desoxirribose

(biochemistry) deoxyribose (derivative of ribose)


drinque

(Brazil) drink (a fancy alcoholic beverage)


docência

faculty (scholarly staff at colleges or universities)


doxologia

doxology (expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn)


desmotivação

demotivation (feeling or state of being demotivated)


desuniforme

pt-adj

desuniforme m or f (plural desuniformes)


drenagem

[dɾeˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

/dɾɨˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/


documentação

(computing) documentation (documents that explain the operation of a particular software program)


desinstalação

uninstallation (process of removing a program)


dublê

Borrowed from French doublé. Doublet of duplo.

(film, television) stuntman (person who replaces an actor or actress in risky scenes)


dominância

(physiology) dominance (superior development or preference for one side of the body or for one of a pair of organs)

(biology, genetics) dominance (property of a gene)


diversificação

pt-noun

diversificação f (plural diversificações)


díade

(music) dyad (any set of two different pitch classes)


disenteria

(pathology) dysentery (disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines)


desesperança

/dɨ.zɨʃ.pɨˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

hopelessness (the lack of hope; despair)


drogaria

(dated) pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are sold)


distribuição hipergeométrica

distribuição hipergeométrica f (uncountable)

[d͡ʒis.tɾi.bʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˌi.peɾ.ʒe.oˈmɛ.tɾi.kɐ]

[d͡ʒis.tɾi.buɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˌi.peɾ.ʒe.oˈmɛ.tɾi.kɐ]

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾi.bʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˌi.peɾ.ʒe.oˈmɛ.tɾi.kɐ]

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾi.buɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˌi.peɾ.ʒe.oˈmɛ.tɾi.kɐ]

hypergeometric distribution
hypergeometric distribution

(probability theory, statistics) hypergeometric distribution (probability distribution)


despedida de solteira

despedida de solteira f (plural despedidas de solteira)

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtɐj.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtej.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈtej.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈtej.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ soɫˈte.ɾɐ]

[dɨʃ.pɨˈði.ðɐ ðɨ sɔɫˈte.ɾɐ]


Livônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Livónia.


cíthara

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


exª

Abbreviation of excelência, as a form of address


República da Macedônia

República da Macedónia
República da Macedónia#Portuguese

Alternative form of República da Macedónia


cabra-montesa

cabra-montesa f (plural cabras-montesas)


água cinza

grey water (non-potable, but non-toxic water)


água pesada

(chemistry) heavy water (water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen)


África Ocidental Portuguesa

Portuguese West Africa
Portuguese West Africa#English

Portuguese West Africa (a former colony of Portugal; modern Angola)


Ásia Menor

(historical) Asia Minor (a peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean; modern mainland Turkey)


água benta

(Christianity) holy water (water, sanctified)


área de serviço

área de serviço f (plural áreas de serviço)

laundry (place or room where laundering is done)


área de transferência

área de transferência f (plural áreas de transferência)

(computing) clipboard (buffer for temporary storage)


árvore de extensão

árvore de extensão f (plural árvores de extensão)

(graph theory) spanning tree (tree which includes all vertices of a graph)


árvore geradora

árvore geradora f (plural árvores geradoras)


ógea

Falco subbuteo
Falco subbuteo#Translingual


água régia

(historical, inorganic chemistry) aqua regia (mixture of acids)


êmese

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔμεσις (émesis), from ἐμέω (eméō, “to vomit”).


Camarilha dos Quatro

Gang of Four (leftist political faction)


begônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of begónia.


árvore rubro-negra

pt-noun

árvore rubro-negra f (plural árvores rubro-negras)

(computing) red-black tree (binary search tree)


fôrma

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1971/Portugal 1945) of forma. (Etymology 2)


ametade

(obsolete or colloquial) Alternative form of metade


jujubeira

[ʒu.ʒuˈβɐj.ɾɐ]

[ʒu.ʒuˈβɐj.ɾɐ]


jardineira

[ʒɐɾ.ðiˈnɐj.ɾɐ]

[ʒɐɾ.ðiˈnɐj.ɾɐ]

[ʒɐɾ.ðiˈne.ɾɐ]

(Brazil, Southern Portugal, yod dropping) -eɾɐ

overall (protective garment worn over clothing)


Ágata

a female given name, equivalent to English Agatha


antigalha

/ɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈɡa.ʎɐ/

/ɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈɡa.ʎɐ/


jerosolimita

pt-adj

jerosolimita m or f (plural jerosolimitas)

Jerusalemite (of, from, or pertaining to Jerusalem)


jerosolimita

pt-noun

jerosolimita m or f by sense (plural jerosolimitas)


Ângela

a female given name, equivalent to English Angela


áugure

augur (diviner who foretells events by unusual occurrences)


Éris

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἔρις (Éris).

lbor

(Greek mythology) Eris (Greek goddess of chaos)


Ilha Formosa

desc

→ Dutch: Eilandt Formosa / Eylant Formosa / Eiland Formosa (partial calque)

→ French: Île Formose (partial calque)

→ German: Insel Formosa (partial calque)

Ysla Hermosa / Isla Hermosa<qq:obsolete>

→ Spanish: Ysla Hermosa / Isla Hermosa (obsolete) (semantic loan)

→ Spanish: Isla Formosa (partial calque)

From ilha (“island”) + formosa (“beautiful”).

Synonym of Taiwan (An island in East Asia)


íngreme

→ Spanish: íngrimo


íncola

(formal) resident; inhabitant (a person living in a given location)


Úmbria

administrative region
administrative region

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


Mogadixo

João Almeida Silveira (2015) “EU NAVFOR Atalanta: O Compromisso da União Europeia com a Segurança Global”, in RepositóriUM (in Portuguese), Universidade do Minho - Instituto de Ciências Sociais Escola de Economia e Gestão, page 114: “Os esforços da AMISOM permitiram melhorar a situação em terra, reconquistar territórios como a capital Mogadixo e reduzir a hostilidade das populações face intervenções internacionais.

AMISOM's efforts have made it possible to improve the situation on the ground, reconquer territories such as the capital Mogadishu and reduce the hostility of the population towards international interventions.”

“Somália”, in Portal Diplomático (in Portuguese), Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2024 March 2 (last accessed): “Em 3 de abril de 1983, Constantino Ribeiro Vaz, Embaixador residente no Cairo (Egito), apresentou credenciais como não residente em Mogadixo.

On 3 April 1983, Constantino Ribeiro Vaz, Ambassador resident in Cairo (Egypt), presented credentials as a non-resident in Mogadishu.”

European Council (2022 December 12) “Operação ATALANTA, EUTM Somália e EUCAP Somália: mandatos prorrogados por dois anos [Operation ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia: mandates extended for two years]”, in European Council (in Portuguese), European Union, retrieved 2024-03-02: “Todas as missões e operações irão cooperar e coordenar a sua ação com o apoio da delegação da UE em Mogadixo, […].

All missions and operation will cooperate and coordinate with support of the EU Delegation in Mogadishu, […] .”


água-viva

[ˌa.ɣwɐˈβi.βɐ]

A água-viva mais perigosa do mundo é a vespa-do-mar.

2007, Gracia Helena Anacleto, Fundo do mar: aventuras submarinas, Editora DCL, page 12

The world’s most dangerous jellyfish is the sea wasp.

jellyfish (free-swimming, umbrella-shaped cnidarian)


Campânia

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.nɪ.ɐ]

Borrowed from Italian Campania and Latin Campānia.

Campania (an administrative region of southern Italy)


Ática

Attica (a peninsula and historical region in Greece)


águia-real

[ˌa.ɡɪ.ɐ.χeˈaʊ̯]


úbere

pt-adj

úbere m or f (plural úberes, comparable, comparative mais úbere, superlative o mais úbere or ubérrimo)

úberes (plural)
mais úbere (comparative)
o mais úbere (superlative)
ubérrimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin ūberem. Doublet of the inherited ubre.


álgebra linear

(mathematics) linear algebra (branch of mathematics)


Hagia Sofia

Hagia Sophia (a former basilica, now a museum in Turkey)


maminha

[mɐ̃ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ]

[mɐ̃ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ]

Os melhores cortes de carne para churrasco são: alcatra, picanha, costela, maminha e fraldinha. A picanha e a alcatra têm uma película fina, que deve ser retirada com a mão, como se retira um adesivo, para que não fiquem duras depois de […]

1993, Paulo Mario Bacariça Vasconcellos, Guia prático para o confinador, NBL Editora, page 219

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Fossa das Marianas

Mariana Trench (trench in the North Pacific Ocean)


Exposição mundial

pt-noun

Exposição mundial f (plural Exposições mundiais)

World Exposition (a regular international exposition)


Igreja Ortodoxa grega

Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church


jarreteira

/ʒɐ.ʁɨˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʒɐ.ʁɨˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʒɐ.ʁɨˈtej.ɾɐ/

/ʒɐ.ʁɨˈtej.ɾɐ/

/ʒɐ.ʁɨˈte.ɾɐ/

From jarrete + -eira, from French jarret.


Quinta-Feira Santa

Maundy Thursday (Thursday before Easter)


Grécia Antiga

Ancient Greece (an ancient civilisation in southeast Europe)


Tepelene

(rare) Tepelenë (a city in southern Albania)


Níjni-Novgorod

Nijni Novgorod
Nijni Novgorod#Portuguese

(rare) Alternative spelling of Nijni Novgorod


União Eurasiática

Eurasian Union (proposed union between several post-Soviet countries)


Trácia

Thrace (an ancient civilisation and historical region in southeastern Europe)


Linguagem de Marcação de Hipertexto

Hypertext Markup Language
Hypertext Markup Language


águia-pesqueira

águia-pesqueira f (plural águias-pesqueiras)


Mongólia Exterior

state of Mongolia
state of Mongolia#English

Inner Mongolia (a historical region in Central Asia; modern state of Mongolia)


Testemunhas de Jeová

Jehovah's Witnesses (Christian denomination)


alta traição

high treason (criminal disloyalty to one’s country)


adultescente

adultescente m or f by sense (plural adultescentes)

(informal) an adult who behaves as a teenager; kidult


alma gémea

soulmate (someone with whom one has a special connection)


Ursa Maior

(astronomy) Ursa Major (large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky)


arco tangente

(trigonometry) arctangent (inverse of tangent function)


areia movediça

areia movediça f (plural areias movediças)

quicksand (wet sand that things readily sink in)


Ístria

the Adriatic Sea
the Adriatic Sea#English

Istria (a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea)


aresta orientada

aresta orientada f (plural arestas orientadas)

(graph theory) directed edge (ordered pair of nodes)


áspide

Borrowed from Latin aspidem, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís).


Última Ceia

(Christianity) Last Supper (last meal Jesus ate with disciples)


artes marciais mistas

artes marciais mistas f pl (plural only)

mixed martial arts (style of combat sport)


anexação

annexation (addition or incorporation of something)


Haia

The Hague (the provincial capital of South Holland, Netherlands)


anémona-do-mar

anémona-do-mar f (plural anémonas-do-mar)


alhada

estar metido numa alhada

(figurative, colloquial) pinch, mess (difficult situation)


arinca

Related to arenque (“herring”), sharing a process in the fish's salting.


alfarroba

Borrowed from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb) together with the definitive article al-, via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Spanish algarroba.


