Portuguese–English dictionary

diz que diz que

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

dizem

(impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.

dizer

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

dizer amém

(intransitive) To say amen.

dizimar

(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.

dízimo

(historical) The tenth part of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses; a tax taking ten percent of land or stock profits, used for religious or charitable purposes.

djim

(Arabic culture) A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

DLC

(countable, uncountable, video games) Initialism of downloadable content.

Dmitri

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij).

dó

(informal) Clipping of hairdo.

do caneco

(euphemistic, slang) .

do cão

(euphemistic, slang) .

do caraças

(colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

do caramba

(colloquial, euphemistic) A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.

do dia para a noite

(figurative) In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

do exterior

Abroad, especially across the sea.

do lado de

Next to; at the side of.

do leste

(meteorology) Blowing (as wind) from the east.

do mesmo

Of this, that, or it.

do nada

(idiomatic) Unexpectedly; without warning; all of a sudden.

do outro lado de

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

do que

Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

do sudeste

Of or pertaining to the southeast.

do sul

Of or pertaining to the south; southern.

Do-Cerne

The main island of the country of Mauritius.

doação

(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.

doador

One who makes a donation.

doar

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

dobra

The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided into 100 cêntimos.

dobrada

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

dobradiça

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

dobrador

A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.

dobradura

An act of folding.

dobragem

(film) The replacement of a voice part in a film or animation, particularly with a translation, revoicing.

dobrão

(historical, numismatics) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies. [from early 17th c.]

dobrar

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

dobrar-se

(intransitive) To become curved.

dobrável

Able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking.

dobrete

(quantum mechanics) A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.

dobro

Of twice the quantity.

doce

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

doce de alcaçuz

Licorice in confectionery form.

doce-amarga

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

docemente

In a pleasant manner.

docente

A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector.

doces

(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.

dócil

Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.

docinho

(informal) A form of address to a person considered to be attractive.

documentação

(linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

documentar

To record in documents.

documentário

A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

documento

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

doçura

A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.

dodó

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

dodói

(countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.

doença

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

doente

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

doentio

Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.

doer

(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

doer em

(transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.

doge

(historical) The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

dogma

An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.

dogmático

Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

dogmatismo

The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.

doida

A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

doidão

(slang) High on drugs, especially cannabis.

doideira

The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.

doidice

The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.

doido

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

doirada

A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

doirado

Made of, or relating to, gold.

doirador

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

doiradora

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

doirar

(transitive) To make golden or like gold.

dois

(cards) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

dois pontos

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dois-pontos

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dojo

(martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training.

dólar

Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

dolce-amarga

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

dolina

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

Dolores

A en given name.

dolorido

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]

dolorosamente

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

doloroso

Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental. [from 14th c.]

dom

Abbreviation of Sunday.

domador

One who tames or subdues.

domar

To turn an animal into a beast of burden.

doméstica

A maid or household servant.

domesticação

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.

domesticado

(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

doméstico

(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

domiciliar

Found in or having its origin in a home.

domicílio

(dated, or, legal) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

dominância

The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.

dominante

(photography) An undesirable tint of color affecting another color in a photograph, due to an incorrect balance.

dominar

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

dominato

(historical) The late period of the Roman Empire, following the principate, during which the emperor's rule became more explicitly autocratic and remaining vestiges of the Roman Republic were removed from the formal workings of government; the reign of any particular emperor during this period.

dominatriz

A dominatrix.

domingo

Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.

Domingos

A en given name, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.

domingueiro

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday.

dominical

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Sunday.

dominicana

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

dominicano

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

domínio

power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

dominiquense

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominiquês

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

dominó

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

domo

(architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

Don

A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.

dona

A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.

dona (de casa)

Someone who owns a house.

dona de casa

Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]

donde

(archaic, formal, or, literary) From where; from which place or source.

doninha-fedorenta

Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

dono

The owner of an animal or slave.

dono (de casa)

Someone who owns a house.

dónute

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

donzela

(now, historical) A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

dopagem

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopamina

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

doping

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

Doppelgänger

A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.

dor

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

dor de barriga

Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

dor de cabeça

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

dor de dente

(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth.

dor nas costas

Any pain or ache in the back.

Dorado

(constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

doravante

Starting from this moment and continuing indefinitely.

dórico

Of or relating to the Dorians.

dório

A member of the Dorians.

dormência

The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.

dormente

(of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.

dormideira

Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.

dorminhoca

Someone who sleeps.

dorminhoco

(figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

dormir

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

dormir com

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

dormitar

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

dormitório

A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

Doroteia

A en given name.

dorsal oceânica

(oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.

dorso

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

dos fundos

(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

dose

A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

dossiê

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

dotação

Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

dotado

(colloquial, of a person, slightly, _, vulgar) Having a large penis (often well hung).