| la {n} (syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale)
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:: lá {m}
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| lab {n} (laboratory) SEE: laboratory
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::
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| labdanum {n} (resin)
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:: ládano {m}, lábdano {m}
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| label {n} (small ticket or sign giving information)
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:: etiqueta {f}, rótulo {m}
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| label {n} (name categorising someone as part of a group)
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:: rótulo {m}
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| label {v} (put a ticket or sign on)
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:: etiquetar, rotular
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| label {v} (give a label to in order to categorise)
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:: classificar
|
| label {n} (company selling records) SEE: record label
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::
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| labellum {n}
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:: labelo
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| labia {n} (folds of tissue at opening of vulva)
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:: lábios {m-p}
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| labial {adj} (pertaining to the lips)
|
:: labial
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| labial {adj} (linguistics: articulated by the lips)
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:: labial
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| labial {n} (consonant articulated by the lips)
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:: labial {f}
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| labialization {n} (secondary articulatory feature)
|
:: labialização {f}
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| labialize {v} (make a sound labial)
|
:: labializar
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| labia majora {n} (outer folds of vulva)
|
:: lábios maiores {m-p}
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| labia minora {n} ((anatomy) the two inner folds of skin within the cleft of the labia majora)
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:: lábios menores {m-p}
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| labor {n} (labor) SEE: labour
|
::
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| labor {v} (labor) SEE: labour
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::
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| laboratory {n} (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research)
|
:: laboratório {m}
|
| laboratory {n} (place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured)
|
:: laboratório {m}
|
| Labor Day {n} (holiday on May 1st) SEE: May Day
|
::
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| laborer {n} (One who uses body strength instead of intellectual power to earn a wage, usually hourly)
|
:: operário {m}, trabalhador {m}, obreiro {m}
|
| laborious {adj} (industrious) SEE: industrious
|
::
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| laborious {adj} (requiring much physical effort)
|
:: laborioso {m}, trabalhoso
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| labor market {n} (market consisting of workers)
|
:: mercado de trabalho {m}
|
| Labor Party {prop} (similar party in another country) SEE: Labour Party
|
::
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| labor union {n} (labor union) SEE: trade union
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::
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| labour {n} (work)
|
:: trabalho
|
| labour {n} (workers)
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:: mão-de-obra {f}
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| labour {n} (giving birth)
|
:: parto {m}
|
| labour {v} (to work)
|
:: trabalhar
|
| Labour Party {prop} (British party)
|
:: Partido Trabalhista {m}
|
| Labour Party {prop} (similar party in another country)
|
:: Partido Trabalhista {m}
|
| Labrador {prop} (mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador)
|
:: Labrador {m}
|
| Labrador {prop} (Dog breed)
|
:: labrador
|
| Labrador retriever {n} (breed of dog)
|
:: labrador {m}
|
| labrum {n} (the uppermost of the mouthparts of insects)
|
:: labro {m}
|
| labyrinth {n} (maze)
|
:: labirinto {m}
|
| labyrinth {n} (part of inner ear)
|
:: labirinto {m}
|
| labyrinth {n} (anything complicated or confusing)
|
:: labirinto {m}
|
| labyrinthal {adj} (like a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine
|
::
|
| labyrinthian {adj} (mazelike) SEE: labyrinthine
|
::
|
| labyrinthiform {adj} (having the form of a labyrinth) SEE: labyrinthine
|
::
|
| labyrinthine {adj} (physically resembling a labyrinth)
|
:: labiríntico
|
| labyrinthine {adj} (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
|
:: labiríntico
|
| labyrinthitis {n} (inflammation)
|
:: labirintite {f}
|
| lac {n} (a resinous substance)
|
:: laca {f}
|
| lac {n} (lakh) SEE: lakh
|
::
|
| lace {n} (fabric)
|
:: renda {f}
|
| lace {v} (fasten with laces)
|
:: enlaçar, laçar
|
| lace {v} (add something harmful to)
|
:: envenenar
|
| lace {n} (cord for fastening a shoe) SEE: shoelace
|
::
|
| Lacedaemonian {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Lacedaemonia)
|
:: lacedemónio [Portugal], lacedemônio [Brazil]
|
| Lacedaemonian {n} (inhabitant of Lacedaemonia)
|
:: lacedemónio {m} [Portugal], lacedemônio {m} [Brazil]
|
| laceration {n} (an irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue)
|
:: laceração {f}
|
| lachanophobia {n} (irrational fear of vegetables)
|
:: lacanofobia {f}
|
| Lachesis {prop} (one of the Fates)
|
:: Láquesis
|
| lachrymable {adj} (lamentable) SEE: lamentable
|
::
|
| lachrymal {adj} (of or relating to tears) SEE: lacrimal
|
::
|
| lachrymose {adj} (tearful; causing tears)
|
:: lacrimoso
|
| lack {n} (deficiency, need)
|
:: falta {f}, carência {f}, deficiência {f}, penúria {f}, escassez {f}
|
| lack {v} (be without, need, require)
|
:: faltar, carecer
|
| lackadaisical {adj} (showing no interest or enthusiasm)
|
:: desmotivado, apático {m}
|
| lackadaisical {adj} (Lazy; slothful; indolent)
|
:: preguiçoso
|
| lackey {n} (liveried male servant)
|
:: lacaio {m}
|
| lackey {n} (a fawning, servile follower)
|
:: lacaio {m}
|
| lacking {n} (absence of something) SEE: lack
|
::
|
| lacking {adj} (missing or not having enough of something)
|
:: desprovido
|
| lackluster {adj} (Having no shine or lustre; dull)
|
:: desbotado
|
| Laconia {prop} (region in the southern Peloponnese)
|
:: Lacónia {f} [Portugal], Lacônia {f} [Brazil]
|
| laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible)
|
:: lacónico [Portugal], lacônico [Brazil]
|
| La Coruña {prop} (A Coruña) SEE: A Coruña
|
::
|
| lacquer {n} (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating)
|
:: laca, laquê
|
| lacrimal {adj} (of or relating to tears)
|
:: lacrimal
|
| lacrimal bone {n} (fragile bone situated near the eye)
|
:: lacrimal {m}
|
| lacrosse {n} (the sport)
|
:: lacrosse
|
| lactam {n} (cyclic amides, nitrogen analogs of lactones)
|
:: lactama {f}
|
| lactase {n} (A β-galactosidase enzyme)
|
:: lactase {f}
|
| lactic {adj} (of, relating to, or derived from milk)
|
:: láctico, lático [Brazil]
|
| lactic acid {n} (2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH3.CHOH.CO2H))
|
:: ácido lático {m}
|
| lacto- {prefix} (milk)
|
:: lacto-, lact-
|
| lactometer {n} (device to weight cream)
|
:: lactómetro {m}, [Portugal], lactômetro {m} [Brazil], galactómetro {m}, [Portugal], galactômetro {m} [Brazil], lactodensímetro {m}
|
| lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products)
|
:: lactose {f}
|
| lacustrine {adj} (of or relating to lakes)
|
:: lacustre
|
| lad {n} (a boy)
|
:: rapaz {m}
|
| Lada {prop} (a Russian car)
|
:: Lada {m}
|
| ladder {n} (climbing tool)
|
:: escada {f}
|
| ladder {n} (length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment)
|
:: escada {f}
|
| ladder snake {n} (Rhinechis scalaris)
|
:: cobra-de-escada
|
| laden {adj} (weighed down with a load, burdened)
|
:: carregado
|
| ladies and gentlemen {n} (phrase used to address an audience of men and women)
|
:: senhoras e senhores
|
| ladies first {proverb} (phrase encouraging gentlemanliness)
|
:: primeiro as damas
|
| Ladin {prop} (the Romance language)
|
:: ladino {m}
|
| Ladino {prop} (Romance language)
|
:: ladino {m}
|
| Ladislaus {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Ladislau {m}
|
| ladle {n} (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)
|
:: concha {f}
|
| Ladoga {prop} (a lake in Russia)
|
:: Ládoga {m}
|
| lady {n} (mistress of a household)
|
:: ama {f}
|
| lady {n} (woman of breeding and authority)
|
:: senhora {f}, dona {f}, dama {f}
|
| lady {n} (wife of a lord)
|
:: senhora {f}
|
| lady {n} (polite term referring a woman)
|
:: dama {f}, moça {f}
|
| lady {n} (toilets intended for use by women)
|
:: damas {f-p}, elas {f-p}
|
| Lady {n} (aristocratic title for a woman)
|
:: Senhora
|
| ladybird {n} (member of Coccinellidae)
|
:: joaninha {f}
|
| ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird
|
::
|
| ladyfinger {n} (okra) SEE: okra
|
::
|
| lady-in-waiting {n} (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends he as a personal assistant)
|
:: dama de companhia {f}, aia {f}
|
| ladyship {n} (Term of respect)
|
:: A Senhora {f}
|
| lady's man {n} (womanizer) SEE: womanizer
|
::
|
| lady's smock {n} (cuckooflower) SEE: cuckooflower
|
::
|
| lag {n} ((Internet) bad connection, loss of connection)
|
:: demora, atraso {m}
|
| lager {n} (type of beer)
|
:: lager {f}
|
| lagniappe {n} (extra or unexpected gift or benefit)
|
:: inhapa {f}
|
| lagoon {n} (shallow body of water)
|
:: laguna {f}, albufeira {f}
|
| lagopode {n} (ptarmigan) SEE: ptarmigan
|
::
|
| Lagos {prop} (former capital of Nigeria)
|
:: Lagos
|
| lahar {n} (volcanic mudflow)
|
:: lahar {m}
|
| Lahore {prop} (Lahore)
|
:: Lahore {f}
|
| lair {n} (of an animal)
|
:: toca {f}
|
| lair {n} (of a criminal)
|
:: esconderijo {m}
|
| laissez faire {n} (economics: a policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs)
|
:: laissez-faire {m}
|
| Laius {prop} (father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta)
|
:: Laio {m}, Laios {m}
|
| lake {n} (body of water)
|
:: lago {m}
|
| lake {n} (a kind of coloring agent)
|
:: laca {f}
|
| Lake Ladoga {prop} (Ladoga) SEE: Ladoga
|
::
|
| Lake Michigan-Huron {prop} (one of the Great Lakes)
|
:: Lago Michigan-Huron {m}
|
| Lake Superior {prop} (the lake)
|
:: Lago Superior {m}
|
| Lake Victoria {prop} (African lake)
|
:: Lago Vitória {m}
|
| lakh {num} (one hundred thousand)
|
:: laque {m}, lacassá {m}, lequessá {m}
|
| Lakshmi {prop} (Hindu goddess of wealth)
|
:: Lakshmi {f}, Laxmi {f}
|
| Lalibela {prop} (town in Ethiopia)
|
:: Lalibela {f}
|
| lama {n} (master of Tibetan Buddhism)
|
:: lama {m}
|
| lamaism {n} (Tibetan Buddhism)
|
:: lamaísmo {m}
|
| Lamarckism {n} (theory)
|
:: lamarckismo {m}
|
| lamb {n} (young sheep)
|
:: anho {m}, cordeiro {m}
|
| lamb {n} (flesh of lamb as food)
|
:: cordeiro {m}
|
| lamb {n} (meek person)
|
:: cordeiro {m}
|
| lambada {n} (Brazilian dance)
|
:: lambada {f}
|
| lambda {n} (name of the Greek letter)
|
:: lambda {m}
|
| lambdacism {n} (pronunciation of other sounds as l)
|
:: lambdacismo {m}
|
| Lamb of God {prop} (Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice)
|
:: Cordeiro de Deus {m}
|
| Lamb shift {n} (difference between energy levels)
|
:: desvio de Lamb {m}
|
| lamb's lettuce {n} (corn salad) SEE: corn salad
|
::
|
| lame {adj} (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
|
:: manco, perneta, coxo [Brasil], capenga [Brasil]
|
| lame {adj} (moving with difficulty)
|
:: manco
|
| lame {adj} (by extension, hobbling)
|
:: capenga
|
| lame {adj} (slang: unconvincing)
|
:: fraco, capenga
|
| lame {adj} (slang: failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant)
|
:: palha [Brazil], sem graça, chato
|
| lame {v} (to cause a person or animal to become lame)
|
:: deixar manco
|
| lamella {n} (gill of a mushroom) SEE: gill
|
::
|
| lament {n} (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness)
|
:: lamento {m}, lamentação {f}
|
| lament {n} (song expressing grief)
|
:: lamento {m}
|
| lament {v} (express grief)
|
:: lamentar
|
| lament {v} (bewail)
|
:: lamentar
|
| lamentable {adj} (deplorable)
|
:: lamentável
|
| lamentably {adv} (regrettably) SEE: regrettably
|
::
|
| Lamentations {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Livro das Lamentações {m}
|
| lamia {n} (monster in mythology)
|
:: lâmia {f}
|
| lammergeier {n} (bird)
|
:: abutre-barbudo {m}
|
| lammergeyer {n} (vulture) SEE: lammergeier
|
::
|
| lamp {n} (device producing light)
|
:: luminária, lâmpada
|
| lamp {n} (oil device producing light)
|
:: candeia {f}
|
| lampholder {n} (a fitting into which an electric lamp can be inserted)
|
:: casquilho {m}, suporte de lâmpada {m}
|
| lampoon {n} (written satirical attack)
|
:: libelo {m}
|
| lamppost {n} (pole that holds up a light)
|
:: poste de luz {m}, combustor {m}
|
| lamprey {n} (a fish)
|
:: lampreia {f}
|
| lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp)
|
:: abajur {m}
|
| LAN {n} ((abbreviation) local area network)
|
:: LAN {f}
|
| Lancaster {prop} (The House of Lancaster)
|
:: Lancastre
|
| lance {n} (weapon of war)
|
:: lança {f}
|
| lance {n} (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
|
:: lança {f}
|
| lance {n} ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
|
:: lanceiro {m}
|
| lancehead {n} (any pitviper of the genus Bothrops)
|
:: jararaca {f}
|
| lancelet {n} (animal of Cephalochordata)
|
:: anfioxo {m}
|
| Lancelot {prop} (the knight)
|
:: Lançarote
|
| lanceolate {adj} (botany, mycology: longer than wide, pointed apex)
|
:: lanceolado
|
| lancet {n} (surgical instrument)
|
:: lanceta {f}
|
| land {n} (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
|
:: terra {f}
|
| land {n} (real estate or landed property)
|
:: terra {f}, propriedade {f}, terreno {m}
|
| land {n} (country or region)
|
:: terra {f}
|
| land {n} (someone's homeplace)
|
:: terra {f}
|
| land {n} (ground that is suitable for farming)
|
:: terra {f}
|
| land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air)
|
:: aterrar, pousar, aterrissar
|
| land {v} (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water)
|
:: desembarcar
|
| land {v} (to bring to land)
|
:: aterrissar
|
| land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver
|
::
|
| land {n} (fright) SEE: fright
|
::
|
| -land {suffix} (territory, country or region (suffix))
|
:: -lândia {f}
|
| land ahoy {interj} (interjection shouted by the ship's watch)
|
:: terra à vista
|
| land bridge {n} (isthmus)
|
:: ponte terrestre
|
| landfill {v} (to dispose of waste)
|
:: aterrar
|
| landfill {n} (site at which refuse is buried)
|
:: lixão {m}, aterro sanitário {m}
|
| landgrave {n} (renderings of Landgraf)
|
:: landegrave {m}
|
| land ho {interj} (land ahoy) SEE: land ahoy
|
::
|
| -landia {suffix} (territory, country or region (suffix)) SEE: -land
|
::
|
| landing {n} (coming to earth, as of an airplane)
|
:: aterragem, aterrissagem {f}, pouso {m}
|
| landing gear {n} (undercarriage)
|
:: trem de pouso {m}, trem de aterragem {m}
|
| landing strip {n} (auxiliary or temporary runway for aircraft)
|
:: pista {f}
|
| landline {n} (fixed telephone communications cable)
|
:: telefonia fixa {f}
|
| landline {n} (telephone connected by such a fixed wire)
|
:: telefone fixo {m}
|
| landlocked {adj} (surrounded by land)
|
:: encravado
|
| landlord {n} (person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo)
|
:: senhorio {m}
|
| landlouper {n} (vagabond) SEE: vagabond
|
::
|
| landlubber {n} (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship)
|
:: marinheiro de água doce, marambaia {m}
|
| landlubberly {adj} (like a landlubber)
|
:: patesco
|
| landmark {n} (recognizable feature)
|
:: marco {m}
|
| landmark {n} (notable location)
|
:: marco {m}
|
| landmark {n} (major event)
|
:: marco {m}
|
| land mine {n} (mine that is placed on land)
|
:: mina terrestre {f}
|
| land of milk and honey {n} (a land of abundance)
|
:: terra de leite e mel {f}, terra do leite e mel {f}
|
| Land of the Rising Sun {prop} (Japan)
|
:: Terra do Sol Nascente {f}
|
| landowner {n} (a person who owns land)
|
:: terratenente {m} {f}
|
| landrail {n} (Crex crex) SEE: corncrake
|
::
|
| landscape {n} (portion of land or territory)
|
:: paisagem {f}, panorama {m}, vista {f}
|
| landscape {n} (picture representing a scene)
|
:: paisagem {f}
|
| landscape {n} (pictorial aspect of a country)
|
:: paisagem {f}
|
| landscape {n} (mode of printing)
|
:: paisagem {f}
|
| landscape {n} (space, indoor or outdoor, natural or man-made)
|
:: ambiente {m}
|
| landscaping {n} (the act of improving a landscape)
|
:: paisagismo {m}
|
| Landsknecht {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) SEE: lansquenet
|
::
|
| landslide {n} (natural disaster)
|
:: deslizamento {m}, desabamento {m}, derrocada {f}
|
| landslide victory {n} (overwhelming victory in an election)
|
:: vitória de lavada {f}
|
| lane {n} (passageway)
|
:: alameda
|
| lane {n} (division of roadway)
|
:: pista {f}, faixa {f}
|
| lane {n} (division of racetrack)
|
:: raia {f}
|
| Langobard {n} (Lombard) SEE: Lombard
|
::
|
| langsat {n} (fruit)
|
:: lança {f}
|
| language {n} (body of words used as a form of communication)
|
:: idioma {m}, língua {f}
|
| language {n} (the ability to communicate using words)
|
:: língua {f}, linguagem {f}
|
| language {n} (nonverbal communication)
|
:: linguagem {f}
|
| language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field)
|
:: linguagem {f}
|
| language {n} (particular words used)
|
:: linguagem {f}
|
| language {n} (computer language, see also: computer language)
|
:: linguagem {f}, linguagem de programação {f}
|
| language barrier {n} (barrier to communication)
|
:: barreira linguística {f}
|
| language family {n} (set of languages)
|
:: família linguística {f}
|
| language isolate {n} (natural language without relatives)
|
:: língua isolada {f}
|
| Languedoc-Roussillon {prop} (region of France)
|
:: Languedoc-Roussillon {m}, Languedoque-Rossilhão {m}
|
| languid {adj} (lacking enthusiasm, energy or strength)
|
:: lânguido
|
| languidly {adv} (in a languid manner)
|
:: languidamente
|
| languidness {n} (property of being languid)
|
:: languidez {f}, langor {m}
|
| languish {v} (to lose strength and become weak)
|
:: definhar
|
| languor {v} (to languish) SEE: languish
|
::
|
| lanichol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin
|
::
|
| laniol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin
|
::
|
| lanolin {n} (greasy yellow substance)
|