Região Autónoma dos Açores

Autonomous Region of the Azores
Autonomous Region of the Azores#English

Autonomous Region of the Azores (official name of the Azores)


Valência

Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


apuração

(countable) calculation (reckoning, estimate)

(journalism) fact-finding, newsgathering, field work


antissemita

antissemita m or f by sense (plural antissemitas)


apátrida

(law, of a person) stateless (without a nationality)


apátrida

apátrida m or f by sense (plural apátridas)


amputação

Learned borrowing from Latin amputātiōnem. By surface analysis, amputar + -ção.


anilha

(hydraulics) iron ring for supporting safety beams

(Brazil) weight (plate of a specified weight placed on a dumbbell)


aquilégia

columbine (any plant of the genus Aquilegia)


areniforme

(rare) sandlike (resembling sand or a grain of sand)


arruda

→ Indonesian: aruda

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).


aranha-lobo

[ɐˌɾɐ.ɲɐˈlo.βu]

[ɐˌɾɐ.ɲɐˈlo.βu]


africada

(phonetics) affricate (a sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative)


artimanha

/aʁ.t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃.ɲɐ/

/aʁ.t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃.ɲɐ/

/aɾ.t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃.ɲɐ/

/aʁ.t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃.ɲɐ/


aerodinâmica

aerodynamics (the science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases)


ascensão

[a.sẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐʃ.sẽˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.ʃẽˈsɐ̃w̃/


arável

Learned borrowing from Latin arābilis. By surface analysis, arar + -ável.

(agriculture, of land) arable (suitable for cultivation)


arquivista

pt-noun

arquivista m or f by sense (plural arquivistas)

archivist (person in charge of an archive)


águia-de-asa-redonda

águia-de-asa-redonda f (plural águias-de-asa-redonda)

[ˌa.ɣjɐˌð‿a.zɐ.ʁɨˈðõ.dɐ]


Saragoça

/sɐ.ɾɐˈɡɔ.sɐ/

[sɐ.ɾɐˈɣɔ.sɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese Saragoça, from Old Spanish Saragoça, from Andalusian Arabic سَرَقُسْطَة (saraqusṭa), from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Zaragoza (the capital city of Aragon, Spain)


arquibancada

bleachers; stands; terrace (tiered, exposed spectator seating)


argumentável

pt-adj

argumentável m or f (plural argumentáveis)


assistente social

pt-noun

assistente social m or f by sense (plural assistentes sociais)

social worker (person whose profession is social work)


artemísia

Borrowed from Latin artemisia. Doublet of artemija.

artemisia; mugwort (any of the aromatic flowering plants in the genus Artemisia)


artrópode

[ɐɾˈtɾɔ.pu.ðɨ]

(zoology) arthropodal (relating to arthropods)


aréola

Learned borrowing from Latin areola. Doublet of eiró.

(anatomy) areola (circle around the nipple)

flowerbed (place where flowers are grown)

(botany) areole (bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines)


arquidiocese

archdiocese (area administered by an archbishop)


assexual

(biology) asexual (having no distinct sex)


arraia

From a- + raia, from Old Galician-Portuguese raia, from Latin raia.

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)


arraia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *arraia, borrowed from Arabic الرَعِيَّة (ar-raʕiyya).


arúspice

pt-noun

arúspice m or f by sense (plural arúspices)

Learned borrowing from Latin haruspicem.

haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)


anticoncepção

anticoncepções (plural)
spelling (Brazil)

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kõ.sepˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

contraception (use of a device or procedure to prevent conception)


ascáride

(biology) ascarid (any nematode of the family Ascarididae)


auto-felação

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


assistência humanitária

assistência humanitária f (plural assistências humanitárias)


ave de capoeira

ave de capoeira f (plural aves de capoeira)


avó paterna

paternal grandmother
paternal grandmother

paternal grandmother (one’s father's mother)


avó materna

maternal grandmother
maternal grandmother

maternal grandmother (the mother of one’s mother)


ariranha

/a.ɾiˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[a.ɾiˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

/a.ɾiˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[a.ɾiˈɾɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

/ɐ.ɾiˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/

/ɐ.ɾiˈɾɐ.ɲɐ/

/ɐ.ɾiˈɾa.ɲɐ/

Pteronura brasiliensis
Pteronura brasiliensis#Translingual


barra de estado

barra de estado f (plural barras de estado)

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(computing, graphical user interface, Portugal) status bar (an information area typically found at the bottom of windows)


alfarrobeira

Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratonia siliqua#Translingual

(botany) carob (Ceratonia siliqua, a tree of the Mediterranean region)


apostila

(Brazil) textbook (formal manual of instruction)


assinante

assinante m or f by sense (plural assinantes)

subscriber (a person who subscribes to a publication or a service)


asa-delta

asa-delta f (plural asas-delta or asas-deltas)

asas-delta (plural)
asas-deltas (plural)

[ˌa.zɐˈðɛɫ.tɐ]


araneiforme

pt-adj

araneiforme m or f (plural araneiformes)


assombração

/ɐ.sõ.bɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


aurífice

pt-noun

aurífice m or f by sense (plural aurífices)

Learned borrowing from Latin aurificem. Doublet of ourives.

goldsmith (person who forges things out of gold)


atenuação

Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, atenuar + -ção.

lbor

attenuation (gradual diminishing in the strength)

(physics) attenuation (a reduction in the level of some property with distance)


admoestação

[ɐ.ðmwɨʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

reproach (mild rebuke, or an implied criticism)


audácia

courage; fearlessness (quality of being fearless)


barra de status

pt-noun

barra de status f (plural barras de status)

(computing, graphical user interface, Brazil) status bar (an information area typically found at the bottom of windows)


atiradeira

[ɐ.ti.ɾɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ɐ.ti.ɾɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

É o pé, é o chão / É a marcha estradeira / Passarinho na mão / Pedra de atiradeira

1972, Antônio Carlos Jobim (lyrics and music), “Águas de Março”

slingshot (device for shooting small projectiles)


ascendência

descent; ancestry; lineage (hereditary derivation)


associatividade

associatividade f (plural associatividades)

(algebra) associativity (condition of being associative)


automação

automation, automatization (converting the controlling of a machine to an automatic system)


arma de destruição em massa

arma de destruição em massa f (plural armas de destruição em massa)

/ˈaʁ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ/

[ˈaɦ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

[ˈaɦ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

/ˈaɾ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ/

[ˈaɾ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

[ˈaɾ.mɐ d͡ʒi des.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

/ˈaʁ.mɐ d͡ʒi deʃ.tɾu.iˈsɐ̃w̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ/

[ˈaʁ.mɐ d͡ʒi deʃ.tɾʊ.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

[ˈaʁ.mɐ d͡ʒi deʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ẽj̃ ˈma.sɐ]

[ˈaʁ.mɐ d͡ʒi deʃ.tɾuɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ĩ ˈma.sɐ]

[ˈaɾ.mɐ ðɨ ðɨʃ.tɾujˈsɐ̃w̃ ɐ̃j̃ ˈma.sɐ]

weapon of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction

weapon of mass destruction (weapon designed to kill or injure many civilians)


batata frita

chip; french fry (deep fried strip of potato)

(uncountable) chips; french fries (deep fried strips of potato)


autoimagem

self-image (way a person views themselves)


ave-do-paraíso

ave-do-paraíso f (plural aves-do-paraíso)


autodefesa

self-defense (means of defending oneself from attack)

(law) self-defense (defense for oneself against violence)


autodidata

autodidata m or f by sense (plural autodidatas)


azul celeste

pt-adj

azul celeste m or f (plural (Portugal) azul celestes or (Brazil) azul celeste)

azul celestes (Portugal plural)
azul celeste (Brazil plural)

[ɐˈzuɫ sɨˈlɛʃ.tɨ]

[ɐˈzuɫ sɨˈlɛʃ.tɨ]

From azul (“blue”) + celeste (“celestial, heavenly”).


azul-marinho

pt-adj

azul-marinho m or f (plural (Portugal) azul-marinhos or (Brazil) azul-marinho)

azul-marinhos (Portugal plural)
azul-marinho (Brazil plural)


auto-obsessão

self-obsession (preoccupation with self)


autoindulgente

autoindulgente m or f (plural autoindulgentes)


autossuficiência

pt-noun

autossuficiência f (plural autossuficiências)

self-sufficiency (condition of being self-sufficient)


audiência objetivada

audiência objetivada f (plural audiências objetivadas)

(marketing, rare) target audience (group of people an advertisement campaign or product is aimed at)


autorreferência

autorreferência f (plural autorreferências)


besta negra

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see besta, negra.


bicicleta de montanha

bicicleta de montanha f (plural bicicletas de montanha)

mountain bike (bicycle especially designed for off-road riding)


beterraba-sacarina

beterraba-sacarina f (plural beterrabas-sacarinas)


boa vontade

boa vontade f (usually uncountable, plural boas vontades)

goodwill (favourably disposed attitude toward someone or something)


boas novas

(Christianity) good news (the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)


bola de demolição

bola de demolição f (plural bolas de demolição)

wrecking ball (heavy steel ball used for demolition)


delecionista

delecionista m or f by sense (plural delecionistas)


bola de berlim

bola de berlim f (plural bolas de berlim)


bola de cristal

bola de cristal f (plural bolas de cristal)

crystal ball (a globe used to foretell the future)


bola do pé

ball (place where the toe joins the rest of the foot)


bolsa carteira

bolsa carteira f (plural bolsas carteiras)

clutch (a small handbag or purse with no straps or handle)


bolsa de estudos

bolsa de estudos f (plural bolsas de estudos)


bomba sexual

(colloquial) sex bomb (someone highly sexy)


boneca de pano

boneca de pano f (plural bonecas de pano)


britadeira

From britar (“to brit, to crush”) + -deira.

jackhammer (portable percussive drill device)


bomba de neutrões

bomba de neutrões f (plural bombas de neutrões)

(European Portuguese spelling) neutron bomb (atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons)


bomba de hidrogénio

bomba de hidrogénio f (plural bombas de hidrogénio)


brema-do-mar

Abramis brama
Abramis brama#Translingual


bucha de canhão

bucha de canhão f (plural buchas de canhão)

cannon fodder (military forces considered to be expendable)

(by extension) anything considered to be expendable


boia salva-vidas

boia salva-vidas f (plural boias salva-vidas)


bitola

gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)


biúta

Britis arietans
Britis arietans#Translingual

(Angola) puffadder (Britis arietans, a venomous snake of subsaharan Africa)


bloguista

bloguista m or f by sense (plural bloguistas)

(Internet) blogger (contributor to a blog)


bissetriz

(geometry) angle bisector (ray that divides an angle into two equal parts)


birita

(Brazil, slang) booze (any alcoholic beverage)


bomba de nêutron

bomba de nêutron f (plural bombas de nêutron)

(Brazil) neutron bomb (atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons)


bufunfa

bufunfa f (usually uncountable, plural bufunfas)

(Angola, Brazil, colloquial) money; cheese


boça

Borrowed from Spanish boza, probably from Italian.

(nautical) cable (cable fixed to a hook on the bow, which is used to tie a vessel)


braguilha

fly (strip that hides the opening of trousers or underpants)


brancura

/bɾɐ̃ˈku.ɾɐ/


boas-vindas

welcome (the act of greeting, of bidding someone welcome)


borbulhante

pt-adj

borbulhante m or f (plural borbulhantes)


brochura

brochure (booklet of printed informational matter)


cadeira de escritório

pt-noun

cadeira de escritório f (plural cadeiras de escritório)

office chair (type of chair with a rotating base and small wheels)


bioluminescência

bioluminescência f (plural bioluminescências)

(biochemistry) bioluminescence (emission of light by a living organism)


buxeira

box (any of various evergreen shrubs or trees)


birmã

Burmese (of, from, or pertaining to Burma)


birmã

Burmese (a person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent)


bisbilhotice

Aquela interminável torrente de bisbilhotice literária que arrastava o casamento dela, de Diana, para o fim. Ela não podia conservá-lo. Ele ia-se embora. Embora. Ia-se embora de ao pé dela. Diana esmagada ali pela sua própria miséria.

2011 [1926], As Torrentes da Primavera, Simon and Schuster, translation of The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway

That interminable stream of literary gossip that was bringing her, Diana’s, marriage to an end. She couldn’t hold him. He was going. Going. Going away from her. Diana sitting there in misery.


boca-de-leão

snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum)


bugiganga

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

/bu.ʒiˈɡɐ̃.ɡɐ/

[bu.ʒiˈɣɐ̃.ɡɐ]

Uncertain, possibly from Spanish bojiganga or Portuguese bugio.

