Portuguese–English dictionary

flocos de milho

A breakfast cereal made from toasted flakes of maize.

flocoso

(botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts

floema

(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot.

floodar

(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

flop

A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

flopar

(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).

flor

A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.

flor de lótus

A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

floração

The state or season of producing such flowers.

florada

The state or season of producing such flowers.

floral

Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.

florear

(figuratively) To add imaginary detail to a narrative to make it more interesting or acceptable.

floreio

An ornamentation.

floreiro

A person who sells flowers.

florentina

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

florentino

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

flóreo

Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.

florescência

(botany) The event of a flower opening.

florescer

(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.

florescimento

(botany) The event of a flower opening.

floresta

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

florestar

(transitive) To make into forest

florete

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

florido

Decorated with or abundant in flowers.

florim

The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

florir

(intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.

florista

A person who sells flowers.

flotilha

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

fluência

(linguistics) The quality of being fluent in a language; a person's command of a particular language.

fluente

Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

fluidez

Smoothness or continuity.

fluido

Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.

fluir

(intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.

flume

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

fluorescente

Of or relating to fluorescence.

fluoreto

(chemistry) The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

fluoxetina

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.

flush

(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

flute

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

flutuação

A state of floating, or being afloat.

flutuar

(transitive) To cause to drift gently through the air, to waft.

fluxo

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

fluxo da maré

(math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.

fobia

(countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.

foca

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

focal

(medicine) Limited to a small area.

focar

(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).

focar-se

(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.

focinheira

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

focinho

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

foco

(uncountable) Concentration of attention.

foda-se

(mildly, _, vulgar, slang, idiomatic) Expression of frustration or contempt.

foder

(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

fodido

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

fofa

Covered with fluff.

fofo

Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

fofoca

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

fofocar

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

fofoqueiro

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

fofura

The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).

fogão

(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

fogão a lenha

A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).

fogo

Command to shoot with firearms.

fogo de artifício

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

fogo do inferno

(uncountable) The fire of Hell.

fogo grande

A large fire; a conflagration.

fogos de artifício

(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

fogoso

Promoting sexual desire or lust.

fogueira

A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in the evening and talking, telling stories, and singing.

foguete auxiliar

(aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.

foguete reforçador

(aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.

foguista

A person who stokes, especially one on a steamship or steam train, who stokes coal in the boilers.

foi mal

(colloquial, idiomatic) My fault; mea culpa.

foice

(agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.

fojo

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

fole

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

fôlego

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

folga

(countable) A rest or pause.

folgado

Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body.

folgar

(ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.

folha

The narrow leaf of a grass or cereal.

folha de cálculo

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

folha de chá

(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant; (countable) a variety of such leaves.

folhagem

The leaves of plants.

folhame

An architectural ornament representing foliage.

folheação

(topology) A set of submanifolds of a given manifold, each of which is of lower dimension than it, but which, taken together, are coextensive with it.

folheado

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

folhear

(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.

folheca

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

folhelho

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

folhetão

A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.

folhetim

A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

folheto

A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.

folho

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

folhoso

containing much foliage

folia

Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

foliáceo

in the form of leaves (of some material)

folívoro

(biology) A herbivore that eats mostly foliage.

fome

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

fomentar

(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

fonação

(phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.

fondue

A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.

fone

A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.

fone de ouvido

A transducer that converts electric signals into sound and is held near the ear, especially as part of a telephone; an earpiece or headphone.

fonema

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

fones

A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

fones de cabeça

A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.

fones de ouvido

A pair of small loudspeakers worn inside each outer ear or covering all or part of the ear, without a connecting band worn over head.

fono

Forming nouns: a speaker of a certain language.

fonógrafo

(British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

fontanela

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

fonte

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

fontes

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head of a vertebrate, including a human, behind the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear.

fora

Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.

fora de

On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).

fora de casa

(dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode. [from 1150–1350)]

fora de controle

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

fora de jogo

(sports) An offside play.

fora de linha

Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

fora de moda

Not fashionable.

fora isso

(conjunctive) Also; in addition.

foragido

Fleeing or running away; escaping.

forame

(slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.

forasteiro

(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.

força

A body of forces equipped for war.

força de vontade

The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.

forçado

Obtained forcefully, not naturally.

forçar

(intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.

fórceps

An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

forçosamente

With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.

Ford

A make of car, named for Henry Ford, or a car (or other vehicle) of this make.

forja

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

forjado

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

forjador

A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.

forjadora

A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.

forjadura

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

forjamento

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

forjar

To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.

fork

(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.

forma

(cooking) The tin in which a cake is baked.

forma de tratamento

A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.

forma verbal

(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.

formação

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

formação de quadrilha

(uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

formaldeído

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

formalmente

In a formal manner.

formar

(transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.

formar-se

(intransitive, ergative) To be recognized by a school or university as having completed the requirements of a degree studied at the institution.

formatura

(education) A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.

formidável

Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.