Portuguese–English dictionary

estrebaria

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.

estreia

A performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.

estreiar

(transitive, chiefly, US) to formally introduce, as to the public

estreita

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

estreitar

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

estreitar-se

(intransitive) To get narrower.

estreito

A narrow body of water between two land masses.

estrela

A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.

estrela do rock

A member of a rock band, or a solo artist in the genre, especially one with celebrity status.

estrela guia

(figurative) A guiding tenet or principle.

estrela-do-mar

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

estrelado

Having stars visible.

estrelar

(transitive) To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.

estrelato

The status or position of a performer acknowledged to be a star; fame; celebrity.

estrelinha

A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions.

estremecer

(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

estrepe

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

estrepeiro

The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.

estrépido

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

estressado

Suffering stress (either physical or mental).

estressante

Irritating; causing stress.

estressar

(transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

estresse

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

estria

(dermatology) Any of a series of red (or purple or faded), irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They may appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty, obesity, rapid muscle growth or family history.

estribeiro

A person who looks after horses.

estribo

A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.

estricnina

(organic compound) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.

estridente

High-pitched and piercing.

estridulação

A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

estrídulo

High-pitched and piercing.

estrige

Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing. [from 8th c.]

estripador

A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.

estrito

(idiomatic, of rules, etc) strictly maintained; not subject to variation

estro

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

estróbilo

The fruit of a conifer.

estroboscópio

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

estrofe

(poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

estrogênio

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

estrógeno

(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroids that are secreted by the ovaries and function as female sex hormones.

estrogonofe

A dish of sautéed pieces of beef (or a substitute) served in a sauce with sour cream.

estrondear

To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.

estrondo

A sudden percussive noise.

estrondoso

Loud and resonant.

estropiado

Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.

estropo

A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.

estrumar

(archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

estrume

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

estrumpfe

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

estrunfe

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

estrutura

(figurative) The framework underlying a structure.

estruturado

Having structure; organized.

estrutural

Of, relating to, or having structure.

estruturalmente

In terms of structure.

estruturar

(transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

estuário

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

estudante

A young person attending school or of an age to attend school.

estudante de graduação

A student at a university who has not yet received a degree.

estudar

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

estudiosa

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

estudioso

A specialist in a particular branch of knowledge.

estudo

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

estufa

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

estufado

Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

estufar

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

Estugarda

An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, located in the north of the state off U.S. Route 36 7.6 mi west-northwest of Phillipsburg and 6.6 mi east-southeast of Prairie View.

estupefacto

Amazed; surprised.

estupefato

Amazed; surprised.

estupeficar

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

estupendo

Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

estúpida

A stupid person; a fool.

estupidamente

(slang) Extremely.

estupidez

(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.

estupidificado

To the point of stupor.

estúpido

(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

estupor

A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly, symptom) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.

esturjão

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

esvair

(intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

esvaziar

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

esverdear

(transitive) To make or turn (something) green or greener.

esvoaçar

(intransitive) Of a winged animal: to flap the wings without flying; to fly with a light flapping of the wings.

et al.

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.

eta

The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.

etanol

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.

etapa

A stage of a journey, race etc.

etarismo

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

etc.

And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.

Éter

(Greek god) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos.

etéreo

Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]

eternamente

For eternity; forever.

eterno

Lasting forever; unending.

ethos

(art) The traits in a work of art which express the ideal or typic character, as influenced by the ethos (character or fundamental values) of a people, rather than emotional situations or individual character traits in a narrow sense; opposed to pathos.

etilismo

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

etilómetro

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

étimo

(linguistics, philology) The original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.

etimologia

(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

etino

(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.

etíope

Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.

Etiópia

A country in East Africa.

etiópico

Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.

etiqueta

Etiquette.

etiquetado

Having a tag; labeled.

etiquetar

(transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

étnico

Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, ancestral, national, religious or cultural origins.

etnologia

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.

eto

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

etologia

(zoology) The scientific study of animalian behavior, especially that of nonhuman animals.

etólogo

A person who studies ethology.

EU

Initialism of the United States: a country in North America.

eu mesma

Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]

eu mesmo

Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]

eucalipto

Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

eucaristia

The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist; (in particular) the reception of the body and blood of Christ (the consecrated bread and wine), which is believed to bring about communion between the recipient and Christ.

Euclides

Euclid of Alexandria, a Greek mathematician, fl. 300 BC.

eudaimonia

(ethics) In Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end.

Eufêmia

A en given name.

euforia

An excited state of joy; a feeling of intense happiness.

eufórico

Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria

Eufrates

A river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.

Eugénia

A en given name. Variant: Eugenie.

Eugênio

A en given name.

Eunice

A en given name.

eurasiano

Of or pertaining to the continent of Eurasia, or to both Europe and Asia.

eurasiático

Of or pertaining to the continent of Eurasia, or to both Europe and Asia.

eurásio

Of or pertaining to the continent of Eurasia, or to both Europe and Asia.

eureca

An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.

Eurídice

(Greek mythology) The name of various figures in Greek mythology.

Euro

(soccer) the UEFA European Football Championship

euro-asiático

Of or pertaining to the continent of Eurasia, or to both Europe and Asia.

eurodeputada

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

eurodeputado

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

europarlamentar

(EU politics) Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.

Europeu

(soccer) the UEFA European Football Championship

europoide

(anthropology, dated, offensive) A member of this racial classification.

Eustácio

A en given name.

Eustáquio

A en given name.

eutanásia

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.

evacuar

(transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

evadir

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

Evandro

A en given name.

evangelho

The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.

evangelical

(Christianity) Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism).

evaporar

(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.

evasão

(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.

evasiva

The act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.

evasivo

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Evasive and shifty.

evento beneficente

An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.

eventualidade

An unsought, unintended, and/or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery and/or learning experience that happens by accident.

eventualmente

Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.

evidência

Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

evidente

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.