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.vɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.bɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ʁɨ.βɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin revēlātiōnem (“uncovering; revelation”). By surface analysis, revelar + -ção.

lbor

revelation (the act of revealing or disclosing)

(photography) the act of developing a photograph

(theology) revelation (manifestation of divine truth)


gargalhada fatal

pt-noun

gargalhada fatal f (plural gargalhadas fatais)

gargalhada (“laugh”) + fatal (“deathly”)


empresarial

pt-adj

empresarial m or f (plural empresariais)


devassa

Deverbal from devassar. Cognate with Galician devasa.


peitoral

peitoral m or f (plural peitorais, not comparable)

From Latin pectorālis. Compare Spanish petral, pretal.


pasta de dente

pt-noun

pasta de dente f (plural pastas de dente)


asteca

Borrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl.

Aztec (any of the Nahua people of central Mexico, especially the Mexica)

Aztec; Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan language of the Nahua)


asteca

pt-adj

asteca m or f (plural astecas, not comparable)

Aztec; Aztecan (of or relating to the Nahua or Mexica people)

Aztec; Aztecan; Nahuatl (of or relating to the Nahuatl language)


graviola

/ɡɾɐˈvjɔ.lɐ/

/ɡɾɐˈvjɔ.lɐ/

/ɡɾɐˈbjɔ.lɐ/

[ɡɾɐˈβjɔ.lɐ]


dessas

Contraction of de essas (“of/from those (feminine, near you)”): feminine plural of desse


vc

vc qr tc?

Do you want to talk with me in a chat room?

eu amo vc

vc tem qnts anos?

(Internet slang, text messaging) you (singular)


nessas

Contraction of em essas (“in those (near you, feminine)”): feminine plural of nesse


nessa

Contraction of em essa (“in that (near you, feminine)”): feminine singular of nesse


vose

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of você (“you”)


afocal

(optics, of a lens) afocal (having a focal point at infinity)


oitava

From Old Galician-Portuguese oitavo, from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”), q.v. As units of measure, named in reference to making up one-eighth of the alqueire (Portuguese bushel) or onça (Portuguese ounce). Cognate with Spanish ochava, Catalan octava, and Galician oitava.

(historical) oitava, a traditional unit of dry volume, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 litres in different 19th-century contexts

(historical) oitava, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 3.6 g

(music) octave (an interval of twelve semitones)


uma pá

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see uma, pá.


zica

Shortening of ziquizira, ziguizira, dialectal words of uncertain origin.


zica

From Zika, forest in Africa from where the Zika disease originally spread.


treta

Borrowed from Spanish treta (“feint, trick”), from French traite.

(fencing, boxing) feint (offensive movement)


bimensal

bimensal m or f (plural bimensais, not comparable)

biweekly; fortnightly (occurring two times a month)


chave inglesa

pt-noun

chave inglesa f (plural chaves inglesas)

adjustable spanner (UK), adjustable wrench (US), adjustable wrench (US), crescent spanner (AU, NZ)


vaca preta

coke float (a beverage made of ice cream and cola-flavored soft drink)


Breslau

Wrocław (a city in the Lower Silesia, Poland)


antinatural

pt-adj

antinatural m or f (plural antinaturais)

unnatural, antinatural, contranatural (not natural)


Haarlem

Haarlem (a city and capital of North Holland, Netherlands)


avareza

pt-noun

avareza f (usually uncountable, plural avarezas)

[ɐ.βɐˈɾe.zɐ]

From Latin avāritia; possibly a semi-learned term. Doublet of avarícia.

greed, avarice (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)


vingança

From Old Galician-Portuguese vingança, vengança, from vingar (“to avenge”) + -ança (“-ance”), from Latin vindicāre (“to avenge; to liberate; to protect”).


luva

From Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa, “palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand”). More at loof, glove.

der

Os investigadores acreditam que Veiga e Paulo Santana Lopes receberam milhões em luvas de empresas que queriam investir no Congo, uma antiga colónia francesa, onde os dois portugueses, sócios, viviam há uns anos.

2016 February 5, Mariana Oliveira, “Processo de Veiga resultou de carta rogatória das autoridades francesas”, in Público

(in the plural, figuratively) tip; bribe


alcarraza

From Arabic الكُرَّاز (al-kurrāz), from Aramaic כרז / כרוז (“a type of container”), possibly from Akkadian 𒆳𒍣𒍝𒆪 (/kurziza, kurzizakku/, “a basket, container”), from Sumerian 𒄥𒋛𒁲 (/gursisa/, “basket, container”, literally “normal or standard 𒄥 (gur)”).

alcarraza (jug made of porous earthenware)


antilinear

(mathematics) antilinear (describing a particular mapping of a complex vector space)


aclimatação

From aclimatar (“acclimatize”) + -ção (“-ation”).

af

acclimatization (the act of acclimatizing)


Casablanca

Borrowed from Spanish Casablanca, a calque of Portuguese Casa Branca.

Casablanca (the capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco)


marca registrada

pt-noun

marca registrada f (plural marcas registradas)

trademark (identification of a company’s product)


vanguarda

[vɐ̃ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ]

[vɐ̃ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ]

[bɐ̃ˈɡwaɾ.ðɐ]

(military) vanguard (leading units of an army)

vanguard (forefront of any group or movement)


programação

/pɾu.ɡɾɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[pɾu.ɣɾɐ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From programa (“programme”) + -ção (“-tion”), from Late Latin programma (“a proclamation, edict”), from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma, “a written public notice, an edict”), from προγράφω (prográphō, “to set forth as a public notice”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

der

act of writing a programme (planned sequence of events)

act of programming (causing to automatically behave in a particular way)

(programming, uncountable) programming (the development of computer software)

programme, guide, schedule (TV, radio etc.)


ânfora

Borrowed from Latin amphora (“amphora”), from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “vase-shaped ornament with a narrow neck”).

amphora (a two handled jar with a narrow neck)


urbanização

From urbanizar (“to urbanise”) + -ção (“-tion”).


arqué

From Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ, literally “beginning, origin”).


Astúrias

/ɐʃˈtu.ɾjɐʃ/

autonomous community
autonomous community

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)

(historical) Asturias (a mediaeval kingdom in northern Iberia)


hipernatremia

From hiper- + New Latin natrium (“sodium”) + -emia.

af

hypernatremia (abnormally high concentration of sodium in blood plasma)


calistenia

From Ancient Greek κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).


metamorfose

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).

lbor

μεταμόρφωσις

(biology) metamorphosis (change in the form and often habits of an animal)


galocha

/ɡɐˈlɔ.t͡ʃɐ/


Anabel

a female given name, equivalent to English Annabel


intempérie

(usually in the plural) any destructive weather event


cerimônia

Borrowed from Latin caerimōnia (“holiness”), of uncertain origin.

bor+

ceremony (ritual with religious, social or political significance)


patrola

Genericized trademark from CAT's Auto Patrol series.

A Prefeitura de Araguaína, disse que a patrola pertence a uma construtora que foi licitada para realizar obras de drenagem e pavimentação no bairro.

2023 September 14, “Motociclista de 24 anos morre após acidente com patrola”, in G1 Tocantins, Araguaína

Na manhã desta terça-feira, 16, uma patrola foi utilizada foi colocado para bloquear uma rua para que as pessoas respeitem a execução de serviço no centro de Vilhena.

2024 April 16, “Patrola bloqueia rua para que vilhenenses respeitem execução de obra; secretário comenta”, in Extra de Rondônia, Vilhena

(Brazil) grader (vehicle with a blade used to flatten ground)


alucinação

From alucinar (“hallucinate”) + -ção (“-tion”).

af

hallucination (sensory perception of something that does not exist)


enseada

From en- + seio (“curve, bend”) + -ada, from Old Galician-Portuguese sẽo, from Latin sinus (“curve, bend”). Compare Spanish ensenada.

cove (a small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds)


Bandung

Bandung (the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia)


gritaria

the act of many people shouting or screaming


viajada

(Brazil, slang) a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely


jante

Borrowed from French jante. Compare Spanish llanta, from the same source.


lavada

(Brazil, sports, video games, informal) landslide (a win by a big difference)


armaria

/ɐɾ.mɐˈɾi.ɐ/

armoury; arsenal (place where arms are kept)


sacada

Hunsrik: Sacada

Past participle of sacar (“to pull out”).

balcony (accessible structure extending from a building)

oriel (large polygonal recess in a building)

(Brazil, slang) an ingenious idea or understanding, insight, catch

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


sacada

sackful (the amount a sack will contain)


olhada

From Vulgar Latin *oculāta, ultimately from Latin oculus (“eye”). Compare Catalan ullada or Italian occhiata. Or by surface analysis, olho + -ada.


olha

Borrowed from Spanish olla (“pot; stew”), from Latin olla (“pot; jar”).

