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| -s {suffix} (regular plurals of nouns) | :: -s, -es |
| Saaremaa {prop} (island and county) | :: Saaremaa {f} |
| Saarland {prop} (state) | :: Saarland {m}, Sarre {m} |
| Sabbath {n} (Jewish Saturday) | :: sabá {m} |
| Sabbath {n} (Christian Sunday) | :: domingo {m} |
| Sabbath {n} (witches' Sabbath) | :: sabbat, sabá {m} |
| Sabbath-day {n} (Sabbath day, Sabbath-day, day of the Sabbath) | :: dia do sábado {m} |
| sabbatical {adj} (relating to the Sabbath) | :: sabático |
| sabbatical {adj} (relating to an extended period of leave) | :: sabático |
| sabbatical {n} (extended period of leave) | :: sabática {f} |
| Sabellian {prop} (language) | :: sabélio {m} |
| Sabellian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Sabellian language) | :: sabélico |
| saber {v} (sabre) SEE: sabre | :: |
| saber-toothed tiger {n} (sabre-toothed tiger) SEE: sabre-toothed tiger | :: |
| sable {n} (animal) | :: zibelina |
| sable {n} (heraldic colour) | :: sable |
| sable {adj} (of black colour on a coat of arms) | :: sable, saibro {m} |
| sablefish {n} (Anoplopoma fimbria) | :: peixe-carvão-do-pacífico {m} |
| Sable Island {prop} (island) | :: Ilha Sable [modern name], Fagunda [obsolete] |
| sabotage {n} (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction) | :: sabotagem {f} |
| sabotage {n} (act with intent to injure) | :: sabotagem {f} |
| sabotage {v} (deliberate destruction to prevent success) | :: sabotar |
| saboteur {n} (a person who intentionally causes the destruction of property) | :: sabotador {m} |
| sabre {n} (light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point) | :: sabre {m} |
| sabre {n} (modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre) | :: sabre {m} |
| sabre saw {n} (portable electric jigsaw) | :: serra de sabre {f} |
| sabre-toothed tiger {n} (prehistoric cat) | :: tigre-dente-de-sabre {m} |
| saccade {n} (sudden jerk) | :: tranco {m} |
| saccade {n} (rapid jerky movement of the eye) | :: movimento sacádico {m} |
| saccade {n} (act of checking a horse with a single pull of the reins) | :: puxão {m} |
| saccharide {n} (the unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn) | :: sacarídeo {m} |
| saccharin {n} (white crystalline powder) | :: sacarina {f} |
| saccharine {adj} (relating to sugar) | :: sacarino |
| saccharo- {prefix} (meaning sugar) | :: sacari- |
| saccharometer {n} (hydrometer) | :: sacarímetro {m} |
| sacerdotal {adj} (of or relating to priests or a high religious order) | :: sacerdotal |
| sac fungus {n} (fungus of the phylum Ascomycota) SEE: ascomycete | :: |
| sachet {n} (cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices) | :: sachê {m} |
| sachet {n} (small, sealed packet) | :: sachê {m} |
| sack {n} (bag for commodities or items) | :: saco {m}, saca {f} |
| sack {n} (the plunder and pillaging of a city) | :: saque {m} |
| sack {n} (informal: dismissal from employment) | :: despedido {m} |
| sack {n} (slang: scrotum) | :: saco {m} |
| sack {v} (to put in a sack or sacks) | :: ensacar |
| sackbut {n} (brass instrument) | :: sacabuxa {m} |
| sackcloth {n} (cloth) | :: aniagem {f} |
| sack man {n} (folkloric character) | :: homem do saco {m} |
| sack race {n} (type of children's game) | :: corrida do saco {f}, corrida de saco {f} |
| sacrament {n} (sacred act or ceremony) | :: sacramento {m} |
| Sacramento {prop} (Sacramento, the capital city of California) | :: Sacramento |
| sacred {adj} (made holy) | :: sagrado, sacro |
| sacred cow {n} (something which cannot be tampered with) | :: vaca sagrada {f} |
| sacrifice {v} (to offer as a gift to a deity) | :: sacrificar |
| sacrifice {v} (to give away something valuable in order to gain something else of value) | :: sacrificar |
| sacrifice {n} (something sacrificed) | :: sacrifício {m} |
| sacrilege {n} (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something sacred) | :: sacrilégio {m} |
| sacrilegious {adj} (committing sacrilege) | :: sacrílego |
| sacrilegiously {adv} (in a sacrilegious manner) | :: sacrilegamente |
| sacristy {n} (room in a church) | :: sacristia {f} |
| sacrosanct {adj} (beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable) | :: sacrossanto {m} |
| sacrum {n} (bone at the base of the spine) | :: sacro {m} |
| sad {adj} (feeling sorrow) | :: triste |
| sad {adj} (dialect: soggy) SEE: soggy | :: |
| Saïda {prop} (port city in Lebanon) SEE: Sidon | :: |
| sadden {v} (make sad or unhappy) | :: entristecer |
| saddle {n} (seat on an animal) | :: sela {f}, arreio {m} |
| saddle {n} (harness saddle on an animal) | :: sela {f} |
| saddle {n} (seat on a bicycle etc) | :: selim {m} |
| saddle {v} (to put a saddle on) | :: selar |
| saddlecloth {n} (blanket placed under a saddle) | :: xairel {m}, sobreanca {f} |
| saddlemaker {n} (saddler) SEE: saddler | :: |
| saddler {n} (someone who makes and repairs saddles) | :: seleiro {m} |
| Sadducee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish sect) | :: saduceu |
| sadism {n} (psychology: the enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation) | :: sadismo {m} |
| sadism {n} (sexual gratification from inflicting pain or humiliation, or watching it inflicted) | :: sadomasoquismo {m} |
| sadist {n} (one who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others) | :: sadista {m} {f}, sádico {m} |
| sadistic {adj} (of a person) | :: sádico |
| sadistic {adj} (of behaviour) | :: sádico |
| sadly {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately | :: |
| sadly {adv} (in a sad manner) | :: tristemente |
| sadness {n} (state/emotion) | :: tristeza {f} |
| sadomasochism {n} (practices of sadism and masochism collectively) | :: sadomasoquismo {m} |
| sadomasochism {n} (sadomasochism for sexual gratification) | :: sadomasoquismo {m} |
| sadomasochist {n} (person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain) | :: sadomasoquista {m} |
| sad to say {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately | :: |
| safari {n} (a trip into any undeveloped area) | :: safári {m} |
| safe {adj} (not in danger) | :: salvo, seguro, a salvo |
| safe {adj} (free from risk) | :: seguro |
| safe {adj} (providing protection from danger) | :: seguro |
| safe {adj} (properly secured) | :: seguro, a salvo |
| safe {adj} (slang: wicked - cool - awesome) | :: massa [Brazil], legal [Brazil] |
| safe {n} (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping) | :: cofre {m} |
| safe and sound {adj} (having come to no harm) | :: são e salvo {m}, sã e salva {f} |
| safe-conduct {n} (document) | :: salvo-conduto {m} |
| safeguard {n} (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense) | :: salvaguarda {f} |
| safeguard {v} (to protect, to keep safe) | :: salvaguardar |
| safely {adv} (in a safe manner) | :: seguramente |
| safe sex {n} (sexual activity that minize risks) | :: sexo seguro {m} |
| safety {n} (condition or feeling of being safe) | :: segurança {f} |
| safety {n} (mechanism to prevent accidental firing) | :: dispositivo de segurança {m} |
| safety pin {n} (pin in the form of a clasp) | :: alfinete {m}, alfinete de fralda {m}, alfinete de dama {m}, alfinete de segurança {m}, alfinete de ama {m}, alfinete-de-ama {m} |
| safflower {n} (plant) | :: açafroa {f} |
| saffron {n} (plant) | :: açafrão {m} |
| saffron {n} (spice) | :: açafrão {m} |
| saffron {n} (dye) | :: açafrão {m} |
| saffron {n} (colour) | :: açafrão |
| saffron {adj} (having an orange-yellow colour) | :: açafroado |
| sag {n} (state of sinking or bending) | :: cedimento {m}, afundamento {m} |
| sag {v} (to sink) | :: afundar |
| sag {v} (to lose firmness) | :: ceder |
| saga {n} (Old Norse Icelandic prose) | :: saga {f} |
| saga {n} (long epic story) | :: saga {f} |
| sagacious {adj} (having or showing keen discernment) | :: sagaz |
| sagaciously {adv} (in a sagacious manner) | :: sagazmente |
| sagacity {n} (quality of being sage) | :: sagacidade {f} |
| sage {adj} (wise) | :: sábio, sapiente |
| sage {n} (wise person) | :: sábio {m} |
| sage {n} (Salvia officinalis) | :: sálvia {f}, salva {f} [Portugal] |
| Sagittarian {n} (someone with the Sagittarius star sign) | :: sagitário {m}, sagitariano {m} |
| Sagittarius {prop} (constellation) | :: Sagitário {m} |
| Sagittarius {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Sagitário {m} |
| Sagittarius {n} (Someone with a Sagittarius star sign) | :: sagitariano |
| sago {n} (a powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener) | :: sagu {m} |
| sago pudding {n} (milk pudding made from sago) | :: sagu {m} |
| saguaro {n} (large cactus) | :: saguaro {m} |
| sagum {n} (cloak worn by Gallic, Germanic and Roman soldiers) | :: sago {m} |
| Sahara {prop} (desert) | :: Saara {m}, Sara {m} |
| Sahel {prop} (A region in Africa) | :: Sael {m}, Sahel {m} |
| saibling {n} (Salvelinus alpinus, a char of Europe) | :: truta ártica {f} |
| said and done {adj} (agreed to and accomplished or finished) | :: dito e feito |
| saiga {n} (antelope) | :: saiga {f} |
| Saigon {prop} (Ho Chi Minh City) SEE: Ho Chi Minh City | :: |
| Saigon {prop} (former name of Ho Chi Minh City) | :: Saigon {f}, Saigão {f} |
| sail {n} (a piece of fabric attached to a boat) | :: vela {f} |
| sail {n} (a trip in a boat) | :: velejada {f} |
| sail {n} (the blade of a windmill) | :: pá {f} |
| sail {v} (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat) | :: velejar |
| sail {v} (to move briskly and gracefully through the air) | :: deslizar |
| sailboat {n} (a boat propelled by a sail) | :: veleiro {m} |
