cordilheira

Borrowed from Spanish cordillera, from Old Spanish cordilla, cordiella, diminutive of cuerda (“a rope, string”) (compare Portuguese corda).


distribuição

[d͡ʒiʃ.tɾi.buɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin distribūtiōnem; influenced by distribuir.


casula

From Late Latin casubla, from Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).


báscula

bascule (unequal arm scales for large weights)

weighbridge (drawbridge with counterweight)


Elizabete

a female given name; Alternative form of Elisabete


altivez

From altivo + -ez. Cognate with Spanish altivez.


ascético

pt-noun

ascético m or f by sense (plural ascéticos)


duelista

duelista m or f by sense (plural duelistas)


táctil

tactile (relating to the sense of touch)


Tenochtitlán

Tenochtitlan (the former capital of the Aztec Empire; modern Mexico City)


mordaz

Borrowed from Latin mordācem (“biting”).

mordacious (sharp or caustic in style or tone)


osasquense

osasquense m or f by sense (plural osasquenses)

(demonym) native or inhabitant of Osasco (Brazilian municipality)


floricultura

By surface analysis, flor + -i- + cultura.

surf

Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa

(Brazil) a place where flowers are grown and/or sold


acupuntura

acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)


fona

Ultimately from Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn, “fire”), from Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).

spark (small particle of glowing matter)


fornalha

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *fornacla, contracted form of Latin fornācula, diminutive of fornāx.


consoante

From Old Galician-Portuguese *consõante, from Latin cōnsonantem (“sounding with”). Doublet of consonante.


foz

From Old Galician-Portuguese foz, from Latin fōcem, early monophthongized variant of faucem. Compare Spanish hoz.


adultez

adulthood (the condition of being an adult)


eclíptica

(astronomy) ecliptic (Earth’s orbital plane)


austeridade

Learned borrowing from Latin austēritātem.


aeroespacial

pt-adj

aeroespacial m or f (plural aeroespaciais)


autocrata

pt-noun

autocrata m or f by sense (plural autocratas)


animação

Learned borrowing from Latin animātiōnem. By surface analysis, animar + -ção.


toponímia

(linguistics, uncountable) toponymy (the study of placenames)

(linguistics) toponymy (the set of placenames in a region)


alienação

Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnātiōnem. By surface analysis, alienar + -ção. Piecewise doublet of alheação.

A alienação de ativos da empresa atingiu cerca 3 milhões de euros.

The company’s asset divestitures totaled about 3 million euros.

(financial) divestiture, sale, disposition


alçada

o Metro de Lisboa se mantém na alçada do Governo

the Lisbon metro falls under the government's responsibilities


bomba atômica

pt-noun

bomba atômica f (plural bombas atômicas)


mamografia

(medicine) mammography (X-ray examination of the breasts)


aurícula

Learned borrowing from Latin auricula (“outer ear”). Doublet of orelha.

lbor

(anatomy) auricle (ear-shaped appendage of the atrium of the heart)

(botany) auricle (appendage in the shape of an earlobe)


fulô

Adeus, vou-me embora, Maria / Fulô do meu coração / Eu voltarei qualquer dia / É só chover no sertão

1970, “Adeus Maria Fulô [Goodbye Maria Fulô]”, Humberto Teixeira, Sivuca (music)

Goodbye, I'm departing, Maria / Flower of my heart / I shall come back someday / As soon as it rains in the sertão

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of flor, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese.


codorna

quail (any of several small species of game bird)


corrente alterna

pt-noun

corrente alterna f (plural correntes alternas)


anémona

anémonas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Borrowed from Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē).


Fausta

a female given name, masculine equivalent Faustus


Lúcia

a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy


Natália

Borrowed from Latin Natalia, from nātālis (“natal”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Natalie, Nathalie


Joana

Borrowed from Latin Joanna, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה.

der

Hebrew יוֹחָנָה

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joanna


Simão

From Old Galician-Portuguese Simon, from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן.

Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן


CEF

Caixa Econômica Federal
w:Caixa Econômica Federal

(Brazil) Acronym of Caixa Econômica Federal.


Galícia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia. Doublet of Galiza and Galécia.

autonomous community
autonomous community

(Brazil) Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Galícia

Galicia (a historical region in Central Europe)


antifeminista

pt-adj

antifeminista m or f (plural antifeministas)


antifeminista

pt-noun

antifeminista m or f by sense (plural antifeministas)

antifeminist (person antagonistic to feminism)


antitranspirante

pt-adj

antitranspirante m or f (plural antitranspirantes)

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.tɾɐ̃s.piˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.tɾɐ̃s.piˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.tɾɐ̃ʃ.piˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.ti.tɾɐ̃ʃ.piˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

(botany) antitranspirant (reducing transpiration in plants)


antimonopolista

antimonopolista m or f (plural antimonopolistas)

(economy) antimonopoly, antimonopolistic, antitrust (opposing monopolies)


antimonopolista

pt-noun

antimonopolista m or f by sense (plural antimonopolistas)

(economy) antimonopolist (one who opposes monopolies)


cáustica

(optics, computer graphics) caustic (envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object)

(mathematics) caustic (envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve)


ascética

asceticism (the principles and practices of an ascetic)


Sousa

English: Sousa

Spanish: Sosa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sousa. Traditionally said to be from Latin saxa, plural of Latin saxum, but the regular outcome of the latter is seixo. Alternatively from a hypothetical *Saucia, *Socia.


apóstata

pt-noun

apóstata m or f by sense (plural apóstatas)

Borrowed from Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek [Term?].


antífona

From Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “verse response”), from ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “responsive”), from ἀντί (antí, “against, in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).


caligem

Borrowed from Latin cālīginem (“fog”). Compare Italian caligine.


luxúria

lust (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)


cirurgia

From Old Galician-Portuguese cilurgia, borrowed from Latin chīrūrgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


pizzaria

From pizza + -aria. Compare Italian pizzeria.


dalit

Dalit (member of an outcaste people of India)


myrra

pt-noun

myrra f (usually uncountable, plural myrras)


Antonina

a female given name, equivalent to English Antonina


Antonina

From Antônio + -ina, after Francisco António, Prince of Beira.

Antonina (a town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil)


myrrha

myrrha f (usually uncountable, plural myrrhas)

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


sugestão

[su.ʒeʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/su.ʒɨʃˈtɐ̃w̃/


suavidade

Learned borrowing from Latin suāvitātem.


Mileto

Miletus (ancient Greek city in western Anatolia, in modern Turkey)


antonímia

(semantics) antonymy (the semantic relation between antonyms)


adstringente

pt-adj

adstringente m or f (plural adstringentes)

(medicine) astringent (having the effect of drawing tissue together)


aliquanta

(mathematics) aliquant (integer that does not divide another into integral parts)


xerpa

sherpa (local employed as mountain guide/ porter)


geómetra

pt-noun

geómetra m or f by sense (plural geómetras)

geómetras (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin geōmētrēs, from Ancient Greek γεωμέτρης (geōmétrēs).


dependente

dependent (relying upon; depending upon)


dependente

dependente m or f by sense (plural dependentes)

dependent (one who relies on another for support)


balística

(physics) ballistics (science of the study of falling objects)


Republika Srpska

República Srpska
República Srpska#Portuguese


Perpignan

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peɾ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/peʁ.pĩˈɲɐ̃/

/pɛɾ.piˈɲɐ̃/

Unadapted borrowing from French Perpignan.

ubor

Perpignan (a city in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France)


antanagoge

/ɐ̃.tɐ.nɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/

[ɐ̃.tɐ.nɐˈɣɔ.ʒɨ]

(rhetoric) antanagoge (answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge)


proficiente

pt-adj

proficiente m or f (plural proficientes)


agência

Borrowed from Italian agenzia or French agence, both from Medieval Latin agentia.

agency (capacity of individuals to act independently)

agência imobiliária

agência funerária

agency (establishment engaged in doing business for another)


Violeta

a female given name, equivalent to English Violet


fónica

phonics (the art of combining sounds according to the laws of acoustics)


jornalista

pt-noun

jornalista m or f by sense (plural jornalistas)

Borrowed from French journaliste. By surface analysis, jornal + -ista. Piecewise doublet of diarista.


argumentante

pt-adj

argumentante m or f (plural argumentantes)


celeuma

Learned borrowing from Latin celeuma, alternative form of celeusma (“a call given by the stroke to other oarsmen to keep time”), from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “order, command”). Cognate with Italian ciurma.


amazonite

European Portuguese standard spelling of amazonita.


redundante

/ʁɨ.dũˈdɐ̃.tɨ/

[ʁɨ.ðũˈdɐ̃.tɨ]


chana

(Angola, geography) savanna (tropical grassland with scattered trees)


bocha

(Brazil) bowls; lawn bowls (sport where players roll balls such that they stop as close as possible to another ball)

(Brazil) bowl (ball thrown by the player in lawn bowls)


resplendente

pt-adj

resplendente m or f (plural resplendentes)

resplendent (shiny and pleasing to the eye)


catechese

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


jovem

Inherited from Latin iuvenis. Compare Galician xove, Spanish joven.

Minhas tias são jovens.


jovem

Macanese: (both senses) jóvi


Kolyma

Kolyma (a traditional region in northeastern Russia)


acatalepsia

(philosophy) acatalepsy (the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty)


acção

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


salmoura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese salmoira, from Late Latin salimuria, from Latin sal + muria.

inh+

brine (moisture that drips from salted fish or meat)

brine (water saturated with salt, sometimes enriched with other substances or seasonings, in which meat, fish, olives, etc. are preserved.)

brine tank, pickle jar (vessel where organic substances are preserved with salt water)

salting (the process of preserving food in salt)

desalination brine, waste brine (wastewater with a high concentration of salt (among other substances), which results from the process of desalination of seawater)


incumbente

pt-noun

incumbente m or f by sense (plural incumbentes)


correspondente

pt-adj

correspondente m or f (plural correspondentes)

corresponding (that have a similar relationship)


correspondente

pt-noun

correspondente m or f by sense (plural correspondentes)

pen pal (person with whom one communicates using letters)


corruptela

Borrowed from Latin corruptēla (“corruption”).

bor+

(linguistics) corruption (debased or nonstandard form of a word)

(Brazil) small miner village on the edge of virgin lands


elementar

elementary (relating to the basic part of something)


homogenia

homogeneity (quality of being homogeneous)


façanha

From Old Galician-Portuguese façanna, from Old Spanish fazaña, of disputed origin. Suggested derivations include:
* Andalusian Arabic حَسَنَة (ḥasana) with influence of facer (“to do”), from Arabic حَسَنَة (ḥasana, “good deed”)
* from a form of facer (“to do”), specifically:
** Old Spanish faciana
** Vulgar Latin *facinus
** Vulgar Latin *facianea, reportedly attested as fazania

feat, achievement; deed (rare or difficult accomplishment)

prowess (distinguished bravery or courage)


phlegma

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


freqüência

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


relaxante

/ʁɨ.laˈʃɐ̃.tɨ/


malevolente

pt-adj

malevolente m or f (plural malevolentes)

Borrowed from Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volēns (“willing, wishing”), from volō (“to wish”).


estola

Borrowed from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “stole, garment, equipment”).


guita

(colloquial) cash; dough; cheese (money)


guita

string (long, thin and flexible structure made from twisted threads)


Múrcia

Murcia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)


raça

Borrowed from Italian razza, of uncertain origin.