:: lanolina {f}
|
| lansquenet {n} (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
|
:: lansquenete {m}, [Portugal] lansquené {m}, [Brazil] lansquenê {m}
|
| lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light)
|
:: lanterna {f}
|
| lantern {n} (a smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one)
|
:: lanterna {f}
|
| lantern {n} (Aristotle's lantern) SEE: Aristotle's lantern
|
::
|
| lanthanum {n} (metallic element)
|
:: lantânio {m}
|
| Lao {n} (person)
|
:: laosiano {m}, laociano {m}
|
| Lao {n} (language)
|
:: laosiano {m}, laociano {m}
|
| Lao {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language)
|
:: laosiano, laociano
|
| Laocoön {prop} (Trojan or Argonaut)
|
:: Laocoonte
|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic {prop} (country in Southeast Asia (official name))
|
:: República Democrática Popular do Laos {f}
|
| Laos {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Laos
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| Laotian {n} (Laotian person) SEE: Lao
|
::
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| Laotian {prop} (language)
|
:: laosiano {m}
|
| Laotian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Laos)
|
:: laosiano
|
| Lao-Tzu {prop} (Laozi) SEE: Laozi
|
::
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| Laozi {prop} (influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Taoism)
|
:: Lao Zi {m}
|
| lap {n} (lower part of a garment that plays loosely)
|
:: regaço {m}
|
| lap {n} (edge; border; hem)
|
:: borda {f}
|
| lap {n} (part that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down)
|
:: colo {m}
|
| lap {n} (upper legs of a seated person)
|
:: colo {m}
|
| lap {n} (sports: one circuit around a race track)
|
:: volta {f}
|
| laparoscopic {adj} (relating to laparoscopy)
|
:: laparoscópico
|
| laparoscopy {n} (examination or surgery on the peritoneal cavity)
|
:: laparoscopia {f}
|
| La Paz {prop} (capital city of Bolivia)
|
:: La Paz {f}
|
| lap dog {n} (small dog suited to resting in its master's lap)
|
:: cão de colo {m}
|
| lapel {n} (each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on a jacket or coat)
|
:: lapela {f}
|
| lapidation {n} (act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death)
|
:: lapidação {f}, apedrejamento
|
| lapis lazuli {n} (precious blue stone)
|
:: lápis-lazúli {m}
|
| Laplace distribution {n} (probability distribution)
|
:: distribuição de Laplace {f}, distribuição laplaciana {f}
|
| Laplace operator {n} (mathematics, physics: differential operator used in modeling of wave propagation, heat flow and many other applications)
|
:: operador laplaciano {m}
|
| Laplace transform {n} (function on positive real numbers)
|
:: transformação de Laplace {f}
|
| Laplacian {adj} (of, or relating to Laplace)
|
:: laplaciano
|
| Laplacian {n} (Laplace operator) SEE: Laplace operator
|
::
|
| Lapland {prop} (region in Scandinavia)
|
:: Lapônia {f}, Lapónia {f}
|
| lap of honour {n} (victory lap) SEE: victory lap
|
::
|
| Lappland {prop} (Lapland) SEE: Lapland
|
::
|
| lapse {n} (a temporary failure; a slip)
|
:: lapso {m}
|
| lapse {n} (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
|
:: prescrição {f}
|
| laptop {n} (computing: a laptop computer)
|
:: computador portátil {m}, portátil {m}, notebook {m}
|
| laptop computer {n} (laptop) SEE: laptop
|
::
|
| lapwing {n} (bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae)
|
:: quero-quero {m}
|
| Lara {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Lara {f}
|
| larboard {n} (port) SEE: port
|
::
|
| larceny {n} (law: unlawful taking of personal property)
|
:: furto {m}
|
| larceny {n} (law: larcenous act)
|
:: furto {m}
|
| larch {n} (a coniferous tree)
|
:: larice, lariço, alerce
|
| lard {n} (bacon) SEE: bacon
|
::
|
| lard {n} (fat from the abdomen of a pig)
|
:: banha {f}
|
| larder {n} (cool room used as food storage)
|
:: despensa {f}
|
| large {adj} (of greater size, see also: big)
|
:: grande
|
| large intestine {n} (bodily organ)
|
:: intestino grosso {m}
|
| largen {v} (enlarge) SEE: enlarge
|
::
|
| large-scale {adj} (large in amount, scope or extent)
|
:: em grande escala, em larga escala
|
| largesse {n} (generosity in the giving of gifts or money)
|
:: largueza {f}, generosidade {f}
|
| large-tailed antshrike {n} (a passerine of the antbird family)
|
:: [Brazil]: borralhara-assobiadora
|
| La Rioja {prop} (autonomous community and province)
|
:: La Rioja {f}, Rioja {f}
|
| lark {n} (bird)
|
:: cotovia {f}
|
| larva {n} (a stage of growth)
|
:: larva {f}
|
| larva {n} (an animal in such stage of growth, see also: tadpole)
|
:: larva {f}
|
| laryngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to larynx)
|
:: laríngeo
|
| laryngeal {n} (laryngeal sound)
|
:: laringal {f}
|
| laryngeal {n} (in Proto-Indo-European linguistics, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants)
|
:: laringeal
|
| laryngitis {n} (inflammation of the larynx)
|
:: laringite {f}
|
| laryngological {adj} (of or pertaining to laryngology)
|
:: laringológico
|
| laryngologist {n} (a person who studies or specializes in laryngology)
|
:: laringologista {m} {f}
|
| laryngology {n} (branch of physiology)
|
:: laringologia {f}
|
| larynx {n} (organ involved in breath control, protection of the trachea, and sound production)
|
:: laringe {f}
|
| lasagna {n} (flat sheet of pasta)
|
:: lasanha {f}
|
| lasagna {n} (baked dish)
|
:: lasanha {f}
|
| lasagne {n} (lasagna) SEE: lasagna
|
::
|
| lascivious {adj} (wanton)
|
:: lascivo
|
| lasciviousness {n} (the state or characteristic of being lascivious)
|
:: lascívia {f}, volúpia {f}
|
| laser {n} (device producing beam of light)
|
:: laser {m}, lêiser {m}
|
| laser {n} (laser beam) SEE: laser beam
|
::
|
| laser {n} (laser printer) SEE: laser printer
|
::
|
| laser beam {n} (light from a laser)
|
:: raio laser {m}
|
| laser printer {n} (computer printer)
|
:: impressora laser {f}, impressora a laser {f}
|
| lash {n} (eyelash; hair growing from the eyelid) SEE: eyelash
|
::
|
| lash out {v} (To make a fierce verbal attack)
|
:: vituperar
|
| lass {n} (a young woman or girl)
|
:: menina, garota, senhorita, rapariga
|
| lass {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart
|
::
|
| Lassa fever {n} (Lassa fever)
|
:: febre de Lassa {f}
|
| lassi {n} (beverage)
|
:: lassi {m}
|
| lassitude {n} (lethargy)
|
:: lassidão {f}
|
| lasso {n} (a long rope with a sliding loop)
|
:: laço {m}
|
| lasso {v} (to catch with a lasso)
|
:: laçar
|
| last {adj} (final)
|
:: último
|
| last {adj} (most recent)
|
:: último, passado
|
| last {adj} (least preferable)
|
:: último
|
| last {adv} (after everything else)
|
:: por último
|
| last {adv} (finally)
|
:: por último
|
| last {v} (to endure, continue over time)
|
:: durar
|
| last {v} (to hold out)
|
:: durar, aguentar, resistir
|
| last {n} (tool)
|
:: forma {f}
|
| lastborn {n} (youngest child of a family)
|
:: caçula {m} {f}, ultimogénito {m}, benjamim
|
| last but not least {adv} (An expression to start the last item of a list)
|
:: último, mas não menos importante {m}
|
| last but one {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate
|
::
|
| lasting {adj} (persisting for an extended period of time)
|
:: duradouro {m}
|
| Last Judgment {prop} (judgment day)
|
:: Juízo Final {m}
|
| last name {n} (surname) SEE: surname
|
::
|
| last night {n} (previous evening or night)
|
:: noite passada {f}, noite de ontem {f}
|
| last night {adv} (during the night before today)
|
:: ontem à noite, ontem de noite, noite passada
|
| last resort {n} (only remaining option)
|
:: último/derradeiro recurso {m}, última instância {f}
|
| last straw {n} (small additional burden)
|
:: a última gota
|
| Last Supper {prop} (last meal Jesus ate with disciples)
|
:: Última Ceia {f}
|
| last words {n} (final remarks uttered by a person before death)
|
:: últimas palavras {f-p}
|
| last year {adv} (year before this one, see also: yesteryear)
|
:: ano passado {m}
|
| Las Vegas {prop} (city)
|
:: Las Vegas {f}
|
| Latakia {prop} (a city in Syria)
|
:: Latakia {f}, Latáquia {f}, Lataquia {f}
|
| latch {n} (fastening for a door)
|
:: tranca {f}, trinco
|
| latch {n} (flip-flop electronic circuit)
|
:: flip-flop {m}
|
| late {adj} (near the end of a period of time)
|
:: tarde
|
| late {adj} (near the end of the day)
|
:: tarde
|
| late {adj} (associated with the end of a period)
|
:: tardio
|
| late {adj} (not arriving until after an expected time)
|
:: atrasado
|
| late {adj} (euphemism for dead)
|
:: falecido {m}
|
| late {adv} (proximate in time)
|
:: tarde
|
| Late Antiquity {prop} (the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages)
|
:: Antiguidade tardia {f}
|
| late capitalism {n} (form of capitalism)
|
:: capitalismo tardio {m}
|
| Late Latin {prop} (form of the Latin language)
|
:: latim tardio {m}
|
| lately {adv} (recently) SEE: recently
|
::
|
| Late Middle Ages {prop} (Translations)
|
:: baixa Idade Média
|
| latency {n} (delay)
|
:: latência {f}
|
| latency {n} (delay between a stimulus and the response in an organism)
|
:: latência {f}
|
| latent {adj} (existing or present but concealed or inactive)
|
:: latente {m} {f}
|
| later {adv} (more late)
|
:: mais atrasado
|
| later {adv} (afterward in time)
|
:: depois
|
| later {adv} (at some unspecified time in the future)
|
:: mais tarde
|
| later {adj} (more late)
|
:: mais tarde
|
| later {adj} (coming afterward in time)
|
:: subsequentemente, posterior
|
| later {adj} (at some time in the future)
|
:: mais atrasado
|
| later {interj} (see you later)
|
:: até mais [Brazil], falou [Brazil, colloquial], até logo
|
| lateral {adj} (of or pertaining to the side)
|
:: lateral
|
| lateral {adj} (pertaining to the left or right of the body)
|
:: lateral
|
| laterally {adv} (done in a lateral manner)
|
:: lateralmente
|
| lateral sclerosis {n} (disease)
|
:: esclerose lateral {f}
|
| lateral thinking {n} (lateral thinking)
|
:: pensamento lateral {m}
|
| Lateran {prop} (church and palace in Rome)
|
:: Latrão
|
| latest {adj} (superlative of the adjective late; most late)
|
:: mais atrasado
|
| latest {adj} (most recent)
|
:: último, mais recente
|
| latex {n} (milky sap)
|
:: látex {m}
|
| latex {n} (emulsion)
|
:: látex {m}
|
| lathe {n} (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)
|
:: torno {m}
|
| lathe {v} (to shape with a lathe)
|
:: tornear
|
| lather {n} (foam of soap and water)
|
:: espuma {f}
|
| lather {v} (to cover with lather)
|
:: ensaboar
|
| Latin {adj} (Roman Catholic) SEE: Roman Catholic
|
::
|
| Latin {adj} (of the language)
|
:: latino
|
| Latin {adj} (of the script)
|
:: latino
|
| Latin {adj} (of ancient Rome)
|
:: romano
|
| Latin {adj} (of Latium)
|
:: latino
|
| Latin {adj} (of descendants from ancient Romans)
|
:: latino
|
| Latin {adj} (of/from Latin America)
|
:: latino-americano
|
| Latin {prop} (language of the ancient Romans)
|
:: latim {m}
|
| Latin {n} (person native to ancient Rome or its Empire)
|
:: romano {m}
|
| Latin {n} (person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin)
|
:: latino {m}
|
| Latin {n}
|
:: latino {m}
|
| Latin alphabet {n} (the 26-letter alphabet)
|
:: alfabeto latino {m}
|
| Latin America {prop} (parts of the Americas which speak Spanish or Portuguese)
|
:: América Latina {f}
|
| Latin American {n} (A native or inhabitant of Latin America)
|
:: latino-americano
|
| Latin American {adj} (Of or relating to Latin America)
|
:: latino-americano
|
| Latin Church {prop} (one of the particular churches)
|
:: Igreja Latina {f}
|
| Latinization {n} (act or process of Latinizing)
|
:: latinização {f}
|
| Latinize {v} (to transliterate to Latin script) SEE: romanize
|
::
|
| Latinize {v} (to translate to Latin language)
|
:: latinizar
|
| Latino {n} (person from Latin America)
|
:: latino-americano {m}, latino {m}
|
| Latino-Faliscan {adj} (Relating to the Latin and Faliscan tongues)
|
:: latino-falisco
|
| Latino-Faliscan {prop} (An Italic language family.)
|
:: latino-falisco
|
| latitude {n} (angular distance north or south from the equator)
|
:: latitude {f}
|
| latitude {n} (imaginary line parallel to the equator)
|
:: latitude {f}
|
| latitudinarian {adj} (tolerant, especially of other people's religious views)
|
:: latitudinário
|
| latitudinarian {n} (a person who is tolerant)
|
:: latitudinário {m}
|
| Latium {prop} (region of central Italy)
|
:: Lácio {m}
|
| lative {n} (case)
|
:: lativo {m}
|
| latrine {n} (a very simple toilet facility, usually just a pit or trench, see also: toilet; outhouse)
|
:: latrina {f}
|
| latrine {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot
|
::
|
| -latry {suffix} (forms a noun meaning worship of stemmed noun)
|
:: -latria {f}
|
| latte {n} (caffè latte)
|
:: latte {m}
|
| latte art {n} (image)
|
:: latte art {f}
|
| latte art {n} (art)
|
:: latte art {f}
|
| latter {adj} (relating to or being the second of two items)
|
:: segundo
|
| latter-day {adj} (modern, recent) SEE: modern
|
::
|
| lattice {n} (flat panel constructed with strips of wood or other material)
|
:: gelosia {f}, rótula {f}, treliça {f}
|
| lattice {n} (regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points)
|
:: trama {f}, grade {f}
|
| lattice {n} (partially ordered set)
|
:: reticulado {m}
|
| Latvia {prop} (country)
|
:: Letónia
|
| Latvian {adj} (pertaining to Latvia or the Latvian language)
|
:: letão
|
| Latvian {n} (Baltic language of Latvia)
|
:: letão
|
| Latvian {n} (person pertaining to Latvia)
|
:: letão {m}
|
| Latvian SSR {prop} (Soviet republic)
|
:: RSS da Letónia {f} [Portugal], RSS da Letônia {f} [Brazil]
|
| laud {n} (praise or glorification)
|
:: louva {f}
|
| laud {n} (hymn of praise)
|
:: louvor {f}
|
| laud {v} (to praise, to glorify)
|
:: louvar
|
| laudable {adj} (worthy of being lauded)
|
:: louvável
|
| laudanum {n} (the tincture of opium once widely used)
|
:: láudano {m}
|
| laudation {n} (act of lauding)
|
:: loa {f}
|
| laugh {n} (expression of mirth peculiar to the human species)
|
:: riso {m}, risada {f}
|
| laugh {n} (something that provokes mirth or scorn)
|
:: sarro {m}
|
| laugh {v} (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)
|
:: rir
|
| laugh {v} (be or appear cheerful)
|
:: jubilar
|
| laugh {v} (make an object of laughter or ridicule)
|
:: zoar, tirar sarro, caçoar, escarnecer
|
| laughable {adj} (fitted to exite laughter)
|
:: ridículo, risível
|
| laughing kookaburra {n} (Dacelo novaeguineae)
|
:: kookaburra {f}, cucaburra {f}, kookaburra-risonha {f}
|
| laughing stock {n} (object of ridicule)
|
:: ludíbrio {m}
|
| laugh line {n}
|
:: ruga
|
| laugh one's head off {v} (laugh uproariously)
|
:: morrer de rir
|
| laughter {n} (sound (as) of laughing)
|
:: risada {f}, risos {m}
|
| laughter {n} (movement of the muscles of the laughing face)
|
:: risada {f}, riso {m}
|
| laughter is the best medicine {proverb} (Translations)
|
:: rir é o melhor remédio
|
| launce {n} (sand lance) SEE: sand lance
|
::
|
| launch {v} (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
|
:: lançar, arremessar, jogar, tacar
|
| launch {v} (strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce)
|
:: lancear
|
| launch {v} (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)
|
:: lançar
|
| launch {n} (act of launching)
|
:: lançamento {m}, arremesso {m}
|
| launder {v} (to wash and iron)
|
:: lavar
|
| launder {n} (washerwoman) SEE: washerwoman
|
::
|
| launderette {n} (place with facilities for washing that public may use)
|
:: lavandaria {f}, lavanderia {f}
|
| laundress {n} (A woman whose employment is laundering)
|
:: lavadeira {f}
|
| laundromat {n} (launderette) SEE: launderette
|
::
|
| laundry {n} (laundering; washing)
|
:: lavada {f}, lavação {f}, lavagem {f}
|
| laundry {n} (place or room where laundering is done)
|
:: lavanderia {f}, lavandaria {f}, área de serviço {f}
|
| laundry {n} (that which needs to be laundered)
|
:: roupa suja {f}
|
| Laura {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Laura {f}
|
| laurel {n} (Laurus nobilis)
|
:: [Brazil] louro {m}
|
| laurel {n} (crown of laurel)
|
:: coroa de louro {f}, louros {m-p}
|
| Laurel and Hardy {prop}
|
:: O Gordo e o Magro
|
| Laurence {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Lourenço, Laurêncio {m}
|
| laurestine {n} (Viburnum tinus)
|
:: folhado {m}
|
| Laurier {prop}
|
:: Laurier
|
| lava {n} (molten rock)
|
:: lava {f}
|
| lava {n} (magma) SEE: magma
|
::
|
| lavaret {n} (Coregonus laveretus)
|
:: lavareto {m}
|
| lavash {n} (a soft, thin flatbread)
|
:: pão lavash {m}
|
| lavatory {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| lavatory {n} (sink) SEE: sink
|
::
|
| lavender {n} (plant)
|
:: lavanda {f}, alfazema {f}
|
| lavender {n} (colour)
|
:: cor de lavanda {f}
|
| LaVeyan Satanism {prop} (the religion of the Church of Satan)
|
:: satanismo LaVey
|
| law {n} (body of rules established in a community by its authorities)
|
:: lei {f}, direito {m}
|
| law {n} (any rule that must or should be obeyed)
|
:: lei {f}
|
| law {n} (statement of (observed, established) order, sequence or relationship of phenomena)
|
:: lei {f}
|
| law {n} (mathematics: statement that is true under specified conditions)
|
:: lei {f}
|
| law {n} (informal: the police)
|
:: lei {f}
|
| law enforcement {n} (ensuring obedience to law)
|
:: aplicação da lei {f}
|
| law enforcement {n} (various government agencies involved in the prevention of crime and the apprehension of criminals)
|
:: segurança {f}
|
| law firm {n} (business formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law)
|
:: escritório de advocacia {m}
|
| lawful {adj} (conforming to or recognised by law or rules)
|
:: legal, legalizado
|
| lawlessness {n} (lack of law and order)
|
:: anarquia {f}
|
| lawmaker {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator
|
::
|
| lawman {n} (lawyer) SEE: lawyer
|
::
|
| lawn {n} (open space between woods)
|
:: clareira {f}
|
| lawn {n} (ground covered with grass)
|
:: gramado {m}
|
| lawn bowling {n} (bowls) SEE: bowls
|
::
|
| lawn mower {n} (machine for cutting grass) SEE: lawnmower
|
::
|
| lawn-mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower
|
::
|
| lawnmower {n} (a device to cut grass)
|
:: cortador de grama {m}
|
| law of the jungle {n} (The survival of the fittest)
|
:: lei da selva {f}
|
| Lawrence {prop} (male given name) SEE: Laurence
|
::
|
| lawrencium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: laurêncio {m}
|
| law school {n} (institution)
|
:: faculdade de direito, escola jurídica
|
| lawsuit {n} (case where a court is needed to resolve differences)
|
:: processo judicial {m}, processo {m}
|
| lawyer {n} (professional person authorized to practice law)
|
:: advogado {m}, advogada {f}
|
| lax {adj} (not strict; lenient; allowing for deviation)
|
:: leniente
|
| lax {adj} (loose; not tight or taut)
|
:: frouxo
|
| laxative {adj} (causing movement of the bowels)
|
:: laxante
|
| laxative {n} (substance with a laxative effect)
|
:: laxante {m}
|
| lay {v} (to place something down in a position of rest)
|
:: deitar
|
| lay {v} (to leave something somewhere)
|
:: deixar
|
| lay {v} (to prepare groundwork, table etc.)
