close

(photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)


finale

(chiefly art) finale (grand end of a show or piece of music)


zoom

(photography) zoom lens (lens whose focal length can be rapidly changed)


ghoul

Unadapted borrowing from English ghoul, from Persian غول (ğul).

(mythology, folklore) ghoul (a spirit said to feed on corpses)


performance

/pɨɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

/pɛɾˈfɔɾ.mɐ̃.sɨ/

Unadapted borrowing from English performance.

ubor

(art) performance (artistic manifestation based on staging that can combine dance, music, audiovisual media)


quadro

From Latin quadrum. Compare Galician cadro, Spanish cuadro, and Italian quadro.


leprechaun

Unadapted borrowing from English leprechaun, from Irish leipreachán.


diorama

[d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

[d͡ʒɪ.oˈɾɐ̃.mɐ]

/d͡ʒjoˈɾɐ̃.mɐ/

(art) diorama (a three-dimensional display of a scenery)


colonial

From colónia /colônia (“colony”) + -al (“of or relating to”).

affix

Arquitetura colonial.

(chiefly art) colonial (relating to the period when a country was a colony)


minimal

(art) minimal (characterised by the use of simple form or structures)


Rapunzel

[χa.pũˈzɛʊ̯]


figurar

pt-verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)

figuro (first-person present singular)
figurei (first-person preterite singular)
figurado (participle past)
figurar (impersonal infinitive)
figurar (first-person infinitive singular)
figurares (infinitive second-person singular)
figurar (infinitive singular third-person)
figurarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
figurardes (infinitive plural second-person)
figurarem (infinitive plural third-person)
figurando (gerund)
figurado (masculine participle past singular)
figurados (masculine participle past plural)
figurada (feminine participle past singular)
figuradas (feminine participle past plural)
figuro (first-person indicative present singular)
figuras (indicative present second-person singular)
figura (indicative present singular third-person)
figuramos (first-person indicative plural present)
figurais (indicative plural present second-person)
figuram (indicative plural present third-person)
figurava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
figuravas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
figurava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
figurávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
figuráveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
figuravam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
figurei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
figuraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
figurou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
figuramos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
figurastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
figuraram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
figurara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
figuraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
figurara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
figuráramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
figuráreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
figuraram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
figurarei (first-person future indicative singular)
figurarás (future indicative second-person singular)
figurará (future indicative singular third-person)
figuraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
figurareis (future indicative plural second-person)
figurarão (future indicative plural third-person)
figuraria (conditional first-person singular)
figurarias (conditional second-person singular)
figuraria (conditional singular third-person)
figuraríamos (conditional first-person plural)
figuraríeis (conditional plural second-person)
figurariam (conditional plural third-person)
figure (first-person present singular subjunctive)
figures (present second-person singular subjunctive)
figure (present singular subjunctive third-person)
figuremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
figureis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
figurem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
figurasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
figurasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
figurasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
figurássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
figurásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
figurassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
figurar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
figurares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
figurar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
figurarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
figurardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
figurarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
figura (imperative second-person singular)
figure (imperative singular third-person)
figuremos (first-person imperative plural)
figurai (imperative plural second-person)
figurem (imperative plural third-person)
não figures (imperative negative second-person singular)
não figure (imperative negative singular third-person)
não figuremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não figureis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não figurem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).


moto

Alteration of mote; compare also Italian motto.


vanguardista

pt-adj

vanguardista m or f (plural vanguardistas)

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[bɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

(art) avant-garde (innovative or pioneering in art)


vanguardista

pt-noun

vanguardista m or f by sense (plural vanguardistas)

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[vɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]

[bɐ̃.ɡwɐɾˈðiʃ.tɐ]


mouro

mouro m (plural mouros, feminine moura, feminine plural mouras)

mouros (plural)
moura (feminine)
mouras (feminine plural)

mouro encantado
mouro encantado#Portuguese

(Iberian folklore) Synonym of mouro encantado


duende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa (“house master”).

