| pa {n} (father) | :: papai {m}, papá |
| pa {n} (grandfather) | :: vovô {m}, avozinho |
| paan {n} (psychoactive preparation of betel leaf) | :: paan {m} |
| pablum {n} (nourishment) SEE: nourishment | :: |
| pacarana {n} (rodent) | :: pacarana {f} |
| pace {n} (step: step) | :: passo {m} |
| pace {n} (speed) | :: passo {m}, ritmo |
| pacemaker {n} (medical implement) | :: marca-passo {m} |
| pachyptile {n} (seabird in Pachyptila) SEE: prion | :: |
| pacific {adj} (calm, peaceful, see also: calm; peaceful) | :: pacífico, tranqüilo |
| Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water) | :: oceano Pacífico {m} |
| pacifier {n} (for a baby) | :: chupeta {f} |
| pacifism {n} (doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence) | :: pacifismo {m} |
| pacifist {adj} (one who loves, supports, or favours peace) | :: pacifista {m} |
| pacifist {adj} (one who avoids violence) | :: pacifista {m} |
| pacifist {adj} (one who opposes violence and is anti-war) | :: pacifista {m} |
| pacify {v} (bring peace, ending fighting) | :: pacificar |
| pack {n} (bundle to be carried) | :: fardo {m} |
| pack {n} (full set of playing cards) | :: baralho |
| pack {n} (group of dogs) | :: matilha {f} |
| pack {v} (to make a pack) | :: fazer |
| pack {n} (group of wolves) SEE: wolfpack | :: |
| package {n} (something which is packed) | :: pacote {m} |
| package {n} (computing: piece of software that it can be installed with a package manager) | :: pacote {m} |
| package {n} (act of packing) | :: empacotamento {m}, embalamento {m} |
| package manager {n} (program responsible for installing and updating other software) | :: [Brazil] gerenciador de pacotes {m}, [Portugal] gestor de pacotes {m} |
| package store {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| pack animal {n} (animal used to carry heavy items) SEE: beast of burden | :: |
| packed {adj} (put into a package) | :: empacotado {m} |
| packed {adj} (filled with a large number or large quantity) | :: repleto, abarrotado |
| packed {adj} (filled to capacity) | :: lotado {m} |
| packed lunch {n} (picnic meal) | :: farnel {m}, merenda {f} |
| packet {n} (small pack) | :: pacote {m} |
| packet {n} (small fragment of data) | :: packet {m} |
| pact {n} (an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant) | :: pacto {m} |
| pacu {n} (any of several species of South American fishes) | :: pacu {m} |
| pad {v} (to stuff) SEE: stuff | :: |
| pad {n} (block of paper) | :: bloco |
| padawan {n} (any apprentice or student) SEE: apprentice | :: |
| padded cell {n} (a room in insane asylum) SEE: rubber room | :: |
| padding {n} (soft filling material) | :: acolchoamento {m} |
| paddle {n} (two-handed, single-bladed oar) | :: remo |
| paddle {n} (double-bladed oar used for kayaking) | :: remo {m} |
| paddle {n} (time spent on paddling) | :: remada {f} |
| paddle {v} (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) | :: remar |
| paddle {v} (to walk or dabble playfully in shallow water) | :: chafurdar |
| paddleboat {n} (pedalo) SEE: pedalo | :: |
| paddlefish {n} (fish of the family Polyodontidae) | :: peixe-espátula {m} |
| paddy {n} (wet land where rice grows) | :: arrozal {m} |
| paddy field {n} (field where rice is grown) SEE: paddy | :: |
| paddy wagon {n} (a police van for transporting prisoners) | :: camburão {m} |
| Padishah {n} (Padishah) | :: padixá {m} |
| padlock {n} (type of lock) | :: cadeado {m}, tranca {f} |
| padlock {v} (to lock using a padlock) | :: cadear, trancar |
| pad out {v} (add something) | :: encher linguiça [Brazil, slang] |
| pad out {v} (sleep) | :: pegar no sono |
| Padua {prop} (city) | :: Pádua {f} |
| paean {n} (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph) | :: peã {m}, péan {m} |
| paella {n} (Savory, cooked dish) | :: paelha {f}, paeja {f} |
| pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions) | :: pagão {m} |
| pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion) | :: pagão {m}, pagã {f} |
| paganism {n} (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) | :: paganismo {m} |
| page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy | :: |
| page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book) | :: página {f} |
| page {n} (one of the pieces of paper bound together within a book or document) | :: folha {f} |
| page {n} (serving boy) | :: pajem {m} |
| page {n} (Internet: web page) SEE: web page | :: |
| pageant {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| pager {n} (device) | :: pager {m} |
| Paget's disease {n} (Paget's disease) | :: doença de Paget {f} |
| paginate {v} (to number the pages of a book or other document) | :: paginar |
| pagoda {n} (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) | :: pagode {m} |
| pahoehoe {n} (form of lava flow) | :: lava encordoada {f}, pahoehoe {m} |
| pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket | :: |
| pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering) | :: dor {f} |
| pain {n} (suffering or anguish, especially mental) | :: dor {f} |
| pain {n} (annoying person or thing) | :: mala {f}, chato {m} |
| pain {n} (suffering as punishment) | :: pena {f} |
| pain {v} (to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish) | :: doer em, machucar |
| pain {v} (to render uneasy in mind, to grieve) | :: doer em |
| pain {v} (to inflict suffering upon as a penalty) | :: castigar |
| painful {adj} (causing pain) | :: doloroso, dolorido, doído |
| painful {adj} (suffering with pain) | :: dolorido, doído |
| painful {adj} (requiring labor or toil) | :: árduo, extenuante |
| pain in the arse {n} (pain in the ass) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the ass {n} (something that causes discomfort) | :: pé-no-saco |
| pain in the butt {n} (nuisance) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the neck {n} (that which is annoying) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| painkiller {n} (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) | :: analgésico {m} |
| painless {adj} (without pain or trouble) | :: indolor |
| painstaking {adj} (careful attentive; diligent) | :: escrupuloso, minucioso, meticuloso |
| paint {n} (substance) | :: pintura {f}, tinta {f} |
| paint {v} (apply paint to) | :: pintar |
| paint {v} (apply in the manner of paint) | :: pintar |
| paint {v} (create an image) | :: pintar |
| paint {v} (practise the art of painting pictures) | :: pintar |
| paintbrush {n} (thin brush) | :: pincel {m} |
| painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painter {n} (artist) | :: pintor {m}, pintora {f} |
| painter {n} (one who paints surfaces using a paintbrush) | :: pintor {m} |
| painter {n} (rope) | :: proiz {m} {f} |
| painting {n} (an illustration or artwork using paint) | :: pintura |
| painting {n} (the action of applying paint) | :: pintura {f} |
| painting {n} (artistic application of paint) | :: pintura {f} |
| paint thinner {n} (solvent) | :: tíner {m} |
| pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set | :: |
| pair {n} (two similar or identical things) | :: par {m} |
| pair {n} (two people in a relationship) | :: par {m} |
| pair {n} (used with binary nouns) | :: par {m} |
| pair {v} (to group into sets of two) | :: emparelhar |
| pair of binoculars {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
| pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles) | :: compasso {m} |
| pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of forceps {n} (forceps) SEE: forceps | :: |
| pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of goggles {n} (goggles) SEE: goggles | :: |
| pair of pincers {n} (pincers) SEE: pincers | :: |
| pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors | :: |
| pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs | :: |
| pair of tweezers {n} (tweezers) SEE: tweezers | :: |
| pajamas {n} (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in) | :: pijama {m} |
| Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Paquistão {m} |
| Pakistani {n} (A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent) | :: paquistanês {m} |
| Pakistani {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people) | :: paquistanês |
| palace {n} (large, lavish residence) | :: palácio {m} |
| palace coup {n} | :: golpe palaciano {m} |
| Palace of Westminster {prop} (building in London housing the House of Commons and House of Lords) | :: Palácio de Westminster {m} |
| paladin {n} (heroic champion) | :: paladino {m} |
| palaeoclimatology {n} (science) | :: paleoclimatologia {f} |
| Palaic {prop} (Indo-European language) | :: palaíta {m} |
| palanquin {n} (a covered type of litter) | :: palanquim {m} |
| palatable {adj} (pleasing to the taste) | :: palatável, saboroso, gostoso |
| palatable {adj} (tolerable, acceptable) | :: palatável, tolerável, aceitável, razoável |
| palatal {adj} (pertaining to the palate) | :: palatal, palatino |
| palatal {adj} ((phonetics) articulated at the hard palate) | :: palatal |
| palatalization {n} (state) | :: palatalização {f} |
| palatalization {n} (instance) | :: palatalização {f} |
| palatalize {v} (to pronounce a sound with the tongue against the palate) | :: palatalizar |
| palate {n} (roof of the mouth) | :: palato {m}, céu da boca {m} |
| palate {n} (sense of taste) | :: paladar |
| palatial {adj} (of or relating to a palace) | :: palaciano {m}, palatino {m}, palacego {m}, palaciego {m} |
| palatial {adj} (with very rich furnishings) | :: palaciano {m}, suntuoso {m} |
| palatine bone {n} (bones that make up the hard palate) | :: osso palatino {m} |
| Palau {prop} (Republic of Palau) | :: Palau |
| palaver {n} (unnecessary talk, fuss) | :: palavreado {m} |
| pale {adj} (light in color) | :: pálido, claro |
| pale {v} (to become pale) | :: empalidecer, clarear |
| pale {n} (wooden stake) | :: pau {m}, poste {m} |
| pale {n} (heraldry: vertical band) | :: pala {f} |
| paleface {n} (a white person of European descent, in the context of American Indians) | :: cara-pálida {m} |
| palely {adv} (in a pale manner) | :: palidamente |
| paleness {n} (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) | :: palidez {f} |
| paleoanthropologist {n} (specialist in paleoanthropology) | :: paleoantropólogo {m}, paleoantropologista {m} {f} |
| paleobiology {n} (branch of study) | :: paleobiologia {f} |
| paleochristian {adj} (relating to the early Christian church) | :: paleocristão |
| paleoclimatology {n} (palaeoclimatology) SEE: palaeoclimatology | :: |
| paleoethnobotany {n} (the study of plant remains from archaeological sites) | :: arqueobotânica {f}, paleoetnobotânica {f} |
| paleography {n} (study of old forms of writing) | :: paleografia {f} |
| paleography {n} (ancient scripts or forms of writing) | :: paleografia {f} |
| Paleolithic {n} (Old Stone Age) | :: paleolítico {m} |
| Paleolithic {adj} (of or referring to the Old Stone Age) | :: paleolítico |
| paleontological {adj} (of or pertaining to paleontology) | :: paleontológico |
| paleontologist {n} (one who studies paleontology) | :: paleontologista {m} {f}, paleontólogo {m}, paleontóloga {f} |
| paleontology {n} (study of prehistoric forms of life) | :: paleontologia {f} |
| Palermo {prop} (province) | :: Palermo {f} |
| Palermo {prop} (city) | :: Palermo {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (geographic region) | :: Palestina {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) | :: Palestina {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (historical: Roman province) | :: Palestina {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (historical: former British entity) | :: Palestina {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (historical: former British Mandate) | :: Palestina {f} |
| Palestinian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people) | :: palestino |
| Palestinian {n} (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent) | :: palestino {m}, palestina {f} |
| paletot {n} (A loose outer jacket, overcoat) | :: casacão {m}, paletó {m}, sobretudo {m} |
| palette {n} (board) | :: paleta {f} |
| palette {n} (range of colors) | :: paleta {f} |
| Pali {prop} (a Middle Indo-Aryan language) | :: páli {m} |
| palimpsest {n} (manuscript scraped clean for reuse) | :: palimpsesto {m} |
| palindrome {n} (a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards) | :: palíndromo {m}, capicua {f} |
| palisade {n} (wall of wooden stakes) | :: paliçada |
| pall {n} (charge representing an archbishop's pallium) | :: perla {f} |
| palladium {n} (chemical element) | :: paládio {m} |
| Pallas {prop} | :: Palas {f} |
| Pallas's gull {n} (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) | :: alcatraz-de-cabeça-preta {m} |
| pallet {n} (a portable platform) | :: palete {m} |
| pallet {n} (A straw bed) | :: enxerga {f} |
| palliate {v} (to relieve the symptoms of) | :: atenuar, remediar |
| palliative {adj} (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) | :: paliativo {m}, paliativa {f} |
| pallid {adj} (appearing weak, pale or wan) | :: pálido |
| pallidity {n} (state of being) SEE: pallor | :: |
| pallium {n} (cerebral cortex) SEE: cerebral cortex | :: |
| pallor {n} (paleness; want of color; pallidity) | :: palidez {f} |
| palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand) | :: palma {f}, palma da mão {f} |
| palm {v} (to hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand) | :: empalmar, palmar |
| palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree | :: |
| palmar {adj} (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) | :: palmar |
| palm cabbage {n} (heart of palm) SEE: heart of palm | :: |
| palmetto bug {n} (cockroach) | :: barata americana {f} |
| palmist {n} (a fortuneteller who uses palmistry) | :: quiromante {m} {f} |
| palm oil {n} (edible plant oil) | :: azeite de dendê {m} |
| Palm Sunday {n} (Sunday before Easter) | :: Domingo de Ramos {m} |
| palm syrup {n} (syrup made from sap of a palm tree) | :: xarope de seiva {m}, xarope de palma {m} |
| palm thief {n} (coconut crab) SEE: coconut crab | :: |
| palmtop {n} (personal digital assistant) SEE: personal digital assistant | :: |
| palm tree {n} (tropical tree) | :: palma {f}, palmeira {f} |
| palmyra {n} (Borassus flabelliformis, a palm tree) | :: cibe {m} |
| Palmyra {prop} (ancient city) | :: Palmira {f} |
| Palmyrene {adj} (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: palmireno |
| Palmyrene {n} (native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: palmireno {m} |
| Paloma {prop} (female given female) | :: Paloma {f} |
| palo verde {n} (any of a variety of trees in the genus Parkinsonia) | :: turco {m}, cina-cina {f} |
| palpability {n} (the quality of being palpable) | :: palpabilidade {f} |
| palpable {adj} (capable of being touched) | :: palpável |
| palpable {adj} (obvious) | :: palpável |
| palpable {adj} (that can be detected by palpation) | :: palpável |
| palpate {v} (to examine by feeling) | :: palpar, apalpar |
| palpitation {n} (abnormal beating of the heart) | :: palpitação {f} |
| paltry {adj} (trashy, trivial, of little value) | :: pobre {m}, insignificante {m} |
| palustral {adj} (Pertaining to or living in marshes; marshy) | :: palustre |
| palynological {adj} (of or pertaining to palynology) | :: palinológico |
| palynology {n} (study of spores, pollen etc.) | :: palinologia {f} |
| Pamir {prop} (mountain range) | :: Pamir {m} |
| pamper {v} (to treat with excessive care, to indulge) | :: paparicar, mimar |
| pamphlet {n} (booklet) SEE: booklet | :: |
| pamphleteer {n} (a writer or publisher of pamphlets) | :: panfleteiro {m} |
| pan- {prefix} (a combining form meaning "all") | :: pan- |
| pan {n} (flat vessel used for cooking, see also: frying pan) | :: caçarola {f}, frigideira |
| Pan {prop} (Greek god of nature) | :: Pã {m} |
| panacea {n} (remedy believed to cure all disease) | :: panaceia {f} |
| panacea {n} (something that will solve all problems) | :: panaceia {f} |
| panache {n} (ornamental helmet plume) | :: penacho |
| Panaji {prop} (capital of Goa, India) | :: Pangim {f}, Panaji {f} |
| Panama {prop} (country) | :: Panamá {m} |
| Panama Canal {prop} (Canal) | :: Canal do Panamá {m} |
| Panama City {prop} (capital of Panama) | :: Cidade do Panamá {f} |
| Panamanian {n} (person from Panama) | :: panamenho {m} |
| Panamanian {adj} (pertaining to Panama) | :: panamenho |
| Pan-American {adj} (covering or representing all of the Americas) | :: pan-americano |
| Pan-Americanism {n} (belief in the benefit of Pan-American organization) | :: pan-americanismo {m} |
| pan-Arabism {n} (movement) | :: pan-arabismo {m} |
| panarchism {n} (advocacy of panarchy) | :: panarquismo {m} |
| Panathenaea {prop} (A festival in ancient Greece) | :: Panateneias {f-p} |
| pancake {n} (thin batter cake) | :: panqueca {f} |
| Pancake Day {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
| Pancake Tuesday {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
| Pancasila {prop} (the official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state) | :: Pancasila {m} |
| Panchatantra {prop} (a collection of Sanskrit and Pali animal fables in verse and prose) | :: Panchatantra {m} |
| Panchen Lama {n} (second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: Panchen Lama |
| panchromatic {adj} (sensitive to all visible colours) | :: pancromático {m} |
| Pancras {prop} (saint) | :: Pancrácio {m} |
| pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach) | :: pâncreas {m} |
| pancreatic {adj} (of or pertaining to the pancreas) | :: pancreático |
| pancreatic cancer {n} (malignant neoplasm of the pancreas) | :: câncer pancreático {m} [Brazil], cancro pancreático {m} [Portugal] |
| panda {n} (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, see also: giant panda) | :: panda {m} |
| panda {n} (police car) SEE: police car | :: |
| panda {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
| panda bear {n} (panda) SEE: panda | :: |
| pandeiro {n} (a hand-held frame drum with a round wooden frame) | :: pandeiro {m} |
| pandeiro {n} (a square double skinned frame drum) | :: adufe {m} |
| pandeism {n} (worship which admits or tolerates favourable aspects of all religions) SEE: omnitheism | :: |
| pandeism {n} (belief in a god both pantheistic and deistic) | :: pandeísmo {m} |
| pandeist {n} (one who believes in pandeism) | :: pandeísta {f} |
| pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general | :: |
| pandemic {adj} (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population) | :: pandémico [Portugal], pandêmico [Brazil] |
| pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) | :: pandemia {f} |
| pandemonism {n} | :: pandemonismo |
| pandemonium {n} (chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence) | :: pandemônio {m}, caos {m} |
| pandemonium {n} (an outburst; loud, riotous uproar) | :: confusão {f}, balbúrdia {f}, tumulto {m} |
| pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp | :: |
| Pandora {prop} (Character in Greek mythology) | :: Pandora {f} |
| Pandora's box {n} (a source of unforeseen trouble) | :: caixa de Pandora {f} |
| panegyric {n} (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) | :: panegírico {m} |
| panel {n} (rectangular section of a surface) | :: painel |
| panel {n} (group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc) | :: painel {m} |
| panel {n} (single frame in a comic strip) | :: quadrinho {m}, quadro {m}, vinheta {f} |
| panel {n} | :: painel {m} |
| panentheism {n} (a doctrine that the universe is within God) | :: panenteísmo {m} |
| panettone {n} (Christmas brioche with candied fruit) | :: panetone {m}, panettone {m} |
| Pan-European {adj} (for most or all of Europe) | :: pan-europeu |
| pan flute {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| pang {n} (sudden sharp feeling of a mental or emotional nature) | :: surto |
| Pangaea {prop} (supercontinent prior to Triassic) | :: Pangeia {f} |
| Panglossian {adj} (naively or unreasonably optimistic) | :: panglossiano |
| pang of conscience {n} (A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets) | :: dor na consciência {f} |
| pangolin {n} (mammal) | :: pangolim {m} |
| panic {n} (overpowering fright) | :: pânico {m} |
| panic attack {n} (sudden period of intense anxiety) | :: ataque de pânico {m} |
| panicle {n} (a compound raceme) | :: panícula {f} |
| panicum {n} (any grass in the genus Panicum) | :: painço {m} |
| pankration {n} (ancient Greek martial art) | :: pancrácio {m} |
| panna cotta {n} (Italian dessert made from double cream) | :: panacota {f}, panna cotta {f} |
| panniculus {n} (a dense layer of fatty tissue growth) | :: panículo {m} |
| pannier {n} (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) | :: alforje {m} |
| Pannonia {prop} (province of the Roman Empire) | :: Panónia {f} [Portugal], Panônia {f} [Brazil] |
| panoply {n} (collection or display of weaponry) | :: panóplia {f} |
| panoply {n} (complete set of armour) | :: panóplia {f} |
| panopticon {n} (type of prison) | :: panóptico {m} |
| panorama {n} (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) | :: panorama {m} |
| panorama {n} (picture representing a continuous scene) | :: panorama {m} |
| panorama {n} (figurative: comprehensive survey) | :: panorama {m} |
| pan pipes {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| panpipes {n} (musical instrument) | :: flauta de Pã {f} |
| panpsychism {n} (the doctrine that all matter has a mental aspect) | :: panpsiquismo {m} |
| pansexuality {n} (sexual orientation) | :: pansexualidade {f} |
| Pan-Slavism {n} (movement) | :: pan-eslavismo {m} |
| pansy {n} (plant) | :: amor-perfeito {m} |
| pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| pant {n} (a quick breathing) | :: ofego {m}, arfagem {f} |
| pant {v} (to breathe quickly or in a labored manner) | :: ofegar, arfar, arquejar |
| pant {v} (long for (something); be eager for (something)) | :: ansiar |
| pant {v} (intransitive: long eagerly) | :: arquejar |
| pant {v} (of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence) | :: palpitar |
| pantagruelian {adj} | :: pantagruélico |
| pantheism {n} (belief that the universe is divine) | :: panteísmo {m} |
| pantheist {n} (person who believes in pantheism) | :: panteísta {m} {f} |
| pantheon {n} (a temple dedicated to all the gods) | :: panteão {m} |
| pantheon {n} (all the gods of a particular religion) | :: panteão {m} |
| panther {n} (big cat with black fur) | :: pantera-negra {f} |
| panther {n} (big cat of genus Panthera) | :: pantera {f} |
| panties {n} (underpants for women or girls) | :: calcinha {f} |
| pant leg {n} (either of the legs of a pair of pants) | :: perna {f} |
| pantomime {n} (traditional theatrical entertainment, mostly for children) | :: pantomima {f} |
| pantomime {n} (gesturing without speaking) | :: pantomima {f}, mímica {f} |
| pantry {n} (storage room) | :: despensa {f} |
| pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards) | :: calças {f-p} |
| pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals) | :: [for women] calcinha, [for men] cueca |
| panty {n} (panties) SEE: panties | :: |
| pantyhose {n} | :: meia-calça {f} |
| panvitalism {n} (belief that all things are part of a single living universe) | :: panvitalismo {m} |
| panvitalism {n} (belief that all things in the universe are alive) | :: panvitalismo {m} |
| pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge | :: |
| papa {n} (Father (familiar, conversational)) SEE: dad | :: |
| papacy {n} (the office) | :: papado {m} |
| papacy {n} (the period) | :: papado {m} |
| papal {adj} (related to the pope or papacy) | :: papal |
| papal infallibility {n} (Catholic concept of an infallible Pope) | :: infalibilidade papal {f} |
| Papal States {prop} (state) | :: Estados Papais {m-p} |
| paparazzi {n} (paparazzo) SEE: paparazzo | :: |
| paparazzo {n} (freelance photographer of celebrities) | :: paparazzo {m} |
| papaya {n} (tree) | :: mamoeiro {m} |
| papaya {n} (fruit) | :: [Brazil] mamão, papaia |
| paper {n} (sheet material) | :: papel {m} |
| paper {n} (written document shorter than a book) | :: artigo {m} |
| paper {n} (academic paper) | :: artigo {m} |
| paper {adj} (made of paper) | :: de papel |
| paper {v} (to apply paper to) | :: empapelar |
| paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wallpaper) SEE: wallpaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wrapping paper) SEE: wrapping paper | :: |
| paper {v} (to document) SEE: document | :: |
| paper aeroplane {n} (toy aeroplane made by folding up a sheet of paper) | :: avião de papel {m}, aviãozinho de papel |
| paper airplane {n} (paper aeroplane) SEE: paper aeroplane | :: |
| paperback {n} | :: brochura {f} |
| paperboard {n} (thick paper) | :: cartolina {f} |
| paper clip {n} (paper clip) | :: clipe {m}, clips [colloquial] |
| paper cup {n} (disposable cup) | :: copo de papel {m} |
| paper fastener {n} | :: colchete {m} |
| paper money {n} (a form of banknotes) | :: papel-moeda {m} |
| paper tiger {n} (paper tiger) | :: tigre de papel {m} |
| paper towel {n} (sheet of absorbent paper) | :: papel toalha {m}, papel de cozinha {m} |
| paperweight {n} (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object) | :: pisa-papéis {m} |
| paperwork {n} (work involving written documents) | :: papelada {f} |
| paperwork {n} (written documents) | :: papelada |
| paperwork {n} (excessive paperwork) | :: papelada |
| papess {n} (female pope) | :: papisa {f} |
| Paphos {prop} (city in Cyprus) | :: Pafos {m} |
| Papiamento {prop} (creole language) SEE: Papiamentu | :: |
| Papiamentu {prop} (language) | :: papeamento {m}, papiamento {m} |
| papier-mâché {n} (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) | :: papel-machê {m}, papel machê {m} |
| papilla {n} (anatomical structure) | :: papila {f} |
| papissa {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
| pappardelle {n} (broad form of fettuccine) | :: pappardelle |
| pappus {n} | :: papus {m}, papilho {m} |
| paprika {n} (ground spice) | :: páprica {f} |
| Papuan {adj} (pertaining to Papua or Papua New Guinea) | :: papua |
| Papuan {n} (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) | :: papua {m} {f} |
| Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Papua-Nova Guiné |
| papyrology {n} (the study of ancient texts written on papyrus) | :: papirologia {f} |
| papyrus {n} (plant in the sedge family) | :: papiro {m} |
| papyrus {n} (material made from this plant) | :: papiro {m} |
| papyrus {n} (scroll or document written on this material) | :: papiro {m} |
| Pará {prop} (state in northern Brazil) | :: Pará {m} |
| Paraíba {prop} (a state in north-eastern Brazil) | :: Paraíba {f} |
| parable {n} (short story illustrating a lesson) | :: parábola {f} |
| parabola {n} (a conic section) | :: parábola {f} |
| Paracelsus {prop} (The adopted name of Philippus von Hohenheim) | :: Paracelso {m} |
| paracetamol {n} (acetaminophen) SEE: acetaminophen | :: |
| parachute {n} (a device designed to control the fall of an object) | :: paraquedas {m} |
| parachuting {n} (sport) | :: paraquedismo {m} |
| parachutist {n} (parachute user) | :: paraquedista {m} {f} |
| paraclete {n} (advocate) | :: paráclito {m}, paracleto {m} |
| Paraclete {prop} (the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost, especially in its role as comforter of the faithful) | :: Paráclito {m} |
| parade {n} (organized procession) | :: parada {f}, desfile {m} |
| paradigm {n} (way of viewing reality) | :: paradigma {m} |
| paradigm {n} (example serving as a model or pattern) | :: paradigma {m} |
| paradigm {n} (linguistics: all forms which contain a common element) | :: paradigma {m} |
| paradigm shift {n} (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries) | :: mudança de paradigma {f} |
| paradise {n} (heaven) | :: paraíso {m} |
| paradise {n} (very pleasant place) | :: paraíso {m} |
| Paradise {prop} (Heaven) | :: Paraíso {m} |
| Paradise {prop} (the Garden of Eden) | :: Paraíso {m} |
| paradox {n} (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true) | :: paradoxo {m} |
| paradox {n} (in logic: a self-contradictory statement) | :: paradoxo {m} |
| paradoxical {adj} (having self-contradicting properties) | :: paradoxal |
| paradoxically {adv} (in a paradoxical manner) | :: paradoxalmente |
| paraffin {n} (kerosene) SEE: kerosene | :: |
| paraffin {n} (paraffin wax) SEE: paraffin wax | :: |
| paraffin wax {n} (paraffin wax) | :: parafina {f} |
| paraglider {n} (one who paraglides) | :: parapentista {m} {f} |
| paraglider {n} (equipment) | :: parapente {m} |
| paragliding {n} (the sport of gliding with a paraglider) | :: parapente {m} |
| paragraph {n} (passage in text) | :: parágrafo {m} |
| Paraguay {prop} (country in South America) | :: Paraguai {m} |
| Paraguayan {n} (person from Paraguay) | :: paraguaio {m} |
| Paraguayan {adj} (pertaining to Paraguay) | :: paraguaio |
| parakeet {n} (various species of small parrots) | :: periquito {m} |
| parallax {n} | :: paralaxe {f} |
| parallel {adj} (equally distant from one another at all points) | :: paralelo |
| parallel {adj} (having the same overall direction) | :: paralelo |
| parallel {adj} (computing: processing multipe tasks at the same time) | :: paralelo {m} |
| parallel {adv} (with a parallel relationship) | :: paralelamente |
| parallel {n} (one of a set of parallel lines) | :: paralela {f} |
| parallel {n} (line of latitude) | :: paralelo {m} |
| parallelepiped {n} (solid figure) | :: paralelepípedo {m} |
| parallelism {n} (state or condition of being parallel) | :: paralelismo {m} |
| parallelism {n} (agreement, similarity, resemblance) | :: paralelismo {m} |
| parallelism {n} (grammar) | :: paralelismo {m} |
| parallelism {n} (the use of parallel methods in computing) | :: paralelismo {m} |
| parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length) | :: paralelogramo {m} |
| parallel parking {n} (action of parking a vehicle with side parallel to curb) | :: baliza |
| parallel port {n} (computing: physical interface) | :: porta paralela {f} |
| parallel universe {n} (universe that exists separately alongside another universe) | :: universo paralelo {m} |
| paralogism {n} (a fallacious argument or illogical conclusion) | :: paralogismo {m} |
| paralogous {adj} (having a similar structure) | :: parálogo |
| Paralympic Games {prop} (international sports competition for people with physical disabilities, see also: Paralympics) | :: Paraolimpíadas {f-p}, Jogos Paraolímpicos {m-p} |
| Paralympics {prop} (sport event, see also: Paralympic Games) | :: Paraolimpíadas {f-p}, Jogos Paraolímpicos {m-p} |
| paralyse {v} (paralyse) SEE: paralyze | :: |
| paralysis {n} (loss of muscle control) | :: paralisia {f} |
| paralytic {n} (person suffering from paralysis) | :: paralítico {m} |
| paralytic {adj} (affected by paralysis) | :: paralítico |
| paralyze {v} (to afflict with paralysis) | :: paralisar |
| paralyzed {adj} ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled) | :: paralizado |
| Paramaribo {prop} (capital of Suriname) | :: Paramaribo {f} |
| paramecium {n} (organism) | :: paramécio {m} |
| paramedic {n} (individual trained to stabilize people outside of hospital) | :: paramédico {m}, paramédica {f} |
| parameter {n} (variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar) | :: parâmetro {m} |
| parameter {n} (name in a function or subroutine definition) | :: parâmetro {m} |
| parameterize {v} (to describe in terms of parameters) | :: parametrizar |
| parameterize {v} (to write (a database query) as a template into which parameters can be inserted) | :: parametrizar |
| paramilitary {n} (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) | :: organização/força/exército paramilitar |
| paramilitary {n} (a member of a paramilitary group) | :: paramilitar {m} {f} |
| paramilitary {adj} (relating to a paramilitary) | :: paramilitar |
| paramita {n} (perfection (Buddhism)) | :: paramita {f} |
| paramount {adj} (supreme) | :: vital |
| paramour {n} (illicit lover) | :: amante {m} {f} |
| Paraná {prop} (river in South America) | :: Paraná {m} |
| Paraná {prop} (state in southern Brazil) | :: Paraná {m} |
| paranoia {n} (A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution) | :: paranoia |
| paranoia {n} (Extreme, irrational distrust of others) | :: paranoia {f} |
| paranoiac {n} (somebody who has paranoia) SEE: paranoid | :: |
| paranoid {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paranoia) | :: paranoico |
| paranoid {adj} (exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others) | :: paranoico |
| paranoid {n} (someone suffering from paranoia) | :: paranoico {m} |
| paranoid schizophrenia {n} (form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions) | :: esquizofrenia paranoide {f} |
| paranormal {adj} (can not be explained by scientific methods) | :: paranormal |
| paranormally {adv} (in a paranormal way) | :: paranormalmente |
| Paraná pine {n} (South American conifer) | :: pinheiro-do-paraná {m}, araucária {f}, pinheiro {m} [South Brazil] |
| parapet {n} (a low retaining wall) | :: parapeito {m} |
| parapet {n} (a fortification consisting of a wall) | :: parapeito {m} |
| paraphernalia {n} (miscellaneous items) | :: parafernália {f} |
| paraphimosis {n} (foreskin trapped behind the glans) | :: parafimose {f} |
| paraphrase {n} (restatement of a text) | :: paráfrase {f} |
| paraphrase {v} (to compose a paraphrase) | :: parafrasear |
| paraplegia {n} (paralysed condition) | :: paraplegia {f} |
| paraplegic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia) | :: paraplégico {m}, paraplégica {f} |
| paraplegic {n} (person who suffers from paraplegia) | :: paraplégico {m}, paraplégica {f} |
| parapsychology {n} (study of that which cannot yet be explained) | :: parapsicologia {f}, pesquisa psi {f} |
| parasaurolophus {n} (dinosaur) | :: parassaurolofo {m} |
| parasite {n} (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back) | :: parasita {m} {f} |
| parasite {n} ((generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism) | :: parasita {m} {f} |
| parasitic {adj} (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite) | :: parasita |
| parasitical {adj} (parasitic) SEE: parasitic | :: |
| parasitise {v} (parasitize) SEE: parasitize | :: |
| parasitism {n} (interaction between two organisms) | :: parasitismo {m} |
| parasitization {n} | :: parasitação {f} |
| parasitize {v} (live off a host) | :: parasitar |
| parasitology {n} (study of parasites) | :: parasitologia {f} |
| parasol {n} (umbrella used as protection from the sun) | :: sombrinha {f} |
| parasuicide {n} (a suicide attempt that was not intended to succeed) | :: parassuicídio {m} |
| parasynthesis {n} | :: parassíntese {f} |
| parataxis {n} (in grammar) | :: parataxe {f} |
| paratha {n} (Indian bread) | :: paratha {m} |
| parathyroid {adj} (pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts) | :: paratiroide [chiefly Portugal], paratireoide [chiefly Brazil] |
| parathyroid gland {n} (any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck) | :: paratiroide {f} [chiefly Portugal], paratireoide {f} [chiefly Brazil] |
| paratrooper {n} (soldier that parachutes from aircraft) | :: paraquedista {m} {f}, paraquedista militar {m} {f} |
| parcel {n} (package wrapped for shipment) | :: pacote {m} |
| parcel {n} (division of land bought and sold as a unit) | :: lote {m}, terreno {m} |
| parcel {v} (to wrap into a package) | :: empacotar |
| parch {v} (to dry to extremity) | :: ressecar |
| parched {adj} (dry) | :: ressequido |
| parched {adj} (thirsty) | :: sedento |
| parchment {n} (material) | :: pergaminho |
| pardon {n} (forgiveness for an offence) | :: perdão {m} |
| pardon {n} (releasing order) | :: indulto {m}, absolvição {f} |
| pardon {v} (to forgive) | :: perdoar |
| pardon {v} (to grant an official pardon) | :: indultar, absolver |
| pardon {interj} (interjection, request to repeat) | :: perdão?, como? |
| pardonable {adj} (capable of being pardoned) | :: perdoável |
| pardon me {phrase} (sorry, as an apology) | :: perdão, desculpe-me, me desculpa, desculpas, desculpa |
| pardon my French {v} (please excuse my swearing or bad language (idiomatic)) | :: desculpe meu linguajar |
| pareidolia {n} (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar) | :: pareidolia {f} |
| paremiology {n} (the study of proverbs) | :: paremiologia {f} |
| parenchyma {n} (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue) | :: parênquima {f} |
| parent {n} (person from whom one is descended) | :: pai {m}, genitor {m} |
| parent {n} (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child) | :: pai {m} |
| parent {n} (source or origin of something) | :: pai {m}, mãe {f} |
| parent {n} (parent company) SEE: parent company | :: |
| parental {adj} (relating to parent) | :: parental |
| parent company {n} (a company that owns or controls another company) | :: matriz {f} |
| parenteral {adj} (Intravenously or by injection) | :: parenteral, parentérico |
| parenthesis {n} (a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete) | :: parêntese {m} |
| parenthesis {n} ((Rhetoric) a digression; the use of such digressions) | :: parêntese {m} |
| parenthesis {n} (either of a pair of brackets ( )) | :: parêntese {m} |
| parenthesis {n} (both round brackets) | :: parênteses {m-p} |
| parenthesize {v} (place in parentheses) | :: pôr entre parêntesis |
| parents {n} (one's parents) | :: pais {m-p} |
| paresthesia {n} (sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin with no obvious cause) | :: parestesia {f} |
| paresthesis {n} (paresthesia) SEE: paresthesia | :: |
| pariah {n} (an outcast) | :: pária {m} {f}, pariá {m} {f} |
| pariah {n} (member of one of the oppressed social castes in India) | :: pária {m} {f}, pariá {m} {f} |
| parietal bone {n} (either of two bones at the sides and top of the skull) | :: parietal {m} |
| parietal lobe {n} (division of cerebrum) | :: lobo parietal {m} |
| Paris {prop} (capital of France) | :: Paris {f} |
| Paris {prop} (Trojan prince) | :: Páris {m} |
| parish {n} (part of a diocese) | :: paróquia {f} |
| parish {n} (members of the parish) | :: paróquia {f}, paroquianos {p} |
| parish {n} (civil subdivision of a county) | :: paróquia {f} |
| parish church {n} (church that serves as the religious centre of a parish) | :: igreja paroquial {f} |
| parishioner {n} (member of a parish) | :: freguês {m}, freguesa {f}, paroquiano {m}, paroquiana {f} |
| Parisian {n} (someone from Paris) | :: parisiense {m} {f} |
| Parisian {adj} (of Paris) | :: parisiense |
| parity {n} (equality, comparability) | :: paridade {f} |
| parity {n} (math: set whose elements all belong to one of exactly two disjoint subsets) | :: paridade {f} |
| parity {n} (math: classification into one set or the other) | :: paridade {f} |
| parity {n} (the number of times a sow has farrowed) | :: número de parições {m} |
| park {n} (ground for preservation of game, etc.) | :: parque {m} |
| park {n} (ground for recreation) | :: parque {m} |
| park {v} (bring to a halt) | :: estacionar |
| parking {n} (action) | :: estacionamento {m} |
| parking {n} (space) | :: estacionamento {m} |
| parking lot {n} (open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use) | :: estacionamento {m} |
| parking meter {n} (device for collecting parking fees) | :: parquímetro {m}, parcômetro {m} |
| parking space {n} (space in which a vehicle can be parked) | :: vaga de estacionamento {f} |
| Parkinson's disease {n} (Parkinson's disease) | :: doença de Parkinson {f}, mal de Parkinson {m} |
| parkour {n} (athletic discipline) | :: parkour {m}, parcur {m} [rare] |
| parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members) | :: parlamento {m} |
| Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament | :: |
| parliamentarian {n} (member of parliament) | :: parlamentar {m} {f} |
| parliamentary {adj} (of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament) | :: parlamentar |
| parliamentary {adj} (having the supreme executive and legislative power) | :: parlamentar |
| parlous {adj} (appalling, dire, terrible) SEE: appalling | :: |
| parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous | :: |
| parmesan {n} (hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma) | :: parmesão {m} |
| Parmesan {n} (parmesan) SEE: parmesan | :: |
| Parmesan {adj} (from Parma) | :: parmesão, parmense |
| Parmesan {n} (someone from Parma) | :: parmesão {m}, parmense {m} {f} |
| parochial {adj} (pertaining to a parish) | :: paroquial |
| parochial {adj} (characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns) | :: paroquial, provinciano |
| parodic {adj} (of, related to, or having characteristics of parody) | :: paródico |
| parodist {n} (person who parodies) | :: parodista {m} {f} |
| parody {n} (expression making fun of something else) | :: paródia |
| parody {v} (to make a parody of something) | :: parodiar |
| paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| parole {n} (law: a release of (a prisoner)) | :: condicional {f}, liberdade condicional |
| paronomasia {n} (a pun or play on words) | :: paronomásia |
| paronychia {n} (infection under the cuticle) SEE: whitlow | :: |
| paronym {n} (word derived from the same root/stem) | :: parónimo {m} |
| paronym {n} (word that sounds like another word) | :: parónimo {m} |
| parotid {n} (parotid gland) SEE: parotid gland | :: |
| parotid gland {n} (salivary gland) | :: glândula parótida {f}, parótida {f} |
| paroxytone {adj} (paroxytone) | :: paroxítona {f} |
| paroxytone {n} (paroxytone) | :: paroxítono {m}, paroxítona {f} |
| parquet {n} (the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle) SEE: stall | :: |
| parquet {n} (a wooden floor made of parquetry) | :: parquete {m} |
| parrot {n} (kind of bird) | :: papagaio {m}, louro {m} |
| parrot {n} (person who repeats what was said) | :: papagaio {m} |
| parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding) | :: papaguear, papagaiar |
| parrot {n} (puffin) SEE: puffin | :: |
| parrotfish {n} (tropical marine fish) | :: peixe-papagaio {m} |
| parry {v} (avoid, deflect, or ward off) | :: parar |
| parse {v} ((linguistics) to resolve into elements) | :: analisar, decompor |
| parse {v} ((computing) to split data into pieces) | :: processar |
| parse {v} (to examine closely) SEE: scrutinize | :: |
| parsec {n} (parallax second) | :: parsec {m} |
| parseltongue {prop} (language of snakes in Harry Potter) | :: ofidioglossia {f}, língua de cobra [Brazil], serpentês {m} [Portugal] |
| parser {n} (computer program) | :: parser {m} |
| parsimonious {adj} (Exhibiting parsimony) | :: parcimonioso {m}, parco {m} |
| parsimony {n} (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) | :: parcimónia {f}, parcimônia {f} |
| parsing {n} | :: interpretando |
| parsley {n} (plant Petroselinum crispum) | :: salsa {f}, perrexil |
| parsnip {n} (the plant Pastinaca sativa) | :: pastinaca {f}, pastinaga {f}, cherovia {f}, cenoura-brava {f} |
| parsnip {n} (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa) | :: pastinaca {f}, pastinaga {f}, cherovia {f}, cenoura-brava {f} |
| part {n} (math: factor) SEE: factor | :: |
| part {n} (fraction of a whole) | :: parte {f}, pedaço {m} |
| part {n} (group inside a larger group) | :: parte {f}, categoria {f} |
| part {n} (section of a document) | :: parte {f} |
| part {n} (position or role, especially in a play) | :: papel {m} |
| part {n} (hair dividing line) | :: linha {f} |
| part {v} (to leave the company of) | :: partir |
| part {v} (to cut hair with a parting) | :: repartir |
| part {v} (to divide in two) | :: partir, dividir |
| part {v} (to become divided in two or separated) | :: partir |
| part {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
| part {adv} (partially) SEE: partially | :: |
| partake {v} (to take part in an activity) | :: participar |
| parthenocarpic {adj} (relating to parthenocarpy) | :: partenocárpico |
| parthenogenesis {n} (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation) | :: [Brazil] partenogênese {f}, [Portugal] partenogénese {f} |
| Parthenon {prop} (ancient temple to Athena) | :: Partenon {m}, Partenão {m} |
| Parthenope {prop} (One of the Sirens from Greek mythology) | :: Parténope {f} [Portugal], Partênope {f} [Brazil] |
| Parthia {prop} ((historical) region) | :: Pártia {f} |
| Parthia {prop} (empire of the Parthians) | :: Pártia {f} |
| partial {adj} (existing in part) | :: parcial |
| partial {adj} (biased) | :: parcial |
| partial derivative {n} (derivative with respect to one variable) | :: derivada parcial {f} |
| partial differential equation {n} (equation) | :: equação diferencial parcial {f} |
| partially {adv} (to a partial degree) | :: parcialmente |
| participant {n} (one who participates) | :: participante {m} {f} |
| participate {v} (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself) | :: participar |
| participation {n} (act of participating) | :: participação {f} |