| sailing {n} (motion across water) | :: navegação {f}, vela {f} |
| sailing ship {n} (type of ship) | :: veleiro {m} |
| sailor {n} (worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman) | :: marinheiro {m}, marujo {m} |
| sailplane {n} (sailplane) SEE: glider | :: |
| sainfoin {n} (perennial herbs) | :: sanfeno {m} |
| saint {n} (person proclaimed as saint) | :: santo {m}, santa {f} |
| saint {n} ((figuratively) a person with positive qualities) | :: santo {m}, santa {f} |
| Saint {n} (title given to a saint) | :: São {m}, Santo {m}, Santa {f} |
| Saint Andrew's cross {n} (cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars) | :: cruz de Santo André {f} |
| Saint Barbara {prop} (saint) | :: Santa Bárbara {f} |
| Saint Bernard {n} (Saint Bernard breed of Dog) | :: são-bernardo {m}, São Bernardo {m}, são bernardo {m} |
| Saint George {prop} (Patron saint of England and several other places) | :: São Jorge {m} |
| Saint Helena {prop} (island in the Atlantic Ocean) | :: Santa Helena {f} |
| Saint John's bread {n} (carob) SEE: carob | :: |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis {prop} (a country in the Caribbean) | :: São Cristóvão e Neves |
| Saint Lawrence River {prop} (river) | :: São Lourenço {m} |
| Saint Lucia {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: Santa Lúcia {f} |
| Saint Mary {prop} (the mother of Jesus Christ) | :: Santa Maria {f} |
| Saint Nicholas {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus | :: |
| Saint Nicholas {prop} (4th-century Greek bishop, patron of children and marines) | :: São Nicolau {m} |
| saintpaulia {n} (African violet) SEE: African violet | :: |
| Saint Petersburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: São Petersburgo {f} |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon {prop} (overseas territory of France) | :: São Pedro e Miquelon |
| Saint Valentine's Day {prop} (Saint Valentine's Day) | :: Dia dos Namorados {m}, Dia de São Valentim {m} |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines {prop} (country in the Caribbean) | :: São Vicente e Granadinas |
| sake {n} (cause, interest or account) | :: causa {f}, causa, interesse |
| sake {n} (purpose or end; reason) | :: razão {f}, motivo {m} |
| sake {n} (benefit) | :: bem {m}, benefício |
| sake {n} | :: causa {f} |
| sake {n} (Japanese rice wine) | :: saqué {m} [Portugal], saquê {m} [Brazil] |
| Sakha {n} (Turkic language) SEE: Yakut | :: |
| Sakhalin {prop} (island in Russia) | :: Sacalina {f} |
| sakura {n} (cherry) SEE: cherry | :: |
| sakura {n} (Japanese cherry tree) | :: sakura {f} |
| sakura {n} (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree, see also: cherry blossom) | :: sakura {f} |
| sakura {n} (cherry blossom) SEE: cherry blossom | :: |
| sakura {n} (cherry tree) SEE: cherry tree | :: |
| sal {n} (Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree) | :: sal {m} |
| salaam {interj} (a Muslim greeting) | :: salama, salamo, salema |
| salaam alaikum {interj} (peace be upon you [Muslim greeting]) | :: salamaleque |
| salacious {adj} (promoting sexual desire or lust) | :: fogoso |
| salacity {n} (the state or quality of being salacious) | :: salacidade {f} |
| salad {n} (food) | :: salada {f} |
| Salafism {n} (a Sunni Islamic movement) | :: salafismo {m} |
| salamander {n} (amphibian) | :: salamandra {f} |
| salami {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| salami {n} (sausage) | :: salame {m} |
| salary {n} (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis) | :: salário {m} |
| salat {n} (Islamic prayer) | :: salá {f} |
| Salazarism {n} (the politics of Portuguese prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar) | :: salazarismo {m} |
| salbutamol {n} (short-acting bronchodilator) | :: salbutamol {m} |
| sale {n} (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit) | :: venda {f} |
| sale {n} (sale of goods at reduced prices) | :: liquidação {f} |
| sale {n} (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) | :: leilão {m} |
| saleable {adj} (suitable for sale) | :: vendável, vendível |
| Salekhard {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Salekhard {f} |
| salesman {n} (man whose job it is to sell things) | :: vendedor {m} |
| salesperson {n} (person who sells) | :: vendedor {m} |
| saleswoman {n} (woman whose occupation is to sell things) | :: vendedora {f} |
| salicylic acid {n} (salicylic acid) | :: ácido salicílico {m} |
| salicylism {n} (toxic condition induced by excessive intake of salicylates) | :: salicilismo {m} |
| saline {adj} (salty) | :: salino |
| salipenter {n} (tegu lizard) SEE: tegu | :: |
| saliva {n} (liquid secreted into the mouth) | :: saliva {f} |
| salivary {adj} (of or pertaining to saliva) | :: salivar |
| salivary gland {n} (Any of exocrine glands producing saliva to break down carbohydrates in food enzymatically) | :: glândula salivar {f} |
| salivate {v} (to produce saliva) | :: salivar |
| Sallustian {adj} (relating to Sallust) | :: salustiano |
| sally {n} (willow) SEE: willow | :: |
| salmon {n} (fish) | :: salmão {m} |
| salmon {n} (colour) | :: salmão {m} |
| salmon {adj} (colour) | :: salmão |
| salmon trout {n} (rainbow trout) SEE: rainbow trout | :: |
| salo {n} (non-rendered pig fat) | :: toicinho {m}, toucinho {m}, salo {m} |
| salon {n} (large room) | :: salão {m} |
| salon {n} (art gallery) | :: galeria {f} |
| salon {n} (beauty salon) | :: salão de beleza {m} |
| saloon {n} (sedan) SEE: sedan | :: |
| salp {n} (free-swimming tunicate of the genus Salpa) | :: salpa {f} |
| salpinx {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube | :: |
| salsa {n} (style of music) | :: salsa {f} |
| salt {adj} (salty) | :: salgado |
| salt {adj} (saline) | :: salino |
| salt {v} (to add salt to) | :: salgar |
| salt {n} (salt marsh) SEE: salt marsh | :: |
| salt {n} (sodium chloride) | :: sal {m} |
| salt {n} (compound of an acid and a base) | :: sal {m} |
| salt {n} (sailor) | :: marujo {m} |
| saltationism {n} (the belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features) | :: saltacionismo {m} |
| saltbush {n} (plant of the genus Atriplex) | :: armoles {f} |
| salt cellar {n} (container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table) | :: saleiro {m} |
| salt cod {n} (Cod that has been dried and salted) | :: bacalhau {m} |
| salt dome {n} (upwelling of crystalline rock salt) | :: domo de sal {m} |
| saltern {n} (modern saltworks) | :: salina {f} |
| salting {n} (salt marsh) SEE: salt marsh | :: |
| salting {n} (act) | :: salga {f} |
| saltire {n} (Saint Andrew's cross) SEE: Saint Andrew's cross | :: |
| salt marsh {n} (marsh of saline water) | :: pântano salino {m}, marisma salina {f} |
| salt of the earth {n} (a decent, dependable person) | :: sal da terra {m} |
| saltpetre {n} (sodium nitrate) SEE: sodium nitrate | :: |
| saltpetre {n} (potassium nitrate) SEE: potassium nitrate | :: |
| salt shaker {n} (a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling) | :: saleiro {m} |
| salt water {n} (brine) SEE: brine | :: |
| salt water {n} (any water containing dissolved salt) | :: água salgada {f} |
| salty {adj} (tasting of salt) | :: salgado |
| salty {adj} (containing salt) | :: salgado |
| salty {adj} (of language: coarse, provocative) | :: salgado |
| salty dog {n} (seadog) SEE: seadog | :: |
| salubrious {adj} (promoting health) | :: salubre, saudável |
| Saluki {n} (Saluki breed of dog) | :: saluki {m} |
| salute {n} | :: saudação {f} |
| salute {v} | :: saudar |
| Salvador {prop} (male given name) | :: Salvador |
| Salvadoran {n} (a person from El Salvador) | :: salvadorenho {m} |
| Salvadoran {adj} (of or pertaining to El Salvador) | :: salvadorenho |
| Salvadorian {n} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran | :: |
| Salvadorian {adj} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran | :: |
| salvation {n} (the process of being saved (religion)) | :: salvação {f} |
| salve {n} (ointment, cream or balm) | :: pomada {f} |
| salvo {n} (concentrated fire from pieces of artillery) | :: salva {f} |
| Salzburg {prop} (city) | :: Salisburgo {f}, Salzburgo {f}, Salzburg {f} |
| Salzburg {prop} (modern Austrian state) | :: Salisburgo {f}, Salzburgo {f}, Salzburg {f} |
| samara {n} (winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple) | :: sâmara {f} |
| Samara {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Samara {f} |
| Samaria {prop} (Both city and part of ancient Palestine) | :: Samaria {f} |
| Samaritan {n} (a native or inhabitant of Samaria) | :: samaritano {m} |
| Samaritan {adj} (of or relating to Samaria or the Samaritans) | :: samaritano |
| samarium {n} (chemical element) | :: samário {m} |
| Samarkand {prop} (city in Uzbekistan) | :: Samarcanda {f}, Samarkand {f}, Samarcand {f}, Samarcande {f}, Samarkande {f}, Samarkanda {f} |
| samba {n} (Brazilian ballroom dance) | :: samba {m} |
| sambadrome {n} (exhibition place for samba schools in Brazil) | :: sambódromo {m} |
| Sambo {prop} (martial art) | :: sambo {m} |
| same {adj} (not different as regards self; identical) | :: mesmo {m}, o mesmo |
| same {adj} (similar, alike) | :: mesmo |
| same {pron} (the identical thing) | :: mesmo {m} |
| same {pron} (something similar, something of the identical type) | :: mesmo |
| same old story {n} (the repetition of an annoying occurrence) | :: o mesmo de sempre |
| same-sex marriage {n} (gay marriage) SEE: gay marriage | :: |
| same to you {phrase} (I wish to you what you have just wished to me) | :: igualmente |
