Portuguese–English dictionary

refinamento

Refinement in taste or discrimination.

refinar

(transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.

refinaria

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

refino

High-class style; cultivation.

refletir

(intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.

refletor

A projector of a bright beam of light for use in theatres and studios; a flood

reflexivo

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

reflexo

Something, such as an image, that is reflected.

refluir

(intransitive) to fall away or decline

refluxo

The receding movement of the tide.

refogar

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

reforçar

(obsolete) To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to energize.

reforço

(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

reforços

(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

reforma

A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.

Reforma Protestante

(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.

reformada

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

reformado

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

reformar

(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.

reformar-se

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

reformista

(political) Advocating reform of an institution or body.

reformular

(transitive) To formulate again or differently.

refração

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refrão

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

refratar

(physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.

refrega

(countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.

refrescante

Invigoratingly cool and refreshing.

refrescar

(transitive) To renew or revitalize.

refresco

(usually, countable, usually, in the plural) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.

refri

(US, especially, Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.

refrigeração

(uncountable) Refrigeration.

refrigerante

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

refugiada

(attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

refugiado

(attributive, also, figurative) A person seeking refuge (as for shelter or protection), especially in a foreign country, out of fear or prospect of political, religious persecution, war, natural disaster, etc. [from 1680s]

refugiar

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

refugiar-se

(transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

refúgio

A peaceful or tranquil place.

refugo

Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

refulgência

the quality of being refulgent; refulgency

refulgente

Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.

refutação

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

refutar

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

regaço

The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

regador

A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).

regalar

(transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]

regalias

Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).

regaliz

(countable) A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.

regalo

A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

regar

To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

regência

(grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

regente

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

regiamente

In a royal manner.

região

A particular geographic region.

região do Mediterrâneo

A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

região portuária

The dockland district of a town.

regime

(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.

regimento

Mode of rule or management.

Regina

A en given name.

régio

Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king.

regional

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

regionalismo

(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

registado

Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

registo

(computing) A set of data relating to a single individual or item.

registrador

A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

registrar

(intransitive, with for, chiefly, _, legal) To submit a formal request to some office.

registro

A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.

registro contábil

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

rego

(US, mildly, _, vulgar, slang) The gluteal cleft.

regozijar

(transitive) To make happy, exhilarate. [from 15th c.]

regozijar-se

(intransitive) To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. [from 14th c.]

regra

A regulation, law, guideline.

regras

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

regredir

(intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.

regressar

(intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.

régua

A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

régua vazada

A thin sheet, either perforated or using some other technique, with which a pattern may be produced upon a surface; a utensil that contains a perforated sheet.

regulador

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

regulamento

A regulation, law, guideline.

regular

To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.

regularidade

(uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular

regularizador

A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.

regularmente

With constant frequency or pattern.

regulatório

Of or pertaining to regulation.

regurgitar

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Reich

A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.

reinações

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

reinado

The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

Reinaldo

A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.

reinar

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

reincidência

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

reincidir

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

reinicializar

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

reiniciar

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

reinício

(computing) An instance of rebooting.

reino

(archaic, or, legal, &, rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. [from ca. 1300]

reintroduzir

(transitive) To introduce again.

reinventar

(transitive) To invent again something that has already been invented.

Reis

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

reis magos

(Christianity) Chiefly preceded by the (three): the wise men who visited and gave gifts to the baby Jesus at the Epiphany (traditionally considered to be three in number and sometimes named Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior, but the Bible does not state how many there were or their names).

reiteração

The act of reiterating.

reiterado

Reiterated; repeated.

reiterar

(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.

reitor

A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).

reitora

A headmaster or headmistress in various educational institutions, e.g., a university.

reivindicação

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

rejeição

The act of rejecting.

rejeitar

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

rejuntar

(transitive) To insert mortar between tiles.

rejunte

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

rejuvenescer

To render young again.

rejuvenescimento

The process of rendering young again.

relação

Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

relacionado

Standing in relation or connection.

relacionar

(transitive) To connect (two or more things).

relações

Relations with others.

Relâmpago

The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.

relampear

(impersonal, childish, or, nonstandard, intransitive) To produce lightning.

relampejar

(impersonal, childish, or, nonstandard, intransitive) To produce lightning.

relançamento

The act or fact of launching again.

relançar

To launch again.

relance

(also, figuratively) A brief or cursory look.

relapso

The act or situation of relapsing.

relatado

Narrated; told.

relatar

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

relativo

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

relato

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

relatório

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

relaxado

Relaxed.

relaxamento

The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.

relaxante

(figuratively) Soothing or relaxing. [from 18th c.]

relaxar

(intransitive, slang) To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

relé

(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]

reler

To read again.

reles

Of little worth.

relevância

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

relevante

Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

relicário

(religion) A container to hold or display religious relics.

relicto

(biology, ecology) A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.

religião

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

religiosamente

In the manner of religion.

religiosidade

The condition and quality of being godly, pious, scrupulously observant of all the teachings of one's religion, practicing virtue and avoiding sin.

relinchar

To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

relincho

The cry of a horse.

relinquir

(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

relocalizar

(intransitive) to change one's domicile or place of business.

relógio de sol

A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.

relógio do sol

A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.

relógio solar

A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.

relojeiro

A person skilled in horology, particularly a person who makes or repairs timekeeping devices.