(obsolete) a type of large, earthenware pan

a stew prepared with meat, chickpeas, peas and other vegetables


deixa

Deverbal from deixar (“to leave; to allow”).

deverbal

cue (action or event that is a signal to do something)

(hydrology) floodplain (plain surrounding a river that experiences periodical flooding)


chamada

[t͡ʃɐˈma.ðɐ]

dressing-down (reprimand, rebuke, reprehension)

roll (a list of names or an official register of names)


baixaria

(Brazil, informal) low, despicable behaviour


baixada

Hunsrik: Baischaat


melhora

As melhoras!

(in the plural) recovery (return to normal health)


falha

Borrowed from French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallia.


mijada

(informal, vulgar) pissing (act of urination)

Ela levou uma mijada de Paola por estar falando apenas “sim, chefe”, “ok, chefe” e ainda escutou um monólogo da Chef sobre a comida “não tocar o coração”.


jogada

(turn-based games) play (action carried out during one's turn)

play (an attempt to move forward as part of one's plan in business)


freada

(Brazil) braking (act of applying brakes)

(Brazil, slang, humorous) skid mark (visible feces stain)


correria

As crianças chegaram numa correria.

A correria das grandes cidades.


escolha

A escolha é tua.

choice (opportunity to choose or select something)

A minha escolha é ficar aqui.


descida

From descer + -ida, from Old Galician-Portuguese decer.

O carro acelerou na descida.

A descida foi difícil para os alpinistas.

The descent was difficult for the climbers.

descent (instance of descending, going down)

Ocorreu uma descida nos preços.


batera

Clipping of bateria (“drum kit”) with -a.

(Brazil, colloquial) Alternative form of bateria (“drum set”)


batera

(Brazil, music, colloquial) drummer (person who plays the drums)


Allahabad

Allahabad (a city and district of Uttar Pradesh, India)


multilíngue

pt-adj

multilíngue m or f (plural multilíngues)

From multi- (“multi-”) + -língue (“-lingual”).

confix

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


agradável

pt-adj

agradável m or f (plural agradáveis, comparable, comparative mais agradável, superlative o mais agradável or agradabilíssimo)

agradáveis (plural)
mais agradável (comparative)
o mais agradável (superlative)
agradabilíssimo (superlative)

[ɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.vɛɫ]

[ɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.vɛɫ]

[ɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.βɛɫ]

Que surpresa agradável!


lamentável

lamentável m or f (plural lamentáveis, comparable, comparative mais lamentável, superlative o mais lamentável or lamentabilíssimo)

lamentáveis (plural)
mais lamentável (comparative)
o mais lamentável (superlative)
lamentabilíssimo (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Latin lāmentābilis. By surface analysis, lamentar + -ável.


amigável

pt-adj

amigável m or f (plural amigáveis, comparable, comparative mais amigável, superlative o mais amigável or amigabilíssimo)

amigáveis (plural)
mais amigável (comparative)
o mais amigável (superlative)
amigabilíssimo (superlative)

Inherited from Late Latin amīcābilis. By surface analysis, amigar + -ável.


partilha

From Latin particula, diminutive of partem (“part”). Doublet of partícula, which was a borrowing, and parcela, a related form which came via French. Cognate with Galician partilla, Spanish partija.

Como é que heide ir lá? Bem sabes que estou de mal com meu irmão, desde as partilhas. E de mais como é que se póde saber se foram os meus sobrinhos que espostejaram o novilho? (...)

1883, Teófilo Braga, “Os dois irmãos e a mulher morta”, in Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez

(law, in the plural) division; shareout (especially relating to an inheritance)

(social media) share (internet: action of sharing)


inesterilizável

inesterilizável m or f (plural inesterilizáveis, not comparable)

unsterilizable (unable to become sterilized)


patrulha

(chiefly military) patrol (the act of patrolling a location)

(chiefly military) patrol (detachment that performs a patrol)


legível

Learned borrowing from Late Latin legibilis (“that can be read”).


passada

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

step; pace (a unit distance roughly equivalent to the distance covered in a step)

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

(tennis) passing shot (shot that reaches the other side but out of the opponent’s reach)


pintada

desctree

→ French: pintade
→ Catalan: pintada
→ Dutch: poelepetaat (from poule pintade)

guinea fowl (any of several African birds resembling partridges)


negada

(Brazil, informal, sometimes derogatory) a collective of black (people)


esfrega

scrubbing (act or effect of rubbing; repeated passage of one surface over another, exerting pressure)


lambida

Só uma lambida.


rola

Onomatopoeic, in allusion to the bird's sound.

um ninho de rolas

Eutinobothrus brasiliensis
Eutinobothrus brasiliensis

Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, a beetle inhabiting most of the Brazilian territory


transitividade

pt-noun

transitividade f (plural transitividades)

From transitivo (“transitive”) + -idade (“-ity”), from Latin trānsitīvus (“transiting”).

suffix

(grammar) transitivity (the degree in which a verb can govern objects)

the quality of what is temporary, ephemeral

the quality of being transitive (making a transit or passage)

(set theory) the quality of being transitive


varinha

Você pode usar sua varinha para tentar me desarmar, ou para se defender de qualquer outra maneira que consiga pensar.

2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, page 436

You may use your wand to try to disarm me, or to defend yourself in any other way that you can think of.

wand (stick or staff, used to perform a useful function)


encrenca

Harry mal respirava: será que a sorte, a pura sorte poderia livrá-los dessa encrenca?

2007, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 350

Harry was badly breathing: maybe luck, pure luck could save them from that trouble?


versta

verst; versta (Russian unit of length equivalent to 1.07 kilometers)


saudável

pt-adj

saudável m or f (plural saudáveis, comparable, comparative mais saudável, superlative o mais saudável or saudabilíssimo)

saudáveis (plural)
mais saudável (comparative)
o mais saudável (superlative)
saudabilíssimo (superlative)

[sɐwˈða.βɛɫ]

From saudar + -ável. Compare Spanish saludable.

healthy; healthful (conducive to health)


portaria

From porta (“door”) + -aria. Piecewise doublet of porteira.

(Brazil, law) an administrative decree or resolution issued by a ministry of secretary, detailing the application of a law


coorte

Borrowed from Latin cohortem (“cohort”). Doublet of the inherited corte.

(Ancient Rome, military) cohort (tenth part of a legion)

(statistics) cohort (demographic grouping of people)


suaíli

suaíli m or f (plural suaílis, not comparable)

Borrowed from English Swahili, from Swahili swahili, from plural of Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “coast”).


àquela

O jantar àquela noite foi muito agradável.

1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57

The dinner at that night was very pleasant.

Contraction of a aquela (“to that (feminine)”): feminine singular of àquele


ficção científica

Calque of English science fiction. Literally, “scientific fiction”.

As forças são entes de razão imaginados para os factos que não sabemos explicar. / A attracção universal não é mais do que uma ficção scientifica: assim que a julgavam Euler e Ampère. / Hoje no mundo physico só se admittem a materia e o movimento: á força, a que se attribuia a gravitação, substituiu-se o vibratorio do ether / Le Sage, de Genebra, e o abbade Leray, deduziram mathematicamente segundo a nova theoria, a mesma lei do movimento, e affirma-se que a fórmula conhecida não é rigorosa mas apenas approximada.

1882 January 7, L.A. e Medeiros, “Newton e a attracção universal”, in Sciencia para Todos, volume 1, number 1, Lisbon, section IV, page 396, column 1

A história dos três oficiais norte-americanos que chegam de helicóptero e do mesmo modo partem para, não se sabe onde, levando consigo um balão-sonda caído em pleno coração de nosso país, se assemelha a um dêsses contos de ficção científica (pelos quais se procura preparar a mocidade para a guerra) e que no caso se mostra estranhamente realista...

1955 December 30, Paulo F. Alves Pinto, “Brasil e Argentina — duas políticas do petroleo”, in Revistra Brasiliense, number 2, São Paulo, page 77


insônia

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsomnia, from īnsomnis (“sleepless”).

