Portuguese–English dictionary

hortaliceiro

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

hortelã

The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

horticultura

The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.

hortifrúti

Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

hortifrutigranjeiros

Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.

Hórus

(Egyptian god) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.

hosana

A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.

hospedagem

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

hospedar

(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

hospedar-se

(transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

hóspede

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

hospedeira de bordo

A female flight attendant (a member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers).

hospedeiro

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

hospício

(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

hospital

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

hospitaleira

cordial and generous towards guests

hospitaleiro

cordial and generous towards guests

hospitalidade

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

hospitalização

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

host

(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.

hoste

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

hóstia

(Christianity) The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.

hostil

Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.

hostilidade

Widespread fighting.

hotel de beira de estrada

(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

hotelaria

(business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.

hovercraft

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

HQ

the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art

HTML

Initialism of Hypertext Markup Language.

hub

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

húbris

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

Hue

A Vietnamese province with that city as its capital.

Hugo

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

hulha

(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.

Hulk

A fictional Marvel Comics character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.

humana

(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.

humanamente

In a humane manner.

humanas

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.

humanidade

(uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

humanismo

Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

humanista

A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.

humanitário

Relating to people's welfare.

humanitarismo

Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

humanização

The act of humanizing.

humano

The genus Homo.

humanoide

Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).

humedecer

(transitive) To make moist or moister.

humidade

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

humidecer

(transitive) To make moist or moister.

húmido

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

humildade

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

humilde

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

humildemente

In a humble manner.

humilhação

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

humilhante

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

humilhar

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

humo

A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

humor

A mental or emotional state, composure.

humorista

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

humorístico

Full of humor or arousing laughter; funny.

húmus

A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.

húngaro

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

Hungria

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

huno

A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.

húri

(Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

husky

Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs.

hussardo

A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

Hyderabad

The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.

i

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

i grego

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

íaco

One affected with.

iagê

A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.

Iago

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

Ialta

A city and raion of Crimea, Ukraine.

Iama

(Hinduism, Buddhism) The Hindu lord of death, who rides a buffalo.

ianque

(US) A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from New England.

ião

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

iaque

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

iatismo

(often, attributive) A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.

Iavé

Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).

íbis

Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

Ibiza

An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

Ibraim

The 14th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

ibuprofeno

(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

Icabô

(archaic) A en given name.

Icabode

(archaic) A en given name.

içar

(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).

iceberg

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

icebergue

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

ico

(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

ícone

(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

icónico

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

icor

(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]

icterícia

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

id

(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

ida

(history) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.

ida e volta

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

idade

(non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.

idade adulta

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

idadismo

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

Idaho

A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Boise.

idão

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

ide

Ellipsis of Eid al-Fitr.

idealista

Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

idealístico

Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

idear

(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).

ideia

Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed; oblivious.

idem

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

identicamente

In an identical manner.

idêntico

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

identidade

A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

identificação

(countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

identificar

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

identificar-se

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

identificável

Capable of being distinguished and named.

ídeo

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

ídiche

A West Germanic, or more specifically High German, language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and mostly written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.

idílico

Of or pertaining to idylls.

ídio

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

idioma

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

idiossincrasia

An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.

idiossincrásico

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

idiossincrático

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

idiota

(colloquial) A stupid person.

idiotice

(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.

idiótico

(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.

ido

A constructed language; a reform of Esperanto and Idiom Neutral.

idolatrar

(transitive) To idolize.

idolatria

(religion) The worship of idols.

ídolo

An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.

idos

(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.

idosa

old; having lived for relatively many years.

idoso

old; having lived for relatively many years.

iê

The Cyrillic letter Е, е, featured in various Slavic and Turkic languages.

Iémen

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.

iene

The unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.

IES

(chiefly, US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

iéti

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

igarapé

Any channel, either natural or artificial, through which water flows.

iglu

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

ignição

(automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

ignóbil

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

ignomínia

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

ignorância

(uncountable) Ignorance.

ignorante

Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

ignorar

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

ignorável

Insignificant or trivial enough to be ignored.

Igor

(figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person.

igreja

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general. [from 9th c.]

iguais

(tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.