| participatory democracy {n} (Political system) | :: democracia participativa {f}, democracia participatória {f} |
| participial {n} (participle) SEE: participle | :: |
| participial {adj} (of or relating to a participle) | :: participial {m} {f} |
| participially {adv} (in participial manner) | :: participialmente |
| participle {n} (verb form) | :: particípio |
| particle {n} (body with very small size) | :: partícula {f} |
| particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle) | :: partícula {f} |
| particle {n} (word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech) | :: partícula {f} |
| particle accelerator {n} (a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds) | :: acelerador de partículas {m} |
| particle physics {n} (particle physics) | :: física de partículas {f} |
| particular {adj} (specific; discrete; concrete) | :: específico, particular |
| particular {adj} (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing) | :: próprio, particular |
| particular {adj} (distinguished in some way; special) | :: especial |
| particular {adj} (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious) | :: minucioso |
| particular {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
| particular {adj} (known only to an individual person or group) SEE: confidential | :: |
| particularity {n} | :: particularidade {f} , . |
| particulate {n} (solid or liquid in a subdived state) SEE: particulate matter | :: |
| particulate matter {n} (solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state) | :: material particulado {m} |
| parting {n} (line dividing hair) | :: risco {m}, risco do cabelo {m} |
| partisan {n} (adherent to a party) | :: partidário {m} |
| partisan {n} (fervent supporter of a party) | :: partidário {m} |
| partisan {adj} (adherent to a party or faction) | :: partidário {m} |
| partisan {n} (member of a body of detached light troops) SEE: guerrilla | :: |
| partisanship {n} (an inclination to be partisan) | :: partidarismo {m}, partidismo {m} |
| partition {n} (section of a hard disk separately formatted) | :: partição {f} |
| partitive {adj} (grammar: indicating a part) | :: partitivo |
| partitive {n} (partitive case) | :: partitivo |
| partitive case {n} (case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb) SEE: partitive | :: |
| partiture {n} (score (music)) SEE: score | :: |
| partly {adv} (in part) | :: em parte |
| partner {n} (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
| partner {n} (a member of a business or law partnership) | :: parceiro {m}, sócio |
| partner {n} (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
| partner {n} (dancing partner) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
| partner {n} (either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)) | :: parceiro {m}, parceira {f} |
| partner {v} (To make or be partner) | :: associar-se |
| partnership {n} (state of being associated with a partner) | :: parceria {f} |
| partnership {n} (association of two or more people to conduct a business) | :: sociedade {f} |
| partocracy {n} (government by political parties) | :: partidocracia {f}, partitocracia {f} |
| part of speech {n} (the function a word or phrase performs) | :: classe gramatical {f} |
| partridge {n} (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris) | :: perdiz {f} |
| partridgeberry {n} (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) SEE: lingonberry | :: |
| part-time {adj} (involving less than the normal time) | :: de meio expediente |
| parturition {n} (act of giving birth) | :: parto {m} |
| party {n} (law: particular side in a contract or legal action) | :: parte {f} |
| party {n} (someone who takes part) | :: participante {m} {f} |
| party {n} (group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.) | :: partido |
| party {n} (social gathering) | :: festa {f}, balada {f} |
| party {v} (to celebrate at a party) | :: festejar, festar |
| party {n} (political group) SEE: political party | :: |
| party animal {n} (person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties) | :: festeiro {m}, festeira {f} |
| party favor {n} (souvenir for a party guest) | :: lembrancinha {f} |
| party pooper {n} (one who dampens the fun of a group activity) SEE: spoilsport | :: |
| par value {n} (face value) SEE: face value | :: |
| parvenu {n} (a person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class) | :: parvenu {m} {f} |
| Pasargadae {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: Pasárgada {f} |
| pascal {n} (SI unit of pressure and stress) | :: pascal |
| Paschal Lamb {n} (the lamb eaten at Passover) | :: Cordeiro Pascal {m} |
| Pas-de-Calais {prop} (a département of northern France) | :: Pas-de-Calais {m}, Pas de Calais {m}, Passo de Calais {m} |
| pasha {n} (title) | :: paxá {m} |
| pashalik {n} | :: paxalato {m} |
| Pashto {n} (official language of Afghanistan) | :: pastó {m}, afegane {m}, afegão {m} |
| Pashtun {prop} (Pashto) SEE: Pashto | :: |
| Pashtunistan {prop} (geographic region historically inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people) | :: Pashtunistão {m}, Pakhtunistão {m} |
| pass {v} (move or be moved from one place to another) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (change from one state to another) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (die) | :: falecer |
| pass {v} (elapse) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (go through any inspection or test successfully) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (decline to play in one's turn) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (go by, over, etc) | :: passar |
| pass {v} (sports: to move the ball or puck to a teammate) | :: passar |
| pass {n} (opening, road, or track, available for passing) | :: passagem {f} |
| pass {n} (document granting permission to pass or to go and come) | :: passe {m} |
| pass {n} (password) SEE: password | :: |
| passable {adj} (Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate) | :: aceitável |
| passage {n} (section of text or music) | :: passagem {f}, trecho {m} |
| passage {n} (part of a journey) | :: passagem {f} |
| passage {n} (passageway) | :: passagem {f}, corredor {m} |
| passageway {n} (covered walkway) | :: corredor {m}, passagem {f} |
| passageway {n} (any way for passing in, out or through something) | :: passagem {f} |
| pass away {v} (to die (euphemistic)) | :: falecer, ir-se [Brazil] |
| passbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions) | :: caderneta {f} |
| passed pawn {n} (pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns) | :: peão passado {m} |
| passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) | :: passageiro {m} |
| passenger pigeon {n} (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius) | :: pombo-passageiro {m} |
| passer-by {n} (a person who is passing by) | :: transeunte {m} {f} |
| pass gas {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| passing {adj} (that passes away; ephemeral) | :: passageiro, temporário, efêmero |
| passing {adj} (pre-eminent, excellent) | :: preeminente, excelente, ótimo |
| passing {adj} (vague, cursory) | :: vago |
| passing {adv} ((now literary or archaic) Surpassingly, greatly) | :: extremamente |
| passing {n} (death, dying; the end) | :: morte {f}, óbito {m} |
| passing {n} (fact of going past; movement from one place or state to another) | :: passagem {f} |
| passing {n} (law: act of approving a bill etc.) | :: aprovação {f} |
| passing {n} (sports: act of passing) | :: passe {m} |
| passion {n} (any great emotion) | :: paixão {f} |
| passion {n} (object of passionate love or strong interest) | :: paixão {f}, ardor {f} |
| passion {n} (suffering of Jesus) | :: paixão {f} |
| passion {n} (commemoration of the suffering of Jesus) | :: paixão {f} |
| passionate {adj} (fired with intense feeling) | :: ardente {m} |
| passionately {adv} (in a passionate manner) | :: apaixonadamente |
| passionflower {n} (plant of the genus Passiflora) | :: maracujá {m}, maracujazeiro {m} |
| passion fruit {n} (plant) | :: maracujazeiro {m} |
| passion fruit {n} (edible fruit) | :: maracujá {m} |
| passion fruit {n} (flesh of the fruit) | :: polpa de maracujá {f} |
| Passionist {n} (member of a Roman Catholic institute with emphasis on the Passion) | :: passionista {m} {f} |
| passion pit {n} (drive-in theatre) SEE: drive-in | :: |
| passive {n} (passive voice) SEE: passive voice | :: |
| passive {adj} (not active, but acted upon) | :: passivo |
| passive {adj} (taking no action) | :: passivo |
| passive {adj} (grammar: being in the passive voice) | :: passivo |
| passive {adj} (psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | :: passivo |
| passively {adv} (in a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action) | :: passivamente |
| passiveness {n} (passivity) SEE: passivity | :: |
| passive vocabulary {n} (words and phrases that someone understands but does not commonly use) | :: vocabulário passivo {m} |
| passive voice {n} (grammatical term) | :: voz passiva {f} |
| passivity {n} (the state of being passive) | :: passividade {f} |
| pass off {v} (to happen) | :: transitar, suceder |
| pass off {v} (to misrepresent) | :: passar |
| pass off {v} (to abate, to cease) | :: esclarecer |
| pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die | :: |
| pass out {v} (to faint) | :: desmaiar |
| pass out {v} (to distribute) | :: distribuir |
| Passover {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Pessach {m}, páscoa judaica {f} |
| passphrase {n} (computing: a password that comprises a whole phrase) | :: [Brazil] frase-senha {f}, frase-chave {f}, frase-passe {f} |
| passport {n} (official document) | :: passaporte {m} |
| pass wind {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| password {n} (word used to gain admittance) | :: senha {f}, palavra-passe {f} |
| password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user) | :: senha {f}, palavra-passe {f}, password {f} |
| past {adj} (ago) SEE: ago | :: |
| past {n} (period of time that has already happened) | :: passado {m} |
| past {n} ((grammar) past tense) | :: pretérito {m}, passado {m} |
| past {adj} (having already happened; in the past) | :: passado |
| past {adj} (of a period of time: having just gone by) | :: passado |
| past {adj} (grammar: expressing action that has already happened) | :: passado, pretérito |
| past {adv} (in a direction that passes) | :: por (aqui) |
| past {prep} (beyond in place) | :: além de, depois de |
| pasta {n} (dough) | :: massa {f} |
| past anterior {n} (a compound tense used in literary French, Spanish, and Italian) | :: passado anterior {m} |
| paste {n} (lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof) | :: strass {m} |
| paste {v} (to cause to stick, adhere) | :: aderir, colar |
| paste {v} (to insert a piece of text) | :: colar |
| pastel {n} (any of several subdued tints of colors) | :: pastel {m} |
| pastel {n} (drawing made with these colors) | :: pastel {m} |
| pastel {n} (type of dried paste) | :: pastel {m} |
| pastel {n} (crayon made from such a paste) | :: pastel {m} |
| pastellist {n} (an artist who works in pastels) | :: pastelista {m} {f} |
| pasteurisation {n} (treatment of perishable food) | :: pasteurização {f} |
| pasteurise {v} (pasteurize) SEE: pasteurize | :: |
| pasteurize {v} (to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms) | :: pasteurizar |
| past historic tense {n} (tense) | :: pretérito perfeito |
| pastiche {n} (work that imitates the work of a previous artist) | :: pastiche {m}, pasticho {m} |
| pastiche {n} (musical medley) | :: pot-pourri {m} |
| pastime {n} (that which amuses) | :: passatempo {m} |
| pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| pastor {n} | :: pastor {m} |
| pastoral {adj} (of or pertaining to shepherds) | :: pastoral, pastoril |
| pastoral {adj} (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church) | :: pastoral |
| past participle {n} (past participle) | :: particípio passado {m} |
| past perfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
| past perfect {n} (tense) | :: pretérito perfeito {m} |
| pastrami {n} (seasoned smoked cut of beef) | :: pastrami {m} |
| pastry {n} (food group) | :: pastel {m} |
| past tense {n} (grammatical form) | :: pretérito {m}, passado {m} |
| pasture {v} (graze) SEE: graze | :: |
| pasture {n} (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) | :: pasto |
| pastureland {n} (land for grazing) | :: pastagem |
| pat {n} (sound of a light slap or tap) | :: batidinha {f}, estalo |
| pat {n} (light tap or slap) | :: batidinha {f}, tapinha {m} |
| pat {v} (to tap gently) | :: dar um tapinha |
| pataca {n} (monetary unit of Macau) | :: pataca {f}, pataca de Macau {f} |
| Patagonia {prop} (geographical region) | :: Patagónia [Portugal], Patagônia [Brazil] |
| patch {n} (figuratively: fit) SEE: fit | :: |
| patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool | :: |
| patch {n} (piece of cloth used to repair a garment) | :: remendo {m} |
| patch {n} (computing: file describing changes made to source code) | :: patch {m}, correção {f} |
| patch {v} (mend by sewing on cloth) | :: remendar |
| patch {v} (computing: update source code with a patch) | :: corrigir |
| patch {n} (computing: patch file) SEE: patch file | :: |
| patch file {n} (patch) SEE: patch | :: |
| patch file {n} (input to a patch program) | :: arquivo de patch {m} [Brasil], arquivo de correção {m} [Brasil], ficheiro de patch {m} [Portugal], ficheiro de correcção {m} [Portugal] |
| patchouli {n} (any of several East Indian plants) | :: patchuli {m} |
| patchouli {n} (the oil or perfume made from these plants) | :: patchuli {m} |
| patella {n} (kneecap) SEE: kneecap | :: |
| patellar {adj} (near or relating to the patella or kneecap) | :: patelar |
| paten {n} (plate for the host during Eucharist) | :: pátena {f}, patena {f} |
| patent {n} (declaration issued by a government to an inventor) | :: patente {f} |
| patent {v} (successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent) | :: patentear |
| patent {adj} (explicit and obvious) | :: patente |
| patent troll {n} (company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner) | :: troll de patente {m} |
| paternal {adj} (of or pertaining to one's father) | :: paterno |
| paternal {adj} (fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father) | :: paterno |
| paternal {adj} (received or inherited from one's father) | :: paterno |
| paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father) | :: tia {f} |
| paternal grandfather {n} (one's father's father) | :: avô paterno |
| paternal grandmother {n} (one's father's mother) | :: avó paterna {f} |
| paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father) | :: tio, tio paterno |
| paternity {n} (fatherhood) SEE: fatherhood | :: |
| paternity test {n} (test) | :: teste de paternidade {m} |
| paternoster {n} (a rosary) SEE: rosary | :: |
| path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians) | :: trilha {f}, caminho {m}, senda {f} |
| path {n} (a course taken) | :: caminho {m} |
| path {n} (a metaphorical course) | :: caminho {m} |
| path {n} (a method or direction of proceeding) | :: caminho |
| path {n} (computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure) | :: endereço {m} |
| path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another) | :: caminho {m} |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion) | :: patético |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing scorn or contempt) | :: patético |
| -pathic {suffix} | :: -pático {m} |
| pathogen {n} (an organism or substance that causes disease) | :: patógeno {m} |
| pathogenesis {n} (pathogenesis) | :: patogenia |
| pathogenic {adj} (able to cause disease) | :: patogénico {m} |
| pathologic {adj} (pathological) SEE: pathological | :: |
| pathological {adj} (pertaining to pathology) | :: patológico |
| pathological {adj} (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder) | :: patológico |
| pathologically {adv} (in a pathological manner) | :: patologicamente |
| pathologist {n} (expert in pathology) | :: patologista {m} {f} |
| pathology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: patologia {f} |
| pathology {n} (abnormality) | :: patologia {f} |
| pathos {n} (the quality or property of anything which touches the feelings or excites emotions) | :: pathos {m}, páthos {m}, patos {m} |
| pathway {n} (biochemistry: sequence of biochemical compounds) | :: via |
| patience {n} (quality of being patient) | :: paciência {f} |
| patience {n} (game that can be played by one person) | :: paciência {f} |
| patience is a virtue {proverb} (it is better to be patient than impatient) | :: a paciência é uma virtude |
| patient {adj} (not losing one's temper while waiting) | :: paciente {m} {f} |
| patient {n} (someone who receives treatment from a doctor) | :: paciente {m} |
| patiently {adv} (in a patient manner) | :: pacientemente |
| Patil {prop} (surname) | :: Patil {m} {f} |
| patina {n} (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects) | :: pátina {f} |
| patio {n} (a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation) | :: pátio {m} |
| patio {n} (an inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses) | :: pátio {m} |
| patisserie {n} (pastry shop) | :: patisseria {f}, confeitaria {f} |
| Patras {prop} (city of Greece) | :: Patras {f} |
| patriarch {n} (male leader) | :: patriarca {m} |
| patriarchal {adj} (relating to patriarchy) | :: patriarcal |
| patriarchy {n} (social system) | :: patriarcado {m}, patriarquia {f} |
| patriarchy {n} (power structure) | :: patriarcado {m} |
| patriarchy {n} (dominance of men in social or cultural systems) | :: patriarcado {m} |
| Patricia {prop} (female given name) | :: Patrícia |
| patrician {n} (member of Roman aristocracy) | :: patrício {m} |
| patrician {n} (nobleman) | :: patrício {m}, nobre {m} |
| patricide {n} (murder of one's father) | :: parricídio {m}, patricídio {m} |
| patricide {n} (murderer of own father) | :: parricida {m} {f}, patricida {m} {f} |
| Patrick {prop} (given name) | :: Patrício |
| patrilocality {n} (practice whereupon a married couple lives with or near the family of the husband) | :: patrilocalidade {f} |
| patrimony {n} (inheritance from one's ancestor) | :: património {m}, patrimônio {m} [Brazil] |
| patriot {n} (person who loves, supports and defends their country) | :: patriota {m} {f} |
| patriotic {adj} (inspired by patriotism) | :: patriota, patriótico {m}, patriótica {f} |
| patriotically {adv} (in a patriotic manner) | :: patrioticamente |
| patriotism {n} (love of one's own country) | :: patriotismo {m} |
| patristics {n} (patristics) | :: patrística {f} |
| Patroclus {prop} (character in the Iliad) | :: Pátroclo {m} |
| patrol {n} (going of the rounds) | :: patrulha {f}, patrulhamento {m} |
| patrol {n} (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts) | :: patrulha {f} |
| patrol {n} (guards who go the rounds for observation) | :: patrulha {f} |
| patrol {n} (perambulation of a particular line or district) | :: patrulha {f} |
| patrol {v} (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels) | :: patrulhar |
| patrol {v} (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman) | :: patrulhar |
| patron {n} (regular customer) | :: cliente {m} |
| patron {n} (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc.) | :: mecenas {m} {f} |
| patronage {n} (the act of providing approval and support) | :: mecenato {m}, patronato {m} |
| patronage {n} (granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support) | :: clientelismo {m} |
| patronising {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patronize {v} (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support) | :: apadrinhar |
| patronize {v} (to make oneself a customer of a business) | :: frequentar |
| patronize {v} (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority) | :: tratar condescendentemente |
| patronizing {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patron saint {n} (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) | :: patrono {m}, padroeiro {m}, orago {m} |
| patronymic {n} (patronymic (noun)) | :: patronímico {m} |
| pattern {n} (that from which a copy is made) | :: molde {m}, modelo {m} |
| pattern {n} (motif or decoration) | :: padrão {m} |
| paucity {n} (fewness in number; a small number) | :: penúria {f} |
| Paul {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Paulo |
| Paul {prop} (male given name) | :: Paulo |
| Paula {prop} (female given name) | :: Paula {f} |
| pauldron {n} (plate armor that protects the shoulders) | :: ombreira {f} |
| Paulette {prop} (female given name) | :: Paulete {f} |
| Pauline {prop} (female given name) | :: Paulina {f}, Pauline {f} |
| Pauline {adj} (of or relating to the Apostle Paul and his doctrines) | :: paulino |
| Paulistano {n} (someone from São Paulo) | :: paulistano {m} |
| paunch {n} (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) | :: pança {f} |
| paunch {n} (large, protruding belly) | :: pança {f} |
| paunchy {adj} (having a paunch) | :: barrigudo |
| pauper {n} (one who is extremely poor) | :: indigente {m} {f} |
| pause {v} (to interrupt something) | :: pausar |
| pause {n} (temporary stop or rest) | :: pausa {f} |
| pave {v} ((British) to cover with paving stones) | :: pavimentar |
| pave {v} ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc) | :: pavimentar |
| paved {adj} (covered in pavement) | :: pavimentado |
| pavement {n} (footpath) | :: calçada {f} |
| pavement {n} (surface of road) | :: pavimento {m} |
| pavilion {n} (ornate tent) | :: pavilhão {m} |
| pavilion {n} (light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place) | :: pavilhão {m} |
| pavilion {n} (structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc) | :: pavilhão {m} |
| pavilion {n} (cartiliginous part of the outer ear) SEE: pinna | :: |
| Pavo {prop} (constellation of the southern sky) | :: Pavão {m} |
| paw {n} (soft foot of an animal) | :: pata {f} |
| paw {v} (to touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way) | :: apalpar |
| pawn {n} (chess piece) | :: peão {m} |
| pawn {n} (someone who is being manipulated) | :: peão {m} |
| pawn {n} (instance of pawning something) | :: penhora {f} |
| pawn {n} ((rare) type of shop) | :: topa-tudo {m}, casa de penhores {f}, penhora {f} |
| pawn {v} (give as security for loan) | :: penhorar, empenhar |
| pawnbroker {n} (person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security) | :: penhorista {m} {f} |
| pawnshop {n} (business premises of a pawnbroker) | :: casa de penhores {f} |
| pawpaw {n} (fruit) | :: mamão {m} |
| pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services) | :: pagar |
| pay {v} (to give (e.g. attention)) | :: prestar |
| pay {v} (to be profitable) | :: compensar |
| pay {n} (money given in return for work) | :: pagamento {m} |
| pay attention {v} (to be attentive) | :: prestar atenção |
| pay back {v} (to repay) | :: devolver |
| payback {n} (an act of revenge) | :: forra {f} [Brazil], troco {m} |
| payback {n} (a form of recompense) | :: retorno {m} |
| payday {n} (day on which an employee's salary is paid) | :: dia de pagamento {m} |
| payer {n} (one who pays) | :: pagante {m} {f}, pagador {m} |
| payment {n} (the act of paying) | :: pagamento |
| payment {n} (a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services) | :: pagamento {m} |
| payment terminal {n} | :: máquina de cartão {f}, maquininha {f} |
| pay off {v} (to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit) | :: compensar |
| pay-off {n} (a payment) | :: pagamento {m} |
| pay-off {n} (a reward) | :: recompensa {f} |
| pay-off {n} (a bribe) | :: suborno {m} |
| pay raise {n} (increase in salary) SEE: pay rise | :: |
| pay rise {n} (increase in pay) | :: aumento de salário |
| payrise {n} (pay rise) SEE: pay rise | :: |
| payslip {n} (document of employee's wage or salary) | :: holerite {m} |
| pay the bills {v} (provide enough income) | :: pagar as contas |
| pay through the nose {v} (To pay a high price) | :: pagar os olhos da cara |
| paywall {n} (a feature of a website that only allows access to paying subscribers) | :: muro de pagamento {m}, paywall {m} |
| pea {n} (plant) | :: ervilha |
| pea {n} (edible seed) | :: ervilha {f} |
| peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence) | :: paz {f} |
| peace {n} (state of mind) | :: paz {f} |
| peace {n} (harmony; lack of conflict in personal relations) | :: paz {f} |
| peace {n} (state of being free from war) | :: paz {f} |
| peace and quiet {n} (tranquility) | :: calmaria {f} |
| peaceful {adj} (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil) | :: pacífico |
| peaceful {adj} (inclined to peace; peaceable) | :: pacífico |
| peaceful {adj} (motionless and calm; placid) | :: calmo, tranquilo |
| peaceful coexistence {n} (mutual non-interference) | :: coexistência pacífica {f} |
| peacefully {adv} (in a peaceful manner) | :: pacificamente |
| peace of mind {n} (absence of mental stress) | :: serenidade {f}, tranquilidade {f} |
| peace out {v} (to pass out) SEE: pass out | :: |
| peace pipe {n} (pipe) | :: cachimbo da paz {m} |
| peacetime {n} (period of peace) | :: tempo de paz {m} |
| peace treaty {n} (an agreement to end fighting or conflict) | :: tratado de paz {m} |
| peach {n} (tree) | :: pessegueiro {m} |
| peach {n} (fruit) | :: pêssego {m} |
| peach {n} (colour) | :: cor pêssego {f} |
| peach blossom {n} (flower) | :: flor de pêssego {f}, flor do pessegueiro {f} |
| peach palm {n} (Bactris gasipaes) | :: pupunha {f} |
| peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo) | :: pavão real {m}, pavão {m} |
| peafowl {n} (pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo) | :: pavão {m} |
| peahen {n} (female of peafowl) | :: pavoa {f} |
| peak {n} (point, sharp end) | :: ponta {f} |
| peak {n} (highest value reached) | :: cume {f}, pico {m} |
| peak {n} (mountain top) | :: pico {m}, cume {m}, topo {m} |
| peak hour {n} (rush hour) SEE: rush hour | :: |
| peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut) | :: amendoim {m}; ginguba [Angola] |
| peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts) | :: manteiga de amendoim {f}, pasta de amendoim {f} |
| pear {n} (fruit) | :: pera {f} |
| pear {n} (tree) | :: pereira {f} |
| pearl {n} (light-colored tern) SEE: tern | :: |
| pearl {n} (mother-of-pearl) SEE: mother-of-pearl | :: |
| pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) | :: pérola {f} |
| pearl {n} (fringe or border) SEE: fringe | :: |
| pearl diver {n} (dishwasher) SEE: dishwasher | :: |
| Pearl Harbor {prop} (a harbor on Oahu) | :: Pearl Harbor {f} |
| pearl necklace {n} (necklace made of pearls) | :: colar de pérolas {m} |
| pearl of wisdom {n} (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) | :: pérola de sabedoria {f} |
| Pearl River {prop} (river in China) | :: Rio das Pérolas |
| pear tree {n} (a tree of the genus Pyrus) | :: pereira {f} |
| peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class) | :: camponês {m}, camponesa {f} |
| peasant {n} (country person) | :: camponês {m}, rústico {m}, camponesa {f}, rústica {f} |
| peasant {n} (uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person) | :: rústico {m}, rústica {f} |
| peasantry {n} (impoverished rural farm workers) | :: campesinato {m} |
| peat {n} (soil) | :: turfa {f} |
| pebble {n} (stone) | :: seixo, pedregulho {m}, pedrinha {f} |
| pecan {n} (tree) | :: nogueira-pecã {f} |
| pecan {n} (nut) | :: pecã {f} |
| peccaminous {adj} (sinful) | :: pecaminoso |
| peccary {n} (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos) | :: pecari {m}, queixada {m} |
| peck {v} (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar) | :: bicar {m} |
| peck {n} (short kiss) | :: beijoca, bitoca, beijinho {m} |
| pecker {n} (slang for penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| peckerwood {n} (woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| peckerwood {n} (white, especially ignorant or rustic) SEE: redneck | :: |
| peckish {adj} (irritable) | :: irritadiço {m} |
| pectin {n} (substance) | :: pectina {f} |
| pectinate {adj} (resembling a comb) | :: pectinado {m} |
| pectoral sandpiper {n} (Calidris melanotos) | :: pilrito-peitoral |
| peculiar {adj} (out of the ordinary) | :: peculiar, estranho, esquisito |
| peculiar {adj} (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance) | :: peculiar, particular |
| peculiarity {n} (the quality or state of being peculiar) | :: peculiaridade {f} |
| peculiarity {n} (that which is peculiar) | :: peculiaridade {f} |
| pecuniary {adj} (of or relating to money) | :: monetário |
| ped {n} (pedestrian) SEE: pedestrian | :: |
| pedagogic {adj} (pedagogical) SEE: pedagogical | :: |
| pedagogical {adj} (of, or relating to pedagogy) | :: pedagógico |
| pedagogically {adv} (in a pedagogical manner) | :: pedagogicamente |
| pedagogue {n} (a teacher) | :: pedagogo {m} |
| pedagogue {n} (a slave) | :: pedagogo {m} |
| pedagogy {n} (profession of teaching) | :: pedagogia {f}, ensino {m} |
| pedagogy {n} (activities of educating, teaching or instructing) | :: pedagogia {f} |
| pedal {n} (lever operated by one's foot) | :: pedal {m} |
| pedal {v} (to operate a pedal) | :: pedalar |
| pedalo {n} (small boat propelled by pedals) | :: [Brazil] pedalinho {m}, [Portugal] cisne {m}, [Portugal] gaivota {f} |
| pedant {n} (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) | :: pedante {m} {f} |
| pedant {n} (person who emphasizes their knowledge through strict adherence to rules of vocabulary and grammar) | :: pedante {m} {f} |
| pedantic {adj} (like a pedant) | :: pedante |
| pedantical {adj} (pedantic) SEE: pedantic | :: |
| pedantry {n} (excessive attention to detail or rules) | :: pedantismo {m} |
| pedantry {n} (instance of being pedantic) | :: pedantice {f} |
| pedantry {n} (overly ambitious display of learning) | :: pedantismo {m} |
| peddle {v} (to sell things, especially door to door) | :: mascatear |
| peddle {v} (to sell illegal narcotics) | :: traficar |
| peddler {n} (itinerant seller of small goods) | :: camelô {m} {f}, ambulante {m} {f}, vendedor ambulante {m}, mascate {m}, vendilhão {m} |
| peddler {n} (drug dealer) SEE: drug dealer | :: |
| pederast {n} (practitioner of pederasty) | :: pederasta {m} |
| pederasty {n} (pederasty) | :: pederastia {f} |
| pederasty {n} (archaic: homosexual anal sex) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| pedestal {n} (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like) | :: pedestal {m} |
| pedestrian {adj} (of or intended for pedestrians) | :: pedestre, pedonal {m} {f} |
| pedestrian {adj} (ordinary) | :: prosaico, comum |
| pedestrian {n} (somebody walking rather than using a vehicle) | :: peão {m}, pedestre {m} {f} |
| pedestrian crossing {n} (place for pedestrians to cross a street) | :: faixa de pedestres {f}, faixa {f} |
| pedestrianization {n} (the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: pedestrianização {f}, pedonalização {f} |
| pedestrianize {v} (restrict access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: peadonizar, pedestrianizar |
| pediatric {adj} (of or pertaining to pediatrics) | :: pediátrico |
| pediatrician {n} (physician who specialises in pediatrics) | :: pediatra {m} {f} |
| pedicab {n} (vehicle) | :: ciclotáxi {m} |
| pedicellaria {n} (a small, stalk-shaped structure on some echinoderms) | :: pedicelária {f} |
| pedicellate {adj} (Having (or supported by) a pedicel.) | :: pedicelado {m} |
| pedicure {n} (superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails) | :: pedicure {f} |
| pedigree {n} (chart of ancestors) | :: pedigree {m} |
| pediment {n} (architectural element) | :: frontão {m} |
| pedological {adj} (pertaining to pedology) | :: pedológico |
| pedometer {n} (device) | :: podómetro, pedómetro {m} [Portugal]; podômetro {m}, pedômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| pedophile {n} (an adult who is sexually attracted to children) | :: pedófilo {m}, pedófila {f} |
| pedophilia {n} (sexual feeling or desire by adults towards children) | :: pedofilia {f} |
| pedosexual {adj} (constituting sexual activity between adults and children) | :: pedossexual |
| pee {n} | :: xixi, pipi |
| pee {v} | :: fazer xixi |
| pee {n} (name of the letter P, p) | :: pê {m} |
| peek {v} (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) | :: dar uma espiada, espreitar |
| peekaboo {n} (game for small children) | :: cucu |
| peel {v} (to remove skin) | :: descascar |
| peel {n} (skin of a fruit) | :: casca {f} |
| pee one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself | :: |
| peep {v} (to look) | :: espreitar |
| peep {n} (sandpiper) SEE: sandpiper | :: |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: urine) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: genitalia) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| peephole {n} (hole) | :: olho mágico {m} |
| peeping tom {n} (person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure) | :: voyeur, espreitador |
| peer {v} (to look with difficulty or as if searching) | :: espreitar |
| peer {n} (someone or something of equal level) | :: par {m} |
| peer {n} (noble) | :: par {m} |
| peerage {n} (peers as a group) | :: pariato {m} |
| peerage {n} (the rank or title of a peer) | :: pares {p} |
| peer group {n} | :: grupo de pares {m} |
| peer review {n} (scholarly process) | :: revisão por pares {f} |
| peeve {n} (annoyance or grievance) | :: chateação {f} |
| peeve {v} (annoy; vex) | :: chatear |
| peewah {n} (Bactris gasipaes) SEE: peach palm | :: |
| peg {n} (a cylindrical object) | :: cavilha {f} |
| peg {n} (an event that triggers news coverage (journalism)) | :: gancho {m} |
| peg {v} (To fasten using a peg) | :: cavilhar |
| pegasus {n} (winged horse) | :: pégaso {m} |
| Pegasus {prop} (mythical winged horse) | :: Pégaso {m} |
| Pegasus {prop} (constellation) | :: Pégaso {m} |
| Pei-ching {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| pejorative {adj} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory) | :: pejorativo |
| pejorative {n} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression) | :: pejorativo {m} |
| pekan {n} (fisher) SEE: fisher | :: |
| Peking {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| Peking duck {n} (dish consisting of duck and pancake) | :: pato à Pequim {m}, pato assado de Pequim {m} |
| Pekingese {n} (someone from Beijing) | :: pequinês {m} |
| Pekingese {n} (dog) | :: pequinês {m} |
| Pekingese {adj} (of or related to Beijing) | :: pequinês |
| Peking willow {n} (Salix babylonica) SEE: weeping willow | :: |
| Pelagianism {n} (Christian belief) | :: pelagianismo {m} |
| pelagic {adj} (living in the open sea) | :: pelágico |
| pelargonium {n} (flower of the genus Pelargonium) | :: pelargónio {m} [Portugal], pelargônio {m} [Brazil] |
| Peleus {prop} (surname) | :: Peleo |
| pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) | :: pelicano {m} |
| pellagra {n} (disease) | :: pelagra {f} |
| pellet {n} (A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter) | :: sedimento |
| pellet {n} (A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns) | :: pelota de chumbo {m}, chumbinho {m} |
| pelmeni {n} (Russian dumplings) | :: pelmeni {m} |
| Peloponnese {prop} (region of Greece) | :: Peloponeso {m} |
| Peloponnesian {adj} (pertaining to the Peloponnesus) | :: peloponésio |
| Peloponnesian {n} (inhabitant of the Peloponnesus) | :: peloponésio {m} |
| peloton {n} (main group of riders in a cycling race) | :: pelotão {m} |
| pelt {n} (skin of a beast with the hair on) | :: pele {f}, tosão {m} |
| pelt {n} (human skin, see also: skin) | :: pele {f}, coiro |
| peltast {n} (light infantry unit in Ancient Greece) | :: peltasta {m} |
| pelvic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis; as, pelvic cellulitis) | :: pélvico |
| pelvis {n} (bone) | :: pelve {f}, bacia {f}, pélvis {f} |
| pemphigoid {n} (any of a group of rare autoimmune blistering skin diseases) | :: penfigoide {m} |
| pemphigus {n} (autoimmune skin disease) | :: pênfigo {m} |
| pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing | :: |
| pen {n} (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals) | :: curral {m}, cercado {m} |
| pen {n} (prison cell) | :: cela {f} |
| pen {v} (to enclose) | :: prender, enclausurar |
| pen {n} (writing tool) | :: caneta {f} |
| pen {v} (to write) | :: escrever |
| pen {n} (female swan) | :: cisne {m} {f} |
| penal {adj} (of or relating to punishment) | :: penal |
| penalize {v} (to subject to a penalty) | :: penalizar |
| penalty {n} (legal sentence) | :: pena {f} |
| penalty {n} (punishment for violating rules of procedure) | :: penalidade {f} |
| penalty {n} (penalty kick) SEE: penalty kick | :: |
| penalty area {n} (area on a soccer pitch) | :: grande área {f} |
| penalty box {n} (penalty area) SEE: penalty area | :: |
| penalty kick {n} ((soccer) a form of direct free kick) | :: pênalti {m} |
| penalty shootout {n} (a series of penalty kicks) | :: disputa por pênaltis {f}, pênaltis {m-p} |
| penance {n} (voluntary self-imposed punishment) | :: penitência {f} |
| penance {n} (sacrament in some churches) | :: penitência {f} |
| penchant {n} (taste, liking, or inclination (for)) | :: inclinação {f}, predisposição {f} |
| pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument) | :: lápis {m} |
| pencil box {n} (container for stationery) SEE: pencil case | :: |
| pencil case {n} (object purposed to contain stationery) | :: estojo {m} |
| pencil crayon {n} (pencil crayon) SEE: colored pencil | :: |
| pencil holder {n} | :: porta-lápis {m} |
| pencil sharpener {n} (device used to sharpen pencils) | :: apontador {m}, apontador de lápis {m} |
| pencil skirt {n} (very narrow skirt) | :: saia lápis {f}, saia tubo {f} |
| pendant {n} (a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck) | :: pingente {m} |
| pending {adj} (awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation) | :: pendente |
| pendragon {n} (chief war leader, dictator, or king) | :: pendragon |
| pen drive {n} (flash drive) SEE: flash drive | :: |
| pendulum {n} (body suspended from a fixed support) | :: pêndulo {m} |
| penetrate {v} (enter into) | :: penetrar |
| penetration {n} (act of penetrating) | :: penetração {f} |
| penfriend {n} (person with whom one exchanges letters) SEE: pen pal | :: |
| penguin {n} (flightless sea bird) | :: pinguim {m} |
| penicillin {n} (penicillin) | :: penicilina {f} |
| peninsula {n} (piece of land projecting into water) | :: península {f} |
| peninsular {adj} (of or connected with a peninsula) | :: peninsular |
| penis {n} | :: pénis {m} [Portugal], pênis {m} [Brazil], membro {m}, membro viril {m}, instrumento {m}, ferramenta {f} |
| penis {n} (penis) SEE: member | :: |
| penitence {n} (condition of being penitent) | :: contrição {f},, penitência {f} |
| penitentiary {n} (prison) | :: penitenciária {f} |
| penknife {n} (small pocketknife) | :: canivete suíço {m}, canivete {m} |
| penmanship {n} (art of good handwriting) | :: caligrafia {f} |
| pen name {n} (writer's pseudonym) | :: pseudônimo |
| penne {n} (type of pasta) | :: penne |
| penniless {adj} (utterly without money) | :: paupérrimo |
| Pennsylvania {prop} (US state) | :: Pensilvânia {f} |
| penny {n} (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound) | :: pêni {m} |
| penny {n} (1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound) | :: pêni {m} (B), péni {m} (P) |
| penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent | :: |
| penny bun {n} (Boletus edulis) SEE: porcini | :: |
| penny farthing {n} (bicycle) | :: biciclo {m} |
| penny pincher {n} (one who spends little money) | :: mão-de-vaca {m} {m-p} {f} {f-p} |
| pen pal {n} (friend with whom one communicates using letters) | :: amigo por correspondência {m}, correspondente {m} |
| pension {n} (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services) | :: pensão {f} |
| pension {n} (boarding house) | :: pensão {f} |
| pension {v} (to grant a pension) | :: pensionar |
| pension {v} (to force to retire) | :: aposentar |
| pensioner {n} (someone who lives on a pension) | :: pensionista {m} {f}, reformado {m}, reformada {f} |
| pensioner {n} (someone at typical age for a pensioner) SEE: senior citizen | :: |
| pensive {adj} (having the appearance of thinking) | :: pensativo {m} |
| pensive {adj} (looking thoughtful or sad) | :: pensativo {m} |
| pensively {adv} (in a thoughtful or reflective manner) | :: pensativamente |
| penstroke {n} (a stroke of a pen) | :: penada {f} |
| pent {adj} (confined in a pen, imprisoned) | :: confinado {m} |
| penta- {prefix} (five) | :: penta- |
| pentachloride {n} (pentachloride) | :: pentacloreto {m} |
| pentagon {n} (a polygon with five sides and five angles) | :: pentágono {m} |
| Pentagon {prop} (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) | :: Pentágono {m} |
| pentagonal {adj} (of, relating to, or shaped like a pentagon) | :: pentagonal |
| pentagram {n} (shape of five-pointed star) | :: pentagrama {m} |
| pentalogy {n} (series of five related works of art) | :: pentalogia {f} |
| pentane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12) | :: pentano {m} |
| Pentateuch {prop} (first five books of the Bible) | :: Pentateuco {m} |
| pentathlete {n} (An athlete who competes in the pentathlon) | :: pentatleta {m} {f} |
| pentathlon {n} (ancient pentathlon) | :: pentatlo {m} |
| pentathlon {n} (modern pentathlon) | :: pentatlo {m} |
| Pentecost {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Shavuot {m} |
| Pentecost {prop} (Christian festival) | :: Pentecostes {m}, Pentecoste {m} |
| Pentecostalism {n} (Christian religious movement) | :: pentecostalismo {m} |
| Pentecostalist {adj} (of or pertaining to Pentecostalism) | :: pentecostal |
| Pentecostalist {n} (a member of the Pentecostalism movement) | :: pentecostal {m} {f} |
| pentene {n} (any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond) | :: penteno {m}, amileno {m} |
| penthouse {n} (an apartment or suite on the top floor of a tall building) | :: cobertura {f} |
| pentose {n} (saccharide containing five carbon atoms) | :: pentose {f} |
| penultimate {adj} (next-to-last in a sequence) | :: penúltimo |
| penumbra {n} (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse) | :: penumbra {f} |
| Penza {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Penza {f} |
| peon {n} (peasant or serf) | :: peão {m} |
| peonage {n} (the state of being a peon) | :: peonagem {f} |
| peony {n} (Paeonia genus of flowering plants) | :: peônia {f} [Brazil], peónia {f} [Portugal] |
| people {n} (a body of human beings; a group of two or more persons) | :: pessoas {f-p}, gente {f} |
| people {n} (a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.) | :: povo {m} |
| people {n} (a group of persons regarded as being employees etc.) | :: pessoal {m} |
| people {n} (a person's ancestors, relatives or family) | :: família {f} |
| people {n} (the mass of community as distinguished from a special class) | :: povo {m} |
| people {v} (to fill with people) | :: povoar |
| people {v} (to become populous) | :: povoar-se |
| people {v} (to inhabit, to occupy) | :: povoar |
| People's Democratic Republic of Algeria {prop} (official name of Algeria) | :: República Argelina Democrática e Popular {f} |
| People's Democratic Republic of Yemen {prop} (South Yemen) | :: República Democrática Popular do Iêmen {f} [Brazil] |
| people's republic {n} (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments) | :: república popular {f} |
| People's Republic of Bangladesh {prop} (People's Republic of Bangladesh) | :: República Popular do Bangladesh |
| People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China) | :: República Popular da China {f} |
| people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones {proverb} (one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault) | :: [Brazil]: quem tem telhado de vidro não joga pedra no dos outros |
| pepper {n} (plant) | :: pimenta, pimenteiro {m} |
| pepper {n} (spice) | :: pimenta {f} |
| pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum) | :: pimento {m}, pimentão {m} |
| pepper {v} (add pepper to) | :: apimentar |
| pepper {v} (strike with small particles) | :: salpicar |
| pepper {v} (cover with lots of small things) | :: salpicar |
| pepper mill {n} (a small handheld grinder) | :: moedor de pimenta {m} |
| peppermint {n} (herb) | :: hortelã-pimenta {f} |
| Pepper's ghost {n} (an illusionary technique used to make objects appear or disappear) | :: fantasma de Pepper {m} |
| pepper shaker {n} (a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it) | :: pimenteiro {m} |
| pepper spray {n} (non-lethal riot-control agent) | :: spray de pimenta |
| pepperwort {n} (plant in the genus Lepidium) | :: lepídio {m} |
| peppy {adj} (energetic) | :: serelepe |