der

(Iberian folklore) a small humanoid creature who invades homes at night to carry out mischief and scare the residents


nimbo

(art) nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints)


negativo

Learned borrowing from Latin negātīvus. By surface analysis, negar + -tivo.


animar

pt-verb

animar (first-person singular present animo, first-person singular preterite animei, past participle animado)

animo (first-person present singular)
animei (first-person preterite singular)
animado (participle past)
animar (impersonal infinitive)
animar (first-person infinitive singular)
animares (infinitive second-person singular)
animar (infinitive singular third-person)
animarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
animardes (infinitive plural second-person)
animarem (infinitive plural third-person)
animando (gerund)
animado (masculine participle past singular)
animados (masculine participle past plural)
animada (feminine participle past singular)
animadas (feminine participle past plural)
animo (first-person indicative present singular)
animas (indicative present second-person singular)
anima (indicative present singular third-person)
animamos (first-person indicative plural present)
animais (indicative plural present second-person)
animam (indicative plural present third-person)
animava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
animavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
animava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
animávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
animáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
animavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
animei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
animaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
animou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
animamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
animámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
animastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
animaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
animara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
animaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
animara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
animáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
animáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
animaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
animarei (first-person future indicative singular)
animarás (future indicative second-person singular)
animará (future indicative singular third-person)
animaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
animareis (future indicative plural second-person)
animarão (future indicative plural third-person)
animaria (conditional first-person singular)
animarias (conditional second-person singular)
animaria (conditional singular third-person)
animaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
animaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
animariam (conditional plural third-person)
anime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
animes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
anime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
animemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
animeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
animem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
animasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
animasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
animasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
animássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
animásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
animassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
animar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
animares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
animar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
animarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
animardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
animarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
anima (imperative second-person singular)
anime (imperative singular third-person)
animemos (first-person imperative plural)
animai (imperative plural second-person)
animem (imperative plural third-person)
não animes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não anime (imperative negative singular third-person)
não animemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não animeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não animem (imperative negative plural third-person)

O desenhista mandou os quadros para eu animar.

The draughtsman sent the panels for me to animate.

(art, transitive) to animate (to give the appearance of motion to)


quati

→ Hunsrik: Quatti

Borrowed from Old Tupi kûati, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.

etymon

(Northeast Brazil, folklore) a type of roundelay


filtro

→ Tetum: filtru

Borrowed from French filtre, from Medieval Latin filtrum.

(photography) a translucent object placed in the light path of a camera


retratar

pt-verb

retratar (first-person singular present retrato, first-person singular preterite retratei, past participle retratado)

retrato (first-person present singular)
retratei (first-person preterite singular)
retratado (participle past)
retratar (impersonal infinitive)
retratar (first-person infinitive singular)
retratares (infinitive second-person singular)
retratar (infinitive singular third-person)
retratarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
retratardes (infinitive plural second-person)
retratarem (infinitive plural third-person)
retratando (gerund)
retratado (masculine participle past singular)
retratados (masculine participle past plural)
retratada (feminine participle past singular)
retratadas (feminine participle past plural)
retrato (first-person indicative present singular)
retratas (indicative present second-person singular)
retrata (indicative present singular third-person)
retratamos (first-person indicative plural present)
retratais (indicative plural present second-person)
retratam (indicative plural present third-person)
retratava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
retratavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
retratava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
retratávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
retratáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
retratavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
retratei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
retrataste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
retratou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
retratamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
retratámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
retratastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
retrataram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
retratara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
retrataras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
retratara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
retratáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
retratáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
retrataram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
retratarei (first-person future indicative singular)
retratarás (future indicative second-person singular)
retratará (future indicative singular third-person)
retrataremos (first-person future indicative plural)
retratareis (future indicative plural second-person)
retratarão (future indicative plural third-person)
retrataria (conditional first-person singular)
retratarias (conditional second-person singular)
retrataria (conditional singular third-person)
retrataríamos (conditional first-person plural)
retrataríeis (conditional plural second-person)
retratariam (conditional plural third-person)
retrate (first-person present singular subjunctive)
retrates (present second-person singular subjunctive)
retrate (present singular subjunctive third-person)
retratemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
retrateis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
retratem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
retratasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
retratasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
retratasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
retratássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
retratásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
retratassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
retratar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
retratares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
retratar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
retratarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
retratardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
retratarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
retrata (imperative second-person singular)
retrate (imperative singular third-person)
retratemos (first-person imperative plural)
retratai (imperative plural second-person)
retratem (imperative plural third-person)
não retrates (imperative negative second-person singular)
não retrate (imperative negative singular third-person)
não retratemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não retrateis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não retratem (imperative negative plural third-person)