|
:: preparar, dispor
|
| lay {v} (to install certain building materials)
|
:: assentar
|
| lay {v} (to deposit an egg)
|
:: botar
|
| lay {v} (to have sex with)
|
:: deitar-se com
|
| lay {adj} (non-clergy)
|
:: leigo, laico
|
| lay {adj} (non-professional)
|
:: leigo
|
| lay {adj} (not being a member of an organized institution)
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:: leigo, laico
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| layabout {n} (lazy person)
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:: vadio {m}, vagabundo {m}
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| lay brother {n} (a layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest)
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:: irmão leigo {m}
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| lay down {v} (to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground)
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:: desistir, recuar
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| lay down {v} (to specify or establish (rules))
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:: delinear
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| lay down {v} (to lie down for rest)
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:: deitar
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| layer {n} (single thickness of some material covering a surface)
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:: camada {f}
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| layer {n} (item of clothing worn under or over another)
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:: camada {f}
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| layer {n} (deposit)
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:: camada {f}
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| layer {n} (person who lays things, such as tiles)
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:: assentador {m}
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| layer {n} (hen kept to lay eggs)
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:: botadeira {f}
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| lay figure {n} (jointed model) SEE: dummy
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::
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| layman {n} (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
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:: laico, leigo
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| layman {n} (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
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:: profano {m}, leigo {m}
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| layout {n} (structured arrangement of items)
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:: disposição {f}
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| layout {n} (process of arranging media content for publishing)
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:: layout {m}, leiaute {m}
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| layperson {n} (one who is not a cleric)
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:: leigo, laico
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| layperson {n} (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject)
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:: leigo {m}
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| lay something at the feet of {v} (to assign responsibility for (something) to (someone))
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:: responsabilizar
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| lay waste {v} (to completely destroy)
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:: devastar, vastar
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| Lazarus {prop} (New Testament characters)
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:: Lázaro {m}
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| Lazarus {prop} (male given name)
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:: Lázaro {m}
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| laze {v} (be lazy, waste time)
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:: vadiar
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| lazily {adv} (in a lazy manner)
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:: preguiçosamente
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| laziness {n} (quality of being lazy)
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:: preguiça {f}
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| Lazio {prop} (Italian region)
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:: Lácio {m}
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| lazurite {n} (lapis lazuli) SEE: lapis lazuli
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::
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| lazy {adj} (unwilling to work)
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:: preguiçoso
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| lazybones {n} (person who is lazy)
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:: pessoa preguiçosa
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| lazy eye {n} (amblyopia) SEE: amblyopia
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::
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| -le {suffix} (frequentative suffix)
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:: -ejar
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| leach {v} (to purge a soluble matter out of something)
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:: lixiviar
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| lead {n} (chemical element)
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:: chumbo {m}
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| lead {n} (plummet to measure depth of water)
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:: prumo {m}
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| lead {n} (refill for writing tool)
|
:: mina {f}
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| lead {n} (bullets)
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:: chumbo {m}
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| lead {v} (to cover, fill, or affect with lead)
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:: chumbar
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| lead {v} (guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection)
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:: guiar, conduzir
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| lead {v} (guide or conduct in a certain course)
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:: guiar
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| lead {v} (conduct or direct with authority)
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:: liderar
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| lead {v} (go or be in advance of; precede)
|
:: preceder, liderar
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| lead {v} (draw or direct by influence)
|
:: liderar
|
| lead {v} (guide or conduct oneself)
|
:: levar
|
| lead {v} (begin a game of cards or dominoes)
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:: sair
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: to guide or conduct)
|
:: guiar, conduzir, liderar
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: be ahead of others)
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:: liderar
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: have the highest interim score in a game)
|
:: liderar
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: be more advanced)
|
:: liderar
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: tend or reach in a certain direction)
|
:: levar
|
| lead {v} (intransitive: to go first)
|
:: liderar
|
| lead {n} (act of leading or conducting)
|
:: condução {f}
|
| lead {n} (precedence; advance position)
|
:: liderança {f}
|
| lead {n} (information obtained by a detective or police officer)
|
:: pista {f}
|
| leaden {adj} (made of lead)
|
:: plúmbeo
|
| leaden {adj} (pertaining to or resembling lead)
|
:: plúmbeo, plúmbico
|
| leaden {adj} (dull)
|
:: plúmbeo
|
| leader {n} (one having authority)
|
:: líder {m}, chefe {m}
|
| leadership {n} (capacity to lead)
|
:: liderança {f}
|
| leading {n} (Vertical space added between lines)
|
:: entrelinha {f}, espaçamento entre linhas {m}
|
| leading diagonal {n} (main diagonal) SEE: main diagonal
|
::
|
| leading edge {n} (forefront of practice or technology)
|
:: ponta de linha {f}
|
| lead someone up the garden path {v} (to deceive, hoodwink, mislead, or seduce someone) SEE: deceive
|
::
|
| leaf {n} (part of a plant)
|
:: folha {f}
|
| leaf {n} (sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin)
|
:: folha {f}
|
| leaf {n} (sheet of a book)
|
:: folha {f}
|
| leaf {n} (flat section used to extend a table)
|
:: aba {f}
|
| leaf {n} (computing, mathematics: tree node without descendants)
|
:: folha {f}
|
| leaf {n} (tea leaves) SEE: tea leaf
|
::
|
| leaf beetle {n} (chrysomelid beetle)
|
:: crisomelídeo {m}
|
| leaflet {n} (component of a compound leaf)
|
:: folíolo {m}
|
| leaflet {n} (small plant leaf)
|
:: folíolo {m}; folder {m}, panfleto {m}
|
| leaf litter {n} (dead plant material, such as fallen leaves, bark, and twigs)
|
:: serapilheira {f}
|
| leaflitter {n} (leaf litter) SEE: leaf litter
|
::
|
| leaf spring {n} (leaf spring)
|
:: suspensão de lâminas {f}
|
| leafstalk {n} (stalk that supports a leaf) SEE: petiole
|
::
|
| leaf through {v} (to turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random)
|
:: folhear
|
| leafy {adj} (covered with leaves)
|
:: frondoso
|
| leafy {adj} (containing much foliage)
|
:: folhoso, frondoso
|
| leafy {adj} (in the form of leaves (of some material))
|
:: foliáceo
|
| league {n} (a group or association of cooperating members)
|
:: aliança {f}, liga {f}
|
| league {n} (organization of sports teams)
|
:: liga {f}
|
| league {v} (to form an association)
|
:: associar-se
|
| league {n} (distance)
|
:: légua {f}
|
| League of Nations {prop} (international organization)
|
:: Sociedade das Nações {f}
|
| Leah {prop} (elder daughter of Laban)
|
:: Léia, Lia
|
| leak {n} (hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape)
|
:: vazamento {m}, fuga {f}
|
| leak {n} (entrance or escape of a fluid)
|
:: vazamento {m}
|
| leak {n} (divulgation, or disclosure, of information)
|
:: vazamento {m}, fuga de informação {f}
|
| leak {n} (The person through whom such divulgation, or disclosure, occurred)
|
:: vazador {m}
|
| leak {v} (to allow fluid to escape or enter)
|
:: vazar
|
| leak {v} (to reveal secret information)
|
:: vazar
|
| leakage {n} (act of leaking)
|
:: vazamento
|
| lean {v} (to hang outwards)
|
:: reclinar-se
|
| lean {v} (to press against)
|
:: apoiar-se
|
| lean {adj} (being slim, not fleshy)
|
:: esbelto
|
| lean {adj} (of meat, having little fat)
|
:: magro
|
| Leander {prop} (Greek lover of Hero)
|
:: Leandro
|
| Leander {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Leandro
|
| Leaning Tower of Pisa {prop} (the leaning bell tower in the Italian town of Pisa)
|
:: Torre de Pisa {f}
|
| leap {v}
|
:: saltar
|
| leap {n}
|
:: salto {m}
|
| leap {n} (distance traversed by a leap)
|
:: salto {m}
|
| leap {n} (significant move forward)
|
:: salto {m}
|
| leapfrog {n} (game)
|
:: carniça {f}, eixo-badeixo {m}
|
| leap of faith {n} (act of believing in something despite proof)
|
:: salto da fé
|
| leap year {n} (366-day year in the Gregorian calendar)
|
:: ano bissexto {m}
|
| learn {v} (to acquire knowledge or ability)
|
:: aprender
|
| learn {v} (to attend educational activity)
|
:: estudar
|
| learn {v} (to make use of a bad experience)
|
:: aprender
|
| learn {v} (to improve)
|
:: aprender
|
| learn {v} (to be studying)
|
:: aprender, estudar
|
| learn {v} (to come to know; to become informed of; to find out)
|
:: descobrir que, ficar sabendo
|
| learned {adj} (having much learning)
|
:: douto {m}, erudito {m}, instruído {m}, sábio {m}, culto {m}
|
| learning {n} (action of the verb)
|
:: aprender
|
| learning {n} (accumulated knowledge)
|
:: aprendizado {m}
|
| learning curve {n} (visualization of learning as a function of experience)
|
:: linha de aprendizado
|
| learning difference {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability
|
::
|
| learning difficulty {n} (learning disability) SEE: learning disability
|
::
|
| learning disability {n} (disability which prevents the sufferer from learning in a typical manner)
|
:: transtorno de aprendizagem {m}, desordem de aprendizagem {f}
|
| learningless {adj} (uneducated) SEE: uneducated
|
::
|
| lease {v} (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract)
|
:: arrendar
|
| leash {n} (long cord for dogs)
|
:: coleira {f}, guia {f}
|
| leash {v} (to fasten or secure with a leash)
|
:: encoleirar
|
| least {determiner} (the smallest amount of)
|
:: mínimo
|
| least weasel {n} (Mustela nivalis)
|
:: doninha {f}
|
| leat {n} (artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct)
|
:: levada {f}
|
| leather {n} (material produced by tanning animal skin)
|
:: couro {m}
|
| leather {adj} (made of leather)
|
:: de couro
|
| leatherback {n} (Dermochelys coriacea)
|
:: tartaruga-de-couro {f}
|
| leave {v} (to cause to remain as available, not take away, refrain from depleting)
|
:: deixar
|
| leave {v} (to transfer possession after death)
|
:: deixar
|
| leave {v} (to give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit)
|
:: deixar
|
| leave {v} (to transfer responsibility or attention)
|
:: deixar
|
| leave {v} (to depart from, end one's connection or affiliation with)
|
:: partir, sair
|
| leave {v} (to end one's membership in)
|
:: deixar, sair
|
| leave {v} (to depart (intransitive))
|
:: partir, ir embora
|
| leave {n} (permission to be absent)
|
:: permissão {f}
|
| leave {n} (absence from work)
|
:: licença {f}, afastamento {m}
|
| leave {n} (departure)
|
:: saída {f}, partida {f}
|
| leave alone {v} (to stop bothering)
|
:: deixar em paz
|
| leave it be {v} (allow something to follow its natural course)
|
:: deixar estar, não mexer
|
| leave me alone {phrase} (stop talking to me)
|
:: [informal] me deixa em paz, me deixa quieto
|
| leaven {n} (any agent used to make dough rise)
|
:: fermento {m}, levedura {f}
|
| leave of absence {n} (absence from work) SEE: leave
|
::
|
| leave out {v} (to leave out or to not include) SEE: omit
|
::
|
| leave someone hanging {v}
|
:: deixar alguém no vácuo
|
| leave someone holding the bag {v} (leave somebody holding the responsibility or blame)
|
:: pagar as favas (lit., "pay for the beans")
|
| Lebanese {n} (A person from Lebanon)
|
:: libanês {m}
|
| Lebanese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language)
|
:: libanês {m}
|
| Lebanese Republic {prop} (official name of Lebanon)
|
:: República do Líbano {f}
|
| Lebanon {prop} (Lebanese Republic)
|
:: o Líbano {m}
|
| lebensraum {n} (living space)
|
:: Lebensraum {m}
|
| Lecco {prop} (town)
|
:: Lecco
|
| lecher {n} (a lecherous person)
|
:: depravado {m}, devasso {m}
|
| lecherous {adj} (given to a lustful craving of sexual activities)
|
:: lascivo, libidinoso
|
| lechery {n} (Inordinate indulgence in sexual activity)
|
:: lascívia {f}, luxúria {f}
|
| lectern {n} (a stand with a slanted top used to support a bible from which passages are read during a church service)
|
:: atril {m}, leitoril {m}, púlpito
|
| lectern {n} (a similar stand to support a lecturer's notes)
|
:: atril {m}, leitoril {m}, púlpito
|
| lectionary {n} (book)
|
:: lecionário {m}
|
| lector {n} (lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts)
|
:: leitor {m}, leitora {f}
|
| lectotype {n} (biological specimen or illustration)
|
:: lectótipo {m}
|
| lecture {n} (a spoken lesson)
|
:: conferência {f}, palestra
|
| lecture {v} (to teach)
|
:: palestrar
|
| lecturer {n} (person who gives lectures)
|
:: palestrante {m} {f}
|
| lecturer {n} (member of university or college)
|
:: docente {m} {f}
|
| LED {n} (light-emitting diode)
|
:: LED {m}, díodo emissor de luz {m}
|
| ledge {n} (shelf)
|
:: prateleira {f}, armário
|
| ledge {n} (layer)
|
:: camada {f}
|
| ledger {n} (book for keeping notes)
|
:: registro
|
| ledger {n} (collection of accounting entries)
|
:: canhoto {m}, registro contábil
|
| leech {n} (annelid)
|
:: sanguessuga {f}
|
| leech {n} (physician) SEE: physician
|
::
|
| Leeds {prop} (city in England)
|
:: Leeds {f}
|
| leek {n} (vegetable)
|
:: porro {m}, alho-porro {m}, alho-poró {m} [Brazil], alho-francês {m}
|
| leeward {adj} (on the side sheltered from the wind)
|
:: sotavento
|
| leeway {n} (drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction)
|
:: deriva {f}
|
| left {adj} (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
|
:: esquerdo
|
| left {adj} (pertaining to the political left)
|
:: de esquerda, liberal, esquerdista
|
| left {adv} (on the left side)
|
:: à esquerda
|
| left {adv} (towards the left side)
|
:: esquerdo, sestro
|
| left {n} (the left side)
|
:: esquerda {f}
|
| left {n} (the ensemble of left-wing political parties)
|
:: esquerda {f}
|
| left {v} (remaining)
|
:: deixado, sobrar, restar
|
| left and right {adv} (all over the place)
|
:: a torto e a direito
|
| left coset {n}
|
:: classe lateral à esquerda
|
| left-hand drive {adj} (steering wheel on the left-hand side)
|
:: com direção no lado esquerdo {m} {f}, com direção do lado esquerdo {m} {f}, com direção à esquerda {m} {f}
|
| left-handed {n} (preferring the left hand over the right)
|
:: canhoto, sestro
|
| left-hander {n} (a person who is left-handed)
|
:: canhoto {m}
|
| leftish {adj} (left-wing) SEE: left-wing
|
::
|
| leftist {n} (a person who holds views associated with the political left)
|
:: esquerdista {m} {f}
|
| leftist {adj} (Pertaining to the political left)
|
:: de esquerda, esquerdista
|
| leftover {adj} (remaining, left behind)
|
:: reservada {f}, conservada {f}, restante, deixada {f}, deixado {m}
|
| leftover {n} (something left behind)
|
:: sobra {f}
|
| leftovers {n} (food remaining after a meal)
|
:: resto {m}, sobras
|
| left-wing {adj} (favoring social equality)
|
:: de esquerda, esquerdista
|
| lefty {n} (left-hander) SEE: left-hander
|
::
|
| leg {n} (lower limb from groin to ankle)
|
:: perna
|
| leg {n} (portion of the lower appendage from knee to ankle)
|
:: perna
|
| leg {n} (part of garment covering the leg)
|
:: calça
|
| leg {n} (stage of journey)
|
:: etapa
|
| leg {n} (game played in a tournament)
|
:: partida
|
| leg {n} (side in a triangle)
|
:: cateto
|
| legacy {n} (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will)
|
:: legado {m}
|
| legacy {n} (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage)
|
:: legado {m}
|
| legal {adj} (relating to the law or to lawyers)
|
:: legal
|
| legal {adj} (having its basis in the law)
|
:: legal
|
| legal {adj} (allowed or prescribed by law)
|
:: legal
|
| legal age {n} (age of majority) SEE: age of majority
|
::
|
| legal entity {n} (organisation that the law treats as a legal person) SEE: legal person
|
::
|
| legalese {n} (technical talk of the legal profession)
|
:: juridiquês
|
| legalese {n} (wording that resembles how lawyers write)
|
:: legalês {m}
|
| legalist {adj} (of or related to legalism)
|
:: legalista
|
| legalist {n} (one who adheres to legalism)
|
:: legalista {m} {f}
|
| legality {n} (lawfulness)
|
:: legalidade {f}
|
| legalization {n} (process of making something legal)
|
:: legalização {f}
|
| legalize {v} (make legal)
|
:: legalizar
|
| legally {adv} (as permitted by law)
|
:: legalmente
|
| legal person {n} (organization or group of people)
|
:: pessoa jurídica {f}, pessoa moral {f}
|
| legal positivism {n} (legal school of thought in jurisprudence)
|
:: positivismo {m}
|
| legal studies {n} (study of theories and philosophies related to law) SEE: jurisprudence
|
::
|
| legal vacuum {n}
|
:: lacuna da lei {f}
|
| legend {n} (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events)
|
:: lenda {f}
|
| legend {n} (any person of extraordinary accomplishment)
|
:: lenda {f}
|
| legend {n} (key to the symbols and color codes on a map)
|
:: legenda
|
| legendary {adj} (of or pertaining to a legend)
|
:: lendário, legendário, mítico
|
| leghorn {n} (small white chicken breed)
|
:: legorne {f}
|
| legible {adj} (clear enough to be read)
|
:: legível
|
| legibly {adv} (in a legible manner)
|
:: legivelmente
|
| legion {n} (the major unit or division of the Roman army)
|
:: legião {f}
|
| legionary {n} (member of a legion)
|
:: legionário {m}
|
| legionnaire {n} (a member of a legion) SEE: legionary
|
::
|
| legislate {v} (pass laws)
|
:: legislar
|
| legislation {n} (the act of legislating)
|
:: legislação {f}
|
| legislation {n} (law already enacted by legislature)
|
:: legislação {f}
|
| legislative {adj} (having the power to make laws)
|
:: legislativo
|
| legislative {n} (branch of government) SEE: legislative branch
|
::
|
| legislative branch {n} (branch of government)
|
:: poder legislativo {m}, legislativo {m}
|
| legislator {n} (who creates or enacts laws)
|
:: legislador {m}, legisladora {f}
|
| legislature {n} (governmental body)
|
:: legislatura {f}
|
| legist {n} (legislator) SEE: legislator
|
::
|
| legitimacy {n} (quality of being legitimate or valid; validity)
|
:: legitimidade {f}, validade {f}, validez {f}
|
| legitimate {adj} (lawful)
|
:: legítimo {m}
|
| legitimate {adj} (genuine)
|
:: legítimo
|
| legitimately {adv} (in a legitimate manner)
|
:: legitimamente
|
| legitimize {v} (to make legitimate)
|
:: legitimar
|
| Lego {n} (toy brick)
|
:: lego {m}
|
| leguaan {n} (iguana) SEE: iguana
|
::
|
| legume {n} (fruit or seed of leguminous plants)
|
:: legume {m}
|
| legume {n} (member of Leguminosae family)
|
:: leguminosa {f}
|
| Leiden {prop} (city in South Holland)
|
:: Leiden {f}, Leida {f}
|
| Leipzig {prop} (city in Saxony, Germany)
|
:: Leipzig, Lípsia
|
| leishmania {n} (a trypanosome protozoa of genus Leishmania)
|
:: leishmânia {f}
|
| leishmaniasis {n} (pathology)
|
:: leishmaniose {f}
|
| leisure {n} (freedom provided)
|
:: ócio {m}, lazer
|
| leisure {n} (time free)
|
:: ócio {m}, lazer {m}
|
| leisured {adj} (Having leisure)
|
:: prazeroso {m} prazerosa {f}
|
| leitmotif {n} (melodic theme in an opera)
|
:: leitmotiv {m}
|
| lemandarin {n} (Citrus × limonia)
|
:: limão-capeta, limão-cravo, limão-rosa
|
| lemma {n} (linguistics: lexeme) SEE: lexeme
|
::
|
| lemma {n} (mathematics: proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition)
|
:: lema {m}
|
| lemma {n} (linguistics: canonical form of a term)
|
:: lema {m}
|
| lemming {n} (rodent)
|
:: lêmingue {m}, lémingue {m}
|
| Lemnian {adj} (of or pertaining to Lemnos)
|
:: lémnio [Portugal], lêmnio [Brazil]
|
| Lemnian {n} (inhabitant of Lemnos)
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:: lémnio {m} [Portugal], lêmnio {m} [Brazil]
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| lemniscate {n} (mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve)
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:: lemniscata {f}
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| Lemnos {prop} (island in the northeastern Aegean Sea)
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:: Lemnos {f}
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| lemon {n} (citrus fruit)
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:: limão {m} [European Portuguese], limão siciliano [Brazilian Portuguese]
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| lemon {n} (tree)
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:: limoeiro {m}
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| lemon {n} (defective item)
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:: porcaria {f}
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| lemon {n} (colour/color)
|
:: limão {m}
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| lemon {n} (taste)
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:: limão {m}
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| lemon {adj} (having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons)
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:: limoado
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| lemon {adj} (having the colour/color of lemons)
|
:: limonado, limoado, alimonado, alimoado
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| lemonade {n} (still beverage)
|
:: limonada {f}
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| lemonade {n} (carbonated beverage)
|
:: soda limonada {f}
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| lemon balm {n} (Melissa officinalis)
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:: erva-cidreira {f}, cidreira {f}
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| lemongrass {n} (species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon)
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:: capim-limão {m}, erva-do-príncipe {f}
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| lemon juice {n} (the liquid extract of lemon fruit)
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:: suco/sumo/extrato de limão {m}
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| lemon squeezer {n} (device used to extract juice from lemons)
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:: espremedor {m}
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| lemur {n} (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
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:: lêmure {m}
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| Lemuria {prop} (hypothetical island in the Indian Ocean)
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:: Lemúria {f}
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| León {prop} (region in north-west Spain)
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:: Leão
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| Lena {prop} (Lena River)
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:: Lena {m}
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| lend {v} (to allow to be used temporarily)
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:: emprestar
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| lend {v} ((proscribed) to borrow) SEE: borrow
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::
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| lend a hand {v} (to help or assist)
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:: dar a mão, dar uma mão
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| lender {n} (one who lends, especially money)
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:: emprestador {m}, mutuador {m}
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| length {n} (distance along the longest dimension)
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:: comprimento {m}, extensão {f}
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| lengthen {v} (to make longer)
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:: alongar, acompridar, encompridar
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| lengthy {adj} (long of time)
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:: extensível, extenso
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| lenience {n} (Leniency: mercy or forgiveness in the assignment of punishment)
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:: leniência {f}
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| lenient {adj} (tolerant; not strict)
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:: leniente
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| Lenin {prop} (a Russian revolutionary and politician)
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:: Lenin {m}
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| Leningrad {prop} (name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991)
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:: Leningrado {f}
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| Leningrad {prop} (Leningrad oblast)
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:: Leningrado {m}
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| Leninian {adj} (of or pertaining to Lenin) SEE: Leninist
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::
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| Leninism {n} (the political philosophy named after Vladimir Lenin)
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:: leninismo {m}
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| Leninist {adj} (of or relating to Lenin)
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:: leninista
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| Leninist {adj} (of or relating to Leninism)
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:: leninista
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| Leninist {n} (an adherent of Lenin or Leninism)
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:: leninista {m} {f}
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| lenition {n} (weakening of consonant articulation)
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:: lenização {f}, lenição {f}
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| lens {n} (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it)
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:: lente {f}
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| lens {n} (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams)
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:: lente {f}
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| lens {n} (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean)
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:: lentilha {f}
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| lens {n} (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye)
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:: cristalino {m}
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| Lent {n} (Christian period of penitence before Easter)
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:: quaresma
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| lentigo {n} (pigmented spot on the skin) SEE: freckle
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::
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| lentil {n} (plant Lens culinaris)
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:: lentilha
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| lentil {n} (seed used as food)
|
:: lentilha {f}
|
| lentiviral {adj} (of or pertaining to a lentivirus)
|
:: lentiviral
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| lentivirus {n} (any retrovirus of the genus Lentivirus)
|
:: lentivírus {m}
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| Leo {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Leão
|
| Leo {prop} (constellation)
|
:: Leão {m}, Leo {m}
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| Leo {prop} (astrological sign)
|
:: Leão {m}
|
| Leo {n} (Someone with a Leo star sign)
|
:: leonino
|
| Leo Minor {prop} (spring constellation of the northern sky)
|
:: Leo Minor {f}
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| Leonard {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Leonardo
|
| Leonardeschi {n} (group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci)
|
:: leonardescos {m-p}
|
| Leonese {adj} (from León)
|
:: leonês
|
| Leonese {prop} (language)
|
:: leonês {m}
|
| Leonese {n} (Someone from León)
|
:: leonês {m}
|
| leonine {adj} (of or like a lion)
|
:: leonino
|
| leopard {n} (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)
|
:: leopardo {m}
|
| leopard cat {n} (wild cat)
|
:: gato-leopardo {m}, leopardo asiático {m}
|
| leopardess {n} (female leopard)
|
:: leoparda {f}
|
| leopard lily {n} (Dieffenbachia) SEE: dumbcane
|
::
|
| leopard lily {n} (blackberry lily) SEE: blackberry lily
|
::
|
| Leopold {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Leopoldo {m}
|
| leotard {n} (skin-tight one piece suit of clothing)
|
:: malha {f}, collant {m}
|
| leper {n} (person who has leprosy)
|
:: leproso {m}, leprosa {f}
|
| lepidolite {n} (a mica mineral)
|
:: lepidolita {f}
|
| lepidopterology {n} (scientific study of butterflies and moths)
|
:: lepidopterologia {f}
|
| leprechaun {n} (one of a race of Irish elves)
|
:: duende irlandês {m}
|
| leprosarium {n} (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
|
:: leprosário {m}, lazareto {m}, leprosório {m}, gafaria {f}, leprosaria {f}
|
| leprosy {n} (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)
|
:: lepra {f}
|
| leprous {adj} (relating to leprosy)
|
:: leproso
|
| leptokurtic {adj} (having positive excess kurtosis)
|
:: leptocúrtico
|
| lepton {n} (elementary particle)
|
:: leptão {m} [Portugal], lépton {m} [Brazil]
|
| leptospirosis {n} (disease)
|
:: leptospirose {f}
|
| lesbian {adj} (of a woman: preferring women partners)
|
:: lésbica {f}
|
| lesbian {adj} (between two women; pertaining to women's homosexuality)
|
:: lésbico
|
| lesbian {n} (homosexual woman)
|
:: lésbica {f}, sapatão {f} [vulgar, slang]
|
| Lesbian {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
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| Lesbian {adj} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| lesbianism {n} (Female homosexuality)
|
:: lesbianismo {f}
|
| lesbo {n} (lesbian) SEE: lesbian
|
::
|
| lesbophobia {n} (Fear, dislike, or hatred of lesbians.)
