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pa {n} (father) | :: papai {m}, papá |
pa {n} (grandfather) | :: vovô {m}, avozinho |
paan {n} (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf) | :: paan {m} |
pablum {n} (nourishment) SEE: nourishment | :: |
pacarana {n} (rodent) | :: pacarana {f} |
pace {n} (step: step) | :: passo {m} |
pace {n} (speed) | :: passo {m}, ritmo |
pacemaker {n} (medical implement) | :: marca-passo {m} |
pachyptile {n} (seabird in Pachyptila) SEE: prion | :: |
pacific {adj} (calm, peaceful, see also: calm; peaceful) | :: pacífico, tranqüilo |
Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water) | :: oceano Pacífico {m} |
pacifier {n} (for a baby) | :: chupeta {f} |
pacifism {n} (doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence) | :: pacifismo {m} |
pacifist {adj} (one who loves, supports, or favours peace) | :: pacifista {m} |
pacifist {adj} (one who avoids violence) | :: pacifista {m} |
pacifist {adj} (one who opposes violence and is anti-war) | :: pacifista {m} |
pacify {v} (bring peace, ending fighting) | :: pacificar |
pack {n} (bundle to be carried) | :: fardo {m} |
pack {n} (full set of playing cards) | :: baralho |
pack {n} (group of dogs) | :: matilha {f} |
pack {v} (to make a pack) | :: fazer |
pack {n} (group of wolves) SEE: wolfpack | :: |
package {n} (something which is packed) | :: pacote {m} |
package {n} (computing: piece of software that it can be installed with a package manager) | :: pacote {m} |
package {n} (act of packing) | :: empacotamento {m}, embalamento {m} |
package manager {n} (program responsible for installing and updating other software) | :: [Brazil] gerenciador de pacotes {m}, [Portugal] gestor de pacotes {m} |
package store {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
pack animal {n} (animal used to carry heavy items) SEE: beast of burden | :: |
packed {adj} (put into a package) | :: empacotado {m} |
packed {adj} (filled with a large number or large quantity) | :: repleto, abarrotado |
packed {adj} (filled to capacity) | :: lotado {m} |
packed lunch {n} (picnic meal) | :: farnel {m}, merenda {f} |
packet {n} (small pack) | :: pacote {m} |
packet {n} (small fragment of data) | :: packet {m} |
pact {n} (an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant) | :: pacto {m} |
pacu {n} (any of several species of South American fishes) | :: pacu {m} |
pad {v} (to stuff) SEE: stuff | :: |
pad {n} (block of paper) | :: bloco |
padawan {n} (any apprentice or student) SEE: apprentice | :: |
padded cell {n} (a room in insane asylum) SEE: rubber room | :: |
padding {n} (soft filling material) | :: acolchoamento {m} |
paddle {n} (two-handed, single-bladed oar) | :: remo |
paddle {n} (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) | :: remo {m} |
paddle {n} (time spent on paddling) | :: remada {f} |
paddle {v} (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) | :: remar |
paddle {v} (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) | :: chafurdar |
paddleboat {n} (pedalo) SEE: pedalo | :: |
paddlefish {n} (fish of the family Polyodontidae) | :: peixe-espátula {m} |
paddy {n} (wet land where rice grows) | :: arrozal {m} |
paddy field {n} (field where rice is grown) SEE: paddy | :: |
paddy wagon {n} (a police van for transporting prisoners) | :: camburão {m} |
Padishah {n} (Padishah) | :: padixá {m} |
padlock {n} (type of lock) | :: cadeado {m}, tranca {f} |
padlock {v} (to lock using a padlock) | :: cadear, trancar |
pad out {v} (add something) | :: encher linguiça [Brazil, slang] |
pad out {v} (sleep) | :: pegar no sono |
Padua {prop} (city) | :: Pádua {f} |
paean {n} (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph) | :: peã {m}, péan {m} |
paella {n} (Savory, cooked dish) | :: paelha {f}, paeja {f} |
pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions) | :: pagão {m} |
pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion) | :: pagão {m}, pagã {f} |
paganism {n} (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) | :: paganismo {m} |
page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy | :: |
page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book) | :: página {f} |
page {n} (one of the pieces of paper bound together within a book or document) | :: folha {f} |
page {n} (serving boy) | :: pajem {m} |
page {n} (Internet: web page) SEE: web page | :: |
pageant {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
pager {n} (device) | :: pager {m} |
Paget's disease {n} (Paget's disease) | :: doença de Paget {f} |
paginate {v} (to number the pages of a book or other document) | :: paginar |
pagoda {n} (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) | :: pagode {m} |
pahoehoe {n} (form of lava flow) | :: lava encordoada {f}, pahoehoe {m} |
pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket | :: |
pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering) | :: dor {f} |
pain {n} (suffering or anguish, especially mental) | :: dor {f} |
pain {n} (annoying person or thing) | :: mala {f}, chato {m} |
pain {n} (suffering as punishment) | :: pena {f} |
pain {v} (to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish) | :: doer em, machucar |
pain {v} (to render uneasy in mind, to grieve) | :: doer em |
pain {v} (to inflict suffering upon as a penalty) | :: castigar |
painful {adj} (causing pain) | :: doloroso, dolorido, doído |
painful {adj} (suffering with pain) | :: dolorido, doído |
painful {adj} (requiring labor or toil) | :: árduo, extenuante |
pain in the arse {n} (pain in the ass) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
pain in the ass {n} (something that causes discomfort) | :: pé-no-saco |
pain in the butt {n} (nuisance) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
pain in the neck {n} (that which is annoying) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
painkiller {n} (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) | :: analgésico {m} |
painless {adj} (without pain or trouble) | :: indolor |
painstaking {adj} (careful attentive; diligent) | :: escrupuloso, minucioso, meticuloso |
paint {n} (substance) | :: pintura {f}, tinta {f} |
paint {v} (apply paint to) | :: pintar |
paint {v} (apply in the manner of paint) | :: pintar |
paint {v} (create an image) | :: pintar |
paint {v} (practise the art of painting pictures) | :: pintar |
paintbrush {n} (thin brush) | :: pincel {m} |
painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
painter {n} (artist) | :: pintor {m}, pintora {f} |
painter {n} (one who paints surfaces using a paintbrush) | :: pintor {m} |
painter {n} (rope) | :: proiz {m} {f} |
painting {n} (an illustration or artwork using paint) | :: pintura |
painting {n} (the action of applying paint) | :: pintura {f} |
painting {n} (artistic application of paint) | :: pintura {f} |
paint thinner {n} (solvent) | :: tíner {m} |
pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set | :: |
pair {n} (two similar or identical things) | :: par {m} |
pair {n} (two people in a relationship) | :: par {m} |
pair {n} (used with binary nouns) | :: par {m} |
pair {v} (to group into sets of two) | :: emparelhar |
pair of binoculars {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles) | :: compasso {m} |
pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
pair of forceps {n} (forceps) SEE: forceps | :: |
pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
pair of goggles {n} (goggles) SEE: goggles | :: |
pair of pincers {n} (pincers) SEE: pincers | :: |
pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors | :: |
pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs | :: |
pair of tweezers {n} (tweezers) SEE: tweezers | :: |
pajamas {n} (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in) | :: pijama {m} |
Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Paquistão {m} |
Pakistani {n} (A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent) | :: paquistanês {m} |
Pakistani {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people) | :: paquistanês |
palace {n} (large, lavish residence) | :: palácio {m} |
palace coup {n} | :: golpe palaciano {m} |
Palace of Westminster {prop} (building in London housing the House of Commons and House of Lords) | :: Palácio de Westminster {m} |
paladin {n} (heroic champion) | :: paladino {m} |
palaeoclimatology {n} (science) | :: paleoclimatologia {f} |
Palaic {prop} (Indo-European language) | :: palaíta {m} |
palanquin {n} (a covered type of litter) | :: palanquim {m} |
palatable {adj} (pleasing to the taste) | :: palatável, saboroso, gostoso |
palatable {adj} (tolerable, acceptable) | :: palatável, tolerável, aceitável, razoável |
palatal {adj} (pertaining to the palate) | :: palatal, palatino |
palatal {adj} ((phonetics) articulated at the hard palate) | :: palatal |
palatalization {n} (state) | :: palatalização {f} |
palatalization {n} (instance) | :: palatalização {f} |
palatalize {v} (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate) | :: palatalizar |
palate {n} (roof of the mouth) | :: palato {m}, céu da boca {m} |
palate {n} (sense of taste) | :: paladar |
palatial {adj} (of or relating to a palace) | :: palaciano {m}, palatino {m}, palacego {m}, palaciego {m} |
palatial {adj} (with very rich furnishings) | :: palaciano {m}, suntuoso {m} |
palatine bone {n} (bones that make up the hard palate) | :: osso palatino {m} |
Palau {prop} (Republic of Palau) | :: Palau |
palaver {n} (unnecessary talk, fuss) | :: palavreado {m} |
pale {adj} (light in color) | :: pálido, claro |
pale {v} (to become pale) | :: empalidecer, clarear |
pale {n} (wooden stake) | :: pau {m}, poste {m} |
pale {n} (heraldry: vertical band) | :: pala {f} |
paleface {n} (a white person of European descent, in the context of American Indians) | :: cara-pálida {m} |
palely {adv} (in a pale manner) | :: palidamente |
paleness {n} (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) | :: palidez {f} |
paleoanthropologist {n} (specialist in paleoanthropology) | :: paleoantropólogo {m}, paleoantropologista {m} {f} |
paleobiology {n} (branch of study) | :: paleobiologia {f} |
paleochristian {adj} (relating to the early Christian church) | :: paleocristão |
paleoclimatology {n} (palaeoclimatology) SEE: palaeoclimatology | :: |
paleoethnobotany {n} (the study of plant remains from archaeological sites) | :: arqueobotânica {f}, paleoetnobotânica {f} |
paleography {n} (study of old forms of writing) | :: paleografia {f} |
paleography {n} (ancient scripts or forms of writing) | :: paleografia {f} |
Paleolithic {n} (Old Stone Age) | :: paleolítico {m} |
Paleolithic {adj} (of or referring to the Old Stone Age) | :: paleolítico |
paleontological {adj} (of or pertaining to paleontology) | :: paleontológico |
paleontologist {n} (one who studies paleontology) | :: paleontologista {m} {f}, paleontólogo {m}, paleontóloga {f} |
paleontology {n} (study of prehistoric forms of life) | :: paleontologia {f} |
Palermo {prop} (province) | :: Palermo {f} |
Palermo {prop} (city) | :: Palermo {f} |
Palestine {prop} (geographic region) | :: Palestina {f} |
Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) | :: Palestina {f} |
Palestine {prop} (historical: Roman province) | :: Palestina {f} |
Palestine {prop} (historical: former British entity) | :: Palestina {f} |
Palestine {prop} (historical: former British Mandate) | :: Palestina {f} |
Palestinian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people) | :: palestino |
Palestinian {n} (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent) | :: palestino {m}, palestina {f} |
paletot {n} (A loose outer jacket, overcoat) | :: casacão {m}, paletó {m}, sobretudo {m} |
palette {n} (board) | :: paleta {f} |
palette {n} (range of colors) | :: paleta {f} |
Pali {prop} (a Middle Indo-Aryan language) | :: páli {m} |
palimpsest {n} (manuscript scraped clean for reuse) | :: palimpsesto {m} |
palindrome {n} (a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards) | :: palíndromo {m}, capicua {f} |
palisade {n} (wall of wooden stakes) | :: paliçada |
pall {n} (charge representing an archbishop's pallium) | :: perla {f} |
palladium {n} (chemical element) | :: paládio {m} |
Pallas {prop} | :: Palas {f} |
Pallas's gull {n} (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) | :: alcatraz-de-cabeça-preta {m} |
pallet {n} (a portable platform) | :: palete {m} |
pallet {n} (A straw bed) | :: enxerga {f} |
palliate {v} (to relieve the symptoms of) | :: atenuar, remediar |
palliative {adj} (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) | :: paliativo {m}, paliativa {f} |
pallid {adj} (appearing weak, pale or wan) | :: pálido |
pallidity {n} (state of being) SEE: pallor | :: |
pallium {n} (cerebral cortex) SEE: cerebral cortex | :: |
pallor {n} (paleness; want of color; pallidity) | :: palidez {f} |
palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand) | :: palma {f}, palma da mão {f} |
palm {v} (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand) | :: empalmar, palmar |
palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree | :: |
palmar {adj} (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) | :: palmar |
palm cabbage {n} (heart of palm) SEE: heart of palm | :: |
palmetto bug {n} (cockroach) | :: barata americana {f} |
palmist {n} (a fortuneteller who uses palmistry) | :: quiromante {m} {f} |
palm oil {n} (edible plant oil) | :: azeite de dendê {m} |
Palm Sunday {n} (Sunday before Easter) | :: Domingo de Ramos {m} |
palm syrup {n} (syrup made from sap of a palm tree) | :: xarope de seiva {m}, xarope de palma {m} |
palm thief {n} (coconut crab) SEE: coconut crab | :: |
palmtop {n} (personal digital assistant) SEE: personal digital assistant | :: |
palm tree {n} (tropical tree) | :: palma {f}, palmeira {f} |
palmyra {n} (Borassus flabelliformis, a palm tree) | :: cibe {m} |
Palmyra {prop} (ancient city) | :: Palmira {f} |
Palmyrene {adj} (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: palmireno |
Palmyrene {n} (native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: palmireno {m} |
Paloma {prop} (female given female) | :: Paloma {f} |
palo verde {n} (any of a variety of trees in the genus Parkinsonia) | :: turco {m}, cina-cina {f} |
palpability {n} (the quality of being palpable) | :: palpabilidade {f} |
palpable {adj} (capable of being touched) | :: palpável |
palpable {adj} (obvious) | :: palpável |
palpable {adj} (that can be detected by palpation) | :: palpável |
palpate {v} (to examine by feeling) | :: palpar, apalpar |
palpitation {n} (abnormal beating of the heart) | :: palpitação {f} |
paltry {adj} (trashy, trivial, of little value) | :: pobre {m}, insignificante {m} |
palustral {adj} (Pertaining to or living in marshes; marshy) | :: palustre |
palynological {adj} (of or pertaining to palynology) | :: palinológico |
palynology {n} (study of spores, pollen etc.) | :: palinologia {f} |
Pamir {prop} (mountain range) | :: Pamir {m} |
pamper {v} (to treat with excessive care, to indulge) | :: paparicar, mimar |
pamphlet {n} (booklet) SEE: booklet | :: |
pamphleteer {n} (a writer or publisher of pamphlets) | :: panfleteiro {m} |
pan- {prefix} (a combining form meaning "all") | :: pan- |
pan {n} (flat vessel used for cooking, see also: frying pan) | :: caçarola {f}, frigideira |
Pan {prop} (Greek god of nature) | :: Pã {m} |
panacea {n} (remedy believed to cure all disease) | :: panaceia {f} |
panacea {n} (something that will solve all problems) | :: panaceia {f} |
panache {n} (ornamental helmet plume) | :: penacho |
Panaji {prop} (capital of Goa, India) | :: Pangim {f}, Panaji {f} |
Panama {prop} (country) | :: Panamá {m} |
Panama Canal {prop} (Canal) | :: Canal do Panamá {m} |
Panama City {prop} (capital of Panama) | :: Cidade do Panamá {f} |
Panamanian {n} (person from Panama) | :: panamenho {m} |
Panamanian {adj} (pertaining to Panama) | :: panamenho |
Pan-American {adj} (covering or representing all of the Americas) | :: pan-americano |
Pan-Americanism {n} (belief in the benefit of Pan-American organization) | :: pan-americanismo {m} |
pan-Arabism {n} (movement) | :: pan-arabismo {m} |
panarchism {n} (advocacy of panarchy) | :: panarquismo {m} |
Panathenaea {prop} (A festival in ancient Greece) | :: Panateneias {f-p} |
pancake {n} (thin batter cake) | :: panqueca {f} |
Pancake Day {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
Pancake Tuesday {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
Pancasila {prop} (the official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state) | :: Pancasila {m} |
Panchatantra {prop} (a collection of Sanskrit and Pali animal fables in verse and prose) | :: Panchatantra {m} |
Panchen Lama {n} (second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: Panchen Lama |
panchromatic {adj} (sensitive to all visible colours) | :: pancromático {m} |
Pancras {prop} (saint) | :: Pancrácio {m} |
pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach) | :: pâncreas {m} |
pancreatic {adj} (of or pertaining to the pancreas) | :: pancreático |
pancreatic cancer {n} (malignant neoplasm of the pancreas) | :: câncer pancreático {m} [Brazil], cancro pancreático {m} [Portugal] |
panda {n} (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, see also: giant panda) | :: panda {m} |
panda {n} (police car) SEE: police car | :: |
panda {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
panda bear {n} (panda) SEE: panda | :: |
pandeiro {n} (a hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame) | :: pandeiro {m} |
pandeiro {n} (a square double skinned frame drum) | :: adufe {m} |
pandeism {n} (worship which admits or tolerates favourable aspects of all religions) SEE: omnitheism | :: |
pandeism {n} (belief in a god both pantheistic and deistic) | :: pandeísmo {m} |
pandeist {n} (one who believes in pandeism) | :: pandeísta {f} |
pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general | :: |
pandemic {adj} (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population) | :: pandémico [Portugal], pandêmico [Brazil] |
pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) | :: pandemia {f} |
pandemonism {n} | :: pandemonismo |
pandemonium {n} (chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence) | :: pandemônio {m}, caos {m} |
pandemonium {n} (an outburst; loud, riotous uproar) | :: confusão {f}, balbúrdia {f}, tumulto {m} |
pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp | :: |
Pandora {prop} (Character in Greek mythology) | :: Pandora {f} |
Pandora's box {n} (a source of unforeseen trouble) | :: caixa de Pandora {f} |
panegyric {n} (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) | :: panegírico {m} |
panel {n} (rectangular section of a surface) | :: painel |
panel {n} (group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc) | :: painel {m} |
panel {n} (single frame in a comic strip) | :: quadrinho {m}, quadro {m}, vinheta {f} |
panel {n} | :: painel {m} |
panentheism {n} (a doctrine that the universe is within God) | :: panenteísmo {m} |
panettone {n} (Christmas brioche with candied fruit) | :: panetone {m}, panettone {m} |
Pan-European {adj} (for most or all of Europe) | :: pan-europeu |
pan flute {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
pang {n} (sudden sharp feeling of a mental or emotional nature) | :: surto |
Pangaea {prop} (supercontinent prior to Triassic) | :: Pangeia {f} |
Panglossian {adj} (naively or unreasonably optimistic) | :: panglossiano |
pang of conscience {n} (A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets) | :: dor na consciência {f} |
pangolin {n} (mammal) | :: pangolim {m} |
panic {n} (overpowering fright) | :: pânico {m} |
panic attack {n} (sudden period of intense anxiety) | :: ataque de pânico {m} |
panicle {n} (a compound raceme) | :: panícula {f} |
panicum {n} (any grass in the genus Panicum) | :: painço {m} |
pankration {n} (ancient Greek martial art) | :: pancrácio {m} |
panna cotta {n} (Italian dessert made from double cream) | :: panacota {f}, panna cotta {f} |
panniculus {n} (a dense layer of fatty tissue growth) | :: panículo {m} |
pannier {n} (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) | :: alforje {m} |
Pannonia {prop} (province of the Roman Empire) | :: Panónia {f} [Portugal], Panônia {f} [Brazil] |
panoply {n} (collection or display of weaponry) | :: panóplia {f} |
panoply {n} (complete set of armour) | :: panóplia {f} |
panopticon {n} (type of prison) | :: panóptico {m} |
panorama {n} (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) | :: panorama {m} |
panorama {n} (picture representing a continuous scene) | :: panorama {m} |
panorama {n} (figurative: comprehensive survey) | :: panorama {m} |
pan pipes {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
panpipes {n} (musical instrument) | :: flauta de Pã {f} |
panpsychism {n} (the doctrine that all matter has a mental aspect) | :: panpsiquismo {m} |
pansexuality {n} (sexual orientation) | :: pansexualidade {f} |
Pan-Slavism {n} (movement) | :: pan-eslavismo {m} |
pansy {n} (plant) | :: amor-perfeito {m} |
pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants | :: |
pant {n} (a quick breathing) | :: ofego {m}, arfagem {f} |
pant {v} (to breathe quickly or in a labored manner) | :: ofegar, arfar, arquejar |
pant {v} (long for (something); be eager for (something)) | :: ansiar |
pant {v} (intransitive: long eagerly) | :: arquejar |
pant {v} (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence) | :: palpitar |
pantagruelian {adj} | :: pantagruélico |
pantheism {n} (belief that the universe is divine) | :: panteísmo {m} |
pantheist {n} (person who believes in pantheism) | :: panteísta {m} {f} |
pantheon {n} (a temple dedicated to all the gods) | :: panteão {m} |
pantheon {n} (all the gods of a particular religion) | :: panteão {m} |
panther {n} (big cat with black fur) | :: pantera-negra {f} |
panther {n} (big cat of genus Panthera) | :: pantera {f} |
panties {n} (underpants for women or girls) | :: calcinha {f} |
pant leg {n} (either of the legs of a pair of pants) | :: perna {f} |
pantomime {n} (traditional theatrical entertainment, mostly for children) | :: pantomima {f} |
pantomime {n} (gesturing without speaking) | :: pantomima {f}, mímica {f} |
pantry {n} (storage room) | :: despensa {f} |
pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards) | :: calças {f-p} |
pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals) | :: [for women] calcinha, [for men] cueca |
panty {n} (panties) SEE: panties | :: |
pantyhose {n} | :: meia-calça {f} |
panvitalism {n} (belief that all things are part of a single living universe) | :: panvitalismo {m} |
panvitalism {n} (belief that all things in the universe are alive) | :: panvitalismo {m} |
pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge | :: |
papa {n} (Father (familiar, conversational)) SEE: dad | :: |
papacy {n} (the office) | :: papado {m} |
papacy {n} (the period) | :: papado {m} |
papal {adj} (related to the pope or papacy) | :: papal |
papal infallibility {n} (Catholic concept of an infallible Pope) | :: infalibilidade papal {f} |
Papal States {prop} (state) | :: Estados Papais {m-p} |
paparazzi {n} (paparazzo) SEE: paparazzo | :: |
paparazzo {n} (freelance photographer of celebrities) | :: paparazzo {m} |
papaya {n} (tree) | :: mamoeiro {m} |
papaya {n} (fruit) | :: [Brazil] mamão, papaia |
paper {n} (sheet material) | :: papel {m} |
paper {n} (written document shorter than a book) | :: artigo {m} |
paper {n} (academic paper) | :: artigo {m} |
paper {adj} (made of paper) | :: de papel |
paper {v} (to apply paper to) | :: empapelar |
paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper | :: |
paper {n} (wallpaper) SEE: wallpaper | :: |
paper {n} (wrapping paper) SEE: wrapping paper | :: |
paper {v} (to document) SEE: document | :: |
paper aeroplane {n} (toy aeroplane made by folding up a sheet of paper) | :: avião de papel {m}, aviãozinho de papel |
paper airplane {n} (paper aeroplane) SEE: paper aeroplane | :: |
paperback {n} | :: brochura {f} |
paperboard {n} (thick paper) | :: cartolina {f} |
paper clip {n} (paper clip) | :: clipe {m}, clips [colloquial] |
paper cup {n} (disposable cup) | :: copo de papel {m} |
paper fastener {n} | :: colchete {m} |
paper money {n} (a form of banknotes) | :: papel-moeda {m} |
paper tiger {n} (paper tiger) | :: tigre de papel {m} |
paper towel {n} (sheet of absorbent paper) | :: papel toalha {m}, papel de cozinha {m} |
paperweight {n} (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object) | :: pisa-papéis {m} |
paperwork {n} (work involving written documents) | :: papelada {f} |
paperwork {n} (written documents) | :: papelada |
paperwork {n} (excessive paperwork) | :: papelada |
papess {n} (female pope) | :: papisa {f} |
Paphos {prop} (city in Cyprus) | :: Pafos {m} |
Papiamento {prop} (creole language) SEE: Papiamentu | :: |
Papiamentu {prop} (language) | :: papeamento {m}, papiamento {m} |
papier-mâché {n} (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) | :: papel-machê {m}, papel machê {m} |
papilla {n} (anatomical structure) | :: papila {f} |
papissa {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
pappardelle {n} (broad form of fettuccine) | :: pappardelle |
pappus {n} | :: papus {m}, papilho {m} |
paprika {n} (ground spice) | :: páprica {f} |
Papuan {adj} (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) | :: papua |
Papuan {n} (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) | :: papua {m} {f} |
Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Papua-Nova Guiné |
papyrology {n} (the study of ancient texts written on papyrus) | :: papirologia {f} |
papyrus {n} (plant in the sedge family) | :: papiro {m} |
papyrus {n} (material made from this plant) | :: papiro {m} |
papyrus {n} (scroll or document written on this material) | :: papiro {m} |
Pará {prop} (state in northern Brazil) | :: Pará {m} |
Paraíba {prop} (a state in north-eastern Brazil) | :: Paraíba {f} |
parable {n} (short story illustrating a lesson) | :: parábola {f} |
parabola {n} (a conic section) | :: parábola {f} |
Paracelsus {prop} (The adopted name of Philippus von Hohenheim) | :: Paracelso {m} |
paracetamol {n} (acetaminophen) SEE: acetaminophen | :: |
parachute {n} (a device designed to control the fall of an object) | :: paraquedas {m} |
parachuting {n} (sport) | :: paraquedismo {m} |
parachutist {n} (parachute user) | :: paraquedista {m} {f} |
paraclete {n} (advocate) | :: paráclito {m}, paracleto {m} |
Paraclete {prop} (the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful) | :: Paráclito {m} |
parade {n} (organized procession) | :: parada {f}, desfile {m} |
paradigm {n} (way of viewing reality) | :: paradigma {m} |
paradigm {n} (example serving as a model or pattern) | :: paradigma {m} |
paradigm {n} (linguistics: all forms which contain a common element) | :: paradigma {m} |
paradigm shift {n} (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries) | :: mudança de paradigma {f} |
paradise {n} (heaven) | :: paraíso {m} |
paradise {n} (very pleasant place) | :: paraíso {m} |
Paradise {prop} (Heaven) | :: Paraíso {m} |
Paradise {prop} (the Garden of Eden) | :: Paraíso {m} |
paradox {n} (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true) | :: paradoxo {m} |
paradox {n} (in logic: a self-contradictory statement) | :: paradoxo {m} |
paradoxical {adj} (having self-contradicting properties) | :: paradoxal |
paradoxically {adv} (in a paradoxical manner) | :: paradoxalmente |
paraffin {n} (kerosene) SEE: kerosene | :: |
paraffin {n} (paraffin wax) SEE: paraffin wax | :: |
paraffin wax {n} (paraffin wax) | :: parafina {f} |
paraglider {n} (one who paraglides) | :: parapentista {m} {f} |
paraglider {n} (equipment) | :: parapente {m} |
paragliding {n} (the sport of gliding with a paraglider) | :: parapente {m} |
paragraph {n} (passage in text) | :: parágrafo {m} |
Paraguay {prop} (country in South America) | :: Paraguai {m} |
Paraguayan {n} (person from Paraguay) | :: paraguaio {m} |
Paraguayan {adj} (pertaining to Paraguay) | :: paraguaio |
parakeet {n} (various species of small parrots) | :: periquito {m} |
parallax {n} | :: paralaxe {f} |
parallel {adj} (equally distant from one another at all points) | :: paralelo |
parallel {adj} (having the same overall direction) | :: paralelo |
parallel {adj} (computing: processing multipe tasks at the same time) | :: paralelo {m} |
parallel {adv} (with a parallel relationship) | :: paralelamente |
parallel {n} (one of a set of parallel lines) | :: paralela {f} |
parallel {n} (line of latitude) | :: paralelo {m} |
parallelepiped {n} (solid figure) | :: paralelepípedo {m} |
parallelism {n} (state or condition of being parallel) | :: paralelismo {m} |
parallelism {n} (agreement, similarity, resemblance) | :: paralelismo {m} |
parallelism {n} (grammar) | :: paralelismo {m} |
parallelism {n} (the use of parallel methods in computing) | :: paralelismo {m} |
parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length) | :: paralelogramo {m} |
parallel parking {n} (action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb) | :: baliza |
parallel port {n} (computing: physical interface) | :: porta paralela {f} |
parallel universe {n} (universe that exists separately alongside another universe) | :: universo paralelo {m} |
paralogism {n} (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion) | :: paralogismo {m} |
paralogous {adj} (having a similar structure) | :: parálogo |
Paralympic Games {prop} (international sports competition for people with physical disabilities, see also: Paralympics) | :: Paraolimpíadas {f-p}, Jogos Paraolímpicos {m-p} |
Paralympics {prop} (sport event, see also: Paralympic Games) | :: Paraolimpíadas {f-p}, Jogos Paraolímpicos {m-p} |
paralyse {v} (paralyse) SEE: paralyze | :: |
paralysis {n} (loss of muscle control) | :: paralisia {f} |
paralytic {n} (person suffering from paralysis) | :: paralítico {m} |
paralytic {adj} (affected by paralysis) | :: paralítico |
paralyze {v} (to afflict with paralysis) | :: paralisar |
paralyzed {adj} ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled) | :: paralizado |
Paramaribo {prop} (capital of Suriname) | :: Paramaribo {f} |
paramecium {n} (organism) | :: paramécio {m} |
paramedic {n} (individual trained to stabilize people outside of hospital) | :: paramédico {m}, paramédica {f} |
parameter {n} (variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar) | :: parâmetro {m} |
parameter {n} (name in a function or subroutine definition) | :: parâmetro {m} |
parameterize {v} (to describe in terms of parameters) | :: parametrizar |
parameterize {v} (to write (a database query) as a template into which parameters can be inserted) | :: parametrizar |
paramilitary {n} (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) | :: organização/força/exército paramilitar |
paramilitary {n} (a member of a paramilitary group) | :: paramilitar {m} {f} |
paramilitary {adj} (relating to a paramilitary) | :: paramilitar |
paramita {n} (perfection (Buddhism)) | :: paramita {f} |
paramount {adj} (supreme) | :: vital |
paramour {n} (illicit lover) | :: amante {m} {f} |
Paraná {prop} (river in South America) | :: Paraná {m} |
Paraná {prop} (state in southern Brazil) | :: Paraná {m} |
paranoia {n} (A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution) | :: paranoia |
paranoia {n} (Extreme, irrational distrust of others) | :: paranoia {f} |
paranoiac {n} (somebody who has paranoia) SEE: paranoid | :: |
paranoid {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paranoia) | :: paranoico |
paranoid {adj} (exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others) | :: paranoico |
paranoid {n} (someone suffering from paranoia) | :: paranoico {m} |
paranoid schizophrenia {n} (form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions) | :: esquizofrenia paranoide {f} |
paranormal {adj} (can not be explained by scientific methods) | :: paranormal |
paranormally {adv} (in a paranormal way) | :: paranormalmente |
Paraná pine {n} (South American conifer) | :: pinheiro-do-paraná {m}, araucária {f}, pinheiro {m} [South Brazil] |
parapet {n} (a low retaining wall) | :: parapeito {m} |
parapet {n} (a fortification consisting of a wall) | :: parapeito {m} |
paraphernalia {n} (miscellaneous items) | :: parafernália {f} |
paraphimosis {n} (foreskin trapped behind the glans) | :: parafimose {f} |
paraphrase {n} (restatement of a text) | :: paráfrase {f} |
paraphrase {v} (to compose a paraphrase) | :: parafrasear |
paraplegia {n} (paralysed condition) | :: paraplegia {f} |
paraplegic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia) | :: paraplégico {m}, paraplégica {f} |
paraplegic {n} (person who suffers from paraplegia) | :: paraplégico {m}, paraplégica {f} |
parapsychology {n} (study of that which cannot yet be explained) | :: parapsicologia {f}, pesquisa psi {f} |
parasaurolophus {n} (dinosaur) | :: parassaurolofo {m} |
parasite {n} (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back) | :: parasita {m} {f} |
parasite {n} ((generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism) | :: parasita {m} {f} |
parasitic {adj} (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite) | :: parasita |
parasitical {adj} (parasitic) SEE: parasitic | :: |
parasitise {v} (parasitize) SEE: parasitize | :: |
parasitism {n} (interaction between two organisms) | :: parasitismo {m} |
parasitization {n} | :: parasitação {f} |
parasitize {v} (live off a host) | :: parasitar |
parasitology {n} (study of parasites) | :: parasitologia {f} |
parasol {n} (umbrella used as protection from the sun) | :: sombrinha {f} |
parasuicide {n} (a suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed) | :: parassuicídio {m} |
parasynthesis {n} | :: parassíntese {f} |
parataxis {n} (in grammar) | :: parataxe {f} |
paratha {n} (Indian bread) | :: paratha {m} |
parathyroid {adj} (pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts) | :: paratiroide [chiefly Portugal], paratireoide [chiefly Brazil] |
parathyroid gland {n} (any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck) | :: paratiroide {f} [chiefly Portugal], paratireoide {f} [chiefly Brazil] |
paratrooper {n} (soldier that parachutes from aircraft) | :: paraquedista {m} {f}, paraquedista militar {m} {f} |
parcel {n} (package wrapped for shipment) | :: pacote {m} |
parcel {n} (division of land bought and sold as a unit) | :: lote {m}, terreno {m} |
parcel {v} (to wrap into a package) | :: empacotar |
parch {v} (to dry to extremity) | :: ressecar |
parched {adj} (dry) | :: ressequido |
parched {adj} (thirsty) | :: sedento |
parchment {n} (material) | :: pergaminho |
pardon {n} (forgiveness for an offence) | :: perdão {m} |
pardon {n} (releasing order) | :: indulto {m}, absolvição {f} |
pardon {v} (to forgive) | :: perdoar |
pardon {v} (to grant an official pardon) | :: indultar, absolver |
pardon {interj} (interjection, request to repeat) | :: perdão?, como? |
pardonable {adj} (capable of being pardoned) | :: perdoável |
pardon me {phrase} (sorry, as an apology) | :: perdão, desculpe-me, me desculpa, desculpas, desculpa |
pardon my French {v} (please excuse my swearing or bad language (idiomatic)) | :: desculpe meu linguajar |
pareidolia {n} (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar) | :: pareidolia {f} |
paremiology {n} (the study of proverbs) | :: paremiologia {f} |
parenchyma {n} (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue) | :: parênquima {f} |
parent {n} (person from whom one is descended) | :: pai {m}, genitor {m} |
parent {n} (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child) | :: pai {m} |
parent {n} (source or origin of something) | :: pai {m}, mãe {f} |
parent {n} (parent company) SEE: parent company | :: |
parental {adj} (relating to parent) | :: parental |
parent company {n} (a company that owns or controls another company) | :: matriz {f} |
parenteral {adj} (Intravenously or by injection) | :: parenteral, parentérico |
parenthesis {n} (a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete) | :: parêntese {m} |
parenthesis {n} ((Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions) | :: parêntese {m} |
parenthesis {n} (either of a pair of brackets ( )) | :: parêntese {m} |
parenthesis {n} (both round brackets) | :: parênteses {m-p} |
parenthesize {v} (place in parentheses) | :: pôr entre parêntesis |
parents {n} (one's parents) | :: pais {m-p} |
paresthesia {n} (sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin with no obvious cause) | :: parestesia {f} |
paresthesis {n} (paresthesia) SEE: paresthesia | :: |
pariah {n} (an outcast) | :: pária {m} {f}, pariá {m} {f} |
pariah {n} (member of one of the oppressed social castes in India) | :: pária {m} {f}, pariá {m} {f} |
parietal bone {n} (either of two bones at the sides and top of the skull) | :: parietal {m} |
parietal lobe {n} (division of cerebrum) | :: lobo parietal {m} |
Paris {prop} (capital of France) | :: Paris {f} |
Paris {prop} (Trojan prince) | :: Páris {m} |
parish {n} (part of a diocese) | :: paróquia {f} |
parish {n} (members of the parish) | :: paróquia {f}, paroquianos {p} |
parish {n} (civil subdivision of a county) | :: paróquia {f} |
parish church {n} (church that serves as the religious centre of a parish) | :: igreja paroquial {f} |
parishioner {n} (member of a parish) | :: freguês {m}, freguesa {f}, paroquiano {m}, paroquiana {f} |
Parisian {n} (someone from Paris) | :: parisiense {m} {f} |
Parisian {adj} (of Paris) | :: parisiense |
parity {n} (equality, comparability) | :: paridade {f} |
parity {n} (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) | :: paridade {f} |
parity {n} (math: classification into one set or the other) | :: paridade {f} |
parity {n} (the number of times a sow has farrowed) | :: número de parições {m} |
park {n} (ground for preservation of game, etc.) | :: parque {m} |
park {n} (ground for recreation) | :: parque {m} |
park {v} (bring to a halt) | :: estacionar |
parking {n} (action) | :: estacionamento {m} |
parking {n} (space) | :: estacionamento {m} |
parking lot {n} (open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use) | :: estacionamento {m} |
parking meter {n} (device for collecting parking fees) | :: parquímetro {m}, parcômetro {m} |
parking space {n} (space in which a vehicle can be parked) | :: vaga de estacionamento {f} |
Parkinson's disease {n} (Parkinson's disease) | :: doença de Parkinson {f}, mal de Parkinson {m} |
parkour {n} (athletic discipline) | :: parkour {m}, parcur {m} [rare] |
parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members) | :: parlamento {m} |
Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament | :: |
parliamentarian {n} (member of parliament) | :: parlamentar {m} {f} |
parliamentary {adj} (of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament) | :: parlamentar |
parliamentary {adj} (having the supreme executive and legislative power) | :: parlamentar |
parlous {adj} (appalling, dire, terrible) SEE: appalling | :: |
parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous | :: |
parmesan {n} (hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma) | :: parmesão {m} |
Parmesan {n} (parmesan) SEE: parmesan | :: |
Parmesan {adj} (from Parma) | :: parmesão, parmense |
Parmesan {n} (someone from Parma) | :: parmesão {m}, parmense {m} {f} |
parochial {adj} (pertaining to a parish) | :: paroquial |
parochial {adj} (characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns) | :: paroquial, provinciano |
parodic {adj} (of, related to, or having characteristics of parody) | :: paródico |
parodist {n} (person who parodies) | :: parodista {m} {f} |
parody {n} (expression making fun of something else) | :: paródia |
parody {v} (to make a parody of something) | :: parodiar |
paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
parole {n} (law: a release of (a prisoner)) | :: condicional {f}, liberdade condicional |
paronomasia {n} (a pun or play on words) | :: paronomásia |
paronychia {n} (infection under the cuticle) SEE: whitlow | :: |
paronym {n} (word derived from the same root/stem) | :: parónimo {m} |
paronym {n} (word that sounds like another word) | :: parónimo {m} |
parotid {n} (parotid gland) SEE: parotid gland | :: |
parotid gland {n} (salivary gland) | :: glândula parótida {f}, parótida {f} |
paroxytone {adj} (paroxytone) | :: paroxítona {f} |
paroxytone {n} (paroxytone) | :: paroxítono {m}, paroxítona {f} |
parquet {n} (the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle) SEE: stall | :: |
parquet {n} (a wooden floor made of parquetry) | :: parquete {m} |
parrot {n} (kind of bird) | :: papagaio {m}, louro {m} |
parrot {n} (person who repeats what was said) | :: papagaio {m} |
parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding) | :: papaguear, papagaiar |
parrot {n} (puffin) SEE: puffin | :: |
parrotfish {n} (tropical marine fish) | :: peixe-papagaio {m} |
parry {v} (avoid, deflect, or ward off) | :: parar |
parse {v} ((linguistics) to resolve into elements) | :: analisar, decompor |
parse {v} ((computing) to split data into pieces) | :: processar |
parse {v} (to examine closely) SEE: scrutinize | :: |
parsec {n} (parallax second) | :: parsec {m} |
parseltongue {prop} (language of snakes in Harry Potter) | :: ofidioglossia {f}, língua de cobra [Brazil], serpentês {m} [Portugal] |
parser {n} (computer program) | :: parser {m} |
parsimonious {adj} (Exhibiting parsimony) | :: parcimonioso {m}, parco {m} |
parsimony {n} (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) | :: parcimónia {f}, parcimônia {f} |
parsing {n} | :: interpretando |
parsley {n} (plant Petroselinum crispum) | :: salsa {f}, perrexil |
parsnip {n} (the plant Pastinaca sativa) | :: pastinaca {f}, pastinaga {f}, cherovia {f}, cenoura-brava {f} |
parsnip {n} (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa) | :: pastinaca {f}, pastinaga {f}, cherovia {f}, cenoura-brava {f} |
part {n} (math: factor) SEE: factor | :: |
part {n} (fraction of a whole) | :: parte {f}, pedaço {m} |
part {n} (group inside a larger group) | :: parte {f}, categoria {f} |
part {n} (section of a document) | :: parte {f} |
part {n} (position or role, especially in a play) | :: papel {m} |
part {n} (hair dividing line) | :: linha {f} |
part {v} (to leave the company of) | :: partir |
part {v} (to cut hair with a parting) | :: repartir |
part {v} (to divide in two) | :: partir, dividir |
part {v} (to become divided in two or separated) | :: partir |
part {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
part {adv} (partially) SEE: partially | :: |
partake {v} (to take part in an activity) | :: participar |
parthenocarpic {adj} (relating to parthenocarpy) | :: partenocárpico |
parthenogenesis {n} (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation) | :: [Brazil] partenogênese {f}, [Portugal] partenogénese {f} |
Parthenon {prop} (ancient temple to Athena) | :: Partenon {m}, Partenão {m} |
Parthenope {prop} (One of the Sirens from Greek mythology) | :: Parténope {f} [Portugal], Partênope {f} [Brazil] |
Parthia {prop} ((historical) region) | :: Pártia {f} |
Parthia {prop} (empire of the Parthians) | :: Pártia {f} |
partial {adj} (existing in part) | :: parcial |
partial {adj} (biased) | :: parcial |
partial derivative {n} (derivative with respect to one variable) | :: derivada parcial {f} |
partial differential equation {n} (equation) | :: equação diferencial parcial {f} |
partially {adv} (to a partial degree) | :: parcialmente |
participant {n} (one who participates) | :: participante {m} {f} |
participate {v} (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself) | :: participar |
participation {n} (act of participating) | :: participação {f} |
