libretista

pt-noun

libretista m or f by sense (plural libretistas)


anticomunista

anticomunista m or f by sense (plural anticomunistas)

(politics) anticommunist (person opposed to communism)


anticomunista

pt-adj

anticomunista m or f (plural anticomunistas)

(politics) anticommunist (opposed to communism)


berbere

pt-noun

berbere m or f by sense (plural berberes)

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), probably from Ancient Greek βᾰ́ρβᾰρος (bárbaros, “foreign”). Doublet of bárbaro and brabo.

der

Berber (member of northwest African ethnic group)


ofensa

From Latin offēnsa, from offēnsō (“to strike”).

insult (anything that causes offence by being of an unacceptable quality)


equestre

equestrian (relating to horseback riding)


equestre

pt-noun

equestre m or f by sense (plural equestres)


antifascista

pt-adj

antifascista m or f (plural antifascistas)

(politics) antifascist (opposed to fascism)


antifascista

pt-noun

antifascista m or f by sense (plural antifascistas)

antifascist (person who opposes fascism)


triatleta

triatleta m or f by sense (plural triatletas)


cunha

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Spanish cuña.

ter uma cunha


cobaia

→ French: cobaye

From or sharing an origin with Spanish cobaya, from Old Tupi.

(figuratively) guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)


saxofonista

saxofonista m or f by sense (plural saxofonistas)

saxophonist (person who plays the saxophone)


copta

Coptic (of or relating to the Coptic people or the Coptic Orthodox Church)

Coptic (of or relating to the Coptic language)


gaivota

[ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]

[ɡaɪ̯ˈvɔ.tɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese gaviota, from Latin gāvia (“seagull”) + -ota. Compare Spanish gaviota.

seagull (white seabird of the family Laridae)


semiologia

semiotics (study of communication signs)


fía

fía f (plural fías, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

fías (plural)
fio (masculine)
fios (masculine plural)


lesma

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *lĭmăcem, from Latin līmācem.


Sodoma

(biblical, Quranic) Sodom (ancient city in Canaan, destroyed by God due to its sinfulness)


sutil

From Old Galician-Portuguese sotil, from Latin subtīlis (“fine; thin”), from sub- + tēla (“a web”).


proteína

(nutrition) protein (one of three major classes of food)

(biochemistry) protein (a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)


falcata

Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255

The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.


Savoia

Savoy (a historical region in western Europe)


salamandra

From Latin salamandra (“salamander”), from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


almenara

Borrowed from Arabic الْمَنَارَة (al-manāra). Doublet of minarete.

bor+

(history) torch or bonfire lit at the top of a tower or high point to transmit signals visible from a distance


Salisburgo

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Salisburgum.

Salzburg (the capital city of the state of Salzburg, Austria)


cona

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cona f and cono m.


Ronaldo

From English Ronald,
 anglicized from a Scottish Gaelic form of Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.


alcaparra

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual


homicida

homicidal (of or pertaining to homicide)


homicida

pt-noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)

murderer; homicide (a person who kills another)


nela

Contraction of em ela (“in her”): feminine singular of nele


nelas

Contraction of em elas (“in them (feminine)”): feminine plural of nele


noutra

Contraction of em outra (“in other, in another (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of noutro


curação

[ku.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin cūrātiō (“cure”), from cūrō (“to cure”), from cūra (“care, cure”).


noutras

Contraction of em outras (“in other, in another (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of noutro


delas

Contraction of de elas (“of them (feminine); their (feminine)”): feminine plural of dele


Débora

(biblical) Deborah (prophetess mentioned in the Book of Judges)

a female given name, equivalent to English Deborah


fúnebre

funerary (relating to or similar in style or atmosphere to a funeral)


neofascista

pt-adj

neofascista m or f (plural neofascistas)

neofascist (of or relating to neofascism)


neofascista

pt-noun

neofascista m or f by sense (plural neofascistas)


progressista

pt-adj

progressista m or f (plural progressistas)


progressista

pt-noun

progressista m or f by sense (plural progressistas)


praxe

Shortening of praxe académica (“academic practice”), from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”). Doublet of práxis.

uder

Para muitos, a praxe trata-se de uma simples diversão estudantil. Para outros é mesmo um marco importante para determinar uma nova fase de vida, e até uma aprendizagem para toda a vida. Serão as praxes o que muitas vezes parecem ao longe, meras brincadeiras burlescas e inofensivas? Constituem, pelo menos em parte, um sistema de integração legítimo e eficaz? O que é afinal a praxe académica?

2015 October 23, Bruno Moraes Cabral, ““Desobedecer à praxe”: a crítica da obediência universitária”, in esquerda.net

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

(Portugal, university slang) hazing (initiation rituals for university freshmen)


expectativa

expectativas (plural)
spelling (Brazil)
Portuguese spelling (European)

expectation (that which is expected or looked for)


eucaristia

(Christianity) Eucharist (religious service in which this sacrament is enacted)


osmose

osmosis (movement of molecules through a membrane)


Antonieta

a female given name, equivalent to English Antoinette


trompeta

Borrowed from Spanish trompeta or French trompette.


fotosfera

/ˌfɔ.tɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

(astronomy) photosphere (the visible surface layer of a star)


audaz

Learned borrowing from Latin audācem (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).


subconsciente

pt-adj

subconsciente m or f (plural subconscientes)

subconscious (occurring without focal awareness)


vaia

Borrowed from Spanish vaya, from Italian baia.


incongruente

incongruente m or f (plural incongruentes)

[ĩ.kõ.ɡɾʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/ĩ.kõˈɡɾwẽ.t͡ʃi/

[ĩ.kõ.ɡɾʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/ĩ.kõˈɡɾwẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ĩ.kõˈɡɾwẽ.tɨ/


caricaturista

pt-noun

caricaturista m or f by sense (plural caricaturistas)

caricaturist (person who draws caricatures)


guerra civil

pt:war between inhabitants of the same place

(military) civil war (war between the inhabitants of the same place)

pt:conflict between people in the same group

(figurative) civil war (conflict between people in the same group)


fratricida

fratricida m or f by sense (plural fratricidas)

fratricide (person who kills his sibling)


Basse-Terre

Basse-Terre (the capital city of the overseas department of the Guadeloupe, France)

Basse-Terre (an island comprising the western half of the overseas department of Guadeloupe)


intriga

intrigue (a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice)


buja

Não vale bujas!

(informal, chiefly sports) a violent shoot


fronde

Borrowed from Latin frondem (“leafy branch”).


estípula

Borrowed from Latin stipula (“string, straw”).


Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz (a city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


costura

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsūtūra, from Latin cōnsūtus, from consuō.


cornalina

(mineralogy) carnelian (a reddish brown chalcedony)


impostura

Learned borrowing from Late Latin impostūra.


robótica

robotics (the science and technology of robots)


parricida

pt-noun

parricida m or f by sense (plural parricidas)

patricide (someone who murders their father)


Amália

a female given name, equivalent to English Amalia


sodomita

sodomita m or f by sense (plural sodomitas)


Cecília

a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia


animista

animista m or f by sense (plural animistas)


Lodz

Łódź Voivodeship
Łódź Voivodeship#English

Lodz, Łódź (the capital city of the Łódź Voivodeship, Poland)


nesga

(fabric) gore (triangular patch of fabric)


-logia

-logia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -logias)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).

lbor

cito- + -logia → citologia (“cytology”)

(sciences) -logy (forms the names of scientific fields of study)


folicular

follicular (of or relating to the follicles)


vigia

Spanish: vigía


vigia

sentinel; lookout (referring to a person, a sentry or guard)


célula dendrítica folicular

pt-noun

célula dendrítica folicular f (plural células dendríticas foliculares)

células dendríticas foliculares (plural)

follicular dendritic cell
follicular dendritic cell


torcida

From torcer (“to twist; to support”) + -ida.

(Brazil, chiefly sports) supporters (people who support something, especially a sports team)


bica

Deverbal from bicar.
According to folk etymology, the coffee sense is an acronym of Beba Isto Com Açúcar (“drink this with sugar”). This etymology appears to have come from a 1998 text, however, and the term most likely came about as a way to differentiate between machine coffee and coffeepot coffee.

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Did I translate this right? I'm not 100% sure I got the explanation at Ciberdúvidas; I'm not big on coffee.

Não me apetece — responde o miúdo. Peço um café(«Uma bica, sim?», mas porquê este inútil «sim»?), e o empregado, afastandose, trôpego, repete a meia voz:«Uma bica!».Talvez parabem memorizaro pedido. Quando regressar, pedirei ...

2012, Abelaira Augusto, NEM SO MAS TAMBEM, Editorial Presença

Vd: 'bica', 'galão', 'meia', = (EP) jargon for café. cafeicultor m coffee-grower. cafeína f caffeine. cafeteira f coffee pot. cafezal m coffee plantation. cafezinho m ( BR) small black coffee. cáfila f (de camelos) coffle; caravan;2 (fig) rabble, mob.

2011, Maria F. Allen, The Routledge Portuguese Bilingual Dictionary (Revised 2014 Edition): Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese, Routledge, page 61

(Portugal, chiefly Lisbon and Southern Portugal) espresso

(Brazil) a type of strong kick with the tip of one's foot striking the adversary


nidificante

pt-adj

nidificante m or f (plural nidificantes)


toca

Uncertain, with multiple theories:
* from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia;
* from Spanish tueca.

Sua casa de sapé e lama faz rir aos bichos que moram em toca e gargalhar ao joão de barro.

1919, Monteiro Lobato, Jeca Tatú: Vida e costumes, page 8


eleição

[e.leɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese eleiçon, eiliçon, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctiōnem.


gravidez

pt-noun

gravidez f (usually uncountable, plural gravidezes)

[ɡɾɐ.viˈðeʃ]

[ɡɾɐ.viˈðeʃ]

[ɡɾɐ.βiˈðeʃ]


cerda

From Late Latin setula, diminutive of Latin sēta, saeta (“thick hair”). Compare Spanish cerda, Italian setola (“bristle”).


Mónica

a female given name, equivalent to English Monica


sandes

/ˈsɐ̃.d͡ʒiʃ/

(Portugal) sandwich (snack consisting of ingredients between slices of bread)


botanista

botanista m or f by sense (plural botanistas)


desagradável

pt-adj

desagradável m or f (plural desagradáveis, comparable, comparative mais desagradável, superlative o mais desagradável or desagradabilíssimo)

desagradáveis (plural)
mais desagradável (comparative)
o mais desagradável (superlative)
desagradabilíssimo (superlative)

[dɨ.zɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.vɛɫ]

[dɨ.zɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.vɛɫ]

[dɨ.zɐ.ɣɾɐˈða.βɛɫ]


desprezível

desprezível m or f (plural desprezíveis, comparable, comparative mais desprezível, superlative o mais desprezível or desprezibilíssimo)

desprezíveis (plural)
mais desprezível (comparative)
o mais desprezível (superlative)
desprezibilíssimo (superlative)

[dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.βɛɫ]

From the non-standard suffixation desprezo (“contempt”) + -ível.


badana

From Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “inside, lining, liner”). Compare Spanish badana.

der

(informal) fin (of a fish, especially cod)


secadora

dryer, clothes dryer (household appliance for drying clothing)


ruminante

pt-adj

ruminante m or f (plural ruminantes, not comparable)

From Latin rūminantem (“which ruminates”), present participle of rūminor (“to ruminate”), from rūmen (“throat”).


saca

Devagarinho, ela foi se abaixando para pegar uma saca a seus pés, despejou-a, e caíram na cama uns pedacinhos de madeira e gravetos, tudo que restava da fiel vassoura de Harry, enfim derrotada.

