Portuguese–English dictionary

pressuposição

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

pressuposto

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

pressurização

The act or process of increasing pressure within a volume of space.

prestamista

An itinerant seller of small goods.

prestar

(ambitransitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

prestar atenção

(defective, ambitransitive) To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).

prestativo

Happy and ready to do favours for others.

prestável

Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.

prestidigitador

One who performs feats of prestidigitation; a sleight-of-hand artist.

prestígio

The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.

prestigioso

Of high prestige.

presumido

Appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.

presumir

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

presumível

Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.

presunção

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

presunçoso

(used attributively, pejorative, of vocabulary) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.

presuntivo

Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.

presunto

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh and/or buttock of a hog cured for food.

preta

(countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.

pretendência

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

pretendente

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

pretender

(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

pretensão

A claim or aspiration to a particular status or quality.

pretensioso

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

pretenso

Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).

preterir

(transitive) To intentionally disregard (something), to ignore; to neglect or omit. [from 15th c.]

pretérito

(grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state. [from 18th c.]

pretexto

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

preto

(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

pretzel

(culinary) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

prevalecer

(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

prevalência

(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

prevalente

Superior in frequency or dominant.

prevaricação

(legal) Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official and causing damage.

prevaricador

One who prevaricates.

prevaricar

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).

prevenir

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

prevenível

Capable of being prevented.

prever

(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.

prévia

(computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

previamente

At an earlier or preceding time.

prévio

(not comparable) Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

previsão

An estimation of a future condition.

previsível

Able to be predicted.

prezado

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

Príamo

(Greek mythology) The king of Troy during the Iliad

prião

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

pricobezoar

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

prima

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

primado

The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.

primária

First or earliest in a group or series.

primárias

First or earliest in a group or series.

primário

First or earliest in a group or series.

primários

First or earliest in a group or series.

primata

(derogatory) An uncivilized person.

primavera

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

primaverar

(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere.

primazia

The state or condition of being prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc.

primeira

First in importance, degree, or rank.

primeira pedra

Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.

primeiramente

(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.

primeiro

(chiefly literary or poetic) In advance in position or sequence; ahead.

primeiro de abril

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

primeiro de tudo

(sequence, idiomatic) Firstly; before anything else.

primeiro plano

The leading position or edge.

primer

A layer of such a substance.

primevo

Belonging to the first ages.

primitiva

(calculus) A function whose derivative is a given function; an indefinite integral

primitivismo

The quality or state of being primitive.

primitivo

Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

primo

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

primogênito

Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.

primogenitura

The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.

primordial

Of the highest importance.

primórdio

(anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ.

primoroso

Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

princesa

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

principal

Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.

principalmente

(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.

príncipe eleitor

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

príncipe-eleitor

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

principesco

Relating to a prince.

principiante

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

princípio

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

Pringle

An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand.

príon

(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.

prior

In an abbey, the person ranking just after the abbot, appointed as his deputy; a prior claustral.

priora

The head of a priory, or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.

priorado

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

prioresa

The head of a priory, or some other minor or smaller monastery; a prior conventual.

prioritização

The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.

priorização

The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.

priorizar

(transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.

prisão

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Priscila

A en given name of biblical origin.

prisco

Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.

prismático

Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.

pristino

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

privação

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

privacidade

(uncountable) The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.

privada

A toilet that uses water to flush urine and feces through a pipe to another location, typically a sewer main in urban settings or a septic tank elsewhere.

privadamente

In a private manner.

privado

Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

privar

(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]

privar-se

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

privativo

(now, _, chiefly, _, historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. [from early 13th c.]

privatização

The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.

privatizar

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.

privilegiado

Having special privileges.

privilégio

(informal) Perquisite.

pró

An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).

proa

(nautical) The front of a boat or ship.

proativo

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

probabilidade

(countable) The probability of something happening.

probidade

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

probiótico

Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes.

problema

(idiomatic) An irritating, troublesome or harmful object, situation or individual.

problemão

(figurative) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.

problemático

(specifically) Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.

probóscida

(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

probóscide

(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

procaz

(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

procedência

(journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters.

proceder

(obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

proceder de

To come from; to have as its source or origin.

procedimental

Related to procedure.

procedimento

A path or succession of states through which a system passes.

processador

A device which processes, which changes something (a computer processor, food processor, etc.).

processar

(with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.

processo

(legal) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense; in many jurisdictions it includes their response in the form of a plea, typically as guilty, not guilty, or no contest.

processo judicial

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

processual

Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.

procissão

A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.

proclamação

A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.

proclamar

To announce or declare.

procrastinação

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

procrastinar

(transitive) To put off; to delay (something).

procriar

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

proctóloga

A doctor specializing in the colon, rectum, and anus; an expert in proctology.

proctólogo

A doctor specializing in the colon, rectum, and anus; an expert in proctology.

procura

(countable) A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

procuração

A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.

procurado

(law enforcement) Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

procurador

(US, legal) An agent of the person giving him/her the power of attorney (for a specific purpose or for general purposes) to act on his or her behalf. The attorney-in-fact’s power and responsibilities depend on the specific powers granted in the power of attorney document.

procuradora

A prosecuting attorney.

procurar

(transitive) To seek.

procurar pelo em ovo

(figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.

prodigalidade

Wasteful extravagance.

prodígio

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prodigioso

Extraordinarily amazing.