participatory democracy {n} (Political system) | :: democracia participativa {f}, democracia participatória {f} |
participial {n} (participle) SEE: participle | :: |
participial {adj} (of or relating to a participle) | :: participial {m} {f} |
participially {adv} (in participial manner) | :: participialmente |
participle {n} (verb form) | :: particípio |
particle {n} (body with very small size) | :: partícula {f} |
particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle) | :: partícula {f} |
particle {n} (word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech) | :: partícula {f} |
particle accelerator {n} (a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds) | :: acelerador de partículas {m} |
particle physics {n} (particle physics) | :: física de partículas {f} |
particular {adj} (specific; discrete; concrete) | :: específico, particular |
particular {adj} (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing) | :: próprio, particular |
particular {adj} (distinguished in some way; special) | :: especial |
particular {adj} (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious) | :: minucioso |
particular {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
particular {adj} (known only to an individual person or group) SEE: confidential | :: |
particularity {n} | :: particularidade {f} , . |
particulate {n} (solid or liquid in a subdived state) SEE: particulate matter | :: |
particulate matter {n} (solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state) | :: material particulado {m} |
parting {n} (line dividing hair) | :: risco {m}, risco do cabelo {m} |
partisan {n} (adherent to a party) | :: partidário {m} |
partisan {n} (fervent supporter of a party) | :: partidário {m} |
partisan {adj} (adherent to a party or faction) | :: partidário {m} |
partisan {n} (member of a body of detached light troops) SEE: guerrilla | :: |
partisanship {n} (an inclination to be partisan) | :: partidarismo {m}, partidismo {m} |
partition {n} (section of a hard disk separately formatted) | :: partição {f} |
partitive {adj} (grammar: indicating a part) | :: partitivo |
partitive {n} (partitive case) | :: partitivo |
partitive case {n} (case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb) SEE: partitive | :: |
partiture {n} (score (music)) SEE: score | :: |
partly {adv} (in part) | :: em parte |
partner {n} (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
partner {n} (a member of a business or law partnership) | :: parceiro {m}, sócio |
partner {n} (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
partner {n} (dancing partner) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
partner {n} (either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
partner {v} (To make or be partner) | :: associar-se |
partnership {n} (state of being associated with a partner) | :: parceria {f} |
partnership {n} (association of two or more people to conduct a business) | :: sociedade {f} |
partocracy {n} (government by political parties) | :: partidocracia {f}, partitocracia {f} |
part of speech {n} (the function a word or phrase performs) | :: classe gramatical {f} |
partridge {n} (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris) | :: perdiz {f} |
partridgeberry {n} (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) SEE: lingonberry | :: |
part-time {adj} (involving less than the normal time) | :: de meio expediente |
parturition {n} (act of giving birth) | :: parto {m} |
party {n} (law: particular side in a contract or legal action) | :: parte {f} |
party {n} (someone who takes part) | :: participante {m} {f} |
party {n} (group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.) | :: partido |
party {n} (social gathering) | :: festa {f}, balada {f} |
party {v} (to celebrate at a party) | :: festejar, festar |
party {n} (political group) SEE: political party | :: |
party animal {n} (person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties) | :: festeiro {m}, festeira {f} |
party favor {n} (souvenir for a party guest) | :: lembrancinha {f} |
party pooper {n} (one who dampens the fun of a group activity) SEE: spoilsport | :: |
par value {n} (face value) SEE: face value | :: |
parvenu {n} (a person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class) | :: parvenu {m} {f} |
Pasargadae {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: Pasárgada {f} |
pascal {n} (SI unit of pressure and stress) | :: pascal |
Paschal Lamb {n} (the lamb eaten at Passover) | :: Cordeiro Pascal {m} |
Pas-de-Calais {prop} (a département of northern France) | :: Pas-de-Calais {m}, Pas de Calais {m}, Passo de Calais {m} |
pasha {n} (title) | :: paxá {m} |
pashalik {n} | :: paxalato {m} |
Pashto {n} (official language of Afghanistan) | :: pastó {m}, afegane {m}, afegão {m} |
Pashtun {prop} (Pashto) SEE: Pashto | :: |
Pashtunistan {prop} (geographic region historically inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people) | :: Pashtunistão {m}, Pakhtunistão {m} |
pass {v} (move or be moved from one place to another) | :: passar |
pass {v} (change from one state to another) | :: passar |
pass {v} (die) | :: falecer |
pass {v} (elapse) | :: passar |
pass {v} (go through any inspection or test successfully) | :: passar |
pass {v} (decline to play in one's turn) | :: passar |
pass {v} (go by, over, etc) | :: passar |
pass {v} (sports: to move the ball or puck to a teammate) | :: passar |
pass {n} (opening, road, or track, available for passing) | :: passagem {f} |
pass {n} (document granting permission to pass or to go and come) | :: passe {m} |
pass {n} (password) SEE: password | :: |
passable {adj} (Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate) | :: aceitável |
passage {n} (section of text or music) | :: passagem {f}, trecho {m} |
passage {n} (part of a journey) | :: passagem {f} |
passage {n} (passageway) | :: passagem {f}, corredor {m} |
passageway {n} (covered walkway) | :: corredor {m}, passagem {f} |
passageway {n} (any way for passing in, out or through something) | :: passagem {f} |
pass away {v} (to die (euphemistic)) | :: falecer, ir-se [Brazil] |
passbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions) | :: caderneta {f} |
passed pawn {n} (pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns) | :: peão passado {m} |
passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) | :: passageiro {m} |
passenger pigeon {n} (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius) | :: pombo-passageiro {m} |
passer-by {n} (a person who is passing by) | :: transeunte {m} {f} |
pass gas {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
passing {adj} (that passes away; ephemeral) | :: passageiro, temporário, efêmero |
passing {adj} (pre-eminent, excellent) | :: preeminente, excelente, ótimo |
passing {adj} (vague, cursory) | :: vago |
passing {adv} ((now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly) | :: extremamente |
passing {n} (death, dying; the end) | :: morte {f}, óbito {m} |
passing {n} (fact of going past; movement from one place or state to another) | :: passagem {f} |
passing {n} (law: act of approving a bill etc.) | :: aprovação {f} |
passing {n} (sports: act of passing) | :: passe {m} |
passion {n} (any great emotion) | :: paixão {f} |
passion {n} (object of passionate love or strong interest) | :: paixão {f}, ardor {f} |
passion {n} (suffering of Jesus) | :: paixão {f} |
passion {n} (commemoration of the suffering of Jesus) | :: paixão {f} |
passionate {adj} (fired with intense feeling) | :: ardente {m} |
passionately {adv} (in a passionate manner) | :: apaixonadamente |
passionflower {n} (plant of the genus Passiflora) | :: maracujá {m}, maracujazeiro {m} |
passion fruit {n} (plant) | :: maracujazeiro {m} |
passion fruit {n} (edible fruit) | :: maracujá {m} |
passion fruit {n} (flesh of the fruit) | :: polpa de maracujá {f} |
Passionist {n} (member of a Roman Catholic institute with emphasis on the Passion) | :: passionista {m} {f} |
passion pit {n} (drive-in theatre) SEE: drive-in | :: |
passive {n} (passive voice) SEE: passive voice | :: |
passive {adj} (not active, but acted upon) | :: passivo |
passive {adj} (taking no action) | :: passivo |
passive {adj} (grammar: being in the passive voice) | :: passivo |
passive {adj} (psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | :: passivo |
passively {adv} (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action) | :: passivamente |
passiveness {n} (passivity) SEE: passivity | :: |
passive vocabulary {n} (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) | :: vocabulário passivo {m} |
passive voice {n} (grammatical term) | :: voz passiva {f} |
passivity {n} (the state of being passive) | :: passividade {f} |
pass off {v} (to happen) | :: transitar, suceder |
pass off {v} (to misrepresent) | :: passar |
pass off {v} (to abate, to cease) | :: esclarecer |
pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die | :: |
pass out {v} (to faint) | :: desmaiar |
pass out {v} (to distribute) | :: distribuir |
Passover {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Pessach {m}, páscoa judaica {f} |
passphrase {n} (computing: a password that comprises a whole phrase) | :: [Brazil] frase-senha {f}, frase-chave {f}, frase-passe {f} |
passport {n} (official document) | :: passaporte {m} |
pass wind {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
password {n} (word used to gain admittance) | :: senha {f}, palavra-passe {f} |
password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user) | :: senha {f}, palavra-passe {f}, password {f} |
past {adj} (ago) SEE: ago | :: |
past {n} (period of time that has already happened) | :: passado {m} |
past {n} ((grammar) past tense) | :: pretérito {m}, passado {m} |
past {adj} (having already happened; in the past) | :: passado |
past {adj} (of a period of time: having just gone by) | :: passado |
past {adj} (grammar: expressing action that has already happened) | :: passado, pretérito |
past {adv} (in a direction that passes) | :: por (aqui) |
past {prep} (beyond in place) | :: além de, depois de |
pasta {n} (dough) | :: massa {f} |
past anterior {n} (a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian) | :: passado anterior {m} |
paste {n} (lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof) | :: strass {m} |
paste {v} (to cause to stick, adhere) | :: aderir, colar |
paste {v} (to insert a piece of text) | :: colar |
pastel {n} (any of several subdued tints of colors) | :: pastel {m} |
pastel {n} (drawing made with these colors) | :: pastel {m} |
pastel {n} (type of dried paste) | :: pastel {m} |
pastel {n} (crayon made from such a paste) | :: pastel {m} |
pastellist {n} (an artist who works in pastels) | :: pastelista {m} {f} |
pasteurisation {n} (treatment of perishable food) | :: pasteurização {f} |
pasteurise {v} (pasteurize) SEE: pasteurize | :: |
pasteurize {v} (to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms) | :: pasteurizar |
past historic tense {n} (tense) | :: pretérito perfeito |
pastiche {n} (work that imitates the work of a previous artist) | :: pastiche {m}, pasticho {m} |
pastiche {n} (musical medley) | :: pot-pourri {m} |
pastime {n} (that which amuses) | :: passatempo {m} |
pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
pastor {n} | :: pastor {m} |
pastoral {adj} (of or pertaining to shepherds) | :: pastoral, pastoril |
pastoral {adj} (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church) | :: pastoral |
past participle {n} (past participle) | :: particípio passado {m} |
past perfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
past perfect {n} (tense) | :: pretérito perfeito {m} |
pastrami {n} (seasoned smoked cut of beef) | :: pastrami {m} |
pastry {n} (food group) | :: pastel {m} |
past tense {n} (grammatical form) | :: pretérito {m}, passado {m} |
pasture {v} (graze) SEE: graze | :: |
pasture {n} (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) | :: pasto |
pastureland {n} (land for grazing) | :: pastagem |
pat {n} (sound of a light slap or tap) | :: batidinha {f}, estalo |
pat {n} (light tap or slap) | :: batidinha {f}, tapinha {m} |
pat {v} (to tap gently) | :: dar um tapinha |
pataca {n} (monetary unit of Macau) | :: pataca {f}, pataca de Macau {f} |
Patagonia {prop} (geographical region) | :: Patagónia [Portugal], Patagônia [Brazil] |
patch {n} (figuratively: fit) SEE: fit | :: |
patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool | :: |
patch {n} (piece of cloth used to repair a garment) | :: remendo {m} |
patch {n} (computing: file describing changes made to source code) | :: patch {m}, correção {f} |
patch {v} (mend by sewing on cloth) | :: remendar |
patch {v} (computing: update source code with a patch) | :: corrigir |
patch {n} (computing: patch file) SEE: patch file | :: |
patch file {n} (patch) SEE: patch | :: |
patch file {n} (input to a patch program) | :: arquivo de patch {m} [Brasil], arquivo de correção {m} [Brasil], ficheiro de patch {m} [Portugal], ficheiro de correcção {m} [Portugal] |
patchouli {n} (any of several East Indian plants) | :: patchuli {m} |
patchouli {n} (the oil or perfume made from these plants) | :: patchuli {m} |
patella {n} (kneecap) SEE: kneecap | :: |
patellar {adj} (near or relating to the patella or kneecap) | :: patelar |
paten {n} (plate for the host during Eucharist) | :: pátena {f}, patena {f} |
patent {n} (declaration issued by a government to an inventor) | :: patente {f} |
patent {v} (successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent) | :: patentear |
patent {adj} (explicit and obvious) | :: patente |
patent troll {n} (company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner) | :: troll de patente {m} |
paternal {adj} (of or pertaining to one's father) | :: paterno |
paternal {adj} (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father) | :: paterno |
paternal {adj} (received or inherited from one's father) | :: paterno |
paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father) | :: tia {f} |
paternal grandfather {n} (one's father's father) | :: avô paterno |
paternal grandmother {n} (one's father's mother) | :: avó paterna {f} |
paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father) | :: tio, tio paterno |
paternity {n} (fatherhood) SEE: fatherhood | :: |
paternity test {n} (test) | :: teste de paternidade {m} |
paternoster {n} (a rosary) SEE: rosary | :: |
path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians) | :: trilha {f}, caminho {m}, senda {f} |
path {n} (a course taken) | :: caminho {m} |
path {n} (a metaphorical course) | :: caminho {m} |
path {n} (a method or direction of proceeding) | :: caminho |
path {n} (computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure) | :: endereço {m} |
path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another) | :: caminho {m} |
pathetic {adj} (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion) | :: patético |
pathetic {adj} (arousing scorn or contempt) | :: patético |
-pathic {suffix} | :: -pático {m} |
pathogen {n} (an organism or substance that causes disease) | :: patógeno {m} |
pathogenesis {n} (pathogenesis) | :: patogenia |
pathogenic {adj} (able to cause disease) | :: patogénico {m} |
pathologic {adj} (pathological) SEE: pathological | :: |
pathological {adj} (pertaining to pathology) | :: patológico |
pathological {adj} (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder) | :: patológico |
pathologically {adv} (in a pathological manner) | :: patologicamente |
pathologist {n} (expert in pathology) | :: patologista {m} {f} |
pathology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: patologia {f} |
pathology {n} (abnormality) | :: patologia {f} |
pathos {n} (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions) | :: pathos {m}, páthos {m}, patos {m} |
pathway {n} (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) | :: via |
patience {n} (quality of being patient) | :: paciência {f} |
patience {n} (game that can be played by one person) | :: paciência {f} |
patience is a virtue {proverb} (it is better to be patient than impatient) | :: a paciência é uma virtude |
patient {adj} (not losing one's temper while waiting) | :: paciente {m} {f} |
patient {n} (someone who receives treatment from a doctor) | :: paciente {m} |
patiently {adv} (in a patient manner) | :: pacientemente |
Patil {prop} (surname) | :: Patil {m} {f} |
patina {n} (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects) | :: pátina {f} |
patio {n} (a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation) | :: pátio {m} |
patio {n} (an inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses) | :: pátio {m} |
patisserie {n} (pastry shop) | :: patisseria {f}, confeitaria {f} |
Patras {prop} (city of Greece) | :: Patras {f} |
patriarch {n} (male leader) | :: patriarca {m} |
patriarchal {adj} (relating to patriarchy) | :: patriarcal |
patriarchy {n} (social system) | :: patriarcado {m}, patriarquia {f} |
patriarchy {n} (power structure) | :: patriarcado {m} |
patriarchy {n} (dominance of men in social or cultural systems) | :: patriarcado {m} |
Patricia {prop} (female given name) | :: Patrícia |
patrician {n} (member of Roman aristocracy) | :: patrício {m} |
patrician {n} (nobleman) | :: patrício {m}, nobre {m} |
patricide {n} (murder of one's father) | :: parricídio {m}, patricídio {m} |
patricide {n} (murderer of own father) | :: parricida {m} {f}, patricida {m} {f} |
Patrick {prop} (given name) | :: Patrício |
patrilocality {n} (practice whereupon a married couple lives with or near the family of the husband) | :: patrilocalidade {f} |
patrimony {n} (inheritance from one's ancestor) | :: património {m}, patrimônio {m} [Brazil] |
patriot {n} (person who loves, supports and defends their country) | :: patriota {m} {f} |
patriotic {adj} (inspired by patriotism) | :: patriota, patriótico {m}, patriótica {f} |
patriotically {adv} (in a patriotic manner) | :: patrioticamente |
patriotism {n} (love of one's own country) | :: patriotismo {m} |
patristics {n} (patristics) | :: patrística {f} |
Patroclus {prop} (character in the Iliad) | :: Pátroclo {m} |
patrol {n} (going of the rounds) | :: patrulha {f}, patrulhamento {m} |
patrol {n} (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts) | :: patrulha {f} |
patrol {n} (guards who go the rounds for observation) | :: patrulha {f} |
patrol {n} (perambulation of a particular line or district) | :: patrulha {f} |
patrol {v} (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels) | :: patrulhar |
patrol {v} (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman) | :: patrulhar |
patron {n} (regular customer) | :: cliente {m} |
patron {n} (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc.) | :: mecenas {m} {f} |
patronage {n} (the act of providing approval and support) | :: mecenato {m}, patronato {m} |
patronage {n} (granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support) | :: clientelismo {m} |
patronising {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
patronize {v} (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support) | :: apadrinhar |
patronize {v} (to make oneself a customer of a business) | :: frequentar |
patronize {v} (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority) | :: tratar condescendentemente |
patronizing {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
patron saint {n} (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) | :: patrono {m}, padroeiro {m}, orago {m} |
patronymic {n} (patronymic (noun)) | :: patronímico {m} |
pattern {n} (that from which a copy is made) | :: molde {m}, modelo {m} |
pattern {n} (motif or decoration) | :: padrão {m} |
paucity {n} (fewness in number; a small number) | :: penúria {f} |
Paul {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Paulo |
Paul {prop} (male given name) | :: Paulo |
Paula {prop} (female given name) | :: Paula {f} |
pauldron {n} (plate armor that protects the shoulders) | :: ombreira {f} |
Paulette {prop} (female given name) | :: Paulete {f} |
Pauline {prop} (female given name) | :: Paulina {f}, Pauline {f} |
Pauline {adj} (of or relating to the Apostle Paul and his doctrines) | :: paulino |
Paulistano {n} (someone from São Paulo) | :: paulistano {m} |
paunch {n} (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) | :: pança {f} |
paunch {n} (large, protruding belly) | :: pança {f} |
paunchy {adj} (having a paunch) | :: barrigudo |
pauper {n} (one who is extremely poor) | :: indigente {m} {f} |
pause {v} (to interrupt something) | :: pausar |
pause {n} (temporary stop or rest) | :: pausa {f} |
pave {v} ((British) to cover with paving stones) | :: pavimentar |
pave {v} ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc) | :: pavimentar |
paved {adj} (covered in pavement) | :: pavimentado |
pavement {n} (footpath) | :: calçada {f} |
pavement {n} (surface of road) | :: pavimento {m} |
pavilion {n} (ornate tent) | :: pavilhão {m} |
pavilion {n} (light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place) | :: pavilhão {m} |
pavilion {n} (structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc) | :: pavilhão {m} |
pavilion {n} (cartiliginous part of the outer ear) SEE: pinna | :: |
Pavo {prop} (constellation of the southern sky) | :: Pavão {m} |
paw {n} (soft foot of an animal) | :: pata {f} |
paw {v} (to touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way) | :: apalpar |
pawn {n} (chess piece) | :: peão {m} |
pawn {n} (someone who is being manipulated) | :: peão {m} |
pawn {n} (instance of pawning something) | :: penhora {f} |
pawn {n} ((rare) type of shop) | :: topa-tudo {m}, casa de penhores {f}, penhora {f} |
pawn {v} (give as security for loan) | :: penhorar, empenhar |
pawnbroker {n} (person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security) | :: penhorista {m} {f} |
pawnshop {n} (business premises of a pawnbroker) | :: casa de penhores {f} |
pawpaw {n} (fruit) | :: mamão {m} |
pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services) | :: pagar |
pay {v} (to give (e.g. attention)) | :: prestar |
pay {v} (to be profitable) | :: compensar |
pay {n} (money given in return for work) | :: pagamento {m} |
pay attention {v} (to be attentive) | :: prestar atenção |
pay back {v} (to repay) | :: devolver |
payback {n} (an act of revenge) | :: forra {f} [Brazil], troco {m} |
payback {n} (a form of recompense) | :: retorno {m} |
payday {n} (day on which an employee's salary is paid) | :: dia de pagamento {m} |
payer {n} (one who pays) | :: pagante {m} {f}, pagador {m} |
payment {n} (the act of paying) | :: pagamento |
payment {n} (a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services) | :: pagamento {m} |
payment terminal {n} | :: máquina de cartão {f}, maquininha {f} |
pay off {v} (to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit) | :: compensar |
pay-off {n} (a payment) | :: pagamento {m} |
pay-off {n} (a reward) | :: recompensa {f} |
pay-off {n} (a bribe) | :: suborno {m} |
pay raise {n} (increase in salary) SEE: pay rise | :: |
pay rise {n} (increase in pay) | :: aumento de salário |
payrise {n} (pay rise) SEE: pay rise | :: |
payslip {n} (document of employee's wage or salary) | :: holerite {m} |
pay the bills {v} (provide enough income) | :: pagar as contas |
pay through the nose {v} (To pay a high price) | :: pagar os olhos da cara |
paywall {n} (a feature of a website that only allows access to paying subscribers) | :: muro de pagamento {m}, paywall {m} |
pea {n} (plant) | :: ervilha |
pea {n} (edible seed) | :: ervilha {f} |
peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence) | :: paz {f} |
peace {n} (state of mind) | :: paz {f} |
peace {n} (harmony; lack of conflict in personal relations) | :: paz {f} |
peace {n} (state of being free from war) | :: paz {f} |
peace and quiet {n} (tranquility) | :: calmaria {f} |
peaceful {adj} (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil) | :: pacífico |
peaceful {adj} (inclined to peace; peaceable) | :: pacífico |
peaceful {adj} (motionless and calm; placid) | :: calmo, tranquilo |
peaceful coexistence {n} (mutual non-interference) | :: coexistência pacífica {f} |
peacefully {adv} (in a peaceful manner) | :: pacificamente |
peace of mind {n} (absence of mental stress) | :: serenidade {f}, tranquilidade {f} |
peace out {v} (to pass out) SEE: pass out | :: |
peace pipe {n} (pipe) | :: cachimbo da paz {m} |
peacetime {n} (period of peace) | :: tempo de paz {m} |
peace treaty {n} (an agreement to end fighting or conflict) | :: tratado de paz {m} |
peach {n} (tree) | :: pessegueiro {m} |
peach {n} (fruit) | :: pêssego {m} |
peach {n} (colour) | :: cor pêssego {f} |
peach blossom {n} (flower) | :: flor de pêssego {f}, flor do pessegueiro {f} |
peach palm {n} (Bactris gasipaes) | :: pupunha {f} |
peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach | :: |
peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo) | :: pavão real {m}, pavão {m} |
peafowl {n} (pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo) | :: pavão {m} |
peahen {n} (female of peafowl) | :: pavoa {f} |
peak {n} (point, sharp end) | :: ponta {f} |
peak {n} (highest value reached) | :: cume {f}, pico {m} |
peak {n} (mountain top) | :: pico {m}, cume {m}, topo {m} |
peak hour {n} (rush hour) SEE: rush hour | :: |
peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut) | :: amendoim {m}; ginguba [Angola] |
peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts) | :: manteiga de amendoim {f}, pasta de amendoim {f} |
pear {n} (fruit) | :: pera {f} |
pear {n} (tree) | :: pereira {f} |
pearl {n} (light-colored tern) SEE: tern | :: |
pearl {n} (mother-of-pearl) SEE: mother-of-pearl | :: |
pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) | :: pérola {f} |
pearl {n} (fringe or border) SEE: fringe | :: |
pearl diver {n} (dishwasher) SEE: dishwasher | :: |
Pearl Harbor {prop} (a harbor on Oahu) | :: Pearl Harbor {f} |
pearl necklace {n} (necklace made of pearls) | :: colar de pérolas {m} |
pearl of wisdom {n} (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) | :: pérola de sabedoria {f} |
Pearl River {prop} (river in China) | :: Rio das Pérolas |
pear tree {n} (a tree of the genus Pyrus) | :: pereira {f} |
peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class) | :: camponês {m}, camponesa {f} |
peasant {n} (country person) | :: camponês {m}, rústico {m}, camponesa {f}, rústica {f} |
peasant {n} (uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person) | :: rústico {m}, rústica {f} |
peasantry {n} (impoverished rural farm workers) | :: campesinato {m} |
peat {n} (soil) | :: turfa {f} |
pebble {n} (stone) | :: seixo, pedregulho {m}, pedrinha {f} |
pecan {n} (tree) | :: nogueira-pecã {f} |
pecan {n} (nut) | :: pecã {f} |
peccaminous {adj} (sinful) | :: pecaminoso |
peccary {n} (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos) | :: pecari {m}, queixada {m} |
peck {v} (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar) | :: bicar {m} |
peck {n} (short kiss) | :: beijoca, bitoca, beijinho {m} |
pecker {n} (slang for penis) SEE: dick | :: |
pecker {n} (slang for woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage | :: |
peckerwood {n} (woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
peckerwood {n} (white, especially ignorant or rustic) SEE: redneck | :: |
peckish {adj} (irritable) | :: irritadiço {m} |
pectin {n} (substance) | :: pectina {f} |
pectinate {adj} (resembling a comb) | :: pectinado {m} |
pectoral sandpiper {n} (Calidris melanotos) | :: pilrito-peitoral |
peculiar {adj} (out of the ordinary) | :: peculiar, estranho, esquisito |
peculiar {adj} (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance) | :: peculiar, particular |
peculiarity {n} (the quality or state of being peculiar) | :: peculiaridade {f} |
peculiarity {n} (that which is peculiar) | :: peculiaridade {f} |
pecuniary {adj} (of or relating to money) | :: monetário |
ped {n} (pedestrian) SEE: pedestrian | :: |
pedagogic {adj} (pedagogical) SEE: pedagogical | :: |
pedagogical {adj} (of, or relating to pedagogy) | :: pedagógico |
pedagogically {adv} (in a pedagogical manner) | :: pedagogicamente |
pedagogue {n} (a teacher) | :: pedagogo {m} |
pedagogue {n} (a slave) | :: pedagogo {m} |
pedagogy {n} (profession of teaching) | :: pedagogia {f}, ensino {m} |
pedagogy {n} (activities of educating, teaching or instructing) | :: pedagogia {f} |
pedal {n} (lever operated by one's foot) | :: pedal {m} |
pedal {v} (to operate a pedal) | :: pedalar |
pedalo {n} (small boat propelled by pedals) | :: [Brazil] pedalinho {m}, [Portugal] cisne {m}, [Portugal] gaivota {f} |
pedant {n} (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) | :: pedante {m} {f} |
pedant {n} (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar) | :: pedante {m} {f} |
pedantic {adj} (like a pedant) | :: pedante |
pedantical {adj} (pedantic) SEE: pedantic | :: |
pedantry {n} (excessive attention to detail or rules) | :: pedantismo {m} |
pedantry {n} (instance of being pedantic) | :: pedantice {f} |
pedantry {n} (overly ambitious display of learning) | :: pedantismo {m} |
peddle {v} (to sell things, especially door to door) | :: mascatear |
peddle {v} (to sell illegal narcotics) | :: traficar |
peddler {n} (itinerant seller of small goods) | :: camelô {m} {f}, ambulante {m} {f}, vendedor ambulante {m}, mascate {m}, vendilhão {m} |
peddler {n} (drug dealer) SEE: drug dealer | :: |
pederast {n} (practitioner of pederasty) | :: pederasta {m} |
pederasty {n} (pederasty) | :: pederastia {f} |
pederasty {n} (archaic: homosexual anal sex) SEE: sodomy | :: |
pedestal {n} (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like) | :: pedestal {m} |
pedestrian {adj} (of or intended for pedestrians) | :: pedestre, pedonal {m} {f} |
pedestrian {adj} (ordinary) | :: prosaico, comum |
pedestrian {n} (somebody walking rather than using a vehicle) | :: peão {m}, pedestre {m} {f} |
pedestrian crossing {n} (place for pedestrians to cross a street) | :: faixa de pedestres {f}, faixa {f} |
pedestrianization {n} (the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: pedestrianização {f}, pedonalização {f} |
pedestrianize {v} (restrict access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: peadonizar, pedestrianizar |
pediatric {adj} (of or pertaining to pediatrics) | :: pediátrico |
pediatrician {n} (physician who specialises in pediatrics) | :: pediatra {m} {f} |
pedicab {n} (vehicle) | :: ciclotáxi {m} |
pedicellaria {n} (a small, stalk-shaped structure on some echinoderms) | :: pedicelária {f} |
pedicellate {adj} (Having (or supported by) a pedicel.) | :: pedicelado {m} |
pedicure {n} (superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails) | :: pedicure {f} |
pedigree {n} (chart of ancestors) | :: pedigree {m} |
pediment {n} (architectural element) | :: frontão {m} |
pedological {adj} (pertaining to pedology) | :: pedológico |
pedometer {n} (device) | :: podómetro, pedómetro {m} [Portugal]; podômetro {m}, pedômetro {m} [Brazil] |
pedophile {n} (an adult who is sexually attracted to children) | :: pedófilo {m}, pedófila {f} |
pedophilia {n} (sexual feeling or desire by adults towards children) | :: pedofilia {f} |
pedosexual {adj} (constituting sexual activity between adults and children) | :: pedossexual |
pee {n} | :: xixi, pipi |
pee {v} | :: fazer xixi |
pee {n} (name of the letter P, p) | :: pê {m} |
peek {v} (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) | :: dar uma espiada, espreitar |
peekaboo {n} (game for small children) | :: cucu |
peel {v} (to remove skin) | :: descascar |
peel {n} (skin of a fruit) | :: casca {f} |
pee one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself | :: |
peep {v} (to look) | :: espreitar |
peep {n} (sandpiper) SEE: sandpiper | :: |
pee-pee {n} (childish: urine) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
pee-pee {n} (childish: genitalia) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
peephole {n} (hole) | :: olho mágico {m} |
peeping tom {n} (person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure) | :: voyeur, espreitador |
peer {v} (to look with difficulty or as if searching) | :: espreitar |
peer {n} (someone or something of equal level) | :: par {m} |
peer {n} (noble) | :: par {m} |
peerage {n} (peers as a group) | :: pariato {m} |
peerage {n} (the rank or title of a peer) | :: pares {p} |
peer group {n} | :: grupo de pares {m} |
peer review {n} (scholarly process) | :: revisão por pares {f} |
peeve {n} (annoyance or grievance) | :: chateação {f} |
peeve {v} (annoy; vex) | :: chatear |
peewah {n} (Bactris gasipaes) SEE: peach palm | :: |
peg {n} (a cylindrical object) | :: cavilha {f} |
peg {n} (an event that triggers news coverage (journalism)) | :: gancho {m} |
peg {v} (To fasten using a peg) | :: cavilhar |
pegasus {n} (winged horse) | :: pégaso {m} |
Pegasus {prop} (mythical winged horse) | :: Pégaso {m} |
Pegasus {prop} (constellation) | :: Pégaso {m} |
Pei-ching {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
pejorative {adj} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory) | :: pejorativo |
pejorative {n} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression) | :: pejorativo {m} |
pekan {n} (fisher) SEE: fisher | :: |
Peking {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
Peking duck {n} (dish consisting of duck and pancake) | :: pato à Pequim {m}, pato assado de Pequim {m} |
Pekingese {n} (someone from Beijing) | :: pequinês {m} |
Pekingese {n} (dog) | :: pequinês {m} |
Pekingese {adj} (of or related to Beijing) | :: pequinês |
Peking willow {n} (Salix babylonica) SEE: weeping willow | :: |
Pelagianism {n} (Christian belief) | :: pelagianismo {m} |
pelagic {adj} (living in the open sea) | :: pelágico |
pelargonium {n} (flower of the genus Pelargonium) | :: pelargónio {m} [Portugal], pelargônio {m} [Brazil] |
Peleus {prop} (surname) | :: Peleo |
pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) | :: pelicano {m} |
pellagra {n} (disease) | :: pelagra {f} |
pellet {n} (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) | :: sedimento |
pellet {n} (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) | :: pelota de chumbo {m}, chumbinho {m} |
pelmeni {n} (Russian dumplings) | :: pelmeni {m} |
Peloponnese {prop} (region of Greece) | :: Peloponeso {m} |
Peloponnesian {adj} (pertaining to the Peloponnesus) | :: peloponésio |
Peloponnesian {n} (inhabitant of the Peloponnesus) | :: peloponésio {m} |
peloton {n} (main group of riders in a cycling race) | :: pelotão {m} |
pelt {n} (skin of a beast with the hair on) | :: pele {f}, tosão {m} |
pelt {n} (human skin, see also: skin) | :: pele {f}, coiro |
peltast {n} (light infantry unit in Ancient Greece) | :: peltasta {m} |
pelvic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis) | :: pélvico |
pelvis {n} (bone) | :: pelve {f}, bacia {f}, pélvis {f} |
pemphigoid {n} (any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases) | :: penfigoide {m} |
pemphigus {n} (autoimmune skin disease) | :: pênfigo {m} |
pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing | :: |
pen {n} (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals) | :: curral {m}, cercado {m} |
pen {n} (prison cell) | :: cela {f} |
pen {v} (to enclose) | :: prender, enclausurar |
pen {n} (writing tool) | :: caneta {f} |
pen {v} (to write) | :: escrever |
pen {n} (female swan) | :: cisne {m} {f} |
penal {adj} (of or relating to punishment) | :: penal |
penalize {v} (to subject to a penalty) | :: penalizar |
penalty {n} (legal sentence) | :: pena {f} |
penalty {n} (punishment for violating rules of procedure) | :: penalidade {f} |
penalty {n} (penalty kick) SEE: penalty kick | :: |
penalty area {n} (area on a soccer pitch) | :: grande área {f} |
penalty box {n} (penalty area) SEE: penalty area | :: |
penalty kick {n} ((soccer) a form of direct free kick) | :: pênalti {m} |
penalty shootout {n} (a series of penalty kicks) | :: disputa por pênaltis {f}, pênaltis {m-p} |
penance {n} (voluntary self-imposed punishment) | :: penitência {f} |
penance {n} (sacrament in some churches) | :: penitência {f} |
penchant {n} (taste, liking, or inclination (for)) | :: inclinação {f}, predisposição {f} |
pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument) | :: lápis {m} |
pencil box {n} (container for stationery) SEE: pencil case | :: |
pencil case {n} (object purposed to contain stationery) | :: estojo {m} |
pencil crayon {n} (pencil crayon) SEE: colored pencil | :: |
pencil holder {n} | :: porta-lápis {m} |
pencil sharpener {n} (device used to sharpen pencils) | :: apontador {m}, apontador de lápis {m} |
pencil skirt {n} (very narrow skirt) | :: saia lápis {f}, saia tubo {f} |
pendant {n} (a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck) | :: pingente {m} |
pending {adj} (awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation) | :: pendente |
pendragon {n} (chief war leader, dictator, or king) | :: pendragon |
pen drive {n} (flash drive) SEE: flash drive | :: |
pendulum {n} (body suspended from a fixed support) | :: pêndulo {m} |
penetrate {v} (enter into) | :: penetrar |
penetration {n} (act of penetrating) | :: penetração {f} |
penfriend {n} (person with whom one exchanges letters) SEE: pen pal | :: |
penguin {n} (flightless sea bird) | :: pinguim {m} |
penicillin {n} (penicillin) | :: penicilina {f} |
peninsula {n} (piece of land projecting into water) | :: península {f} |
peninsular {adj} (of or connected with a peninsula) | :: peninsular |
penis {n} | :: pénis {m} [Portugal], pênis {m} [Brazil], membro {m}, membro viril {m}, instrumento {m}, ferramenta {f} |
penis {n} (penis) SEE: member | :: |
penitence {n} (condition of being penitent) | :: contrição {f},, penitência {f} |
penitentiary {n} (prison) | :: penitenciária {f} |
penknife {n} (small pocketknife) | :: canivete suíço {m}, canivete {m} |
penmanship {n} (art of good handwriting) | :: caligrafia {f} |
pen name {n} (writer's pseudonym) | :: pseudônimo |
penne {n} (type of pasta) | :: penne |
penniless {adj} (utterly without money) | :: paupérrimo |
Pennsylvania {prop} (US state) | :: Pensilvânia {f} |
penny {n} (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound) | :: pêni {m} |
penny {n} (1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound) | :: pêni {m} (B), péni {m} (P) |
penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent | :: |
penny bun {n} (Boletus edulis) SEE: porcini | :: |
penny farthing {n} (bicycle) | :: biciclo {m} |
penny pincher {n} (one who spends little money) | :: mão-de-vaca {m} {m-p} {f} {f-p} |
pen pal {n} (friend with whom one communicates using letters) | :: amigo por correspondência {m}, correspondente {m} |
pension {n} (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services) | :: pensão {f} |
pension {n} (boarding house) | :: pensão {f} |
pension {v} (to grant a pension) | :: pensionar |
pension {v} (to force to retire) | :: aposentar |
pensioner {n} (someone who lives on a pension) | :: pensionista {m} {f}, reformado {m}, reformada {f} |
pensioner {n} (someone at typical age for a pensioner) SEE: senior citizen | :: |
pensive {adj} (having the appearance of thinking) | :: pensativo {m} |
pensive {adj} (looking thoughtful or sad) | :: pensativo {m} |
pensively {adv} (in a thoughtful or reflective manner) | :: pensativamente |
penstroke {n} (a stroke of a pen) | :: penada {f} |
pent {adj} (confined in a pen, imprisoned) | :: confinado {m} |
penta- {prefix} (five) | :: penta- |
pentachloride {n} (pentachloride) | :: pentacloreto {m} |
pentagon {n} (a polygon with five sides and five angles) | :: pentágono {m} |
Pentagon {prop} (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) | :: Pentágono {m} |
pentagonal {adj} (of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon) | :: pentagonal |
pentagram {n} (shape of five-pointed star) | :: pentagrama {m} |
pentalogy {n} (series of five related works of art) | :: pentalogia {f} |
pentane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12) | :: pentano {m} |
Pentateuch {prop} (first five books of the Bible) | :: Pentateuco {m} |
pentathlete {n} (An athlete who competes in the pentathlon) | :: pentatleta {m} {f} |
pentathlon {n} (ancient pentathlon) | :: pentatlo {m} |
pentathlon {n} (modern pentathlon) | :: pentatlo {m} |
Pentecost {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Shavuot {m} |
Pentecost {prop} (Christian festival) | :: Pentecostes {m}, Pentecoste {m} |
Pentecostalism {n} (Christian religious movement) | :: pentecostalismo {m} |
Pentecostalist {adj} (of or pertaining to Pentecostalism) | :: pentecostal |
Pentecostalist {n} (a member of the Pentecostalism movement) | :: pentecostal {m} {f} |
pentene {n} (any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond) | :: penteno {m}, amileno {m} |
penthouse {n} (an apartment or suite on the top floor of a tall building) | :: cobertura {f} |
pentose {n} (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) | :: pentose {f} |
penultimate {adj} (next-to-last in a sequence) | :: penúltimo |
penumbra {n} (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse) | :: penumbra {f} |
Penza {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Penza {f} |
peon {n} (peasant or serf) | :: peão {m} |
peonage {n} (the state of being a peon) | :: peonagem {f} |
peony {n} (Paeonia genus of flowering plants) | :: peônia {f} [Brazil], peónia {f} [Portugal] |
people {n} (a body of human beings; a group of two or more persons) | :: pessoas {f-p}, gente {f} |
people {n} (a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.) | :: povo {m} |
people {n} (a group of persons regarded as being employees etc.) | :: pessoal {m} |
people {n} (a person's ancestors, relatives or family) | :: família {f} |
people {n} (the mass of community as distinguished from a special class) | :: povo {m} |
people {v} (to fill with people) | :: povoar |
people {v} (to become populous) | :: povoar-se |
people {v} (to inhabit, to occupy) | :: povoar |
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria {prop} (official name of Algeria) | :: República Argelina Democrática e Popular {f} |
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen {prop} (South Yemen) | :: República Democrática Popular do Iêmen {f} [Brazil] |
people's republic {n} (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments) | :: república popular {f} |
People's Republic of Bangladesh {prop} (People's Republic of Bangladesh) | :: República Popular do Bangladesh |
People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China) | :: República Popular da China {f} |
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones {proverb} (one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault) | :: [Brazil]: quem tem telhado de vidro não joga pedra no dos outros |
pepper {n} (plant) | :: pimenta, pimenteiro {m} |
pepper {n} (spice) | :: pimenta {f} |
pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum) | :: pimento {m}, pimentão {m} |
pepper {v} (add pepper to) | :: apimentar |
pepper {v} (strike with small particles) | :: salpicar |
pepper {v} (cover with lots of small things) | :: salpicar |
pepper mill {n} (a small handheld grinder) | :: moedor de pimenta {m} |
peppermint {n} (herb) | :: hortelã-pimenta {f} |
Pepper's ghost {n} (an illusionary technique used to make objects appear or disappear) | :: fantasma de Pepper {m} |
pepper shaker {n} (a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it) | :: pimenteiro {m} |
pepper spray {n} (non-lethal riot-control agent) | :: spray de pimenta |
pepperwort {n} (plant in the genus Lepidium) | :: lepídio {m} |
peppy {adj} (energetic) | :: serelepe |
Pepsi {prop} (the brand of drink) | :: Pepsi {f} |
Pepsi {n} (a portion of Pepsi) | :: Pepsi {f} |
pepsin {n} (digestive enzyme) | :: pepsina {f} |
