Portuguese–English dictionary

ipsis litteris

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

ir

(intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).

ir às alturas

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

ir às compras

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

ir de bicicleta

(intransitive) To travel by bike.

ir embora

To depart or leave a place.

ir-se

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

Irã

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

irado

(chiefly, US; informal in UK and Ireland) Angry, annoyed.

iraniano

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Irão

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

Iraque

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

iraquiano

Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

irar

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

irascível

Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

Irene

A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century.

Iria

A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century.

iridescente

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

irídio

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.

íris

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

Irlanda do Norte

A constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland.

irlandês

(uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

irlandeses

(as plural) The Irish people.

IRM

(especially, medicine) Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.

irmã

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

irmã de criação

The daughter of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.

irmandade

A company of people that share the same interest or aim.

irmão

(by extension) An unrelated male considered to share such a strong relationship generally.

irmão de criação

The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.

irmãos

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

irmãzinha

(informal) Clipping of sister.

ironicamente

(manner) In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony.

irónico

(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

irra

(chiefly, Southern US, and, Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.

irracionalmente

In an irrational manner; without reason; in a manner contrary to reason

irradiação

An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

irradiador

Anything which radiates or emits rays.

irreal

Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.

irrealista

Not realistic.

irreconciliável

Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.

irreconhecível

That cannot be recognized, especially because of substantial changes.

irredutível

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

irrefragável

Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable. [from 16th c.]

irrefreável

Unable to be stopped.

irrefutável

undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

irregular

Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.

irregularmente

In an irregular manner; without rule, method, or order.

irrelevância

Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.

irrelevante

Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.

irrelevante para

Not relevant to.

irreligião

The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.

irremediável

Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

irremitente

Incessant; never slackening.

irreparável

Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable.

irreplicável

Incapable of being replicated.

irreprimível

Not containable or controllable.

irresistível

Impossible to resist.

irresoluto

Not yet solved.

irrespondível

Not answerable; impossible to answer.

irresponsabilidade

The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.

irresponsável

(cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

irresponsavelmente

In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.

irrestrita

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

irrestritas

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

irrestrito

Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. [first attested in the late 1400s]

irrestritos

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

irreverência

The state or quality of being irreverent; want of proper reverence; disregard of the authority and character of a superior.

irreverente

Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.

irrevocável

Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.

irrigação

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

irrigar

(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

irritadiço

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

irritado

Displaying or feeling anger.

irritante

One who annoys.

irritar

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

irritar-se

(Australia, slang, intransitive) To become upset or angry. [from 20th c.]

irritável

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

irromper

To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.

Isaac

(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.

Isabel

The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

isabelino

Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.

Isaque

(biblical character) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.

isca

Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

iscar

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

isenção

An act of exempting.

isento

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

ISIS

A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

islã

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

Islamabad

The capital city of Pakistan, located within the Islamabad Capital Territory.

islâmico

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

islamista

A Muslim who espouses Islamic fundamentalist beliefs. [from 1980s]

islandês

A person from Iceland or of Icelandic descent.

Islândia

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

islão

A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

ismo

Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.

iso-

Equal; equivalent.

isolada

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.

isolado

Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.

isolamento

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

isolar

To separate, detach, or isolate.

isopor

Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.

isotónico

(of two solutions) Having the same osmotic pressure.

isótopo

(nuclear physics) Any of two or more forms of an element where the atoms have the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons within their nuclei. Thus, isotopes have the same atomic number but a different mass number.

isotropia

(geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions.

isqueiro

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

isquemia

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

ísquio

(skeleton) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.]

israelense

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

israelita

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.

isso

The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.

isso aí!

Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

isso!

An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

ista

(added to a proper noun) Suffix denoting a resident or inhabitant of (the place denoted by the proper noun); used to form a demonym.

Istambul

A Turkish city, and the largest European city by population, which was the last capital of the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire).

istão

Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.

istmo

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

isto

The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).

isto é

(initialism) That is, namely, in other words, that is to say.

Ístria

A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.

Ítaca

An island of the Ionian Sea, Greece; according to the legend Odysseus was its king.

Itália

A large peninsula in Southern Europe protruding into the Mediterranean Sea and shaped like a boot. The mountain range of Apennines runs across it from north to south. Occupied almost entirely by Italy.

italiana

Pertaining to their language.

italiano

Pertaining to their language.

itálico

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

ítalo

(countable) An inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.

ite

(chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.

itifálico

Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.

itinerância

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.

itinerante

Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

itinerário

A route or proposed route of a journey.

iúca

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

iucateque

The Yucatec Maya language.

Iugoslávia

(historical) A former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.

iugoslavo

(historical) Of or relating to Yugoslavia.

iúpi

A spontaneous expression of delight or joy.

Iúri

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.

iurta

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

iurte

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

IVA

(taxation) Initialism of value added tax.

Ivânovitch

A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”).

ível

Able to be done; fit to be done.

Ivete

A en given name borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.

ivo

An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.

Ivone

A en given name borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.

ivre de

Free from; devoid of; without.

já

(Scotland, South Africa, Caribbean) In a little while.

já agora

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

já mencionado

Previously mentioned.

já que

Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).

já vai tarde

Used to indicate that a departure or loss is welcome.