abulia

Learned borrowing from French aboulie, from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía). First attested in 1883.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Abulia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados, volume 1, number 7, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, page 52


happy hour

Unadapted borrowing from English happy hour.

ubor

happy hour (period in the late afternoon or evening when pubs offer discounts)


bolsa

→ English: bulse

From Old Galician-Portuguese bolssa, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide”). Doublet of bursa.

stock exchange (building and the associated organization)


eventual

From Latin ēventus + -al; compare Portuguese evento.


importante

Borrowed from Latin importantem (“importing; causing”).

bor+

important (having relevant and crucial value)


norma

norm (rule that is enforced by members of a community)


estória

pt:João Batista Ribeiro de Andrade Fernandes

[iʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

[eʃˈtɔ.ɾɪ.ɐ]

Borrowed from Latin historia with influence of English story.

Sílvio de Abreu, autor de ‘Belíssima’, é conhecido por criar estórias recheadas de personagens tipicamente brasileiras.

2005 November 4, “Estória de poder e paixão”, in Correio da Manhã, retrieved 2024-07-21

Sílvio de Abreu, author of 'Belíssima', is known for creating stories full of typically Brazilian characters.

Uma estória para a história.

2017 July 10, “Memórias felizes de histórias inesquecíveis”, in SIC Notícias, retrieved 2024-07-21

Esta série contará as estórias de Portugal, Bósnia e Herzegovina, Eslovénia, Grécia, Itália, República Checa, Suécia e Ucrânia.

2021, “A Minha Estória”, in RTP, retrieved 2024-07-21

This series will tell the stories of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Greece, Italy, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Ukraine.

2024 May 17, “Tiago Moutinho: 'Foi uma estória de amor sem cereja no topo' [Tiago Moutinho: 'It was a love story without a cherry on top']”, in Diário de Coimbra, retrieved 2024-07-21:

story (an account of real or fictional events)


picante

A comida mexicana é muito picante.

Ele contou-nos muitas anedotas picantes.


arroba

From Old Galician-Portuguese arroba and arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “fourth”) in reference to its making up one-fourth of a quintal. Cognate with Galician and Spanish arroba, Catalan arrova, and Maltese raba’.

(historical) arroba, a traditional unit of mass, equivalent to 14.7 kg

(typography) at, the name of the symbol @


terrier

pt-noun

terrier m or f by sense (plural terriers)

Unadapted borrowing from English terrier, from French (chien) terrier.


fera

(Brazil, figurative) beast (violent person)


Babylonia

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


Assyria

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


bunda

→ English: bunda


fresta

From Old Galician-Portuguese fẽestra (“window”) by metathesis, from Latin fenestra (“window”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Galician fiestra, Spanish hiniestra, Catalan finestra, Occitan fenèstra, French fenêtre, Italian finestra, Romanian fereastră and German Fenster.

inh

a gap or slit; a small, narrow, usually vertical, aperture in a wall, curtain or other objects by which one can see what is beyond or outside them


mala

Borrowed from French malle (“large suitcase; trunk”), from Middle French malle, from Old French male (“leather bag, leather or wooden travel-case”), from Frankish *malha (“leather bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“leather bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather bag”).


mala

(Brazil, idiomatic) an irritating person


pega

From Old Galician-Portuguese *pega, from Vulgar Latin peca, from Latin pīca (“magpie”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”).

(Portugal, offensive) slut (a sexually promiscuous woman or girl)


pega

(bullfighting) the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight, involving eight forcados who challenge the bull with their bare hands


pega

pt-noun

pega (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural pegas)


pia

Hunsrik: Pia

From Old Galician-Portuguese pia, from Latin pīla (“mortar”).

Deixe o prato na pia, mas não dentro.

Leave the plate on the counter, not in the sink.

pia batismal

a basin for holding water, in particular one that is furniture or part of the building rather than a movable object


tenda

→ Malay: tenda

→ Indonesian: tenda

From a Early Medieval Latin or Late Latin tenda, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, substantivized feminine of *tenditus, as a variant form of tentus, perfect passive participle of Latin tendō. Compare Italian tenda, Spanish tienda, French tente.


cardiovascular

pt-adj

cardiovascular m or f (plural cardiovasculares)

(anatomy) cardiovascular (relating to the circulatory system)


rima

Borrowed from French rime, from Old French rime; or from Medieval Latin rhythmus.


costas

From Old Galician-Portuguese costas (“back”), from Latin costa (“rib”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-.


estrada

Guinea-Bissau Creole: strada

Kabuverdianu: stráda

From Old Galician-Portuguese estrada, strada, from Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin [via] strāta, feminine of strātus.

Toda vez que eu viajava pela estrada de Ouro Fino
De longe eu avistava a figura de um menino

1996, “O Menino da Porteira”, performed by Sérgio Reis

From afar I would see the figure of a boy

Every time I traveled on Ouro Fino's road


galanga

galangal (any of several plants of the ginger family)


tribu

Os nativo pensam que o Fantasma tem medo de Roark e por isso desprezam sua autoridade e as guerras recomeçam na tribu.

1938 December 31, “O Fantasma – rei das selvas” (chapter 13), in A Gazetinha Nova Phase, volume VI, number 451, São Paulo, page 3

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


Indochina

Indochina (a region and peninsula in Southeast Asia)


feliz

feliz m or f (plural felizes, comparable, comparative mais feliz, superlative o mais feliz or felicíssimo, diminutive felizinho)

felizes (plural)
mais feliz (comparative)
o mais feliz (superlative)
felicíssimo (superlative)
felizinho (diminutive)

Kabuverdianu: filís

Macanese: filiz

From Old Galician-Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). The Old Galician-Portuguese form fiiz, however, was popularly inherited, but later replaced by feliz, in a process of restoration.


armada

→ Indonesian: armada

→ Bengali: হার্মাদ (harmad)

From armar + -ada (or the feminine past participle of armar), corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”). Cf. also Italian armata.


acrania

(physiology) acrania (absence of the skull)


okupa

Das 150 okupas que Portugal conheceu desde 1993, é-lhe difícil apontar as que terão sido mais relevantes na história, mas acredita que “os casos mais paradigmáticos foram os que queriam mudança social”, e enumera alguns: a Casa Reciclada, a Casa de Cascais, a Zarabatana (Queluz), a Kasa Enkantada em Lisboa, a Fontinha, a C.O.S.A. (Setúbal)

2017 November 7, Zita Moura, “Okupas: uma história que se escreve a cada dia”, in mapa


okupa

Tudo começou na passada quarta-feira, quando o grupo Matéria Bruta ocupou o imóvel propriedade da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (CML), alegando que esta lhe cedera o espaço. Contactada pelo DN, a vereadora Helena Roseta, responsável pelo pelouro da Habitação da CML, negou que a autarquia tivesse cedido o prédio aos okupas, embora tenha reconhecido que existiu um pedido por parte da associação.

2010 November 26, Inês Banha, “'Okupas' despejados lutam por casas devolutas”, in Diario de Noticias


Canes Venatici

(astronomy) Canes Venatici (dim spring constellation of the northern sky)


écharpe

Unadapted borrowing from French écharpe.


Canis Minor

(astronomy) Canis Minor (small winter constellation of the northern sky)


avar

Avar (belonging or relating to the Avar people)


eletricidade

Borrowed from New Latin ēlectricitātem, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).


viga

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga.


pataca

(historical) a silver coin worth 320 réis

(historical) pataca (monetary unit of Portuguese Timor)


paulista

pt-noun

paulista m or f by sense (plural paulistas)

(Christianity) Paulist (member of a religious order associated with Saint Paul)


fluminense

fluminense m or f by sense (plural fluminenses)

→ Italian: fluminense

→ New Latin: flūminēnsis

From Latin flūmin (“river”) + -ense (“inhabitant of”).

af

an inhabitant of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(relational) of the state of Rio de Janeiro


Parthia

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


peseta

peseta (former currency unit of Spain and Andorra)


intestinal

From intestino (“intestine”, noun) + -al (“of or relating to”).


Daniela

a female given name, masculine equivalent Daniel


Aizu

Aizu (a region in western Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)


Albi

Albi (a town and commune of the Tarn department, France)


dona

From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.

Oi, dona Ana! Como vão as coisas?

(colloquial, familiar) a title of address to an adult woman, especially a middle-aged one

Ei, dona, a senhora poderia por favor tirar seu carro?

Hey, lady, could you please move your car?

(colloquial, used mostly by young people) lady (adult female human, especially one old enough to be a mother)


Ulan Bator

Borrowed from Russian Ула̀н-Ба́тор (Ulàn-Bátor), from Mongolian ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Ulaɣanbaɣatur).

bor

Ула̀н-Ба́тор

der

^ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ

Ulaanbaatar (the capital city of Mongolia)


Honiara

Honiara (the capital city of the Solomon Islands)


capa

Japanese: 合羽

Kadiwéu: caapa

From Old Galician-Portuguese capa, from Late Latin cappa.

cloak; cape (long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back)

(printing) cover (front and back of a book or magazine)

the front cover or front page of a publication

jacket (protective or insulating cover for an object)

(bullfighting) cape (cloth used by a bullfighter to trick the bull)

(figurative) cloak (a false pretext or appearance)


Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


Rute

a female given name, equivalent to English Ruth


névoa

Kabuverdianu: nébua

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nevoa, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Galician néboa and Spanish niebla. Doublet of nébula.


Paramaribo

Paramaribo (the capital city of Suriname)


nuvem

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuve, nuven, from a Vulgar Latin root *nūbinem, from Latin nūbes. Compare Spanish nube.


Dushanbe

Dushanbe (the capital city of Tajikistan)


Tegucigalpa

From Spanish Tegucigalpa, from Classical Nahuatl.

Tegucigalpa (the capital city of Honduras)


Alcyone

(astronomy) Alcyone (one of the Pleiades)


Ashgabat

Ashgabat (the capital city of Turkmenistan)


San José

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈsɛ/

[ˌsɐ̃.χoˈsɛ]

/ˌsɐ̃.ʁoˈzɛ/

[ˌsɐ̃.χoˈzɛ]

San José (the capital city of Costa Rica)

San Jose (a city in California, United States)


Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Santo Domingo (the capital city of the Dominican Republic)


fiel

From Old Galician-Portuguese fiel, from Latin fidēlis.

A Irene é fiel ao seu marido.

Os cachorros são fiéis.


noite

Guinea-Bissau Creole: noti

Kabuverdianu: noiti

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Compare Galician noite, Spanish noche.

