Portuguese–English dictionary

roubado

(sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.

roubar

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]

roubo

(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.

rouco

hoarse-voiced.

Rouen

The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.

round

(sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.

roupa

(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.

roupa de baixo

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

roupa interior

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

roupa íntima

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

roupa suja

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

roupão

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

Rousseau

(countable) A surname from French.

roux

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

rouxinol

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

Roxana

The wife of Alexander the Great.

roxo

(colloquial, of a person) Having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.

RPM

Initialism of revolutions per minute.

rs

(Internet slang, text messaging) Lots of laughs. (occasionally used)

rua

A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.

Ruanda

A country in East Africa.

Ruão

The prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.

Rubem

(biblical character) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Rúben

(biblical character) First son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Rubens

A surname transferred from the given name

rubi

(horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.

Rubicão

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

rublo

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

rubor

(uncountable) The state or quality of being red.

ruborizar

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

rubra

(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

rubrica

A title of a category or a class.

rubricar

(transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

rubro

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

rúcula

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rude

Curt in manner. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

rudemente

In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness.

rudimentar

Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.

ruela

A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.

rufar

(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

rufia

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

rufião

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

rufo

The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

ruga

A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

rúgbi

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

rugby

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

rugido

The cry of the lion.

rugir

To make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.

rugoso

With a rough texture; not smooth.

Rui

A en given name.

ruibarbo

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

ruído

(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

ruidosamente

In a loud manner; at a high volume.

ruidoso

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

ruim

(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.

ruína

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

ruína de nave

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains.

ruínas

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

ruindade

The quality or degree of being bad.

ruinoso

Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.

ruir

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

ruiva

A dye made from the plant.

ruiva-dos-tintureiros

A dye made from the plant.

ruivaca

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

ruivo

(colloquial, often, _, derogatory, countable) A person with reddish hair; a redhead.

rum

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

rumar

(intransitive) To move in a specified direction.

rumiar

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

ruminar

(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

rumo

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part or reduces friction.

rumo a

In the direction of.

rumor

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

ruptura

An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.

rural

From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.

rus

A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]

Rússia

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

russo

(uncountable) The Russian language.

russo-

relating to Russia or Russian

rústico

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

rutabaga

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant

rutilo

(mineral) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.

rutura

A burst, split, or break.

S.

Abbreviation of Saint.

saami

A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.

Saara

A desert in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

sáb

Abbreviation of Saturday.

sabá

Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.

sábado

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

sabão

(informal) an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off

sabática

An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.

sabe

Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

Sabedoria

(book of the bible) The Wisdom of Solomon, a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

saber

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

saber de

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

sabiá

Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

sabiamente

In a wise manner; using good judgement.

sabiapoca

Any of various long-tailed American songbirds of the genera Mimus and Melanotis, noted for their ability to mimic calls of other birds.

sabido

(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

sábio

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

sable

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour black.

sabonete

A block of any various dense materials.

sabor

The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.

saborear

(transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]

saboroso

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

sabotador

A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.

sabotagem

A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

sabotar

To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.

sabre de luz

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]

sabugo

The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.

sabugueiro

A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.

sabujo

A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.

saca

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

saca-rolhas

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

sacada

(architectural element) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.

sacalão

A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug. [from 16th c.]

sacanagem

An unkind trick.

sacanear

(transitive) To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.

sacar

(transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand. [from 16thc.]

sacarídeo

(carbohydrate) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.

sacarino

(dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

sacerdotal

(religion) Of or relating to priests or a high religious order; priestly.

sacerdote

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

sacerdotisa

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

sacho

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

saciado

Pleasantly satisfied or full, as with food; sated

saciar

(transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

saciedade

The state of being satiated.

saco

(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.

saco de areia

A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.

sacola

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

sacolejar

(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.

Sacramento

The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.

sacrário

(Roman Catholicism) A small ornamented cupboard or box used for the reserved sacrament of the Eucharist, normally located in an especially prominent place in a church.

sacrificar

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

sacrificável

Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.

sacrifício

A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.

sacrilégio

Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.

sacrílego

Committing sacrilege; acting or speaking very disrespectfully toward what is held to be sacred.

sacristão

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

sacristia

A room in a church where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc. are kept. Sometimes also used by clergy to prepare for worship or for meetings.

sacro

Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

sacrossanto

(figurative) Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.

sacudida

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

sacudir

To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

sacudir a cabeça

(transitive) To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.

sacudu

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.

sádico

One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

sadismo

Achievement of sexual gratification by inflicting pain or humiliation on others, or watching pain or humiliation inflicted on others.

sadista

One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

sadomasoquista

A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.