Virgínia

From English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia


analysta

pt-noun

analysta m or f by sense (plural analystas)


humanoide

humanoid (having the appearance or characteristics of a human)


plantago

Borrowed from Latin plantāgō. Compare the inherited doublet tanchagem.

plantain (any plant of the genus Plantago)


quina

Shortening of esquina (“corner”), from Gothic.

corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)


quina

From Latin quīna, feminine singular of quīnus (“fivefold”).

fivesome (group of five persons or things)

(games) the number 5 on a die, card, domino, etc.

a type of lottery where the goal is to get five numbers right

bandeira das quinas

(heraldry) a group of five small blue shields depicted in the flag of Portugal


quina

Clipping of quinaquina, from Quechua [Term?].

cinchona (any of several South American trees of the genus Cinchona)


germanofilia

germanophilia (the love of the country, culture or people of Germany)


genealogista

genealogista m or f by sense (plural genealogistas)

genealogist (person who researches family lines)


adquirente

adquirente m or f by sense (plural adquirentes)


pousada

→ English: pousada

From Old Galician-Portuguese pousada, from pousar (“to rest”) + -ada, from Latin pausāre (“to halt”).

inn (establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink)


globalista

globalista m or f by sense (plural globalistas)


adjuvante

[ɐ.ðʒuˈvɐ̃.tɨ]

[ɐ.ðʒuˈvɐ̃.tɨ]

[ɐ.ðʒuˈβɐ̃.tɨ]

From Latin adiuvantem (compare Spanish adyuvante). By surface analysis, adjuvar + -ante.

(phramacology, of a drug) adjuvant (containing a substance that aids the principal ingredient)


adjuvante

adjuvante m or f by sense (plural adjuvantes)

[ɐ.ðʒuˈvɐ̃.tɨ]

[ɐ.ðʒuˈvɐ̃.tɨ]

[ɐ.ðʒuˈβɐ̃.tɨ]


gorgiera

ruff (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)


alegoria

Borrowed from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

allegory (the representation of abstract principles)


lelé

(informal) lacking sanity; insane; crazy; demented


acromioclavicular

pt-adj

acromioclavicular m or f (plural acromioclaviculares)

(anatomy) acromioclavicular (pertaining to the acromion and the clavicle)


boca livre

Havia mais gente na festa que ele imaginava, inclusive alguns bicões que sempre aproveitam uma boca livre.

2010, Eric Fadista, Um tapa na cara dos hipócritas, Biblioteca 24x7, page 39

There were more people in the party than he imagined, even some freeloaders who always take advantage of a party with free food.

(informal, Brazil) a party or other social event where there is free food


cantiga

/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

/kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡɐ/

folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)

(figurative, colloquial) nonsense; story


sylphide

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


meretriz

/mɨ.ɾɨˈtɾiʃ/

Learned borrowing from Latin meretrīcem.


iole

yawl (a fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen)


aquatinta

(art) aquatint (form of etching with acid on a plate)


brigadista

soldado brigadista


brigadista

pt-noun

brigadista m or f by sense (plural brigadistas)


-ume

-ume f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -umes)

Ultimately from Latin -ūmen (action noun suffix).

curtir (“to tan”) + -ume → curtume (“tannery”)

queixa (“complaint”) + -ume → queixume

tapar (“to cover”) + -ume → tapume (“siding”)

used to form nouns, derived from verbs, adjectives or other nouns, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation


avarícia

Borrowed from Latin avāritia. Doublet of avareza.

(archaic) avarice (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)


Latona

From Latin Lātōna, a Latinization of Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētṓ).

(Greek mythology) Latona (mother of Apollo)


quilocaloria

From quilo- (“kilo-”) + caloria (“calorie”).


Provença

Provence (a traditional region in southern France)


província

Borrowed from Latin prōvincia. Doublet of Proença and Provença.


alça

Deverbal from alçar (“to lift”), from Old Galician-Portuguese alçar, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre, derived from Latin altus (“high”).

a semicircular handle, such as the bail of a bucket and the handles of bags and purses

shoulder strap (in clothes, the strap that goes over the shoulder)

(anatomy) a part of an organ that forms an arc (mostly in the intestines and blood vessels)


Cisjordânia

Borrowed from Latin Cisiordania. By surface analysis, cis- + Jordânia.

West Bank (a traditional region in Palestine)


chita

Borrowed from English cheetah, from Hindi चीता (cītā, “leopard, panther”), ultimately from Sanskrit चित्र (citra, “multicolored, speckled”).

der

Acinonyx jubatus
Acinonyx jubatus#Translingual


chita

Ela que devia ter ficado no Sertão de Alagoas com vestido de chita e sem nenhuma datilografia, já que escrevia tão mal, só tinha até o terceiro ano primário.

1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Leningrado

(historical) Leningrad (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia); former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991


legista

pt-noun

legista m or f by sense (plural legistas)


bactéria

Borrowed from New Latin bactēria, a neuter plural reinterpreted as a feminine singular, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff”).


sacola

Kadiwéu: xaacola

→ Hunsrik: Sacola


guitarra acústica

pt-noun

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarras acústicas)

(music, retronym) acoustic guitar (hollow-body guitar)


governamental

pt-adj

governamental m or f (plural governamentais)


masmorra

Borrowed from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra).


aglutina

(immunology) agglutin (any antibody that causes agglutination of cells)


catacumba

From Late Latin catacumbae, dissimilation of Latin cata- (“among”) (from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “under”)) + tumbas.

catacomb (underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves)


amorita

pt-noun

amorita m or f by sense (plural amoritas)

Amorite (member of an ancient Semitic people who lived to the west of the Euphrates)


aliyá

aliyah (immigration of Jews into Israel)


profecia

prophecy (prediction made under divine inspiration)


rulote

(Portugal) caravan/trailer (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)


couve-flor

couve-flor f (plural couves-flor or couves-flores)

couves-flor (plural)
couves-flores (plural)


Álvarez

a surname, a mostly obsolete variant of Álvares


babá

onomatopoeic

Child speech

(Brazil) nanny; babysitter (child’s nurse)


Ávila

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

Ávila (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Ávila)


Castro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Castro, from castro (“fortification”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish Castro.
The municipality in Brazil was named after Portuguese minister Martinho de Melo e Castro.


jaqueta

→ Hunsrik: Schakett

jacket (piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse)


setentrional

pt-adj

setentrional m or f (plural setentrionais)

northern (situated in or relating to the north)


ufa

Uncertain. Proposed etymologies include:
* from Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌾𐍉 (ufjō, “superfluous”);
* from the Latin abbreviation ex-off (ex officiō);
* from the Latin initialism AUF (ad ūsum fabricae).


capela

→ Konkani: कोपेल (kopel)

→ Malayalam: കപ്പേള (kappēḷa)

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

inh

(religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)

(chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)


Persépolis

Learned borrowing from Latin Persēpolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis).

Persepolis (ancient ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, in modern Iran)


abdominoperineal

pt-adj

abdominoperineal m or f (plural abdominoperineais)

(anatomy) abdominoperineal (relating to the abdomen and the perineum)


desconcertante

desconcertante m or f (plural desconcertantes)


residencial

residencial m or f (plural residenciais)


pra

(colloquial) Contraction of pra a (“for/to the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of pro


queixa

Deverbal from queixar (“to complain”). Compare Spanish queja.


Sena

pt-noun

Sena m or f by sense (plural Senas or Sena)

a member of the Sena people of Mozambique


motoneta

motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)


triunfante

[tɾiʊ̯̃ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

[tɾiʊ̯̃ˈfɐ̃.t͡ʃi]


liturgista

liturgista m or f by sense (plural liturgistas)

liturgist (a person knowledgeable about liturgy)


lucioperca

Sander lucioperca
Sander lucioperca#Translingual

zander (Sander lucioperca, a European freshwater fish)


seiva

→ Spanish: savia (or from Galician)

Borrowed from French sève and perhaps influenced by its homophone.


seqüela

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


Maratona

Borrowed from Latin Marathōna, from Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn).


aeronaval

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.nɐˈvaɫ]

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.nɐˈvaɫ]

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.nɐˈβaɫ]

aeronaval (relating to the navy and the air force)


incondicional

pt-adj

incondicional m or f (plural incondicionais)


matriarca

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.

matriarch (a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group)


rusalka

(Slavic mythology) rusalka (female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths)


meda

Inherited from Latin mēta (“cone, pyramid; boundary limit”).


-ense

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -ês.

lbor

Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“Berliner”)

forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place

Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“of or relating to Berlin”)

forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”


metila

Brazilian Portuguese standard form of metilo (“methyl”).


qualquer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese qual quer, from qual + quer. Compare Catalan qualque, Galician calquera, Spanish cualquier and French quelque.

inh+

Escolhe qualquer livro.

any; whatever (no matter what kind, which or who)

Qualquer dia o visito.


mineralogista

pt-noun

mineralogista m or f by sense (plural mineralogistas)


Mnemosine

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη (Mnēmosúnē).

(Greek mythology) Mnemosyne (the titaness of memory)


Cidade do Cabo

Cape Town (the legislative capital of South Africa)


mogol

Borrowed from Persian مغول (moğul), an Arabic and Persian corruption of Mongol, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol). Doublet of mongol.

(historical) Moghul; Mughal (member of the Moghal dynasty)


Morgana

/moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/

[moɦˈɡɐ̃.nɐ]

/moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/

[moɦˈɡɐ̃.nɐ]

/moɾˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/

/moʁˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/

From Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen (a female given name unrelated with the male one Morgan, literally “sea-born”).

der

a female given name unrelated with the male one <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Morgan</i>

(Arthurian legend) Morgan le Fay (half-sister of King Arthur)

a female given name, used mainly in fiction.


nadiral

nadiral (pertaining to or situated at a nadir)


simulação

(soccer) simulation (attempt of feigning a fool)

simulation
simulation (attempt of feigning a fool)


Zuleica

a female given name, equivalent to English Zuleika


antiliberal

pt-adj

antiliberal m or f (plural antiliberais)

(politics) antiliberal (opposing liberalism)


antiliberal

pt-noun

antiliberal m or f by sense (plural antiliberais)

(politics) antiliberal (one who opposes liberalism)


novecentista

pt-adj

novecentista m or f (plural novecentistas)


horripilante

horripilante m or f (plural horripilantes)

Borrowed from Spanish horripilar, from Late Latin horripilāre. Doublet of arrepiante.


ondina

From Latin undina. By surface analysis, onda + -ina.


ontologista

pt-noun

ontologista m or f by sense (plural ontologistas)


organografia

/ˌɔɾ.ɡɐ.nɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

[ˌɔɾ.ɣɐ.nɔ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]


osseta

Ossetian (member of the Ossetian people)


radionovela

radio drama (soap opera broadcast over the radio)


passionista

passionista m or f by sense (plural passionistas)

Passionist (member of a Roman Catholic institute with emphasis on the Passion)


Isa

a diminutive of the female given name Isabela


parodista

parodista m or f by sense (plural parodistas)


antipopular

pt-adj

antipopular m or f (plural antipopulares)


pietista

pt-noun

pietista m or f by sense (plural pietistas)

(Christianity) Pietist (follower of Pietism)


pietista

(Christianity) Pietist (relating to Pietism)


acidemia

(medicine) acidaemia (a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood)


queque

Borrowed from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).


pirotecnia

pyrotechnics (art and technology of fireworks)


antitextual

pt-adj

antitextual m or f (plural antitextuais)

(literature) antitextual (opposing textual conventions)


Magnitogorsk

Magnitogorsk (a city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia)


presciente

/pɾɨˈʃjẽ.tɨ/


dirigível

dirigível m or f (plural dirigíveis, not comparable)

From dirigir (“drive, direct”) + -ível (“-able”).


tinha

some other skin diseases of man and other animals

(zoology) common name of some insects, especially lepidoptera, whose caterpillars attack vegetables


anticultural

pt-adj

anticultural m or f (plural anticulturais)

anticultural (opposing mainstream culture or culture in general)


aliança

engagement ring or wedding ring (ring exchanged between bride and groom)

alliance (pact or treaty between countries or parties made to advance common goals)

A Tríplice Aliança venceu a guerra do Paraguai.

