Portuguese–English dictionary

adorno

A decoration; that which adorns.

adotar

To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

adotivo

Related through adoption.

adquirir

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

adrenal

Pertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.

adrenalina

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Adria

A town and comune of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy, situated on the site of an Etruscan city of the same name.

Adriana

A en given name, a feminine form of Adrian.

Adriano

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

adriático

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

aduana

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit

adubo

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

aduela

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

adulação

Flattery; fulsome praise.

adulador

One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.

adular

(transitive) To flatter effusively.

adulta

An animal that is full-grown.

adúltera

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adulteração

The process of adulterating.

adulterado

Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

adulterante

That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.

adulterar

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

adultério

(narrowly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry

adúltero

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

adultez

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

adulto

Fully grown.

adumbrar

To give a vague outline.

adutor

(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.

aduzir

(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.

adventícia

(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.

adventiciamente

in an adventitious manner; sporadically.

Advento

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

adversária

An opponent or rival.

adversário

An opponent or rival.

adversidade

(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

adverso

Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.

advertência

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand.

advertir

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

advocacia

The profession of an advocate.

advocar

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

advogada

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

advogado

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

advogar

(Scots law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.

aerar

(transitive) To supply with oxygen or air.

aéreo

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

aeriforme

Having a form similar to that of air.

aero-

air or aircraft

aerobarco

A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.

aeróbica

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

aeróbico

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

aerodeslizador

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

aerodinâmica

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerodinâmico

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

aeródromo

An airfield:

aeroespacial

Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.

aeroespaço

The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.

aerofólio

A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.

aerogerador

(dated) A generator powered by wind, a wind turbine.

aeromoça

Stewardess: a woman steward on an airplane.

aeronauta

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronáutica

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects

aeronáutico

Having to do with aerial navigation

aeronave

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

aeroplano

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

aeroporto

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

aerossol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

aerostática

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

aerotransportado

In or carried by the air.

aerovia

(aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.

afã

(RPG, gaming) Repeatedly performing the same quest or similar in-game activity in order to amass points or wealth.

afadigado

Very tired; zonked (out).

afagar

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

afamado

Well known.

afanar

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

afânise

(psychology) The disappearance of sexual desire, supposed to be the foundation of all neuroses.

afar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

afasia

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

afastado

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

afastamento

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

afastar-se

(intransitive) To part; to stop associating.

afastar-se de

(transitive) To go away from; to leave.

afável

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

afazer

(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

afecção

(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.

afegã

A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; a person of Afghan citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from late 18th c.]

afegane

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

afegâni

The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.

Afeganistão

A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. [from 1768]

afegão

Of, from or relating to Afghanistan.

afeição

The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

afeiçoado

Affectionate.

afélia

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.

afélio

(astronomy, also, figuratively) The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, or other astronomical object, where it is farthest from the Sun.

afemeado

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

afeminado

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

aferventamento

The state or process of simmering. [from early 19th c.]

aferventar

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

afetação

The act of affecting or acting upon.

afetado

Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

afetivo

Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.

afeto

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

afetuosamente

In an affectionate manner.

afetuoso

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

aff

Used to express repugnance, disgust, or annoyance.

affidavit

(legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

afiadeira

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

afiado

Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

afiar

(transitive) To sharpen with a hone; to whet.

afídeo

A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.

afilar

(intransitive, , nautical, sailing) To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.

afilhada

A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

afilhado

A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

afiliação

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

afiliado

Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.

afiliar

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

afim

(not comparable, geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(\vec x)= A \vec x + \vec b (where A is a linear transformation and \vec b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.

afinal

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

afinal de contas

(idiomatic) in the end, however; used in referring to something that was believed to be the case, but is not; or to an outcome that is not what was expected or predicted.

afinar

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.

afinidade

An affinity, association or mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.

afirmação

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

afirmar

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

afirmativo

pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming

afivelar

To fasten (something) using a buckle (noun sense 1); hence (obsolete) , to fasten (something) in any way.

afixar

(transitive) To attach.

aflição

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

afligir

(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow; to result.

afloramento (rochoso)

The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.

afluência

An abundance of wealth.

afluente

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

afluir

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

afobação

A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter.

afobar

To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.

afofar

(transitive) To make something fluffy.

afogador

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

afogar

(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

afogar-se

(intransitive) To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

afónico

Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.

Afonso

A en given name.

afora

Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.

afortunadamente

In a fortunate manner.

afortunado

Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.

África

The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

africada

(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

africana

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

africânder

Of or pertaining to the Afrikaans language.

africâner

A Germanic language descending from Dutch; the primary language of the descendants of Dutch and other European settlers, as well as many mixed-race (e.g. Rehoboth Basters) living in South Africa and in Namibia. Also, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa and until 1990 one of three official languages of Namibia.

africano

Of or pertaining to Africa.

afro

hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

afro-

African