A expressão "arqueado de bugigangas" é uma metáfora indicativa das estrelas que pontilham o espaço sideral. O termo "bugiganga" significa algo sem valor, mas associado à infância transforma-se numa espécie de tesouro. Relacionando ...

2006, João Claudio Arendt, Cinara Ferreira Pavani, Na esquina do tempo: 100 anos com Mario Quintana

Não se lembrava mais quando começou aquela mania de colecionar todo tipo de bugiganga. Talvez, fosse a diversidade das coisas que chamasse a sua atenção. Ficava maravilhado com as variações das coisas. Assim, saía a procurar, até ...

2009, Hideraldo Montenegro, O Espelho De Alice, Clube de Autores, page 61

trifle (thing of little importance or worth)

gadget, doohickey (mechanism of unknown use or functionality)


brutamontes

brutamontes m or f by sense (invariable)


bomba-relógio

time bomb (bomb with a timeout mechanism)


brema

(ichthyology) bream (fish of the genus Abramis)


brânquia

[ˈbɾɐ̃.kɪ.ɐ]

[ˈbɾɐ̃.kɪ.ɐ]

(animal anatomy) gill (breathing organ of fish)


bófia

Sabes que o bigode / já não está na moda / nem com buços do vinho / dá mais música à bófia

2014, “Dá mais música à bófia”, in B Fachada, performed by B Fachada


bisteca

Borrowed from English beefsteak. Cognate with Spanish bistec and French bifteck.


biofísica

biophysics (the application of methods from physics to biology)


Midway

Midway (an atoll in the North Pacific Ocean)


cadeira de praia

cadeira de praia f (plural cadeiras de praia)


cabine de pilotagem

cabine de pilotagem f (plural cabines de pilotagem)

cockpit (the space for pilot and crew in an aircraft)


cabeça de impressão

cabeça de impressão f (plural cabeças de impressão)


cadeira de balanço

cadeira de balanço f (plural cadeiras de balanço)

rocking chair (chair with a curved base which can be gently rocked)


cabine telefónica

cabine telefónica f (plural cabines telefónicas)

telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)


cadeia montanhosa

cadeia montanhosa f (plural cadeias montanhosas)

mountain chain (a series of mountain ranges)


cabeça de merda

cabeça de merda m or f by sense (plural cabeças de merda)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de, merda.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de merda.

(rare, derogatory) shithead (stupid or contemptible person)


cadeia de caracteres

cadeia de caracteres f (plural cadeias de caracteres)

(computing) string (sequence of characters)


cafeteira

From café + -t- + -eira. Compare French cafetière.

coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)


cadeira elétrica

cadeira elétrica f (plural cadeiras elétricas)

electric chair (a device used for performing execution by electrocution)


cabeça-dura

cabeça-dura m or f by sense (plural cabeças-duras)

[kɐˌβe.sɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


brutamonte

brutamonte m or f by sense (plural brutamontes)


Baía de Guantánamo

Baía de Guantânamo
Baía de Guantânamo#Portuguese


bola de Berlim

bola de Berlim f (plural bolas de Berlim)

bola de berlim
bola de berlim#Portuguese


beterraba sacarina

beterraba sacarina f (plural beterrabas sacarinas)

Alternative spelling of beterraba-sacarina


bomba de hidrogênio

bomba de hidrogênio f (plural bombas de hidrogênio)

bomba de hidrogénio
bomba de hidrogénio#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of bomba de hidrogénio.


águia pesqueira

águia pesqueira f (plural águias pesqueiras)


água tônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of água tónica.


Guiana Holandesa

(historical) Dutch Guiana (a former colony of the Netherlands; modern Suriname)


bomba de nêutrons

bomba de nêutrons f (plural bombas de nêutrons)

bomba de nêutron
bomba de nêutron#Portuguese


cabine telefônica

cabine telefônica f (plural cabines telefônicas)

cabine telefónica
cabine telefónica#Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cabine telefónica.


bóia salva-vidas

bóia salva-vidas f (plural bóias salva-vidas)

boia salva-vidas
boia salva-vidas#Portuguese

Superseded spelling of boia salva-vidas.


álgebra abstracta

álgebra abstrata
álgebra abstrata#Portuguese

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


caixa de Pandora

caixa de Pandora f (plural caixas de Pandora)

Pandora's box (a source of unforeseen trouble)


caixa de correio

caixa de correio f (plural caixas de correio)


caixa de areia

caixa de areia f (plural caixas de areia)

litter box (box to provide a soiling area for cats)


caixa de costura

caixa de costura f (plural caixas de costura)

housewife (case for materials used in sewing)


caixa e espiga

mortise-and-tenon joint
mortise-and-tenon joint

(woodworking, rare) mortise-and-tenon joint, as a technique


caixa de câmbio

caixa de câmbio f (plural caixas de câmbio)

gearbox (part of a car containing the gears)


caixa de entrada

caixa de entrada f (plural caixas de entrada)

(computing) inbox (folder containing received messages)


caixa de texto

caixa de texto f (plural caixas de texto)

(graphical user interface) text box (widget that accepts textual input)


cal virgem

quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)


caixa de guerra

caixa de guerra f (plural caixas de guerra)


caixa registradora

caixa registradora f (plural caixas registradoras)

cash register (machine that registers transactions)


caldeira de recuperação

caldeira de recuperação f (plural caldeiras de recuperação)

recovery boiler (boiler for recovering soda)


cama de casal

double bed (a bed designed for two adults)


camada de ozónio

camada de ozónio f (plural camadas de ozónio)

camada de ozono
camada de ozono#Portuguese


anêmona-do-mar

anêmona-do-mar f (plural anêmonas-do-mar)

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anémona-do-mar.


butique

Borrowed from French boutique. Doublet of botica and bodega.

boutique (a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewellery and the like)


caingangue

caingangue m or f by sense (plural caingangues or caingangue)

caingangues (plural)
caingangue (plural)

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡi]

/ˈkɐ̃j̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe/

[ˈkɐ̃ɪ̯̃.ɡɐ̃.ɡe]

one of the Kaingang, a native people of South Brazil


aterrissagem

By surface analysis, from aterrissar (“to land”) + -agem.


barafunda

Unknown. Hypothetical derivations include:
* Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá), a greeting used by Jews;
* Latin Berecynthia, a goddess whose feasts were accompanied by orgies;
* influence of confundir (“to confuse”).
Compare Spanish barahúnda.

der

בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא

Hebrew בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא (barúkh habá)

swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)


ótica

European Portuguese standard spelling of óptica.


Ilhas Baleares

/ˈi.ʎɐʒ bɐˈlja.ɾɨʃ/

[ˈi.ʎɐʒ βɐˈlja.ɾɨʃ]

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

Balearic Islands (an archipelago of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea)


calhandra

/kaˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/

/kaˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/

/kɐˈʎɐ̃.dɾɐ/


calúnia

Learned borrowing from Latin calumnia (“slander”). Doublet of coima.

lbor

slander, calumny (false, malicious statement)


caixa-preta

(aviation) black box (recorder in an aircraft)


calcinha

(chiefly Brazil) panties (underpants for females)


calefação

Learned borrowing from Latin calefactiōnem.

heating (the act of making something hot)


caixa torácica

pt-noun

caixa torácica f (plural caixas torácicas)


calendas

calends (the first day of the Roman month)


Ilha de São Domingos

[ˈi.ʎɐ d͡ʒi ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ doˈmĩ.ɡus]

[ˈi.ʎɐ d͡ʒi ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ doˈmĩ.ɡus]

/ˈi.ʎɐ d͡ʒi ˈsɐ̃w̃ doˈmĩ.ɡuʃ/

[ˈi.ʎɐ d͡ʒi ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ doˈmĩ.ɡuʃ]

/ˈi.ʎɐ dɨ ˈsɐ̃w̃ duˈmĩ.ɡuʃ/

[ˈi.ʎɐ ðɨ ˈsɐ̃w̃ duˈmĩ.ɡuʃ]


calamidade

calamity (event resulting in great loss)

calamity (distress that results from some disaster)


biologia evolutiva do desenvolvimento

biologia evolutiva do desenvolvimento f (uncountable)

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bjo.loˈʒi.ɐ e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.vɐ du d͡ʒi.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bi.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bɪ.o.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zẽ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.vow.viˈmẽ.to/

[bjo.loˈʒi.a e.vo.luˈt͡ʃi.va do de.zĩ.voʊ̯.viˈmẽ.to]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vol.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.voɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vɔl.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.vɔɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vol.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.voɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ du dɨ.zẽ.vɔl.viˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.vu.luˈti.vɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.vɔɫ.viˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bol.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.boɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bɔl.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bi.u.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.bɔɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bol.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.boɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

/bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.bu.luˈti.bɐ du dɨ.zẽ.bɔl.biˈmẽ.tu/

[bju.luˈʒi.ɐ i.βu.luˈti.βɐ ðu ðɨ.zẽ.bɔɫ.βiˈmẽ.tu]

evolutionary developmental biology
evolutionary developmental biology

(biology) evolutionary developmental biology (branch of biology)


dicotiledônea

dicotiledôneas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)


avelãzeira

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈzɐj.ɾɐ/

[ɐ.βɨˌlɐ̃ˈzej.ɾɐ]

/ɐ.vɨˌlɐ̃ˈze.ɾɐ/


calota

calota polar

cap (a portion of a spherical or other convex surface)


calculista

calculista m or f by sense (plural calculistas)

calculator (person who calculates, schemes)


decídua

(anatomy) decidua (mucous membrane that lines the uterus)


calabresa

smoke-cured pork sausage with calabresa pepper


canelite

canelite f (usually uncountable, plural canelites)

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


cantarela

Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius#Translingual


canção de ninar

canção de ninar f (plural canções de ninar)

(Brazil) lullaby (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)


caneta de tinta permanente

caneta de tinta permanente f (plural canetas de tinta permanente)

(Portugal) fountain pen (pen containing a reservoir of ink)


carne de canhão

cannon fodder (military forces considered to be expendable)


carta de baralho

carta de baralho f (plural cartas de baralho)

playing card (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card)


carta nas mangas

carta nas mangas f (plural cartas nas mangas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carta, nas, mangas.

(idiomatic) ace up one's sleeve (a surprise advantage of which others are not aware)


carne moída

carne moída f (usually uncountable, plural carnes moídas)

(uncountable) mince (finely chopped meat)


carta de crédito

carta de crédito f (plural cartas de crédito)

(finance, banking) letter of credit (trade finance document)


carta geográfica

carta geográfica f (plural cartas geográficas)


cartão de embarque

cartão de embarque f (plural cartões de embarque)

boarding pass (a document to board a plane, ship, etc.)


casa da árvore

casa da árvore f (plural casas da árvore)


casa da moeda

mint (money-producing building or institution)


casa de câmbio

casa de câmbio f (plural casas de câmbio)

bureau de change (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged)


casa de penhores

casa de penhores f (plural casas de penhores)

pawnshop (business premises of a pawnbroker)


castanhola

(music) castanet (a single handheld percussion instrument)


chuva de molhar bobo

chuva de molhar bobo f (plural chuvas de molhar bobo)

(Brazil, colloquial) rain that seems light enough for people to walk around in without getting wet, fooling those who do into getting drenched; alternatively, a rain that falls before those walking around expected it to come


capenga

(Brazil) lame (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one’s feet or legs)

(Brazil) low-quality, defective or incomplete


carta de marca

carta de marca f (plural cartas de marca)

letter of marque (official commission authorising someone to seize the property or people of another nation)


camisa-de-vênus

camisa-de-vênus f (plural camisas-de-vênus)

(Brazil) condom (flexible sleeve worn on the penis)


cera de ouvido

earwax (waxy substance secreted by the ear)


camisa de força

camisa de força f (plural camisas de força)

(Brazil) straitjacket (garment that prevents arm movement)


cera de abelha

cera de abelha f (usually uncountable, plural ceras de abelha)


cebolinha-verde

cebolinha-verde f (plural cebolinhas-verdes)