| Sami {n} (member of indigenous people of Lapland) | :: lapão {m}, lapónio {m} [Portugal], lapônio {m} [Brazil], saami {m} {f}, sami {m} |
| Sami {prop} (any of the languages of the Sami) | :: lapão {m}, lapónio {m} [Portugal], lapônio {m} [Brazil], sami {m} |
| Sami {adj} (relating to the Sami people or languages) | :: sami {m}, lapão {m}, lapônio {m} |
| Samian {adj} (of or pertaining to the island of Samos) | :: sâmio, samiano |
| Samian {n} (a native or inhabitant of Samos) | :: sâmio {m}, samiano {m} |
| samizdat {n} (underground publishing) | :: samizdat {m} |
| samizdat {n} (a samizdat publication) | :: samizdat {m} |
| samlaw {n} (pedicab) SEE: pedicab | :: |
| Samnite {n} (a native of Samnium) | :: samnita {m} {f} |
| Samnium {prop} (region of Italy) | :: Sâmnio {m} |
| Samoa {prop} (Independent State of Samoa) | :: Samoa |
| Samoan {n} (person) | :: samoano |
| Samoan {n} (Samoan language) | :: samoano |
| Samoan {adj} (of or pertaining to Samoa) | :: samoano |
| Samogitia {prop} (Samogitia) | :: Samogícia {f} |
| Samogitian {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to the region of Samogitia, or its people) | :: samogiciano |
| Samogitian {prop} (Baltic language spoken in Samogitia) | :: samogiciano {m} |
| samogon {n} (moonshine) SEE: moonshine | :: |
| Samos {prop} (an island belonging to the Sporades and a city) | :: Samos {f} |
| samosa {n} (Indian snack) | :: chamuça {f} |
| Samosata {prop} (city in Commagene) | :: Samosata {f} |
| Samothrace {prop} (island) | :: Samotrácia {f} |
| samovar {n} (metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea) | :: samovar {m} |
| sampan {n} (Chinese boat) | :: sampana {f} |
| samphire {n} (marsh samphire) | :: salicórnia {f} |
| samphire {n} (rock samphire) SEE: rock samphire | :: |
| sample {n} (part taken for inspection) | :: amostra {f} |
| sample {v} (to take or to test a sample or samples of) | :: provar, amostrar |
| sample {v} (music: to reuse a portion of an existing recording) | :: samplear |
| sampling {n} (process or technique of obtaining a representative sample) | :: amostragem {f} |
| sampling {n} (measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form) | :: amostragem {f} |
| Samson {prop} (Israelite judge) | :: Sansão {m} |
| Samuel {prop} (male given name) | :: Samuel {m} |
| Samuel {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Samuel {m} |
| Samuel {prop} (biblical person) | :: Samuel {m} |
| samurai {n} (feudal Japanese warrior) | :: samurai {m} |
| -san {suffix} (Mrs) SEE: Mrs | :: |
| -san {suffix} (Miss) SEE: Miss | :: |
| Sana'a {prop} (capital of Yemen) | :: Sanaa {f}, Saná {f} |
| sanatorium {n} (institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence) | :: sanatório {m} |
| séance {n} (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits) | :: sessão espírita {f} |
| sanctify {v} (to make holy) | :: santificar, consagrar |
| sanctimonious {adj} (making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically) | :: santimonial |
| sanction {n} (approval, by an authority, that makes something valid) | :: sanção {f} |
| sanction {n} (penalty, coercive measure) | :: sanção {f} |
| sanction {n} (stipulation specifying the above) | :: sanção {f} |
| sanction {v} (to give authorization or approval to) | :: sancionar |
| sanction {v} (to penalize a state, especially for violating international law) | :: sancionar |
| sanctity {n} (holiness) SEE: holiness | :: |
| sanctuary {n} (place of safety or protection) | :: refúgio {m} |
| sanctuary {n} (area set aside for protection) | :: santuário {m} |
| sanctuary {n} (consecrated area) | :: santuário {m} |
| sand {n} (finely ground rock) | :: areia {f} |
| sand {n} (beach) | :: praia {f} |
| sand {n} (colour) | :: areia {m} |
| sand {adj} (colour) | :: areia |
| sand {v} (to abrade with sand or sandpaper) | :: arear |
| sand {v} (to cover with sand) | :: arear |
| sandal {n} (type of footwear) | :: sandália, chinelo |
| sandal {n} (sandalwood) SEE: sandalwood | :: |
| sandalwood {n} (any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum) | :: sândalo {m} |
| sandalwood {n} (the aromatic heartwood of the trees of the genus Santalum) | :: sândalo {m} |
| Sandaun {prop} (province of northwestern Papua New Guinea) | :: Sepik Ocidental |
| sandbag {n} (a bag filled with sand) | :: saco de areia {m} |
| sandbank {n} (ridge of sand) | :: banco de areia {m} |
| sandbox {n} (box with sand for children) | :: caixa de areia {f} |
| sandbox {n} (wiki sandbox) | :: zona de testes {f} |
| sandcastle {n} (a sculpture made of sand and resembling a miniature castle) | :: castelo de areia {m} |
| sand cat {n} (small wild cat) | :: gato-do-deserto {m} |
| sand crab {n} (crab of the Hippoidea superfamily) | :: tatuí {m} |
| sand dollar {n} (any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida) | :: bolacha-da-praia {f} |
| sand dune {n} (mound of windblown sand) | :: duna de areia {f} |
| sand eel {n} (fish of the family Ammodytidae) SEE: sand lance | :: |
| sanderling {n} (Calidris alba) | :: maçarico-branco |
| sandhi {n} (phonological process) | :: sândi {m} |
| Sandinista {n} (member of the Sandinista National Liberation Fron) | :: sandinista {m} {f} |
| sand lance {n} (fish of the family Ammodytidae) | :: galeota {f}, sandilho {m} |
| sandlike {adj} (resembling sand) | :: areniforme |
| sandman {n} (figure who brings good sleep and dreams) | :: João Pestana {m}, joão-pestana {m} |
| sand martin {n} (bird) | :: andorinha-das-barreiras {f} |
| sandpaper {n} (paper coated with abrasive material) | :: lixa {f} |
| sandpaper {n} (a sheet) | :: lixa {f} |
| sandpaper {v} (to polish or grind a surface) | :: lixar {f} |
| sandpiper {n} (bird of the family Scolopacidae) | :: maçarico {m} |
| sandpit {n} (children's play area) | :: caixa de areia {f} |
| sandstone {n} (sand/clay sedimentary rock) | :: arenito {m} |
| sandstorm {n} (strong wind carrying clouds of sand) | :: tempestade de areia {f} |
| sandwich {n} (snack consisting of two slices of bread) | :: sanduíche {m} [Brazil], sandes {f} [Portugal], sanduba [Brazil] |
| sandwich bar {n} | :: sanduicheria {f} |
| sandwort {n} (any of several plants in the genera Arenaria) | :: arenária {f} |
| sandy {adj} (covered with sand) | :: areado, arenado |
| sandy {adj} (like sand) | :: areoso |
| sandy {adj} (sand-coloured) | :: arenoso |
| sane {adj} (mentally healthy) | :: são {m}, sã {f} |
| San Francisco {prop} (San Francisco, California city) | :: São Francisco |
| sangfroid {n} (composure, self-possession or imperturbability) | :: sangue-frio {m} |
| sangria {n} (Spanish wine drink with fruit, sugar and soda) | :: sangria {f} |
| sanguinary {adj} (accompanied by bloodshed) | :: sanguinário {m} |
| sanguinary {adj} (eager for bloodshed) | :: sanguinário {m} |
| sanguine {adj} (having the colour of blood; red) | :: sanguíneo |
| sanguine {adj} (having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours) | :: sanguíneo |
| sanguine {n} (blood red colour) | :: sanguíneo |
| sanitary napkin {n} (pad of cotton or other absorbent material) | :: absorvente íntimo {m}, penso higiénico |
| sanitary towel {n} (pad of cotton) SEE: sanitary napkin | :: |
| sanitation {n} (the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste) | :: saneamento {m} |
| sanitation {n} (the policy and practice) | :: saneamento {m} |
| sanitize {v} (to free from microorganisms) | :: higienizar, desinfetar |
| sanity {n} (the condition of being sane) | :: sanidade |
| San José {prop} (the capital of Costa Rica) | :: San José {f}, São José {f} |
| San José {prop} (A city in California, USA) SEE: San Jose | :: |
| San Jose {prop} (a city in California, USA) | :: San José {f}, São José {f}, San Jose {f} |
| San Marino {prop} (Republic of San Marino) | :: São Marinho, São Marino {m}, San Marino {m} |
| San Marino {prop} (capital city) | :: San Marino {f} |
| sans {prep} (without) SEE: without | :: |
| San Salvador {prop} (capital of El Salvador) | :: San Salvador {f} |
| sans-culotte {n} (sans-culotte) | :: sans-culotte {m} {f} |
| Sanskrit {n} (language) | :: sânscrito {m} |
| sans serif {adj} (without serifs) | :: sem serifa |
| Santa {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus | :: |
| Santa Catarina {prop} (state in southern Brazil) | :: Santa Catarina {f} |
| Santa Claus {prop} (fictional figure) | :: Pai Natal {m} [Portugal, Mozambique], Papai Noel {m} [Brazil] |
| Santa Fé {prop} (city) | :: Santa Fé |
| Santa Fe {prop} (capital city of New Mexico) | :: Santa Fé |
| Santiago {prop} (city in Chile) | :: Santiago {f} |
| Santiago de Chile {prop} (Santiago) SEE: Santiago | :: |
| Santo Domingo {prop} (the capital city of the Dominican Republic) | :: Santo Domingo {f} |
| saola {n} (ruminant) | :: saola {m} |
| sap {n} (juice of plant) | :: seiva |
| sap {v} (undermine) | :: socavar |
| Sapirian {adj} (relating to Edward Sapir) | :: sapiriano |
| saponification {n} (ester formation) | :: saponificação {f} |
| saponification {n} (soap formation) | :: saponificação {f} |
| saponin {n} (steroid glycoside) | :: saponina {f} |
| sapper {n} (one who saps; combat engineer) | :: sapador |
| sapphire {n} (gem) | :: safira {f} |
| sapphire {n} (type of hummingbird) | :: beija-flor-de-garganta-azul {m} |
| sapphism {n} (lesbianism) | :: safismo |
| Sappho {prop} (Greek female name) | :: Safo |
| sappy {adj} (excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy) | :: piegas, meloso, grudento |