The Triple Alliance won the Paraguay War.

alliance (countries or parties which form an alliance)


corcova

hump (rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel)


chimia

Borrowed from Hunsrik Schmier. Cognate of English smear and German schmieren.

a type of jam made in South Brazil with the juice and pulp of fruits


beladona

Borrowed from Italian belladonna, from bella donna (literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna#Translingual

belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)


flanela

Borrowed from French flanelle, from English flannel.


caquistocracia

pt-noun

caquistocracia f (plural caquistocracias)

kakistocracy (government exercised by the least capable)


kabyle

Kabyle (member of a Berber ethnic group inhabiting Algeria and Tunisia)


recordista

recordista m or f by sense (plural recordistas)

[ʁɛ.kɔɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

record-holder (someone who holds a record)


recordista

[ʁɛ.kɔɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

(of a person or thing) who is a record-holder

(of an occurrence) record-breaking (beating the previous record)


roupa

Macanese: rópa

From Old Galician-Portuguese roupa, from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰 (*raupa), from 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (raupjan). Cognates include Portuguese and English robe, Italian roba, Spanish ropa. See also Portuguese roubar.

Tu compras roupa.


relativista

pt-adj

relativista m or f (plural relativistas)


relativista

pt-noun

relativista m or f by sense (plural relativistas)


preocupante

pt-adj

preocupante m or f (plural preocupantes)

worrisome, worrying (that worries, that causes concern)


decisão

From decidir + -são, or borrowed from Latin dēcīsiōnem.


mercantil

[meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

[meχ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

[meɻ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

(economics) mercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)


retirante

pt-noun

retirante m or f by sense (plural retirantes)

/ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ʁe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

[χe.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

/ʁɨ.tiˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

(Brazil) an emigrant, especially one who leaves the Northeast Region of Brazil


feira

From Old Galician-Portuguese feira, from Late Latin feria (“festival, holiday”), from Latin feriae, from Proto-Indo-European *dhēs- (“god, godhead, deity”).
Cognate with Galician feira, Spanish feria, French foire, Italian fiera and English fair. Doublet of féria

der

designation for a weekday in Portuguese: e.g. segunda-feira for Monday, terça-feira for Tuesday, etc.


suástica

swastika (a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle)


pressão

[pɾeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


maldição

[maʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Likely a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictiōnem (“evil-speaking, curse”), from maledīcō (“to speak ill of”).


câmera

Variant of câmara, from Latin camera. Some sources state that the word might be a Brazilianism.


câmera

Alternative form of câmara (“cameraperson”)


troca

swap; exchange (the act of changing or exchanging one thing for another)


mise-en-scène

Unadapted borrowing from French mise en scène.

ubor

(theater, film) mise en scène (the arrangement of props and actors on a stage or for film)


Groninga

Groningen (a city and province of the Netherlands)


safena

From Medieval Latin saphena, from Arabic صَافِن (ṣāfin), from Hebrew צֹפֵן (ṣōfēn, “hiding”).


esperança de vida

pt-noun

esperança de vida f (plural esperanças de vida)

life expectancy (statistical measure of how long a person is expected to live)


sandinista

(relational) of the Sandinista National Liberation Front


sandinista

sandinista m or f by sense (plural sandinistas)

Sandinista (member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front)


Martins

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Martĩiz. By surface analysis, Martim + -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Martínez.


Freyja

(Norse mythology) Freya (goddess associated with sex, death, and magic)


picha

cruet (small bottle or container used to hold a condiment)


camada

From cama (“bed”). Compare semantic development with Greek στρώμα (stróma, “mattress, layer”).


maquinal

unconscious (without directed thought or awareness)


maquinista

pt-noun

maquinista m or f by sense (plural maquinistas)

engineer (Canada and the US), engine driver (Britain), train driver


negrura

blackness (the condition of being black in colour, or dark)


nutricional

pt-adj

nutricional m or f (plural nutricionais)


ordenha

[ɔɾˈðɐ(j).ɲɐ]

[ɔɾˈðɐ(j).ɲɐ]

milking (the act of extracting milk from an animal)


sequência

Observe esta sequência de números.

sequence; series (set of things that come one after the other)

Qual é a sequência desta carta?

follower (something that comes after another thing)

(Roman Catholicism) sequence (musical composition used in some masses between the readings)


vintena

. By surface analysis, vinte (“twenty”) + -ena.


secção

European Portuguese standard spelling of seção.


lixa

→ Hunsrik: Lisch

Unknown. Probably related to Spanish lijar (“to sand”) or Italian lisciare (“to smooth”).

sandpaper (paper coated with abrasive material)

nail file (small file used to file fingernails and toenails)

any dogfish shark characterised by rough skin


peste bovina

rinderpest (contagious viral disease that affects ruminants and swine)


víscera

From Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“internal organ”).

(anatomy) viscera (internal organ of the body)


cuia

→ Hunsrik: Kui

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

calabash (fruit of calabash vine (Lagenaria siceraria))

calabash (utensil traditionally made of the dried shell of a calabash)

(South Brazil) a vessel, traditionally made from the dried tip of a calabash, used to drink maté


Schubert

Unadapted borrowing from German Schubert.


Schumann

Unadapted borrowing from German Schumann.


Guayaquil

Alternative form of Guaiaquil, a city in Ecuador


churrascaria

From churrasco + -aria. Piecewise doublet of churrasqueira.

/ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

/t͡ʃu.ʁɐʃ.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

steakhouse (restaurant specializing in meat)


piroca

Unknown. Perhaps cognate with Galician pirola.

Ela me disse que ela quer lamber minha piroca até que eu atire meu leite no seu rosto.

She told me she wants to lick my cock until I shoot my cum on her face.


cimitarra

Borrowed from Italian scimitarra (“scimitar”), of unknown origin.


's-Hertogenbosch

's-Hertogenbosch (a city, capital, and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands)


garganta profunda

pt-noun

garganta profunda f (plural gargantas profundas)

/ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ/

[ɡaɦˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ]

/ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ/

[ɡaɦˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ]

/ɡaɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ/

/ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾoˈfũ.dɐ/

/ɡɐɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ pɾuˈfũ.dɐ/

[ɡɐɾˈɣɐ̃.tɐ pɾuˈfũ.dɐ]


hakka

Hakka (a member of a Han ethnic group of southern China)


bazuca

From English bazooka (“bazooka”), from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). Doublet of buzina.


espingarda

From Italian spingarda, from French espringale (“springald”), from Frankish *springan (“spring, jump”), from Proto-Germanic *springaną, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ǵʰ.

O filósofo francês está sentado dentro de um carro criado pela artista plástica portuguesa - um velho Morris Oxford preto, todo coberto por espingardas de plástico a apontar para trás, e, no interior, uma confusão de bonecos de peluche de todas as formas e cores.

2011 January 12, Alexandra Prado Coelho, “Um filósofo no meio dos peluches”, in Público


submetralhadora

submetralhadora f (plural submetralhadoras)

[ˌsuβ.mɨ.tɾɐ.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

[ˌsu.βɨ.mɨ.tɾɐ.ʎɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

From sub- + metralhadora (“machine gun”).


ascensional

pt-adj

ascensional m or f (plural ascensionais)

ascending; that ascends; characterised by ascension

(Christianity) relating to the Ascension


pena capital

capital punishment (punishment by death)


zarabatana

[zɐ.ɾɐ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

[zɐ.ɾɐ.βɐˈtɐ.nɐ]

Borrowed from Arabic زَرْبَطَانَة (zarbaṭāna, “blowgun”).

bor+

زَرْبَطَانَة


carreira

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese carreira, from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *k̑ers- (“to run”). Compare Galician carreira and Spanish carrera. By surface analysis, carro + -eira.

inh+

path, trail (particularly one which had to be opened)

(Brazil, informal) line (small portion of a powdery drug)

line, row
line (small portion of a powdery drug)


manganela

/mɐ̃.ɡɐˈnɛ.lɐ/

Borrowed from Italian manganella, from Late Latin mangănum (“mangonel, manganese”), from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

der

mangonel (medieval engine used to throw stones)


rapieira

/ʁɐˈpjɐj.ɾɐ/

/ʁɐˈpjɐj.ɾɐ/

Borrowed from French rapière (“rapier”).


gadanha

[ɡaˈdɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

[ɡaˈdɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

Borrowed from Spanish guadaña (“scythe”), from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (waiþaneis), or Frankish *waiþanjan (“to pasture, forage”). Both from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (“hunt, pasture, food”).


excruciante

pt-adj

excruciante m or f (plural excruciantes)

excruciating (causing great pain or anguish)


arboviral

(pathology, virology) arboviral (pertaining to or caused by the arbovirus)


azagaia

From colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

der

اَلزَّغَايَة

assegai (slim African spear or javelin with an iron tip)

Curtisia dentata
Wikispecies:Curtisia dentata

assegai (Curtisia dentata, a tree of southern Africa)


machadinha

[mɐ.ʃɐˈði.ɲɐ]

[mɐ.ʃɐˈði.ɲɐ]

[mɐ.t͡ʃɐˈði.ɲɐ]

Feminine diminutive of machado (“axe”), from Latin masclus (“male”), earlier masculus, diminutive of mās (“man”).


boleadeira

bolas (a throwing weapon made of weights at the end of interconnected cords)


heteroglossia

(linguistics) heteroglossia (the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code)


delação

From Latin delātiōnem (“accusation, denunciation”).


couraça

Inherited from Late Latin coriācea (vestis), from coriāceus, from Latin corium. Compare French cuirasse, source of English cuirass.


malha

Borrowed from French maille (“mesh, loop”), from Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *smh₁-tleh₂, from *smeh₁- (“smear, rub”). Compare the doublets mancha, mácula, mágoa, mangra, and maquis.

doublet

mesh (structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them)


malha

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula (“stain”). Compare the doublets mancha, malha, mácula, mágoa, and mangra.

a section of terrain with a different colour than that surrounding it


malha

From malhar (“to hammer; to beat”), from malho (“mallet; sledgehammer”), from Latin malleus (“hammer”).

a game where players have to throw hoops or horseshoes towards a pin on the ground

(Portugal) a bop or a banger (good music)


coifa

From Late Latin cofia, of West Germanic origin. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), all from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeybʰ-.

kitchen hood, (UK) extractor hood, (US) range hood, (AU, NZ) rangehood, cooker hood, exhaust hood, oven hood


welwitschia

Welwitschia mirabilis
Wikispecies:Welwitschia mirabilis

welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert plant of southwest Africa)


greva

Borrowed from Old French greve (“greave”).