/ʁɨ.tɾɐˈtaɾ/

/ʁɨ.tɾɐˈtaɾ/


obturador

[ɔ.βtu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

[ɔ.βtu.ɾɐˈðoɾ]


close-up

Unadapted borrowing from English close-up.


impressionismo

pt-noun

impressionismo m (usually uncountable, plural impressionismos)

(art) impressionism (movement in art characterised by visible brush strokes, ordinary subject matters, and an emphasis on light)


impressionista

pt-adj

impressionista m or f (plural impressionistas)

(art) impressionistic (relating to impressionism)


impressionista

pt-noun

impressionista m or f by sense (plural impressionistas)

(art) impressionist (artist involved in impressionism)


minimalismo

(art) minimalism (style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity)


Papai Noel

Partial calque of French Père Noël. First attested in 1898 as Papá Noel and 1901 as Papai Noël.

Ah, se o meigo Papá Noel tambem se aventurasse por estas callidas regiões do Brasil, n'esta doce noite de Natal!

1898 December 25, “Chronica”, in Gazeta de Noticias, volume XXIV, number 359, Rio de Janeiro, page 1, column 2:

Alas, the lovely Santa Claus also ventured into these warm regions of Brazil, on this sweet Christmas night!

6º quatro — Papai Noël, Sr. Carneiro da Rocha.

1901 December 22, “Sabot de Noël”, in Gazeta de Noticias, volume XXVIII, number 356, Rio de Janeiro, page 2, column 2:

Foi o Arnaldo que, há dias, me meteu na cabeça essa história de Papai Noel. Nunca eu tinha ouvido tal nome.

1925, Armando Erse de Figueiredo, O Despenhadeiro, Porto: Livraria Chardron, page 92:

It was Arnaldo who, days ago, has got this Santa Claus story in my head. I've never heard of such a name.

(Brazil, folklore) Santa Claus (mythological man who brings gifts to children during Christmas)


mosaico

From Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses, (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).


mudra

(dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)


xis

Phono-semantic matching of English cheese.

psm

(Brazil, photography) cheese (said while being photographed)


foco

Learned borrowing from Latin focus. Doublet of fogo.

(photography) focus (convergence of light on the photographic medium)


linha

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese linha, from Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish liña, and Catalan llinya.

inh+

Uma linha bastaria:—«Meu querido Carlos, não te zangues, desculpa, foi brincadeira.»

1888, José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica, Porto: Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron, →ISBN:

One line would be enough:—“My dear Carl, don’t be angry, sorry, it was a joke.”