peptide {n} (class of organic compounds) | :: peptídeo {m}, peptídio {m}, péptido {m}, peptido {m} |
peptidic {adj} (pertaining peptides) | :: peptídico |
peptone {n} (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis) | :: peptona {f} |
per {prep} (for each) | :: por |
per {prep} (used in expressing ratios of units) | :: por |
per {prep} (in accordance with) | :: por |
perambulate {v} (roam, stroll) | :: perambular, vaguear, passear |
perambulator {n} (pram) SEE: pram | :: |
per capita {adj} (per person) | :: per capita |
per capita {adv} (per person) | :: per capita |
perceive {v} (to understand) | :: perceber, entender, compreender |
percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred) | :: por cento |
percentage {n} (part of a whole) | :: percentagem {m} |
percentile {n} (any of the ninety-nine points) | :: percentil {m} |
percentile {n} (any one of the hundred groups so divided) | :: percentil {m} |
percentual {adj} (expressed as a percentage) | :: percentual |
perception {n} (conscious understanding of something) | :: percepção {f} |
perception {n} (vision (ability)) | :: percepção {f} |
perception {n} (that which is detected by the five senses) | :: percepção {f} |
perception {n} (acuity) SEE: acuity | :: |
perceptive {adj} (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) | :: perceptivo, perspicaz |
perch {n} (fish of the genus Perca) | :: perca {f} |
perch {n} (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae) | :: pércida {m}, percídeo {m} |
perch {n} (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes) | :: perciforme {m} |
perch {n} (rod used by bird) | :: poleiro |
perch {v} (to rest on a perch, to roost) | :: empoleirar-se |
perch {v} (to place something on a perch) | :: empoleirar |
perchlorate {n} (salt) | :: perclorato {m} |
percolate {v} ((transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance) | :: coar, filtrar |
percolate {v} ((intransitive) drain through a porous substance) | :: permear |
percolate {v} ((transitive) to make coffee in a percolator) | :: coar, filtrar |
percolate {v} ((intransitive) to make coffee in a percolator) | :: coar |
percolate {v} ((intransitive) spread slowly or gradually) | :: permear |
percolation {n} (seepage or filtration of a liquid) | :: percolação {f} |
percussion {n} (music: section of percussion instruments) | :: percussão {f} |
percussion cap {n} (metal cap on muzzleloading firearms) | :: espoleta |
percussion instrument {n} (type of instrument) | :: instrumento de percussão {m} |
perdition {n} (eternal damnation) | :: perdição {f} |
perdition {n} (hell) | :: inferno {m} |
perdition {n} (absolute ruin) | :: perdição {f} |
peregrine falcon {n} (Falco peregrinus) | :: falcão peregrino {m} |
peremptory {adj} ((law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal) | :: irrefutável |
perennial {adj} (lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time) | :: perene |
perennial {adj} ((of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years) | :: perene, vivaz |
perennial {adj} (continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing) | :: perene |
perennial {adj} (enduring; lasting; timeless) | :: perene |
perennial {n} (perennial plant) | :: planta perene {f} |
perestroika {prop} (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s) | :: perestroika {f} |
perfect {adj} (fitting its definition precisely) | :: perfeito |
perfect {adj} (having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose) | :: perfeito {m} |
perfect {adj} (without fault or mistake) | :: perfeito |
perfect {adj} (excellent and delightful in all respects) | :: perfeito |
perfect {adj} (grammar: of a tense or verb form: representing a completed action) | :: perfeito |
perfect {v} (make perfect) | :: aperfeiçoar |
perfection {n} (being perfect) | :: perfeição {f} |
perfectionism {n} (a dislike for anything less than perfection) | :: perfeccionismo {m} |
perfectionist {n} (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) | :: perfeccionista {m} {f} |
perfectionist {adj} (inclined or related to perfectionism) | :: perfeccionista |
perfectionistic {adj} (perfectionist) SEE: perfectionist | :: |
perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection | :: |
perfective {adj} (relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect) | :: perfectivo |
perfective {n} (perfective verb form) | :: perfectivo {m} |
perfective aspect {n} (grammatical term) | :: perfeito {m} |
perfectly {adv} (with perfection) | :: perfeitamente |
perfectly {adv} (wholly, completely) | :: perfeitamente |
perfect number {n} (a number that is the sum of all of its divisors except itself) | :: número perfeito {m} |
perfect tense {n} (verb form indicating that an action has been completed) | :: perfeito |
perfidious {adj} (pertaining to perfidy) | :: pérfido, desleal |
perforate {adj} (perforated) SEE: perforated | :: |
perforate {v} (to pierce or penetrate) | :: perfurar |
perforate {v} (to make a line of holes) | :: perfurar |
perforated {adj} (having a series of holes) | :: perfurado |
perforator {n} (hole punch) SEE: hole punch | :: |
perform {v} (to do something) | :: realizar, fazer, levar a cabo |
perform {v} (to do something in front of an audience) | :: interpretar |
performance {n} (the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; accomplishment) | :: desempenho |
performance {n} (that which is performed or accomplished) | :: desempenho |
performance {n} (live show or concert) | :: apresentação {f} |
performance {n} (amount of useful work accomplished) | :: desempenho {m}, performance {f} |
performance anxiety {n} (anxiety about performing in front of an audience) SEE: stage fright | :: |
performative utterance {n} (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) | :: enunciado performativo {m} |
perfume {n} (pleasant smell) | :: fragrância {f}, perfume {m}, cheiro {m} |
perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell) | :: perfume {m} |
perfume {v} (to apply perfume to) | :: perfumar |
perfumer {n} (person who makes or sells perfume) | :: perfumista {m} {f} |
perfumery {n} (shop selling perfumes) | :: perfumaria {f} |
perfumery {n} (factory where perfume is made) | :: perfumaria {f} |
perfunctory {adj} (performed out of routine, with little care) | :: perfunctório |
perfusion {n} (act of perfusing) | :: perfusão {f} |
Pergamum {prop} (an ancient Greek city) | :: Pérgamo {m} |
pergola {n} (framework) | :: pérgola {f} |
perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: talvez |
periapse {n} (periapsis) SEE: periapsis | :: |
periapsis {n} | :: periapside {f} |
pericardial {adj} (of or relating to the pericardium) | :: pericárdico, pericardino |
pericarp {n} (outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary) | :: pericarpo {m} |
periclase {n} (a mineral, cubic magnesium oxide) | :: periclase {f} |
Pericles {prop} (Greek politician) | :: Péricles {m} |
peridot {n} (form of olivine) | :: peridoto {m}, crisólito {m}, crisólita {f} |
perigon {n} (round angle) SEE: round angle | :: |
perihelion {n} (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the Sun) | :: periélio {m} |
peril {n} (a situation of serious danger) | :: perigo {m} |
peril {n} (something that causes, contains, or presents danger) | :: risco {m}, perigo {m} |
perilous {adj} (dangerous, full of peril) | :: periculoso, arriscado {m}, perigoso {m} |
perimeter {n} (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) | :: perímetro {m} |
perimeter {n} (length of such a boundary) | :: perímetro {m} |
perimeter {n} (outer limits of an area) | :: perímetro {m} |
perimeter {n} (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) | :: perímetro {m} |
perineal {adj} (perineal) | :: perineal |
perineum {n} (anatomical term) | :: períneo {m} |
period {n} (a length of time) | :: período {m} |
period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity) | :: período {m} |
period {n} (punctation mark “.”) | :: ponto {m}, ponto final {m} |
period {n} (length of time during which something repeats) | :: período {m} |
period {interj} (and nothing else) | :: ponto final {m}, ponto {m} |
period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
periodic {adj} (relative to a period or periods) | :: periódico |
periodic {adj} (having repeated cycles) | :: periódico |
periodic {adj} (occurring at regular intervals) | :: periódico |
periodical {n} (publication that appears at fixed intervals) | :: periódico {m}, publicação periódica {f} |
periodically {adv} (intermittently) SEE: intermittently | :: |
periodically {adv} (in a regular, periodic manner) | :: periodicamente |
periodic table {n} (tabular chart of the chemical elements) | :: tabela periódica {f} |
Perioikoi {n} (ancient inhabitant of Laconia) | :: perieco |
perioperative {adj} (relating to operation) | :: perioperativo |
periosteum {n} (membrane surrounding a bone) | :: periósteo {m} |
peripatetic {n} (Aristotelian) SEE: Aristotelian | :: |
peripeteia {n} (a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances) | :: peripécia {m} |
peripheral {adj} (on the periphery or boundary) | :: periférico |
peripheral {adj} (unimportant) | :: secundário |
peripheral {n} (computing device) SEE: peripheral device | :: |
peripheral device {n} (device that is outside the computer's system unit) | :: periférico {m} |
peripheral nervous system {n} (part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system) | :: sistema nervoso periférico {m} |
peripheral vision {n} | :: visão periférica {f} |
periphery {n} (outside boundary, parts or surface) | :: periferia {f} |
periphery {n} (Greek administrative region) | :: periferia {f} |
periphrase {n} (use of more words than necessary) SEE: periphrasis | :: |
periphrasis {n} (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | :: perífrase {f} |
periphrastic {adj} (expressed in more words than are necessary) | :: perifrástico |
periphrastic {adj} (grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution) | :: perifrástico |
periphrastically {adv} (with circumlocution) | :: perifrasticamente |
periphrastically {adv} (with periphrasis) | :: perifrasticamente |
periscope {n} (viewing device) | :: periscópio {m} |
perish {v} (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing) | :: perecer |
perishable {adj} (liable to perish) | :: perecível |
perispirit {n} (bond between spirit and body) | :: perispírito {m} |
peristalsis {n} (rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract) | :: peristaltismo {m}, peristalse {f} |
peritoneal {adj} (of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum) | :: peritoneal |
peritoneum {n} (serous membrane in mammals) | :: peritoneu {m}, peritónio {m} [Portugal], peritônio {m} [Brazil] |
peritonitis {n} (inflammation of the peritoneum) | :: peritonite {f} |
periwinkle {n} (plant) | :: pervinca {f} |
periwinkle {n} (mollusc) | :: litorina {f} |
perjury {n} (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) | :: perjúrio {m} |
perlèche {n} (angular cheilitis) | :: quelite angular {f} |
perlite {n} (perlite) | :: perlita |
Perm {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Perm {f} |
permaculture {n} (agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems) | :: permacultura {f} |
permafrost {n} (permanently frozen ground) | :: permafrost {m} |
permanence {n} (the state of being permanent) | :: permanência {f} |
permanent {adj} (without end) | :: permanente |
permanent {adj} (lasting for an indefinitely long time) | :: permanente |
permanently {adv} (in a permanent manner) | :: permanentemente |
permanent wave {n} (series of waves in the hair) SEE: permanent | :: |
permanganate {n} (salt of permanganic acid) | :: permanganato {m} |
permeable {adj} (that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids) | :: permeável |
permeate {v} (to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement) | :: permear |
permeate {v} (to enter and spread through; to pervade) | :: permear |
Permian {adj} (pertaining to the Permian period) | :: permiano |
Permian {prop} (Permian period) | :: Permiano {m} |
permille {n} (per thousand) | :: permil {m} |
permission {n} (authorisation) | :: permissão {f} |
permission {n} (act of permitting) | :: permissão {f} |
permission {n} (in computing) | :: permissão {f} |
permit {v} (allow (something) to happen) | :: permitir, deixar |
permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal) | :: permissão {f}, autorização {f}, licença {f}, aval {m} |
permutation {n} (one-to-one mapping) | :: permutação {f} |
permutation {n} (ordering of a set of distinct elements) | :: permutação {f} |
permutation {n} (music: transformation of a set's prime form) | :: permutação {f} |
Pernambucan {adj} | :: pernambucano |
Pernambucan {n} | :: pernambucano |
Pernambuco {prop} (state) | :: Pernambuco {m} |
pernicious {adj} (causing much harm) | :: pernicioso |
pernicious {adj} (causing death or injury) | :: mórbido |
perniciously {adv} (in a pernicious manner) | :: perniciosamente |
perniciousness {n} (the condition of being pernicious) | :: perniciosidade |
Peronism {prop} (the ideology of the presidents Perón) | :: peronismo {m} |
perovskite {n} (a mineral, calcium titanate) | :: perovskita {f} |
peroxidation {n} (all senses) | :: peroxidação |
peroxide {n} (chemical compound with two oxygen atoms) | :: peróxido {m} |
peroxide {n} (hydrogen peroxide) SEE: hydrogen peroxide | :: |
perpendicular {adj} (at or forming a right angle to) | :: perpendicular |
perpendicular {n} (line or plane) | :: perpendicular {f} |
perpendicularly {adv} (in a perpendicular manner) | :: perpendicularmente |
perpent stone {n} (perpender) | :: perpianho {m} |
perpetrate {v} (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit) | :: perpetrar |
perpetrator {n} (one who perpetrates) | :: perpetrador {m} |
perpetual {adj} (lasting forever) | :: perpétuo |
perpetual {adj} (continuing uninterrupted) | :: perpétuo |
perpetual {adj} (flowering throughout the growing season) | :: perpétuo |
perpetually {adv} (seeming to never end) | :: perpetuamente |
perpetuate {v} (to make perpetual) | :: perpetuar |
perpetuate {v} (to prolong the existence of) | :: perpetuar |
perpetuation {n} (prolonging existence) | :: perpetuação {f} |
perpetuity {n} (the quality or state of being perpetual) | :: perpetuidade {f} |
Perpignan {prop} (city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France) | :: Perpignan {f}, [rare] Perpinhã {f}, Perpinhão {f} |
perplex {v} (To cause to feel baffled) | :: pasmar, desconcertar, vexar |
perplexed {adj} (confused or puzzled) | :: perplexo |
perquisite {n} (benefit beyond salary) | :: benefício {m} |
per se {adv} (by itself) | :: em si, per se |
persecute {v} (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict) | :: perseguir |
persecute {v} (to harass with importunity) | :: perseguir |
persecution {n} (the act of persecuting) | :: perseguição {f} |
persecution {n} (a program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people) | :: perseguição {f} |
Persephone {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: Perséfone {f} |
Persepolis {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: Persépolis {f} |
Perseus {prop} (mythical Greek warrior) | :: Perseu {m} |
perseverance {n} (persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence) | :: perseverança {f} |
persevere {v} (persist steadfastly) | :: perseverar |
Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran | :: |
Persia {prop} (region of ancient Iran) | :: Pérsia {f} |
Persian {n} (the Persian language) | :: persa {m} |
Persian {n} (person from Persia) | :: persa {m} {f} |
Persian {n} (Persian cat) | :: persa {m} {f} |
Persian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Persia) | :: persa, pérsico, pérseo {m} |
Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian people) | :: persa, pérsico |
Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian language) | :: persa, pérsico |
Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty) | :: Império Persa {m} |
Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Sassanid dynasty) | :: Império Persa {m} |
Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula) | :: Golfo Persa {m} |
persimmon {n} (fruit) | :: caqui {m}, dióspiro {m} |
persimmon {n} (tree) | :: caquizeiro {m}, diospireiro {m} |
persist {v} (continue to exist) | :: persistir |
persistence {n} (property of being persistent) | :: persistência {f} |
persistent {adj} (refusing to give up) | :: persistente |
persistently {adv} (in a persistent manner) | :: persistentemente |
person {n} (individual) | :: pessoa {f}, indivíduo {m} |
person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man) | :: pessoa {f} |
person {n} (the physical body seen as distinct from the mind) | :: corpo {m} |
person {n} (any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts) | :: pessoa {f} |
person {n} (grammar: linguistic category) | :: pessoa {f} |
persona {n} (character played by an actor) | :: personagem {m} {f} |
personage {n} (a famous or important person) | :: personalidade {f} |
personal {adj} (of or pertaining to a particular person) | :: pessoal |
personal computer {n} (small computer for use by one person at a time, see also: PC) | :: computador pessoal {m} |
personal data {n} | :: dado pessoal {m-s}, dados pessoais {m-p} |
personal digital assistant {n} (hand-held electronic organizer) | :: PDA {m} |
personal identification number {n} (number used to confirm identity) SEE: PIN | :: |
personality {n} (set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people) | :: personalidade {f} |
personality {n} (assumed role or manner of behavior) | :: personalidade {f} |
personality {n} (celebrity) | :: personalidade {f} |
personality {n} (charisma) | :: personalidade {f} |
personality disorder {n} (class of mental disorders) | :: transtorno de personalidade {m} |
personalization {n} (act of personalizing) | :: personalização {f} |
personalize {v} (adapt to an individual) | :: personalizar |
personally {adv} (in a personal manner) | :: pessoalmente |
personally {adv} (in person) | :: pessoalmente |
personally {adv} (concerning oneself) | :: pessoalmente |
personally {adv} (as a person) | :: pessoalmente |
personal pronoun {n} (part of speech) | :: pronome pessoal {m} |
personal property {n} (any property that is movable) | :: bem móvel {m} |
personal trainer {n} (someone employed to help another with their fitness) | :: treinador pessoal {m} |
persona non grata {n} (a person who is not welcome) | :: persona non grata {f} |
personification {n} (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea) | :: personificação {f} |
personification {n} (literary device) | :: personificação {f} |
personification {n} (artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human) | :: personificação {f} |
personnel {n} (employees, office staff) | :: pessoal {m} |
personocracy {n} | :: personocracia {f} |
persons {n} (More than one person; considered individually) | :: pessoas {f} |
perspective {n} (view, vista or outlook) | :: perspectiva {f} |
perspective {n} (appearance of depth in objects) | :: perspectiva {f} |
perspective {n} (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface) | :: perspectiva {f} |
perspective {n} (choice of a single point of view) | :: perspectiva {f} |
perspective {adj} (of, in or relating to perspective) | :: perspectivo, perspéctico |
perspicacious {adj} (showing keen insight) | :: perspicaz |
perspicaciously {adv} (with sharp of sight) | :: perspicazmente |
perspicacity {n} (Acute discernment or understanding; insight) | :: perspicácia {f} |
perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
perspiration {n} (process of perspiring) | :: suor {m}, transpiração {f}, perspiração {f} |
perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
persuade {v} (convince) | :: persuadir |
persuasively {adv} (in a manner intended to convince or persuade) | :: persuasivamente |
pertain {v} (to belong) | :: pertencer |
pertain {v} (to relate, to refer) | :: referir-se a |
Perth {prop} (city in Scotland) | :: Perth {f} |
Perth {prop} (city in Western Australia) | :: Perth {f} |
pertinence {n} (the quality of being pertinent) | :: pertinência {f} |
pertinent {adj} (pertaining) | :: pertinente {m} |
perturbation {n} (agitation) | :: perturbação {f} |
pertussis {n} (whooping cough) SEE: whooping cough | :: |
Peru {prop} (country in South America) | :: Peru {m} |
Perugia {prop} | :: Perúgia, Perúsia |
peruke {n} (wig) | :: peruca {f} |
peruse {v} (to examine or consider with care) | :: examinar |
peruse {v} (to lazily skim read for main ideas) | :: ler todo {m} |
Peruvian {n} (person from Peru) | :: peruano {m} |
Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru) | :: peruano |
Peruvian slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-da-mata |
pervade {v} (to be in every part of) | :: permear |
pervasive {adj} (manifested throughout) | :: pervasivo |
pervert {n} (sexually perverted person) | :: pervertido {m} |
perverted {adj} (deviating from what is right or normal) | :: pervertido {m} |
Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover | :: |
Pescara {prop} (city) | :: Pescara |
peseta {n} (currency) | :: peseta {f} |
Peshawar {prop} (capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan) | :: Peshawar {f} |
peshmerga {n} (a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters) | :: peshmerga {m-p} |
pesky {adj} (annoying, troublesome, irritating) | :: chato, irritante |
peso {n} (currency) | :: peso {m} |
pessimism {n} (general belief that bad things will happen) | :: pessimismo {m} |
pessimism {n} (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | :: pessimismo {m} |
pessimist {n} (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome) | :: pessimista {m} {f} |
pessimistic {adj} (marked by pessimism and little hopefulness) | :: pessimista |
pessimistic {adj} (always expecting the worst) | :: pessimista |
pessimize {v} (to make (something) pessimal or the worst) | :: pessimizar |
pest {n} (plague) | :: peste {f} |
pest {n} (destructive insect) | :: peste {f} |
pest {n} (annoying person) | :: peste {m} {f} |
pest control {n} (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) | :: controlo de pragas {m} |
pest control {n} (pest control service) | :: controlo de pragas {m} |
pester {v} (to annoy persistently) | :: atazanar |
pesticide {n} (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) | :: pesticida {m} |
pestilence {n} (any highly contagious epidemic disease) | :: peste {f} |
pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things) | :: pilão {m} |
pet {n} (an animal kept as a companion) | :: animal de estimação {m} |
pet {v} (fondle (an animal)) | :: acariciar |
pet {v} (fondle (another person) amorously) | :: acariciar, fazer carinho |
pet {adj} (kept or treated as a pet) | :: de estimação |
peta- {prefix} (SI prefix) | :: peta- |
petabyte {n} (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) | :: petabyte {m} |
petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower) | :: pétala {f} |
petard {n} (explosive device) | :: petardo {m} |
petard {v} (to attack) | :: petardar, petardear |
petasus {n} (low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans) | :: pétaso |
pet cone {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
peter {n} (slang: penis) | :: pênis {m} |
Peter {prop} (male given name) | :: Pedro |
Peter {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Pedro {m} |
Peter {prop} (one of the epistles of Peter) | :: Pedro {m} |
peter out {v} (to diminish) | :: diminuir |
Peter Pan syndrome {prop} (Supposed psychological phenomenon) | :: síndrome de Peter Pan {f} |
Petey {prop} (diminutive of Peter) | :: Pedrinho {m} |
petiole {n} (stalk of a leaf) | :: pecíolo {m} |
petite {adj} (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) | :: mion |
petition {n} (formal, written request made to an official person) | :: petição {f} |
petition {n} (compilation of signatures) | :: abaixo-assinado {m} |
petitionary {adj} (making a petition) | :: petitório, peticionário |
petitioner {n} (someone who presents a petition to a court) | :: peticionário {m}, requerente {m} {f} |
pet lamp-shade {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
Petrarchan sonnet {n} (type of sonnet) | :: soneto italiano {m}, soneto petrarquiano {m} |
petrichor {n} (distinctive scent which accompanies rain) | :: petricor {m}, petricor {m} |
Petri dish {n} (dish used to culture bacteria) | :: placa de Petri |
petrify {v} (to harden organic matter) | :: petrificar |
petrify {v} (to produce rigidity akin to stone) | :: petrificar |
petrify {v} (to immobilize with fright) | :: petrificar |
Petrine {adj} (Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter) | :: petrino {m} |
petro- {prefix} (stone) | :: petro- |
petro- {prefix} (petroleum) | :: petro- |
petro- {prefix} (oil export) | :: petro- |
petrochemical {adj} (of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them) | :: petroquímico |
petrodollar {n} (money earned from oil) | :: petrodólar {m} |
petroglyph {n} (a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times) | :: petróglifo {m} |
petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline | :: |
petroleum {n} (oil) SEE: oil | :: |
petrology {n} (the study of rock) | :: petrologia {f} |
petrol station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
petrol tank {n} (petrol tank) SEE: gas tank | :: |
Petronius {prop} (historical given name) | :: Petrónio {m} [Portugal], Petrônio {m} [Brazil] |
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petropavlovsk |
Petrozavodsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petrozavodsk {f} |
pet shop {n} (shop) | :: pet shop {m} {f} |
petticoat {n} (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt) | :: anágua {f} |
pettifogger {n} (An unscrupulous lawyer) | :: rábula {m} |
petty {adj} (little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault) | :: pequeno, insignificante, fútil |
petty crime {n} (minor criminal act) | :: contravenção |
petulance {n} (childish impatience or sulkiness) | :: petulância {f} |
petunia {n} (flower) | :: petúnia {f} |
pew {n} (long bench in a church) | :: banco de igreja {m} |
pewter {n} (alloy of tin, copper and antimony) | :: peltre {m} |
-pexy {suffix} (fixing) | :: -pexia {f} |
peyote {n} (cactus) | :: peiote {m}, mescal {m} |
-phage {suffix} (something that eats, or consumes) | :: -fago {m} |
phagocyte {n} (cell of the immune system) | :: fagócito {m} |
phagocytosis {n} | :: fagocitose {f} |
-phagous {suffix} (feeding on) | :: -fago |
-phagy {suffix} (the consumption of) | :: -fagia {f} |
Phaistos {prop} (ancient Minoan city in southern Crete) | :: Festo {m} |
phalange {n} (phalanx) SEE: phalanx | :: |
phalanx {n} (ancient Greek military unit) | :: falange {f} |
phalanx {n} (finger or toe bone) | :: falange {f} |
phallic {adj} (having to do with the penis) | :: fálico |
phallicism {n} (phallus-worship) | :: falicismo {m} |
phallocentrism {n} (Focus on the phallus or on a male point of view.) | :: falocentrismo {m} |
phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
phallus {n} (the penis or its representation) | :: falo {m} |
Phanerozoic {adj} (relating to the Phanerozoic eon) | :: fanerozóico |
phantom {n} (something having no physical reality) | :: fantasma {m} |
phantom {n} (test object) | :: fantoma {m} |
pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) | :: faraó {m} |
pharisaism {n} (rigid observance of external forms of religion) | :: farisaísmo {m} |
Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc) | :: fariseu {m} |
Pharisee {n} (person who values form over content) | :: fariseu |
pharmaceutical {adj} (of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists) | :: farmacêutico |
pharmaceutics {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
pharmacist {n} (professional who dispenses prescription drugs) | :: farmacêutico {m} |
pharmacist {n} (one who studies pharmacy) | :: farmacêutico {m} |
pharmacologic {adj} (pharmacological) SEE: pharmacological | :: |
pharmacological {adj} (of or having to do with pharmacology) | :: farmacológico |
pharmacologically {adv} (with regard to pharmacology) | :: farmacologicamente |
pharmacologist {n} (student of or one who is versed in pharmacology) | :: farmacologista {m} {f}, farmacólogo {m} |
pharmacology {n} (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals) | :: farmacologia {f} |
pharmacotherapy {n} (use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease) | :: farmacoterapia |
pharmacovigilance {n} (detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines) | :: farmacovigilância {f} |
pharmacy {n} (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed) | :: farmácia {f}, drogaria {f} |
pharmacy {n} (science of medicinal substances) | :: farmácia {f} |
Pharsalia {prop} (poem by Lucan) | :: Farsália {f} |
pharyngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to the pharynx) | :: faríngeo, faringiano, faríngico |
pharyngeal {adj} (of pharyngeal sounds) | :: faríngeo |
pharyngitis {n} (inflammation of the pharynx) | :: faringite {f} |
pharynx {n} (part of alimentary canal) | :: faringe {f} |
phase {n} (distinguishable part of a sequence) | :: fase |
phase {n} (haplotype) SEE: haplotype | :: |
phase modulation {n} (form of modulation) | :: modulação em fase {f} |
phaser {n} (an electronic device that produces special effects on the sound) | :: phaser {m} |
phasmid {n} (an insect) | :: fasmídeo {m} |
Phaëthon {prop} (son of Helios) | :: Faetonte {m}, Faeton {m}, Faetão {m} |
phatic {adj} (more polite than meaningful) | :: fático |
pheasant {n} (bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food) | :: faisão {m} |
phenazone {n} (a particular analgesic) | :: antipirina {f}, fenazona {f} |
phenobarbital {n} (barbiturate sedative) | :: fenobarbital |
phenol {n} (caustic compound derived from benzene) | :: fenol {m} |
phenol {n} (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring) | :: fenol {m} |
phenolic {adj} (organic chemistry: of, relating to, or derived from a phenol) | :: fenólico |
phenological {adj} (pertaining to phenology) | :: fenológico |
phenology {n} (study of the effect of climate) | :: fenologia {f} |
phenoloxidase {n} (an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation) | :: fenoloxidase {f} |
phenomenal {adj} (remarkable) | :: fenomenal |
phenomenally {adv} (in a phenomenal manner) | :: fenomenalmente |
phenomenological {adj} (of or relating to phenomenology) | :: fenomenológico |
phenomenologically {adv} (in a manner characteristic of phenomenology) | :: fenomenologicamente |
phenomenology {n} (philosophy based on intuitive experience of phenomena) | :: fenomenologia {f} |
phenomenon {n} (observable fact or occurrence) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
phenomenon {n} (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
phenomenon {n} (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
phenotype {n} (appearance of organism) | :: fenótipo |
phenotypic {adj} (of, or relating to a phenotype) | :: fenotípico |
phenoxide {n} (any metallic salt of a phenol) | :: fenóxido {m} |
phenylalanine {n} (amino acid; C9H11NO2) | :: fenilalanina {f} |
phenylephrine {n} (α-adrenergic receptor agonist) | :: fenilefrina {f} |
pheromone {n} (chemical) | :: feromónio {m} [Portugal], feromônio {m} [Brazil] |
phew {interj} (Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise) | :: ufa |
phi {n} (Greek letter) | :: fi {m} |
phial {n} (glass vessel) SEE: vial | :: |
Philadelphia {prop} (largest city in Pennsylvania) | :: Filadélfia {f} |
philander {n} (lover) SEE: lover | :: |
philanderer {n} (fickle lover) | :: namorador {m} |
philanthropic {adj} (of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy) | :: filantrópico |
philanthropically {adv} (in a philanthropic manner) | :: filantropicamente |
philanthropist {n} (person who loves mankind) | :: filantropo {m} |
philanthropist {n} (very generous person) | :: filantropo {m} |
philanthropy {n} (charity) SEE: charity | :: |
philanthropy {n} (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind) | :: filantropia {f} |
philatelist {n} (a person who studies or collects stamps) | :: filatelista {m} {f} |
philately {n} (stamp collecting) | :: filatelia {f} |
-phile {suffix} (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") | :: -filo |
Philemon {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Filémon {m}, Filêmon {m}, Filemom {m} |
Philemon {prop} (male given name) | :: Filémon {m}, Filêmon {m}, Filemom {m} |
philharmonic {adj} (appreciative of the performance of music) | :: filarmónico [Portugal], filarmônico [Brazil] |
philharmonic {n} (full-sized symphonic orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
philharmonic orchestra {n} (symphony orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
philia {n} (psychological disorder) | :: filia {f} |
philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship | :: |
-philia {suffix} (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) | :: -filia {f} |
philia {n} (liking) SEE: liking | :: |
Philip {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Filipe {m} |
Philip {prop} (male given name) | :: Felipe {m}, Filipe {m} |
Philippa {prop} (female given name) | :: Filipa |
Philippians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Filipenses {m-p} |
Philippine {adj} (Filipino) SEE: Filipino | :: |
Philippine eagle {n} (species of eagle endemic to the Philippines) | :: águia filipina {f} |
Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines) | :: Filipinas {f-p} |
Philistia {prop} (ancient pentapolis in the Levant) | :: Filisteia |
philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine | :: |
philistine {adj} (lacking in appreciation for art or culture) | :: filisteu |
Philistine {n} (person from Philistia) | :: filisteu {m} |
Philistine {n} (person lacking appreciation of culture) | :: filisteu {m} |
Philistine {adj} (philistine) SEE: philistine | :: |
philodendron {n} (any of several climbing plants of the genus Philodendron) | :: filodendro {m} |
philogyny {n} (love or respect for women) | :: filoginia {f} |
philological {adj} (pertaining to the history of literature) | :: filológico, filologista |
philologically {adv} (in a philological manner) | :: filologicamente |
philologist {n} (person who engages in philology) | :: filólogo {m}, filóloga {f}, filologista {m} {f} |
philology {n} (historical linguistics) | :: filologia {f} |
Philomena {prop} (female given name) | :: Filomena |
philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy) | :: filósofo {m}, filósofa {f} |
philosopher's stone {n} (philosopher's stone) | :: pedra filosofal {f} |
philosophical {adj} (of or pertaining to philosophy) | :: filosófico |
philosophical {adj} (rational, analytic) | :: filosófico |
philosophically {adv} (in a philosophical manner) | :: filosoficamente |
philosophize {v} (ponder or reason out philosophically) | :: filosofar |
philosophy {n} (academic discipline) | :: filosofia {f} |
philosophy {n} (comprehensive system of belief) | :: filosofia {f} |
philosophy {n} (view regarding fundamental principles) | :: filosofia {f} |
philosophy {n} (general principle) | :: filosofia {f} |
philosophy of science {n} (study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science) | :: filosofia da ciência {f} |
philtrum {n} (shallow groove running down the centre of the outer surface of the upper lip) | :: sulco nasolabial {m}, filtro labial {m} |
phishing {n} (malicious act) | :: phishing {m} |
phlegm {n} (historical: humour) | :: fleuma {m} {f}, flegma {f} |
phlegm {n} (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages) | :: catarro {m} |
phlegm {n} (calmness, composure) | :: fleuma {m} {f} |
phlegmatic {adj} (not easily excited to action) | :: fleumático |
phloem {n} (vascular tissue) | :: floema {m} |
phlogiston {n} (hypothetical fiery principle) | :: flogisto {m}, flogístico {m} |
phlogosis {n} (phlogosis) | :: flogose |
Phnom Penh {prop} (capital city of Cambodia) | :: Pnom Pen {f} |
-phobia {suffix} (used to form nouns meaning fear) | :: -fobia {f} |
phobia {n} (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety) | :: fobia {f} |
phobophobia {n} (fear of fear) | :: fobofobia {f} |
Phobos {prop} (mythology) | :: Fobos {m} |
Phobos {prop} (moon of Mars) | :: Fobos |
Phocis {prop} (a periphery in the southwest Central Greece) | :: Fócida {f} |
phocomelia {n} (phocomelia) | :: focomelia {f} |
Phoebe {prop} (Titan) | :: Febe {f} |
Phoebe {prop} (moon of Saturn) | :: Febe |
Phoenicia {prop} (land of the Phoenicians) | :: Fenícia {f} |
Phoenician {adj} (of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia) | :: fenício |
Phoenician {prop} (Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia) | :: fenício {m} |
Phoenician {n} (inhabitant of Phoenicia) | :: fenício {m} |
Phoenician alphabet {n} (an alphabet) | :: alfabeto fenício |
phoenix {n} (mythological bird) | :: fênix {f} [Brazil], fénix {f} [Portugal] |
phoenix {n} (anything reborn after apparently being destroyed) | :: fênix {f} [Brazil], fénix {f} [Portugal] |
Phoenix {prop} (mythical firebird) | :: Fénix {f} [Portugal], Fênix {f} [Brazil] |
Phoenix {prop} (constellation) | :: Fénix {f} [Portugal], Fênix {f} [Brazil] |
Phoenix {prop} (capital city of Arizona, United States) | :: Phoenix {f} |
phonation {n} (process of producing vocal sound) | :: fonação {f} |
phone {v} (to call (someone) on the telephone) | :: telefonar para, chamar, ligar para |
phone {n} (speech segment) | :: fone {m} |
phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
-phone {suffix} (type of sound) | :: -fone {m} |
-phone {suffix} (device that makes a sound) | :: -fone {m} |
-phone {suffix} (speaker of a certain language) | :: -fono {m} |
phone book {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
phonebook {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
phone booth {n} (telephone booth) SEE: telephone booth | :: |
phone call {n} (telephone call) SEE: telephone call | :: |
phone in {v} (to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum responsibility) | :: colocar pouco esforço em algo {m} |
phoneme {n} (indivisible unit of sound) | :: fonema {m} |
phonemics {n} (the study of phonemes) | :: fonémica {f} [Portugal], fonêmica {f} [Brazil], fonemática {f} |
phonendoscope {n} (a form of stethoscope used in auscultation) | :: fonendoscópio {m} |
phone number {n} (telephone number) SEE: telephone number | :: |
phone sex {n} (erotic or sexual telephone conversation between two or more people) | :: sexo por telefone {m} |
phonetic {adj} (relating to sounds of spoken language) | :: fonético |
phonetic {adj} (linguistics: relating to phones) | :: fonético |
phonetically {adv} (in the way it sounds) | :: foneticamente |
phonetic alphabet {n} (writing system) | :: alfabeto fonético {m} |
phonetic alphabet {n} (list of standard words) | :: código fonético {m} |
phonetics {n} (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols) | :: fonética {f} |
phonics {n} (phonetics) SEE: phonetics | :: |
phonics {n} (acoustics) SEE: acoustics | :: |
phono- {prefix} (relating to sound) | :: fono- |
phonograph {n} (device that records or plays sound from cylinder records) | :: fonógrafo {m} |
phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone | :: |
phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record | :: |
phonological {adj} (of or relating to phonology) | :: fonológico |
phonologically {adv} (in acoordance with phonology) | :: fonologicamente |
phonologist {n} (person who specializes in phonology) | :: fonólogo {m} |
phonology {n} (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages) | :: fonologia {f} |
phonology {n} (way sounds function within a given language) | :: fonologia {f} |
phonometer {n} (instrument) | :: fonómetro {m} [Portugal], fonômetro {m} [Brazil] |
phonon {n} (quantum of acoustic energy) | :: fônon {m} |
phony {adj} (fraudulent; fake) | :: falso, de araque |
phosphatase {n} (an enzyme that hydrolyzes phosphate esters) | :: fosfatase {f} |
phosphate {n} (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) | :: fosfato {m} |
phosphocalcic {adj} (relating to any phosphate of calcium) | :: fosfocálcico |
phospholipid {n} (lipid consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group) | :: fosfolipíde {m} |
phosphorescence {n} (emission of light without heat) | :: fosforescência {f} |
phosphoric acid {n} (the colourless liquid; H3PO4) | :: ácido fosfórico {m} |
phosphorous {adj} (of or pertaining to phosphorus) | :: fosforoso {m} |
phosphorus {n} (element) | :: fósforo {m} |
phosphorylation {n} (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor) | :: fosforilação {f} |
photic zone {n} (that part an ocean or lake that receives sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis) | :: zona fótica {f} |
photo {n} (photograph) SEE: photograph | :: |
photo- {prefix} (light) | :: foto- |
photo album {n} (book with a collection of photographs placed inside) | :: álbum de fotos {m}, álbum fotográfico {m} |
photocopier {n} (machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates) | :: xerox {m}, copiadora {f} |
photocopy {n} (copy made using a photocopier) | :: fotocópia {f}, xerox {m} |
photocopy {v} (to make a copy using a photocopier) | :: fotocopiar, xerocar |
photodiode {n} (semiconductor) | :: fotodiodo {m} |
photoelectric {adj} (relating to electric effects) | :: fotoelétrico |
photogenic {adj} (looking good when photographed) | :: fotogénico |
photograph {n} (picture) | :: fotografia {f}, foto {f}, retrato {m} |
photograph {v} (to take a photograph) | :: fotografar |
photographer {n} (one who takes photographs) | :: fotógrafo {m}, fotógrafa {f} |
photographic {adj} (of or pertaining to photographs) | :: fotográfico |
photographic {adj} (of or pertaining to photography) | :: fotográfico |
photographically {adv} (in a photographic manner) | :: fotograficamente |
photographic memory {n} (eidetic memory) | :: memória fotográfica {f} |
photography {n} (art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces) | :: fotografia {f} |
photography {n} (occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs) | :: fotografia {f} |
photojournalism {n} (journalism via photographs or images) | :: fotojornalismo {m} |
photometer {n} (measuring instrument) | :: fotómetro {m} [Portugal], fotômetro {m} [Brazil] |
photometric {adj} (of or relating to photometry) | :: fotométrico |
photometry {n} (physics: the measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity) | :: fotometria {f} |
photometry {n} (astronomy: the measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars) | :: fotometria {f} |
photomultiplier {n} (device that uses a photocathode) | :: fotomultiplicador {m} |
photon {n} (quantum of light) | :: fotão [Portugal], fóton [Brazil] |
photopaper {n} (paper for photographic prints) | :: papel fotográfico {m} |
photophobia {n} (excessive sensitivity to light) | :: fotofobia {f} |
photosphere {n} (A visible surface layer of a star) | :: fotosfera {f} |
photosynthesis {n} (biological process) | :: fotossíntese {f} |
phrasal {adj} (being a phrase) | :: frasal |
phrasal {adj} (referring to a phrase) | :: frasal |
phrasal preposition {n} (phrasal preposition) | :: locução prepositiva |
phrasal verb {n} (idiomatic phrase) | :: locução verbal {f}, verbo frasal {m} |
phrase {n} (short written or spoken expression) | :: expressão {f}, frase {f} |
phrase {n} (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence) | :: locução {f}, sintagma {m} |
phrase {n} (music: small section of music in a larger piece) | :: frase {f} |