(pathology) insomnia (sleeping disorder)


aleúte

aleúte m or f (plural aleútes, not comparable)


hipnose

From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + -ose.


mágoa

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin macula (“stain, fault”), showing preservation of word-internal -u-, lost early in the inherited doublet malha and mancha. Doublet of mancha, malha, mangra, and mácula.

doublet

Este livro é de mágoas. Desgraçados / Que no mundo passais, chorai ao lê-lo! / Somente a vossa dor de Torturados / Pode, talvez, senti-lo... e compreendê-lo.

1919, Florbela Espanca, “Este Livro...”, in Livro das Mágoas


ceia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cẽa (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Compare Galician cea, Spanish and Italian cena.

inh+

Última Ceia

Ceia de Natal


craniometria

(medicine) craniometry (measurement of the skull)


lealdade

From Old Galician-Portuguese lealdade, from Medieval Latin lēgālitātem, from Latin lēgālis. By surface analysis, leal + -dade.


imprestável

pt-adj

imprestável m or f (plural imprestáveis, comparable, comparative mais imprestável, superlative o mais imprestável or imprestabilíssimo)

imprestáveis (plural)
mais imprestável (comparative)
o mais imprestável (superlative)
imprestabilíssimo (superlative)

[ĩ.pɾɨʃˈta.βɛɫ]


creolina

(pharmacy) creolin (antiseptic substance extracted from coal tar)


diagonal principal

pt-noun

diagonal principal f (plural diagonais principais)

(linear algebra) main diagonal (the elements of a matrix where i = j)


cumarina

(organic chemistry) coumarin (aromatic compound)


absidal

(architecture) apsidal (of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse)


dafne

daphne (any of several shrubs in the genus Daphne)


Dafne

Borrowed from Latin Daphnē, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη (Dáphnē, from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”)).

der

from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δάφνη</i> (dáphnē, “laurel”)

(Greek mythology) Daphne (mythological dryad)


provação

[pɾu.βɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


Dalila

a female given name, equivalent to English Delilah


obrigação

/ɔ.bɾi.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɔ.βɾi.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese obrigaçon, obligaçon, from Latin obligātiōnem, possibly taken as a semi-learned word.


assincronia

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + σύν (sún, “with”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).


terceirização

From terceirizar (“to outsource”) + -ção (“-tion”), from terceiro (“mediator”, noun), from terceiro (“third”, numeral).

suffix

(business) outsourcing (the transfer of a business function to an external service provider)


imputação

imputation (act of imputing or charging)


coluna

Borrowed from Latin columna, a collateral form of columen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.

column (a vertical line of entries in a table)

(military) a military column (a long body of troops)

(typography) a text column (body of text meant to be read line by line)

(journalism) a periodical's column (a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece)

(electronics) loudspeaker (electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound)


lengalenga

/ˌlẽ.ɡɐˈlẽ.ɡɐ/

Acabada a lengalenga, pretendi que bisasse.

1922, Aquilino Ribeiro, Cinco réis de gente, 3rd edition, Lisbon: Bertrand, page 16


visão

From Old Galician-Portuguese vison, borrowed from Latin vīsiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet avejão.

sight; eyesight; vision (the ability to see; the condition of not being blind)

vision; eye (the ability to notice things)

vision (an idea about how things should be in the future)

view (a person’s way of understanding something)

(databases) view (logical table in database formed from data from physical tables)

(paranormal, religion) vision (a mystical mental image of something that happened or will happen)


remanescente

pt-adj

remanescente m or f (plural remanescentes, not comparable)

/ʁɨ.mɐ.nɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/

From remanescer (“to remain”) + -ente (“-ent”), from Vulgar Latin *remanēscō (“to remain”), from Latin remaneō (“to remain behind; to endure”).


remanescente

pt-noun

remanescente m or f by sense (plural remanescentes)

/ʁɨ.mɐ.nɨˈʃẽ.tɨ/


espora

Via Old Galician-Portuguese espora from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰 (spaura), from Proto-Germanic *spurô (“spur”); compare Old High German sporo, Old Norse spori.
Not to be confused with esporo (“spore”).

spur (implement that is fixed to one’s heel for prodding horses)

spur (naturally growing spike of an animal)


simonia

From Ecclesiastical Latin simonia (“simony”), after Simon the Sorcerer, from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Šimʻôn, “Simon”).

(religion) simony (act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons)


paixão

[paɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese paixon, paxon, from Late Latin passiōnem, from Latin patior.


garagem

/ɡaˈɾa.ʒẽj̃/

[ɡaˈɾa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ɡɐˈɾa.ʒɐ̃j̃/


essencial

Borrowed from Late Latin essentiālis, from Latin essentia (“being, essence”).


feminista

feminist (relating to or in accordance with feminism)


feminista

feminista m or f by sense (plural feministas)


notação

Learned borrowing from Latin notātiōnem (“noting; marking”). By surface analysis, notar + -ção.

lbor

notation (act or process of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures or characters)

notation (system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions)


confiança

From Old Galician-Portuguese confiança, from confiar + -ança.


direção

[d͡ʒi.ɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin dīrēctiōnem.

aula de direção

driving (action of operating a motor vehicle)

direção hidráulica

(automotive) steering (something used to steer)

(Brazil, automotive, by extension) steering wheel

office or role in charge:
(business) directorship

office or role in charge:
(politics) leadership

office or role in charge:
(education) principalship

office or role in charge:
(publishing) editorship


naquela

Contraction of em aquela (“in that”): feminine singular of naquele


esplanada

Borrowed from French esplanade, from Italian spianata, from Latin explānātus (“flattened”).

Gosto de ler o jornal na esplanada do café.
I like to read the newspaper in a street café.

sidewalk cafe, patio (an outdoor portion of a restaurant or cafe)


ameaça

From Old Galician-Portuguese amẽaça, mẽaça, from Latin minācia, a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).

Suas ameaças não me dão medo!

threat (expression of intent to injure or punish another)

threat; menace (person or object that is regarded as a danger)

O trovão foi uma ameaça de tempestade.

(figurative) an indication that something bad may occur


omnisciente

pt-adj

omnisciente m or f (plural omniscientes)

omniscientes (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin omniscientem (“all-knowing”), from omni- (“all”) + sciēns (“knowing”) (compare Portuguese ciente (“aware”)).


lealista

pt-noun

lealista m or f by sense (plural lealistas)


confortável

pt-adj

confortável m or f (plural confortáveis, comparable, comparative mais confortável, superlative o mais confortável or confortabilíssimo)

confortáveis (plural)
mais confortável (comparative)
o mais confortável (superlative)
confortabilíssimo (superlative)


atrabile

supposed humor (or black bile) to which melancholy, irritation, hypochondria, etc. were attributed.


consequência

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsequentia.


diarista

From diário + -ista. Piecewise doublet of jornalista.

(Brazil) daily (a cleaner who comes in daily)


atenção

[a.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/


impressão

[ĩ.pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.pɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/


matéria

Learned borrowing from Latin māteria. Doublet of madeira, which was inherited.

a specific subject within an educational subject

a reportage, a journalistic article; a text communicating news


emissão

Borrowed from Latin ēmissiōnem (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”), from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to exchange, remove”).

der

emission (something that is emitted, especially the exhaust from a car)


nesta

Contraction of em esta (“in this (feminine)”): feminine singular of neste


inexistente

pt-adj

inexistente m or f (plural inexistentes)


digitalina

digitalin (substance extracted from the foxglove)


existencial

existencial m or f (plural existenciais)


esquecível

esquecível m or f (plural esquecíveis, comparable, comparative mais esquecível, superlative o mais esquecível or esquecibilíssimo)

esquecíveis (plural)
mais esquecível (comparative)
o mais esquecível (superlative)
esquecibilíssimo (superlative)


inexplicável

inexplicável m or f (plural inexplicáveis)


inevitável

inevitável m or f (plural inevitáveis, not comparable)


orientação

[o.ɾɪ.ẽ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.ɾjẽ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


inexorável

Learned borrowing from Latin inexorābilis.


inextricável

pt-adj

inextricável m or f (plural inextricáveis)


exploração

Learned borrowing from Latin explōrātiōnem. By surface analysis, explorar + -ção.


arabinofuranosidase

pt-noun

arabinofuranosidase f (plural arabinofuranosidases)

(biochemistry) arabinofuranosidase (any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an arabinofuranoside)


erecção

Learned borrowing from Latin ērectiōnem.