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual


central telefónica

central telefónica f (plural centrais telefónicas)

(telecommunications) switch (system which allows the interconnection of a calling party’s telephone line with any called party's line)


camuflagem

clothes, objects and techniques used as camouflage


Terra de Vera Cruz

northeast Brazil
northeast Brazil#English

(historical) A former colony of Portugal in South America; modern northeast Brazil


causa de pedir

causa de pedir f (plural causas de pedir)

(law) cause of action (condition that entitles suing)


troneira

(architecture, military) embrasure, crenel (indentation between the merlons of a battlement)


catapora

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatá pora (“fire marks”).


carteira de motorista

carteira de motorista f (plural carteiras de motorista)

(Brazil) driver's license (documenting permitting a person to drive)


canaleta

gutter (duct or channel beneath the eaves)

swale (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water)


camurça

Inherited from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corça (“doe”).
Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Occitan camos and French chamois.


carteira de identidade

carteira de identidade f (plural carteiras de identidade)

(Brazil) ID card (card or badge showing the official identity of the wearer)


casinha de cachorro

casinha de cachorro f (plural casinhas de cachorro)


cara-pálida

cara-pálida m or f by sense (plural caras-pálidas)


canção do cisne

canção do cisne f (plural canções do cisne)

(idiomatic) swan song (a final performance)


casa de retiro

casa de retiro f (plural casas de retiro)

retirement home (multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly)


cariátide

caryatid (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element)


caneleira

shinguard (piece of apparel to protect the shin)

Cinnamomum verum
Cinnamomum verum#Translingual

(uncountable) cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)


caçapa

(Brazil, billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (net into which balls are struck)


catacrese

the use of a word from a similar or comparable concept to represent another concept


caulinita

(mineralogy) kaolinite (hydrous aluminosilicate mineral)


chargista

chargista m or f by sense (plural chargistas)

cartoonist (creator of political cartoons)


caçamba de entulho

caçamba de entulho f (plural caçambas de entulho)

(Brazil) skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)


certidão de nascimento

certidão de nascimento f (plural certidões de nascimento)

birth certificate (official document certifying the details of a person’s birth)


chantagem emocional

chantagem emocional f (plural chantagens emocionais)

emotional blackmail (psychological misuse of a person’s emotions)


cerveja inglesa

cerveja inglesa f (plural cervejas inglesas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cerveja, inglesa.


chave de grifo

chave de grifo f (plural chaves de grifo)

pipe wrench; monkey wrench (adjustable wrench)


caucasoide

caucasoide m or f by sense (plural caucasoides)


chuveirada

shower (instance of bathing with a shower), especially one that is done quickly


causticidade

causticidade f (usually uncountable, plural causticidades)

causticity (the quality of being caustic)


chuvache

(rare) Chuvash (from, or pertaining to Chuvashia)


catividade

catividade f (usually uncountable, plural catividades)


chocólatra

chocólatra m or f by sense (plural chocólatras)


chefe de estado

chefe de estado m or f by sense (plural chefes de estado)

head of state (the chief public representative of a nation)


chave de cadeia

chave de cadeia f (plural chaves de cadeia)

(slang) someone who brings trouble to those involved with them


captura de tela

captura de tela f (plural capturas de tela)

(Brazil, computing) screenshot (image of computer screen output)


cavalinha

From cavalo (“horse”) + -inha in the one sense and cavala (“mackerel”) + -inha in the other.


caçamba

Borrowed from Kimbundu kisambu (“big basket”).

(Brazil) bed (platform of a lorry where the load is hauled)


carta branca

[ˈkaɾ.tɐ ˈβɾɐ̃.kɐ]

Compound of carta (“letter”) + branca (“white”). Literally, “white letter”.

com+

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carta, branca.

(idiomatic) carte blanche; free rein (the absence of constraints)


cidade fantasma

pt-noun

cidade fantasma f (plural cidades fantasma)


cidade dormitório

cidade dormitório f (plural cidades dormitório or cidades dormitórios)

cidades dormitório (plural)
cidades dormitórios (plural)


casamata

(military) casemate (bombproof chamber as part of fortification)


chahada

(Islam) shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)


cartunista

cartunista m or f by sense (plural cartunistas)

(comics) cartoonist (creator of cartoons)


centáurea

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


cirilização

Cyrillization (putting text into the Cyrillic alphabet)


caçadeira

[kɐ.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[kɐ.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

shotgun (gun that fires several small pellets)


castidade

castidade f (usually uncountable, plural castidades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese castidade, borrowed from Latin castitātem.

chastity (abstaining from sexual intercourse outside of marriage)


cavalariça

From Late Latin caballāricia, from Latin caballus (“horse”). Compare Spanish caballeriza.


casquinha

(Brazil, countable) ice cream (in a cone)


casa noturna

Compound of casa + noturna. Literally, “nocturnal house”.

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

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

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

nightclub (establishment that is open late at night)


ciência política

ciência política f (plural ciências políticas)


classe lateral

classe lateral f (plural classes laterais)

(algebra) coset (a copy of a subgroup multiplied by some element from the parent group)


civilização do Vale do Indo

Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Civilization#English

Pakistan and northwest India
Pakistan and northwest India#English

Indus Valley Civilization (an ancient civilisation in Asia; modern Pakistan and northwest India)


classe trabalhadora

classe trabalhadora f (plural classes trabalhadoras)

working class (social class doing physical work)


classe operária

classe operária f (plural classes operárias)


cazaque

cazaque m or f by sense (plural cazaques)


classe lateral à direita

classe lateral à direita f (plural classes laterais à direita)

Literally, “lateral class to the right”.


classe lateral à esquerda

classe lateral à esquerda f (plural classes laterais à esquerda)


classe média

middle class (a social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class)


caxumba

→ Hunsrik: Kaschumbe

Unknown, but possibly of African origin.

(Brazil, medicine, informal) mumps (contagious disease caused by a virus that affects the salivary glands)


cata-vento

cata-vento m or f by sense (plural cata-ventos)

(figuratively) fickle person, who often changes their opinion


cenoura-brava

cenoura-brava f (plural cenouras-bravas)

[sɨˌnow.ɾɐˈβɾa.βɐ]

Pastinaca sativa
Pastinaca sativa#Translingual

parsnip (the plant Pastinaca sativa and its root)


carocha

/kɐˈɾɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

Unknown. For sense 3, compare coroça and Spanish coroza.

Deu também, nesse mesmo ano, uma peste de carocha preta como nunca se vira.

2024 January 18, Raimundo Sales, Manairama - Maldição e Vida, Scortecci

That same year, there was also an outbreak of black beetles like never seen before.

[…] Que bem que ficava uma carocha a este herege!

1879, Manoel Bernardes Branco, Portugal e os Estrangeiros, page 397

[…] a dunce cap would look great on this heretic!

Como elle estava condemnado a fogueira, estava ella já prompta; o réo trazia uma carocha e uma samarra pintada de demonios e tições accesos […]

1866, Charles Dellon, Narração da Inquisição de Goa, vertida em port., e accrescentada com notas, por M.V. d'Abreu, page 226

As he was condemned to the stake, it was already prepared; the accused wore a dunce cap and a cloak painted with demons and burning embers […]

(historical) a kind of dunce cap used during the Spanish Inquisition


caturra

caturra m or f by sense (plural caturras)

curmudgeon (an ill-tempered stubborn person)


caturra

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


caravela-portuguesa

caravela-portuguesa f (plural caravelas-portuguesas)

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war

Physalia physalis
Physalia physalis#Translingual

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)


castanha-do-pará

castanha-do-pará f (plural castanhas-do-pará)

[kɐʃˌtɐ.ɲɐ.ðu.pɐˈɾa]

[kɐʃˌtɐ.ɲɐ.ðu.pɐˈɾa]

Named after Captaincy of Grão Pará, former administrative unit in Brazil's North Region, from where the nut is native to.

A castanha do Pará, geral e impropriamente conhecida com o nome de castanha do Maranhão, é, como se sabe, o fructo da Bertholletia Excelsa ou castanheiro.

1864, Couto de Magalhães, “Appendice”, in Relatorio dos negocios da provincia do Pará, Belém: Typographia Frederico Rhossard, Castanhas, page 9

O preço da castanha do Pará, segundo se me informou, regulava ha 60 annos, a 80 réis por alqueire e conservou-se por muito tempo a 100, 160 e 200 réis.

1869, Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, chapter VII, in A região occidental da provincia do Pará, Belém: Typographia do Diario de Belem, page 211

Já então não tinhamos mantimentos alguns; as nossas barracas estavam completamente podres; foi preciso fazer ranchos de palha para nos abrigarmos das chuvas torrenciaes que cahiam sem interrupção. Os nossos recursos eram a caça e a pesca e pricipalmente o fructo do tucary, a castanha do Pará.

1890, Paula Freitas, “Explorações em Matto-Grosso”, in Revista da Sociedade de Geographia do Rio de Janeiro, volume VI, number 4, Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Perseverança, page 148

Bertholletia excelsa
Bertholletia excelsa#Translingual

Captaincy of Grão Pará
pt:castanha-do-pará


ceifeira-debulhadora

ceifeira-debulhadora f (plural ceifeiras-debulhadoras)

[sɐjˌfɐj.ɾɐ.ðɨ.βu.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

[sɐjˌfɐj.ɾɐ.ðɨ.βu.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

(Portugal, agriculture) combine harvester (farming machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain)


cobra-de-água-de-colar

cobra-de-água-de-colar f (plural cobras-de-água-de-colar)

Natrix natrix
Natrix natrix#Translingual


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

funk (foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odour)


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/


catinga

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/

/kaˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/


cobra-lisa-austríaca

cobra-lisa-austríaca f (plural cobras-lisas-austríacas)


chateação

/ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/t͡ʃɐ.tjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


coexistência pacífica

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coexistência, pacífica.

peaceful coexistence
peaceful coexistence

(politics) peaceful coexistence (mutual non-interference)


chinchila

chinchila (Portugal) m or (Brazil) f (plural chinchilas)

/t͡ʃĩˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/


chupista

chupista m or f by sense (plural chupistas)

(slang) bloodsucker; parasite (someone who takes advantage of others)


chalreta

[ʃaʊ̯ˈχe.tɐ]


chave-mestra

/ˌʃa.vɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

/ˌʃa.vɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

/ˌt͡ʃa.bɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ/

[ˌt͡ʃa.βɨˈmɛʃ.tɾɐ]

skeleton key (a key that opens a range of locks)

(figurative) anything which creates opportunities


chibata

cane (a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment)


cherovia

[t͡ʃɨ.ɾuˈβi.ɐ]

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā, “caraway”), via Andalusian Arabic.

bor+

parsnip (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa)


chumbada

[t͡ʃũˈba.ðɐ]

(fishing) sinker (weight used in fishing)


colega de classe

pt-noun

colega de classe m or f by sense (plural colegas de classe)

classmate (someone who is or was in the same class)


colega de quarto

colega de quarto m or f by sense (plural colegas de quarto)

roommate (a person with whom one shares a house)


chocadeira

[ʃu.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ʃu.kɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

incubator (apparatus used to hatch eggs)

hatchery (a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions)


chiclete

chiclete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural chicletes)

From English Chiclets (a brand of candy-coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams), from chicle (principal ingredient of chewing gum), from Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli (“gum of the sapodilla tree, chewing gum”).

der

Como esta música é produto acabado / Da sociedade de consumo imediato / Como tudo o que se comete nesta vida, chiclete

1981, “Chiclete”, in Táxi, performed by Táxi


cilindricidade

(rare) cylindricity (quality of being cylindrical)


charneca

/t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ/

[t͡ʃɐɾˈnɛ.kɐ]

Unknown, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cerrica, from cerrus (“Turkey oak”), via Mozarabic.

Olhos a arder em êxtases de amor, / Boca a saber a sol, a fruto, a mel: / Sou a charneca rude a abrir em flor!