(typography, design) line, a row of text


maneira

From Old Galician-Portuguese maneira, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuārius (“relating to the hand”), from manus (“hand”); corresponding to mão + -eira. Compare Galician maneira, Spanish and Catalan manera, French manière, English manner, Romanian mâner.


animalista

pt-noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistas)

(art) animalist (painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals)


ângulo

Borrowed from Latin angulus (“corner; remote area”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”).

bor+

(photography, film) angle (camera position in relation to the focused object)


Branca de Neve

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


vitral

Borrowed from French vitrail (“stained glass”), from vitre. Piecewise doublet of vidral.


fotográfico

pt-adj

fotográfico (feminine fotográfica, masculine plural fotográficos, feminine plural fotográficas)

fotográfica (feminine)
fotográficos (masculine plural)
fotográficas (feminine plural)

(photography) photographic (pertaining to photographs or photography)


amidol

(chemistry, photography) amidol (hydrochloride used as a photographic developer)


tropicalista

tropicalista m or f (plural tropicalistas)

(art) tropicalist (relating to the art movement Tropicália)


aerografia

/ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

[ɐˌɛ.ɾɔ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]

(art) aerography (art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil)


natureza-morta

pt-noun

natureza-morta f (plural naturezas-mortas)

Literally, “dead nature”. Possibly a calque of French nature morte (“still life”).


astrofotografia

pt-noun

astrofotografia f (plural astrofotografias)

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


revelação

/ʁɨ.vɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.vɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

/ʁɨ.bɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

[ʁɨ.βɨ.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

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

lbor

(photography) the act of developing a photograph


apostolado

(art) apostolado (series of portraits of the apostles)


barroco

pt-adj

barroco (feminine barroca, masculine plural barrocos, feminine plural barrocas)

barroca (feminine)
barrocos (masculine plural)
barrocas (feminine plural)

From barro + -oco. Semantic loan from French baroque or Italian barocco in the art sense.


barroco

(art) Alternative letter-case form of Barroco


aquatinta

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


ondina

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


primitivismo

(art) primitivism (the use of elements borrowed from the art of primitive peoples)


concretismo

(art) concretism (abstractionist movement)


fingidor

pt-noun

fingidor m (plural fingidores, feminine fingidora, feminine plural fingidoras)

fingidores (plural)
fingidora (feminine)
fingidoras (feminine plural)


tríptico

From Ancient Greek τρίπτυχος (tríptukhos, “consisting of three layers, threefold”), from τρι- (tri-) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).


díptico

From Late Latin diptycha, plural, from Ancient Greek, neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”), from δι (di) + -πτυχος (-ptukhos) (akin to Greek πτυχή (ptychí, “fold, layer”)).


políptico

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύπτυχος (polúptukhos, “with many folds”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “a fold”).


Mãe Natal

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

[ˈmɐ̃j̃ nɐˈtaɫ]

(Portugal, folklore) Mrs. Claus (Santa Claus’ wife)


Mamãe Noel

[maˈmɐ̃ɪ̯̃ noˈɛʊ̯]

(Brazil, folklore) Mrs. Claus, Mother Christmas (Santa Claus’ wife)


perspetivar

pt-verb

perspetivar (first-person singular present perspetivo, first-person singular preterite perspetivei, past participle perspetivado)

perspetivo (first-person present singular)
perspetivei (first-person preterite singular)
perspetivado (participle past)
perspetivar (impersonal infinitive)
perspetivar (first-person infinitive singular)
perspetivares (infinitive second-person singular)
perspetivar (infinitive singular third-person)
perspetivarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
perspetivardes (infinitive plural second-person)
perspetivarem (infinitive plural third-person)
perspetivando (gerund)
perspetivado (masculine participle past singular)
perspetivados (masculine participle past plural)
perspetivada (feminine participle past singular)
perspetivadas (feminine participle past plural)
perspetivo (first-person indicative present singular)
perspetivas (indicative present second-person singular)
perspetiva (indicative present singular third-person)
perspetivamos (first-person indicative plural present)
perspetivais (indicative plural present second-person)
perspetivam (indicative plural present third-person)
perspetivava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
perspetivavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
perspetivava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
perspetivávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
perspetiváveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
perspetivavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
perspetivei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
perspetivaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
perspetivou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
perspetivamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
perspetivámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
perspetivastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
perspetivaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
perspetivara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
perspetivaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
perspetivara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
perspetiváramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
perspetiváreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
perspetivaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
perspetivarei (first-person future indicative singular)
perspetivarás (future indicative second-person singular)
perspetivará (future indicative singular third-person)
perspetivaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
perspetivareis (future indicative plural second-person)
perspetivarão (future indicative plural third-person)
perspetivaria (conditional first-person singular)
perspetivarias (conditional second-person singular)
perspetivaria (conditional singular third-person)
perspetivaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
perspetivaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
perspetivariam (conditional plural third-person)
perspetive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
perspetives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
perspetive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
perspetivemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
perspetiveis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
perspetivem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
perspetivasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
perspetivasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
perspetivasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
perspetivássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
perspetivásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
perspetivassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
perspetivar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
perspetivares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
perspetivar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
perspetivarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
perspetivardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
perspetivarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
perspetiva (imperative second-person singular)
perspetive (imperative singular third-person)
perspetivemos (first-person imperative plural)
perspetivai (imperative plural second-person)
perspetivem (imperative plural third-person)
não perspetives (imperative negative second-person singular)
não perspetive (imperative negative singular third-person)
não perspetivemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não perspetiveis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não perspetivem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(art) to create the illusion of depth in an artwork