1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 151

Very slowly, she was kneeling down to get a sack on his feet, she emptied it, and some little fragments and chips of wood fell on the bed, everything what remained from the loyal Harry's broom, finally defeated.


ionosfera

/jɔ.nɔʃˈfɛ.ɾɐ/

(meteorology, planetology) ionosphere (layer of Earth's atmosphere or a similar region on another planet)


aloína

(pharmacology) aloin (glycoside derivative)


vagaba

(Brazil, colloquial) Clipping of vagabundo.

(Brazil, colloquial, vulgar, offensive) Clipping of vagabunda.


cafeína

caffeine (alkaloid found naturally in tea and coffee plants)


Aragão

/a.ɾaˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[a.ɾaˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɐ.ɾɐˈɡɐ̃w̃/

[ɐ.ɾɐˈɣɐ̃w̃]


transeunte

pt-noun

transeunte m or f by sense (plural transeuntes)

Learned borrowing from Latin trānseuntem (“traversing”).

lbor

Pus sangue pela boca, pelos ouvidos / Caí em estado de coma, hemorragia / E até os transeuntes que ali passavam / Sentiam um arrepio e viravam a cara

2003, Rogério Skylab (lyrics and music), “Mictório” (0:41 from the start), in Skylab IV, Rio de Janeiro: Tratore


transeunte

ephemeral; transient (lasting for a short period of time)


islamofobia

Islamophobia (the fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims)


poliginia

polygyny (the condition or practice of having multiple wives)


mamada

(Brazil, vulgar, countable, uncountable) oral sex, especially fellatio


saudita

pt-noun

saudita m or f by sense (plural sauditas)


peptona

(biochemistry) peptone (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis)


conjunção

/kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃w̃/

[kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/kõ.ʒũˈsɐ̃w̃/

Borrowed from Latin coniūnctiōnem (“conjunction, combination”).

bor+

conjunction (act of joining or being joined)


Antígua e Barbuda

[ɐ̃ˈti.ɣwɐ i βɐɾˈβu.ðɐ]

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


Indonésia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Eslovénia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

República da Eslovénia
República da Eslovénia#Portuguese

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe; official name: República da Eslovénia)


Nicarágua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Bielorrússia

República da Bielorrússia
República da Bielorrússia#Portuguese

República de Belarus
República de Belarus#Portuguese

Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe; official names: República da Bielorrússia and República de Belarus)


virtuose

Alternative form of virtuoso (having masterly ability)


Costa do Marfim

[ˈkɔʃ.tɐ ðu mɐɾˈfĩ]

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Geórgia

/ʒeˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒeˈɔɦ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒiˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒɪˈɔɦ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒeˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒeˈɔɦ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒiˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒɪˈɔɦ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒeˈɔɾ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒeˈɔɾ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒiˈɔɾ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒɪˈɔɾ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒeˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒeˈɔʁ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

/ʒiˈɔʁ.ʒi.ɐ/

[ʒɪˈɔʁ.ʒɪ.ɐ]

[ʒeˈɔɻ.ʒɪ.a]

[ʒɪˈɔɻ.ʒɪ.a]

/ʒɨˈɔɾ.ʒi.ɐ/

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)

a female given name, equivalent to English Georgia


Wroclaw

Wrocław, Breslau (a city in the Lower Silesia, Poland)


choca

From Old Galician-Portuguese choca, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”), from Gaulish *clocca, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *klak.
Compare English clock and French cloche (“bell”) and Irish clog (“bell, clock”).


impaciente

Learned borrowing from Latin impatientem. By surface analysis, im- + paciente.

lbor

(of a person) impatient (intolerant of delay or having to wait)

(of an act or behaviour) impatient (prompted by, or demonstrating, impatience)


nádega

From Old Galician-Portuguese nadega, from Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”).

(anatomy, usually in the plural) buttock


portátil

From Medieval Latin portātilis (via Old French portatil (sense 1) or English portable (sense 2)), from Latin portātus.


sadista

pt-noun

sadista m or f by sense (plural sadistas)

sadist (one who derives pleasure from cruelty)


iconoclasta

pt-adj

iconoclasta m or f (plural iconoclastas)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin īconoclasta, from Ancient Greek εἰκονοκλάστης (eikonoklástēs, “breaker of images”).

der

εἰκονοκλάστης


iconoclasta

pt-noun

iconoclasta m or f by sense (plural iconoclastas)

der

εἰκονοκλάστης


satrapia

From Latin satrapīa, from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía), from σατράπης (satrápēs).

(historical) satrapy (province of the Persian empire)


Letónia

Latvia (a country in Europe; capital: Riga)


Iugoslávia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Jugoslávia.


Jugoslávia

Yugoslavia (a former country in the Balkans)


jeropiga

Possibly a corruption of xaropiga, from xarope (“syrup”).

— Olhe, a falar a verdade, Sra. Escolástica, tomava uma gotinha de jeropiga... A Escolástica correu à taberna ao fim da rua, trouxe a jeropiga num copo de quartilho debaixo do avental; e ambas à mesa, uma molhando sopas no café, outra escorropichando o copo, concordavam, com suspiros, que neste mundo tudo eram sustos e lágrimas.

1875, Eça de Queirós, “Capítulo XXIV”, in O Crime do Padre Amaro, page 594

jeropiga (liqueur made from partially fermented malt or wine)

(derogatory) plonk (cheap or inferior wine)


africânder

pt-noun

africânder m or f by sense (plural africânders)


africânder

pt-adj

africânder m or f (plural africânderes or africânders)

africânderes (plural)
africânders (plural)

(relational) Afrikaans (language, person, culture)


âmbar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ambar, from Andalusian Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕánbar).
Cognate with Galician ámbar.


africâner

pt-noun

africâner m or f by sense (plural africâneres or africâners)

africâneres (plural)
africâners (plural)


africâner

pt-adj

africâner m or f (plural africâneres or africâners)


galáxia

Learned borrowing from Latin galaxiās (“galaxy; Milky Way”), from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

uder

galaxy (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc)


preposição

Borrowed from Latin praepositiōnem (“preposition”), from prae- (“pre-”) + positiō (“position”).

(grammar) preposition (type of word such as “of”, “from”, “for”, “by”)


comarca

(dated) administrative division or territory, especially one close to boundaries

(law) a region under the rule of one or more judges or courts


remela

rheum; sleep (substance found in the corner of the eyes)


maioria

From maior (“bigger; greater”) + -ia (“-y”), from Old Galician-Portuguese maior, from Latin māior (“bigger; greater”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (“comparative suffix”).


calçada

From Vulgar Latin calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), from Latin calcō (“trample”), from Latin calx (“limestone”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish calzada and French chaussée.

(Brazil) sidewalk, pavement (paved footpath at the side of a road)


madruga

From madrugada, possibly with an analogy that -ada is a past participle suffix.

(Brazil, colloquial) the period between midnight and sunrise; early morning


extrajudicial

pt-adj

extrajudicial m or f (plural extrajudiciais)


recarga

Foi esta a pergunta que lhe fiz, tirando do bolso uma caneta alemã que tinha comprado em Bruxelas e de que gosto muito porque o aparo é preto e mate. – Deixame ver – disseme ela, abrindo a caneta e olhando para a recarga quase vazia.

2014, Javier Marías, Coração Tão Branco, Alfaguara


brega

Short for xumbrega, corruption of Schomberg.

(Brazil, derogatory) tacky; kitschy; in poor taste


brega

(bullfighting) the work done by a bullfighter


alface

pt-noun

alface f or (nonstandard) m (plural alfaces)

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَسّ. First attested in c. 16th century, but the variant alfaça is attested as early as 1279. Cognate with Maltese ħass.

Lactuca sativa
Lactuca sativa#Translingual

(by extension) any plant in the genus Lactuca


supercondutividade

supercondutividade f (plural supercondutividades)


bétula

Borrowed from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Compare Italian betulla, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.

birch (any of various trees of the genus Betula)


faca

Unknown. Possibly from Latin falx (“sickle”).


malaquita

(mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)


Branca de Neve

(European folklore) Snow White (beautiful princess placed into an sleeping enchantment)


farra

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:
* from dialectal Arabic فَرْحَة (farḥa);
* from Latin pānis farreus (“spelt bread”);
* from fanfarra (“fanfare”).

carousal (noisy feast or social gathering, especially one with alcohol)


topologia

(mathematics) topology (mathematical study of shapes and topological spaces)


matéria-prima

matéria-prima f (plural matérias-primas)


aristocrata

aristocrata m or f by sense (plural aristocratas)


aristocrata

pt-adj

aristocrata m or f (plural aristocratas)


tranca

From Vulgar Latin *taranca (compare Old French taranche (“big iron pin”)), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”) (compare Middle Irish tairnge (“iron nail”)), Proto-Celtic *tarankyos (“nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, rub”).


Schweizer

Unadapted borrowing from German Schweizer.


previsível

pt-adj

previsível m or f (plural previsíveis, comparable, comparative mais previsível, superlative o mais previsível or previsibilíssimo)

previsíveis (plural)
mais previsível (comparative)
o mais previsível (superlative)
previsibilíssimo (superlative)

From Latin praevīsus + -ível. By surface analysis, prever + -ível


disponível

disponível m or f (plural disponíveis, comparable, comparative mais disponível, superlative o mais disponível or disponibilíssimo)

disponíveis (plural)
mais disponível (comparative)
o mais disponível (superlative)
disponibilíssimo (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin disponibilis. By surface analysis, dispor + -ível.


imprevisível

pt-adj

imprevisível m or f (plural imprevisíveis, comparable, comparative mais imprevisível, superlative o mais imprevisível or imprevisibilíssimo)

imprevisíveis (plural)
mais imprevisível (comparative)
o mais imprevisível (superlative)
imprevisibilíssimo (superlative)


siderurgia

Cognate with Catalan siderúrgia and French sidérurgie.


explicação

dar explicações


afronta

Eu sei, nossa simples existência já é uma afronta
Os demônios em você não aguentam ver

2022, “Fogo nos Racistas”, performed by Black Pantera

I know our existence alone is already an affront
The demons inside you can't stand to see
Another black man emerging

affront (open or intentional offense, slight, or insult)


invariante

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.bɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

(mathematics) invariant (that is not affected by a specified operation)


invariante

pt-noun

invariante m or f by sense (plural invariantes)

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

/ĩ.bɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/

invariant (invariant value, quantity or function)


surfista

surfista m or f by sense (plural surfistas)


verba

budget (amount of money set aside for a project)


pusilânime

Borrowed from Latin pusillanimis (“pusillanimous”), from pusillus (“very small”) + animus (“spirit”).


pusilânime

pt-noun

pusilânime m or f by sense (plural pusilânimes)


apólice

From Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof, declaration”).


abstinência

Borrowed from Latin abstinentia. Compare the inherited Old Portuguese astẽença.


hifenização

hyphenation (joining words or syllables with a hyphen)

hyphenation (breaking of a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules)


sardinha

From Old Galician-Portuguese sardinha, from Latin sardīna, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɦˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saɾˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

/saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/

[saʁˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃ɐ]

sardine (any of several small, edible species of herring)


Califórnia

California (The most populous state of the United States)

A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil


Donatela

a female given name, equivalent to Italian Donatella


trol

pt-noun

trol m or f by sense (plural tróis or troles)

(fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges)

(Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption)


cataplasma

Borrowed from Latin cataplasma, from Ancient Greek κατάπλασμα (katáplasma).