1930, Florbela Espanca, Charneca em Flor

heathland (tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation)


cimeira

(botany) cyme (flattish or convex flower cluster)

(Portugal) summit (gathering of leaders)


antimatrimonial

pt-adj

antimatrimonial m or f (plural antimatrimoniais)


chalota

/t͡ʃɐˈlɔ.tɐ/


cognição

Learned borrowing from Latin cognitiōnem.


cheroqui

pt-noun

cheroqui m or f by sense (plural cheroquis)


caxemirense

caxemirense m or f by sense (plural caxemirenses)


caxemirense

pt-adj

caxemirense m or f (plural caxemirenses)


churrasqueira

From churrasco (“barbecue”) + -eira. Piecewise doublet of churrascaria.

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃˈke.ɾɐ/

barbecue (fireplace, brazier or apparatus for the grilling of meat)

an annex or outbuilding that houses a barbecue, typically including a chimney, sink, counter and tables


central elétrica

pt-noun

central elétrica f (plural centrais elétricas)

power station (an industrial complex where electricity is produced)


coalizão

(Brazil) coalition (group of organisations)


antipastoral

pt-adj

antipastoral m or f (plural antipastorais)

(literature, sociology) antipastoral (eschewing pastoral themes)


coerção

[ko.eɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.eχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.eɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kwɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

coercion (use or threat of force to compel)


clareira

/klɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

/klɐˈɾɐj.ɾɐ/

glade; clearing (open space in the woods)


comitologia

comitology (art of resolving issues by committees)


completidão

completeness (state or condition of being complete)


colher de pedreiro

pt-noun

colher de pedreiro f (plural colheres de pedreiro)

trowel (handtool used by masons to hold and spread mortar)


cobra-coral

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐ.kuˈɾaɫ]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐ.kuˈɾaɫ]

coral snake (snake of the genus Micrurus or Micruroides)


combatente ilegal

combatente ilegal m or f by sense (plural combatentes ilegais)

illegal combatant (one who engages in combat without meeting the Geneva Convention)


comandante-em-chefe

comandante-em-chefe m or f by sense (plural comandantes-em-chefe)

commander in chief (supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country)


cleptocrata

cleptocrata m or f by sense (plural cleptocratas)


circunscrição eleitoral

circunscrição eleitoral f (plural circunscrições eleitorais)

(politics, Brazil) electoral district (district represented by one or more elected officials)


comédia de situação

comédia de situação f (plural comédias de situação)


cobra-real

[ˌkɔ.bɾɐ.χeˈaʊ̯]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐˈʁjaɫ]

[ˌkɔ.βɾɐˈʁjaɫ]

Ophiophagus hannah
Ophiophagus hannah#Translingual


companheiro de quarto

companheiro de quarto m or f by sense (plural companheiros de quarto, feminine companheira de quarto, feminine plural companheiras de quarto)

companheiros de quarto (plural)
companheira de quarto (feminine)
companheiras de quarto (feminine plural)

roommate (a person with whom one shares a room)


colcheia

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]

[koʊ̯ˈʃeɪ̯.ɐ]


cidadela

citadel (a strong fortress that sits high above a city)


conjuntista

pt-adj

conjuntista m or f (plural conjuntistas)

(mathematics) set-theoretic (of, relating to or using set theory)


cobra-de-escada

pt-noun

cobra-de-escada f (plural cobras-de-escada)


constante arbitrária de integração

constante arbitrária de integração f (plural constantes arbitrárias de integração)

constantes arbitrárias de integração (plural)

constant of integration
constant of integration

(calculus) constant of integration (constant to be added at the indefinite integral)


conta bancária

conta bancária f (plural contas bancárias)

bank account (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank)


contravariância

contravariance (reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator)


contravigilância

countersurveillance (the art of evading surveillance)


cervejaria

/sɨɾ.vɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/sɨɾ.vɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/sɨɾ.bɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ/

[sɨɾ.βɨ.ʒɐˈɾi.ɐ]

beer bar, beer parlour, alehouse (pub or bar where beer is sold)


citologista

citologista m or f by sense (plural citologistas)

cytologist (scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes)


chicória

[ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

[ʃiˈkɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

Probably either borrowed from Italian cicoria or perhaps from a Mozarabic form (cf. Spanish achicoria), from Vulgar Latin and Late Latin cichoria, from the plural of Latin cichorium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον (kikhórion).

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


cocheira

stable (building where animals are lodged)

trough (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals)


colunata

colonnade (a series of columns at regular intervals)


clarividência

(parapsychology) clairvoyance (the power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses)


coordenadas polares

(mathematics) polar coordinates (coordinates of a point in a plane)


colhedeira

[ku.ʎɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ku.ʎɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

combine harvester (machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain plants)


corda de pular

corda de pular f (plural cordas de pular)

skipping rope (rope for play or exercise)


comível

From comer + -ível. Piecewise doublet of comestível.

(colloquial) fuckable (able to be or worthy of being fucked)


cidreira

[siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

Citrus medica
Citrus medica#Translingual

(botany) citron (a small citrus tree, Citrus medica)

Melissa officinalis
Melissa officinalis#Translingual

(botany) lemon balm (a herb, Melissa officinalis)


concussão

[kõ.kuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

concussion (an injury to part of the body, especially the brain)


conciliação

reconciliation (the reestablishment of friendly relations; conciliation or rapprochement)


computação

Learned borrowing from Latin computātiōnem. By surface analysis, computar + -ção.

lbor

computation (the act of computing something)

computing (the study, field of computers and computer programming)


civeta

Borrowed from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from Arabic زَبَاد (zabād). Doublet of zibeta.

civet (any of several small viverrids that produce a musky secretion)


corrente sanguínea

pt-noun

corrente sanguínea f (plural correntes sanguíneas)

bloodstream (flow of blood through the circulatory system of an animal)


corrente contínua

corrente contínua f (plural correntes contínuas)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see corrente, contínua.

direct current (electric current in which the electrons flow in one direction)


colheitadeira

(Brazil) combine harvester (machine that harvests, threshes, and cleans grain plants)


conscrição

[kõs.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõs.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

conscription (involuntary labour, especially military service)


corte de cassação

corte de cassação f (plural cortes de cassação)

(law) court of cassation (the highest court of appeal in some countries)


coruja-do-mato

coruja-do-mato f (plural corujas-do-mato)


conflagração

/kõ.flɐ.ɡɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.flɐ.ɣɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

conflagration (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)


consanguinidade

consanguinidade f (plural consanguinidades)

consanguinity (relationship by blood, descent)


confluência

confluence (convergence or combination of forces, people, or things)

confluence (point where two rivers or streams meet)


consogra

co-mother-in-law (mother of one’s son- or daughter-in-law)


contiguidade

contiguity (state in which objects are physically touching)


concordância

agreement (state whereby several parties share a view or opinion)

(grammar) agreement (the state of different words in a clause having the same value of a grammatical category)

concordance (index showing the places a word may be found in a work)


corrida de touros

corrida de touros f (plural corridas de touros)

bullfighting (performance art in which a matador manipulates and kills a bull)


consternação

/kõʃ.tɨɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsternātiōnem. By surface analysis, consternar + -ção.

lbor

consternation (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)


copa do mundo

(Brazil) world cup (competition involving competitors from around the world)


cleptocracia

kleptocracy (corrupt and dishonest government)


contagiosidade

pt-noun

contagiosidade f (usually uncountable, plural contagiosidades)

contagiousness (state or condition of being contagious)


comportamental

pt-adj

comportamental m or f (plural comportamentais, not comparable)

behavioural (of or relating to behaviour)


contagem regressiva

pt-noun

contagem regressiva f (plural contagens regressivas)

/kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɡɾɨˈsi.vɐ/

[kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɣɾɨˈsi.vɐ]

/kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɡɾɨˈsi.vɐ/

[kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɣɾɨˈsi.vɐ]

/kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɡɾɨˈsi.bɐ/

[kõˈta.ʒɐ̃j̃ ʁɨ.ɣɾɨˈsi.βɐ]

countdown (backward count to mark the start of an event)


continuidade

continuity (lack of interruption or disconnection)

(mathematics) continuity (characteristic property of a continuous function)


contorcionista

contorcionista m or f by sense (plural contorcionistas)

contortionist (an acrobat who twists their body)


cova coletiva

cova coletiva f (plural covas coletivas)


compreensibilidade

understandability (the property of being understandable)


contracultura

Calque of English counterculture, from contra- + cultura.

counterculture (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the mainstream culture)


couve-de-folhas

couve-de-folhas f (plural couves-de-folhas)

kale Brassica oleracea acephala, an edible plant


conversa fiada

conversa fiada f (plural conversas fiadas)


coroação

coronation (the act of crowning, making king or queen)


convertível

pt-adj

convertível m or f (plural convertíveis)

Learned borrowing from Latin convertibilis. Doublet of conversível. By surface analysis, converter + -ível.


criança de rua

pt-noun

criança de rua f (plural crianças de rua)

street urchin (child living in the streets)


crise da meia-idade

crise da meia-idade f (plural crises da meia-idade)

(psychology) mid-life crisis (emotional period of doubt)


constante de Planck

constante de Planck f (usually uncountable, plural constantes de Planck)

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ dɨ ˈplɐ̃.kɨ/

[kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ ðɨ ˈplɐ̃.kɨ]


contravariante

pt-adj

contravariante m or f (plural contravariantes)

[kõ.tɾɐ.βɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ]

(category theory, of a functor) contravariant (which reverses composition)


cortina de fumaça

pt-noun

cortina de fumaça f (plural cortinas de fumaça)

(Brazil) smokescreen (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle)

(Brazil, idiomatic) smokescreen (anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract)


cultuação

worship (devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object)


correia

→ Hunsrik: Korrea

From Old Galician-Portuguese correa, from Latin corrigia.

a thin leather strip used to tie or bind


corredeira

[ku.ʁɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ku.ʁɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]


cruz de Malta

cruz de Malta f (plural cruzes de Malta)


cromatografia em camada delgada

cromatografia em camada delgada f (plural cromatografias em camada delgada)

cromatografias em camada delgada (plural)

thin layer chromatography
thin layer chromatography

(analytical chemistry) thin layer chromatography


corroboração

corroboration (the act of corroborating)


corcunda

corcunda m or f by sense (plural corcundas)

→ Spanish: carcunda


costeletas

(Brazil) sideburns (facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin)


covinha

dimple (skin depression at corners of the mouth)


combatividade

combatividade f (usually uncountable, plural combatividades)

combativeness (state of being combative)


correição

[ko.heɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.heɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ko.χeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Alternative form of correção (“correction”)

the office or post of a magistrate or reeve

(law)
territory under the rule of a judge

regular visit paid to fiscalize that which is under this judge's jurisdiction

swarm (large number of insects), especially of migrating ants

army ant (any of several species of migrating ants)

(dialectal) inspection on water of a certain property to assess its cleanness

(Alagoas) pound (animal control service)


condolência

Based on Old French condoléance. Compare also Spanish condolencia.

condolence (sympathy for someone’s suffering)


costeleta

(Brazil) whisker (part of the beard that grows on the sides of the face)


coruja-das-torres

coruja-das-torres f (plural corujas-das-torres)

/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ dɐʃ ˈto.ʁɨʃ/

[kuˈɾu.ʒɐ ðɐʃ ˈto.ʁɨʃ]


contemplação

the act of contemplating (considering with attention)


câmara fotográfica

câmara fotográfica f (plural câmaras fotográficas)

camera (device for taking still pictures)


câmara de gás

gas chamber (a sealed chamber in which people are executed with gas)


câmera digital

câmera digital f (plural câmeras digitais)


câmera de vídeo

câmera de vídeo f (plural câmeras de vídeo)

video camera (device for recording video)


câmara de comércio

câmara de comércio f (plural câmaras de comércio)

(business) chamber of commerce (community business association)


câmara escura

câmara escura f (plural câmaras escuras)

camera obscura (dark chamber with a small orifice into which an object is projected)

darkroom (a dark room, where photographs are developed)


contravenção

[kõ.tɾa.vẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.tɾɐ.βẽˈsɐ̃w̃]

contravention (act of contravening a rule)