rafaelista

pt-noun

rafaelista m or f by sense (plural rafaelistas)


predela

Borrowed from Italian predella, from Lombardic pretil.


Mefistófeles

(German folklore) Mephistopheles (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)


disparador

(photography) release, shutter (of a camera)


Barba Azul

(French folklore) Bluebeard (nobleman who murders his wives)


Chapeuzinho Vermelho

Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood

(European folklore) Little Red Riding Hood (girl who was tricked by a wolf dressed as her grandmother)


Holandês Voador

(nautical folklore) Flying Dutchman (mythical ghostly ship)


João e Maria

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i maˈɾi.ɐ]

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ i maˈɾi.ɐ]

[ʒoˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃ e maˈɾi.a]

/ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ i mɐˈɾi.ɐ/

(European folklore) Hansel and Gretel (the fairy tale about two children who are almost eaten by a witch)


Renascença

/ʁɨ.nɐʃˈsẽ.sɐ/

/ʁɨ.nɐˈʃẽ.sɐ/

(art, historiography) Renaissance (14th century revival of classical art in Europe)


Romantismo

(historiography, art, philosophy) Romanticism (18th century artistic and intellectual movement)


arte povera

[ˈaɾ.tɨ ˈpɔ.βɨ.ɾɐ]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian arte povera (literally “poor art”).

ubor

(art) Arte Povera (Italian modern art movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s)


Pé-Grande

(cryptozoology, folklore, as an individual creature) Bigfoot (unidentified yeti-like animal)


baldaquino

From Italian baldacchino, from Baldacca (“Baghdad”).


dança da morte

pt-noun

dança da morte f (plural danças da morte)

(art) danse macabre (a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing)


dança macabra

dança macabra f (plural danças macabras)


diabolô

Borrowed from French diabolo, coined based on Latin diabolus (“devil”). Doublet of diabo and diabre.

(Brazil, juggling) diabolo (juggling apparatus)


caixa e espiga

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

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


construtivismo

(art) constructivism (movement in modern art)


fogo corredor

fogo corredor m (plural fogos corredores)

(folklore) will o' the wisp (strange ball of light)


iconóstase

(Eastern Orthodoxy, art) iconostasis (a wall of religious icons)


horror vacui

(art) horror vacui (tendency of an artist to fill an entire surface with detail)


ponto de vista

ponto de vista m (plural pontos de vista)


pós-moderno

pt-adj

pós-moderno (feminine pós-moderna, masculine plural pós-modernos, feminine plural pós-modernas)

pós-moderna (feminine)
pós-modernos (masculine plural)
pós-modernas (feminine plural)

(art) postmodern (of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism)


academismo

(art) academicism (traditional or orthodox formalism)


trasgo

(Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) a mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper)


arte pela arte

(art) art for art's sake (art with no practical function)


gestualismo

(art) action painting (genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas)


pintura gestual

pt-noun

pintura gestual f (plural pinturas gestuais)

