Portuguese–English dictionary

quaternião

(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

quatorze

The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.

quatrilhão

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.

quatrilião

(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

quatro

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

qubit

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

quê

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.

que causa dependência

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

que chega

Incoming.

que defensa

Intended for defence; protective.

que entra

Incoming.

que nem

Similar to, reminiscent of.

Que porra é essa?

(rare, vulgar) Where the fuck, why the fuck, when the fuck, or who the fuck.

que seja

(idiomatic, subjunctive) An indication of acceptance, especially of a situation which is not entirely favorable.

quê?

Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

Quebec

A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.

Quebeque

The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.

quebra

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

quebra-corações

A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.

quebra-gelo

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.

quebra-luz

A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.

quebra-mar

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

quebrada

(uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.

quebradiço

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

quebrado

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

quebrar

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

quebrável

Tending to creak.

Queda

(theology) The sudden fall of humanity into a state of sin, as brought about by the transgression of Adam and Eve. [from 14th c.]

queda d'água

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

Queensland

A state of Australia, located in the northeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1859 to 1901. Capital: Brisbane.

queer

(broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]

queijo

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

queima

The act of burning something with fire.

queimação

Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.

queimada

The act of burning something with fire.

queimador

Someone or something that burns.

queimadura

A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.

queimadura solar

A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.

queimamento

The act of burning something with fire.

queimando

Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. [18th century.]

queimar

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

queixa

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

queixada

The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

queixar-se

(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

queixinhas

One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.

queixo

The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.

queixoso

Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

quém

The sound made by a duck.

quem sabe

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

quemer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Quénia

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

queniano

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

quente

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.

quepe

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

quer

Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).

Querala

A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum).

queratina

(protein) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

querela

(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).

querelante

(law, UK, _, historic, otherwise, current) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accuser.

querelar

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.

querenar

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

querer

To have a desire for something, or to do something.

querer bem

To have a deep appreciation of; to hold dear.

querer dizer

(transitive) Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.

querida

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

querido

Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.

quermesse

A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

querosene

A thin, often colorless or blue or straw-colored petroleum-based fuel, heavier than gasoline/petrol or naphtha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.

querúbico

Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.

querubim

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

querubínico

Of, or relating to a cherub; angelic.

quérulo

Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

query

(computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.

quesadilha

A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.

questão

(US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.

questionamento

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

questionar

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

questionário

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

questionável

(slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.

quetamina

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

qui

Abbreviation of Thursday.

quiabeiro

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

quiabo

The edible immature mucilaginous seed pod (properly, capsule) of the Abelmoschus esculentus.

quiçá

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

quicar

(transitive) To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.

quiche

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

quicongo

A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.

quidditch

A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.

quiescente

Inactive, quiet, at rest.

quieto

With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

quietude

The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.

Quilha

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.

quilhado

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

Quilimanjaro

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

quilo

A digestive fluid containing fatty droplets, found in the small intestine.

quilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

quilocaloria

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

quilociclo

(elliptically) A thousand cycles per second; a kilohertz.

quilograma

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

quilohertz

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

quilombola

An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person. [from 17th c.]

quilómetro

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

quilópode

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

Quimera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

química

(colloquial) An artificial chemical compound.

quimicamente

Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.

químico

Of or relating to chemistry.

quimio-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

quimiossíntese

the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi

quimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

quina

The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.

quinina

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

quinino

(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]

quinoa

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

quinquilharia

Small ornaments and other miscellaneous display items of little value.

quinta

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

quinta-essencial

Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.

quinta-feira

The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

quintal

A garden at the rear of a property.

quintão

A farm, including its buildings.

quintessência

A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.

quintessencial

Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.

quintilhão

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

quintilião

(dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

quinto

The ordinal form of the number five.

quíntupla

a fivefold amount

quíntuplo

a fivefold amount

quinua

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

quinze

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

quinzena

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

quinzenalmente

once in a fortnight; once every two weeks

quiosque

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

quiosque interativo

A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.

Quioto

A prefecture of Japan.

quipá

(Judaism, headwear) The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

quiproquó

Something which is understood as something else; an equivocation.

quique

A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.

quirche

(often capitalized) A clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.

quiroprático

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

quiropraxista

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

quisling

(pejorative) A traitor who collaborates with the enemy. [from 1940]

quismete

Fate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.

quispo

A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.

quissema

A species of antelope endemic to Africa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus.

quisto

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

quitanda

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

quitandeiro

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

quites

(colloquial, British) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

quiuí

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

quivi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.