|
:: lesbofobia
|
| Lesbos {prop} (island)
|
:: Lesbos {f}
|
| lese majesty {n} (crime of violating majesty)
|
:: lesa-majestade
|
| lesion {n} (a wound or an injury)
|
:: lesão {f}
|
| lesion {n} (an infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part)
|
:: lesão {f}
|
| lesion {n} (injury or loss arising from an uneven contractual exchange)
|
:: lesão enorme {f}
|
| Lesotho {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Lesoto {m}
|
| l'esprit de l'escalier {n} (phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed)
|
:: espírito da escada {m}
|
| less {adv} (to a smaller extent or degree)
|
:: menos
|
| less {determiner} (not as much)
|
:: menos
|
| less {determiner} (smaller number of)
|
:: menos
|
| less {determiner}
|
:: menor
|
| less {prep} (not including)
|
:: menos, exceto, fora
|
| -less {suffix} (lacking)
|
:: sem
|
| lessee {n} (one to whom a lease is given)
|
:: arrendatário {m}
|
| lessen {v} (to make less)
|
:: diminuir, reduzir
|
| lessen {v} (to become less)
|
:: diminuir, reduzir-se
|
| Lessepsian {adj} (of or relating to organisms that migrate by means of the Suez Canal)
|
:: lessepsiano {m}, lessepsiana {f}
|
| lesser {adj} (the comparative of little)
|
:: menor
|
| lesser black-backed gull {n} (Larus fuscus)
|
:: gaivota-da-asa-escura {f}
|
| lesser flamingo {n} (the smaller of the two old world species of flamingo)
|
:: flamingo-pequeno {m}
|
| lesser panda {n} (Ailurus fulgens) SEE: red panda
|
::
|
| lesser roadrunner {n} (bird of genus Geococcyx) SEE: roadrunner
|
::
|
| lesser spotted eagle {n} (Clanga pomarina)
|
:: águia-pomarina {f}
|
| lesser spotted woodpecker {n} (Dendrocopoes minor)
|
:: pica-pau malhado pequeno {m}
|
| lesser yellowlegs {n} (Tringa flavipes)
|
:: perna-amarela-pequeno {f}
|
| less is more {proverb} (less is more)
|
:: menos é mais
|
| lesson {n} (section of learning or teaching)
|
:: lição {f}
|
| lesson {n} (learning task assigned to a student)
|
:: lição {f}, tarefa {f}
|
| lesson {n} (something learned)
|
:: lição
|
| lesson {n} (something that serves as a warning or encouragement)
|
:: lição {f}
|
| lesson {n} (section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service)
|
:: lição {f}
|
| lesson plan {n} (teacher's document used to plan a lesson)
|
:: plano de aula {m}
|
| lessor {n} (owner of property that is leased)
|
:: arrendador {m}
|
| less than {adj} (the character <)
|
:: menor que {m}
|
| less-than-stellar {adj} (not very good) SEE: poor
|
::
|
| less-than-stellar {adj} (mediocre) SEE: mediocre
|
::
|
| lest {conj} (for fear that)
|
:: para que, a fim de que ... não
|
| let {v} (to allow)
|
:: deixar, permitir, ir
|
| let {v} (to put up for rent)
|
:: alugar
|
| let alone {conj} (to say nothing of)
|
:: muito menos, quanto mais
|
| let alone {conj} (as well as)
|
:: ainda mais
|
| let bygones be bygones {v} (to disregard a past offense)
|
:: águas passadas não movem moinhos
|
| let down {v} (to allow to descend)
|
:: baixar
|
| let down {v} (to disappoint)
|
:: decepcionar, desapontar
|
| let-down {n} (disappointment or anticlimax)
|
:: decepção
|
| let go {v} (to no longer hold on)
|
:: soltar
|
| let go {v} (to emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation)
|
:: ir
|
| let go {v} (dismiss from employment)
|
:: demitir
|
| lethal {adj} (deadly)
|
:: fatal, letal, mortal
|
| lethally {adv} (in a lethal manner)
|
:: letalmente, mortalmente, fatalmente
|
| lethargic {adj} (sluggish, indifferent)
|
:: letárgico {m}
|
| lethargy {n} (pathological state of fatigue)
|
:: letargia {f}
|
| lethargy {n} (state of extreme torpor or apathy)
|
:: letargia {f}
|
| let him who is without sin cast the first stone {phrase} (only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment on others)
|
:: quem nunca pecou que atire a primeira pedra
|
| let it be {v} (leave something to follow its natural course)
|
:: deixar estar, não mexer
|
| Letitia {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Letícia {f}
|
| Leto {prop} (mother of Apollo)
|
:: Latona
|
| let's {v} (let us; forming first-person plural imperative)
|
:: -emos, -amos, vamos
|
| let's go {phrase} (hortative of go)
|
:: vamos
|
| let's go {phrase} (hurry up)
|
:: vamos logo, se apresse
|
| let sleeping dogs lie {v} (leave things as they are)
|
:: não cutucar a onça com vara curta, não cutucar a fera com vara curta, não acordar moscas que estão a dormir
|
| letter {n} (a symbol in an alphabet)
|
:: letra {f}
|
| letter {n} (written message)
|
:: carta {f}
|
| letterbox {n} (collection point for mail)
|
:: caixa de correio {f}
|
| letterbox {n} (delivery point for mail)
|
:: caixa de correio {f}
|
| letter of credit {n} (trade finance document)
|
:: carta de crédito
|
| letter of marque {n} (official commission)
|
:: carta de marca
|
| let the cat out of the bag {v} (to disclose a secret, often inadvertently)
|
:: dar com a língua nos dentes
|
| let there be light {phrase} (let there be light)
|
:: haja luz
|
| let the sleeping dogs lie {v} (to avoid igniting a conflict) SEE: let sleeping dogs lie
|
::
|
| Lettic {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian
|
::
|
| Lettish {adj} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian
|
::
|
| Lettish {n} (Latvian) SEE: Latvian
|
::
|
| lettuce {n} (an edible plant, Lactuca)
|
:: alface {f}
|
| lettuce {n} (the leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable or dish)
|
:: alface {f}
|
| lettuce {n} (US paper currency)
|
:: verdinhas {f-p}
|
| Letzeburgesh {prop} (Germanic language) SEE: Luxembourgish
|
::
|
| leu {n} (unit of currency of Romania)
|
:: leu {m}
|
| leu {n} (unit of currency of Moldova)
|
:: leu {m}
|
| leucine {n} (essential amino acid; C6H13NO2)
|
:: leucina {f}
|
| leukemia {n} (cancer of blood forming tissue)
|
:: leucemia
|
| leukocyte {n} (a white blood cell)
|
:: leucócito {m}
|
| leukoplakia {n} (patches of keratosis on the mucous membranes of the oral cavity)
|
:: leucoplasia, leucoplaquia
|
| Leukothea {prop} (Greek goddess)
|
:: Leucótea {f}
|
| lev {n} (currency of Bulgaria)
|
:: lev {m}
|
| Levant {prop} (the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea)
|
:: Levante {m}
|
| Levantine {adj} (of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean)
|
:: levantino
|
| levee {n} (embankment to prevent inundation)
|
:: encosta, dique {m}
|
| level {adj} (same height at all places)
|
:: nivelado, plano
|
| level {adj} (at the same height as some reference)
|
:: nivelado
|
| level {adj} (being unvaried)
|
:: constante
|
| level {n} (tool)
|
:: nível {m}
|
| level {n} (distance relative to a given reference elevation)
|
:: nível {m}
|
| level {n} (degree or amount)
|
:: nível {m}
|
| level {n} (gaming: discrete segment of a game)
|
:: fase {f}, nível {m}
|
| level {n} (gaming: numeric value for a character's experience and power)
|
:: nível {m}
|
| level {n} (floor of a building)
|
:: andar {m}
|
| level {v} (to adjust so as to make level)
|
:: nivelar
|
| level {v} (to destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze)
|
:: arrasar
|
| level {v} (to progress to the next level)
|
:: avançar, passar
|
| level {v} (to aim or direct)
|
:: direccionar
|
| level {v} (to levy) SEE: levy
|
::
|
| level crossing {n} (at-grade crossing)
|
:: passagem de nível {f}
|
| level-headed {adj} (possessing sound judgement)
|
:: com a cabeça no lugar
|
| level up {v} (gaming)
|
:: passar/avançar de nível/fase
|
| lever {n} (rigid piece)
|
:: alavanca {f}
|
| lever {n} (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
|
:: alavanca {f}
|
| lever {v} (to move with a lever)
|
:: alavancar
|
| lever {adv} (rather) SEE: rather
|
::
|
| leverage {n} (force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot)
|
:: alavancagem {f}
|
| leverage {n} (use of borrowed funds)
|
:: alavancagem {f}
|
| leverage {v} (use, exploit, take full advantage of)
|
:: aproveitar
|
| leveret {n} (a young hare)
|
:: lebroto {m}
|
| Levi {prop} (third son of Jacob)
|
:: Levi {m}
|
| leviathan {n} (Biblical sea monster)
|
:: leviatã
|
| levigate {v} (to belittle) SEE: belittle
|
::
|
| levigate {v} (to lighten) SEE: lighten
|
::
|
| levirate {n} (institution)
|
:: levirato {m}
|
| levitate {v} (to cause to rise in the air and float)
|
:: levitar
|
| levitate {v} (to be suspended in the air)
|
:: levitar
|
| levitation {n} (raising of something without apparent physical cause)
|
:: levitação {f}
|
| levitation {n} (technical suspension without mechanical support)
|
:: levitação {f}
|
| Leviticus {prop} (the book of the Bible and Torah)
|
:: Levítico {m}
|
| levity {n} (lightness of manner or speech)
|
:: leveza
|
| levity {n} (lack of steadiness) SEE: instability
|
::
|
| levo {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory
|
::
|
| levogyre {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory
|
::
|
| levorotatory {adj} (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left)
|
:: levógiro
|
| levy {v} (to draft into military service)
|
:: convocar {f}
|
| lewd {adj} (lascivious)
|
:: lascivo, indecente
|
| Lewis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Louis
|
::
|
| lexeme {n} (unit of vocabulary, the different forms of the same lemma)
|
:: lexema {m}, semantema {m}
|
| lexical {adj} (of a language's vocabulary)
|
:: léxico, lexical
|
| lexical {adj} (of a dictionary)
|
:: léxico, lexical
|
| lexicographer {n} (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
|
:: lexicógrafo {m}
|
| lexicographic {adj} (like a dictionary, relating to lexicography)
|
:: lexicográfico
|
| lexicographical {adj} (lexicographic) SEE: lexicographic
|
::
|
| lexicography {n} (art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries)
|
:: lexicografia {f}
|
| lexicological {adj} (pertaining to lexicology)
|
:: lexicológico
|
| lexicologically {adv} (In terms of lexicology)
|
:: lexicologicamente
|
| lexicology {n} (linguistic discipline)
|
:: lexicologia {f}
|
| lexicon {n} (vocabulary of a language)
|
:: léxico {m}
|
| lexicon {n} (dictionary of lexemes)
|
:: léxico {m}
|
| lexicon {n} (dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic)
|
:: léxicon {m}
|
| lexicon {n} (lexicology of a programming language)
|
:: léxico {m}
|
| lexicon {n} ((rare) any dictionary)
|
:: léxico {m}
|
| lexicon {n} (vocabulary used by an individual)
|
:: vocabulário {m}
|
| lexicon {n} (subject-specific vocabulary)
|
:: vocabulário {m}
|
| Leyden jar {n} (glass jar used to accumulate static electricity)
|
:: garrafa de Leyden {f}, garrafa de Leiden {f}, garrafa de Leida {f}
|
| LGBT {n} (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transexual)
|
:: LGBT
|
| LGBTphobia {n} (negative attitude towards LGBT people)
|
:: LGBTfobia {f}
|
| Lhasa {prop} (Capital of Xizang (Tibet))
|
:: Lassa
|
| L'Hôpital's rule {prop} (a rule which uses derivatives to help evaluate limits involving indeterminate forms)
|
:: regra de L'Hôpital {f}, regra de L'Hospital {f}
|
| liability {n} (debt)
|
:: responsabilidade {f}, obrigação {m}, dívida {f}
|
| liability {n} (likelihood of an event)
|
:: possibilidade {f}
|
| liable {adj} (responsible)
|
:: responsável
|
| liable {adj} (exposed to a certain contingency)
|
:: passível
|
| liaison {n} (communication between two parties or groups)
|
:: ligação {f}
|
| liaison {n} (co-operation, working together)
|
:: cooperação
|
| liana {n} (climbing woody vine)
|
:: cipó {m}
|
| liar {n} (one who tells lies)
|
:: mentiroso {m}, mentirosa {f}
|
| libation {n} (act of pouring a liquid as a sacrifice)
|
:: libação {f}
|
| libation {n} (liquid poured out)
|
:: libação {f}
|
| libation {n} (alcoholic beverage)
|
:: bebida {f}, libação {f}
|
| libel {n} (defamatory false written statement)
|
:: calúnia {f}
|
| libel {n} (act or crime)
|
:: difamação {f}
|
| libel {n} (statement by the plaintiff)
|
:: libelo {m}
|
| libel {n} (any defamatory writing)
|
:: difamação {f}, libelo {m}
|
| liberal {adj} (open to political or social reforms)
|
:: liberal {m} {f}
|
| liberal {n} (supporter of a liberal party, see also: progressive)
|
:: liberal {m} {f}
|
| liberal homophobia {n}
|
:: homofobia liberal {f}
|
| liberalism {n} (quality of being liberal)
|
:: liberalismo {m}
|
| liberalism {n} (political movement)
|
:: liberalismo {m}
|
| liberalism {n} (economic theory)
|
:: liberalismo {m}
|
| liberalization {n} (the process or act of making more liberal)
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:: liberalização {f}
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| liberate {v} (to free)
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:: libertar
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| liberation {n} (act of liberating or the state of being liberated)
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:: liberação {f}, libertação {f}
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| Liberdade {prop} (the Japanese community in Brazil)
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:: Liberdade {f}
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| Liberia {prop} (country in Western Africa)
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:: Libéria
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| Liberian {n} (A person from Liberia)
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:: liberiano {m}
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| Liberian {adj} (pertaining to Liberia)
|
:: liberiano
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| libero {n} (volleyball player)
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:: líbero {m} {f}
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| libertarian {n} (A person in favor of freedom)
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:: libertário {m}, libertária {f}
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| libertarianism {n} (political philosophy)
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:: libertarianismo {m}, libertarismo {m}
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| liberticide {adj} (causing the destruction of liberty)
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:: liberticida {m} {f}
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| liberticide {n} (the destruction of liberty)
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:: liberticídio {m}
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| liberticide {n} (one who causes the destruction of liberty)
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:: liberticida {m} {f}
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| libertine {n} (someone loose in morals)
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:: libertino {m}
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| libertine {adj} (loose in morals)
|
:: libertino
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| libertinism {n} (behavior characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint)
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:: libertinagem {f}
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| liberty {n} (condition of being free)
|
:: liberdade {f}
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| libidinous {adj} (having lustful desires)
|
:: libidinoso
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| libido {n} (sexual urges or drives)
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:: libido {f}
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| libido {n} (drives or mental energies related or based on sexual instincts but not necessarily sexual in and of themselves.)
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:: libido {f}
|
| Libra {prop} (constellation)
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:: Libra {f}, Balança {f} [Portugal]
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| Libra {prop} (astrological sign)
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:: Libra {f}
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| Libra {n} (Someone with a Libra star sign)
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:: libriano
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| librarian {n} (the manager of a library)
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:: bibliotecário {m}
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| librarian {n} (one who cares for the publications etc. in a library)
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:: bibliotecário {m}
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| librarian {n} (a person who processes and organizes information)
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:: arquivista {m} {f}
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| library {n} (institution which holds books etc.)