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

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

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

night (period between sunset and sunrise)

Então, vais para a noite?


ripa

beam, clapboard (a long, thin, flat piece of wood used in construction)


parábola

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of palavra. The mathematical sense is taken from New Latin or directly from Greek.


ruim

From ruína, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Galician ruín, Spanish ruin, Catalan roí, French ruine.


Islamabad

Islamabad (the capital city of Pakistan)


Cotonou

Alternative spelling of Cotonu, A city in Benin


pele

Guinea-Bissau Creole: pele

Kabuverdianu: peli

From Old Galician-Portuguese pele, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).


Bishkek

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


febre

From Old Galician-Portuguese febre, fever, from Latin febris (“fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷhris or *bʰebʰris.

O doutor disse que o rapaz está com febre.

(medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)

Esse estilo musical está se tornando uma febre.

(figuratively) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)


Mora

A village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal


St. George's

Unadapted borrowing from English St. George's.

ubor

St. George's (the capital city of Grenada)


San Salvador

San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador)

San Salvador (a department of El Salvador)


Yamoussoukro

Yamoussoukro (the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast)


Malabo

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English

Malabo (the capital city of Equatorial Guinea)


Yaren

Yaren (the de facto capital city of Nauru)


semita

Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)


semita

(linguistics) Semitic (relating to the Semitic language family)


Bissau

Bissau (the capital city of Guinea-Bissau)


Bangui

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English

Bangui (the capital city of the Central African Republic)


venta

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ventãa, from Latin *ventāna, from Latin ventus (“wind”). Cognate with Galician ventá and Spanish ventana. Doublet of ventã and ventana.


Bridgetown

Bridgetown (the capital city of Barbados)


nas

Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71

I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.

Contraction of em as (“in the”): feminine plural of no


Manama

Manama (a city, the capital city of Bahrain)


Suva

Borrowed from Fijian Suva, from suva (“mound”), from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.


grua

Borrowed from French grue, from Latin grūs.


Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou (the capital city of Burkina Faso)


Brazzaville

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Brazzaville (the capital city of the Republic of the Congo)


Abidjan

Abidjan (the de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast)


pinga

(figuratively) sip (small mouthful of drink)


pinga

(informal) penny-pincher (which is always short of money)


pinga

(Mozambique) yoke (pole which, supported on the shoulders of two men, allows the load tied to it to be carried)


malva

mallow (any plant of the family Malvaceae)


Lyon

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Moroni

Moroni (the capital city of the Comoros)


Brasília

Distrito Federal
Distrito Federal#English

Brasília (a municipality, the capital city of Brazil; state capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil)


boia

→ Swahili: boya

Borrowed from Old French buie, boye, boue, from Frankish *baukn.


fala

From Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Compare fábula, a borrowed doublet.

(uncountable) speech (the ability to speak; the state of not being mute)

A fala da personagem

Justo na hora de sua apresentação, ele esqueceu sua fala.

Right on time the for his presentation, he forgot his speech.

A fala dele é muito engraçada.

a dialect or regional variant of a language

Ele praticava sua fala, um tanto nervoso.

a line of dialogue in a screenplay or script

Fala Rodrigo, beleza?

(Brazil, informal) used to greet someone (equivalent to english sup)


sede

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).

inh

Não tenho sede.

thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

Sede de vingança.

(figurative) thirst; craving (eager desire)


sede

From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.

A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.

The seat of the European Commission is in Brussels.

headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

(ecclesiastical) see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.

London was the host 2012 Summer Olympics.

venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)


vinda

From Old Galician-Portuguese vĩida, feminine of the past participle of the verb vĩir (modern vir).


sinfonia

Borrowed from Latin symphōnia, from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of sanfona.


prece

Borrowed from Latin precem (“prayer; entreaty”), from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”).


aldose

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) aldose (any of a class of monosaccharides)


Astana

Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), from Persian آستانه.


erva

From Old Galician-Portuguese erva, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognate with Galician herba and Spanish hierba.

inh

herb
(colloquial, South Brazil) yerba mate


ampolla

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


alva

From Old Galician-Portuguese alva, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from the feminine of Classical Latin albus (“white”). Cognate with Galician alba.

alb (long white robe worn by priests and other ministers)


taipan

taipan (venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus)


Natasha

a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Natasha


femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

ubor

(narratology) femme fatale (seductive and dangerous woman)


pira

(slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)

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


nora

From Old Galician-Portuguese nora (“daughter-in-law”), from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


nora

noria (waterwheel with buckets, used to raise water)


sarna

Sarcoptes scabiei
Sarcoptes scabiei#Translingual

(pathology) scabies; mange (an infestation of parasitic mites Sarcoptes scabiei)


aula magna

(Portugal) a great hall used for special occasions at a university

(Brazil) a talk, generally given by a professor or renowned authority in some area of knowledge, at the beginning of the academic semester


sonda

probe (device or craft used for exploration)

sound (long, thin probe for sounding body)

a rope or rod used to fathom bodies of water


trovoada

O primeiro-ministro afirmou na madrugada deste domingo que o incêndio no distrito de Leiria, que matou pelo menos 43 pessoas, terá sido causado por trovoadas secas e que as vítimas estavam todas numa única estrada ou nas suas imediações.

2017 June 18, LUSA, “Costa: trovoadas secas terão sido a origem do fogo, mas é prematuro tirar ilações”, in Público


bolha

From Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.

bubble (a spherical volume of contained fluid)

bubble (spherical cavity in solid material)

(economics) bubble (period of intense speculation in a market)

(figurative) bubble (environment in which one is immersed)


bolha

(Brazil, slang) a lame or pathetic person


brana

(physics) brane (hypothetical object extending across a number of spatial dimensions)


sigla

Borrowed from Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).

acronym (word formed by initial letters)

monogram (letter or other symbol that stands for a word or name)


cera

From Old Galician-Portuguese cera (“wax”), from Latin cēra.


berdache

pt-noun

berdache m or f by sense (plural berdaches)

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”).

two-spirit (native American who is transgender or belongs to a third gender)


toda

tody (any of the genus Todus of small insectivorous Caribbean birds)


toda

a member of the Toda people of southern India


toda

pt-adj

toda m or f (plural todas, not comparable)


cartilha

primer, reader (children's book introducing basic literacy)


briga

desctree

→ Guianese Creole: briga
Karipúna Creole French: bhiga

Deverbal from brigar. Alternatively, borrowed from Italian briga (“trouble”).


ceva

(agriculture) food used to fatten animals

(fishing) bait used to draw fish to a general area


blusa

(obsolete) smock (men's large workshirt)

(Brazil) any type of informal or social coat


sacristia

From Ecclesiastical Latin sacristia, from sacer (“sacred, holy”).


Leeds

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

Leeds (a large city and metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England)


cava

Either deverbal from cavar, or from Late Latin cava, substantivized from Latin cava, the feminine of the adjective cavus.


marga

Borrowed from Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.


muda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese muda, deverbal from mudar.


Lahore

Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)


Peshawar

North West Frontier
North West Frontier#English

Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)


sena

(card games) six (a card with six spots)


sena

senna (any of several trees of the genus Senna and Cassia)


sena

pt-noun

sena m or f by sense (plural senas or sena)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


tina

From Latin tīna (“wine-vessel”), from Etruscan 𐌈𐌉𐌍𐌀 (θina, “type of vessel”).


canja

Macanese: canje

(figuratively) anything that is easy to obtain or accomplish


torre

→ Kinikinao: torre

From Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”).
Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.

cog

A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.

The tower provides a panoramic view of the city.


volante

Borrowed from Latin volantem. Compare the inherited doublet voante.


volante

From Carlos Volante, an Argentine football player that represented Flamengo during the 1930's to 1940's.

defensive midfielder
defensive midfielder


naga

(Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)


ganda

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa).


Alessandra

/ɐ.lɨˈsɐ̃.dɾɐ/

a female given name, masculine equivalent Alessandro


acrobata

pt-noun

acrobata m or f by sense (plural acrobatas)

acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination)


homem

Etymology tree
Latin homō
Old Galician-Portuguese ome
Portuguese homem
From Old Galician-Portuguese ome, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese omẽe, from Latin hominem (“a human”), from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰm̥mṓ (“an earthling”).

inh

João não é muito homem; sempre foge às lutas.

John isn’t very manly; he always runs away from fights.

Seja homem e pule.

Ele é mais homem que seus amigos.
He is manlier than his friends.

manly (displaying stereotypical characteristics of a male)


Tamara

a female given name, equivalent to English Tamara


lene

Learned borrowing from Latin lēnis. (The expected native form would be *lem from Old Galician-Portuguese lẽe.)


ambiente

[ɐ̃.bɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

[ɐ̃.bɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi]

Borrowed from Latin ambientem, present active participle of ambiō (“surround”).


gringa

Comprei estes CDs da gringa.

Meu irmão estava na gringa semana passada.

(slang, Brazil, usually with de or em) abroad


ambulante

Learned borrowing from Latin ambulantem, present participle of ambulāre (“to walk”).

walking (that is walking or able to walk)

Ela é um livro ambulante.

living (describes a person who is the embodiment of something)

travelling; itinerant (having no fixed location)


ambulante

pt-noun

ambulante m or f by sense (plural ambulantes)


mula

Learned borrowing from Latin mūla. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese mua.

(figuratively, derogatory) a stupid person (regardless of sex)


pátria

From Latin patria (“fatherland”), feminine of patrius (“fatherly”), from pater (“father”).

fatherland (the country of one’s birth, origin)


lise

Learned borrowing from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

(medicine, pathology) lysis (gradual recovery from disease)

(biology, biochemistry) lysis (destruction of cells)


fia

fia f (plural fias, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

fias (plural)
fio (masculine)
fios (masculine plural)


Eva

From Old Galician-Portuguese Eva, from Latin Eva, from Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

(Abrahamic religions) Eve (the first woman)

a female given name, equivalent to English Eve


noblesse oblige

Unadapted borrowing from French noblesse oblige (literally “nobility obliges”), primarily used as a phrase.

ubor

noblesse oblige (the honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank)


hábil

Learned borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”).


acelga

From Arabic السِّلْقَة (as-silqa). Compare Medieval Latin acelga and Spanish acelga.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual

Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Wikispecies:Beta vulgaris var. cicla

(cooking, botany) chard (Beta vulgaris, sometimes Beta vulgaris var. cicla)


Augusta

[aʊ̯ˈɡuʃ.tɐ]

a female given name, equivalent to English Augusta

Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)


prudente

pt-adj

prudente m or f (plural prudentes, comparable, comparative mais prudente, superlative o mais prudente or prudentíssimo)

prudentes (plural)
mais prudente (comparative)
o mais prudente (superlative)
prudentíssimo (superlative)


tempura

European Portuguese standard form of tempurá.


