Portuguese–English dictionary

lisonja

(countable) An instance of excessive praise.

lisonjeado

In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself.

lisonjeiro

In the nature of a compliment.

lista

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. [from 1600]

lista de candidatos

(chiefly, US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

lista de proibidos

(computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.

lista de reprodução

(radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.

lista negra

(legal, computing) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned, disallowed or blocked.

Listenstaine

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

listra

A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.

listrado

Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.

listrar

(transitive) To mark with stripes.

liteira

(countable, obsolete) A bed, especially a pile of straw with blankets &c. used as a bed.

literacia

The ability to read and write.

literal

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

literalmente

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

literatura de ficção

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

litigar

(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.

litígio

(legal) The conduct of a lawsuit.

lítio

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.

litoral

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

litorâneo

Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

litorina

A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

litotes

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

litro

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

Lituânia

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Lithuania.

lituânico

Of or relating to Lithuania.

lituânio

Of or relating to Lithuania.

lituano

Of or relating to Lithuania.

Lívia

A en given name.

livramento

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.

livrar

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

livrar-se de

(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

livraria

A business that sells books.

livre

Free to meet someone, speak on the telephone, enter a romantic relationship, or the like.

livreiro

A person engaged in the business of selling books.

livremente

In a free manner.

livreto

(theatre) The script of a musical or opera.

livro

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

livro de cozinha

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

livro de receitas

A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.

livro de texto

(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

livro didático

(education) A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

lixa

A tool consisting of a strip or rod of hardened and coarse metal, used for removing sharp edges, shaping, and cutting, especially through metal; usually a hand tool.

lixadeira

A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.

lixado

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

lixadora

A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.

lixão

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

lixar

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

lixeira

(North America) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.

lixívia

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

lixiviar

(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

lixo

Litter and discarded refuse.

lixo eletrônico

(post) Any mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited and typically sent in bulk; especially mail of a commercial nature such as advertising circulars and form letters.

Ló

(biblical character) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

loa

The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.

loba

(North America, slang, derogatory) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.

lobanil

(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.

lobby

(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

lóbi

(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

lobisomem

(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.

lobista

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

Lobo

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

lobo da cauda de baleia

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.

lobo do mar

A sailor accustomed to the sea.

lôbrego

Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.

locadora

A business that rents out something to its customers.

local

A particular point or place in physical space.

local de trabalho

The place where someone works.

localidade

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

localização

A particular point or place in physical space.

localizar

(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

localizar-se

(intransitive) To be placed or situated.

localmente

With respect to place; in place.

loção

(archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.

locaute

(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

locomoção

(uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.

locomotiva

(rail transport) The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons.

locomotor

Of or relating to locomotion.

locução

(grammar) A word or, more commonly, a group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence, always containing an expressed or implied head (the principal word or subgroup, with core importance) and often consisting of a head plus some other elaborating words.

lócus

(genetics) A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.

locutor

One who makes announcements.

lodo

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

lodoso

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

Lodz

The capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland, also spelled Łódź.

logia

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.

logicamente

In a logical manner, with logic.

lógico

Used to form adjectival forms of nouns ending in -logy.

logístico

(operations) Relating to logistics.

logo

A person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy.

logos

(rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion.

lograr

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.

logro

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

loira

(countable) A person with this hair color.

Loire

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.

loirinha

A person with golden hair, especially a girl with long hair.

loiro

A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

loja

A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

Loki

(Norse god) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

lolita

A young girl who is sexually alluring.

lombada

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

lombalgia

(uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

lombar

The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.

lombardo

(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

lombo

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

lona

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

London

A city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of approximately 300,000.

Londres

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

londrino

The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southeast England, with a metropolitan population of more than 13,000,000.

longe

At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

longevidade

The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

longinquidade

The quality of being remote.

longínquo

Distant.

longobardo

(historical) A member of a Germanic people who invaded Italy in the 6th century.

loop

(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

looping

An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

lootear

(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.

loquaz

Talkative; chatty.

lorde

An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth

Lorena

A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.

losango

(shapes, heraldiccharge) A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

Lot

(biblical character) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.

lotado

Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.

lotar

(transitive) To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

lotaria

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

lote

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

loteria

A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

loto

a lottery

lótus

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

louça

(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

loucamente

In a crazy manner.

louças

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

louco

Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]

loucura

Madness or insanity.

loura

(countable) A person with this hair color.

loureiro

An evergreen shrub of species Laurus nobilis, having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.

Lourenço

A en given name.

louro

A herb derived from any of certain shrubs of the family Lauraceae and Myrtaceae, especially the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis).

louros

A crown of laurel.

lousa

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.

louva

Glorification or praise.

louva-a-deus

Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.

louvar

(transitive) To praise or acclaim.

louvável

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

louvor

An expression of approval; praise. [from 1852]

Louvre

A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.

Lua

A lightweight programming language with dynamic typing.

luar

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

luarento

Lit by moonlight.

luau

An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.