Portuguese–English dictionary

formiga

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

formigamento

(medicine) An abnormal skin sensation similar to that of insects crawling over or within the skin; a tactile hallucination involving such a sensation. A common side-effect of substance abuse, it can also be experienced with high fever, menopause, skin cancer, diabetic neuropathy, or herpes zoster.

formigar

(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.

formigueiro

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

formiguinha

A small, immature, or miniature ant.

formoso

Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.

formulação

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

formular

(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

formulário

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

fornaça

An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

fornada

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

fornalha

(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.

fornalheiro

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

fornecedor

One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

fornecedora

One who supplies; a provider.

fornecer

To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.

fornicação

(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.

fornicar

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

fornilho

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

forno

A chamber used for baking or heating.

forqueta

(nautical) A usually U-shaped device attached to the gunwale of a rowboat to hold the oars in place while rowing.

forquilha

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

forra

(uncountable) An act of revenge.

forrageamento

An act or instance of foraging.

forragear

To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

forragem

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

forrar

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

forreta

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

forro

A creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe.

fortalecer

To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.

fortalecimento

The process by which something is strengthened.

fortaleza

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

fortaleza moral

(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

forte

Able, or easily able to be depended on.

fortificação

(rare) A castle or other fortification.

fortificar

To increase the defences of (an army, soldiers, etc.), or put (it or them) in a defensive position.

fortíssimo

(music) Indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.

fortuito

Happening by chance.

fortuna

Destiny, especially favorable.

fortuna inesperada

A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.

fortúnio

Good luck.

fosca-se

(euphemistic, now sometimes specifically interpreted as a euphemism for 'fuck') Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.

fosca-se!

(colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.

fosco

Not shiny; having a matte finish or no particular luster or brightness.

fosfato

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

fosfórico

(chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). [from 18th c.]

fósforo

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

fossa

An underground pit where sewage is held.

fossilizado

in a state of fossilisation

fosso

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

fotão

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

foto

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

foto-

light, electromagnetic radiation

fotocópia

A copy made using a photocopier.

fotocopiar

(transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.

fotógeno

Producing or emitting light; luminescent.

fotógrafa

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fotografar

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

fotografia

A mental picture of something not real or not present.

fotográfico

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

fotógrafo

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fóton

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

fotónico

of, or relating to photons or to photonics

fotoprotetor

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

fotossíntese

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.

foz

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

fração

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

fracassado

An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.

fracassar

(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.

fracasso

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

fracção

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.

fraco

Deficient in physical strength.

fracote

weak, either physically, morally or mentally

frade

Any marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.

fragata

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]

frágil

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

fragilidade

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

fragmentada

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.

fragmentado

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.

fragmentadora

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

fragmento

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

fragrância

Fragrance, a perfume.

fragrante

Fragrant or spicy.

fralda

(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, out of convenience, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

fraldar

To put diapers on someone.

framboesa

The plant Rubus idaeus.

framboeseira

The plant Rubus idaeus.

frame

(networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.

França

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

francês

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

francesa

A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.

franceses

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

franchise

A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.

franchising

The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

franciscana

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

franciscano

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

franco

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

franco-

Involving or relating to France or the French people, language, or culture.

franco-atirador

A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

franco-maçom

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

franco-macónico

Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.

Francoforte

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

franga

A young hen, especially one less than a year old. [from 14th c.]

frangível

Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. [from early 15th c.]

frango

A young male chicken.

franguinha

(colloquial) An attractive, young woman.

franja

(US, archaic) : hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle with such hair cut straight across.

Frankfurt

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

franquear

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

franqueza

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

franquia

The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.

franquiar

(transitive) To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.

franzimento

A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration.

franzino

Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak. [from 16th c.]

franzir

(transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.

franzir o cenho

(intransitive) To have a frown on one's face.

fraquejo

An instance or process of loss of strength.

fraqueza

(uncountable) The condition of being weak.

fraquinho

(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.

frasco

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

frase

A short written or spoken expression.

frase-chave

(computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase.

frase-passe

(computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase.

frase-senha

(computing) A password that comprises a whole phrase.

fraseado

A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context.

frasear

(transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).

fraternal

Of or characteristic of brothers.

fraternidade

The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.

fraterno

Of or characteristic of brothers.

fraturado

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

fraturar

(ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.

fraudador

A person who performs any such trick.

fraudar

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

fraude

An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

fraudulência

The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

fraudulento

Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

frear

(intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

Frederico

A en given name.

freelancer

Someone who freelances.

freestyle

(music) A form of rapping in which the emcee makes up lyrics while performing.

freezer

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

freguês

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

freguesa

A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.

freguesia

The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

frei

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

freiar

(intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.

freio

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

freio de mão

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

freire

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

freixo

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.