Helena

Learned borrowing from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen


brasa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese brasa, from Vulgar Latin *brasa, of uncertain origin.
Cognate with Fala and Galician brasa.

inh+

(by extension, colloquial) hottie (attractive person)


pianista

pt-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistas)

From piano (“piano”) + -ista (“-ist”), from Italian piano (“piano; flat”).


fossa

Borrowed from English fossa, from Malagasy fosa.

Cryptoprocta ferox
Cryptoprocta ferox#Translingual


aia

→ Hindi: आया (āyā)
→ English: ayah


nitroglicerina

nitroglicerina f (usually uncountable, plural nitroglicerinas)

(organic chemistry) nitroglycerine (a heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid)


Podgorica

Podgorica (the capital city of Montenegro)


estufa

Borrowed from Italian stufa, from stufare.

As plantas crescem mais rapidamente em estufas.

gases com efeito de estufa


intendente

intendente m or f by sense (plural intendentes)

Borrowed from the French intendant, introduced by the Bourbon dynasty for various functions.

(historical) intendant (a high-ranking local administrator)

a rank in the Portuguese Public Security Police


beija-flor

beija-flor m or f by sense (plural beija-flores)

Literally, “flower kisser”, from beijar (“to kiss”) + flor (“flower”).


firme

From Old Galician-Portuguese firme, from Vulgar Latin firmis, from Latin firmus, from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *dʰer- (“to hold”).


goi

Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), from Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).

bor+

(colloquial, relational) goy (non-Jewish)


fácil

Borrowed from Latin facilis, from faciō (“to do; to make”).

(of a person) who has an affable attitude; accessible

(of a person) who collaborates docilely; conciliatory

that shows little reflection; thoughtless; precipitate; frivolous

(derogatory, of a person) easy (consenting readily to sex)


constante

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese constante, from Latin cōnstantem, present active participle of cōnstō (“to stand together”).

inh+

constant (that which is permanent or invariable)

(algebra) constant (quantity that remains fixed)

(sciences) constant (property that does not change)

(programming) constant (identifier that is bound to an invariant value)


constante

variável

antonym(s) of “that which is permanent or invariable”

descontínuo

antonym(s) of “consistently recurring over time”

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/kõʃˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

constant (unchanged through time or space)

constant (consistently recurring over time)

As palavras constantes neste dicionário são de todas as línguas.

The words included in this dictionary are of all languages.

which is included somewhere on in something


ministerial

pt-adj

ministerial m or f (plural ministeriais)

Borrowed from Late Latin ministeriālis. By surface analysis, ministério + -al.

(ecclesiastical) ministerial (related to a religious minister or ministry)

(government) ministerial (related to a governmental minister or ministry)

ministerial (having the power to wield delegated executive authority)


acetilcolina

(biochemistry) acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)


cima

From Old Galician-Portuguese cima, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “something swollen; wave, billow”), from κύω (kúō, “to be pregnant, conceive”).


arsina

(inorganic chemistry) arsine (a poisonous gas)


cintura

(anatomy) waist, waistline (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)


deísta

From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”).


pandeísta

pt-noun

pandeísta m or f by sense (plural pandeístas)


multidimensional

pt-adj

multidimensional m or f (plural multidimensionais)


panteísta

From French panthéiste or from pan- + teísta (“theist”).


panteísta

pt-noun

panteísta m or f by sense (plural panteístas)


lapa

grotto; cave, especially one used as shelter


Valhalla

From New Latin, from Old Norse Valhǫll, from valr (“dead warriors”) + hǫll (“hall”).

(Norse mythology) Valhalla (the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle)


foda

(vulgar) fuck (an act of sexual intercourse)


foda

pt-adj

foda m or f (plural fodas, comparable, comparative mais foda, superlative o mais foda or fodíssimo, diminutive fodinha, augmentative fodão)

fodas (plural)
mais foda (comparative)
o mais foda (superlative)
fodíssimo (superlative)
fodinha (diminutive)
fodão (augmentative)

Esse cara é foda

(Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) awesome; amazing; cool

(Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) bad, annoying

(Brazil, slang, mildly vulgar) difficult


adenoidal

[ɐ.ðɨˌnɔjˈðaɫ]

[ɐ.ðɨˌnɔjˈðaɫ]

(anatomy) adenoidal (of or pertaining to the adenoids)


cockney

pt-noun

cockney m or f by sense (plural cockneys)

cockney (a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London)


salchicha

[saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃɐ]

[saʊ̯ˈʃi.ʃɐ]


audiovisual

pt-adj

audiovisual m or f (plural audiovisuais)

audiovisual (containing audio and visual elements)


alegre

alegre m or f (plural alegres, comparable, comparative mais alegre, superlative o mais alegre or alegríssimo)

alegres (plural)
mais alegre (comparative)
o mais alegre (superlative)
alegríssimo (superlative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese alegre, from Vulgar Latin *alicrem, from Latin alacer. Doublet of alegro.


Miranda

a toponym, indicating the presence of a watchtower or belvedere


Miranda

a female given name, equivalent to English Miranda


Amara

a female given name, equivalent to English Amara


permanente

From Latin permanentem (“lasting; consisting”), present participle of permaneō (“to remain”).

uder

(not comparable) permanent (without end)

permanent (lasting for an indefinitely long time)


equipe

Borrowed from French équipe (“team”), from équiper (“to equip”).

(chiefly Brazilian Portuguese spelling) team


grimpa

Maldito!... Porque na terra
D'um Tiradentes, e um Dias,
A Pátria das harmonias
Conserva o ideal dos céus...
E como a França, em memoria
Recorda, orgulhosa, a historia,
Sonha o gigante de gloria

1884, Manuel Lopes de Carvalho Ramos, “Ao seculo XX”, in América do Sul, Recife, page 3, column 2; republished as Nelson Figueiredo, Passageiro da história: do sertão ao infinito, Goiânia: Kelps, 2022, page 72

O ópido era o refúgio; mas o campo era o sustento da população, que sucessivamente aumenta. Para o agro fértil, desce da grimpa altiva do monte e dispersa-se pelo vale do Monda de que se apossa e cultiva

1944, Augusto dos Santos Conceição, Terras de Montemor-o-Vélho, Coimbra: Oficina Gráfica de Coimbra, page 14

top (highest or uppermost part of something)

Para resolver um problema caseiro, um casal de Quitandinha, região metropolitana de Curitiba (PR), inventou e garantiu a patente internacional de chapas de madeira feitas a partir da grimpa, o ramo seco da araucária (Araucaria angustifolia).

2008 March 19, Evandro Fadel, “Grimpa da araucária vira madeira”, in Estadão, São Paulo: Grupo Estado

O nome do festival vem de um hábito típico dos campos de Lages. Por aqui, o pinhão é assado, ou melhor, sapecado, numa fogueira feita com folhas de araucária, mais conhecidas como grimpas.

2024 May 25, “Sapecada da Canção Nativa” (0:27:21 from the start), in Jornal do Almoço, spoken by Rafaela Cardoso, Lages, via NSC TV Centro-Oeste


fraga

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraga (compare Galician fraga), from Iberian Vulgar Latin fraga, plural of fragum (compare also Catalan and Occitan frau), from fragōsus (“rough”), from fragor, from frangō (“break, shatter”); cf. also Latin fragilis.


wisteria

(rare) wisteria (woody climbing vine of the genus Wisteria)


granja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese grangia, from Old French grange (“barn”), from Vulgar Latin *grānica (“grain storage barn, granary; grange, small farm”), from Latin grānum (“grain”) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Galician granxa.

der

barn (a farm building used for storage or keeping animals)


Kyushu

Kyushu (the third largest island in Japan)


abadia

From Old Galician-Portuguese abadia, from Late Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia (“abbey”).


orata

Sparus aurata
Sparus aurata#Translingual

gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata, a fish of the Mediterranean)


polpa

From Old Galician-Portuguese polpa, from Latin pulpa, from Old Latin *pelpa, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

pulp; flesh (edible part of fruit/vegetable)


Beja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Beja, from Arabic بَاجَة (bāja), from Visigothic Paca, from Pācem (Jūliam) (the ancient Roman town).

inh+

Beja (a city and municipality of Beja, Portugal)


Albany

Albany (a city, the state capital of New York, United States)


marquise

(Portugal, architecture) a glass veranda

(Brazil, architecture) canopy (overhanging or projecting roof structure)


sarda

freckle (small pigmentation spot on the skin)


essa

From Vulgar Latin *ersa, past participle of ērigēre (“to erect”).

catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)


Hokkaido

Hokkaido (an island and prefecture in northern Japan)


sopa

Macanese: sopa

From Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.


Sulawesi

Sulawesi (an island in Indonesia, the world's eleventh-largest island)


batata

→ Marathi: बटाटा (baṭāṭā)

→ Kannada: ಬಟಾಟೆ (baṭāṭe)

→ Swahili: mbatata

Borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).


anomalia

Borrowed from Latin anōmalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós).


noz

From Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, alteration of Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

(usually used in plural, colloquial) testicle


veste

vestment (robe or gown worn as an indication of office)


pastinaca

Pastinaca sativa
Pastinaca sativa#Translingual

parsnip (Pastinaca sativa, a plant known for its edible root)


gouine

Unadapted borrowing from French gouine (“lesbian”).

ubor

Desde o final da década passada, a prática vem sendo abordada em reportagens publicadas por revistas de temática gay na Europa. No Brasil, os primeiros grupos de "gouines" começam a se formar.

2013 October 9, Fábio de Oliveira, “Nem ativos nem passivos, ‘gouines’ são gays que não curtem penetração”, in UOL

Since the end of the last decade, the practice has been addressed in reports published by gay-themed magazines in Europe. In Brazil, the first groups of "non-penetrating gays" are beginning to form.

Os gouines apesar de não serem numerosos no Brasil, a sua postura possui adeptos e são homens que se relacionam sexualmente com outros homens sem intercurso sexual (pênis-ânus).

