Portuguese–English dictionary

bonita

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

bonitinho

Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

bonito

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

Bonn

An independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.

bonsai

(transitive) To make into a bonsai by restricting the roots and pruning.

bónus

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

booleano

(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.

boom

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

boot

(computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.

boquiaberto

In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.

boquirroto

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

borboleta

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]

borboleta-monarca

A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.

borboto

(textiles) A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing.

borbulha

A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.

borbulhante

Full of life; energetic, vivacious.

borbulhar

(intransitive) To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).

borda

The outer edge of something.

borda a fora

Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.

bordão

A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.

bordar

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

bordel

A house of prostitution.

Bordéus

The capital city of Gironde department, France; the capital city of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

bordo

(nautical) The side of a ship.

boreal

Of, relating to, or coming from the north.

boreste

The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.

Borgonha

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Bóris

A en given name.

borla

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

Bornéu

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borocoxô

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

borra

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

borracha

(obsolete) Latex; natural rubber.

borrachão

(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

borracho

A young dove or pigeon.

borrachudo

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

borrado

(of an image) Not clear, crisp, or focused; having fuzzy edges.

borralha

Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.

borralho

Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.

borrão

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

borrar

(transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

borrasca

(meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").

borrelho

A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family. [from 15th c.]

borrifar

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

borrifo

The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

borsch

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

borscht

A beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.

bosão

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

bosníaco

A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.

bósnio

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bóson

(particle) A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Compare fermion.

bosque

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

bosquete

A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

bosquímano

A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.

bossa

A convex protuberance in hammered work, especially the rounded projection in the centre of a shield.

bostela

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

Boston

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

bot

(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

botadeira

A hen kept to lay eggs; a breed of chicken bred to maximize laying output.

botânica

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botânico

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

botanista

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botão

A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded.

botar

(of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.

botaréu

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

bote

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

bote inflável

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

boteco

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

botija

The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

botijão

The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

boto

(North America, imprecisely) Any small dolphin.

botox

A toxic compound (generic name botulinum toxin type A) produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, that causes the paralysis of muscles, used in cosmetic surgery to conceal wrinkles and for muscle spasm relief and headache prevention.

Botsuana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

bottom

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

botulismo

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

bouillabaisse

A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.

bouquet

A bunch of cut flowers.

boutique

A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.

bovídeo

(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

bovino

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

bowls

A precision sport where the goal is to roll biased balls (weighted on one side, and called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than one's opponent is able to do.

box

A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.

boxe

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

boxeador

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boxeadora

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

boxer

A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.

braça

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

braçadeira

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

braçal

Pertaining or belonging to the arm.

bracelete

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

braço

A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.

bradar

(ambitransitive) To shout, scream, yell.

brado

A shout or scream.

braguilha

A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.

Brahman

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.

braile

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

braille

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

brainstorm

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

brainstorming

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

Brâman

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.

brâmane

A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.

bramir

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

Branca

A en given name.

branco

(tincture) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

branco do olho

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

branco gelo

A white or greyish-white colour.

branco-neve

The white color of snow.

brancura

(statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.

Brandão

A en given name.

brande

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

brandir

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

brandy

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

branqueamento

The process of making something white or whiter.

branquear

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

branquelo

(US, derogatory, racial slur, offensive) An impoverished white person from the southeastern United States, originally associated with Georgia and parts of Florida; (by extension) any white person (slang).

brânquia

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.

branquitude

(statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.

Brás

A en given name.

brasa

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

brasar

To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.

brasas

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.

Brasil

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

brasileira

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

brasileiro

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brássica

Any of many plants of the genus Brassica, including cabbage, mustard and rapes

brassicácea

Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Bratislava

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

bratwurst

A small pork sausage, usually served fried.

bravata

A prideful boasting or bragging.

braveza

(usually, uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.

bravio

Untamed; not domesticated.

bravo

Displaying or feeling anger.

bravura

(usually, uncountable) Being brave, courageousness.

brecha

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

brega

Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

breguete

(slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.

Brejnev

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бре́жнєв (Bréžnjev)

brejo

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

Brema

A minor city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

brema-do-mar

(British) A species in that genus, Abramis brama.

Bremen

A minor city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.

brenha

(slang) Pubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

Bretanha

England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

bretão

Of, from or relating to the region of Brittany, France.

brêtema

(countable, uncountable) Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.)

bretões

(history) The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.

breu

A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

breve

(US, music) A note with twice the value of a whole note; a breve.

breve período

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]

breve resumo

A brief summary, as of a book or a presentation.