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


Eindhoven

Eindhoven (a city in North Brabant, Netherlands)


largura

width (measurement of something from side to side)


dimensão

[d͡ʒi.mẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin dīmēnsiōnem (“measurement”).

(geometry) dimension (measure of spatial extent in a particular direction)

dimension; aspect (any specific feature, part or element of something)

size; extent; scope (how big or extensive something is)

(linear algebra) dimension (number of elements of any basis of a vector space)

(science fiction) dimension (a parallel plane of existence)


metralhadora

[mɨ.tɾɐ.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

Female form of the adjective metralhador, calque of French mitrailleuse, from mitrailler. The word itself from the noun metralha (“shrapnel used as cannon ammo”). Known since 1881. Compare Spanish ametralladora.


marionete

(figurative) puppet (person or organisation controlled by another)


unidade astronômica

unidade astronômica f (plural unidades astronômicas)


ereção

[e.ɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/i.ɾɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ērēctiōnem.


ocupante

pt-noun

ocupante m or f by sense (plural ocupantes)


interacção

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


interacção electromagnética

interacção electromagnética f (plural interacções electromagnéticas)

interação eletromagnética
interação eletromagnética#Portuguese

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


interacção forte

interação forte
interação forte#Portuguese

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


interacção nuclear fraca

interacção nuclear fraca f (uncountable)

interação nuclear fraca
interação nuclear fraca#Portuguese

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


interacção fundamental

interacção fundamental f (plural interacções fundamentais)

interação fundamental
interação fundamental#Portuguese

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


interacção gravitacional

interacção gravitacional f (uncountable)

interação gravitacional
interação gravitacional#Portuguese

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


interacção nuclear forte

interacção nuclear forte f (uncountable)

interação nuclear forte
interação nuclear forte#Portuguese

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


interacção fraca

interação fraca
interação fraca#Portuguese

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


primeira pessoa

primeira pessoa f (plural primeiras pessoas)

(grammar) first person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is making the statement)


cv

(Brazil, Internet slang) Abbreviation of conversa.


interação

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


interação fundamental

interação fundamental f (plural interações fundamentais)

fundamental interaction
fundamental interaction


interação forte

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈfɔɾ.t͡ʃi]

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈfɔχ.t͡ʃi]

/ĩ.tɛ.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈfɔɾ.tɨ/


proteção

From Late Latin prōtectiōnem (“a covering over”), from prōtēctus, past participle of prōtegō (“to protect, to cover in front”), from prō + tegō (“to cover”).

der

(uncountable) protection (state of being safe)

(uncountable) favour (goodwill; benevolent regard)


interação eletromagnética

pt-noun

interação eletromagnética f (plural interações eletromagnéticas)

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eˌlɛ.tɾo.ma.ɡiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ]

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eˌlɛ.tɾo.maɡˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ]

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eˌlɛ.tɾo.maɡˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.ka]

[ĩ.te.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eˌlɛ.tɾo.ma.ɡiˈnɛ.t͡ʃi.ka]

electromagnetic interaction
electromagnetic interaction


interação nuclear fraca

weak nuclear interaction
weak nuclear interaction


interação gravitacional

gravitational interaction
gravitational interaction


excepção

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


interação nuclear forte

strong nuclear interaction
strong nuclear interaction


exageração

/i.zɐ.ʒɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


exaltação

Learned borrowing from Latin exaltātiōnem. By surface analysis, exaltar + -ção.


evolução

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvolūtiōnem. The expected form if derived by suffixation of evoluir + -ção would be *evoluição.

A evolução que foi feita no regulamento dos mercados financeiros vai ajudar investidores.

The progress that has been made in the regulation of financial markets will help investors.

Precisamos de acompanhar a evolução da sociedade.

We have to monitor the development of society.


medíocre

Borrowed from Latin mediocris (“in a middle state”, “of middle size”, “middling”, “moderate”, “ordinary”), from medius (“middle”) + ocris (“rugged mountain”).

bor

mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality)


comunal

From Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis.


dinasta

pt-noun

dinasta m or f by sense (plural dinastas)


hedionda

Arabian pea (Bituminaria bituminosa), a leguminous plant native to Spain with a characteristic smell of bitumen


inanição

Learned borrowing from Latin inānītiōnem.

lbor

inanition; starvation (a condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition)

inanition; emptiness (especially of the stomach)


fatia

Borrowed from Arabic فُتَات (futāt, “crumbs, pieces”).


lentilha

/lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/

/lẽˈt͡ʃi.ʎɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese lentilha (compare Galician lentella), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Spanish lenteja, Catalan llentilla), from syncopation of Latin lenticula (“lentil”), diminutive of lēns (“lentil bean”). Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet; cf. also lenticela.

Lens culinaris
Lens culinaris#Translingual


Irlanda do Norte

[iɾˈlɐ̃.dɐ ðu ˈnɔɾ.tɨ]

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Europe; capital: Belfast)


Anguila

From the word eel in an unknown language, due to the island's elongated shape. Possibly Italian anguilla or Spanish anguila.

Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


honorável

pt-adj

honorável m or f (plural honoráveis, comparable, comparative mais honorável, superlative o mais honorável or honorabilíssimo)

honoráveis (plural)
mais honorável (comparative)
o mais honorável (superlative)
honorabilíssimo (superlative)

Either directly from Latin honōrābilis, or more recently derived from verb honorar + -ável.


Reunião

[heʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[heʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χe.uˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χeʊ̯.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χeʊ̯ˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

administrative region
administrative region

Réunion (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, located in the Indian Ocean to the west of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar)


heterossexual

heterossexual m or f (plural heterossexuais, not comparable)


heterossexual

pt-noun

heterossexual m or f by sense (plural heterossexuais)


laryngite

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


Palmyra

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


chaga

Guinea-Bissau Creole: tcaga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chaga (“sore”), from Latin plāga (“injury”), from plangō (“strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *plak-.
Compare Galician chaga, Spanish llaga, French plaie, Italian piaga, Romanian plagă. Doublet of praga.

inh+

sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)


árvore genealógica

pt-noun

árvore genealógica f (plural árvores genealógicas)

family tree (the totality of someone’s ancestors)

family tree (diagrammatic representation of a pedigree)


Nakhodka

Nakhodka (a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia)


lobular

pt-adj

lobular m or f (plural lobulares, not comparable)


Luisiana

Louisiana (a state of the United States)


transação

[tɾɐ̃.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin trānsāctiōnem.

slbor

transaction (act of conducting or carrying out business, negotiations, plans)


redactora

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


mapuche

pt-noun

mapuche m or f by sense (plural mapuches)

one of the Mapuche (indigenous people of Chile and Argentina)


mapuche

pt-adj

mapuche m or f (plural mapuches, not comparable)

belonging or relating to the Mapuche people


plaqueta

Borrowed from French plaquette. By surface analysis, placa + -eta.

(hematology) platelet (particle found in the blood of mammals which helps with clotting)


atividade

Borrowed from Medieval Latin āctīvitātem.

bor+

activity (something done as an action or a movement)

(uncountable) activity (the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force)


Cape Breton

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island#English

Cape Breton Island (island on the Atlantic coast of Canada)


mesangial

mesangial (of or relating to the mesangium)


cavalaria

cavalry (military service that fights with riding horses)


osteoporose

(pathology) osteoporosis (disease that causes bones to become porous)


jurista

pt-noun

jurista m or f by sense (plural juristas)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin iūrista.

lbor

(law) jurist (expert in law consulted by a court)


quotista

pt-noun

quotista m or f by sense (plural quotistas)


intercultura

(sociology) interculture; cross-culture; cultural exchange (reciprocal exchange of cultural relations; intellectual exchange)


Hécate

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē).

lbor

(Greek mythology) Hecate (goddess of crossroads and witchcraft)


estadunidense

pt-adj

estadunidense m or f (plural estadunidenses, not comparable)

(Brazil) Alternative form of estado-unidense


tigresa

From tigre (“tiger”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


bebedeira

[bɨ.βɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[bɨ.βɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[bɨ.βɨˈðej.ɾɐ]

[bɨ.βɨˈðej.ɾɐ]

[bɨ.βɨˈðe.ɾɐ]

