Portuguese–English dictionary

entende?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

entendeis?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

entendem?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

entender

To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.

entender de

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

entender mal

(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.

entendes?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

entendi

Indicates comprehension on the part of the speaker.

entendida

(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

entendido

(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

entendimento

(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.

entendível

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

entente

(politics) An informal alliance or friendly understanding between two states.

entérico

Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.

enterrada

The act or instance of dunking, particularly in basketball.

enterrar

To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.

enterro

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

entintar

(transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.

ento

Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns.

entoar

(transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

entomologista

A scientist who studies insects.

entomólogo

A scientist who studies insects.

entonação

A change in pitch or tone of voice.

entornar

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

entorpecer

(transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

entorpecido

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

entortar

Of a thing (especially a slender structure under compression): to collapse or distort under physical pressure.

entourage

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

entrada

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.

entradas

The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.

entrançar

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

entrância

The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.

entranha

(in the plural) The entrails or intestines; the internal organs of the stomach.

entranhas

The deepest or innermost part.

entrante

Succeeding to an office or other position.

entrar

(transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.

entrar de penetra

To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.

entrar em

To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.

entrar em erupção

(intransitive) To eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).

entrar na fila

(intransitive) To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.

entravar

(ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.

entrave

Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.

entre

Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)

entreaberto

Slightly turned or opened.

entrecasca

Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.

entrega

The act of delivering or conveying something.

entregar

(British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

entregar-se

(transitive, sometimes, _, reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.

entrelaçar

To twist or twine around something (or one another).

entrelaçar-se

To become twined together.

entrelinha

(typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing.

entremontes

An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

entreperna

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

entretanto

(conjunctive) Nevertheless; yet, still; in spite of that.

entretenimento

An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.

entreter

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

entrevista

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

entrevistador

One who interviews.

entrevistadora

One who interviews.

entrevistar

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

entrincheiramento

A fortification constructed of trenches

entrincheirar

(military) To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.

entronar

(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.

entroncamento

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

entronização

The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned.

entronizar

(transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture.

entrudo

The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

entubar

(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.

entulho

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

entupido

Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

entupimento

The act of cramming (forcing or stuffing something).

entupir

(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

entupir-se

(intransitive) To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff oneself.

entusiasmado

With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.

entusiasmo

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

entusiasta

An adherent or fan (of something).

entusiasticamente

In an enthusiastic manner.

entusiástico

With zealous fervor; excited, motivated.

enumerável

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

enunciação

The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.

enunciado

A piece of paper on which the questions or tasks of an examination are written.

envelhecer

(ambitransitive) To make or become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

envenenar

(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

envergadura

The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

envergar

(transitive) To bend; to crook.

envergonhadamente

with shame

envergonhado

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

envergonhar

(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]

enviado

A representative.

enviador

Someone who sends.

enviar

To move (something) from one place to another.

enviesado

Angled at a slant.

enviesamento

(statistics) The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.

enviesar

(transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.

envio

The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:

enviuvado

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

envolvente

Very beautiful or attractive.

envolver

To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

envolvimento

The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

enxada

(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.

enxadar

(transitive) To clear from weeds, or to loosen or arrange the earth about, with a hoe.

enxaguada

The action of rinsing.

enxaguante bucal

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

enxaguar

(transitive) To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.

enxágue

The action of rinsing.

enxágue bucal

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

enxame

A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.

enxamear

(intransitive) To move as a swarm.

enxaqueca

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

enxerga

A straw bed.

enxergar

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

enxerido

Too curious; overly interested; nosy.

enxertar

(transitive) To put in between or into.

enxertia

(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

enxerto

(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

enxofre

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.

enxofreira

An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. [from 18th c.]

enxotar

(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

enxoval

A complete set of clothing, bedding and toilet articles for a new baby.

enxovia

A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.

enxugar

(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.

enxurrada

(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

Enzo

A en given name.

epa

A protest or reprimand.

epiceno

(linguistics) Of or relating to nouns or pronouns in any language that have a single form for male and female referents.

épico

(colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

epicureu

Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.

epicuriano

Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism, his philosophy.

epicurismo

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Synonym of hedonism, general pursuit of pleasure, particularly refined and knowledgeable enjoyment of good food, drink, and similar sensual pleasures.

epidémico

(figurative) Like an epidemic: widespread in a bad way.

epidemiologia

(sciences) The branch of science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

Epifania

A en given name.

epigrafia

The study or decipherment of inscriptions, especially of ancient ones.

epilepsia

(pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.

epiléptico

Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

epilético

Of or relating to an epileptic or epileptics (epileptic people).

epinefrina

(hormone, neurotransmitter, organic compound, medicine) A catecholamine hormone and neurotransmitter; as a hormone, secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress (when it stimulates the autonomic nervous system); as a neurotransmitter, synthesized from norepinephrine. It is also used as a medication.

episcopado

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

episódio

One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

epistaxe

(symptom) Nosebleed.

epitáfio

An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.

epíteto

A term used to characterize a person or thing.

época

A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

epopeia

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

épsilo

The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).

épsilon

The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).

equação

(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.

Equador

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

equânime

Calm and composed; of stable disposition.

equanimidade

The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.