| Pepsi {prop} (the brand of drink) | :: Pepsi {f} |
| Pepsi {n} (a portion of Pepsi) | :: Pepsi {f} |
| pepsin {n} (digestive enzyme) | :: pepsina {f} |
| peptide {n} (class of organic compounds) | :: peptídeo {m}, peptídio {m}, péptido {m}, peptido {m} |
| peptidic {adj} (pertaining peptides) | :: peptídico |
| peptone {n} (water-soluble product of partial protein hydrolysis) | :: peptona {f} |
| per {prep} (for each) | :: por |
| per {prep} (used in expressing ratios of units) | :: por |
| per {prep} (in accordance with) | :: por |
| perambulate {v} (roam, stroll) | :: perambular, vaguear, passear |
| perambulator {n} (pram) SEE: pram | :: |
| per capita {adj} (per person) | :: per capita |
| per capita {adv} (per person) | :: per capita |
| perceive {v} (to understand) | :: perceber, entender, compreender |
| percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred) | :: por cento |
| percentage {n} (part of a whole) | :: percentagem {m} |
| percentile {n} (any of the ninety-nine points) | :: percentil {m} |
| percentile {n} (any one of the hundred groups so divided) | :: percentil {m} |
| percentual {adj} (expressed as a percentage) | :: percentual |
| perception {n} (conscious understanding of something) | :: percepção {f} |
| perception {n} (vision (ability)) | :: percepção {f} |
| perception {n} (that which is detected by the five senses) | :: percepção {f} |
| perception {n} (acuity) SEE: acuity | :: |
| perceptive {adj} (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) | :: perceptivo, perspicaz |
| perch {n} (fish of the genus Perca) | :: perca {f} |
| perch {n} (fish in the taxonomic family Percidae) | :: pércida {m}, percídeo {m} |
| perch {n} (fish in the taxonomic order Perciformes) | :: perciforme {m} |
| perch {n} (rod used by bird) | :: poleiro |
| perch {v} (to rest on a perch, to roost) | :: empoleirar-se |
| perch {v} (to place something on a perch) | :: empoleirar |
| perchlorate {n} (salt) | :: perclorato {m} |
| percolate {v} ((transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance) | :: coar, filtrar |
| percolate {v} ((intransitive) drain through a porous substance) | :: permear |
| percolate {v} ((transitive) to make coffee in a percolator) | :: coar, filtrar |
| percolate {v} ((intransitive) to make coffee in a percolator) | :: coar |
| percolate {v} ((intransitive) spread slowly or gradually) | :: permear |
| percolation {n} (seepage or filtration of a liquid) | :: percolação {f} |
| percussion {n} (music: section of percussion instruments) | :: percussão {f} |
| percussion cap {n} (metal cap on muzzleloading firearms) | :: espoleta |
| percussion instrument {n} (type of instrument) | :: instrumento de percussão {m} |
| perdition {n} (eternal damnation) | :: perdição {f} |
| perdition {n} (hell) | :: inferno {m} |
| perdition {n} (absolute ruin) | :: perdição {f} |
| peregrine falcon {n} (Falco peregrinus) | :: falcão peregrino {m} |
| peremptory {adj} ((law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal) | :: irrefutável |
| perennial {adj} (lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time) | :: perene |
| perennial {adj} ((of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years) | :: perene, vivaz |
| perennial {adj} (continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing) | :: perene |
| perennial {adj} (enduring; lasting; timeless) | :: perene |
| perennial {n} (perennial plant) | :: planta perene {f} |
| perestroika {prop} (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s) | :: perestroika {f} |
| perfect {adj} (fitting its definition precisely) | :: perfeito |
| perfect {adj} (having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose) | :: perfeito {m} |
| perfect {adj} (without fault or mistake) | :: perfeito |
| perfect {adj} (excellent and delightful in all respects) | :: perfeito |
| perfect {adj} (grammar: of a tense or verb form: representing a completed action) | :: perfeito |
| perfect {v} (make perfect) | :: aperfeiçoar |
| perfection {n} (being perfect) | :: perfeição {f} |
| perfectionism {n} (a dislike for anything less than perfection) | :: perfeccionismo {m} |
| perfectionist {n} (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) | :: perfeccionista {m} {f} |
| perfectionist {adj} (inclined or related to perfectionism) | :: perfeccionista |
| perfectionistic {adj} (perfectionist) SEE: perfectionist | :: |
| perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection | :: |
| perfective {adj} (relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect) | :: perfectivo |
| perfective {n} (perfective verb form) | :: perfectivo {m} |
| perfective aspect {n} (grammatical term) | :: perfeito {m} |
| perfectly {adv} (with perfection) | :: perfeitamente |
| perfectly {adv} (wholly, completely) | :: perfeitamente |
| perfect number {n} (a number that is the sum of all of its divisors except itself) | :: número perfeito {m} |
| perfect tense {n} (verb form indicating that an action has been completed) | :: perfeito |
| perfidious {adj} (pertaining to perfidy) | :: pérfido, desleal |
| perforate {adj} (perforated) SEE: perforated | :: |
| perforate {v} (to pierce or penetrate) | :: perfurar |
| perforate {v} (to make a line of holes) | :: perfurar |
| perforated {adj} (having a series of holes) | :: perfurado |
| perforator {n} (hole punch) SEE: hole punch | :: |
| perform {v} (to do something) | :: realizar, fazer, levar a cabo |
| perform {v} (to do something in front of an audience) | :: interpretar |
| performance {n} (the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; accomplishment) | :: desempenho |
| performance {n} (that which is performed or accomplished) | :: desempenho |
| performance {n} (live show or concert) | :: apresentação {f} |
| performance {n} (amount of useful work accomplished) | :: desempenho {m}, performance {f} |
| performance anxiety {n} (anxiety about performing in front of an audience) SEE: stage fright | :: |
| performative utterance {n} (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) | :: enunciado performativo {m} |
| perfume {n} (pleasant smell) | :: fragrância {f}, perfume {m}, cheiro {m} |
| perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell) | :: perfume {m} |
| perfume {v} (to apply perfume to) | :: perfumar |
| perfumer {n} (person who makes or sells perfume) | :: perfumista {m} {f} |
| perfumery {n} (shop selling perfumes) | :: perfumaria {f} |
| perfumery {n} (factory where perfume is made) | :: perfumaria {f} |
| perfunctory {adj} (performed out of routine, with little care) | :: perfunctório |
| perfusion {n} (act of perfusing) | :: perfusão {f} |
| Pergamum {prop} (an ancient Greek city) | :: Pérgamo {m} |
| pergola {n} (framework) | :: pérgola {f} |
| perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: talvez |
| periapse {n} (periapsis) SEE: periapsis | :: |
| periapsis {n} | :: periapside {f} |
| pericardial {adj} (of or relating to the pericardium) | :: pericárdico, pericardino |
| pericarp {n} (outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary) | :: pericarpo {m} |
| periclase {n} (a mineral, cubic magnesium oxide) | :: periclase {f} |
| Pericles {prop} (Greek politician) | :: Péricles {m} |
| peridot {n} (form of olivine) | :: peridoto {m}, crisólito {m}, crisólita {f} |
| perigon {n} (round angle) SEE: round angle | :: |
| perihelion {n} (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the Sun) | :: periélio {m} |
| peril {n} (a situation of serious danger) | :: perigo {m} |
| peril {n} (something that causes, contains, or presents danger) | :: risco {m}, perigo {m} |
| perilous {adj} (dangerous, full of peril) | :: periculoso, arriscado {m}, perigoso {m} |
| perimeter {n} (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) | :: perímetro {m} |
| perimeter {n} (length of such a boundary) | :: perímetro {m} |
| perimeter {n} (outer limits of an area) | :: perímetro {m} |
| perimeter {n} (fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position) | :: perímetro {m} |
| perineal {adj} (perineal) | :: perineal |
| perineum {n} (anatomical term) | :: períneo {m} |
| period {n} (a length of time) | :: período {m} |
| period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity) | :: período {m} |
| period {n} (punctation mark “.”) | :: ponto {m}, ponto final {m} |
| period {n} (length of time during which something repeats) | :: período {m} |
| period {interj} (and nothing else) | :: ponto final {m}, ponto {m} |
| period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| periodic {adj} (relative to a period or periods) | :: periódico |
| periodic {adj} (having repeated cycles) | :: periódico |
| periodic {adj} (occurring at regular intervals) | :: periódico |
| periodical {n} (publication that appears at fixed intervals) | :: periódico {m}, publicação periódica {f} |
| periodically {adv} (intermittently) SEE: intermittently | :: |
| periodically {adv} (in a regular, periodic manner) | :: periodicamente |
| periodic table {n} (tabular chart of the chemical elements) | :: tabela periódica {f} |
| Perioikoi {n} (ancient inhabitant of Laconia) | :: perieco |
| perioperative {adj} (relating to operation) | :: perioperativo |
| periosteum {n} (membrane surrounding a bone) | :: periósteo {m} |
| peripatetic {n} (Aristotelian) SEE: Aristotelian | :: |
| peripeteia {n} (a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances) | :: peripécia {m} |
| peripheral {adj} (on the periphery or boundary) | :: periférico |
| peripheral {adj} (unimportant) | :: secundário |
| peripheral {n} (computing device) SEE: peripheral device | :: |
| peripheral device {n} (device that is outside the computer's system unit) | :: periférico {m} |
| peripheral nervous system {n} (part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system) | :: sistema nervoso periférico {m} |
| peripheral vision {n} | :: visão periférica {f} |
| periphery {n} (outside boundary, parts or surface) | :: periferia {f} |
| periphery {n} (Greek administrative region) | :: periferia {f} |
| periphrase {n} (use of more words than necessary) SEE: periphrasis | :: |
| periphrasis {n} (use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | :: perífrase {f} |
| periphrastic {adj} (expressed in more words than are necessary) | :: perifrástico |
| periphrastic {adj} (grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution) | :: perifrástico |
| periphrastically {adv} (with circumlocution) | :: perifrasticamente |
| periphrastically {adv} (with periphrasis) | :: perifrasticamente |
| periscope {n} (viewing device) | :: periscópio {m} |
| perish {v} (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing) | :: perecer |
| perishable {adj} (liable to perish) | :: perecível |
| perispirit {n} (bond between spirit and body) | :: perispírito {m} |
| peristalsis {n} (rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract) | :: peristaltismo {m}, peristalse {f} |
| peritoneal {adj} (of, relating to or affecting the peritoneum) | :: peritoneal |
| peritoneum {n} (serous membrane in mammals) | :: peritoneu {m}, peritónio {m} [Portugal], peritônio {m} [Brazil] |
| peritonitis {n} (inflammation of the peritoneum) | :: peritonite {f} |
| periwinkle {n} (plant) | :: pervinca {f} |
| periwinkle {n} (mollusc) | :: litorina {f} |
| perjury {n} (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) | :: perjúrio {m} |
| perlèche {n} (angular cheilitis) | :: quelite angular {f} |
| perlite {n} (perlite) | :: perlita |
| Perm {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Perm {f} |
| permaculture {n} (agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems) | :: permacultura {f} |
| permafrost {n} (permanently frozen ground) | :: permafrost {m} |
| permanence {n} (the state of being permanent) | :: permanência {f} |
| permanent {adj} (without end) | :: permanente |
| permanent {adj} (lasting for an indefinitely long time) | :: permanente |
| permanently {adv} (in a permanent manner) | :: permanentemente |
| permanent wave {n} (series of waves in the hair) SEE: permanent | :: |
| permanganate {n} (salt of permanganic acid) | :: permanganato {m} |
| permeable {adj} (that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids) | :: permeável |
| permeate {v} (to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement) | :: permear |
| permeate {v} (to enter and spread through; to pervade) | :: permear |
| Permian {adj} (pertaining to the Permian period) | :: permiano |
| Permian {prop} (Permian period) | :: Permiano {m} |
| permille {n} (per thousand) | :: permil {m} |
| permission {n} (authorisation) | :: permissão {f} |
| permission {n} (act of permitting) | :: permissão {f} |
| permission {n} (in computing) | :: permissão {f} |
| permit {v} (allow (something) to happen) | :: permitir, deixar |
| permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal) | :: permissão {f}, autorização {f}, licença {f}, aval {m} |
| permutation {n} (one-to-one mapping) | :: permutação {f} |
| permutation {n} (ordering of a set of distinct elements) | :: permutação {f} |
| permutation {n} (music: transformation of a set's prime form) | :: permutação {f} |
| Pernambucan {adj} | :: pernambucano |
| Pernambucan {n} | :: pernambucano |
| Pernambuco {prop} (state) | :: Pernambuco {m} |
| pernicious {adj} (causing much harm) | :: pernicioso |
| pernicious {adj} (causing death or injury) | :: mórbido |
| perniciously {adv} (in a pernicious manner) | :: perniciosamente |
| perniciousness {n} (the condition of being pernicious) | :: perniciosidade |
| Peronism {prop} (the ideology of the presidents Perón) | :: peronismo {m} |
| perovskite {n} (a mineral, calcium titanate) | :: perovskita {f} |
| peroxidation {n} (all senses) | :: peroxidação |
| peroxide {n} (chemical compound with two oxygen atoms) | :: peróxido {m} |
| peroxide {n} (hydrogen peroxide) SEE: hydrogen peroxide | :: |
| perpendicular {adj} (at or forming a right angle to) | :: perpendicular |
| perpendicular {n} (line or plane) | :: perpendicular {f} |
| perpendicularly {adv} (in a perpendicular manner) | :: perpendicularmente |
| perpent stone {n} (perpender) | :: perpianho {m} |
| perpetrate {v} (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit) | :: perpetrar |
| perpetrator {n} (one who perpetrates) | :: perpetrador {m} |
| perpetual {adj} (lasting forever) | :: perpétuo |
| perpetual {adj} (continuing uninterrupted) | :: perpétuo |
| perpetual {adj} (flowering throughout the growing season) | :: perpétuo |
| perpetually {adv} (seeming to never end) | :: perpetuamente |
| perpetuate {v} (to make perpetual) | :: perpetuar |
| perpetuate {v} (to prolong the existence of) | :: perpetuar |
| perpetuation {n} (prolonging existence) | :: perpetuação {f} |
| perpetuity {n} (the quality or state of being perpetual) | :: perpetuidade {f} |
| Perpignan {prop} (city in Pyrénées-Orientales, France) | :: Perpignan {f}, [rare] Perpinhã {f}, Perpinhão {f} |
| perplex {v} (To cause to feel baffled) | :: pasmar, desconcertar, vexar |
| perplexed {adj} (confused or puzzled) | :: perplexo |
| perquisite {n} (benefit beyond salary) | :: benefício {m} |
| per se {adv} (by itself) | :: em si, per se |
| persecute {v} (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict) | :: perseguir |
| persecute {v} (to harass with importunity) | :: perseguir |
| persecution {n} (the act of persecuting) | :: perseguição {f} |
| persecution {n} (a program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people) | :: perseguição {f} |
| Persephone {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: Perséfone {f} |
| Persepolis {prop} (ancient city of Persia) | :: Persépolis {f} |
| Perseus {prop} (mythical Greek warrior) | :: Perseu {m} |
| perseverance {n} (persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence) | :: perseverança {f} |
| persevere {v} (persist steadfastly) | :: perseverar |
| Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran | :: |
| Persia {prop} (region of ancient Iran) | :: Pérsia {f} |
| Persian {n} (the Persian language) | :: persa {m} |
| Persian {n} (person from Persia) | :: persa {m} {f} |
| Persian {n} (Persian cat) | :: persa {m} {f} |
| Persian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Persia) | :: persa, pérsico, pérseo {m} |
| Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian people) | :: persa, pérsico |
| Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian language) | :: persa, pérsico |
| Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty) | :: Império Persa {m} |
| Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Sassanid dynasty) | :: Império Persa {m} |
| Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula) | :: Golfo Persa {m} |
| persimmon {n} (fruit) | :: caqui {m}, dióspiro {m} |
| persimmon {n} (tree) | :: caquizeiro {m}, diospireiro {m} |
| persist {v} (continue to exist) | :: persistir |
| persistence {n} (property of being persistent) | :: persistência {f} |
| persistent {adj} (refusing to give up) | :: persistente |
| persistently {adv} (in a persistent manner) | :: persistentemente |
| person {n} (individual) | :: pessoa {f}, indivíduo {m} |
| person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man) | :: pessoa {f} |
| person {n} (the physical body seen as distinct from the mind) | :: corpo {m} |
| person {n} (any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts) | :: pessoa {f} |
| person {n} (grammar: linguistic category) | :: pessoa {f} |
| persona {n} (character played by an actor) | :: personagem {m} {f} |
| personage {n} (a famous or important person) | :: personalidade {f} |
| personal {adj} (of or pertaining to a particular person) | :: pessoal |
| personal computer {n} (small computer for use by one person at a time, see also: PC) | :: computador pessoal {m} |
| personal data {n} | :: dado pessoal {m-s}, dados pessoais {m-p} |
| personal digital assistant {n} (hand-held electronic organizer) | :: PDA {m} |
| personal identification number {n} (number used to confirm identity) SEE: PIN | :: |
| personality {n} (set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people) | :: personalidade {f} |
| personality {n} (assumed role or manner of behavior) | :: personalidade {f} |
| personality {n} (celebrity) | :: personalidade {f} |
| personality {n} (charisma) | :: personalidade {f} |
| personality disorder {n} (class of mental disorders) | :: transtorno de personalidade {m} |
| personalization {n} (act of personalizing) | :: personalização {f} |
| personalize {v} (adapt to an individual) | :: personalizar |
| personally {adv} (in a personal manner) | :: pessoalmente |
| personally {adv} (in person) | :: pessoalmente |
| personally {adv} (concerning oneself) | :: pessoalmente |
| personally {adv} (as a person) | :: pessoalmente |
| personal pronoun {n} (part of speech) | :: pronome pessoal {m} |
| personal property {n} (any property that is movable) | :: bem móvel {m} |
| personal trainer {n} (someone employed to help another with their fitness) | :: treinador pessoal {m} |
| persona non grata {n} (a person who is not welcome) | :: persona non grata {f} |
| personification {n} (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea) | :: personificação {f} |
| personification {n} (literary device) | :: personificação {f} |
| personification {n} (artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human) | :: personificação {f} |
| personnel {n} (employees, office staff) | :: pessoal {m} |
| personocracy {n} | :: personocracia {f} |
| persons {n} (More than one person; considered individually) | :: pessoas {f} |
| perspective {n} (view, vista or outlook) | :: perspectiva {f} |
| perspective {n} (appearance of depth in objects) | :: perspectiva {f} |
| perspective {n} (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface) | :: perspectiva {f} |
| perspective {n} (choice of a single point of view) | :: perspectiva {f} |
| perspective {adj} (of, in or relating to perspective) | :: perspectivo, perspéctico |
| perspicacious {adj} (showing keen insight) | :: perspicaz |
| perspicaciously {adv} (with sharp of sight) | :: perspicazmente |
| perspicacity {n} (Acute discernment or understanding; insight) | :: perspicácia {f} |
| perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| perspiration {n} (process of perspiring) | :: suor {m}, transpiração {f}, perspiração {f} |
| perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| persuade {v} (convince) | :: persuadir |
| persuasively {adv} (in a manner intended to convince or persuade) | :: persuasivamente |
| pertain {v} (to belong) | :: pertencer |
| pertain {v} (to relate, to refer) | :: referir-se a |
| Perth {prop} (city in Scotland) | :: Perth {f} |
| Perth {prop} (city in Western Australia) | :: Perth {f} |
| pertinence {n} (the quality of being pertinent) | :: pertinência {f} |
| pertinent {adj} (pertaining) | :: pertinente {m} |
| perturbation {n} (agitation) | :: perturbação {f} |
| pertussis {n} (whooping cough) SEE: whooping cough | :: |
| Peru {prop} (country in South America) | :: Peru {m} |
| Perugia {prop} | :: Perúgia, Perúsia |
| peruke {n} (wig) | :: peruca {f} |
| peruse {v} (to examine or consider with care) | :: examinar |
| peruse {v} (to lazily skim read for main ideas) | :: ler todo {m} |
| Peruvian {n} (person from Peru) | :: peruano {m} |
| Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru) | :: peruano |
| Peruvian slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-da-mata |
| pervade {v} (to be in every part of) | :: permear |
| pervasive {adj} (manifested throughout) | :: pervasivo |
| pervert {n} (sexually perverted person) | :: pervertido {m} |
| perverted {adj} (deviating from what is right or normal) | :: pervertido {m} |
| Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover | :: |
| Pescara {prop} (city) | :: Pescara |
| peseta {n} (currency) | :: peseta {f} |
| Peshawar {prop} (capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan) | :: Peshawar {f} |
| peshmerga {n} (a term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters) | :: peshmerga {m-p} |
| pesky {adj} (annoying, troublesome, irritating) | :: chato, irritante |
| peso {n} (currency) | :: peso {m} |
| pessimism {n} (general belief that bad things will happen) | :: pessimismo {m} |
| pessimism {n} (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | :: pessimismo {m} |
| pessimist {n} (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome) | :: pessimista {m} {f} |
| pessimistic {adj} (marked by pessimism and little hopefulness) | :: pessimista |
| pessimistic {adj} (always expecting the worst) | :: pessimista |
| pessimize {v} (to make (something) pessimal or the worst) | :: pessimizar |
| pest {n} (plague) | :: peste {f} |
| pest {n} (destructive insect) | :: peste {f} |
| pest {n} (annoying person) | :: peste {m} {f} |
| pest control {n} (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) | :: controlo de pragas {m} |
| pest control {n} (pest control service) | :: controlo de pragas {m} |
| pester {v} (to annoy persistently) | :: atazanar |
| pesticide {n} (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) | :: pesticida {m} |
| pestilence {n} (any highly contagious epidemic disease) | :: peste {f} |
| pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things) | :: pilão {m} |
| pet {n} (an animal kept as a companion) | :: animal de estimação {m} |
| pet {v} (fondle (an animal)) | :: acariciar |
| pet {v} (fondle (another person) amorously) | :: acariciar, fazer carinho |
| pet {adj} (kept or treated as a pet) | :: de estimação |
| peta- {prefix} (SI prefix) | :: peta- |
| petabyte {n} (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) | :: petabyte {m} |
| petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower) | :: pétala {f} |
| petard {n} (explosive device) | :: petardo {m} |
| petard {v} (to attack) | :: petardar, petardear |
| petasus {n} (low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans) | :: pétaso |
| pet cone {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
| peter {n} (slang: penis) | :: pênis {m} |
| Peter {prop} (male given name) | :: Pedro |
| Peter {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Pedro {m} |
| Peter {prop} (one of the epistles of Peter) | :: Pedro {m} |
| peter out {v} (to diminish) | :: diminuir |
| Peter Pan syndrome {prop} (Supposed psychological phenomenon) | :: síndrome de Peter Pan {f} |
| Petey {prop} (diminutive of Peter) | :: Pedrinho {m} |
| petiole {n} (stalk of a leaf) | :: pecíolo {m} |
| petite {adj} (Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build) | :: mion |
| petition {n} (formal, written request made to an official person) | :: petição {f} |
| petition {n} (compilation of signatures) | :: abaixo-assinado {m} |
| petitionary {adj} (making a petition) | :: petitório, peticionário |
| petitioner {n} (someone who presents a petition to a court) | :: peticionário {m}, requerente {m} {f} |
| pet lamp-shade {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
| Petrarchan sonnet {n} (type of sonnet) | :: soneto italiano {m}, soneto petrarquiano {m} |
| petrichor {n} (distinctive scent which accompanies rain) | :: petricor {m}, petricor {m} |
| Petri dish {n} (dish used to culture bacteria) | :: placa de Petri |
| petrify {v} (to harden organic matter) | :: petrificar |
| petrify {v} (to produce rigidity akin to stone) | :: petrificar |
| petrify {v} (to immobilize with fright) | :: petrificar |
| Petrine {adj} (Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter) | :: petrino {m} |
| petro- {prefix} (stone) | :: petro- |
| petro- {prefix} (petroleum) | :: petro- |
| petro- {prefix} (oil export) | :: petro- |
| petrochemical {adj} (of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them) | :: petroquímico |
| petrodollar {n} (money earned from oil) | :: petrodólar {m} |
| petroglyph {n} (a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times) | :: petróglifo {m} |
| petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline | :: |
| petroleum {n} (oil) SEE: oil | :: |
| petrology {n} (the study of rock) | :: petrologia {f} |
| petrol station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| petrol tank {n} (petrol tank) SEE: gas tank | :: |
| Petronius {prop} (historical given name) | :: Petrónio {m} [Portugal], Petrônio {m} [Brazil] |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petropavlovsk |
| Petrozavodsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petrozavodsk {f} |
| pet shop {n} (shop) | :: pet shop {m} {f} |
| petticoat {n} (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt) | :: anágua {f} |
| pettifogger {n} (An unscrupulous lawyer) | :: rábula {m} |
| petty {adj} (little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault) | :: pequeno, insignificante, fútil |
| petty crime {n} (minor criminal act) | :: contravenção |
| petulance {n} (childish impatience or sulkiness) | :: petulância {f} |
| petunia {n} (flower) | :: petúnia {f} |
| pew {n} (long bench in a church) | :: banco de igreja {m} |
| pewter {n} (alloy of tin, copper and antimony) | :: peltre {m} |
| -pexy {suffix} (fixing) | :: -pexia {f} |
| peyote {n} (cactus) | :: peiote {m}, mescal {m} |
| -phage {suffix} (something that eats, or consumes) | :: -fago {m} |
| phagocyte {n} (cell of the immune system) | :: fagócito {m} |
| phagocytosis {n} | :: fagocitose {f} |
| -phagous {suffix} (feeding on) | :: -fago |
| -phagy {suffix} (the consumption of) | :: -fagia {f} |
| Phaistos {prop} (ancient Minoan city in southern Crete) | :: Festo {m} |
| phalange {n} (phalanx) SEE: phalanx | :: |
| phalanx {n} (ancient Greek military unit) | :: falange {f} |
| phalanx {n} (finger or toe bone) | :: falange {f} |
| phallic {adj} (having to do with the penis) | :: fálico |
| phallicism {n} (phallus-worship) | :: falicismo {m} |
| phallocentrism {n} (Focus on the phallus or on a male point of view.) | :: falocentrismo {m} |
| phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| phallus {n} (the penis or its representation) | :: falo {m} |
| Phanerozoic {adj} (relating to the Phanerozoic eon) | :: fanerozóico |
| phantom {n} (something having no physical reality) | :: fantasma {m} |
| phantom {n} (test object) | :: fantoma {m} |
| pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) | :: faraó {m} |
| pharisaism {n} (rigid observance of external forms of religion) | :: farisaísmo {m} |
| Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc) | :: fariseu {m} |
| Pharisee {n} (person who values form over content) | :: fariseu |
| pharmaceutical {adj} (of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists) | :: farmacêutico |
| pharmaceutics {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| pharmacist {n} (professional who dispenses prescription drugs) | :: farmacêutico {m} |
| pharmacist {n} (one who studies pharmacy) | :: farmacêutico {m} |
| pharmacologic {adj} (pharmacological) SEE: pharmacological | :: |
| pharmacological {adj} (of or having to do with pharmacology) | :: farmacológico |
| pharmacologically {adv} (with regard to pharmacology) | :: farmacologicamente |
| pharmacologist {n} (student of or one who is versed in pharmacology) | :: farmacologista {m} {f}, farmacólogo {m} |
| pharmacology {n} (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals) | :: farmacologia {f} |
| pharmacotherapy {n} (use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease) | :: farmacoterapia |
| pharmacovigilance {n} (detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines) | :: farmacovigilância {f} |
| pharmacy {n} (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed) | :: farmácia {f}, drogaria {f} |
| pharmacy {n} (science of medicinal substances) | :: farmácia {f} |
| Pharsalia {prop} (poem by Lucan) | :: Farsália {f} |
| pharyngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to the pharynx) | :: faríngeo, faringiano, faríngico |
| pharyngeal {adj} (of pharyngeal sounds) | :: faríngeo |
| pharyngitis {n} (inflammation of the pharynx) | :: faringite {f} |
| pharynx {n} (part of alimentary canal) | :: faringe {f} |
| phase {n} (distinguishable part of a sequence) | :: fase |
| phase {n} (haplotype) SEE: haplotype | :: |
| phase modulation {n} (form of modulation) | :: modulação em fase {f} |
| phaser {n} (an electronic device that produces special effects on the sound) | :: phaser {m} |
| phasmid {n} (an insect) | :: fasmídeo {m} |
| Phaëthon {prop} (son of Helios) | :: Faetonte {m}, Faeton {m}, Faetão {m} |
| phatic {adj} (more polite than meaningful) | :: fático |
| pheasant {n} (bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food) | :: faisão {m} |
| phenazone {n} (a particular analgesic) | :: antipirina {f}, fenazona {f} |
| phenobarbital {n} (barbiturate sedative) | :: fenobarbital |
| phenol {n} (caustic compound derived from benzene) | :: fenol {m} |
| phenol {n} (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring) | :: fenol {m} |
| phenolic {adj} (organic chemistry: of, relating to, or derived from a phenol) | :: fenólico |
| phenological {adj} (pertaining to phenology) | :: fenológico |
| phenology {n} (study of the effect of climate) | :: fenologia {f} |
| phenoloxidase {n} (an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation) | :: fenoloxidase {f} |
| phenomenal {adj} (remarkable) | :: fenomenal |
| phenomenally {adv} (in a phenomenal manner) | :: fenomenalmente |
| phenomenological {adj} (of or relating to phenomenology) | :: fenomenológico |
| phenomenologically {adv} (in a manner characteristic of phenomenology) | :: fenomenologicamente |
| phenomenology {n} (philosophy based on intuitive experience of phenomena) | :: fenomenologia {f} |
| phenomenon {n} (observable fact or occurrence) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
| phenomenon {n} (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
| phenomenon {n} (philosophy: experienced object structured by the mind) | :: fenómeno {m}, fenômeno {m} |
| phenotype {n} (appearance of organism) | :: fenótipo |
| phenotypic {adj} (of, or relating to a phenotype) | :: fenotípico |
| phenoxide {n} (any metallic salt of a phenol) | :: fenóxido {m} |
| phenylalanine {n} (amino acid; C9H11NO2) | :: fenilalanina {f} |
| phenylephrine {n} (α-adrenergic receptor agonist) | :: fenilefrina {f} |
| pheromone {n} (chemical) | :: feromónio {m} [Portugal], feromônio {m} [Brazil] |
| phew {interj} (Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise) | :: ufa |
| phi {n} (Greek letter) | :: fi {m} |
| phial {n} (glass vessel) SEE: vial | :: |
| Philadelphia {prop} (largest city in Pennsylvania) | :: Filadélfia {f} |
| philander {n} (lover) SEE: lover | :: |
| philanderer {n} (fickle lover) | :: namorador {m} |
| philanthropic {adj} (of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy) | :: filantrópico |
| philanthropically {adv} (in a philanthropic manner) | :: filantropicamente |
| philanthropist {n} (person who loves mankind) | :: filantropo {m} |
| philanthropist {n} (very generous person) | :: filantropo {m} |
| philanthropy {n} (charity) SEE: charity | :: |
| philanthropy {n} (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind) | :: filantropia {f} |
| philatelist {n} (a person who studies or collects stamps) | :: filatelista {m} {f} |
| philately {n} (stamp collecting) | :: filatelia {f} |
| -phile {suffix} (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend") | :: -filo |
| Philemon {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Filémon {m}, Filêmon {m}, Filemom {m} |
| Philemon {prop} (male given name) | :: Filémon {m}, Filêmon {m}, Filemom {m} |
| philharmonic {adj} (appreciative of the performance of music) | :: filarmónico [Portugal], filarmônico [Brazil] |
| philharmonic {n} (full-sized symphonic orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philharmonic orchestra {n} (symphony orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philia {n} (psychological disorder) | :: filia {f} |
| philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship | :: |
| -philia {suffix} (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) | :: -filia {f} |
| philia {n} (liking) SEE: liking | :: |
| Philip {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Filipe {m} |
| Philip {prop} (male given name) | :: Felipe {m}, Filipe {m} |
| Philippa {prop} (female given name) | :: Filipa |
| Philippians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Filipenses {m-p} |
| Philippine {adj} (Filipino) SEE: Filipino | :: |
| Philippine eagle {n} (species of eagle endemic to the Philippines) | :: águia filipina {f} |
| Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines) | :: Filipinas {f-p} |
| Philistia {prop} (ancient pentapolis in the Levant) | :: Filisteia |
| philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine | :: |
| philistine {adj} (lacking in appreciation for art or culture) | :: filisteu |
| Philistine {n} (person from Philistia) | :: filisteu {m} |
| Philistine {n} (person lacking appreciation of culture) | :: filisteu {m} |
| Philistine {adj} (philistine) SEE: philistine | :: |
| philodendron {n} (any of several climbing plants of the genus Philodendron) | :: filodendro {m} |
| philogyny {n} (love or respect for women) | :: filoginia {f} |
| philological {adj} (pertaining to the history of literature) | :: filológico, filologista |
| philologically {adv} (in a philological manner) | :: filologicamente |
| philologist {n} (person who engages in philology) | :: filólogo {m}, filóloga {f}, filologista {m} {f} |
| philology {n} (historical linguistics) | :: filologia {f} |
| Philomena {prop} (female given name) | :: Filomena |
| philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy) | :: filósofo {m}, filósofa {f} |
| philosopher's stone {n} (philosopher's stone) | :: pedra filosofal {f} |
| philosophical {adj} (of or pertaining to philosophy) | :: filosófico |
| philosophical {adj} (rational, analytic) | :: filosófico |
| philosophically {adv} (in a philosophical manner) | :: filosoficamente |
| philosophize {v} (ponder or reason out philosophically) | :: filosofar |
| philosophy {n} (academic discipline) | :: filosofia {f} |
| philosophy {n} (comprehensive system of belief) | :: filosofia {f} |
| philosophy {n} (view regarding fundamental principles) | :: filosofia {f} |
| philosophy {n} (general principle) | :: filosofia {f} |
| philosophy of science {n} (study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science) | :: filosofia da ciência {f} |
| philtrum {n} (shallow groove running down the centre of the outer surface of the upper lip) | :: sulco nasolabial {m}, filtro labial {m} |
| phishing {n} (malicious act) | :: phishing {m} |
| phlegm {n} (historical: humour) | :: fleuma {m} {f}, flegma {f} |
| phlegm {n} (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages) | :: catarro {m} |
| phlegm {n} (calmness, composure) | :: fleuma {m} {f} |
| phlegmatic {adj} (not easily excited to action) | :: fleumático |
| phloem {n} (vascular tissue) | :: floema {m} |
| phlogiston {n} (hypothetical fiery principle) | :: flogisto {m}, flogístico {m} |
| phlogosis {n} (phlogosis) | :: flogose |
| Phnom Penh {prop} (capital city of Cambodia) | :: Pnom Pen {f} |
| -phobia {suffix} (used to form nouns meaning fear) | :: -fobia {f} |
| phobia {n} (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety) | :: fobia {f} |
| phobophobia {n} (fear of fear) | :: fobofobia {f} |
| Phobos {prop} (mythology) | :: Fobos {m} |
| Phobos {prop} (moon of Mars) | :: Fobos |
| Phocis {prop} (a periphery in the southwest Central Greece) | :: Fócida {f} |
| phocomelia {n} (phocomelia) | :: focomelia {f} |
| Phoebe {prop} (Titan) | :: Febe {f} |
| Phoebe {prop} (moon of Saturn) | :: Febe |
| Phoenicia {prop} (land of the Phoenicians) | :: Fenícia {f} |
| Phoenician {adj} (of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia) | :: fenício |
| Phoenician {prop} (Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia) | :: fenício {m} |
| Phoenician {n} (inhabitant of Phoenicia) | :: fenício {m} |
| Phoenician alphabet {n} (an alphabet) | :: alfabeto fenício |
| phoenix {n} (mythological bird) | :: fênix {f} [Brazil], fénix {f} [Portugal] |
| phoenix {n} (anything reborn after apparently being destroyed) | :: fênix {f} [Brazil], fénix {f} [Portugal] |
| Phoenix {prop} (mythical firebird) | :: Fénix {f} [Portugal], Fênix {f} [Brazil] |
| Phoenix {prop} (constellation) | :: Fénix {f} [Portugal], Fênix {f} [Brazil] |
| Phoenix {prop} (capital city of Arizona, United States) | :: Phoenix {f} |
| phonation {n} (process of producing vocal sound) | :: fonação {f} |
| phone {v} (to call (someone) on the telephone) | :: telefonar para, chamar, ligar para |
| phone {n} (speech segment) | :: fone {m} |
| phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| -phone {suffix} (type of sound) | :: -fone {m} |
| -phone {suffix} (device that makes a sound) | :: -fone {m} |
| -phone {suffix} (speaker of a certain language) | :: -fono {m} |
| phone book {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
| phonebook {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
| phone booth {n} (telephone booth) SEE: telephone booth | :: |
| phone call {n} (telephone call) SEE: telephone call | :: |
| phone in {v} (to fulfill a responsibility with a minimum responsibility) | :: colocar pouco esforço em algo {m} |
| phoneme {n} (indivisible unit of sound) | :: fonema {m} |
| phonemics {n} (the study of phonemes) | :: fonémica {f} [Portugal], fonêmica {f} [Brazil], fonemática {f} |
| phonendoscope {n} (a form of stethoscope used in auscultation) | :: fonendoscópio {m} |
| phone number {n} (telephone number) SEE: telephone number | :: |
| phone sex {n} (erotic or sexual telephone conversation between two or more people) | :: sexo por telefone {m} |
| phonetic {adj} (relating to sounds of spoken language) | :: fonético |
| phonetic {adj} (linguistics: relating to phones) | :: fonético |
| phonetically {adv} (in the way it sounds) | :: foneticamente |
| phonetic alphabet {n} (writing system) | :: alfabeto fonético {m} |
| phonetic alphabet {n} (list of standard words) | :: código fonético {m} |
| phonetics {n} (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols) | :: fonética {f} |
| phonics {n} (phonetics) SEE: phonetics | :: |
| phonics {n} (acoustics) SEE: acoustics | :: |
| phono- {prefix} (relating to sound) | :: fono- |
| phonograph {n} (device that records or plays sound from cylinder records) | :: fonógrafo {m} |
| phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone | :: |
| phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record | :: |
| phonological {adj} (of or relating to phonology) | :: fonológico |
| phonologically {adv} (in acoordance with phonology) | :: fonologicamente |
| phonologist {n} (person who specializes in phonology) | :: fonólogo {m} |
| phonology {n} (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages) | :: fonologia {f} |
| phonology {n} (way sounds function within a given language) | :: fonologia {f} |
| phonometer {n} (instrument) | :: fonómetro {m} [Portugal], fonômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| phonon {n} (quantum of acoustic energy) | :: fônon {m} |
| phony {adj} (fraudulent; fake) | :: falso, de araque |
| phosphatase {n} (an enzyme that hydrolyzes phosphate esters) | :: fosfatase {f} |
| phosphate {n} (any salt or ester of phosphoric acid) | :: fosfato {m} |
| phosphocalcic {adj} (relating to any phosphate of calcium) | :: fosfocálcico |
| phospholipid {n} (lipid consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group) | :: fosfolipíde {m} |
| phosphorescence {n} (emission of light without heat) | :: fosforescência {f} |
| phosphoric acid {n} (the colourless liquid; H3PO4) | :: ácido fosfórico {m} |
| phosphorous {adj} (of or pertaining to phosphorus) | :: fosforoso {m} |
| phosphorus {n} (element) | :: fósforo {m} |
| phosphorylation {n} (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor) | :: fosforilação {f} |
| photic zone {n} (that part an ocean or lake that receives sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis) | :: zona fótica {f} |
| photo {n} (photograph) SEE: photograph | :: |
| photo- {prefix} (light) | :: foto- |
| photo album {n} (book with a collection of photographs placed inside) | :: álbum de fotos {m}, álbum fotográfico {m} |
| photocopier {n} (machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates) | :: xerox {m}, copiadora {f} |
| photocopy {n} (copy made using a photocopier) | :: fotocópia {f}, xerox {m} |
| photocopy {v} (to make a copy using a photocopier) | :: fotocopiar, xerocar |
| photodiode {n} (semiconductor) | :: fotodiodo {m} |
| photoelectric {adj} (relating to electric effects) | :: fotoelétrico |
| photogenic {adj} (looking good when photographed) | :: fotogénico |
| photograph {n} (picture) | :: fotografia {f}, foto {f}, retrato {m} |
| photograph {v} (to take a photograph) | :: fotografar |
| photographer {n} (one who takes photographs) | :: fotógrafo {m}, fotógrafa {f} |
| photographic {adj} (of or pertaining to photographs) | :: fotográfico |
| photographic {adj} (of or pertaining to photography) | :: fotográfico |
| photographically {adv} (in a photographic manner) | :: fotograficamente |
| photographic memory {n} (eidetic memory) | :: memória fotográfica {f} |
| photography {n} (art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces) | :: fotografia {f} |
| photography {n} (occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs) | :: fotografia {f} |
| photojournalism {n} (journalism via photographs or images) | :: fotojornalismo {m} |
| photometer {n} (measuring instrument) | :: fotómetro {m} [Portugal], fotômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| photometric {adj} (of or relating to photometry) | :: fotométrico |
| photometry {n} (physics: the measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity) | :: fotometria {f} |
| photometry {n} (astronomy: the measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars) | :: fotometria {f} |
| photomultiplier {n} (device that uses a photocathode) | :: fotomultiplicador {m} |
| photon {n} (quantum of light) | :: fotão [Portugal], fóton [Brazil] |
| photopaper {n} (paper for photographic prints) | :: papel fotográfico {m} |
| photophobia {n} (excessive sensitivity to light) | :: fotofobia {f} |
| photosphere {n} (A visible surface layer of a star) | :: fotosfera {f} |
| photosynthesis {n} (biological process) | :: fotossíntese {f} |
| phrasal {adj} (being a phrase) | :: frasal |
| phrasal {adj} (referring to a phrase) | :: frasal |
| phrasal preposition {n} (phrasal preposition) | :: locução prepositiva |
| phrasal verb {n} (idiomatic phrase) | :: locução verbal {f}, verbo frasal {m} |
| phrase {n} (short written or spoken expression) | :: expressão {f}, frase {f} |
| phrase {n} (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence) | :: locução {f}, sintagma {m} |
| phrase {n} (music: small section of music in a larger piece) | :: frase {f} |