phrase {v} (to express by means of words) | :: exprimir, expressar |
phrase book {n} (book of everyday expressions and vocabulary) | :: livro de frases {m}, livro de expressões {m} |
phrasebook {n} (book used to learn foreign language) SEE: phrase book | :: |
phraseology {n} (phrasebook) SEE: phrase book | :: |
phraseology {n} (study of set or fixed expressions) | :: fraseologia {f} |
phraseology {n} (the style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech) | :: fraseologia {f} |
phraseology {n} (group of specialized words and expressions) | :: terminologia {f} |
phreatic {adj} (Of, or pertaining to ground water) | :: freático |
phrenological {adj} (of, or relating to phrenology) | :: frenológico |
phrenology {n} (the discredited "science" or pseudo-science of phrenology) | :: frenologia |
Phrygia {prop} (ancient kingdom) | :: Frígia {f} |
Phrygian cap {n} (conical close-fitting cap with the top bent forward) | :: barrete frígio {m}, barrete da liberdade {m} |
phthalate {n} (salt or ester) | :: ftalato {m} |
phycological {adj} (pertaining to the study of algae) | :: ficológico, algológico |
phycology {n} (study of algae) | :: ficologia {f} |
phylactery {n} (leather case containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men; the tefilla) | :: filactério {m} |
phylactery {n} (small object worn for its magical power; amulet or charm) | :: amuleto {m} |
phyllo {n} (type of dough) | :: massa phyllo {f}, massa filo {f} |
phylogenetics {n} (study of organism relationships) | :: filogenia {f} |
phylogeny {n} (evolutionary history of an organism) | :: filogenia |
phylum {n} ((biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class) | :: filo {m} |
physalis {n} (plant of the genus Physalis) | :: fisális {f} |
physiatrist {n} | :: fisiatra |
physical {adj} (having to do with the material world; tangible) | :: físico |
physical {adj} (having to do with physics) | :: físico |
physical {adj} (having to do with the body; corporeal) | :: físico |
physical {adj} (involving bodily force; vigorous) | :: físico, braçal |
physical {n} (physical examination) | :: revisão {f} |
physical culture {n} (bodybuilding) SEE: bodybuilding | :: |
physical education {n} (curriculum component) | :: educação física {f} |
physically {adv} (in a physical manner) | :: fisicamente |
physical therapy {n} (therapy of exercises and activities to treat injury or dysfunction) SEE: physiotherapy | :: |
physician {n} (medical doctor) | :: doutor {m}, doutora {f}, médico {m}, , médica {f} |
physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics) | :: físico {m} |
physics {n} (branch of science) | :: física {f} |
physiognomy {n} (art or pseudoscience of deducing the character or personality from the bodily appearance) | :: fisiognomia {f}, fisiognomonia {f} |
physiologic {adj} (of or pertaining to physiology) SEE: physiological | :: |
physiological {adj} (of, or relating to physiology) | :: fisiológico |
physiologically {adv} (in accordance with the science of physiology) | :: fisiologicamente |
physiologist {n} (person) | :: fisiólogo {m} |
physiology {n} (branch of biology) | :: fisiologia {f} |
physiotherapist {n} (therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise) | :: fisioterapeuta {m} {f} |
physiotherapy {n} (therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise) | :: fisioterapia {f} |
physique {n} (physical structure of a person) | :: físico {m} |
physis {n} (nature, as contrasted with law or custom) | :: physis {f} |
-phyte {suffix} (taxonomic group of plants or algae) | :: -fita {f} |
-phyte {suffix} (plant that grows in a specified habitat) | :: -fita {f} |
-phyte {suffix} (plant that grows in a specified form or habit) | :: -fita {f} |
phyto- {prefix} (Pertaining to or derived from plants) | :: fito- |
phytochorion {n} (geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species) | :: fitocória {f} |
phytohormone {n} (plant hormone) | :: fito-hormona {f} [Portugal], fitormônio {m} [Brazil] |
phytopathogen {n} | :: fitopatógeno {m} |
phytopathological {adj} (pertaining to phytopathology) | :: fitopatológico |
phytopathologist {n} (scientist) | :: fitopatologista {m} {f} |
phytopathology {n} (study of plant diseases) | :: fitopatologia {f} |
phytophagous {adj} (feeding on plants) | :: fitófago |
phytosterol {n} | :: fitoesterol {m} |
pi {n} (letter of Greek alphabet) | :: pi {m} |
pi {n} (irrational mathematical constant) | :: pi {m} |
Piacenza {prop} (province) | :: Placência {f}, Piacenza {f} |
Piacenza {prop} (capital) | :: Placência {f}, Piacenza {f} |
pia mater {n} (innermost of the meninges) | :: pia-máter {f} |
pianist {n} (piano player) | :: pianista {m} |
piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument) | :: piano {m} |
piano {adv} (music: softly) | :: piano |
Piauí {prop} (state in north-eastern Brazil) | :: Piauí {m} |
Picard {adj} (of, from or relating to Picardy) | :: picardo {m} |
Picard {n} (person) | :: picardo {m} |
Picard {prop} (language) | :: picardo {m} |
Picardy {prop} (region of France) | :: Picardia {f} |
picaresque {adj} (of or pertaining to rogues) | :: picaresco {m}, picaresca {f} |
picaresque {n} (picaresque novel) | :: romance picaresco {m} |
picayune {n} (Something of very little value) SEE: trifle | :: |
piccolo {n} (musical instrument) | :: flautim {m}, piccolo |
pièce de résistance {n} (masterpiece) | :: obra prima {f} |
Pichilemu {prop} (Pichilemu) | :: Pichilemu {m} |
pick {v} (to pick) SEE: choose | :: |
pick {n} (pickaxe) | :: picareta {f} |
pick {v} (to grasp and pull with fingers) | :: pegar |
pick {v} (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption) | :: colher |
pick {v} (to decide between options) | :: escolher |
pick {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
pickaxe {n} (heavy iron tool) | :: picareta {f} |
picker {n} (computing: any user interface control that selects something) | :: seletor {m} |
picket {n} (sentry) SEE: sentry | :: |
pickle {n} (preserved cucumber) | :: picles {m} |
pickle {n} (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish) | :: conservado {m} |
pickle {n} (brine used for preserving food) | :: salmoura {f} |
pickle {v} (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution) | :: conservar, salmourar |
pick one's nose {v} (insert a finger into one's nostril) | :: cutucar o nariz, limpar o salão |
pickpocket {n} (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) | :: punguista {m} {f}, batedor de carteira {m}, carteirista {m} {f}, trombadinha {m} {f} |
pickpocket {v} (to steal) | :: punguear |
pick up {v} (to lift; to grasp and raise) | :: pegar |
pick up {v} (to collect an object, especially in passing) | :: coletar |
pick up {v} (to collect a passenger) | :: buscar, apanhar, pegar |
pick up {v} (to receive (a signal)) | :: captar, pegar |
pick up {v} (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) | :: [Brazil] pegar |
pick up {v} (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) | :: atender |
pickup {n} (pickup truck) SEE: pickup truck | :: |
pick-up line {n} (vocal introduction intended to garner sexual interest from a stranger) | :: cantada |
pick up the phone {v} (to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call) | :: atender (o telefone) |
pickup truck {n} (truck with an open cargo bed) | :: picape {f} |
picky {adj} (fussy, particular) | :: exigente |
picnic {n} (a meal eaten outdoors) | :: piquenique {f} |
Picos de Europa {prop} (mountain range in northern Spain) | :: Picos de Europa {m-p}, Picos da Europa {m-p} |
pics or it didn't happen {phrase} (used to request a picture of a reported event) | :: sem fotos, sem fatos ( no pics, no facts) |
Pict {n} (member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland) | :: picto {m} |
pictogram {n} (picture that represents a word or an idea) | :: pictograma {m} |
picture {n} (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) | :: figura {f}, imagem {f} |
picture {n} (photograph) | :: fotografia {f}, foto {f} |
picture {n} (informal: cinema) | :: cinema {m} |
picture {v} (to depict or describe vividly) SEE: depict | :: |
picture {n} (painting) SEE: painting | :: |
picture book {n} (a book for young children with illustrations) | :: livro ilustrado {m}, livro de figuras {m} |
picturesque {adj} (resembling a picture or painting) | :: pitoresco |
Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi)) | :: Dia do Pi {m} |
pidgin {n} (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers) | :: pidgin {m} |
pie {n} (type of pastry) | :: torta {f} |
pie {n} (pizza) SEE: pizza | :: |
pie {n} (pie chart) SEE: pie chart | :: |
piece {n} (part of a larger whole) | :: peça {f}, pedaço {m}, parte {f} |
piece {n} (single item belonging to a class of similar items) | :: parte {f} |
piece {n} (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games) | :: peça {f} |
piece {n} (small coin) | :: peça {f} |
piece {n} (artistic creation) | :: peça {f} |
piece {n} (artillery gun) | :: peça {f} |
piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance | :: |
piece {n} (castle; a fortified building) SEE: castle | :: |
piece {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
piecemeal {adj} (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time) | :: fragmentado {m}, fragmentada {f} |
piece of cake {n} (simple or easy job) | :: ser moleza |
piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
piece of furniture {n} (item of furniture) | :: móvel |
piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
piece of shit {n} (a bad thing) | :: merda {f} |
piece of shit {n} (a despicable person) | :: merda {m} {f} |
pie chart {n} (graph) | :: gráfico de pizza {m} |
Piedmont {prop} (region) | :: Piemonte {m} |
Piedmontese {adj} (of, from, or relating to Piedmont) | :: piemontês |
Piedmontese {n} (inhabitant) | :: piemontês {m}, piemontesa {f} |
Piedmontese {prop} (language) | :: piemontês {m} |
pied piper {n} (anyone or anything that draws many in its wake) | :: flautista de Hamelin {m} {f} |
pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
pie iron {n} (device for making sandwiches) | :: sanduicheira {f}, sandwicheira {f} |
Piemontese {prop} (language) SEE: Piedmontese | :: |
pier {n} (raised platform built from the shore out over water) | :: píer {m}, cais {m} |
pier {n} (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) | :: pilar {m} |
pier {n} (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) | :: pilastra {f} |
pierce {v} (puncture) | :: furar, perfurar |
pierce {v} (to pierce) SEE: puncture | :: |
piercing {n} (hole for jewelry) | :: piercing {m} |
Pieria {prop} (Greek prefecture) | :: Pieria {f} |
pierogi {n} (dumpling) | :: pierogi {m} |
Pierre {prop} (male given name) | :: Pierre {m} |
Pierre {prop} (capital city of South Dakota) | :: Pierre {f} |
pietism {n} (movement in the Lutheran church) | :: pietismo {m} |
pietist {n} (supporter of pietism) | :: pietista {m} {f} |
piety {n} (reverence and devotion to God) | :: piedade {f} |
piezoelectric {adj} (of or relating to piezoelectricity) | :: piezoelétrico |
piezoelectricity {n} (capacity of crystal to generate electricity) | :: piezoeletricidade {f} |
piffle {n} (nonsense, foolish talk) | :: conversa fútil {f} |
pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus) | :: porco {m}, suíno {m} |
pig {n} (someone who overeats or eats rapidly) | :: porco {m} |
pig {n} (nasty or disgusting person) | :: porco {m}, nojento {m} |
pig {n} (dirty or slovenly person) | :: porco {m} |
pig {n} (derogatory slang for police officer) | :: porco {m} |
pig {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork | :: |
pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae) | :: pombo {m}, pomba {f} |
pigeonhole {n} (one of an array of compartments for mail) | :: escaninho {m} |
pigeon pea {n} (Cajanus cajan plant) | :: guandu {m} |
piggyback {adv} (on somebody's back or shoulders) | :: de cavalinho |
piggyback {v} (to carry someone on the back or shoulders) | :: levar às cavalitas (on the back), levar às costas (on the back), levar aos ombros (on the shoulders) |
piggy bank {n} (small container to store small saved coins in) | :: cofrinho {m}, mealheiro {m} |
pig in a poke {n} (something whose true value is concealed or unknown) | :: nabos em saco {m-p} |
pig iron {n} (type of crude iron) | :: ferro gusa {m} |
piglet {n} (young pig) | :: porquinho {m}, leitão {m} |
pigling {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
pigment {n} (any color in plant or animal cells) | :: pigmento {m} |
pigment {n} (dry colorant) | :: pigmento {m} |
pigment {v} (add color or pigment) | :: pigmentar |
pigpen {n} (pigsty) SEE: pigsty | :: |
pigsty {n} (enclosure where pigs are kept) | :: pocilga {f}, chiqueiro {m} |
pigsty {n} (dirty or very untidy place) | :: pocilga {f}, chiqueiro {m} |
pigtail {n} (braided plait of hair) | :: trança {f} |
pigtail {n} (either of two braids or ponytails) | :: maria-chiquinha {f}, chiquinha {f} |
pigweed {n} (plant of genus Amaranthus) SEE: amaranth | :: |
Pikachu {n} (Pokémon) | :: Pikachu |
pike {n} (turnpike) SEE: turnpike | :: |
pike {n} (long spear) | :: pique {m}, chuço {m} |
pike {n} (fish of the genus Esox) | :: lúcio {m} |
pikeman {n} (soldier) | :: piqueiro {m} |
pike-perch {n} (zander) SEE: zander | :: |
pilaf {n} (dish) | :: pilaf {m}, pilafe {m} |
pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
pilaster {n} (a column attached to the wall) | :: pilastra {f} |
Pilate {prop} (Pontius Pilate) | :: Pilatos {m} |
Pilates {n} (physical fitness system) | :: pilates {m} |
pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
pilcrow {n} (a paragraph mark) | :: pé de mosca {m} |
pile {n} (funeral pile) SEE: pyre | :: |
pile {n} (nap of a cloth) SEE: nap | :: |
pile {n} (heap) | :: pilha {f}, monte (desordenado) {m} |
pile {n} (galvanic pile) | :: pilha {f} |
pile {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: pila {f} |
pile {n} (fine or short hair) | :: madeixa {f} |
pile {n} (hemorrhoid) SEE: hemorrhoid | :: |
pile {n} (obsolete: reverse of a coin) SEE: tails | :: |
pile driver {n} (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) | :: bate-estacas {m} |
pileous {adj} (hairy) SEE: hairy | :: |
piles {n} (plural of pile) SEE: pile | :: |
piles {n} (haemorrhoids) SEE: haemorrhoids | :: |
pile up {v} (to form a pile etc.) | :: amontoar, empilhar |
pile up {v} (idiomatic: to accumulate) | :: amontoar-se |
pile-up {n} (pile of crashed cars) | :: engavetamento {m} |
pileus {n} (the cap of a mushroom) | :: píleo {m} |
pileus {n} (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece) | :: píleo {m} |
pilfer {v} (to steal in small quantities) | :: surripiar, surrupiar |
pilgrim {n} (traveler, especially to religious sites) | :: peregrino {m} |
pilgrimage {n} (religious journey, or one to a sacred place) | :: peregrinação {f}, peregrinagem {f}, romaria {f} |
pilgrimage {v} (to go on a pilgrimage) | :: peregrinar |
pill {n} (small object for swallowing) | :: pílula {f}, comprimido {m} |
pill {n} (the pill - functions as a contraceptive) | :: pílula {f} |
pillage {v} (loot or plunder by force) | :: pilhar, saquear |
pillage {n} (the spoils of war) | :: saque {m}, butim {m} |
pillage {n} (the act of pillaging) | :: saque {m}, pilhagem {f} |
pillager {n} (one who pillages) | :: pilhador {m} |
pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture) | :: pilar {m} |
Pillars of Hercules {prop} (two promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar) | :: Colunas de Hércules {f-p} |
pillory {n} (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation) | :: pelourinho |
pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed) | :: travesseiro {m}, almofada {f} |
pillowcase {n} (sheet for covering a pillow) | :: fronha {f} |
pillow fight {n} (a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows) | :: guerra de travesseiros {f} |
pill to swallow {n} (something to accept) | :: sapo a engolir {m} |
pilot {n} (controller of aircraft) | :: piloto {m} |
pilot {n} (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast) | :: prático {m} |
pilot {n} (sample TV series episode) | :: piloto {m} |
pilot {v} (to control an aircraft or watercraft) | :: pilotar |
pilot fish {n} (marine fish) | :: piloto {m}, peixe-piloto {m} |
pilot light {n} (flame used to ignite gas) | :: piloto {m} |
pilot whale {n} (either of two species of whale) | :: baleia-piloto {f} |
Pilsen {prop} (city in the Czech Republic) | :: Pilsen {f}, Plzen {f} |
pilsner {n} (pale, light beer) | :: pilsen |
Piltdown Man {prop} (forged bone fragments of an early human) | :: Homem de Piltdown {m} |
pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor) | :: cafetão {m} [Brazil], proxeneta {m}, safado {m}, chulo {m}, alcoviteiro {m} |
pimp {v} (to act as procurer of prostitutes) | :: cafetinar, alcovitar |
pimpernel {n} (plant of genus Anagallis) | :: morrião {m} |
pimping {n} (practise of procuring prostitutes) | :: proxenetismo {m}, cafetinagem {f} [Brazil], alcovitagem {f} |
pimple {n} (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin) | :: borbulha {f}, espinha {f} |
pin {n} (needle without an eye, used for fastening) | :: alfinete {m} |
pin {n} (small nail) | :: tacha {f} |
pin {n} (cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts) | :: pino {m} |
pin {n} (slender object specially designed for use in bowling) | :: pino {m} |
pin {n} (any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector) | :: pino {m} |
pin {n} (in chess) | :: cravado {m} |
pin {v} (to fasten/attach with a pin) | :: alfinetar |
pin {n} (jewellery attached with a pin) SEE: brooch | :: |
PIN {n} (personal identification number) | :: PIN {m}, número de identificação pessoal {m} |
pinafore {n} (Sleeveless dress) | :: salopete {f} |
pinata {n} (candy-filled container that is hit with a stick) | :: pinhata {f} |
pinball {n} (game) | :: pinball {m} |
pince-nez {n} (type of eyeglasses) | :: pincenê {m}, pince-nez {m} |
pincers {n} (gripping tool) | :: tenaz {f}, pinça {f} |
pincers {n} (front claws) | :: patolas {f} |
pinch {v} (to squeeze a small amount of skin) | :: beliscar |
pinch {v} (to steal) | :: roubar |
pinch {n} (action of squeezing a small amount of skin) | :: beliscada {f} |
pinch {n} (small amount of powder) | :: pitada {f} (ex: uma pitada de sal) |
pinch {n} (difficult situation) | :: aperto, alhada |
pincushion {n} (device designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it) | :: alfineteira {f} |
pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus) | :: pinheiro {m} |
pine {v} (to languish, to droop) | :: definhar |
pine {v} (to long for sufferingly) | :: ter saudade(s), sentir saudade(s) |
pineal gland {n} (small endocrine gland) | :: glândula pineal {f} |
pineapple {n} (plant) | :: ananás {m} [Portugal], abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
pineapple {n} (fruit) | :: ananás {m} [Portugal], abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
pineapple {n} (slang: hand grenade) | :: abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa | :: |
pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree) | :: pinha {f} |
pine marten {n} (Martes martes) | :: marta {f}, marta europeia {f} |
pine needle {n} (leaf of a pine tree) | :: caruma {f} |
pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine) | :: pinhão {m} |
pinery {n} (pinewood) SEE: pinewood | :: |
pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine | :: |
pinewood {n} (wood of the pine) | :: pinho {m} |
pinewood {n} (forest or grove of pines) | :: pinhal {m}, pinheiral {m} |
pingo {n} (flexible pole with a load suspended from each end) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
ping pong {n} (table tennis) SEE: table tennis | :: |
pinion {v} (restrain) SEE: restrain | :: |
pink {n} (flower) | :: cravo {m} |
pink {n} (pale red colour) | :: cor-de-rosa {m}, rosa {m} |
pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white) | :: cor-de-rosa, rosa |
pinkie {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
pink noise {n} (signal or process) | :: ruído rosa {f} |
pinky {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
pinna {n} (visible part of the ear) | :: orelha {f}, pavilhão auditivo {m} |
pinnacle {n} (architecture: an upright member) | :: pináculo {m} |
pinnate {adj} (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) | :: pinado, penado |
PIN number {n} (PIN) SEE: PIN | :: |
Pinocchian {adj} (of or relating to Pinocchio) | :: pinoquiano |
Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist) | :: Pinóquio {m}, Pinocchio {m} |
Pinocchio {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Pinóquio {m}, Pinocchio {m} |
Pinocchio {n} | :: Pinóquio {m}, pinóquio {m} |
pinocytosis {n} (a form of endocytosis) | :: pinocitose {f} |
pins and needles {n} (tingling felt in limb) | :: formigamento {m} |
pinstripe {n} (thin stripe on fabric) | :: risca-de-giz {f} |
pinstripe {n} (suit made of such fabric) | :: terno risca-de-giz {m}, risca-de-giz {m} |
pint {n} (unit of volume for liquids) | :: quartilho {m}, pint {m} |
pinta {n} (pint) SEE: pint | :: |
pinto {n} (horse with patchy coloration including white) | :: cavalo malhado {m} |
pinto {adj} (pied, mottled) | :: malhado |
pinwheel {n} (fake flower for children) | :: cata-vento {m} |
pinworm {n} (worms) | :: oxiúro {m} |
Pinyin {prop} (romanization of Mandarin Chinese) | :: pinyin {m} |
pion {n} (particle) | :: píon {m} |
piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut | :: |
pioneer {n} (one who goes before) | :: pioneiro |
pioneer {n} (member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc) | :: pioneiro {m} |
pioneer species {n} (pioneer species) | :: espécie pioneira {f}, espécie oportunista {f} |
pious {adj} (of or pertaining to piety) | :: pio |
piously {adv} (in a pious manner) | :: piamente |
pip {n} (respiratory disease in birds) | :: pevide {f} |
pip {n} (seed) | :: caroço {m}; semente {f} |
pipe {n} (wind instrument) | :: flauta {f} |
pipe {n} (organ pipe) | :: tubo {m} |
pipe {n} (rigid tube) | :: cano {m}, tubo {m}, duto {m} |
pipe {n} (computing: mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another) | :: pipe {m} |
pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe | :: |
pipe dream {n} (near impossibility) | :: quimera {f} |
pipeline {n} (conduit made of pipes) | :: ducto {m}, duto {m} |
pipeline {n} (channel by which information is transmitted) | :: pipeline {m} |
piper {n} (baby pigeon) SEE: squab | :: |
piper {n} (musician who plays a pipe) | :: flautista {m} {f} |
piper {n} (bagpiper) SEE: bagpiper | :: |
pipes of Pan {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
pipette {n} (small glass tube used for transferring liquid) | :: pipeta {f} |
pipette {v} (to transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet) | :: pipetar |
pipe wrench {n} (adjustable wrench) | :: chave de grifo, turquesa {f} |
pipit {n} (passerine bird from the genus Anthus) | :: petinha {f} [Portugal], caminheiro {m} [Brazil], corredeira {f} [Brazil] |
pipra {n} (any member of the bird genus Pipra) | :: pipra {f} |
piquant {adj} (engaging; charming) | :: chamativo {m}, interessante {m} {f} |
Piquet {prop} | :: Piquet |
piracy {n} (robbery at sea) | :: pirataria {f} |
piracy {n} (unauthorized duplication) | :: pirataria {f} |
Piraeus {prop} (city) | :: Pireu |
Pirahã {n} (people) | :: Pirahã {m-p}, pirahãs {m-p} |
Pirahã {prop} (language) | :: Pirahã {m} |
Pirandellian {adj} (characteristic of the works of Luigi Pirandello) | :: pirandeliano |
piranha {n} (South American fish) | :: piranha {f} |
pirarucu {n} (arapaima) SEE: arapaima | :: |
pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea) | :: corsário {m}, pirata {m}, bucaneiro {m} |
pirate {n} (one who breaks intellectual property laws) | :: pirata {m} |
pirate {v} (appropriate by piracy) | :: piratear |
pirate {v} (make and/or sell an illegal copy) | :: piratear |
pirate {adj} (illegal imitated or reproduced) | :: pirateado |
pirate bug {n} (any insect in the family Anthocoridae) | :: antocorídeo {m} |
pirater {n} (one who pirates (produces unauthorized copies)) | :: pirateador |
pirate ship {n} (ship manned by pirates) | :: navio/barco/nau pirata |
pirouette {n} (whirling or turning on the toes) | :: pirueta {f} |
pirouette {n} (the whirling about of a horse) | :: pirueta {f} |
pirouette {v} (to perform a pirouette) | :: fazer (uma) pirueta |
Pisa {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Pisa {f} |
pisanka {n} (decorated egg) SEE: pysanka | :: |
Pisces {prop} (constellation) | :: [Portugal] Pisces {m-p}, [Brazil] Peixes {m-p} |
Pisces {prop} (astrological sign) | :: [Portugal] Pisces {m-p}, [Brazil] Peixes {m-p} |
Pisces {n} (Someone with a Pisces star sign) | :: pisciano |
pisciculture {n} (rearing of fish) | :: piscicultura {f} |
pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant | :: |
piss {n} (urine) | :: mijo {m}, xixi {m} [childish], urina |
piss {v} | :: mijar |
pissed as a newt {adj} (drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated) | :: bêbado como um gambá |
pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
pisser {n} (vulgar slang for toilet) SEE: shitter | :: |
piss off {v} (to leave, to go away) | :: cai fora |
piss off {v} (to annoy) | :: chatear |
piss one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself | :: |
pistachio {n} (tree) | :: pistache {m}, pistáchio {m} |
pistachio {n} (fruit) | :: pistache {m}, pistáchio {m} |
piste {n} ((skiing) a downhill trail) | :: pista {f} |
pistil {n} (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit) | :: pistilo {m} |
pistol {n} (handgun) | :: pistola {f} |
piston {n} (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder) | :: pistão {m} |
piston engine {n} (engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons) | :: motor de explosão |
pit {n} (hole in the ground) | :: buraco {m}, poço {m}, cavouco {m}, vala {f}, fosso {m} |
pit {n} (service area at a motor racetrack) | :: pitstop {m} |
pit {n} (seed or stone inside a fruit) | :: caroço {m}, graínha {f} |
pit {n} (the stone of a drupaceous fruit) | :: caroço {m} |
pit {v} (remove the stone from) | :: descaroçar |
pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine | :: |
pit {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
pita {n} (bread pouch used for making sandwiches) | :: pita |
pitaya {n} (dragon fruit) SEE: dragon fruit | :: |
Pitcairn Islands {prop} (British territory) | :: Ilhas Pitcairn {f-p} |
pitch {n} (sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees) | :: seiva {f}, breu {m} |
pitch {n} (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar) | :: piche {m}, pez {m}, breu {m} |
pitch {n} (act of pitching a baseball) | :: arremesso {m} |
pitch {n} (field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played) | :: campo {m} |
pitch {n} (level or degree) | :: grau {m} |
pitch {v} (to throw) | :: arremessar |
pitch {v} (baseball: to throw the ball toward home plate) | :: arremessar |
pitch {v} (to throw away; discard) | :: jogar fora; descartar |
pitch {v} (to promote, advertise, or attempt to sell) | :: vender; |
pitch {v} (to assemble or erect (a tent)) | :: armar |
pitch {v} (of snow, to settle and build up, without melting) | :: acumular (neve não-derretida) |
pitch {n} (the perceived frequency of a sound or note) | :: altura {f}, agudeza {f}, agudez {f} |
pitch accent {n} (phonology) | :: acento tonal {m}, acento musical {m}, acento de altura {m} |
pitch a tent {v} (to have an erection that shows through the clothing) | :: armar a barraca |
pitch-black {adj} (of the blackest black) | :: preto como carvão |
pitcher {n} (the player who throws the ball to the batter) | :: lançador {m} |
pitcher {n} (Gay dominant sex partner) | :: ativo |
pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids) | :: jarra {f}, jarro {m} |
pitchfork {n} (farm tool with tines) | :: forcado {m}, forquilha {f}, garfo {m} |
pitfall {n} (potential problem, hazard, or danger) | :: cilada {f}, armadilha {f} |
pitfall {n} (trapping pit) | :: fojo {m} |
pitfall {n} (antipattern) SEE: antipattern | :: |
pith {n} (soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees) | :: medula {f} |
pith {n} (albedo) SEE: albedo | :: |
pith {n} (spinal cord; marrow) SEE: spinal cord | :: |
pithy {adj} (Concise and meaningful) | :: conciso, sentencioso, lacónico, sucinto, incisivo |
pitiful {adv} (so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | :: lamentável |
pitiless {adj} (having no pity) | :: impiedoso, desapiedado |
Pitjantjatjara {prop} (the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia) | :: pitjantjatjara |
piton {n} (a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)) | :: pitão {m} |
pitta bread {n} (flat bread made from wheat flour) SEE: pita | :: |
pituitary gland {n} (endocrine gland) | :: hipófise |
pit viper {n} | :: crotalídeo {m} |
pity {n} (feeling of sympathy) | :: pena {f} |
pity {n} (something regrettable) | :: pena {f} |
pity {v} | :: apiedar-se de, sentir dó de, sentir compaixão por |
pity {interj} (what a pity) SEE: what a pity | :: |
pivot {n} (that on which something turns) | :: pivô {m} |
pivot {n} (something having a paramount significance) | :: pivô {m} |
pivot {v} (to turn on an exact spot) | :: girar |
pivotal {adj} (being of crucial importance; central, key) | :: pivotal, crucial |
pixel {n} (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) | :: pixel {m}, píxel {m} |
pixelate {v} (divide an image into pixels) | :: pixelizar |
pixelate {v} (transform an image into large pixels) | :: pixelizar |
pixelated {adj} (of an image, having pixels that are large enough to be individually visible from a normal viewing distance) | :: pixelizado |
pixellated {adj} (pixelated) SEE: pixelated | :: |
pixie {n} (playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature) | :: duende |
pizza {n} (baked Italian dish) | :: pizza {f} |
pizza {n} (a single instance of that dish) | :: pizza {f} |
pizzaiolo {n} (man who makes pizzas) | :: pizzaiolo {m} |
pizza parlor {n} (pizzeria) SEE: pizzeria | :: |
pizza store {n} (restaurant specializing in pizza) | :: pizzaria {f} |
pizzeria {n} (outlet that primarily sells pizza) | :: pizzaria {f} |
placate {v} (to calm) | :: aplacar |
place {n} (location, position) | :: lugar {m}, local {m}, posição {f} |
place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square) | :: praça |
place {n} (group of houses) | :: vila {f} |
place {n} (region of a land) | :: área {f}, região {f} |
place {n} (somewhere to sit) | :: lugar {m}, assento {m} |
place {n} (frame of mind) | :: mentalidade {f} |
place {n} (informal: house or home) | :: casa {f} |
place {n} (a role or purpose, a station) | :: posição {f}, papel {m} |
place {n} (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity) | :: casa {f}, algarismo {m} |
place {n} (the position of a contestant in a competition) | :: lugar {m}, posição {f} |
place {n} (the position as a member of a team) | :: lugar {m}, posição {f} |
place {v} (to put in a specific location) | :: colocar, pôr |
place {v} (to earn a given spot in a competition) | :: classificar-se, chegar, obter |
place {v} (to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered) | :: lembrar-se |
place {v} (passive: to achieve (a certain position)) | :: classificar-se, chegar, obter |
place {v} (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch) | :: cantar, entoar |
place {v} (to arrange for, make (a bet)) | :: apostar |
place {v} (to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job) | :: contratar |
placebo {n} (a dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment) | :: placebo {m} |
place mat {n} (protective table mat) | :: esteirinha {f} |
placement {n} (the act of placing or putting in place) | :: colocação {f}, posicionamento {m} |
placement {n} (a location or position) | :: posicionamento {m} |
placename {n} (the name of a place) | :: topónimo {m} [Portugal], topônimo [Brazil] |
placenta {n} (anatomy: placenta) | :: placenta {f} |
placental {adj} (relative to placenta) | :: placentário |
place of decimals {n} (position of digit to the right of the decimal point) SEE: decimal place | :: |
placid {adj} (calm and quiet; peaceful) | :: plácido, calmo {m}, tranquilo {m}, plácido {m} |
plagiarism {n} (copying of someone's ideas) | :: plágio {m} |
plagiarism {n} (act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized) | :: plágio {m} |
plagiarist {n} (one who plagiarizes) | :: plagiador {m}, plagiário {m} |
plagiarize {v} (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) | :: plagiar |
plagiocephaly {n} (congenital condition) | :: plagiocefalia {f} |
plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague") | :: peste negra {f}, peste bubónica {f} [Portugal], peste bubônica {f} [Brazil], peste {f}, praga |
plague {n} (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence) | :: praga {f}, peste {f} |
plague {n} (widespread affliction, calamity) | :: praga {f}, peste {f} |
plague {n} (a nuisance) | :: incómodo [Portugal], incômodo {m} [Brazil], peste {f} |
plague {v} (to harass) | :: incomodar, atormentar |
plain {adj} (ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation) | :: simples |
plain {adj} (unseasoned) | :: natural {m} {f}, insípido {m} |
plain {adj} (computing: containing no non-printing characters) | :: simples {m} {f} |
plain {n} (an expanse of land with relatively low relief) | :: planície {f} |
plainchant {n} (plainsong) SEE: plainsong | :: |
plainsong {n} (monophonic chant) | :: cantochão {m} |
plain text {n} (unencrypted text) SEE: cleartext | :: |
plaintiff {n} (party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant) | :: querelante {m} {f}, acusação {f}, promotoria |
plain-winged antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-de-oho-vermelho |
plait {n} (braid) SEE: braid | :: |
plait {v} (to interweave) SEE: braid | :: |
plait {v} (to double in narrow folds) SEE: pleat | :: |
plait {n} (flat fold) | :: dobra {f}, prega {f} |
plan {n} (technical drawing) | :: planta {f} |
plan {n} (set of intended actions) | :: plano {m} |
plan {n} (2-dimensional drawing from above) | :: planta {f} |
plan {v} (to design) | :: planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
plan {v} (to create a plan for) | :: planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
plan {v} (to intend) | :: pretender |
Planalto slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-do-planalto |
planarian {n} (flatworm) | :: planária {f} |
Planck's constant {n} (constant) | :: constante de Planck |
plane {adj} (of a surface: flat or level.) | :: plano |
plane {n} (math: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions) | :: plano {m} |
plane {n} (level of existence) | :: plano {m} |
plane {n} (a tool) | :: plaina {f} |
plane {v} (to smooth with a plane) | :: aplainar |
plane {n} (airplane) | :: avião {m}, aeroplano {m} |
plane {v} (to glide) | :: plainar, pairar |
plane {n} (deciduous tree) | :: plátano {m} |
planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky) | :: planeta {m} |
planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun) | :: planeta {m} |
planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star) | :: planeta {m} |
planetarium {n} (museum which displays images of space) | :: planetário {m} |
planetary {adj} (of or relating to planets) | :: planetário |
planetary nebula {n} (nebulosity) | :: nebulosa planetária {f} |
planetary system {n} (a group of various non-stellar objects orbiting a star or star system) | :: sistema planetário {m} |
planetesimal {n} (a small, solid astronomical object) | :: planetesimal {m} |
planetoid {n} (any of several larger astral bodies) | :: planetoide {m} |
planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane | :: |
planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore | :: |
Planet X {prop} (hypothetical planet) | :: Planeta X {m} |
plangent {adj} (having a loud mournful sound) | :: plangente |
planimeter {n} (measuring device) | :: planímetro {m} |
plank {n} (long, broad and thick piece of timber) | :: tábua {f}, prancha {f} |
plank {n} (political issue) | :: ponto de contenção {m} |
plank {v} (to cover something with planking) | :: entabuar, entabular |
plankton {n} (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea) | :: plâncton {m} |
planned {adj} (existing or designed according to a plan) | :: planeado, planejado [Brazil] |
planned obsolescence {n} (policy) | :: obsolescência planejada {f}, obsolescência programada {f} |
planner {n} (planning notebook or software) | :: agenda {f} |
planning {n} (action of the verb to plan) | :: planeamento {m}, planejamento {m} |
planning {n} (act of formulating of a course of action) | :: planeamento {m}, planeamento {m} |
plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory | :: |
plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis) | :: planta {f}, vegetal {m} |
plant {n} (a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree) | :: planta {f}, erva {f} |
plant {n} (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | :: planta {f} |
plant {n} (large piece of machinery) | :: aparelhagem {f} |
plant {v} (place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow) | :: plantar |
plant {v} (to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit) | :: plantar |
plantain {n} (small plant) | :: plantago {m}, tanchagem {f}, tansagem {f}, transagem {f} |
plantar fascia {n} (the thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot) | :: fáscia plantar {f} |
plantation {n} (large farm) | :: plantação {f}, fazenda {f} |
plantlet {n} (a young or small plant used as a propagule) | :: plântula {f} |
plant one's feet {v} | :: fincar o pé |
plantule {n} (plant embryo which has begun its development) | :: plântula {f} |
plasma {n} (high energy state of matter) | :: plasma {m} |
plasma {n} (component of blood) | :: plasma {m} |
plasma membrane {n} (cell membrane) SEE: cell membrane | :: |
plasma TV {n} (a television having a plasma display) | :: TV de plasma {f} |
plasmid {n} (loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes) | :: plasmídeo {m}, plasmídio |
plaster {n} (healing paste) | :: unguento |
plaster {n} (mixture for coating) | :: gesso {m} |
plaster {n} (cast) | :: gesso {m} |
plaster {v} (to cover with plaster) | :: engessar |
plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
plaster {n} (plaster of Paris) SEE: plaster of Paris | :: |
plasterboard {n} (rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core) | :: placa de gesso {f} |
plaster cast {n} (healing aid) | :: gesso |
plaster of Paris {n} (hemihydrate of calcium sulfate) | :: gesso de Paris {m} |
plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer) | :: plástico {m} |
plastic {n} (any similar synthetic material) | :: plástico {m} |
plastic {adj} (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant) | :: plástico |
plastic bag {n} (type of packaging) | :: saco plástico {m}, sacola de plástico {f} |
plasticine {n} (modeling clay) | :: plastilina {f} |
plasticity {n} (quality of being plastic) | :: plasticidade {f} |
plasticity {n} (property of a solid body) | :: plasticidade {f} |
plastic surgery {n} (surgery involving the transfer of tissue) | :: cirurgia plástica {f} |
plastic surgery {n} (cosmetic surgery) | :: cirurgia plástica {f} |
plastiglomerate {n} (type of rock) | :: plastiglomerado |
plat {n} (a braid; a plait) SEE: braid | :: |
plat {v} (to braid, plait) SEE: braid | :: |
plat {n} (plot of land) SEE: lot | :: |
plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot | :: |
plate {n} (flat dish) | :: prato {m} |
plate {n} (contents of a plate) | :: pratada {f} |
plate {n} (course at a meal) | :: prato {m} |
plate {n} (flat metallic object) | :: placa {f} |
plate {n} (vehicle license plate) | :: placa {f} |
plate {n} (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) | :: placa {f} |
plate {n} (printing, publishing: full page illustration) | :: prancha |
plate {n} (chemistry: flat piece of material) | :: placa, chapa {f} |
plate {v} (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) | :: laminar |
plate {n} (prize given to the winner in a contest) SEE: prize | :: |
plate {n} (geology: tectonic plate) SEE: tectonic plate | :: |
plateau {n} (level expanse) | :: planalto {m}, platô {m}, altiplano {m} |
plateful {n} (the quantity contained on a plate) | :: pratada {f} |
platelet {n} (particle found in the blood of mammals) | :: plaqueta {f} |
platform {n} (stage for speeches and performances) | :: plataforma {f} |
platform {n} (high shoe type) | :: salto plataforma {m} |
platform {n} (computing: particular type of operating system or environment) | :: plataforma {f} |
platform {n} (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) | :: plataforma {f} |
platform {n} (travel: raised structure for passengers) | :: plataforma {f} |
platform {n} (flat expanse of rock) | :: plataforma {f} |
platform game {n} (A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles) | :: jogo de plataforma {m} |
Platine {adj} (of or from River Plate) | :: platense, rio-platense |
platinum {n} (metal) | :: platina {f} |
platinum {n} (colour) | :: platinado {m} |
platinum {adj} (colour) | :: platinado |
platitude {n} (often-quoted saying) | :: platitude {f}, clichê {m}, chavão {m}, lugar-comum {m} |
platitude {n} (triteness) | :: platitude {f}, banalidade {f} |
Plato {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: Platão {m} |
platometer {n} (planimeter) SEE: planimeter | :: |
platonic {adj} (not sexual in nature) | :: platónico [Portugal], platônico [Brazil] |
platonic love {n} (intimate but non-sexual affection) | :: amor platónico/platônico {m} |
platoon {n} (unit of 30-40 soldiers) | :: pelotão |
Plato's Cave {prop} (the allegorical cave) | :: Caverna de Platão {f} |
platter {n} (tray for serving food) | :: bandeja {f}, travessa {f} |
platykurtic {adj} (having negative excess kurtosis) | :: platicúrtico |
platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | :: ornitorrinco {m} |
plausible {adj} (likely, acceptable) | :: plausível |
plausible {adj} (worthy of being applauded) | :: plausível |
play {v} (act in a manner such that one has fun) | :: jogar, brincar |
play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense), affecting a noun) | :: tocar |
play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun)) | :: tocar |
play {v} (act in a performance) | :: atuar, representar, desempenhar |
play {v} (participate in (a sport or game)) | :: jogar |
play {v} (use a device to hear (a recording)) | :: tocar, reproduzir |
play {n} (playful activity) | :: jogo {m}, brincadeira {f} |
play {n} (individual's performance in a sport) | :: jogo {m} |
play {n} (literary composition intended to be represented) | :: drama {m} |
play {n} (theatrical performance) | :: peça {f} |
play {n} (area of free movement for a part of a mechanism) SEE: backlash | :: |
playability {n} (property of being playable) | :: jogabilidade {f} |
playability {n} (overall quality of a gameplay) | :: jogabilidade {f} |
playable {adj} (able to be played) | :: jogável |
playable {adj} (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) | :: jogável |
playback {n} (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) | :: playback {m} |
playboy {n} (man who devotes himself to pleasure) | :: playboy {m} |
Playboy {prop} (the adult magazine) | :: Playboy {f} |
Playboy Bunny {n} (waitress at a Playboy Club) | :: Coelhinha {f} |
play by ear {v} (play music guided by one's musical ear) | :: tocar de memória [from memory], tocar de ouvido [in imitation of a performance] |
playdough {n} (childrens' modeling clay) | :: massa de modelar, massinha |
play dumb {v} (to pretend to be slow-witted) | :: fazer-se de tonto |
