Portuguese–English dictionary

beijar

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

beijar-se

(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.

beijinho

A small kiss.

beijo

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

beijoca

A small kiss.

beijoqueiro

One who kisses.

beira

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

beira-mar

A shore.

beira-rio

The land alongside a body of water.

beirada

An edge or border.

beirar

(transitive, figurative) To be almost like some other thing; to verge on.

Beirute

The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

beisebol

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

Bela

A en given name.

belamente

In a beautiful manner.

Belarus

A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk.

beldade

An attractive woman.

beleuza

(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.

beleza

Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

Belfast

The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

belga

Of, from, or pertaining to Belgium or the Belgian people.

Bélgica

A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.

Belgrado

The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.

belicista

Of or relating to bellicism, a bellicist, bellicists, advocating war, who is war-centered or war-oriented.

bélico

Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.

belicoso

Eager to go to war, warlike.

beligerância

The state of being belligerent; aggressive inclination to war. [1804]

beligerante

Eager to go to war, warlike.

beligerantes

A state or other armed participant in warfare

beliscada

An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken.

beliscão

The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

beliscar

To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.

Belize

An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

belo

(informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.

belonave

Any ship built or armed for naval combat.

Beltrano

(informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.

Beltrão

A en given name.

beluga

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

belveder

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

belvedere

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

belver

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

Belzebu

(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.

bem

In good health or a good emotional state.

bem aviado

(colloquial, of a person, slightly, _, vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).

bem de consumo

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

bem feito

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

bem imóvel

(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

bem informado

Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]

bem pensado

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

bem-apanhada

Of a woman: statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.

bem-aventurado

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

bem-aventurança

Perfect happiness.

bem-dotado

(colloquial, of a person, slightly, _, vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).

bem-estar

(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

bem-sucedido

Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.

bem-vinda!

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

bem-vindas!

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

bem-vindo

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

bem-vindo!

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

bem-vindos!

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

bemol

(music, obsolete) The flat symbol (♭), or a flattened note.

bênção

A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).

bendição

The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

bendito

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

bendizer

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

Benedito

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

beneficência

An act of philanthropy, a kind deed; an act which benefits someone else.

beneficente

An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.

beneficiado

(especially, trust law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.

beneficiar

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

beneficiar-se de

(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

beneficiário

(especially, trust law) One who benefits from the distribution, especially out of a trust or estate.

benefício

(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

benéfico

Helpful or good to something or someone.

Benelux

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

benemérito

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

benevolência

(uncountable) Disposition to do good.

benevolente

Having a disposition to do good.

benfeitor

Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.

benga

(slang, vulgar) The penis.

Bengala

A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

bengaleiro

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

bengali

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.

Bengasi

A port city in eastern Libya.

Benim

A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.

benjamim

The lastborn of a family; the youngest sibling, irrespective of age.

bens

The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19th c.]

Bento

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

benzeno

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.

benzer

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

benzimento

The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

Beowulf

(poetic) An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.

bequadro

(music) The symbol ♮ used to indicate such a natural note.

beque

(sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.

béquer

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

berbequim

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

berbere

(potentially, _, offensive, occasionally, _, proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

Berbéria

(historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.

berbigão

Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.

berçar

(transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).

berçário

(UK, chiefly British) An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.

berço

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

bergamota

The fruit from the bergamot tree.

berílio

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.

berilo

(uncountable, mineral) A mineral of pegmatite deposits, often used as a gemstone (molecular formula Be3Al2Si6O18).

beringela

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

berinjela

(North America, AU, NZ, Philippines) The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.

berlinde

(countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]

berlinense

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

berlinês

A native or inhabitant of Berlin.

berloque

(see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.

Berlusconi

A surname from Italian.

berma

The area on either side of a road.

bermuda

A type of knee-high shorts reminiscent of cut formal trousers.

Bermudas

An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

bermudenha

A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent

bermudenho

Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.

bermudense

A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent

Berna

A federal city of Switzerland; the capital city of Bern canton.

bernaca

A black and white species of bird within the family Anatidae from the northern hemisphere, Branta leucopsis.

bernacla

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

Bernadete

A en given name.

Bernardete

A en given name.

Bernardo

A en given name.

berne

The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

Bernstein

A surname from German or Yiddish.

berrante

(of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.

berrar

(transitive) To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.

berro

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

besante

(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.

besouro

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

best-seller

A book or other product that has sold in large numbers.

besta

(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]

besteira

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

bestial

(literally, _, and, _, figuratively) Beast-like

beta

(of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.

betão

(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

betara

Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.

Betesda

(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.

Beto

A diminutive form of male given names containing the element bert, such as Albert or Robert, also used as a formal given name.

betume

A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.

bexiga

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

bezerra

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

bezerro

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

bezoar

A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.

Bharat

(chiefly, India, poetic) India: the Republic of India.

bi

(LGBTQ, slang) Bisexual.

bi-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

Bianca

A en given name.

bianual

Occurring twice a year; semiannual.