Portuguese–English dictionary

alógrafo

A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).

Aloísio

A en given name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.

alojamento

(computing) Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.

alojar

(also, reflexive) To provide (someone or oneself) with accommodation; to find quarters for (someone or oneself); to lodge, to quarter.

alomorfia

(linguistics) Quality of being an allomorph.

alongado

extensive in length (physical distance, or time)

alongamento

(legal, banking) A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.

alongar

To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.

alongar-se

(intransitive, transitive) To extend one’s limbs or another part of the body, for example in order to improve the elasticity of one's muscles.

aloquete

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

alotar

(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

alpaca

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

alpendre

(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.

alperce

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

alperche

A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

Alpes

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alpestre

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

alpinismo

The sport of climbing mountains.

alpinista

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

alpino

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

alqueire

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

alquímico

(alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.

alquimista

One who practices alchemy.

Alsácia

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

alsaciano

Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

alta

(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

alta classe

(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)

alta-roda

(UK, Irish, derogatory) A person of the upper class or with pretensions to it, who usually communicates an air of superiority.

alta-voz

A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it handsfree.

altanaria

The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

Altar

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.

alterado

Excessively nervous, excited, tense, angry, anxious, or upset; overemotional; very uneasy.

alterar

(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.

alterar nome

(transitive) To give a new name to.

altercador

(rare) Characterized by altercation

altercante

(rare) Characterized by altercation

altercar

(intransitive) To argue, quarrel or wrangle.

alternação

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

alternado

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

alternador

(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

alternância

The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence

alternância de código

(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.

alternante

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

alternar

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

alternativamente

in an alternative way

alternativo

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

alteza

The style of a prince, princess or someone of equivalent rank.

altifalante

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

altímetro

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

altiplano

A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.

altivez

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

altivo

Conveying in demeanour the assumption of superiority; disdainful, supercilious.

alto

Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).

alto-falante

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

alto!

Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

altruísta

A person showing altruism.

altruisticamente

In an altruistic manner; in a manner having regard of others

altura

The quality or characteristic of being tall.

alturas

(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.

alucinar

(ambitransitive) To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.

alucinatório

Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

alucinogénico

producing hallucinations

alucinógeno

Any substance tending to induce hallucination.

aludir

(intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

alugar

(transitive, chiefly, UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

aluguer

Something that is rented.

alumínio

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

aluna

A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).

aluno

(dated, _, except in, _, UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

alusão

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

aluvião

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

alúvio

soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain

alva

(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

alvará

A similar document conferring rights and privileges on a person, corporation etc.

alvejante

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

alvejar

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

Alvin

A en given name.

Alvino

A en given name.

alvo

The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.

alvorada

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

alvorecer

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

alvoroçar

To move about wildly or violently.

alvoroço

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

alvura

(statistics, of a stochastic process) The quality of being white noise.

ama

(historical) The mistress of a household.

amabilidade

A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥.

Amadeu

A en given name.

amado

Much loved, dearly loved.

amador

Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.

amadurecer

(idiomatic) To suddenly become mature or perfected, having been inchoate or imperfectly formed.

âmago

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

amaldiçoado

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

amaldiçoar

(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).

amálgama

The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.

amalgamado

Combined from two or more entities into one specific entity whilst retaining the defining characteristics of the original source entities.

Amália

A en given name.

amamentação

(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.

amamentar

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

Amanda

A en given name.

amanhã

On the day after the present day.

amanhar

(transitive) To grow (a particular crop).

amanhecer

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

amante

The other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations.

amanteigar

(transitive) To spread butter on.

amanuense

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

amar

(usually, transitive, sometimes, _, intransitive) To seek the good or honor of (someone), care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

amaragem

The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster.

amarela

The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

amarelado

Somewhat yellow in colour.

amarelão

Infection by the hookworm Ancylostoma.

amarelar

(British, slang) To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

amarelento

Somewhat yellow in colour.

amarelinha

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

amarelo

(British, AU) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.

amarelo-banana

(uncountable) A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin. [from 1923]

amarelo-canário

Of a light yellow colour.

amarelo-mostarda

Of a dark yellow colour.

amarelona

(informal) Lacking courage.

amargamente

In a bitter manner.

amargo

Hateful or hostile.

amargor

The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

amargura

The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

amargurado

Cynical and resentful.

amaricado

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

amaro

A type of Italian herbal liqueur.

amarra

(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.

amarração

(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.

amarrar

(transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

amarrotado

Having a crease or creases.

amásia

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

amassado

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

amassar

To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.

amastia

The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.

Amata

(Roman mythology) The wife of Latinus and the mother of Lavinia.

amatividade

(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.

amável

Having a kind personality; kind, warmhearted, sympathetic.

amazona

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

Amazonas

(sometimes, attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

amazônico

Of or relating to the Amazons; aggressive and warlike.

âmbar

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

âmbar cinza

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

âmbar gris

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

âmbar pardo

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

ambarino

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

ambicioso

Idealistic, implying over-optimism.

ambiência

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

ambient

(uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.

ambiental

Pertaining to the environment.

ambientalista

One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

ambientalmente

In a manner affecting the environment.