Portuguese–English dictionary

coeficiente

Cooperating.

coelha

A female rabbit.

coelhinha

A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.

coelhinho

(informal, childish) A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.

coelho angorá

A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).

coelho-da-Flórida

A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.

coentro

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

coerção

(legal, uncountable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

coercitivo

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

coercivo

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

coerente

Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

coeso

Having cohesion.

coetâneo

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

coevo

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

coexistência

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

coexistir

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

cofre

(countable) A device used to store coins or currency.

cofrinho

(US, mildly, _, vulgar, slang) The gluteal cleft.

cogente

Forcefully persuasive; relevant, pertinent.

cogitação

(uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.

cogitar

(intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

cognato

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

cognição

The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.

cognitivamente

Relating to thinking (cognition).

cognitivo

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

cognome

Another name; especially, an assumed name.

cogumelo

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

cogumelo venenoso

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

coibir

(transitive) To control or keep in check.

coice

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.

coifa

The amnion which encloses the foetus before birth, especially that part of it which sometimes shrouds a baby’s head at birth (traditionally considered to be good luck). [from 16th c.]

coincidência

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

coincidir

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

coiro

(chiefly, Ireland, humorous, informal) Human skin, especially when bare; also, a person's hair.

coisa

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

coisa explosiva

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

coisar

(informal, chiefly, UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

coisarada

The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).

coisas

(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

coitado

Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.

coito

(formal, now, also, humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

cola

Having a specified habitat.

colaboração

(uncountable) The act of collaborating.

colaborador

A person who works with others towards a common goal.

colaborar

(intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.

colaborativo

Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.

colagem

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

colagénio

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

colágeno

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

colapsar

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

colapsar-se

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

colapso

The act of collapsing.

colar

(transitive) To join or attach something using glue.

colarinho

The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

colãs

A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.

colcha

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

colchão

A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.

colcheia

(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

coldre

A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.

cole

An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.

colecionador

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

colecionar

(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

colecionismo

A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.

colectomia

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.

colector

(electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.

colega

A companion; a comrade.

colega de classe

A student who is in the same class at school.

colega de quarto

A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

colega de serviço

Somebody with whom one works.

colega de trabalho

Somebody with whom one works.

colégio

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.

cólera

(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.

colérico

(humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.

colesterol

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

coleta

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

coletânea

A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology.

coletar

(transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.

colete

(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

colete de forças

A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.

coletivismo

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively

coletor

Someone or something that catches.

colhão

(vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.

colheita

The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.

colher

Especially, to harvest food.

colher cogumelos

(intransitive) To gather mushrooms.

colher de pedreiro

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

colher de sopa

A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

colherada

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

colhões

(in the plural) Courage.

colibri

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

cólica

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

cólico

Relating to the colon; colonic.

colidir

(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.

coligação

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

coligir

(architecture) To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.

colina

(organic compound) A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3N+CH2CH2OHX−. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.

colinoso

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

colisão

An instance of colliding.

Coliseu

The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.

colisionador

(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.

colisor

(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.

colmar

To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

colmeia

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

colmo

(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae

colo do útero

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

colocação

(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

colocar

(intransitive, idiomatic) To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt.

colocar dobradiças em

(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge.

colocar em ordem alfabética

(US, Canada, transitive) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.

colocatário

A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

colofônia

(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

coloide

(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.

Colômbia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

colombiano

Of, from or relating to Colombia.

Colombo

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

cólon

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

colona

A founder of a colony.

Colônia

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

colonialismo

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

colonialista

Of or pertaining to colonialism.

colonização

The process of establishing a colony.

colonizador

A founder of a colony.

colonizadora

A founder of a colony.

colono

A person from a country that is or was controlled by another.

colonoscopia

(medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

coloquial

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

coloquialismo

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.

colóquio

An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.

coloração

A slight coloring.

colorante

A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

colorar

(transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features

colorau

A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.

colorido

Having a particular color or kind of color.

colorir

act or process

colossal

Extremely large or on a great scale.

colosso

(informal) Something remarkably large.

colostomia

(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.

cólquico

(countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.

columbário

(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.

coluna

(chess) One of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).

coluna vertebral

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

colunata

A series of columns at regular intervals.

colunável

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

colunista

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

colusão

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

colza

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.

com

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

com a breca!

(minced oath, euphemism) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

com a cabeça erguida

With the head first or down.

com amor

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.