lorcha

Uncertain. An early use is in Fernão Mendes Pinto's 1614 Peregrinação. Possibly a corruption of Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán) (in Cantonese: /lʊŋ²¹ ʃyːn²¹/), although the phonological and semantic differences are significant. Alternatively, perhaps related in some way to lancha.


conivente

(chiefly law) conniving (that connives; who does nothing to prevent a crime)


gripal

From gripe (“flu”) + -al (“of or relating to”).


caravela

→ Spanish: carabela

→ Catalan: caravel·la

[kɐ.ɾɐˈβɛ.lɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caravela, a diminutive of cáravo, or cárabo, from Ancient Greek κᾱ́ραβος (kā́rabos, “light ship, horned beetle”).


obstruente

Borrowed from Latin obstruentem Accusative of obstruēns. Doublet of obstruinte, which was formed by affixation.


fonemática

(linguistics) phonemics (the study of phonemes)


florescente

pt-adj

florescente m or f (plural florescentes)

(of a flower) blooming; flowering (opening in blossoms)


sampana

/sɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.nɐ/

/sɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.nɐ/

(nautical) sampan (flat-bottomed Chinese wooden boat propelled by two oars)


hena

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis#Translingual

henna (dye made from the leaves of the henna shrub)


estomacal

From Latin stomachālis, from stomachus (“stomach”) + -ālis, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos, “stomach”), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).


fodível

Há um monte de tipos fodíveis aqui.


excludente

exclusionary (acting to exclude something or someone)


numa

1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”

It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

Contraction of em uma (“in a (feminine)”): feminine singular of num


Parthenope

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


anima mundi

(religion, philosophy) anima mundi; world soul (single, unifying spirit present in every living being)


photographia

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


fã

Borrowed from English fan, shortened from fanatic, from Latin fānāticus (“temple related, enthusiastic”), from fānum (“temple”).


filosofal

From filósofo (“philosopher”) + -al (“of or relating to”).


missão

From Old Galician-Portuguese misson, mison, from Latin missiōnem.


traição

[tɾa.iˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾaɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese traiçon, from Latin trāditiōnem (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”) (from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)). By surface analysis, trair + -ção. Doublet of tradição. Cognate with Galician traizón and Spanish traición.


praga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese praga (“sore, curse”), borrowed from Latin plāga (“wound, misfortune”). Compare the inherited chaga.

inh+

Estou cheio de azar, alguém deve ter-me rogado uma praga.

I've been very unlucky, someone must have put a curse on me.

curse (prayer that harm may befall someone)

plague (a widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution)

Yersinia pestis
Yersinia pestis#Translingual

(uncountable) plague (a disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis)

(pathology) plague (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease)

(figuratively) someone or something which is a nuisance


encíclica

(Roman Catholicism) encyclical (papal letter circulated throughout the Church)


Catalunha

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


agalmatolite

European Portuguese standard spelling of agalmatolita.


assecla

pt-noun

assecla m or f by sense (plural asseclas)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin assecula.

slbor

contributor, follower (of a religion, philosophy, etc.)

a member of the same religion, philosophy, etc.


Midgard

(Norse mythology) Midgard (the abode of humans, between heaven and hell)


paramilitar

pt-adj

paramilitar m or f (plural paramilitares)


paramilitar

pt-noun

paramilitar m or f by sense (plural paramilitares)

paramilitary (a member of a paramilitary group)


psora

(Brazil, slang) Clipping of professora (“female teacher”).


neurolingüística

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


córnea

(anatomy) cornea (layer forming the front of the eye)


natalense

natalense m or f by sense (plural natalenses)


acícula

acicula (needle-like spine of some animals and plants)


angolense

Angolan (of or relating to Angola or its people)


angolense

angolense m or f by sense (plural angolenses)

Angolan (person from Angola or of Angolan descent)


cubense

pt-adj

cubense m or f (plural cubenses, not comparable)


cubense

pt-noun

cubense m or f by sense (plural cubenses)


Alghero

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Alghero, of unclear origin. Usually thought to derive from Medieval Latin Aleguerium (literally “stagnation of seaweed”) or Sardinian S'Alighèra, from aliga (“seaweed; rubbish”) + -era, but either way from Latin alga (“seaweed”), from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, slimy”).

der

Alghero (a city and port town in Sardinia, Italy)


Anahita

(Iranian mythology) Anahita (Iranian goddess of fertility)


floridense

pt-noun

floridense m or f by sense (plural floridenses)


contranatural

pt-adj

contranatural m or f (plural contranaturais)


guatemalense

pt-noun

guatemalense m or f by sense (plural guatemalenses)


guatemalense

pt-adj

guatemalense m or f (plural guatemalenses)

Guatemalan (of or relating to Guatemala)


apadana

(architecture, historical) apadana (a large hypostyle hall in ancient Persian palaces)


guineense

Guinean (of or relating to Guinea-Bissau)


guineense

pt-noun

guineense m or f by sense (plural guineenses)


tirania

tyranny (government in which a single ruler has absolute power)


Chorasmia

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


guianense

guianense m or f by sense (plural guianenses)


surinamense

pt-adj

surinamense m or f (plural surinamenses)


surinamense

pt-noun

surinamense m or f by sense (plural surinamenses)


sideral

Learned borrowing from Latin sīderālis, from sīdus (“star”).

(astronomy) sidereal (of or relating to the stars)


-cracia

-cracia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cracias)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”).


-plastia

pt-noun

-plastia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -plastias)


basílica

Borrowed from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).


onça-parda

[ˌõ.sɐˈpaɾ.ðɐ]

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual


suçuarana

French: couguar

→ English: couguar, cougar


cerval

desctree

French: serval
→ English: serval
→ German: Serval
→ Portuguese: serval
Translingual: Felis serval

Inherited from Latin cervārius (“pertaining to a stag”), from cervus (“deer, stag”). Doublet of serval.


jaguatirica

Com o nome «Ozelot» designa-se na litteratura estrangeira mais outra especie de Gato grande do Brasil que diz se ser o mesmo que, segundo Natterer, é aqui conhecido pelo nome de «Jacatirica» ou «Jaguatirica», Felis pardalis (Linné) da zoologia systematica.
By the name «Ozelot» they call, in foreign literature, another species of Brazilian big cat, which is said to be the same as, according to Natterer, what we know here by the name of «Jacatirica» or «Jaguatirica», Felis pardalis (Linné) of systematic zoology.

1893, Emílio Augusto Goeldi, “Carniceiros — CARNIVORA” (chapter IV), in Os mammiferos do Brasil [The mammals of Brazil], Rio de Janeiro: Alves & C., page 65

Leopardus pardalis
Leopardus pardalis#Translingual

Uma dicta, dicto de gato selvagem, conhecido tambem pelo nome de jaguatirica. (Felis Jaguarandi)

1875, Benjamin Franklin Ramiz Galvão, editor, Catalogo da Exposição Nacional em 1875 [Catalogue of the National Exposition in 1875], Rio de Janeiro: Carioca, page 337, line 1281

(obsolete) jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)


pantera-nebulosa

pt-noun

pantera-nebulosa f (plural panteras-nebulosas)

Neofelis nebulosa
Neofelis nebulosa#Translingual


cinética

(mechanics) kinetics (branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies)

(chemistry) kinetics (branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions)


cinemática

(physics) kinematics (the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion)


perfumaria

perfumery (factory where perfume is made)

Pois, como bem lembrou o sul-africano Jody Scheckter, importante do F1 é ganhar. O resto é perfumaria.

1977 November 11, Lemyr Martins, “Todos por um”, in Placar, number 394, Emerson, o esforçado, page 49, column 2

1987 May 15, “Parlamentarismo: novo projeto e "perfumaria".”, in Jornal da Tarde, number 6583, São Paulo, page 5, column 1:

2019 June 21, Maria Cecilia Prates Rodrigues, “Cultura é perfumaria no Brasil?”, in Estratégia Social, Rio de Janeiro:

[…] o design é visto como uma perfumaria, algo supérfluo e não essencial para resolver problemas e aumentar os lucros.

2023 June 14, Patrick A. G. Naufel, “Design não é perfumaria, pelo menos não deveria ser.”, in Medium


viquingue

viquingue m or f by sense (plural viquingues)


sexista

pt-adj

sexista m or f (plural sexistas, comparable, comparative mais sexista, superlative o mais sexista or sexistíssimo)

sexistas (plural)
mais sexista (comparative)
o mais sexista (superlative)
sexistíssimo (superlative)


-crata

pt-noun

-crata m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cratas)

From French -crate, back-formed from adjectives ending in -cratique, ultimately from Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”).


taura

(Rio Grande do Sul) bold, courageous, brave


invernal

wintry (suggestive or characteristic of winter)


dislexia

Learned borrowing from New Latin dyslexia.

lbor

(neurology, pathology) dyslexia (learning disability)


necromancia

necromancy (divination involving the dead)

necromancy (sorcery involving reanimating the dead)


arcual

(geometry) arcual (of or relating to an arc)


abdominojugular

pt-adj

abdominojugular m or f (plural abdominojugulares)

(medicine) abdominojugular (relating to the abdomen and the jugular vein)


acatalasemia

(pathology) acatalasaemia (lack of catalase in the blood)


platense

Platine (of or relating to the region around River Plate in South America)


arquiepiscopal

arquiepiscopal m or f (plural arquiepiscopais)

(ecclesiastical) archiepiscopal (of or relating to an archbishop or an archbishopric)


apagoge

/ɐ.pɐˈɡɔ.ʒɨ/

[ɐ.pɐˈɣɔ.ʒɨ]

(logic) apagoge (an indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary)


aclasia

(pathology) aclasia (lack of a physical distinction between normal and pathological tissue)


pechincha

/pɨˈt͡ʃĩ.t͡ʃɐ/


poupa

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin upupa.

hoopoe (Upupa epops, a small Old-World bird)


pescada

Merlangius merlangus
Merlangius merlangus#Translingual

(zoology) whiting (Merlangius merlangus)


ágora

(Ancient Greece) agora (Ancient Greek marketplace)


sefardita

pt-noun

sefardita m or f by sense (plural sefarditas)


sefardita

pt-adj

sefardita m or f (plural sefarditas, not comparable)


paquera

(Brazil, informal) flirtation, flirting (the act of trying to seduce someone romantically)

(Brazil, informal) a short and not intense romantic involvement


paquera

pt-noun

paquera m or f by sense (plural paqueras)

ele é meu paquera

(Brazil, informal) a person one is flirting or having a short relationship with


guionista

guionista m or f by sense (plural guionistas)

From Old French guion (“script”) + -ista.


selenografia

(astronomy, geography) selenography (study of the surface of the moon)


anticriminal

pt-adj

anticriminal m or f (plural anticriminais)

(law enforcement) anticrime (opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime)


loucura

From Old Galician-Portuguese loucura, from louco (“crazy”). By surface analysis, louco + -ura.


