Portuguese–English dictionary

deselegante

Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

desemaranhar

Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.

desembainhar

To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.

desembalado

Not held or packaged together.

desembaraçar

(transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.

desembarcar

Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.

desembolsar

(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

desembrulhar

(transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.

desempacotar

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

desempate

Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.

desempenadeira

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

desempenhar

(transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).

desempenho

The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

desempoar

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

desempregado

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

desempregar-se

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

desemprego

The state of having no job; joblessness.

desencadear

(transitive, idiomatic) To start (something); to set off traps; especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.

desencantado

Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

desencapar

(transitive) To fire (a bullet or ball) from a rifle such that it fails to pick up a spin from the rifling.

desencarnado

(Of a being) lacking a physical form.

desencarnar

(religion, intransitive) To die, in context of subsequently existing outside the body (for example, as a soul or spirit).

desencorajado

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

desencorajar

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

desencriptar

(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

desenfreado

(by extension) Without restraint or limit.

desenhação

An act or event in which the outcome (e.g., designating a winner) is selected by chance in the form of a blind draw, notably of lots; especially such a contest in which a winning name or number is selected randomly by removing (or drawing) it from a container, popularly a hat.

desenhador

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

desenhadora

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

desenhar

(transitive) To attract or cause (someone) to come to a particular place or to take a particular course of action; also, to cause (someone) to turn away from a particular condition or course of action. [from 12th c.]

desenhista

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

desenho

(arts) An artist's preliminary sketch.

desenho animado

Any of several types of film / movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand in order to give a sense of movement when projected in rapid sequence.

desenraizar

To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

desenrolar

(intransitive, colloquial) To relax; to chill out; to rest and become relieved of stress

desenterrar

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

desentupidor

A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.

desenvolver

To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).

desenvolver-se

(intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.

desenvolvido

(said of a country) wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.

desequilíbrio

The property of not being in balance.

deserção

An act or incidence of defecting.

deserdar

(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]

desertar

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

deserto

Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.

desertor

(military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

desesperação

(transitive) To cause to despair.

desesperadamente

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

desesperado

Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

desesperança

A lack of hope; despair.

desesperançado

Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

desesperar

(transitive) To cause to despair.

desestimulado

Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

desfaçatez

(uncountable) Insolent and shameless audacity.

desfalecer

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

desfalecido

Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).

desfalque

(legal, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

desfavorável

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.

desfavorecido

Strongly disapproved of.

desfazer

(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

desfazer-se

(figurative) Of a thing: to have its connected or united parts separated; to be thrown into disorder; to become confused or undone; to collapse.

desfecho

(figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.

desfiar

(also, figuratively) To rub or wear away (something); to cause (something made of strands twisted or woven together, such as cloth or rope) to unravel through friction; also, to irritate (something) through chafing or rubbing; to chafe.

desfibrilador

(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.

desfigurar

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

desfiladeiro

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

desfile

A public procession, especially one commemorating a holiday or special event or (dated) in protest.

desflorestar

(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

desfocado

Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

desfocagem

The characteristic of being blurry.

desfocar

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

desfragmentar

(computing) To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.

desfrutar

(figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (Usually followed by "in".)

desgalhar

(transitive) To remove the limbs from (an animal or tree).

desgarrada

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

desgarradas

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

desgarrado

Unchecked; rampant.

desgarrados

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

desgastante

That tires or tire.

desgastar

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

desgaste

Injury or wear caused by friction.

desgostar de

(transitive) To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. [from 16th c.]

desgosto

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

desgovernado

Unchecked; rampant.

desgraça

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

desgraçado

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

desgracioso

Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

desgrenhado

(of a person) With the hair uncombed.

desidratação

The act or process of removing water from something.

desidratado

Suffering from dehydration.

design

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.

designação

The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust

designar

(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

designer

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

desigual

Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.

desigualdade

An unfair, not equal, state.

desiludido

Disappointed; experiencing disillusionment; having lost one's illusions.

desiludir

(transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

desilusão

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

desimportante

petty; not important or noteworthy

desincentivo

That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.

desinência

(linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

desinfetante

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

desinfetar

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.

desinflar

(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

desinformação

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

desinformar

(transitive) To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.

desinibido

Not inhibited; having no inhibitions.

desinscrever

(intransitive) To cancel a subscription, especially to an online service.

desinstalar

(computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

desinteressado

Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.

desinteressante

Lacking interest or substance; flat; one-dimensional.

desinteressar

(transitive) To render disinterested.

desintoxicar

(transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

desistir

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

desistir de

(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.

desjejuar

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

desjejum

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

desktop

(computing) A desktop computer.

deslanchar

(intransitive) To become successful, to flourish.

deslastrar

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

desleal

Not loyal, without loyalty.

deslealdade

(uncountable) The quality of being disloyal.

desleixado

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

desligado

(predicative, _, only) Inoperative, disabled.

desligar

(transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.

deslizamento

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

deslizar

(intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly.

deslize

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

deslocação

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

deslocada

One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]

deslocado

Not in the proper arrangement or situation.

deslocalizar

(transitive) To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, in order to seek lower business costs, such as labor.

deslocamento

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

deslocar

(medicine) To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

deslumbrado

Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

deslumbrante

Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.

deslustrar

(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

desmaiado

Not awake; having no awareness (usually as the result of a head injury).

desmaio

A temporary loss of consciousness.

desmama

The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment.

desmamar

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

desmame

The (passive) process of a child or animal ceasing to be dependent on the mother for nourishment.

desmancha-prazeres

Like a spoilsport.

desmanchar

(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

desmantelar

(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

desmascarado

Not wearing a mask on one's face.

desmascarar

(transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.

desmatar

(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

desmembramento

A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.