Portuguese–English dictionary

mixórdia

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

mixuruca

(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

Miyako

A group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan.

mkrda

(minced oath) Shit!

mmm

Indicates thinking or pondering.

mnemónica

Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.

mnemônico

Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.

Mnemosine

(Greek god) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.

mnemotécnico

Of or relating to mnemonics.

mó

An abrasive wheel for sharpening, polishing, or grinding.

moai

One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).

mobelha

(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.

mobilado

supplied with furniture

mobilar

(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.

mobília

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

mobiliado

supplied with furniture

mobiliar

(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.

mobilização

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

Moca

A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.

mocada

(colloquial) A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.

mocado

(slang) High on drugs, especially cannabis.

Moçambique

A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

moção

(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.

mochila

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

mochileiro

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

mocho

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

mocinha

A young female, or miss; as a term of mild disparagement, typically used jokingly or rebukingly.

mocinho

(informal) A hero, particularly a protagonist in a story.

moço

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

mocotó

A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

mod

(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

moda

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

moda masculina

Men's clothing (and accessories), particularly in a retail context.

modalidade

A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.

modelar

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

modelito

A set of clothing (with accessories).

modelo

A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.

modem

(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.

moderação

The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes

moderadamente

In a sparing manner; with frugality, moderation, scantiness, reserve, forbearance, or the like; sparsely.

moderado

Not excessive; acting in moderation

moderar

(archaic) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage.

modernidade

(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

moderninho

(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) New and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.

modernização

The process of modernizing.

modernizar

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.

moderno

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

modestamente

In a modest manner; with humility.

modéstia

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

modesto

Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

modificação

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

modificado

changed; altered

modificador

(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

modificar

(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.

modo

(countable) A style or manner in which something is done.

modorra

Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.

modulação

(engineering, physics, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.

modular

(chiefly, mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.

moeda

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

moeda ao ar

A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

moeda de ouro

☉ (alchemy)

moeda de vinte e cinco centavos

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]

moedas

(slang) Synonym of money.

moedeiro

A small bag or pouch designed for carrying money, particularly coins.

moedor

A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.

moela

A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

moenda

The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (such as weaving, fulling, dying, etc.); the place of business comprising such a building and its outbuildings and grounds.

moer

(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.

moer o juízo

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

mofado

Covered with mould.

mofo

(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

Mogadíscio

The capital city of Somalia.

Mogadixo

The capital city of Somalia.

moicano

An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.

moído

Crushed, or reduced to small particles.

moinha

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

moinho

A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.

moinho de vento

The building or structure containing such machinery.

Moira

(Greek god) The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

moiro

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

moita

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

mojito

A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.

mol

(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]

mola

(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.

molalidade

(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent

molar

(anatomy) A molar.

moldado

An object made in a mould.

moldar

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]

moldar-se a

(intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.

moldávia

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

moldávio

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

moldavo

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

molde

The mould used to make cast objects.

moldovo

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

moldura

A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.

mole

Soft; floppy.

molécula

(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

moleira

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

moleiro

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

moleja

The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

molenga

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.

moleque

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molestar

(intransitive, idiom) To engage in frivolous behaviour; to monkey around.

moletom

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

molhada

(slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.

molhado

Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

molhar

(transitive) To submerge briefly in a liquid.

molhar-se

(intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.

molhe

A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.

molho

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

molho à bolonhesa

An Italian sauce made from ground meat and tomato, originating in Bologna.

molho Alfredo

(cooking, noun adjunct) The sauce made from butter and Parmesan cheese used in dishes such as fettuccine Alfredo, or any dish of this type.

molinete

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

Moloch

An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.

Moloque

An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.

momentâneo

Lasting for only a moment.

momento

A very short period of time; a moment.

momento de forças

(physics, mechanics) A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a moment of force, defined for measurement purposes as an equivalent straight line force multiplied by the distance from the axis of rotation (SI unit newton-metre or N·m; imperial unit pound-foot or lb·ft, not to be confused with the foot pound-force, commonly "foot-pound", a unit of work or energy)

momento decisivo

The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.

momentoso

Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

momo

A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.

mona

(now only in, _, slang) The head.

monacal

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

Mónaco

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

Mónaco-Ville

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

mônada

(philosophy) An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

mónade

(functional programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".

monarca

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

monarquia

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

monastério

A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

monástico

Sheltered from the world; monastic.

monco

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

monetário

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

mongol

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

Mongólia

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

mongólico

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

mongoloide

(dated, now, derogatory, offensive) A person with Down's syndrome.

Mônica

A en given name.

monitor

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

monitoração

Supervision or management.

monitorar

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

monitorização

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

monitorizar

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.

mono

A waste type that is too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection.

mono-

one, single, only

monociclo

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

monóculo

A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

monofisismo

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.

monofónico

(of sound reproduction) having a single channel

monogamia

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.