2017, Álvaro de Almeida et al., “Gênero e identidade masculina no novo milênio: A homoafetividade e a visão social baseada na filosofia comportamental gØy (g-zero-y).”, in Psicología, Conocimiento y Sociedad, volume 7, number 1, →ISSN, pages 199–225

Pois vi que há um movimento considerável que não curte, que sente mais dor do que prazer. Aí, nas redes de relacionamento, eles se autodenominam “gouine”, já para avisar aos candidatos suas preferências.

2021 February 18, Ana Carolina Soares, “Gouinage: a técnica do sexo sem penetração”, in Harper's Bazaar

Then I saw that there is a considerable movement that does not enjoy it, that feels more painful than pleasureful to them. There, in the social networks, they call themselves “gouine”, to let candidates know their preferences.

(Brazil, slang) someone who prefers non-penetrative sex


Harvard

Unadapted borrowing from English Harvard.


polenta

From Venetian polenta or Italian polenta.


pororoca

pt-noun

pororoca f (usually uncountable, plural pororocas)

→ English: pororoca

→ German: Pororoca

→ Italian: pororoca

→ Spanish: pororoca

/pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.kɐ/

/pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.kɐ/

Eu trago a vocês e entrego: pororoca!

2009, Selvagem ao Extremo, spoken by Richard Rasmussen, São Paulo: Grupo Record, via RecordTV; republished as A incrível pororoca, 2016 April 10


Edna

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Edna


menta

From Latin menta, mentha, from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)

mint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)


crise

Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek κρίσις (krísis), from κρίνω (krínō, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).


cria

young; offspring (a young animal, especially one that still depends on its mother)

(familiar) kid; young'un (a person’s son or daughter)

someone who is raised by a family but is not their biological child; a ward or an adoptee

(agriculture) livestock (farm animals being raised)


gigante

/ʒiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ʒiˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

Learned borrowing from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”).


fachada

[fɐˈt͡ʃa.ðɐ]

Borrowed from Italian facciata (“façade”), a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”).

bor+

(figuratively) anything used to hide something, especially criminal activities


Cincinnati

Cincinnati (a city in Ohio, United States)


Samosata

An ancient city in southeast Anatolia, in modern Turkey, located near the banks of the Euphrates; modern Samsat


atrial

(anatomy) atrial (pertaining to the heart's atrium)


armorial

(heraldry) armorial (relating heraldic arms)


Arabela

/ɐ.ɾɐˈbɛ.lɐ/

[ɐ.ɾɐˈβɛ.lɐ]

a female given name, equivalent to English Arabella


eudaimonia

(ethics) Eudaimonia (in Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end)


ninfa

Latin nympha or nymphe (“nymph”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “young woman, nymph”).


noia

Clipping of paranoia, in reference to drug-induced paranoia.

(Brazil, slang) (often excessively) drug-addicted

(Brazil, slang, sometimes pejorative) crazy; mad

(Brazil, slang, derogatory) stupid; fool


noia

(Brazil, slang) a person under the effects of one or more drugs

(Brazil, slang) a stupid, foolish or uncivilized person


intercultural

pt-adj

intercultural m or f (plural interculturais)

From French interculturel. By surface analysis, inter- + cultural.


Sara

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sarah


comestível

comestível m or f (plural comestíveis, comparable, comparative mais comestível, superlative o mais comestível or comestibilíssimo)

comestíveis (plural)
mais comestível (comparative)
o mais comestível (superlative)
comestibilíssimo (superlative)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”). Piecewise doublet of comível.

(colloquial) appearing to be true or real; verisimilar


tira

From tirar (“to remove”), from Old Galician-Portuguese tirar, of uncertain origin.

strip (long, thin piece of a bigger item)


tira

(slang, law enforcement) cop; police officer


acidose

(pathology) acidosis (an abnormally increased acidity of the blood)


atlante

pt-noun

atlante m or f by sense (plural atlantes)

(mythology) Atlantean (an inhabitant of Atlantis)


Völuspá

(Norse literature) Völuspá (first book of the Poetic Edda)


startup

Unadapted borrowing from English startup.

ubor

(economics) startup (a new company or organization or business venture)


Arkhangelsk

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


subtil

European Portuguese standard spelling of sutil.


frigidaire

[fɾi.ʒiˈðɛɾ]

[fɾi.ʒiˈðɛɾ]

Either a proprietary name of a brand of refrigerators or a borrowing from French refrigerator.


taberna

From Old Galician-Portuguese taverna, from Latin taberna (“inn, tavern, shop”), by dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs.


grammatica

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


celta

Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)


celta

Celt (a member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe)


protease

(biochemistry) protease (any of a group of enzymes that cleave proteins)


USP

Universidade de São Paulo
w:Universidade de São Paulo

(Brazil) Acronym of Universidade de São Paulo.


vuvuzela

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.


sombra

luz

antonym(s) of “darker parts of an image”

From Old Galician-Portuguese soombra, of uncertain origin, but ultimately containing Latin umbra (“shadow”). Possible etymologies include:
* from Old Galician-Portuguese soombrar, from Vulgar Latin *subumbrāre (“to shadow”), from Latin sub + umbrāre, from umbra (“shadow”).
* from Old Spanish solombra, from Vulgar Latin *solumbra, from Latin sub illā umbrā (literally “under that shadow”).
* from Latin umbra (“shadow”), influenced by Old Galician-Portuguese sol (“sun, sunshine”).
Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish sombra, solombra, Mirandese selombra, French sombre and possibly with Dalmatian sombreja and Romansch sumbreiva.

der

Não há luz sem sombra.

Vimos uma sombra passar pela janela.

O tempo na cadeia é uma sombra do seu passado.

The time spent in jail is a shadow from his past.

(figurative) a negative aspect of something

Sem sombra de dúvida.

trace, hint (a very small amount, especially of something abstract)

tail (someone who closely and persistently follows another)

shadow
(supernatural, fantasy) shade, ghost

eye shadow (makeup applied to the eyelids)

(painting, drawing) the darker parts of an image

(figurative) copycat (one who imitates someone without adding ingenuity)


contente

pt-adj

contente m or f (plural contentes, comparable, comparative mais contente, superlative o mais contente or contentíssimo)

contentes (plural)
mais contente (comparative)
o mais contente (superlative)
contentíssimo (superlative)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese contente, contento, borrowed from Latin contentus.


Annapolis

Annapolis (a city, the state capital of Maryland, United States)


melomania

From melo- + -mania, on the model of French mélomanie.


bola

Borrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Vulgar Latin *bolla, from a merger of Latin bulla with Frankish *bollā (compare English bowl). Doublet of bula and bolha.


pinça

pincer (gripping appendage of some crustaceans and arachnids)

(automotive) caliper (part of a disc brake)


chanta

(agriculture, archaic) a cutting or sprig planted to grow a new tree


rebelde

pt-noun

rebelde m or f by sense (plural rebeldes)

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌhɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌhɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

[χeˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌχɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

Borrowed from Spanish rebelde (“rebel”), itself borrowed from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, to fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”).

der

rebel (person who resists an established authority)


rebelde

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌhɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌhɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

[χeˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]

/ˌʁɛˈbɛw.d͡ʒi/

[ˌχɛˈbɛʊ̯.d͡ʒi]


Inari

Inari (a municipality and village in northern Finland)


trompa

(music instrument) horn (any of several types of musical wind instruments)


catorze

From Old Galician-Portuguese catorze, quatorze, from Latin quattuordecim.


branca

brain freeze (failure to remember something)


boxe

pt-noun

boxe (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural boxes)


náuseas

sentir náuseas

to feel sick (literally, “to feel nausea”)

ter náuseas

to feel sick (literally, “to have nausea”)

dar náuseas

to disgust (literally, “to give disgust”)

sentir náuseas


membrana

/mẽˈbɾɐ̃.nɐ/

/mẽˈbɾɐ̃.nɐ/


Hanna

Unadapted borrowing from English Hannah, from Hebrew חַנָּה (ḥannâ). Doublet of Ana and Ane.

a female given name, equivalent to English Hannah


mira

sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)

marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)


moussaka

moussaka (baked dish of the Balkans and Turkey)


bruma

From Old Galician-Portuguese bruma, from Latin brūma.

mist (water or other liquid finely suspended in air)


participial

pt-adj

participial m or f (plural participiais)

(grammar) participial (of or relating to a participle)


rial

Archaic spelling of real. (as in royal, regal)


burla

Borrowed from Spanish burla, of unknown origin.


canoa

→ Hunsrik: Kanoh

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”).


Montgomery

Unadapted borrowing from English Montgomery.

ubor

Montgomery (a city, the state capital of Alabama, United States)


Maastricht

Maastricht (a city and capital of Limburg, Netherlands)


Bonn

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Bonn (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Matilda

Borrowed from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German maht, meht (“might”) + hild, hilta (“battle”).

a female given name, equivalent to English Matilda


aldopentose

(biochemistry) aldopentose (a pentose that is also a aldose)


Ariadne

(Greek mythology) Ariadne (daughter of King Minos)

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Ariadne


israelita

pt-noun

israelita m or f by sense (plural israelitas)

Learned borrowing from Latin Isrāēlīta, from Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs).

(Portugal) someone from the State of Israel


israelita

(Portugal) of or relating to the State of Israel


carpa

From Late Latin carpa, from a Germanic language, probably Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa).

carp (any fish of the family Cyprinidae)


Ariana

[a.ɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[a.ɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

Ariana (a historical region in Central Asia; modern Afghanistan and surrounding regions)


Ariana

[a.ɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

[a.ɾɪˈɐ̃.nɐ]

a female given name, equivalent to English Ariana


casta

Uncertain, possibly from the feminine of casto (“chaste”) (from Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus) or from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*kastan) or *𐌺𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (*kasts), from Proto-Germanic *kastōną (“to throw, cast”), *kastuz.


Pearl Harbor

Unadapted borrowing from English Pearl Harbor, calqued from Hawaiian Wai Momi.

ubor

Pearl Harbor (a harbour and naval base in Hawaii, United States)


Celebes

Celebes, Sulawesi (an island in Greater Sunda, Indonesia)


Angers

Unadapted borrowing from French Angers, from Latin Cīvitās Andecavōrum.