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:: biblioteca {f}
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| library {n} (collection of books)
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:: biblioteca {f}
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| library {n} (collection of records)
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:: arquivo {m}
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| library {n} (collection of subprograms)
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:: biblioteca {f}
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| library {n} (collection of DNA material)
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:: biblioteca
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| library {n} (deck or draw pile)
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:: grimório {m}
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| library science {n} (interdisciplinary science)
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:: biblioteconomia {f}
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| libre {adj} ((software): with very few limitations on distribution or improvement)
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:: livre
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| libretto {n} (text of a dramatic musical work, such as an opera)
|
:: libreto {m}, livreto {m}
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| libretto {n} (book containing such a text)
|
:: libreto {m}, livreto {m}
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| Libreville {prop} (capital of Gabon)
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:: Libreville {f}
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| libtard {n} (liberal (derogatory))
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:: esquerdopata {m} {f}
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| Libya {prop} (country in Northern Africa)
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:: Líbia {f}
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| Libyan {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language)
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:: líbio
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| Libyan {n} (person)
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:: líbio {m}
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| licence {n} (license) SEE: license
|
::
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| licence {v} (license) SEE: license
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::
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| license {n} (legal document giving official permission to do something)
|
:: alvará {f}, licença {f}
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| license {n} (legal terms of product usage)
|
:: licença {f}
|
| license {n} (freedom to deviate from rules)
|
:: licença {f}
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| license plate {n} (an identifying plate attached to a vehicle)
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:: placa {f}, chapa
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| lichen {n} (something which spreads across something else, causing damage) SEE: cancer
|
::
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| lichen {n} (symbiotic association of algae and fungi)
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:: líquen {m}
|
| lichenification {n} (epidermal thickening with accentuated skin markings)
|
:: liquenificação {f}
|
| lichenology {n} (scientific study of lichens)
|
:: liquenologia {f}
|
| lichenometry {n} (geochronologic dating method that uses lichen growth)
|
:: liquenometria {f}
|
| Lichtenberg figure {n} (branching patter on an insulator subject to an electric discharge)
|
:: figura de Lichtenberg {f}
|
| lick {n} (the act of licking)
|
:: lambida {f}
|
| lick {v} (to stroke with the tongue)
|
:: lamber
|
| licorice {n} (plant)
|
:: alcaçuz {m}, regaliz {m}
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| licorice {n} (confection)
|
:: doce de alcaçuz {m}
|
| lictor {n} (officer in ancient Rome)
|
:: lictor {m}
|
| lid {n} (top or cover)
|
:: tampa {f}
|
| lid {v} (to put a lid on something)
|
:: tampar, tamponar
|
| lidocaine {n} (local anesthetic)
|
:: lidocaína {f}
|
| lie {v} (be in horizontal position)
|
:: estar deitado, jazer
|
| lie {v} (be situated)
|
:: jazer, ficar, localizar-se
|
| lie {v} (tell an intentional untruth)
|
:: mentir
|
| lie {n} (intentionally false statement)
|
:: mentira {f}
|
| Liechtenstein {prop} (Principality of Liechtenstein)
|
:: Liechtenstein {m}, Listenstaine {m}
|
| lie detector {n} (polygraph (informal))
|
:: detector de mentiras {m}
|
| lie down {v} (assume a reclining position)
|
:: deitar-se
|
| liege {n} (A free and independent person; a lord paramount; a sovereign)
|
:: senhor feudal {m}, suserano {m}
|
| liege {n} (The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman)
|
:: vassalo {m}
|
| lie in wait {v} (to be hiding to ambush)
|
:: emboscar-se, tocaiar [Brazil]
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| lien {n} (right to take and hold debtor’s property)
|
:: direito de retenção {m}
|
| lienholder {n} (person who has right of property)
|
:: retentor {m}
|
| lieu {n} (in lieu, in lieu of) SEE: in lieu
|
::
|
| lieutenant {n} (lowest commissioned officer rank)
|
:: tenente
|
| lieutenant {n} (person who executes the plans and directives of another)
|
:: procurador {m}
|
| lieutenant colonel {n} (military rank)
|
:: tenente-coronel {m}
|
| life {n} (the state of being alive)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (the essence of the manifestation and the foundation of the being)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (the subjective and inner manifestation of the individual)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (the world in general, existence)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (a worthwhile existence)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (something inherently part of a person's existence)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life {n} (life sentence)
|
:: perpétua {f}
|
| life {n} (duration)
|
:: duração {f}
|
| life {n} (one of the player's chances to play)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| life-affirming {adj} (appearing to have an optimistic quality) SEE: optimistic
|
::
|
| life after death {n} (afterlife) SEE: afterlife
|
::
|
| life assurance {n} (insurance policy) SEE: life insurance
|
::
|
| lifeboat {n} (a boat to save shipwrecked people)
|
:: barco salva-vidas {m}
|
| life buoy {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver
|
::
|
| life cycle {n} (course of stages through which an organism passes)
|
:: ciclo de vida {m}
|
| life cycle {n} (useful life of a product or system; developmental history of an individual or group)
|
:: ciclo de vida {m}
|
| life expectancy {n} (the amount of time one is expected to live)
|
:: expectativa de vida {f}, esperança de vida {f}
|
| lifeform {n} (living organism)
|
:: forma de vida {f}
|
| lifeguard {n} (attendant)
|
:: salva-vidas {m}, nadador-salvador {m}
|
| lifeguard {n} (bodyguard) SEE: bodyguard
|
::
|
| life insurance {n} (form of insurance)
|
:: seguro de vida {m}
|
| life jacket {n} (An article of protective clothing)
|
:: colete salva-vidas {m}
|
| lifelong {adj} (extending for the entire duration of life)
|
:: vitalício
|
| life preserver {n} (buoyant ring or vest)
|
:: boia salva-vidas {f}
|
| life ring {n} (life preserver) SEE: life preserver
|
::
|
| life sentence {n} (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life)
|
:: prisão perpétua {f}
|
| life style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle
|
::
|
| life-style {n} (lifestyle) SEE: lifestyle
|
::
|
| lifestyle {n} (style of living)
|
:: estilo de vida {m}
|
| lifetime {n} (duration of the life of someone or something)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| lifetime {n} (informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time)
|
:: vida {f}
|
| lift {v} (to raise or rise)
|
:: elevar, erguer, alçar, levantar
|
| lift {v} (to steal)
|
:: roubar, abafar, chutar [slang]
|
| lift {n} (the act of transporting someone in a vehicle)
|
:: carona {f}
|
| lift {n} (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
|
:: ascensor {m}, elevador {m}
|
| lift {n} (upward force)
|
:: sustentação {f}
|
| lift {n} (thief) SEE: thief
|
::
|
| lifter {n} (spatula) SEE: spatula
|
::
|
| lifter {n} (weightlifter) SEE: weightlifter
|
::
|
| lifting {n} (weightlifting) SEE: weightlifting
|
::
|
| lift up {v} (to elevate)
|
:: erguer
|
| ligament {n} (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)
|
:: ligamento {m}
|
| ligand {n} (something that binds to another chemical entity)
|
:: ligando {m}, ligante {m}
|
| ligature {n} (act of tying)
|
:: ligação {f}
|
| ligature {n} (typography: character that combines multiple letters)
|
:: ligatura {f}
|
| Liège {prop} (province in Belgium)
|
:: Liège {f}
|
| liger {n} (animal born to a male lion and a tigress)
|
:: ligre {m}
|
| light {v} (to start (a fire))
|
:: acender
|
| light {v} (to illuminate)
|
:: iluminar
|
| light {adj} (having light)
|
:: iluminado
|
| light {adj} (pale in colour)
|
:: clara {f}, claro {m}
|
| light {adj} (coffee: served with extra milk or cream)
|
:: pingado
|
| light {adj} (of low weight)
|
:: leve {m} {f}
|
| light {adj} (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.)
|
:: light, leve
|
| light {adj} (of little significance)
|
:: banal
|
| light {n} (electromagnetic waves)
|
:: luz {f}
|
| light {n} (source of illumination)
|
:: luz {f}
|
| light {n} (spiritual illumination)
|
:: luz {f}
|
| light {n} (point of view)
|
:: visão {f}
|
| light {n} (flame or something used to create fire)
|
:: fogo {m}
|
| light as a feather {adj} (extremely light, having minimal weight)
|
:: leve como uma pena
|
| light at the end of the tunnel {n} (a better situation after long hardship)
|
:: a luz no fim do túnel
|
| lightboat {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship
|
::
|
| light bulb {n} (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament that produces light)
|
:: lâmpada {f}, foco {m}, bulbo {m}
|
| light-emitting diode {n} (rectifying semiconductor device)
|
:: díodo emissor de luz {m}
|
| lighten {v} (to alleviate)
|
:: aliviar
|
| lighten {v} (to make light in weight)
|
:: aligeirar, aliviar
|
| lighten {v} (to make less serious)
|
:: aligeirar
|
| lighter {n} (fire making device)
|
:: acendedor {m}, isqueiro {m}
|
| light globe {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| lighthouse {n} (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)
|
:: farol {m} [Brazil], faro {m}
|
| lighthouse keeper {n} (person who lives in a lighthouse and tends the light)
|
:: faroleiro {m}, guarda de farol {m}
|
| light industry {n} (industry that does not require high capitalization or heavy machinery)
|
:: indústria leve {f}
|
| lighting {n} (equipment, illumination)
|
:: iluminação {f}
|
| lightly {adv} (in a light manner)
|
:: levemente, levianamente
|
| lightness {n} (the condition of being illuminated)
|
:: claridade {f}, luminosidade {f}
|
| lightning {n} (flash of light)
|
:: relâmpago {m}
|
| lightning {n} (discharge)
|
:: raio {m}
|
| lightning {adj} (extremely fast)
|
:: veloz
|
| lightning bug {n} (firefly) SEE: firefly
|
::
|
| lightning conductor {n} (metallic conductor) SEE: lightning rod
|
::
|
| lightning rod {n} (metallic conductor that protects from lightning)
|
:: para-raios {m}
|
| light pollution {n} (excess artificial light)
|
:: poluição visual {f}
|
| lightsaber {n} (a fictional type of sword)
|
:: sabre de luz {m}
|
| lights, camera, action {phrase} (traditional cue at a beginning of a take)
|
:: luzes, câmera, ação!
|
| lightship {n} (lightship)
|
:: navio-farol {m}
|
| light source {n} (source of illumination)
|
:: fonte luminosa {f}, fonte de luz {f}
|
| light spectrum {n} (range of colors) SEE: spectrum
|
::
|
| lightspeed {n} (the speed of light)
|
:: velocidade da luz {f}
|
| light switch {n} (switch used to turn the light on or off)
|
:: interruptor {m}
|
| lightvessel {n} (lightship) SEE: lightship
|
::
|
| lightweight {n} (boxer)
|
:: peso-leve
|
| lightweight {n} (person who can't handle their drink)
|
:: fraco
|
| lightweight {adj} (having less than average weight)
|
:: leve
|
| light year {n} (astronomical distance)
|
:: ano-luz {m}
|
| lignin {n} (aromatic polymer)
|
:: lignina {f}, lenhina {f}
|
| lignite {n} (coal)
|
:: linhite {f}, lignite {f}, lignito {m} [Brazil], linhito {m}
|
| ligress {n} (female liger)
|
:: ligresa {f}
|
| Liguria {prop} (region)
|
:: Ligúria {f}
|
| Ligurian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Liguria)
|
:: lígure, ligúrio
|
| Ligurian {n} (native or inhabitant)
|
:: lígure {m} {f}, ligúrio {m}
|
| Ligurian {prop} (Gallo-Italic language)
|
:: lígure {m}, ligúrio {m}
|
| like {v} (enjoy)
|
:: gostar
|
| like {v} (find attractive)
|
:: gostar
|
| like {v} (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote)
|
:: curtir
|
| like {n} (something that a person likes)
|
:: gosto {m}
|
| like {adj} (similar)
|
:: semelhante
|
| like {n} (something similar to a given person or object)
|
:: tipo {m}
|
| like {prep} (similar to)
|
:: como
|
| like {prep} (such as)
|
:: como, tipo
|
| like {particle} (colloquial: mild intensifier)
|
:: tipo, tipo assim
|
| like {particle} (colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations)
|
:: tipo
|
| like a bull in a china shop {adj} (clumsy, aggressive)
|
:: como um elefante numa loja de cristais, como um elefante em uma loja de cristais, como um elefante numa loja de louças, como um elefante em uma loja de louças
|
| like a bull in a china shop {adv} (clumsily, aggressively)
|
:: como um elefante numa loja de cristais, como um elefante em uma loja de cristais, como um elefante numa loja de louças, como um elefante em uma loja de louças
|
| like father, like son {proverb} (a son will have traits similar to his father)
|
:: tal pai, tal filho
|
| likelihood {n} (probability)
|
:: probabilidade {f}
|
| likelihood {n} (mathematical likelihood)
|
:: verossimilhança {f}, probabilidade {f}
|
| likelihood {n} (resemblance)
|
:: semelhança {f}
|
| likely {adv} (similarly) SEE: similarly
|
::
|
| likely {adv} (probably) SEE: probably
|
::
|
| likely {adj} (probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring)
|
:: provável
|
| likely {adj} (plausible; within the realm of credibility)
|
:: verossímel, verossímil
|
| like-minded {adj} (of similar opinion)
|
:: de opinião similar
|
| like mother, like daughter {proverb} (a daughter will have traits similar to her mother)
|
:: tal mãe, tal filha
|
| likeness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity
|
::
|
| like taking candy from a baby {prep} (easy)
|
:: como tirar doce de uma criança
|
| like two peas in a pod {prep} (very similar)
|
:: cara de um, focinho de outro, ser a cara de
|
| likewise {adv} (also; moreover; too) SEE: too
|
::
|
| likewise {adv} (in like manner)
|
:: similarmente, igualmente
|
| likewise {adv} (the same to you)
|
:: igualmente
|
| liking {n} (like)
|
:: gosto {m}
|
| lilac {n} (shrub)
|
:: lilás {m}
|
| lilac {n} (flower)
|
:: lilás {m}
|
| lilac {n} (colour)
|
:: lilás {m}
|
| lilac {adj} (colour)
|
:: lilás
|
| Lilian {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Liliana {f}
|
| Liliana {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian
|
::
|
| Lille {prop} (city in France)
|
:: Lille {f}, Lila {f}
|
| Lillian {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lilian
|
::
|
| Lilongwe {prop} (capital of Malawi)
|
:: Lilongwe {f}, Lilongué {f}
|
| lily {n} (flower in the genus Lilium)
|
:: lírio {m}
|
| lily of the Nile {n} (arum lily) SEE: arum lily
|
::
|
| lily of the valley {n} (Convallaria majalis)
|
:: lírio-do-vale {m}
|
| Lima {prop} (the capital city of Peru)
|
:: Lima {f}
|
| limaçon {n} (plane curve)
|
:: limaçon de Pascal {f}, caracol de Pascal {m}
|
| limb {n} (major appendage of human or animal)
|
:: membro {m}
|
| limb {n} (branch of a tree)
|
:: galho {m}
|
| limb {n} (part of bow)
|
:: braço {m}
|
| limb {v} (to remove limbs)
|
:: desmembrar [animals], desgalhar [trees]
|
| limb {n} (apparent visual edge)
|
:: limbo {m}
|
| limber {adj} (flexible) SEE: flexible
|
::
|
| limbic {adj} (relating to the limbic system)
|
:: límbico
|
| limbic system {n} (Part of the human brain)
|
:: sistema límbico {m}
|
| limbo {n} (place for innocent souls)
|
:: limbo {m}
|
| limbo {n} (in-between state)
|
:: limbo {m}
|
| Limburg {prop} (province of the Netherlands or Belgium)
|
:: Limburgo {m}, Limburg {m}
|
| Limburgian {prop} (Limburgish) SEE: Limburgish
|
::
|
| Limburgic {prop} (Limburgish) SEE: Limburgish
|
::
|
| Limburgish {prop} (the Germanic language)
|
:: limburguês {m}
|
| lime {n} (linden tree) SEE: linden
|
::
|
| lime {n} (inorganic material containing calcium)
|
:: cal {f}
|
| lime {n} (gluey or adhesive substance)
|
:: visco {m}, visgo {m}
|
| lime {v} (to treat with lime)
|
:: caiar
|
| lime {n} (green citrus fruit)
|
:: lima {f} [European Portuguese], limão [Brazilian Portuguese]
|
| lime {n} (citrus tree)
|
:: limeira {f}
|
| lime {n} (colour)
|
:: verde-lima {m}
|
| lime green {adj} (having a bright, light-green colour)
|
:: verde-lima
|
| limekiln {n} (a furnace used to produce lime from limestone)
|
:: caieira {f}
|
| limelight {n} (type of stage lighting)
|
:: luz de Drummond {f}, luz oxídrica {f}
|
| limelight {n} (attention or notice)
|
:: destaque {m}, ribalta {f}
|
| limerence {n} (state of mind)
|
:: limerence {f}, enfatuação {f}
|
| limestone {n} (abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments)
|
:: calcário {m}
|
| limestone {adj} (made of or with limestone)
|
:: calcário {m}, calcária {f}
|
| limit {n} (boundary)
|
:: limite {m}
|
| limit {n} (mathematics: value to which a sequence converges)
|
:: limite {m}
|
| limit {v} (restrict)
|
:: limitar, restringir
|
| limitation {n} (act of limiting)
|
:: limitação {f}
|
| limitation {n} (restriction that limits)
|
:: limitação {f}
|
| limited {adj} (with certain limits placed upon it)
|
:: limitado
|
| limited liability company {n} (type of company)
|
:: [Lda.] limitada {f}, sociedade de responsabilidade limitada {f}
|
| limited partnership {n} (type of partnership)
|
:: sociedade em comandita {f}
|
| limnology {n} (science of lakes)
|
:: limnologia {f}
|
| limo {n} (limousine) SEE: limousine
|
::
|
| Limoges {prop} (city in France)
|
:: Limoges {f}
|
| limonene {n} (hydrocarbon)
|
:: limoneno {m}
|
| Limousin {prop} (region)
|
:: Limousin {m}, Limusino {m}
|
| limousine {n} (luxury sedan/saloon car)
|
:: limusine {f}, limusina {f}
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| limp {v} (to walk lamely)
|
:: mancar, coxear
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| limp {n} (gait)
|
:: coxeio {m}, coxeadura {f}
|
| limp {adj} (flaccid; flabby)
|
:: flácido
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| limp {adj} (lacking stiffness; flimsy)
|
:: capenga
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| limpet {n} (a small mollusc)
|
:: lapa {f}
|
| limpid {adj} (clear)
|
:: límpido
|
| linchpin {n} (securing pin)
|
:: chaveta {f}
|
| linchpin {n} (central cohesive source of stability and security)
|
:: baluarte {m}
|
| linden {n} (tree)
|
:: tília {f}
|
| linden {n} (wood from such tree)
|
:: tília {f}
|
| line {n} (rope, cord, or string)
|
:: fio {m}, linha {f}
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| line {n} (path through two or more points, threadlike mark)
|
:: linha {f}, risco {m}, traço {m}
|
| line {n} (geometry: infinite one-dimensional figure)
|
:: reta {f}
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| line {n} (geometry: continuous finite segment of such a figure)
|
:: segmento {m}
|
| line {n} (graph theory: edge of a graph)
|
:: aresta {f}, arco {m}
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| line {n} (geography: circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map)
|
:: linha {f}
|
| line {n} (geography: equator)
|
:: equador {m}
|
| line {n} (music: one of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed)
|
:: linha {f}
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| line {n} (long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline)
|
:: fita {f}
|
| line {n} (direction, path)
|
:: caminho {m}
|
| line {n} (telephone or network connection)
|
:: linha {f}
|
| line {n} (exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline)
|
:: contorno {m}
|
| line {n} (threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark)
|
:: linha {f}
|
| line {n} (straight sequence of people, queue)
|
:: fila {f}, linha {f}, fileira {f}
|
| line {n} (series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person)
|
:: linhagem {f}
|
| line {n} (single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.)
|
:: linha {f}
|
| line {n} (sentence of dialogue, especially in a script or screenplay)
|
:: fala {f}
|
| line {n} (population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup)
|
:: linhagem
|
| line {n} (perfusion line)
|
:: linha
|
| line {v} (to place (objects) into a line)
|
:: enfileirar
|
| line {v} (to mark with a line)
|
:: traçar
|
| line {v} (cover the inside surface of (something))
|
:: forrar
|
| lineage {n} (descent)
|
:: linhagem {f}, descendência {f}, estirpe {f}
|
| linear {adj} (having the form of a line)
|
:: linear
|
| linear {adj} (in mathematics, of first-degree polynomial)
|
:: linear
|
| linear algebra {n} (branch of mathematics)
|
:: álgebra linear
|
| linear logic {n}
|
:: lógica linear
|
| linear space {n} (vector space) SEE: vector space
|
::
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| line integral {n} (integral)
|
:: integral de linha {f}
|
| linen {n} (thread or cloth made from flax fiber)
|
:: linho {m}
|
| linen {n} (items)
|
:: roupa {f}
|
| line of credit {n} (financial agreement)
|
:: linha de crédito {f}
|
| line of credit {n} (maximum borrowable amount specified in such an agreement)
|
:: limite (de crédito) {m}
|
| line of sight {n} (A straight line along which an observer has a clear view)
|
:: campo de visão {m}
|
| line segment {n} (part of a line)
|
:: segmento {m}
|
| linesman {n} (soccer: assistant referee)
|
:: bandeirinha {m} {f}
|
| line up {v} (get into a line)
|
:: alinhar-se
|
| -ling {suffix} (Diminutive)
|
:: -inho
|
| Lingala {prop} (Bantu language)
|
:: lingala {m}
|
| linger {v} (to stay or remain in a place or situation)
|
:: ficar, [Brazil] permanecer
|
| lingerie {n} (women's underwear or nightclothes)
|
:: lingerie {f}, camisola [Brazil]
|
| lingo {n} (language peculiar to a particular group or region)
|
:: jargão {m}
|
| lingonberry {n} (shrub)
|
:: arando-vermelho {m}
|
| lingonberry {n} (berry)
|
:: arando-vermelho {m}
|
| lingua franca {n} (common language)
|
:: língua franca {f}
|
| lingual {adj} (related to language) SEE: linguistic
|
::
|
| lingual {adj} (related to the tongue)
|
:: lingual
|
| lingual bone {n} (hyoid bone) SEE: hyoid bone
|
::
|
| linguatulosis {n} (condition caused by the Linguatula serrata)
|
:: linguatulose {f}
|
| linguist {n} (one who studies linguistics)
|
:: linguista {m} {f}
|
| linguist {n} (a person skilled in languages)
|
:: linguista {m} {f}
|
| linguist {n} (a human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces)
|
:: intérprete {m} {f}, tradutor {m}
|
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to language)
|
:: linguístico
|
| linguistic {adj} (of or relating to linguistics)
|
:: linguístico
|
| linguistics {n} (scientific study of language)
|
:: linguística {f}
|
| liniment {n} (topical medical preparation)
|
:: linimento {m}
|
| lining {n} (covering for the inside of something)
|
:: forro {m}, revestimento {m}
|
| link {n} (connection)
|
:: ligação {f}, vínculo {m}
|
| link {n} (element of a chain)
|
:: elo {m}
|
| link {n} (computing: short for hyperlink, see also: hyperlink)
|
:: ligação {f}, link, hiperligação {f}
|
| link {n} (computing: connection between buses or systems)
|
:: ligação {f}
|
| link {v} (connect things)
|
:: ligar, relacionar
|
| link {v} (to contain a hyperlink to another page)
|
:: linkar
|
| linkage {n} (connection or relation between things or ideas) SEE: link
|
::
|
| linkage {n} (in genetics)
|
:: ligamento
|
| Linnaean {adj} (of or relating to Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus)
|
:: lineano, linneano
|
| Linnaean {adj} (of or relating to the binomial nomenclature originated by him)
|
:: lineano, linneano
|
| Linnaeus {prop} (Carl Linnaeus)
|
:: Lineu {m}
|
| linnet {n} (Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa)
|
:: pintarroxo {m}
|
| linseed {n} (seed of the flax plant)
|
:: linhaça {f}
|
| lint {n} (a fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth)
|
:: gaze {f}
|
| lint {n} (fuzzy fluff)
|
:: pelúcia {f}, cotão {m}
|
| lint {n} (fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant)
|
:: cotão {m}
|
| lintel {n} (horizontal structural beam)
|
:: lintel {m}
|
| Linux {prop} (operating system)
|
:: Linux {m}
|
| lion {n} (big cat Panthera leo)
|
:: leão {m}
|
| lion {n} (heraldic charge)
|
:: leão {m}
|
| lion cub {n} (young lion)
|
:: leãozinho {m}
|
| lion dance {n} (Chinese dance)
|
:: dança do leão {f}
|
| Lionel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Leonel
|
| lioness {n} (female lion)
|
:: leoa {f}
|
| lionet {n} (lion cub) SEE: lion cub
|
::
|
| Lionheart {prop} (nickname of Richard I of England)
|
:: Coração de Leão {m}
|
| lion's den {n} (a dangerous or frightening place)
|
:: cova dos leões
|
| lion's share {n} (the majority; a large or generous portion)
|
:: parte do leão {f}
|
| lip {n} (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)
|
:: lábio {m}
|
| Lipari Islands {prop} (group of islands of Italy)
|
:: ilhas Eólias {f-p}, Lipárias {f-p}, Ilhas Líparas {f-p}
|
| lipase {n} (group of enzymes)
|
:: lipase {f}
|
| lip balm {n} (substance topically applied to the lips of the mouth)
|
:: manteiga de cacau {f}
|
| Lipetsk {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Lipetsk {f}
|
| lip gloss {n} (a cosmetic product)
|
:: gloss {m}
|
| lipid {n} (organic compound)
|
:: lípide {m}, lipídio
|
| lipogram {n} (word or writing that does not use a particular symbol or symbols)
|
:: lipograma {m}
|
| lipophilic {adj} (having the quality of dissolving in lipids)
|
:: lipofílico
|
| lipoprotein {n} (complex of protein and lipid)
|
:: lipoproteína
|
| liposoluble {adj} (soluble in lipids)
|
:: lipossolúvel
|
| liposuction {n} (cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction)
|
:: lipoaspiração {f}
|
| lipreading {n} (the act of reading lips)
|
:: leitura labial {f}
|
| lip service {n} (cunnilingus) SEE: cunnilingus
|
::
|
| lip service {n} (Empty talk; words absent of action or intention)
|
:: papo furado [Brazil]
|
| lipstick {n} (make-up for the lips)
|
:: batom {m}
|
| lipstick {n} (stick of this make-up)
|
:: batom {m}
|
| lipstick tree {n} (Bixa orellana) SEE: annatto
|
::
|
| lip sync {n} (synchronization of music with lips)
|
:: playback {m}
|
| lip-sync {v} (to move lips in synchronization with sounds)
|
:: usar playback
|
| lip-syncing {n} (act of lip-sync)
|
:: playback {m}
|
| liquefied petroleum gas {n} (LPG)
|
:: gás liquefeito de petróleo {m}
|
| liquefy {v} (make into a liquid)
|
:: liquefazer
|
| liqueur {n} (a flavored alcoholic beverage)
|
:: licor {m}
|
| liquid {n} (substance that is liquid)
|
:: líquido {m}
|
| liquid {adj} (fluid; not solid and not gaseous)
|
:: líquido
|
| liquid {adj} ((of an asset) easily sold or disposed of)
|
:: líquido
|
| liquid {adj} ((of a market) having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy)
|
:: líquido
|
| liquidate {v} (to kill someone)
|
:: liquidar
|
| liquidator {n} (one who liquidates)
|
:: liquidador {m}
|
| liquidator {n} (worker involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster)
|
:: liquidador {m}
|
| liquidity {n} (state of being liquid)
|
:: liquidez {f}
|
| liquor {n} (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation)
|
:: licor {m}
|
| liquorice {n} (plant) SEE: licorice
|
::
|
| liquorice {n} (confection) SEE: licorice
|
::
|
| liquor store {n} (liquor store, bottle shop)
|
:: loja de bebidas {f}
|
| lira {n} (basic unit of currency in Turkey)
|
:: lira {f}
|
| lira {n} (currency of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, former currency of Italy, etc.)