Odisséia

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


centrista

(Portugal, politics) of or belonging to CDS – People's Party


centrista

centrista m or f by sense (plural centristas)

(Portugal, politics) a member or supporter of CDS – People's Party


imortal

pt-adj

imortal m or f (plural imortais, not comparable)


imortal

pt-noun

imortal m or f by sense (plural imortais)


comuna

(government) commune (municipality-level subdivision in some countries)

commune (small rural community whose members share ownership of property)

a group of people who share an ideology and work together


histeria

hysteria (behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion)


participante

participante m or f by sense (plural participantes)


claudicante

pt-adj

claudicante m or f (plural claudicantes)


vulcanologia

From Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, Roman god of fire”) + -logia, on the model of French vulcanologie.


delicadeza

delicateness (the characteristic of being delicate)


amável

pt-adj

amável m or f (plural amáveis, comparable, comparative mais amável, superlative o mais amável or amabilíssimo)

amáveis (plural)
mais amável (comparative)
o mais amável (superlative)
amabilíssimo (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Latin amābilis (“lovable, worthy of love”). By surface analysis, amar + -ável.


desfragmentação

pt-noun

desfragmentação f (plural desfragmentações)

From desfragmentar + -ção or des- + fragmentação.


glaciologia

glaciology (the study of ice and its effect on the landscape)


Bolívia

Borrowed from Spanish Bolivia, corresponding to Bolívar + -ia.


compreensão

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾɪ.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾjẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[kõ.pɾe.ẽˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

From compreender + -são, or borrowed from Latin comprehēnsiōnem.

Obrigada pela compreensão.


acha

From Old Galician-Portuguese acha, from Late Latin ascla (“sliver”), from Latin astula.


acha

From Old Galician-Portuguese acha, from Old French hache (“battle-axe”), from Frankish.


congressista

congressista m or f by sense (plural congressistas)


papaia

Carica papaya
Carica papaya#Translingual

papaya (Carica papaya, a tropical tree of the Americas)

papaya (the fruit of the Carica papaya tree)


amazona

Learned borrowing from Latin Amāzonem, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn), adapted to the common feminine suffix -a.

(Greek mythology) Amazon (mythological female warrior)


contundente

pt-adj

contundente m or f (plural contundentes)

Learned borrowing from Latin contundentem, present participle of contundō (“to pound or bruise”).

lbor

blunt; bruising; contusing (of an object)

Guterres fez uma crítica ao modo de funcionamento interno da ONU com uma declaração contundente: “Tenho a sensação de que as regras orçamentais da ONU servem mais para impedir do que para permitir as nossas funções”, disse, […]

2016 December 13, Maria João Guimarães, “António Guterres quer reformar a política entres as nacões”, in Público


gramatical

descrição gramatical da língua

grammatical (not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language)


calumnia

Elle exclamou logo, vivamente: —Para evitar qualquer calumnia d'essas linguas damnadas!

1878, Eça de Queirós, chapter V, in O Primo Basílio

He soon exclaimed, vividly: "To avoid any calumny from these damned people!"

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


hypotheca

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


cronometrista

pt-noun

cronometrista m or f by sense (plural cronometristas)


neandertal

neandertal m or f by sense (plural neandertais)

Homo neanderthalensis
Homo neanderthalensis#Translingual

Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis, an extinct hominid)

(derogatory) Neanderthal (primitive or stupid person)


neandertal

Neanderthal (relating to the Neanderthals)


cosmopolita

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolitas)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

lbor

κοσμοπολίτης


cosmopolita

pt-adj

cosmopolita m or f (plural cosmopolitas)

lbor

κοσμοπολίτης

cosmopolitan (affecting the whole world)

cosmopolitan (composed of people from all over the world)


mensual

(Rio Grande do Sul) with a monthly salary


gangrena

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾẽ.nɐ/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.na/

/ɡɐ̃ˈɡɾe.nɐ/


treonina

(biochemistry) threonine (an essential amino acid)


úvula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ūvula (“small grape”), diminutive of ūva.

(anatomy) uvula (appendage that hangs from the palate)


valina

(biochemistry) valine (an essential aminoacid)


tirosina

(biochemistry) tyrosine (aminoacid used by cells to synthesise proteins)


oculista

pt-noun

oculista m or f by sense (plural oculistas)

From óculo + -ista, ultimately from Latin oculus. Calque of French oculiste.

optician (a person who makes or sells lenses, spectacles)

ophthalmologist (medical doctor specialising in the eye)


exorcista

exorcista m or f by sense (plural exorcistas)

exorcist (a person who practices exorcism)


indemne

Learned borrowing from Latin indemnem (“unhurt”).

lbor

European Portuguese standard spelling of indenizar.


optometrista

pt-noun

optometrista m or f by sense (plural optometristas)


enterite

(pathology) enteritis (intestinal disease)


otorrinolaringologia

otorrinolaringologia f (plural otorrinolaringologias)

From ot(o)- + rin(o)- + laring(o)- + -logia.


otorrinolaringologista

otorrinolaringologista m or f by sense (plural otorrinolaringologistas)


empregada

[ẽ.pɾɨˈɣa.ðɐ]

maid (women employed to keep a house clean)


esteta

aesthete (someone who has an unusually high sensitivity to beauty)


serpentina

streamer (colored coiled paper that is used during Carnival)

(mineralogy) serpentine (layered mineral consisting of magnesium and iron silicates)

(historical) serpentine (early type of cannon)


fantasmagoria

Borrowed from French fantasmagorie, based on Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image”).


Babilônia

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Babilónia.


superfície

surface (the upside of a flat object or of a liquid)

(geometry) surface (the outside hull of a tangible object)

(figurative) tip of the iceberg (only the beginning of a larger situation)


dádiva

From Old Galician-Portuguese dadiva, from Latin datīva, plural of datīvum. The shift in stress is possibly due to the influence of dēbita (“debt”), from the tendency of learned words having stress on their first syllable, or from the reinterpretation of the word as dado (“given”) with a suffix.

gift (something given without charge as a gesture of good will)

blessing (a very favourable circumstance, occurrence or object)


inveja

From an alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Compare Galician envexa, Catalan and Occitan enveja and French envie. Doublet of invídia, a borrowing with the same meaning.


discórdia

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɦ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

[d͡ʒisˈkɔɾ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/

[d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒɪ.ɐ]

/d͡ʒiʃˈkɔʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/


mudança

From mudar (“to change”) + -ança (“-ance”).

change (the process of becoming different)

move (event of changing one's residence)

all the objects carried when one changes residence


suposição

Borrowed from Latin suppositiōnem (“supposition”). By surface analysis, supor + -ção.

bor+

assumption; supposition (act of assuming or supposing something)

assumption; supposition (the thing supposed)


contradição

[kõ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin contrādictiōnem (“contradiction”).

contradiction (statement that contradicts itself)


cevada

From Old Galician-Portuguese cevada (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Galician cevada, Spanish cebada and Catalan and Occitan civada.

barley (strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains)


impossível

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin impossibilis. By surface analysis, im- + possível.

slbor

impossible (very difficult to deal with)

Hoje ela está impossível.


castanha

/kaʃˈtɐ̃.ɲɐ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese castanna, from Latin castanea (“chestnut”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).


volátil

Learned borrowing from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).

lbor

(physics, chemistry) volatile (evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions)

unstable (having a strong tendency to change)

(computing, of memory) volatile (whose content is lost when the computer is powered down)


volátil

pt-noun

volátil m or f by sense (plural voláteis)


licença

Tetum: lisensa

From Old Galician-Portuguese lecença, from Latin licentia (“license; freedom; liberty”), from licēns (“allowing, permitting”), present participle of licet (“allow”).

uder

license; permit (legal document giving official permission to do something)

permission given to an employee to miss work for some time (due to ill health, for example); leave


dálmata

(relational) Dalmatian (of Dalmatia, region along the coast of Croatia)


dálmata

pt-noun

dálmata m or f by sense (plural dálmatas)

(demonym) Dalmatian (person from Dalmatia)


figurinista

figurinista m or f by sense (plural figurinistas)


polegada

From Old Galician-Portuguese polegada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicāta, unit of length derived from Latin pollex (“thumb”). Compare Galician and Spanish pulgada. As an English unit, a calque of English inch.

American or English inch, a unit of length equal to 2.54 cm

(historical) polegada, Portuguese inch, a historical unit of length about equal to 2.8 cm

(historical) square polegada, a historical unit of area about equal to 7.8 cm²

(historical) cubic polegada, a historical unit of volume about equal to 22 cm³, particularly used in measuring timber


instância

[ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ]

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

/ĩʃˈtɐ̃.sjɐ/

jurisdiction (power to exercise authority)

(computing) instance (a created object in object-oriented programing)


glória

From Old Galician-Portuguese gloria, from Latin gloria.


organização

organization; order (the condition of being organized)

organization (the way something is organized)

organization (group of people or entities with an explicit purpose)

tidying (the act of tidying something up)


sereia

sereia f (plural sereias, masculine sereio, masculine plural sereios)

sereias (plural)
sereio (masculine)
sereios (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).

mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)


vanglória

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾi.ɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾi.ɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

[vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾɪ.a]

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/vɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

/bɐ̃ˈɡlɔ.ɾjɐ/

From vã (“vain”) + glória (“glory”), from Medieval Latin vana gloria.


aritmética

Borrowed from Latin arithmētica, from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).

der

ἀριθμητική (τέχνη)

arithmetic (mathematics of numbers, etc.)


frescura

/fɾɨʃˈku.ɾɐ/

(slang) overly sentimental or picky behaviour


fruita

(archaic or Brazil) Alternative form of fruta


-dura

pt-noun

-dura f (noun-forming suffix, plural -duras)


objeção

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ob.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.bʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ɔ.βʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin objectiōnem.


fricativa

(phonetics) fricative (consonant produced by constricting the flow of air)


fumarola

fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)


mudéjar

Borrowed from Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).


mudéjar

pt-noun

mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)

Mudéjar (Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista)


decomposição

decomposition, act of taking something apart


projeção

[pɾo.ʒeˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/pɾu.ʒɛˈsɐ̃w̃/

Learned borrowing from Latin prōiectiōnem (“projection”), from prōiectus (“projected”).

lbor

projection (something which projects outwards)

(uncountable) the quality of something which projects outwards

projection (act of projecting, throwing)

projection (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation)

projection (display of an image by a projector)

(psychology) the attribution of one’s emotions into another object or person

(geometry) projection (image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions)

(cartography) projection (system for representing a globe in a flat surface)


onda sonora

(physics) sound wave (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material)


Kamchatka

Kamchatka (a peninsula in the Far East of Russia)


murta

From Latin myrta (“myrtle”), from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”), from a Semitic root M-R-R meaning "bitter".

myrtle (evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus)


ONG

/ˈɔ ˈɛ.nɨ ˈʒe/

(Brazil) Acronym of organização não-governamental.

