Portuguese–English dictionary

terceirização

The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.

terceirizado

A person hired to do a job on a business contract, as opposed to a permanent employee.

terceirizar

(chiefly, US, business, management, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.

terceiro

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

terceto

a three-line stanza in a poem

terciário

Of third rank or order; subsequent.

terço

(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.

terçol

(disease) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

terebintina

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner.

terebinto

A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

Terêncio

A en given name.

Teresa

A en given name, the Spanish and Italian form of Theresa.

tergiversar

(intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.

teriyaki

A cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade.

terma

A building with baths for communal use.

termal

Pertaining to heat or temperature.

térmico

Pertaining to heat or temperature.

terminação

A termination or conclusion.

terminado

Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

terminal

(computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs and control their interactions; the user's command interpreter. Shell is a way to separate the internal complexity of the implementation of the command from the user. The internals can change while the user experience/interface remains the same.

terminal bancário

(banking) Initialism of automated teller machine or automatic teller machine.

terminar

(transitive, obsolete) To finish; to accomplish. [Attested from the late 16th century until the early 19th century.]

término

A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

terminologia

A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.

terminológico

Of, or relating to terminology.

térmita

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

térmite

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.

termodinâmica

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

termômetro

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

termonuclear

Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures.

termostato

A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

terneira

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

terneiro

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

terno

(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards.

ternura

A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.

Teron

Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.

Terone

Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.

Terpsícore

(Greek god) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.

Terra

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

terra alta

A high area; land that is higher than surrounding areas.

terra do nunca

An ideal or imaginary place; a dreamworld.

terra inculta

(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.

terra natal

The location where a person was born.

Terra Nova

A large island off the coast of eastern Canada, which, along with Labrador, has composed the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador since 1949, and the Dominion of Newfoundland, before it.

terra-nova

A very large breed of working dog from Newfoundland, with a shaggy, usually black coat, known for its water rescue ability, strength, and gentle disposition.

terraço

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

terracota

A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction.

terrado

A platform that extends outwards from a building.

terrapin

(countable) Any of several small turtles of the families Emydidae and Geoemydidae found throughout the world.

terráqueo

(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

terras altas

A high area of land, lands higher than surrounding areas.

terratenente

A person who owns land.

terreno

Relating to the earth or this world, as opposed to heaven; terrestrial.

terreno baldio

A place with no remaining resources; a desert.

térreo

The floor of a building closest to ground level.

terrestre

(chiefly, science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

terrier

A dog from a group of small, lively breeds, originally bred for the hunting of burrowing prey such as rats, rabbits, foxes, and even otters; this original function is reflected in some of their names (e.g. rat terrier).

territorial

Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.

Território de Yukon

A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse.

terrível

Very bad or inferior.

terror

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

terrorismo

(historical) The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94.

terrorista

Of or relating to terrorism.

tesão

Sexual arousal.

tesauro

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

Teseu

A legendary Ancient Greek hero most famous for defeating the minotaur in the labyrinth of Crete.

tesla

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity.

teso

(colloquial) Lacking money; impecunious; in financial difficulties.

tesoura

a genus of crab in which the male has one hugely enlarged claw (genus Uca).

tesoura de tosquiar

A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.

tesouraria

A place where treasure is stored safely.

tesouras

(countable, usually, construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed.

tesoureiro

(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.

tesourinha

Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.

tesouro

Any specific instance of a government department responsible for the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenue.

Tessalónica

A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.

testa de ferro

(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.

testa-de-ferro

An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.

testamenteiro

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

testamento

The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.

testar

To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.

teste

(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

teste do sofá

(euphemism) The now illegal practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment, particularly in the entertainment industry.

testeira

A strip of fabric worn around the head.

testemunha

One who sees something; an eyewitness.

testemunha ocular

Someone who sees an event and can report or testify about it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

testemunhar

To deliver a testimony, especially as witness

testemunho

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

testemunho de ouvidos

(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.

testicular

(physiology) Pertaining to one or more testicles; of the testicle(s).

testosterona

(steroid hormone) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex.

teta

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

tétano

(pathology) A spasmodic, nervous system disease brought on by the tetanus bacteria, causing muscles to seize up and may cause death by suffocation.

tethering

(Internet) The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.

teto

(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

tetra-

Four.

tetração

(arithmetic) The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being repeated multiplication and multiplication being repeated addition, ^ba denoting a to the power of a to the power of \ldots to the power of a, in which a appears b times.

tetraplégico

One who suffers from quadriplegia.

tetraz

A large, black grouse of the genus Tetrao in the bird family Phasianidae, especially the western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.

Tetris

A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.

tetuda

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

teu

(archaic, EME) Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

teutão

A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.

teutônico

Relating to the ancient Germanic people, the Teutons.

tevê

(colloquial, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of television.

texano

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S. state of Texas.

Texas

A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.

texto

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

texugo

Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora and Taxidea.

tez

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

Thadeu

(rare) A en given name; usually spelled Thaddeus.

Thaís

A en given name.

thesaurus

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

thing

(chiefly, historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

Thor

(Norse mythology, and, paganism) A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.

thread

(computing) A unit of execution, lighter in weight than a process, usually sharing memory and other resources with other threads executing concurrently.

TI

(informatics) Initialism of information technology.

Tiago

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

Tiaguinho

A en given name.

Tianjin

A direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China, between Beijing and the Bohai Bay.

tiara

A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

Tibério

(historical) A en given name of mostly historical use, in particular, the praenomen of the second Roman emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, reigning 14-37 C.E..

tibetano

Pertaining to Tibet, the Tibetan people, culture, or language.

tíbia

(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee

tíbio

Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

Tibre

The river that flows through Rome in Italy.

tição

(archaic, or, poetic) A piece of burning wood or peat, or a glowing cinder.

ticar

(transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).

ticket

(usually, technical support) A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.

tiebreak

Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.

tifo

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

tigela

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

tigrado

Brindled; diversified in color.

Tigre

A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

tigresa

A female tiger; a she-tiger.

tília

The soft wood of such trees.

tim tim

A common toast used when drinking in company.

timão

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

timba

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

timbale

(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.

timbales

(musical instruments) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

timbrar

(transitive) To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.

timbre

(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.

time

One set of competitors in a game.

timer

A device used to measure amounts of time.

timidez

The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.

tímido

Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.

timo

Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.

timoneiro

In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.

timoneiros

In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.