| phrase {v} (to express by means of words) | :: exprimir, expressar |
| phrase book {n} (book of everyday expressions and vocabulary) | :: livro de frases {m}, livro de expressões {m} |
| phrasebook {n} (book used to learn foreign language) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| phraseology {n} (phrasebook) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| phraseology {n} (study of set or fixed expressions) | :: fraseologia {f} |
| phraseology {n} (the style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech) | :: fraseologia {f} |
| phraseology {n} (group of specialized words and expressions) | :: terminologia {f} |
| phreatic {adj} (Of, or pertaining to ground water) | :: freático |
| phrenological {adj} (of, or relating to phrenology) | :: frenológico |
| phrenology {n} (the discredited "science" or pseudo-science of phrenology) | :: frenologia |
| Phrygia {prop} (ancient kingdom) | :: Frígia {f} |
| Phrygian cap {n} (conical close-fitting cap with the top bent forward) | :: barrete frígio {m}, barrete da liberdade {m} |
| phthalate {n} (salt or ester) | :: ftalato {m} |
| phycological {adj} (pertaining to the study of algae) | :: ficológico, algológico |
| phycology {n} (study of algae) | :: ficologia {f} |
| phylactery {n} (leather case containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men; the tefilla) | :: filactério {m} |
| phylactery {n} (small object worn for its magical power; amulet or charm) | :: amuleto {m} |
| phyllo {n} (type of dough) | :: massa phyllo {f}, massa filo {f} |
| phylogenetics {n} (study of organism relationships) | :: filogenia {f} |
| phylogeny {n} (evolutionary history of an organism) | :: filogenia |
| phylum {n} ((biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class) | :: filo {m} |
| physalis {n} (plant of the genus Physalis) | :: fisális {f} |
| physiatrist {n} | :: fisiatra |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the material world; tangible) | :: físico |
| physical {adj} (having to do with physics) | :: físico |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the body; corporeal) | :: físico |
| physical {adj} (involving bodily force; vigorous) | :: físico, braçal |
| physical {n} (physical examination) | :: revisão {f} |
| physical culture {n} (bodybuilding) SEE: bodybuilding | :: |
| physical education {n} (curriculum component) | :: educação física {f} |
| physically {adv} (in a physical manner) | :: fisicamente |
| physical therapy {n} (therapy of exercises and activities to treat injury or dysfunction) SEE: physiotherapy | :: |
| physician {n} (medical doctor) | :: doutor {m}, doutora {f}, médico {m}, , médica {f} |
| physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics) | :: físico {m} |
| physics {n} (branch of science) | :: física {f} |
| physiognomy {n} (art or pseudoscience of deducing the character or personality from the bodily appearance) | :: fisiognomia {f}, fisiognomonia {f} |
| physiologic {adj} (of or pertaining to physiology) SEE: physiological | :: |
| physiological {adj} (of, or relating to physiology) | :: fisiológico |
| physiologically {adv} (in accordance with the science of physiology) | :: fisiologicamente |
| physiologist {n} (person) | :: fisiólogo {m} |
| physiology {n} (branch of biology) | :: fisiologia {f} |
| physiotherapist {n} (therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise) | :: fisioterapeuta {m} {f} |
| physiotherapy {n} (therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise) | :: fisioterapia {f} |
| physique {n} (physical structure of a person) | :: físico {m} |
| physis {n} (nature, as contrasted with law or custom) | :: physis {f} |
| -phyte {suffix} (taxonomic group of plants or algae) | :: -fita {f} |
| -phyte {suffix} (plant that grows in a specified habitat) | :: -fita {f} |
| -phyte {suffix} (plant that grows in a specified form or habit) | :: -fita {f} |
| phyto- {prefix} (Pertaining to or derived from plants) | :: fito- |
| phytochorion {n} (geographic area with a relatively uniform composition of plant species) | :: fitocória {f} |
| phytohormone {n} (plant hormone) | :: fito-hormona {f} [Portugal], fitormônio {m} [Brazil] |
| phytopathogen {n} | :: fitopatógeno {m} |
| phytopathological {adj} (pertaining to phytopathology) | :: fitopatológico |
| phytopathologist {n} (scientist) | :: fitopatologista {m} {f} |
| phytopathology {n} (study of plant diseases) | :: fitopatologia {f} |
| phytophagous {adj} (feeding on plants) | :: fitófago |
| phytosterol {n} | :: fitoesterol {m} |
| pi {n} (letter of Greek alphabet) | :: pi {m} |
| pi {n} (irrational mathematical constant) | :: pi {m} |
| Piacenza {prop} (province) | :: Placência {f}, Piacenza {f} |
| Piacenza {prop} (capital) | :: Placência {f}, Piacenza {f} |
| pia mater {n} (innermost of the meninges) | :: pia-máter {f} |
| pianist {n} (piano player) | :: pianista {m} |
| piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument) | :: piano {m} |
| piano {adv} (music: softly) | :: piano |
| Piauí {prop} (state in north-eastern Brazil) | :: Piauí {m} |
| Picard {adj} (of, from or relating to Picardy) | :: picardo {m} |
| Picard {n} (person) | :: picardo {m} |
| Picard {prop} (language) | :: picardo {m} |
| Picardy {prop} (region of France) | :: Picardia {f} |
| picaresque {adj} (of or pertaining to rogues) | :: picaresco {m}, picaresca {f} |
| picaresque {n} (picaresque novel) | :: romance picaresco {m} |
| picayune {n} (Something of very little value) SEE: trifle | :: |
| piccolo {n} (musical instrument) | :: flautim {m}, piccolo |
| pièce de résistance {n} (masterpiece) | :: obra prima {f} |
| Pichilemu {prop} (Pichilemu) | :: Pichilemu {m} |
| pick {v} (to pick) SEE: choose | :: |
| pick {n} (pickaxe) | :: picareta {f} |
| pick {v} (to grasp and pull with fingers) | :: pegar |
| pick {v} (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption) | :: colher |
| pick {v} (to decide between options) | :: escolher |
| pick {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| pickaxe {n} (heavy iron tool) | :: picareta {f} |
| picker {n} (computing: any user interface control that selects something) | :: seletor {m} |
| picket {n} (sentry) SEE: sentry | :: |
| pickle {n} (preserved cucumber) | :: picles {m} |
| pickle {n} (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish) | :: conservado {m} |
| pickle {n} (brine used for preserving food) | :: salmoura {f} |
| pickle {v} (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution) | :: conservar, salmourar |
| pick one's nose {v} (insert a finger into one's nostril) | :: cutucar o nariz, limpar o salão |
| pickpocket {n} (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) | :: punguista {m} {f}, batedor de carteira {m}, carteirista {m} {f}, trombadinha {m} {f} |
| pickpocket {v} (to steal) | :: punguear |
| pick up {v} (to lift; to grasp and raise) | :: pegar |
| pick up {v} (to collect an object, especially in passing) | :: coletar |
| pick up {v} (to collect a passenger) | :: buscar, apanhar, pegar |
| pick up {v} (to receive (a signal)) | :: captar, pegar |
| pick up {v} (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) | :: [Brazil] pegar |
| pick up {v} (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) | :: atender |
| pickup {n} (pickup truck) SEE: pickup truck | :: |
| pick-up line {n} (vocal introduction intended to garner sexual interest from a stranger) | :: cantada |
| pick up the phone {v} (to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call) | :: atender (o telefone) |
| pickup truck {n} (truck with an open cargo bed) | :: picape {f} |
| picky {adj} (fussy, particular) | :: exigente |
| picnic {n} (a meal eaten outdoors) | :: piquenique {f} |
| Picos de Europa {prop} (mountain range in northern Spain) | :: Picos de Europa {m-p}, Picos da Europa {m-p} |
| pics or it didn't happen {phrase} (used to request a picture of a reported event) | :: sem fotos, sem fatos ( no pics, no facts) |
| Pict {n} (member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland) | :: picto {m} |
| pictogram {n} (picture that represents a word or an idea) | :: pictograma {m} |
| picture {n} (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) | :: figura {f}, imagem {f} |
| picture {n} (photograph) | :: fotografia {f}, foto {f} |
| picture {n} (informal: cinema) | :: cinema {m} |
| picture {v} (to depict or describe vividly) SEE: depict | :: |
| picture {n} (painting) SEE: painting | :: |
| picture book {n} (a book for young children with illustrations) | :: livro ilustrado {m}, livro de figuras {m} |
| picturesque {adj} (resembling a picture or painting) | :: pitoresco |
| Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi)) | :: Dia do Pi {m} |
| pidgin {n} (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers) | :: pidgin {m} |
| pie {n} (type of pastry) | :: torta {f} |
| pie {n} (pizza) SEE: pizza | :: |
| pie {n} (pie chart) SEE: pie chart | :: |
| piece {n} (part of a larger whole) | :: peça {f}, pedaço {m}, parte {f} |
| piece {n} (single item belonging to a class of similar items) | :: parte {f} |
| piece {n} (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games) | :: peça {f} |
| piece {n} (small coin) | :: peça {f} |
| piece {n} (artistic creation) | :: peça {f} |
| piece {n} (artillery gun) | :: peça {f} |
| piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance | :: |
| piece {n} (castle; a fortified building) SEE: castle | :: |
| piece {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| piecemeal {adj} (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time) | :: fragmentado {m}, fragmentada {f} |
| piece of cake {n} (simple or easy job) | :: ser moleza |
| piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| piece of furniture {n} (item of furniture) | :: móvel |
| piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| piece of shit {n} (a bad thing) | :: merda {f} |
| piece of shit {n} (a despicable person) | :: merda {m} {f} |
| pie chart {n} (graph) | :: gráfico de pizza {m} |
| Piedmont {prop} (region) | :: Piemonte {m} |
| Piedmontese {adj} (of, from, or relating to Piedmont) | :: piemontês |
| Piedmontese {n} (inhabitant) | :: piemontês {m}, piemontesa {f} |
| Piedmontese {prop} (language) | :: piemontês {m} |
| pied piper {n} (anyone or anything that draws many in its wake) | :: flautista de Hamelin {m} {f} |
| pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| pie iron {n} (device for making sandwiches) | :: sanduicheira {f}, sandwicheira {f} |
| Piemontese {prop} (language) SEE: Piedmontese | :: |
| pier {n} (raised platform built from the shore out over water) | :: píer {m}, cais {m} |
| pier {n} (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) | :: pilar {m} |
| pier {n} (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) | :: pilastra {f} |
| pierce {v} (puncture) | :: furar, perfurar |
| pierce {v} (to pierce) SEE: puncture | :: |
| piercing {n} (hole for jewelry) | :: piercing {m} |
| Pieria {prop} (Greek prefecture) | :: Pieria {f} |
| pierogi {n} (dumpling) | :: pierogi {m} |
| Pierre {prop} (male given name) | :: Pierre {m} |
| Pierre {prop} (capital city of South Dakota) | :: Pierre {f} |
| pietism {n} (movement in the Lutheran church) | :: pietismo {m} |
| pietist {n} (supporter of pietism) | :: pietista {m} {f} |
| piety {n} (reverence and devotion to God) | :: piedade {f} |
| piezoelectric {adj} (of or relating to piezoelectricity) | :: piezoelétrico |
| piezoelectricity {n} (capacity of crystal to generate electricity) | :: piezoeletricidade {f} |
| piffle {n} (nonsense, foolish talk) | :: conversa fútil {f} |
| pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus) | :: porco {m}, suíno {m} |
| pig {n} (someone who overeats or eats rapidly) | :: porco {m} |
| pig {n} (nasty or disgusting person) | :: porco {m}, nojento {m} |
| pig {n} (dirty or slovenly person) | :: porco {m} |
| pig {n} (derogatory slang for police officer) | :: porco {m} |
| pig {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork | :: |
| pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae) | :: pombo {m}, pomba {f} |
| pigeonhole {n} (one of an array of compartments for mail) | :: escaninho {m} |
| pigeon pea {n} (Cajanus cajan plant) | :: guandu {m} |
| piggyback {adv} (on somebody's back or shoulders) | :: de cavalinho |
| piggyback {v} (to carry someone on the back or shoulders) | :: levar às cavalitas (on the back), levar às costas (on the back), levar aos ombros (on the shoulders) |
| piggy bank {n} (small container to store small saved coins in) | :: cofrinho {m}, mealheiro {m} |
| pig in a poke {n} (something whose true value is concealed or unknown) | :: nabos em saco {m-p} |
| pig iron {n} (type of crude iron) | :: ferro gusa {m} |
| piglet {n} (young pig) | :: porquinho {m}, leitão {m} |
| pigling {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pigment {n} (any color in plant or animal cells) | :: pigmento {m} |
| pigment {n} (dry colorant) | :: pigmento {m} |
| pigment {v} (add color or pigment) | :: pigmentar |
| pigpen {n} (pigsty) SEE: pigsty | :: |
| pigsty {n} (enclosure where pigs are kept) | :: pocilga {f}, chiqueiro {m} |
| pigsty {n} (dirty or very untidy place) | :: pocilga {f}, chiqueiro {m} |
| pigtail {n} (braided plait of hair) | :: trança {f} |
| pigtail {n} (either of two braids or ponytails) | :: maria-chiquinha {f}, chiquinha {f} |
| pigweed {n} (plant of genus Amaranthus) SEE: amaranth | :: |
| Pikachu {n} (Pokémon) | :: Pikachu |
| pike {n} (turnpike) SEE: turnpike | :: |
| pike {n} (long spear) | :: pique {m}, chuço {m} |
| pike {n} (fish of the genus Esox) | :: lúcio {m} |
| pikeman {n} (soldier) | :: piqueiro {m} |
| pike-perch {n} (zander) SEE: zander | :: |
| pilaf {n} (dish) | :: pilaf {m}, pilafe {m} |
| pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilaster {n} (a column attached to the wall) | :: pilastra {f} |
| Pilate {prop} (Pontius Pilate) | :: Pilatos {m} |
| Pilates {n} (physical fitness system) | :: pilates {m} |
| pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilcrow {n} (a paragraph mark) | :: pé de mosca {m} |
| pile {n} (funeral pile) SEE: pyre | :: |
| pile {n} (nap of a cloth) SEE: nap | :: |
| pile {n} (heap) | :: pilha {f}, monte (desordenado) {m} |
| pile {n} (galvanic pile) | :: pilha {f} |
| pile {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: pila {f} |
| pile {n} (fine or short hair) | :: madeixa {f} |
| pile {n} (hemorrhoid) SEE: hemorrhoid | :: |
| pile {n} (obsolete: reverse of a coin) SEE: tails | :: |
| pile driver {n} (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) | :: bate-estacas {m} |
| pileous {adj} (hairy) SEE: hairy | :: |
| piles {n} (plural of pile) SEE: pile | :: |
| piles {n} (haemorrhoids) SEE: haemorrhoids | :: |
| pile up {v} (to form a pile etc.) | :: amontoar, empilhar |
| pile up {v} (idiomatic: to accumulate) | :: amontoar-se |
| pile-up {n} (pile of crashed cars) | :: engavetamento {m} |
| pileus {n} (the cap of a mushroom) | :: píleo {m} |
| pileus {n} (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece) | :: píleo {m} |
| pilfer {v} (to steal in small quantities) | :: surripiar, surrupiar |
| pilgrim {n} (traveler, especially to religious sites) | :: peregrino {m} |
| pilgrimage {n} (religious journey, or one to a sacred place) | :: peregrinação {f}, peregrinagem {f}, romaria {f} |
| pilgrimage {v} (to go on a pilgrimage) | :: peregrinar |
| pill {n} (small object for swallowing) | :: pílula {f}, comprimido {m} |
| pill {n} (the pill - functions as a contraceptive) | :: pílula {f} |
| pillage {v} (loot or plunder by force) | :: pilhar, saquear |
| pillage {n} (the spoils of war) | :: saque {m}, butim {m} |
| pillage {n} (the act of pillaging) | :: saque {m}, pilhagem {f} |
| pillager {n} (one who pillages) | :: pilhador {m} |
| pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture) | :: pilar {m} |
| Pillars of Hercules {prop} (two promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar) | :: Colunas de Hércules {f-p} |
| pillory {n} (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation) | :: pelourinho |
| pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed) | :: travesseiro {m}, almofada {f} |
| pillowcase {n} (sheet for covering a pillow) | :: fronha {f} |
| pillow fight {n} (a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows) | :: guerra de travesseiros {f} |
| pill to swallow {n} (something to accept) | :: sapo a engolir {m} |
| pilot {n} (controller of aircraft) | :: piloto {m} |
| pilot {n} (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast) | :: prático {m} |
| pilot {n} (sample TV series episode) | :: piloto {m} |
| pilot {v} (to control an aircraft or watercraft) | :: pilotar |
| pilot fish {n} (marine fish) | :: piloto {m}, peixe-piloto {m} |
| pilot light {n} (flame used to ignite gas) | :: piloto {m} |
| pilot whale {n} (either of two species of whale) | :: baleia-piloto {f} |
| Pilsen {prop} (city in the Czech Republic) | :: Pilsen {f}, Plzen {f} |
| pilsner {n} (pale, light beer) | :: pilsen |
| Piltdown Man {prop} (forged bone fragments of an early human) | :: Homem de Piltdown {m} |
| pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor) | :: cafetão {m} [Brazil], proxeneta {m}, safado {m}, chulo {m}, alcoviteiro {m} |
| pimp {v} (to act as procurer of prostitutes) | :: cafetinar, alcovitar |
| pimpernel {n} (plant of genus Anagallis) | :: morrião {m} |
| pimping {n} (practise of procuring prostitutes) | :: proxenetismo {m}, cafetinagem {f} [Brazil], alcovitagem {f} |
| pimple {n} (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin) | :: borbulha {f}, espinha {f} |
| pin {n} (needle without an eye, used for fastening) | :: alfinete {m} |
| pin {n} (small nail) | :: tacha {f} |
| pin {n} (cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts) | :: pino {m} |
| pin {n} (slender object specially designed for use in bowling) | :: pino {m} |
| pin {n} (any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector) | :: pino {m} |
| pin {n} (in chess) | :: cravado {m} |
| pin {v} (to fasten/attach with a pin) | :: alfinetar |
| pin {n} (jewellery attached with a pin) SEE: brooch | :: |
| PIN {n} (personal identification number) | :: PIN {m}, número de identificação pessoal {m} |
| pinafore {n} (Sleeveless dress) | :: salopete {f} |
| pinata {n} (candy-filled container that is hit with a stick) | :: pinhata {f} |
| pinball {n} (game) | :: pinball {m} |
| pince-nez {n} (type of eyeglasses) | :: pincenê {m}, pince-nez {m} |
| pincers {n} (gripping tool) | :: tenaz {f}, pinça {f} |
| pincers {n} (front claws) | :: patolas {f} |
| pinch {v} (to squeeze a small amount of skin) | :: beliscar |
| pinch {v} (to steal) | :: roubar |
| pinch {n} (action of squeezing a small amount of skin) | :: beliscada {f} |
| pinch {n} (small amount of powder) | :: pitada {f} (ex: uma pitada de sal) |
| pinch {n} (difficult situation) | :: aperto, alhada |
| pincushion {n} (device designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it) | :: alfineteira {f} |
| pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus) | :: pinheiro {m} |
| pine {v} (to languish, to droop) | :: definhar |
| pine {v} (to long for sufferingly) | :: ter saudade(s), sentir saudade(s) |
| pineal gland {n} (small endocrine gland) | :: glândula pineal {f} |
| pineapple {n} (plant) | :: ananás {m} [Portugal], abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
| pineapple {n} (fruit) | :: ananás {m} [Portugal], abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
| pineapple {n} (slang: hand grenade) | :: abacaxi {m} [Brazil] |
| pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa | :: |
| pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree) | :: pinha {f} |
| pine marten {n} (Martes martes) | :: marta {f}, marta europeia {f} |
| pine needle {n} (leaf of a pine tree) | :: caruma {f} |
| pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine) | :: pinhão {m} |
| pinery {n} (pinewood) SEE: pinewood | :: |
| pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine | :: |
| pinewood {n} (wood of the pine) | :: pinho {m} |
| pinewood {n} (forest or grove of pines) | :: pinhal {m}, pinheiral {m} |
| pingo {n} (flexible pole with a load suspended from each end) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| ping pong {n} (table tennis) SEE: table tennis | :: |
| pinion {v} (restrain) SEE: restrain | :: |
| pink {n} (flower) | :: cravo {m} |
| pink {n} (pale red colour) | :: cor-de-rosa {m}, rosa {m} |
| pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white) | :: cor-de-rosa, rosa |
| pinkie {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pink noise {n} (signal or process) | :: ruído rosa {f} |
| pinky {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pinna {n} (visible part of the ear) | :: orelha {f}, pavilhão auditivo {m} |
| pinnacle {n} (architecture: an upright member) | :: pináculo {m} |
| pinnate {adj} (having two rows of members arranged on each side of a common axis) | :: pinado, penado |
| PIN number {n} (PIN) SEE: PIN | :: |
| Pinocchian {adj} (of or relating to Pinocchio) | :: pinoquiano |
| Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist) | :: Pinóquio {m}, Pinocchio {m} |
| Pinocchio {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Pinóquio {m}, Pinocchio {m} |
| Pinocchio {n} | :: Pinóquio {m}, pinóquio {m} |
| pinocytosis {n} (a form of endocytosis) | :: pinocitose {f} |
| pins and needles {n} (tingling felt in limb) | :: formigamento {m} |
| pinstripe {n} (thin stripe on fabric) | :: risca-de-giz {f} |
| pinstripe {n} (suit made of such fabric) | :: terno risca-de-giz {m}, risca-de-giz {m} |
| pint {n} (unit of volume for liquids) | :: quartilho {m}, pint {m} |
| pinta {n} (pint) SEE: pint | :: |
| pinto {n} (horse with patchy coloration including white) | :: cavalo malhado {m} |
| pinto {adj} (pied, mottled) | :: malhado |
| pinwheel {n} (fake flower for children) | :: cata-vento {m} |
| pinworm {n} (worms) | :: oxiúro {m} |
| Pinyin {prop} (romanization of Mandarin Chinese) | :: pinyin {m} |
| pion {n} (particle) | :: píon {m} |
| piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut | :: |
| pioneer {n} (one who goes before) | :: pioneiro |
| pioneer {n} (member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc) | :: pioneiro {m} |
| pioneer species {n} (pioneer species) | :: espécie pioneira {f}, espécie oportunista {f} |
| pious {adj} (of or pertaining to piety) | :: pio |
| piously {adv} (in a pious manner) | :: piamente |
| pip {n} (respiratory disease in birds) | :: pevide {f} |
| pip {n} (seed) | :: caroço {m}; semente {f} |
| pipe {n} (wind instrument) | :: flauta {f} |
| pipe {n} (organ pipe) | :: tubo {m} |
| pipe {n} (rigid tube) | :: cano {m}, tubo {m}, duto {m} |
| pipe {n} (computing: mechanism that enables one program to communicate with another) | :: pipe {m} |
| pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe | :: |
| pipe dream {n} (near impossibility) | :: quimera {f} |
| pipeline {n} (conduit made of pipes) | :: ducto {m}, duto {m} |
| pipeline {n} (channel by which information is transmitted) | :: pipeline {m} |
| piper {n} (baby pigeon) SEE: squab | :: |
| piper {n} (musician who plays a pipe) | :: flautista {m} {f} |
| piper {n} (bagpiper) SEE: bagpiper | :: |
| pipes of Pan {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| pipette {n} (small glass tube used for transferring liquid) | :: pipeta {f} |
| pipette {v} (to transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet) | :: pipetar |
| pipe wrench {n} (adjustable wrench) | :: chave de grifo, turquesa {f} |
| pipit {n} (passerine bird from the genus Anthus) | :: petinha {f} [Portugal], caminheiro {m} [Brazil], corredeira {f} [Brazil] |
| pipra {n} (any member of the bird genus Pipra) | :: pipra {f} |
| piquant {adj} (engaging; charming) | :: chamativo {m}, interessante {m} {f} |
| Piquet {prop} | :: Piquet |
| piracy {n} (robbery at sea) | :: pirataria {f} |
| piracy {n} (unauthorized duplication) | :: pirataria {f} |
| Piraeus {prop} (city) | :: Pireu |
| Pirahã {n} (people) | :: Pirahã {m-p}, pirahãs {m-p} |
| Pirahã {prop} (language) | :: Pirahã {m} |
| Pirandellian {adj} (characteristic of the works of Luigi Pirandello) | :: pirandeliano |
| piranha {n} (South American fish) | :: piranha {f} |
| pirarucu {n} (arapaima) SEE: arapaima | :: |
| pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea) | :: corsário {m}, pirata {m}, bucaneiro {m} |
| pirate {n} (one who breaks intellectual property laws) | :: pirata {m} |
| pirate {v} (appropriate by piracy) | :: piratear |
| pirate {v} (make and/or sell an illegal copy) | :: piratear |
| pirate {adj} (illegal imitated or reproduced) | :: pirateado |
| pirate bug {n} (any insect in the family Anthocoridae) | :: antocorídeo {m} |
| pirater {n} (one who pirates (produces unauthorized copies)) | :: pirateador |
| pirate ship {n} (ship manned by pirates) | :: navio/barco/nau pirata |
| pirouette {n} (whirling or turning on the toes) | :: pirueta {f} |
| pirouette {n} (the whirling about of a horse) | :: pirueta {f} |
| pirouette {v} (to perform a pirouette) | :: fazer (uma) pirueta |
| Pisa {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Pisa {f} |
| pisanka {n} (decorated egg) SEE: pysanka | :: |
| Pisces {prop} (constellation) | :: [Portugal] Pisces {m-p}, [Brazil] Peixes {m-p} |
| Pisces {prop} (astrological sign) | :: [Portugal] Pisces {m-p}, [Brazil] Peixes {m-p} |
| Pisces {n} (Someone with a Pisces star sign) | :: pisciano |
| pisciculture {n} (rearing of fish) | :: piscicultura {f} |
| pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant | :: |
| piss {n} (urine) | :: mijo {m}, xixi {m} [childish], urina |
| piss {v} | :: mijar |
| pissed as a newt {adj} (drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated) | :: bêbado como um gambá |
| pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| pisser {n} (vulgar slang for toilet) SEE: shitter | :: |
| piss off {v} (to leave, to go away) | :: cai fora |
| piss off {v} (to annoy) | :: chatear |
| piss one's pants {v} (wet oneself) SEE: wet oneself | :: |
| pistachio {n} (tree) | :: pistache {m}, pistáchio {m} |
| pistachio {n} (fruit) | :: pistache {m}, pistáchio {m} |
| piste {n} ((skiing) a downhill trail) | :: pista {f} |
| pistil {n} (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit) | :: pistilo {m} |
| pistol {n} (handgun) | :: pistola {f} |
| piston {n} (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder) | :: pistão {m} |
| piston engine {n} (engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons) | :: motor de explosão |
| pit {n} (hole in the ground) | :: buraco {m}, poço {m}, cavouco {m}, vala {f}, fosso {m} |
| pit {n} (service area at a motor racetrack) | :: pitstop {m} |
| pit {n} (seed or stone inside a fruit) | :: caroço {m}, graínha {f} |
| pit {n} (the stone of a drupaceous fruit) | :: caroço {m} |
| pit {v} (remove the stone from) | :: descaroçar |
| pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine | :: |
| pit {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
| pita {n} (bread pouch used for making sandwiches) | :: pita |
| pitaya {n} (dragon fruit) SEE: dragon fruit | :: |
| Pitcairn Islands {prop} (British territory) | :: Ilhas Pitcairn {f-p} |
| pitch {n} (sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees) | :: seiva {f}, breu {m} |
| pitch {n} (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar) | :: piche {m}, pez {m}, breu {m} |
| pitch {n} (act of pitching a baseball) | :: arremesso {m} |
| pitch {n} (field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played) | :: campo {m} |
| pitch {n} (level or degree) | :: grau {m} |
| pitch {v} (to throw) | :: arremessar |
| pitch {v} (baseball: to throw the ball toward home plate) | :: arremessar |
| pitch {v} (to throw away; discard) | :: jogar fora; descartar |
| pitch {v} (to promote, advertise, or attempt to sell) | :: vender; |
| pitch {v} (to assemble or erect (a tent)) | :: armar |
| pitch {v} (of snow, to settle and build up, without melting) | :: acumular (neve não-derretida) |
| pitch {n} (the perceived frequency of a sound or note) | :: altura {f}, agudeza {f}, agudez {f} |
| pitch accent {n} (phonology) | :: acento tonal {m}, acento musical {m}, acento de altura {m} |
| pitch a tent {v} (to have an erection that shows through the clothing) | :: armar a barraca |
| pitch-black {adj} (of the blackest black) | :: preto como carvão |
| pitcher {n} (the player who throws the ball to the batter) | :: lançador {m} |
| pitcher {n} (Gay dominant sex partner) | :: ativo |
| pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids) | :: jarra {f}, jarro {m} |
| pitchfork {n} (farm tool with tines) | :: forcado {m}, forquilha {f}, garfo {m} |
| pitfall {n} (potential problem, hazard, or danger) | :: cilada {f}, armadilha {f} |
| pitfall {n} (trapping pit) | :: fojo {m} |
| pitfall {n} (antipattern) SEE: antipattern | :: |
| pith {n} (soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees) | :: medula {f} |
| pith {n} (albedo) SEE: albedo | :: |
| pith {n} (spinal cord; marrow) SEE: spinal cord | :: |
| pithy {adj} (Concise and meaningful) | :: conciso, sentencioso, lacónico, sucinto, incisivo |
| pitiful {adv} (so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | :: lamentável |
| pitiless {adj} (having no pity) | :: impiedoso, desapiedado |
| Pitjantjatjara {prop} (the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia) | :: pitjantjatjara |
| piton {n} (a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)) | :: pitão {m} |
| pitta bread {n} (flat bread made from wheat flour) SEE: pita | :: |
| pituitary gland {n} (endocrine gland) | :: hipófise |
| pit viper {n} | :: crotalídeo {m} |
| pity {n} (feeling of sympathy) | :: pena {f} |
| pity {n} (something regrettable) | :: pena {f} |
| pity {v} | :: apiedar-se de, sentir dó de, sentir compaixão por |
| pity {interj} (what a pity) SEE: what a pity | :: |
| pivot {n} (that on which something turns) | :: pivô {m} |
| pivot {n} (something having a paramount significance) | :: pivô {m} |
| pivot {v} (to turn on an exact spot) | :: girar |
| pivotal {adj} (being of crucial importance; central, key) | :: pivotal, crucial |
| pixel {n} (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) | :: pixel {m}, píxel {m} |
| pixelate {v} (divide an image into pixels) | :: pixelizar |
| pixelate {v} (transform an image into large pixels) | :: pixelizar |
| pixelated {adj} (of an image, having pixels that are large enough to be individually visible from a normal viewing distance) | :: pixelizado |
| pixellated {adj} (pixelated) SEE: pixelated | :: |
| pixie {n} (playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature) | :: duende |
| pizza {n} (baked Italian dish) | :: pizza {f} |
| pizza {n} (a single instance of that dish) | :: pizza {f} |
| pizzaiolo {n} (man who makes pizzas) | :: pizzaiolo {m} |
| pizza parlor {n} (pizzeria) SEE: pizzeria | :: |
| pizza store {n} (restaurant specializing in pizza) | :: pizzaria {f} |
| pizzeria {n} (outlet that primarily sells pizza) | :: pizzaria {f} |
| placate {v} (to calm) | :: aplacar |
| place {n} (location, position) | :: lugar {m}, local {m}, posição {f} |
| place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square) | :: praça |
| place {n} (group of houses) | :: vila {f} |
| place {n} (region of a land) | :: área {f}, região {f} |
| place {n} (somewhere to sit) | :: lugar {m}, assento {m} |
| place {n} (frame of mind) | :: mentalidade {f} |
| place {n} (informal: house or home) | :: casa {f} |
| place {n} (a role or purpose, a station) | :: posição {f}, papel {m} |
| place {n} (numeric: the column counting a certain quantity) | :: casa {f}, algarismo {m} |
| place {n} (the position of a contestant in a competition) | :: lugar {m}, posição {f} |
| place {n} (the position as a member of a team) | :: lugar {m}, posição {f} |
| place {v} (to put in a specific location) | :: colocar, pôr |
| place {v} (to earn a given spot in a competition) | :: classificar-se, chegar, obter |
| place {v} (to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered) | :: lembrar-se |
| place {v} (passive: to achieve (a certain position)) | :: classificar-se, chegar, obter |
| place {v} (to sing (a note) with the correct pitch) | :: cantar, entoar |
| place {v} (to arrange for, make (a bet)) | :: apostar |
| place {v} (to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job) | :: contratar |
| placebo {n} (a dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment) | :: placebo {m} |
| place mat {n} (protective table mat) | :: esteirinha {f} |
| placement {n} (the act of placing or putting in place) | :: colocação {f}, posicionamento {m} |
| placement {n} (a location or position) | :: posicionamento {m} |
| placename {n} (the name of a place) | :: topónimo {m} [Portugal], topônimo [Brazil] |
| placenta {n} (anatomy: placenta) | :: placenta {f} |
| placental {adj} (relative to placenta) | :: placentário |
| place of decimals {n} (position of digit to the right of the decimal point) SEE: decimal place | :: |
| placid {adj} (calm and quiet; peaceful) | :: plácido, calmo {m}, tranquilo {m}, plácido {m} |
| plagiarism {n} (copying of someone's ideas) | :: plágio {m} |
| plagiarism {n} (act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized) | :: plágio {m} |
| plagiarist {n} (one who plagiarizes) | :: plagiador {m}, plagiário {m} |
| plagiarize {v} (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) | :: plagiar |
| plagiocephaly {n} (congenital condition) | :: plagiocefalia {f} |
| plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague") | :: peste negra {f}, peste bubónica {f} [Portugal], peste bubônica {f} [Brazil], peste {f}, praga |
| plague {n} (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence) | :: praga {f}, peste {f} |
| plague {n} (widespread affliction, calamity) | :: praga {f}, peste {f} |
| plague {n} (a nuisance) | :: incómodo [Portugal], incômodo {m} [Brazil], peste {f} |
| plague {v} (to harass) | :: incomodar, atormentar |
| plain {adj} (ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation) | :: simples |
| plain {adj} (unseasoned) | :: natural {m} {f}, insípido {m} |
| plain {adj} (computing: containing no non-printing characters) | :: simples {m} {f} |
| plain {n} (an expanse of land with relatively low relief) | :: planície {f} |
| plainchant {n} (plainsong) SEE: plainsong | :: |
| plainsong {n} (monophonic chant) | :: cantochão {m} |
| plain text {n} (unencrypted text) SEE: cleartext | :: |
| plaintiff {n} (party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant) | :: querelante {m} {f}, acusação {f}, promotoria |
| plain-winged antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-de-oho-vermelho |
| plait {n} (braid) SEE: braid | :: |
| plait {v} (to interweave) SEE: braid | :: |
| plait {v} (to double in narrow folds) SEE: pleat | :: |
| plait {n} (flat fold) | :: dobra {f}, prega {f} |
| plan {n} (technical drawing) | :: planta {f} |
| plan {n} (set of intended actions) | :: plano {m} |
| plan {n} (2-dimensional drawing from above) | :: planta {f} |
| plan {v} (to design) | :: planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
| plan {v} (to create a plan for) | :: planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
| plan {v} (to intend) | :: pretender |
| Planalto slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-do-planalto |
| planarian {n} (flatworm) | :: planária {f} |
| Planck's constant {n} (constant) | :: constante de Planck |
| plane {adj} (of a surface: flat or level.) | :: plano |
| plane {n} (math: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions) | :: plano {m} |
| plane {n} (level of existence) | :: plano {m} |
| plane {n} (a tool) | :: plaina {f} |
| plane {v} (to smooth with a plane) | :: aplainar |
| plane {n} (airplane) | :: avião {m}, aeroplano {m} |
| plane {v} (to glide) | :: plainar, pairar |
| plane {n} (deciduous tree) | :: plátano {m} |
| planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky) | :: planeta {m} |
| planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun) | :: planeta {m} |
| planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star) | :: planeta {m} |
| planetarium {n} (museum which displays images of space) | :: planetário {m} |
| planetary {adj} (of or relating to planets) | :: planetário |
| planetary nebula {n} (nebulosity) | :: nebulosa planetária {f} |
| planetary system {n} (a group of various non-stellar objects orbiting a star or star system) | :: sistema planetário {m} |
| planetesimal {n} (a small, solid astronomical object) | :: planetesimal {m} |
| planetoid {n} (any of several larger astral bodies) | :: planetoide {m} |
| planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane | :: |
| planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore | :: |
| Planet X {prop} (hypothetical planet) | :: Planeta X {m} |
| plangent {adj} (having a loud mournful sound) | :: plangente |
| planimeter {n} (measuring device) | :: planímetro {m} |
| plank {n} (long, broad and thick piece of timber) | :: tábua {f}, prancha {f} |
| plank {n} (political issue) | :: ponto de contenção {m} |
| plank {v} (to cover something with planking) | :: entabuar, entabular |
| plankton {n} (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea) | :: plâncton {m} |
| planned {adj} (existing or designed according to a plan) | :: planeado, planejado [Brazil] |
| planned obsolescence {n} (policy) | :: obsolescência planejada {f}, obsolescência programada {f} |
| planner {n} (planning notebook or software) | :: agenda {f} |
| planning {n} (action of the verb to plan) | :: planeamento {m}, planejamento {m} |
| planning {n} (act of formulating of a course of action) | :: planeamento {m}, planeamento {m} |
| plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory | :: |
| plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis) | :: planta {f}, vegetal {m} |
| plant {n} (a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree) | :: planta {f}, erva {f} |
| plant {n} (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | :: planta {f} |
| plant {n} (large piece of machinery) | :: aparelhagem {f} |
| plant {v} (place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow) | :: plantar |
| plant {v} (to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit) | :: plantar |
| plantain {n} (small plant) | :: plantago {m}, tanchagem {f}, tansagem {f}, transagem {f} |
| plantar fascia {n} (the thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot) | :: fáscia plantar {f} |
| plantation {n} (large farm) | :: plantação {f}, fazenda {f} |
| plantlet {n} (a young or small plant used as a propagule) | :: plântula {f} |
| plant one's feet {v} | :: fincar o pé |
| plantule {n} (plant embryo which has begun its development) | :: plântula {f} |
| plasma {n} (high energy state of matter) | :: plasma {m} |
| plasma {n} (component of blood) | :: plasma {m} |
| plasma membrane {n} (cell membrane) SEE: cell membrane | :: |
| plasma TV {n} (a television having a plasma display) | :: TV de plasma {f} |
| plasmid {n} (loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes) | :: plasmídeo {m}, plasmídio |
| plaster {n} (healing paste) | :: unguento |
| plaster {n} (mixture for coating) | :: gesso {m} |
| plaster {n} (cast) | :: gesso {m} |
| plaster {v} (to cover with plaster) | :: engessar |
| plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| plaster {n} (plaster of Paris) SEE: plaster of Paris | :: |
| plasterboard {n} (rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core) | :: placa de gesso {f} |
| plaster cast {n} (healing aid) | :: gesso |
| plaster of Paris {n} (hemihydrate of calcium sulfate) | :: gesso de Paris {m} |
| plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer) | :: plástico {m} |
| plastic {n} (any similar synthetic material) | :: plástico {m} |
| plastic {adj} (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant) | :: plástico |
| plastic bag {n} (type of packaging) | :: saco plástico {m}, sacola de plástico {f} |
| plasticine {n} (modeling clay) | :: plastilina {f} |
| plasticity {n} (quality of being plastic) | :: plasticidade {f} |
| plasticity {n} (property of a solid body) | :: plasticidade {f} |
| plastic surgery {n} (surgery involving the transfer of tissue) | :: cirurgia plástica {f} |
| plastic surgery {n} (cosmetic surgery) | :: cirurgia plástica {f} |
| plastiglomerate {n} (type of rock) | :: plastiglomerado |
| plat {n} (a braid; a plait) SEE: braid | :: |
| plat {v} (to braid, plait) SEE: braid | :: |
| plat {n} (plot of land) SEE: lot | :: |
| plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| plate {n} (flat dish) | :: prato {m} |
| plate {n} (contents of a plate) | :: pratada {f} |
| plate {n} (course at a meal) | :: prato {m} |
| plate {n} (flat metallic object) | :: placa {f} |
| plate {n} (vehicle license plate) | :: placa {f} |
| plate {n} (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) | :: placa {f} |
| plate {n} (printing, publishing: full page illustration) | :: prancha |
| plate {n} (chemistry: flat piece of material) | :: placa, chapa {f} |
| plate {v} (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) | :: laminar |
| plate {n} (prize given to the winner in a contest) SEE: prize | :: |
| plate {n} (geology: tectonic plate) SEE: tectonic plate | :: |
| plateau {n} (level expanse) | :: planalto {m}, platô {m}, altiplano {m} |
| plateful {n} (the quantity contained on a plate) | :: pratada {f} |
| platelet {n} (particle found in the blood of mammals) | :: plaqueta {f} |
| platform {n} (stage for speeches and performances) | :: plataforma {f} |
| platform {n} (high shoe type) | :: salto plataforma {m} |
| platform {n} (computing: particular type of operating system or environment) | :: plataforma {f} |
| platform {n} (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) | :: plataforma {f} |
| platform {n} (travel: raised structure for passengers) | :: plataforma {f} |
| platform {n} (flat expanse of rock) | :: plataforma {f} |
| platform game {n} (A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles) | :: jogo de plataforma {m} |
| Platine {adj} (of or from River Plate) | :: platense, rio-platense |
| platinum {n} (metal) | :: platina {f} |
| platinum {n} (colour) | :: platinado {m} |
| platinum {adj} (colour) | :: platinado |
| platitude {n} (often-quoted saying) | :: platitude {f}, clichê {m}, chavão {m}, lugar-comum {m} |
| platitude {n} (triteness) | :: platitude {f}, banalidade {f} |
| Plato {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: Platão {m} |
| platometer {n} (planimeter) SEE: planimeter | :: |
| platonic {adj} (not sexual in nature) | :: platónico [Portugal], platônico [Brazil] |
| platonic love {n} (intimate but non-sexual affection) | :: amor platónico/platônico {m} |
| platoon {n} (unit of 30-40 soldiers) | :: pelotão |
| Plato's Cave {prop} (the allegorical cave) | :: Caverna de Platão {f} |
| platter {n} (tray for serving food) | :: bandeja {f}, travessa {f} |
| platykurtic {adj} (having negative excess kurtosis) | :: platicúrtico |
| platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | :: ornitorrinco {m} |
| plausible {adj} (likely, acceptable) | :: plausível |
| plausible {adj} (worthy of being applauded) | :: plausível |
| play {v} (act in a manner such that one has fun) | :: jogar, brincar |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense), affecting a noun) | :: tocar |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun)) | :: tocar |
| play {v} (act in a performance) | :: atuar, representar, desempenhar |
| play {v} (participate in (a sport or game)) | :: jogar |
| play {v} (use a device to hear (a recording)) | :: tocar, reproduzir |
| play {n} (playful activity) | :: jogo {m}, brincadeira {f} |
| play {n} (individual's performance in a sport) | :: jogo {m} |
| play {n} (literary composition intended to be represented) | :: drama {m} |
| play {n} (theatrical performance) | :: peça {f} |
| play {n} (area of free movement for a part of a mechanism) SEE: backlash | :: |
| playability {n} (property of being playable) | :: jogabilidade {f} |
| playability {n} (overall quality of a gameplay) | :: jogabilidade {f} |
| playable {adj} (able to be played) | :: jogável |
| playable {adj} (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) | :: jogável |
| playback {n} (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) | :: playback {m} |
| playboy {n} (man who devotes himself to pleasure) | :: playboy {m} |
| Playboy {prop} (the adult magazine) | :: Playboy {f} |
| Playboy Bunny {n} (waitress at a Playboy Club) | :: Coelhinha {f} |
| play by ear {v} (play music guided by one's musical ear) | :: tocar de memória [from memory], tocar de ouvido [in imitation of a performance] |
| playdough {n} (childrens' modeling clay) | :: massa de modelar, massinha |