| sapro- {prefix} (putrid, rotten matter) | :: sapro- |
| sapucaia {n} (any of several trees in the genus Lecythis) | :: sapucaia {f} |
| sapwood {n} (wood just under the bark) | :: alburno {m}, samo {m}, borne {m} |
| Sara {prop} (female given name) SEE: Sarah | :: |
| Sarah {prop} (the wife of Abraham) | :: Sara {f} |
| Sarah {prop} (given name from Hebrew) | :: Sara |
| Sarajevo {prop} (city) | :: Sarajevo {f}, Saraievo {f} |
| Saransk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Saransk {f} |
| sarapatel {n} (Portuguese meat dish) | :: sarapatel {m} |
| Saratov {prop} (city) | :: Saratov {f} |
| Sarawak {prop} (state in Malaysia) | :: Sarawak {m} |
| sarcasm {n} (derision, facetiousness) | :: sarcasmo |
| sarcastic {adj} (Containing sarcasm) | :: sarcástico {m} |
| sarcastic {adj} (Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm) | :: sarcástico {m} |
| sarcoma {n} (type of malignant tumor) | :: sarcoma {m} |
| sarcomere {n} (contractile unit in a striated muscle's myofibril) | :: sarcómero {m}, sarcômero {m} |
| sarcophagus {n} (coffin) | :: sarcófago {m} |
| sarcophagus {n} (steel structure) | :: sarcófago {m} |
| Sardanapalus {prop} (King of Assyria) | :: Sardanápalo {m} |
| sardine {n} (fish) | :: sardinha {f} |
| Sardinia {prop} (island of Italy) | :: Sardenha {f} |
| Sardinian {prop} (language) | :: sardo {m}, sardenho {m} |
| Sardinian {adj} (relating to Sardinia) | :: sardo, sardenho |
| Sardinian {n} (person from Sardinia) | :: sardo {m}, sardenho {m}, sarda {f}, sardenha {f} |
| sardonic {adj} (scornfully mocking) | :: sardónico [Portugal], sardônico [Brazil] |
| sardonic {adj} (ironically humorous) | :: sardónico [Portugal], sardônico [Brazil] |
| sardonically {adv} (in a sardonic manner) | :: sardonicamente |
| sargasso {n} (brown alga of the genus Sargassum) | :: sargaço {f} |
| Sargasso Sea {prop} (an elongated area in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean) | :: mar dos Sargaços {m} |
| sargassum fish {n} (Histrio histrio) | :: peixe-doutor {m} |
| Sargon {prop} (emperor) | :: Sargão |
| Sargon {prop} (king) | :: Sargão |
| sari {n} (cloth) | :: sari {m} |
| sarin {n} (neurotoxin) | :: sarin {m} |
| Sarkozy {prop} (surname) | :: Sarkozy |
| Sarmatia {prop} (ancient region in modern Ukraine, southern Russia and the eastern Balkans) | :: Sarmácia {f} |
| Sarmatian {adj} (of or relating to Sarmatia) | :: sármata |
| Sarmatian {n} (a native or inhabitant of Sarmatia) | :: sármata {m} {f} |
| sarong {n} (garment made of printed cloth wrapped about the waist) | :: sarongue {m} |
| SARS {n} (severe acute respiratory syndrome) | :: SARS {f} |
| sarsaparilla {n} (vine of the genus Smilax) | :: salsaparrilha {f} |
| sartorius {n} (anatomy: a muscle) | :: sartório {m} |
| Sartrean {adj} (of Sartre or his works) | :: sartriano |
| Sartrean {n} (follower of Sartre) | :: sartriano {m} |
| sash {n} (decorative length of cloth) | :: faixa {f} |
| sashimi {n} (dish of slices of raw fish or meat) | :: sashimi {m} |
| Saskatchewan {prop} (Province in western Canada) | :: Saskatchewan {m} |
| Saskatoon {prop} (the largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada) | :: Saskatoon {f} |
| sass {n} (backtalk, cheek, sarcasm) | :: atrevimento |
| sass {v} (talk back) | :: responder |
| sassy {adj} (bold and spirited, cheeky, impudent, saucy) | :: atrevido, espevitado, ousado |
| sassy {adj} (lively, vigorous) | :: corajoso |
| Sat {n} (abbreviation of Saturday) | :: sáb {m} |
| Satan {prop} (the Devil) | :: Satanás {m}, Satã |
| satanic {adj} (relating to Satan) | :: satânico |
| satanic {adj} (evil) | :: satânico, diabólico, infernal |
| satanic {adj} (relating to Satanism) | :: satânico, satanista |
| satanical {adj} (satanic) SEE: satanic | :: |
| Satanism {n} (devil worship) | :: satanismo {m} |
| Satanism {n} (a religion founded by Anton Szandor LaVey) | :: satanismo |
| Satanist {n} (one who identifies with Satanism) | :: satanista {m} {f} |
| Satanist {n} (one who worships Satan) | :: satanista {m} {f} |
| satay {n} (dish) | :: satay {m} |
| satchel {n} (bag or case with one or two shoulder straps) | :: bolsa {f} |
| sate {v} (To satisfy; fill up) | :: saciar |
| satellite {n} (a body orbiting a larger one) | :: satélite {m} |
| satellite {n} (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body) | :: satélite {m} |
| satellite dish {n} (parabolic antenna) | :: parabólica {f} |
| satellite town {n} (self-contained town near a metropolis) | :: cidade satélite {f} |
| satiable {adj} (capable of being sated) | :: saciável |
| satiate {v} (satisfy) | :: saciar |
| satiate {v} (satisfy to excess) | :: saciar |
| satiated {adj} (pleasantly full) | :: saciado, farto, satisfeito |
| satiation {n} (satiety) SEE: satiety | :: |
| satiety {n} (state of being perfectly satiated) | :: saciedade {f} |
| satin {n} (cloth with a glossy surface and a dull back) | :: cetim {m} |
| satiny {adj} (like satin) | :: satinado {m} |
| satire {n} (literary technique) | :: sátira {f} |
| satiric {adj} (satirical) SEE: satirical | :: |
| satirical {adj} (of or pertaining to satire) | :: satírico |
| satirically {adv} (in a satiric manner) | :: satiricamente |
| satisfaction {n} (fulfillment of a need or desire) | :: satisfação {f} |
| satisfaction {n} (pleasure obtained by such fulfillment) | :: satisfação {f} |
| satisfaction {n} (source of such gratification) | :: satisfação {f} |
| satisfaction {n} (reparation for an injury or loss) | :: satisfação {f}, retribuição {f} |
| satisfaction {n} (vindication for a wrong suffered) | :: satisfação {f}, retribuição {f} |
| satisfactorily {adv} (in satisfactory manner) | :: satisfatoriamente |
| satisfactory {adj} (adequate or sufficient) | :: satisfatório |
| satisfied {adj} (in a state of satisfaction) | :: satisfeito, saciado |
| satisfy {v} (to meet needs, to fulfill) | :: satisfazer |
| satisfy {v} (to satisfy) SEE: respond | :: |
| Sato {prop} (Japanese surname 佐藤) | :: Sato |
| satrap {n} (governor of a Persian province) | :: sátrapa {m} |
| satrapy {n} (territory governed by a satrap) | :: satrapia {f} |
| saturate {v} (to become penetrated or soaked) | :: saturar |
| saturate {v} (to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold) | :: saturar |
| saturation {n} (the act of saturating or the process of being saturated) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (condition in which no increase in effect is possible) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (chemistry: state of a saturated solution) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (organic chemistry: state with no double or triple bonds) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (vividness of color) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (flooding of market) | :: saturação {f} |
| saturation {n} (musical effect) | :: saturação {f} |
| Saturday {n} (day of the week) | :: sábado {m} |
| Saturday {adv} (on Saturday) | :: sábado |
| Saturn {prop} (planet) | :: Saturno {m} |
| Saturn {prop} (god) | :: Saturno {m} |
| saturnine {adj} (of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.) | :: saturnino {m}, saturnina {f}, soturno {m}, soturna {f} |
| satyr {n} (Greek mythology) | :: sátiro {m} |
| satyriasis {n} (uncontrollable sexual desire) | :: satiríase |
| sauce {n} (liquid condiment) | :: molho {m} |
| saucepan {n} (deep cooking vessel) | :: panela {f}, caçarola {f} |
| saucer {n} (small dish) | :: pires {m} |
| Saudi {prop} (Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi Arabia | :: |
| Saudi {n} (person from Saudi Arabia) | :: saudita {m} {f} |
| Saudi {adj} (pertaining to Saudi Arabia) | :: saudita |
| Saudi Arabia {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Arábia Saudita {f} |
| Saudi Arabian {n} (person from Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi | :: |
| Saudi Arabian {adj} (pertaining to Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi | :: |
| sauerkraut {n} (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage) | :: chucrute {m} |
| Saul {prop} (first king of Israel) | :: Saul {m} |
| Saul {prop} (original name of Paul) | :: Saulo {m} |
| Saul {prop} (male given name) | :: Saulo {m} |
| sauna {n} (sauna room or house) | :: sauna {f} |
| sauna {n} (act of using a sauna) | :: banho de sauna {m} |
| sauna {v} (to use a sauna) | :: tomar banho de sauna |
| saunter {v} (stroll or walk at a leisurely pace) | :: passear |
| saunter {n} (a leisurely walk or stroll) | :: passeio {m} |
| sausage {n} (a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing) | :: salsicha {f}, linguiça {f} |
| sausage {n} (small, uncooked) | :: salsicha {f}, linguiça {f} |
| sausage {n} (sausage-shaped thing) | :: salsichão {m} |
| Saussurean {adj} (relating o Ferdinand de Saussure or his works) | :: saussuriano |
| sauté {v} (to cook food) | :: refogar, saltear |
| Sava {prop} (river) | :: Sava {m} |
| savage {adj} (wild, not cultivated) | :: selvagem |
| savage {adj} (barbaric, not civilized) | :: selvagem |
| savage {adj} (fierce and ferocious) | :: selvagem |
| savage {adj} (brutal, vicious or merciless) | :: selvagem |
| savage {n} (uncivilized or feral person) | :: selvagem {m} {f} |
| savagery {n} (being savage) | :: selvageria {f} |
| savagery {n} (act of cruelty) | :: selvageria {f} |
| savanna {n} (tropical grassland with scattered trees) | :: savana, [Angola] anhara {f}, [Angola] chana {f} |
| save {n} (block that prevents an opponent from scoring) | :: defesa {f} |
| save {v} (to help someone to survive, or rescue someone) | :: ajudar, salvar, socorrer |