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Angers (a city in Pays de la Loire, France)


Dijon

Dijon (the capital city of the Côte-d'Or department, France)


hipoteca

Learned borrowing from Latin hypotheca, from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē).


fraude

hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)


Toulouse

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

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


Luzon

From Spanish Luzón, from Classical Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig river delta by Manila”), from Tagalog lusong.

der

Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines)


bibliotheca

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


taxa

From taxar (“to tax; to charge a fee”), from Latin taxāre (“to handle; to compute”), from tangō (“to touch”).

fee (monetary payment charged for professional services)

(mathematics, statistics) rate (amount measured in relation to another amount)

(economics) a percentage or ratio of a value


pensionista

pt-noun

pensionista m or f by sense (plural pensionistas)

pensioner (someone who receives a pension)


esperança

From Old Galician-Portuguese esperança, asperança, from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns; corresponds to esperar + -ança. Compare Spanish esperanza, French espérance, Italian speranza.


descrição

[d͡ʒis.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒis.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[deʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[d͡ʒiʃ.kɾiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Learned borrowing from Latin dēscrīptiōnem. Cognate with Galician descrición.


serpentinite

serpentinites (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


Montpellier

Montpellier (a city, the regional capital of Languedoc-Roussillon, France)


macaca

pt-noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

macacas (plural)
macaco (masculine)
macacos (masculine plural)


Cannes

Cannes (a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France)


baga

Inherited from Latin bāca (“berry; fruit”).

inh+

(botany) berry (soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits)


paumari

a member of the Paumarí, a tribe of northern Brazil

(uncountable) an Arauan language spoken by the Paumarí


cauda

From Old Galician-Portuguese, borrowed from Latin cauda. See also cola, inherited from the same origin.

tail (posterior appendage or feathers of some animals)

tail; tail end (posterior part or appendage of an object)

(clothing) the part of a dress that is dragged on the floor

(aviation) tail; empennage (rear structure of an aircraft)

(astronomy) tail (stream of dust as gases blown from a comet)

(typography, informal) tail; descender (stroke below the baseline of a letter)


proa

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.

(nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)


justiça

From Old Galician-Portuguese justiça, borrowed from Latin iūstitia (“justice”). Cognate with Galician xustiza, Spanish justicia, Catalan justícia, Occitan justícia, French justice, Italian giustizia and Romanian justiție. See also justeza, possibly a doublet.


garra

Possibly from garfa (“animal's claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (gārfā, “handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to ladle”), with influence from garfio (“hook”).
Or, possibly from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”) (compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”)), from Proto-Celtic *garrā; see Cornish garr.


fava

From Old Galician-Portuguese fava, from Latin faba (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).


rena

Borrowed from French renne (“reindeer”), from Swedish ren (“reindeer”), from Old Norse hreinn (“reindeer”), from Proto-Germanic *hrinda- (“reindeer”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn, upper part of the head”).


Vénus

(Roman mythology) Venus (goddess of love and beauty)


subtropical

pt-adj

subtropical m or f (plural subtropicais)


cicuta

Borrowed from Latin cicuta (“hemlock; pipe”). Compare the inherited doublet cegude.

hemlock (poisonous plant of genus Conium)


Tianjin

From the atonal pinyin romanization of Chinese 天津 (Tiānjīn, “heavenly ford; heavenly crossing”).

bor

Tianjin (a direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China)


intelligente

pt-adj

intelligente m or f (plural intelligentes)

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


Breda

Breda (a city in North Brabant, Netherlands)


anormal

Borrowed from French anormal, from Latin anōrmālis.


Santa Cruz

[ˈsɐ̃.tɐ ˈkɾu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

/ˈsɐ̃.tɐ ˈkɾuʃ/

(Christianity) Holy Cross; meaning the cross Jesus died on

A city and municipality of Madeira, Portugal

Rio Grande do Norte
Rio Grande do Norte#English

A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil


cortesia

(uncountable) courtesy (polite behaviour)


inteligente

inteligente m or f (plural inteligentes)

Borrowed from Latin intelligentem, form of intellegēns (“understanding”).

intelligent (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)


Extremadura

[ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

[ɐjʃ.tɾɨ.mɐˈðu.ɾɐ]

autonomous community
autonomous community

Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)


aspa

crux decussata (an X-shaped cross, used to crucify people)

Saint Andrew's cross
Saint Andrew's cross

Saint Andrew's cross (any X-shaped symbol)

(heraldry) saltire (ordinary in the shape of an X)

(typography) quotation mark; inverted comma (the character ‘, ’ or '')

Era um boi de aspa grande / já roído pelos anos / O coitado não sabia / do seu destino tirano

1975, Tião Carreiro, Pardinho (lyrics and music), “Travessia do Araguaia”, in Modas de Viola Classe A, volume 2, Rio de Janeiro: WEA Discos Ltda.

It was a big horned bull / already gnawed by the years / The poor guy didn't know / of his tyrannical destiny


cliente

pt-noun

cliente m or f by sense (plural clientes)

From Latin clientem, Alteration of cluēns, present active participle of clueō (“to be called, to be named, to be esteemed”).

customer, client (one who purchases or receives a product or service)


Comores

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


ateísta

ateísta m or f by sense (plural ateístas)

From French athéiste. By surface analysis, ateu + -ista or a- + teísta.


teísta

From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ista or French théiste.


colite

(pathology) colitis (inflammation of the colon)


Sandra

a diminutive of the female given name Alessandra, equivalent to English Sandra


collega

pt-noun

collega m or f by sense (plural collegas)


fonte

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fonte f, from Latin fontem m (“spring; fountain”), of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Galician fonte f and Spanish fuente f.

inh+

(figurative) source (that from which something comes or is acquired)


cartolina

Borrowed from Italian cartolina (“postcard”).


pickup

Unadapted borrowing from English pickup.

pickup truck (truck with an open cargo bed)


prejudicial

pt-adj

prejudicial m or f (plural prejudiciais)


Little Rock

Unadapted borrowing from English Little Rock.

ubor

Little Rock (a city, the state capital of Arkansas, United States)


oito

→? Asturian: oito

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese oito, from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw (“eight”). Compare Galician oito, Spanish ocho, Italian otto, French huit.

inh+

(cardinal number) eight (cardinal number 8)


Majuro

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English

Majuro (an atoll and capital city of the Marshall Islands)


três

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēs
Old Galician-Portuguese tres
Portuguese três
From Old Galician-Portuguese tres, from Latin trēs, from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

etymon

(cardinal number) three (cardinal number 3)


Castries

Castries (the capital city of Saint Lucia)


pintura

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintura, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, from Latin pictūra.


Lara

a female given name, equivalent to English Lara

a diminutive of the female given name Larissa


Freetown

Freetown (the capital city of Sierra Leone)


entourage

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage.

ubor

entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)


perdiz

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese perdiz, from Latin perdīcem (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”). Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish perdiz.

der

partridge (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris)


adrenalina

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


concordante

pt-adj

concordante m or f (plural concordantes)


Kingstown

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Kingstown (the capital city of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)


poluição

pt-noun

poluição f (usually uncountable, plural poluições)

[po.luɪ̯ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

A poluição dos oceanos é prejudicial à vida marinha.

Ocean pollution is harmful to marine life.

pollution (contamination of the environment by harmful substances)


esfinge

From Latin Sphingem, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx).


poeira

Guinea-Bissau Creole: puera

Kabuverdianu: puera

Papiamentu: puiru


pirâmide

From Latin pȳramis, from Ancient Greek πῡραμίς (pūramís).


pólvora

[ˈpɔɫ.βu.ɾɐ]

From Spanish pólvora, from Old Catalan polvora, polvera, from Late Latin pulvera, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Doublet of pó < *pul(v)us.

Éramos milhões, até que vieram vilões / O ataque nosso não bastou / Fui de bastão, eles tinham a pólvora / Vi meu povo se apavorar

We were millions, until villains came / Our attack wasn't enough / I had a club, they had gunpowder / I saw my people panicking


Metz

Metz (the capital city of the Moselle department, France)


ameixeira

/ɐ.mɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.mɐjˈʃɐj.ɾɐ/


ameixa

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *damascĭna-, for Latin damascēna (prūna) ("plums from Damascus"), whence English damson. Loss of initial d- probably due to metanalysis as the preposition de (dameixa → d'ameixa → de ameixa).


analgesia

(medicine) analgesia (absence of the sense of pain)


portuense

pt-adj

portuense m or f (plural portuenses, not comparable)


portuense

pt-noun

portuense m or f by sense (plural portuenses)


duna

Borrowed from French dune, from Old French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne, from Proto-West Germanic *dūnā.

(geomorphology) dune (ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)


parentela

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parentēla.


anular

annular (relating to or shaped like a ring)


bota

From French botte (“boot”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”), of obscure origin, but probably of Germanic origin.


regularidade

Borrowed from Late Latin rēgulāritātem. By surface analysis, regular + idade.


dela

Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...

2005, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308

You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...

Contraction of de ela (“of her; her (possessive)”): feminine singular of dele


corrente

From Old Galician-Portuguese corrente, from Latin currentem.

(Internet) an e-mail or message, usually containing a hoax or urban legend, which persuades the recipient to share it to other people, consequently making it widespread


bipolar

(psychiatry) bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder)


taumaturgia

From Ancient Greek θαυματουργία (thaumatourgía).

der

θαυματουργία


parlamentar

pt-adj

parlamentar m or f (plural parlamentares)

From parlamento (“parliament”) + -ar (“-ary”).

suffix

parliamentary (of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament)


parlamentar

pt-noun

parlamentar m or f by sense (plural parlamentares)

parliamentarian (member of a parliament)


corrida

From correr (“to run”), from Old Galician-Portuguese correr, from Latin currō (“to run”).

(sports) race (an attempt to reach some goal before others)


alimentar

From alimento + -ar (compare French alimentaire, Latin alimentārius), from Latin alimentum (“food”).


dessa

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

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

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

Contraction of de essa (“of/from that (feminine, near you)”): feminine singular of desse


armazenagem

storage (act or effect of storing, collecting in warehouse)

the amount paid for something stored and preserved in storage

(computing) storage (conservation (of information) on a computer device)


cesura

(prosody) caesura (using two words to divide a metrical foot)


enxadrista

enxadrista m or f by sense (plural enxadristas)

/ẽ.ʃɐˈdɾiʃ.tɐ/

[ẽ.ʃɐˈðɾiʃ.tɐ]


tenista

tenista m or f by sense (plural tenistas)


monarca

monarca m or f by sense (plural monarcas)

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


acelera

/ɐ.sɨˈlɛ.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.sɐˈlɛ.ɾɐ/


acelera

acelera m or f by sense (plural aceleras)

/ɐ.sɨˈlɛ.ɾɐ/

/ɐ.sɐˈlɛ.ɾɐ/


capitular

(relational) chapter (of an ecclesiastical body); capitular

(relational) capital, uppercase (of a letter)


capitular

capitular m or f by sense (plural capitulares)

member of an ecclesiastical chapter; capitular


capitular

capital/uppercase letter, especially a drop cap


auxiliar

Learned borrowing from Latin auxiliāris.


alerta

From Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).


webcam

Unadapted borrowing from English webcam.

