Portuguese–English dictionary

stressar

(transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

strike

(cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.

stringer

(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.

strip

The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.

stripper

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

striptease

The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.

strogonoff

A dish of sautéed pieces of beef (or a substitute) served in a sauce with sour cream.

strudel

(countable, and, uncountable) A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.

sua

Belonging to it. [from 16th c.]

suador

One who sweats (produces sweat).

suaíle

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

suaíli

An agglutinative language of the Bantu branch widely spoken in East Africa. Born in its modern form from the hybridization of the Arabic and Bantu cultures, it was the language of the traders in East Africa, and spread along the routes of trade.

suar

(intransitive) To emit sweat.

suas

The individual or group spoken or written to.

suástica

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

suave

Gentle and not easily angered.

suavidade

The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.

suavizante

One who, or that which, softens.

suavizar

(transitive) To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.

sub-

Under, beneath.

sub-bosque

The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

sub-repticiamente

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

sub-reptício

Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).

sub-rotina

(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.

subaquático

Located or living under water; submarine.

subatómico

(physics) Relating to particles that are constituents of the atom, or are smaller than an atom; such as proton, neutron, electron, etc.

subclínico

(medicine, of a disease or injury) Without signs and symptoms that are detectable by physical examination or laboratory test; not clinically manifest.

subconjunto

(set theory, of a set S) A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

subconsciente

(psychology) That part of mind that is not consciously perceived.

subcontratar

(ambitransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.

subcutâneo

Pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin.

subdelegacia

A satellite police station serving one neighborhood or part of a larger jurisdiction.

subdesenvolvido

having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication

subdividir

(ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.

subdivisão

(countable, uncountable) A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.

subdução

(geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.

subemprego

The condition of being underemployed.

subentendido

Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

subespaço

(countable, mathematics) A subset of a space which is a space in its own right.

subespécie

(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.

subestação

A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.

subestimado

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

subestimar

(transitive, idiomatic, especially of a person) To give little attention to or to underestimate the value of; to fail to appreciate, especially something one has grown heavily accustomed to; not to value or care for appropriately, out of the assumption that the person or thing not valued cannot be lost.

subexpor

(photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).

subglacial

Formed or occurring beneath a glacier or other body of ice.

subgrupo

A group within a larger group; a group whose members are some, but not all, of the members of a larger group.

subida

The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

subir

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

subitamente

(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.

súbito

Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.

subjacente

Lying beneath or at a lower level; underlying.

subjetivo

Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.

subjugar

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

sublevação

(geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.

sublime

(chiefly, poetic, archaic) Of a person: dignified, majestic, noble.

sublinha

A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.

sublinhar

(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.

submarinho

(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

submarino

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

submergir

(transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas).

submergível

Able to be submerged.

submersível

Able to be submerged.

submeter

(transitive) To bring (a country) under control by force.

submissão

The act of bringing something under the control of something else.

submissivo

Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.

submisso

Pertaining to one's duty; demonstrative of one's sense of duty.

submundo

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

subordinada

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

subordinado

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

subordinar

(transitive) To make subservient or secondary.

suborno

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

subscrição

Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.

subscritor

One who signs or has signed something.

subscritora

One who signs or has signed something.

subsequente

Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.

subsequentemente

Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time).

subserviente

Obsequiously submissive.

subsidência

(geology) A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation, seismic activity or underground or ground water depletion, or the rocks in a geological basin, due to continued deposition from above.

subsidiar

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

subsidiária

Auxiliary or supplemental.

subsidiário

Auxiliary or supplemental.

subsídio

(insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.

subsolo

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

subspace

(BDSM) The psychological state of the submissive or bottom during sadomasochistic activity.

substância

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.). [from 17th c.]

substância química

(chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.

substancial

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

substancioso

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

substantivo

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

substantivo comum

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

substituição

The act of replacing something.

substituir

(transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.

substituível

Capable of being replaced.#: The machine uses a replaceable filter.

substituta

(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

substituto

(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.

substrato

(biology) A surface on which an organism grows, or to which an organism or an item is attached.

subterrâneo

Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

subtexto

(literature) The implicit meaning of a text, often a literary one, or a speech or dialogue.

subtil

Subtlety or fine detail.

subtítulo

(authorship) A heading below or after a title.

subtrair

(transitive, arithmetic) To remove or reduce; especially to reduce a quantity or number.

suburbano

Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.

subúrbio

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

subvalorizado

Not given enough recognition for its quality.

subvenção

The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

subvencionar

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

subversivo

Intending to subvert, overturn, undermine or debase.

sucata

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

sucção

The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.

suceder

To follow or succeed; to be the successor of.

sucessão

(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.

sucesso

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

sucessor

A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.

sucintamente

In a succinct manner, concisely.

sucinto

Brief, yet including all important information.

suco

(uncountable) Any liquid resembling juice.

suçuarana

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

súcubo

(medieval folklore) A female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death.

suculenta

A succulent plant.

suculento

Having lots of juice.

sucumbir

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.

sucuri

(countable) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

sudanês

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

Sudão

Republic of the Sudan, since 1955

sudário

Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.

sudeste

The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.

sudoeste

The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.

sudoku

(games) A type of pencil puzzle played on a square grid, requiring each of the columns, each of the rows, and each of the subregions (called "boxes" or "regions") to contain the lowest whole numbers up to the dimension of the puzzle, usually 1 to 9, once each. The subregions are rectangular or square except in variants.

sueca

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

Suécia

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

sueco

A person from Sweden or of Swedish descent.

suéter

(chiefly, British, Australian, New Zealand) A woollen sweater or pullover.

suficiente

Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

suficientemente

Sufficiently.

sufixar

(transitive) To append (something) to the end of something else.

sufixo

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

suflê

A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).

sufocante

That stifles.

sufocar

(transitive) To smother or suffocate someone.

sufocar-se

(intransitive) To be smothered or suffocated.

sufrágio

(US) The right of women to vote.

sufragista

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

sugador

A thing that works by sucking something.

sugar

To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.

sugerir

(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.

sugerível

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

sugestão

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

sugestionável

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

sugestões

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

suíça

(countable) A person from Switzerland or of Swiss descent.