(art, uncountable) action painting (genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas)


antipodista

antipodista m or f by sense (plural antipodistas)

(juggling) antipodist (one who juggles using his or her feet lying down)


Judeu Errante

(European folklore) Wandering Jew (a Jew who mocked Jesus and was condemned to wander forever)


alográfico

pt-adj

alográfico (feminine alográfica, masculine plural alográficos, feminine plural alográficas)

alográfica (feminine)
alográficos (masculine plural)
alográficas (feminine plural)

(art, law) intended to be interpreted by the reader or audience


ambrótipo

(photography) ambrotype (early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background)


anicónico

anicónico (feminine anicónica, masculine plural anicónicos, feminine plural anicónicas)

anicónica (feminine)
anicónicos (masculine plural)
anicónicas (feminine plural)

(religion, art) aniconic (not having or involving icons)


animável

(art) animatable (capable of being animated)


anteniforme

anteniforme m or f (plural anteniformes)

(anatomy, art, rare) antenniform (having the shape of an antenna)


anti-historicismo

(philosophy, art) antihistoricism (any aesthetic that rejects traditions and historicism)


anti-historicista

pt-noun

anti-historicista m or f by sense (plural anti-historicistas)

(art, philosophy) antihistoricist (one who subscribes to antihistoricism)


antiarte

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈaɾ.t͡ʃi/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈaχ.t͡ʃi]

(art) anti-art (art that make makes fun of serious art)


anticlássico

pt-adj

anticlássico (feminine anticlássica, masculine plural anticlássicos, feminine plural anticlássicas)

anticlássica (feminine)
anticlássicos (masculine plural)
anticlássicas (feminine plural)

(art) anticlassical (opposing or rejecting what is classical)


anticonstrutivista

anticonstrutivista m or f (plural anticonstrutivistas)

(art) anticonstructivism (opposing constructivism)


antiexpressionista

antiexpressionista m or f (plural antiexpressionistas)

(art) antiexpressionist (opposing expressionism)


antiexpressivo

antiexpressivo (feminine antiexpressiva, masculine plural antiexpressivos, feminine plural antiexpressivas)

antiexpressiva (feminine)
antiexpressivos (masculine plural)
antiexpressivas (feminine plural)

(art) antiexpressive (opposing or avoiding expressiveness)


antiforma

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔʁ.mɐ/

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔʁ.mɐ/

[ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔɾ.mɐ/

/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈfɔʁ.mɐ/

(art) antiform (a form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms)


antivampiros

(folklore, fantasy) antivampire (opposing or countering vampires)


porta-fólio

(art) portfolio (the works of an artist)


prioridade de abertura

(photography) aperture priority (camera setting with automatic shutter speed for aperture exposure set manually)


representacionalismo

(art) representationalism (realistic representation of the world)


apropriacionista

pt-noun

apropriacionista m or f by sense (plural apropriacionistas)

(art) appropriationist (an artist who adopts or reworks images made famous by other artists)


aquarelista

aquarelista m or f by sense (plural aquarelistas)

(art) watercolorist (a painter who paints watercolors)


arabescado

pt-adj

arabescado (feminine arabescada, masculine plural arabescados, feminine plural arabescadas)

arabescada (feminine)
arabescados (masculine plural)
arabescadas (feminine plural)

(art) arabesqued (patterned with arabesques)


art déco

(art) Art Deco (a style of decorative art and architecture)


arte pobre

Calque of Italian arte povera (“poor art”).


licença artística

pt-noun

licença artística f (plural licenças artísticas)

(art) artistic licence (any departure from fact or convention by an artist)


água-tinta

/ˌa.ɡwɐˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

/ˌa.ɡwɐˈt͡ʃĩ.tɐ/

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


arquimodernista

arquimodernista m or f by sense (plural arquimodernistas)

