Portuguese–English dictionary

cerimonial

Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.

cerne

The center or inner part of a space or area.

cernelha

The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]

ceroso

Made of wax.

cerquilha

(typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

cerrar

(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.

certamente

In a way which is certain; with certainty.

certeiro

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

certeza

The state of being certain.

certificação

The act of certifying.

certificado

A document containing a certified statement.

certificar

(transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.

certificar-se

To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]

certinho

Following the established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous. [18th c.]

certo

Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.

cerúleo

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

cerveja inglesa

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

cerveja sem álcool

(colloquial) An alcoholic beverage for the ride, for consumption while one is driving.

cervejaria

(Canada, Nigeria) A bar, selling beer, that has tables where customers may congregate socially.

cervejeiro

Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

cérvice

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

cérvix

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

cervo

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

cerzir

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

césar

A title of Roman emperors.

cessão

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

cessar

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]

cessar-fogo

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

cesta

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

cesta de pães

A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

cesta de pão

A basket used for storing or carrying bread.

cesto

A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.

cesto da gávea

(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.

cestódeo

(zoology) A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.

cetáceo

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

cetamina

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

cética

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

cético

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

cetim

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

cetro

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

céu

The sky, specifically:

céu da boca

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.]

céus!

An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

cevada

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

cevar

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

cf.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

chá

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

chá da tarde

(UK) A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by tea.

chácara

A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

chachlik

A form of shish kebab, originally made of marinated lamb meat.

chacina

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

chaço

(colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.

chaço-velho

(colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.

chacoalhar

(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.

chacra

(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

chafurdar

(intransitive, British) To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.

chaga

An injured, infected, inflamed or diseased patch of skin.

chakra

(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

chalaça

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

chalé

A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.

chaleira

(cookware) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

chalupa

(nautical) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.

chama

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

chamada

The persons or number of persons present.

chamado

A beckoning or summoning.

chamador

(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

chamar

(intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.

chamar à razão

(transitive, dated) To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.

chamar o hugo

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, slang) To throw up, to vomit, particularly from excessive alcohol consumption.

chamariz

(marketing) An item that is sold at or below cost in an effort to stimulate other profitable sales.

chamativo

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

chaminé

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.

chaminé de fada

(geology) A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands.

Champagne

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Champanha

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Champanhe

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champô

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

chamuscada

A slight or surface burn.

chamuscar

(ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

chan

(Internet) A type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.

chana

A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

chance

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

chances

the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening

Chandigarh

A city and union territory in northern India, located between Punjab and Haryana; the capital city of Haryana and Punjab.

chanfra

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

chanfradura

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

chanfrar

(transitive) To cut off the edge or corner of something.

chanfro

An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

chantagear

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

chantagem

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

chantagista

Someone who blackmails.

chantre

A priest who sings in a chantry.

Chanucá

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

chão

The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

chapa

A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.

chapada

(countable) A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.

chapado

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

chapar

(transitive) To pelt with stones; especially, to kill by pelting with stones.

chaparral

(US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

chape

(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.

chapeleiro

A person who makes, sells, or repairs hats.

chapéu

(sports, _, such as soccer) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.

chapéu-palheta

(headwear) A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

chapim

A small passerine bird (songbird) of the genus Parus or the family Paridae.

charabã

(British, historical) A horse-drawn, and then later, motorized omnibus with open sides, and often, no roof.

charada

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

charco

A small, often temporary, pool of water, usually on a path or road. [from 14th c.]

charcutaria

(countable) A shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.

charge

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

chargista

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

charlatão

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

Charlene

A en given name; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.

charmoso

Pleasant, charismatic.

charneca

A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.

charneira

A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.

charola

The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

charque

Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

charquear

To cure (meat) by cutting it into strips and drying it, originally in the sun.

charrete

A light (four-wheeled) carriage used for ceremonial or pleasure purposes.

charro

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

charuto

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

chat

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

chata

(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

chatbot

(internet, AI) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

chateação

(colloquial) An annoyance or grievance.

chateado

Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

chatear

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.

chato

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

chauvinista

Pertaining to chauvinism.

chavão

(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

chave

Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

chave de boca

(US, Canada, Philippines) A hand tool for making rotational adjustments, such as fitting nuts and bolts, or fitting pipes. [from 18th c.]

chave de cadeia

(slang) A sexually mature person below, or appearing to be below, the legal age of consent, who is regarded, usually by an adult, as being sexually attractive and/or seductive.

chave de fenda

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

chave de parafusos

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

chave inglesa

(British) An adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts.

chaveiro

An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring.

chávena

A customary unit of measure

chaveta

Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.

chavismo

A left-wing populist ideology based on the policies of Hugo Chávez, the former president of Venezuela (2002-2013), and the politics of the Bolivarian Revolution (Bolivarianism).

chavista

A follower of Hugo Chávez or Chavism.

checa

(countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent.

checagem

An inspection or examination.

checar

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

checar de novo

(transitive) To check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure.

Chechênia

A republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus. Official name: Chechen Republic. Capital: Grozny.

checheno

Of or relating to the Chechen people.

chechenos

A Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

checkpoint

(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.

checo

Of, from, or pertaining to the Czech Republic (Czechia), the Czech people, culture, or language.