Portuguese–English dictionary

libertar

To set free from restraint or danger.

libertária

(politics) One who advocates libertarianism; also, a member of a political party supporting libertarianism.

libertário

(politics) One who advocates libertarianism; also, a member of a political party supporting libertarianism.

libertino

Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

liberto

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

Líbia

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

libidinoso

Given to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.

líbio

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

Libra

Someone with a Libra star sign

libré

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

libriano

Someone with a Libra star sign

licantropo

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

lição

A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

lição de casa

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

licença

A leave of absence or vacation.

licença não remunerada

A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

licencioso

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

licitação

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

licor

A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.

licor de curtimenta

Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.

lida

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

lidar

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.

lidar com

(transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.

lide

(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]

líder

The head of a political party in a given region or district.

líder de claque

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

líder de torcida

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

liderança

(countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.

liderar

(transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.)

lidocaína

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.

Liechtenstein

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

liechtensteinense

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

liechtensteiniano

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

liechtensteiniense

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Liège

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Lieja

The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

lifting

Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.

liga

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

ligação

The spine of a book where the pages are held together.

ligado

In the state of being active, functioning or operating.

ligadura

(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).

ligamento

(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

ligar

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

ligar para

(ambitransitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

ligatura

(countable, typography) A character that visually combines multiple letters, such as æ, œ, ß or ij; also logotype. Sometimes called a typographic ligature.

ligeiramente

In a mild manner.

ligeiro

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

Líger

The longest river in France, passing (from southeast to northwest) through the departments of Ardèche, Haute-Loire, Loire, Saône-et-Loire, Allier, Nièvre, Cher, Loiret, Loir-et-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, Maine-et-Loire and Loire-Atlantique.

light

Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.

like

(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

Lila

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

lilás

A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Lílian

A en given name.

Liliana

A en given name.

Lille

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

Lima

The capital city of Peru.

limalha

Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

limão

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

limão siciliano

A yellowish citrus fruit.

limar

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

límbico

(neuroanatomy) Relating to the limbic system.

limbo

(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.

limeira

Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.

limerence

(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. [from 20th c.]

limerique

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

limiar

(anthropology, literary theory) Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.

limitação

A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

limitado

With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.

limitar

(transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.

limite

A boundary or limit.

limítrofe

Having a common boundary or border

limo

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.

limoado

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

limoeiro

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

Limoges

A city, the capital of Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, formerly the capital of the old Limousin region.

limonada

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

limonado

Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

Limousin

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

limpa

The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

limpada

Removal of dirt.

limpado

Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

limpar

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

limpeza

Removal of dirt.

límpido

Clear, transparent or bright.

limpo

Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful. [from 1860s]

limusina

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

limusine

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

Limusino

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

lince

Any of several medium-sized wild cats of the genus Lynx.

lince-vermelho

A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

linchagem

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.

linchamento

Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.

linchar

(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.

linda

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

linda menina

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a girl, woman, or female animal.

lindíssimo

(of a person or place, sometimes, endearing) Very beautiful.

lindo

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

lindo menino

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.

linfa

(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.

linfático

(anatomy) Pertaining to lymph or the lymphatic system.

linfoma

(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.

lingerie

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

lingote

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

língua

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

língua crioula

(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

língua de sinais

(uncountable) Sign language in general.

língua luo

The Nilotic language spoken by this group.

língua mom

The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.

língua sueca

The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

língua suméria

(linguistics) The ancient language spoken in Sumer, a language isolate.

língua tártara

An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

linguado

The act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue.

linguagem

(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.

linguagem de programação

(computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.

linguajar

(uncountable, euphemistic, now, _, often, _, ironic) Vulgar language.

linguarudo

(idiomatic, often, derogatory) A person who talks too much, especially by making exaggerated claims or by inappropriately revealing information.

lingueta

A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.

linguiça

A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.

linguística

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

linha

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

linha aérea

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

linha costeira

The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)

linha de corrente

(physics) A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.

linha de costa

The line on a map that illustrates this.

linha de discussão

(Internet) A series of posts or messages, consisting of an initial post and responses to it, generally relating to the same subject, on a newsgroup, Internet forum, or social media platform.

linha de margem

The line on a map that illustrates this.

linha do céu

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

linha do tempo

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).

linha lateral

(herpetology) An equivalent organ found in tadpoles and aquatic salamanders that runs down the head and trunk.

linhagem

(now, US, dialectal) Race, family; breed. [from 14th c.]

linho

The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown to make linen and related textiles.

link

(engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

linkar

(intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.

Lino

A en given name.

lintel

(architectural element) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

lio

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

lipoaspiração

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

Lípsia

An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

liquefazer

To make (something) into a liquid.

líquen

Any of many symbiotic organisms, being associations of algae and fungi, often found as white or yellow-to-blue–green patches on rocks, old walls, etc.

liquidação

(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.

liquidez

(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.

liquidificador

A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

líquido

A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.

lira

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

lírico

Appropriate for or suggestive of singing.

lírio

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

lírio-dos-tintureiros

A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.

Lisboa

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

liso

(slang) A person with little or no money, a broke person.