player {n} (one who plays any game or sport) | :: jogador |
player {n} (dramatic actor) | :: ator {m} |
player {n} (one who plays a musical instrument) | :: tocador {m}, instrumentista {m} |
player {n} (video games: gamer, gamester, see also: gamer; gamester) | :: jogador {m}, jogadora {f} |
player {n} (gambler, see also: gambler) | :: apostador {m}, jogador {m} |
player {n} (electronic device) | :: tocador {m}, leitor {m}, player {m} |
player {n} (software application) | :: player {m}, reprodutor {m} |
player {n} (one without serious aims) | :: brincalhão {m} |
playful {adj} (liking or prone to play) | :: brincalhão |
play gooseberry {v} (to serve as a chaperon) | :: segurar vela |
playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children) | :: parque, parquinho, parque infantil {m} |
playground {n} (open-air space on a school campus where the children can play) | :: playground {m} |
playground {n} (small area for children) | :: playground {m}, parquinho |
playground {n} (space to do what one pleases) | :: playground {m} |
play hooky {v} (to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse) | :: matar aula, cabular aula, cabular [Brazil], gazetear, gazear |
play house {n} (toy house for dolls) SEE: doll's house | :: |
playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater | :: |
playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card) | :: carta {f}, carta de baralho {f} |
playlist {n} (record) | :: playlist {f} |
playlist {n} (computing) | :: lista de reprodução {f} |
playoff {n} | :: finais {f-p} |
playpen {n} (enclosure for children to play in) | :: chiqueirinho {m}, cercadinho {m}, cercado, parque |
play possum {v} (to pretend to be dead) | :: fingir-se de morto, fazer-se de morto |
PlayStation {n} (series of video game consoles) | :: PlayStation {m} |
plaything {n} (something intended for playing with) | :: brinquedo {m} |
play truant {v} (be absent from school without permission) | :: matar aula |
play with fire {v} (put oneself in a precarious situation) | :: brincar com fogo |
playwright {n} (writer of plays for the theatre) | :: dramaturgo {m} |
playwriter {n} (playwright) SEE: playwright | :: |
plaza {n} (a towns' public square) | :: praça {f} |
plea {n} (appeal, petition, entreaty) | :: súplica {f}, apelo {m}, rogo {m} |
plea {n} (excuse) | :: desculpa {f} |
plea {n} (that which is presented in defense or justification) | :: desculpa {f} |
plead {v} (to present an argument) | :: alegar |
plead {v} (to beg) | :: implorar |
pleasant {adj} (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) | :: agradável |
please {v} (to make happy or satisfy) | :: agradar |
please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request) | :: por favor, faça favor |
please {adv} (expression of annoyance or impatience) | :: por favor, faça-me o favor |
pleased {adj} (happy, content) | :: contente, satisfeito |
pleased to meet you {phrase} (polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) | :: muito prazer |
please help me {phrase} (please help me) | :: por favor, me ajude |
please pass the salt {phrase} (please pass the salt) | :: por favor, passe o sal |
please repeat after me {phrase} (phrase) | :: por favor, repita depois de mim |
please say that again {phrase} (please say that again) | :: por favor, repita isso, por favor, diga isso novamente/denovo |
please sit down {phrase} (please sit down) | :: sente-se por favor |
please speak more slowly {phrase} (please speak more slowly) | :: por favor fale mais devagar |
please turn left {phrase} (please turn left) | :: por favor, vire à esquerda |
please turn right {phrase} (please turn right) | :: por favor, vire à direita |
pleasing {adj} (giving pleasure) | :: agradável |
pleasurable {adj} (that gives pleasure) | :: prazeroso |
pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased) | :: prazer {m} |
pleasure {n} (person or thing that causes enjoyment) | :: prazer {m} |
pleasure {n} (sexual enjoyment) | :: voluptuosidade {f} |
pleasure {v} (to give pleasure to) | :: agradar |
pleat {n} (fold in a fabric of a garment) | :: plissado {m}, prega {f} |
pleat {n} (plait) SEE: plait | :: |
pleb {n} (common person) | :: ralé {f}, gentalha {f}, plebe {f}, zé {m} |
plebe {n} (plebeian) SEE: plebeian | :: |
plebe {n} (plebs) SEE: plebs | :: |
plebeian {n} (one of the common people of ancient Rome) | :: plebeu {m} |
plebeian {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: plebeu |
plebeianly {adv} (in a plebeian manner) | :: plebeiamente |
plebiscite {n} (A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty) | :: plebiscito {m} |
plebs {n} (The common people) | :: plebe |
plectrum {n} (music: small piece for plucking strings) | :: plectro {m}, palheta {f} |
pledge {v} (to make a solemn promise) | :: prometer |
pledge {v} (to deposit something as a security; to pawn) | :: caucionar |
pledge {n} (solemn promise) | :: promessa {f}, penhor {m} |
pledge {n} (security to payment) | :: garantia {f} |
-plegic {suffix} ( of -plegia) | :: -plégico |
Pleiades {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Plêiades {f} |
Pleiades {prop} (astronomy) | :: Plêiades |
plenary {adj} (fully attended) | :: plenário |
plenary session {n} (plenary session) | :: sessão plenária {f} |
plenipotentiary {n} (person invested with supreme authority) | :: plenipotenciário {m} |
plenipotentiary {adj} (invested with full power) | :: plenipotenciário {m} |
plentiful {adj} (existing in large number) | :: grande |
plentiful {adj} (yelding abundance) | :: abundante, farto {m} |
plenty {n} (a more-than-adequate amount) | :: abundância {f} |
plenty {adj} (plentiful) SEE: plentiful | :: |
pleonasm {n} (redundancy in wording) | :: pleonasmo {m} |
pleonastic {adj} (redundant) SEE: redundant | :: |
pleonastic {adj} (of, or relating to pleonasm) | :: pleonástico |
pleonastic {adj} (characterised by redundancy or the use of an excess number of words) | :: pleonástico |
pleroma {n} (the region of light above the world) | :: pleroma |
plethora {n} (excess, abundance) | :: pletora {f} |
pleura {n} (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax) | :: pleura {f} |
pleural cavity {n} (body cavity) | :: cavidade pleural {f} |
pleurisy {n} (inflammation of lung pleura) | :: pleurisia {f}, pleurite {f} |
pliable {adj} (easily bent or formed) | :: maleável, moldável, flexível |
pliers {n} (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand) | :: alicate {m} |
plinth {n} (base for column, pedestal or statue) | :: plinto {m}, alaque {m}, soclo {m} |
plinthosol {n} (soil type) | :: plintossolo {m} |
Pliny {prop} (Roman praenomen) | :: Plínio |
plosive {n} (consonant) | :: oclusiva {f}, plosiva {f} |
plot {n} (course of a story) | :: argumento {m}, trama, enredo {m}, intriga {f} |
plot {n} (area of land used for building on or planting on) | :: lote {m} |
plot {n} (graph or diagram) | :: diagrama {m}, gráfico {m} |
plot {n} (secret plan to achieve an end) | :: complô {m} |
plot {v} (transitive: to conceive) | :: conceber |
plot {v} (to trace out a graph or diagram) | :: traçar |
plot {v} (to mark a point on a graph) | :: marcar |
plot twist {n} (change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot) | :: virada {f}, guinada {f} |
plough {n} (device pulled through the ground) | :: arado {m} |
plough {v} (to use a plough on to prepare for planting) | :: arar, lavrar |
plough {v} (to use a plough) | :: arar, lavrar |
Plough {prop} (brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major) SEE: Big Dipper | :: |
ploughing {n} (breaking of the ground into furrows) | :: aração {f}, aragem {f} |
plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
plover {n} (wading bird of the family Charadriidae) | :: tarambola {f}, borrelho {m} |
plow {n} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
plow {v} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
plowman {n} (male plower) | :: arador {m} |
plowshare {n} (cutting edge of a plow) | :: relha {f} |
ploy {n} (strategy, tactic) | :: estratagema {m} |
pluck {v} (to pull something sharply; to pull something out) | :: tirar |
pluck {v} (to remove feathers from a bird) | :: depenar |
pluck {n} (nerve, fortitude, persistence) | :: perseverança {f} |
plucky {adj} (having or showing pluck) | :: ousado |
plug {n} (electric connecting device) | :: ficha {f}, tomada {f} |
plug {n} (hole filler) | :: tampão {m} |
plug in {v} (connect an electrical device) | :: plugar |
plug-in {n} (computer add-on) | :: plugin {m}, extensão {f}, complemento {m}, extra {m}, módulo de extensão {m}, módulo {m}, módulo externo {m} |
plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica) | :: ameixa {f} |
plum {n} (tree) | :: ameixeira {f} |
plum {n} (slang: testicle) | :: bolas {f-p} |
plum {n} (raisin when used in pudding or cake) SEE: raisin | :: |
plumage {n} (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body) | :: plumagem {f} |
plumber {n} (one who works in lead) | :: chumbeiro {m} |
plumber {n} (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage) | :: encanador {m} |
plumber's helper {n} (plunger) SEE: plunger | :: |
plumbery {n} (business of a plumber) SEE: plumbing | :: |
plumbing {n} (pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building) | :: encanamento {m} |
plumb line {n} (plummet) SEE: plummet | :: |
plum blossom {n} (the blossom of the Prunus mume) | :: flor de ameixeira {f} |
plume {n} (feather) | :: pluma {f} |
plume {n} (geology: upwelling of molten material) | :: pluma {f} |
plume {v} (to congratulate oneself proudly) | :: emplumar-se |
plume {v} (to adorn with plumes) | :: emplumar |
plumed {adj} (having or decorated with a plume or plumes) | :: emplumado |
plummet {n} (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line) | :: prumo {m} |
plummet {v} (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly) | :: cair, despencar |
plump {adj} (Having a full and rounded shape, chubby) | :: rechonchundo |
plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum | :: |
plunder {v} (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)) | :: saquear, pilhar |
plunder {v} (to take by force or wrongfully) | :: saquear, pilhar |
plunder {v} (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)) | :: pilhar, saquear |
plunder {n} (instance of plundering) | :: saque {m}, pilhagem {f} |
plunder {n} (loot attained by plundering) | :: saque {f}, butim {m} |
plunge {v} | :: mergulhar, atirar(-se) |
plunger {n} (device for removing blockages by suction) | :: desentupidor |
pluperfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
pluperfect {n} (verb in this tense) | :: pretérito mais-que-perfeito {m} |
pluperfect tense {n} (tense) | :: pretérito mais-que-perfeito, mais-que-perfeito {m} |
plural {adj} (more than one) | :: plural |
plural {n} (the plural number) | :: plural {m} |
plural {n} (word in plural form) | :: plural {m} |
plurale tantum {n} (a noun without a singular form) | :: plurale tantum {m} |
pluralism {n} (social system with multiple cultural identities) | :: pluralismo {m} |
pluralistic {adj} (characteristic of pluralism) | :: pluralista |
plurality {n} (the state of being plural) | :: pluralidade {f} |
pluridimensional {adj} (multidimensional) SEE: multidimensional | :: |
plurinational {adj} (of different nationalities) | :: plurinacional {m} {f} |
Plurinational State of Bolivia {prop} (official name of Bolivia) | :: Estado Plurinacional da Bolívia {m} |
plus {n} (plus sign) SEE: plus sign | :: |
plus {prep} (arithmetic: sum) | :: mais |
plus {prep} (in addition to) | :: mais |
plus {adj} (being positive rather than negative or zero) | :: positivo |
plus {adj} (positive, involving advantage) | :: positivo |
plus {adj} (physics: electrically positive) | :: positivo {m}, positiva {f} |
plush {n} (textile fabric) | :: peluche {f} [Portugal], pelúcia {f} [Brazil] |
plush {n} (toy) SEE: plush toy | :: |
plush toy {n} (soft toy with a plush covering) | :: peluche {f} [Portugal], pelúcia {f} [Brazil] |
plus sign {n} (mathematical symbol) | :: sinal de mais |
Plutarch {prop} (Greek historian) | :: Plutarco |
Pluto {prop} (god) | :: Plutão {m} |
Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet) | :: Plutão {m} |
plutocracy {n} (government by the wealthy) | :: plutocracia {f} |
plutocracy {n} (controlling class of the wealthy) | :: plutocracia {f} |
plutocrat {n} (someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth) | :: plutocrata {m} {f} |
plutodemocracy {n} (pseudodemocracy that is in fact a hypercapitalist plutocracy) | :: democracia plutocrática {f}, plutodemocracia {f} |
Plutonian {adj} (of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto) | :: plutónio {m}, plutônio {m} [Brazil] |
plutonium {n} (chemical element) | :: plutónio {m} |
pluviometer {n} (instrument) | :: pluviómetro {m} [Portugal], pluviômetro {m} [Brazil], pluvímetro {m}, udómetro {m} [Portugal], udômetro {m} [Brazil] |
Pluviôse {prop} (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: pluvioso {m} |
plywood {n} (construction material) | :: compensado {m} |
p.m. {adv} (after noon) | :: p.m. |
PMT {n} (premenstrual tension) | :: TPM {f} |
pneumatic {adj} (of or relating to air or other gases) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
pneumatic {adj} (of or relating to pneumatics) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
pneumatic {adj} (powered by, or filled with compressed air) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
pneumatic drill {n} (pneumatic drill) SEE: jackhammer | :: |
pneumatics {n} (branch of mechanics) | :: pneumática {f} |
pneumo- {prefix} (relating to the lungs) | :: pneumo- |
pneumoconiosis {n} (disease of the lungs) | :: pneumoconiose {f} |
pneumology {n} (the study of the respiratory system and organs) | :: pneumologia {f} |
pneumonia {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: pneumonia {f} |
pneumothorax {n} (presence of air inside the pleural cavity) | :: pneumotórax {m} |
Po {prop} (longest river in Italy) | :: Pó {m} |
poach {v} (to cook in simmering liquid) | :: escalfar |
poach {v} (to take game or fish illegally) | :: caçar/pescar furtivamente |
poacher {n} (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally) | :: caçador furtivo {m} |
poaching {n} (trespassing in search of game) | :: caça furtiva {f} |
PO box {n} (box hired as a collection point for mail) SEE: post office box | :: |
pocket {n} (bag stitched to an item of clothing) | :: bolso {m}, algibeira {f} |
pocket {n} (billiards: net into which balls are struck) | :: caçapa {f} |
pocket {n} (enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another) | :: bolsão {m} |
pocket {v} (to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table) | :: encaçapar |
pocket {adj} (of a size suitable for putting into a pocket) | :: de bolso {m} {f} |
pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook | :: |
pocketknife {n} (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) | :: canivete {m} |
pocket money {n} (money given to a child) | :: mesada |
pocket watch {n} (watch) | :: relógio de bolso {m} |
pod {n} (seed case) | :: vagem {f} |
pod {n} (small vehicle) | :: cápsula {f} |
podcast {n} (podcast) | :: podcast {m} |
Podgorica {prop} (capital city of Montenegro) | :: Podgorica {f}, Titogrado {f} |
pod hotel {n} (capsule hotel) SEE: capsule hotel | :: |
podiatrist {n} (specialist in foot care) | :: podólogo {m}, podóloga {f} |
podiatry {n} (podiatry, care of the feet) | :: podologia {f} |
podium {n} (platform) | :: pódio {m} |
podium {n} (sports: steepled platform) | :: pódio {m} |
podium {n} (sports: result amongst the best three) | :: pódio {m} |
poem {n} (literary piece written in verse) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
poem {n} (piece of writing in the tradition of poetry) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
poem {n} (piece of poetic writing) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
poet {n} (person who writes poems) | :: poeta {m}, poetisa {f} |
poetaster {n} (unskilled poet) | :: poetastro {m}, poetaço {m} |
poetess {n} (female poet) | :: poetisa {f} |
poetic {adj} (relating to poetry) | :: poético |
poetic {adj} (characteristic of poets) | :: poético |
poetically {adv} (in a poetic manner) | :: poeticamente |
poetic justice {n} (the rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, especially in an ironic manner) | :: justiça poética {f} |
poetic licence {n} (departure from convention) | :: licença poética {f} |
poetry {n} (literature composed in verse) | :: poesia {f} |
poetry {n} (poetical quality, artistic and/or artful, which appeals or stirs the imagination) | :: poesia {f}, poeticidade {f} |
pogrom {n} (riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews) | :: pogrom {m} |
poiesis {n} (act or process of creation) | :: poiese {f} |
poignant {adj} (sharp-pointed; keen) | :: pontiagudo |
poignant {adj} (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant) | :: claro, eloquente, penetrante |
poignant {adj} (evoking strong mental sensation) | :: pungente, emocionante, comovente |
poignant {adj} (piquant; pungent) | :: pungente, picante |
poignant {adj} (incisive; penetrating) | :: incisivo, penetrante, agudo |
poignant {adj} (piercing) | :: penetrante |
poignant {adj} (inducing sharp physical pain) | :: doloroso |
poinsettia {n} (plant) | :: bico-de-papagaio {m}, poinsétia {f} |
point {n} (particular moment in an event or occurrence) | :: momento |
point {n} (opinion which adds to the discussion) | :: ponto {m} |
point {n} (purpose or objective) | :: propósito {m}, objetivo {m} |
point {n} (smallest quantity of something) | :: pingo {m} |
point {n} (tiny amount of time) | :: milésimo {m}, instante {m} |
point {n} (location or place) | :: ponto {m} |
point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object) | :: ponto {m} |
point {n} (full stop) | :: ponto final {m} |
point {n} (something tiny) | :: pontinha {f} |
point {n} (tenth part) | :: décimo {m} |
point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition) | :: ponto {m} |
point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)) | :: vírgula {f} |
point {n} (typography: unit of size) | :: ponto {m} |
point {n} (sharp tip) | :: ponta {f} |
point {n} (any projecting extremity) | :: ponta {f} |
point {n} (peninsula) | :: península {f} |
point {n} (compass point) | :: direção {f} |
point {n} (railroad switch) | :: agulha {f} |
point {v} (to extend finger) | :: apontar para, indicar |
point {v} (direct) | :: apontar |
point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
point blank {adv} (directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution) | :: à queima-roupa |
point-blank {adj} (so close that a weapon may be aimed directly at its target) | :: a queima-roupa |
pointed {adj} (sharp at one end) | :: pontudo, apontado |
pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice | :: |
pointer {n} (anything that points or is used for pointing) | :: ponteiro {m} |
pointer {n} (needle of a timepiece or measuring device) | :: ponteiro {m} |
pointer {n} (hunting dog) | :: pointer {m} |
pointer {n} (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable) | :: ponteiro {m} |
pointer {n} (computing: icon indicating mouse position) SEE: cursor | :: |
pointless {adj} (having no point or sharp tip) | :: sem ponta, desapontado {m} |
pointless {adj} (having no purpose) | :: inútil |
point of inflection {n} (point on a curve) | :: ponto de inflexão {m} |
point of view {n} (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
point of view {n} (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
point of view {n} (perspective from which a narrative is related) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
point out {v} (identify with a bodily gesture) | :: apontar |
point out {v} (tell, remind, indicate to someone) | :: destacar |
point-set topology {n} (field of topology) | :: topologia geral {f} |
poise {n} (a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity) | :: poise {m} |
poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism) | :: veneno {m}, tóxico {m} |
poison {v} (to use poison to kill or paralyse) | :: envenenar, empeçonhar, intoxicar |
poison hemlock {n} (poisonous plant) SEE: hemlock | :: |
poisoning {n} (administration of a poison) | :: envenenamento {m} |
poisoning {n} (state of being poisoned) | :: envenenamento {m} |
poisonous {adj} (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous) | :: tóxico, venenoso |
Poitiers {prop} (City in France) | :: Poitiers |
poke {v} (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick) | :: cutucar |
poke {v} (to poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning) | :: atiçar |
poke {v} (rummage) SEE: rummage | :: |
poker {n} (metal rod for poking) | :: atiçador {m}, tiçoeiro {m} |
poker {n} (one who pokes) | :: cutucador |
poker {n} (card game) | :: pôquer {m}, póquer {m} |
poker face {n} (impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing) | :: cara de pau {mf} |
Polabian {prop} (West Slavic language) | :: polábio {m} |
Poland {prop} (European country) | :: Polónia {f} [Portugal], Polônia {f} [Brazil] |
polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus) | :: urso-polar {m}, urso-branco {m} |
polar cap {n} (high-latitude region covered by ice) | :: calota polar |
polar coordinates {n} | :: coordenadas polares {f-p} |
polar fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox | :: |
Polaris {prop} (star) | :: Polaris |
polarity {n} (separation, alignment) | :: polaridade {f} |
polarity {n} (one of two extremes) | :: polaridade {f} |
polarity {n} (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) | :: polaridade {f} |
polarization {n} (production or condition of polarity) | :: polarização {f} |
polarization {n} (production of polarized light) | :: polarização {f} |
polarization {n} (separation of positive and negative charges) | :: polarização {f} |
polarization {n} (grouping of opinions into two extremes) | :: polarização {f} |
polarize {v} (to cause to have a polarization) | :: polarizar |
polarize {v} (to cause a group to be divided into extremes) | :: polarizar |
polder {n} (area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes) | :: pólder {m} [Portugal], pôlder {m} [Brazil] |
polder model {n} (consensus decision-making) | :: modelo pôlder {m} |
pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support) | :: vara {f} |
pole {n} (type of fishing rod) | :: caniço {m} |
pole {v} (propel by pushing with poles) | :: varear |
pole {n} (extreme of an axis) | :: polo {m}, extremidade {f} |
pole {n} (magnetic point) | :: polo {m} |
pole {n} (contact on an electrical device) | :: polo {m} |
pole {n} (isolated point of a meromorphic function (complex analysis)) | :: polo {m} |
Pole {n} (person from Poland) | :: polonês {m}, polonesa {f} [Brazil], polaco {f}, polaca {f} |
polecat {n} (Mustela putorius) | :: toirão {m} |
polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk | :: |
pole dance {n} (dancing centred around a pole) | :: dança do cano {f}, dança do poste {f} |
polemarch {n} (military commander in chief in ancient Athens) | :: polemarca {m} |
polemic {n} (argument or controversy) | :: polémica {f} [Portugal], polêmica {f} [Brazil] |
polemic {adj} (having the characteristics of a polemic) | :: polémico polêmico [Brasil] |
polemology {n} (study of human conflict and war) | :: polemologia {f} |
Pole Star {prop} (star) | :: Estrela Polar {f} |
pole vault {n} (jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole) | :: salto com vara {m} |
police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law) | :: polícia {f} |
police car {n} (automobile used by a police officer) | :: viatura {f} |
police dog {n} (trained dog for police work) | :: cão policial {m} |
policeman {n} (a member of a police force) | :: policial {m} |
police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency) | :: polícia {m} {f}, policial {m} {f}, agente {m} {f}, agente da polícia {m} {f} |
police state {n} (nation whose government controls people by police) | :: estado policial {m} |
police station {n} (building of police force) | :: delegacia de polícia {f} |
policewoman {n} (a female police officer) | :: polícia {m} {f} [Portugal], policial {m} {f} [Brazil] |
policy {n} (principle of conduct) | :: política {f} |
policy {n} (prudent conduct) | :: política {f} |
policy {n} (law: insurance document) | :: apólice {f} |
policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance | :: |
policymaker {n} (one involved in the formulation of policies) | :: decisor político, responsável político |
poliomyelitis {n} (infection by the poliovirus) | :: poliomielite {f} |
polis {n} (a city or city-state) | :: pólis {f} |
polish {n} (substance used to polish) | :: cera {f}, graxa {f} |
polish {n} (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess) | :: polimento {m} |
polish {n} (cleanliness in performance or presentation) | :: polimento {m} |
polish {v} (make a surface smooth or shiny) | :: polir |
polish {v} (to refine; improve imperfections from) | :: polir |
Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language) | :: polonês, polaco |
Polish {n} (the language of Poland) | :: polonês {m}, polaco {m} |
Polishness {n} (quality of being Polish) | :: polonidade {f} |
Polish notation {n} (notation for arithmetic formulae) | :: notação polonesa |
politburo {n} (the governing Communist council) | :: politburo {m} |
polite {adj} (well-mannered) | :: educado, polido, cortês |
politeness {n} (act of being polite) | :: educação {f} |
political {adj} (concerning or relating to politics) | :: político |
political {adj} (motivated by political calculation) | :: político |
political asylum {n} (protection by a sovereign state) | :: asilo político {m} |
political correctness {n} (being politically correct) | :: politicamente correto {m}, correção política {f} |
politically {adv} (in a political manner) | :: politicamente |
politically correct {adj} (avoiding offense, selectively) | :: politicamente correto |
political party {n} (political organization) | :: partido {m}, partido político {m} |
political prisoner {n} (person) | :: preso político |
political science {n} (study of politics) | :: ciência política {f} |
political scientist {n} (political science expert) | :: cientista político {m}, politólogo {m}, politóloga {f}, politicologista {m} {f}, politicólogo {m}, politicóloga {f} |
political system {n} (set of institutions) | :: sistema político |
politician {n} (one engaged in politics) | :: político {m}, política {f} |
politicization {n} (The state of being or process of becoming politicized) | :: politização {f} |
politicize {v} (to give something political characteristics) | :: politizar |
politicize {v} (to make someone politically active) | :: politizar |
politicking {n} | :: politicagem {f} |
politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government) | :: política {f} |
politology {n} (political science) SEE: political science | :: |
polity {n} (an organizational structure of the government) | :: regime {m} |
polity {n} (politically organized unit) | :: estado {m} |
polka {n} (dance) | :: polca {f} |
polka {n} (music for this dance) | :: polca {f} |
poll {n} (an election or a survey of a particular group) | :: enquete {f}, sondagem, sugestões, inquérito, avaliação, votação {f}, pesquisa |
poll {n} (place to vote) | :: urna {m} |
pollen {n} (fine granular substance produced in flowers) | :: pólen {m} |
pollical {adj} (of the thumb) | :: polegar |
pollinate {v} (To apply pollen to) | :: polinizar |
pollination {n} (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma) | :: polinização {f} |
pollinator {n} (agent) | :: polinizador {m} |
pollutable {adj} (capable of being polluted) | :: poluível |
pollutant {n} (something that pollutes) | :: poluente {m} |
pollute {v} (to make something harmful) | :: contaminar, poluir |
pollute {v} (to make something or somewhere less suitable) | :: poluir, sujar |
pollute {adj} (polluted) | :: poluído |
polluted {adj} (defiled) | :: poluído |
polluter {n} (subject that pollutes) | :: poluidor {m} |
pollution {n} (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse) | :: polução {f} |
pollution {n} (archaic: defilement, corruption) | :: poluição {f} |
pollution {n} (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances) | :: poluição {f} |
pollution {n} (something that pollutes; pollutant) | :: poluente {m} |
Pollux {prop} (Dioscuri) | :: Pólux {m} |
Pollux {prop} (Star) | :: Pólux |
polo {n} (ball game) | :: pólo {m} |
polonaise {n} (dance) | :: polonesa |
polonium {n} (chemical element) | :: polónio {m} |
poltergeist {n} (a disruptive ghost) | :: poltergeist {m} |
poltroon {adj} (cowardly) SEE: cowardly | :: |
poly- {prefix} (many) | :: poli- |
-poly {suffix} (pertaining to the number of sellers in a market) | :: -pólio {m} |
polyamory {n} (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) | :: poliamor |
polyandrous {adj} (Of or pertaining to polyandry) | :: poliandro, poliândrico |
polyandry {n} (plurality of husbands at the same time) | :: poliandria {f} |
polyarthritis {n} (arthritis affecting five or more joints) | :: poliartrite {f} |
polychete {n} (annelids of the class Polychaeta) | :: poliqueta {f} |
polycladous {adj} | :: policlado |
polyclinic {n} (a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated) | :: policlínica {f} |
polyester {n} (polymer) | :: poliéster {m} |
polyethene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
polyethylene {n} (polyethylene) | :: polietileno {m} |
polygamy {n} (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time) | :: poligamia {f} |
polygamy {n} (polygyny) SEE: polygyny | :: |
polyglot {adj} (Versed in, or speaking, many languages) | :: poliglota |
polyglot {adj} (Containing, or made up of, several languages) | :: multilíngue |
polyglot {n} (one who masters, notably speaks, several languages) | :: poliglota {m} {f} |
polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges) | :: polígono {m} |
polygonal {adj} (having many angles) | :: poligonal |
polygraph {n} (device to discern if a subject is lying) | :: polígrafo {m} |
polygynous {adj} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: poliginia {f} |
polygyny {n} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: poliginia {f} |
polyhedron {n} (geometry: solid figure) | :: poliedro {m} |
Polyhymnia {prop} (muse of sacred music) | :: Polímnia {f}, Poliímnia {f} |
polymath {n} (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge) | :: polímata {m} {f}, polímato {m} |
polymer {n} (molecule) | :: polímero {m} |
polymerase {n} (enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers) | :: polimerase |
polymerase chain reaction {n} | :: reacção em cadeia da polimerase |
polymeride {n} (polymer) SEE: polymer | :: |
polymorphic {adj} (relating to polymorphism) | :: polimórfico |
polymorphism {n} (ability to assume different forms or shapes) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
polymorphism {n} (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
polymorphism {n} (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
polymorphism {n} (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
polymorphism {n} (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population) | :: polimorfismo |
polymorphous {adj} (Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms) | :: polimorfo |
Polynesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: Polinésia {f} |
Polynesian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) | :: polinésio |
Polynesian {n} (person from Polynesia) | :: polinésio {m} |
Polynesian {prop} (language group of Polynesia) | :: polinésio {m} |
polynomial {n} (algebraic expression) | :: polinómio {m} |
polynomial {adj} (in algebra) | :: polinomial |
polyp {n} (growth) | :: pólipo {m} |
polyp {n} (coelenterate) | :: pólipo {m} |
polypeptide {n} (organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
polypeptide {n} (biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
polypeptide {n} (biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
polypeptidic {adj} (pertaining to a polypeptide) | :: polipeptídico |
polyphonic {adj} (of or relating to polyphony) | :: polifônico |
polypore {n} (tough, leathery, poroid mushroom) SEE: bracket fungus | :: |
polyptoton {n} (stylistic scheme) | :: poliptoto {m} |
polyptych {n} (a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together) | :: políptico {m} |
polyseme {n} (word/phrase with multiple meanings) | :: polissema {m} |
polysemic {adj} (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings) | :: polissémico [Portugal], polissêmico [Brazil] |
polysemically {adv} (in a polysemic manner) | :: polissemicamente |
polysemous {adj} (having multiple meanings) | :: polissémico [Portugal], polissêmico [Brazil] |
polysemy {n} (ability to have multiple meanings) | :: polissemia {f} |
polyspast {n} (machine consisting of many pulleys) SEE: block and tackle | :: |
polystyrene {n} (polymer) | :: poliestireno {m} |
polysyllabic {adj} (having more than one syllable) | :: polissilábico, polissílabo |
polysyndeton {n} (the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence) | :: polissíndeto {m} |
polysynthetic {adj} (polysynthetic) | :: polissintético |
polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods) | :: politeísmo {m} |
polythene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
polytope {n} (geometric shape) | :: politopo {m} |
polytrauma {n} (multiple traumatic injuries) | :: politraumatismo {m}, politrauma {m} |
polyurethane {n} (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links) | :: poliuretano {m} |
polyuria {n} (production of an abnormally large amount of urine) | :: poliúria {f} |
Pombaline cage {n} (a symmetrical wood-lattice framework aimed at distributing earthquake force) | :: gaiola pombalina {f} |
pome {n} (type of fruit) | :: pomo {m} |
pomegranate {n} (shrub/tree) | :: romãzeira {f}, romeira {f} |
pomegranate {n} (fruit) | :: romã {f} |
pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit | :: |
pomelo {n} (large fruit of the C. maxima or grandis) | :: pomelo {m} |
Pomerania {prop} (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) | :: Pomerânia {f} |
Pomeranian {prop} (Kashubian) SEE: Kashubian | :: |
Pomeranian {adj} (of, or relative to Pomerania) | :: pomerano |
Pomeranian {n} (native or inhabitant of Pomerania) | :: pomerano {m} |
Pomeranian {n} (breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz-dogs) | :: lulu-da-pomerânia, spitz-alemão-anão {m} [formally] |
Pomerelia {prop} (historical region in Pomerania) | :: Pomerélia |
pomerium {n} (tract of land denoting the formal, sacral ambit of a Roman city) | :: pomério {m} |
pommel {n} (round handle or knob) | :: castão |
pomological {adj} (pertaining to pomology) | :: pomológico |
pomology {n} | :: pomologia |
pompano {n} (carangid) | :: xaréu {m} |
Pompeii {prop} (a historical city) | :: Pompeia {f} |
Pompey {prop} (a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic) | :: Pompeu {m} |
pompous {adj} (affectedly grand) | :: pomposo |
pompously {adv} (in a pompous manner) | :: pomposamente |
poncho {n} (simple garment of cloth) | :: poncho {m} |
poncy {adj} (effeminate) SEE: effeminate | :: |
poncy {adj} (intended to impress others, particularly in an ostentatious way) SEE: affected | :: |
poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay | :: |
pond {n} (small lake) | :: lagoa {f}, tanque {m} |
ponder {v} (to think deeply) | :: ponderar |
ponder {v} (to consider carefully) | :: ponderar |
ponderous {adj} (dull or boring) | :: enfadonho {m} |
ponderous {adj} (dense) SEE: dense | :: |
Pondicherry {prop} (Puducherry) SEE: Puducherry | :: |
pond-skater {n} (any of various predatory insects) SEE: water strider | :: |
pong {n} (bad smell) | :: fedor |
poniard {n} (dagger) | :: punhal |
Ponta Delgada {prop} (city and municipality) | :: Ponta Delgada |
pontiff {n} (pope) | :: pontífice |
pontoon {n} (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock) | :: pontão {m} |
Pontus {prop} (god of the sea) | :: Ponto {m} |
Pontus {prop} (a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea) | :: Ponto {m} |
pony {n} (small horse) | :: pônei {m} |
ponytail {n} (hairstyle) | :: rabo-de-cavalo {m} |
poo {n} | :: totô {m} |
poo {v} | :: fazer cocô |
pooch {n} (slang: dog) | :: totó {m} |
pood {n} (Russian unit of mass) | :: pud {m} |
poodle {n} (any of various breeds of poodle) | :: poodle {m} |
poof {interj} (deflating object or a magical disappearance) | :: puf |
poof {n} (A male homosexual.) | :: bicha |
Pooh {prop} (short for Winnie the Pooh) | :: Puff {m}, Pooh {m} |
pool {n} (body of water) | :: piscina |
pool {n} (small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle) | :: poça {f} |
pool {n} (supply of resources) | :: fundo |
pool {v} (to put together) | :: reunir |
pool {v} (to combine or contribute with others) | :: unir esforços |
pool {n} (swimming pool) SEE: swimming pool | :: |
pool noodle {n} (toy) | :: boia espaguete {m}, boia macarrão {m} |
poop {v} (to poop) SEE: poo | :: |
poop {n} (feces) SEE: poo | :: |
poop {n} (stern) SEE: stern | :: |
poop {v} (to break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
poop deck {n} (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) | :: castelo de popa {m} |
poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money) | :: pobre, necessitado {m}, humilde, empobrecido |
poor {adj} (of low quality) | :: fraco {m}, ruim |
poor {adj} (used to express pity) | :: pobre [precedes the noun] |
poor {n} (those with no possessions) | :: pobres {m-p} |
poor as a church mouse {adj} (very poor) | :: paupérrimo |
poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
poor thing {n} (someone or something to be pitied) | :: pobrezinho {m}, tadinho {m}, coitadinho {m} |
pop {v} (to hit) SEE: hit | :: |
pop {n} (loud, sharp sound) | :: alto {m} |
pop {v} (to ejaculate) SEE: ejaculate | :: |
popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) | :: pipoca {f} |
pop culture {n} (popular culture) SEE: popular culture | :: |
pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: papa {m} |
pope {n} (Russian Orthodox priest) | :: pope {m} |
Popemobile {n} (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) | :: papamóvel {m} |
popess {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
Popeye {prop} (tough cartoon sailor) | :: Popeye {m} |
popinjay {n} (Picus viridis) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot | :: |
poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus) | :: choupo {m} |
pop music {n} (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience) | :: pop {m}, música pop {f} |
poppy {n} (plant) | :: papoula {f} |
poppyseed {n} (the seed of the poppy) | :: semente de papoula {f} |
popsicle {n} (serving of frozen juice on a stick) | :: picolé {m} |
pop someone's cherry {v} (deflower) SEE: deflower | :: |
populace {n} (inhabitants of a nation) SEE: population | :: |
populace {n} (common people) | :: povão {m} [pejorative] |
popular {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: popular |
popular {adj} (aimed at the general public) | :: popular |
popular {adj} (adapted to the means of the common people; cheap) | :: popular |
popular {adj} (liked by many people) | :: popular |
popular culture {n} (prevailing vernacular culture) | :: cultura popular {f} |
popularise {v} (to make popular) | :: popularizar |
popularity {n} (the quality or state of being popular) | :: popularidade {f} |
popularly {adv} (in a popular manner) | :: popularmente |
popular music {n} (genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public) | :: música popular {f} |
popular opinion {n} (public opinion) SEE: public opinion | :: |
populate {v} (to supply with inhabitants) | :: povoar |
population {n} (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) | :: população {f} |
population {n} (biology: collection of organisms) | :: população {f} |
population {n} (number of residents in a given area) | :: população {f} |
population {n} (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) | :: população {f} |
population density {n} (average number of people per area) | :: densidade demográfica {f} |
populism {n} (a political doctrine or philosophy) | :: populismo {m} |
populous {adj} (having a large population) | :: populoso |
pop-up {n} (advertisement that pops up when one accesses an Internet page) | :: publicidade instantânea {f} |
pop-up menu {n} (context menu) | :: menu de contexto {m}, menu instantâneo {m} |
porbeagle {n} (a pelagic shark) | :: tubarão-golfinho |
porcelain {n} (hard white translucent ceramic) | :: porcelana {f} |
porcelain {n} (items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain) | :: porcelana {f} |
porch {n} (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) | :: alpendre {m} |
porcine {adj} (of or pertaining to the pig) | :: porcino, suíno |
porcine {adj} (morbidly obese) | :: gordíssimo |
porcini {n} (mushroom, Boletus edulis) | :: porcino {m} |
porcupine {n} (large rodent) | :: porco-espinho {m} |
pore {n} (a tiny opening in the skin) | :: poro {m} |
pore {n} (by extension any small opening) | :: poro {m} |
pork {n} (meat of a pig) | :: carne de porco {f}, porco {m} |
pork rind {n} (food made from pork skin) | :: torresmos {m-p} |
pork scratching {n} (pork rind) SEE: pork rind | :: |
porn {n} (pornography) | :: pornô |
porn {n} (pornographic work) | :: pornô {m} |
porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography | :: |
porno {n} (pornography) | :: porno {m} [Portugal], pornô {m} [Brazil] |
porno {n} (pornographic film) | :: pornô {m} |
pornographer {n} (person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography) | :: pornógrafo {m}, pornógrafa {f} |
pornographic {adj} (containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity) | :: pornográfico |
pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) | :: pornografia {f} |
porn star {n} (actor or actress famous for appearing in pornographic films) | :: estrela pornô {f}, ator porno {m}, atriz porno {f} |
porosity {n} (state of being porous) | :: porosidade {f} |
porosity {n} (measure of how porous a material is) | :: porosidade {f} |
porous {adj} (full of tiny pores) | :: poroso |
porpoise {n} (cetacean) | :: toninha {f} |
porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal) | :: mingau [Brazil], papa |
port {n} (dock or harbour) | :: porto {m} |
port {n} (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) | :: bombordo {m} |
port {adj} (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) | :: bombordo |
port {n} (opening where a connection is made) | :: abertura {f}, passagem {f} |
port {n} (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) | :: porta {f} |
port {v} (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) | :: portar |
port {n} (fortified wine) | :: vinho do Porto {m} |
port {n} (entryway, portal) SEE: portal | :: |
port {n} (port city) SEE: port city | :: |
portable {adj} (able to be carried or moved) | :: portátil, portável |
portable {adj} (running on multiple systems) | :: portável |
portable art {n} (portable prehistoric art) | :: arte móvel {f} |
portable toilet {n} (portable toilet, see also: toilet) | :: banheiro químico {m} |
portal {n} (grandiose entrance) | :: portal {m} |
portal {n} (entry point) | :: portal {m} |
portal {n} (website) | :: portal {m} |
portal {n} (vein) | :: veia porta {f}, porta {f} |
portal vein {n} (particular vein) | :: veia porta {f} |
porta-potty {n} (portable toilet) SEE: portable toilet | :: |
Port-au-Prince {prop} (capital of Haiti) | :: Porto Príncipe {m} |
port city {n} (city built around a port) | :: porto {m}, cidade portuária {f} |