| play dumb {v} (to pretend to be slow-witted) | :: fazer-se de tonto |
| player {n} (one who plays any game or sport) | :: jogador |
| player {n} (dramatic actor) | :: ator {m} |
| player {n} (one who plays a musical instrument) | :: tocador {m}, instrumentista {m} |
| player {n} (video games: gamer, gamester, see also: gamer; gamester) | :: jogador {m}, jogadora {f} |
| player {n} (gambler, see also: gambler) | :: apostador {m}, jogador {m} |
| player {n} (electronic device) | :: tocador {m}, leitor {m}, player {m} |
| player {n} (software application) | :: player {m}, reprodutor {m} |
| player {n} (one without serious aims) | :: brincalhão {m} |
| playful {adj} (liking or prone to play) | :: brincalhão |
| play gooseberry {v} (to serve as a chaperon) | :: segurar vela |
| playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children) | :: parque, parquinho, parque infantil {m} |
| playground {n} (open-air space on a school campus where the children can play) | :: playground {m} |
| playground {n} (small area for children) | :: playground {m}, parquinho |
| playground {n} (space to do what one pleases) | :: playground {m} |
| play hooky {v} (to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse) | :: matar aula, cabular aula, cabular [Brazil], gazetear, gazear |
| play house {n} (toy house for dolls) SEE: doll's house | :: |
| playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater | :: |
| playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card) | :: carta {f}, carta de baralho {f} |
| playlist {n} (record) | :: playlist {f} |
| playlist {n} (computing) | :: lista de reprodução {f} |
| playoff {n} | :: finais {f-p} |
| playpen {n} (enclosure for children to play in) | :: chiqueirinho {m}, cercadinho {m}, cercado, parque |
| play possum {v} (to pretend to be dead) | :: fingir-se de morto, fazer-se de morto |
| PlayStation {n} (series of video game consoles) | :: PlayStation {m} |
| plaything {n} (something intended for playing with) | :: brinquedo {m} |
| play truant {v} (be absent from school without permission) | :: matar aula |
| play with fire {v} (put oneself in a precarious situation) | :: brincar com fogo |
| playwright {n} (writer of plays for the theatre) | :: dramaturgo {m} |
| playwriter {n} (playwright) SEE: playwright | :: |
| plaza {n} (a towns' public square) | :: praça {f} |
| plea {n} (appeal, petition, entreaty) | :: súplica {f}, apelo {m}, rogo {m} |
| plea {n} (excuse) | :: desculpa {f} |
| plea {n} (that which is presented in defense or justification) | :: desculpa {f} |
| plead {v} (to present an argument) | :: alegar |
| plead {v} (to beg) | :: implorar |
| pleasant {adj} (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) | :: agradável |
| please {v} (to make happy or satisfy) | :: agradar |
| please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request) | :: por favor, faça favor |
| please {adv} (expression of annoyance or impatience) | :: por favor, faça-me o favor |
| pleased {adj} (happy, content) | :: contente, satisfeito |
| pleased to meet you {phrase} (polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) | :: muito prazer |
| please help me {phrase} (please help me) | :: por favor, me ajude |
| please pass the salt {phrase} (please pass the salt) | :: por favor, passe o sal |
| please repeat after me {phrase} (phrase) | :: por favor, repita depois de mim |
| please say that again {phrase} (please say that again) | :: por favor, repita isso, por favor, diga isso novamente/denovo |
| please sit down {phrase} (please sit down) | :: sente-se por favor |
| please speak more slowly {phrase} (please speak more slowly) | :: por favor fale mais devagar |
| please turn left {phrase} (please turn left) | :: por favor, vire à esquerda |
| please turn right {phrase} (please turn right) | :: por favor, vire à direita |
| pleasing {adj} (giving pleasure) | :: agradável |
| pleasurable {adj} (that gives pleasure) | :: prazeroso |
| pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased) | :: prazer {m} |
| pleasure {n} (person or thing that causes enjoyment) | :: prazer {m} |
| pleasure {n} (sexual enjoyment) | :: voluptuosidade {f} |
| pleasure {v} (to give pleasure to) | :: agradar |
| pleat {n} (fold in a fabric of a garment) | :: plissado {m}, prega {f} |
| pleat {n} (plait) SEE: plait | :: |
| pleb {n} (common person) | :: ralé {f}, gentalha {f}, plebe {f}, zé {m} |
| plebe {n} (plebeian) SEE: plebeian | :: |
| plebe {n} (plebs) SEE: plebs | :: |
| plebeian {n} (one of the common people of ancient Rome) | :: plebeu {m} |
| plebeian {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: plebeu |
| plebeianly {adv} (in a plebeian manner) | :: plebeiamente |
| plebiscite {n} (A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty) | :: plebiscito {m} |
| plebs {n} (The common people) | :: plebe |
| plectrum {n} (music: small piece for plucking strings) | :: plectro {m}, palheta {f} |
| pledge {v} (to make a solemn promise) | :: prometer |
| pledge {v} (to deposit something as a security; to pawn) | :: caucionar |
| pledge {n} (solemn promise) | :: promessa {f}, penhor {m} |
| pledge {n} (security to payment) | :: garantia {f} |
| -plegic {suffix} ( of -plegia) | :: -plégico |
| Pleiades {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Plêiades {f} |
| Pleiades {prop} (astronomy) | :: Plêiades |
| plenary {adj} (fully attended) | :: plenário |
| plenary session {n} (plenary session) | :: sessão plenária {f} |
| plenipotentiary {n} (person invested with supreme authority) | :: plenipotenciário {m} |
| plenipotentiary {adj} (invested with full power) | :: plenipotenciário {m} |
| plentiful {adj} (existing in large number) | :: grande |
| plentiful {adj} (yelding abundance) | :: abundante, farto {m} |
| plenty {n} (a more-than-adequate amount) | :: abundância {f} |
| plenty {adj} (plentiful) SEE: plentiful | :: |
| pleonasm {n} (redundancy in wording) | :: pleonasmo {m} |
| pleonastic {adj} (redundant) SEE: redundant | :: |
| pleonastic {adj} (of, or relating to pleonasm) | :: pleonástico |
| pleonastic {adj} (characterised by redundancy or the use of an excess number of words) | :: pleonástico |
| pleroma {n} (the region of light above the world) | :: pleroma |
| plethora {n} (excess, abundance) | :: pletora {f} |
| pleura {n} (serous membrane that covers the lungs and thorax) | :: pleura {f} |
| pleural cavity {n} (body cavity) | :: cavidade pleural {f} |
| pleurisy {n} (inflammation of lung pleura) | :: pleurisia {f}, pleurite {f} |
| pliable {adj} (easily bent or formed) | :: maleável, moldável, flexível |
| pliers {n} (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand) | :: alicate {m} |
| plinth {n} (base for column, pedestal or statue) | :: plinto {m}, alaque {m}, soclo {m} |
| plinthosol {n} (soil type) | :: plintossolo {m} |
| Pliny {prop} (Roman praenomen) | :: Plínio |
| plosive {n} (consonant) | :: oclusiva {f}, plosiva {f} |
| plot {n} (course of a story) | :: argumento {m}, trama, enredo {m}, intriga {f} |
| plot {n} (area of land used for building on or planting on) | :: lote {m} |
| plot {n} (graph or diagram) | :: diagrama {m}, gráfico {m} |
| plot {n} (secret plan to achieve an end) | :: complô {m} |
| plot {v} (transitive: to conceive) | :: conceber |
| plot {v} (to trace out a graph or diagram) | :: traçar |
| plot {v} (to mark a point on a graph) | :: marcar |
| plot twist {n} (change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot) | :: virada {f}, guinada {f} |
| plough {n} (device pulled through the ground) | :: arado {m} |
| plough {v} (to use a plough on to prepare for planting) | :: arar, lavrar |
| plough {v} (to use a plough) | :: arar, lavrar |
| Plough {prop} (brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major) SEE: Big Dipper | :: |
| ploughing {n} (breaking of the ground into furrows) | :: aração {f}, aragem {f} |
| plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| plover {n} (wading bird of the family Charadriidae) | :: tarambola {f}, borrelho {m} |
| plow {n} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| plow {v} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| plowman {n} (male plower) | :: arador {m} |
| plowshare {n} (cutting edge of a plow) | :: relha {f} |
| ploy {n} (strategy, tactic) | :: estratagema {m} |
| pluck {v} (to pull something sharply; to pull something out) | :: tirar |
| pluck {v} (to remove feathers from a bird) | :: depenar |
| pluck {n} (nerve, fortitude, persistence) | :: perseverança {f} |
| plucky {adj} (having or showing pluck) | :: ousado |
| plug {n} (electric connecting device) | :: ficha {f}, tomada {f} |
| plug {n} (hole filler) | :: tampão {m} |
| plug in {v} (connect an electrical device) | :: plugar |
| plug-in {n} (computer add-on) | :: plugin {m}, extensão {f}, complemento {m}, extra {m}, módulo de extensão {m}, módulo {m}, módulo externo {m} |
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica) | :: ameixa {f} |
| plum {n} (tree) | :: ameixeira {f} |
| plum {n} (slang: testicle) | :: bolas {f-p} |
| plum {n} (raisin when used in pudding or cake) SEE: raisin | :: |
| plumage {n} (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body) | :: plumagem {f} |
| plumber {n} (one who works in lead) | :: chumbeiro {m} |
| plumber {n} (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage) | :: encanador {m} |
| plumber's helper {n} (plunger) SEE: plunger | :: |
| plumbery {n} (business of a plumber) SEE: plumbing | :: |
| plumbing {n} (pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building) | :: encanamento {m} |
| plumb line {n} (plummet) SEE: plummet | :: |
| plum blossom {n} (the blossom of the Prunus mume) | :: flor de ameixeira {f} |
| plume {n} (feather) | :: pluma {f} |
| plume {n} (geology: upwelling of molten material) | :: pluma {f} |
| plume {v} (to congratulate oneself proudly) | :: emplumar-se |
| plume {v} (to adorn with plumes) | :: emplumar |
| plumed {adj} (having or decorated with a plume or plumes) | :: emplumado |
| plummet {n} (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line) | :: prumo {m} |
| plummet {v} (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly) | :: cair, despencar |
| plump {adj} (Having a full and rounded shape, chubby) | :: rechonchundo |
| plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum | :: |
| plunder {v} (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)) | :: saquear, pilhar |
| plunder {v} (to take by force or wrongfully) | :: saquear, pilhar |
| plunder {v} (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)) | :: pilhar, saquear |
| plunder {n} (instance of plundering) | :: saque {m}, pilhagem {f} |
| plunder {n} (loot attained by plundering) | :: saque {f}, butim {m} |
| plunge {v} | :: mergulhar, atirar(-se) |
| plunger {n} (device for removing blockages by suction) | :: desentupidor |
| pluperfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
| pluperfect {n} (verb in this tense) | :: pretérito mais-que-perfeito {m} |
| pluperfect tense {n} (tense) | :: pretérito mais-que-perfeito, mais-que-perfeito {m} |
| plural {adj} (more than one) | :: plural |
| plural {n} (the plural number) | :: plural {m} |
| plural {n} (word in plural form) | :: plural {m} |
| plurale tantum {n} (a noun without a singular form) | :: plurale tantum {m} |
| pluralism {n} (social system with multiple cultural identities) | :: pluralismo {m} |
| pluralistic {adj} (characteristic of pluralism) | :: pluralista |
| plurality {n} (the state of being plural) | :: pluralidade {f} |
| pluridimensional {adj} (multidimensional) SEE: multidimensional | :: |
| plurinational {adj} (of different nationalities) | :: plurinacional {m} {f} |
| Plurinational State of Bolivia {prop} (official name of Bolivia) | :: Estado Plurinacional da Bolívia {m} |
| plus {n} (plus sign) SEE: plus sign | :: |
| plus {prep} (arithmetic: sum) | :: mais |
| plus {prep} (in addition to) | :: mais |
| plus {adj} (being positive rather than negative or zero) | :: positivo |
| plus {adj} (positive, involving advantage) | :: positivo |
| plus {adj} (physics: electrically positive) | :: positivo {m}, positiva {f} |
| plush {n} (textile fabric) | :: peluche {f} [Portugal], pelúcia {f} [Brazil] |
| plush {n} (toy) SEE: plush toy | :: |
| plush toy {n} (soft toy with a plush covering) | :: peluche {f} [Portugal], pelúcia {f} [Brazil] |
| plus sign {n} (mathematical symbol) | :: sinal de mais |
| Plutarch {prop} (Greek historian) | :: Plutarco |
| Pluto {prop} (god) | :: Plutão {m} |
| Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet) | :: Plutão {m} |
| plutocracy {n} (government by the wealthy) | :: plutocracia {f} |
| plutocracy {n} (controlling class of the wealthy) | :: plutocracia {f} |
| plutocrat {n} (someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth) | :: plutocrata {m} {f} |
| plutodemocracy {n} (pseudodemocracy that is in fact a hypercapitalist plutocracy) | :: democracia plutocrática {f}, plutodemocracia {f} |
| Plutonian {adj} (of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto) | :: plutónio {m}, plutônio {m} [Brazil] |
| plutonium {n} (chemical element) | :: plutónio {m} |
| pluviometer {n} (instrument) | :: pluviómetro {m} [Portugal], pluviômetro {m} [Brazil], pluvímetro {m}, udómetro {m} [Portugal], udômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| Pluviôse {prop} (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: pluvioso {m} |
| plywood {n} (construction material) | :: compensado {m} |
| p.m. {adv} (after noon) | :: p.m. |
| PMT {n} (premenstrual tension) | :: TPM {f} |
| pneumatic {adj} (of or relating to air or other gases) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
| pneumatic {adj} (of or relating to pneumatics) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
| pneumatic {adj} (powered by, or filled with compressed air) | :: pneumático {m}, pneumática {f} |
| pneumatic drill {n} (pneumatic drill) SEE: jackhammer | :: |
| pneumatics {n} (branch of mechanics) | :: pneumática {f} |
| pneumo- {prefix} (relating to the lungs) | :: pneumo- |
| pneumoconiosis {n} (disease of the lungs) | :: pneumoconiose {f} |
| pneumology {n} (the study of the respiratory system and organs) | :: pneumologia {f} |
| pneumonia {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: pneumonia {f} |
| pneumothorax {n} (presence of air inside the pleural cavity) | :: pneumotórax {m} |
| Po {prop} (longest river in Italy) | :: Pó {m} |
| poach {v} (to cook in simmering liquid) | :: escalfar |
| poach {v} (to take game or fish illegally) | :: caçar/pescar furtivamente |
| poacher {n} (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally) | :: caçador furtivo {m} |
| poaching {n} (trespassing in search of game) | :: caça furtiva {f} |
| PO box {n} (box hired as a collection point for mail) SEE: post office box | :: |
| pocket {n} (bag stitched to an item of clothing) | :: bolso {m}, algibeira {f} |
| pocket {n} (billiards: net into which balls are struck) | :: caçapa {f} |
| pocket {n} (enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another) | :: bolsão {m} |
| pocket {v} (to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table) | :: encaçapar |
| pocket {adj} (of a size suitable for putting into a pocket) | :: de bolso {m} {f} |
| pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook | :: |
| pocketknife {n} (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) | :: canivete {m} |
| pocket money {n} (money given to a child) | :: mesada |
| pocket watch {n} (watch) | :: relógio de bolso {m} |
| pod {n} (seed case) | :: vagem {f} |
| pod {n} (small vehicle) | :: cápsula {f} |
| podcast {n} (podcast) | :: podcast {m} |
| Podgorica {prop} (capital city of Montenegro) | :: Podgorica {f}, Titogrado {f} |
| pod hotel {n} (capsule hotel) SEE: capsule hotel | :: |
| podiatrist {n} (specialist in foot care) | :: podólogo {m}, podóloga {f} |
| podiatry {n} (podiatry, care of the feet) | :: podologia {f} |
| podium {n} (platform) | :: pódio {m} |
| podium {n} (sports: steepled platform) | :: pódio {m} |
| podium {n} (sports: result amongst the best three) | :: pódio {m} |
| poem {n} (literary piece written in verse) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
| poem {n} (piece of writing in the tradition of poetry) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
| poem {n} (piece of poetic writing) | :: poema {m}, poesia {f} |
| poet {n} (person who writes poems) | :: poeta {m}, poetisa {f} |
| poetaster {n} (unskilled poet) | :: poetastro {m}, poetaço {m} |
| poetess {n} (female poet) | :: poetisa {f} |
| poetic {adj} (relating to poetry) | :: poético |
| poetic {adj} (characteristic of poets) | :: poético |
| poetically {adv} (in a poetic manner) | :: poeticamente |
| poetic justice {n} (the rewarding of virtue and the punishment of vice, especially in an ironic manner) | :: justiça poética {f} |
| poetic licence {n} (departure from convention) | :: licença poética {f} |
| poetry {n} (literature composed in verse) | :: poesia {f} |
| poetry {n} (poetical quality, artistic and/or artful, which appeals or stirs the imagination) | :: poesia {f}, poeticidade {f} |
| pogrom {n} (riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews) | :: pogrom {m} |
| poiesis {n} (act or process of creation) | :: poiese {f} |
| poignant {adj} (sharp-pointed; keen) | :: pontiagudo |
| poignant {adj} (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant) | :: claro, eloquente, penetrante |
| poignant {adj} (evoking strong mental sensation) | :: pungente, emocionante, comovente |
| poignant {adj} (piquant; pungent) | :: pungente, picante |
| poignant {adj} (incisive; penetrating) | :: incisivo, penetrante, agudo |
| poignant {adj} (piercing) | :: penetrante |
| poignant {adj} (inducing sharp physical pain) | :: doloroso |
| poinsettia {n} (plant) | :: bico-de-papagaio {m}, poinsétia {f} |
| point {n} (particular moment in an event or occurrence) | :: momento |
| point {n} (opinion which adds to the discussion) | :: ponto {m} |
| point {n} (purpose or objective) | :: propósito {m}, objetivo {m} |
| point {n} (smallest quantity of something) | :: pingo {m} |
| point {n} (tiny amount of time) | :: milésimo {m}, instante {m} |
| point {n} (location or place) | :: ponto {m} |
| point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object) | :: ponto {m} |
| point {n} (full stop) | :: ponto final {m} |
| point {n} (something tiny) | :: pontinha {f} |
| point {n} (tenth part) | :: décimo {m} |
| point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition) | :: ponto {m} |
| point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)) | :: vírgula {f} |
| point {n} (typography: unit of size) | :: ponto {m} |
| point {n} (sharp tip) | :: ponta {f} |
| point {n} (any projecting extremity) | :: ponta {f} |
| point {n} (peninsula) | :: península {f} |
| point {n} (compass point) | :: direção {f} |
| point {n} (railroad switch) | :: agulha {f} |
| point {v} (to extend finger) | :: apontar para, indicar |
| point {v} (direct) | :: apontar |
| point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
| point blank {adv} (directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution) | :: à queima-roupa |
| point-blank {adj} (so close that a weapon may be aimed directly at its target) | :: a queima-roupa |
| pointed {adj} (sharp at one end) | :: pontudo, apontado |
| pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice | :: |
| pointer {n} (anything that points or is used for pointing) | :: ponteiro {m} |
| pointer {n} (needle of a timepiece or measuring device) | :: ponteiro {m} |
| pointer {n} (hunting dog) | :: pointer {m} |
| pointer {n} (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable) | :: ponteiro {m} |
| pointer {n} (computing: icon indicating mouse position) SEE: cursor | :: |
| pointless {adj} (having no point or sharp tip) | :: sem ponta, desapontado {m} |
| pointless {adj} (having no purpose) | :: inútil |
| point of inflection {n} (point on a curve) | :: ponto de inflexão {m} |
| point of view {n} (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
| point of view {n} (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
| point of view {n} (perspective from which a narrative is related) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
| point out {v} (identify with a bodily gesture) | :: apontar |
| point out {v} (tell, remind, indicate to someone) | :: destacar |
| point-set topology {n} (field of topology) | :: topologia geral {f} |
| poise {n} (a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity) | :: poise {m} |
| poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism) | :: veneno {m}, tóxico {m} |
| poison {v} (to use poison to kill or paralyse) | :: envenenar, empeçonhar, intoxicar |
| poison hemlock {n} (poisonous plant) SEE: hemlock | :: |
| poisoning {n} (administration of a poison) | :: envenenamento {m} |
| poisoning {n} (state of being poisoned) | :: envenenamento {m} |
| poisonous {adj} (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous) | :: tóxico, venenoso |
| Poitiers {prop} (City in France) | :: Poitiers |
| poke {v} (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick) | :: cutucar |
| poke {v} (to poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning) | :: atiçar |
| poke {v} (rummage) SEE: rummage | :: |
| poker {n} (metal rod for poking) | :: atiçador {m}, tiçoeiro {m} |
| poker {n} (one who pokes) | :: cutucador |
| poker {n} (card game) | :: pôquer {m}, póquer {m} |
| poker face {n} (impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing) | :: cara de pau {mf} |
| Polabian {prop} (West Slavic language) | :: polábio {m} |
| Poland {prop} (European country) | :: Polónia {f} [Portugal], Polônia {f} [Brazil] |
| polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus) | :: urso-polar {m}, urso-branco {m} |
| polar cap {n} (high-latitude region covered by ice) | :: calota polar |
| polar coordinates {n} | :: coordenadas polares {f-p} |
| polar fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox | :: |
| Polaris {prop} (star) | :: Polaris |
| polarity {n} (separation, alignment) | :: polaridade {f} |
| polarity {n} (one of two extremes) | :: polaridade {f} |
| polarity {n} (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) | :: polaridade {f} |
| polarization {n} (production or condition of polarity) | :: polarização {f} |
| polarization {n} (production of polarized light) | :: polarização {f} |
| polarization {n} (separation of positive and negative charges) | :: polarização {f} |
| polarization {n} (grouping of opinions into two extremes) | :: polarização {f} |
| polarize {v} (to cause to have a polarization) | :: polarizar |
| polarize {v} (to cause a group to be divided into extremes) | :: polarizar |
| polder {n} (area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes) | :: pólder {m} [Portugal], pôlder {m} [Brazil] |
| polder model {n} (consensus decision-making) | :: modelo pôlder {m} |
| pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support) | :: vara {f} |
| pole {n} (type of fishing rod) | :: caniço {m} |
| pole {v} (propel by pushing with poles) | :: varear |
| pole {n} (extreme of an axis) | :: polo {m}, extremidade {f} |
| pole {n} (magnetic point) | :: polo {m} |
| pole {n} (contact on an electrical device) | :: polo {m} |
| pole {n} (isolated point of a meromorphic function (complex analysis)) | :: polo {m} |
| Pole {n} (person from Poland) | :: polonês {m}, polonesa {f} [Brazil], polaco {f}, polaca {f} |
| polecat {n} (Mustela putorius) | :: toirão {m} |
| polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk | :: |
| pole dance {n} (dancing centred around a pole) | :: dança do cano {f}, dança do poste {f} |
| polemarch {n} (military commander in chief in ancient Athens) | :: polemarca {m} |
| polemic {n} (argument or controversy) | :: polémica {f} [Portugal], polêmica {f} [Brazil] |
| polemic {adj} (having the characteristics of a polemic) | :: polémico polêmico [Brasil] |
| polemology {n} (study of human conflict and war) | :: polemologia {f} |
| Pole Star {prop} (star) | :: Estrela Polar {f} |
| pole vault {n} (jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole) | :: salto com vara {m} |
| police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law) | :: polícia {f} |
| police car {n} (automobile used by a police officer) | :: viatura {f} |
| police dog {n} (trained dog for police work) | :: cão policial {m} |
| policeman {n} (a member of a police force) | :: policial {m} |
| police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency) | :: polícia {m} {f}, policial {m} {f}, agente {m} {f}, agente da polícia {m} {f} |
| police state {n} (nation whose government controls people by police) | :: estado policial {m} |
| police station {n} (building of police force) | :: delegacia de polícia {f} |
| policewoman {n} (a female police officer) | :: polícia {m} {f} [Portugal], policial {m} {f} [Brazil] |
| policy {n} (principle of conduct) | :: política {f} |
| policy {n} (prudent conduct) | :: política {f} |
| policy {n} (law: insurance document) | :: apólice {f} |
| policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance | :: |
| policymaker {n} (one involved in the formulation of policies) | :: decisor político, responsável político |
| poliomyelitis {n} (infection by the poliovirus) | :: poliomielite {f} |
| polis {n} (a city or city-state) | :: pólis {f} |
| polish {n} (substance used to polish) | :: cera {f}, graxa {f} |
| polish {n} (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess) | :: polimento {m} |
| polish {n} (cleanliness in performance or presentation) | :: polimento {m} |
| polish {v} (make a surface smooth or shiny) | :: polir |
| polish {v} (to refine; improve imperfections from) | :: polir |
| Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language) | :: polonês, polaco |
| Polish {n} (the language of Poland) | :: polonês {m}, polaco {m} |
| Polishness {n} (quality of being Polish) | :: polonidade {f} |
| Polish notation {n} (notation for arithmetic formulae) | :: notação polonesa |
| politburo {n} (the governing Communist council) | :: politburo {m} |
| polite {adj} (well-mannered) | :: educado, polido, cortês |
| politeness {n} (act of being polite) | :: educação {f} |
| political {adj} (concerning or relating to politics) | :: político |
| political {adj} (motivated by political calculation) | :: político |
| political asylum {n} (protection by a sovereign state) | :: asilo político {m} |
| political correctness {n} (being politically correct) | :: politicamente correto {m}, correção política {f} |
| politically {adv} (in a political manner) | :: politicamente |
| politically correct {adj} (avoiding offense, selectively) | :: politicamente correto |
| political party {n} (political organization) | :: partido {m}, partido político {m} |
| political prisoner {n} (person) | :: preso político |
| political science {n} (study of politics) | :: ciência política {f} |
| political scientist {n} (political science expert) | :: cientista político {m}, politólogo {m}, politóloga {f}, politicologista {m} {f}, politicólogo {m}, politicóloga {f} |
| political system {n} (set of institutions) | :: sistema político |
| politician {n} (one engaged in politics) | :: político {m}, política {f} |
| politicization {n} (The state of being or process of becoming politicized) | :: politização {f} |
| politicize {v} (to give something political characteristics) | :: politizar |
| politicize {v} (to make someone politically active) | :: politizar |
| politicking {n} | :: politicagem {f} |
| politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government) | :: política {f} |
| politology {n} (political science) SEE: political science | :: |
| polity {n} (an organizational structure of the government) | :: regime {m} |
| polity {n} (politically organized unit) | :: estado {m} |
| polka {n} (dance) | :: polca {f} |
| polka {n} (music for this dance) | :: polca {f} |
| poll {n} (an election or a survey of a particular group) | :: enquete {f}, sondagem, sugestões, inquérito, avaliação, votação {f}, pesquisa |
| poll {n} (place to vote) | :: urna {m} |
| pollen {n} (fine granular substance produced in flowers) | :: pólen {m} |
| pollical {adj} (of the thumb) | :: polegar |
| pollinate {v} (To apply pollen to) | :: polinizar |
| pollination {n} (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma) | :: polinização {f} |
| pollinator {n} (agent) | :: polinizador {m} |
| pollutable {adj} (capable of being polluted) | :: poluível |
| pollutant {n} (something that pollutes) | :: poluente {m} |
| pollute {v} (to make something harmful) | :: contaminar, poluir |
| pollute {v} (to make something or somewhere less suitable) | :: poluir, sujar |
| pollute {adj} (polluted) | :: poluído |
| polluted {adj} (defiled) | :: poluído |
| polluter {n} (subject that pollutes) | :: poluidor {m} |
| pollution {n} (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse) | :: polução {f} |
| pollution {n} (archaic: defilement, corruption) | :: poluição {f} |
| pollution {n} (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances) | :: poluição {f} |
| pollution {n} (something that pollutes; pollutant) | :: poluente {m} |
| Pollux {prop} (Dioscuri) | :: Pólux {m} |
| Pollux {prop} (Star) | :: Pólux |
| polo {n} (ball game) | :: pólo {m} |
| polonaise {n} (dance) | :: polonesa |
| polonium {n} (chemical element) | :: polónio {m} |
| poltergeist {n} (a disruptive ghost) | :: poltergeist {m} |
| poltroon {adj} (cowardly) SEE: cowardly | :: |
| poly- {prefix} (many) | :: poli- |
| -poly {suffix} (pertaining to the number of sellers in a market) | :: -pólio {m} |
| polyamory {n} (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) | :: poliamor |
| polyandrous {adj} (Of or pertaining to polyandry) | :: poliandro, poliândrico |
| polyandry {n} (plurality of husbands at the same time) | :: poliandria {f} |
| polyarthritis {n} (arthritis affecting five or more joints) | :: poliartrite {f} |
| polychete {n} (annelids of the class Polychaeta) | :: poliqueta {f} |
| polycladous {adj} | :: policlado |
| polyclinic {n} (a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated) | :: policlínica {f} |
| polyester {n} (polymer) | :: poliéster {m} |
| polyethene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| polyethylene {n} (polyethylene) | :: polietileno {m} |
| polygamy {n} (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time) | :: poligamia {f} |
| polygamy {n} (polygyny) SEE: polygyny | :: |
| polyglot {adj} (Versed in, or speaking, many languages) | :: poliglota |
| polyglot {adj} (Containing, or made up of, several languages) | :: multilíngue |
| polyglot {n} (one who masters, notably speaks, several languages) | :: poliglota {m} {f} |
| polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges) | :: polígono {m} |
| polygonal {adj} (having many angles) | :: poligonal |
| polygraph {n} (device to discern if a subject is lying) | :: polígrafo {m} |
| polygynous {adj} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: poliginia {f} |
| polygyny {n} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: poliginia {f} |
| polyhedron {n} (geometry: solid figure) | :: poliedro {m} |
| Polyhymnia {prop} (muse of sacred music) | :: Polímnia {f}, Poliímnia {f} |
| polymath {n} (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge) | :: polímata {m} {f}, polímato {m} |
| polymer {n} (molecule) | :: polímero {m} |
| polymerase {n} (enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers) | :: polimerase |
| polymerase chain reaction {n} | :: reacção em cadeia da polimerase |
| polymeride {n} (polymer) SEE: polymer | :: |
| polymorphic {adj} (relating to polymorphism) | :: polimórfico |
| polymorphism {n} (ability to assume different forms or shapes) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
| polymorphism {n} (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
| polymorphism {n} (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
| polymorphism {n} (crystallography: ability of a material to exist in more than one form) | :: polimorfismo {m} |
| polymorphism {n} (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population) | :: polimorfismo |
| polymorphous {adj} (Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms) | :: polimorfo |
| Polynesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: Polinésia {f} |
| Polynesian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) | :: polinésio |
| Polynesian {n} (person from Polynesia) | :: polinésio {m} |
| Polynesian {prop} (language group of Polynesia) | :: polinésio {m} |
| polynomial {n} (algebraic expression) | :: polinómio {m} |
| polynomial {adj} (in algebra) | :: polinomial |
| polyp {n} (growth) | :: pólipo {m} |
| polyp {n} (coelenterate) | :: pólipo {m} |
| polypeptide {n} (organic chemistry: any polymer amino acids joined via peptide bonds) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
| polypeptide {n} (biochemistry: any such polymer that is not folded into a secondary structure of a protein) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
| polypeptide {n} (biochemistry: a small protein containing up to 100 amino acids) | :: polipeptídeo {m} |
| polypeptidic {adj} (pertaining to a polypeptide) | :: polipeptídico |
| polyphonic {adj} (of or relating to polyphony) | :: polifônico |
| polypore {n} (tough, leathery, poroid mushroom) SEE: bracket fungus | :: |
| polyptoton {n} (stylistic scheme) | :: poliptoto {m} |
| polyptych {n} (a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together) | :: políptico {m} |
| polyseme {n} (word/phrase with multiple meanings) | :: polissema {m} |
| polysemic {adj} (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings) | :: polissémico [Portugal], polissêmico [Brazil] |
| polysemically {adv} (in a polysemic manner) | :: polissemicamente |
| polysemous {adj} (having multiple meanings) | :: polissémico [Portugal], polissêmico [Brazil] |
| polysemy {n} (ability to have multiple meanings) | :: polissemia {f} |
| polyspast {n} (machine consisting of many pulleys) SEE: block and tackle | :: |
| polystyrene {n} (polymer) | :: poliestireno {m} |
| polysyllabic {adj} (having more than one syllable) | :: polissilábico, polissílabo |
| polysyndeton {n} (the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence) | :: polissíndeto {m} |
| polysynthetic {adj} (polysynthetic) | :: polissintético |
| polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods) | :: politeísmo {m} |
| polythene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| polytope {n} (geometric shape) | :: politopo {m} |
| polytrauma {n} (multiple traumatic injuries) | :: politraumatismo {m}, politrauma {m} |
| polyurethane {n} (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links) | :: poliuretano {m} |
| polyuria {n} (production of an abnormally large amount of urine) | :: poliúria {f} |
| Pombaline cage {n} (a symmetrical wood-lattice framework aimed at distributing earthquake force) | :: gaiola pombalina {f} |
| pome {n} (type of fruit) | :: pomo {m} |
| pomegranate {n} (shrub/tree) | :: romãzeira {f}, romeira {f} |
| pomegranate {n} (fruit) | :: romã {f} |
| pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit | :: |
| pomelo {n} (large fruit of the C. maxima or grandis) | :: pomelo {m} |
| Pomerania {prop} (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) | :: Pomerânia {f} |
| Pomeranian {prop} (Kashubian) SEE: Kashubian | :: |
| Pomeranian {adj} (of, or relative to Pomerania) | :: pomerano |
| Pomeranian {n} (native or inhabitant of Pomerania) | :: pomerano {m} |
| Pomeranian {n} (breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz-dogs) | :: lulu-da-pomerânia, spitz-alemão-anão {m} [formally] |
| Pomerelia {prop} (historical region in Pomerania) | :: Pomerélia |
| pomerium {n} (tract of land denoting the formal, sacral ambit of a Roman city) | :: pomério {m} |
| pommel {n} (round handle or knob) | :: castão |
| pomological {adj} (pertaining to pomology) | :: pomológico |
| pomology {n} | :: pomologia |
| pompano {n} (carangid) | :: xaréu {m} |
| Pompeii {prop} (a historical city) | :: Pompeia {f} |
| Pompey {prop} (a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic) | :: Pompeu {m} |
| pompous {adj} (affectedly grand) | :: pomposo |
| pompously {adv} (in a pompous manner) | :: pomposamente |
| poncho {n} (simple garment of cloth) | :: poncho {m} |
| poncy {adj} (effeminate) SEE: effeminate | :: |
| poncy {adj} (intended to impress others, particularly in an ostentatious way) SEE: affected | :: |
| poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay | :: |
| pond {n} (small lake) | :: lagoa {f}, tanque {m} |
| ponder {v} (to think deeply) | :: ponderar |
| ponder {v} (to consider carefully) | :: ponderar |
| ponderous {adj} (dull or boring) | :: enfadonho {m} |
| ponderous {adj} (dense) SEE: dense | :: |
| Pondicherry {prop} (Puducherry) SEE: Puducherry | :: |
| pond-skater {n} (any of various predatory insects) SEE: water strider | :: |
| pong {n} (bad smell) | :: fedor |
| poniard {n} (dagger) | :: punhal |
| Ponta Delgada {prop} (city and municipality) | :: Ponta Delgada |
| pontiff {n} (pope) | :: pontífice |
| pontoon {n} (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock) | :: pontão {m} |
| Pontus {prop} (god of the sea) | :: Ponto {m} |
| Pontus {prop} (a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea) | :: Ponto {m} |
| pony {n} (small horse) | :: pônei {m} |
| ponytail {n} (hairstyle) | :: rabo-de-cavalo {m} |
| poo {n} | :: totô {m} |
| poo {v} | :: fazer cocô |
| pooch {n} (slang: dog) | :: totó {m} |
| pood {n} (Russian unit of mass) | :: pud {m} |
| poodle {n} (any of various breeds of poodle) | :: poodle {m} |
| poof {interj} (deflating object or a magical disappearance) | :: puf |
| poof {n} (A male homosexual.) | :: bicha |
| Pooh {prop} (short for Winnie the Pooh) | :: Puff {m}, Pooh {m} |
| pool {n} (body of water) | :: piscina |
| pool {n} (small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle) | :: poça {f} |
| pool {n} (supply of resources) | :: fundo |
| pool {v} (to put together) | :: reunir |
| pool {v} (to combine or contribute with others) | :: unir esforços |
| pool {n} (swimming pool) SEE: swimming pool | :: |
| pool noodle {n} (toy) | :: boia espaguete {m}, boia macarrão {m} |
| poop {v} (to poop) SEE: poo | :: |
| poop {n} (feces) SEE: poo | :: |
| poop {n} (stern) SEE: stern | :: |
| poop {v} (to break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| poop deck {n} (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) | :: castelo de popa {m} |
| poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money) | :: pobre, necessitado {m}, humilde, empobrecido |
| poor {adj} (of low quality) | :: fraco {m}, ruim |
| poor {adj} (used to express pity) | :: pobre [precedes the noun] |
| poor {n} (those with no possessions) | :: pobres {m-p} |
| poor as a church mouse {adj} (very poor) | :: paupérrimo |
| poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| poor thing {n} (someone or something to be pitied) | :: pobrezinho {m}, tadinho {m}, coitadinho {m} |
| pop {v} (to hit) SEE: hit | :: |
| pop {n} (loud, sharp sound) | :: alto {m} |
| pop {v} (to ejaculate) SEE: ejaculate | :: |
| popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) | :: pipoca {f} |
| pop culture {n} (popular culture) SEE: popular culture | :: |
| pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: papa {m} |
| pope {n} (Russian Orthodox priest) | :: pope {m} |
| Popemobile {n} (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) | :: papamóvel {m} |
| popess {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
| Popeye {prop} (tough cartoon sailor) | :: Popeye {m} |
| popinjay {n} (Picus viridis) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot | :: |
| poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus) | :: choupo {m} |
| pop music {n} (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience) | :: pop {m}, música pop {f} |
| poppy {n} (plant) | :: papoula {f} |
| poppyseed {n} (the seed of the poppy) | :: semente de papoula {f} |
| popsicle {n} (serving of frozen juice on a stick) | :: picolé {m} |
| pop someone's cherry {v} (deflower) SEE: deflower | :: |
| populace {n} (inhabitants of a nation) SEE: population | :: |
| populace {n} (common people) | :: povão {m} [pejorative] |
| popular {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: popular |
| popular {adj} (aimed at the general public) | :: popular |
| popular {adj} (adapted to the means of the common people; cheap) | :: popular |
| popular {adj} (liked by many people) | :: popular |
| popular culture {n} (prevailing vernacular culture) | :: cultura popular {f} |
| popularise {v} (to make popular) | :: popularizar |
| popularity {n} (the quality or state of being popular) | :: popularidade {f} |
| popularly {adv} (in a popular manner) | :: popularmente |
| popular music {n} (genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public) | :: música popular {f} |
| popular opinion {n} (public opinion) SEE: public opinion | :: |
| populate {v} (to supply with inhabitants) | :: povoar |
| population {n} (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) | :: população {f} |
| population {n} (biology: collection of organisms) | :: população {f} |
| population {n} (number of residents in a given area) | :: população {f} |
| population {n} (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) | :: população {f} |
| population density {n} (average number of people per area) | :: densidade demográfica {f} |
| populism {n} (a political doctrine or philosophy) | :: populismo {m} |
| populous {adj} (having a large population) | :: populoso |
| pop-up {n} (advertisement that pops up when one accesses an Internet page) | :: publicidade instantânea {f} |
| pop-up menu {n} (context menu) | :: menu de contexto {m}, menu instantâneo {m} |
| porbeagle {n} (a pelagic shark) | :: tubarão-golfinho |
| porcelain {n} (hard white translucent ceramic) | :: porcelana {f} |
| porcelain {n} (items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain) | :: porcelana {f} |
| porch {n} (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) | :: alpendre {m} |
| porcine {adj} (of or pertaining to the pig) | :: porcino, suíno |
| porcine {adj} (morbidly obese) | :: gordíssimo |
| porcini {n} (mushroom, Boletus edulis) | :: porcino {m} |
| porcupine {n} (large rodent) | :: porco-espinho {m} |
| pore {n} (a tiny opening in the skin) | :: poro {m} |
| pore {n} (by extension any small opening) | :: poro {m} |
| pork {n} (meat of a pig) | :: carne de porco {f}, porco {m} |
| pork rind {n} (food made from pork skin) | :: torresmos {m-p} |
| pork scratching {n} (pork rind) SEE: pork rind | :: |
| porn {n} (pornography) | :: pornô |
| porn {n} (pornographic work) | :: pornô {m} |
| porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography | :: |
| porno {n} (pornography) | :: porno {m} [Portugal], pornô {m} [Brazil] |
| porno {n} (pornographic film) | :: pornô {m} |
| pornographer {n} (person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography) | :: pornógrafo {m}, pornógrafa {f} |
| pornographic {adj} (containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity) | :: pornográfico |
| pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) | :: pornografia {f} |
| porn star {n} (actor or actress famous for appearing in pornographic films) | :: estrela pornô {f}, ator porno {m}, atriz porno {f} |
| porosity {n} (state of being porous) | :: porosidade {f} |
| porosity {n} (measure of how porous a material is) | :: porosidade {f} |
| porous {adj} (full of tiny pores) | :: poroso |
| porpoise {n} (cetacean) | :: toninha {f} |
| porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal) | :: mingau [Brazil], papa |
| port {n} (dock or harbour) | :: porto {m} |
| port {n} (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) | :: bombordo {m} |
| port {adj} (of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel) | :: bombordo |
| port {n} (opening where a connection is made) | :: abertura {f}, passagem {f} |
| port {n} (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) | :: porta {f} |
| port {v} (computing: to adapt a program so that it works on a different platform) | :: portar |
| port {n} (fortified wine) | :: vinho do Porto {m} |
| port {n} (entryway, portal) SEE: portal | :: |
| port {n} (port city) SEE: port city | :: |
| portable {adj} (able to be carried or moved) | :: portátil, portável |
| portable {adj} (running on multiple systems) | :: portável |
| portable art {n} (portable prehistoric art) | :: arte móvel {f} |
| portable toilet {n} (portable toilet, see also: toilet) | :: banheiro químico {m} |
| portal {n} (grandiose entrance) | :: portal {m} |
| portal {n} (entry point) | :: portal {m} |
| portal {n} (website) | :: portal {m} |
| portal {n} (vein) | :: veia porta {f}, porta {f} |
