Portuguese–English dictionary

evidentemente

(rare) Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.

evitação

(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.

evitamento

(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.

evitar

(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.

evitável

(uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible. [from early 16th c.]

evocação

The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.

evocar

(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

evolução

A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.

evolucionar

(chiefly, passive) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

evolucionista

Of or pertaining to evolutionism.

evoluir

(chiefly, passive) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

evolutivo

Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.

ex

(colloquial) A former partner or spouse; an ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, or ex-husband.

ex-

former

ex.

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

exacerbar

(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

exageradamente

(sometimes, proscribed) To an excessive degree.

exagerado

That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

exagerar

To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

exagero

The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

exalar

(ambitransitive) To exhale.

exaltar

(transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

exame

An inspection or examination.

examinar

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

exasperação

(figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.

exasperar

(transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.

exaspero

(figurative, uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.

exatamente

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

exatidão

The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness

exato

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

exaurir

(ambitransitive) To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

exaustão

The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.

exaustivo

Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

exausto

Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.

exaustor

(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.

Excalibur

(Arthurian legend) The legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties.

exceção

(programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.

excedente

The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

exceder

(transitive) To be larger, greater than (something).

exceder em número

(transitive, stative) To be more in number than somebody or something.

excelência

The quality of being excellent; brilliance

excelente

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

excelentemente

In a manner that demonstrates excellence; very well.

exceler

(transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.

excêntrica

(by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]

excêntrico

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

excepcional

Exceptional; very good.

excepcionalmente

To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree.

excepcionar

(transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.

exception

(programming) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part.

excerto

Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:

excessivamente

(sometimes, proscribed) To an excessive degree.

excessivo

(US, transitive) To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work.

excesso

The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper.

excesso de velocidade

(uncountable) Driving faster than the legal speed limit.

exceto

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

excipiente

(pharmacy, pharmacology) An ingredient that is intentionally added to a drug for purposes other than the therapeutic or diagnostic effect at the intended dosage.

excitação

The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

excitado

Sexually excited; randy, lustful.

excitador

Someone or something that arouses.

excitante

Creating or producing excitement.

excitar

(transitive) To sexually stimulate.

exclamação

A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

exclamar

(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

excludência

The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. [from 17th c.]

excluída

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

excluído

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

excluir

To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception. [from late 16th c.]

exclusão

The act of deleting. [c. 1600]

exclusivamente

(focus) to the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely

exclusividade

The quality of being exclusive.

exclusivo

(now, _, chiefly, _, historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own. [from early 13th c.]

excomunhão

The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

excreção

The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.

excremento

(now, _, specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

excrementos

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

excretar

(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.

excruciante

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

exculpação

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.

exculpar

To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.

excursão

A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

execrável

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

execução

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

executar

(transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.

executável

Capable of being executed.

executivo

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.

executor

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

executor testamentário

(legal) Someone appointed by a testator to administer their estate in accordance with their will; an administrator.

exegese

A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.

exemplar

Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

exemplificar

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

exemplo

A case offered as an exemplification or a precedent; an illustrative example. [from 16th c.]

exequível

That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.

exercer

(transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.

exercício

(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

exercitar

(ergative) To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.

exercitar-se

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

exército

(figuratively) Any multitude.

exibição

An instance of exhibiting.

exibicionista

One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.

exibido

One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.

exibir

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

exibir-se

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

exigência

A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.

exigente

Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding

exigido

Indispensable; essential; necessary; obligatory; mandatory; unavoidably invoked.

exigir

To necessitate, demand, exact; to make appropriate

exilado

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

exilar

(transitive) To send (someone or something) into exile.

exílio

(uncountable) The state of being banished from one's home or country.

eximir

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

existência

The state of existing; existence.

existencial

Of or relating to existence.

existências

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

existente

existing; having life or being, current; occurring now

existir

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

êxito

The achievement of one's aim or goal. [from 16th c.]

êxodo

A sudden departure of a large number of people.

exoesqueleto

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

exonerar

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

exorbitante

Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.

exorcismo

The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.

exorcista

A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a masterful practitioner in purification and exorcism to force out evil spirits and/or demons from a living being.

exorcizar

(transitive) To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

exortar

To urge; to advise earnestly.

exosqueleto

(anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

exótico

(biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.

expandir

(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.

expansão

An act, process, or instance of expanding.

expansivo

Talkative and sociable.

expatriado

Living outside of one's own country.

expatriar

(transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

expectativa

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

expectoração

(physiology) The action of expectorating, of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs by coughing, hawking, or spitting.

expectorar

(ambitransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.

expedição

A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose

expediente

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

expedir

(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.

expelir

(transitive) To expel; to put out.

experiência

One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.

experiencial

Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.

experienciar

(transitive) To observe certain events; undergo a certain feeling or process; or perform certain actions that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills.

experiente

Having experience and skill in a subject.

experimental

Serving as an experiment; serving to experiment.

experimentar

(transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.

experimento

A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

expert

Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

experta

(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.

expertise

Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.

experto

(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.