|
:: lira {f}
|
| Lisbon {prop} (capital of Portugal)
|
:: Lisboa {f}
|
| Lisboner {adj} (from Lisbon)
|
:: lisboense {m} {f}, lisboeta {m} {f}, lisbonense {m} {f}, alfacinha {m} {f} [informal]
|
| Lisboner {n} (someone from Lisbon)
|
:: lisboense {m} {f}, lisboeta {m} {f}, lisbonense {m} {f}, alfacinha {m} {f} [informal]
|
| Lisbonite {n} (Lisboner) SEE: Lisboner
|
::
|
| lisp {n} (The habit or an act of lisping.)
|
:: sigmatismo {m}, ceceio {m}
|
| lisp {v} (to pronounce the sibilant letter ‘s’ imperfectly)
|
:: cecear
|
| lissencephaly {n} (disorder characterized by the lack of folds and grooves of the brain)
|
:: lisencefalia {f}
|
| list {n} (strip of fabric)
|
:: tira {f}
|
| list {n} (enumeration or compilation of items)
|
:: lista {f}, rol
|
| list {n} (computing: codified representation of a list)
|
:: lista {f}
|
| list {v} (to create or recite a list)
|
:: listar
|
| list {v} (to be pleasing to)
|
:: agradar
|
| list box {n} (dropdown list) SEE: dropdown list
|
::
|
| listen {v} (to pay attention to a sound)
|
:: escutar
|
| listen {v} (to expect or wait for a sound)
|
:: escutar
|
| listen {v} (to accept advice or obey instruction)
|
:: ouvir
|
| listen {v} (to hear (something))
|
:: escutar, ouvir
|
| listener {n} (someone who listens)
|
:: ouvinte {m} {f}
|
| listeriosis {n} (disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes)
|
:: listeriose {f}
|
| listless {adj} (Lacking enthusiasm)
|
:: lânguido, apático
|
| lit {adj} (Lighted)
|
:: aceso, iluminado
|
| litany {n} (ritual liturgical prayer)
|
:: litania {f}, ladainha {f}
|
| litany {n} (prolonged or tedious list)
|
:: litania {f}, ladainha {f}
|
| litchi {n} (lychee) SEE: lychee
|
::
|
| liter {n} (cubic decimeter) SEE: litre
|
::
|
| literacy {n} (ability to read and write)
|
:: alfabetização {f}, alfabetismo {m}, letramento {m}, literacia {f}
|
| literal {adj} (exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation)
|
:: literal
|
| literal {adj} (following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties)
|
:: literal
|
| literal {n} (programming: value written in the source code)
|
:: literal {m}, constante {f}
|
| literally {adv} (not metaphorically)
|
:: literalmente
|
| literary {adj} (relating to literature)
|
:: literário
|
| Literary Chinese {prop} (Classical Chinese) SEE: Classical Chinese
|
::
|
| literate {adj} (able to read, having literacy)
|
:: letrado, alfabetizado
|
| literate {adj} (knowledgeable in literature and writing)
|
:: letrado
|
| literature {n} (body of all written works)
|
:: literatura {f}
|
| literature {n} (the collected creative writing of a nation, people, group or culture)
|
:: literatura {f}
|
| literature {n} (all the papers, treatises etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject)
|
:: literatura {f}
|
| literature review {n} (scholarly paper)
|
:: revisão bibliográfica {f}
|
| lithe {adj} (mild, calm)
|
:: calmo, tranquilo
|
| lithium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: lítio {m}
|
| lithium aluminium hydride {n} (chemical compound, LiH)
|
:: hidreto de alumínio e lítio / lítio e alumínio {m}
|
| lithium battery {n} (type of battery)
|
:: bateria de lítio {f}
|
| lithium hydride {n} (chemical compound, LiH)
|
:: hidreto de lítio {m}
|
| lithograph {n} (image produced by lithography)
|
:: litografia {f}
|
| lithograph {v} (to copy of an image through lithography)
|
:: litografar
|
| lithography {n} (printing method)
|
:: litografia {f}
|
| lithopone {n} (pigment)
|
:: litopone {m}
|
| lithosphere {n} (The outer layer of the Earth)
|
:: litosfera {f}
|
| Lithuania {prop} (country)
|
:: Lituânia {f}
|
| Lithuanian {adj} (referring to Lithuania)
|
:: lituano, lituânio, lituânico
|
| Lithuanian {n} (language)
|
:: lituano {m}, lituânio {m}, lituânico {m}
|
| Lithuanian {n} (person from Lithuania)
|
:: lituano {m}, lituânio {m}, lituânico {m}
|
| litigation {n} (conduct of a lawsuit)
|
:: litígio {m}
|
| litmus {n} (dyestuff from lichen)
|
:: tornassol {m}
|
| litmus paper {n}
|
:: papel de tornassol {m}
|
| litotes {n} (rhetoric: stating a point by denying its opposite)
|
:: litotes {f}
|
| litre {n} (unit of fluid measure)
|
:: litro {m}
|
| litter {n} (platform designed to carry a person or a load)
|
:: maca {f}
|
| litter {n} (animals born in one birth)
|
:: ninhada {f}
|
| litter {n} (discarded items)
|
:: lixo {m}
|
| little {adj} (small in size)
|
:: pequeno
|
| little {adj} (Insignificant, trivial)
|
:: menor, pequeno
|
| little {adj} (very young)
|
:: pequenino
|
| little {adj} ((of a sibling) younger)
|
:: mais novo
|
| little {adj} (small in number, few)
|
:: pequeno, pouco
|
| little {adv} (not much)
|
:: pouco
|
| little {determiner} (small amount)
|
:: pouco
|
| little boy {n} (a diminutive male child)
|
:: rapaz {m}
|
| little brother {n} (younger brother) SEE: younger brother
|
::
|
| little by little {adv} (a small amount at a time)
|
:: pouco a pouco, aos poucos
|
| little finger {n} (outermost and smallest finger of the hand)
|
:: dedo mínimo {m}, mínimo {m}, dedo auricular {m}, [Brazil] mindinho {m}
|
| little girl {n} (a female child)
|
:: menininha {f}, garotinha {f}, miúda {f}
|
| little owl {n} (species of owl)
|
:: mocho galego {m}
|
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (a folktale)
|
:: Chapeuzinho Vermelho {m}
|
| Little Red Riding Hood {prop} (the main character in this story)
|
:: Chapeuzinho Vermelho {f}
|
| Little Rock {prop} (the capital of the US state of Arkansas)
|
:: Little Rock {f}
|
| little sister {n} (younger sister) SEE: younger sister
|
::
|
| little stint {n} (Calidris minuta)
|
:: pilrito-pequeno {m}
|
| liturgic {adj} (liturgical) SEE: liturgical
|
::
|
| liturgical {adj} (Pertaining to liturgy)
|
:: litúrgico
|
| liturgically {adv} (in the manner of liturgy)
|
:: liturgicamente
|
| liturgist {n} (person knowledgable about liturgy)
|
:: liturgo {m}, liturga {f}, liturgista {m} {f}
|
| liturgy {n} (a predetermined or prescribed set of rituals)
|
:: liturgia {f}
|
| Liturgy of the Hours {n} ( liturgy for daily use at each of the canonical hours)
|
:: liturgia das horas {f}
|
| live {v} (be alive)
|
:: viver
|
| live {v} (have permanent residence)
|
:: viver, morar
|
| live {v} (survive, persevere, continue)
|
:: sobreviver, perseverar
|
| live {v} (spend (one's life), pass, maintain, continue in)
|
:: viver
|
| live {adj} (having life)
|
:: vivo
|
| live {adj} ((broadcasting) seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
|
:: ao vivo
|
| live {adj} (capable of causing harm)
|
:: ativo
|
| live {adj} (electrically charged)
|
:: carregado
|
| live {adv} (as it happens)
|
:: ao vivo
|
| live and learn {phrase} (exhortation to gain knowledge from lived experiences)
|
:: vivendo e aprendendo
|
| live and let live {v} (be tolerant)
|
:: viver e deixar viver
|
| live by the sword, die by the sword {proverb} (one who uses violence can expect a violent response)
|
:: quem vive pela espada, morre pela espada
|
| liveforever {n} (houseleek) SEE: houseleek
|
::
|
| livelihood {n} (means of supporting oneself)
|
:: ganha-pão {m}, sustento {m}
|
| liveliness {n} (the quality of being lively)
|
:: vitalidade {f}
|
| lively {adj} (full of life)
|
:: vivaz {m} {f}, vibrante, animado {m}, espevitado {m}
|
| live off the land {v} (to sustain a living)
|
:: viver da terra
|
| live on {v} (survive by consuming certain thing)
|
:: viver de
|
| liver {n} (organ of the body)
|
:: fígado {m}
|
| liver {n} (organ as food)
|
:: fígado {m}
|
| livermorium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 116)
|
:: livermório {m}
|
| Liverpool {prop} (Liverpool, England)
|
:: Liverpool {f}
|
| Liverpool {prop} (NY, Canada or Australia)
|
:: Liverpool {f}
|
| liverwort {n} (bryophyte with a leafy stem)
|
:: hepática {f}
|
| livery {n} (distinctive uniform worn by a group)
|
:: libré {f}
|
| livestock {n} (farm animals)
|
:: gado {m}, pecuária
|
| Livia {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Lívia {f}
|
| livid {adj} (pallid) SEE: pallid
|
::
|
| living {adj} (having life)
|
:: vivo, vivente
|
| living {adj} (in use or existing)
|
:: vivo
|
| living dead {n} (undead)
|
:: morto-vivo {m}
|
| living fossil {n} (species believed extinct but later found living)
|
:: fóssil vivo {m}
|
| living room {n} (room in a private house)
|
:: sala de estar {f}
|
| living standard {n} (standard of living) SEE: standard of living
|
::
|
| living will {n} (document giving durable power of attorney to a surrogate decision-maker for healthcare purposes)
|
:: testamento vital {m}
|
| Livonia {prop} (historical region)
|
:: Livónia {f} [Portugal], Livônia {f} [Portugal]
|
| Livonian {prop} (language)
|
:: livónio [Portugal], livônio [Brazil]
|
| Livonian {adj} (pertaining to Livonia or Livonians)
|
:: livónio [Portugal], livônio [Brazil]
|
| Livornian {adj} (of or from Livorno)
|
:: livornês, liornês
|
| Livornian {n} (someone from Livorno)
|
:: livornês {m}, livornesa {f}, liornês {m}, liornesa {f}
|
| Livorno {prop} (province of Italy)
|
:: Livorno {f}
|
| Livorno {prop} (city in Italy)
|
:: Livorno {f}, [dated] Liorne {f}
|
| lizard {n} (reptile)
|
:: lagarto {m}
|
| lizard {n} (coward) SEE: coward
|
::
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| Ljubljana {prop} (Capital city of Slovenia)
|
:: Liubliana {f}
|
| llama {n} (South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama)
|
:: lhama {f} [Brazil], lama {m} [Portugal]
|
| LLC {n} (Limited Liability Company)
|
:: Ltda.
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| Lüneburg {prop} (city in Lower Saxony)
|
:: Luneburgo, Lüneburg
|
| lo {interj} (look, see, behold)
|
:: ó, contemplai
|
| loach {n} (fish of the family Cobitidae)
|
:: cadozete {m}
|
| load {n} (burden)
|
:: fardo {m}, carga {f}
|
| load {n} (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time)
|
:: carregamento {m}, carga {f}
|
| load {n} (a large number or amount)
|
:: monte {m}
|
| load {v} (to put a load on or in)
|
:: carregar
|
| load {v} (to fill with munition)
|
:: carregar
|
| load {v} (to read into memory)
|
:: carregar
|
| loaded {adj} ((gaming, of dice, also used figuratively) biased)
|
:: viciado
|
| loading screen {n} (computing: a graphical display shown while a program loads)
|
:: [Brazil] tela de carregamento {f}, [Portugal] ecrã de carregamento {m}
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| loaf {n} (block of bread)
|
:: pão {m}
|
| loaf {v} (do nothing)
|
:: vadiar
|
| loafer {n} (idle person)
|
:: folgado {m}, vadio {m}
|
| loafer {n} (footwear)
|
:: sapatilha {f}
|
| loam {n} (type of soil)
|
:: solo franco {m}
|
| loan {n} (borrowed sum of money or other property)
|
:: empréstimo {m}
|
| loan {n} (contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan)
|
:: empréstimo {m}
|
| loan {v} (to lend)
|
:: emprestar
|
| lo and behold {interj} (used to express surprise)
|
:: veja só
|
| loan shark {n} (money lender; usurer)
|
:: agiota {m} {f}
|
| loan translation {n} (calque) SEE: calque
|
::
|
| loanword {n} (word taken from another language)
|
:: estrangeirismo {m}, empréstimo {m}
|
| loath {adj} (angry, hostile) SEE: angry
|
::
|
| loath {adj} (loathsome, unpleasant) SEE: loathsome
|
::
|
| loathe {v} (to detest, hate, revile)
|
:: detestar
|
| loathing {n} (sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike)
|
:: ódio {m}, abominação {f}
|
| loathsome {adj} (highly offensive; abominable, sickening)
|
:: repugnante, abominável, asqueroso, desprezível, detestável
|
| lob {n} (lump) SEE: lump
|
::
|
| lobby {n} (entryway or waiting area; vestibule)
|
:: saguão {m}, vestíbulo {m}, átrio {m}
|
| lobby {n} (group of people who try to lobby)
|
:: lobby {m}, lóbi {m}
|
| lobby {v} (To attempt to influence)
|
:: fazer lobby
|
| lobby group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group
|
::
|
| lobbyist {n} (A person paid to influence politicians)
|
:: lobista
|
| lobe {n} (division of the brain)
|
:: lobo {m}
|
| lobotomization {n}
|
:: lobotomização {f}
|
| lobotomize {v}
|
:: lobotomizar
|
| lobotomy {n} (surgical operation)
|
:: lobotomia
|
| lobster {n} (crustacean)
|
:: lagosta {f}
|
| lobsterer {n} (someone who catches lobsters)
|
:: lagosteiro {m}
|
| lobular {adj} (Of or relating to a lobule)
|
:: lobular
|
| local {adj} (of a nearby location)
|
:: local
|
| local {adj} (computing: having limited scope)
|
:: local
|
| local {adj} (math: applying to a limited space)
|
:: local
|
| local {adj} (medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism)
|
:: local
|
| local {n} (a person who lives near a given place)
|
:: habitante local, morador local
|
| local anesthetic {n} (substance)
|
:: anestesia local {f}
|
| local area network {n} (network)
|
:: rede local {f}, LAN {f}, rede de área local {f}
|
| locality {n} (neighbourhood)
|
:: localidade {f}
|
| localization {n} (act of localizing)
|
:: localização {f}
|
| localization {n} (software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region)
|
:: localização {f}
|
| localization {n} (state of being localized)
|
:: localização {f}
|
| localize {v} (make local)
|
:: localizar
|
| localize {v} (to adapt a product for use in a particular country or region)
|
:: localizar
|
| locally {adv} (with respect to place)
|
:: localmente
|
| locate {v} (to place; to set in a particular spot or position)
|
:: localizar
|
| locate {v} (designate the site or place of)
|
:: localizar
|
| location {n} (place)
|
:: localização {f}, posição
|
| locative {n} (locative case) SEE: locative case
|
::
|
| locative case {n} (case used to indicate place, or the place where)
|
:: caso locativo {m}, locativo {m}
|
| lochia {n} (post-partum vaginal discharge)
|
:: lóquios {m-p}
|
| Loch Ness {prop} (lake in the Great Glen of Scotland)
|
:: Lago Ness {m}
|
| lock {n} (something used for fastening)
|
:: fechadura {f}, cadeado {m}
|
| lock {n} (segment of a canal)
|
:: eclusa {f}
|
| lock {n} (firing mechanism of a gun)
|
:: trava {f}
|
| lock {v} (to fasten with a lock)
|
:: trancar
|
| lock {n} (length of hair)
|
:: cacho {m}, mecha {f}
|
| lockdown {n} (confinement of people as a security measure)
|
:: confinamento, bloqueio total
|
| locked {adj} (that has been locked (with a key))
|
:: trancado
|
| locked-in syndrome {n}
|
:: síndrome do encarceramento {f}
|
| locker {n} (storage compartment)
|
:: armário, cacifo {m}
|
| locker room {n} (locker room) SEE: changing room
|
::
|
| locket {n} (chained ornament)
|
:: medalhão {m}
|
| lockjaw {n} (disease)
|
:: trismo {m}
|
| lockout {n} (opposite of a strike)
|
:: locaute {m}
|
| locksmith {n} (one who practices locksmithing)
|
:: chaveiro {m}
|
| lock up {v} (to imprison or incarcerate someone)
|
:: prender
|
| lock up {v} (of a computer: to cease responding)
|
:: travar
|
| lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| locomotion {n} (ability to move)
|
:: locomoção {f}
|
| locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails)
|
:: locomotiva {f}
|
| locomotive {adj} (relating to locomotion)
|
:: locomotor
|
| locust {n} (type of grasshopper)
|
:: gafanhoto {m}
|
| Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris
|
::
|
| lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn
|
::
|
| lodge {n} (local chapter of freemasons)
|
:: loja {f}
|
| lodge {v} (to supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time)
|
:: acolher
|
| lodge {v} (to flatten to the ground)
|
:: acamar
|
| lodging {n} (place to live or lodge)
|
:: alojamento {m}
|
| Lodz {prop} (city in Poland)
|
:: Lodz {f}
|
| loess {n} (sediment of eolian origin)
|
:: loess {m}, loesse {m}
|
| loft {n} (an attic or similar space)
|
:: sótão {m}
|
| loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance
|
::
|
| lofty {adj} (high, having great height or stature)
|
:: majestoso {m}
|
| lofty {adj} (idealistic)
|
:: ambicioso {m}
|
| log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches)
|
:: tora {f}
|
| log {n} (bulky piece of timber)
|
:: tora {f}, cepo {m}
|
| log {n} (nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel)
|
:: barquilha {f}, barquinha {f}
|
| log {v} (to cut down trees)
|
:: cortar
|
| log {v} (make an entry in a log)
|
:: lançar
|
| log {n} (very dumb person) SEE: blockhead
|
::
|
| log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook
|
::
|
| log {n} (rolled cake) SEE: Swiss roll
|
::
|
| loganberry {n} (raspberry-blackberry hybrid berry)
|
:: loganberry {f}
|
| logarithm {n} (The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number)
|
:: logaritmo {m}
|
| logbook {n} (nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded)
|
:: diário de bordo {m}
|
| loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall
|
::
|
| loge {n} (booth) SEE: booth
|
::
|
| loggerhead turtle {n} (Caretta caretta)
|
:: tartaruga-cabeçuda {f}
|
| loggia {n} (a roofed, open gallery)
|
:: lógia {f}
|
| logic {n} (method of human thought)
|
:: lógica {f}
|
| logic {n} (mathematical study)
|
:: lógica {f}
|
| logic {n} (formal or informal language)
|
:: lógica {f}
|
| logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness)
|
:: lógica {f}
|
| logic {n} (part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations)
|
:: lógica {f}
|
| -logic {suffix} (-logical) SEE: -logical
|
::
|
| logical {adj} (in agreement with the principles of logic)
|
:: lógico
|
| logical {adj} (reasonable)
|
:: lógico
|
| logical {adj} (of or pertaining to logic)
|
:: lógico
|
| -logical {suffix} (used to form adjectival forms of nouns)
|
:: -lógico
|
| logically {adv} (in a logical manner)
|
:: logicamente
|
| logician {n} (person who studies or teaches logic)
|
:: lógico {m}
|
| log in {v} (gain access to a computer system)
|
:: fazer/realizar (o) login, entrar, fazer login, realizar login, logar [slang], autenticar, iniciar sessão, autenticar-se
|
| login {n} (user's identification)
|
:: login {m}
|
| login {n} (logging in)
|
:: login {m}
|
| -logist {suffix} (person who studies or is an expert in the related -logy)
|
:: -logista {m} {f}, -logo {m}
|
| logistic {adj} (relating to logistics)
|
:: logístico
|
| logistics {n} (planning and implementing the flow of goods and services)
|
:: logística {f}
|
| logistics {n} (military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation)
|
:: logística {f}
|
| logo {n} (visual symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity)
|
:: logo {m}, logotipo {m}
|
| log off {v} (log out) SEE: log out
|
::
|
| logogriph {n} (word puzzle with clues in verse)
|
:: logogrifo {m}
|
| log on {v} (log in) SEE: log in
|
::
|
| logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable speaking due to a mental disorder)
|
:: logomania {f}
|
| logorrhea {n} (excessive use of words in writing) SEE: prolixity
|
::
|
| Logos {prop} (rational principle in Ancient Greek philosophy)
|
:: Logos {m}
|
| Logos {prop} ((Christianity) the Word of God)
|
:: Logos {m}
|
| Logos {prop} ((Christianity) the word of God as incarnate)
|
:: Logos {m}
|
| logotype {n} (symbol used by organization, logo)
|
:: logotipo {m}, logo {m}
|
| logotype {n} (single type two letters, a ligature)
|
:: ligatura {f}
|
| log out {v} (to exit an account in a computing system)
|
:: deslogar, sair
|
| Logroño {prop} (capital city of La Rioja, Spain)