(art) archmodernist (a leading modernist)


Gaspar

(Christian folklore) Caspar (one of the Magi)


rousseauniano

pt-adj

rousseauniano (feminine rousseauniana, masculine plural rousseaunianos, feminine plural rousseaunianas)

rousseauniana (feminine)
rousseaunianos (masculine plural)
rousseaunianas (feminine plural)

(art, painting) Related to Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), French post-impressionist painter.


rousseauniano

pt-noun

rousseauniano m (plural rousseaunianos, feminine rousseauniana, feminine plural rousseaunianas)

rousseaunianos (plural)
rousseauniana (feminine)
rousseaunianas (feminine plural)

(art, painting) Follower of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) or his style of painting.


pastelista

pastelista m or f by sense (plural pastelistas)

(art) pastellist (an artist who works in pastels)


graminho

(metalworking, woodworking) marking gauge (tool used to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge)


Barroco

(art) Baroque (a style of art, music and architecture from the early modern era)


autofoco

From auto- + foco. Calque of English autofocus.

(photography) autofocus (electronic device that keeps the image in focus)


esgrafito

(art) sgraffito (technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer)


Pequeno Polegar

(English folklore) Tom Thumb (a thumb-sized fairy-tale hero)


warholiano

pt-adj

warholiano (feminine warholiana, masculine plural warholianos, feminine plural warholianas)

warholiana (feminine)
warholianos (masculine plural)
warholianas (feminine plural)

(art) Warholian (of or relating to Andy Warhol)


patrocínio

Learned borrowing from Latin patrōcinium (“protection; patronage”).

lbor

(art) patronage (support, especially in the form of money, given to an artist)


maneirismo

Calque of Italian manierismo. The Italian term is a piecewise cognate with etymology 1.

(art) Mannerism (art style and movement of the Renaissance)


Caipora

[kaɪ̯ˈpɔ.ɾɐ]

[kaɪ̯ˈpɔ.ɾɐ]

From Old Tupi ka'a (“woods”) + porá (“dweller”).

(Brazil, folklore) a supernatural being in Brazilian folklore


boitatá

From Old Tupi mba'etatá (“will o' the wisp”, literally “fire thing”). Because of the similarity, the etymology would be later reanalyzed as mboîtatá (literally “fire snake”), thus giving origin to the modern myth in Brazilian folklore of a fire serpent.

der

(Brazil, folklore) term used to designate the will o' the wisp phenomenon and, from this deriving, some mythical entities


releitura

(art) a recreation of a work of art based on a reinterpretation of some aspect of it, typically under a different ideological or artistic lens


megalografia

From Ancient Greek μεγαλογραφία (megalographía). Morphologically mega- + -grafia.

μεγαλογραφία


Zé Pelintra

(folklore) an entity in Catimbó and Umbanda religions


alamoa

(folklore) A ghostly, white, blonde woman from the folklore of Fernando de Noronha, said to appear nude to the islanders at night and to turn into a skeleton when approached.


gambozino

caça aos gambozinos
caça aos gambozinos#Portuguese

(folklore) an imaginary animal, mostly used in the expression caça aos gambozinos


carnação

/kɐɾ.nɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

From Latin carnatiōne (“fleshiness”), from Latin cāro (“flesh”).


corte químico

pt-noun

corte químico m (plural cortes químicos)

(hairdressing) hair loss caused by a chemical process, such as bleaching or dyeing


megalógrafo

(art) One who produces works of megalography; one who produces grand or large works, one who produces depictions of important or grand subjects


megalográfico

pt-adj

megalográfico (feminine megalográfica, masculine plural megalográficos, feminine plural megalográficas)

megalográfica (feminine)
megalográficos (masculine plural)
megalográficas (feminine plural)

(art) megalographic, of or pertaining to large or grand works


corte térmico

pt-noun

corte térmico m (plural cortes térmicos)

(hairdressing) hair loss caused by a heat process