(Portugal) Initialism of organização não-governamental.


Siracusa

Borrowed from Italian Siracusa, from Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συράκουσαι (Surákousai).

Syracuse (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

Syracuse (a city in New York, United States)


gastroenterite

pt-noun

gastroenterite f (plural gastroenterites)

(medicine) gastroenteritis (inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestine)


gincana

Borrowed from English gymkhana, from Hindi गेंदख़ाना (gendxānā) / Urdu گیندخانا (gendxānā, “racquet court”), influenced by English gymnastics and gymnasium.

der

(motor sports) a competition involving the display of driving skills

a competition where teams (or, less commonly, individuals) compete in activities that are fun rather than sportslike, such as treasure hunts, quizzes and sack races


illusionista

pt-noun

illusionista m or f by sense (plural illusionistas)


kettlebell

Unadapted borrowing from English kettlebell.

ubor

(weightlifting) kettlebell (cast iron ball with a handle)


reumatoide

(pathology) rheumatoid (presenting analogies with rheumatism)


golpista

pt-noun

golpista m or f by sense (plural golpistas)

[ɡɔɫˈpiʃ.tɐ]

scammer; swindler; fraudster (person who carries out a scam or fraud)

coup plotter; coupist; putschist (one who takes part in a coup d'état)


golpista

[ɡɔɫˈpiʃ.tɐ]


cafetina

cafetina f (plural cafetinas, masculine cafetão, masculine plural cafetões)

cafetinas (plural)
cafetão (masculine)
cafetões (masculine plural)


pepsina

(biochemistry) pepsin (a digestive enzyme)


adenoviral

[ɐˌðɛ.nɔ.viˈɾaɫ]

[ɐˌðɛ.nɔ.viˈɾaɫ]

[ɐˌðɛ.nɔ.βiˈɾaɫ]

From adeno- + viral or adenovírus + -al.

(medicine) adenoviral (of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus)


galinha

Kabuverdianu: galinha

Papiamentu: galiña

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galinha (“hen”), from Latin gallīna (“hen”), from gallus (“rooster”). By surface analysis, galo + -inha.
Compare Galician galiña.

inh+

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single


galinha

(Brazil, of a woman) who is virtually always seen with a partner


pepita

Borrowed from Spanish pepita, diminutive of pepa.


-eta

In some words from Italian -etta and in others from French -ette. Both come from Latin -itta. Doublet of -ita and -ete.

canção (“song”) + -eta → cançoneta (“short, cheerful song”)

forms the diminutive of feminine nouns, often as an adaptation of French loanwords ending in -ette


-eta

person missing a body part, especially if they have only one part of a pair, such as only one hand or one foot


parmense

pt-noun

parmense m or f by sense (plural parmenses)


rotura

From Old Galician-Portuguese routura, from Latin ruptūra. Doublet of the borrowed form ruptura.


gruta

Borrowed from Catalan gruta, itself borrowed from Sicilian grutta or Old Neapolitan grutta, from Vulgar Latin *grupta or *crupta, from Latin crypta. Doublet of cripta.


altitudinal

pt-adj

altitudinal m or f (plural altitudinais)


algebrista

pt-noun

algebrista m or f by sense (plural algebristas)

[aɫ.ʒɨˈβɾiʃ.tɐ]


cagada

Fui no banheiro e dei uma cagada.

Ouvi falar que deu uma cagada no aeroporto.

I heard something bad happened at the airport.

Você só faz cagada.

Que cagada, ganhei na loteria.

This is unbelievable, I won the lottery.

(vulgar) an event of very unlikely good luck


infanticida

infanticida m or f by sense (plural infanticidas)

infanticide (a person who kills a child)


Guiné

→ English: Guinea

Of uncertain origin; possibly from a Berber source like Tarifit aynaw (“mute”) (alternative form agnaw) i.e "those who don't speak our language" (compare Niemiec "not-speak, foreigner").
Or possibly after the city of Djenné. More at Guinea.

(historical) Guinea (the coastal regions of Subsaharan West Africa)


Ilhas Marshall

[ˈi.ʎɐʒ ˈmaχ.ʃaʊ̯]

[ˈi.ʎɐʒ ˈmaɾ.ʃaɫ]

[ˈi.ʎɐʒ ˈmaɾ.ʃaɫ]

[ˈi.ʎɐʒ ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃaɫ]

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Suazilândia

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Mauritânia

Borrowed from Latin Maurītānia (“Berber kingdom in northern Africa”).

Mauretânia

only when referring to the ancient region

Mauretania (an ancient kingdom in North Africa)


Serra Leoa

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


wakf

waqf (inalienable endowment for charity in Islamic countries)


peneira

Kadiwéu: beneela

sieve (device to separate larger objects)

(figurative) something which selects the best and filters out the rest


insolvente

[ĩ.sɔɫˈβẽ.tɨ]

(finance) insolvent (unable to pay one’s debt)


decalina

(organic chemistry) decalin (decahydronaphthalene)


Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


metáfora

Borrowed from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá).

metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)


tesoura

From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.

(architecture) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves

scissor-tailed flycatcher
scissor-tailed flycatcher

scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)

earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)

(soccer) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open

(martial arts) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)


diferença

From Latin differentia (“difference”), from differō (“to differ”), from dif- + ferō (“to carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”).

uder

(uncountable) difference (quality of being different)

difference (an instance of being different)


menina

Spanish: menina

From Old Galician-Portuguese meninha, from meninho.

Doutor, é menino ou menina?

Ela é minha menina / E eu sou o menino dela / Ela é o meu amor / E eu sou o amor todinho dela

1968, “A minha menina”, performed by Os Mutantes

She is my girl / And I am her boy / She is my love / And I am her whole love.

Pode sentar-se aqui, menina.

young lady, miss (a title of respect for an unmarried young woman)

Ele tornou-se frequentador assíduo de casas de meninas.

He became a regular frequenter of houses of girls [brothels].

(Portugal, derogatory, usually in the plural) prostitute


toupeira

(derogatory) fool, idiot (stupid person)


lancinante

A cega […] após os gritos lancinantes que começou a soltar ao compreender que a perda da visão não era uma nova e imprevista consequência do prazer, mal ousava chorar e lamentar-se […]

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho, page 33

The blind woman […] after the piercing shrieks she started uttering when she understood her loss of vision was not a new and unexpected consequence of her pleasure, barely dared to cry and complain […]


lanolina

lanolin (greasy yellow substance secreted by woolly animals)


transliteração

pt-noun

transliteração f (plural transliterações)

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.li.tɨ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From transliterar (“to transliterate”) + -ção.

suffix

(writing, translation studies) transliteration (act of transliterating)

(writing, translation studies) transliteration (text which has been transliterated)


castanha de caju

pt-noun

castanha de caju f (plural castanhas de caju)


capoeirista

capoeirista m or f by sense (plural capoeiristas)


união

[u.nɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ūniōnem, from Latin ūniōnem (“to unite”).


botica

Papiamentu: botika

Borrowed from French boutique, from Old Occitan botica, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of bodega and butique.

der

(archaic) general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things)

(archaic) pharmacy (place where prescription drugs are dispensed)


calças

→ Makalero: kalsa, kaalsa (“trousers”)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calças, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

inh+

(plural only) pants (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)


milha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese milha, from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle (“thousand”) from its length of 1000 Roman paces, from Proto-Indo-European *(sm̥-)ǵʰéslo-. Cognate with Galician, Spanish, and Catalan milla.

(historical) milha, Portuguese mile, a traditional unit of distance equivalent to about 1481.5, 1851.9, or 2057.6 m depending on the number of equatorial degrees per league

English or American mile, a unit of distance equivalent to about 1.61 km


milha

From milho (“maize”), from Old Galician-Portuguese millo, from Latin milium (“millet”).


amêndoa

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, *amyndula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of Pre-Greek origin. Doublet of amígdala and mandorla.

Prunus amygdalus
Prunus amygdalus#Translingual

almond (nut of tree of species Prunus amygdalus (syn. Prunus dulcis))

stone; pit (hard seed of a fleshy fruit)


visível

pt-adj

visível m or f (plural visíveis, comparable, comparative mais visível, superlative o mais visível or visibilíssimo)

visíveis (plural)
mais visível (comparative)
o mais visível (superlative)
visibilíssimo (superlative)


hypothese

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


esquimó

pt-noun

esquimó m or f by sense (plural esquimós)

(uncountable) Eskimo (any of several languages)


esquimó

pt-adj

esquimó m or f (plural esquimós, not comparable)


pesquisa

Borrowed from Spanish pesquisa (“investigation”), ultimately from Latin perquīrō (“to ask, inquire or search diligently”).


atraente

pt-adj

atraente m or f (plural atraentes, comparable, comparative mais atraente, superlative o mais atraente or atraentíssimo)

atraentes (plural)
mais atraente (comparative)
o mais atraente (superlative)
atraentíssimo (superlative)

/ɐ.tɾɐˈẽ.tɨ/

attractive (having the power of charming)


afeição

[a.feɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


antimaternal

antimaternal m or f (plural antimaternais)

antimaternal (having characteristics opposite those associated with maternity)


sonante

Learned borrowing from Latin sonantem. Doublet of soante.


variável

variável m or f (plural variáveis, comparable, comparative mais variável, superlative o mais variável or variabilíssimo)

variáveis (plural)
mais variável (comparative)
o mais variável (superlative)
variabilíssimo (superlative)

[bɐˈɾja.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin variābilis. By surface analysis, variar + -ável.


variável

[bɐˈɾja.βɛɫ]

(programming) variable (named memory location)


totipotente

totipotente m or f (plural totipotentes)

(biology, of a cell) totipotent (able to produce differentiated cells upon division)


semelhante

semelhante m or f (plural semelhantes, comparable, comparative mais semelhante, superlative o mais semelhante or semelhantíssimo)

semelhantes (plural)
mais semelhante (comparative)
o mais semelhante (superlative)
semelhantíssimo (superlative)

/sɨ.mɨˈʎɐ̃.tɨ/

From Old Galician-Portuguese semellante, from Vulgar Latin *similiantem, present participle of *similiāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“similar”). By surface analysis, semelhar + -ante. Compare Galician semellante, Spanish semejante.


colheita

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin collecta. Compare Galician colleita, Asturian collecha, Spanish cosecha, Catalan collita, Occitan culhida, French cueillette. Doublet of coleta.


regra

Borrowed from Latin rēgula as a semi-learned term. Compare Spanish regla. Cf. the inherited doublet relha, reixa and also the borrowed régua.