La Rioja

La Rioja (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Logroño)


Baleares

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea#English

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


activação

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


roraimense

roraimense m or f (plural roraimenses, not comparable)


roraimense

pt-noun

roraimense m or f by sense (plural roraimenses)


Adirondacks

Unadapted borrowing from English Adirondacks.

ubor

Adirondacks (a mountain range in New York, United States)


hipertrofia

hypertrophy (increase in the size of an organ)


amazonense

pt-adj

amazonense m or f (plural amazonenses, not comparable)

original or native from Amazonas (states of Venezuela and Brazil, departments of Colombia and Peru)


amazonense

pt-noun

amazonense m or f by sense (plural amazonenses)


namibiense

namibiense m or f by sense (plural namibienses)


abietina

(organic chemistry) abietin (a resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam)


bermudense

bermudense m or f by sense (plural bermudenses)

Bermudan, Bermudian (person from Bermuda)


bermudense

Bermudan, Bermudian (of or relating to Bermuda)


deleção

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlētiōnem (“destruction”).

lbor

(genetics) deletion (mutation causing loss of DNA from chromosomes)

(computing) deletion (act of erasing data from storage)


sabrina

(footwear, Portugal) ballet flat, flat, dolly shoe, ballet pump, ballerina, ballerina shoes


acrodonte

acrodont (having teeth united to the top of the alveolar ridge)


OMPI

w:pt:Organização Mundial da Propriedade Intelectual

(UN) Initialism of Organização Mundial da Propriedade Intelectual (“WIPO”).


siringe

Borrowed from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx). Doublet of seringa.

(music) syrinx (very old flute, with transverse wind, consisting of a series of tubes that produce a scale, Pan flute)

(zoology) syrinx (sound-producing organ, in birds, which is found at the lower end of the trachea)


sibarita

pt-noun

sibarita m or f by sense (plural sibaritas)

(historical) Sybarite (person from Sybaris)

sybarite (person devoted to pleasure and luxury)


sibarita

(of a person) devoted to pleasure and luxury


arboriforme

pt-adj

arboriforme m or f (plural arboriformes)

arboriform (resembling a tree in shape or appearance)


arboricultura

arboriculture (the planting and growth of trees)


vinicultura

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


Nínive

Nineveh (an ancient city in Assyria, in modern Iraq, near Mosul)


camarata

Ao mesmo tempo que ia arrastando a mala, a mulher guiava o marido para a camarata que se encontrava mais perto da entrada.

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho

While she was dragging the suitcase, the woman guided her husband to the dormitory closest to the entrance.


ameia

Inherited from Latin minās (“battlements”).

inh+

battlement (indented parapet formed by a series of rising members)


Assíria

Learned borrowing from Latin Assyria, from Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.

Assyria (an ancient kingdom in Mesopotamia)


peba

From Old Tupi peba (“having a flattened shape”).

uder

(Northeast Brazil) having a flattened shape.

(Northeast Brazil, slang, by extension) low-quality; unimportant; worthless


cavernícola

pt-noun

cavernícola m or f by sense (plural cavernícolas)


cavernícola

pt-adj

cavernícola m or f (plural cavernícolas)


Sídon

From Latin Sidōn (“Sidon”), from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn) from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn).

Sidon (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)


Biblos

From Latin Byblos, from Ancient Greek Βύβλος (Búblos).

Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate
Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate#English

Byblos (a port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon)


Fenícia

Learned borrowing from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from φοίνικι (phoíniki, “Phoenicians”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), from Egyptian fnḫw (fenhku, “Canaanites, Syrians”).

uder

Phoenicia (an ancient civilisation in Levant)


comensal

pt-noun

comensal m or f by sense (plural comensais)

From Latin commēnsālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis.


assiriologista

assiriologista m or f by sense (plural assiriologistas)


Tiro

From Latin Tyrus (“Tyre”), from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros) from Phoenician [Term?]; see Tyre for more information.

Tyre (an ancient city-state in Phoenicia)

Tyre (a port city, the capital of Tyre district, Lebanon)


Cartago

From Latin Carthāgō from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrtḥdšt); see Carthage for more information.

Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)


costovertebral

pt-adj

costovertebral m or f (plural costovertebrais)


muche

(Portugal) bullseye (center of a target)


lingüiça

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


-dade

pt-noun

-dade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dade, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.


seriedade

[sɨ.ɾjɛˈða.ðɨ]


linguiça

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin lūcānica, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *lucanicia. Compare Spanish longaniza.


-idade

-idade f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

desumano (“inhumane”) + -idade → desumanidade (“inhumanity”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood

côncavo (“concave”) + -idade → concavidade (“concavity”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity


onça-pintada

Panthera onca
Panthera onca#Translingual


acrogeria

(pathology) acrogeria (appearance of senility in the hands or feet)


guerra púnica

guerra púnica f (plural guerras púnicas)


Tanganica

mainland Tanzania
mainland Tanzania#English

Tanganyika (a former country in Africa; modern mainland Tanzania)


trenodia

threnody (a song or poem of lamentation)


tuia

thuja; arborvitae (any tree of the genus Thuja)


tanoa

Uncertain. Perhaps from Breton tann or from Low German tanu.


Tolosa

From Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin. Doublet of Toulouse.

Toulouse (the capital city of the Haute-Garonne department, France; capital city of the region of Occitanie)


-ável

pt-adj

-ável m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -áveis)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -avel, from Latin -ābilis. Compare -able in various other languages; e.g. Sicilian -àvili, for a similar morphology.

cantar (“to sing”) + -ável → cantável (“singable”)

aumentar (“to increase”) + -ável → aumentável (“increasable”)

-able, used to form adjectives from 1st-conjugation verbs


admirável

[ɐ.ðmiˈɾa.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin admīrābilis. Compare Galician, Spanish, Catalan, French, and English admirable. By surface analysis, admirar + -ável


arracacha

/ɐ.ʁɐˈka.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.ʁɐˈka.ʃɐ/

/ɐ.ʁɐˈka.t͡ʃɐ/

Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Wikispecies:Arracacia xanthorrhiza

arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza, a South American root vegetable)


uranografia

From Latin ūranographia, from Ancient Greek οὐρανογραφία (ouranographía). By surface analysis, urano- + -grafia.

der

οὐρανογραφία


hitita

Hittite (of or relating to the Hittite people or kingdom)

Hittite (in or relating to the Hittite language)


hitita

Hittite (person from the Hittite kingdom)


acefalia

(medicine) acephalia (birth defect in which the head is absent)


vaca sagrada

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see vaca, sagrada.

(idiomatic) sacred cow (something which cannot be tampered with)


concha nasal

[ˈkõ.ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]

[ˈkõ.ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]

[ˈkõ.t͡ʃɐ nɐˈzaɫ]


maxila

Borrowed from Latin maxilla (“jaw”), a diminutive of māla (“jaw”).


espádua

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin spatula (“broad, flat piece”), diminutive of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Compare the inherited doublet espalda, and later borrowing espátula.


maxilar

pt-adj

maxilar m or f (plural maxilares, not comparable)

From maxila (“maxilla”) or borrowed from Latin maxillāris.


queixada

pt-noun

queixada m or f by sense (plural queixadas)

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixada (“jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *capseāta, a derivative of Vulgar Latin *capseus (“chin”) (whence queixo), itself a derivative of Latin capsa (“box”), from capiō (“capture, seize, take”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).

der

any animal of the Tayassuidae family (a wild pig family of the Americas)

white-lipped peccary
white-lipped peccary

white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), a hog-like animal species found in Central and South America


falange proximal

pt-noun

falange proximal f (plural falanges proximais)


falange média

falange média f (plural falanges médias)

intermediate phalange
intermediate phalange


falange distal

falange distal f (plural falanges distais)


colonista

colonista m or f by sense (plural colonistas)

colonialist (specialist in colonial affairs)


falanginha

/fa.lɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/fa.lɐ̃ˈʒĩ.ɲɐ/

/fɐ.lɐ̃ˈʒi.ɲɐ/

From falange (“phalanx”) + -inha (diminutive suffix).


intumescente

pt-adj

intumescente m or f (plural intumescentes)

Learned borrowing from Latin intumēscentem.

lbor

tumescent (swollen or distended with fluid)


fíbula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet fivela.


escafoide

From Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, “light boat, skiff”) + -oide (“-oid”).


Appomattox

Appomattox (a town in Virginia, United States)


impenetrável

pt-adj

impenetrável m or f (plural impenetráveis)

impenetrable (that one cannot penetrate)


impenetrabilidade

pt-noun

impenetrabilidade f (plural impenetrabilidades)

impenetrability (quality, state of being impenetrable)


noção

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
Proto-Italic *gnōskō
Latin nōscō
Latin nōtus
Latin -tiō
Latin nōtiōlbor.
Portuguese noção
Learned borrowing from Latin nōtiōnem (“notion”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

lbor

(uncountable) knowledge; information; the state of being aware of something


raia

From the feminine of raio, or from Vulgar Latin *radia, from Latin radius; cf. also the verb raiar. Compare Galician raia, Spanish raya. Cf. also French raie.
A less likely etymology derives it from an earlier arraia, from Old Galician-Portuguese *arraia, from Arabic رَعِيَّة (raʕiyya).

border (the line or frontier area separating countries)


antepara

(nautical) bulkhead (partition which divides the hull)


proporcional

pt-adj

proporcional m or f (plural proporcionais)


nêspera

From Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).


alfaia

[aʊ̯ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]

[aʊ̯ˈfaɪ̯.ɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaia, from Arabic الحَاجَة (al-ḥāja, “necessary thing; valuable thing”). Compare Galician alfaia and Spanish alhaja.


anástrofe

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ, “a turning back”).

lbor

(prosody) anastrophe (unusual order of words)


neonazi

pt-noun

neonazi m or f by sense (plural neonazis)

(Portugal) neo-Nazi (a believer in neo-Nazism)


neonazi

(Portugal, relational) neo-Nazi (relating to neo-Nazism)


hidra

(zoology) hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra)


insofismável

pt-adj

insofismável m or f (plural insofismáveis)

From in- + sofismável (“which can be used as a sophism”).


formiga-correição

pt-noun

formiga-correição f (plural formigas-correição)

[foʁˌmi.ɡɐ.ko.χeɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


aptitudinal

pt-adj

aptitudinal m or f (plural aptitudinais)


ilusionista

pt-noun

ilusionista m or f by sense (plural ilusionistas)

Borrowed from French illusionniste (“illusionist”).

bor+

illusionist (one who works with illusion)


lavra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavra, from Latin labōra (“toil”).


goiabeira

[ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]

[ɡoj.ɐˈβɐj.ɾɐ]


UCP

unidade central de processamento#Portuguese

(computing) Initialism of unidade central de processamento (“CPU”).


anticor

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɾ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoʁ/

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoχ]

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈkoɻ/

(particle physics) anticolour (the property of antiquarks equivalent to that of colour in quarks)


moinha

[ˈmuɪ̯̃.j̃ɐ]

[ˈmuɪ̯̃.j̃ɐ]

Possibly moer (“to grind”) + farinha (“flour”).


Alcmena

(Greek mythology) Alcmene (mother of Heracles)


pancada

João levou uma pancada na cabeça.


tremedeira

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

[tɾɨ.mɨˈðe.ɾɐ]

From tremer (“to tremble; to shiver”) + -deira.

af

shiver (trembling from cold, disease or fright)


ponteira

ferrule (metal tip of an umbrella or cane)


vendável

(not comparable) saleable, which may be sold


anafilaxia

(immunology) anaphylaxis (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen)


adminicular

pt-adj

adminicular m or f (plural adminiculares)

adminicular (supplying help; corroborative; explanatory)


fecial

(Ancient Rome) of or relating to the Roman priests who dealt with enemies


canaque

pt-noun

canaque m or f by sense (plural canaques)

From French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).


canaque

pt-adj

canaque m or f (plural canaques, not comparable)


esquimau

pt-noun

esquimau m or f by sense (plural esquimaus)


sanha

Probably inherited from Latin saniēs, Late Latin sania interpreted as the base of īnsānia (“unsoundness of mind”).


supervivente

pt-adj

supervivente m or f (plural superviventes, not comparable)


supervivente

pt-noun

supervivente m or f by sense (plural superviventes)


ampelite

ampelites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(mineralogy) ampelite (carbonaceous alum schist)


pujante

Borrowed from Spanish pujante. Piecewise doublet of puxante and pulsante.


compostura

composition (general makeup of something)


porcaria

From porco + -aria. Compare Spanish porquería, Catalan porqueria, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria. Piecewise doublet of porqueira.


espécie

Learned borrowing from Latin speciēs. Compare Spanish especie, French espèce.