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


amarra

(nautical) mooring (act of securing a vessel)


arara

>? Saramaccan: alála


tecla

From Medieval Latin thēcula, diminutive of Latin thēca (“box”), perhaps blended with a descendant of Latin tēgula (“tile”).

key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)

(music) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)


barriga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese barriga, an alteration of barrica, from Old Occitan barrica. Compare Galician and Spanish barriga.


atrofia

From Latin ātrophīa, from Ancient Greek ἀτροηία (atroēía).

atrophy (reduced functionality of an organ)


anta

From Old Galician-Portuguese anta, borrowed from Latin antās pl.

(archaeology) dolmen (prehistoric megalithic tomb)


anta

tapir (large odd-toed ungulate with a long prehensile upper lip of the family Tapiridae)


anta

Você é uma anta!


cabriola

[kɐˈβɾjɔ.lɐ]

(by extension) any of several types of jumps, such as those performed by happy children, horses, or dancers

a sudden change in opinion or attitude, often within the context of politics


leal

pt-adj

leal m or f (plural leais, comparable, comparative mais leal, superlative o mais leal or lealíssimo)

leais (plural)
mais leal (comparative)
o mais leal (superlative)
lealíssimo (superlative)

From Old Galician-Portuguese leal, from Latin legālis. Doublet of legal, borrowed from the same source.

adhering to the rules of propriety, fair, honest, loyal, true


cancela

A cama que servia de cancela foi afastada rapidamente, uma a uma as mulheres entraram,[…]

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho

The bed that functioned as gate was quickly pulled aside, one by one the women entered, […]


colecta

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


comba

(geography) combe; coombe (deep, narrow valley)


clausura

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudō (“to close, to shut”). Compare the inherited doublet chousura.

(Christianity) clausure, enclosure, claustral confinement


comanda

(Brazil) the document in which a client's orders are registered in a restaurant or similar eating shop


conquista

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese conquista, probably deverbal from conquistar. Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *conquista, from the feminine of Latin conquīsītus.


consola

(Portugal, video games) console (a device dedicated to playing video games)


bata

[…] depois levantou-se, despiu a bata em movimentos cansados, lentos.

1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho, page 26

[…] next he got up and took off his white coat with tired, slow movements.


conserva

preservation (preparation of food so it lasts longer)

preserved food, such as pickles, jam or canned food

Partidas ambas eſtas fuſtas deſta fortaleza de Diu, & nauegando juntas em hũa conserua com tempo aſſaz forte, […]

Once both pinnaces left the fortress of Diu, and sailing together in a convoy with strong weather, […]

(archaic) convoy (ships sailing in company)


copas

→ Swahili: kopa

From copo (“cup”). Originally the suit was represented by cups or chalices. Eventually the design changed to that of a heart, but the name was kept.

(card games) hearts (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♥)


conviva

pt-noun

conviva m or f by sense (plural convivas)


conversa

Deverbal from conversar (“to converse”), from Latin conversō (“to ponder”).

(Brazil, informal) bullshit; nonsense (untrue statements intended to deceive)


curta

curta (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural curtas)

Clipping of curta-metragem (literally “short footage”).

clipping

(film) short (film of length shorter than a feature film)


conjetura

conjeturas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


deriva

drift (course or direction along which anything is driven; setting)


baleia

Guinea-Bissau Creole: baleia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese balẽa, from Latin ballaena, variant of bālaena, from Ancient Greek φάλαινα (phálaina), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to inflate, blow, swell”), from *bʰel- (“to bloom”).

der

whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)

(derogatory) landwhale (an obese person)


dispensa

dismissal (act of dismissing or state of having been dismissed)


hiena

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).


morsa

Ultimately from Sami; compare Northern Sami morša.


empata

(informal, derogatory) hinderer, hindrance


Bermudas

[bɨɾˈmu.ðɐʃ]

After Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515.

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


engorda

(animal husbandry) relating to fattening livestock

relating to fattening livestock
process of fattening livestock

season when livestock is fed to be fattened

relating to fattening livestock
food used to fatten livestock

relating to fattening livestock
an animal in the process of fattening


factura

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


equipa

Borrowed from French équipe. Compare Galician equipo.


escama

From Old Galician-Portuguese escama, from Latin squāma (“scale”).

scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)


flete

Borrowed from English flat. Doublet of chão.


ficha

ficha técnica

ficha de inscrição

token (piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money)


escriba

pt-noun

escriba m or f by sense (plural escribas)

Borrowed from Latin scriba. Doublet of escrivão.

scribe (someone employed to write and take notes)


escurra

escurra m or f by sense (plural escurras)

From Latin scurra. Compare Spanish escurra.


fomento

Banco de Fomento

fomento do turismo

development, promotion or stimulation of activity


escolta

[iʃˈkɔʊ̯.tɐ]

[eʃˈkɔʊ̯.tɐ]

escort (group of people who someone or something to provide protection)


forja

Borrowed from French forge, itself from Latin fabrica. Doublet of frágua and fábrica.

forge (workshop in which metals are shaped)


frota

Borrowed from French flotte, from Old French flote, from Old Norse floti, from Proto-Germanic *flutōną (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”).


fractura

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


frita

frit (fused mixture of materials used to make glass)


espera

Deverbal from esperar. From Old Galician-Portuguese esperar (“to wait; to hope”), from Latin spērāre (“to hope; to await”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, to turn out well”).

der

ambush (wait for someone in order to attack them)


estafa

Como a nordestina, há milhares de moças espalhadas por cortiços, vagas de cama num quarto, atrás de balcões trabalhando até a estafa.

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

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


esquiva

Deverbal from esquivar (“to avoid social contact”).

deverbal

(uncountable, psychology) the avoidance of social contact


esquila

(regional) shear (the act of shearing an animal)


estima

/iʃˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/

/eʃˈt͡ʃĩ.mɐ/


glosa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin glōssa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa).

lbor

(countable) gloss (brief explanatory note or translation)


honra

From Old Galician-Portuguese onrra, from onrrar (“to honour”), from Latin honōrāre.

Porque é que a honra do nosso paiz se acha envolvida nesta contenda ?

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

Why is our honour as a country involved in this war ?

honor (objectification of praiseworthiness)


guisa

Borrowed from French guise, from Proto-Germanic *wīsą, related to *wīsaz (“wise”).
Cognate with English wise and German Weise. Compare Spanish and Italian guisa.

à guisa de


guarda

→ Indonesian: garda

desctree

→ Javanese: ꦒꦂꦝꦸ (gardhu)
→ Indonesian: gardu

guard (person who who protects or watches over something or someone)


guarda

Kadiwéu: goaada

guard (squad responsible for protecting something or someone)

flyleaf (blank page at the front or back of a book)


vítima

→ Makalero: viitima (“victim”)

From Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”).

O João foi a vítima de um crime terrível.

John was the victim of a terrible crime.


valsa

Borrowed from French valse, from German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn”).


excreta

/ɐjʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/

/ɐjʃˈkɾɛ.tɐ/


extradição

[iʃ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[eʃ.tɾa.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


geneticista

pt-noun

geneticista m or f by sense (plural geneticistas)


quinzenal

pt-adj

quinzenal m or f (plural quinzenais, not comparable)

semimonthly (occurring at intervals of fifteen days)


irrefutável

irrefutável m or f (plural irrefutáveis, comparable, comparative mais irrefutável, superlative o mais irrefutável or irrefutabilíssimo)

irrefutáveis (plural)
mais irrefutável (comparative)
o mais irrefutável (superlative)
irrefutabilíssimo (superlative)


impressionável

impressionável m or f (plural impressionáveis, comparable, comparative mais impressionável, superlative o mais impressionável or impressionabilíssimo)

impressionáveis (plural)
mais impressionável (comparative)
o mais impressionável (superlative)
impressionabilíssimo (superlative)


quinzena

. By surface analysis, quinze (“fifteen”) + -ena.


altricial

(zoology, of a species) altricial (having young which are helpless at birth)


ficção

[fikˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Ao terceiro argumento, de que ſe tratou ſupra n.47. ſe reſponde, confeſſando, que o beneficio da representação he priuilegio, & ficção da ley, induzida contra as regras geraes de direito; & que como tal, não pode hauer lugar ſenaõ nos caſos em que for expreſſamente concedido, nem ſe pode extender a outros.

1644, Francisco Velasco de Gouveia, Iusta acclamação do serenissimo Rey de Portugal Dom Ioão o IV, volume 2, Lisbon: Lourenço de Anveres, Resposta ao terceiro argumento, page 170, column 2


figueira

From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira, from Latin fīcāria. By surface analysis, figo + -eira.


égua

Kabuverdianu: égua

Macanese: égu

From Old Galician-Portuguese égua, egua, egoa, from Latin equa. Compare Spanish yegua (“mare”).


carniça

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *carnītia, from Latin carō (“meat”).


preguiça

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.

laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)


cunhada

pt-noun

cunhada f (plural cunhadas, masculine cunhado, masculine plural cunhados)

cunhadas (plural)
cunhado (masculine)
cunhados (masculine plural)


sessenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese sesaenta, from Latin sexāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱsḱomt, from earlier *swéḱs-dḱomt (“six-ten”).


antipodal

antipodal (on opposite sides of the globe)


dezoito

From Old Galician-Portuguese dez (“ten”) + e (“and”) + oito (“eight”). Compare Galician dezaoito.


trinta

From Old Galician-Portuguese trinta, treinta, triinta, from Latin trīgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *tri(d)ḱomt (“thirty”).


cem

From Old Galician-Portuguese cen, from cento, from Latin centum, from Proto-Italic *kentom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Vieram cem pessoas.


dezesseis

From Old Galician-Portuguese dez (“ten”) + e (“and”) + seys (“six”).


treze

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese treze, from Latin trēdecim.


quarenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese quareenta, quaraenta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (“four-ten”).


vinte

From Old Galician-Portuguese vinte, vynte, viinte, from Latin vīgintī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁) (“two tens, two decades”), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.


oitenta

From Old Galician-Portuguese oytenta, oyteenta, oitaenta, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (“eighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”).


lactase

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) lactase (a β-galactosidase enzyme)


libré

livery (distinctive uniform worn by a group)


parcela

Borrowed from French parcelle, from Late Latin particella, diminutive of Latin particula. Doublet of partilha, which was inherited, and partícula, borrowed directly from Latin.


partes

Gosto de sentir uma brisa saudável nas minhas partes, obrigado.