Não há uma regra geral.


síncope

(medicine) syncope (loss of consciousness)

(music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)

(phonetics) syncope (loss of sounds in the middle of a word)


justificativa

justification (reason, explanation, or excuse)


cozinha

Papiamentu: cushina

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cozinha, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Compare Galician cociña, Asturian and Spanish cocina.

inh+

Então essa que é a cozinha?
/ĩˈtɐ̃w̃ ˈɛsɐ kiˈɛ‿a kuˈzĩɲɐ/
[original: ここは厨房(ちゅうぼう)か]

2024 February 8, “Cozinha da corte/Fervido em água salgada” (10:58 from the start), in Dungeon Meshi, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Laios Touden (Pedro Crispim), Rio de Janeiro: Som de Vera Cruz, dubbing of 宮廷料理/塩茹で, via Netflix

(cooking) cuisine (foods and cooking associated with a particular culture)


baía

From Late Latin baia, possibly from Iberian badia.

bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land)


conspiração

[kõʃ.pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from Latin cōnspīrātiōnem (“conspiracy, plot”).

bor

plot, conspiracy (act of working in secret to obtain some goal)


vizinhança

From vizinho (“neighbour”) + -ança (“-ance”).

neighborhood (close proximity, particularly in reference to home)

neighborhood (inhabitants in the close proximity)

(uncountable) the relationship between neighbours

surroundings (area surrounding something)


rótula

Learned borrowing from Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rolha.

lbor

(São Paulo, Bahia, South Brazil) roundabout


romã

From Old Galician-Portuguese romãa, from Latin [mala] romana (“Roman apple”).


acrolectal

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


acqua alta

pt-noun

acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).


curcuma

Borrowed from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, “turmeric”).


assembléia

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


gónada

gónadas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


epêntese

From Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis).

epenthesis (the insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)


gendarmeria

gendarmerie (military body charged with police duties)


vertente

From verter (“to gush; to spring”) + -ente.

spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

O vale de vertentes íngremes, semelhante a uma cratera, era tão largo que até à luz do dia Sazed mal teria conseguido ver o outro lado. Na escuridão que ia chegando, obscurecido pela bruma, o limite distante do enorme buraco era apenas ...

2015, Brandon Sanderson, O Poço da Ascensão, Leya

slope (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward)

Na verdade, um repertório que apresenta três das principais vertentes da obra caymmiana — as vertentes baianas. Isso mostra que ao chegar ao Rio, o jovem Dorival já era um compositor pronto para a glória, com obras-primas no baú.

2001, Stella Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi: o mar e o tempo, Editora 34, page 13

... essas vertentes do realismo ficaram petrificadas diante das modificações globais em curso. Da mesma maneira comportaram-se várias das vertentes liberais da teoria internacionalista. De Richard Cobden, Woodrow Wilson e J. A. Hobson, ...

2001, José Flávio Sombra Saraiva, Relações internacionais: dois séculos de história. Entre a preponderância européia e a emergência americano-soviética, IBRI, page 15

(figuratively) perspective, angle, aspect


papila

(anatomy) papilla (any nipple-like structure)


pré-história

[ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

/ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

/ˌpɾɛ.iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

From pré- (“pre-”) + história (“history”).

prehistory (history of human culture prior to written records)


mobilidade

Learned borrowing from Latin mōbilitātem (“mobility”). By surface analysis, móbil + -idade.

lbor

mobility (measure of the extent to which something is mobile)


metempsicose

From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis), from μετεμψυχόομαι (metempsukhóomai, “of a soul, to pass from one body to another”), from μετα- (meta-) + ἐν (en, “in”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

der

μετεμψύχωσις

metempsychosis (transmigration of the soul)


melancolia

From Old Galician-Portuguese melanconia, borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)


insegurança

/ĩ.sɨ.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/

[ĩ.sɨ.ɣuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ]

From in- + segurança (“security”), from segurar (“to hold; to secure”) + -ança.

(uncountable) insecurity (lack of security)

something one is not self-confident about


Normandia

From French Normandie, from Old French Normendie, from normant + -ie.

administrative region
administrative region

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


modalidade

(uncountable) modality (state of being modal)

(sports) discipline (sub-category of a sport)


lápide

Borrowed from Latin lapidem (“stone”). Doublet of lápis.


sensatez

pt-noun

sensatez f (usually uncountable, plural sensatezes)

sensibleness; common sense (the ability to make good judgements based on reason)


bardana

burdock (any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium)


inesquecível

pt-adj

inesquecível m or f (plural inesquecíveis)


sainte

outgoing, on its way out; soon to be no longer


sentada

sitting (period of time in which one is seated for a specific purpose)


misoginia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μισογυνία (misogunía).


mirabolante

pt-adj

mirabolante m or f (plural mirabolantes)

Parece um filme lento, que podes acompanhar com mais pormenor por partes (episódios) mas que por isso facilmente te agarra ao ecrã, ainda que, no fundo, o argumento não seja muito diferente do de outros filmes sobre assaltos a bancos — veja-se por exemplo Inside Man (ou O Assalto Perfeito, em português) onde um assaltante inteligente cria um plano mirabolante e tem de lidar com um bom negociador de reféns.

2018 April 7, Rita Pinto, “La Casa De Papel: sabes a história de “Bella Ciao”, a música símbolo da série?”, in Shifter, archived from the original on 2018-06-08

excessively grandiose and impossible to achieve, infeasible


microbiologia

pt-noun

microbiologia f (usually uncountable, plural microbiologias)

(biology) microbiology (branch of biology dealing with microorganisms)


monolingue

monolingues (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European especially)

/ˌmɔ.nɔˈlĩ.ɡɨ/


moina

Uncertain, possibly from Occitan amoinà (“to beg”) or French moine. Compare Galician moina.

(Portugal, derogatory, dated) rascal, trickster

(Porto) car guard (informally employed person in charge of finding parking spots for cars)


mongoloide

mongoloide m or f by sense (plural mongoloides)

(anthropology) mongoloid (member of the race native to North Asia, East Asia, Oceania and Greenland)

(offensive) mongoloid (someone with Down’s syndrome)

(offensive) mongoloid; retard; idiot (generic term of abuse)


metodista

(relational) Methodist (of the branch of Christianity that adheres to the views of Wesley (1703-1791))


metodista

metodista m or f by sense (plural metodistas)

a member of the Methodist Church; a Wesleyan


nevralgia

[nɨ.βɾaɫˈʒi.ɐ]

(pathology, neurology) neuralgia (nerve pain)


moca

(Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)


moscovita

moscovita m or f by sense (plural moscovitas)


centrifugadora

centrifugadora f (plural centrifugadoras)


-patia

-patia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -patias)


estátua

Learned borrowing from Latin statua, from statuō (“to set up; to erect”).


oração

[o.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ɔ.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Old Galician-Portuguese oraçon, from Latin ōrātiōnem (“discourse; prayer”). By surface analysis, orar + -ção.

prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)


Lovaina

Leuven, Louvain (a city, the regional capital of Flemish Brabant, Belgium)


narcisista

narcisista m or f by sense (plural narcisistas)


Ossétia do Sul

South Ossetia (a breakaway state in Georgia)


boneca

→ Malay: boneka

Indonesian: boneka

Borrowed from Spanish muñeca (“doll”), from Old Spanish munneca. Doublet of munheca.


maca

stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)


ninfomania

ninfomania f (usually uncountable, plural ninfomanias)

nymphomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women)


ortodoxia

Borrowed from Late Latin orthodoxia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθοδοξία (orthodoxía, “right opinion”). By surface analysis, ortodoxo + -ia

der

orthodoxy (correctness in doctrine and belief)

(uncountable) Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)


oportunista

pt-adj

oportunista m or f (plural oportunistas)


oportunista

pt-noun

oportunista m or f by sense (plural oportunistas)

opportunist (someone who takes advantage of any opportunity)


oligarca

oligarca m or f by sense (plural oligarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs).

(politics) oligarch (a member of an oligarchy)

(colloquial) wealthy, politically influential industrialist or businessman


nudista

pt-adj

nudista m or f (plural nudistas, not comparable)


nudista

pt-noun

nudista m or f by sense (plural nudistas)


selenita

From Ancient Greek σεληνίτης (selēnítēs).

A selenita é uma pedra serena que instila a paz profunda e por isso é excelente para a meditação e o trabalho espiritual.

2020 March 12, Judy Hall, A Bíblia dos Cristais - Vol. 1: O Guia Definitivo dos Cristais, Editora Pensamento

Selenite is a serene stone that instills deep peace and is therefore excellent for meditation and spiritual work.


selenita

selenita m or f by sense (plural selenitas)

Mas eu não sou um selenita e quero que a Lua se dane, dona Creuma! Cansei dessa história! […]

2018 July 6, Eliana Martins, A maldição do filme, Editora Melhoramentos

But I'm not a selenite [moon inhabitant], and I don't care about the Moon, Mrs. Creuma! I'm tired of this story! […]

(science fiction) an inhabitant of Luna, the moon of Terra


selenita

(science fiction, relational) of Luna, the moon of Terra


baunilha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bainilha, from Spanish vainilla.


gimnosperma

(botany) gymnosperm (plant whose seeds are not in an ovary)


morfinomania

pt-noun

morfinomania f (usually uncountable, plural morfinomanias)


piromania

(psychology) pyromania (obsession with fire)


provável

pt-adj

provável m or f (plural prováveis, comparable, comparative mais provável, superlative o mais provável or provabilíssimo)

prováveis (plural)
mais provável (comparative)
o mais provável (superlative)
provabilíssimo (superlative)

[pɾuˈβa.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probāre (“to test, examine”). By surface analysis, provar + -ável.


improvável

pt-adj

improvável m or f (plural improváveis, comparable, comparative mais improvável, superlative o mais improvável or improvabilíssimo)

improváveis (plural)
mais improvável (comparative)
o mais improvável (superlative)
improvabilíssimo (superlative)

[ĩ.pɾuˈβa.βɛɫ]

Learned borrowing from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + provável.


parapsicologia

parapsychology (study of supernatural phenomena)


ascite

(pathology) ascites (accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity)


prostaglandina

pt-noun

prostaglandina f (plural prostaglandinas)

(biochemistry) prostaglandin (any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid)


ferritina

(biochemistry) ferritin (any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits)


ciranda

sieve (device to separate larger objects)

(music) a traditional dance from the Northeastern region of Brazil, where people hold hands in order to dance in a circle


anedonia

From an- + Ancient Greek ἡδονή (hēdonḗ, “pleasure”) + -ia.

af

(psychiatry) anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure)


bachquir

pt-adj

bachquir m or f (plural bachquires, not comparable)

Bashkir (of or relating to the Bashkir people)


osteopatia

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) osteopathy (manipulation of bones and muscles)


anorgasmia

pt-noun

anorgasmia f (usually uncountable, plural anorgasmias)

(medicine) anorgasmia (failure to achieve orgasm)


tanatologia

thanatology (study of human aspects of death)


odontologia

dentistry (field of medicine which deals with the teeth)


amilopectina

(biochemistry) amylopectin (insoluble form of starch)


quitina

quitina f (usually uncountable, plural quitinas)

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”) + -ina.