Darwin escreveu "A origem das espécies".

Que espécie de idiota é ele?


galopante

galopar, galope + -ante (from Latin ante)


coberta

(nautical) lower deck than the deck of a ship


Azawad

Azawad (a former breakaway country in Mali, Africa)


amimia

(psychiatry) amimia (inability to express oneself using gestures)


Dacota

Dakota (either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota)


Bialystok

Białystok (a city in the Podlaskie, Poland)


intimidade

From íntimo (“intimate”) + -idade (“-ity”).


manopla

gauntlet (protective armor for the hands)


sobrante

pt-adj

sobrante m or f (plural sobrantes, not comparable)

[suˈβɾɐ̃.tɨ]


extraconjugal

extraconjugal m or f (plural extraconjugais)

[ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

[ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

[ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

[ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

[ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

[ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.kõ.ʒuˈɣaɫ]

extramarital (taking place outside marriage)


tilaka

tilak (symbol worn by Hindus on the forehead)


arginase

(biochemistry) arginase (an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine)


gardénia

/ɡɐɾˈdɛ.njɐ/

[ɡɐɾˈðɛ.njɐ]

European Portuguese standard spelling of gardênia.


pérgola

pergola (trelliswork roof used to support climbing plants)


alglucerase

alglucerase (modified form of human β-glucocerebrosidase)


retrospectiva

No final de dezembro, sempre fazem retrospectivas para relembrar o que passou durante o ano.

In late December, they always make a look-back in order to recall what happened during the year.

look-back (recapitulation of things that occurred in the past)


Cecina

Cecina (a town in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy)


iemenita

Yemeni (of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people)


iemenita

pt-noun

iemenita m or f by sense (plural iemenitas)

Yemeni (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent)


operacional

pt-adj

operacional m or f (plural operacionais)

operational (functioning and ready for use)


tonitruante

tonitruante m or f (plural tonitruantes, comparable)

From Latin tonitruantem. Compare French tonitruant, Italian tonitruante.

O pai gostava de ser "diabolizado" e para tal multiplicava as provocações. Queria ser uma força tribunícia ou de protesto especializada em tonitruantes campanhas presidenciais.

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


cartaginense

cartaginense m or f (plural cartaginenses, not comparable)

Learned borrowing from Latin Carthāginēnsis. Doublet of cartaginês.


Spitzbergen

Spitsbergen (an island in Svalbard, Norway)


jusante

Para isso, vamos intervir a montante e a jusante.

To do so, we are going to intervene up and downstream.


matriarcal

From matriarca (“matriarch”) + -al (“of or relating to”).


morcela

Uncertain, possibly from Latin [Term?]. See Spanish morcilla.

blood sausage; pudding (sausage made primarily from blood)


monacal

pt-adj

monacal m or f (plural monacais, not comparable)


moldura

Borrowed from Spanish moldura, from moldadura.

frame (rigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting)


monoparental

monoparental m or f (plural monoparentais)


philosophal

philosophal m or f (plural philosophais)

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


apendicectomia

pt-noun

apendicectomia f (plural apendicectomias)

(surgery) appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix)


tablete

tablete (Brazil, Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural tabletes)


neurocirurgia

(neurology, surgery) neurosurgery (surgery of the nervous system, especially brain)


histerectomia

(surgery) hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus)


metempsychose

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


subclasse

(taxonomy) subclass (rank directly below class)

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming) subclass (class that inherits properties and methods of another class)


adjacente

/ɐ.d͡ʒɐˈsẽ.tɨ/

[ɐ.ðʒɐˈsẽ.tɨ]

Borrowed from Latin adiacentem. See also azo, a doublet.

adjacent (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighbouring)

adjacent (just before, after, or facing)

adjoining (being in contact at some point)

(geography) marginal (geographically adjacent)


terma

bathhouse (a building with baths for communal use)


sapucaia

→ English: sapucaia, sapucaya

sapucaia (any of several trees in the genus Lecythis)


antifederal

pt-adj

antifederal m or f (plural antifederais)

[ˌɐ̃.ti.fɨ.ðɨˈɾaɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.ti.fɨ.ðɨˈɾaɫ]

(politics) anti-federal (opposing federalism)


leishmaniose

(pathology) leishmaniasis (any disease caused by the protozoans of the genus Leishmania)


conjectura

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of conjetura.


idiotice

(uncountable) idiocy (state of being an idiot)


Lewandowski

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Lewandowski.


pochete

fanny pack (small fabric pouch worn at the waist by a strap around the hips)


viela

Borrowed from French vielle (“vielle; hurdy-gurdy”).

bor+

(music) vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin)


viela

Borrowed from French bielle (“connecting rod”).


epocha

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


revigorante

pt-adj

revigorante m or f (plural revigorantes)

[ʁɨ.βi.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.tɨ]


abhinaya

(dance) abhinaya (use of the face and hands in Indian dancing)


apsara

(Indian mythology) apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)


anoperineal

anoperineal m or f (plural anoperineais)

(anatomy) anoperineal (relating to the anus and perineum)


antilegal

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.leˈɡaʊ̯]


contusão

[kõ.tuˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


combinação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin combīnātiōnem. By surface analysis, combinar + -ção.


comprável

pt-adj

comprável m or f (plural compráveis, not comparable)

[kõˈpɾa.βɛɫ]


convulsão

[kõ.vuʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


conjugação

[kõ.ʒu.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.ʒu.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.ʒu.ɣɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin coniugātiōnem. By surface analysis, conjugar + -ção.

lbor

O acidente ocorreu devido a uma conjugação de vários fatores.

The accident happened due to a conjugation of several factors.


Arundhati

(Hinduism) Arundhati (wife of Vasishtha)


constelação

Learned borrowing from Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem.


conclusão

(European Union law) opinion (judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice for a legal solution in a case)


porção

[pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[poɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


halitose

pt-noun

halitose f (usually uncountable, plural halitoses)

(pathology) halitosis (condition of having foul-smelling breath)


mortadela

mortadella, baloney, bologna (type of sausage)


maratonista

maratonista m or f by sense (plural maratonistas)

marathoner (someone who participates in marathons)


paranóia

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


inter-racial

pt-adj

inter-racial m or f (plural inter-raciais)

[ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ʁɐˈsjaɫ]

[ˌĩ.tɛɾ.ʁɐˈsjaɫ]

interracial (between or among two or more different races)


laceração

/lɐ.sɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin lacerātiōnem. By surface analysis, lacerar + -ção.


badmintonista

pt-noun

badmintonista m or f by sense (plural badmintonistas)


transformação

[tɾɐ̃ʃ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʃ.fuɾ.mɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin trānsfōrmātiōnem, from Latin trānsfōrmō.


aranheira

[a.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[a.ɾɐ̃ˈj̃e(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲej.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɲe.ɾɐ/


detetive

pt-noun

detetive m or f by sense (plural detetives)

detective (police officer or private investigator dedicated to obtaining information and evidence about possible crimes)


emergência

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēmergentia, from Latin ēmergentem.


Alor Star

Alor Setar (a city, the state capital of Kedah, Malaysia)


ténue

ténues (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

Learned borrowing from Latin tenuis, from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”).


investigação

[ĩ.veʃ.t͡ʃi.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin investīgātiōnem. By surface analysis, investigar + -ção.


invasão

[ĩ.vaˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōnem (“attack, invasion”), from Latin invāsus (“entered, invaded”).


actividade

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


adaptável

[ɐ.ðɐˈpta.βɛɫ]


estável

From Old Galician-Portuguese estavel, from Latin stabilis. By surface analysis, estar + -ável.


direcção

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


caldeira

From Old Galician-Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeiro.

inh

boiler (device for heating circulating water)


anovaginal

(anatomy) anovaginal (relating to the anus and vagina)


Aalesund

Ålesund (a town and municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway)


dríade

From Latin Dryadem, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad, tree nymph”).


Surtsey

Surtsey (a volcanic island off the coast of Iceland)


correção

[ko.χeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin corrēctiōnem.


sépia

Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπίᾱ (sēpíā).

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


xiita

pt-adj

xiita m or f (plural xiitas, not comparable)

From Arabic شِيعَة (šīʕa, “Shia”) + -ita.

(Islam) Shiite (of, or relating to Shiites or the Shi'a branch of Islam)

(slang) extremist (taking an extreme view on something)


xiita

(Islam) Shiite (a member of the Shi'a branch of Islam)

(slang) extremist (someone who has an extreme view on something)


central eléctrica

pt-noun

central eléctrica f (plural centrais eléctricas)

central elétrica
central elétrica#Portuguese

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


arabinase

(biochemistry) arabinase (any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arabinans)


genal

pt-adj

genal m or f (plural genais, not comparable)

(anatomy) genal (of or relating to the cheeks)


Tel Aviv-Yafo

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv (a city in Israel)


ténia

European Portuguese standard spelling of tênia.


espinela

(mineralogy) spinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)


turmalina

tourmaline (a black, semi-precious gemstone)


ambiguidade

Borrowed from Latin ambiguitātem. By surface analysis, ambíguo + -idade.


Taprobana

As armas, & os barões aßinalados, / Que da Occidental praya Luſitana, / Por mares nunca de antes nauegados, / Paſſaram, ainda alem da Taprobana, […]

1572, Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas, First Canto

(archaic) Sri Lanka (an island ocean the Indian Ocean)


arma de fogo

Muitas veſes ſuccede nos exercitos, que o braço recebeo huma ferida de arma de fogo junto da eſpadoa, e que a ferida requere o fazerſe a Amputaçam na meſma eſpadoa; mas o receyo e medo de que a hemorragia venha a cauſar a morte a o enfermo na Operaçam tem amedrentado e impedido os Cirurgioens de entreprendela.
[original: There are in the Armies a great many Inſtances of Gun-ſhot Wounds of the Arm near the Scapula, which require Amputation at the Shoulder; but the Apprehenſion of loſing their Patients on the Spot by the Hæmorrhage, has deterred Surgeons from undertaking it.]

1746, “Da Amputaçam ou Mutilaçam” (chapter XXXVII), in Jacob de Castro Sarmento, transl., Tratado das operaçoens de cirurgia, translation of A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery by Samuel Sharp, page 353

It happens many times in the armies of an arm being wounded by a firearm at the scapula, and that wound requires the amputation of said scapula; but the fear that the hemorrhage would cause the death of the patient has scared and prevented surgeons to undertake it.


arma branca

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɦ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ]

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɦ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ]

/ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ˈaʁ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

/ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈbɾɐ̃.kɐ/

[ˈaɾ.mɐ ˈβɾɐ̃.kɐ]


yorkshire

pt-noun

yorkshire m or f by sense (plural yorkshires)

/ˌjɔɾ.kɨˈʃaj.ɐɾ/

Unadapted borrowing from English Yorkshire.