| save {v} (theology: to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation) | :: salvar |
| save {v} (to store for future use) | :: armazenar, estocar, guardar |
| save {v} (computing: to write a file to a storage medium) | :: guardar [Portugal], salvar [Brazil], gravar [Portugal] |
| save {v} (to economize) | :: poupar |
| save {v} (to accumulate money) | :: poupar, guardar |
| save {prep} (except, with the exception of) | :: menos, salvo, exceto |
| Save {prop} (river in Africa) | :: Save {m} |
| saving {n} (something that is saved) | :: poupança {f}, economias {f-p} |
| savings account {n} (account that yields a better interest than a current account) | :: poupança {f} |
| savings bank {n} (financial institution) | :: caixa económica {f} [Portugal], caixa econômica {f} [Brazil] |
| savior {n} (a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm) | :: salvador {m}, salvadora {f} |
| savory {adj} (tasty, attractive to the palate) | :: saboroso {m}, apetitoso {m}, gostoso {m} |
| savory {adj} (salty or non-sweet) | :: salgado, de sal |
| savory {n} (herb of genus Satureja) | :: segurelha {f} |
| savour {n} (the specific taste or smell of something) | :: sabor {m} |
| savour {v} (to appreciate, enjoy or relish something) | :: saborear |
| Savoy {prop} (a historical region of western Europe) | :: Savoia {f}, Saboia {f} |
| Savoy {n} (Savoy cabbage) SEE: Savoy cabbage | :: |
| Savoy cabbage {n} (cultivar of cabbage) | :: couve-lombarda {f} |
| savvy {adj} (well-informed and perceptive) | :: sábio |
| savvy {v} ((informal) to understand) | :: saber |
| saw {n} (tool) | :: serra {f}, serrote {m} |
| saw {v} (cut with a saw) | :: serrar |
| saw {n} (saying or proverb) | :: provérbio {m} |
| sawdust {n} (dust created by sawing) | :: serragem {f} |
| sawfish {n} (ray with saw-shaped snout) | :: peixe-serra {m} |
| sawm {n} (Islamic fasting) | :: sawm {f} |
| sawmill {n} (machine, building or company) | :: serraria {f} |
| sawshark {n} (any of the order Pristiophoriformes of sharks) | :: tubarão-serra {m} |
| sawtooth {n} (sawtooth wave) SEE: sawtooth wave | :: |
| sawtooth wave {n} (function or waveform that ramps upwards and then sharply drops) | :: onda dente de serra {f} |
| sawyer {n} (one who saws timber) | :: serrador {m} |
| saxifrage {n} (plant) | :: saxífraga {f} |
| Saxon {n} (member of Saxon tribe) | :: saxão {m}, saxônio {m}, saxônico {m} |
| Saxon {n} (native or inhabitant of Saxony) | :: saxão {m}, saxônio {m} |
| Saxon {prop} (language of the Saxons) | :: saxão {m}, saxônico {m} |
| Saxon {adj} (of Saxons, Saxony or Saxon language) | :: saxão, saxônio, saxônico |
| Saxony {prop} (state) | :: Saxónia {f} [Portugal], Saxônia {f} [Brazil] |
| saxophone {n} (a musical instrument of the woodwind family) | :: saxofone {m} |
| saxophonist {n} (person who plays or practices with the saxophone) | :: saxofonista {m} {f} |
| say {v} (to pronounce) | :: dizer, falar |
| say {v} (to recite) | :: recitar |
| say {v} (to communicate verbally or in writing) | :: dizer, falar |
| say {v} (to indicate in a written form) | :: dizer |
| say {v} (to have a common expression) | :: diz-se, dizem |
| say {v} (imperative: let's say) | :: suponhamos, digamos |
| say {v} (to say) SEE: tell | :: |
| say cheese {v} (elicit a smile from someone for a photograph) | :: dizer xis |
| say goodbye {v} (wish someone farewell upon their leaving) | :: despedir-se |
| say grace {v} (say a prayer of thanks) | :: dar graças |
| saying {n} (proverb or maxim) | :: ditado {m}, provérbio {m} |
| sayonara {interj} (goodbye, adieu) SEE: farewell | :: |
| scab {n} (mange) SEE: mange | :: |
| scab {n} (incrustation over a wound) | :: crosta {f}, bostela {f}, casquinha {f}, casca {f} |
| scab {n} (scabies) SEE: scabies | :: |
| scab {n} (strikebreaker) SEE: strikebreaker | :: |
| scabbard {n} (the sheath of a sword) | :: bainha {f} |
| scabby {adj} (full of scabs) | :: sarnento {m} |
| scabies {n} (an infestation of parasitic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei) | :: sarna {f} |
| scaffold {n} (structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on) | :: andaime {m} |
| scaffold {n} (platform for executions) | :: cadafalso {m} |
| scaffolding {n} (system of tubes or poles used to support people and material) | :: andaime {m} |
| scalability {n} (property of being scalable) | :: escalabilidade |
| scalar {adj} (having magnitude) | :: escalar |
| scalar {adj} (relating to scale) | :: escalar |
| scalar {n} (quantity with magnitude) | :: escalar {f} |
| scalar product {n} (product of two vectors) | :: produto escalar {m} |
| scald {v} (to burn with hot fluid) | :: escaldar |
| scald {v} (to heat almost to boiling) | :: escaldar |
| scale {n} (sequence for measurement) | :: escala {f} |
| scale {n} (size or scope) | :: tamanho {m} |
| scale {n} (ratio of distances) | :: escala {f} |
| scale {n} (series of notes) | :: escala {f} |
| scale {v} (to climb) | :: escalar, subir |
| scale {n} (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals) | :: escama {f} |
| scale {v} (remove the scales of) | :: escamar, descamar |
| scale {n} (dish of a balance) | :: prato {m} |
| scale {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| scale {n} (device) SEE: scales | :: |
| scale model {n} (three-dimensional copy or representation of something) | :: maquete |
| scalene {adj} (sides of different lengths) | :: escaleno {m} |
| scales {n} (device for weighing goods for sale) | :: balança {f} |
| scallion {n} (Allium fistulosum) SEE: spring onion | :: |
| scallop {n} (mollusc) | :: vieira |
| scalp {n} (part of head where the hair grows) | :: couro cabeludo {m} |
| scalp {n} (part of the skin of the head of an enemy kept as a trophy) | :: escalpo {m} |
| scalp {v} (to remove part of the head) | :: escalpelar, escalpar |
| scalpel {n} (small straight knife) | :: bisturi |
| scalper {n} (one who sells tickets unofficially) | :: cambista {m} {f} |
| scalping {n} (act of scalping) | :: escalpelamento {m} |
| scaly anteater {n} (pangolin) SEE: pangolin | :: |
| scam {n} (fraudulent deal) | :: golpe {m}, calote {m}, embrulhada {f} |
| scam {v} (to defraud or embezzle) | :: aplicar um golpe, lograr |
| scammer {n} (swindler, cheat) | :: golpista {m} {f} |
| scan {v} (examine sequentially) | :: varrer |
| scan {v} (create a digital copy of an image using a scanner) | :: escanear, digitalizar |
| scan {v} (form a poetic metre) | :: escandir |
| scan {n} (instance of scanning) | :: varredura {f} |
| scandal {n} (incident that brings disgrace) | :: escândalo {m} |
| Scandinavia {prop} (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) | :: Escandinávia {f} |
| Scandinavia {prop} (Scandinavian Peninsula) SEE: Scandinavian Peninsula | :: |
| Scandinavian {n} (someone from Scandinavia) | :: escandinavo {m} |
| Scandinavian {adj} (of Scandinavia) | :: escandinavo |
| Scandinavian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in Northern Europe, see also: Scandinavia) | :: Escandinávia {f} |
| scandium {n} (chemical element) | :: escândio {m} |
| Scania {prop} (region of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula) | :: Escânia {f}, Skåne {f}, Skane {f} |
| scanner {n} (device which scans documents) | :: escâner {m}, scanner {m}, digitalizador {m} |
| scansion {v} (the act of analysing the meter of poetry) | :: escansão {f} |
| scant {adj} (very little) | :: escasso {m} |
| scanty {adj} (somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent) | :: escasso, insuficiente |
| scapegoat {n} (a goat imbued with the sins of the people) | :: bode expiatório {m} |
| scapegoat {n} (someone punished for someone else's error(s)) | :: bode expiatório {m} |
| scapegoat {v} (to punish someone for the error of someone else) | :: fazer de bode expiatório |
| scaphoid {n} (scaphoid bone) SEE: scaphoid bone | :: |
| scaphoid bone {n} (carpal bone of the wrist) | :: escafoide {m} |
| scapula {n} (large flat bone) SEE: shoulder blade | :: |
| scar {n} (cliff) SEE: cliff | :: |
| scar {n} (permanent mark on the skin) | :: cicatriz {f} |
| scar {v} (to mark the skin permanently) | :: deixar cicatriz |
| scar {v} (to form a scar) | :: cicatrizar |
| scar {v} (to affect deeply in a traumatic manner) | :: marcar |
| scarab {n} (Scarabaeus sacer) | :: escaravelho {m} |
| scarab {n} (Scarabidae) | :: escaravelho {m} |
| Scarborough {prop} (district in Toronto) | :: Scarborough |
| scarce {adj} | :: escasso |
| scarcely {adv} (probably not) | :: dificilmente |
| scarcely {adv} (almost not, by a small margin) | :: mal |
| scarcity {n} (the condition of something being scarce or deficient) | :: escassez {f} |
| scarcity {n} (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage) | :: escassez {f}, carestia {f} |
| scare {n} (minor fright) | :: susto |
| scare {v} (to frighten) | :: assustar |
| scarecrow {n} (an effigy made to scare the birds away) | :: espantalho {m} |
| scared {adj} (afraid, frightened) | :: assustado {m} |
| scare quote {n} (quotation mark used to provoke reaction) | :: aspas irónicas {f-p} [Portugal], aspas irônicas {f-p} [Brazil] |
| scarf {n} (long garment worn around the neck) | :: cachecol {m}, echarpe {f} |
| scarf {n} (headscarf) SEE: headscarf | :: |
| scarlatina {n} (scarlet fever) SEE: scarlet fever | :: |
| scarlet {n} (colour) | :: escarlate {m} |
| scarlet {n} (cloth) | :: escarlate {m} |
| scarlet {adj} (colour) | :: escarlate |
| scarlet eggplant {n} (species of fruiting plant) | :: jiloeiro {m} |