(biochemistry) chitin (polymer found in arthropod and fungi)


cuneta

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

jackdaw (Coloeus monedula, a European bird)


caatinga

/kɐ.ɐˈtĩ.ɡɐ/

caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern Brazil)


responsabilidade

responsabilidade f (plural responsabilidades)


seminarista

seminarista m or f by sense (plural seminaristas)

(Roman Catholicism) seminarist (student at a seminary)

seminarian (person who presents a seminar)


frenologia

(medicine, biology) phrenology (the discredited science that studies the relationships between a person’s character and the morphology of the skull)


angiografia

From angi(o)- + -grafia (compare French angiographie).

(medicine) angiogram (X-ray image of the blood vessels)


virologia

virology (branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral disease)


calandra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin calandra, from Ancient Greek κάλανδρα (kálandra), κάλανδρος (kálandros, “lark”), from Pre-Greek or Anatolian.

/kɐˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/


calandra

Borrowed from French calandre, from Vulgar Latin *calendra, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

/kɐˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/

calender (rolling machine for finishing textiles)


neurastenia

(psychiatry) neurasthenia (condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache and irritability)


ambiofonia

ambiophonics (technique using digital signal processing and two loudspeakers directly in front of the listener)


aerobiologia

(biology) aerobiology (the study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses)


fufa

(Portugal, colloquial, derogatory) dyke; lesbian


ludista

ludista m or f by sense (plural ludistas)

Luddite (19th century textile worker who destroyed machinery)

(by extension, derogatory) Luddite (one opposing technological advancement)


morada

From morar (“to live somewhere”) + -ada.

Escreva o seu nome e morada, por favor.


estilista

estilista m or f by sense (plural estilistas)


gafe

gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public)


caipira

caipira m or f by sense (plural caipiras)

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Tupi kopira (“farmer”).


naturalista

pt-adj

naturalista m or f (plural naturalistas)


naturalista

pt-noun

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalistas)


andadura

[ɐ̃.dɐˈðu.ɾɐ]


-emia

-emia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -emias)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

lbor

(pathology) -aemia (forms the names of conditions affecting the blood or the bloodstream)


acróbata

pt-noun

acróbata m or f by sense (plural acróbatas)

[ɐˈkɾɔ.βɐ.tɐ]


activista

activista m or f by sense (plural activistas)

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


neonazista

neonazista m or f by sense (plural neonazistas)

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


neonazista

(Brazil) neo-Nazi (relating to neo-Nazism)


monopolista

pt-adj

monopolista m or f (plural monopolistas)


monopolista

pt-noun

monopolista m or f by sense (plural monopolistas)


uxoricida

uxoricida m or f by sense (plural uxoricidas)

uxoricide (someone who kills their wife)


osteopenia

osteopenia f (usually uncountable, plural osteopenias)


fluidez

fluidez f (usually uncountable, plural fluidezes)


crina

From Vulgar Latin *crina, from Latin crinis.


juba

Learned borrowing from Latin iuba (“mane”).


antral

(anatomy) antral (of or relating to the antrum)


crossa

From French crosse (“stick; crosier”), from Old French croce, from Frankish *krukkju.

(by extension) anything shaped like a crosier (elongated and ending in a hook)

Crossa aórtica.


boboca

pt-adj

boboca m or f (plural bobocas, comparable, comparative mais boboca, superlative o mais boboca or boboquíssimo)

bobocas (plural)
mais boboca (comparative)
o mais boboca (superlative)
boboquíssimo (superlative)


rabdomante

pt-noun

rabdomante m or f by sense (plural rabdomantes)

[ʁɐ.βðuˈmɐ̃.tɨ]

(divination) dowser; rhabdomancer (one who uses a dowsing rod to find underground water)


bacana

Either: originating from the Portuguese term bacanal; or borrowed from Ligurian bacan. Compare Spanish bacán (“cool”).


abélia

abelia (any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia)


arapuca

Borrowed from Old Tupi ûyrá puka (“bird trap”).

(Brazil) a type of trap, used to catch birds or other small animals

Aha! Ela caiu na minha arapuraca!

(Brazil, figurative) any trick designed to catch someone in a general sense; a trap


bissexual

pt-adj

bissexual m or f (plural bissexuais, not comparable)

bisexual (sexually attracted to persons of either sex)


acontextual

acontextual m or f (plural acontextuais)


corografia

From Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “place”) + -grafia.


bodas

bodas de ouro


alienígena

pt-adj

alienígena m or f (plural alienígenas, not comparable)

Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnigena (“stranger; alien”).


alienígena

pt-noun

alienígena m or f by sense (plural alienígenas)


celulose

From French cellulose (“consisting of cells”).

uder

cellulose (the polysaccharide cellulose)


selvagem

→ Old Tupi: saraûaîa

[seʊ̯ˈva.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈβa.ʒɐ̃j̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese salvage, salvaje, from Old Occitan salvatge, salvatxe, sauvatge (cf. Catalan salvatge), from Vulgar Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus (“of the woods”), from silva (“woods; forest”).


selvagem

pt-noun

selvagem m or f by sense (plural selvagens)

[seʊ̯ˈva.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃]

[sɛɫˈβa.ʒɐ̃j̃]

(derogatory) savage (uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian)


baterista

baterista m or f by sense (plural bateristas)

(music) drummer (one who plays the drums)


sandália

From Latin sandalia, plural of sandalium (“sandal”), from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”).


baronesa

From barão (“baron”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


mitocôndria

From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + Ancient Greek χονδρίον (khondríon), diminutive of χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, morsel”).

af

grc:χονδρίον


neocolonial

pt-adj

neocolonial m or f (plural neocoloniais)

(geopolitics) neocolonial (of or relating to, or based on, neocolonialism)


Francoforte

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


jihadista

pt-noun

jihadista m or f by sense (plural jihadistas)

(Islam) mujahid; jihadist (one who participates in a jihad)


artroscopia

(surgery) arthroscopy (the examination of the interior of a joint using an arthroscope)


rottweiler

rottweiler m or f by sense (plural rottweilers)

[ˌχɔt͡ʃˈvaɪ̯.leχ]

Unadapted borrowing from German Rottweiler, after the town of Rottweil.


recalcitrante

pt-adj

recalcitrante m or f (plural recalcitrantes)

Learned borrowing from Latin recalcitrantem.


Medvedev

Borrowed from Russian Медве́дев (Medvédev).


distrofia

From dis- + -trofia, from Ancient Greek.


objetiva

[ɔ.βʒɛˈti.βɐ]

objective (lens closest to the object being examined)


abacista

pt-noun

abacista m or f by sense (plural abacistas)

Borrowed from Late Latin abacista, from Latin abacus (“abacus”) + -ista (“-ist”).

abacist (one who calculates using an abacus)


mágica

(Brazil) magic (ritual or procedure associated with supernatural powers)

(Brazil) magic (trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena)


chusma

From Ligurian ciüsma, from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).

der

(collective) mob (unruly group of people)


indiferente

pt-adj

indiferente m or f (plural indiferentes)


cumas

head

cumas f pl (feminine singular cuma, masculine singular cum, masculine plural cuns)

cuma (feminine singular)
cum (masculine singular)
cuns (masculine plural)

From contraction of preposition com (“with”) + feminine plural article umas (“some”).

(Portugal, informal) Contraction of com umas.


revisionista

pt-adj

revisionista m or f (plural revisionistas)


revisionista

pt-noun

revisionista m or f by sense (plural revisionistas)


mínima

(music) minim (a half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem)


arcatura

(architecture) arcature (a small, arched passageway)


ambipolar

(electricity) ambipolar (reacting to both positive and negative polarity)


Dresda

Dresden (a city, the state capital of Saxony, Germany)


antidiagonal

(linear algebra) antidiagonal (the diagonal of a matrix that leads from top-right towards bottom-left)


antinodal

(physics) antinodal (of, pertaining to, or located at an antinode)


timba

Orycteropus afer
Orycteropus afer#Translingual

(Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)


Krasnodar

Krasnodar (a city, the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai, Russia)


touchscreen

touchscreen m or f (plural touchscreens)

(hardware) touch screen (input and output screen)


laboral

pt-adj

laboral m or f (plural laborais, not comparable)


Nizhny Novgorod

Nijni Novgorod
Nijni Novgorod#Portuguese


Sochi

Sochi (a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia)


anticapitalista

anticapitalista m or f (plural anticapitalistas)

(politics) anticapitalist (opposed to capitalism)


anticapitalista

pt-noun

anticapitalista m or f by sense (plural anticapitalistas)

(politics) anticapitalist (one opposes capitalism)


Omsk

Omsk (a city, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, Russia)


Samara

Samara (a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia)

Samara (a tributary of the Volga in Russia)

a female given name, equivalent to English Samara


tifoide

[t͡ʃiˈfɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

[t͡ʃiˈfɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

(medicine) typhous (of or relating to typhus)


papada

an appendix that hangs from the beak of certain birds


reprimenda

reproach; reprimand (mild rebuke, or an implied criticism)


intranuclear

pt-adj

intranuclear m or f (plural intranucleares)


talassemia

(pathology) thalassemia (inherited disorder in which the amount of hemoglobin in the blood is reduced)


às

Fui às cidades.

Contraction of a as (“to the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of ao


Araucania

(historical) Araucania (the homeland of the Mapuche)


sinecura

sinecure (a job that requires no work but still gives a payment)


adrenoleucodistrofia

(medicine) adrenoleukodystrophy (a degenerative genetic disease)


adenosina

(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) adenosine (a nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue)


holotúria

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὁλοθούριον (holothoúrion, “water polyp”).


joia

From Old Galician-Portuguese joya, from Old French joie (modern joyau), from Vulgar Latin *jocale, from Latin jocus. Compare Catalan joia and Spanish joya.

jewel (a precious or semi-precious stone)

Ele tinha razão. Inevitavelmente, a música gravada se tornou um braço da protoglobalização – um processo capaz de revelar joias escondidas e de, ao mesmo tempo, destruílas.

2014, David Byrne, Como funciona a música, Editora Manole

(by extension) gem, treasure (anything considered precious or valuable)

admission (the cost or fee associated with attendance or entry)


recidivista

pt-noun

recidivista m or f by sense (plural recidivistas)

recidivist; reoffender; repeat offender (one who falls back into prior habits, especially crime)


recidivista

pt-adj

recidivista m or f (plural recidivistas)

recidivistic (relating to or engaging in recidivism)


Brema

Bremen (the capital city of the state of Bremen, Germany)


Kursk

Kursk (a city, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia)


Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai#English

Krasnoyarsk (a city, the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia, Russia)


Arménia

Borrowed from Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/).