(uncountable) drunkenness (state of being drunk)


proposital

pt-adj

proposital m or f (plural propositais, comparable, comparative mais proposital, superlative o mais proposital or propositalíssimo)

propositais (plural)
mais proposital (comparative)
o mais proposital (superlative)
propositalíssimo (superlative)


descontente

descontente m or f (plural descontentes, comparable, comparative mais descontente, superlative o mais descontente or descontentíssimo)

descontentes (plural)
mais descontente (comparative)
o mais descontente (superlative)
descontentíssimo (superlative)


podre

podre m or f (plural podres, comparable, comparative mais podre, superlative o mais podre or podríssimo)

podres (plural)
mais podre (comparative)
o mais podre (superlative)
podríssimo (superlative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese podre, from Latin putrem, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-.

rotten, rancid (overridden by bacteria and other infectious agents)

Que filme podre.


canadense

canadense m or f (plural canadenses, not comparable)


canadense

pt-noun

canadense m or f by sense (plural canadenses)


valeriana

Valeriana officinalis
Valeriana officinalis#Translingual

valerian (Valeriana officinalis, a medicinal herb of Europe)


desimportante

pt-adj

desimportante m or f (plural desimportantes, not comparable)


cã

From Old Galician-Portuguese cãa, from Latin cāna, neuter plural of cānus, or derived from the feminine of Portuguese cão. Compare Spanish cana.


durável

durável m or f (plural duráveis, comparable, comparative mais durável, superlative o mais durável or durabilíssimo)

duráveis (plural)
mais durável (comparative)
o mais durável (superlative)
durabilíssimo (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Latin dūrābilis. By surface analysis, durar + -ável.

durable (able to resist decay; lasting; enduring)


telepata

telepata m or f (plural telepatas, not comparable)


habitacional

habitacional m or f (plural habitacionais, not comparable)


mensal

mensal m or f (plural mensais, not comparable)

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin mēnsuālis.


quadrimestral

pt-adj

quadrimestral m or f (plural quadrimestrais, not comparable)

triannual (occurring at intervals of four months)


bimestral

bimestral m or f (plural bimestrais, not comparable)

bimonthly (occurring at intervals of two months)


gritante

gritante m or f (plural gritantes, comparable, comparative mais gritante, superlative o mais gritante or gritantíssimo)

gritantes (plural)
mais gritante (comparative)
o mais gritante (superlative)
gritantíssimo (superlative)

/ɡɾiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɡɾiˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɡɾiˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

very blatant; very obvious (very easily discovered, seen or understood)


semestral

semestral m or f (plural semestrais, not comparable)

From semestre (“semester”) + -al (“of or relating to”).

af

biannual, semiannual (occurring at intervals of six months)


influtuável

pt-adj

influtuável m or f (plural influtuáveis, not comparable)


história em quadrinhos

pt-noun

história em quadrinhos f (plural histórias em quadrinhos)


guitarra elétrica

guitarra elétrica f (plural guitarras elétricas)


primeira pessoa do plural

primeira pessoa do plural f (plural primeiras pessoas do plural)


memória fotográfica

memória fotográfica f (plural memórias fotográficas)


segunda pessoa do plural

segunda pessoa do plural f (plural segundas pessoas do plural)

second-person plural
second-person plural


terceira pessoa do plural

terceira pessoa do plural f (plural terceiras pessoas do plural)


sinuca

(Brazil) snooker (a variety of snooker in which, on a rectangular table covered in green felt and with six holes, eight balls of different colors and values are rolled with a wooden cue, the winner scoring the most points by using the white ball to put all the others into any of the holes.)

(Brazil) snooker (square table or establishment where this game is played.)


irreparável

pt-adj

irreparável m or f (plural irreparáveis, comparable, comparative mais irreparável, superlative o mais irreparável or irreparabilíssimo)

irreparáveis (plural)
mais irreparável (comparative)
o mais irreparável (superlative)
irreparabilíssimo (superlative)

[i.ʁɨ.pɐˈɾa.βɛɫ]


organizável

organizável m or f (plural organizáveis, comparable, comparative mais organizável, superlative o mais organizável or organizabilíssimo)

organizáveis (plural)
mais organizável (comparative)
o mais organizável (superlative)
organizabilíssimo (superlative)


antivascular

antivascular m or f (plural antivasculares)

(pharmacology, oncology) antivascular (that attacks the vasculature of a tumour)


citação

Learned borrowing from Latin citātiōnem. By surface analysis, citar + -ção.

É uma citação de um livro.


flutuável

flutuável m or f (plural flutuáveis, comparable, comparative mais flutuável, superlative o mais flutuável or flutuabilíssimo)

flutuáveis (plural)
mais flutuável (comparative)
o mais flutuável (superlative)
flutuabilíssimo (superlative)


claraboia

Borrowed from French claire-voie. Compare Spanish claraboya.

skylight (window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light)


sensação

[sẽ.saˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sēnsātiōnem, from Latin sēnsus.


conexão

From Latin connexiōnem (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“to bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“to bind”).


inimizade

From a semi-learned modification of Old Galician-Portuguese ẽemizade (based on inimigo), from Vulgar Latin *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus, based on inimīcitia. Compare Spanish enemistad.


camisinha

att

the condom sense comes from a clipping of "camisinha de vênus", diminutive of "camisa de vênus", which doesn't have a hyphen due to AO90 changes.

(Brazil, figurative, colloquial) bottle cooler


banda desenhada

pt-noun

banda desenhada f (plural bandas desenhadas)

[ˈbɐ̃.dɐ ðɨ.zɨˈɲa.ðɐ]


revisão

[χe.viˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[χi.viˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ʁɨ.βiˈzɐ̃w̃]


simpatizante

simpatizante m or f by sense (plural simpatizantes)

(Brazil, LGBT) ally (person who is not a member of the LGBT+ community but is supportive of it)


simpatizante

pt-adj

simpatizante m or f (plural simpatizantes, comparable, comparative mais simpatizante, superlative o mais simpatizante or simpatizantíssimo)

simpatizantes (plural)
mais simpatizante (comparative)
o mais simpatizante (superlative)
simpatizantíssimo (superlative)


divindade

From Old Galician-Portuguese divĩidade, from Latin dīvīnitātem.


obtenção

[ob.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɔ.βtẽˈsɐ̃w̃]


novidade

From Old Galician-Portuguese novidade, from Latin novitātem.


hidratação

[i.ðɾɐ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃]


legalidade

From legal + -idade (compare French légalité, Spanish legalidad).


mortalidade

mortality (the condition of being susceptible to death)

mortality (the death rate of a population)


segunda pessoa do singular

pt-noun

segunda pessoa do singular f (plural segundas pessoas do singular)

second-person singular
second-person singular


primeira pessoa do singular

primeira pessoa do singular f (plural primeiras pessoas do singular)

first-person singular
first-person singular


dentição

[dẽ.t͡ʃiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin dentītiōnem. Morphologically from dente (“tooth”) + -ção (“-tion”).


terceira pessoa do singular

terceira pessoa do singular f (plural terceiras pessoas do singular)

third-person singular
third-person singular


filatelista

filatelista m or f by sense (plural filatelistas)


infelicidade

Borrowed from Latin īnfēlīcitātem. By surface analysis, infeliz + -idade.

unhappiness (the state of not being happy)


bruxaria

From bruxa + -aria. Akin to Spanish brujería.


recorrente

pt-adj

recorrente m or f (plural recorrentes, not comparable)


urubu

(Brazil, dated, relational) of the Urubú-Kaapor people

(Brazil, dated, relational) of the Urubú-Kaapor language


lucta

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


dobermann

pt-noun

dobermann m or f by sense (plural dobermanns)


doberman

doberman m or f by sense (plural dobermans)

Dobermann (a large breed of guard dog from Germany)


Arica

Arica (a city, the provincial capital of Arica, Chile)


discente

discente m or f by sense (plural discentes)


acardia

[ɐ.kɐɾˈði.ɐ]

acardia (birth defect in which the heart is absent)


varicocele

(medicine, andrology) varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)


aimará

one of the Aymara (indigenous people of South America)


sinfonista

sinfonista m or f by sense (plural sinfonistas)


obsolescente

pt-adj

obsolescente m or f (plural obsolescentes)

obsolescent (in the process of becoming obsolete)


medicina veterinária

veterinary medicine (branch of medicine that deals with animals)


disgrafia

dysgraphia (disorder that affects a person’s ability to write)


antitoxina

(immunology) antitoxin (antibody to a specific toxin)


hipertermia

(pathology) hyperthermia (abnormally high body temperature)


russofobia

Russophobia (the fear of Russia or Russians)


tinctura

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


albuminemia

(pathology) albuminemia (the (normal) presence of albumin in the blood)


implicatura

(pragmatics) implicature (an implied meaning)


ambula

(religion) ampulla (vessel for consecrated wine or oil)


dislalia

From dis- + -lalia, from Ancient Greek λαλιά (laliá).

dyslalia (difficulty in talking due to a structural abnormality)


discalculia

From dis- + cálculo + -ia, on the model of dislexia.