| scarlet fever {n} (streptococcal infection) | :: escarlatina {f} |
| scary {adj} (causing, or able to cause, fright) | :: assustador |
| scathing {adj} (harshly or bitterly critical) | :: ferino {m} |
| scatological {adj} (relating to scatology, the study of faeces) | :: escatológico |
| scatter {v} (to cause to separate) | :: espalhar, dispersar |
| scatter {v} (to disperse) | :: espalhar |
| scatter {v} (to distribute loosely) | :: espalhar |
| scatter {v} (to scatter) SEE: disperse | :: |
| scatterbrain {n} (flighty, disorganized or forgetful person) | :: distraído |
| scatterbrained {adj} (absent-minded) SEE: absent-minded | :: |
| scattered {adj} (Randomly distributed) | :: espalhado {m}, disperso {m} |
| scavenge {v} (to collect and remove refuse) | :: catar {m} |
| scavenger {n} (Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things) | :: catador {m} |
| scavenger {n} (animal feeding on decaying matter) | :: necrófago {m} |
| scavenger {n} (street sweeper) | :: gari {m} |
| scavenger hunt {n} (game) | :: caça ao tesouro {m} |
| scenario {n} (outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work) | :: cenário {m} |
| scenario {n} (outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events) | :: cenário {m} |
| scene {n} ((theater) the stage) SEE: stage | :: |
| scene {n} (the location of an event that attracts attention) | :: cena {f} |
| scene {n} (landscape, scenery) SEE: scenery | :: |
| scenery {n} (view, natural features, landscape) | :: paisagem {f} |
| scenery {n} (stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene) | :: cenário {m} |
| scent {n} (distinctive odour or smell) | :: cheiro {m}, aroma {m}, odor {m} |
| scent {n} (odour left by animal) | :: cheiro {m} |
| scent {n} (sense of smell) | :: olfato {m} |
| scent {n} (perfume) | :: perfume {m}, fragrância {f} |
| scent {n} (figuratively: any traces that can be followed) | :: pista {f} |
| scent {v} (to detect the scent of) | :: sentir (o) cheiro (de) |
| scent {v} (to impart an odour to) | :: perfumar, odorizar |
| sceptre {n} (ornamental staff) | :: cetro |
| schadenfreude {n} (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune) | :: Schadenfreude {f} |
| schedule {n} (a procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur) | :: agenda, cronograma |
| schedule {v} (to create a schedule) | :: agendar |
| Scheherazade {prop} (female given name) | :: Xerazade {f}, Sherazade {f}, Sheherazade {f} |
| Scheldt {prop} (river) | :: Escalda {m} |
| scheme {n} (a systematic plan of future action) | :: planejamento {m}, esquema {m} |
| scheme {n} (secret, devious plan) | :: esquema {m} |
| scheme {n} (orderly combination of related parts) | :: esquema {m} |
| scheme {n} (chart or diagram) | :: esquema {m} |
| scheme {n} (mathematics) | :: esquema {m} |
| scheming {adj} (tending to scheme) | :: intrigante |
| scherzo {n} (music) | :: scherzo {m} |
| Schiller {prop} (surname) | :: Schiller |
| schism {n} (split within Christianity) | :: cisma {f} |
| schismatic {adj} (religion: of or pertaining to a schism) | :: cismático |
| schismatic {n} (religion: a person involved in a schism) | :: cismático {m} |
| schist {n} (crystalline foliated rock) | :: xisto {m} |
| schistosomal {adj} (of or pertaining to the schistosome or to schistosomiasis) | :: esquistossomótico |
| schistosome {n} (any worm of the genus Schistosoma) | :: esquistossomo {m} |
| schistosomiasis {n} (various diseases) | :: esquistossomose |
| schizo {n} (Schizophrenic) | :: esquizo {m} {f} |
| schizoid personality disorder {n} (personality disorder) | :: transtorno de personalidade esquizoide |
| schizophrenia {n} (mental disorder) | :: esquizofrenia {f} |
| schizophrenic {adj} (of or pertaining to schizophrenia) | :: esquizofrénico [Portugal], esquizofrênico [Brazil] |
| schizophrenic {adj} (of a person: afflicted with schizophrenia) | :: esquizofrénico [Portugal], esquizofrênico [Brazil] |
| schizophrenic {n} (a person suffering from schizophrenia) | :: esquizofrénico {m} [Portugal], esquizofrênico {m} [Brazil] |
| Schleswig-Holstein {prop} (state) | :: Schleswig-Holstein {m} |
| schnapps {n} (liquor) | :: schnaps {m}, schnapps {m} |
| schnitzel {n} (a meat dish) | :: schnitzel {m} |
| schnozzle {n} (slang: human nose, especially large one) | :: narigão {m} |
| scholar {n} (a student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship) | :: bolsista, bolseiro {m}, bolseira {f} |
| scholar {n} (specialist in a particular branch of knowledge) | :: erudito {m}, especialista, acadêmico {m}, estudioso {m} |
| scholar {n} (learned person) | :: erudito {m}, douto {m} |
| scholarship {n} (study allowance) | :: bolsa de estudos |
| scholarship {n} (knowledge) | :: sabedoria |
| scholar's mate {n} (checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#) | :: mate pastor {m} |
| scholastic {n} (philosophy: member of scholasticism) | :: escolástico |
| scholasticism {n} (school of philosophy) | :: escolasticismo {m} |
| school {n} (a group of fish) | :: cardume {m} |
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning) | :: escola {f}, colégio {m} |
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning before college or university) | :: escola {f} |
| school {n} (college or university) | :: universidade {f}, faculdade |
| school {n} (a department/institute at a college or university) | :: faculdade {f} |
| school {n} ((collectively) the followers of a particular doctrine) | :: escola {f}, doutrina {f} |
| school {v} (to educate, teach, or train) | :: educar , instruir , ensinar , escolarizar |
| school age {n} (age at which a child is required to attend school) | :: idade escolar {f} |
| schoolbag {n} (satchel) | :: mochila {f} |
| schoolboy {n} (young male student) | :: aluno {m} |
| school bus {n} (transport for schoolchildren) | :: ônibus escolar |
| schoolchild {n} (young person attending school or of an age to attend school) | :: estudante {m} {f}, aluno {m} |
| school counselor {n} (school-oriented counselor) | :: orientador educacional {m}, orientadora educacional {f} |
| schoolgirl {n} (girl attending school) | :: aluna {f} |
| schoolie {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| schooling {n} (institutional education) | :: escolarização {f} |
| schoolmate {n} (person who attended school with the subject) | :: colega de classe {m} {f} |
| school of hard knocks {n} (source of education by adverse experience) | :: escola da vida {f} [school of life] |
| school shark {n} (Galeorhinus galeus) | :: tubarão-vitamínico {m} |
| school sores {n} (impetigo) SEE: impetigo | :: |
| schoolteacher {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher | :: |
| school uniform {n} (uniform items to be worn by students in a school) | :: uniforme escolar {m} |
| school year {n} (academic year of a school) | :: ano escolar {m} |
| schooner {n} (sailing ship) | :: escuna {f} |
| Schopenhauerian {adj} (of or relating to Arthur Schopenhauer) | :: schopenhaueriano |
| Schrödinger's cat {prop} (thought experiment) | :: gato de Schrödinger {m} |
| schwa {n} (indeterminate central vowel) | :: schwa {m} |
| sciapod {n} (a member of a mythical African race, who have a single, large foot) | :: ciápode {m} |
| sciatica {n} (neuralgia of the sciatic nerve) | :: ciática {f} |
| science {n} (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method) | :: ciência {f} |
| science {n} (particular discipline or branch of learning) | :: ciência {f} |
| science {n} (fact of knowing something) | :: ciência {f} |
| science {n} (knowledge gained through study or practice) | :: ciência {f} |
| science fiction {n} (fiction) | :: ficção científica |
| scientia potentia est {proverb} (knowledge is power) SEE: knowledge is power | :: |
| scientific {adj} (of or having to do with science) | :: científico |
| scientifically {adv} (using science or methods of science) | :: cientificamente |
| scientifically {adv} (with regard to science) | :: cientificamente |
| scientifically {adv} (from a scientific perspective) | :: cientificamente |
| scientifically {adv} (in a scientific manner) | :: cientificamente |
| scientifically {adv} (methodically) SEE: methodically | :: |
| scientific name {n} (formal name) | :: nome científico {m} |
| scientist {n} (one whose activities make use of the scientific method) | :: cientista {m} {f} |
| Scientology {prop} (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard) | :: cientologia {f} |
| scimitar {n} (sword with curved blade) | :: cimitarra {f} |
| scion {n} (descendant) | :: descendente, rebento {m} |
| scion {n} (heir to a throne) | :: herdeiro {m} |
| scion {n} ((detached) shoot or twig) | :: enxerto {m} |
| scissors {n} (tool used for cutting) | :: tesoura {f} |
| sclera {n} (white of the eye) | :: esclera {f} |
| sclerosis {n} (abnormal hardening of body tissues) | :: esclerose {f} |
| sclerotin {n} (crosslinked protein component of the cuticles of insects) | :: esclerotina {f} |
| scold {n} (person who scolds, particularly a woman) | :: megera {f} |
| scold {v} (rebuke) | :: ralhar, repreender |
| scolding {n} (succession of critical remarks) | :: sermão {m}, bronca {f} |
| scoliosis {n} (condition in which there is abnormal lateral curvature of the spine) | :: escoliose |
| scoliotic {adj} (of, pertaining to, or affected by scoliosis) | :: escoliótico |
| Scooby-Doo {prop} (the fictional dog) | :: Scooby-Doo {m} |
| scoop {n} (any cup- or bowl-shaped object) | :: concha {f} |
| scoop {n} (amount held by a scoop) | :: conchada {f}, concha {f} |