portcullis {n} (gate in the form of a grating) | :: grade levadiça {f}, rastrilho {m} |
porter {n} (person who carries luggage) | :: carregador {m} |
porter {n} (person in control of a building entrance) | :: porteiro {m} |
porter {n} (strong, dark ale weaker than a stout) | :: pórter {m} |
porter {n} ((Ireland) another name for stout) SEE: stout | :: |
portfolio {n} (case) | :: porta-fólio {m}, portfólio {m} |
portfolio {n} (collection) | :: portfólio {m}, buque |
portfolio {n} (post) | :: pasta {f} |
portfolio {n} (investments) | :: portfólio {m}, porta-fólio {m} |
portico {n} (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building) | :: pórtico {m} |
portion {n} (allocated amount) | :: porção {f} |
portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry | :: |
Portland cement {n} (cement made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay) | :: cimento Portland {m} |
Port Louis {prop} (The capital of Mauritius) | :: Port Louis {f} |
portmanteau {n} (case) | :: maleta {f}, valise {f} |
portmanteau {n} (portmanteau word) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
portmanteau word {n} (word which combines the meaning of two words) | :: palavra-valise {f} [Portugal], amálgama {m} {f} [Portugal], siglonimização {f} [Brazil], cruzamento {m} |
Port Moresby {prop} (capital of Papua New Guinea) | :: Port Moresby {f} |
Port of Spain {prop} (The capital of Trinidad and Tobago) | :: Porto de Espanha |
portolan {n} (chart of European navigable waters) | :: portulano {m} |
Porto-Novo {prop} (the official capital of Benin) | :: Porto Novo {f}, Porto-Novo {f} |
Porto Velho {prop} (capital of Rondônia, Brazil) | :: Porto Velho {m} |
portrait {n} (painting of a person) | :: retrato {m} |
portray {v} (to paint or draw the likeness of) | :: retratar |
portress {n} (a female porter) | :: porteira {f} |
Portsmouth {prop} (city in southern England) | :: Portsmouth {f} |
Portugal {prop} (country) | :: Portugal {m} |
Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the region of Portugal) | :: português, lusitano, lusitânico, luso |
Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the people of Portugal) | :: português {m}, lusitano {m}, lusitânico {m}, luso {m} |
Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the Portuguese language) | :: português, lusitano {m}, lusitânico {m}, luso {m} |
Portuguese {n} (person native to Portugal) | :: português {m}, portuguesa {f}, luso {m}, lusitano {m} |
Portuguese {n} (the language) | :: português {m} |
Portuguese man-of-war {n} (Physalia physalis) | :: caravela-portuguesa {f} |
Portuguese oak {n} (Quercus faginea) | :: carvalho-português {m}, cerquinho {m} |
Portuguese Republic {prop} (official name of Portugal) | :: República Portuguesa {f} |
Portuguese Water Dog {n} (Portuguese Water Dog) | :: Cão de água português {m}, Cão d'água português {m} |
Portuguese West Africa {prop} (former country) | :: África Ocidental Portuguesa {f} |
Portuguesism {n} (Portuguese attitudes and beliefs) | :: portuguesismo {m} |
Portuguesism {n} (a word or phrase characteristic of Portuguese) | :: portuguesismo {m} |
Portuñol {prop} (the language) | :: portunhol {m} |
port wine {n} (A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal) | :: vinho do Porto {m} |
pose {v} (set in place, arrange) | :: pousar, colocar |
pose {v} (ask, set (a test or quiz)) | :: perguntar |
pose {v} (assume or maintain a pose) | :: posar |
pose {n} (position, arrangement (especially of the human body)) | :: pose {f} |
pose {n} (affectation) | :: pose {f} |
Poseidon {prop} (the god of the sea) | :: Poseidon {m}, Posídon {m}, Possêidon {m}, Posidão {m} |
posh {adj} (stylish, elegant, exclusive) | :: chique |
posh {adj} (snobbish) | :: esnobe |
posit {n} (postulate) | :: postulado {m} |
posit {v} (to postulate) | :: postular |
posit {v} (to suggest) | :: propor |
position {n} (place, location) | :: posição {f} |
position {n} (status or rank) | :: posição {f} |
position {n} (post of employment) | :: cargo {m} |
position {n} (stand) | :: posição {f} |
position {n} (posture) | :: posição {f} |
position {n} (place on a playing field) | :: posição {f} |
position {v} (to put into place) | :: posicionar |
positive {adj} (legal: formally laid down) | :: positivo |
positive {adj} (mathematics: greater than zero) | :: positivo |
positive {adj} (characterised by constructiveness) | :: positivo |
positive {adj} (physics: having more protons than electrons) | :: positivo |
positive {adj} (grammar: describing the primary sense) | :: positivo |
positively {adv} (in a positive manner) | :: positivamente |
positively {adv} (with certainty) | :: certamente |
positivism {n} (philosophical doctrine) | :: positivismo {m} |
positivism {n} (school of thought in jurisprudence) SEE: legal positivism | :: |
positivist {n} (a believer in positivism) | :: positivista {mf} |
positivity {n} (optimism) | :: positividade {f} |
positron {n} (positron) | :: [Brazil] pósitron {m}, [Portugal] positrão {m} |
posse {n} (A criminal gang) | :: bando {m} |
possess {v} (to have; to have ownership of) | :: possuir, ter |
possess {v} (to take control of someone's body or mind) | :: possuir |
possessed {adj} (controlled by evil spirits) | :: possuído |
possessing {v} (present participle of possess) | :: possuindo |
possession {n} (control or occupancy without legal ownership) | :: invasão {f}, posse |
possession {n} (something that is owned) | :: possessão {f}, posse |
possession {n} (ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own) | :: possessão {f}, posse |
possession {n} (a territory under the rule of another country) | :: possessão {f}, domínio {m} |
possession {n} (the state of being possessed by a spirit or demon) | :: possessão {f} |
possessive {adj} (grammar: indicating possession) | :: possessivo {m} |
possessive {adj} (unwilling to yield possession of) | :: possessivo |
possessive {n} (possessive case) SEE: possessive case | :: |
possessive case {n} (case used to express direct possession) | :: caso possessivo {m} |
possessive pronoun {n} (pronoun which expresses possession) | :: pronome possessivo {m} |
possessor {n} (One who possesses) | :: possuidor {m}, possessor {m} |
possibility {n} (quality of being possible) | :: possibilidade {f} |
possible {adj} (able but not certain to happen) | :: possível |
possible {adj} (capable of being done or achieved; feasible) | :: possível |
possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that an action may successfully be performed) | :: possivelmente |
possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps | :: |
possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum | :: |
post {n} (long dowel or plank protruding from the ground) | :: mourão {m} [of a fence], estaca {f} [small], poste {m} [big] |
post {n} ((construction) stud; two-by-four) | :: sarrafo {m}, ripa {f} |
post {v} (to send to an electronic forum) | :: postar, publicar |
post {n} (method of delivering mail) | :: correio {m}, postagem {f} |
post {n} (individual message in a forum) | :: post {m}, publicação |
post {v} (to send mail) | :: postar, publicar |
post {v} ((Internet) to publish a message) | :: postar |
post {n} (assigned station) | :: posto {m} |
post- {prefix} (later) | :: pós- |
postage {n} (charge) | :: porte {m} |
postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid) | :: selo {m} |
postal {adj} (relating to mail) | :: postal |
postal code {n} (postcode) SEE: postcode | :: |
postbellum {adj} (of the period following a war) | :: pós-guerra, após-guerra |
post box {n} (box in which post can be left to be picked up) SEE: mailbox | :: |
postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) | :: cartão-postal {m}, postal {m} |
postcode {n} (sequence of letters and/or numbers added to a postal address) | :: código postal {m}, código de endereçamento postal {m}, CEP {m} |
postdoctoral {adj} (after receiving a doctorate) | :: pós-doutoral {m} {f} |
poster {n} (picture intended to be attached to a wall) | :: cartaz |
poster {n} (advertisement, see also: placard) | :: cartaz, propaganda |
poste restante {n} (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) | :: posta restante |
posterior {adj} (located towards the rear) | :: posterior |
posterior {adj} (following in order or time) | :: posterior |
posterity {n} (all the future generations) | :: posteridade {f} |
posterization {n} (act or process of posterizing) | :: posterização {f} |
posterize {v} (act or process of posterizing) | :: posterizar |
postgraduate {n} (a person continuing to study after completing a degree) | :: pós-graduando {m} |
posthumous {adj} (born after one's father's death) | :: póstumo {m} |
posthumous {adj} (taking place after one's death) | :: póstumo |
posthumous {adj} (in reference to a work, published after the author's death) | :: póstumo |
postman {n} (mailman) SEE: mailman | :: |
postmark {n} (marking made by a postal service on a letter) | :: carimbo {m} |
postmodern {adj} (Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism) | :: pós-moderno |
postmodernism {n} (a style of art, literature, etc) | :: pós-modernismo {m} |
postnatal {adj} (of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth) | :: pós-natal |
post office {n} (place) | :: estação de correios {f}, correio {m} |
post office {n} (organization) | :: correios {m-p} |
post office box {n} (box hired as collection point for mail) | :: caixa de coleta {f} |
postoperative {adj} (of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation) | :: pós-operatório |
postpone {v} (to delay or put off an event) | :: postergar, adiar |
postposition {n} ((grammar) words that come after the noun) | :: posposição {f} |
post-production {n} (stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film) | :: pós-produção {f} |
postscript {n} (addendum to a letter) | :: pós-escrito {m} |
postscriptum {n} (something written afterward) | :: pós-escrito {m}, postscriptum {m} |
posttest {n} (a test given after an event or experience) | :: pós-teste {m} |
posttranslational {adj} (Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA) | :: pós-traducional |
post-traumatic stress disorder {n} (condition that develops following some stressful situation) | :: transtorno de estresse pós-traumático {m} |
postulate {n} (something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted) | :: postulado {m} |
postulate {n} (fundamental element; basic principle) | :: postulado {m} |
postulate {n} (logic: an axiom) | :: postulado {m}, axioma {m} |
postulate {v} (to assume as a premise) | :: postular |
postulate {v} (to demand or claim) | :: postular |
postural {adj} (relating to posture) | :: postural |
posture {n} (position of body) | :: postura {f} |
post-war {adj} (pertaining to a period following the end of a war) | :: pós-bélico |
pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.) | :: pote {m}, panela [for cooking] |
pot {n} (trap for crabs and other seafood) | :: covo {m} |
pot {n} (protruding belly) | :: pança {f} |
pot {n} (coffee pot, teapot) | :: bule {m} |
pot {n} (marijuana) | :: maconha {f}, erva {f} |
pot {n} (crucible) SEE: crucible | :: |
pot {n} (plaster cast) SEE: plaster cast | :: |
potable {adj} (good for drinking, see also: drinkable) | :: potável, bebível |
potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage | :: |
potash {n} (pot ash) | :: potassa {f} |
potassium {n} (the chemical element) | :: potássio {m} |
potassium cyanide {n} (inorganic compound) | :: cianeto de potássio {m} |
potassium hydroxide {n} (potassium hydroxide) | :: hidróxido de potássio {m} |
potassium nitrate {n} (potassium nitrate) | :: salitre |
potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable) | :: batata {f} |
potato beetle {n} (Colorado beetle) SEE: Colorado beetle | :: |
potato chip {n} (potato crisp) SEE: potato crisp | :: |
potato crisp {n} (thin fried slice of potato) | :: batata frita {f} |
potato masher {n} (utensil for mashing potatoes) | :: espremedor de batata {m} |
potato salad {n} (salad made from chopped boiled potatoes) | :: salada de batata {f} |
potayto, potahto {interj} (to suggest a distinction without a difference) SEE: tomayto, tomahto | :: |
pot calling the kettle black {n} (situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) | :: roto falando do esfarrapado (the broken one talking about the shabby one), o sujo falando do mal lavado (the dirty one talking about the poorly washed one) |
potent {adj} (powerfully effective) | :: potente |
potentate {n} (a powerful leader) | :: potentado {m}, soberano {m} |
potential {n} (currently unrealized ability) | :: potencial {m} |
potential {n} (physics: the radial component of a gravitational field) | :: potencial {m} |
potential {n} (energy of a unit electrical charge) | :: potencial {m} |
potential {adj} (existing in possibility) | :: potencial |
potential energy {n} (energy possessed by an object because of its position) | :: energia potencial {f} |
potentially {adv} (in a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way) | :: potencialmente |
potentilla {n} (any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla) | :: potentilha {f} |
pothead {n} (a person who smokes cannabis frequently) | :: maconheiro |
pothole {n} (a hole in a road) | :: buraco (na estrada) {m} |
potion {n} (small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical) | :: poção {f} |
potlatch {n} (communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share, see also: potluck) | :: festa americana {f} |
potluck {n} (shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought) SEE: potlatch | :: |
potpourri {n} (collection of various things) | :: pot-pourri {m} |
potpourri {n} (a medley of songs or music) | :: potpourri, pot-pourri |
Potsdam {prop} (city) | :: Potsdam {f} |
potsherd {n} (piece of ceramic from pottery) | :: caco {m} |
potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares) | :: oleiro {m}, oleira {f}, ceramista {m} {f} |
Potter {prop} (surname) | :: Potter |
potter around {v} (to be gently active aimlessly) SEE: putter around | :: |
potter's wheel {n} (machine used by a potter) | :: roda de oleiro {f} |
pottery {n} (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) | :: cerâmica {f} |
pottery {n} (workshop where pottery is made) | :: olaria {f} |
pottery {n} (practise or craft of making pottery) | :: cerâmica {f} |
potty {n} (bathroom) SEE: bathroom | :: |
potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
potty {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
potty {adj} (insane) SEE: insane | :: |
potty {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
potty {n} (children's chamberpot) | :: penico {m} |
potty {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
pouch {n} (small bag) | :: bolsa {f}, malote {m} |
pouch {n} (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) | :: bolsa {f} |
poultice {n} (A poultice or plaster) | :: emplastro, emplasto, cataplasma {m} {f} |
poultry {n} (domestic fowl) | :: ave doméstica {f}, ave de capoeira {f}, ave de corte {f} |
poultry {n} (fowl meat) | :: carne de ave {f} |
pounce {v} (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something) | :: dar o bote |
pounce {v} (To attack suddenly) | :: dar o bote |
pounce {v} (To eagerly seize an opportunity) | :: dar o bote |
pound {n} (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) | :: libra {f} |
pound {n} (unit of currency) | :: libra {f}, libra esterlina {f} |
pound {n} (place for the detention of stray animals) | :: abrigo {m}, carrocinha |
pound {n} (place for detention of automobiles) | :: pátio {m} |
pound {v} (to strike hard repeatedly) | :: bater |
pound {v} (crush to pieces) | :: triturar, pulverizar |
pound {v} (slang: eat or drink quickly) | :: devorar |
pound {n} (hard blow) | :: batida {f} |
pound {n} (US: symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
pound sign {n} (symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
pound sterling {n} (currency of the UK) | :: libra esterlina {f} |
pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream) | :: despejar, entornar |
pour {v} (to send forth as in a stream or a flood) | :: despejar |
pour {v} (to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly) | :: despejar |
pour {v} (to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream) | :: afluir, escorrer |
pour {n} (a stream, or something like a stream; a flood) | :: despejamento {m} |
pour gasoline on the fire {v} (add fuel to the fire) SEE: add fuel to the fire | :: |
pour out {v} (distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid) | :: despejar |
pout {v} (push out one’s lips) | :: fazer beiço |
pout {v} (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) | :: amuar |
pout {n} (facial expression) | :: beiço {m} |
Po valley {prop} (large plain in northern Italy) | :: Planície Padana {f} |
poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor) | :: pobreza {f} |
poverty {n} (deficiency of elements) | :: pobreza {f} |
powder {n} (fine particles of any dry substance) | :: pó {m} |
powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder | :: |
powdered {adj} (which has been made into a powder) | :: em pó {m} {f} |
powdered {adj} (which has been covered with powder) | :: empoado |
powdered milk {n} (dairy product) SEE: milk powder | :: |
powdered sugar {n} (very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc) | :: açúcar de confeiteiro {m} |
power {n} (capability or influence) | :: poder {m} |
power {n} (control, particularly legal or political) | :: poder {m} |
power {n} (influential nation, company etc.) | :: potência {f} |
power {n} (physical force or strength) | :: força {f}, potência {f} |
power {n} (electricity, electricity supply) | :: força {f}, corrente {f}, eletricidade {f} |
power {n} (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) | :: potência {f} |
power {n} (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) | :: potência {f} |
power {n} (maths: product of equal factors) | :: potência {f} |
power {n} (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) | :: potência |
power {n} (biblical: level of angels) | :: potestade {m} |
power {v} (to provide power for) | :: alimentar |
power {n} (set theory: cardinality) SEE: cardinality | :: |
power board {n} (power strip) SEE: power strip | :: |
power failure {n} (power failure, see also: power cut; outage; blackout) | :: queda de energia |
power forward {n} (a basketball player) | :: ala-pivô {m} {f} |
powerful {adj} (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence) | :: poderoso, potente |
powerfully {adv} (in a powerful manner) | :: poderosamente |
powerless {adj} (lacking sufficient power or strength) | :: impotente |
power plant {n} (power station) SEE: power station | :: |
power point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
power set {n} (set of all subsets of a set) | :: conjunto de partes {m} |
power station {n} (an industrial complex where electricity is produced) | :: central eléctrica {f} [Portugal], usina {f} [Brazil] |
power strip {n} (block of electrical sockets) | :: multiplicador de tomadas {m} |
power supply {n} (part of apparatus) | :: fonte de alimentação |
pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis | :: |
Poznań {prop} (Poznan) SEE: Poznan | :: |
Poznan {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Poznan {f}, Poznań {f}, Posen {f}, Posnânia {f}, Poznânia |
practical {adj} (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis) | :: prático |
practical joke {n} (something done for amusement to the detriment of someone else) | :: pegadinha {f}, brincadeira {f} |
practice {n} (repetition of an activity to improve skill) | :: prática {f} |
practice {n} (an ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession) | :: prática |
practice {n} (an observance of religious duties) | :: prática {f} |
practice {n} (customary action, habit, or behaviour) | :: praxe {f}, costume {m} |
practice {n} (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory) | :: prática {f} |
practice makes perfect {proverb} (if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) | :: a prática faz a perfeição |
practician {n} (practitioner) SEE: practitioner | :: |
practicum {n} (college course) | :: estágio supervisionado {m} |
practise {v} (to repeat an activity as a way of improving one's skill) | :: praticar, treinar |
practise {v} (to perform or execute a craft or skill) | :: praticar |
practise {v} (to perform or observe in a habitual fashion) | :: praticar |
practise {v} (to pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine)) | :: praticar |
practitioner {n} (person who practices a profession or art) | :: praticante {m}, {f} |
Pradesh {n} (part of the name of a state of India) | :: Pradesh {m} |
praetor {n} (Roman administrative official) | :: pretor {m} |
pragmatic {adj} (practical) | :: pragmático, prático |
pragmatically {adv} (in a pragmatic manner) | :: pragmaticamente |
pragmatics {n} (study of the use of the language in a social context) | :: pragmática {f} |
pragmatism {n} (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
pragmatism {n} (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
pragmatism {n} (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
Prague {prop} (capital of the Czech Republic) | :: Praga |
Praia {prop} (capital of Cape Verde) | :: Praia {f} |
Prairial {prop} (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar) | :: pradial {m} |
prairie {n} (An extensive area of relatively flat grassland) | :: prado {m}, pradaria {f} |
prairie dog {n} (burrowing rodent) | :: cão-da-pradaria {m}, cão-dos-prados {m} |
praise {n} (commendation; favorable representation in words) | :: prezar, louvor |
praise {n} (worship) | :: louvor, adoração {f} |
praise {v} (to give praise to) | :: louvar, enaltecer, elogiar |
praiseworthy {adj} (meriting praise) | :: louvável |
praline {n} (confection) | :: pralinê {m} |
pram {n} (perambulator) | :: carrinho de bebé {m} [Portugal], carrinho de bebê {m} [Brazil] |
pram {n} (flat-bottomed barge) | :: chata {f} |
prance {v} (of a horse) | :: empinar |
prance {v} (to strut) | :: pavonear-se |
Prancer {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus) | :: Empinador {m} |
prank {n} (practical joke or mischievous trick) | :: travessura {f}, trote {m}, pegadinha {f} |
prank call {n} (practical joke made using the telephone) | :: trote {m} |
prankster {n} (one who performs pranks) | :: brincalhão {m}, traquinas {m} {f} |
praseodymium {n} (chemical element) | :: praseodímio {m} |
prawn {n} (large shrimp) | :: camarão {m}, pitu {m} |
praxis {n} (custom or established practice) | :: praxe {f} |
pray {v} (to petition a higher being) | :: rezar, orar, pregar |
pray {v} (to beg humbly for aid) | :: rogar |
pray {v} (to talk to God) | :: rezar, orar |
prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God) | :: oração, prece, reza |
prayer {n} (the act of praying) | :: oração {f}, reza {f} |
prayer {n} (the specific words or methods used for praying) | :: oração {f}, reza {f} |
prayer {n} (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying) | :: missa, culto |
prayer {n} (a request; a petition) | :: petição {f}, prece {f} |
prayer {n} (one who prays) | :: orador {m}, oradora {f}, rezador {m}, rezadora {f} |
prayer beads {n} (string of beads, see also: rosary) | :: terço {m}, rosário {m} |
prayer book {n} (book) | :: missal {m} |
prayer flag {n} (colourful rectangular cloth) | :: bandeira de oração {f} |
praying mantis {n} (any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family) | :: louva-a-deus {m}, cavalinho-de-deus {m} |
pre- {prefix} (before) | :: pre-, pré- |
preach {v} (give a sermon) | :: pregar |
preach {v} (advise or recommend earnestly) | :: pregar |
preacher {n} (one who preaches) | :: pregador |
preach to the choir {v} (speaking to those that already believe) | :: pregar aos convertidos |
preach to the converted {v} (preach to the choir) SEE: preach to the choir | :: |
preamble {n} (short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute) | :: preâmbulo {m} |
prebuy {v} (forebuy) SEE: forebuy | :: |
precampaign {adj} | :: pré-campanha {f} |
precarious {adj} (dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous) | :: precário {m} |
precarious {adj} | :: precário |
precariously {adv} (in a precarious manner) | :: precariamente |
precariousness {n} (state of being uncertain) | :: precariedade {f} |
precarization {n} (process) | :: precarização {f} |
precautionarily {adv} (as a precaution) | :: cautelarmente |
precede {v} (go before, go in front of) | :: preceder, anteceder |
precede {v} (have higher rank than) | :: preceder |
precedence {n} (the state of preceding in importance or priority) | :: precedência {f} |
precedent {n} (past act used as example) | :: precedente {m} |
precedent {n} (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment) | :: precedente {m} |
precept {n} (rule or principle governing personal conduct) | :: preceito |
precious {adv} (intensifier) SEE: very | :: |
precious {adj} (of high value or worth) | :: precioso |
precious metal {n} (metallic element with high economic value) | :: metal precioso {m} |
precious stone {n} (gem) | :: pedra preciosa {f} |
precipice {n} (very steep cliff) | :: precipício {m} |
precipitation {n} (weather: water falling from the atmosphere) | :: precipitação {f} |
precipitation {n} (chemistry: chemical reaction forming solid in liquid) | :: precipitação {f} |
precipitation {n} (unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste) | :: precipitação {f} |
precipitously {adv} (abruptly) | :: abruptamente, precipitadamente |
precise {adj} (exact) | :: preciso |
precise {adj} ((sciences) clustered close together) | :: preciso |
precisely {adv} (in a precise manner) | :: precisamente, justamente |
precision {n} (the state of being precise or exact; exactness) | :: precisão {f} |
precision {n} (the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently) | :: precisão {f} |
precision {n} (the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably) | :: precisão {f} |
precision {adj} (used for exact or precise measurement) | :: de precisão |
precision {adj} (made, or characterized by accuracy) | :: de precisão |
preclassical {adj} (from before a classical period) | :: pré-clássico, anteclássico |
preclude {v} (rule out) | :: excluir |
precocious {adj} (characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity) | :: precoce |
precognition {n} (knowledge of something that is to occur in the future) | :: precognição |
precolonial {n} | :: pré-colonial |
pre-Columbian {adj} (before Christopher Columbus) | :: pré-colombiano {m} |
precompression {n} (compression applied prior to something) | :: pré-compressão {f} |
preconception {n} (prejudice) SEE: prejudice | :: |
precondition {n} (preexisting requirement) | :: pré-condição |
precook {v} (partially or completely cook in advance) | :: pré-cozinhar |
precursor {n} (forerunner, predecessor) | :: precursor {m} |
precursor {n} (chemical compound) | :: precursor |
precursory {adj} (relating to events that will follow) | :: precursor |
predator {n} (animal or organism that hunts) | :: predador {m} |
predator {n} (someone who attacks) | :: predador {m} |
predatory {adj} (relating to predators) | :: predatório |
predecessor {n} (one who precedes) | :: predecessor {m}, antecessor {m} |
predecessor {n} (model or type which precedes) | :: predecessor {m} |
predestination {n} (religious doctrine) | :: predestinação {f} |
predestiny {n} (predestination) SEE: predestination | :: |
predicament {n} (a definite class, state or condition) | :: predicamento {m} |
predicament {n} (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) | :: apuro {m} |
predicate {n} ((grammar) part of sentence that states something about its subject) | :: predicado {m} |
predicate {n} ((logic) a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) | :: predicado {m} |
predicate {v} (to announce or assert publicly) | :: pregar, predicar |
predicate {v} (to suppose assume, infer) | :: supor |
predicate {v} (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) | :: basear-se em |
predicate {v} ((logic) to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) | :: predicar |
predicative {adj} (used after a verb) | :: predicativo |
predicative {n} (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb) | :: predicativo {m} |
predicative case {n} (case marking a predicative nominative) | :: predicativo {m} |
predict {v} (to state, or make something known in advance) | :: predizer |
predict {v} (to foretell or prophesy) | :: prever |
predictable {adj} (able to be predicted) | :: previsível |
prediction {n} (a statement about the future) | :: predição {f}, previsão {f} |
predictive {adj} (useful in predicting) | :: preditivo |
predilection {n} (tendency towards) | :: predileção {f} |
predisposed {adj} (inclined) | :: predisposto |
predisposition {n} (the state of being predisposed) | :: predisposição {f} |
predynastic {adj} (before the time of a dynasty) | :: pré-dinástico |
pre-ejaculate {n} (pre-ejaculate) | :: fluido pré-ejaculatório {m} |
preeminent {adj} (exceeding others in quality or rank) | :: preeminente |
preemption {n} (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) | :: preempção {f} |
preemption {n} (computing: temporary interruption of a process) | :: preempção {f} |
preemptive {adj} (of or relating to preemption) | :: preventivo |
preemptive {adj} (so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation) | :: preventivo |
prefabricate {v} (To manufacture in standard components that can be fitted together on site) | :: prefabricar |
preface {n} (introduction before the main text) | :: prefácio {m} |
preface {v} (to introduce a text) | :: prefaciar |
prefatory {adj} (introductory) | :: prefatório {m} |
prefect {n} (an official of ancient Rome) | :: prefeito {m} |
prefect {n} (the head of a department in France) | :: prefeito {m} |
prefecture {n} (The district governed by a prefect) | :: prefeitura {f} |
prefer {v} (to favor) | :: preferir |
preferable {adj} (Better than some other option) | :: preferível |
preferably {adv} (in preference) | :: preferencialmente, de preferência |
preference {n} (selection) | :: preferência {f} |
preference {n} (option to select or selected) | :: preferência {f} |
preference {n} (state of being preferred) | :: preferência {f} |
preference {n} (liking) | :: preferência {f} |
preference {n} (bias) | :: preferência {f} |
preferences {n} (user-specified settings of parameters in computer software) | :: preferências {f-p} |
preferences {n} (plural of "preference") SEE: preference | :: |
preferred {adj} (favoured) | :: preferido |
prefix {n} (morpheme at the beginning of a word) | :: prefixo {m} |
prefix {v} (put or fix before, or at the beginning of) | :: prefixar |
preformationism {n} (the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form) | :: preformismo {m} |
preformationist {n} (a proponent of the theory of preformationism) | :: preformista {m} {f} |
pregnancy {n} (condition) | :: gravidez {f}, prenhez {f} |
pregnant {adj} (fertile) SEE: fertile | :: |
pregnant {adj} (carrying developing offspring within the body) | :: grávida {f}, prenhe {m} {f}, [colloquial] prenha {f} |
pregnant woman {n} | :: gestante {f} |
preheat {v} (to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking) | :: preaquecer, pré-aquecer |
prehensile {adj} (able to take hold of objects) | :: preênsil |
prehistoric {adj} (of relating to the epoch before written record) | :: pré-histórico |
prehistory {n} (study of events and conditions before written records) | :: pré-história {f} |
preimage {n} (set of all elements that map into a given subset of the codomain of a function) | :: pré-imagem {f} |
prejudice {n} (adverse judgement formed beforehand) | :: preconceito {m} |
prejudice {n} (any preconceived opinion) | :: prejulgamento {m}, pressuposição {f}, preconceito {m} |
prejudice {n} (irrational hostile attitude) | :: preconceito {m}, intolerância {f} |
prejudice {v} (to have a negative impact) | :: prejudicar |
prejudice {v} (to cause prejudice) | :: prejudicar |
prejudiced {adj} (having prejudices) | :: preconceituoso {m} |
prelate {n} (clergyman) | :: prelado {m} |
preliminary {adj} (in preparation for the main matter) | :: preliminar |
prelude {n} (introductory event) | :: prelúdio {m} |
prelude {n} (short piece of music) | :: prelúdio {m} |
premarital {adj} (before one’s marriage) | :: pré-nupcial, premarital, prematrimonial |
premature {adj} (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) | :: prematuro |
premature ejaculation {n} (premature ejaculation) | :: ejaculação precoce {f} |
prematurely {adv} (in a premature manner) | :: prematuramente |
premeditated {adj} (planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate) | :: premeditado |
premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister | :: |
premier {adj} (foremost, very first or very highest in quality or degree) | :: primeiro |
premiere {n} (first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment) | :: estreia |
première {n} (premiere) SEE: premiere | :: |
premise {n} (proposition antecedently supposed or proved) | :: premissa {f} |
premise {n} (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced) | :: premissa {f} |
premise {n} (matters previously stated or set forth) | :: premissa {f} |
premises {n} (land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place) | :: local {m} |
premium {n} (a prize or award) | :: prêmio {m} |
premonition {n} (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) | :: premonição {f} |
premonition {n} (strong intuition) | :: pressentimento {m} |
prenatal {adj} (being or happening before birth) | :: pré-natal |
prenup {n} (prenuptial agreement) SEE: prenuptial agreement | :: |
prenuptial {adj} (occurring before marriage; antenuptial) | :: pré-nupcial, antenupcial |
prenuptial agreement {n} (document stating legal claims upon a divorce) | :: acordo pré-nupcial {m} |
preoccupied {adj} (concerned with something else, distracted) | :: preocupado {m} |
prep {n} (homework) SEE: homework | :: |
prep {n} (preparation) SEE: preparation | :: |
prep {n} (student or graduate of a prep school) SEE: preppy | :: |
preparation {n} (act) | :: preparação {f} |
preparation {n} (substance) | :: preparação {f} |
prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose) | :: preparar |
prepare {v} (to make ready for eating or drinking) | :: preparar, fazer |
prepare {v} (to make oneself ready) | :: preparar-se |
preponderance {n} (state of being preponderant) | :: preponderância {f} |
preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by") | :: preposição {f} |
preposition {v} (to place in a location before some other event occurs) | :: pré-posicionar |
prepositional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition) | :: preposicional, prepositivo |
prepositional {adj} (of the prepositional case) | :: preposicional |
prepositional {n} (the prepositional case) SEE: prepositional case | :: |
prepositional article {n} (contraction of a preposition and an article) | :: preposição contraída {f} |
prepositional case {n} (case serving as object of a preposition) | :: caso preposicional {m} |
prepositional phrase {n} (phrase containing both a preposition and its complement) | :: frase preposicional {f} |
prepositional pronoun {n} (type of pronoun in Romance languages) | :: pronome oblíquo tónico {m}, pronome preposicionado {m} |
preppy {n} (student of a prep school) | :: mauricinho {m} [Brazilian slang] |
preprocessor {n} (program that processes input data before it is used by another program) | :: pré-processador {m} |
prepuce {n} (foreskin of certain animals) SEE: sheath | :: |
prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin | :: |
preputial {adj} (preputial) | :: prepucial |
prequel {n} (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor) | :: prequela {f}, prelúdio {m} |
prerequisite {n} (Something that must be gained in order to gain something else) | :: pré-requisito {m} |
prerequisite {n} (In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started) | :: pré-requisito {m} |
prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right | :: |
prerogative {n} (hereditary or official right or privilege) | :: prerrogativa {f} |
prerogative {n} (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.) | :: prerrogativa {f} |
presbyopia {n} (inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects) | :: presbiopia {f} |
Presbyterian {adj} (relating to the Presbyterian Church) | :: presbiteriano |
Presbyterian {n} (person belonging to the Presbyterian Church) | :: presbiteriano {m} |
Presbyterianism {n} (form of Protestantism) | :: presbiterianismo {m} |
presbytery {n} (chancel) SEE: chancel | :: |
preschool {adj} (relating to years before primary school) | :: pré-escolar {m} {f} |
preschool {n} (nursery school) SEE: nursery school | :: |
prescience {n} (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge) | :: presciência {f} |
prescribe {v} (to order a drug or medical device) | :: prescrever, receitar |
prescribe {v} (to specify as a required procedure or ritual) | :: prescrever, ordenar |
prescription {n} (extinctive or liberative prescription) | :: prescrição extintiva {f} |
prescription {n} (usucapion, acquisitive prescription) | :: prescrição aquisitiva {f} |
prescription {n} (written order for the administration of a medicine) | :: receita {f} |
prescriptivism {n} (prescribing idealistic language norms) | :: prescritivismo {m}, normativismo {m} |
presence {n} (fact or condition of being present) | :: presença {f} |
presence of mind {n} (alertness, resourcefulness, stability of thought and feeling, good sense) | :: presença de espírito {f} |
present {n} (gift) SEE: gift | :: |
present {n} (present tense) SEE: present tense | :: |
present {adj} (pertaining to the current time) | :: presente, atual |
present {adj} (in the immediate vicinity) | :: presente |
present {n} (current time) | :: presente {m} |
present {v} (bring into the presence of) | :: apresentar |
present {v} (bring before court) | :: apresentar |
present {v} (give (someone) as gift or award) | :: presentear [a gift], premiar [an award, prize or trophy] |
presentation {n} (presenting to an audience) | :: apresentação {f} |
presentiment {n} (a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen) | :: pressentimento {m} |
present participle {n} (verb form that indicates an ongoing action) | :: particípio presente {m} |
present perfect {n} (tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present time) | :: presente perfeito {m} |
present tense {n} (form of language) | :: presente {m} |
preservation {n} (the act of preserving) | :: preservação {f} |
preservative {n} (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve) | :: preservante {m}, conservante {m} |
preservative {adj} (tending to preserve) | :: preservador |
preserve {n} (nature preserve) | :: reserva {f} |
preserve {v} (to protect) | :: preservar |
preserve {v} (to keep; to maintain the condition of) | :: conservar |
preset {adj} (set in advance) | :: tomado {m} como, predefinido |
preset {v} (to set something in advance) | :: tomar como, pré-configurado, preestabelecido |
presidency {n} (office or role of president) | :: presidência {f} |
presidency {n} (time during which one is president) | :: presidência {f} |
president {n} (the head of state of a republic) | :: presidente {m} {f}, presidenta {f} |
president {n} (the primary leader of a corporation) | :: presidente {m} {f} |
presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House | :: |
press {v} (to press) SEE: bear | :: |
press {n} (device used to apply pressure) | :: prensa {f}, imprensa |
press {n} (printed media) | :: imprensa {f} |
press {n} (printing machine) | :: imprensa {f} |
press {v} (to apply pressure) | :: prensar, pressionar |
press {v} (to urge) | :: insistir |
press {n} (publisher) SEE: publisher | :: |
Pressburg {prop} (Bratislava) SEE: Bratislava | :: |
press card {n} (identification) | :: crachá de imprensa {m} |
press conference {n} (question and answer session with members of television, print and other media) | :: coletiva {f} |
press release {n} (official written media statement) | :: comunicado {m} |
pressure {n} (a pressing; force applied to a surface) | :: pressão |
pressure {n} (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind) | :: pressão {f} |
pressure {n} (mental strain) | :: pressão {f} |
pressure {n} (physics: amount of force divided by area) | :: pressão {f} |
pressure {n} | :: pressão {f} |
pressure cooker {n} (cooking vessel) | :: panela de pressão {f} |
pressure group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group | :: |
pressure ulcer {n} (bedsore) SEE: bedsore | :: |
Prester John {prop} (legendary Christian king of a distant Eastern or African kingdom) | :: Preste João {m} |
prestidigitator {n} (who performs feats of prestidigitation) | :: prestidigitador {m} |
prestige {n} (dignity, status, or esteem) | :: prestígio {m} |
prestigious {adj} (of high prestige) | :: prestigioso |
presto {interj} (used by magicians) | :: pronto! |
presumably {adv} (able to be sensibly presumed) | :: presumivelmente |
presume {v} (to assume to be true, suppose) | :: presumir, pressupor |
presumed {adj} (appearing to be the most probable) | :: presumido, suposto |
presumedly {adv} (presumably) SEE: presumably | :: |
presumptive {adj} (based on presumption) | :: presuntivo |
presumptively {adv} (as is presumed to be the case) SEE: presumably | :: |
presumptuous {adj} (going beyond what is proper) | :: presunçoso |
presumptuousness {n} (state of being presumptious) | :: presunção {f} |
presuppose {v} (to assume some truth without proof) | :: pressupor |
presupposition {n} (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof) | :: pressuposição {f}, pressuposto {m} |
presupposition {n} (act of presupposing) | :: pressuposição {f} |
pretend {v} (to allege falsely) | :: fingir |
pretension {n} (claim) | :: pretensão |
pretentious {adj} (marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction) | :: pretensioso |
pretentiously {adv} (in a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction) | :: pretensiosamente |
preterite {adj} (showing an action at a determined moment in the past) | :: pretérito {m} |
preterite {n} (preterite tense; simple past) | :: pretérito {m} |
pretermit {v} (to intentionally disregard) | :: preterir |
pretext {n} (false, contrived or assumed purpose) | :: pretexto {m} |
Pretoria {prop} (capital of South Africa) | :: Pretória {f} |
prettily {adv} (in a pretty manner) | :: belamente, lindamente |
pretty {adj} (especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive) | :: bonito |
pretty {adj} (of objects: nice-looking) | :: bonito, belo |
pretty {adj} (only superficially attractive) | :: bonitinho |
pretty {adv} (somewhat) | :: meio [somewhat], bem, bastante [fairly] |
pretty much {adv} (almost completely; very nearly; mostly) | :: quase isso |
pretty penny {n} (considerable amount of money) | :: nota preta (black bill) |
pretty please {interj} (an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite) | :: por favorzinho |
pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot) | :: pretzel {m} |
prevail {v} (To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand) | :: prevalecer, predominar |
prevail {v} (To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence) | :: prevalecer, predominar |
prevalence {n} (number of cases compared to a total population) | :: prevalência |
prevalent {adj} (widespread, preferred) | :: predominante |