(pathology) dyscalculia (difficulty with numbers)


agrafia

/ɐ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

[ɐ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]


reixa

[ˈχe(ɪ̯).ʃɐ]


panaceia

Borrowed from Latin panacēa, Ancient Greek πανάκεια (panákeia), from πανακής (panakḗs, “all-healing”), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ἄκος (ákos, “cure”).


Umbanda

From Kimbundu umbanda, which António de Assis Júnior in his Kimbundu-Portuguese dictionary defines as "[the] practice of magic", "witchcraft" or "healing" (p. 374). The latter is mentioned with a "kubanga-" prefix, meaning "to do" (p. 164).


manete

pt-noun

manete (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural manetes)


alteplase

(pharmacology) alteplase (drug used to dissolve blood clots)


antigenemia

(pathology, immunology) antigenemia (the presence of antigens in the bloodstream)


Shimabukuro

Borrowed from Japanese 島袋 (Shimabukuro).


salitre

Borrowed from Catalan salnitre, from Latin sal nitrum.


divisão

[d͡ʒi.viˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsiōnem.

division (act or process of dividing anything)

division (each of the separate parts of something resulting from division)


retangular

From retângulo (“rectangle”) + -ar, from Latin rectangulum.

(geometry) rectangular (having a shape like a rectangle)


facção

[fakˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin factiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet feição (“aspect, feature”).

(politics) a subdivision of a political party

facção criminosa
facção criminosa#Portuguese


terceira pessoa

(grammar) third person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement)


majestade

[mɐ.ʒɨʃˈta.ðɨ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese magestade, majestade, from Latin māiestātem (“majesty”).

majesty (the quality of being impressive and great)


pneumoconiose

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”) + Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”) + -ose (“-osis”).

af

(pathology) pneumoconiosis (disease of the lungs)


perfeição

[peɾ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peχ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[peɻ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin perfectiōnem (“perfection”).


aderência

[ɐ.ðɨˈɾẽ.sjɐ]

Borrowed from Latin adhaerentia, from adhaereō (“to cleave or stick to”), ad (“to, towards, at”) + haereō (“to cleave, to cling”).


Andrómeda

/ɐ̃ˈdɾɔ.mɨ.dɐ/

[ɐ̃ˈdɾɔ.mɨ.ðɐ]

European Portuguese standard spelling of Andrômeda.


excelência

excellence (the quality of being excellent)


catequese

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchēsis, from Ancient Greek κατήχησις (katḗkhēsis, “instruction by word of mouth”).


estocada

(fencing) thrust (an attack with a sword)


cordiforme

heart-shaped; cordiform (having the shape of a heart)


proeza

From Old Galician-Portuguese proeza, from Old French proece, proeche, proesce (compare modern French prouesse) or Old Occitan proeza.


antitumoral

pt-adj

antitumoral m or f (plural antitumorais)

(oncology) antitumor; antitumoral (inhibiting the development of tumors)


kosovar

Kosovan; Kosovar (of or relating to Kosovo)


kosovar

pt-noun

kosovar m or f by sense (plural kosovares)


moça

moça f (plural moças, masculine moço, masculine plural moços)

moças (plural)
moço (masculine)
moços (masculine plural)

moça do corpo dourado / do sol de Ipanema / o seu balançado / é mais que um poema

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

girl of the golden body / from the Ipanema sun / her sway / is more than a poem


garota

garota f (plural garotas, masculine garoto, masculine plural garotos)

garotas (plural)
garoto (masculine)
garotos (masculine plural)


escova

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin scōpa (“broom”).


Transoxiana

(historical) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)


Baikonur

Baikonur (a city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)


humorista

humorista m or f by sense (plural humoristas)

humourist (person who writes or performs humorous material)


adventista

[ɐ.ðβẽˈtiʃ.tɐ]

(relational) of or following the Adventist Church


adventista

adventista m or f by sense (plural adventistas)

[ɐ.ðβẽˈtiʃ.tɐ]

Adventist (member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church)


angiotensinase

angiotensinase f (plural angiotensinases)

(biochemistry) angiotensinase (any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin)


Coreia do Norte

[koˈɾɛɪ̯.ɐ du ˈnɔɾ.t͡ʃi]

[koˈɾɛɪ̯.ɐ du ˈnɔχ.t͡ʃi]


apoplexia

From Late Latin poplexia, apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía), from ἀποπλήσσειν (apoplḗssein, “to cripple by a stroke”); ἀπό (apó, “from”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”).

(medicine) apoplexy (loss of consciousness)


fumega

(Brazil, derogatory) short and unimportant individual


diletante

diletante m or f by sense (plural diletantes)

dilettante (someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest)


dívida

From Old Galician-Portuguese divida, devida, deveda, from Latin dēbita, plural of dēbitum, from dēbitus (“owed”), from dēbeō (“to owe”), from dē + habeō (“to have”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”). Doublet of débito.

der

debt (action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another)


Polinésia Francesa

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

French Polynesia (an overseas territory of France in Oceania)


tangerineira

/tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

/tɐ̃.ʒɨ.ɾiˈnɐj.ɾɐ/

From tangerina (“mandarin fruit”) + -eira, from Tânger (“Tangier, a city in Morocco”).


marfim

From Old Galician-Portuguese almafi, from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan marfil.

عَظْم اَلْفِيل


poliglota

pt-noun

poliglota m or f by sense (plural poliglotas)

polyglot (someone who speaks many languages)


comparável

[kõ.pɐˈɾa.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin comparābilis (“comparable”). By surface analysis, comparar + -ável.

lbor

similar, comparable (which may be compared (to))


colônia

From Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier * quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

uder

eau de Cologne; cologne (type of perfume)


origem

[oˈɾi.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/ɔˈɾi.ʒɐ̃j̃/


romãzeira

[χoˌmɐ̃ˈze(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/ʁuˌmɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʁuˌmɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʁuˌmɐ̃ˈze.ɾɐ/

From romã (“pomegranate fruit”) + -z- + -eira.


saúde

From Old Galician-Portuguese saude, from Latin salūtem (“health”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

der

health (state of being free from disease)


administração

→ Tetum: administrasaun

Learned borrowing from Latin administrātiōnem. By surface analysis, administrar + -ção.

lbor

administration (the act of administering)

(uncountable) management (social science)


habitação

Learned borrowing from Latin habitātiōnem (“habitation”). By surface analysis, habitar + -ção.


pérola

From Old Galician-Portuguese perla, from Italian perla (“pearl”).

pearl (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks)

(figuratively) a highly valuable thing or person; a gem


invencível

From Latin invincibilis (“invincible”). By surface analysis, in- + vencível.


epiderme

Borrowed from Latin epidermis (“epidermis”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιδερμίς (epidermís), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

bor+

epidermis (skin's outer layer in animals)


medula espinhal

pt-noun

medula espinhal f (plural medulas espinhais)

spinal cord (thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue)


borla

From Vulgar Latin *burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burra. Compare Spanish borla.

tassel (ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads)

de/à borla

(nautical) truck (part of ship's rigging)


lexicologia

From léxico (“lexicon”) + -logia (“-logy”), from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”).

der

(linguistics) lexicology (linguistic discipline)


ambulacral

(zoology) ambulacral (pertaining to the ambulacrum)


anchoveta

From anchova (“anchovy”) + -eta (diminutive suffix).


anoxemia

(medicine) anoxaemia (critical lack of oxygen in blood)


Áustria-Hungria

(historical) Austria-Hungary (a former empire in central and eastern Europe)


antiguidade

From Old Galician-Portuguese antiguedade, from Latin antīquitātem. By surface analysis, antigo + -idade.

antiquity (relic or monument of ancient times)


concórdia

[kõˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/kõˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[kõˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒjɐ]

[kõˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/kõˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[kõˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒjɐ]

[kõˈkɔɾ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/kõˈkɔɾ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[kõˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/kõˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/

[kõˈkɔɾ.ðjɐ]

Borrowed from Latin concordia (“concord”).

bor+

concord (a state of agreement; harmony; union)


independência

From in- + dependência, from depender + -ência.

independence (state or quality of being independent)


pontualidade

From pontual (“punctual”) + -idade (“-ity”), from Medieval Latin pūnctuālis (“having a sharp point”), from Latin pūnctum (“point”), from pungō (“to prick, to puncture, to punch”).

der

punctuality (state or quality of being punctual, on time)


Amsterdã

Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam, from the river Amstel + dam (“dam”).