2000, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 71

I like to feel a healthy breeze on my parts, thank you.


pelé

Named after Brazilian footballer Pelé (1940–2022), who was known as the King of Football.

named-after

Ayrton Senna was the king of F1

(Brazil, colloquial, sometimes humorous) king (dominant figure in a field)


peralta

pt-adj

peralta m or f (plural peraltas, comparable, comparative mais peralta, superlative o mais peralta or peraltíssimo)

peraltas (plural)
mais peralta (comparative)
o mais peralta (superlative)
peraltíssimo (superlative)


peralta

pt-noun

peralta m or f by sense (plural peraltas)

someone who dresses in an exaggerated manner


pelas

Contraction of por as (“by/through the (feminine plural)”): feminine plural of pelo


penetra

penetra m or f by sense (plural penetras)


permuta

exchange (an act of exchanging or trading)


piloto

piloto m or f by sense (plural pilotos, feminine piloto or pilota, feminine plural pilotos or pilotas)

pilotos (plural)
piloto (feminine)
pilota (feminine)
pilotos (feminine plural)
pilotas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian piloto, from Late Latin pillottus.

(aviation) pilot (person who controls the aircraft)

(television) pilot (sample episode of a proposed TV series)


pregunta

(archaic or dialectal) Alternative form of pergunta


cosmologia

cosmologia f (usually uncountable, plural cosmologias)

cosmology (study of the physical universe)


dentista

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistas)


propina

From Late Latin propīna. Compare Italian and Spanish propina.

(Portugal) tuition, a fee for services such as enrollment or obtaining a document

(Brazil) tip (money left for a servant as a token of appreciation)

(Brazil, colloquial) bribe (something, usually money, given as an inducement to dishonesty)


procura

(economics) demand (amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price)


quebra

Ouvi a quebra de pratos.

O sol brilhou pela quebra das nuvens.

The sun shone through the break in the clouds.

breach; break (space that opens between things)

A quebra no fornecimento de energia deixou a cidade escura.

The interruption of the delivery of electricity left the city dark.

interruption (time during which there is a cessation of a service)

Pagaram uma multa por quebra de contrato.

They paid a fine for breach of contract.

breach (breaking up of a relationship or obligation)

A quebra da companhia deixou a família na miséria.

The company’s bankruptcy left the family in misery.

bankruptcy (lack of funds to pay debts or continue in operation)


mancha

From Vulgar Latin *macla (probably through a variant with a nasal infix *mancla), from Latin macula (“spot; stain”). Compare with the borrowed doublets mácula, malha, mágoa, and mangra.

stain; mark; blemish; spot (visible impression)

a disgrace, discredit in one’s reputation


biologia

LL-Q5146 (por)-Nelson Ricardo 2500-biologia.wav

From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”). By surface analysis, bio- + -logia. Piecewise doublet of zoologia.


novela

Borrowed from Italian novella (“tale”), from Latin novella, feminine of novellus (“new; fresh”), from novus (“new”), Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

novella (short novel or long short story)

soap opera (a type of television or radio series)

(figuratively) any overdramatic case or event


pessoa

From Old Galician-Portuguese pessõa, from Vulgar Latin *pessona, from Latin persōna (“mask used by actor; role, part, character”), perhaps a loanword from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”), from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Displaced borrowed persona (retained in dialects of Spain).

inh

Estava a ver/vendo umas pessoas caminhar.

person (an individual being, especially a human)

O sujeito portava uma arma em/na sua pessoa.

The person was carrying a weapon in his person.

(formal) person (someone’s physical body)

Ele é um pronome da terceira pessoa.

(grammar) person (either the speaker, those spoken to or the subject of the discussion)

(Christianity theology) person (any of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity)

Trindade

person of the Holy Trinity; Holy Trinity

(law) person (person or organisation with standing before the courts)


orla

From Vulgar Latin *orula, diminutive of Latin ora. Compare French orle.


amora

From Vulgar Latin *mōra, from Latin mōrum, from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron), from Proto-Indo-European *moro. Compare Galician amora, Italian and Spanish mora and French mûre.


regente

pt-noun

regente m or f by sense (plural regentes)

Hunsrik: Rëschent

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/ʁeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

[χeˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi]

Borrowed from Latin regente, singular ablative of regēns.

regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

conductor (a person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)


mangueira

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

hose (flexible tube conveying water or other fluids)


mangueira

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

[mɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/mɐ̃ˈɡej.ɾɐ/


fruta-pão

fruta-pão f (plural frutas-pães or frutas-pão)

frutas-pães (plural)
frutas-pão (plural)

[ˌfɾu.tɐˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌfɾu.tɐˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ˌfɾu.taˈpɐ̃ʊ̯̃]


bananeira

(Brazil) handstand (usually in the phrase plantar bananeira)


reforma

reform (the change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative)

pension (gratuity paid regularly as benefit due to a person in consideration of past services)

renovation (repairs made to a building to improve or renew its appearance)


melancia

Alteration of balancia (“watermelon”), influenced by melão (“melon”), from Arabic بَلَنْسِيّ (balansiyy, “Valencian”).


melancia

pt-noun

melancia m or f by sense (plural melancias)

Invasão de São Paulo por Mato Grosso? Mentira! Bem se vê que você é um "melancia".

1955, Mário Donato, Madrugada sem Deus, São Paulo: José Olympio, page 246

Ele é um melancia. / Verde por fora, vermelho por dentro.

2024, Matthias Lehmann, translated by Bruno Ferreira Castro and Fernando Scheibe, Chumbo, Nemo, page 207

(Brazil, military, slang) a soldier with socialist leanings


melancia

“Taca esse coronel no AI-5 que ele é contra, ele é melancia.” E deram com Palma pra ele, porque, segundo o critério, ele tinha direito.

2004, Luís Maklouf, O coronel rompe o silêncio, Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva, page 116

(Brazil, military, slang) with socialist leanings


reserva

reserve (the act of reserving, or keeping back)

reserve (that which is reserved as for future use)

reserve (tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose)

reserve (tract of land reserved for aboriginal people)

(military) reserve (body of troops in the rear of an army)

booking (a reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel)


reserva

reserva m or f by sense (plural reservas)

(sports) reserve (player who does not participate from the start of the game)


revenda

resale (the action of selling something previously bought)


represa

Inherited from Latin reprēnsa, feminine of reprēnsus (“seized”), past participle of reprendō (“to seize; to catch”).

dam (structure placed across a flowing body of water)


reta

From Latin rēcta, feminine of rēctus (“straight”), from perfect passive participle of regō (“to rule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, to direct”).

der

(geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure)


salvas

inflection of salvar:
short feminine plural past participle


salvaguarda

[saɫ.βɐˈɣwaɾ.ðɐ]

safeguard (something that serves as a guard or protection)


salva

From salvar (“to save”), from Old Galician-Portuguese salvar, from Latin salvāre (“to save”).

salvo (salute paid by simultaneous firing of cannons)

salva de palmas.

(by extension) any noisy simultaneous salute


salva

inflection of salvar:
short feminine singular past participle


salva

From sálvia (“salvia”), from Latin salvia.


sobra

(often in the plural) leftover; remainder (something that remains)


transa

(Brazil, colloquial) deal, trade, agreement

(Brazil, colloquial) sex (an act of sexual intercourse)


suba

Deverbal from subir (“to raise; to ascend”).

deverbal

1963, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 4, Imprensa Nacional, page 55

In the present moment fertilisers and insecticides and pesticides, elements very indispensable to the revitalisation of national agriculture, are having such an increase in price that there is no telegraph from Banco do Brasil that can be up to par with the situation.

No momento atual os fertilizantes e os inseticidas e praguicidas, elementos indispensabilíssimos ao soerguimento da agricultura nacional, estão com uma suba tal que não há telex do Banco do Brasil que possa estar a par da situação.

Redatores de assuntos financeiros registravam a queda das ações de algumas empresas e uma suba compensatória de outras.

1974, Janer Cristaldo, Uma estória obscena, Edições Casa do Livro, page 77

Editors of financial matters registered the decrease of some companies’ shares and a compensatory increase of others.

[…], no segundo caso, porque essa retirada do subsídio, que ensejou uma suba de Cr$45,00 no preço do quilo da carne de primeira, provocou uma natural retração no consumo.

1981, Congresso Nacional do Brasil, Anais da câmara dos deputados, Volume 7, Centro de Documentação e Informação, page 141

[…] , in the second case, because this removal of the subside, which caused a Cr$45.00 increase in the price of first-grade meat, caused a natural reduction of consumption.

(Rio Grande do Sul) an increase in price


trepa

Voltas a fazer isso e levas uma trepa.

Do that again, and you'll take a beating.


tosa

the act of cutting or trimming a pet's hair, such as in pet grooming


turné

European Portuguese standard spelling of turnê.


Hilda

a female given name from German, equivalent to English Hilda


sutura

suture (seam formed by sewing two edges (especially of skin) together)


uniforme

Borrowed from Latin ūnifōrmis (“uniform”).


veja

Probably a borrowing from Old Tupi, compare bijá, pijá (“kind of fish”).

Sparisoma cretense
Wikispecies:Sparisoma cretense

Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)


cova

From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.


berinjela

/bɨ.ɾĩˈʒɛ.lɐ/

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of beringela.


álgebra

[ˈaɫ.ʒɨ.βɾɐ]

From Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr), through Latin algebra.

(mathematics) study of formal manipulations of equations, with the aim of solving certain problems (or the equations themselves)

(mathematics) set of unary and binary operations related to each other by certain properties

(obsolete) art of restoring dislocated bones


Aglaia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa).

a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Aglaia


lasanha

From Italian lasagna, possibly from Vulgar Latin *lasania, from Latin lasanum (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon, “trivet or stand for a pot”). Others argue the Italian lasagna originally derived from the Arabic لَوْزِينَج (lawzīnaj, “almond cake”).


couve-de-bruxelas

pt-noun

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

[ˈkow.βɨ ðɨ βɾuˈʃɛ.lɐʃ]

[ˈko.vɨ ðɨ βɾuˈʃɛ.lɐʃ]


cenoura

From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).
Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria,
Maltese zunnarija,
Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.

der

*سَفُنَّارْيَة

إِسْفَنَارِيَّة

σταφυλίνη ἀγρία


burocrata

pt-noun

burocrata m or f by sense (plural burocratas)


foca

From Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal, sea dog”).

der

— Por falar nisso, sabe o que é um foca?
— Sei — disse Cotoxó.
— Que é? Diga!
— Foca é um repórter em início de carreira, que ganha mal, se veste mal, come mal, escreve mal, só diz bobagens, não tem cultura, é tido como idiota e um dia se torna chefe da redação.
“By the way, do you know what a seal is?”