(criminal law) misdemeanor (small crime)


câmera filmadora

câmera filmadora f (plural câmeras filmadoras)

camcorder (device that records video and audio)


coquilha

(sports) jockstrap, athletic protector, strap, cup (supporter worn by men around the genitals during exercise)


câmara web

(rare) webcam (video camera viewed over a computer network)


contagem final

contagem final f (plural contagens finais)

[kõˈta.ʒẽɪ̯̃ fiˈnaʊ̯]

countdown (backward count to mark the start of an event)


cravista

cravista m or f by sense (plural cravistas)

[kɾɐˈβiʃ.tɐ]

harpsichordist (one who plays the harpsichord)


célula branca

célula branca f (plural células brancas)

(hematology, cytology, immunology) white blood cell (type of blood cell involved in immune response)


célula vermelha

célula vermelha f (plural células vermelhas)

(hematology, cytology) red blood cell (blood cell that transports oxygen)


célula-tronco

(medicine, cytology) stem cell (primal undifferentiated cell)


cremação

/kɾɨ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin cremātiōnem. Compare queimação, possibly an inherited doublet. By surface analysis, cremar + -ção.


costa-riquense

pt-adj

costa-riquense m or f (plural costa-riquenses)

Costa Rican (of or relating to Costa Rica)


costa-riquense

pt-noun

costa-riquense m or f by sense (plural costa-riquenses)


cotonete

From trademark Cotonetes (a Johnson & Johnson-associated trademark).

cotton swab (a small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod used to clean the inner ear)


copiadora

photocopier (machine which reproduces documents)


cunilíngua

cunnilingus (oral stimulation of female genitals)


covariância

(statistics) covariance (statistical measure)


couve-nabiça

Brassica napus
Brassica napus#Translingual


cuieira

gourd (any of the vines producing fruit with hard rind)


couve-chinesa

couve-chinesa f (plural couves-chinesas)

bok choy (a Chinese cabbage variety, Brassica rapa chinensis)


cânabis

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of cânhamo, cânave, and canvas.


criacionista

criacionista m or f by sense (plural criacionistas)

creationist (a proponent or supporter of creationism)


crível

From Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, crer + -ível. Doublet of credível.

believable (capable of being believed; credible)


crucificação

crucifixion (execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross)


criatividade

criatividade f (usually uncountable, plural criatividades)

creativity (quality or ability to create or invent something)


cumplicidade

complicity (the state of being involved in a crime)


cuíca

(Brazil) any of several small opossum species

(Brazil, music) cuica (Brazilian type of friction drum)


criptorquia

(medicine) cryptorchidism (the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum)


cutia

agouti (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs)


cuspideira

(rare) spitting cobra (cobra species capable of spitting venom)


economia de mercado

economia de mercado f (plural economias de mercado)

market economy (economy in which and services are exchanged in a free market)


ejeção de massa coronal

ejeção de massa coronal f (plural ejeções de massa coronal)

coronal mass ejection
coronal mass ejection


eclesial

ecclesiastical (pertaining to the church)


cócoras

squat (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one’s feet)


cérvice

Borrowed from Latin cervīcem. Doublet of the inherited cerviz.

(anatomy) cervix (lower, narrow portion of the uterus)


eminência parda

eminência parda f (plural eminências pardas)

éminence grise (secret or unofficial decision-maker)


morrinha

Unknown. Cognate with Galician morriña and English murrain.

unk

Unknown


eclusa

sluice (artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate)


empresa de capital aberto

pt-noun

empresa de capital aberto f (plural empresas de capital aberto)

(business) joint-stock company (company with transferable ownership and limited shareholder liability)


empena

(architecture) gable (triangular area of wall just under the roof)


echarpe

/ɛˈt͡ʃaɾ.pɨ/

scarf (long garment worn around the neck)


eclesiologia

eclesiologia f (usually uncountable, plural eclesiologias)


eletricista

eletricista m or f by sense (plural eletricistas)

electrician (tradesman who works with electrical equipment)


elefantíase

From Ancient Greek ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς (elephantíāsis), through Latin elephantiasis.

der

ἐλεφᾰντῐ́ᾱσῐς


eletrificação

electrification (the act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity)


Espanhola

/iʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔ.lɐ/

/eʃ.pɐ̃ˈɲɔ.lɐ/


enartrose

(anatomy) enarthrosis (a ball-and-socket joint)


embraiagem

[ẽ.bɾaɪ̯ˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[ĩ.bɾaɪ̯ˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) clutch (the pedal in a car that disengages power transmission)


empilhadeira

[ẽ.pi.ʎɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[ẽ.pi.ʎɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

(Brazil) forklift (type of industrial vehicle)


engenhosidade

ingenuity (ability to come up with solutions to difficult problems)


engenharia de sistemas

systems engineering (interdisciplinary field of engineering)


empregado doméstico

pt-noun

empregado doméstico m (plural empregados domésticos, feminine empregada doméstica, feminine plural empregadas domésticas)

empregados domésticos (plural)
empregada doméstica (feminine)
empregadas domésticas (feminine plural)

(usually in the feminine) housecleaner (person employed to clean a house)


ementa

syllabus (topics which will be covered during an academic course)

list (enumeration or compilation of items)

menu (a list of dishes offered in a restaurant)


enganação

[ẽ.ɡa.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.ɡa.naˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ẽ.ɡɐ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

deception (instance of misleading, deceiving)


endossimbiose

(ecology) endosymbiosis (living within another organism)


engenhoca

/ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɔ.kɐ/

Eu caminhava tão distraído que tomei um susto quando vi um robozinho da Nasa surgir do nada à minha frente. Paralisado de pânico, vi a engenhoca espichar sua lente até quase tocar meu nariz.

2004, Ana Beatriz B. Silva, Eduardo Mello, Luis Negreiros, Sorria: você está sendo filmado


engenhoca

/ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/

[ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]

/ẽ.ʒɨˈɲɔ.kɐ/


energia cinética

energia cinética f (usually uncountable, plural energias cinéticas)

(physics) kinetic energy (energy from motion)


energia potencial

energia potencial f (usually uncountable, plural energias potenciais)

energia potencial gravítica

energia potencial elástica

(physics) potential energy (energy possessed by an object because of its position)


energia nuclear

energia nuclear f (plural energias nucleares)

(physics) nuclear energy (energy released by a nuclear reaction)


entreperna

the part of trousers that covers the crotch


enquete

poll (an election or a survey of a particular group)


engenharia genética

engenharia genética f (plural engenharias genéticas)

genetic engineering (practice or science of genetic modification)


encefalopatia espongiforme bovina

encefalopatia espongiforme bovina f (uncountable)

/ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.lɔ.pɐˈti.ɐ (i)ʃ.põ.ʒiˈfɔɾ.mɨ buˈvi.nɐ/

[ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.lɔ.pɐˈti.ɐ (i)ʃ.põ.ʒiˈfɔɾ.mɨ βuˈvi.nɐ]

/ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.lɔ.pɐˈti.ɐ (i)ʃ.põ.ʒiˈfɔɾ.mɨ buˈbi.nɐ/

[ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.lɔ.pɐˈti.ɐ (i)ʃ.põ.ʒiˈfɔɾ.mɨ βuˈβi.nɐ]

bovine spongiform encephalopathy
bovine spongiform encephalopathy

(pathology, neurology) bovine spongiform encephalopathy


incomparável

pt-adj

incomparável m or f (plural incomparáveis, not comparable)

[ĩ.kõ.pɐˈɾa.βɛɫ]

Borrowed from Latin incomparābilis (“incomparable”), from in- + comparābilis (“comparable”), from comparō (“to compare”), from compar (“equal”), from com- + par.

bor+

Incomparáveis são Tuas promessas para mim!


acidofilia

(biology) acidophilia (affinity for acidic conditions)


entonação

(music) intonation (act of sounding the tones of the musical scale)

(linguistics) intonation (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)


engraxate

pt-noun

engraxate m or f by sense (plural engraxates)


entediante

[ẽ.tɨˈðjɐ̃.tɨ]


anisomicina

Streptomyces griseolus
Wikispecies:Streptomyces griseolus

(medicine) anisomycin (antibiotic produced by Streptomyces griseolus)


equação diferencial

equação diferencial f (plural equações diferenciais)

differential equation
differential equation

(calculus) differential equation (equation involving the derivatives of a function)


era glacial

ice age (period of extensive glaciation)


equação algébrica

equação algébrica f (plural equações algébricas)


erva-de-gato

catnip (plant that affects the behaviour of cats)


epirogénese

epirogéneses (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(geomorphology) epeirogenesis (formation of continents, basins and plateaus via movements of Earth’s crust)


escalabilidade

escalabilidade f (plural escalabilidades)

scalability (property of being scalable)


escova de cabelo

escova de cabelo f (plural escovas de cabelo)

hairbrush (type of brush used in hair care)


escravidão sexual

sexual slavery (activity that involves forced sexual acts upon a person who is held hostage)


escova de dentes

escova de dentes f (plural escovas de dentes)

toothbrush (brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue)


esfumaçante

pt-adj

esfumaçante m or f (plural esfumaçantes)


esclerose múltipla

pt-noun

esclerose múltipla f (usually uncountable, plural escleroses múltiplas)

(pathology) multiple sclerosis (chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord)


erudição

[e.ɾu.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

erudition (profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship)


epistaxe

(medicine) epistaxis (nosebleed; a haemorrhage from the nose)


equanimidade

equity (justice, impartiality and fairness)


erétil

[eˈɾɛ.t͡ʃiʊ̯]


era viking

/ˈɛ.ɾɐ ˈvi.kĩɡ/

/ˈɛ.ɾɐ ˈvi.kĩɡ/

/ˈɛ.ɾɐ ˈbi.kĩɡ/

[ˈɛ.ɾɐ ˈβi.kĩɡ]

(history) Viking Age (period from 8th to 11th century in Europe)


erva-doce

erva-doce f (usually uncountable, plural ervas-doces)

[ˌɛɾ.vɐˈðo.sɨ]

[ˌɛɾ.vɐˈðo.sɨ]

[ˌɛɾ.βɐˈðo.sɨ]

Foeniculum vulgare
Foeniculum vulgare#Translingual


enxurrada

[ẽ.ʃuˈʁa.ðɐ]

From enxurro + -ada; first element possibly from chorro (“jet, flow”) or jorro (“to spout, gush”).