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe; capital: Erevã)


Dalmácia

Dalmatia (a traditional region in southern Croatia)

(historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)


irrelevante

irrelevante m or f (plural irrelevantes)

[i.ʁɨ.lɨˈβɐ̃.tɨ]

irrelevant (not related to a topic, not applicable, unimportant)


Khabarovsk

Khabarovsk (a city, the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)


kurta

kurta (a knee-length shirt used in southeast Asia)


irracional

irracional m or f (plural irracionais, comparable, comparative mais irracional, superlative o mais irracional or irracionalíssimo)

irracionais (plural)
mais irracional (comparative)
o mais irracional (superlative)
irracionalíssimo (superlative)

(comparable) not rational; irrational; unfounded; nonsensical; absurd

(not comparable, of a living being) that is of a non-human species, thus inherently not rational; nonhuman and irrational

(not comparable, of a real number) that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers


labirintite

pt-noun

labirintite f (usually uncountable, plural labirintites)

(pathology) labyrinthitis (inflammation of the labyrinth of the inner ear)


Smolensk

Smolensk (a city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia)


Tver

Tver (a city, the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia)


Murmansk

Murmansk (a city, the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia)


amiloide

amyloid (containing or resembling starch)


Kemerovo

Kemerovo (a city, the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia)


Martinica

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


cubista

cubista m or f by sense (plural cubistas)


Irkutsk

Irkutsk (an oblast of Russia in Siberia)

Irkutsk (a city, the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia)


dictadura

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


ambarina

ambrein (fragrant substance derived from ambergris)


racista

pt-adj

racista m or f (plural racistas, comparable, comparative mais racista, superlative o mais racista or racistíssimo)

racistas (plural)
mais racista (comparative)
o mais racista (superlative)
racistíssimo (superlative)


antifederalista

antifederalista m or f (plural antifederalistas)

(politics) anti-federal (opposing federalism)


antifederalista

pt-noun

antifederalista m or f by sense (plural antifederalistas)

(politics) anti-federalist (one who opposes federalism)


Saratov

Saratov (a city, the administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia)


diplomática

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diplōmātica.

diplomatics (the study of old official documents)


antiabortista

pt-adj

antiabortista m or f (plural antiabortistas)


antiabortista

pt-noun

antiabortista m or f by sense (plural antiabortistas)

antiabortionist (one who is opposed to the practice and/or legality of abortion)


Barnaul

Barnaul (a city, the administrative center of Altai Krai, Russia)


documentarista

documentarista m or f by sense (plural documentaristas)

documentarian (person who creates documentary films)


intravenosa

[ˌĩ.tɾɐ.βɨˈnɔ.zɐ]

(medicine) intravenous (medicine administered directly into a patient’s vein)


estimulante

pt-adj

estimulante m or f (plural estimulantes)


plástica

cirurgia plástica
cirurgia plástica#Portuguese

Ela tem uma plástica invejável.


rodovia

[ʁɔ.ðɔˈvi.ɐ]

[ʁɔ.ðɔˈvi.ɐ]

[ʁɔ.ðɔˈβi.ɐ]


suplente

pt-noun

suplente m or f by sense (plural suplentes)

substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)


defensiva

From defensivo, as a calque of French défensive, a feminine substantive form of défensif.

(usually as ficar na defensiva) defensive (a means, attitude or position of defence)


vagabunda

[vɐ.ɣɐˈβũ.dɐ]

[vɐ.ɣɐˈβũ.dɐ]

[bɐ.ɣɐˈβũ.dɐ]

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a prostitute

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a bitch
a promiscuous woman, a slut, a whore

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) a bitch
a despicable or nasty woman


malagueta

→ English: malagueta

→ French: maniguette

Borrowed from Italian meleghetta, from melega.

Aframomum melegueta
Aframomum melegueta#Translingual

Guinea pepper; grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta)


goleada

(soccer) rout, barrage of goals (scoring many goals)


pulmonar

From pulmão + -ar; cf. Latin pulmōnārius.


catástrofe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καταστροφή (katastrophḗ), from καταστρέφω (katastréphō, “to overturn”), from κατά (katá, “down, against”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).


bancarrota

/bɐ̃.kɐˈʁɔ.tɐ/

bankruptcy (legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency)


Penza

Penza (a city, the administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia)


Lipetsk

Lipetsk (a city, the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia)


Tomsk

Tomsk (a city, the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia)


Kirov

Kirov (a city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia)


improcedente

pt-adj

improcedente m or f (plural improcedentes, not comparable)


beligerante

beligerante m or f (plural beligerantes)


Ivanovo

Ivanovo (a city, the administrative center of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia)


antipolar

antipolar (relating to or located at an antipole)


separatista

separatista m or f (plural separatistas)

separatist (seeking the separation of a country or territory)


separatista

pt-noun

separatista m or f by sense (plural separatistas)

separatist (one seeking the separation of a country or territory)


Stavropol

Stavropol (a city, the administrative center of Stavropol Krai, Russia)


distopia

(chiefly literature) dystopia (miserable, dysfunctional society)

(anatomy) dystopia (tissue found outside its usual place)


disfunção erétil

erectile dysfunction
erectile dysfunction


eficiente

efficient (making good use of resources)


relevante

/ʁɨ.lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/

/ʁɨ.lɨˈvɐ̃.tɨ/

/ʁɨ.lɨˈbɐ̃.tɨ/

[ʁɨ.lɨˈβɐ̃.tɨ]


Kaluga

Kaluga (a city, the administrative center of Kaluga Oblast, Russia)


aeromante

aeromante m or f by sense (plural aeromantes)

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔˈmɐ̃.tɨ/


constitucional

pt-adj

constitucional m or f (plural constitucionais)

By surface analysis, constituição + -al.

constitutional (relating to the constitution)

constitutional (conforming to the constitution)


periclitante

periclitante m or f (plural periclitantes)


Kurgan

Kurgan (a city, the administrative center of Kurgan Oblast, Russia)


liberticida

liberticida m or f (plural liberticidas)

From lībertās (“liberdade (liberty) in Latin”) + -cida.


liberticida

pt-noun

liberticida m or f by sense (plural liberticidas)

liberticide (one who causes the destruction of liberty)


alogia

(psychology) alogia (lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech)


argumental

(linguistics) argumental (pertaining to arguments)


reconfortante

pt-adj

reconfortante m or f (plural reconfortantes)


reincidente

pt-noun

reincidente m or f by sense (plural reincidentes)

recidivist; repeat offender (one who falls back into prior habits, especially crime)


reincidente

pt-adj

reincidente m or f (plural reincidentes)


preliminares

foreplay (acts that serve to build up sexual arousal before intercourse)


preliminar

preliminary (in preparation for something more important)


aforista

pt-noun

aforista m or f by sense (plural aforistas)

aphorist (person who writes or recites aphorisms)


franqueza

frankness (sincere and open speech, honesty in expression)


apoenzima

(biochemistry) apoenzyme (an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor)


Orel

From Russian Орёл (Orjól, literally “eagle”).

Oryol, Orel (a city, the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia)


existencialista

pt-adj

existencialista m or f (plural existencialistas)

(philosophy) existentialist (of or relating to existentialism)


existencialista

pt-noun

existencialista m or f by sense (plural existencialistas)

(philosophy) existentialist (a person who adheres to existentialism)


aminoterminal

pt-adj

aminoterminal m or f (plural aminoterminais)

(biochemistry, of an amino acid) amino-terminal (having a free amino group)


doméstica

pt-noun

doméstica f (plural domésticas, masculine doméstico, masculine plural domésticos)

domésticas (plural)
doméstico (masculine)
domésticos (masculine plural)


amino-terminal

pt-adj

amino-terminal m or f (plural amino-terminais)


deicida

pt-noun

deicida m or f by sense (plural deicidas)


Sukhumi

Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia

Sukhumi (the capital city of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia)


chuca

Perhaps from Chuca, a trademarked brand.


chuca

(ornithology) Corvus monedula, a species of jay

(Brazil, slang) an external pocket on a suit


adimensional

pt-adj

adimensional m or f (plural adimensionais)


pletora

plethora (excessive amount of something)


futurista

futuristic, futurist (advanced far beyond what is modern)


futurista

pt-noun

futurista m or f by sense (plural futuristas)


petulante

From Latin petulantem. Compare Spanish petulante, French pétulant and Italian petulante.


Chita

Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai#English

Chita (a city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia)


Atropatene

Borrowed from Latin Ātropatēnē. Doublet of Azerbaijão.

Atropatene (an ancient kingdom in Persia)


isoforma

(biochemistry) isoform (any of several different forms of the same protein)


filha

filha f (plural filhas, masculine filho, masculine plural filhos)

filhas (plural)
filho (masculine)
filhos (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese filha (“daughter”), from Latin fīlia (“daughter”), from fīlius (“son”). Compare Galician filla.


ordenada

[ɔɾ.ðɨˈna.ðɐ]


ideia

Borrowed from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa).

Que bom que alguém teve a ideia de criar um dicionário livre!

How good that someone had the idea of creating a free dictionary!

A ideia deste trabalho é facilitar o fluxo de conhecimento.

The idea of this work is to facilitate the flow of knowledge.

objective, conception or conviction that is based on something

Não gosto das ideias deste seu novo amigo...

I don't like the mind/opinions of my new friend...

(in the plural) intellect, mind, group of convictions and opinions of somebody

Tomou uma pancada na ideia que chegou a ver estrelas.

He took a blow to the head and came to see stars.


lignina

(organic chemistry) lignin (aromatic polymer)


jararaca

→ English: jararaca

→ Hunsrik: Scharack

→ Polish: żararaka

/ʒɐ.ɾɐˈɾa.kɐ/


zootecnia

zootechnics; zootechny; animal husbandry (the study of livestock breeding)


lucidez

pt-noun

lucidez f (usually uncountable, plural lucidezes)


hermafrodita

pt-adj

hermafrodita m or f (plural hermafroditas)

hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic (having both male and female gonads)


hermafrodita

pt-noun

hermafrodita m or f by sense (plural hermafroditas)

hermaphrodite (organism having both male and female gonads)


Vladikavkaz

Vladikavkaz (a city in North Ossetia, Russia)


acridina

(organic chemistry) acridine (tricyclic aromatic heterocycle obtained from coal tar)


patogenia

(pathology) pathogenesis (origin and development of a disease)


sistemática

(biology, etc.) systematics (the science of systematic classification)


biomedicina

biomedicine (a branch of medical science)


pluricelular

pt-adj

pluricelular m or f (plural pluricelulares)


intersticial

intersticial m or f (plural intersticiais)

interstitial (of, relating to or situated in an interstice)


citosina

(biochemistry) cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)


organizada

Já joguei com e sem torcida organizada no estádio. Não tem nada no mundo que anime mais a gente do que uma organizada.

1999 January 30, Alfredo Ogawa, quoting Rogério Ceni, “Ame-o ou deixe-o”, in Placar, number 1147, São Paulo: Abril, page 42, column 2

Esta pauta foi tratada diretamente com Vinícius Cascone, secretário geral do Timão. Durante a conversa, os membros da organizada falaram sobre o projeto, já em andamento, de quitação do estádio corinthiano.