prevalent {adj} (Superior in frequency or dominant) | :: prevalente |
prevaricate {v} (deviate, transgress) | :: prevaricar |
prevaricator {n} (one who prevaricates) | :: prevaricador {m} |
prevent {v} (to keep from happening) | :: impedir, prevenir |
prevention {n} (The act of preventing or hindering) | :: prevenção {f} |
prevention {n} (Measure to limit health risks) | :: prevenção |
prevention is better than cure {proverb} (It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) | :: prevenir é melhor do que remediar |
preventively {adv} (in a preventive way) | :: preventivamente |
preview {n} (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) | :: antestreia {f} |
preview {n} (computing facility) | :: pré-visualização {f} |
preview {v} (to see something in advance) | :: pré-visualizar |
previous {adj} (prior) | :: prévio |
previously {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: antes, anteriormente |
prey {n} (booty, anything taken by force) | :: preia {f}, presa {f} |
prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals) | :: presa {f} |
Prey Nokor {prop} (Ho Chi Minh City) SEE: Ho Chi Minh City | :: |
Prey Nokor {prop} (Saigon) SEE: Saigon | :: |
prey on {v} (to exploit or victimize) | :: predar |
Priam {prop} (king of Troy) | :: Príamo {m} |
priapism {n} (medical condition) | :: priapismo {m} |
Priapus {prop} (son of Aphrodite and Dionysus) | :: Príapo {m} |
price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something) | :: preço {m} |
price {n} (cost of an action or deed) | :: preço {m} |
price {v} (determine or put a price on something) | :: avaliar, orçar |
priceless {adj} (so precious as not to be sold at any price) | :: inestimável |
price list {n} (list of items with prices) | :: lista de preços {f} |
price tag {n} (the tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price) | :: etiqueta de preço {f} |
prick {n} (small pointed object) | :: farpa {f} |
prick {n} (feeling of being pierced or punctured) | :: picada {f}, pontada {f} |
prick {n} ((slang) a penis) | :: pica {f} (prick), pau {m} (rod) |
prick {n} (an annoying person) | :: arrogante {m} {f}, ignorante {m} {f} |
prickle {n} (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn) | :: ferrão {m} |
prickly {adj} (covered with sharp points) | :: espinhoso |
prickly {adj} (easily irritated) | :: irritadiço |
prickly oak {n} (kermes oak) SEE: kermes oak | :: |
prickly pear {n} (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) | :: figueira-da-Índia {f} |
prickly pear {n} (cactus fruit) | :: figo-da-Índia {m} |
pride {n} (quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.) | :: orgulho {m} |
pride {n} (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one) | :: orgulho {m} |
pride {n} (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct) | :: soberba {f}, nariz empinado {m} |
pride {n} (that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem) | :: orgulho {m} |
pride {n} (company of lions) | :: alcateia {f} |
priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) | :: padre {m} [Christian], sacerdote {m}, presbítero {m} |
priestess {n} (woman with religious duties) | :: sacerdotisa |
priesthood {n} (role or office) | :: sacerdócio {m} |
priesthood {n} (authority) | :: sacerdócio {m} |
primacy {n} (the state or condition of being prime or first) | :: primado {m}, primazia {f} |
primacy {n} (the office, rank, or character of a primate) | :: primado {m} |
prima donna {n} (opera singer) | :: prima-dona {f} |
prima donna {n} (person who considers themself important) | :: diva {f} |
primary {adj} (first in a group or series) | :: primário {m}, primária {f}, primários {m-p}, primárias {f-p} |
primary {adj} (that which is placed ahead of others) | :: primário |
primary school {n} (first formal, obligatory school) | :: ensino primário {m} |
primate {n} (mammal) | :: primata {m} |
primate {n} (archbishop or bishop) | :: primado {m} |
prime {adj} (first in time, order, or sequence) | :: primeira {f}, primeiro {m} |
prime {adj} (first in excellence, quality, or value) | :: de primeira |
prime {adj} (mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity) | :: primo {m} |
prime {adj} (first in importance, degree, or rank) | :: primeira {f}, primeiro {m}, principal |
prime {n} (earliest stage) | :: princípio {m} |
prime {n} (most active, thriving, or successful stage or period) | :: auge {m}, ápice {m} |
prime {n} (algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure) | :: número primo, primo {m} |
prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government) | :: primeiro ministro {m}, premiê {m} {f}, premier {m} {f} |
prime number {n} (natural number) | :: número primo {m} |
primer {n} (prayer book) | :: livro de orações {m} |
primer {n} (children's book introducing basic literacy) | :: cartilha {f} |
primer {n} (introductory textbook) | :: cartilha {f}, abecedário {m} |
primer {n} (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive) | :: espoleta {f} |
primer {n} (biology: molecule required for replication of DNA) | :: iniciador |
prime time {n} (block of television programming) | :: horário nobre |
primeval {adj} (belonging to the first ages) | :: primevo |
primeval forest {n} (large forest unaffected by humans) | :: floresta primária {f}, floresta virgem {f} |
primigravida {n} (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once) | :: primigrávida {f}, primigesta {f} |
primitive {n} (person from a primitive society) | :: primitivo {m} |
primitive {n} (simple-minded person) | :: primitivo {m} |
primitive {n} (computing data type) | :: primitiva {f} |
primitive {adj} (one of the adjectival senses) | :: primitivo {m}, primitiva {f} |
primitively {adv} (in a primitive manner) | :: primitivamente |
primitiveness {n} (quality or state of being primitive) | :: primitivismo {m} |
primitivity {n} (primitiveness) SEE: primitiveness | :: |
primogeniture {n} (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child) | :: primogenitura {f} |
primordial {adj} (earliest) | :: primordial |
primordial soup {n} (state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history) | :: sopa primordial {f} |
Primorsky Krai {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Primorsky, Primórie {m} |
primrose {n} (plant of the genus Primula) | :: prímula {f} |
primrose {n} (Primula acaulis) | :: prímula |
primrose {n} (flower of a primrose) | :: prímula {f} |
primrose {n} (plant of the genus Oenothera) SEE: evening primrose | :: |
prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality) | :: príncipe |
prince {n} (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) | :: príncipe {m} |
prince {n} ((figuratively) great person) | :: maioral |
Prince Charming {n} (the fictional character) | :: príncipe encantado {m} |
Prince Charming {n} (romantically ideal man) | :: príncipe encantado {m} |
Prince Edward Island {prop} (Province in eastern Canada) | :: Ilha Prince Edward {f}, Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo {f} |
princely {adj} (relating to a prince) | :: principesco {m} |
Prince of Wales {prop} (royal title) | :: príncipe de Gales {m} |
princess {n} (female member of royal family) | :: princesa {f} |
princess {n} (female monarch, or wife of a ruler) | :: rainha {f} |
principal {n} (essential point or rule) SEE: principle | :: |
principal {adj} (primary, main) | :: principal |
principal {n} (money originally invested or loaned) | :: principal |
principal {n} (chief administrator of a school) | :: diretor {m} |
principality {n} (region) | :: principado {m} |
principality {n} (in angelology) | :: principado {m} |
Principality of Liechtenstein {prop} (official name of Liechtenstein) | :: Principado do Liechtenstein {m}, Principado de Liechtenstein {m} |
Principality of Monaco {prop} (official name of Monaco) | :: Principado de Mónaco {m} [Portugal], Principado de Mônaco {m} [Brazil] |
principate {n} (principality) SEE: principality | :: |
principate {n} (early period of the Roman Empire) | :: principado {m} |
principle {n} (fundamental assumption) | :: princípio {m} |
principle {n} (rule to solve a problem) | :: princípio {m} |
principle {n} (moral rule or aspect) | :: princípio {m} |
principle {n} (rule of nature) | :: princípio {m} |
Pringle {n} (individual potato snack of the Pringles brand) | :: Pringle {m} |
print {v} (to produce a copy of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine) | :: imprimir |
print {n} (fingerprint) SEE: fingerprint | :: |
print {n} (footprint) SEE: footprint | :: |
printed {adj} (written or published) | :: impresso |
printer {n} (one who makes prints) | :: impressor {m} |
printer {n} (operator of a printing press) | :: gráfico {m}, impressor {m} |
printer {n} (computing: device used to print text or images) | :: impressora {f} |
printer's ink {n} (printing ink) SEE: printing ink | :: |
print head {n} (part of a printer) | :: cabeça de impressão |
printing {n} (the process or business of producing printed material, see also: typography) | :: impressão |
printing {n} (all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch) | :: tiragem {f} |
printing house {n} (commercial company) | :: gráfica {f}, tipografia {f} |
printing ink {n} (ink used for printing) | :: tinta para impressão {f} |
printing press {n} (machine for printing) | :: imprensa {f} |
printshop {n} (printing house) SEE: printing house | :: |
prion {n} (misfolded protein) | :: prião {m} [Portugal], príon {m} [Brazil] |
prior {adj} (former) SEE: former | :: |
prior {adj} (of that which comes before, in advance) | :: prévio |
prior {adv} (previously) SEE: previously | :: |
prioritize {v} (to arrange or list in order of priority or importance) | :: priorizar |
prioritized {adj} (quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else) | :: prioritário |
prioritized {adj} (Precedence; superior rank) | :: prioritário |
priority {n} (item's relative importance) | :: prioridade {f}, prioridades {f-p} |
priority {n} (goal of a person or an organisation) | :: prioridade {f}, prioridades {f-p} |
priority {n} (attributive use) SEE: prioritized | :: |
priory {n} (monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress) | :: priorado {m} |
Pripyat {prop} (abandoned city in Ukraine) | :: Pripyat {f}, Pripiat {f} |
Priscilla {prop} (biblical woman) | :: Priscila |
Priscilla {prop} (female given name) | :: Priscila |
prise {n} (prize) SEE: prize | :: |
prism {n} (geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape) | :: prisma {m} |
prism {n} (block used to split or reflect light) | :: prisma {m} |
prismatic {adj} (of or pertaining to a prism) | :: prismático |
prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) | :: prisão {f}, cadeia {f}, xadrez {m} [slang, Brazil], cárcere {m} |
prison {n} (confinement in a prison) | :: cárcere {m} |
prison {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
prison cell {n} (room to which a prisoner is confined) | :: cela {f} |
prisoner {n} (person incarcerated in a prison) | :: prisioneiro {m}, preso {m} |
prisoner {n} (figurative: any person held against his or her will) | :: prisioneiro {m}, preso {m} |
prisoner of conscience {n} (person) | :: prisioneiro de consciência {m} |
prisoner of war {n} (soldier or combatant captured by the enemy) | :: prisioneiro de guerra {m}, prisioneira de guerra {f} |
Pristina {prop} (city) | :: Pristina |
pristine {adj} (unspoiled) | :: virgem, pristino, imaculado |
pristine {adj} (pertaining to the earliest state of something) | :: prisco, primitivo, antigo |
privacy {n} (state of being private) | :: intimidade {f}, privacidade {f} |
privacy policy {n} (statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users) | :: política de privacidade {f} |
private {adj} (belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group) | :: pessoal, privado |
private {adj} (not accessible by the public) | :: particular |
private {adj} | :: privado |
private {n} (soldier) | :: soldado {m}, soldado raso {m} |
privateer {n} (privately owned warship) | :: navio corsário {m} |
privateer {n} (officer or crew of a privateer ship) | :: corsário {m} |
private international law {n} (law) | :: direito internacional privado {m} |
private law {n} (area of law) | :: direito privado {m} |
privately {adv} (in a private manner) | :: privadamente |
private parts {n} (genitals or sex organs) SEE: genitalia | :: |
private parts {n} (intimate parts of the human body) | :: partes {f-p} |
private property {n} (belongings owned by individuals) | :: propriedade privada {f} |
private school {n} (fee-charging school) | :: escola particular {f} |
privatization {n} (transfer from the government to private ownership) | :: privatização {f} |
privatize {v} (to release government control to private industry) | :: privatizar |
privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
privet {n} (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum) | :: alfeneiro {m} |
privilege {n} (particular benefit, advantage, or favor) | :: privilégio {m} |
privilege {v} (to grant some particular right or exemption to) | :: privilegiar |
privilege {v} (to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger) | :: privilegiar |
privileged {adj} (having special privileges) | :: privilegiado |
privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
privy {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
privy {adj} (private, exclusive, particular) | :: privado {m}, exclusivo {m}, particular, privativo, confidencial |
privy {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
prize {n} (honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest) | :: [Brazil] prêmio {m}, [Portugal] prémio {m} |
prize {n} (that which may be won by chance) | :: prêmio {m} |
prizewinning {adj} (Having won at least one prize) | :: premiado |
Príncipe {prop} (island) | :: Príncipe |
Pärnu {prop} (city in Estonia) | :: Pernau {f} |
pro {n} (advantage of something) | :: pró {m} |
pro {prep} (in favor of) | :: pró |
proactive {adj} (acting in advance) | :: proativo |
probability {n} (state of being probable; likelihood) | :: probabilidade {f} |
probability {n} (event that is likely to occur) | :: probabilidade {f} |
probability {n} (relative likelihood of an event happening) | :: probabilidade {f} |
probability {n} (mathematical probability) | :: probabilidade {f} |
probability theory {n} (study of probability) | :: teoria das probabilidades {f}, teoria da probabilidade {f} |
probable {adj} (likely to be true) | :: provável |
probable {adj} (likely to happen) | :: provável |
probably {adv} (in all likelihood) | :: provavelmente |
probation {n} (period of conditional employment or engagement) | :: contrato de experiência {m}, período de experiência {m} |
probation {n} (type of sentence) | :: condicional {f} |
probe {n} (any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc) | :: sonda {f} |
probe {n} (investigation or inquiry) | :: investigação {f} |
probe {n} (sciences: electrode or other small device) | :: sonda {f} |
probe {n} (spacecraft) | :: sonda {f} |
probe {n} (radioactively labeled molecule) | :: sonda |
probe {v} (to explore, investigate, or question) | :: sondar, investigar |
probe {v} (to insert a probe into) | :: sondar |
probeable {adj} (able to be probed) | :: sondável |
probiotic {n} (food or dietary supplement) | :: probiótico {m} |
probiotic {adj} (that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes) | :: probiótico |
probity {n} (integrity) | :: probidade |
problem {n} (difficulty) | :: problema {m} |
problem {n} (schoolwork exercise) | :: problema {m}, exercício {m} |
problem {n} (puzzling circumstance) | :: problema {m} |
problem statement {n} | :: enunciado do problema |
proboscis {n} (slang: a nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
proboscis {n} (elongated tube) | :: probóscide {f}, probóscida {f} |
procedural {adj} (related to procedure) | :: procedimental |
procedure {n} (method for performing a task) | :: procedimento {m} |
procedure {n} (series of small tasks to accomplish an end) | :: procedimento {m} |
procedure {n} (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) | :: procedimento {m} |
procedure {n} (computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task) | :: procedimento {m} |
procedure mask {n} (surgical mask) SEE: surgical mask | :: |
proceed {v} (go forward) | :: continuar, seguir |
proceed {v} (pass from one point to another) | :: prosseguir |
proceed {v} (come forth as a source or origin) | :: proceder de |
proceed {v} (take place) | :: suceder |
proceeds {n} (revenue) | :: receita {f}, renda {f}, rendimento {m} |
process {n} (series of events to produce a result) | :: processo {m} |
process {n} (path of succession of states through which a system passes) | :: processo {m}, procedimento {m} |
process {n} (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) | :: processo |
process {v} (to perform a particular process) | :: processar |
process {v} (to think information over, and assimilate it) | :: digerir, ruminar |
processing {n} (action of the verb to process) | :: processamento {m} |
processing {n} (act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures) | :: processamento {m} |
procession {n} (act of progressing or proceeding) | :: avanço {m} |
procession {n} (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) | :: procissão {f}, cortejo {m} |
procession {n} (number of things happening in sequence) | :: sequência {f} |
processor {n} (device which processes) | :: processador {m} |
processor {n} (microprocessor) | :: processador |
proclaim {v} (to announce or declare) | :: proclamar |
proclaim {v} (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) | :: aclamar |
proclamation {n} (a statement which is proclaimed) | :: proclamação {f} |
proconsul {n} (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province) | :: procônsul {m} |
procrastinate {v} (put off; to delay taking action) | :: procrastinar |
procrastinate {v} (put off; delay something) | :: procrastinar |
procrastination {n} (act of postponing, delaying or putting off) | :: procrastinação {f} |
procrastinator {n} (one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things) | :: procrastinador {m} |
procreate {v} (to procreate) SEE: beget | :: |
procreation {n} | :: procriação {f} |
proctitis {n} (inflammation) | :: proctite {f} |
proctologist {n} (expert in proctology) | :: proctólogo {m}, proctóloga {f} |
proctology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: proctologia {f} |
proctor {n} (person who supervises students as they take an examination) | :: fiscal |
procurable {adj} (obtainable) SEE: obtainable | :: |
procure {v} (To acquire or obtain an item or service) | :: obter, conseguir |
procurement {n} (purchasing department of a company) | :: compras, suprimentos |
procurement {n} (act of procuring or obtaining) | :: obtenção {f}, aquisição {f} |
prod {v} (to poke) | :: cutucar |
prod {v} (to encourage) | :: aguilhoar |
prodigal {adj} (wastefully extravagant) | :: pródigo {m} |
prodigal {n} (prodigal) SEE: spendthrift | :: |
prodigal son {n} (one who returns) | :: filho pródigo {m} |
prodigal son {n} (cobia) SEE: cobia | :: |
prodigy {n} (something from which omens are drawn) | :: presságio {m} |
prodigy {n} (amazing or marvelous thing) | :: prodígio {m}, maravilha {f} |
prodigy {n} (extremely talented person, especially a child) | :: prodígio {m} |
prodrome {n} (medicine: an early symptom) | :: pródromo {m} |
produce {v} (to make or manufacture) | :: produzir |
produce {n} (that which is produced) | :: produção {f} |
produce {n} (harvested agricultural goods collectively) | :: produção {f}, hortifrutigranjeiros {m-p}, hortifruti {m-p} |
produce {n} (offspring) SEE: offspring | :: |
producer {n} (in economics) | :: produtor {m} |
producer {n} (in arts) | :: produtor {m} |
product {n} (commodity for sale) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
product {n} (amount created by a process) | :: produto {m}, produção {f}, produtos {m-p}, produções {f-p} |
product {n} (consequence of efforts) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
product {n} (result of chemical reaction) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
product {n} (multiplication result) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
product {n} (any tangible output) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
production {n} (the act of producing) | :: produção {f} |
production {n} (the act of being produced) | :: produção {f} |
production {n} (the total amount produced) | :: produção {f} |
production {n} (the presentation of a theatrical work) | :: produção {f} |
production line {n} (set of operations) | :: linha de produção {f} |
productive {adj} (capable of producing something) | :: produtivo |
productivity {n} (state of being productive) | :: produtividade {f} |
product placement {n} (a form of advertising) | :: publicidade indireta {f}, marketing indireto {m} |
Produnova {prop} (female surname) | :: Produnova {f} |
Produnova {n} (Gymnastics vault) | :: Brazilian: produnova, salto produnova; Iberian: Produnova, salto Produnova |
profane {adj} (Not sacred or holy) | :: profano |
profanely {adv} (in a profane manner) | :: profanamente |
profaner {n} | :: profanador {m}, profanadora {f} |
profanity {n} (quality of being profane) | :: profanidade {f} |
profanity {n} (obscene, lewd or abusive language) | :: profanidade {f} |
profer {v} (utter; pronounce) | :: proferir |
profession {n} (occupation) | :: profissão {f} |
professional {n} (person who belongs to a profession) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professional {n} (person who earns their living from a specified activity) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professional {n} (expert) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the standards of a profession) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professional {adj} (that is carried out as a livelihood) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professional {adj} (expert) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
professionalism {n} (status or methods of a professional) | :: profissionalismo {m} |
professionalization {n} (act pr process) | :: profissionalização {f} |
professionalize {v} (make something professional) | :: profissionalizar |
professionally {adv} (in a professional manner) | :: profissionalmente |
professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university) | :: professor {m}, professora {f} |
proficiency {n} (ability or skill) | :: proficiência {f}, capacidade {f}, competência {f} |
proficient {adj} (skilled) | :: proficiente, competente, perito |
proficient {n} (expert) | :: perito {m} |
profile {n} (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) | :: perfil {m} |
profile {n} (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) | :: perfil {m} |
profile {n} (reputation) SEE: reputation | :: |
profit {n} (benefit) | :: proveito {m}, lucro {m} |
profit {n} (total income or cash flow minus expenditures) | :: lucro {m}, provento {m} |
profit {v} (To benefit, gain) | :: lucrar |
profitable {adj} (producing profit) | :: lucrativo |
profiterole {n} (choux pastry with filling) | :: profiterole {m} |
profligacy {n} (careless wastefulness) | :: esbanjamento {m}, prodigalidade {f}, desperdício {m} |
profligacy {n} (shameless and immoral behaviour) | :: devassidão {f}, libertinagem {f}, licenciosidade {f} |
profound {adj} (descending below the surface) | :: profundo |
profound {adj} (intellectually deep) | :: profundo |
profound {adj} (characterized by intensity) | :: profundo |
profound {adj} | :: profundo |
profoundly {adv} (in a profound manner) | :: profundamente |
progenitor {n} (founder) SEE: founder | :: |
progenitor {n} (any of a person's direct ancestors) | :: progenitor {m} |
progenitor {n} (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend) | :: progenitor {m} |
progenitor {n} (a predecessor of something) | :: progenitor {m} |
progeny {n} (offspring) | :: progénie {f} [Portugal], progênie {f} [Brazil], descendência {f}, prole {f} |
progeria {n} (genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are manifested at an early age) | :: progéria {f}, progeria {f} |
progesterone {n} (the steroid hormone) | :: progesterona |
prognathic {adj} (prognathous) SEE: prognathous | :: |
prognathism {n} (abnormal projection of jaws) | :: prognatismo {m} |
prognathous {adj} (with jaws projecting forward) | :: prógnato |
prognosis {n} (forecast of the future course of a disease) | :: prognose {f}, prognóstico, pronóstico |
prognosis {n} (forecast of the future course, or outcome, of a situation) | :: prognose {f}, prognóstico {m} |
prognostic {adj} (of or pertaining to prognosis) | :: prognóstico |
prognosticate {v} (predict, foretell) | :: prognosticar |
program {n} (set of structured activities) | :: programa {m}, programação {f} |
program {n} (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity) | :: programa {m} |
program {n} (performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television) | :: programa {m} |
program {n} (software application) | :: programa {m} |
program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer) | :: programar |
program {v} (to write code) | :: programar |
program {v} (to put together the schedule of an event) | :: programar, planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
program {v} (to cause to automatically behave in a particular way) | :: programar |
program guide {n} (periodical) | :: guia de programação {m} |
program guide {n} (section within another publication) | :: guia de programação {m} |
programmable {adj} (capable of being programmed) | :: programável |
programmable logic controller {n} (programmable electronic device) | :: controlador lógico programável {m} |
programmatic {adj} (of or relating to a step-by-step program) | :: programático |
programmatical {adj} (programmatic) SEE: programmatic | :: |
programmatically {adv} (in a programmatic manner) | :: programaticamente |
programme {n} (programme) SEE: program | :: |
programmer {n} (one who writes computer programs) | :: programador {m}, programadora {f} |
programming {n} (act of writing a computer program) | :: programação {f} |
programming {n} (brain-washing) SEE: brain-washing | :: |
programming language {n} (code of reserved words and symbols) | :: linguagem de programação {f} |
program trading {n} (programmed trading) | :: transacções de alta frequência {f-p} |
progress {n} (advancement to a more developed state) | :: progresso {m} |
progress {n} (movement onwards or forwards) | :: progresso {m} |
progress {v} (to move forward) | :: seguir |
progress {v} (to become better or more complete) | :: progredir |
progress bar {n} (computing: a bar that indicates the progression of a task) | :: barra de progresso {f} |
progression {n} (mathematical sequence) | :: progressão {f} |
progression {n} (evolution) | :: progressão |
progressive {adj} (continuous) SEE: continuous | :: |
progressive {adj} (favouring or promoting progress; advanced) | :: progressista {m} {f} |
progressive {adj} (gradually advancing in extent; increasing) | :: progressivo, progressiva |
progressive {n} (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government) | :: progressista {m} {f} |
progressively {adv} (in a progressive manner) | :: progressivamente |
progressive metal {n} (heavy metal subgenre) | :: metal progressivo {m} |
progressive rock {n} (rock subgenre) | :: rock progressivo {m} |
progressivism {n} (political ideology) | :: progressismo {m} |
prohibit {v} (to proscribe officially) | :: proibir |
prohibited {adj} (forbidden) SEE: forbidden | :: |
prohibition {n} (act of prohibiting) | :: proibição {f} |
prohibition {n} (law that prohibits something) | :: proibição {f} |
project {n} (planned endeavor) | :: projeto {m} |
projectile {n} (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon) | :: projéctil {m} |
projection {n} (something which projects) | :: projeção {f} |
projection {n} (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) | :: projeção {f} |
project management {n} (discipline of organizing and managing project resources) | :: gerenciamento de projetos {m}, gerência de projetos {f} |
projector {n} (optical device) | :: [Brazil] projetor {m}, [Portugal] projector {m} |
prokaryote {n} (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) | :: procarionte {m}, procarioto {m} |
prolactin {n} (hormone) | :: prolactina {f} |
proletarian {adj} (relating to proletariat) | :: proletário |
proletarian {n} (member of the proletariat) | :: proletário {m} |
proletarianization {n} (act or process of making somebody or something proletarian) | :: proletarização {f} |
proletariat {n} (working class or lower class) | :: proletariado {m} |
proletariat {n} (wage-earners collectively) | :: proletariado {m} |
proletariat {n} (lowest class of citizens in Rome) | :: proletariado {m} |
pro-life {adj} (opposed to abortion) | :: pró-vida |
proliferate {v} (to increase in number or spread) | :: proliferar |
proliferation {n} (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind) | :: proliferação |
prolific {adj} (Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance) | :: prolífico, frutífero {m}, fértil |
prolific {adj} (Similarly producing results or works in abundance) | :: prolífico {m} |
prolix {adj} (tediously lengthy) | :: prolixo |
prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long | :: |
prolixity {n} (An excess of words) | :: prolixidade {f} |
prolog {n} (prologue) SEE: prologue | :: |
prologue {n} (speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel) | :: prólogo {m} |
prolong {v} (to extend in space or length) | :: prolongar |
prolong {v} (to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue) | :: prolongar |
prolong {v} (to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone) | :: adiar |
prolonged {adj} (lengthy in duration; extended; protracted) | :: prolongado |
prom {n} (a formal ball) | :: baile de formatura |
promastigote {n} ( ) | :: promastigota |
pro memoria {n} | :: pró-memória {m} |
promenade {n} (place to walk) | :: calçadão {m} |
promenade {v} (to walk) | :: caminhar |
Prometheus {prop} (Greek mythological figure) | :: Prometeu {m} |
promethium {n} (chemical element) | :: promécio {m} |
prominent {adj} (projecting, protuberant) | :: proeminente |
prominent {adj} (eminent, distinguished above others) | :: conhecido |
promiscuous {adj} (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners) | :: promíscuo |
promiscuously {adv} (in a promiscuous manner) | :: promiscuamente |
promise {n} (vow) | :: promessa {f} |
promise {v} (to commit to something) | :: prometer |
Promised Land {prop} (land promised by God) | :: Terra Prometida {f} |
Promised Land {n} (place which one eagerly seeks) | :: terra prometida {f} |
promising {adj} (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion) | :: promissor |
promissory note {n} (document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money) | :: livrança {f}, nota promissória {f} |
promo {n} (promotion) | :: promo |
promontory {n} (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff) | :: promontório |
promote {v} (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) | :: promover |
promotion {n} (advancement in position) | :: promoção {f} |
promotion {n} (dissemination of positive information) | :: promoção {f}, publicidade {f} |
promotor {n} (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) | :: promotor |
prompt {adj} (quick) | :: rápido, imediato |
prompt {adj} (on time) | :: pontual |
prompt {v} (to cause or lead to) | :: verursachen, causar |
promptly {adv} (in a prompt manner) | :: prontamente |
promulgate {v} (to make known public) | :: promulgar |
promulgation {n} (act of promulgating) | :: promulgação {f} |
pronaos {n} (the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple) | :: pronaos {m}, pronau {m} |
prone {adj} (inclined, sloped) | :: inclinado, prono |
prone {adj} (predisposed) | :: propenso |
prong {n} (thin, pointed, projecting part) | :: ponta {f}, dente {m} |
prong {n} (branch) | :: braço {m}, ramo {m} |
pronged {adj} (having prongs) | :: furcado {m}, furcada {f} |
pronoia {n} (imperial grant) | :: pronoia {f} |
pronominal {adj} (of a pronoun) | :: pronominal |
pronominal verb {n} | :: verbo pronominal {m} |
pronoun {n} (type of noun) | :: pronome {m} |
pronounce {v} (to pronounce) SEE: say | :: |
pronounce {v} (to declare officially) | :: declarar |
pronounce {v} (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate) | :: pronunciar |
pronounceable {adj} (able to be pronounced) | :: pronunciável |
pronouncement {n} (an official public announcement) | :: pronunciamento {m} |
pronunciation {n} (sound of a word) | :: pronúncia {f} |
pronunciation {n} (way in which words are pronounced) | :: pronúncia, pronunciação {f}, prolação {f} |
proof {v} (proofread) SEE: proofread | :: |
proof {n} (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth) | :: prova {f} |
proof {n} (the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief) | :: prova {f} |
proof {n} (quality or state of having been proved or tried) | :: provado {m} |
proof {n} (a proof sheet) | :: prova {f} |
proof {n} (process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed) | :: prova {f} |
proofread {v} (to check for errors in spelling and grammar) | :: revisar |
proofreader {n} (person who proofreads) | :: revisor {m} |
proofreader {n} (person whose occupation is to proofread) | :: revisor {m} |
proof sheet {n} (contact print) SEE: contact print | :: |
prop {n} (object placed against or under another, to support it) | :: escora {f}, apoio {m}, amparo {m} |
prop {n} (item placed on a stage to create a scene) | :: acessório {m} |
propaganda {n} (concerted set of messages) | :: propaganda {f} |
propaganda of the deed {n} (a provocative act of political violence intended to inspire imitators and foment an anarchist revolt) | :: propaganda pela ação {f}, propaganda pelo ato {f}, propaganda pelo feito {f} |
propagandism {n} (use of propaganda) | :: propagandismo {m} |
propagation {n} (the multiplication or natural increase in a population) | :: propagação {f} |
propagation {n} (the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number) | :: propagação {f} |
propagation {n} (the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave) | :: propagação {f} |
propagule {n} (a reproductive particle released by an organism that may germinate into another) | :: propágulo {m} |
propane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C3H8) | :: propano {m} |
proparoxytone {adj} (proparoxytone) | :: proparoxítono, esdrúxulo |
proparoxytone {n} (proparoxytone) | :: esdrúxulo {m} |
propel {v} (to cause to move in a certain direction) | :: propulsar |
propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel) | :: propulsor, hélice {f} |
propelling pencil {n} (mechanical pencil) SEE: mechanical pencil | :: |
propenoic {adj} (acrylic) SEE: acrylic | :: |
propensity {n} (tendency) | :: propensão, tendência, inclinação, predisposição, predileção |
proper {adj} (fit, suitable) | :: apropriado, próprio, adequado |
proper {adj} (following the established standards of behavior or manners) | :: apropriado, decente, certo {m}, certinho {m} |
proper {adj} (in the very strictest sense of the word) | :: propriamente dito |
proper {adj} (grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing) | :: próprio |
proper {adj} (belonging to oneself or itself, own) | :: próprio |
proper {adj} (complete, thorough) | :: completo |
proper {adj} (informal: utter) | :: por completo |
properly {adv} (in a proper manner) | :: propriamente |
proper noun {n} (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity) | :: substantivo próprio {m}, nome próprio {m} |
property {n} (something owned) | :: propriedade {f}, bem {m}, imóvel {m} |
property {n} (piece of real estate) | :: propriedade {f} |
property {n} (exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing) | :: possessão {f} |
property {n} (attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept) | :: propriedade {f}, qualidade {f} |
property {n} (an attribute characteristic of a class of objects) | :: propriedade {f}, qualidade {f} |
property {n} (computing: an editable parameter associated with an application, or its value) | :: propriedade {f} |
property {n} (an object used in a dramatic production) | :: acessório {m} |
property tax {n} (tax based on the value of property) | :: imposto municipal sobre imóveis {m}, imposto predial e territorial urbano {m} |
propfan {n} (modified turbofan) | :: propfan {m} |
prophecy {n} (prediction) | :: profecia {f} |
prophesy {v} (to predict) | :: profetizar, vaticinar, predizer |
prophesy {v} (to speak as a prophet) | :: profetizar |
prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration) | :: profeta {m}, profetisa {f} |
prophet {n} (one who foretells the future) | :: profeta {m}, vidente {m} {f} |
prophetess {n} (female prophet) | :: profetisa {f} |
prophylactic {adj} (Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease) | :: profiláctico |
prophylaxis {n} (prevention of, or protective treatment for disease) | :: profilaxia {f} |
propiska {n} (system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR) | :: propiska {f} |
propitiation {n} (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) | :: propiciação {f} |
propolis {n} (glue-like substance) | :: própolis |
proponency {n} (advocacy) SEE: advocacy | :: |
proportion {n} (quantity that is part of the whole) | :: proporção {f} |
proportion {v} (to set or render in proportion) | :: proporcionar |
proportion {n} (size) SEE: size | :: |
proportional {adj} (at a constant ratio (to)) | :: proporcional |
proportionally {adv} (in proportion) | :: proporcionalmente |
proportionate {adj} (harmonious and symmetrical) | :: proporcional |
proposal {n} (that which is proposed) | :: proposta {f} |
proposal {n} (law: the offer by a party of what they have in view) | :: proposta {f} |
propose {v} (to suggest a plan or course of action) | :: propor |
propose {v} (to ask for one's hand in marriage) | :: pedir a mão |
propose {v} (to intend) | :: pretender |
proposition {n} (uncountable: act of offering for consideration) | :: proposição {f} |
proposition {n} (idea or plan offered) | :: proposição {f}, proposta {f} |
proposition {n} (math: assertion which can be considered true or false) | :: proposição {f} |
propound {v} (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) | :: propor |
proprietary {adj} (relating to property or ownership) | :: proprietário |
proprietary {adj} (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) | :: proprietário |
proprietary {adj} (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) | :: proprietário |
proprietary {adj} (privately owned) | :: privado, particular |
proprietary {n} (a proprietor or owner) SEE: proprietor | :: |
proprietor {n} (owner) | :: proprietário {m}, dono {m} |
proprietously {adv} (properly) SEE: properly | :: |
propriety {n} (fitness; the quality of being appropriate) | :: propriedade {f} |
propriety {n} (correctness in behaviour and morals) | :: propriedade {f} |
proprioception {n} (sense of the position of parts of the body) | :: propriocepção {f} |
propulsion {n} (the action of driving or pushing) | :: propulsão {f} |
propyl {n} (hydrocarbon radicals) | :: propil {m} |
prorogue {v} (to prolong or extend) | :: prorrogar |
prosaic {adj} (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose) | :: prosaico, prosaico |
pros and cons {n} (for and against) | :: prós e contras {m-p} |
prosciutto {n} (dry-cured ham from Italy) | :: prosciutto {m} |
proscribe {v} (forbid or prohibit) | :: proscrever, proibir |
proscribe {v} (banish or exclude) | :: banir |
prose {n} (written language not intended as poetry) | :: prosa {f} |
prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution) | :: promotor {m}, promotora {f} |
proselyte {n} (one who has converted to a religion) | :: prosélito {m}, neófito {m} |
proselytism {n} (proselytizing or being a proselyte) | :: proselitismo {m} |
proselytize {v} (convert to one’s own faith) | :: converter |
proselytize {v} (induce people to join a cause) | :: proselitizar, proselitar |
prosodic {adj} (relating to prosody) | :: prosódico |
prosody {n} (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) | :: prosódia {f} |
prosody {n} (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) | :: prosódia {f} |
prosopagnosia {n} (disorder of face perception) | :: prosopagnosia {f} |
prosopography {n} (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships) | :: prosopografia |
prosopopoeia {n} (Personifying a person or object.) | :: prosopopéia {f} |
prospect {n} (position affording a fine view) SEE: lookout | :: |
prospect {n} (region which the eye overlooks at one time) | :: perspectiva |
prospect {n} (act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation) | :: expectativa |
prospect {n} (potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable) | :: expectativa {f} |
prospect {v} (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location) | :: prospectar |
prospective {adj} (likely or expected to happen or become) | :: prospectivo |
prospective {adj} (following the same population) | :: prospectivo, prospetivo |
prosper {v} (to be successful) | :: prosperar |
prosperity {n} (condition of being prosperous) | :: prosperidade {f} |
prosperous {adj} (characterized by success) | :: próspero |
prosperous {adj} (well off; affluent) | :: próspero |
prosperous {adj} (favorable) | :: próspero |
prostaglandin {n} (lipid) | :: prostaglandina |
prostate {n} (prostate gland) | :: próstata {f} |
prostate gland {n} (prostate) SEE: prostate | :: |
prostatitis {n} (inflammation of the prostate) | :: prostatite {f} |
prosthesis {n} (prothesis) SEE: prothesis | :: |
prosthesis {n} (artificial replacement for a body part) | :: prótese {f} |
prosthetic {n} (prosthesis) SEE: prosthesis | :: |
prostitute {v} (reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money) | :: prostituir-se |
prostitute {v} (to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves) | :: prostituir |
prostitute {v} (derogatory: to use one's talents in return for money or fame) | :: prostituir |
prostitute {v} (figuratively: to exploit for base purposes) | :: prostituir |
prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit) | :: prostituta {f}, mulher da vida {f} |
prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore | :: |
prostitution {n} (having sex for profit) | :: prostituição {f} |
prostokvasha {n} (soured milk) | :: leite fermentado {m} |
prostrate {v} (to lie flat or face-down) | :: prostrar |
prostrate {v} (to throw oneself down in submission) | :: prostrar-se |
prostrate {v} (to cause to lie down) | :: prostrar |
protactinium {n} (chemical element) | :: protactínio {m} |
protagonist {n} (main character) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
protagonist {n} (leading person in a contest) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
protagonist {n} (advocate) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
protanopia {n} (a form of color blindness) | :: protanopia {f} |
protease {n} (enzyme) | :: protease {f} |
protect {v} (to keep safe) | :: proteger |
protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe) | :: protecção {f}, proteção {f} [Brazil] |
protectionism {n} (A policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports) | :: protecionismo {m} |
protectionist {adj} | :: protecionista {m} {f} |
protectionist {n} | :: protecionista {m} {f} |
protectionistic {adj} (protectionist) SEE: protectionist | :: |
protective {adj} (serving, intended or wishing to protect) | :: protetor, protetivo |