Coelho

a surname transferred from the common noun


confiante

confident (being very sure of or positive about something)


amaurose

(ophthalmology) amaurosis (blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye)


-il

pt-adj

-il m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -is)


fricção

[fɾikˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin frictiōnem (“rubbing”).


legião

[le.ʒɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[leˈʒjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin legiōnem (“legion”). Doublet of Leão.

(historical, military, Ancient Rome) legion (major unit or division of the Roman army)

(military) legion (large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat)

(figurative) legion (large number of people)


transição

[tɾɐ̃.ziˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin trānsitiōnem (“transit; passage”), from trānseō (“to traverse”). Semantic loan from English transition in genetics and LGBT senses.

transition (process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

(LGBT) transition (gender-related life change)


magia negra

black magic (magic derived from evil forces)


exorbitante

pt-adj

exorbitante m or f (plural exorbitantes)


massala

(Mozambique) the fruit of Strychnos spinosa


espadachim

pt-noun

espadachim m or f by sense (plural espadachins)

swordsman (a person who fights with a sword)


crueldade

From Old Galician-Portuguese crueldade, from Latin crūdēlitātem.


cadeira eléctrica

cadeira eléctrica f (plural cadeiras eléctricas)

cadeira elétrica
cadeira elétrica#Portuguese

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


cadeira de rodas

cadeira de rodas f (plural cadeiras de rodas)

Concede a Joaquim Marques de Oliveira e Souza a propriedade e uso exclusivo, por 10 annos, de uma cadeira de rodas para conducção de aleijados, de que é inventor.

1830 December 30, Viscode de Alcantara, “Carta Imperial”, in Collecção das leis do Imperio do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Typographia Nacional, published 1876, page 252


imperfeição

[ĩ.peɾ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.peχ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ĩ.peɻ.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin imperfectiōnem.


pedra no sapato

pt-noun

pedra no sapato f (plural pedras no sapato)

Eu diria que seria uma pedra no sapato o diabetes, né?

2008, Antonio Pithon Cyrino, Entre a ciência e a experiência: Uma cartografia do autocuidado no diabetes, Editora UNESP, page 120

I’d say that it would be an annoyance to have diabetes, wouldn’t it?

a minor but constant problem; an annoyance

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedra, no, sapato.


Vukovar

Unadapted borrowing from Serbo-Croatian Vukovar.


-ela

pt-noun

-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.

rua (“road; street”) + -ela → ruela (“bystreet; alley”)

cana (“cane”) + -ela → canela (“shin”)

via (“way; path”) + -ela → viela (“bystreet; alley”)

cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + -ela → caravela (“caravel”)

escovada (“a brushing”) + -ela → escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)

pincelada (“brushstroke”) + -ela → pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)

riscada (“razor strike”) + -ela → riscadela (“a short razor strike”)

forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action


atadura

[ɐ.tɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


brocha

Borrowed from French broche. Doublet of broche.


despesa

From Old Galician-Portuguese despesa, despensa, from Late Latin dispēnsa, from Latin dispēnsō. Doublet of despensa and dispensa.


Leiria

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Leirẽa.

inh+

Leiria (a city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal)


Évora

From Old Galician-Portuguese Evora, from Latin Ebora, a feminine noun derived from Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”). Doublet of Iorque.

Évora (a city and municipality district capital Évora district, Portugal)


Moura

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Moura.

A city and municipality of Beja district, Portugal


Guimarães

[ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃s]

[ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃s]

/ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/

[ɡi.maˈɾɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]

/ɡi.mɐˈɾɐ̃j̃ʃ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guimarães, from Early Medieval Latin [Vīlla] Vīmarānem. Cognate with Galician Guimaranes and Guimaréns.


Albergaria-a-Velha

A city and municipality of Aveiro district, Portugal


calligraphia

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


Alcanena

A city and municipality of the district of Santarém, Portugal


Almodôvar

Borrowed from Arabic الْمُدَوَّر (al-mudawwar, “the round thing”). The name probably refers to a nearby hill; تَلّ اَلْمُدَوَّر (tall al-mudawwar, “round hill”) is a fairly common Arabic placename.


Alcoutim

A town and municipality of Faro district, Portugal


Albufeira

A city and municipality of the district of Faro, Portugal


Almada

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Almadã, from Arabic المَعْدِن (al-maʕdin, literally “the mine”).

der

A city and municipality of Setúbal district, Portugal


Alfândega da Fé

[aɫˈfɐ̃.dɨ.ɣɐ ðɐ ˈfɛ]

A town and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal


Alcobaça

Borrowed from Arabic الْقُبَّةَ (al-qubbata, “dome”). The Brazilian city is named after the Portuguese city of Alcobaça, Leiria.

bor+

a toponym indicating the presence of a building with a dome:

A city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal;

Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo#English

A place in Fiães parish, Melgaço, Viana do Castelo district, Portugal.

A city and municipality of Bahia, Brazil.


Amadora

[ɐ.mɐˈðo.ɾɐ]

A city and municipality of Lisboa district, Portugal


Almeida

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَائِدَة (al-māʔida, “the plateau”).


tapeçaria

From French tapisserie, from tapis + -erie.

tapestry (a heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls)


Arronches

/ɐˈʁõ.t͡ʃɨʃ/

A village and municipality of Portalegre district, Portugal


Anadia

Inherited from Latin aqua nātīva (“natural spring”).


Arruda dos Vinhos

[ɐˈʁu.ðɐ ðuʒ ˈvi.ɲuʃ]

[ɐˈʁu.ðɐ ðuʒ ˈvi.ɲuʃ]

[ɐˈʁu.ðɐ ðuʒ ˈβi.ɲuʃ]

A village and municipality of Lisboa district, Portugal


Abrantes

/aˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃiʃ/

/ɐˈbɾɐ̃.tɨʃ/

[ɐˈβɾɐ̃.tɨʃ]


Amarante

/ɐ.mɐˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Amarante, from Early Medieval Latin [Villa] Amaranthi (“Amarantus' villa”). Compare Galician Amarante.


Angra do Heroísmo

[ˈɐ̃.ɡɾɐ ðu iˈɾwiʒ.mu]

[ˈɐ̃.ɡɾɐ ðu eˈɾwiʒ.mu]

Angra do Heroísmo
Angra do Heroísmo#English

Angra do Heroísmo (a city and municipality on the island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal)


amidinotransferase

pt-noun

amidinotransferase f (plural amidinotransferases)

(biochemistry) amidinotransferase (any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of amidinos)


salsola

salsola (any plant of the genus Salsola)


campanha

/kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

/kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.ɲɐ/

[kɐ̃ˈpɐ̃.j̃ɐ]

From Late Latin campānia (“open country, battlefield”), from campāneus, from Latin campus (“field”). Compare Spanish campaña, Italian campagna, French champagne. Doublet of champanhe, borrowed from French.

inh

campaign (series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal)

open country (a large expanse of land without trees)


Batalha

From batalha (“battle”). The village was founded by king John I of Portugal in gratitude for the divine help received during the Battle of Aljubarrota.

A village and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal

Battle of Aljubarrota
John I of Portugal


Baião

[baɪ̯ˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


Barcelos

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Barcelos.


Borba

A city and municipality of Évora district, Portugal


Boticas

A village and municipality of Vila Real district, Portugal


Cabeceiras de Basto

[kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐʒ ðɨ ˈβaʃ.tu]

[kɐ.βɨˈsɐj.ɾɐʒ ðɨ ˈβaʃ.tu]

[kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐʒ ðɨ ˈβaʃ.tu]

[kɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾɐʒ ðɨ ˈβaʃ.tu]

[kɐ.βɨˈse.ɾɐʒ ðɨ ˈβaʃ.tu]

A village and municipality of Braga district, Portugal


esquerdalha

(politics) leftists as a whole; all the leftists of a region or movement


Braga

English: Braga

desc

→ Chinese: → 布拉加 (Bùlājiā) (transliteration)

From Old Galician-Portuguese Braga, from Latin Bracara Augusta, named after a Celtic tribe, the Bracari. Doublet of Brácara.

Braga (a district in northeastern Portugal)

Braga (a city and municipality of Braga district, Portugal)

Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul#English

A village and municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


-alha

pt-noun

-alha f (noun-forming suffix, plural -alhas)

Borrowed from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālia, accusative neuter plural of -ālis.

gente (“people”) + -alha → gentalha (“rabble”)

criança (“child”) + -alha → criançalha (“children behaving inappropriately”)

miúça (“worthless object”) + -alha → miuçalha (“bunch of worthless objects”)

Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns.


Bragança

/bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

/bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

/bɾɐˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

[bɾɐˈɣɐ̃.sɐ]

From Latin Brigantia, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī, *brigantī, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”), from the root *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise”) + *-onts (adjective-forming suffix).

Bragança (a district in northeastern Portugal)

Bragança (a city and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal)


Bragança

/bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

/bɾaˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

/bɾɐˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

[bɾɐˈɣɐ̃.sɐ]


carroça

Borrowed from Italian carrozza (“carriage”).

bor+

cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal)

(derogatory) a slow, old or low-quality car


psicopata

pt-noun

psicopata m or f by sense (plural psicopatas)

From psico- + -pata, from Ancient Greek.

psychopath (one who suffers from psychopathy)


psicopata

psychopathic (exhibiting the behaviors and personality traits of a psychopath)


abdominalgia

(medicine) abdominalgia (abdominal pain)


Calheta

A village and municipality of Azores, Portugal

A village and municipality of Madeira, Portugal


Campo Maior

[ˈkɐ̃.pu maɪ̯ˈɔɾ]

[ˈkɐ̃.pu maɪ̯ˈɔχ]

[ˈkɐ̃.po maɪ̯ˈɔɻ]

A village and municipality of Portalegre district, Portugal


Caldas da Rainha

[ˈkaɫ.dɐʒ ðɐ ʁɐˈi.ɲɐ]

A city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal


Cantanhede

[kɐ̃.tɐˈɲe.ðɨ]

From Proto-Celtic *kant- (“big rock”); attested in the 11th century as Medieval Latin Cantonieti.


Castanheira de Pera

/kɐʃ.tɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ dɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ/

[kɐʃ.tɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ]

/kɐʃ.tɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ dɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ/

[kɐʃ.tɐˈɲɐj.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ]

[kɐʃ.tɐˈɲej.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ]

[kɐʃ.tɐˈɲej.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ]

/kɐʃ.tɐˈɲe.ɾɐ dɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ/

[kɐʃ.tɐˈɲe.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈpe.ɾɐ]

A village and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal


Carrazeda de Ansiães

[ka.χaˈze.dɐ d͡ʒi ɐ̃.sɪˈɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]

[ka.χaˈze.dɐ d͡ʒi ɐ̃ˈsjɐ̃ɪ̯̃ʃ]

/kɐ.ʁɐˈze.dɐ d‿ɐ̃ˈsjɐ̃j̃ʃ/

[kɐ.ʁɐˈze.ðɐ ð‿ɐ̃ˈsjɐ̃j̃ʃ]

A village and municipality of Bragança district, Portugal


antiproteinase

antiproteinase f (plural antiproteinases)

(biochemistry) antiproteinase (any inhibitor of proteinase activity)


abhisheka

abhisheka (a ceremony involving washing, cleansing and anointing)


congénere

congéneres (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

/kõˈʒɛ.nɨ.ɾɨ/

From Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”). Cognate with Spanish congénere, Italian congenere, French congénère.