2024 July 12, Matheus Scontre, “Gaviões da Fiel trata quitação da Arena em encontro com dirigente do Corinthians; projeto é aceito”, in Meu Timão

torcida organizada
torcida organizada#Portuguese

(Brazil, informal, soccer) Ellipsis of torcida organizada.


aneuploidia

(genetics) aneuploidy (the condition of being aneuploid)


deslumbrante

deslumbrante m or f (plural deslumbrantes)

/d͡ʒiʒ.lũˈbɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/dɨʒ.lũˈbɾɐ̃.tɨ/

um panorama deslumbrante


Tskhinvali

Borrowed from Georgian ცხინვალი (cxinvali).

Tskhinvali (the capital city of South Ossetia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia)


pegada

trail (signs of something/someone has passed previously)


pegada

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of pegar.

Ele tem pegada!

(Brazil, colloquial, uncountable) confidence, boldness, seen as attractive qualities


diploide

Borrowed from French diploïde, from Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos, “double”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

der

(cytology) diploid (of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome)


Tambov

Tambov (a city, the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Russia)


picada

bite (skin swelling caused by an insect sting)


filogenia

(systematics) phylogeny (evolutionary history of an organism)


acrobacia

acrobatics (art of performing acrobatic feats)


timina

(biochemistry, genetics) thymine (a base which appears in DNA)


psicoterapeuta

pt-noun

psicoterapeuta m or f by sense (plural psicoterapeutas)

psychotherapist (doctor who practices psychotherapy)


Kostroma

Kostroma (a city, the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia)


Nalchik

Nalchik (a city, the regional capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia)


Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodsk (a city, the regional capital of Karelia, Russia)


paleta

palette (thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours)

palette (range of colours in a given work)


portadora

(electronics) carrier (signal modulated to transmit information)


isometria

From Latin isometria, from Ancient Greek.

(mathematics) isometry (function in which the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their pre-images)


aerofobia

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]


coleta

Learned borrowing from Latin collēcta. Doublet of colheita.


Blagoveshchensk

Blagoveshchensk (a city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia)


clavícula

Learned borrowing from Latin clavicula (“small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of chavelha, cravelha, and cavilha.


grei

(figuratively) association; society (group of people)

(Christianity) parish (members of a church's congregation)

(historical) group of vassals or subjects


Pskov

Pskov (a city, the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia)


higiene

Borrowed from French hygiène, from Ancient Greek ὑγιαίνω (hugiaínō, “be healthy, sound”), from ὑγιής (hugiḗs, “healthy, sound”).

der

hygiene (conditions and practices that promote and preserve health)


cibernética

Borrowed from English cybernetics, from Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós).

κυβερνητικός

cybernetics (science of communication and control)

cybernetics (technology related to computers)


Magadan

Magadan (a city, the administrative center of Magadan Oblast, Russia)


antorbital

(anatomy) antorbital (situated to the front of the orbit of the eye)


Anadyr

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug#English

Anadyr (a port town, the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in extreme northeastern Russia)


Khanty-Mansiysk

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug#English

Khanty-Mansiysk (a city, the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia)


Salekhard

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug#English

Salekhard (a town, the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia)


disfuncional

pt-adj

disfuncional m or f (plural disfuncionais)

dysfunctional (functioning incorrectly or abnormally)


CDF

Abbreviation of cabeça-de-ferro (“iron head”), crânio-de-ferro (“iron skull”) or cu-de-ferro (“iron arse”).

(slang, sometimes derogatory, Brazil) nerd (intellectual, skillful person, generally introverted)


SRD

sem raça definida
sem raça definida#Portuguese

(Brazil) Acronym of sem raça definida (“technical term for a dog or cat of mixed-breed”).


Matsuyama

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 松山 (Matsuyama).


leprosaria

leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)


Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung (a city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan)


angelologia

Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos) + -logia

suffix

(religion) angelology (the study of angels)


marabunta

[mɐ.ɾɐˈβũ.tɐ]


aspas

(typography) quotation marks (the characters «» or “”)


congruente

[kõ.ɡɾʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/kõˈɡɾwẽ.t͡ʃi/

[kõ.ɡɾʊˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

/kõˈɡɾwẽ.t͡ʃi/

/kõˈɡɾwẽ.tɨ/

(mathematics) congruent (with difference divisible by modulus)

(mathematics) congruent (coinciding when superimposed)


arteriolar

(anatomy) arteriolar (of or relating to arterioles)


globulina

(biochemistry) globulin (type of protein)


tribologia

From tribo- + -logia, on the model of French tribologie, from Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā).

af

(physics, engineering) tribology (science and technology of lubrication)


poliartrite

(pathology) polyarthritis (arthritis affecting five or more joints)


artropatia

(pathology) arthropathy (any disease of a joint)


cloracne

(pathology) chloracne (acne caused by exposure to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons)


bonapartista

pt-adj

bonapartista m or f (plural bonapartistas)

From Bonaparte + -ista, on the model of French bonapartiste.


bonapartista

pt-noun

bonapartista m or f by sense (plural bonapartistas)


artralgia

[ɐɾ.tɾaɫˈʒi.ɐ]

(pathology) arthralgia (pain in a joint)


condrite

(pathology) chondritis (inflammation of a cartilage)


abadessa

[ɐ.βɐˈðe.sɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadessa, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa (“abbess”), from Latin abbātem (“abbot”).


microscopia

(optics) microscopy (the use of microscopes)


translação

[tɾɐ̃z.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[tɾɐ̃z.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.laˈsɐ̃w̃/

[tɾɐ̃ʒ.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/tɾɐ̃ʒ.laˈsɐ̃w̃/

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin trānslātiōnem.


abundância

[ɐ.βũˈdɐ̃.sjɐ]


Argélia

[aɦˈʒɛ.lɪ.ɐ]

[aɦˈʒɛ.lɪ.ɐ]

[aɾˈʒɛ.lɪ.ɐ]

[aʁˈʒɛ.lɪ.ɐ]

República Argelina Democrática e Popular#English

Algeria (a country in North Africa; official name: República Argelina Democrática e Popular)


dentada

From dentar (“to bite”) + -ada, from dente (“tooth”).

bite (wound left behind after having been bitten)


derivada

(calculus) derivative (in analysis: value)


resiliente

Borrowed from Latin resilientem (“rebounding”), present participle of resiliō (“to rebound”).

bor+

resilient (able to weather tribulation without cracking)


declinação

Learned borrowing from Latin dēclīnātiōnem (“declension, declination”). By surface analysis, declinar + -ção.

lbor

(grammar) declension (a way of categorizing nouns)


ambiental

[ɐ̃.bɪ.ẽˈtaʊ̯]


arterite

(pathology) arteritis (inflammation of artery walls)


-filia

pt-noun

-filia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -filias)

-philia (forming words meaning liking or loving for something)

(pathology) -philia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)


monocotiledónea

monocotiledónea f (plural monocotiledóneas)

monocotiledóneas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)

(botany) monocotyledon; monocot (any angiosperm whose seedlings have one cotyledon)


conífera

(botany) conifer (cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue)


horticultura

horticulture (art or science of cultivating gardens)


dicotiledónea

dicotiledóneas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


formatura

Learned borrowing from Latin formatūra. By surface analysis, formar + -tura.

graduation (the act of receiving a diploma from an institution)


emulsificante

pt-adj

emulsificante m or f (plural emulsificantes)


atelectasia

(pathology) atelectasis (lung collapse caused by inner factors)


bidimensional

bidimensional m or f (plural bidimensionais, not comparable)


virtude

From a semi-learned alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese vertude (based on its etymology), from Latin virtūtem (“manliness; virtue”), from vir (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós.

(uncountable) virtue (excellence in morals)

(philosophy, theology) virtue (each of several qualities held to be particularly important)

(angelology) virtue (angelic creature of the second sphere)


adição

[a.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɐ.ðiˈsɐ̃w̃]


bolota

From Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa), perhaps from Ancient Greek βαλανωτή (balanōtḗ), "acorn shaped". Compare Galician belota and Spanish bellota.


anilina

Borrowed from German Anilin (coined by German Chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche), from Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).


falência

From Latin fallentia, plural of fallēns, from fallō (“to deceive”).


primazia

primacy (the state or condition of being prime or first)


adenomatose

(pathology) adenomatosis (form of cancer)


disfagia

(pathology) dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing)


naja

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra


abiogênese

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin, birth”).


antiaderente

antiaderente m or f (plural antiaderentes)

[ˌɐ̃.ti.ɐ.ðɨˈɾẽ.tɨ]


opinião

From Old Galician-Portuguese opynion, borrowed from Latin opīniōnem.


blenda

(mineralogy) blende (a naturally-occurring sulfide of zinc)


bergamota

/bɛɾ.ɡɐˈmɔ.tɐ/

[bɛɾ.ɣɐˈmɔ.tɐ]


passagem

From French passage (“passage”), from Old French passage (“passage, part of a route or journey”), from passer (“to pass”) + -age. By surface analysis, passar (“to pass”) + -agem.

surf

passageway (any way for passing in, out or through something)

ticket (pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation)

passage (paragraph or section of text or music)


madrasta

[mɐˈðɾaʃ.tɐ]

From Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Galician madrasta, Spanish madrastra.

stepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)


leninista

Leninist (of or relating to Lenin or Leninism)


leninista

pt-noun

leninista m or f by sense (plural leninistas)


obediente

[ɔ.βɨˈðjẽ.tɨ]


acidez

acidity (the quality or state of being acid)


mensuração

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēnsūrātiōnem, from Latin mēnsūra (“measurement”), from mētior (“measure”). By surface analysis, mensurar + -ção.


invisível

pt-adj

invisível m or f (plural invisíveis, not comparable)

Learned borrowing from Latin invīsibilis (“invisible”). By surface analysis, in- + visível.

lbor

invisible (not visible; which can't be seen)


trombonista

pt-noun

trombonista m or f by sense (plural trombonistas)

trombonist (person who plays the trombone)


copiloto

copiloto m or f by sense (plural copilotos)

(aviation) copilot (relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft)


impessoal

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin impersōnālis.


quíchua

pt-noun

quíchua m or f by sense (plural quíchuas)

Borrowed from Spanish quichua (“Quechua”), from Quechua qichwa (literally “temperate valley”).

der

Quechua (member of a Quechuan ethnic group)


quíchua

pt-adj

quíchua m or f (plural quíchuas, not comparable)


-nomia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).


-fobia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), combining form of φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

lbor

-phobia (used to form nouns meaning fear)


agreste

/aˈɡɾɛʃ.t͡ʃi/


adoração

[ɐ.ðu.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin adōrātiōnem. By surface analysis, adorar + -ção. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese aoraçon.

A Adoração dos Magos


-ção

pt-noun

-ção f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ções)

→ Konkani: -सांव (-sāuva)

Inherited from Latin -tiōnem. The suffix is in many cases a semi-learned form partially borrowed from Latin to make new words, but also corresponds with the old inherited form that it was based on (as evidenced by words such as coração, canção), which could also be -zão in some cases (e.g. razão, sazão).

comercializar (“to commercialize”) + -ção → comercialização (“commercialization”)

esterilizar (“to sterilize”) + -ção → esterilização (“sterilization”)

diluir (“to dilute”) + -ção → diluição (“dilution”)

perseguir (“to pursue”) + -ção → perseguição (“pursuit”)

compor (“to compose”) + -ção → composição (“composition”)