(figuratively) flood (large number or quantity of something that appears suddenly)


erva-mate

erva-mate f (usually uncountable, plural ervas-mate)

[ˌɛɾ.βɐˈma.tɨ]

maté (shrub whose leaves are used to produced the beverage maté)


antimicina

(biochemistry) antimycin (any of several lactone antibiotics)


erva daninha

/ˈɛʁ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɦ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈɛʁ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɦ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈɛɾ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɾ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈɛʁ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛʁ.vɐ dɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ˈɛɾ.vɐ dɐˈni.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɾ.vɐ ðɐˈni.ɲɐ]

/ˈɛɾ.vɐ dɐˈni.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɾ.vɐ ðɐˈni.ɲɐ]

/ˈɛɾ.bɐ dɐˈni.ɲɐ/

[ˈɛɾ.βɐ ðɐˈni.ɲɐ]


enxada

→ Kadiwéu: ixaada

From Vulgar Latin *asciāta, from Latin ascia. Compare Galician aixada, Spanish azada, and Catalan aixada.


ervilhaca

vetch (any of several leguminous plants)


escala Richter

(seismology) Richter scale (logarithmic scale of the size of an earthquake)


espada de Dâmocles

espada de Dâmocles f (plural espadas de Dâmocles)

sword of Damocles (thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune)


espectrometria de massa

(physics, analytical chemistry) mass spectrometry (analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionised, vaporised and introduced into a vacuum)


epiglote

(anatomy) epiglottis (cartilaginous organ in the throat of terrestrial vertebrates)


espionagem industrial

espionagem industrial f (plural espionagens industriais)

industrial espionage
industrial espionage

industrial espionage (use of clandestine methods to acquire secret information for commercial advantage)


erva-cidreira

erva-cidreira f (usually uncountable, plural ervas-cidreiras)

[ˌɛɾ.vɐ.siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌɛɾ.vɐ.siˈðɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[ˌɛɾ.βɐ.siˈðɾej.ɾɐ]

[ˌɛɾ.vɐ.siˈðɾe.ɾɐ]

lemon balm (Melissa officinalis, a southern European herb used in flavouring)


ervilha-de-cheiro

ervilha-de-cheiro f (plural ervilhas-de-cheiro)

[iɾˌvi.ʎɐ.ðɨˈʃɐj.ɾu]

[iɾˌvi.ʎɐ.ðɨˈʃɐj.ɾu]

[iɾˌβi.ʎɐ.ðɨˈt͡ʃej.ɾu]


escuna

(nautical) schooner (type of sailing ship)


escolinha

(Brazil) nursery school (a school for pre-school children)


equitação

Learned borrowing from Latin equitātiōnem, from equitātus, from equitō (“to ride a horse”), from equus (“horse”).

lbor

equestrianism (the art of riding horses)


estação de esqui

pt-noun

estação de esqui f (plural estações de esqui)


escrevente

escrevente m or f by sense (plural escreventes)

amanuensis (one employed to take dictation or copy manuscripts)


estação de rádio

estação de rádio f (plural estações de rádio)

radio station (broadcast station emitting an audio signal)


esteira ergométrica

esteira ergométrica f (plural esteiras ergométricas)

(Brazil) treadmill (piece of indoor sporting equipment)


estrela binária

estrela binária f (plural estrelas binárias)

(astronomy) binary star (one of two stars orbiting their centre of mass)


escrevedeira

sparrow (bird of the family Emberizidae)


estrela-de-davi

estrela-de-davi f (plural estrelas-de-davi)


estrela de neutrões

estrela de neutrões f (plural estrelas de neutrões)

(astronomy) neutron star (star composed of neutrons)


escrituração

bookkeeping (the craft of keeping records of financial transactions)


escravista

escravista m or f by sense (plural escravistas)


estrutura algébrica

estrutura algébrica f (plural estruturas algébricas)

(algebra) algebraic structure (sets with operations)


estrutura de dados

estrutura de dados f (plural estruturas de dados)

(computer science) data structure (organisation of data)


estupa

stupa (a dome-shaped Buddhist monument, used to house relics of the Lord Buddha)


expectoração

expectoration (the act of expelling phlegm from the lungs)


exceção que prova a regra

exceção que prova a regra f (plural exceções que provam a regra)

exception that proves the rule
exception that proves the rule


esnobe

snob (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes)


esnobe

snobbish (smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors)


espadilha

sprat (any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus)

In the Southeast Brazilian version of the card game truco, the third-highest manilha (trump card), traditionally the ace of spades.


etiopatogenia

etiopatogenia f (usually uncountable, plural etiopatogenias)

(medicine) etiopathogenesis (cause and development of an abnormal condition)


esqualidez

esqualidez f (usually uncountable, plural esqualidezes)


evasão fiscal

evasão fiscal f (plural evasões fiscais)


estação de ônibus

estação de ônibus f (plural estações de ônibus)

(Brazil) bus station (major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes)


espetacular

pt-adj

espetacular m or f (plural espetaculares)

spectacular (amazing or worthy of special attention)


espelta

[iʃˈpɛʊ̯.tɐ]

[eʃˈpɛʊ̯.tɐ]

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual

Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta#Translingual

spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta or Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta)


esquete

(Brazil) sketch (short musical, dramatic or literary work or idea)


equipagem

From French équipage. By surface analysis, equipar + -agem.

baggage (traveller’s belongings being transported)

retinue (group of servants or attendants)


escovinha

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


estepe

Borrowed from French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”).

der

steppe (the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia)


exaustão

pt-noun

exaustão f (usually uncountable, plural exaustões)

[e.zaʊ̯sˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.zaʊ̯sˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.zaʊ̯ʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

exhaustion (supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy)


estandardização

estandardização f (plural estandardizações)

(Brazil, proscribed) Synonym of padronização


estação móvel

estação móvel f (plural estações móveis)

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈmɔ.veʊ̯]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈmɔ.veʊ̯]

[(i)ʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈmɔ.βɛɫ]

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see estação, móvel.

(telecommunications) mobile station (mobile equipment)


espiritualidade

espiritualidade f (plural espiritualidades)

spirituality (concern with spiritual matters)


estação de trem

estação de trem f (plural estações de trem)

[is.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[is.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ de ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

/(i)ʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃ dɨ ˈtɾɐ̃j̃/

(rail transport, Brazil) railway station (place where trains stop)


execrável

Learned borrowing from Latin execrābilis. By surface analysis, execrar + -ável.

lbor

execrable; abominable; hateful; detestable; loathsome


estimulação

stimulation (pushing or goading toward action)

stimulation (activity causing excitement or pleasure)


esplenectomia

(surgery) splenectomy (surgical removal of the spleen)


estraga-prazeres

pt-noun

estraga-prazeres m or f by sense (invariable)

spoilsport (someone who or something which puts an end to harmless fun)


estatística

(uncountable) statistics (mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation)

statistic (single item in a statistical study)


estenografia

stenography (the practice of transcribing speech using shorthand)


exclamação

Learned borrowing from Latin exclāmātiōnem. By surface analysis, exclamar + -ção.

lbor

exclamation (loud calling or crying out)


esquerdista

pt-adj

esquerdista m or f (plural esquerdistas)

left, left-wing, leftist (pertaining to the political left)


esquerdista

pt-noun

esquerdista m or f by sense (plural esquerdistas)

(person, politics) left-winger, leftist (a person who belongs to the political left; a member of the left wing of a party or group)


estrela-do-mar

estrela-do-mar f (plural estrelas-do-mar)

starfish (any of several star-shaped echinoderms)


estrada-de-ferro

estrada-de-ferro f (plural estradas-de-ferro)

(Brazil) railway (track for trains, consisting of parallel rails)


exsurgência

(rare) source; spring (place where water springs from the ground)


esterilizável

pt-adj

esterilizável m or f (plural esterilizáveis)


facul

(familiar, colloquial) uni; Abbreviation of faculdade.


fada madrinha

pt-noun

fada madrinha f (plural fadas madrinhas)

fairy godmother (benevolent female fairy)


faca de dois gumes

faca de dois gumes f (plural facas de dois gumes)

(idiomatic) double-edged sword (benefit that is also a liability)


faixa de pedestres

faixa de pedestres f (plural faixas de pedestres)

pedestrian crossing (place marked for pedestrians to cross a street)


exultação

Learned borrowing from Latin exsultātiōnem. By surface analysis, exultar + -ção

lbor

exultation (lively joy at success or victory)


família linguística

pt-noun

família linguística f (plural famílias linguísticas)

(linguistics) language family (set of related languages)


espiritualista

pt-adj

espiritualista m or f (plural espiritualistas)

spiritualist (pertaining to spiritualism)


espiritualista

pt-noun

espiritualista m or f by sense (plural espiritualistas)

(spiritualism) spiritualist (one who practices spiritualism)


fada dos dentes

fada dos dentes f (plural fadas dos dentes)


febre aftosa

foot-and-mouth disease
foot-and-mouth disease


febre Q

(pathology) Q fever (disease caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii)


febre reumática

rheumatic fever (inflammation of joints and heart)


febre amarela

febre amarela f (usually uncountable, plural febres amarelas)

(pathology) yellow fever (acute febrile illness of tropical regions)


febre de feno

(allergology) hay fever (allergy to pollen)


falsidade ideológica

falsidade ideológica f (plural falsidades ideológicas)

fraud (assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end)


estação de correios

estação de correios f (plural estações de correio)

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi koˈχeɪ̯.uʃ]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi koˈχeɪ̯.uʃ]

post office (place concerned with the business of delivering mail)


extrusão

[iʃ.tɾuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.tɾuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

extrusion (process where a billet of material is pushed through a die)


estrige

(ornithology) owl (any bird of prey of the order Strigiformes)


feira da ladra

feira da ladra f (plural feiras da ladra)

[ˈfɐj.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈla.ðɾɐ]

[ˈfɐj.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈla.ðɾɐ]

[ˈfej.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈla.ðɾɐ]

[ˈfej.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈla.ðɾɐ]

[ˈfe.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈla.ðɾɐ]

(Portugal) flea market (an outdoor market selling inexpensive curiosities)


facínora

From Latin facinora, plural form of facinus.


facínora

facínora m or f by sense (plural facínoras)


extorsão

[iʃ.toχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.toχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.

extortion (the practice of extorting money or other property)


falsificação

the act of faking, counterfeiting something


estridente

(of sound) strident; shrill (high-pitched and piercing)


extenuação

Learned borrowing from Latin extenuātiōnem. By surface analysis, extenuar + -ção.


fagulha

From Old Galician-Portuguese fagulla, from a Vulgar Latin root *facucla, from syncopation of *facucula, from Latin facula. Doublet of fácula, a borrowing, and of facha. Compare Sicilian faviḍḍa.


fazível

From fazer + -ível. Piecewise doublet of factível.


extirpação

[iʃ.t͡ʃiχ.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.t͡ʃiχ.paˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


faleriense

pt-noun

faleriense m or f by sense (plural falerienses)

Faliscan (member of an ancient Italic people who lived in southern Etruria)


faleriense

Faliscan (of or relating to the Faliscans)


farpa

splinter (long, sharp fragment of material, often wood)

Por que tentar partir? Eres comigo. Sou contigo. Poderei viver sem rezar sobre seu corpo? Ou sem trocarmos as farpas diárias? Ou sem vê-la de certo modo? Meu imenso amor é pouco, se é tudo? Não, não fujas. Creio, infelizmente, que não ...

2009, Marcelino Rodriguez, O Tigre De Deus Em Seu Jardim, Clube de Autores, page 46

Why try to leave? You are with me. I am with you. Will I be able to live without praying over your body? Or without exchanging the daily taunts? Or without seeing you in a certain way? Is my immense love little, if it is everything? No, don’t flee. I believe, unfortunate, that it isn’t […]

Voltara a trocar pequenas farpas com Mia, como se tudo aquilo que acontecera na clareira não fosse nada de especial. Era um escudo inacreditável que ela carregava, pensou Mac. Quase tão impressionante quanto o outro, aquele que o ...