|
:: Logroño {m}, Logronho {m}
|
| logwood {n} (Haematoxylum campechianum)
|
:: campeche {m}
|
| -logy {suffix} (branch of learning)
|
:: -logia {f}
|
| loin {n} (part of the body)
|
:: lombo {m}
|
| loin {n} (cut of meat)
|
:: lombo {m}
|
| loincloth {n} (garment)
|
:: tanga {f}
|
| loins {n} (plural form of loin) SEE: loin
|
::
|
| Loire {prop} (river)
|
:: Loire {m}, Líger {m}
|
| loiter {v} (to stand about without any aim or purpose)
|
:: vadiar
|
| loitering {n} (The action of the verb loiter)
|
:: vadiagem {f}
|
| Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan)
|
:: Lojban {m}
|
| lokun {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor
|
::
|
| lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL
|
::
|
| LOL {interj} (expression of laughter)
|
:: rs, kkk
|
| Lolland {prop} (Danish island)
|
:: Lolland {f}
|
| Lollardism {n} (the doctrines or principles of the Lollards)
|
:: lollardismo {m}, lolardismo {m}
|
| Lollardy {n} (Lollardism) SEE: Lollardism
|
::
|
| lollipop {n} (confectionery on a stick)
|
:: pirulito {m}
|
| lolly {n} (money) SEE: money
|
::
|
| lolly {n} (confection) SEE: confection
|
::
|
| lolly {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop
|
::
|
| lolly ice {n} (frozen juice)
|
:: picolé
|
| Lolol {prop} (city in Chile)
|
:: Lolol {m}
|
| Lomé {prop} (capital of Togo)
|
:: Lomé {f}
|
| Lombard {n} (member of a Germanic people)
|
:: lombardo {m}, langobardo {m}, longobardo {m}
|
| Lombard {n} (native of Lombardy)
|
:: lombardo {m}
|
| Lombard {prop} (language of Lombardy)
|
:: lombardo {m}
|
| Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker
|
::
|
| Lombardy {prop} (region in northern Italy)
|
:: Lombardia {f}
|
| London {prop} (in the United Kingdom)
|
:: Londres {f}
|
| London {prop} (in Canada)
|
:: London
|
| London {prop} (of, from or pertaining to London in the UK)
|
:: londrino {m}, de Londres
|
| Londoner {n} (person from or inhabitant of London)
|
:: londrino {m}, londrina {f}
|
| Londonian {n} (Londoner) SEE: Londoner
|
::
|
| London Underground {prop} (the London underground)
|
:: o metropolitano de Londres {m}
|
| lone {adj} (having no companion)
|
:: só
|
| loneliness {n} (condition of being lonely)
|
:: solidão {f}
|
| lonely {adj} (of person: unhappy by feeling isolated)
|
:: solitário
|
| lonely {adj} (of place: desolate)
|
:: isolado
|
| lonely {adj} (solitary) SEE: solitary
|
::
|
| loner {n} (one who lacks or avoids company)
|
:: solitário, bicho do mato
|
| lonesome {adj} (unhappy due to being alone)
|
:: solitário
|
| lone wolf {n} (criminal who acts alone)
|
:: rato solitário {m}, ratos solitários {m-p}
|
| long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another)
|
:: longo, comprido
|
| long {adj} (having great duration)
|
:: comprido, longo
|
| long {adv} (over a great distance)
|
:: longe
|
| long {adv} (particular duration)
|
:: how long: quanto tempo
|
| long {adv} (long duration)
|
:: por muito/bastante tempo, to take long: demorar
|
| long {v} (to wait, to aspire)
|
:: ansiar, suspirar
|
| long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall
|
::
|
| long absent, soon forgotten {proverb} (love fades away when people are distant)
|
:: o que os olhos não veem, o coração não sente
|
| long ago {adv} (at a time in the distant past)
|
:: há muito tempo (atrás)
|
| longan {n} (tree)
|
:: longana {f}
|
| longan {n} (fruit)
|
:: longana {f}, longan {m}
|
| long-billed dowitcher {n} (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
|
:: maçarico-escolopáceo-americano
|
| longbow {n} (large bow)
|
:: arco longo {m}
|
| long-eared owl {n} (Asio otus)
|
:: mocho-pequeno {m}
|
| longevity {n} (the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life)
|
:: longevidade {f}
|
| long for {v} (to have desire for; to yearn)
|
:: desejar, ansiar, almejar
|
| long for {v} (to miss)
|
:: sentir saudade, ter saudade, estar com saudade, sentir falta
|
| longhouse {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse
|
::
|
| longing {n} (melancholic desire)
|
:: saudade for something absent only
|
| longitude {n} (angular distance)
|
:: longitude {f}
|
| longitude {n} (imaginary line through North Pole and South Pole)
|
:: longitude {f}
|
| longitudinal wave {n} (type of wave)
|
:: onda longitudinal {f}
|
| long johns {n} (full-length undergarments)
|
:: ceroulas {f-p}, calção {m}
|
| long johns {n} (garment for bottom half of the body)
|
:: ceroulas
|
| long-legged {adj} (having long legs)
|
:: pernilongo {m}
|
| long-legged buzzard {n} (Buteo rufinus)
|
:: bútio-rabo-canela {m}
|
| long live {v} (prosper)
|
:: viva, longa vida a, vida longa a
|
| long-lived {adj} (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time)
|
:: duradouro {m}, longevo
|
| longneck {n} (beer bottle with a long neck)
|
:: (garrafa) long neck {f}
|
| long pepper {n} (Piper longum, or its fruit)
|
:: pimenta longa {f}
|
| long scale {n}
|
:: escala longa {f}
|
| longship {n} (type of Viking vessel)
|
:: dracar {m}
|
| longshoreman {n} (man employed to load and unload ships)
|
:: estivador {m}
|
| long since {adv} (long ago) SEE: long ago
|
::
|
| longstanding {adj} (longstanding) SEE: long-standing
|
::
|
| long-standing {adj} (having existed for a long time)
|
:: de longa data
|
| long story short {adv} (Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story)
|
:: trocando em miúdos
|
| longsword {n} (a kind of sword)
|
:: montante {f}
|
| long-term {adj} (extending over a relatively long time period)
|
:: duradouro, a longo prazo
|
| long time {interj} (used as part of greeting of two people who have not been in contact for a long time)
|
:: há quanto tempo
|
| long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I (or we) have not seen you for a long time)
|
:: há quanto tempo
|
| long-toed stint {n} (Calidris subminuta)
|
:: pilrito-de-dedos-compridos {m}
|
| long ways, long lies {proverb} (Proverb)
|
:: de longas vias, longas mentiras
|
| long weekend {n} (weekend extended by one or more days off)
|
:: ponte {f}
|
| long-winded {adj} (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose)
|
:: prolixo
|
| Longyearbyen {prop} (settlement)
|
:: Longyearbyen {f}
|
| loo {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| look {v} (to try to see)
|
:: olhar
|
| look {v} (to appear, to seem)
|
:: parecer
|
| look {v} (give an appearance of being)
|
:: procurar
|
| look {v} (to face)
|
:: resguardar
|
| look {v} (to expect)
|
:: esperar
|
| look {n} (action of looking)
|
:: olhada {f}
|
| look {n} (physical appearance)
|
:: aspecto {m}
|
| look {n} (facial expression)
|
:: olhar {m}
|
| look after {v} (to watch, to protect)
|
:: cuidar
|
| lookalike {n} (person physically resembling another person)
|
:: sósia {m} {f}
|
| look at {v} (to observe or watch)
|
:: observar, ver
|
| look at {v} (to study visually)
|
:: ver
|
| look at {v} (to consider)
|
:: ver
|
| look before you leap {proverb} (think before taking action)
|
:: olhar antes de saltar
|
| look down on {v} (to regard or treat as inferior)
|
:: menosprezar
|
| look for {v} (search; seek)
|
:: pesquisar, procurar
|
| look forward to {v} (anticipate, expect, or wait for)
|
:: ansiar
|
| looking-glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror
|
::
|
| look like {v} (seem, appear)
|
:: parecer
|
| look like {v} (be similar in appearance, resemble)
|
:: parecer
|
| lookout {n} (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
|
:: ponto de vigia {m}, posto de vigia {m}
|
| lookout {n} (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
|
:: vigia {m} {f}, sentinela {m} {f}
|
| look the part {v} (appear suitable for a particular kind of work)
|
:: parecer estar à altura
|
| look up {v} (to obtain information about something from a text source)
|
:: buscar, pesquisar, consultar
|
| look up to {v} (To show respect for)
|
:: admirar, respeitar
|
| loom {n} (weaving frame)
|
:: tear {m}
|
| loom {n} (bird of order Gaviiformes) SEE: loon
|
::
|
| loon {n} (a crazy person)
|
:: doido {m}, louco {m}, maluco {m}
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| loon {n} (bird of order Gaviiformes)
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:: mobelha {f}, mergulhão {m}
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| loony {adj} (very silly) SEE: silly
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::
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| loop {n} (length of thread, line or rope)
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:: laço {m}
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| loop {n} (shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself)
|
:: laço {m}
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| loop {n} (endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition)
|
:: fita {f}
|
| loop {n} (complete circuit for an electric current)
|
:: circuito {m}
|
| loop {n} (programmed sequence of instructions)
|
:: ciclo {m}, laço {m}, loop {m}
|
| loop {n} (aircraft maneuver)
|
:: looping {m}, loop {m}
|
| loop {n}
|
:: circuito {m}
|
| loop {n} (ring road) SEE: ring road
|
::
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| looper {n} (measuring worm) SEE: measuring worm
|
::
|
| loophole {n} (slit in a castle wall)
|
:: seteira {f}
|
| loophole {n} (method of escape)
|
:: brecha
|
| loo roll {n} (toilet roll) SEE: toilet roll
|
::
|
| loose {v} (to let loose)
|
:: soltar, liberar, libertar
|
| loose {v} (to unfasten)
|
:: desamarrar
|
| loose {v} (to make less tight)
|
:: afrouxar
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| loose {v} (to let go)
|
:: soltar
|
| loose {v} (archery: to shoot)
|
:: atirar
|
| loose {adj} (not fixed tightly)
|
:: frouxo {m}, solto {m}
|
| loose {adj} (not packaged)
|
:: desembalado {m}
|
| loose {adj} (not fitting tightly)
|
:: frouxo {m}, largo {m}
|
| loose {adj} (not compact)
|
:: solto {m}
|
| loose {adj} (relaxed)
|
:: relaxado
|
| loose {adj} (indiscreet)
|
:: indiscreto
|
| loose {adj} (promiscuous)
|
:: promíscuo
|
| loose {adj} (not leashed) SEE: unleashed
|
::
|
| loose change {n} (coins kept in one's pocket or bag)
|
:: trocado {m}
|
| loose change {n} (small sum of money)
|
:: trocado {m}
|
| loose connection {n} (imperfect connection in electric wiring)
|
:: mau contacto {m}
|
| loose end {n} (a small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved)
|
:: ponta solta {f}
|
| loosen {v} (to make less tight)
|
:: afrouxar
|
| loot {n} (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband)
|
:: roubo {m}, saque {m}
|
| loot {n} (money)
|
:: moedas {p}
|
| loot {v} (to steal from)
|
:: saquear, pilhar
|
| lopsided {adj} (not balanced)
|
:: torto, desigual
|
| loquacious {adj} (talkative, chatty)
|
:: loquaz
|
| loquacity {n} (talkativeness)
|
:: loquacidade {f}
|
| loquat {n} (fruit)
|
:: nêspera
|
| loquat {n} (tree)
|
:: nespereira {f}
|
| lord {n} (master of a household)
|
:: castelão
|
| lord {n} (property owner)
|
:: senhor {m}
|
| lord {n} (ruler, one having mastery over others)
|
:: senhor {m}
|
| lord {n} (aristocrat)
|
:: senhor {m}, lorde {m}
|
| lord {n} (titled nobleman)
|
:: senhor {m}, lorde {m}
|
| Lord {prop} (God)
|
:: Senhor {m}
|
| Lord {prop} (Jesus)
|
:: Senhor {m}
|
| Lord {n} (British aristocratic title)
|
:: lorde {m}
|
| lordosis {n} (excessive backwards curvature of the spine)
|
:: lordose {f}
|
| lordotic {adj} (relating to or afflicted with lordosis)
|
:: lordótico
|
| lordship {n} (title)
|
:: o Senhor {m}
|
| lordship {n} (seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord)
|
:: domínio {m}
|
| Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples)
|
:: Pai Nosso {m}
|
| Lord's Supper {prop} (Eucharist) SEE: Eucharist
|
::
|
| Lord's Supper {prop} (Last Supper) SEE: Last Supper
|
::
|
| Lorentz transformation {n} (mathematics)
|
:: transformação de Lorentz {f}
|
| Lorraine {prop} (region west of Alsace)
|
:: Lorena {f}
|
| lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck
|
::
|
| lorry driver {n} (person employed to drive a truck) SEE: truck driver
|
::
|
| Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California)
|
:: Los Angeles {f}
|
| lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability)
|
:: perder
|
| lose {v} ((transitive) fail to win)
|
:: perder
|
| lose {v} (shed (weight))
|
:: perder, emagrecer
|
| lose {v} (have (somebody of one's kin) die)
|
:: perder
|
| lose {v} (be unable to follow or trace (somebody or something) any longer)
|
:: perder de vista
|
| lose {v} (fail to be the winner)
|
:: perder
|
| lose count {v} (to forget the number of times that something has happened)
|
:: perder a conta
|
| lose face {v} (lose respect of others)
|
:: perder o respeito
|
| lose one's balance {v} (unsteady) SEE: unsteady
|
::
|
| lose one's head {v} (behave irrationally or lose self-control)
|
:: perder a cabeça
|
| lose one's life {v} (to die)
|
:: perder a vida
|
| lose one's mind {v} (to become insane)
|
:: perder a razão
|
| lose one's temper {v} (to be explosively angry)
|
:: perder as estribeiras
|
| lose one's way {v} (get lost) SEE: get lost
|
::
|
| loser {n} (person who fails to win)
|
:: perdedor {m}
|
| loser {n} (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life)
|
:: perdedor {m}, fracassado {m}
|
| loser {n} (contemptible or unfashionable person)
|
:: perdedor {m}
|
| lose weight {v} (to become less heavy or obese)
|
:: perder peso, emagrecer, adelgaçar, emagrar
|
| loss {n} (the result of no longer possessing something)
|
:: perda {f}
|
| loss {n} (defeat, see also: defeat)
|
:: perda {f}
|
| loss {n} (grief caused by losing someone or something)
|
:: pesar {m}
|
| loss {n} (financial: the sum lost on balance)
|
:: perda {f}
|
| loss {n}
|
:: perda {f}
|
| loss leader {n} (item sold at or below cost to stimulate sales)
|
:: produto de engodo, chamariz, produto chamariz
|
| lost {adj} (unable to find one's way)
|
:: perdido
|
| lost {adj} (in an unknown location)
|
:: perdido, extraviado
|
| lost and found {n} (department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners)
|
:: perdido e achado {m}, perdidos e achados {m-p}
|
| lostness {n} (quality of being lost)
|
:: perdição {f}
|
| lost property {n} (lost and found) SEE: lost and found
|
::
|
| lost soul {n} (a soul or person destined to go to hell)
|
:: alma perdida {f}
|
| lost soul {n} (a person lacking direction or motivation in life)
|
:: alma perdida {f}
|
| lot {n} (separate portion; number of things taken collectively)
|
:: quantidade
|
| lot {n} (informal: a number of people taken collectively)
|
:: bando {m}
|
| lot {n} (distinct portion or plot of land)
|
:: lote
|
| lot {n} (large quantity or number) SEE: a lot
|
::
|
| Lot {prop} (nephew of Abraham)
|
:: Ló {m}, Lot {m}
|
| lotion {n} (ointment that one rubs on the skin)
|
:: loção {f}
|
| lots {n} (lots) SEE: a lot
|
::
|
| lottery {n} (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance)
|
:: lotaria {f} [Portugal], loteria {f} [Brazil]
|
| lottery ticket {n} (slip of paper drawn in a lottery)
|
:: bilhete de loteria {m}
|
| lotto {n} (lottery)
|
:: loto {f}, loteria {f}
|
| lotus {n} (Nymphaea) SEE: water lily
|
::
|
| lotus {n} (plant of the genus Nelumbo)
|
:: lótus {m}, flor de lótus {f}
|
| lotus eater {n}
|
:: lotófago {m}
|
| loud {adj} (of a sound)
|
:: alto
|
| loud {adj} (noisy)
|
:: barulhento
|
| loud {adj} (of a colour, clothing, etc.)
|
:: berrante
|
| loud and clear {adv} (in a clear and easily understandable manner)
|
:: alto e claro
|
| loudly {adv} (in a loud manner)
|
:: alto
|
| loudspeaker {n} (transducer)
|
:: alto-falante {m}, altifalante {m}, coluna {f}
|
| Lou Gehrig's disease {n} (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) SEE: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
|
::
|
| Louis {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Luís, Luiz
|
| Louisa {prop} (female given name) SEE: Louise
|
::
|
| louis d'or {n} (any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII)
|
:: luís de ouro {m}
|
| Louise {prop} (feminine form of Louis)
|
:: Luísa {f}
|
| Louisiana {prop} (US state)
|
:: Luisiana {f} {m}, Louisiana {f} {m}
|
| lounge {n} (waiting room)
|
:: sala de espera {f}
|
| lounge {n} (living room)
|
:: sala de estar {f}
|
| lounger {n} (chair)
|
:: espreguiçadeira {f}
|
| loupe {n} (magnifying glass often used by jewellers and watchmakers)
|
:: lupa
|
| louse {n} (insect)
|
:: piolho {m}
|
| louse {n} (worthless person)
|
:: piolho {m}, sem-vergonha {m} {f}, canalha {m} {f}
|
| lousy {adj} (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded)
|
:: péssimo {m}, horrível
|
| lousy {adj} (Infested with lice)
|
:: piolhoso, piolhento
|
| lout {n} (troublemaker)
|
:: brutamontes {m} {f}
|
| lout {n} (a rude violent man)
|
:: grosso {m}
|
| Louvain {prop} (Belgian city)
|
:: Lovaina
|
| louver {n} (a ventilating turret or lantern)
|
:: lanternim {m}
|
| louver {n} (a slatted opening in a wall, door or window)
|
:: persiana {f}, veneziana {f}
|
| louver {n} (a system of slits for ventilation)
|
:: grelha {f}
|
| Louvre {prop} (an art museum in France)
|
:: Louvre {m}
|
| lovable {adj} (inspiring love)
|
:: amável
|
| lovableness {n} (property that makes someone or something lovable)
|
:: amabilidade {f}
|
| lovage {n} (a Mediterranean herb)
|
:: levístico {m}
|
| love {n} (zero)
|
:: zero
|
| love {n} (strong affection)
|
:: amor {m}
|
| love {n} (object of one's romantic feelings; darling or sweetheart)
|
:: amor {m}
|
| love {n} (closing of a letter)
|
:: com amor
|
| love {n}
|
:: amor {m}
|
| love {v} (have a strong affection for)
|
:: amar [usually implying romantic love or the love between close relatives; when referring to things (as in “I love pizza”, “eu amo pizza”), it indicates a stronger liking than that expressed by adorar], adorar [does not imply romantic love]
|
| love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing)
|
:: adorar, amar
|
| love {v} (care about; will good for)
|
:: amar
|
| love {v} ((euphemistic): to have sex with)
|
:: amar, fazer amor
|
| love affair {n} (adulterous relationship)
|
:: caso {m}
|
| love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction)
|
:: amor à primeira vista {m}
|
| lovebird {n} (a parrot of the genus Agapornis)
|
:: agapórnis {m}, inseparável {m}
|
| lovebird {n} (an affectionate couple (or a person thereof))
|
:: pombinhos {m-p}
|
| love bite {n} (swelling on the skin)
|
:: chupão
|
| love child {n} (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents)
|
:: ilegítimo {m}
|
| loved {adj} (Being the object of love)
|
:: amado
|
| loved one {n} (very close friend or family member)
|
:: ente querido {m}
|
| love handle {n} (protruding area of fat on the side of the body)
|
:: pneu {m}
|
| love hotel {n} (short-stay hotel for sex)
|
:: motel {m}
|
| love-in-a-mist {n} (Nigella damascena)
|
:: barba-de-velho {f}, dama-entre-verdes {f}
|
| love interest {n} (romantic relationship) SEE: romance
|
::
|
| love is blind {proverb} (proverb)
|
:: o amor é cego
|
| loveless {adj} (without love)
|
:: sem amor, desamoroso
|
| love letter {n} (letter about the author's love)
|
:: carta amorosa {f}
|
| lovely {adj} (Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.)