(biology) congeneric: pertaining to the same genus

of the same genre, type, class, species etc.; like, similar, comparable


congénere

congénere m or f by sense (plural congéneres)

/kõˈʒɛ.nɨ.ɾɨ/

congener, peer, an individual of the same sort


objecção

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


bicicleta estática

bicicleta estática f (plural bicicletas estáticas)

exercise bicycle (exercise device imitating a bicycle)


Estarreja

A city and municipality of Aveiro district, Portugal


arteriotomia

(surgery) arteriotomy (the opening of an artery)


Chamusca

A village and municipality of Santarém district, Portugal


Idanha-a-Nova

[iˈðɐ.ɲ‿a ˈnɔ.vɐ]

[iˈðɐ.ɲ‿a ˈnɔ.vɐ]

[iˈðɐ.ɲ‿a ˈnɔ.βɐ]

From Latin Egitania + a (“the”) + nova (“new”).

af

A village and municipality of Castelo Branco district, Portugal


Grândola

A village and municipality of the district of Setúbal, Portugal


Golegã

Unknown. Possibly from Celtic or Arabic.


cábula

Uncertain. Possibly from Catalan càbala (“plot, intrigue”). Compare Spanish cábula.

(Portugal) cheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)

– Quê? Que não quero mais saber dele? Esta que aqui está nunca mais fará vida com semelhante cábula! Juro por esta luz!
– What? That I don't want to know about him anymore? This one here will never have a life with such a deceitful person again! I swear by this light!

A cábula, a má sorte, a guigne perseguiam-no, e, pendido ao meu braço o miserável soluçava: – «Havemos de melhorar, empreste-me algum. Estou sem níquel!».


Lagoa

A city and municipality of Faro district, Portugal

A city and municipality of Azores, Portugal


Fronteira

/fɾõˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

/fɾõˈtɐj.ɾɐ/

A village and municipality of Portalegre district, Portugal


Constância

[kõʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]


Condeixa-a-Nova

A village and municipality of the district of Coimbra, Portugal


Figueira da Foz

/fiˈɡɐj.ɾɐ dɐ ˈfɔʃ/

[fiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈfɔʃ]

/fiˈɡɐj.ɾɐ dɐ ˈfɔʃ/

[fiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈfɔʃ]

[fiˈɣej.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈfɔʃ]

[fiˈɣej.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈfɔʃ]

/fiˈɡe.ɾɐ dɐ ˈfɔʃ/

[fiˈɣe.ɾɐ ðɐ ˈfɔʃ]

A city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal


Covilhã

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Covilhãa.

inh+

Cidade da Covilhã

A city and municipality of the district of Castelo Branco, Portugal


Felgueiras

[feʊ̯ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐʃ]

/fɛlˈɡɐj.ɾɐʃ/

[fɛɫˈɣɐj.ɾɐʃ]

/fɛlˈɡɐj.ɾɐʃ/

[fɛɫˈɣɐj.ɾɐʃ]

[fɛɫˈɣej.ɾɐʃ]

[fɛɫˈɣej.ɾɐʃ]

/fɛlˈɡe.ɾɐʃ/

[fɛɫˈɣe.ɾɐʃ]

From felgueira (“thicket of male ferns”), from Vulgar Latin *filicāria (“thicket of ferns”). Compare Galician Filgueiras and French Fougères.


cambrense

pt-adj

cambrense m or f (plural cambrenses, not comparable)

/kɐ̃ˈbɾẽ.sɨ/


cambrense

pt-noun

cambrense m or f by sense (plural cambrenses)

/kɐ̃ˈbɾẽ.sɨ/


Lourinhã

[lo(ʊ̯).ɾĩˈj̃ɐ̃]

[lo(ʊ̯).ɾĩˈj̃ɐ̃]

A village and municipality of Lisboa district, Portugal


Marinha Grande

/maˈɾĩ.ɲɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/

[maˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi]

/maˈɾĩ.ɲɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/

[maˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi]

/mɐˈɾi.ɲɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/

[mɐˈɾi.ɲɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ]

A city and municipality of Leiria district, Portugal


Lousada

A village and municipality of Porto district, Portugal


Miranda do Corvo

A village and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal


Guarda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Guarda.

inh+

Guarda (a district in northeastern Portugal)

Cidade da Guarda

Guarda (a city and municipality of the district of Guarda, Portugal)


Mealhada

A city and municipality of Aveiro district, Portugal


Câmara de Lobos

[ˈkɐ.mɐ.ɾɐ ðɨ ˈlo.βuʃ]

From câmara (“chamber”) + de (“of”) + lobo-marinho (“Mediterranean monk seal”).

af

A city and municipality of Madeira, Portugal


Chaves

→ English: Chaves

desc

→ Chinese: → 沙維斯／沙维斯 (Shāwéisī) (transliteration)

Inherited from Latin [Aquae] Flāviae (“Flavian Waters/Thermae”), from Flāvius (“Flavian gens”, adjective). Doublet of flávio.


Miranda do Douro

A city and municipality of the district of Bragança, Portugal.


Horta

Named after Josse van Huerter, probably with influence from horta.

Cidade da Horta

Horta (a municipality and city on Faial island, Azores, Portugal)


Madalena

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Madalena, after the town of Magdala, from Hebrew מגדל (migdál, “tower”).

A village and municipality of the Azores, Portugal


Coimbra

→ English: Coimbra

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra, from Latin Conimbriga (“Condeixa-a-Velha”), with the first element possibly being named after the Conii people, and the second element from Proto-Celtic *brigā. Doublet of Conímbriga.

Coimbra (a district in central Portugal)

Coimbra (a city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal)


antiverbal

[ˌɐ̃.ti.vɨɾˈβaɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.ti.vɨɾˈβaɫ]

[ˌɐ̃.ti.βɨɾˈβaɫ]

(literature, semiotics) antiverbal (opposing or avoiding the use of speech or words)


galerista

pt-noun

galerista m or f by sense (plural galeristas)

/ɡɐ.lɨˈɾiʃ.tɐ/

gallerist (the owner or operator of an art gallery)

art dealer (someone who buys and sells works of art)


complementar

pt-adj

complementar m or f (plural complementares)


inflação

[ĩ.flaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflātiōnem. Compare the inherited doublet inchação.


inchação

/ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ĩ.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ĩ.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ĩ.t͡ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Inherited from Latin īnflātiōnem, and therefore a doublet of inflação, a later borrowing. By surface analysis, inchar + -ção. Compare Spanish hinchazón, Italian enfiagione, dialectal French enflaison, archaic Romanian umflăciune.


baquelita

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of baquelite.


arbovirose

[ɐɾ.βu.βiˈɾɔ.zɨ]

(pathology) arbovirosis (any disease caused by an arbovirus)


bagatela

Ela comprou uma bolsa pela bagatela de 280 mil reais.

She bought a purse for the low cost of 280 thousand reais.

(sarcastic) an excessive amount of money

a small amount of money
an excessive amount of money


dislipidemia

(medicine) dyslipidemia (an inbalance of lipids in the blood)


sufragista

pt-noun

sufragista m or f by sense (plural sufragistas)


antiprotease

antiprotease (anything that inhibits the action of a protease)


antimicrotubular

pt-adj

antimicrotubular m or f (plural antimicrotubulares)

(pharmacology, cytology) antimicrotubule (that interferes with microtubules during mitosis)


amostra

Ultimately from Latin mōnstrō (“to point out”); cognates include Italian and Catalan mostra.


leitura

From Late Latin lēctūra, feminine of Classical Latin lēctūrus, from legō (“to read”). Compare Spanish and Catalan lectura.

(pharmacy) medication package insert (document that provides information about a drug and its use)


erupção

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[e.ɾupˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin ēruptiōnem.


reacção

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


transacção

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


aminoacidemia

(pathology) aminoacidemia (the presence of amino acids in the blood)


desobediente

desobediente m or f (plural desobedientes)


incógnita

(algebra) unknown (variable whose value is to be found)


sportinguista

sportinguista m or f (plural sportinguistas)

From Sporting [Clube de Portugal] + -ista.

(Portugal, soccer) of or relating to Sporting Clube de Portugal


sportinguista

pt-noun

sportinguista m or f by sense (plural sportinguistas)

(Portugal, soccer) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal


guarani

guarani m or f by sense (plural guaranis)

From Guaraní abá guariní (“man of war”).

one of the Guaraní, an indigenous South American people


Ganimedes

[ɡɐ.niˈmɛ.ðɨʃ]

(astronomy) Ganymede (satellite of Jupiter)


esteticista

esteticista m or f by sense (plural esteticistas)

aesthetician (oneone who studies aesthetics)

beautician (someone who provides beauty treatments)


atracção

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


adopção

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


atração

[a.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin attractiōnem.


colisão

Learned borrowing from Latin collīsiōnem.


assunção

[a.sũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.sũˈsɐ̃w̃/

assumption (the act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself)

assumption (taking of a person up into heaven)


aversão

[a.veɾˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.veχˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[a.veɻˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.vɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ɐ.bɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.βɨɾˈsɐ̃w̃]


adoção

/ɐ.dɔˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ðɔˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin adoptiōnem.


castração

[kaʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kɐʃ.tɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/


compulsão

[kõ.puʊ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsiōnem, from Latin compulsus.


aplicação

Learned borrowing from Latin applicātiōnem. By surface analysis, aplicar + -ção.

(Portugal, computing) application, app (a computer program)


circuncisão

Learned borrowing from Latin circumcīsiōnem.


ambulância

→ Konkani: आंबुलांस (āmbulāusa)

Borrowed from French ambulance, from Latin ambulantia.


fracção

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


União Europeia

[u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[uˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[uˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.a]

[uˈnjɐ̃ʊ̯̃ eʊ̯.ɾoˈpɛɪ̯.a]

European Union (organisation consisting of various European nations)


antiministerial

pt-adj

antiministerial m or f (plural antiministeriais)

(politics) antiministerial (opposed to government ministers or ministries)


fração

[fɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin fractiōnem.


desejável

[dɨ.zɨˈʒa.βɛɫ]


Salazar

Borrowed from Spanish Salazar, from sala (“hall”) + Basque zahar (“old”).


Silva

Derived from Silva (name of several places in Portugal), ultimately from silva (“forest”).


menorá

pt-noun

menorá f or (nonstandard) m (plural menorás)

Borrowed from Hebrew מנורה (m'norá, “light, lamp, menorah”).

bor+

(Judaism) menorah (seven-branch candelabrum)


carta de condução

pt-noun

carta de condução f (plural cartas de condução)


irreverente

pt-adj

irreverente m or f (plural irreverentes)

[i.ʁɨ.βɨˈɾẽ.tɨ]

irreverent (lacking respect or seriousness)


afibrinogenemia

(medicine) afibrinogenemia (a blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally)


-ã

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ãa, from Latin -āna.

alemão (“German man”) → alemã (“German woman”)

anão (“male dwarf”) → anã (“female dwarf”)

escrivão (“male keeper”) → escrivã (“female keeper”)

forms the feminine of nouns and adjectives ending in -ão


carvalheira

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎɐj.ɾɐ/

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎɐj.ɾɐ/

[kɐɾ.βɐˈʎej.ɾɐ]

/kɐɾ.vɐˈʎe.ɾɐ/

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual

English oak (Quercus robur, a tree of Europe)