Portuguese–English dictionary

dedo

(historical, _, units of measure) A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.

dedo da pata

The equivalent part in an animal.

dedo do meio

An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.

dedo do pé

(automotive) An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round.

dedo indicador

(human, _, anatomy) The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.

dedo médio

The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.

dedo polegar

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

dedo-duro

(countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities.

dedução

Power of acute observation and deduction

dedurar

(chiefly, US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.

dedutível

Capable of being deduced.

deduzir

Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]

default

(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory

defecação

The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.

defeção

An act or incidence of defecting.

defecar

(rare) To discharge feces from the digestive tract.

defectivo

(grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

defeito

(chiefly, _, computing, engineering, _, jargon) A problem that needs fixing.

defeituoso

Having one or more defects.

defender

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

defensante

Intended for defence; protective.

defensiva

A means, attitude or position of defense.

defensivo

Intended for defence; protective.

defensor

A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent [from 18th c.]

deferência

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

deferente

Respectful and considerate; showing deference.

deferir

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

defesa

(uncountable) The game of catching a ball.

défice

A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

deficiência

(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

deficiente

Lacking something essential; often construed with in.

déficit

A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

definhar

(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness. [from 14th c.]

definição

The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

definido

Having a definition or value.

definitivamente

In a manner which leaves little question; definitely, clearly.

definitivo

Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory. [first attested in the mid 1500s]

deflação

(economics) A decrease in the general price level, that is, in the nominal cost of goods and services as well as wages.

deflector

A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.

deflexão

The act of deflecting or something deflected.

deflorar

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

deformado

Not formed correctly; misshapen; deformed.

deformar

(transitive) To bring something out of shape, to misshape.

deformidade

The state of being deformed.

defraudar

(transitive) To obtain money or property from (a person) by fraud; to swindle.

defronte

In front of; before (a background).

defumado

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

defumador

(informal, dated) An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.

defumar

(transitive) To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.

defunto

(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.

degelar

(transitive) To thaw something.

degelo

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

degeneração

Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.

degenerado

Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

degenerar

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

degenerativo

Characterized by or causing degeneration.

deglutição

The act of swallowing.

deglutir

(transitive) To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat. [from 11th c.]

degolador

A murderer who slits the throats of victims.

degolar

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

degradação

Gradual loss or decay.

degradante

Degrading; that degrades.

degradê

A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.

degrau

A step, as in a stair.

degredado

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

degustação

The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

deidade

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]

deificar

(transitive) To make into a god.

deísmo

A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.

deitado (na cama)

(archaic) In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. [First attested from 1150 to 1350.]

deitar

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

deitar de conchinha

(intransitive, dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.

deitar sangue

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

deitar-se

(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. [from 15th c.]

deitar-se com

(slang) To have sex with.

deixada

Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

deixado

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deixar

(transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

deixar cair

(transitive, ergative, also, figuratively) To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

deixar cicatriz

(transitive) To mark the skin permanently.

deixar de

(transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

deixar de castigo

To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.

deixar de molho

(transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.

deixar em pânico

To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

deixar louco

(informal, idiomatic) To annoy or irritate.

deixar manco

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.

deixar no vácuo

(chiefly, social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.

deixar passar

To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.

deixar sem reação

(figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.

deixar-se cair

(intransitive) To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground. [from 15th c.]

déjà vu

Loosely or humorously, anything one has done before or is being repeated.

dejeção

A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.

dejeto

Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.

dela

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

delatar

(transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.

delator

An informer.

delaware

A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.

delay

A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.

dele

That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.

deleção

The act of deleting. [c. 1600]

deleite

Something that is delectable.

deles

That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

deletamento

The act of deleting. [c. 1600]

deletar

(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]

deletério

(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

delfim

The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.

Delfos

A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.

delgadeza

The state or quality of being thin.

delgado

Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially, biology) having a long and slender form.

Delhi

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.

Deli

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.

deliberação

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

deliberado

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

deliberar

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

delicada

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

delicadamente

In a delicate manner; exquisitely.

delicadeza

The quality of being delicate.

delicado

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

delicatessen

A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

deliciar

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

deliciosamente

In a delicious manner.

delicioso

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

delimitar

To limit narrowly; to restrict.

delineação

Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.

delineador

One who, or that which, delineates.

delinear

(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

delinquente

One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.

delinquir

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

delirante

(symptom) Being in the state of delirium.

delirar

(intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.

delírio

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

delito

Unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature.

delusão

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

demagógico

Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue.

demagogo

(pejorative) A political orator or leader, especially in a democratic system, who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience rather than by using rational argument.

demais

(conjunctive) In addition to what has been said.

demanda

The desire to purchase goods and services.

demandar

To request forcefully.

demão

(countable) A covering of material, such as paint.

demarcar

(transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.

demência

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

demérito

A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.

Demétrio

A en given name.

demissão

Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

demitir

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

demitir-se

(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

demo

(informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.

demo-

people

democrata

A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally (historical) as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France).

democraticamente

In a democratic way; according to the principles of democracy.