|
:: adorável, amável, querido
|
| lovely {adj} (very nice, wonderful)
|
:: adorável, amável, querido
|
| lover {n} (one who loves another person)
|
:: amante {m} {f}
|
| lover {n} (sexual partner)
|
:: amante {m} {f}
|
| lover {n} (person who loves something)
|
:: amante {m} {f}
|
| love rat {n} (adulterer) SEE: adulterer
|
::
|
| love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third)
|
:: triângulo amoroso {m}
|
| loving {adj} (expressing a large amount of love)
|
:: amoroso
|
| lovingly {adv} (in a loving manner)
|
:: amorosamente
|
| low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground)
|
:: baixo
|
| low {adj} (small in height)
|
:: baixo
|
| low {adj} (despicable)
|
:: baixo, vil
|
| low {adv} (close to the ground)
|
:: baixo
|
| low {adv} (with a low voice or sound)
|
:: baixo
|
| low {n} (flame) SEE: flame
|
::
|
| low {v} (moo) SEE: moo
|
::
|
| lowdown {n} (the whole truth)
|
:: revelação
|
| lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail)
|
:: abaixar, descer, baixar
|
| lower {v} (reduce the height of, as a fence or chimney)
|
:: rebaixar, baixar
|
| lower {v} (depress as to direction, as a gun)
|
:: abaixar
|
| lower {v} (make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes)
|
:: diminuir
|
| lower {v} (reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of, as temperature)
|
:: diminuir, abaixar, baixar
|
| lower {v} (reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.)
|
:: diminuir, reduzir
|
| lower {v} (intransitive: to decrease in value)
|
:: baratear
|
| lower arm {n} (section of an arm) SEE: forearm
|
::
|
| Lower Austria {prop} (the northeasternmost state of Austria)
|
:: Baixa Áustria
|
| lower case {n} (lower case / lowercase (as a collective noun) or lower case letters (in the plural))
|
:: minúscules {f-p}
|
| lower chamber {n} (lower house) SEE: lower house
|
::
|
| Lower Egypt {prop} (Northern Egypt)
|
:: Baixo Egito {m}
|
| lower house {n} (part of a parliament)
|
:: câmara baixa {f}
|
| lower lip {n}
|
:: lábio inferior {m}
|
| Lower Saxony {prop} (state)
|
:: Baixa Saxónia {f} [Portugal], Baixa Saxônia {f} [Brazil]
|
| lowest common denominator {n} (smallest multiple of several denominators)
|
:: mínimo denominador comum {m}
|
| Low German {n} (West Germanic language)
|
:: baixo alemão {m}
|
| lowland {n} (area which is lower than surroundings)
|
:: baixada {f}
|
| low-pitched {adj} (having a low pitch)
|
:: grave
|
| low-resolution {adj} (having a low resolution)
|
:: de baixa resolução
|
| Low Saxon {prop} (language or language group)
|
:: baixo saxão
|
| Low Saxon {prop} (language) SEE: Low German
|
::
|
| low tide {n} (the tide at its lowest level)
|
:: maré baixa {f}, baixa-mar {f}, vazante {f}
|
| low tide {n} (the time of day when the sea has recded to its lowest level)
|
:: maré baixa {f}, baixa-mar {f}
|
| loxodrome {n} (A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle) SEE: rhumb line
|
::
|
| loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution)
|
:: leal {m} {f}, fiel {m} {f}
|
| loyally {adv} (in a loyal manner)
|
:: lealmente
|
| loyalness {n} (loyalty) SEE: loyalty
|
::
|
| loyalty {n} (the state of being loyal; fidelity)
|
:: lealdade {f}
|
| loyalty {n} (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation)
|
:: lealdade {f}
|
| lozenge {n} (rhombus)
|
:: losango {m}, rombo {m}
|
| lozenge {n} (medicated sweet)
|
:: pastilha {f}
|
| LTS {n}
|
:: LTS {m}, suporte de longo prazo {m}, suporte a longo prazo {m}
|
| Lua {prop} (a programming language (transliterations))
|
:: Lua {f}
|
| Luanda {prop} (capital city of Angola)
|
:: Luanda {f}
|
| Luang Prabang {prop} (city)
|
:: Luang Prabang
|
| luau {n} (elaborate Hawaiian feast)
|
:: luau {m}
|
| lubber {n} (inexperienced sailor) SEE: landlubber
|
::
|
| lube {n} (lubricant) SEE: lubricant
|
::
|
| lube {v} (lubricate) SEE: lubricate
|
::
|
| lubricant {n} (substance used to reduce friction)
|
:: lubrificante {m}
|
| lubricate {v} (to make slippery or smooth)
|
:: lubrificar
|
| lubrication {n} (the application of lubricants)
|
:: lubrificação {f}
|
| Lucan {prop} (a Roman poet)
|
:: Lucano {m}
|
| Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke
|
::
|
| Lucasian {adj} (pertaining to Henry Lucas)
|
:: lucasiano
|
| Lucerne {prop} (city)
|
:: Lucerna {f}
|
| Lucia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lucy
|
::
|
| Lucian {prop} (sophist of Syrian origin)
|
:: Luciano {m}
|
| Lucian {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Luciano
|
| lucid {adj} (clear; easily understood)
|
:: lúcido
|
| lucid {adj} (mentally rational; sane)
|
:: lúcido
|
| lucid {adj} (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
|
:: lúcido
|
| lucid dream {n} (lucid dream)
|
:: sonho lúcido {m}
|
| lucidity {n} (property of being lucid)
|
:: lucidez {f}
|
| Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12)
|
:: Lúcifer {m}
|
| Luciferianism {prop} (belief system that venerates the essential characteristics identified with Lucifer)
|
:: luciferismo {m}
|
| Lucius {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Lúcio {m}
|
| luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance)
|
:: sorte {f}
|
| luckily {adv} (in a lucky manner)
|
:: felizmente, por sorte
|
| Lucknow {prop} (capital of Uttar Pradesh, India)
|
:: Lucknow {f}
|
| lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune)
|
:: sortudo
|
| lucky {adj} (being good by chance)
|
:: sortudo
|
| lucky charm {n} (object kept for good luck)
|
:: amuleto {m}, talismã {m}, figa {f}
|
| lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable)
|
:: lucrativo
|
| Lucretius {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Lucrécio
|
| Lucy {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Lúcia
|
| Luddism {n} (opposition to the Industrial Revolution by textile workers)
|
:: ludismo {m}
|
| Luddism {n} (opposition to technological change)
|
:: ludismo {m}
|
| Luddite {n} (19th-century textile worker who destroyed machinery)
|
:: ludista {m} {f}
|
| Luddite {n} (one opposing technological change)
|
:: ludista {m} {f}
|
| ludic {adj} (of or pertaining to play)
|
:: lúdico
|
| ludicrous {adj} (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny)
|
:: ridículo
|
| Lufthansa {prop} (German airline)
|
:: Lufthansa {f}
|
| Lugansk {prop} (Luhansk) SEE: Luhansk
|
::
|
| luggage {n} (traveller's containers)
|
:: bagagem {f}
|
| Lugo {prop} (city)
|
:: Lugo {f}
|
| lugubrious {adj} (gloomy)
|
:: lúgubre, lôbrego
|
| Luhansk {prop} (city)
|
:: Lugansk {f}
|
| Luhansk People's Republic {prop} (secessionist state in Luhanshchyna, the Ukraine)
|
:: República Popular de Lugansk {f}
|
| Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke
|
::
|
| Lukashenko {prop} (surname)
|
:: Lukashenko
|
| Luke {prop} (given name)
|
:: Lucas {m}
|
| Luke {prop} (evangelist)
|
:: Lucas {m}
|
| Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke)
|
:: Lucas {m}
|
| lukewarm {adj} (temperature)
|
:: morno, tépido
|
| lukewarm {adj} (not very enthusiastic)
|
:: morno
|
| lull {n} (a period of rest)
|
:: descanso {m}, folga
|
| lull {n} (a period without waves or wind.)
|
:: calmaria {f}
|
| lull {v} (to cause to rest)
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:: embalar
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| lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)
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:: canção de ninar {f}, canção de embalar {f}
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| lumbago {n} (lumbar-region backache, see also: backache)
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:: lumbago {m}
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| lumbar {adj} (related to the lower back or loin)
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:: lombar
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| lumbar puncture {n} (procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid)
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:: punção lombar {f}
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| lumber {n} (wood as building material)
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:: madeira serrada {f}
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| lumberjack {n} (person who fells trees)
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:: lenhador, madeireiro {m}
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| lumbermill {n} (mill for processing lumber) SEE: sawmill
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::
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| lumberyard {n} (facility)
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:: madeireira {f}
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| lumen {n} (SI-unit for luminous flux)
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:: lúmen {m}
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| lumen {n} (anatomy: cavity within tubular organ)
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:: lúmen {m}
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| lumenal {adj} (Relating to the cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ)
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:: do lúmen
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| luminance {n} (luminous intensity)
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:: luminância {f}
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| lumination {n} (illumination) SEE: illumination
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::
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| luminescence {n} (emission)
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:: luminescência {f}
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| luminescent {adj} (emitting light by luminescence)
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:: luminescente
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| luminous {adj} (emitting light; glowing brightly)
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:: luminoso
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| lump {n} (something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group)
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:: pelota {f}, saliência {f}
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| lump {n} (small, shaped mass of sugar)
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:: torrão {m}
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| lumpfish {n} (lumpsucker) SEE: lumpsucker
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| lumpsucker {n} (scorpaeniform fish)
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:: peixe-lapa
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| lump sum {n} (large one-time payment)
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:: entrada {f}
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| Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon
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::
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| lunar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
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:: lunar
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| lunar calendar {n} (a calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon)
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:: calendário lunar {m}
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| lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon)
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:: eclipse lunar {m}
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| Lunar New Year {n} (Lunar new year) SEE: Chinese New Year
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::
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| lunar phase {n} (any one of the aspects presented by the moon)
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:: fase da lua
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| lunate bone {n} (os lunatum)
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:: osso semilunar
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| lunatic {n} (insane person)
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:: lunático {m}, lunática {f}
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| lunatic {adj} (crazed)
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:: lunático
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| lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital
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::
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| lunch {n} (meal around midday)
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:: almoço {m}
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| lunch {v} (to eat lunch)
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:: almoçar
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| lunchbox {n} (container for transporting meals)
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:: lancheira {f}, merendeira {f}
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| luncheon {n} (a formal term for lunch) SEE: lunch
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::
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| lunch meat {n} (cold cuts) SEE: cold cuts
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::
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| lunch pail {n} (lunchbox) SEE: lunchbox
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::
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| lunette {n} (small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape)
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:: luneta {f}
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| lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air)
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:: pulmão {m}
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| lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s))
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:: cancro do pulmão {m} [Portugal], câncer de pulmão {m} [Brazil]
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| lunge {n} (sudden movement)
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:: impulso {m}
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| lunge {n} (exercise)
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:: passada {f}, afundo {m}
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| lunge {v} (to make a sudden movement)
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:: impulsionar
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| lungfish {n} (air-breathing fish of the class Dipnoi)
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:: dipnoico {m}
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| lunisolar {adj}
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:: lunissolar {m} {f}
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| Luo {prop} (tribal group in eastern Africa)
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:: luo {m-p}
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| Luo {prop} (language)
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:: língua luo {f}, luo {m}
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| lupin {n} (any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae)
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:: tremoço {m}
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| lupin {n} (a lupine bean)
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:: tremoço {m}
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| lupine {n} (lupin) SEE: lupin
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::
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| lupus {n} (autoimmune disease)
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:: lúpus {m}
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| Lupus {prop} (summer constellation of the northern sky)
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:: Lobo {m}, Lupus {m}
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| lure {n} (artificial fishing bait)
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:: isca
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| lure {v} (to entice)
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:: atrair
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| lurid {adj} (melodramatic) SEE: melodramatic
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::
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| lurid {adj} (shocking, horrifying)
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:: espantoso
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| lurid {adj} (ghastly, pale or wan in appearance)
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:: lúrido
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| lurid {adj} (being of a light yellow hue)
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:: lúrido
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| lurk {v} (to remain concealed in order to ambush)
|
:: espreitar
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| lurk {v} (to hang out or wait around a location)
|
:: espreitar
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| Lusaka {prop} (capital of Zambia)
|
:: Lusaka {f}
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| Lusatia {prop} (region)
|
:: Lusácia {f}
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| lush {adj} (dense, teeming with life)
|
:: viçoso
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| Lusitania {prop} (ancient Roman province)
|
:: Lusitânia
|
| Lusitanian {adj} (of or pertaining to ancient Roman province of Lusitania)
|
:: lusitano
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| Luso- {prefix} (relating to Portugal or Portuguese)
|
:: luso-
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| Lusophone {adj} (of a person, Portuguese-speaking)
|
:: lusófono
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| Lusophone {adj} (of a place, Portuguese-speaking)
|
:: lusófono
|
| Lusophone {n} (Portuguese speaker)
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:: lusófono {m}, lusófona {f}
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| lust {n} (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
|
:: luxúria {f}
|
| lust {n} (general want or longing)
|
:: vontade {f}
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| luster {n} (brilliance, attractiveness or splendor)
|
:: lustre
|
| luster {n} (refinement, polish or quality)
|
:: lustre
|
| luster {n} (A period of five years, lustrum) SEE: lustrum
|
::
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| lustful {adj} (full of lust)
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:: luxurioso
|
| lustral {adj} (relating to ritual purification)
|
:: lustral
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| lustre {n} (luster) SEE: luster
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::
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| lustre {v} (luster) SEE: luster
|
::
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| lustre {n} (lustrum) SEE: lustrum
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::
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| lustrum {n} (period of five years)
|
:: lustro {m}, quinquénio {m}
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| lute {n} (stringed instrument)
|
:: alaúde {m}
|
| Lutetia {prop} (Roman town)
|
:: Lutécia {f}
|
| lutetium {n} (chemical element with atomic number of 71)
|
:: lutécio {m}
|
| Luther {prop} (Martin Luther)
|
:: Lutero {m}
|
| Lutheran {adj} (pertaining to the theology of Martin Luther or his followers, or the Lutheran church)
|
:: luterano
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| Lutheran {n} (member of any Christian church identifying with the theology of Martin Luther)
|
:: luterano {m}, luterana {f}
|
| Lutheranism {n} (branch of Christianity developed by Martin Luther)
|
:: luteranismo {m}
|
| lutherie {n} (craft)
|
:: luteria {f}
|
| luthier {n} (a person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instrument)
|
:: lutiê {m} {f}
|
| Luwian {n} (member of an ancient Anatolian people)
|
:: luvita {m} {f}, lúvio {m}
|
| Luwian {prop} (language)
|
:: luvita {m}, lúvio {m}
|
| Luwian {adj} (of or pertaining to Luwian language or its speakers)
|
:: luvita, lúvio
|
| Luwian {adj} (of or pertaining to Luwia)
|
:: luvita, lúvio
|
| lux {n} (the derived unit of illuminance)
|
:: lux {m}
|
| Luxembourg {prop} (country)
|
:: Luxemburgo {m}
|
| Luxembourg {prop} (capital city)
|
:: Luxemburgo
|
| Luxembourger {n} (person from Luxembourg)
|
:: luxemburguês {m}
|
| Luxembourgian {n} (Luxembourger) SEE: Luxembourger
|
::
|
| Luxembourgian {adj} (Luxembourgish) SEE: Luxembourgish
|
::
|
| Luxembourgish {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Luxembourg or its people)
|
:: luxemburguês
|
| Luxembourgish {prop} (language of Luxembourg)
|
:: luxemburguês {m}
|
| Luxemburger {n} (Luxembourger) SEE: Luxembourger
|
::
|
| luxurious {adj} (being very fine and comfortable)
|
:: luxuoso
|
| luxurious {adj} (enjoying pleasures of luxury)
|
:: luxuoso
|
| luxuriously {adv} (in an expensive or indulgent manner)
|
:: luxuosamente
|
| luxury {n} (very wealthy and comfortable surroundings)
|
:: luxo {m}
|
| luxury {n} (something desirable but expensive)
|
:: luxo {m}
|
| luxury {n} (something very pleasant but not really needed in life)
|
:: luxo {m}
|
| Luzon {prop} (largest island of the Philippines)
|
:: Luzon {f}, Luzón {f}, Luçon {f}
|
| Lviv {prop} (Lviv)
|
:: Lviv {f}, Lvov {f}, Lemberg {f}, Leópolis {f}
|
| löwchen {n} (Löwchen) SEE: Löwchen
|
::
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| Löwchen {n} (Löwchen)
|
:: pequeno cão leão {m}
|
| -ly {suffix} (forming adjectives from nouns, in the sense "similar to, like, characteristic of")
|
:: -oso, -ento, -mente
|
| -ly {suffix} (used to form adverbs from adjectives)
|
:: -mente
|
| lycanthrope {n} (werewolf) SEE: werewolf
|
::
|
| lycanthropy {n} (act of shapeshifting)
|
:: licantropia {f}
|
| lycée {n} (a public secondary school in France)
|
:: liceu {m}
|
| lychee {n} (tree)
|
:: lichia {f}
|
| lychee {n} (fruit)
|
:: lichia {f}
|
| Lycia {prop} (ancient region)
|
:: Lícia {f}
|
| Lycian {prop} (language)
|
:: lício {m}
|
| Lycian {n} (native of Lycia)
|
:: lício {m}
|
| Lycian {adj} (relating to Lycia)
|
:: lício {m}
|
| Lydia {prop} (historical region)
|
:: Lídia {f}
|
| Lydia {prop} (biblical woman)
|
:: Lídia {f}
|
| Lydia {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Lídia {f}
|
| Lydian {n} (native or inhabitant of Lydia)
|
:: lídio {m}
|
| Lydian {prop} (language)
|
:: lídio {m}
|
| Lydian {adj} (pertaining to Lydia)
|
:: lídio {m}
|
| lye {n} (caustic alkaline solution)
|
:: lixívia
|
| lye {n} (potassium or sodium hydroxide)
|
:: soda cáustica
|
| Lyme disease {n} (infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia)
|
:: doença de Lyme {f}
|
| lymph {n} (the fluid carried by the lymphatic system)
|
:: linfa {f}
|
| lymphadenopathy {n} (abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes)
|
:: linfadenopatia {f}
|
| lymphatic {adj} (pertaining to lymph or lymphatic system)
|
:: linfático
|
| lymphatic system {n} (network of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes)
|
:: sistema linfático {m}
|
| lymph node {n} (filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system)
|
:: linfonodo {m}, gânglio linfático {m}
|
| lymphocyte {n} (type of white blood cell)
|
:: linfócito
|
| lymphoid {adj}
|
:: linfoide
|
| lymphoma {n} (malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue)
|
:: linfoma {m}
|
| lynch {v} (execute without a proper legal trial)
|
:: linchar
|
| lynching {n} (execution of a person without a proper legal trial)
|
:: linchamento {m}, linchagem {f}
|
| lynx {n} (wild cat)
|
:: lince {m}
|
| Lyon {prop} (city in France)
|
:: Lyon
|
| lyre {n} (stringed musical instrument)
|
:: lira {f}
|
| lyric {n} (words of a song) SEE: lyrics
|
::
|
| lyrical {adj} (appropriate for or suggestive of singing)
|
:: lírico {m}
|
| lyrical I {n}
|
:: eu lírico {m}
|
| lyricist {n} (writer of lyrics)
|
:: letrista {m} {f}
|
| lyrics {n} (the words to a song)
|
:: letra {f}
|
| lysergic {adj} (psychedelic) SEE: psychedelic
|
::
|
| lysergic acid {n} (the organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid)
|
:: ácido lisérgico {m}
|
| lysine {n} (essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2)
|
:: lisina
|
| lysis {n} ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease)
|
:: lise {f}
|
| lysis {n} ((chemistry) destruction of cells)
|
:: lise {f}
|
| -lysis {suffix} (decomposition or breakdown)
|
:: -lise {f}
|
| lysosome {n} (digestive organelle)
|
:: lisossoma {m}, lisossomo {m}
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