| portal vein {n} (particular vein) | :: veia porta {f} |
| porta-potty {n} (portable toilet) SEE: portable toilet | :: |
| Port-au-Prince {prop} (capital of Haiti) | :: Porto Príncipe {m} |
| port city {n} (city built around a port) | :: porto {m}, cidade portuária {f} |
| portcullis {n} (gate in the form of a grating) | :: grade levadiça {f}, rastrilho {m} |
| porter {n} (person who carries luggage) | :: carregador {m} |
| porter {n} (person in control of a building entrance) | :: porteiro {m} |
| porter {n} (strong, dark ale weaker than a stout) | :: pórter {m} |
| porter {n} ((Ireland) another name for stout) SEE: stout | :: |
| portfolio {n} (case) | :: porta-fólio {m}, portfólio {m} |
| portfolio {n} (collection) | :: portfólio {m}, buque |
| portfolio {n} (post) | :: pasta {f} |
| portfolio {n} (investments) | :: portfólio {m}, porta-fólio {m} |
| portico {n} (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building) | :: pórtico {m} |
| portion {n} (allocated amount) | :: porção {f} |
| portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry | :: |
| Portland cement {n} (cement made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay) | :: cimento Portland {m} |
| Port Louis {prop} (The capital of Mauritius) | :: Port Louis {f} |
| portmanteau {n} (case) | :: maleta {f}, valise {f} |
| portmanteau {n} (portmanteau word) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| portmanteau word {n} (word which combines the meaning of two words) | :: palavra-valise {f} [Portugal], amálgama {m} {f} [Portugal], siglonimização {f} [Brazil], cruzamento {m} |
| Port Moresby {prop} (capital of Papua New Guinea) | :: Port Moresby {f} |
| Port of Spain {prop} (The capital of Trinidad and Tobago) | :: Porto de Espanha |
| portolan {n} (chart of European navigable waters) | :: portulano {m} |
| Porto-Novo {prop} (the official capital of Benin) | :: Porto Novo {f}, Porto-Novo {f} |
| Porto Velho {prop} (capital of Rondônia, Brazil) | :: Porto Velho {m} |
| portrait {n} (painting of a person) | :: retrato {m} |
| portray {v} (to paint or draw the likeness of) | :: retratar |
| portress {n} (a female porter) | :: porteira {f} |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in southern England) | :: Portsmouth {f} |
| Portugal {prop} (country) | :: Portugal {m} |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the region of Portugal) | :: português, lusitano, lusitânico, luso |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the people of Portugal) | :: português {m}, lusitano {m}, lusitânico {m}, luso {m} |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the Portuguese language) | :: português, lusitano {m}, lusitânico {m}, luso {m} |
| Portuguese {n} (person native to Portugal) | :: português {m}, portuguesa {f}, luso {m}, lusitano {m} |
| Portuguese {n} (the language) | :: português {m} |
| Portuguese man-of-war {n} (Physalia physalis) | :: caravela-portuguesa {f} |
| Portuguese oak {n} (Quercus faginea) | :: carvalho-português {m}, cerquinho {m} |
| Portuguese Republic {prop} (official name of Portugal) | :: República Portuguesa {f} |
| Portuguese Water Dog {n} (Portuguese Water Dog) | :: Cão de água português {m}, Cão d'água português {m} |
| Portuguese West Africa {prop} (former country) | :: África Ocidental Portuguesa {f} |
| Portuguesism {n} (Portuguese attitudes and beliefs) | :: portuguesismo {m} |
| Portuguesism {n} (a word or phrase characteristic of Portuguese) | :: portuguesismo {m} |
| Portuñol {prop} (the language) | :: portunhol {m} |
| port wine {n} (A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal) | :: vinho do Porto {m} |
| pose {v} (set in place, arrange) | :: pousar, colocar |
| pose {v} (ask, set (a test or quiz)) | :: perguntar |
| pose {v} (assume or maintain a pose) | :: posar |
| pose {n} (position, arrangement (especially of the human body)) | :: pose {f} |
| pose {n} (affectation) | :: pose {f} |
| Poseidon {prop} (the god of the sea) | :: Poseidon {m}, Posídon {m}, Possêidon {m}, Posidão {m} |
| posh {adj} (stylish, elegant, exclusive) | :: chique |
| posh {adj} (snobbish) | :: esnobe |
| posit {n} (postulate) | :: postulado {m} |
| posit {v} (to postulate) | :: postular |
| posit {v} (to suggest) | :: propor |
| position {n} (place, location) | :: posição {f} |
| position {n} (status or rank) | :: posição {f} |
| position {n} (post of employment) | :: cargo {m} |
| position {n} (stand) | :: posição {f} |
| position {n} (posture) | :: posição {f} |
| position {n} (place on a playing field) | :: posição {f} |
| position {v} (to put into place) | :: posicionar |
| positive {adj} (legal: formally laid down) | :: positivo |
| positive {adj} (mathematics: greater than zero) | :: positivo |
| positive {adj} (characterised by constructiveness) | :: positivo |
| positive {adj} (physics: having more protons than electrons) | :: positivo |
| positive {adj} (grammar: describing the primary sense) | :: positivo |
| positively {adv} (in a positive manner) | :: positivamente |
| positively {adv} (with certainty) | :: certamente |
| positivism {n} (philosophical doctrine) | :: positivismo {m} |
| positivism {n} (school of thought in jurisprudence) SEE: legal positivism | :: |
| positivist {n} (a believer in positivism) | :: positivista {mf} |
| positivity {n} (optimism) | :: positividade {f} |
| positron {n} (positron) | :: [Brazil] pósitron {m}, [Portugal] positrão {m} |
| posse {n} (A criminal gang) | :: bando {m} |
| possess {v} (to have; to have ownership of) | :: possuir, ter |
| possess {v} (to take control of someone's body or mind) | :: possuir |
| possessed {adj} (controlled by evil spirits) | :: possuído |
| possessing {v} (present participle of possess) | :: possuindo |
| possession {n} (control or occupancy without legal ownership) | :: invasão {f}, posse |
| possession {n} (something that is owned) | :: possessão {f}, posse |
| possession {n} (ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own) | :: possessão {f}, posse |
| possession {n} (a territory under the rule of another country) | :: possessão {f}, domínio {m} |
| possession {n} (the state of being possessed by a spirit or demon) | :: possessão {f} |
| possessive {adj} (grammar: indicating possession) | :: possessivo {m} |
| possessive {adj} (unwilling to yield possession of) | :: possessivo |
| possessive {n} (possessive case) SEE: possessive case | :: |
| possessive case {n} (case used to express direct possession) | :: caso possessivo {m} |
| possessive pronoun {n} (pronoun which expresses possession) | :: pronome possessivo {m} |
| possessor {n} (One who possesses) | :: possuidor {m}, possessor {m} |
| possibility {n} (quality of being possible) | :: possibilidade {f} |
| possible {adj} (able but not certain to happen) | :: possível |
| possible {adj} (capable of being done or achieved; feasible) | :: possível |
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that an action may successfully be performed) | :: possivelmente |
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum | :: |
| post {n} (long dowel or plank protruding from the ground) | :: mourão {m} [of a fence], estaca {f} [small], poste {m} [big] |
| post {n} ((construction) stud; two-by-four) | :: sarrafo {m}, ripa {f} |
| post {v} (to send to an electronic forum) | :: postar, publicar |
| post {n} (method of delivering mail) | :: correio {m}, postagem {f} |
| post {n} (individual message in a forum) | :: post {m}, publicação |
| post {v} (to send mail) | :: postar, publicar |
| post {v} ((Internet) to publish a message) | :: postar |
| post {n} (assigned station) | :: posto {m} |
| post- {prefix} (later) | :: pós- |
| postage {n} (charge) | :: porte {m} |
| postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid) | :: selo {m} |
| postal {adj} (relating to mail) | :: postal |
| postal code {n} (postcode) SEE: postcode | :: |
| postbellum {adj} (of the period following a war) | :: pós-guerra, após-guerra |
| post box {n} (box in which post can be left to be picked up) SEE: mailbox | :: |
| postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) | :: cartão-postal {m}, postal {m} |
| postcode {n} (sequence of letters and/or numbers added to a postal address) | :: código postal {m}, código de endereçamento postal {m}, CEP {m} |
| postdoctoral {adj} (after receiving a doctorate) | :: pós-doutoral {m} {f} |
| poster {n} (picture intended to be attached to a wall) | :: cartaz |
| poster {n} (advertisement, see also: placard) | :: cartaz, propaganda |
| poste restante {n} (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) | :: posta restante |
| posterior {adj} (located towards the rear) | :: posterior |
| posterior {adj} (following in order or time) | :: posterior |
| posterity {n} (all the future generations) | :: posteridade {f} |
| posterization {n} (act or process of posterizing) | :: posterização {f} |
| posterize {v} (act or process of posterizing) | :: posterizar |
| postgraduate {n} (a person continuing to study after completing a degree) | :: pós-graduando {m} |
| posthumous {adj} (born after one's father's death) | :: póstumo {m} |
| posthumous {adj} (taking place after one's death) | :: póstumo |
| posthumous {adj} (in reference to a work, published after the author's death) | :: póstumo |
| postman {n} (mailman) SEE: mailman | :: |
| postmark {n} (marking made by a postal service on a letter) | :: carimbo {m} |
| postmodern {adj} (Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism) | :: pós-moderno |
| postmodernism {n} (a style of art, literature, etc) | :: pós-modernismo {m} |
| postnatal {adj} (of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth) | :: pós-natal |
| post office {n} (place) | :: estação de correios {f}, correio {m} |
| post office {n} (organization) | :: correios {m-p} |
| post office box {n} (box hired as collection point for mail) | :: caixa de coleta {f} |
| postoperative {adj} (of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation) | :: pós-operatório |
| postpone {v} (to delay or put off an event) | :: postergar, adiar |
| postposition {n} ((grammar) words that come after the noun) | :: posposição {f} |
| post-production {n} (stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film) | :: pós-produção {f} |
| postscript {n} (addendum to a letter) | :: pós-escrito {m} |
| postscriptum {n} (something written afterward) | :: pós-escrito {m}, postscriptum {m} |
| posttest {n} (a test given after an event or experience) | :: pós-teste {m} |
| posttranslational {adj} (Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA) | :: pós-traducional |
| post-traumatic stress disorder {n} (condition that develops following some stressful situation) | :: transtorno de estresse pós-traumático {m} |
| postulate {n} (something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted) | :: postulado {m} |
| postulate {n} (fundamental element; basic principle) | :: postulado {m} |
| postulate {n} (logic: an axiom) | :: postulado {m}, axioma {m} |
| postulate {v} (to assume as a premise) | :: postular |
| postulate {v} (to demand or claim) | :: postular |
| postural {adj} (relating to posture) | :: postural |
| posture {n} (position of body) | :: postura {f} |
| post-war {adj} (pertaining to a period following the end of a war) | :: pós-bélico |
| pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.) | :: pote {m}, panela [for cooking] |
| pot {n} (trap for crabs and other seafood) | :: covo {m} |
| pot {n} (protruding belly) | :: pança {f} |
| pot {n} (coffee pot, teapot) | :: bule {m} |
| pot {n} (marijuana) | :: maconha {f}, erva {f} |
| pot {n} (crucible) SEE: crucible | :: |
| pot {n} (plaster cast) SEE: plaster cast | :: |
| potable {adj} (good for drinking, see also: drinkable) | :: potável, bebível |
| potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage | :: |
| potash {n} (pot ash) | :: potassa {f} |
| potassium {n} (the chemical element) | :: potássio {m} |
| potassium cyanide {n} (inorganic compound) | :: cianeto de potássio {m} |
| potassium hydroxide {n} (potassium hydroxide) | :: hidróxido de potássio {m} |
| potassium nitrate {n} (potassium nitrate) | :: salitre |
| potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable) | :: batata {f} |
| potato beetle {n} (Colorado beetle) SEE: Colorado beetle | :: |
| potato chip {n} (potato crisp) SEE: potato crisp | :: |
| potato crisp {n} (thin fried slice of potato) | :: batata frita {f} |
| potato masher {n} (utensil for mashing potatoes) | :: espremedor de batata {m} |
| potato salad {n} (salad made from chopped boiled potatoes) | :: salada de batata {f} |
| potayto, potahto {interj} (to suggest a distinction without a difference) SEE: tomayto, tomahto | :: |
| pot calling the kettle black {n} (situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) | :: roto falando do esfarrapado (the broken one talking about the shabby one), o sujo falando do mal lavado (the dirty one talking about the poorly washed one) |
| potent {adj} (powerfully effective) | :: potente |
| potentate {n} (a powerful leader) | :: potentado {m}, soberano {m} |
| potential {n} (currently unrealized ability) | :: potencial {m} |
| potential {n} (physics: the radial component of a gravitational field) | :: potencial {m} |
| potential {n} (energy of a unit electrical charge) | :: potencial {m} |
| potential {adj} (existing in possibility) | :: potencial |
| potential energy {n} (energy possessed by an object because of its position) | :: energia potencial {f} |
| potentially {adv} (in a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way) | :: potencialmente |
| potentilla {n} (any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla) | :: potentilha {f} |
| pothead {n} (a person who smokes cannabis frequently) | :: maconheiro |
| pothole {n} (a hole in a road) | :: buraco (na estrada) {m} |
| potion {n} (small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical) | :: poção {f} |
| potlatch {n} (communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share, see also: potluck) | :: festa americana {f} |
| potluck {n} (shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought) SEE: potlatch | :: |
| potpourri {n} (collection of various things) | :: pot-pourri {m} |
| potpourri {n} (a medley of songs or music) | :: potpourri, pot-pourri |
| Potsdam {prop} (city) | :: Potsdam {f} |
| potsherd {n} (piece of ceramic from pottery) | :: caco {m} |
| potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares) | :: oleiro {m}, oleira {f}, ceramista {m} {f} |
| Potter {prop} (surname) | :: Potter |
| potter around {v} (to be gently active aimlessly) SEE: putter around | :: |
| potter's wheel {n} (machine used by a potter) | :: roda de oleiro {f} |
| pottery {n} (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) | :: cerâmica {f} |
| pottery {n} (workshop where pottery is made) | :: olaria {f} |
| pottery {n} (practise or craft of making pottery) | :: cerâmica {f} |
| potty {n} (bathroom) SEE: bathroom | :: |
| potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| potty {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| potty {adj} (insane) SEE: insane | :: |
| potty {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| potty {n} (children's chamberpot) | :: penico {m} |
| potty {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| pouch {n} (small bag) | :: bolsa {f}, malote {m} |
| pouch {n} (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) | :: bolsa {f} |
| poultice {n} (A poultice or plaster) | :: emplastro, emplasto, cataplasma {m} {f} |
| poultry {n} (domestic fowl) | :: ave doméstica {f}, ave de capoeira {f}, ave de corte {f} |
| poultry {n} (fowl meat) | :: carne de ave {f} |
| pounce {v} (To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something) | :: dar o bote |
| pounce {v} (To attack suddenly) | :: dar o bote |
| pounce {v} (To eagerly seize an opportunity) | :: dar o bote |
| pound {n} (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) | :: libra {f} |
| pound {n} (unit of currency) | :: libra {f}, libra esterlina {f} |
| pound {n} (place for the detention of stray animals) | :: abrigo {m}, carrocinha |
| pound {n} (place for detention of automobiles) | :: pátio {m} |
| pound {v} (to strike hard repeatedly) | :: bater |
| pound {v} (crush to pieces) | :: triturar, pulverizar |
| pound {v} (slang: eat or drink quickly) | :: devorar |
| pound {n} (hard blow) | :: batida {f} |
| pound {n} (US: symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound sign {n} (symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound sterling {n} (currency of the UK) | :: libra esterlina {f} |
| pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream) | :: despejar, entornar |
| pour {v} (to send forth as in a stream or a flood) | :: despejar |
| pour {v} (to send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly) | :: despejar |
| pour {v} (to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream) | :: afluir, escorrer |
| pour {n} (a stream, or something like a stream; a flood) | :: despejamento {m} |
| pour gasoline on the fire {v} (add fuel to the fire) SEE: add fuel to the fire | :: |
| pour out {v} (distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid) | :: despejar |
| pout {v} (push out one’s lips) | :: fazer beiço |
| pout {v} (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) | :: amuar |
| pout {n} (facial expression) | :: beiço {m} |
| Po valley {prop} (large plain in northern Italy) | :: Planície Padana {f} |
| poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor) | :: pobreza {f} |
| poverty {n} (deficiency of elements) | :: pobreza {f} |
| powder {n} (fine particles of any dry substance) | :: pó {m} |
| powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder | :: |
| powdered {adj} (which has been made into a powder) | :: em pó {m} {f} |
| powdered {adj} (which has been covered with powder) | :: empoado |
| powdered milk {n} (dairy product) SEE: milk powder | :: |
| powdered sugar {n} (very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc) | :: açúcar de confeiteiro {m} |
| power {n} (capability or influence) | :: poder {m} |
| power {n} (control, particularly legal or political) | :: poder {m} |
| power {n} (influential nation, company etc.) | :: potência {f} |
| power {n} (physical force or strength) | :: força {f}, potência {f} |
| power {n} (electricity, electricity supply) | :: força {f}, corrente {f}, eletricidade {f} |
| power {n} (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) | :: potência {f} |
| power {n} (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) | :: potência {f} |
| power {n} (maths: product of equal factors) | :: potência {f} |
| power {n} (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) | :: potência |
| power {n} (biblical: level of angels) | :: potestade {m} |
| power {v} (to provide power for) | :: alimentar |
| power {n} (set theory: cardinality) SEE: cardinality | :: |
| power board {n} (power strip) SEE: power strip | :: |
| power failure {n} (power failure, see also: power cut; outage; blackout) | :: queda de energia |
| power forward {n} (a basketball player) | :: ala-pivô {m} {f} |
| powerful {adj} (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence) | :: poderoso, potente |
| powerfully {adv} (in a powerful manner) | :: poderosamente |
| powerless {adj} (lacking sufficient power or strength) | :: impotente |
| power plant {n} (power station) SEE: power station | :: |
| power point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
| power set {n} (set of all subsets of a set) | :: conjunto de partes {m} |
| power station {n} (an industrial complex where electricity is produced) | :: central eléctrica {f} [Portugal], usina {f} [Brazil] |
| power strip {n} (block of electrical sockets) | :: multiplicador de tomadas {m} |
| power supply {n} (part of apparatus) | :: fonte de alimentação |
| pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis | :: |
| Poznań {prop} (Poznan) SEE: Poznan | :: |
| Poznan {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Poznan {f}, Poznań {f}, Posen {f}, Posnânia {f}, Poznânia |
| practical {adj} (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis) | :: prático |
| practical joke {n} (something done for amusement to the detriment of someone else) | :: pegadinha {f}, brincadeira {f} |
| practice {n} (repetition of an activity to improve skill) | :: prática {f} |
| practice {n} (an ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession) | :: prática |
| practice {n} (an observance of religious duties) | :: prática {f} |
| practice {n} (customary action, habit, or behaviour) | :: praxe {f}, costume {m} |
| practice {n} (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory) | :: prática {f} |
| practice makes perfect {proverb} (if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) | :: a prática faz a perfeição |
| practician {n} (practitioner) SEE: practitioner | :: |
| practicum {n} (college course) | :: estágio supervisionado {m} |
| practise {v} (to repeat an activity as a way of improving one's skill) | :: praticar, treinar |
| practise {v} (to perform or execute a craft or skill) | :: praticar |
| practise {v} (to perform or observe in a habitual fashion) | :: praticar |
| practise {v} (to pursue (a career, especially law, fine art or medicine)) | :: praticar |
| practitioner {n} (person who practices a profession or art) | :: praticante {m}, {f} |
| Pradesh {n} (part of the name of a state of India) | :: Pradesh {m} |
| praetor {n} (Roman administrative official) | :: pretor {m} |
| pragmatic {adj} (practical) | :: pragmático, prático |
| pragmatically {adv} (in a pragmatic manner) | :: pragmaticamente |
| pragmatics {n} (study of the use of the language in a social context) | :: pragmática {f} |
| pragmatism {n} (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
| pragmatism {n} (political theory that problems should be met with/by practical solutions rather than ideological ones) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
| pragmatism {n} (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) | :: pragmatismo {m} |
| Prague {prop} (capital of the Czech Republic) | :: Praga |
| Praia {prop} (capital of Cape Verde) | :: Praia {f} |
| Prairial {prop} (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar) | :: pradial {m} |
| prairie {n} (An extensive area of relatively flat grassland) | :: prado {m}, pradaria {f} |
| prairie dog {n} (burrowing rodent) | :: cão-da-pradaria {m}, cão-dos-prados {m} |
| praise {n} (commendation; favorable representation in words) | :: prezar, louvor |
| praise {n} (worship) | :: louvor, adoração {f} |
| praise {v} (to give praise to) | :: louvar, enaltecer, elogiar |
| praiseworthy {adj} (meriting praise) | :: louvável |
| praline {n} (confection) | :: pralinê {m} |
| pram {n} (perambulator) | :: carrinho de bebé {m} [Portugal], carrinho de bebê {m} [Brazil] |
| pram {n} (flat-bottomed barge) | :: chata {f} |
| prance {v} (of a horse) | :: empinar |
| prance {v} (to strut) | :: pavonear-se |
| Prancer {prop} (reindeer of Santa Claus) | :: Empinador {m} |
| prank {n} (practical joke or mischievous trick) | :: travessura {f}, trote {m}, pegadinha {f} |
| prank call {n} (practical joke made using the telephone) | :: trote {m} |
| prankster {n} (one who performs pranks) | :: brincalhão {m}, traquinas {m} {f} |
| praseodymium {n} (chemical element) | :: praseodímio {m} |
| prawn {n} (large shrimp) | :: camarão {m}, pitu {m} |
| praxis {n} (custom or established practice) | :: praxe {f} |
| pray {v} (to petition a higher being) | :: rezar, orar, pregar |
| pray {v} (to beg humbly for aid) | :: rogar |
| pray {v} (to talk to God) | :: rezar, orar |
| prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God) | :: oração, prece, reza |
| prayer {n} (the act of praying) | :: oração {f}, reza {f} |
| prayer {n} (the specific words or methods used for praying) | :: oração {f}, reza {f} |
| prayer {n} (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying) | :: missa, culto |
| prayer {n} (a request; a petition) | :: petição {f}, prece {f} |
| prayer {n} (one who prays) | :: orador {m}, oradora {f}, rezador {m}, rezadora {f} |
| prayer beads {n} (string of beads, see also: rosary) | :: terço {m}, rosário {m} |
| prayer book {n} (book) | :: missal {m} |
| prayer flag {n} (colourful rectangular cloth) | :: bandeira de oração {f} |
| praying mantis {n} (any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family) | :: louva-a-deus {m}, cavalinho-de-deus {m} |
| pre- {prefix} (before) | :: pre-, pré- |
| preach {v} (give a sermon) | :: pregar |
| preach {v} (advise or recommend earnestly) | :: pregar |
| preacher {n} (one who preaches) | :: pregador |
| preach to the choir {v} (speaking to those that already believe) | :: pregar aos convertidos |
| preach to the converted {v} (preach to the choir) SEE: preach to the choir | :: |
| preamble {n} (short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute) | :: preâmbulo {m} |
| prebuy {v} (forebuy) SEE: forebuy | :: |
| precampaign {adj} | :: pré-campanha {f} |
| precarious {adj} (dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous) | :: precário {m} |
| precarious {adj} | :: precário |
| precariously {adv} (in a precarious manner) | :: precariamente |
| precariousness {n} (state of being uncertain) | :: precariedade {f} |
| precarization {n} (process) | :: precarização {f} |
| precautionarily {adv} (as a precaution) | :: cautelarmente |
| precede {v} (go before, go in front of) | :: preceder, anteceder |
| precede {v} (have higher rank than) | :: preceder |
| precedence {n} (the state of preceding in importance or priority) | :: precedência {f} |
| precedent {n} (past act used as example) | :: precedente {m} |
| precedent {n} (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment) | :: precedente {m} |
| precept {n} (rule or principle governing personal conduct) | :: preceito |
| precious {adv} (intensifier) SEE: very | :: |
| precious {adj} (of high value or worth) | :: precioso |
| precious metal {n} (metallic element with high economic value) | :: metal precioso {m} |
| precious stone {n} (gem) | :: pedra preciosa {f} |
| precipice {n} (very steep cliff) | :: precipício {m} |
| precipitation {n} (weather: water falling from the atmosphere) | :: precipitação {f} |
| precipitation {n} (chemistry: chemical reaction forming solid in liquid) | :: precipitação {f} |
| precipitation {n} (unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste) | :: precipitação {f} |
| precipitously {adv} (abruptly) | :: abruptamente, precipitadamente |
| precise {adj} (exact) | :: preciso |
| precise {adj} ((sciences) clustered close together) | :: preciso |
| precisely {adv} (in a precise manner) | :: precisamente, justamente |
| precision {n} (the state of being precise or exact; exactness) | :: precisão {f} |
| precision {n} (the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently) | :: precisão {f} |
| precision {n} (the number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably) | :: precisão {f} |
| precision {adj} (used for exact or precise measurement) | :: de precisão |
| precision {adj} (made, or characterized by accuracy) | :: de precisão |
| preclassical {adj} (from before a classical period) | :: pré-clássico, anteclássico |
| preclude {v} (rule out) | :: excluir |
| precocious {adj} (characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity) | :: precoce |
| precognition {n} (knowledge of something that is to occur in the future) | :: precognição |
| precolonial {n} | :: pré-colonial |
| pre-Columbian {adj} (before Christopher Columbus) | :: pré-colombiano {m} |
| precompression {n} (compression applied prior to something) | :: pré-compressão {f} |
| preconception {n} (prejudice) SEE: prejudice | :: |
| precondition {n} (preexisting requirement) | :: pré-condição |
| precook {v} (partially or completely cook in advance) | :: pré-cozinhar |
| precursor {n} (forerunner, predecessor) | :: precursor {m} |
| precursor {n} (chemical compound) | :: precursor |
| precursory {adj} (relating to events that will follow) | :: precursor |
| predator {n} (animal or organism that hunts) | :: predador {m} |
| predator {n} (someone who attacks) | :: predador {m} |
| predatory {adj} (relating to predators) | :: predatório |
| predecessor {n} (one who precedes) | :: predecessor {m}, antecessor {m} |
| predecessor {n} (model or type which precedes) | :: predecessor {m} |
| predestination {n} (religious doctrine) | :: predestinação {f} |
| predestiny {n} (predestination) SEE: predestination | :: |
| predicament {n} (a definite class, state or condition) | :: predicamento {m} |
| predicament {n} (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) | :: apuro {m} |
| predicate {n} ((grammar) part of sentence that states something about its subject) | :: predicado {m} |
| predicate {n} ((logic) a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) | :: predicado {m} |
| predicate {v} (to announce or assert publicly) | :: pregar, predicar |
| predicate {v} (to suppose assume, infer) | :: supor |
| predicate {v} (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) | :: basear-se em |
| predicate {v} ((logic) to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) | :: predicar |
| predicative {adj} (used after a verb) | :: predicativo |
| predicative {n} (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb) | :: predicativo {m} |
| predicative case {n} (case marking a predicative nominative) | :: predicativo {m} |
| predict {v} (to state, or make something known in advance) | :: predizer |
| predict {v} (to foretell or prophesy) | :: prever |
| predictable {adj} (able to be predicted) | :: previsível |
| prediction {n} (a statement about the future) | :: predição {f}, previsão {f} |
| predictive {adj} (useful in predicting) | :: preditivo |
| predilection {n} (tendency towards) | :: predileção {f} |
| predisposed {adj} (inclined) | :: predisposto |
| predisposition {n} (the state of being predisposed) | :: predisposição {f} |
| predynastic {adj} (before the time of a dynasty) | :: pré-dinástico |
| pre-ejaculate {n} (pre-ejaculate) | :: fluido pré-ejaculatório {m} |
| preeminent {adj} (exceeding others in quality or rank) | :: preeminente |
| preemption {n} (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) | :: preempção {f} |
| preemption {n} (computing: temporary interruption of a process) | :: preempção {f} |
| preemptive {adj} (of or relating to preemption) | :: preventivo |
| preemptive {adj} (so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation) | :: preventivo |
| prefabricate {v} (To manufacture in standard components that can be fitted together on site) | :: prefabricar |
| preface {n} (introduction before the main text) | :: prefácio {m} |
| preface {v} (to introduce a text) | :: prefaciar |
| prefatory {adj} (introductory) | :: prefatório {m} |
| prefect {n} (an official of ancient Rome) | :: prefeito {m} |
| prefect {n} (the head of a department in France) | :: prefeito {m} |
| prefecture {n} (The district governed by a prefect) | :: prefeitura {f} |
| prefer {v} (to favor) | :: preferir |
| preferable {adj} (Better than some other option) | :: preferível |
| preferably {adv} (in preference) | :: preferencialmente, de preferência |
| preference {n} (selection) | :: preferência {f} |
| preference {n} (option to select or selected) | :: preferência {f} |
| preference {n} (state of being preferred) | :: preferência {f} |
| preference {n} (liking) | :: preferência {f} |
| preference {n} (bias) | :: preferência {f} |
| preferences {n} (user-specified settings of parameters in computer software) | :: preferências {f-p} |
| preferences {n} (plural of "preference") SEE: preference | :: |
| preferred {adj} (favoured) | :: preferido |
| prefix {n} (morpheme at the beginning of a word) | :: prefixo {m} |
| prefix {v} (put or fix before, or at the beginning of) | :: prefixar |
| preformationism {n} (the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form) | :: preformismo {m} |
| preformationist {n} (a proponent of the theory of preformationism) | :: preformista {m} {f} |
| pregnancy {n} (condition) | :: gravidez {f}, prenhez {f} |
| pregnant {adj} (fertile) SEE: fertile | :: |
| pregnant {adj} (carrying developing offspring within the body) | :: grávida {f}, prenhe {m} {f}, [colloquial] prenha {f} |
| pregnant woman {n} | :: gestante {f} |
| preheat {v} (to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking) | :: preaquecer, pré-aquecer |
| prehensile {adj} (able to take hold of objects) | :: preênsil |
| prehistoric {adj} (of relating to the epoch before written record) | :: pré-histórico |
| prehistory {n} (study of events and conditions before written records) | :: pré-história {f} |
| preimage {n} (set of all elements that map into a given subset of the codomain of a function) | :: pré-imagem {f} |
| prejudice {n} (adverse judgement formed beforehand) | :: preconceito {m} |
| prejudice {n} (any preconceived opinion) | :: prejulgamento {m}, pressuposição {f}, preconceito {m} |
| prejudice {n} (irrational hostile attitude) | :: preconceito {m}, intolerância {f} |
| prejudice {v} (to have a negative impact) | :: prejudicar |
| prejudice {v} (to cause prejudice) | :: prejudicar |
| prejudiced {adj} (having prejudices) | :: preconceituoso {m} |
| prelate {n} (clergyman) | :: prelado {m} |
| preliminary {adj} (in preparation for the main matter) | :: preliminar |
| prelude {n} (introductory event) | :: prelúdio {m} |
| prelude {n} (short piece of music) | :: prelúdio {m} |
| premarital {adj} (before one’s marriage) | :: pré-nupcial, premarital, prematrimonial |
| premature {adj} (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) | :: prematuro |
| premature ejaculation {n} (premature ejaculation) | :: ejaculação precoce {f} |
| prematurely {adv} (in a premature manner) | :: prematuramente |
| premeditated {adj} (planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate) | :: premeditado |
| premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister | :: |
| premier {adj} (foremost, very first or very highest in quality or degree) | :: primeiro |
| premiere {n} (first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment) | :: estreia |
| première {n} (premiere) SEE: premiere | :: |
| premise {n} (proposition antecedently supposed or proved) | :: premissa {f} |
| premise {n} (either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced) | :: premissa {f} |
| premise {n} (matters previously stated or set forth) | :: premissa {f} |
| premises {n} (land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place) | :: local {m} |
| premium {n} (a prize or award) | :: prêmio {m} |
| premonition {n} (clairvoyant or clairaudient experience) | :: premonição {f} |
| premonition {n} (strong intuition) | :: pressentimento {m} |
| prenatal {adj} (being or happening before birth) | :: pré-natal |
| prenup {n} (prenuptial agreement) SEE: prenuptial agreement | :: |
| prenuptial {adj} (occurring before marriage; antenuptial) | :: pré-nupcial, antenupcial |
| prenuptial agreement {n} (document stating legal claims upon a divorce) | :: acordo pré-nupcial {m} |
| preoccupied {adj} (concerned with something else, distracted) | :: preocupado {m} |
| prep {n} (homework) SEE: homework | :: |
| prep {n} (preparation) SEE: preparation | :: |
| prep {n} (student or graduate of a prep school) SEE: preppy | :: |
| preparation {n} (act) | :: preparação {f} |
| preparation {n} (substance) | :: preparação {f} |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose) | :: preparar |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for eating or drinking) | :: preparar, fazer |
| prepare {v} (to make oneself ready) | :: preparar-se |
| preponderance {n} (state of being preponderant) | :: preponderância {f} |
| preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by") | :: preposição {f} |
| preposition {v} (to place in a location before some other event occurs) | :: pré-posicionar |
| prepositional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition) | :: preposicional, prepositivo |
| prepositional {adj} (of the prepositional case) | :: preposicional |
| prepositional {n} (the prepositional case) SEE: prepositional case | :: |
| prepositional article {n} (contraction of a preposition and an article) | :: preposição contraída {f} |
| prepositional case {n} (case serving as object of a preposition) | :: caso preposicional {m} |
| prepositional phrase {n} (phrase containing both a preposition and its complement) | :: frase preposicional {f} |
| prepositional pronoun {n} (type of pronoun in Romance languages) | :: pronome oblíquo tónico {m}, pronome preposicionado {m} |
| preppy {n} (student of a prep school) | :: mauricinho {m} [Brazilian slang] |
| preprocessor {n} (program that processes input data before it is used by another program) | :: pré-processador {m} |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin of certain animals) SEE: sheath | :: |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin | :: |
| preputial {adj} (preputial) | :: prepucial |
| prequel {n} (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor) | :: prequela {f}, prelúdio {m} |
| prerequisite {n} (Something that must be gained in order to gain something else) | :: pré-requisito {m} |
| prerequisite {n} (In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started) | :: pré-requisito {m} |
| prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right | :: |
| prerogative {n} (hereditary or official right or privilege) | :: prerrogativa {f} |
| prerogative {n} (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.) | :: prerrogativa {f} |
| presbyopia {n} (inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects) | :: presbiopia {f} |
| Presbyterian {adj} (relating to the Presbyterian Church) | :: presbiteriano |
| Presbyterian {n} (person belonging to the Presbyterian Church) | :: presbiteriano {m} |
| Presbyterianism {n} (form of Protestantism) | :: presbiterianismo {m} |
| presbytery {n} (chancel) SEE: chancel | :: |
| preschool {adj} (relating to years before primary school) | :: pré-escolar {m} {f} |
| preschool {n} (nursery school) SEE: nursery school | :: |
| prescience {n} (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge) | :: presciência {f} |
| prescribe {v} (to order a drug or medical device) | :: prescrever, receitar |
| prescribe {v} (to specify as a required procedure or ritual) | :: prescrever, ordenar |
| prescription {n} (extinctive or liberative prescription) | :: prescrição extintiva {f} |
| prescription {n} (usucapion, acquisitive prescription) | :: prescrição aquisitiva {f} |
| prescription {n} (written order for the administration of a medicine) | :: receita {f} |
| prescriptivism {n} (prescribing idealistic language norms) | :: prescritivismo {m}, normativismo {m} |
| presence {n} (fact or condition of being present) | :: presença {f} |
| presence of mind {n} (alertness, resourcefulness, stability of thought and feeling, good sense) | :: presença de espírito {f} |
| present {n} (gift) SEE: gift | :: |
| present {n} (present tense) SEE: present tense | :: |
| present {adj} (pertaining to the current time) | :: presente, atual |
| present {adj} (in the immediate vicinity) | :: presente |
| present {n} (current time) | :: presente {m} |
| present {v} (bring into the presence of) | :: apresentar |
| present {v} (bring before court) | :: apresentar |
| present {v} (give (someone) as gift or award) | :: presentear [a gift], premiar [an award, prize or trophy] |
| presentation {n} (presenting to an audience) | :: apresentação {f} |
| presentiment {n} (a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen) | :: pressentimento {m} |
| present participle {n} (verb form that indicates an ongoing action) | :: particípio presente {m} |
| present perfect {n} (tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present time) | :: presente perfeito {m} |
| present tense {n} (form of language) | :: presente {m} |
| preservation {n} (the act of preserving) | :: preservação {f} |
| preservative {n} (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve) | :: preservante {m}, conservante {m} |
| preservative {adj} (tending to preserve) | :: preservador |
| preserve {n} (nature preserve) | :: reserva {f} |
| preserve {v} (to protect) | :: preservar |
| preserve {v} (to keep; to maintain the condition of) | :: conservar |
| preset {adj} (set in advance) | :: tomado {m} como, predefinido |
| preset {v} (to set something in advance) | :: tomar como, pré-configurado, preestabelecido |
| presidency {n} (office or role of president) | :: presidência {f} |
| presidency {n} (time during which one is president) | :: presidência {f} |
| president {n} (the head of state of a republic) | :: presidente {m} {f}, presidenta {f} |
| president {n} (the primary leader of a corporation) | :: presidente {m} {f} |
| presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House | :: |
| press {v} (to press) SEE: bear | :: |
| press {n} (device used to apply pressure) | :: prensa {f}, imprensa |
| press {n} (printed media) | :: imprensa {f} |
| press {n} (printing machine) | :: imprensa {f} |
| press {v} (to apply pressure) | :: prensar, pressionar |
| press {v} (to urge) | :: insistir |
| press {n} (publisher) SEE: publisher | :: |
| Pressburg {prop} (Bratislava) SEE: Bratislava | :: |
| press card {n} (identification) | :: crachá de imprensa {m} |
| press conference {n} (question and answer session with members of television, print and other media) | :: coletiva {f} |
| press release {n} (official written media statement) | :: comunicado {m} |
| pressure {n} (a pressing; force applied to a surface) | :: pressão |
| pressure {n} (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind) | :: pressão {f} |
| pressure {n} (mental strain) | :: pressão {f} |
| pressure {n} (physics: amount of force divided by area) | :: pressão {f} |
| pressure {n} | :: pressão {f} |
| pressure cooker {n} (cooking vessel) | :: panela de pressão {f} |
| pressure group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group | :: |
| pressure ulcer {n} (bedsore) SEE: bedsore | :: |
| Prester John {prop} (legendary Christian king of a distant Eastern or African kingdom) | :: Preste João {m} |
| prestidigitator {n} (who performs feats of prestidigitation) | :: prestidigitador {m} |
| prestige {n} (dignity, status, or esteem) | :: prestígio {m} |
| prestigious {adj} (of high prestige) | :: prestigioso |
| presto {interj} (used by magicians) | :: pronto! |
| presumably {adv} (able to be sensibly presumed) | :: presumivelmente |
| presume {v} (to assume to be true, suppose) | :: presumir, pressupor |
| presumed {adj} (appearing to be the most probable) | :: presumido, suposto |
| presumedly {adv} (presumably) SEE: presumably | :: |
| presumptive {adj} (based on presumption) | :: presuntivo |
| presumptively {adv} (as is presumed to be the case) SEE: presumably | :: |
| presumptuous {adj} (going beyond what is proper) | :: presunçoso |
| presumptuousness {n} (state of being presumptious) | :: presunção {f} |
| presuppose {v} (to assume some truth without proof) | :: pressupor |
| presupposition {n} (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof) | :: pressuposição {f}, pressuposto {m} |
| presupposition {n} (act of presupposing) | :: pressuposição {f} |
| pretend {v} (to allege falsely) | :: fingir |
| pretension {n} (claim) | :: pretensão |
| pretentious {adj} (marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction) | :: pretensioso |
| pretentiously {adv} (in a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction) | :: pretensiosamente |
| preterite {adj} (showing an action at a determined moment in the past) | :: pretérito {m} |
| preterite {n} (preterite tense; simple past) | :: pretérito {m} |
| pretermit {v} (to intentionally disregard) | :: preterir |
| pretext {n} (false, contrived or assumed purpose) | :: pretexto {m} |
| Pretoria {prop} (capital of South Africa) | :: Pretória {f} |
| prettily {adv} (in a pretty manner) | :: belamente, lindamente |
| pretty {adj} (especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive) | :: bonito |
| pretty {adj} (of objects: nice-looking) | :: bonito, belo |
| pretty {adj} (only superficially attractive) | :: bonitinho |
| pretty {adv} (somewhat) | :: meio [somewhat], bem, bastante [fairly] |
| pretty much {adv} (almost completely; very nearly; mostly) | :: quase isso |
| pretty penny {n} (considerable amount of money) | :: nota preta (black bill) |
| pretty please {interj} (an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite) | :: por favorzinho |
| pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot) | :: pretzel {m} |
| prevail {v} (To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand) | :: prevalecer, predominar |
| prevail {v} (To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence) | :: prevalecer, predominar |