2014, Nora Roberts, Entre o Céu e a Terra, Leya

He had began exchanging small taunts with Mia, as if everything that had happened in the clearing was nothing special. What she was carrying was an unbelievable shield, thought Mac. Almost as impressive as the other one, the one that […]

(figuratively, chiefly in the plural) taunt, jibe (facetious or insulting remark)


festa do sacrifício

festa do sacrifício f (plural festas do sacrifício)


febre tifoide

[ˈfɛ.βɾɨ tiˈfɔj.ðɨ]


figura pública

figura pública f (plural figuras públicas)

public figure (person subject to public interest)


figueira-de-bengala

figueira-de-bengala f (plural figueiras-de-bengala)


figueira-da-Índia

figueira-da-Índia f (plural figueiras-da-Índia)

prickly pear (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia)


fdp

Initialism of filho da puta or filha da puta.


extrassensorial

pt-adj

extrassensorial m or f (plural extrassensoriais)

extrasensory (of or relating to extrasensory perception)


fita adesiva

sticky tape (tape with glue on its surface)


fita métrica

measuring tape (tape with marks for measuring distance)


experiencial

experiencial m or f (plural experienciais)

experiential (of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience)


fita de Möbius

pt-noun

fita de Möbius f (plural fitas de Möbius)

(topology) Möbius strip (surface formed by connecting two opposite edges of a square in opposite directions)


fila indiana

single file (line or queue one person wide)


falível

From Medieval Latin fallibilis (“liable to err, also deceitful”), from Latin fallō (“to deceive, trick, cheat, disappoint”). By surface analysis, falir + -ível.

der

fallible (capable of making mistakes or being wrong)


fanfarra

fanfare (a flourish of trumpets or horns)


criptozoologia

pt-noun

criptozoologia f (plural criptozoologias)


fervura

the act of boiling (changing into vapour)


ficante

ficante m or f by sense (plural ficantes)

friend with benefits
friend with benefits


floresta tropical

floresta tropical f (plural florestas tropicais)


flor de lótus

flor de lótus f (plural flores de lótus)


figurinha

(Brazil) trading card (collectible card featuring information of interest to purchasers)


formação de quadrilha

formação de quadrilha f (plural formações de quadrilha)

(law) collaboration (cooperation in order to commit crime)


fora-de-lei

fora-de-lei m or f by sense (plural foras-de-lei)


foice e martelo

(Soviet iconography) hammer and sickle (symbol of the Soviet Union)


fibra ótica

optical fibre (fibre used for transmitting light)


foca da Groenlândia

foca da Groenlândia f (plural focas da Groenlândia)


flauta doce

Calque of Italian flauto dolce (literally “sweet flute”).

calque

(Brazil, music) recorder (flute-like musical instrument)


forma canónica

pt-noun

forma canónica f (plural formas canónicas)

(mathematics) canonical form (standard or normal presentation of a mathematical entity)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see forma, canónica.


francomaçonaria

francomaçonaria f (usually uncountable, plural francomaçonarias)

Freemasonry (institution and ways of the Freemasons)


fita-cola

adhesive tape; sticky tape (tape with glue on its surface)


fracote

fracote m or f by sense (plural fracotes)


força aérea

air force (branch of the military devoted to air warfare)


fonte batismal

fonte batismal f (plural fontes batismais)

font (a receptacle in church for holy water)


forças armadas

armed forces (the military forces of a nation)


franco-maçom

franco-maçom m or f by sense (plural franco-maçons)

Freemason (member of the Free and Accepted Masons)


frase preposicional

frase preposicional f (plural frases preposicionais)

prepositional phrase
prepositional phrase

(grammar) prepositional phrase (phrase that has both a preposition and its complement)


força de vontade

força de vontade f (plural forças de vontade)


finidade

finity (state or characteristic of being finite)


fuga de cérebros

fuga de cérebros f (plural fugas de cérebros)

brain drain (emigration of educated people)


força centrífuga

força centrífuga f (plural forças centrífugas)

centrifugal force (force that seems to push all bodies away from the centre of rotation)


fivela

From Old Galician-Portuguese fivela, from Vulgar Latin *fībella, diminutive of Latin fībula (whence Portuguese fíbula was borrowed).
Cognate with Galician fibela and Spanish hebilla.


filologista

pt-adj

filologista m or f (plural filologistas)

philological (pertaining to the history of literature)


filologista

pt-noun

filologista m or f by sense (plural filologistas)

philologist (person who engages in philology)


fura-greve

fura-greve m or f by sense (plural fura-greves)

strikebreaker (worker hired to replace a striking worker)


função trigonométrica

função trigonométrica f (plural funções trigonométricas)

trigonometric function
trigonometric function

(trigonometry) trigonometric function (a function of an angle)


função inversa

função inversa f (plural funções inversas)

(mathematics) inverse function (function that does the opposite of another)


função algébrica

função algébrica f (plural funções algébricas)

(algebra) algebraic function (function that only uses the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and raising to a rational power)


função derivada

função derivada f (plural funções derivadas)


fusão a frio

cold fusion (hypothetical form of nuclear fusion)


flexão

(grammar) inflection (change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function)

push-up (exercise performed by resting on one’s toes and hands and pushing one’s weight off the floor)


gaivota-parda

gaivota-parda f (plural gaivotas-pardas)


galeria de arte

galeria de arte f (plural galerias de arte)

art gallery (space where works of art are placed on display)


garrafa térmica

garrafa térmica f (plural garrafas térmicas)


galinha d'angola

galinha d'angola f (plural galinhas d'angola)

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


folheação

(topology) foliation (a set of subspaces coextensive with a manifold)


garota de programa

garota de programa f (plural garotas de programa)


garça-cinzenta

garça-cinzenta f (plural garças-cizentas)

Ardea cinerea
Ardea cinerea#Translingual

grey heron (the Old World heron Ardea cinerea)


fronha

pillow case (sheet for covering a pillow)


forragem

[foˈχa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(agriculture) forage; fodder (food stored for farm animals)


frágua

From Old Galician-Portuguese frauga, from a Vulgar Latin *frabica, a metathetic form of Latin fabrica (“smithy, forge”). Doublet of the borrowing fábrica and of forja, from French. Cognate with Spanish fragua.


filariose

filariasis (disease caused by the infestation of the lymphatic system with nematodes)


geometria algébrica

(mathematics) algebraic geometry (branch of mathematics that studies solutions of systems of algebraic equations using both algebra and geometry)


florada

blossom (state or season for such flowers)


franguinha

/fɾɐ̃ˈɡĩ.ɲɐ/

[fɾɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃ɐ]

/fɾɐ̃ˈɡĩ.ɲɐ/

[fɾɐ̃ˈɡĩ.j̃ɐ]

/fɾɐ̃ˈɡi.ɲa/

/fɾɐ̃ˈɡi.ɲɐ/


geometria euclidiana

(geometry) Euclidean geometry (familiar geometry of the real world)


gestão de recursos humanos

gestão de recursos humanos f (uncountable)

human resource management
human resource management

human resource management (methods concerning the mobilisation and development of personnel)


geo-espacial

pt-adj

geo-espacial m or f (plural geo-espaciais)

geospatial (of or relating to a geographic location)


fissão nuclear

pt-noun

fissão nuclear f (plural fissões nucleares)

(nuclear physics) nuclear fission (nuclear reaction that releases energy)


fofoca

Ela espalhou a fofoca por toda a cidade.

She spread the gossip all over the town.


fragrância

[fɾaˈɡɾɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/fɾaˈɡɾɐ̃.sjɐ/

[fɾaˈɡɾɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/fɾaˈɡɾɐ̃.sjɐ/

/fɾɐˈɡɾɐ̃.sjɐ/

[fɾɐˈɣɾɐ̃.sjɐ]

Learned borrowing from Latin frāgrantia.


frustração

[fɾuʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/fɾuʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

frustration (feeling of annoyance when one’s actions are criticised or hindered)


focinheira

muzzle (device to stop an animal from biting, worn over its snout)


fáretra

Learned borrowing from Latin pharetra, from Ancient Greek φαρέτρα (pharétra, “quiver”).


gagueira

[ɡaˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[ɡaˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]


frugalidade

frugality; thrift (avoiding unnecessary expenditure)


gafaria

/ɡɐ.fɐˈɾi.ɐ/

(historical) leprosarium (place where leprous people are quarantined)


fundura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *fondura. By surface analysis, fundo (“deep”) + -ura. Doublet of Honduras.
Cognate with Galician fondura and Spanish hondura.

surf

(informal) depth (vertical distance below a surface)


gambiarra

/ɡɐ̃ˈbja.ʁɐ/

/ɡɐ̃ˈbja.ʁɐ/

[ɡɐ̃.bɪˈa.χɐ]

/ɡɐ̃ˈbja.ʁɐ/

[ɡɐ̃ˈbja.χɐ]

/ɡɐ̃ˈbja.ʁɐ/


galinhola

(ornithology) woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

(Brazil, ornithology) guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)


galé

→ Indonesian: galai

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galee, a borrowing from Old French galee, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

inh+

(nautical) galley (ship propelled primarily by oars)


fécula

Learned borrowing from Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).

starch (powdery substance extracted from plants)


folhagem

[foˈʎa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

By surface analysis, from folha (“leaf”) + -agem.


genuflexão

genuflection (the act of genuflecting, in the sense of bowing down)


gengibirra

[ʒẽ.ʒiˈβi.ʁɐ]

ginger beer (drink flavoured with ginger)


fornada

batch (quantity of baked goods made at one time)


garoupa

Of debated origin: probably from an indigenous language of South America (perhaps Old Tupi). Or, from Latin clupea (“type of herring”).

grouper (large fish of the subfamily Epiphelinae)

Coloquei duas garoupas na mão dele, levantei para sair.

2010, Saulo Ribeiro, Ponto Morto, 2 edition, Vitória: Cousa, published 2016, page 34

(Brazil, slang) a R$100 bill, which bears the image of a grouper


galáxia anã

(astronomy) dwarf galaxy (galaxy with only several billions of stars)


forma-sonata

(music) sonata form (a form of classical music)


fita magnética

pt-noun

fita magnética f (plural fitas magnéticas)

magnetic tape (acrylic tape used for recording data)


física de partículas

particle physics (branch of physics that studies the elementary constituents of matter)


fisga

From Spanish fisga (“trident, harpoon”), back-formation from fisgar (“to spear, harpoon”).

(Portugal) slingshot (device for shooting small projectiles)

(fishing) gig (a forked spear used to catch fish)

barb (a point that stands backwards, especially in a fishhook or gig)


genética molecular

molecular genetics (a field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level)


fusão nuclear

fusão nuclear f (plural fusões nucleares)

(nuclear physics) nuclear fusion (the combining of the nuclei of small atoms to form the nuclei of larger ones)


função de onda

função de onda f (plural funções de onda)

/fũˈsɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi ˈõ.dɐ/

[fũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈõ.dɐ]

/fũˈsɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi ˈõ.dɐ/

[fũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈõ.dɐ]

[fũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ de ˈõ.da]

/fũˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈd‿õ.dɐ/

(physics) wavefunction (function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle)


fortificação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin fortificātiōnem. By surface analysis, fortificar + -ção.

lbor

fortification (works erected to defend a place against attack)


galha

From Vulgar Latin *gallea, from Latin galla.

gall (tumorous growth on the surface of plants)


geodésia

geodesy (scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of Earth)


física nuclear

nuclear physics (branch of physics that studies the nucleus of the atom)


garça-real

[ˌɡaχ.sɐ.χeˈaʊ̯]

[ˌɡaɾ.sɐˈʁjaɫ]

[ˌɡaɾ.sɐˈʁjaɫ]

grey heron (the Old World wading bird Ardea cinerea of the heron family)


giesteira

/ʒjɛʃˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʒjɛʃˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʒjɛʃˈte.ɾɐ/


fátua

(Islam) fatwa (legal opinion issued by a mufti)


funerária

O João trabalha numa funerária.

funeral home (business providing funeral services)


ceifa

Borrowed from Arabic صَيْف (ṣayf, “summer”). Cognate with Galician ceifa (“harvesting”).


glândula parótida

pt-noun

glândula parótida f (plural glândulas parótidas)


glândula mamária

glândula mamária f (plural glândulas mamárias)

(anatomy) mammary gland (milk-secreting gland)


gota de chocolate

gota de chocolate f (plural gotas de chocolate)

chocolate chip (a small, near-conical piece of chocolate)


gota d'água no oceano

gota d'água no oceano f (plural gotas d'água no oceano)

(idiomatic) drop in the bucket (an action or thing having very little influence)


goma de mascar

goma de mascar f (plural gomas de mascar)


ginja

Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus#Translingual

sour cherry (fruit of the Prunus cerasus tree)

(by extension) a liqueur produced from the fruits


gosma

(uncountable, informal) goo (sticky or gummy substance)


ginguba

From Kimbundu jinguba, plural of nguba, from kuba (“to reproduce”).


grade levadiça

grade levadiça f (plural grades levadiças)

portcullis (type of gate in the form of a grating)


groselha vermelha

groselha vermelha f (plural groselhas vermelhas)

redcurrant (berry of the shrub Ribes rubrum)


girada

turn (change of direction or orientation)


granada de mão

granada de mão f (plural granadas de mão)

(military) hand grenade (explosive device designed to be thrown by hand)