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


absolutista

pt-adj

absolutista m or f (plural absolutistas)

absolutist (of or relating to absolutism)


absolutista

pt-noun

absolutista m or f by sense (plural absolutistas)

absolutist (one who favours autocratic government)


virilha

From Old Galician-Portuguese verilha, from Latin virīlia, plural of virīlis (“manly”) reinterpreted as a feminine singular, from vir (“man”). Doublet of viril, cognate of Galician virilla.

groin, crotch (depression separating the trunk from the legs)


Ilhas Salomão

/ˈi.ʎɐ ʃɐ.luˈmɐ̃w̃/

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


médium

[ˈmɛ.d͡ʒiʊ̯̃]

Ultimately from Latin medium (“middle”), via English medium or French médium. Doublet of meio and médio.

(spiritualism) medium (a person who contacts the dead)


neca

(Mozambique) Synonym of amarelinha (“hopscotch”)


limpeza

From limpo (“clean”) + -eza (forms abstract nouns), from Old Galician-Portuguese limpio, from Latin limpidus (“clear; limpid”).

suffix

(uncountable) cleanliness (the property of being cleanly)


Manchúria

[mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾjɐ/

[mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾjɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾjɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈʃu.ɾjɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃu.ɾjɐ/

Used by western nations starting in the 19th century, from Manchú + -ia, from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju); the 'R' was added for ease of pronunciation.

Manchuria (a historical region in northeastern China)


Guiné-Bissau

From Guiné (“Guinea”) and Bissau (capital city of Guinea-Bissau).

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


teia

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of tela (“canvas; screen”).

Ao Cais dos Miradoiros / Vão chegando dos bares os navegantes / Amantes / Das teias que o amor e o fumo tecem

1986, Sérgio Godinho (lyrics and music), “Lisboa Que Amanhece”, in Na Vida Real

(weaving) woof (the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom)

network (any interconnected group or system)

(figurative, literature) plot (general course of a story)


teia

From Old Galician-Portuguese tea, from Latin taeda (“torch”).


zumbi

Borrowed from English zombie, with spelling influenced by Etymology 1.

(Brazil, voodoo) zombie (person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces)

(Brazil, figurative) zombie (human being in a state of extreme mental exhaustion)


fleuma

Borrowed from Latin phlegma, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα (phlégma, “flame”). Doublet of freima.


Tanzânia

[tɐ̃ˈzɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[tɐ̃ˈzɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]


isquemia

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).

der

(pathology, cardiology) ischemia (local disturbance in blood circulation)


ferida

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferida, from Latin ferīta, from ferītus (“struck”), from feriō (“to stike”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, strike”). Compare Italian ferita, Spanish herida.


vivenda

From Latin vivenda, feminine future participle of vīvō (“to live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w-. Compare Spanish vivienda; cf. also French viande (“meat”).

livelihood (person’s means of supporting himself)


bianual

pt-adj

bianual m or f (plural bianuais, not comparable)


plateia

Borrowed from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa, “flat, level”). Compare the inherited doublet praça (“plaza”), also present in Italian platea, piazza, and Spanish platea, plaza.

der

stalls (seat in a theatre close to and about level with the stage)

Fazer standup em um programa funciona quando ele tem uma plateia adequada ou quando o apresentador reage às piadas. Alguns colegas no começo da carreira foram no extinto Programa da Hebe. A média de idade da plateia era em ...

2014, Leo Lins, Segredos da comédia stand-up, Panda Books


Coréia

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


antimaterial

pt-adj

antimaterial m or f (plural antimateriais)

(particle physics) antimaterial (composed of antimatter)


montanha-russa

pt-noun

montanha-russa f (plural montanhas-russas)

/mõˌtɐ̃.ɲɐˈʁu.sɐ/

/mõˌtɐ̃.ɲɐˈʁu.sɐ/

/mõˌtɐ̃.ɲɐˈʁu.sɐ/

[mõˌtɐ̃.j̃ɐˈχu.sɐ]

/mõˌtɐ.ɲɐˈʁu.sɐ/

/mõˌtɐ.ɲɐˈʁu.sɐ/

Singular calque of French montagnes russes. Literally, “Russian mountain”.


sala de jantar

sala de jantar f (plural salas de jantar)

dining room (room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten)


violação

Learned borrowing from Latin violātiōnem (“injury, profanation”). By surface analysis, violar + -ção.

lbor

transgression; violation (act or instance of not acting according to the rules or conventions)

the illegal crossing of an international border


República de Weimar

(historical) Weimar Republic (Germany between 1919 and 1933)


caracterização

pt-noun

caracterização f (plural caracterizações)

caracterizações (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

characterization (act or process of characterizing)


cólica

(pathology) colic (severe pains in the abdomen)


métrica

(poetry, music) meter (rhythm or measure in verse and musical composition)


Palmira

Borrowed from Latin Palmȳra, Palmīra, from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra), Παλμίρα (Palmíra), of uncertain origin.

Palmyra (ancient Semitic city in modern Syria)


padrão

pt-adj

padrão m or f (plural padrões, not comparable)

Inherited from Latin patrōnus (“protector, patron”). Doublet of patrão and patrono.

inh+

[paˈdɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

o português padrão


macumba

a percussive musical instrument of African origin often used in traditional rituals

any Afro-Brazilian religion, especially but not limited to Candomblé, Quimbanda, and Umbanda, so named after their use of the macumba and other African instruments

(Brazil, by extension) a curse or hex, a malevolent spell, especially one performed in the context of Afro-Brazilian religions

(Brazil, by extension) any spell or act of sorcery, especially one performed in the context of Afro-Brazilian religions for the benefit of someone

(Brazil, by extension) offerings to the entities worshiped in those religions, often for the realization of a spell


aljava

From Arabic اَلجَعْبَة (al-jaʕba, “the quiver”).


insignificância

pt-noun

insignificância f (plural insignificâncias)

From in- + significar (“to mean”) + -ância.

insignificance (quality of being insignificant)

trifle; trinket (worthless or insubstantial thing)


moratória

Feminine of moratório (“moratory”), from Late Latin morātōrium, neuter substantival use of Latin morātōrius (“delaying”), from moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”).

moratorium (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)


freqüente

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


afetação

affectation (an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real), falsehood, pretense


fatura

Semi-learned word modified from older factura, borrowed from Latin factūra. Doublet of feitura, which was inherited.


antimusical

pt-adj

antimusical m or f (plural antimusicais)

(music) antimusical (opposing or countering music)


intocável

intocável m or f (plural intocáveis, not comparable)


contraofensiva

pt-noun

contraofensiva f (plural contraofensivas)


América Central

Central America (the part of the Americas between North America and South America)


charrete

/ʃaˈʁɛ.t͡ʃi/

/ʃaˈʁɛ.t͡ʃi/

/ʃaˈʁɛ.t͡ʃi/

[ʃaˈχɛ.t͡ʃi]

/t͡ʃaˈʁɛ.tɨ/

chariot (carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes)


Mesopotâmia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, from μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποταμός (potamós, “river”)).

bor+

Mesopotamia (a historical region in the Middle East)

Mesopotamia (a province of the Roman Empire)

Mesopotamia (a mandate of United Kingdom in the Middle East; modern Iraq)

Mesopotamia (a traditional region in northeastern Argentina)


emigração

Borrowed from Late Latin ēmigrātiōnem, from Latin ēmigrō (“to emigrate”).


lemniscata

(mathematics) lemniscate (figure-of-eight closed curve)


iracundo

pt-adj

iracundo m or f (feminine iracunda, plural iracundo)


ferraria

From ferro (“iron”) + -aria (“-ary”). Compare Galician ferraría and Spanish herrería. Piecewise doublet of Ferreira.