1989, Paulo Rangel, O Assassinato do Conto Policial, FTD, page 10

“What is it? Tell me!”
“A seal is a reporter at the beginning of his career, who earns badly, dresses badly, eats badly, writes badly, says nothing but nonsense, has no culture, is considered an idiot and one day becomes head of the newsroom.”

(Brazil, journalism) a journalist at the start of his/her career


burocracia

(colloquial) the use or demand a big amount of documents


Navarra

Navarre (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


aboboreira

[ɐ.βu.βuˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]

[ɐ.βu.βuˈɾɐj.ɾɐ]


segunda

Kadiwéu: segoonda


abóbora

Kadiwéu: aboobile

[ɐˈβɔ.βu.ɾɐ]

From Hispanic Medieval Latin apopores, apoperes of uncertain origin. Cognate of Spanish abobra and Galician abóbora.

Tenho-me sentido muito cansado. Ainda são onze da noite e já virei uma abóbora.

I've been feeling very tired. It's still 11 p.m. and I'm already lethargic.

(figurative) someone unenergetic, lethargic


arbustiforme

pt-adj

arbustiforme m or f (plural arbustiformes)


baleia-assassina

pt-noun

baleia-assassina f (plural baleias-assassinas)


joaninha

/ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.ɲɐ/

[ʒo.ɐ̃ˈnĩ.j̃ɐ]

From Joana (a female given name) + -inha. Cognate with Galician xoaniña.


andorinha

/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

/ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/

[ɐ̃.doˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

From Old Galician-Portuguese andorinna (“swallow”), from a Vulgar Latin root *harundīna, from Latin hirundō, hirundinem; cf. also harundō, which may have influenced it.
Cognate with Galician andoriña, Mirandese andorina, Leonese andolina and Asturian andarina.


lipase

(biochemistry) lipase (any enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of lipids)


abelha

[ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]

[ɐˈβɐ(j).ʎɐ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abella, from Latin apicula.


camelô

(Brazil) huckster, peddler, hawker (itinerant street vendor)


psiquiatra

pt-noun

psiquiatra m or f by sense (plural psiquiatras)

From psiqu- (“psych-”) + -iatra (“doctor”).

psychiatrist (doctor specializing in psychiatry)


suicida

suicida m or f by sense (plural suicidas)


jegue

Uncertain, possibly from English jackass.


flecha

From Old Galician-Portuguese frecha, borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


cavalgada

[kɐ.βaɫˈɣa.ðɐ]

From cavalgar. Compare Spanish cabalgada.


duodenal

pt-adj

duodenal m or f (plural duodenais, not comparable)


baleia-corcunda

pt-noun

baleia-corcunda f (plural baleias-corcundas)


tartaruga

/tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɡɐ/

[tɐɾ.tɐˈɾu.ɣɐ]

Borrowed from Italian tartaruga, from Late Latin tartarucha, feminine of tartaruchus, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos, “inhabitant of Tartarus”), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros, “Tartarus”).
Sense 2 comes from the shape of a cat's eye that resembles a turtle shell.

der

turtle (any reptile of the order Testudines)

(colloquial) cat's eye (traffic retroreflective device)

(figuratively, colloquial) (a slow person)


zoologista

pt-noun

zoologista m or f by sense (plural zoologistas)


aleta

vane (a surface radially mounted along an axis)

a small wing or wing-like structure, such as tailplanes, missile fins and fletchings

(anatomy) alar wall (cartilage on either side of the nose)


Leão

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Leon, from Latin Legiōnem. Doublet of legião.


Phebe

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


enguia

Inherited from Latin anguīlla (presumably from a form *anguīla, to account for the dropped /l/).


Rebeca

a female given name, equivalent to English Rebecca or Rebekah

(biblical) Rebekah (sister of Laban and wife to Isaac)


gaita de foles

pt-noun

gaita de foles f (plural gaitas de foles)

[ˈɡaj.tɐ ðɨ ˈfɔ.lɨʃ]


enguia-elétrica

enguia-elétrica f (plural enguias-elétricas)


acusação

Learned borrowing from Latin accūsātiōnem. By surface analysis, acusar + -ção.


Raquel

(biblical) Rachel (younger daughter of Laban)

a female given name, equivalent to English Rachel


terrorista

pt-noun

terrorista m or f by sense (plural terroristas)

terrorist (person who uses violence to further political goals)


terrorista

pt-adj

terrorista m or f (plural terroristas, not comparable)

terroristic; terrorist (relating to or engaging in terrorism)


Renata

a female given name, equivalent to English Renata


pá

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese paa, from Latin pālam (“shovel”). Doublet of pala. Compare Galician pa and Spanish pala.

inh+

shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)

the end of a paddle or oar with the blade


pista

track; road; path
lane (division of roadway)

racetrack (course over which any type of race is run)

pista de pouso
pista de pouso#Portuguese

track; road; path
Clipping of pista de pouso. (runway)

pista de dança
pista de dança#Portuguese

Clipping of pista de dança. (dancefloor)

clue (information that may lead one to a certain point or conclusion)


prova

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova, either regressively derived from the verb provar or from Late Latin proba (“proof”), from Latin probō (“to approve; to prove”), from probus (“good”).

proof; evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)

evidência

(law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)

Aquelas palavras foram uma prova de seu ódio.

Those words were an assertion of his hatred.

Corri a prova dos cem metros barreiras.

(sports) discipline (category in which a sport belongs)

(logic, mathematics) proof (sequence of statements which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof)


Tula

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


motorista

pt-noun

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristas)


cônica

Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of cónica.


cónica

cónicas (plural)
Portuguese spelling (European)


Oceânia

Oceania (a continent consisting of the islands in the South Pacific Ocean)


portulaca

Borrowed from Latin portulāca. Doublet of beldroega and verdoega.

(botany) purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)


apologia

From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”). By surface analysis, apo- + -logia.

der

fazer apologia a

(by extenstion) endorsement, defence, commendation


pomba

pt-noun

pomba f (plural pombas, masculine pombo, masculine plural pombos)

pombas (plural)
pombo (masculine)
pombos (masculine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

der

(Brazil, vulgar) penis (man's genitalia)


cotangente

/kɔ.tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.tɨ/


distante

/d͡ʒiʃˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem (“being far”), present participle of distō (“to be far”).

lbor

Viajei a uma vila distante.

Ouvimos um ruído distante.

Me encontrei com uns primos distantes.

Monarquia e anarquia são conceitos políticos distantes.

Monarchy and anarchy are very dissimilar political concepts.

Tornamo-nos pessoas distantes após o acidente.

We became distant people after the accident.


circunferência

pt-noun

circunferência f (plural circunferências)

Borrowed from Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).


Vanessa

a female given name, equivalent to English Vanessa


hipérbole

Learned borrowing from Latin hyperbole, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


subtração

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin subtractiōnem.


Karlovac

Karlovac (a city and municipality, the administrative center of Karlovac County, in central Croatia)


hipotenusa

From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.

der

(geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)


cripta

Borrowed from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.


cidade-estado

pt-noun

cidade-estado f (plural cidades-estado or cidades-estados)

cidades-estado (plural)
cidades-estados (plural)


azul-celeste

pt-adj

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

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

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


crisma

pt-noun

crisma f or (less common) m (plural crismas)

From Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

(Christianity) confirmation (sacrament of sealing one’s adhesion to the doctrine)

rechristening (a ceremonial change of name or designation)


glandular

(anatomy) glandular (pertaining to glands)


saudação

[saʊ̯.daˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[sɐw.ðɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

From Old Galician-Portuguese saudaçon, from Latin salūtātiōnem. By surface analysis, saudar + ção.


Zelda

a female given name, equivalent to English Zelda


tangente

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/


tangente

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/

/tɐ̃ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/


claustrofobia

From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) + -fobia.


oliveira

Learned borrowing from Latin [arbor] olīvāria, from olīva (“olive”). By surface analysis, oliva (“olive”) + -eira.


paleontologista

pt-noun

paleontologista m or f by sense (plural paleontologistas)


azeitona

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese azeitona, from Arabic الزَّيْتُونَ (az-zaytūna, “the olive”). Compare Asturian and Spanish aceituna.

der

الزَّيْتُونَ


nogueira

From Late Latin (arbor) nucāria < nucārius < Latin nux. Compare Spanish noguera, French noyer, Catalan noguera, Occitan noguièr.


seringueira

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾĩˈɡe.ɾɐ/


moda

From French mode (“fashion; trend”), from Latin modus (“measure; manner, method”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

As minissaias voltaram à moda.

fashion (current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons)

Bacalhau à moda da casa.

(statistics) mode (most frequently occurring value in a distribution)


orquídea

→ Hunsrik: Orkidje

From New Latin Orchideae, Orchidaceae, an irregular formation from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”).


metrologia

From metro- + -logia, on the model of French métrologie.


aracnofobia

From aracno- + -fobia, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).


fobia

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + -ia.


fobofobia

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”) + -fobia.


batata-da-terra

pt-noun

batata-da-terra f (plural batatas-da-terra)


agorafobia

Learned borrowing from Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “gathering of people or place of gathering”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).


ecologista

pt-noun

ecologista m or f by sense (plural ecologistas)

environmental activist
environmental activist


sequóia

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


paleontologia

From paleo- + ontologia, on the model of French paléontologie, ultimately from Ancient Greek roots.


petúnia

Borrowed from translingual Petunia, from French petun (“tobacco”, obsolete), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.


pétala

From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon). Compare Spanish pétalo and English petal.


BBB

a participant in the show Big Brother Brasil


cereja

→ Hunsrik: Sëreesch

From Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.
Cognate with Galician cereixa, Spanish cereza, Catalan cirera, Occitan cerièisa, French cerise, Italian ciliegia and Romanian cireașă.


cerejeira

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒɐj.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒej.ɾɐ/

/sɨ.ɾɨˈʒe.ɾɐ/


Lorena

administrative region
administrative region

Lorraine (a former administrative region and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est)