| scoop {n} (news learned and reported before anyone else) | :: furo jornalístico |
| scooter {n} (foot-propelled vehicle) | :: patinete {m}, trotineta {f} |
| scooter {n} (type of small two-wheeled vehicle, see also: motorscooter) | :: motoneta, lambreta |
| scopa {n} (a Neapolitan card game) | :: escopa {f} |
| scope {n} (breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain) | :: âmbito {m}, escopo {m} |
| -scope {suffix} (suffix to name viewing instruments) | :: -scópio {m} |
| scope {n} (device used in aiming a projectile) SEE: telescopic sight | :: |
| scops owl {n} (Otus scops) | :: mocho-d'orelhas {m} |
| scorch {n} (A slight or surface burn) | :: chamuscada {f} |
| scorch {v} (to burn the surface of something so as to discolour it) | :: chamuscar |
| scorch {v} (to wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire) | :: queimar |
| scorch {v} (to become scorched or singed) | :: chamuscar |
| score {v} (to score) SEE: strike | :: |
| score {n} (number of points earned) | :: marcador {m}, pontuação {f} |
| score {n} (number of points accrued) | :: resultado {m} |
| score {n} (performance of an individual or group on an examination or test) | :: resultado {m}, pontuação {f} |
| score {n} (twenty, see also: twenty) | :: vintena {f} |
| score {n} (sheet music showing all parts) | :: partitura {f} |
| score {v} (to earn points in a game) | :: pontuar |
| score {v} (to obtain a sexual favor) | :: faturar |
| scoreboard {n} (board that displays the score in a game of contest) | :: placar {m} |
| scores {pron} (many) SEE: many | :: |
| scoria {n} (slag or dross) SEE: slag | :: |
| scoria {n} (volcanic rock) SEE: slag | :: |
| scorn {v} (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody) | :: desprezar, desdenhar, menosprezar |
| scorn {n} (contempt, disdain) | :: desprezo {m}, escárnio {m}, desdém {m} |
| Scorpio {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Escorpião {m} |
| Scorpio {n} (Someone with a Scorpio star sign) | :: escorpiano |
| Scorpio {prop} (constellation) SEE: Scorpius | :: |
| scorpion {n} (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones) | :: escorpião {m}, lacrau {m}, alacrão {m} |
| scorpionfish {n} (fish) | :: peixe-escorpião {m}, aranhiço {m}, mangangá {m} |
| Scorpius {prop} (astrological sign) SEE: Scorpio | :: |
| Scorpius {prop} (constellation) | :: Escorpião {m} |
| scorzonera {n} (black salsify) SEE: black salsify | :: |
| Scot {n} (a person born in or native to Scotland) | :: escocês {m}, escocesa {f} |
| Scotch crow {n} (hooded crow) SEE: hooded crow | :: |
| Scotch tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| Scotland {prop} (country in northwest Europe to the north of England) | :: Escócia {f} |
| Scots {n} (Lowland Scots language) | :: scots {m} |
| Scots Gaelic {n} (Scottish Gaelic) SEE: Scottish Gaelic | :: |
| Scotsman {n} (a man from Scotland) | :: escocês |
| Scotswoman {n} (a woman from Scotland) | :: escocesa {f} |
| Scottish {adj} (of a person) | :: escocês |
| Scottish {adj} (of a thing or concept) | :: escocês |
| Scottish {n} (the people of Scotland) | :: escoceses {m-p} |
| Scottish Gaelic {n} (The Gaelic language of Scotland) | :: gaélico escocês {m} |
| Scottishness {n} (the quality of characteristic of being Scottish) | :: escocesismo {m} |
| scoundrel {n} (villain) | :: canalha {m} |
| scourge {n} (persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble) | :: flagelo {m}, tormento {m} |
| scourge {n} (a whip often of leather) | :: flagelo {m}, açoite {m} |
| scourge {v} (to strike with a scourge) | :: flagelar |
| scourging {n} (flogging) SEE: flogging | :: |
| scout {n} (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings) | :: batedor |
| scout {n} (act of scouting) | :: batimento {m} |
| scout {n} (member of the scout movement) | :: escoteiro {m} |
| scout {n} (one who identifies promising talent) | :: olheiro {m} |
| scout {v} (to explore a wide terrain) | :: bater |
| scouting {n} (act of one who scouts) | :: reconhecimento {m} |
| scouting {n} (the Scouting movement) | :: escotismo {m} |
| scouting {n} (activities of boy scouts and girl scouts) | :: escotismo {m} |
| scowl {n} (wrinkling of the brows or face) | :: carranca {f}, cenho {m} |
| scowl {v} (to wrinkle the brows) | :: franzir o cenho |
| scrabble {v} (to scribble) SEE: scribble | :: |
| Scrabble {prop} (board game with interlocking words) | :: Scrabble {m} |
| scram {v} (go away) | :: vazar, sumir |
| scrambled egg {n} (dish) | :: ovos mexidos {m-p} |
| scrap {n} (small piece, fragment) | :: apara {f}, retalho {m} |
| scrap {n} (leftover food) | :: restos {m-p}, sobras |
| scrap {n} (discarded objects) | :: sucata {f} |
| scrape {v} (draw an object along while exerting pressure) | :: arranhar, raspar |
| scrape {v} (injure by scraping) | :: ralar |
| scrape {n} (injury) | :: ralado {m} |
| scrapie {n} (A degenerative prion disease) | :: scrapie {m} {f} |
| scrapyard {n} (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) | :: ferro-velho |
| scratch {v} (to rub a surface with a sharp object) | :: coçar, rascar, raspar |
| scratch {v} (to rub the skin with rough material) | :: raspar |
| scratch {v} (To mark a surface with a sharp object) | :: arranhar |
| scratch {v} (to delete) | :: apagar, riscar |
| scratch {n} (disruption or mark on a surface) | :: arranhão {m}, risco {m} |
| scratch card {n} (lottery ticket) | :: raspadinha {f} |
| scrawl {n} (irregular handwriting) | :: garrancho {m}, rabisco {m} |
| scrawl {n} (hastily or carelessly written note) | :: garrancho {m} |
| scrawl {v} (to write hastily or illegibly) | :: rabiscar |
| scrawl {v} (to write in an irregular or illegible manner) | :: rabiscar |
| scrawny {adj} (Thin, malnourished and weak) | :: magrelo, magricela |
| scream {n} (loud exclamation) | :: grito {m}, berro |
| scream {v} (to make the sound of a scream) | :: gritar, berrar |
| screamer {n} (bird of family Anhimidae) | :: anhimídeo {m} |
| scream queen {n} (actress who appears in several horror movies) | :: rainha do grito {f} |
| screech owl {n} (Megascops) | :: corujinha {f} |
| screech owl {n} (Tyto alba) SEE: western barn owl | :: |
| screed {n} (smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material) | :: contrapiso {m} |
| screen {n} (physical divider) | :: anteparo {m} |
| screen {n} (material woven from fine wires) | :: filtro {m} |
| screen {n} (viewing area of electronic output device) | :: tela {f} [Brazil], ecrã {m} [Portugal] |
| screen {n} (movie viewing area) | :: tela {f}, ecrã {f} [Portugal] |
| screen {v} (to filter) | :: filtrar |
| screen {v} (to remove information) | :: filtrar |
| screen {v} (film, television: to present publicly) | :: exibir |
| screen {v} (to fit with a screen) | :: telar |
| screencap {n} (screenshot) SEE: screenshot | :: |
| screen capture {n} (picture or image captured from a computer screen; a screenshot) | :: [Portugal] captura de ecrã {f}, [Brazil] captura de tela {f} |
| screencast {n} (digital recording) | :: emissão de ecrã {f}, transmissão de ecrã |
| screenplay {n} (script for a movie or a television show) | :: roteiro {m}, argumento {m} |
| screen printing {n} (printing method) | :: seritipia {f} |
| screen protector {n} (additional protection for a screen) | :: protetor de ecrã {m} |
| screen reader {n} (computing: a software application) | :: [Brasil] leitor de tela, [Portugal] leitor de ecrã {m} |
| screensaver {n} | :: [Brazil] descanso de tela {m}, [Brazil, macOS] protetor de tela {m}, protetor de ecrã {m}, [macOS] proteção de ecrã {f} |
| screenshot {n} (image of computer screen output) | :: [Portugal] captura de ecrã {f}, [Brazil] captura de tela {f}, screenshot {m}, print {m} |
| screenshot {v} (take a screenshot) | :: [Portugal] capturar ecrã, [Portugal] tirar uma captura de ecrã, [Brazil] capturar tela, [Brazil] tirar uma captura de tela |
| screenwriter {n} (one who writes for the screen) | :: roteirista {m} {f} |
| screw {n} (fastener) | :: parafuso {m} |
| screw {n} (ship’s propeller) | :: hélice {f} |
| screw {n} (act of screwing) | :: trepada {f} |
| screw {v} (to connect or assemble pieces using a screw) | :: aparafusar, parafusar, parafusar |
| screw {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) | :: foder, meter, trepar |
| screw {v} (to cheat or treat unfairly) | :: foder, sacanear |
| screw anchor {n} (a fixing that allows screws to be fitted into masonry walls) SEE: wall plug | :: |
| screwdriver {n} (tool) | :: chave de fenda {f}, chave de parafusos {f} |
| screwdriver {n} (drink) | :: vodca com suco de laranja {f} |
| screwed {adj} (beset with unfortunate circumstances) | :: fodido |
| screw it {interj} (simple machine) | :: dane-se, foda-se [vulgar], deixa pra lá |
| screw this {interj} | :: foda-se |
| screw thread {n} (helical ridge or groove) | :: rosca {f} |
| screwup {n} (substantial mistake) | :: vacilo {m} |
| screwup {n} (person who often makes substantial mistakes) | :: vacilão {m} |
| screw you {n} (a slightly politer version of "fuck you") | :: vai-te lixar! |
| scribble {v} (to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry) | :: rabiscar |
| scribble {v} (to doodle) | :: rabiscar |
| scribe {n} (one who writes; a draughtsman) | :: escriba, amanuense {m} |
| scribe {n} (writer and doctor of the law) | :: escriba {m} |
| scrimmage {n} (practice game) SEE: exhibition game | :: |
| script {n} (writing; written document) | :: escrito {m} |
| script {n} (written characters, style of writing) | :: escrita {f} |
