Portuguese–English dictionary

recepcionista

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

receptação

Receiving and buying of stolen goods.

receptáculo

A container.

receptador

(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

receptível

Capable of receiving something.

receptividade

(uncountable) The state of being receptive.

receptivo

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

receptor

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.

recessão

(economics) A period of reduced economic activity

recessivo

(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.

recetação

Receiving and buying of stolen goods.

recetível

Capable of receiving something.

recetividade

(uncountable) The state of being receptive.

recetivo

Capable of receiving something.

recheado

Full or packed (with some material or substance).

rechecagem

(chess, countable, uncountable) A check delivered by two pieces simultaneously.

rechecar

(transitive) To check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure.

recheio

The contents of a pie, etc.

rechonchudo

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

recibo

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

reciclagem

(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.

reciclar

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

recidivista

One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.

recife

A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.

recipiente

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

recíproca

(logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

reciprocamente

(idiomatic) In a reciprocal manner; in a similar way; in the same kind.

reciprocar

(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.

recíproco

Reciprocal.

recitação

The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

recital

A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

recitar

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

reclamação

(legal) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

reclamão

(originally, student slang) Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. [From 1895]

reclamar

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

reclame

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

reclamo

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

reclamona

A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.

reclinar

(transitive) To cause to lean back; to bend back.

reclinar-se

To hang outwards.

recluso

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

recolha

The activity of collecting.

recolher

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

recolhimento

The activity of collecting.

recomeçar

(ambitransitive) To start again.

recomendação

The act or quality of endorsing

recomendar

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

recomendável

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

recompensa

(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.

recompensar

(transitive) To congratulate or reward.

recompor-se

To arrange in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition.

reconciliação

Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

reconfirmar

To confirm again; to establish more firmly

reconfortante

(figuratively) A source of relaxation or comfort.

reconfortar

(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

reconhecer

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.

reconhecimento

A special acknowledgment; an award.

reconquistar

(transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

reconsiderar

(idiomatic) To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.

reconstituição

The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.

reconstrução

The act of restoring something to an earlier state.

reconstruir

To assemble again.

recontagem

A counting again, as of votes.

recontar

To count again.

reconvenção

(legal) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

recordação

An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

recordações

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.

recordar

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

recordar-se

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

recorde

The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.

recorrência

The act of recurring.

recorrente

(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court

recorrer

(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

recortado

(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.

recortar

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

recorte

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

recozer

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

recreação

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

recrear-se

(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.

recreio

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

recriação

The process of creating something again.

recriar

(sometimes, proscribed) .

recruta

One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).

recrutador

(business) One who recruits skilled personnel, especially executive-level ones, for a company.

recrutamento

The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.

recrutar

(transitive, US) To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

rectângulo

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

recuar

(idiomatic, transitive) To make (someone) take a less aggressive position.

recuo

(soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.

recuperação

An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.

recuperar

(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).

recuperar-se

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

recursão

The act of recurring.

recursividade

The quality of being recursive.

recurso

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

recursos

The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

recusa

The act of refusing.

recusar

(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.

redação

(uncountable) The text to be set into newspaper articles, magazine pages, or similar.

redarguir

(legal) To file a document in response to a complaint.

rede

(Internet) Usually preceded by the: all of the hypertext documents (web pages) on the Internet collectively, which are (1) stored in various inter-hyperlinked computers around the world, and (2) retrieved typically by means of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or (currently more often) its secure version (HTTPS), among others.

rede de arrasto

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

rede de descanso

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

rede de dormir

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

rede elétrica

A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.

rede social

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

rede varredoura

A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.

rédea

A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.

redemoinho

An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.

Redentor

honorific title for Jesus Christ

redescobrir

(transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

redigir

(transitive) To compose (a document), especially following a standard form; prepare a plan.

redimir

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

redimir-se

(transitive) To expiate, atone (for).

redistribuir

(transitive) To distribute again.

redoma

(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

redondezas

The area surrounding someone or something, together with the objects and circumstances in the vicinity; the environment or ambiance.

redondo

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

redução

An amount by which a quantity decreases or is decreased.

redundância

The state of being redundant

redutível

Capable of being reduced.

reduto

A small, temporary, military fortification.

reduzido

Reduced.

reduzir

(transitive, slang) To make, negotiate; to finalise, conclude; to issue.

reduzir rapidez

(transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

reduzível

Capable of being reduced.

reeleger

To elect for a second or subsequent time.

reeleição

The fact of being reelected.

reembolsar

(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.

reembolso

An amount of money returned.

reencaminhar

(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.

reencarnação

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

reencarnado

(often, _, postpositive) Reincarnated.

reencher

To fill up once again.

reencontrar

(transitive) To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.

reescrever

(transitive) To write again, differently; to modify; to revise.

reestabelecer

(transitive) To bring back into use or existence; resurrect.

reestruturação

A major repair, renovation, or revision.

reestruturar

(finance) To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.

refazer

To do again.

refeição

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

refeitório

(chiefly, US, Canada) A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.

refém

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

referência

A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.

referenciar

(sometimes, proscribed) To mention, to refer to.

referendo

(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.

referir

(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

referir-se a

(intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.

refill

An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.

refilmagem

A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.