protective {n} (A condom) | :: preservativo {m} |
protector {n} (someone who protects or guards) | :: protetor {m} |
protector {n} (a mechanism which is designed to protect) | :: protetor {m} |
protectorate {n} (government by a protector) | :: protetorado {m} |
protectorate {n} (a protected autonomous state) | :: protetorado {m} |
protege {n} (protégé) SEE: protégé | :: |
protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule) | :: proteína {f} |
protein {n} (class of food) | :: proteína {f} |
protein shake {n} (beverage) | :: shake de proteína {m} |
proteomic {adj} (Of or relating to proteomics) | :: proteómico, proteômico |
proteomics {n} (branch of molecular biology) | :: proteómica {f} [Portugal], proteômica {f} [Brazil] |
Proterozoic {prop} (eon 2,500-541 Ma) | :: Proterozoico {m} |
Proterozoic {adj} (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) | :: proterozoico |
protest {v} (to make a strong objection) | :: protestar |
protest {n} (formal objection) | :: protesto {m} |
protest {n} (collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration) | :: manifestação {f} |
Protestant {n} (someone who is a member of such a denomination) | :: protestante {m} {f} |
Protestant {adj} (pertaining to these denominatons) | :: protestante |
Protestantism {n} (faith) | :: protestantismo {m} |
protester {n} (person who protests) | :: protestante {m} {f} |
Proteus {prop} (mythology) | :: Proteu {m} |
Proteus {prop} (moon) | :: Proteu |
protégé {n} (person who is guided and supported) | :: protegido {m} |
prothesis {n} (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) | :: prótese {f} |
prothrombin {n} (glycoprotein) | :: protrombina {f} |
protist {n} (eukaryotic unicellular organisms) | :: protista {m} |
protium {n} (lightest isotope of hydrogen) | :: prótio {m} |
protoanemonin {n} (toxin found in all plants of the buttercup family) | :: protoanemonina {f} |
protocerebrum {n} (the anterior part of the arthropod brain) | :: protocérebro {m} |
protocol {n} (rule, guideline etc which guides diplomatic behaviour) | :: protocolo {m} |
protocollary {adj} | :: protocolar |
Proto-Germanic {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: germânico comum {m} |
Proto-Indo-European {prop} (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
Proto-Indo-European {n} (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
Proto-Indo-European {adj} (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it, see also: Indo-European) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
Proto-Indo-Germanic {prop} (Proto-Indo-European) SEE: Proto-Indo-European | :: |
proto-language {n} (common ancestor language) | :: proto-língua {f}, protolíngua {f} |
protologism {n} (a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common) | :: protologismo {m} |
protomartyr {n} (any of the first Christian martyrs) | :: protomártir {m} {f} |
Proto-Mayan {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: protomaia |
proton {n} (positively charged nucleon) | :: próton {m} [Brazil], protão [Portugal] |
protonephridial {adj} (relating to the protonephridium) | :: protonefridial |
protonephridium {n} (a type of nephridium) | :: protonefrídio {m} |
protoplanet {n} (astronomical object) | :: protoplaneta {m} |
protoplasm {n} (entire contents of a cell) | :: protoplasma {m} |
Proto-Slavic {prop} (Proto-Slavic) | :: protoeslavo {m} |
Proto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it) | :: protoeslavo |
protospecies {n} (preexsiting type of species) | :: proto-espécie {f} |
protostar {n} (protostar) | :: protoestrela {f} |
prototypal {adj} (prototypical) SEE: prototypical | :: |
prototype {n} (original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects) | :: protótipo {m} |
prototypic {adj} (prototypical) SEE: prototypical | :: |
prototypical {adj} (relating to or being a prototype) | :: prototípico |
protowriting {n} (system of symbols that developed into writing) | :: protoescrita {f} |
protozoal {adj} (protozoan) SEE: protozoan | :: |
protozoan {n} (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes) | :: protozoário {m} |
protozoan {adj} (pertaining to a protozoan) | :: protozoário |
protract {v} (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.) | :: prolongar |
protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles) | :: transferidor {m} |
protrude {v} (to extend from) | :: protrair |
protuberance {n} (Something that protrudes) | :: protuberância {f}, saliência {f} |
proud {adj} (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) | :: orgulhoso |
proud {adj} (possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves) | :: orgulhoso |
proud {adj} (having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious) | :: orgulhoso, soberbo |
proud {adj} (generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride) | :: orgulhante |
proudly {adv} (in a proud manner) | :: orgulhosamente |
prove {v} (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for) | :: provar, demonstrar |
prove {v} (to put to the test, to make trial of) | :: provar, experimentar |
prove {v} (to ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.) | :: validar, comprovar |
proven {adj} (having been proved) | :: provado {m} |
Provençal {prop} (language spoken in Provence) | :: provençal {m} |
provenance {n} (place or source of origin) | :: procedência {f}, proveniência {f} |
provenance {n} (of a person: background, history, place of origin, ancestry) | :: procedência {f}, proveniência {f} |
Provence {prop} (region in France) | :: Provença {f} |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {prop} (region of France) | :: Provença-Alpes-Costa Azul |
proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth) | :: provérbio {m} |
proverbial {adj} (of a proverb) | :: proverbial |
proverbial {adj} (widely known; famous) | :: proverbial |
Proverbs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Provérbios {m} |
provide {v} (to give what is needed or desired) | :: prover |
provide {v} (to furnish (with)) | :: prover |
provided {conj} (only if) | :: contanto que |
providence {n} (prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness) | :: providência {f} |
providence {n} (careful guardianship exercised by a deity) | :: providência {f} |
providence {n} (manifestation of divine care or direction) | :: providência {f} |
provider {n} (provider) | :: fornecedor {m} |
province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) | :: província {f} |
provincial {adj} (of or pertaining to a province) | :: provincial {m} |
provincial {adj} (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province) | :: interiorano {m}, provinciano {m} |
provision {n} (item of goods or supplies obtained for future use) | :: provisão {f} |
provision {n} (money set aside) | :: provisão {f} |
provision {v} (to supply with provisions) | :: prover, aprovisionar, provisionar |
provisional {adj} (temporary) | :: provisório |
provocateur {n} (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts) | :: agente provocador |
provocation {n} (act of provoking) | :: provocação {f} |
provoke {v} (to cause to become angry) | :: provocar, irritar |
provost {n} (senior academic administrator) | :: pró-reitor {m} |
provost {n} (highest position in a monastery below an abbot) | :: preboste {m} |
provost {n} (military prison keeper) | :: preboste |
prow {n} (fore part of a vessel; bow) | :: proa {f} |
prowess {n} (skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity) | :: destreza {f} |
prowess {n} (distinguished bravery or courage) | :: proeza {f} |
prowl {v} (To idle; to go about aimlessly) | :: perambular |
proxenetism {n} (procuring) SEE: pimping | :: |
proximal {adj} (Closer to the point of attachment) | :: proximal |
proximal phalange {n} (bone) | :: falange proximal {f}, falange {f} |
proximately {adv} (approximately) SEE: approximately | :: |
proximity {n} (closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship) | :: proximidade {f} |
proxy {n} (agent or substitute authorized to act for another person) | :: procurador {m}, procuradora {f}, testa-de-ferro {m} {f}, laranja {m} {f} |
proxy {n} (authority to act for another, especially when written) | :: procuração {f} |
proxy {n} ((software) An interface for a service) | :: proxy {m} |
proxy server {n} (hardware server) | :: servidor proxy {m}, proxy server {m} |
præstige {n} (Archaic spelling of prestige) SEE: prestige | :: |
prude {n} (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) | :: pudico {m} |
prudence {n} (The quality or state of being prudent) | :: prudência {f} |
prudent {adj} (sagacious in adapting means to ends) | :: prudente |
prudent {adj} (practically wise, judicious, shrewd) | :: prudente |
prudent {adj} (frugal; economical; not extravagant) | :: prudente |
prudently {adv} (in a prudent manner) | :: prudentemente |
prudery {n} (condition of being prudish; prudishness) | :: pudor {m} |
prudish {adj} (exaggeratedly proper) | :: pudico |
prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum | :: |
prune {v} (dried plum) | :: ameixa seca {f} |
prune {v} (old woman) | :: maracujá de gaveta {m} |
prune {v} (trim a tree or shrub) | :: podar |
prune {v} ((figuratively) cut down or shorten) | :: podar |
pruning {n} (action of pruning) | :: poda {f} |
prurient {adj} (uneasy with desire; lustful) | :: lascivo, libidinoso, indecente, promíscuo |
prurient {adj} (arousing sexual desire) | :: lascivo |
Prussia {prop} (geographical area) | :: Prússia {f} |
Prussia {prop} (former Baltic country) | :: Prússia {f} |
Prussia {prop} (former German province) | :: Prússia {f} |
Prussian {adj} (of Prussia) | :: prussiano |
Prussian {prop} (language) | :: prussiano {m} |
Prussian {n} (native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia) | :: prussiano {m}, prussiana {f} |
Prussian blue {n} (pigment) | :: azul da prússia {m}, azul prussiano {m} |
pry {v} (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey) | :: bisbilhotar, xeretar |
psalm {n} (sacred song) | :: salmo {m} |
psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) | :: salmo {m} |
Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Salmos |
psalter {n} (The Book of Psalms) | :: saltério {m} |
psalterium {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
psaltery {n} (instrument) | :: saltério |
psamment {n} (an entisol consisting of unconsolidated sand deposits) | :: arenossolo {m} |
pschent {n} (the double crown of ancient Egypt) | :: pschent {m} |
pseudo- {prefix} (not genuine) | :: pseudo- |
pseudoaneurysm {n} (hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery) | :: pseudoaneurisma {m} |
pseudo-anglicism {n} (word with an English appearance that is not current in English) | :: pseudoanglicismo {m} |
pseudocarp {n} (accessory fruit) SEE: accessory fruit | :: |
pseudocereal {n} (plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family) | :: pseudocereal {m} |
pseudocode {n} (description of a computer programming algorithm) | :: pseudocódigo {m} |
pseudodemocracy {n} (a government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties) | :: pseudodemocracia {f} |
pseudodemocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to pseudodemocracy) | :: pseudodemocrático |
pseudoephedrine {n} (sympathomimetic alkaloid) | :: pseudoefedrina {f} |
pseudofruit {n} (accessory fruit) SEE: accessory fruit | :: |
pseudogout {n} (medical condition) | :: pseudogota {f} |
pseudohypha {n} (a chain of blastoconidia) | :: pseudo-hifa {f} |
pseudonym {n} (fictitious name) | :: pseudónimo {m}, pseudônimo {m} [Brazil] |
pseudorabies {n} (a highly contagious herpes virus infection) | :: doença de Aujeszky {f}, pseudorraiva {f} |
pseudoscience {n} (purported science) | :: pseudociência {f} |
pseudoscientific {adj} (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience) | :: pseudocientífico |
psi {n} (Greek letter) | :: psi {m} |
Pskov {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Pskov {f} |
psoriasis {n} (facial skin disease) | :: psoríase {f} |
psoriatic {adj} (of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis) | :: psoriásico, psoriático, psoríaco, psórico |
psst {interj} (implying secrecy) | :: psit |
psychasthenia {n} (psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety) | :: psicastenia {f} |
psychasthenic {adj} (affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia) | :: psicasténico [Portugal], psicastênico [Brazil] |
psychasthenic {n} (an individual who has psychasthenia) | :: psicasténico {m} [Portugal], psicastênico {m} [Brazil] |
Psyche {prop} (Greco-Roman goddess) | :: Psiquê {f} |
psychedelic {adj} (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) | :: psicodélico |
psychiatric {adj} (of, or relating to, psychiatry) | :: psiquiátrico |
psychiatric hospital {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
psychiatrist {n} (doctor specializing in psychiatry) | :: psiquiatra {m} {f} |
psychiatry {n} (branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders) | :: psiquiatria {f} |
psychic {n} (a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities) | :: sensitivo |
psychic {n} (a person who contacts the dead) | :: sensitivo, médium |
psychic {adj} (relating to the abilities of a psychic) | :: parapsíquico, psíquico |
psycho {adj} ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) | :: psicótico {m}, psicopático {m} |
psycho {n} (psychotic or otherwise insane person) | :: psicopata {m} {f}, psicótico {m}, louco {m}, doido {m}, insano {m} |
psycho {n} (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) | :: psicopata {m} {f}, psicótico {m} |
psycho- {prefix} (relating to the mind) | :: psico- |
psychoanalysis {n} (family of psychological theories) | :: psicanálise {f} |
psychographer {n} (medium able to psychograph) | :: psicógrafo {m} |
psychokinesis {n} (movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power) | :: telecinésia |
psycholinguistic {adj} (pertaining to psycholinguistics) | :: psicolinguístico |
psycholinguistics {n} (study of comprehension and production of language) | :: psicolinguística {f} |
psychological {adj} (of or pertaining to psychology) | :: psicológico |
psychologically {adv} (in a psychological manner) | :: psicologicamente |
psychological warfare {n} (The use of various techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone) | :: guerra psicológica {f} |
psychologist {n} (expert in the field of psychology) | :: psicólogo {m}, psicóloga {f} |
psychology {n} (study of the human mind) | :: psicologia {f} |
psychology {n} (the study of the human behavior) | :: psicologia {f} |
psychology {n} (the study of animal behavior) | :: psicologia {f} |
psychology {n} (the mental characteristics of a particular individual) | :: psicologia {f} |
psychometry {n} (paranormal ability) | :: psicometria |
psychopath {n} (person with a personality disorder) | :: psicopata {m} {f} |
psychopathic {adj} (relating to a psychopath) | :: psicopático |
psychopathological {adj} (of or relating to psychopathology) | :: psicopatológico |
psychopathology {n} (study of mental illness) | :: psicopatologia {f} |
psychopathy {n} (personality disorder) | :: psicopatia {f} |
psychopedagogic {adj} (relating to psychopedagogy) | :: psicopedagógico |
psychopedagogically {adv} (in terms of psychopedagogy) | :: psicopedagogicamente |
psychopedagogy {n} (psycology of education) | :: psicopedagogia {f} |
psychopolitical {adj} (relating to psychopolitics) | :: psicopolítico |
psychopolitics {n} (interaction between psychology and politics) | :: psicopolítica {f} |
psychopomp {n} (entity who assists souls) | :: psicopompo {m} |
psychosis {n} (mental disorder) | :: psicose {f} |
psychosomatic {adj} (of physical effects with mental causes) | :: psicossomático |
psychotechnology {n} (the technological application of psychology) | :: psicotecnologia {f} |
psychotherapist {n} (who practices psychotherapy) | :: psicoterapeuta {mf} |
psychotherapy {n} (treatment of those with mental illness) | :: psicoterapia {f} |
psychotic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from psychosis) | :: psicótico |
psychrometer {n} (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) | :: psicrómetro {m} [Portugal], psicrômetro {m} [Brazil] |
psychrophile {n} (type of organism) | :: psicrófilo {m} |
psychrophilic {adj} (capable of living at relatively low temperature) | :: psicrófilo |
psywar {n} (psychological warfare) SEE: psychological warfare | :: |
pâté {n} (finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables) | :: patê {m} |
pétanque {n} (form of boules) | :: petanca {f} |
ptarmigan {n} (a small grouse, Lagopus) | :: lagópode {m}, lagopo {m} |
pâte brisée {n} (form of shortcrust pastry, see also: shortcrust pastry) | :: massa quebrada {f} |
pteridophyte {n} (vascular plants that produce spores but not seeds) | :: pteridófita {f} |
pterodactyl {n} (informal term for any pterosaur) | :: pterodáctilo {m} |
Ptolemy {prop} (name of Greek origin) | :: Ptolomeu {m}, Ptolemeu {m} |
ptomaine {n} (any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria) | :: ptomaína {f} |
pub {n} (public house) | :: bar {m}, taberna {f}, cervejaria {f} |
pube {n} (a single pubic hair) | :: pentelho {m} |
puberty {n} (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction) | :: puberdade {f} |
pubescent {adj} (arriving at puberty) | :: pubescente, púbere |
pubic hair {n} (collectively) | :: pelos púbicos {m-p}, pelos pubianos {m-p}, pentelhos {m-p} |
pubic hair {n} (singular) | :: pelo púbico {m}, pelo pubiano {m}, pentelho {m} |
pubic louse {n} (crab louse) SEE: crab louse | :: |
pubis {n} (the pubic bone) | :: púbis {m}, osso púbico {m} |
public {adj} (able to be seen by or known to everybody) | :: público |
public {adj} (pertaining to people as a whole) | :: público |
public {adj} (provided (by the government) for the community) | :: estatal, público |
public {adj} (open to all members of a community) | :: público |
public {n} (people in general) | :: público {m} |
publication {n} (act of publishing) | :: publicação {f} |
publication {n} (an issue of printed or other matter) | :: publicação {f} |
publication {n} (communication of information) | :: publicação {f} |
public domain {n} (realm of intellectual property) | :: domínio público {m} |
public domain {n} (attributive: not subject to any copyright or patent restrictions) | :: em domínio público |
public figure {n} (person subject to public interest) | :: figura pública {f} |
public finance {n} (field of economics) | :: finanças públicas {f} |
public health {n} (science) | :: saúde pública {f} |
public house {n} (pub) SEE: pub | :: |
publicity {n} (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) | :: publicidade {f} |
public law {n} (law) | :: direito público {m} |
public limited company {n} (publicly traded limited liability company) | :: sociedade anónima {f} |
publicly {adv} (in an open and public manner) | :: publicamente |
public opinion {n} (opinion of the public) | :: opinião pública {f} |
public relations {n} (profession) | :: relações públicas {f-p} |
public school {n} (publicly administered school) | :: escola pública {f} |
public sector {n} (government and entities) | :: setor público {m} |
public servant {n} (convict) SEE: convict | :: |
public servant {n} (civil servant) SEE: civil servant | :: |
public speaking {n} (art of public speaking) SEE: oratory | :: |
public telephone {n} (public telephone) | :: telefone público {m} |
public transit {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
public transport {n} (form of transport) | :: transporte público {m} |
public transportation {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
publish {v} (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) | :: publicar |
publish {v} (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) | :: publicar |
publish {v} (to announce to the public) | :: publicar, anunciar |
publishable {adj} (able to be published) | :: publicável |
publisher {n} (One who publishes, especially books) | :: editor {m}, editora {f}, editores {p} |
publishing house {n} (company that produces books) | :: editora {f}, editorial {m} |
publish or perish {v} (the pressure to frequently publish in academic journals) | :: publicar ou perecer, publique ou pereça, publicar ou morrer |
puck {n} (hockey puck) SEE: hockey puck | :: |
pudding {n} (sausage made primarily from blood) | :: morcela {f} |
pudding {n} (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) | :: pudim {m} |
pudding {n} (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) | :: pudim {m} |
pudding {n} (any dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
puddle {n} (a small pool of water) | :: poça {f} |
pudor {n} (appropriate sense of modesty or shame) | :: pudor {m} |
Puducherry {prop} (Puducherry, India) | :: Pondicherry {f} |
puerperium {n} (period of time following childbirth) | :: puerpério {m} |
Puerto Rican {n} (person from Puerto Rico) | :: porto-riquenho {m} |
Puerto Rican {adj} (pertaining to Puerto Rico) | :: porto-riquenho |
Puerto Rico {prop} (Caribbean Commonwealth) | :: Porto Rico |
puff {v} (pant) SEE: pant | :: |
puff {n} (homosexual) SEE: poof | :: |
puff {n} (sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth) | :: sopro {m} |
puff {n} (ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself) | :: fôlego {m} |
puff {n} (small quantity of gas or smoke in the air) | :: baforada {f} |
puff {n} (informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe) | :: pitada {f} |
puff {n} (slang: cannabis) | :: erva {f}, maconha {f} |
puff {n} (type of cake) | :: profiterole {m} |
puffadder {n} (Britis arietans) | :: biúta |
puffball {n} (fungi) | :: bexiga-de-lobo {f}, bufa-de-lobo {f}, licoperdo {m} |
puffer {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
puffer {n} (someone or something that puffs) | :: soprador {m}, pitador {m} |
pufferfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
pufferfish {n} (a delicacy popular in Japan) | :: fugu {m} |
puffin {n} (Fratercula arctica) | :: papagaio-do-mar {m} |
puff pastry {n} (light, flaky pastry) | :: massa folhada {f}, folhado {m} |
Puglian {adj} (Apulian) SEE: Apulian | :: |
pugnacious {adj} (aggressive, belligerent) | :: pugnaz, pugnace, belicoso |
puke {n} (vomit) | :: vômito |
puke {v} (to vomit) | :: vomitar |
pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
pull {v} (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one) | :: puxar, tirar |
pull {v} (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force) | :: puxar |
pull {v} (remove (something) from circulation) | :: tirar |
pull {v} (do, perform) | :: dar |
pull {n} (act of pulling) | :: puxada {f} |
pull {n} (attractive force) | :: atração {f} |
pull a fast one {v} ((idiomatic) to deceive or trick) | :: passar a perna |
pull an all-nighter {v} (work throughout the night) | :: passar a noite em claro, virar a noite, fazer uma direta [informal] |
pull apart {v} (disassemble) SEE: disassemble | :: |
pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken | :: |
pullet {n} (young hen) | :: franga {f} |
pulley {n} (one of simple machines) | :: roldana {f} |
pull in {v} (to pull something, so that comes inside) | :: puxar para dentro |
pull in {v} (to approach a station) | :: encostar, chegar |
pull off {v} (To achieve; to succeed at something difficult) | :: conseguir |
pull oneself together {v} (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) | :: recompor-se |
pull one's socks up {v} (start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts) | :: pôr a mão na massa, meter a mão na massa |
pull out {v} (to withdraw) | :: retirar, retirar-se |
pull out {v} (to use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control) | :: tirar |
pull out {v} (to remove something from a container) | :: puxar, tirar |
pull out {v} (to maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane) | :: sair |
pull over {v} (come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder) | :: encostar |
pullover {n} (sweater) | :: pulôver {m} |
pull the wool over someone's eyes {v} (to deceive someone) | :: enganar, enrolar, embromar |
pull up {v} (lift vertically) | :: puxar para cima |
pulmonary {adj} (related to lungs) | :: pulmonar |
pulmonary circulation {n} (part of blood circulation) | :: circulação pulmonar {f} |
pulmonary tuberculosis {n} (tuberculosis infecting the lungs) | :: tuberculose pulmonar {f} |
pulmonologist {n} (a physician who specializes in pulmonology) | :: pneumologista {m} {f} |
pulmonology {n} (the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract) | :: pneumologia {f} |
pulp {n} (soft, moist mass) | :: polpa {f} |
pulp {n} (center of a fruit) | :: polpa {f}, carne {f} |
pulp {n} (center of a tooth) | :: polpa {f} |
pulp {n} (mass of which paper is produced) | :: polpa {f}, massa {f} |
pulpit {n} (raised platform in church) | :: púlpito {m} |
pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
pulpy {adj} (having the characteristics of pulp, soft, squishy) | :: polposo {m}, polpudo {m} |
pulsar {n} (rotating neutron star) | :: pulsar |
pulsate {v} (to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat) | :: pulsar |
pulsation {n} (regular throbbing of the heart) | :: pulsação {f} |
pulse {n} (regular beat caused by the heart) | :: pulso {m} |
pulse {n} (beat, throb) | :: pulso {m} |
pulse {n} (in music) | :: pulso {m} |
pulse {v} (to beat, throb or flash) | :: pulsar |
pulse {v} (to flow, particularly of blood) | :: circular, pulsar |
puma {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
pumice {n} (pumice) | :: pedra-pomes {f} |
pump {n} (trainer or sneaker) SEE: trainer | :: |
pump {n} (device for moving liquid or gas) | :: bomba {f} |
pump {n} (instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping) | :: bombeio {m} |
pump {n} (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, especially fuel) | :: bomba {f} |
pump {v} (transitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas) | :: bombear |
pump {v} (to move rhythmically) | :: bombear |
pump {v} (slang: to be going very well) | :: estar bombando [Brazil] |
pump attendant {n} (one who works at a petrol station) | :: frentista {m} {f} |
pump iron {v} (to engage in weight training) | :: puxar ferro |
pumpkin {n} (plant) | :: abóbora {f}, jerimum {m}, aboboreira {f} [Brazil] |
pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant) | :: abóbora {f}, jerimum {m} [Brazil] |
pumpkin {n} (color) | :: abóbora, cor de abóbora |
pumpkin pie {n} (pie made from the flesh of pumpkins) | :: torta de abóbora {f} |
pump up {v} (to inflate by means of a pump) | :: bombear |
pump up {v} (to inflate with a pumping action) | :: bombear |
pun {n} (joke or type of wordplay) | :: trocadilho {m}, chalaça {f} |
punch {n} (hit or strike with one's fist) | :: murro {m}, soco |
punch {v} (to strike something or someone with one's fist) | :: esmurrar, socar |
punch {v} (to make holes) | :: furar |
punch {n} (device for creating holes in thin material) | :: perfuradora {f} |
punch {n} (mechanism for punching holes in paper) | :: perfuradora {f} |
punch {v} (to employ a punch to create a hole) | :: perfurar |
punch {n} (beverage) | :: ponche {m} |
punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd | :: |
punch card {n} (card with have holes or notches used for storing data) | :: cartão perfurado {m} |
punch clock {n} (time clock) SEE: time clock | :: |
punching bag {n} (device used to practice punching) | :: saco de pancada {m}, saco de boxe {m} |
punching bag {n} (object of abuse) | :: saco de pancada {m} |
punch list {n} (list of items required to complete a project) | :: lista de pendências {f} |
punctual {adj} (prompt) | :: pontual |
punctuality {n} (state of being punctual) | :: pontualidade {f} |
punctually {adv} (in a punctual manner) | :: pontualmente |
punctuate {v} (emphasize, stress) SEE: emphasize | :: |
punctuation {n} (set of symbols) | :: pontuação {f} |
punctuation mark {n} (symbol used in writing) | :: sinal de pontuação {m} |
puncture {v} (puncture) SEE: pierce | :: |
puncture {n} (hole, cut or tear) | :: punctura {f}, perfuração {f} |
puncture vine {n} (Tribulus terrestris) SEE: caltrop | :: |
pundit {n} (a self-professed expert) | :: autoridade {f}, especialista {m} {f} |
pundit {n} (a Hindu scholar) | :: pandita {m}, pandito {m}, pândita {m} |
Pune {prop} (city in India) | :: Pune {f}, Poona {f}, Puna {f} |
pungency {n} (foul odor) | :: fedor |
Punic {adj} (treacherous) | :: púnico {m}, traiçoeiro {m} |
Punic {prop} (language of Carthage) | :: púnico {m}, cartaginês {m} |
Punic {adj} (Carthaginian) SEE: Carthaginian | :: |
Punic War {n} (war between Ancient Rome and Carthage) | :: guerra púnica {f} |
punish {v} (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct) | :: castigar, punir |
punish {v} | :: castigar, punir |
punishable {adj} (appropriate for punishment) | :: punível, passível |
punishment {n} (the act of punishing) | :: punição {f} |
punishment {n} (penalty for wrongdoing) | :: castigo {m}, punição {f} |
punitive {adj} (punishing) | :: punitivo |
Punjab {prop} (geographical region in South Asia) | :: Pendjab {m}, Panjabe {m}, Panjab {m}, Punjabe {m}, Penjabe {m} |
Punjabi {adj} (of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language) | :: panjabi, punjabi |
Punjabi {n} (language spoken in the Punjab region, in Northern India and eastern Pakistan) | :: panjabi {m}, punjabi {m} |
Punjabi {n} (resident of or immigrant from the Punjab) | :: panjabi {m} {f}, punjabi {m} {f} |
punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
punk {n} (the bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, see also: bottom) | :: putinha |
punk {n} (worthless person) | :: imprestável {m} {f} |
punk {n} (petty criminal) | :: bandidinho {m}, delinquente {m} {f}; punk {m} |
punk {n} (punk rocker) | :: punk {m} {f} |
punk {n} (punk social movement) | :: punk {m} |
punk rocker {n} (punk) SEE: punk | :: |
puny {adj} (of inferior size) | :: franzino, fraco, pequeno |
pup {n} (young dog, etc.) | :: filhote {m} |
pupa {n} (insect) | :: pupa {f} |
pupil {n} (learner) | :: aluno {m}, aluna {f}, pupilo {m}, pupila {f} |
pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye) | :: pupila {f} |
puppet {n} (movable model of a person or animal) | :: fantoche {m} |
puppet {n} (person or country controlled by another) | :: marionete {f}, fantoche {m} |
puppet {n} (doll) SEE: doll | :: |
puppeteer {n} (person who uses a puppet) | :: marionetista {m} {f}, fantocheiro {m} |
puppetry {n} (art of making and performing with puppets) | :: titeragem {f} |
puppet show {n} (theatrical performance with puppets) | :: fantochada {f}, show de fantoches {m} |
puppy {n} (young dog) | :: filhote de cão {m}, cachorro {m}, cachorrinho {m} |
puppy {n} (young rat) | :: ratinho {m} |
purchase {n} (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something for money) | :: compra {f}, aquisição {f} |
purchase {n} (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) | :: aquisição {f}, compra {f} |
purchase {n} (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) | :: compra {f}, compras {f-p} |
purchase {v} (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price) | :: comprar, comprar |
purchasing power {n} (income available to households) | :: poder aquisitivo {m}, poder de compra {m} |
purchasing power parity {n} (long-term equilibrium) | :: paridade do poder de compra {f} |
pure {adj} (free of flaws or imperfections) | :: puro |
pure {adj} (free of foreign material or pollutants) | :: puro |
pure {adj} (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean) | :: puro |
pure {adv} (extremely) | :: bem |
puree {n} (food that has been ground into a thick liquid) | :: puré |
pure land {n} (celestial realm) | :: terra pura |
purely imaginary number {n} (imaginary number) SEE: imaginary number | :: |
purgatory {n} (situation causing suffering) | :: suplício {m} |
purgatory {n} (Purgatory) SEE: Purgatory | :: |
Purgatory {prop} (intermediate state after physical death) | :: purgatório {m} |
purge {n} (the act of purging) | :: purgar |
purge {n} (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.) | :: purga {f} |
purge {v} (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities) | :: purgar |
purge {v} (to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds) | :: purgar |
purge {v} (to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit) | :: purgar |
purge {v} (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation) | :: purgar |
purification {n} (act of purifying) | :: purificação {f} |
purificator {n} (napkin) | :: sanguíneo, purificatório, sanguinho |
purify {v} (cleanse something of impurities) | :: purificar |
purine {n} (organic heterocyclic base) | :: purina {f} |
purism {n} (insistence on the traditionally correct way) | :: purismo {m} |
purist {adj} (pertaining to purism) | :: purista |
purist {n} (advocate of purism) | :: purista {m} {f} |
puristic {adj} (purist) SEE: purist | :: |
purity {n} (the state of being pure) | :: pureza |
purple {n} (colour) | :: roxo, púrpura, violeta |
purple {adj} (colour) | :: púrpura, roxo |
purpleheart {n} (a large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies) | :: pau-violeta, roxinho {m}, guarabu {m}, barabu {m} |
purple heron {n} (Ardea purpurea) | :: garça-vermelha {f} |
purple prose {n} (extravagant or flowery writing) | :: verborragismo {m} |
purple rice {n} (black rice) SEE: black rice | :: |
purplewood {n} (purpleheart) SEE: purpleheart | :: |
purplish {adj} (somewhat purple in colour/color) | :: arroxeado, púrpureo |
purport {v} (to convey) | :: pretender, dizer, supor |
purport {n} (import) | :: propósito {m} |
purpose {n} (target) | :: propósito {m} |
purpose {n} (intention) | :: propósito {m}, intenção {f}, objetivo {m} |
purpose {n} (reason for doing something) | :: propósito {m} |
purpose {v} (have set as one's purpose; intend) | :: propor-se |
purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
purposely {adv} (on purpose; intentionally) | :: propositadamente |
purpure {n} (purple colour on a coat of arms) | :: púrpura |
purpure {adj} (in blazon, of the colour purple) | :: púrpura |
purr {v} (cat to make a vibrating sound in its throat) | :: ronronar |
purr {n} (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented) | :: ronrono |
purse {n} (small bag for carrying money) | :: moedeiro {m} |
purse {n} (small bag for carrying personal items) | :: bolsa {f} |
purse {n} (quantity of money) | :: fundo {m} |
purslane {n} (a plant of the family Portulacaceae) | :: portulaca {f}, beldroega {f} |
purslane {n} (Portulaca oleracea) SEE: common purslane | :: |
pursuant {adj} (in conformance to, or in agreement with) | :: em conformidade com |
pursue {v} (to follow urgently) | :: perseguir |
pursue {v} (to aim for) | :: procurar, perseguir |
pursuer {n} (one who pursues) | :: perseguidor {m} |
pursuit {n} (act of pursuing) | :: perseguição {f} |
purulent {adj} (consisting of pus) | :: purulento |
purveyor {n} (supplier) SEE: supplier | :: |
pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection) | :: pus {m} |
Pusan {prop} (Busan) SEE: Busan | :: |
push {v} (to apply a force to something so that it moves away) | :: empurrar |
push {v} (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action) | :: forçar |
push {v} (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.) | :: forçar |
push {n} (short, directed application of force; act of pushing) | :: empurrão {m} |
push {v} (to thrust the points of the horns against) SEE: gore | :: |
pushchair {n} (stroller) SEE: stroller | :: |
push in {v} (jump the queue) SEE: jump the queue | :: |
pushing up daisies {adj} ((euphemism) dead) | :: comendo capim pela raiz |
Pushkin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Pushkin |
pushover {n} (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply) | :: influenciável |
pushover {n} (Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself) | :: bobo {m}, coitado {m}, covarde, fraco {m}, frouxo {m}, molenga, pusilânime |
pushpin {n} (thumbtack) SEE: thumbtack | :: |
push scooter {n} (a child's foot-operated vehicle) SEE: scooter | :: |
pushup {n} (push-up) SEE: push-up | :: |
push-up {n} (exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor) | :: flexão {f} |
pusillanimous {adj} (showing cowardice) | :: pusilânime |
Puss in Boots {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Gato de Botas {m} |
pussy {n} (informal: affectionate term for a cat) | :: chaninho {m}, bichana {f} |
pussy {n} (slang: female genitalia) | :: boceta {f}, buceta {f}, xana {f}, xoxota {f}, xavasca {f}, rata {f}, periquita {f}, cona {f} [slang], parreco {m} [slang] |
pussy {n} (informal: coward) | :: covarde {m}, frango {m}, maricas {m}, mulherzinha {m} |
pussy {adj} (containing pus) | :: purulento |
pustule {n} (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) | :: pústula {f} |
put {v} (to place something somewhere) | :: pôr, colocar, botar |
put {v} (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) | :: deixar |
put {v} (to express something in a certain manner) | :: pôr |
putative {adj} (commonly believed or deemed to be the case) | :: putativo {m} |
put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill | :: |
put away {v} (to place out of the way) | :: guardar |
put away {v} (to store for later use) | :: estocar, armazenar |
put away {v} (to send (someone) to prison) SEE: imprison | :: |
put back {v} (to return something to its original place) | :: retornar, recolocar, pôr de volta, |
put forward {v} (to propose for consideration) | :: apresentar, propor |
Putin {prop} (surname) | :: Putin |
Putinism {prop} (the political policies of Vladimir Putin) | :: putinismo {m} |
put off {v} (to delay) | :: adiar |
put on {v} (to don clothing) | :: vestir, pôr |
put on airs {v} (become haughty, assume a haughty manner) | :: empinar o nariz, erguer o nariz |
put one's foot in one's mouth {v} (say or do something embarrassing or wrong) | :: pagar mico |
put one's hands together {v} (to clap, to applaud) | :: bater palma, bater palmas |
put on weight {v} (to become heavier) | :: ganhar peso |
put out {v} (place outside or eject) | :: colocar/botar/pôr para fora |
put out {v} (produce) | :: produzir |
put out {v} (extinguish) | :: apagar, extinguir |
put out {v} (consent to sex) | :: dar |
put out a fire {v} (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) | :: apagar um incêndio |
put out of one's misery {v} (informal: to euthanize) | :: acabar com o sofrimento de |
putrescible {adj} (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) | :: apodrecível |
putrid {adj} (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) | :: pútrido |
putsch {n} (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) | :: putsch {m}, golpe de estado {m}, golpe {m} |
putschist {n} (one who participates in a putsch) | :: golpista |
putter around {v} (to engage in meaningless activity) | :: ficar de enrolação |
put the cart before the horse {v} (to put things in the wrong order) | :: colocar o carro à frente dos bois |
put to bed {v} (help someone go to bed) | :: pôr para dormir |
put to death {v} (to kill as punishment) SEE: execute | :: |
put to sleep {v} (to help someone to bed) SEE: put to bed | :: |
put to words {v} (verbally express) SEE: articulate | :: |
putty {n} (a form of cement) | :: massa, massa de vidraceiro {f} |
putty in someone's hands {n} (a person easily manipulated) | :: joguete nas mãos de {m} |
put up {v} (to hang or mount) | :: afixar |
put up {v} (to house, shelter) | :: hospedar |
put up {v} (to present) | :: mostrar |
put up {v} (to put up with) SEE: put up with | :: |
put up with {v} | :: aguentar, suportar, tolerar |
puzzle {n} (crossword puzzle) SEE: crossword | :: |
puzzle {n} (anything difficult to understand or make sense of) | :: enigma {m} |
puzzle {n} (game for one person) | :: desafio {m} |
puzzle {n} (riddle) | :: charada {f}, enigma {m} |
puzzle {v} (to perplex) | :: confundir, desconcertar, intrigar |
puzzle {n} (jigsaw puzzle) SEE: jigsaw puzzle | :: |
puzzled {adj} (confused or perplexed) | :: perplexo |
puzzling {adj} (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) | :: intrigante, desconcertante, confuso |
Pyeongchang {prop} (county of South Korea) | :: Pyeongchang |
pygidium {n} (The posteriormost portion of certain arthropods) | :: pigídio {m} |
pygmy {n} (a member of various African peoples) | :: pigmeu {m} |
pygmy {n} (a member of a mythological race of dwarfs) | :: pigmeu {m} |
pygmy {n} (any dwarfish person) | :: pigmeu {m} |
pygmy {n} (an insignificant person) | :: pigmeu {m} |
pygmy chimpanzee {n} (alternative name for bonobo) | :: chimpanzé-pigmeu {m} |
pylon {n} (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple) | :: pilone {m}, pilono {m} |
pylon {n} (a tower like structure used to support high voltage electricity cables) | :: torre {f} |
pylon {n} (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage) | :: pilone {m} |
pylon {n} (obelisk) SEE: obelisk | :: |
pylon {n} (traffic cone) SEE: traffic cone | :: |
Pyongyang {prop} (capital of North Korea) | :: Pyongyang {f}, Pionguiangue {f} |
pyopneumothorax {n} (the accumulation of air and pus in the pleural cavity) | :: piopneumotórax {m} |
pyramid {n} (ancient construction) | :: pirâmide {f} |
pyramid {n} (construction) | :: pirâmide {f} |
pyramid {n} (in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base) | :: pirâmide {f} |
pyramidal {adj} (pyramid-shaped) | :: piramidal |
pyre {n} (funeral pile) | :: pira {f} |
Pyrenean {adj} (of or pertaining to the Pyrenees) | :: pirenaico |
Pyrenees {prop} (the mountain range separating Spain from France) | :: Pireneus {m-p}, Pirenéus {m-p} |
pyretic {adj} (caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever) | :: pirético |
pyrite {n} (mineral iron disulfide) | :: pirita {f}, pirite {f} |
pyrochlore {n} (mineral) | :: pirocloro {m} |
pyroclastic flow {n} (pyroclastic flow) | :: fluxo piroclástico {m} |
pyroligneous acid {n} (dark liquid) | :: ácido pirolenhoso {m} |
pyrolusite {n} (a mineral, manganese dioxide) | :: pirolusita {f} |
pyrolysis {n} (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents) | :: pirólise {m} |
pyromania {n} (disorder) | :: piromania {f} |
pyrometer {n} (thermometer) | :: pirómetro {m} [Portugal], pirômetro {m} [Brazil] |
pyrotechnics {n} (firework) SEE: firework | :: |
pyrotechnics {n} (art and technology of fireworks) | :: pirotecnia {f} |
pyrotechnist {n} (person skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks) | :: pirotécnico {m}, pirotécnica {f} |
pyrotechny {n} (manufacture and use of fireworks) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
pyrotechny {n} (use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
pyrotechny {n} (manufacture of gunpowder, bombs etc.) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
pyroxene {n} (mineral) | :: piroxena {f}, piroxeno {m}, piroxénio {m} [Portugal], piroxênio {m} [Brazil] |
Pyrrhic {adj} (achieved at excessive cost) | :: pírrico |
Pyrrhic victory {n} (a costly victory) | :: vitória de Pirro {f}, vitória pírrica {f}, vitória pirrónica {f} [rare, Portugal], vitória pirrônica {f} [rare, Brazil] |
pyrrole {n} (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds) | :: pirrol {m} |
pysanka {n} (Easter egg decorated with intricate designs) | :: pêssanka {f} |
Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) | :: Pitágoras |
Pythagorean theorem {prop} (mathematical theorem) | :: teorema de Pitágoras {m} |
python {n} (constricting snake) | :: pitão {m} |
Python {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Piton {m} |
pyxis {n} (anatomy: acetabulum) SEE: acetabulum | :: |