/fɨ.ʁɐˈɾi.ɐ/

(uncountable) smithery (the trade or craft of a smith)


maia

(botany) Portuguese yellow broom (Cytisus striatus)


directoria

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


excipiente

pt-noun

excipiente m or f by sense (plural excipientes)


olisiponense

pt-adj

olisiponense m or f (plural olisiponenses)


olisiponense

pt-noun

olisiponense m or f by sense (plural olisiponenses)

Lisboner; Lisbonite (someone from Lisbon)


brasiliense

pt-adj

brasiliense m or f (plural brasilienses)

Learned borrowing from New Latin brasīliēnsis. By surface analysis, Brasília + -ense.

lbor

Os Paquetes serão por agora embarcações Britannicas, navegadas conforme as leis da Gran Bretanha. Porém Sua Alteza Real o Principe Regente de Portugal Se reserva o direito de estabelecer para o futuro Paquetes Brazilienses ou Portuguezes.

1810 February 19, Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho, “Art. IV”, in Convenção entre o principe regente o senhor Dom João, e Jorge III Rei da Gran Bretanha; republished as José Pereira Borges de Castro, compiler, Collecção dos tratados, convenções, contratos e actos publicos, volume III, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1856, page 418

Este vasto governo pode se considerar, pela sua posição geographica, como o baluarte do continente Braziliense[…]

1825, Joaquim Pedro Cardoso Casado Giraldes, “Reino do Brazil em 1821”, in Tratado completo de cosmographia e geographia-historica, physica e commercial, antiga e histórica, Paris: Fantin, page 170


brasiliense

pt-noun

brasiliense m or f by sense (plural brasilienses)

Demonstrado como está que Portugal naõ tem forças para subjugar o Brazil; que os Brazilienses, todas as vezes que quizerem, poraō as tropas Eurepeos no andar da rúa, he claro, que o Brazil só pode ser governado pela opiniaõ, e accedendo á vontade dos povos: o que nos parece se conseguirá pelo modo que deixamos proposto.

1822 March 30, “Reflexoens sobre as novidades deste mez”, in Correio braziliense ou armazem literario, volume 28, number 165, London: Greenlaw, page 269


abstenção

[abʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐbʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐβʃ.tẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin abstentiōnem.


tmese

From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”).

der

(prosody) tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a word)


prognose

(medicine) prognosis (forecast of the future course of a disease)

(by extension) prognosis (forecast of the future course, or outcome, of a situation)


virologista

pt-noun

virologista m or f by sense (plural virologistas)


desleal

concorrência desleal

Que te demoras, Leonela, em ir chamar ao mais desleal amigo de quantos viu a Rosa divina, de quantos a noite nunca favoreceu?

1605, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Conde de Azevedo and António Feliciano de Castilho, Dom Quixote

not adhering to the rules of propriety, dishonest, unfair, disloyal, not true


taça

Borrowed from Spanish taza, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt); see there for more information.

Uma taça de cereais.


centopeia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin centumpeda. Doublet of centípede.

slbor

centipede (A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)


comunicação

Learned borrowing from Latin commūnicātiōnem (“sharing, communication”). By surface analysis, comunicar + -ção.

lbor

(uncountable) communication (concept of information exchange)


cédula

cédula de identidade (Brazil)


drusa

(mineralogy) druse (an inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals)

(botany) druse (an aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants)

(ophthalmology) druse (a tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye)


cárie

(dentistry) caries (progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay)


exponencial

pt-adj

exponencial m or f (plural exponenciais)

(mathematics) exponential (expressed in terms of a power or e)

exponential (having a high or rapid rate of change)


lobista

pt-noun

lobista m or f by sense (plural lobistas)

From lobby (“lobby; those who try to influence”) + -ista (“-ist”), from English lobby.

suffix

lobbyist (a person who for remuneration reattempts to persuade politicians)


theoria

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


poc

Onomatopoeic. Imitative of the sound made by high heels.

Só que eu também não gosto de festa tão cheia de veado assim. Olha aquela poc.

2021 September 6, Wagner Jales, Príncipes Encantados, Wagner Jales, page 58

(Brazil, gay slang, colloquial) an effeminate gay man


pária

From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”).


tónica

tónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(grammar) the stressed vowel or consonant of a word

(figurative) the main or highlighted idea or subject of something


Biafra

Biafra (a short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s)


notícia

Esta é uma boa notícia!


Akureyri

Norðurland eystra
Norðurland eystra#English

Akureyri (a city in Norðurland eystra, Iceland)


charada

/t͡ʃɐˈɾa.dɐ/

[t͡ʃɐˈɾa.ðɐ]

Borrowed from French charade, probably from Occitan charrado (“spoken”).

(figurative) something hard to understand; a mystery


Egina

Borrowed from Latin Aegīna, from Ancient Greek Αἴγινα (Aígina).


Norilsk

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

Norilsk (a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)


Anapa

Anapa (a town, a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, on the Black Sea)


objectiva

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


torrencial

torrential (flowing heavily or in large quantities)


endemia

endemic (a disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities)


oura

From Latin aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra). Doublet of aura, which was borrowed.


escara

bedsore (lesion caused by staying in bed for too long)


orthographia

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


Estremadura

[ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

[ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Estremadura.

inh+

A traditional region in central Portugal


patriarcal

Learned borrowing from Latin patriarchālis. By surface analysis, patriarca + -al.

lbor

patriarchal (relating to patriarchy or patriarchs)


travessa

Feminine of travesso, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across, lying across”).

uder

a plate or bowl for placing food on a table

(construction) crossbeam (horizontal structural beam)

(rail transport) railway sleeper, tie (Portugal)


bomba atómica

pt-noun

bomba atómica f (plural bombas atómicas)

European Portuguese standard spelling of bomba atômica.


pick-up

Unadapted borrowing from English pick-up.


pancontinental

pt-adj

pancontinental m or f (plural pancontinentais)


Komotini

East Macedonia and Thrace
East Macedonia and Thrace#English

Komotini (a city in East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece)


eugenia

(biology) eugenics (science of improving stock)


eugenista

pt-noun

eugenista m or f by sense (plural eugenistas)

eugenicist (an advocate of or specialist in eugenics)


agressão

[a.ɡɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.ɡɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ɣɾɨˈsɐ̃w̃]


autocrítica

self-criticism (recognition of the quality of one’s own actions or ideas)


valia

From Old Galician-Portuguese valia, corresponding to valer (“to be worth”) + -ia.

worth (the inherent quality that makes something desirable)


garantia

/ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

/ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

/ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈti.ɐ/


calmaria

(nautical, meteorology) calm, lull (period without wind)


trena

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin trīna, feminine of trīnus (“triple”), and possibly via Provençal or Spanish trena.

(Brazil) measuring tape (tape with marks for measuring lengths), especially a metallic one used by construction workers


sinceridade

Borrowed from Latin sincēritātem. By surface analysis, sincero + -idade.


irregularidade

irregularidade f (plural irregularidades)

(uncountable) irregularity (the condition of being irregular)

irregularity (something that is irregular)

irregularity (a minor violation of regulation)


preposicional

pt-adj

preposicional m or f (plural preposicionais)

prepositional (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition)

(grammar) prepositional (of the prepositional case)


farmacoterapia

pt-noun

farmacoterapia f (usually uncountable, plural farmacoterapias)

(medicine) pharmacotherapy (use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease)


Málaga

Borrowed from Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (mlk).

Malaga (a city and province of Andalusia, Spain)


albacora

[aɫ.βɐˈkɔ.ɾɐ]

Thunnus alalunga
Thunnus alalunga#Translingual

albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga, a large marine fish)


tabaca

(colloquial) that says or does nonsense; stupid


acila

(organic chemistry) acyl (any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid)


rixa

feud (a state of long-standing mutual hostility)


triumphante

pt-adj

triumphante m or f (plural triumphantes)


Armênia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Arménia.: Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Eritreia

[e.ɾiˈtɾɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[e.ɾiˈtɾɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


tarja

border (decorative strip around the edge of something)

a coloured strip on medication boxes used to indicate the level of danger from side effects

(historical) targe (a type of small shield)


gnose

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsis, “knowledge”).

bor

(theology) gnosis (personal spiritual knowledge or insight)

(by extension) deep knowledge of some complex subject


(Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of novidade (“news”).


bolsa de valores

pt-noun

bolsa de valores f (plural bolsas de valores)


escada rolante

escada rolante f (plural escadas rolantes)


cômoda

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cómoda.


kbça

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of cabeça (“head”).


fatalista

fatalista m or f by sense (plural fatalistas)


preocupação

Learned borrowing from Latin praeoccupātiōnem. By surface analysis, preocupar + -ção.

lbor

concern, worry (act or effect of worrying or being concerned)


negligência

Borrowed from Latin negligentia, variant of neglegentia.