Portuguese–English dictionary

filé

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

fileira

A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]

filha

(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

Filho

(Christianity) One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

filhote

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

filhote de ave

A young bird.

filhote de cão

A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.

filia

(pathology) Used to form nouns meaning abnormal liking or tendency (for something), e.g. paraphilia.

filiação

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

filial

A location of an organization with several locations.

filiar

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Filipa

A en given name.

Filipinas

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filipino

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

filisteia

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filisteu

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filistinismo

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

filmagem

The action of the verb to film.

filmar

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

filme

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

filo

Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

filogenia

(biology, systematics) The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.

filoginia

Love or fondness for women.

filóloga

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologia

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filológico

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filologista

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filólogo

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

Filomena

A en given name.

filosofar

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

filosoficamente

In a philosophical manner.

filtração

The process of passing something through a filter.

filtragem

The process of passing something through a filter.

filtrar

(transitive) To pass a liquid through a porous substance; to filter.

filtro

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

filtro solar

A topical substance formulated to protect the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering ultraviolet rays.

fim

(rare) An assigned end; a conclusion.

fim de semana

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

final

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

final de semana

The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.

finale

The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.

finalista

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

finalização

A termination or conclusion.

finalizado

(comparable) Processed or perfected.

finalizar

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

finalmente

(idiomatic) After a long time; eventually.

finamente

Slenderly; delicately.

financeiramente

In terms of finance or money.

financeiro

Related to finances.

financiamento

Money provided as funds.

financiar

(transitive) To provide funds, allow for in a budget.

fincar

(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

findar

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

finês

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finesse

High-class style; cultivation.

fineza

Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.

fingimento

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fingir

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]

fingir estar doente

(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

finidade

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.

finito

Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

finlandês

A national of Finland.

finlandesa

A national of Finland.

Finlândia

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

fino

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

finório

Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

finta

(often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

finura

High-class style; cultivation.

fio

The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts.

fio dental

A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks.

fiorde

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

firewall

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.

firma

(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.

firmamento

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firmar

(figuratively) To make permanent.

firme

(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.

firmemente

In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound [from 10th c.].

firmeza

(uncountable, figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.

firmware

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

fiscal

(proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.

fisga

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

fisgar

(transitive) To catch with a hook (hook a fish).

física

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fisicamente

In a physical manner.

físico

(business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [from mid-1990s]

fisiognomia

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fisiognomonia

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fisiologia

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fisiológico

Of, or relating to physiology.

fisionomia

Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).

fisioterapia

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

fissionar

(transitive) To cause to undergo fission.

fissível

Able to be split.

fissura

A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

fístula

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fita

(computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.

fita de vídeo

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

fitar

(transitive) To look at attentively.

fivela

A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.

fixar

(obsolete, transitive) To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.

fixe

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

flã

(chiefly, UK, Australia) Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)

fla-flu

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

flabelar

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

flabelo

Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.

flácido

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

flag

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

flagelar

(transitive) To hit with a whip.

flagelo

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

flagrado

(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

flagrante

Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

flama

The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.

flamboiã

The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

flamboyant

The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

flamejante

On fire with visible flames.

flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flamengo

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

flamingo

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flâmula

A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.

flanela

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flanquear

(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

flape

(aviation) A hinged surface on the trailing edge of the wings of an aeroplane, used to increase lift and drag.

Flash

(DC Comics) Any of various DC Comics superheroes who have the power of superspeed, derived from an energy called the Speed Force.

flashback

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

flate

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

flatulência

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

flatulento

Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.

flauta

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flauta de bisel

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

flauta doce

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

flautim

A piccolo flute A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

flautista

(musician) One who plays the flute.

flavorizante

(American spelling) Something that gives flavor, usually a food ingredient.

flebotomia

The opening of a vein, either to withdraw blood or for letting blood; venesection.

flecha

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

flegma

(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.]

flertar

An act of flirting.

flete

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

fleuma

(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus. [from 13th c.]

fleumático

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

flexão

(countable) An act of flexing.

flexibilidade

The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

flexibilizar

To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.

flexionar

(transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.

flexível

Having the ability to be bent easily.

flibusteiro

(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.

flip-flop

(computing, electronics) A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. [from 20th c.]

flipar

(intransitive, slang) To go berserk or crazy; to be extremely thrilled or enthusiastic.

floco

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

floco de neve

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.