Portuguese–English dictionary

massacre

A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.

massageador

An instrument or device designed to massage the body.

massageadora

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

massagear

(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).

massagem

The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.

massagista

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

massajador

An instrument or device designed to massage the body.

massajadora

(massage) A person (especially male) who performs massage.

massajar

(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).

massas

(in the plural) The lower classes of persons.

massivo

Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

massudo

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

mastectomia

The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.

máster

The original of a document or of a recording.

masterizar

(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.

mastigar

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

mastigar ruidosamente

(often with "on") To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.

mastodonte

(figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.

mastreação

(nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

mastro

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

masturbador

(sometimes, pejorative) Someone who masturbates.

masturbadora

(sometimes, pejorative) Someone who masturbates.

masturbar

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

masturbar-se

(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.

mata

A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition.

mata de talhadia

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

mata-bicho

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

mata-leão

(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.

mata-sanos

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

matadouro

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

matagal

(slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

matamatá

A side-necked turtle of species Chelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.

matamoscas

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

matança

(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.

matar

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

matar aula

(ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

matarruano

(informal, pejorative) A simple-minded person lacking common sense.

mate

(American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.

matemática

An expert on mathematics; someone who studies mathematics.

matematicamente

According to or using mathematics.

matemático

Of, or relating to mathematics

mater

The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.

matéria

(education) A learning programme

matéria-prima

(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.

material

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

materialista

Having features typical of philosophical materialism.

materializar

(transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.

maternal

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.

maternidade

The state of being a mother.

materno

Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

Matilda

A en given name.

Matilde

A en given name.

matilha

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

matinê

A showing of a movie, sporting event, or theatrical performance in the morning or afternoon.

matiz

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

mato

A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.

matraca

(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.

matraquilhos

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

matrecos

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

matreiro

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

matriarca

A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

matrícula

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

matricular-se

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

matrimônio

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

matriz

A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle.

matriz mitocondrial

(biology) Part of the mitochondrion.

matulão

(figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.

maturação

The process of becoming mature.

maturo

(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.

matusalém

(by extension) Any person or thing that has lived to a very old age.

matzá

(uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

mau

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

mau agouro

An evil omen

mau funcionamento

Faulty functioning.

mau humor

(British, slang, with definite article) A bad mood.

mau pressentimento

A sense of evil to come.

Maurícia

The main island of the country of Mauritius.

mauricinho

(US) A student of a prep school. [from mid 20th c.]

Maurício

A en given name, equivalent to English Morris.

mausoléu

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

máxima

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

maximal

Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.

Maximiliano

A en given name, rare in English.

maximizar

(transitive) To make as large as possible.

máximo

The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting.

me

As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.

Meaco

A prefecture of Japan.

meada

A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.

meandro

(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

mear

(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.

Meca

(figuratively, sometimes, _, offensive) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.

mecânica

(chiefly, Commonwealth, dated, in, _, US) A place where cars are serviced and repaired.

mecânico

(psychology) Without directed thought or awareness.

mecanização

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

mecenas

A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

mecenato

The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.

mecha

An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

mecónio

(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.

meda

A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

medalha

(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

medalha de honra

(by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.

medalha de ouro

☉ (alchemy)

medalhão

A large medal, usually decorative.

medalhas

(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

medalhista

Someone who has received a medal. [from 18th c.]

Medeia

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

média

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

mediador

A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.

mediana

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]

medianamente

In or relating to the middle.

mediano

(obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.

médica

A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.

médica-legista

(Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

medicação

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

medicamente

In a medical manner or context.

medicamento

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

medição

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

medicar

(transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to.

medicina

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

médico

Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

médico-legista

(Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

medida

A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard

medidor

Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things

Medina

A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

médio

(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.

medíocre

Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.

mediocridade

(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.

medir

(transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.

medir a velocidade de

(British, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle.

meditação

A devotional exercise of, or leading to, contemplation.

meditar

(intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

meditativo

Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

mediterrâneo

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

mediterrânico

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

médium

(countable, plural mediums or (rare, nonstandard) media) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.

medível

Able to be measured.

medley

(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]

medo

(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.

medonho

(dated) Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.

medronho

The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus)

medroso

Easily frightened; timid.

medula

(botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.

Medusa

(Greek mythology) The youngest and only mortal of the three gorgon sisters, killed by Perseus.

Mefistófeles

The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.

megabit

(computing) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

megabyte

(computing, formal) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.

megafone

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.

megalomania

(usually, in the plural) The false belief that one is important or powerful, accompanying certain mental disorders.

megalomaníaco

One affected with or exhibiting megalomania.

megalópole

A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.