| prevalence {n} (number of cases compared to a total population) | :: prevalência |
| prevalent {adj} (widespread, preferred) | :: predominante |
| prevalent {adj} (Superior in frequency or dominant) | :: prevalente |
| prevaricate {v} (deviate, transgress) | :: prevaricar |
| prevaricator {n} (one who prevaricates) | :: prevaricador {m} |
| prevent {v} (to keep from happening) | :: impedir, prevenir |
| prevention {n} (The act of preventing or hindering) | :: prevenção {f} |
| prevention {n} (Measure to limit health risks) | :: prevenção |
| prevention is better than cure {proverb} (It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) | :: prevenir é melhor do que remediar |
| preventively {adv} (in a preventive way) | :: preventivamente |
| preview {n} (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) | :: antestreia {f} |
| preview {n} (computing facility) | :: pré-visualização {f} |
| preview {v} (to see something in advance) | :: pré-visualizar |
| previous {adj} (prior) | :: prévio |
| previously {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: antes, anteriormente |
| prey {n} (booty, anything taken by force) | :: preia {f}, presa {f} |
| prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals) | :: presa {f} |
| Prey Nokor {prop} (Ho Chi Minh City) SEE: Ho Chi Minh City | :: |
| Prey Nokor {prop} (Saigon) SEE: Saigon | :: |
| prey on {v} (to exploit or victimize) | :: predar |
| Priam {prop} (king of Troy) | :: Príamo {m} |
| priapism {n} (medical condition) | :: priapismo {m} |
| Priapus {prop} (son of Aphrodite and Dionysus) | :: Príapo {m} |
| price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something) | :: preço {m} |
| price {n} (cost of an action or deed) | :: preço {m} |
| price {v} (determine or put a price on something) | :: avaliar, orçar |
| priceless {adj} (so precious as not to be sold at any price) | :: inestimável |
| price list {n} (list of items with prices) | :: lista de preços {f} |
| price tag {n} (the tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price) | :: etiqueta de preço {f} |
| prick {n} (small pointed object) | :: farpa {f} |
| prick {n} (feeling of being pierced or punctured) | :: picada {f}, pontada {f} |
| prick {n} ((slang) a penis) | :: pica {f} (prick), pau {m} (rod) |
| prick {n} (an annoying person) | :: arrogante {m} {f}, ignorante {m} {f} |
| prickle {n} (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn) | :: ferrão {m} |
| prickly {adj} (covered with sharp points) | :: espinhoso |
| prickly {adj} (easily irritated) | :: irritadiço |
| prickly oak {n} (kermes oak) SEE: kermes oak | :: |
| prickly pear {n} (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) | :: figueira-da-Índia {f} |
| prickly pear {n} (cactus fruit) | :: figo-da-Índia {m} |
| pride {n} (quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.) | :: orgulho {m} |
| pride {n} (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one) | :: orgulho {m} |
| pride {n} (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct) | :: soberba {f}, nariz empinado {m} |
| pride {n} (that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem) | :: orgulho {m} |
| pride {n} (company of lions) | :: alcateia {f} |
| priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) | :: padre {m} [Christian], sacerdote {m}, presbítero {m} |
| priestess {n} (woman with religious duties) | :: sacerdotisa |
| priesthood {n} (role or office) | :: sacerdócio {m} |
| priesthood {n} (authority) | :: sacerdócio {m} |
| primacy {n} (the state or condition of being prime or first) | :: primado {m}, primazia {f} |
| primacy {n} (the office, rank, or character of a primate) | :: primado {m} |
| prima donna {n} (opera singer) | :: prima-dona {f} |
| prima donna {n} (person who considers themself important) | :: diva {f} |
| primary {adj} (first in a group or series) | :: primário {m}, primária {f}, primários {m-p}, primárias {f-p} |
| primary {adj} (that which is placed ahead of others) | :: primário |
| primary school {n} (first formal, obligatory school) | :: ensino primário {m} |
| primate {n} (mammal) | :: primata {m} |
| primate {n} (archbishop or bishop) | :: primado {m} |
| prime {adj} (first in time, order, or sequence) | :: primeira {f}, primeiro {m} |
| prime {adj} (first in excellence, quality, or value) | :: de primeira |
| prime {adj} (mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity) | :: primo {m} |
| prime {adj} (first in importance, degree, or rank) | :: primeira {f}, primeiro {m}, principal |
| prime {n} (earliest stage) | :: princípio {m} |
| prime {n} (most active, thriving, or successful stage or period) | :: auge {m}, ápice {m} |
| prime {n} (algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure) | :: número primo, primo {m} |
| prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government) | :: primeiro ministro {m}, premiê {m} {f}, premier {m} {f} |
| prime number {n} (natural number) | :: número primo {m} |
| primer {n} (prayer book) | :: livro de orações {m} |
| primer {n} (children's book introducing basic literacy) | :: cartilha {f} |
| primer {n} (introductory textbook) | :: cartilha {f}, abecedário {m} |
| primer {n} (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive) | :: espoleta {f} |
| primer {n} (biology: molecule required for replication of DNA) | :: iniciador |
| prime time {n} (block of television programming) | :: horário nobre |
| primeval {adj} (belonging to the first ages) | :: primevo |
| primeval forest {n} (large forest unaffected by humans) | :: floresta primária {f}, floresta virgem {f} |
| primigravida {n} (woman who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once) | :: primigrávida {f}, primigesta {f} |
| primitive {n} (person from a primitive society) | :: primitivo {m} |
| primitive {n} (simple-minded person) | :: primitivo {m} |
| primitive {n} (computing data type) | :: primitiva {f} |
| primitive {adj} (one of the adjectival senses) | :: primitivo {m}, primitiva {f} |
| primitively {adv} (in a primitive manner) | :: primitivamente |
| primitiveness {n} (quality or state of being primitive) | :: primitivismo {m} |
| primitivity {n} (primitiveness) SEE: primitiveness | :: |
| primogeniture {n} (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child) | :: primogenitura {f} |
| primordial {adj} (earliest) | :: primordial |
| primordial soup {n} (state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history) | :: sopa primordial {f} |
| Primorsky Krai {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Primorsky, Primórie {m} |
| primrose {n} (plant of the genus Primula) | :: prímula {f} |
| primrose {n} (Primula acaulis) | :: prímula |
| primrose {n} (flower of a primrose) | :: prímula {f} |
| primrose {n} (plant of the genus Oenothera) SEE: evening primrose | :: |
| prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality) | :: príncipe |
| prince {n} (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) | :: príncipe {m} |
| prince {n} ((figuratively) great person) | :: maioral |
| Prince Charming {n} (the fictional character) | :: príncipe encantado {m} |
| Prince Charming {n} (romantically ideal man) | :: príncipe encantado {m} |
| Prince Edward Island {prop} (Province in eastern Canada) | :: Ilha Prince Edward {f}, Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo {f} |
| princely {adj} (relating to a prince) | :: principesco {m} |
| Prince of Wales {prop} (royal title) | :: príncipe de Gales {m} |
| princess {n} (female member of royal family) | :: princesa {f} |
| princess {n} (female monarch, or wife of a ruler) | :: rainha {f} |
| principal {n} (essential point or rule) SEE: principle | :: |
| principal {adj} (primary, main) | :: principal |
| principal {n} (money originally invested or loaned) | :: principal |
| principal {n} (chief administrator of a school) | :: diretor {m} |
| principality {n} (region) | :: principado {m} |
| principality {n} (in angelology) | :: principado {m} |
| Principality of Liechtenstein {prop} (official name of Liechtenstein) | :: Principado do Liechtenstein {m}, Principado de Liechtenstein {m} |
| Principality of Monaco {prop} (official name of Monaco) | :: Principado de Mónaco {m} [Portugal], Principado de Mônaco {m} [Brazil] |
| principate {n} (principality) SEE: principality | :: |
| principate {n} (early period of the Roman Empire) | :: principado {m} |
| principle {n} (fundamental assumption) | :: princípio {m} |
| principle {n} (rule to solve a problem) | :: princípio {m} |
| principle {n} (moral rule or aspect) | :: princípio {m} |
| principle {n} (rule of nature) | :: princípio {m} |
| Pringle {n} (individual potato snack of the Pringles brand) | :: Pringle {m} |
| print {v} (to produce a copy of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine) | :: imprimir |
| print {n} (fingerprint) SEE: fingerprint | :: |
| print {n} (footprint) SEE: footprint | :: |
| printed {adj} (written or published) | :: impresso |
| printer {n} (one who makes prints) | :: impressor {m} |
| printer {n} (operator of a printing press) | :: gráfico {m}, impressor {m} |
| printer {n} (computing: device used to print text or images) | :: impressora {f} |
| printer's ink {n} (printing ink) SEE: printing ink | :: |
| print head {n} (part of a printer) | :: cabeça de impressão |
| printing {n} (the process or business of producing printed material, see also: typography) | :: impressão |
| printing {n} (all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch) | :: tiragem {f} |
| printing house {n} (commercial company) | :: gráfica {f}, tipografia {f} |
| printing ink {n} (ink used for printing) | :: tinta para impressão {f} |
| printing press {n} (machine for printing) | :: imprensa {f} |
| printshop {n} (printing house) SEE: printing house | :: |
| prion {n} (misfolded protein) | :: prião {m} [Portugal], príon {m} [Brazil] |
| prior {adj} (former) SEE: former | :: |
| prior {adj} (of that which comes before, in advance) | :: prévio |
| prior {adv} (previously) SEE: previously | :: |
| prioritize {v} (to arrange or list in order of priority or importance) | :: priorizar |
| prioritized {adj} (quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else) | :: prioritário |
| prioritized {adj} (Precedence; superior rank) | :: prioritário |
| priority {n} (item's relative importance) | :: prioridade {f}, prioridades {f-p} |
| priority {n} (goal of a person or an organisation) | :: prioridade {f}, prioridades {f-p} |
| priority {n} (attributive use) SEE: prioritized | :: |
| priory {n} (monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress) | :: priorado {m} |
| Pripyat {prop} (abandoned city in Ukraine) | :: Pripyat {f}, Pripiat {f} |
| Priscilla {prop} (biblical woman) | :: Priscila |
| Priscilla {prop} (female given name) | :: Priscila |
| prise {n} (prize) SEE: prize | :: |
| prism {n} (geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape) | :: prisma {m} |
| prism {n} (block used to split or reflect light) | :: prisma {m} |
| prismatic {adj} (of or pertaining to a prism) | :: prismático |
| prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) | :: prisão {f}, cadeia {f}, xadrez {m} [slang, Brazil], cárcere {m} |
| prison {n} (confinement in a prison) | :: cárcere {m} |
| prison {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| prison cell {n} (room to which a prisoner is confined) | :: cela {f} |
| prisoner {n} (person incarcerated in a prison) | :: prisioneiro {m}, preso {m} |
| prisoner {n} (figurative: any person held against his or her will) | :: prisioneiro {m}, preso {m} |
| prisoner of conscience {n} (person) | :: prisioneiro de consciência {m} |
| prisoner of war {n} (soldier or combatant captured by the enemy) | :: prisioneiro de guerra {m}, prisioneira de guerra {f} |
| Pristina {prop} (city) | :: Pristina |
| pristine {adj} (unspoiled) | :: virgem, pristino, imaculado |
| pristine {adj} (pertaining to the earliest state of something) | :: prisco, primitivo, antigo |
| privacy {n} (state of being private) | :: intimidade {f}, privacidade {f} |
| privacy policy {n} (statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users) | :: política de privacidade {f} |
| private {adj} (belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group) | :: pessoal, privado |
| private {adj} (not accessible by the public) | :: particular |
| private {adj} | :: privado |
| private {n} (soldier) | :: soldado {m}, soldado raso {m} |
| privateer {n} (privately owned warship) | :: navio corsário {m} |
| privateer {n} (officer or crew of a privateer ship) | :: corsário {m} |
| private international law {n} (law) | :: direito internacional privado {m} |
| private law {n} (area of law) | :: direito privado {m} |
| privately {adv} (in a private manner) | :: privadamente |
| private parts {n} (genitals or sex organs) SEE: genitalia | :: |
| private parts {n} (intimate parts of the human body) | :: partes {f-p} |
| private property {n} (belongings owned by individuals) | :: propriedade privada {f} |
| private school {n} (fee-charging school) | :: escola particular {f} |
| privatization {n} (transfer from the government to private ownership) | :: privatização {f} |
| privatize {v} (to release government control to private industry) | :: privatizar |
| privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| privet {n} (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum) | :: alfeneiro {m} |
| privilege {n} (particular benefit, advantage, or favor) | :: privilégio {m} |
| privilege {v} (to grant some particular right or exemption to) | :: privilegiar |
| privilege {v} (to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger) | :: privilegiar |
| privileged {adj} (having special privileges) | :: privilegiado |
| privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| privy {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| privy {adj} (private, exclusive, particular) | :: privado {m}, exclusivo {m}, particular, privativo, confidencial |
| privy {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| prize {n} (honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest) | :: [Brazil] prêmio {m}, [Portugal] prémio {m} |
| prize {n} (that which may be won by chance) | :: prêmio {m} |
| prizewinning {adj} (Having won at least one prize) | :: premiado |
| Príncipe {prop} (island) | :: Príncipe |
| Pärnu {prop} (city in Estonia) | :: Pernau {f} |
| pro {n} (advantage of something) | :: pró {m} |
| pro {prep} (in favor of) | :: pró |
| proactive {adj} (acting in advance) | :: proativo |
| probability {n} (state of being probable; likelihood) | :: probabilidade {f} |
| probability {n} (event that is likely to occur) | :: probabilidade {f} |
| probability {n} (relative likelihood of an event happening) | :: probabilidade {f} |
| probability {n} (mathematical probability) | :: probabilidade {f} |
| probability theory {n} (study of probability) | :: teoria das probabilidades {f}, teoria da probabilidade {f} |
| probable {adj} (likely to be true) | :: provável |
| probable {adj} (likely to happen) | :: provável |
| probably {adv} (in all likelihood) | :: provavelmente |
| probation {n} (period of conditional employment or engagement) | :: contrato de experiência {m}, período de experiência {m} |
| probation {n} (type of sentence) | :: condicional {f} |
| probe {n} (any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc) | :: sonda {f} |
| probe {n} (investigation or inquiry) | :: investigação {f} |
| probe {n} (sciences: electrode or other small device) | :: sonda {f} |
| probe {n} (spacecraft) | :: sonda {f} |
| probe {n} (radioactively labeled molecule) | :: sonda |
| probe {v} (to explore, investigate, or question) | :: sondar, investigar |
| probe {v} (to insert a probe into) | :: sondar |
| probeable {adj} (able to be probed) | :: sondável |
| probiotic {n} (food or dietary supplement) | :: probiótico {m} |
| probiotic {adj} (that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes) | :: probiótico |
| probity {n} (integrity) | :: probidade |
| problem {n} (difficulty) | :: problema {m} |
| problem {n} (schoolwork exercise) | :: problema {m}, exercício {m} |
| problem {n} (puzzling circumstance) | :: problema {m} |
| problem statement {n} | :: enunciado do problema |
| proboscis {n} (slang: a nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
| proboscis {n} (elongated tube) | :: probóscide {f}, probóscida {f} |
| procedural {adj} (related to procedure) | :: procedimental |
| procedure {n} (method for performing a task) | :: procedimento {m} |
| procedure {n} (series of small tasks to accomplish an end) | :: procedimento {m} |
| procedure {n} (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) | :: procedimento {m} |
| procedure {n} (computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task) | :: procedimento {m} |
| procedure mask {n} (surgical mask) SEE: surgical mask | :: |
| proceed {v} (go forward) | :: continuar, seguir |
| proceed {v} (pass from one point to another) | :: prosseguir |
| proceed {v} (come forth as a source or origin) | :: proceder de |
| proceed {v} (take place) | :: suceder |
| proceeds {n} (revenue) | :: receita {f}, renda {f}, rendimento {m} |
| process {n} (series of events to produce a result) | :: processo {m} |
| process {n} (path of succession of states through which a system passes) | :: processo {m}, procedimento {m} |
| process {n} (successive physiological responses to keep or restore health) | :: processo |
| process {v} (to perform a particular process) | :: processar |
| process {v} (to think information over, and assimilate it) | :: digerir, ruminar |
| processing {n} (action of the verb to process) | :: processamento {m} |
| processing {n} (act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures) | :: processamento {m} |
| procession {n} (act of progressing or proceeding) | :: avanço {m} |
| procession {n} (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) | :: procissão {f}, cortejo {m} |
| procession {n} (number of things happening in sequence) | :: sequência {f} |
| processor {n} (device which processes) | :: processador {m} |
| processor {n} (microprocessor) | :: processador |
| proclaim {v} (to announce or declare) | :: proclamar |
| proclaim {v} (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) | :: aclamar |
| proclamation {n} (a statement which is proclaimed) | :: proclamação {f} |
| proconsul {n} (in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province) | :: procônsul {m} |
| procrastinate {v} (put off; to delay taking action) | :: procrastinar |
| procrastinate {v} (put off; delay something) | :: procrastinar |
| procrastination {n} (act of postponing, delaying or putting off) | :: procrastinação {f} |
| procrastinator {n} (one who procrastinates; one who delays working on things) | :: procrastinador {m} |
| procreate {v} (to procreate) SEE: beget | :: |
| procreation {n} | :: procriação {f} |
| proctitis {n} (inflammation) | :: proctite {f} |
| proctologist {n} (expert in proctology) | :: proctólogo {m}, proctóloga {f} |
| proctology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: proctologia {f} |
| proctor {n} (person who supervises students as they take an examination) | :: fiscal |
| procurable {adj} (obtainable) SEE: obtainable | :: |
| procure {v} (To acquire or obtain an item or service) | :: obter, conseguir |
| procurement {n} (purchasing department of a company) | :: compras, suprimentos |
| procurement {n} (act of procuring or obtaining) | :: obtenção {f}, aquisição {f} |
| prod {v} (to poke) | :: cutucar |
| prod {v} (to encourage) | :: aguilhoar |
| prodigal {adj} (wastefully extravagant) | :: pródigo {m} |
| prodigal {n} (prodigal) SEE: spendthrift | :: |
| prodigal son {n} (one who returns) | :: filho pródigo {m} |
| prodigal son {n} (cobia) SEE: cobia | :: |
| prodigy {n} (something from which omens are drawn) | :: presságio {m} |
| prodigy {n} (amazing or marvelous thing) | :: prodígio {m}, maravilha {f} |
| prodigy {n} (extremely talented person, especially a child) | :: prodígio {m} |
| prodrome {n} (medicine: an early symptom) | :: pródromo {m} |
| produce {v} (to make or manufacture) | :: produzir |
| produce {n} (that which is produced) | :: produção {f} |
| produce {n} (harvested agricultural goods collectively) | :: produção {f}, hortifrutigranjeiros {m-p}, hortifruti {m-p} |
| produce {n} (offspring) SEE: offspring | :: |
| producer {n} (in economics) | :: produtor {m} |
| producer {n} (in arts) | :: produtor {m} |
| product {n} (commodity for sale) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
| product {n} (amount created by a process) | :: produto {m}, produção {f}, produtos {m-p}, produções {f-p} |
| product {n} (consequence of efforts) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
| product {n} (result of chemical reaction) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
| product {n} (multiplication result) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
| product {n} (any tangible output) | :: produto {m}, produtos {m-p} |
| production {n} (the act of producing) | :: produção {f} |
| production {n} (the act of being produced) | :: produção {f} |
| production {n} (the total amount produced) | :: produção {f} |
| production {n} (the presentation of a theatrical work) | :: produção {f} |
| production line {n} (set of operations) | :: linha de produção {f} |
| productive {adj} (capable of producing something) | :: produtivo |
| productivity {n} (state of being productive) | :: produtividade {f} |
| product placement {n} (a form of advertising) | :: publicidade indireta {f}, marketing indireto {m} |
| Produnova {prop} (female surname) | :: Produnova {f} |
| Produnova {n} (Gymnastics vault) | :: Brazilian: produnova, salto produnova; Iberian: Produnova, salto Produnova |
| profane {adj} (Not sacred or holy) | :: profano |
| profanely {adv} (in a profane manner) | :: profanamente |
| profaner {n} | :: profanador {m}, profanadora {f} |
| profanity {n} (quality of being profane) | :: profanidade {f} |
| profanity {n} (obscene, lewd or abusive language) | :: profanidade {f} |
| profer {v} (utter; pronounce) | :: proferir |
| profession {n} (occupation) | :: profissão {f} |
| professional {n} (person who belongs to a profession) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professional {n} (person who earns their living from a specified activity) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professional {n} (expert) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the standards of a profession) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professional {adj} (that is carried out as a livelihood) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professional {adj} (expert) | :: profissional {m} {f} |
| professionalism {n} (status or methods of a professional) | :: profissionalismo {m} |
| professionalization {n} (act pr process) | :: profissionalização {f} |
| professionalize {v} (make something professional) | :: profissionalizar |
| professionally {adv} (in a professional manner) | :: profissionalmente |
| professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university) | :: professor {m}, professora {f} |
| proficiency {n} (ability or skill) | :: proficiência {f}, capacidade {f}, competência {f} |
| proficient {adj} (skilled) | :: proficiente, competente, perito |
| proficient {n} (expert) | :: perito {m} |
| profile {n} (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) | :: perfil {m} |
| profile {n} (summary or collection of information, especially about a person) | :: perfil {m} |
| profile {n} (reputation) SEE: reputation | :: |
| profit {n} (benefit) | :: proveito {m}, lucro {m} |
| profit {n} (total income or cash flow minus expenditures) | :: lucro {m}, provento {m} |
| profit {v} (To benefit, gain) | :: lucrar |
| profitable {adj} (producing profit) | :: lucrativo |
| profiterole {n} (choux pastry with filling) | :: profiterole {m} |
| profligacy {n} (careless wastefulness) | :: esbanjamento {m}, prodigalidade {f}, desperdício {m} |
| profligacy {n} (shameless and immoral behaviour) | :: devassidão {f}, libertinagem {f}, licenciosidade {f} |
| profound {adj} (descending below the surface) | :: profundo |
| profound {adj} (intellectually deep) | :: profundo |
| profound {adj} (characterized by intensity) | :: profundo |
| profound {adj} | :: profundo |
| profoundly {adv} (in a profound manner) | :: profundamente |
| progenitor {n} (founder) SEE: founder | :: |
| progenitor {n} (any of a person's direct ancestors) | :: progenitor {m} |
| progenitor {n} (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend) | :: progenitor {m} |
| progenitor {n} (a predecessor of something) | :: progenitor {m} |
| progeny {n} (offspring) | :: progénie {f} [Portugal], progênie {f} [Brazil], descendência {f}, prole {f} |
| progeria {n} (genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are manifested at an early age) | :: progéria {f}, progeria {f} |
| progesterone {n} (the steroid hormone) | :: progesterona |
| prognathic {adj} (prognathous) SEE: prognathous | :: |
| prognathism {n} (abnormal projection of jaws) | :: prognatismo {m} |
| prognathous {adj} (with jaws projecting forward) | :: prógnato |
| prognosis {n} (forecast of the future course of a disease) | :: prognose {f}, prognóstico, pronóstico |
| prognosis {n} (forecast of the future course, or outcome, of a situation) | :: prognose {f}, prognóstico {m} |
| prognostic {adj} (of or pertaining to prognosis) | :: prognóstico |
| prognosticate {v} (predict, foretell) | :: prognosticar |
| program {n} (set of structured activities) | :: programa {m}, programação {f} |
| program {n} (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity) | :: programa {m} |
| program {n} (performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television) | :: programa {m} |
| program {n} (software application) | :: programa {m} |
| program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer) | :: programar |
| program {v} (to write code) | :: programar |
| program {v} (to put together the schedule of an event) | :: programar, planear [Portugal], planejar [Brazil] |
| program {v} (to cause to automatically behave in a particular way) | :: programar |
| program guide {n} (periodical) | :: guia de programação {m} |
| program guide {n} (section within another publication) | :: guia de programação {m} |
| programmable {adj} (capable of being programmed) | :: programável |
| programmable logic controller {n} (programmable electronic device) | :: controlador lógico programável {m} |
| programmatic {adj} (of or relating to a step-by-step program) | :: programático |
| programmatical {adj} (programmatic) SEE: programmatic | :: |
| programmatically {adv} (in a programmatic manner) | :: programaticamente |
| programme {n} (programme) SEE: program | :: |
| programmer {n} (one who writes computer programs) | :: programador {m}, programadora {f} |
| programming {n} (act of writing a computer program) | :: programação {f} |
| programming {n} (brain-washing) SEE: brain-washing | :: |
| programming language {n} (code of reserved words and symbols) | :: linguagem de programação {f} |
| program trading {n} (programmed trading) | :: transacções de alta frequência {f-p} |
| progress {n} (advancement to a more developed state) | :: progresso {m} |
| progress {n} (movement onwards or forwards) | :: progresso {m} |
| progress {v} (to move forward) | :: seguir |
| progress {v} (to become better or more complete) | :: progredir |
| progress bar {n} (computing: a bar that indicates the progression of a task) | :: barra de progresso {f} |
| progression {n} (mathematical sequence) | :: progressão {f} |
| progression {n} (evolution) | :: progressão |
| progressive {adj} (continuous) SEE: continuous | :: |
| progressive {adj} (favouring or promoting progress; advanced) | :: progressista {m} {f} |
| progressive {adj} (gradually advancing in extent; increasing) | :: progressivo, progressiva |
| progressive {n} (A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government) | :: progressista {m} {f} |
| progressively {adv} (in a progressive manner) | :: progressivamente |
| progressive metal {n} (heavy metal subgenre) | :: metal progressivo {m} |
| progressive rock {n} (rock subgenre) | :: rock progressivo {m} |
| progressivism {n} (political ideology) | :: progressismo {m} |
| prohibit {v} (to proscribe officially) | :: proibir |
| prohibited {adj} (forbidden) SEE: forbidden | :: |
| prohibition {n} (act of prohibiting) | :: proibição {f} |
| prohibition {n} (law that prohibits something) | :: proibição {f} |
| project {n} (planned endeavor) | :: projeto {m} |
| projectile {n} (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon) | :: projéctil {m} |
| projection {n} (something which projects) | :: projeção {f} |
| projection {n} (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) | :: projeção {f} |
| project management {n} (discipline of organizing and managing project resources) | :: gerenciamento de projetos {m}, gerência de projetos {f} |
| projector {n} (optical device) | :: [Brazil] projetor {m}, [Portugal] projector {m} |
| prokaryote {n} (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) | :: procarionte {m}, procarioto {m} |
| prolactin {n} (hormone) | :: prolactina {f} |
| proletarian {adj} (relating to proletariat) | :: proletário |
| proletarian {n} (member of the proletariat) | :: proletário {m} |
| proletarianization {n} (act or process of making somebody or something proletarian) | :: proletarização {f} |
| proletariat {n} (working class or lower class) | :: proletariado {m} |
| proletariat {n} (wage-earners collectively) | :: proletariado {m} |
| proletariat {n} (lowest class of citizens in Rome) | :: proletariado {m} |
| pro-life {adj} (opposed to abortion) | :: pró-vida |
| proliferate {v} (to increase in number or spread) | :: proliferar |
| proliferation {n} (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind) | :: proliferação |
| prolific {adj} (Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance) | :: prolífico, frutífero {m}, fértil |
| prolific {adj} (Similarly producing results or works in abundance) | :: prolífico {m} |
| prolix {adj} (tediously lengthy) | :: prolixo |
| prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long | :: |
| prolixity {n} (An excess of words) | :: prolixidade {f} |
| prolog {n} (prologue) SEE: prologue | :: |
| prologue {n} (speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel) | :: prólogo {m} |
| prolong {v} (to extend in space or length) | :: prolongar |
| prolong {v} (to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue) | :: prolongar |
| prolong {v} (to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone) | :: adiar |
| prolonged {adj} (lengthy in duration; extended; protracted) | :: prolongado |
| prom {n} (a formal ball) | :: baile de formatura |
| promastigote {n} ( ) | :: promastigota |
| pro memoria {n} | :: pró-memória {m} |
| promenade {n} (place to walk) | :: calçadão {m} |
| promenade {v} (to walk) | :: caminhar |
| Prometheus {prop} (Greek mythological figure) | :: Prometeu {m} |
| promethium {n} (chemical element) | :: promécio {m} |
| prominent {adj} (projecting, protuberant) | :: proeminente |
| prominent {adj} (eminent, distinguished above others) | :: conhecido |
| promiscuous {adj} (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners) | :: promíscuo |
| promiscuously {adv} (in a promiscuous manner) | :: promiscuamente |
| promise {n} (vow) | :: promessa {f} |
| promise {v} (to commit to something) | :: prometer |
| Promised Land {prop} (land promised by God) | :: Terra Prometida {f} |
| Promised Land {n} (place which one eagerly seeks) | :: terra prometida {f} |
| promising {adj} (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion) | :: promissor |
| promissory note {n} (document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money) | :: livrança {f}, nota promissória {f} |
| promo {n} (promotion) | :: promo |
| promontory {n} (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff) | :: promontório |
| promote {v} (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) | :: promover |
| promotion {n} (advancement in position) | :: promoção {f} |
| promotion {n} (dissemination of positive information) | :: promoção {f}, publicidade {f} |
| promotor {n} (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) | :: promotor |
| prompt {adj} (quick) | :: rápido, imediato |
| prompt {adj} (on time) | :: pontual |
| prompt {v} (to cause or lead to) | :: verursachen, causar |
| promptly {adv} (in a prompt manner) | :: prontamente |
| promulgate {v} (to make known public) | :: promulgar |
| promulgation {n} (act of promulgating) | :: promulgação {f} |
| pronaos {n} (the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple) | :: pronaos {m}, pronau {m} |
| prone {adj} (inclined, sloped) | :: inclinado, prono |
| prone {adj} (predisposed) | :: propenso |
| prong {n} (thin, pointed, projecting part) | :: ponta {f}, dente {m} |
| prong {n} (branch) | :: braço {m}, ramo {m} |
| pronged {adj} (having prongs) | :: furcado {m}, furcada {f} |
| pronoia {n} (imperial grant) | :: pronoia {f} |
| pronominal {adj} (of a pronoun) | :: pronominal |
| pronominal verb {n} | :: verbo pronominal {m} |
| pronoun {n} (type of noun) | :: pronome {m} |
| pronounce {v} (to pronounce) SEE: say | :: |
| pronounce {v} (to declare officially) | :: declarar |
| pronounce {v} (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate) | :: pronunciar |
| pronounceable {adj} (able to be pronounced) | :: pronunciável |
| pronouncement {n} (an official public announcement) | :: pronunciamento {m} |
| pronunciation {n} (sound of a word) | :: pronúncia {f} |
| pronunciation {n} (way in which words are pronounced) | :: pronúncia, pronunciação {f}, prolação {f} |
| proof {v} (proofread) SEE: proofread | :: |
| proof {n} (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth) | :: prova {f} |
| proof {n} (the degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief) | :: prova {f} |
| proof {n} (quality or state of having been proved or tried) | :: provado {m} |
| proof {n} (a proof sheet) | :: prova {f} |
| proof {n} (process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed) | :: prova {f} |
| proofread {v} (to check for errors in spelling and grammar) | :: revisar |
| proofreader {n} (person who proofreads) | :: revisor {m} |
| proofreader {n} (person whose occupation is to proofread) | :: revisor {m} |
| proof sheet {n} (contact print) SEE: contact print | :: |
| prop {n} (object placed against or under another, to support it) | :: escora {f}, apoio {m}, amparo {m} |
| prop {n} (item placed on a stage to create a scene) | :: acessório {m} |
| propaganda {n} (concerted set of messages) | :: propaganda {f} |
| propaganda of the deed {n} (a provocative act of political violence intended to inspire imitators and foment an anarchist revolt) | :: propaganda pela ação {f}, propaganda pelo ato {f}, propaganda pelo feito {f} |
| propagandism {n} (use of propaganda) | :: propagandismo {m} |
| propagation {n} (the multiplication or natural increase in a population) | :: propagação {f} |
| propagation {n} (the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number) | :: propagação {f} |
| propagation {n} (the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave) | :: propagação {f} |
| propagule {n} (a reproductive particle released by an organism that may germinate into another) | :: propágulo {m} |
| propane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C3H8) | :: propano {m} |
| proparoxytone {adj} (proparoxytone) | :: proparoxítono, esdrúxulo |
| proparoxytone {n} (proparoxytone) | :: esdrúxulo {m} |
| propel {v} (to cause to move in a certain direction) | :: propulsar |
| propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel) | :: propulsor, hélice {f} |
| propelling pencil {n} (mechanical pencil) SEE: mechanical pencil | :: |
| propenoic {adj} (acrylic) SEE: acrylic | :: |
| propensity {n} (tendency) | :: propensão, tendência, inclinação, predisposição, predileção |
| proper {adj} (fit, suitable) | :: apropriado, próprio, adequado |
| proper {adj} (following the established standards of behavior or manners) | :: apropriado, decente, certo {m}, certinho {m} |
| proper {adj} (in the very strictest sense of the word) | :: propriamente dito |
| proper {adj} (grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing) | :: próprio |
| proper {adj} (belonging to oneself or itself, own) | :: próprio |
| proper {adj} (complete, thorough) | :: completo |
| proper {adj} (informal: utter) | :: por completo |
| properly {adv} (in a proper manner) | :: propriamente |
| proper noun {n} (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity) | :: substantivo próprio {m}, nome próprio {m} |
| property {n} (something owned) | :: propriedade {f}, bem {m}, imóvel {m} |
| property {n} (piece of real estate) | :: propriedade {f} |
| property {n} (exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing) | :: possessão {f} |
| property {n} (attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept) | :: propriedade {f}, qualidade {f} |
| property {n} (an attribute characteristic of a class of objects) | :: propriedade {f}, qualidade {f} |
| property {n} (computing: an editable parameter associated with an application, or its value) | :: propriedade {f} |
| property {n} (an object used in a dramatic production) | :: acessório {m} |
| property tax {n} (tax based on the value of property) | :: imposto municipal sobre imóveis {m}, imposto predial e territorial urbano {m} |
| propfan {n} (modified turbofan) | :: propfan {m} |
| prophecy {n} (prediction) | :: profecia {f} |
| prophesy {v} (to predict) | :: profetizar, vaticinar, predizer |
| prophesy {v} (to speak as a prophet) | :: profetizar |
| prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration) | :: profeta {m}, profetisa {f} |
| prophet {n} (one who foretells the future) | :: profeta {m}, vidente {m} {f} |
| prophetess {n} (female prophet) | :: profetisa {f} |
| prophylactic {adj} (Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease) | :: profiláctico |
| prophylaxis {n} (prevention of, or protective treatment for disease) | :: profilaxia {f} |
| propiska {n} (system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR) | :: propiska {f} |
| propitiation {n} (the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation) | :: propiciação {f} |
| propolis {n} (glue-like substance) | :: própolis |
| proponency {n} (advocacy) SEE: advocacy | :: |
| proportion {n} (quantity that is part of the whole) | :: proporção {f} |
| proportion {v} (to set or render in proportion) | :: proporcionar |
| proportion {n} (size) SEE: size | :: |
| proportional {adj} (at a constant ratio (to)) | :: proporcional |
| proportionally {adv} (in proportion) | :: proporcionalmente |
| proportionate {adj} (harmonious and symmetrical) | :: proporcional |
| proposal {n} (that which is proposed) | :: proposta {f} |
| proposal {n} (law: the offer by a party of what they have in view) | :: proposta {f} |
| propose {v} (to suggest a plan or course of action) | :: propor |
| propose {v} (to ask for one's hand in marriage) | :: pedir a mão |
| propose {v} (to intend) | :: pretender |
| proposition {n} (uncountable: act of offering for consideration) | :: proposição {f} |
| proposition {n} (idea or plan offered) | :: proposição {f}, proposta {f} |
| proposition {n} (math: assertion which can be considered true or false) | :: proposição {f} |
| propound {v} (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) | :: propor |
| proprietary {adj} (relating to property or ownership) | :: proprietário |
| proprietary {adj} (of or relating to the quality of being an owner) | :: proprietário |
| proprietary {adj} (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) | :: proprietário |
| proprietary {adj} (privately owned) | :: privado, particular |
| proprietary {n} (a proprietor or owner) SEE: proprietor | :: |
| proprietor {n} (owner) | :: proprietário {m}, dono {m} |
| proprietously {adv} (properly) SEE: properly | :: |
| propriety {n} (fitness; the quality of being appropriate) | :: propriedade {f} |
| propriety {n} (correctness in behaviour and morals) | :: propriedade {f} |
| proprioception {n} (sense of the position of parts of the body) | :: propriocepção {f} |
| propulsion {n} (the action of driving or pushing) | :: propulsão {f} |
| propyl {n} (hydrocarbon radicals) | :: propil {m} |
| prorogue {v} (to prolong or extend) | :: prorrogar |
| prosaic {adj} (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose) | :: prosaico, prosaico |
| pros and cons {n} (for and against) | :: prós e contras {m-p} |
| prosciutto {n} (dry-cured ham from Italy) | :: prosciutto {m} |
| proscribe {v} (forbid or prohibit) | :: proscrever, proibir |
| proscribe {v} (banish or exclude) | :: banir |
| prose {n} (written language not intended as poetry) | :: prosa {f} |
| prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution) | :: promotor {m}, promotora {f} |
| proselyte {n} (one who has converted to a religion) | :: prosélito {m}, neófito {m} |
| proselytism {n} (proselytizing or being a proselyte) | :: proselitismo {m} |
| proselytize {v} (convert to one’s own faith) | :: converter |
| proselytize {v} (induce people to join a cause) | :: proselitizar, proselitar |
| prosodic {adj} (relating to prosody) | :: prosódico |
| prosody {n} (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) | :: prosódia {f} |
| prosody {n} (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) | :: prosódia {f} |
| prosopagnosia {n} (disorder of face perception) | :: prosopagnosia {f} |
| prosopography {n} (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships) | :: prosopografia |
| prosopopoeia {n} (Personifying a person or object.) | :: prosopopéia {f} |
| prospect {n} (position affording a fine view) SEE: lookout | :: |
| prospect {n} (region which the eye overlooks at one time) | :: perspectiva |
| prospect {n} (act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation) | :: expectativa |
| prospect {n} (potential things that may come to pass, usually favorable) | :: expectativa {f} |
| prospect {v} (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location) | :: prospectar |
| prospective {adj} (likely or expected to happen or become) | :: prospectivo |
| prospective {adj} (following the same population) | :: prospectivo, prospetivo |
| prosper {v} (to be successful) | :: prosperar |
| prosperity {n} (condition of being prosperous) | :: prosperidade {f} |
| prosperous {adj} (characterized by success) | :: próspero |
| prosperous {adj} (well off; affluent) | :: próspero |
| prosperous {adj} (favorable) | :: próspero |
| prostaglandin {n} (lipid) | :: prostaglandina |
| prostate {n} (prostate gland) | :: próstata {f} |
| prostate gland {n} (prostate) SEE: prostate | :: |
| prostatitis {n} (inflammation of the prostate) | :: prostatite {f} |
| prosthesis {n} (prothesis) SEE: prothesis | :: |
| prosthesis {n} (artificial replacement for a body part) | :: prótese {f} |
| prosthetic {n} (prosthesis) SEE: prosthesis | :: |
| prostitute {v} (reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money) | :: prostituir-se |
| prostitute {v} (to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves) | :: prostituir |
| prostitute {v} (derogatory: to use one's talents in return for money or fame) | :: prostituir |
| prostitute {v} (figuratively: to exploit for base purposes) | :: prostituir |
| prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit) | :: prostituta {f}, mulher da vida {f} |
| prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore | :: |
| prostitution {n} (having sex for profit) | :: prostituição {f} |
| prostokvasha {n} (soured milk) | :: leite fermentado {m} |
| prostrate {v} (to lie flat or face-down) | :: prostrar |
| prostrate {v} (to throw oneself down in submission) | :: prostrar-se |
| prostrate {v} (to cause to lie down) | :: prostrar |
| protactinium {n} (chemical element) | :: protactínio {m} |
| protagonist {n} (main character) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
| protagonist {n} (leading person in a contest) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
| protagonist {n} (advocate) | :: protagonista {m} {f} |
| protanopia {n} (a form of color blindness) | :: protanopia {f} |
| protease {n} (enzyme) | :: protease {f} |
| protect {v} (to keep safe) | :: proteger |
| protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe) | :: protecção {f}, proteção {f} [Brazil] |
| protectionism {n} (A policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports) | :: protecionismo {m} |
| protectionist {adj} | :: protecionista {m} {f} |
| protectionist {n} | :: protecionista {m} {f} |
| protectionistic {adj} (protectionist) SEE: protectionist | :: |
| protective {adj} (serving, intended or wishing to protect) | :: protetor, protetivo |
| protective {n} (A condom) | :: preservativo {m} |
| protector {n} (someone who protects or guards) | :: protetor {m} |
| protector {n} (a mechanism which is designed to protect) | :: protetor {m} |
| protectorate {n} (government by a protector) | :: protetorado {m} |
| protectorate {n} (a protected autonomous state) | :: protetorado {m} |
| protege {n} (protégé) SEE: protégé | :: |
| protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule) | :: proteína {f} |
| protein {n} (class of food) | :: proteína {f} |
| protein shake {n} (beverage) | :: shake de proteína {m} |
| proteomic {adj} (Of or relating to proteomics) | :: proteómico, proteômico |
| proteomics {n} (branch of molecular biology) | :: proteómica {f} [Portugal], proteômica {f} [Brazil] |
| Proterozoic {prop} (eon 2,500-541 Ma) | :: Proterozoico {m} |
| Proterozoic {adj} (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) | :: proterozoico |
| protest {v} (to make a strong objection) | :: protestar |
| protest {n} (formal objection) | :: protesto {m} |
| protest {n} (collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration) | :: manifestação {f} |
| Protestant {n} (someone who is a member of such a denomination) | :: protestante {m} {f} |
| Protestant {adj} (pertaining to these denominatons) | :: protestante |
| Protestantism {n} (faith) | :: protestantismo {m} |
| protester {n} (person who protests) | :: protestante {m} {f} |
| Proteus {prop} (mythology) | :: Proteu {m} |
| Proteus {prop} (moon) | :: Proteu |
| protégé {n} (person who is guided and supported) | :: protegido {m} |
| prothesis {n} (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) | :: prótese {f} |
| prothrombin {n} (glycoprotein) | :: protrombina {f} |
| protist {n} (eukaryotic unicellular organisms) | :: protista {m} |
| protium {n} (lightest isotope of hydrogen) | :: prótio {m} |
| protoanemonin {n} (toxin found in all plants of the buttercup family) | :: protoanemonina {f} |
| protocerebrum {n} (the anterior part of the arthropod brain) | :: protocérebro {m} |
| protocol {n} (rule, guideline etc which guides diplomatic behaviour) | :: protocolo {m} |
| protocollary {adj} | :: protocolar |
| Proto-Germanic {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: germânico comum {m} |
| Proto-Indo-European {prop} (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
| Proto-Indo-European {n} (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
| Proto-Indo-European {adj} (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it, see also: Indo-European) | :: proto-indo-europeu {m} |
| Proto-Indo-Germanic {prop} (Proto-Indo-European) SEE: Proto-Indo-European | :: |
| proto-language {n} (common ancestor language) | :: proto-língua {f}, protolíngua {f} |
| protologism {n} (a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common) | :: protologismo {m} |
| protomartyr {n} (any of the first Christian martyrs) | :: protomártir {m} {f} |
| Proto-Mayan {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: protomaia |
| proton {n} (positively charged nucleon) | :: próton {m} [Brazil], protão [Portugal] |
| protonephridial {adj} (relating to the protonephridium) | :: protonefridial |
| protonephridium {n} (a type of nephridium) | :: protonefrídio {m} |
| protoplanet {n} (astronomical object) | :: protoplaneta {m} |
| protoplasm {n} (entire contents of a cell) | :: protoplasma {m} |
| Proto-Slavic {prop} (Proto-Slavic) | :: protoeslavo {m} |
| Proto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it) | :: protoeslavo |
| protospecies {n} (preexsiting type of species) | :: proto-espécie {f} |
| protostar {n} (protostar) | :: protoestrela {f} |
| prototypal {adj} (prototypical) SEE: prototypical | :: |
| prototype {n} (original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects) | :: protótipo {m} |
| prototypic {adj} (prototypical) SEE: prototypical | :: |
| prototypical {adj} (relating to or being a prototype) | :: prototípico |
| protowriting {n} (system of symbols that developed into writing) | :: protoescrita {f} |
| protozoal {adj} (protozoan) SEE: protozoan | :: |
| protozoan {n} (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes) | :: protozoário {m} |
| protozoan {adj} (pertaining to a protozoan) | :: protozoário |
| protract {v} (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.) | :: prolongar |
| protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles) | :: transferidor {m} |
| protrude {v} (to extend from) | :: protrair |
| protuberance {n} (Something that protrudes) | :: protuberância {f}, saliência {f} |
| proud {adj} (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) | :: orgulhoso |
| proud {adj} (possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves) | :: orgulhoso |
| proud {adj} (having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious) | :: orgulhoso, soberbo |
| proud {adj} (generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride) | :: orgulhante |
| proudly {adv} (in a proud manner) | :: orgulhosamente |
| prove {v} (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for) | :: provar, demonstrar |
| prove {v} (to put to the test, to make trial of) | :: provar, experimentar |
| prove {v} (to ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.) | :: validar, comprovar |
| proven {adj} (having been proved) | :: provado {m} |
| Provençal {prop} (language spoken in Provence) | :: provençal {m} |
| provenance {n} (place or source of origin) | :: procedência {f}, proveniência {f} |
| provenance {n} (of a person: background, history, place of origin, ancestry) | :: procedência {f}, proveniência {f} |
| Provence {prop} (region in France) | :: Provença {f} |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {prop} (region of France) | :: Provença-Alpes-Costa Azul |
| proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth) | :: provérbio {m} |
| proverbial {adj} (of a proverb) | :: proverbial |
| proverbial {adj} (widely known; famous) | :: proverbial |
| Proverbs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Provérbios {m} |
| provide {v} (to give what is needed or desired) | :: prover |
| provide {v} (to furnish (with)) | :: prover |
| provided {conj} (only if) | :: contanto que |
| providence {n} (prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness) | :: providência {f} |
| providence {n} (careful guardianship exercised by a deity) | :: providência {f} |
| providence {n} (manifestation of divine care or direction) | :: providência {f} |
| provider {n} (provider) | :: fornecedor {m} |
| province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) | :: província {f} |
| provincial {adj} (of or pertaining to a province) | :: provincial {m} |
| provincial {adj} (exhibiting the ways or manners of a province) | :: interiorano {m}, provinciano {m} |
| provision {n} (item of goods or supplies obtained for future use) | :: provisão {f} |
| provision {n} (money set aside) | :: provisão {f} |
| provision {v} (to supply with provisions) | :: prover, aprovisionar, provisionar |
| provisional {adj} (temporary) | :: provisório |
| provocateur {n} (undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts) | :: agente provocador |
| provocation {n} (act of provoking) | :: provocação {f} |
| provoke {v} (to cause to become angry) | :: provocar, irritar |
| provost {n} (senior academic administrator) | :: pró-reitor {m} |
| provost {n} (highest position in a monastery below an abbot) | :: preboste {m} |
| provost {n} (military prison keeper) | :: preboste |
| prow {n} (fore part of a vessel; bow) | :: proa {f} |
| prowess {n} (skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity) | :: destreza {f} |
| prowess {n} (distinguished bravery or courage) | :: proeza {f} |
| prowl {v} (To idle; to go about aimlessly) | :: perambular |
| proxenetism {n} (procuring) SEE: pimping | :: |
| proximal {adj} (Closer to the point of attachment) | :: proximal |
| proximal phalange {n} (bone) | :: falange proximal {f}, falange {f} |
| proximately {adv} (approximately) SEE: approximately | :: |
| proximity {n} (closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship) | :: proximidade {f} |
| proxy {n} (agent or substitute authorized to act for another person) | :: procurador {m}, procuradora {f}, testa-de-ferro {m} {f}, laranja {m} {f} |
| proxy {n} (authority to act for another, especially when written) | :: procuração {f} |
| proxy {n} ((software) An interface for a service) | :: proxy {m} |
| proxy server {n} (hardware server) | :: servidor proxy {m}, proxy server {m} |
| præstige {n} (Archaic spelling of prestige) SEE: prestige | :: |
| prude {n} (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) | :: pudico {m} |
| prudence {n} (The quality or state of being prudent) | :: prudência {f} |
| prudent {adj} (sagacious in adapting means to ends) | :: prudente |
| prudent {adj} (practically wise, judicious, shrewd) | :: prudente |
| prudent {adj} (frugal; economical; not extravagant) | :: prudente |
| prudently {adv} (in a prudent manner) | :: prudentemente |
| prudery {n} (condition of being prudish; prudishness) | :: pudor {m} |
| prudish {adj} (exaggeratedly proper) | :: pudico |
| prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum | :: |
| prune {v} (dried plum) | :: ameixa seca {f} |
| prune {v} (old woman) | :: maracujá de gaveta {m} |
| prune {v} (trim a tree or shrub) | :: podar |
| prune {v} ((figuratively) cut down or shorten) | :: podar |
| pruning {n} (action of pruning) | :: poda {f} |
| prurient {adj} (uneasy with desire; lustful) | :: lascivo, libidinoso, indecente, promíscuo |
| prurient {adj} (arousing sexual desire) | :: lascivo |
| Prussia {prop} (geographical area) | :: Prússia {f} |
| Prussia {prop} (former Baltic country) | :: Prússia {f} |
| Prussia {prop} (former German province) | :: Prússia {f} |
| Prussian {adj} (of Prussia) | :: prussiano |
| Prussian {prop} (language) | :: prussiano {m} |
| Prussian {n} (native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia) | :: prussiano {m}, prussiana {f} |
| Prussian blue {n} (pigment) | :: azul da prússia {m}, azul prussiano {m} |
| pry {v} (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey) | :: bisbilhotar, xeretar |
| psalm {n} (sacred song) | :: salmo {m} |
| psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) | :: salmo {m} |
| Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Salmos |
| psalter {n} (The Book of Psalms) | :: saltério {m} |
| psalterium {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| psaltery {n} (instrument) | :: saltério |
| psamment {n} (an entisol consisting of unconsolidated sand deposits) | :: arenossolo {m} |
| pschent {n} (the double crown of ancient Egypt) | :: pschent {m} |
| pseudo- {prefix} (not genuine) | :: pseudo- |
| pseudoaneurysm {n} (hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery) | :: pseudoaneurisma {m} |
| pseudo-anglicism {n} (word with an English appearance that is not current in English) | :: pseudoanglicismo {m} |
| pseudocarp {n} (accessory fruit) SEE: accessory fruit | :: |
| pseudocereal {n} (plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family) | :: pseudocereal {m} |
| pseudocode {n} (description of a computer programming algorithm) | :: pseudocódigo {m} |
| pseudodemocracy {n} (a government that holds elections but restricts civil liberties) | :: pseudodemocracia {f} |
| pseudodemocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to pseudodemocracy) | :: pseudodemocrático |
| pseudoephedrine {n} (sympathomimetic alkaloid) | :: pseudoefedrina {f} |
| pseudofruit {n} (accessory fruit) SEE: accessory fruit | :: |
| pseudogout {n} (medical condition) | :: pseudogota {f} |
| pseudohypha {n} (a chain of blastoconidia) | :: pseudo-hifa {f} |
| pseudonym {n} (fictitious name) | :: pseudónimo {m}, pseudônimo {m} [Brazil] |
| pseudorabies {n} (a highly contagious herpes virus infection) | :: doença de Aujeszky {f}, pseudorraiva {f} |
| pseudoscience {n} (purported science) | :: pseudociência {f} |
| pseudoscientific {adj} (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience) | :: pseudocientífico |
| psi {n} (Greek letter) | :: psi {m} |
| Pskov {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Pskov {f} |
| psoriasis {n} (facial skin disease) | :: psoríase {f} |
| psoriatic {adj} (of, pertaining to or suffering from psoriasis) | :: psoriásico, psoriático, psoríaco, psórico |
| psst {interj} (implying secrecy) | :: psit |
| psychasthenia {n} (psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety) | :: psicastenia {f} |
| psychasthenic {adj} (affected with, or relating to, psychasthenia) | :: psicasténico [Portugal], psicastênico [Brazil] |
| psychasthenic {n} (an individual who has psychasthenia) | :: psicasténico {m} [Portugal], psicastênico {m} [Brazil] |
| Psyche {prop} (Greco-Roman goddess) | :: Psiquê {f} |
| psychedelic {adj} (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) | :: psicodélico |
| psychiatric {adj} (of, or relating to, psychiatry) | :: psiquiátrico |
| psychiatric hospital {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| psychiatrist {n} (doctor specializing in psychiatry) | :: psiquiatra {m} {f} |
| psychiatry {n} (branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders) | :: psiquiatria {f} |
| psychic {n} (a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities) | :: sensitivo |
| psychic {n} (a person who contacts the dead) | :: sensitivo, médium |
| psychic {adj} (relating to the abilities of a psychic) | :: parapsíquico, psíquico |
| psycho {adj} ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) | :: psicótico {m}, psicopático {m} |
| psycho {n} (psychotic or otherwise insane person) | :: psicopata {m} {f}, psicótico {m}, louco {m}, doido {m}, insano {m} |
| psycho {n} (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) | :: psicopata {m} {f}, psicótico {m} |
| psycho- {prefix} (relating to the mind) | :: psico- |
| psychoanalysis {n} (family of psychological theories) | :: psicanálise {f} |
| psychographer {n} (medium able to psychograph) | :: psicógrafo {m} |
| psychokinesis {n} (movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power) | :: telecinésia |
| psycholinguistic {adj} (pertaining to psycholinguistics) | :: psicolinguístico |
| psycholinguistics {n} (study of comprehension and production of language) | :: psicolinguística {f} |
| psychological {adj} (of or pertaining to psychology) | :: psicológico |
| psychologically {adv} (in a psychological manner) | :: psicologicamente |
| psychological warfare {n} (The use of various techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone) | :: guerra psicológica {f} |
| psychologist {n} (expert in the field of psychology) | :: psicólogo {m}, psicóloga {f} |
| psychology {n} (study of the human mind) | :: psicologia {f} |
| psychology {n} (the study of the human behavior) | :: psicologia {f} |
| psychology {n} (the study of animal behavior) | :: psicologia {f} |
| psychology {n} (the mental characteristics of a particular individual) | :: psicologia {f} |
| psychometry {n} (paranormal ability) | :: psicometria |
| psychopath {n} (person with a personality disorder) | :: psicopata {m} {f} |
| psychopathic {adj} (relating to a psychopath) | :: psicopático |
| psychopathological {adj} (of or relating to psychopathology) | :: psicopatológico |
| psychopathology {n} (study of mental illness) | :: psicopatologia {f} |
| psychopathy {n} (personality disorder) | :: psicopatia {f} |
| psychopedagogic {adj} (relating to psychopedagogy) | :: psicopedagógico |
| psychopedagogically {adv} (in terms of psychopedagogy) | :: psicopedagogicamente |
| psychopedagogy {n} (psycology of education) | :: psicopedagogia {f} |
| psychopolitical {adj} (relating to psychopolitics) | :: psicopolítico |
| psychopolitics {n} (interaction between psychology and politics) | :: psicopolítica {f} |
| psychopomp {n} (entity who assists souls) | :: psicopompo {m} |
| psychosis {n} (mental disorder) | :: psicose {f} |
| psychosomatic {adj} (of physical effects with mental causes) | :: psicossomático |
| psychotechnology {n} (the technological application of psychology) | :: psicotecnologia {f} |
| psychotherapist {n} (who practices psychotherapy) | :: psicoterapeuta {mf} |
| psychotherapy {n} (treatment of those with mental illness) | :: psicoterapia {f} |
| psychotic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from psychosis) | :: psicótico |
| psychrometer {n} (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) | :: psicrómetro {m} [Portugal], psicrômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| psychrophile {n} (type of organism) | :: psicrófilo {m} |
| psychrophilic {adj} (capable of living at relatively low temperature) | :: psicrófilo |
| psywar {n} (psychological warfare) SEE: psychological warfare | :: |
| pâté {n} (finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables) | :: patê {m} |
| pétanque {n} (form of boules) | :: petanca {f} |
| ptarmigan {n} (a small grouse, Lagopus) | :: lagópode {m}, lagopo {m} |
| pâte brisée {n} (form of shortcrust pastry, see also: shortcrust pastry) | :: massa quebrada {f} |
| pteridophyte {n} (vascular plants that produce spores but not seeds) | :: pteridófita {f} |
| pterodactyl {n} (informal term for any pterosaur) | :: pterodáctilo {m} |
| Ptolemy {prop} (name of Greek origin) | :: Ptolomeu {m}, Ptolemeu {m} |
| ptomaine {n} (any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria) | :: ptomaína {f} |
| pub {n} (public house) | :: bar {m}, taberna {f}, cervejaria {f} |
| pube {n} (a single pubic hair) | :: pentelho {m} |
| puberty {n} (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction) | :: puberdade {f} |
| pubescent {adj} (arriving at puberty) | :: pubescente, púbere |
| pubic hair {n} (collectively) | :: pelos púbicos {m-p}, pelos pubianos {m-p}, pentelhos {m-p} |
| pubic hair {n} (singular) | :: pelo púbico {m}, pelo pubiano {m}, pentelho {m} |
| pubic louse {n} (crab louse) SEE: crab louse | :: |
| pubis {n} (the pubic bone) | :: púbis {m}, osso púbico {m} |
| public {adj} (able to be seen by or known to everybody) | :: público |
| public {adj} (pertaining to people as a whole) | :: público |
| public {adj} (provided (by the government) for the community) | :: estatal, público |
| public {adj} (open to all members of a community) | :: público |
| public {n} (people in general) | :: público {m} |
| publication {n} (act of publishing) | :: publicação {f} |
| publication {n} (an issue of printed or other matter) | :: publicação {f} |
| publication {n} (communication of information) | :: publicação {f} |
| public domain {n} (realm of intellectual property) | :: domínio público {m} |
| public domain {n} (attributive: not subject to any copyright or patent restrictions) | :: em domínio público |
| public figure {n} (person subject to public interest) | :: figura pública {f} |
| public finance {n} (field of economics) | :: finanças públicas {f} |
| public health {n} (science) | :: saúde pública {f} |
| public house {n} (pub) SEE: pub | :: |
| publicity {n} (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) | :: publicidade {f} |
| public law {n} (law) | :: direito público {m} |
| public limited company {n} (publicly traded limited liability company) | :: sociedade anónima {f} |
| publicly {adv} (in an open and public manner) | :: publicamente |
| public opinion {n} (opinion of the public) | :: opinião pública {f} |
| public relations {n} (profession) | :: relações públicas {f-p} |
| public school {n} (publicly administered school) | :: escola pública {f} |
| public sector {n} (government and entities) | :: setor público {m} |
| public servant {n} (convict) SEE: convict | :: |
| public servant {n} (civil servant) SEE: civil servant | :: |
| public speaking {n} (art of public speaking) SEE: oratory | :: |
| public telephone {n} (public telephone) | :: telefone público {m} |
| public transit {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| public transport {n} (form of transport) | :: transporte público {m} |
| public transportation {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| publish {v} (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) | :: publicar |
| publish {v} (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) | :: publicar |
| publish {v} (to announce to the public) | :: publicar, anunciar |
| publishable {adj} (able to be published) | :: publicável |
| publisher {n} (One who publishes, especially books) | :: editor {m}, editora {f}, editores {p} |
| publishing house {n} (company that produces books) | :: editora {f}, editorial {m} |
| publish or perish {v} (the pressure to frequently publish in academic journals) | :: publicar ou perecer, publique ou pereça, publicar ou morrer |
| puck {n} (hockey puck) SEE: hockey puck | :: |
| pudding {n} (sausage made primarily from blood) | :: morcela {f} |
| pudding {n} (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) | :: pudim {m} |
| pudding {n} (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) | :: pudim {m} |
| pudding {n} (any dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
| puddle {n} (a small pool of water) | :: poça {f} |
| pudor {n} (appropriate sense of modesty or shame) | :: pudor {m} |
| Puducherry {prop} (Puducherry, India) | :: Pondicherry {f} |
| puerperium {n} (period of time following childbirth) | :: puerpério {m} |
| Puerto Rican {n} (person from Puerto Rico) | :: porto-riquenho {m} |
| Puerto Rican {adj} (pertaining to Puerto Rico) | :: porto-riquenho |
| Puerto Rico {prop} (Caribbean Commonwealth) | :: Porto Rico |
| puff {v} (pant) SEE: pant | :: |
| puff {n} (homosexual) SEE: poof | :: |
| puff {n} (sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth) | :: sopro {m} |
| puff {n} (ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself) | :: fôlego {m} |
| puff {n} (small quantity of gas or smoke in the air) | :: baforada {f} |
| puff {n} (informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe) | :: pitada {f} |
| puff {n} (slang: cannabis) | :: erva {f}, maconha {f} |
| puff {n} (type of cake) | :: profiterole {m} |
| puffadder {n} (Britis arietans) | :: biúta |
| puffball {n} (fungi) | :: bexiga-de-lobo {f}, bufa-de-lobo {f}, licoperdo {m} |
| puffer {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| puffer {n} (someone or something that puffs) | :: soprador {m}, pitador {m} |
| pufferfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| pufferfish {n} (a delicacy popular in Japan) | :: fugu {m} |
| puffin {n} (Fratercula arctica) | :: papagaio-do-mar {m} |
| puff pastry {n} (light, flaky pastry) | :: massa folhada {f}, folhado {m} |
| Puglian {adj} (Apulian) SEE: Apulian | :: |
| pugnacious {adj} (aggressive, belligerent) | :: pugnaz, pugnace, belicoso |
| puke {n} (vomit) | :: vômito |
| puke {v} (to vomit) | :: vomitar |
| pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pull {v} (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one) | :: puxar, tirar |
| pull {v} (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force) | :: puxar |
| pull {v} (remove (something) from circulation) | :: tirar |
| pull {v} (do, perform) | :: dar |
| pull {n} (act of pulling) | :: puxada {f} |
| pull {n} (attractive force) | :: atração {f} |
| pull a fast one {v} ((idiomatic) to deceive or trick) | :: passar a perna |
| pull an all-nighter {v} (work throughout the night) | :: passar a noite em claro, virar a noite, fazer uma direta [informal] |
| pull apart {v} (disassemble) SEE: disassemble | :: |
| pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken | :: |
| pullet {n} (young hen) | :: franga {f} |
| pulley {n} (one of simple machines) | :: roldana {f} |
| pull in {v} (to pull something, so that comes inside) | :: puxar para dentro |
| pull in {v} (to approach a station) | :: encostar, chegar |
| pull off {v} (To achieve; to succeed at something difficult) | :: conseguir |
| pull oneself together {v} (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) | :: recompor-se |
| pull one's socks up {v} (start making an effort; to renew or redouble one's efforts) | :: pôr a mão na massa, meter a mão na massa |
| pull out {v} (to withdraw) | :: retirar, retirar-se |
| pull out {v} (to use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control) | :: tirar |
| pull out {v} (to remove something from a container) | :: puxar, tirar |
| pull out {v} (to maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane) | :: sair |
| pull over {v} (come to a stop on the roadside or the hard shoulder) | :: encostar |
| pullover {n} (sweater) | :: pulôver {m} |
| pull the wool over someone's eyes {v} (to deceive someone) | :: enganar, enrolar, embromar |
| pull up {v} (lift vertically) | :: puxar para cima |
| pulmonary {adj} (related to lungs) | :: pulmonar |
| pulmonary circulation {n} (part of blood circulation) | :: circulação pulmonar {f} |
| pulmonary tuberculosis {n} (tuberculosis infecting the lungs) | :: tuberculose pulmonar {f} |
| pulmonologist {n} (a physician who specializes in pulmonology) | :: pneumologista {m} {f} |
| pulmonology {n} (the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract) | :: pneumologia {f} |
| pulp {n} (soft, moist mass) | :: polpa {f} |
| pulp {n} (center of a fruit) | :: polpa {f}, carne {f} |
| pulp {n} (center of a tooth) | :: polpa {f} |
| pulp {n} (mass of which paper is produced) | :: polpa {f}, massa {f} |
| pulpit {n} (raised platform in church) | :: púlpito {m} |
| pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| pulpy {adj} (having the characteristics of pulp, soft, squishy) | :: polposo {m}, polpudo {m} |
| pulsar {n} (rotating neutron star) | :: pulsar |
| pulsate {v} (to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat) | :: pulsar |
| pulsation {n} (regular throbbing of the heart) | :: pulsação {f} |
| pulse {n} (regular beat caused by the heart) | :: pulso {m} |
| pulse {n} (beat, throb) | :: pulso {m} |
| pulse {n} (in music) | :: pulso {m} |
| pulse {v} (to beat, throb or flash) | :: pulsar |
| pulse {v} (to flow, particularly of blood) | :: circular, pulsar |
| puma {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| pumice {n} (pumice) | :: pedra-pomes {f} |
| pump {n} (trainer or sneaker) SEE: trainer | :: |
| pump {n} (device for moving liquid or gas) | :: bomba {f} |
| pump {n} (instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping) | :: bombeio {m} |
| pump {n} (device for dispensing liquid or gas to be sold, especially fuel) | :: bomba {f} |
| pump {v} (transitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas) | :: bombear |
| pump {v} (to move rhythmically) | :: bombear |
| pump {v} (slang: to be going very well) | :: estar bombando [Brazil] |
| pump attendant {n} (one who works at a petrol station) | :: frentista {m} {f} |
| pump iron {v} (to engage in weight training) | :: puxar ferro |
| pumpkin {n} (plant) | :: abóbora {f}, jerimum {m}, aboboreira {f} [Brazil] |
| pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant) | :: abóbora {f}, jerimum {m} [Brazil] |
| pumpkin {n} (color) | :: abóbora, cor de abóbora |
| pumpkin pie {n} (pie made from the flesh of pumpkins) | :: torta de abóbora {f} |
| pump up {v} (to inflate by means of a pump) | :: bombear |
| pump up {v} (to inflate with a pumping action) | :: bombear |
| pun {n} (joke or type of wordplay) | :: trocadilho {m}, chalaça {f} |
| punch {n} (hit or strike with one's fist) | :: murro {m}, soco |
| punch {v} (to strike something or someone with one's fist) | :: esmurrar, socar |
| punch {v} (to make holes) | :: furar |
| punch {n} (device for creating holes in thin material) | :: perfuradora {f} |
| punch {n} (mechanism for punching holes in paper) | :: perfuradora {f} |
| punch {v} (to employ a punch to create a hole) | :: perfurar |
| punch {n} (beverage) | :: ponche {m} |
| punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd | :: |
| punch card {n} (card with have holes or notches used for storing data) | :: cartão perfurado {m} |
| punch clock {n} (time clock) SEE: time clock | :: |
| punching bag {n} (device used to practice punching) | :: saco de pancada {m}, saco de boxe {m} |
| punching bag {n} (object of abuse) | :: saco de pancada {m} |
| punch list {n} (list of items required to complete a project) | :: lista de pendências {f} |
| punctual {adj} (prompt) | :: pontual |
| punctuality {n} (state of being punctual) | :: pontualidade {f} |
| punctually {adv} (in a punctual manner) | :: pontualmente |
| punctuate {v} (emphasize, stress) SEE: emphasize | :: |
| punctuation {n} (set of symbols) | :: pontuação {f} |
| punctuation mark {n} (symbol used in writing) | :: sinal de pontuação {m} |
| puncture {v} (puncture) SEE: pierce | :: |
| puncture {n} (hole, cut or tear) | :: punctura {f}, perfuração {f} |
| puncture vine {n} (Tribulus terrestris) SEE: caltrop | :: |
| pundit {n} (a self-professed expert) | :: autoridade {f}, especialista {m} {f} |
| pundit {n} (a Hindu scholar) | :: pandita {m}, pandito {m}, pândita {m} |
| Pune {prop} (city in India) | :: Pune {f}, Poona {f}, Puna {f} |
| pungency {n} (foul odor) | :: fedor |
| Punic {adj} (treacherous) | :: púnico {m}, traiçoeiro {m} |
| Punic {prop} (language of Carthage) | :: púnico {m}, cartaginês {m} |
| Punic {adj} (Carthaginian) SEE: Carthaginian | :: |
| Punic War {n} (war between Ancient Rome and Carthage) | :: guerra púnica {f} |
| punish {v} (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct) | :: castigar, punir |
| punish {v} | :: castigar, punir |
| punishable {adj} (appropriate for punishment) | :: punível, passível |
| punishment {n} (the act of punishing) | :: punição {f} |
| punishment {n} (penalty for wrongdoing) | :: castigo {m}, punição {f} |
| punitive {adj} (punishing) | :: punitivo |
| Punjab {prop} (geographical region in South Asia) | :: Pendjab {m}, Panjabe {m}, Panjab {m}, Punjabe {m}, Penjabe {m} |
| Punjabi {adj} (of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language) | :: panjabi, punjabi |
| Punjabi {n} (language spoken in the Punjab region, in Northern India and eastern Pakistan) | :: panjabi {m}, punjabi {m} |
| Punjabi {n} (resident of or immigrant from the Punjab) | :: panjabi {m} {f}, punjabi {m} {f} |
| punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| punk {n} (the bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, see also: bottom) | :: putinha |
| punk {n} (worthless person) | :: imprestável {m} {f} |
| punk {n} (petty criminal) | :: bandidinho {m}, delinquente {m} {f}; punk {m} |
| punk {n} (punk rocker) | :: punk {m} {f} |
| punk {n} (punk social movement) | :: punk {m} |
| punk rocker {n} (punk) SEE: punk | :: |
| puny {adj} (of inferior size) | :: franzino, fraco, pequeno |
| pup {n} (young dog, etc.) | :: filhote {m} |
| pupa {n} (insect) | :: pupa {f} |
| pupil {n} (learner) | :: aluno {m}, aluna {f}, pupilo {m}, pupila {f} |
| pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye) | :: pupila {f} |
| puppet {n} (movable model of a person or animal) | :: fantoche {m} |
| puppet {n} (person or country controlled by another) | :: marionete {f}, fantoche {m} |
| puppet {n} (doll) SEE: doll | :: |
| puppeteer {n} (person who uses a puppet) | :: marionetista {m} {f}, fantocheiro {m} |
| puppetry {n} (art of making and performing with puppets) | :: titeragem {f} |
| puppet show {n} (theatrical performance with puppets) | :: fantochada {f}, show de fantoches {m} |
| puppy {n} (young dog) | :: filhote de cão {m}, cachorro {m}, cachorrinho {m} |
| puppy {n} (young rat) | :: ratinho {m} |
| purchase {n} (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something for money) | :: compra {f}, aquisição {f} |
| purchase {n} (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) | :: aquisição {f}, compra {f} |
| purchase {n} (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) | :: compra {f}, compras {f-p} |
| purchase {v} (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price) | :: comprar, comprar |
| purchasing power {n} (income available to households) | :: poder aquisitivo {m}, poder de compra {m} |
| purchasing power parity {n} (long-term equilibrium) | :: paridade do poder de compra {f} |
| pure {adj} (free of flaws or imperfections) | :: puro |
| pure {adj} (free of foreign material or pollutants) | :: puro |
| pure {adj} (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean) | :: puro |
| pure {adv} (extremely) | :: bem |
| puree {n} (food that has been ground into a thick liquid) | :: puré |
| pure land {n} (celestial realm) | :: terra pura |
| purely imaginary number {n} (imaginary number) SEE: imaginary number | :: |
| purgatory {n} (situation causing suffering) | :: suplício {m} |
| purgatory {n} (Purgatory) SEE: Purgatory | :: |
| Purgatory {prop} (intermediate state after physical death) | :: purgatório {m} |
| purge {n} (the act of purging) | :: purgar |
| purge {n} (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.) | :: purga {f} |
| purge {v} (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities) | :: purgar |
| purge {v} (to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds) | :: purgar |
| purge {v} (to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit) | :: purgar |
| purge {v} (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation) | :: purgar |
| purification {n} (act of purifying) | :: purificação {f} |
| purificator {n} (napkin) | :: sanguíneo, purificatório, sanguinho |
| purify {v} (cleanse something of impurities) | :: purificar |
| purine {n} (organic heterocyclic base) | :: purina {f} |
| purism {n} (insistence on the traditionally correct way) | :: purismo {m} |
| purist {adj} (pertaining to purism) | :: purista |
| purist {n} (advocate of purism) | :: purista {m} {f} |
| puristic {adj} (purist) SEE: purist | :: |
| purity {n} (the state of being pure) | :: pureza |
| purple {n} (colour) | :: roxo, púrpura, violeta |
| purple {adj} (colour) | :: púrpura, roxo |
| purpleheart {n} (a large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies) | :: pau-violeta, roxinho {m}, guarabu {m}, barabu {m} |
| purple heron {n} (Ardea purpurea) | :: garça-vermelha {f} |
| purple prose {n} (extravagant or flowery writing) | :: verborragismo {m} |
| purple rice {n} (black rice) SEE: black rice | :: |
| purplewood {n} (purpleheart) SEE: purpleheart | :: |
| purplish {adj} (somewhat purple in colour/color) | :: arroxeado, púrpureo |
| purport {v} (to convey) | :: pretender, dizer, supor |
| purport {n} (import) | :: propósito {m} |
| purpose {n} (target) | :: propósito {m} |
| purpose {n} (intention) | :: propósito {m}, intenção {f}, objetivo {m} |
| purpose {n} (reason for doing something) | :: propósito {m} |
| purpose {v} (have set as one's purpose; intend) | :: propor-se |
| purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| purposely {adv} (on purpose; intentionally) | :: propositadamente |
| purpure {n} (purple colour on a coat of arms) | :: púrpura |
| purpure {adj} (in blazon, of the colour purple) | :: púrpura |
| purr {v} (cat to make a vibrating sound in its throat) | :: ronronar |
| purr {n} (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented) | :: ronrono |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying money) | :: moedeiro {m} |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying personal items) | :: bolsa {f} |
| purse {n} (quantity of money) | :: fundo {m} |
| purslane {n} (a plant of the family Portulacaceae) | :: portulaca {f}, beldroega {f} |
| purslane {n} (Portulaca oleracea) SEE: common purslane | :: |
| pursuant {adj} (in conformance to, or in agreement with) | :: em conformidade com |
| pursue {v} (to follow urgently) | :: perseguir |
| pursue {v} (to aim for) | :: procurar, perseguir |
| pursuer {n} (one who pursues) | :: perseguidor {m} |
| pursuit {n} (act of pursuing) | :: perseguição {f} |
| purulent {adj} (consisting of pus) | :: purulento |
| purveyor {n} (supplier) SEE: supplier | :: |
| pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection) | :: pus {m} |
| Pusan {prop} (Busan) SEE: Busan | :: |
| push {v} (to apply a force to something so that it moves away) | :: empurrar |
| push {v} (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action) | :: forçar |
| push {v} (to continually attempt to promote point of view, product etc.) | :: forçar |
| push {n} (short, directed application of force; act of pushing) | :: empurrão {m} |
| push {v} (to thrust the points of the horns against) SEE: gore | :: |
| pushchair {n} (stroller) SEE: stroller | :: |
| push in {v} (jump the queue) SEE: jump the queue | :: |
| pushing up daisies {adj} ((euphemism) dead) | :: comendo capim pela raiz |
| Pushkin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Pushkin |
| pushover {n} (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply) | :: influenciável |
| pushover {n} (Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself) | :: bobo {m}, coitado {m}, covarde, fraco {m}, frouxo {m}, molenga, pusilânime |
| pushpin {n} (thumbtack) SEE: thumbtack | :: |
| push scooter {n} (a child's foot-operated vehicle) SEE: scooter | :: |
| pushup {n} (push-up) SEE: push-up | :: |
| push-up {n} (exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor) | :: flexão {f} |
| pusillanimous {adj} (showing cowardice) | :: pusilânime |
| Puss in Boots {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Gato de Botas {m} |
| pussy {n} (informal: affectionate term for a cat) | :: chaninho {m}, bichana {f} |
| pussy {n} (slang: female genitalia) | :: boceta {f}, buceta {f}, xana {f}, xoxota {f}, xavasca {f}, rata {f}, periquita {f}, cona {f} [slang], parreco {m} [slang] |
| pussy {n} (informal: coward) | :: covarde {m}, frango {m}, maricas {m}, mulherzinha {m} |
| pussy {adj} (containing pus) | :: purulento |
| pustule {n} (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) | :: pústula {f} |
| put {v} (to place something somewhere) | :: pôr, colocar, botar |
| put {v} (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) | :: deixar |
| put {v} (to express something in a certain manner) | :: pôr |
| putative {adj} (commonly believed or deemed to be the case) | :: putativo {m} |
| put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill | :: |
| put away {v} (to place out of the way) | :: guardar |
| put away {v} (to store for later use) | :: estocar, armazenar |
| put away {v} (to send (someone) to prison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| put back {v} (to return something to its original place) | :: retornar, recolocar, pôr de volta, |
| put forward {v} (to propose for consideration) | :: apresentar, propor |
| Putin {prop} (surname) | :: Putin |
| Putinism {prop} (the political policies of Vladimir Putin) | :: putinismo {m} |
| put off {v} (to delay) | :: adiar |
| put on {v} (to don clothing) | :: vestir, pôr |
| put on airs {v} (become haughty, assume a haughty manner) | :: empinar o nariz, erguer o nariz |
| put one's foot in one's mouth {v} (say or do something embarrassing or wrong) | :: pagar mico |
| put one's hands together {v} (to clap, to applaud) | :: bater palma, bater palmas |
| put on weight {v} (to become heavier) | :: ganhar peso |
| put out {v} (place outside or eject) | :: colocar/botar/pôr para fora |
| put out {v} (produce) | :: produzir |
| put out {v} (extinguish) | :: apagar, extinguir |
| put out {v} (consent to sex) | :: dar |
| put out a fire {v} (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) | :: apagar um incêndio |
| put out of one's misery {v} (informal: to euthanize) | :: acabar com o sofrimento de |
| putrescible {adj} (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) | :: apodrecível |
| putrid {adj} (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) | :: pútrido |
| putsch {n} (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) | :: putsch {m}, golpe de estado {m}, golpe {m} |
| putschist {n} (one who participates in a putsch) | :: golpista |
| putter around {v} (to engage in meaningless activity) | :: ficar de enrolação |
| put the cart before the horse {v} (to put things in the wrong order) | :: colocar o carro à frente dos bois |
| put to bed {v} (help someone go to bed) | :: pôr para dormir |
| put to death {v} (to kill as punishment) SEE: execute | :: |
| put to sleep {v} (to help someone to bed) SEE: put to bed | :: |
| put to words {v} (verbally express) SEE: articulate | :: |
| putty {n} (a form of cement) | :: massa, massa de vidraceiro {f} |
| putty in someone's hands {n} (a person easily manipulated) | :: joguete nas mãos de {m} |
| put up {v} (to hang or mount) | :: afixar |
| put up {v} (to house, shelter) | :: hospedar |
| put up {v} (to present) | :: mostrar |
| put up {v} (to put up with) SEE: put up with | :: |
| put up with {v} | :: aguentar, suportar, tolerar |
| puzzle {n} (crossword puzzle) SEE: crossword | :: |
| puzzle {n} (anything difficult to understand or make sense of) | :: enigma {m} |
| puzzle {n} (game for one person) | :: desafio {m} |
| puzzle {n} (riddle) | :: charada {f}, enigma {m} |
| puzzle {v} (to perplex) | :: confundir, desconcertar, intrigar |
| puzzle {n} (jigsaw puzzle) SEE: jigsaw puzzle | :: |
| puzzled {adj} (confused or perplexed) | :: perplexo |
| puzzling {adj} (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) | :: intrigante, desconcertante, confuso |
| Pyeongchang {prop} (county of South Korea) | :: Pyeongchang |
| pygidium {n} (The posteriormost portion of certain arthropods) | :: pigídio {m} |
| pygmy {n} (a member of various African peoples) | :: pigmeu {m} |
| pygmy {n} (a member of a mythological race of dwarfs) | :: pigmeu {m} |
| pygmy {n} (any dwarfish person) | :: pigmeu {m} |
| pygmy {n} (an insignificant person) | :: pigmeu {m} |
| pygmy chimpanzee {n} (alternative name for bonobo) | :: chimpanzé-pigmeu {m} |
| pylon {n} (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple) | :: pilone {m}, pilono {m} |
| pylon {n} (a tower like structure used to support high voltage electricity cables) | :: torre {f} |
| pylon {n} (aviation: a structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage) | :: pilone {m} |
| pylon {n} (obelisk) SEE: obelisk | :: |
| pylon {n} (traffic cone) SEE: traffic cone | :: |
| Pyongyang {prop} (capital of North Korea) | :: Pyongyang {f}, Pionguiangue {f} |
| pyopneumothorax {n} (the accumulation of air and pus in the pleural cavity) | :: piopneumotórax {m} |
| pyramid {n} (ancient construction) | :: pirâmide {f} |
| pyramid {n} (construction) | :: pirâmide {f} |
| pyramid {n} (in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base) | :: pirâmide {f} |
| pyramidal {adj} (pyramid-shaped) | :: piramidal |
| pyre {n} (funeral pile) | :: pira {f} |
| Pyrenean {adj} (of or pertaining to the Pyrenees) | :: pirenaico |
| Pyrenees {prop} (the mountain range separating Spain from France) | :: Pireneus {m-p}, Pirenéus {m-p} |
| pyretic {adj} (caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever) | :: pirético |
| pyrite {n} (mineral iron disulfide) | :: pirita {f}, pirite {f} |
| pyrochlore {n} (mineral) | :: pirocloro {m} |
| pyroclastic flow {n} (pyroclastic flow) | :: fluxo piroclástico {m} |
| pyroligneous acid {n} (dark liquid) | :: ácido pirolenhoso {m} |
| pyrolusite {n} (a mineral, manganese dioxide) | :: pirolusita {f} |
| pyrolysis {n} (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents) | :: pirólise {m} |
| pyromania {n} (disorder) | :: piromania {f} |
| pyrometer {n} (thermometer) | :: pirómetro {m} [Portugal], pirômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| pyrotechnics {n} (firework) SEE: firework | :: |
| pyrotechnics {n} (art and technology of fireworks) | :: pirotecnia {f} |
| pyrotechnist {n} (person skilled in manufacture or setting fireworks) | :: pirotécnico {m}, pirotécnica {f} |
| pyrotechny {n} (manufacture and use of fireworks) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
| pyrotechny {n} (use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
| pyrotechny {n} (manufacture of gunpowder, bombs etc.) | :: pirotecnia {f}, pirotécnica {f} |
| pyroxene {n} (mineral) | :: piroxena {f}, piroxeno {m}, piroxénio {m} [Portugal], piroxênio {m} [Brazil] |
| Pyrrhic {adj} (achieved at excessive cost) | :: pírrico |
| Pyrrhic victory {n} (a costly victory) | :: vitória de Pirro {f}, vitória pírrica {f}, vitória pirrónica {f} [rare, Portugal], vitória pirrônica {f} [rare, Brazil] |
| pyrrole {n} (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds) | :: pirrol {m} |
| pysanka {n} (Easter egg decorated with intricate designs) | :: pêssanka {f} |
| Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) | :: Pitágoras |
| Pythagorean theorem {prop} (mathematical theorem) | :: teorema de Pitágoras {m} |
| python {n} (constricting snake) | :: pitão {m} |
| Python {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Piton {m} |
| pyxis {n} (anatomy: acetabulum) SEE: acetabulum | :: |