| script {n} (text of the dialogue and action for a drama) | :: script {m}, roteiro {m} |
| script {n} (procedure or program in computing) | :: script {m} |
| script {n} (a system of writing) | :: escrita {f} |
| script supervisor {n} (member of a film crew) | :: continuísta {m} {f} |
| scripture {n} (any sacred writing or book) | :: escritura {f} |
| Scripture {prop} (Tanakh) SEE: Tanakh | :: |
| Scripture {prop} (Bible) SEE: Bible | :: |
| scriptwriter {n} (screenwriter) SEE: screenwriter | :: |
| scrivener {n} (professional writer) | :: escrivão, escriba |
| scrofula {n} (form of tuberculosis) | :: escrófula {f} |
| scrofulous {adj} (morally degenerate; corrupt) SEE: corrupt | :: |
| scrofulous {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from scrofula) | :: escrofuloso |
| scroll {n} (roll of paper or parchment) | :: pergaminho {m}, rolo {m} |
| scroll {v} ((Computing) to change one's view of data on a computer's display) | :: [Brazil] rolar |
| scroll bar {n} (graphical widget) | :: barra de rolagem {f} [Brazil] [Mac OS X], barra de rolamento {f} [Brazil], barra de deslocamento {f} [Portugal], barra de deslocação {f} [Portugal] [Mac OS X], elevador {m} [Portugal] |
| scrooge {n} (miserly person) | :: sovina {m} {f} |
| scrotal {adj} (scrotal) | :: escrotal |
| scrotum {n} (the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles) | :: escroto {m} |
| scrub {n} (vegetation of inferior quality) | :: mato {m}, brenha {f} |
| scrub {v} (to rub hard) | :: esfregar |
| scrub {n} (cancellation) SEE: cancellation | :: |
| scruffy {adj} (untidy in appearance) | :: desgrenhado |
| scrunch {n} (crunching noise) | :: apertar |
| scruple {n} (hesitation from the difficulty of determining what is right) | :: escrúpulo {m} |
| scrupulous {adj} (meticulous) | :: escrupuloso |
| scrupulousness {n} (the property of being scrupulous) | :: escrupulosidade {f} |
| scrutinise {v} (scrutinize) SEE: scrutinize | :: |
| scrutinize {v} (to examine with great care) | :: escrutinizar |
| scrutiny {n} (intense study) | :: escrutínio {m} |
| scrutiny {n} (thorough inspection) | :: escrutínio {m} |
| scry {v} (predict the future using crystal balls or other objects) | :: prever, antever, futurar |
| scry {v} | :: ver, anunciar, proclamar |
| scuff {v} (to scrape the feet while walking) | :: arrastar |
| scuffle {n} (rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters) | :: rixa |
| sculptor {n} (a person who sculpts) | :: escultor {m} |
| Sculptor {prop} (constellation) | :: Escultor {m} |
| sculptress {n} (a woman sculptor) | :: escultora {f} |
| sculpture {n} (art of sculpting) | :: escultura |
| sculpture {n} (work of art created by sculpting) | :: escultura {f} |
| scum {n} (layer of impurities) | :: escória |
| scum {n} (person or persons considered to be reprehensible) | :: escória {f} |
| scumbag {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| scurrilous {adj} (foul-mouthed) | :: obsceno |
| scurrilous {adj} (coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous) | :: obsceno |
| scurvy {n} (deficiency of vitamin C) | :: [Brazil] escorbuto {m} |
| scut {n} (distasteful work; drudgery) SEE: drudgery | :: |
| scythe {n} (farm tool) | :: gadanha, foice {f} |
| scythe {v} (to cut with a scythe) | :: ceifar, gadanhar, segar |
| Scythia {prop} (region of Central Eurasia) | :: Cítia {f} |
| SE {n} (compass point) | :: SE |
| sea {n} (body of water) | :: mar {m} |
| sea anemone {n} (polyp) | :: anémona-do-mar {f} [Portugal], anêmona-do-mar {f} [Brazil] |
| sea bass {n} (salt-water fish) | :: robalo {m} |
| seabed {n} (floor or bottom of the sea or ocean) | :: fundo do mar, solo oceânico |
| seabird {n} (any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters) | :: ave marinha {f} |
| seaborgium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 106) | :: seabórgio {m} |
| sea cucumber {n} (sea cucumber) | :: pepino-do-mar {m} |
| seadog {n} (sailor accustomed to the sea) | :: [lit.: sea wolf] lobo do mar {m} |
| sea eagle {n} (Haliaeetus albicilla) SEE: white-tailed eagle | :: |
| seafarer {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| seafarer {n} (one who travels by sea) | :: navegante {m} {f} |
| sea fennel {n} (Crithmum maritimum) SEE: rock samphire | :: |
| seafood {n} (fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life) | :: fruto do mar {m}, marisco {m}, frutos do mar |
| sea grape {n} (Coccoloba uvifera) | :: baga-da-praia {f} |
| seagrass {n} (grasslike marine plants) | :: erva marinha {f} |
| sea green {adj} (of a bluish green colour) | :: verde-mar |
| seagull {n} (bird of the family Laridae) | :: gaivota {f} |
| sea horse {n} (walrus) SEE: walrus | :: |
| sea horse {n} (fish) | :: cavalo-marinho {m} |
| seal {n} (pinniped) | :: foca {f} |
| seal {n} (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance) | :: selo {m} |
| seal {n} (design or insignia associated with organization or official role) | :: selo {m}, timbre {m}, sinete {m} |
| seal {n} (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened) | :: selo de segurança {m} |
| seal {n} (something designed to prevent leaking) | :: vedação {f} |
| seal {n} (tight closure) | :: vedação {f} |
| seal {v} (to place a seal on (a document)) | :: selar |
| seal {v} (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage) | :: selar |
| seal {v} (to prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something)) | :: interditar |
| seal {v} (to close securely) | :: vedar |
| seal {n} (chakra) SEE: chakra | :: |
| Sealand {prop} (the Principality of Sealand) | :: Sealand {f} |
| sea level {n} (nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured) | :: nível do mar {m} |
| sea lily {n} (stalked crinoid) | :: lírio-do-mar {m} |
| sea lion {n} (member of the Otariidae family) | :: leão-marinho {m} |
| seal ring {n} (signet ring) SEE: signet ring | :: |
| seam {n} (folded back and stitched piece of fabric) | :: costura {f} |
| seam {n} (suture) | :: sutura {f} |
| seam {n} (thin stratum of mineral) | :: filão {m}, veio {m} |
| seam {n} (a joint formed by mating two separate sections of a material) | :: junta |
| seam {n} (a line or depression left by a cut or wound) | :: cicatriz {f} |
| seaman {n} (mariner or sailor) SEE: sailor | :: |
| seamless {adj} (Having no seams) | :: inconsútil {m} {f} |
| sea monster {n} (large, aggressive creature in the sea) | :: monstro marinho {m} |
| seamster {n} (person who sews clothes) | :: alfaiate {m} |
| seamstress {n} (a woman who sews clothes professionally) | :: costureira {f} |
| Sea of Azov {prop} (sea) | :: Mar de Azov {m} |
| Sea of Japan {prop} (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia) | :: Mar do Japão {m} |
| Sea of Marmara {prop} (a deep inland sea in north-western Turkey) | :: Mar de Mármara {m}, Mar de Mármora {m} |
| Sea of Okhotsk {prop} (sea) | :: Mar de Okhotsk {m} |
| sea onion {n} (Drimia maritima) | :: cebola do mar {f}, scilla {f}, cebola-albarrã {f} |
| sea otter {n} (Enhydra lutris) | :: lontra-marinha {f} |
| sea-parrot {n} (puffin) SEE: puffin | :: |
| sea perch {n} (fish of the genus Sebastes) | :: perca-do-mar {f} |
| seaplane {n} (an aircraft) | :: hidroavião {m} |
| seaport {n} (town or harbour for seagoing ships) | :: porto marítimo {m} |
| seaquake {n} | :: maremoto {m} |
| sear {v} (To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument) | :: queimar, chamuscar, tostar |
| search {v} (to search) SEE: look | :: |
| search {n} (an attempt to find something) | :: busca |
| search {v} (to look throughout (a place) for something) | :: buscar, procurar |
| search {v} ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly) | :: procurar |
| search box {n} (computing: A text box for the input of text to be searched for in a database, on the Internet, etc.) | :: [Brazil] caixa de busca {f}, caixa de pesquisa {f} |
| search engine {n} (application that searches for data) | :: máquina de busca {f}, motor de busca {m}, buscador {m} |
| searcher {n} (One who searches) | :: buscador {m} |
| seashell {n} (shell) | :: concha {f} |
| sea-sickness {n} (seasickness) SEE: seasickness | :: |
| seasickness {n} (a feeling of nausea caused by the motion of a ship) | :: enjoo marítimo {m} |
| seaside {n} (the area by and around the sea) | :: litoral {m} |
| seaside {adj} (related to a seaside) | :: litoral, litorâneo |
| season {n} (quarter of a year) | :: estação {f}, sazão {f} |
| season {n} (part of year with something special) | :: temporada {f} |
| season {n} (a group of episodes) | :: temporada |
| season {v} (to flavour food) | :: condimentar, temperar |
| seasonal {adj} (of, related to or reliant on a season) | :: sazonal, estacional |
| seasoning {n} (cooking ingredient) | :: tempero {m}, condimento {m} |
| sea squirt {n} (animal of the class Ascidiacea) | :: tunicado |
| seat {n} (place in which to sit) | :: assento {m} |
| seat {n} (location of a governing body) | :: sede |
| seat belt {n} (restraining belt) | :: cinto de segurança {m} |
| seat of government {n} (the centre of authority to govern) | :: sede do governo {f} |
| Seattle {prop} (city in Washington state, USA) | :: Seattle {f} |
| sea turtle {n} (any turtle that inhabits oceans) | :: tartaruga-marinha {f} |
| sea urchin {n} (any of many marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea) | :: ouriço-do-mar {m} |
| sea wasp {n} (any of several stinging box jellyfish found in north east Australia and South East Asia) | :: vespa do mar {f} |
| seawater {n} (salt water of a sea or ocean) | :: água do mar {f} |
| seaweed {n} (marine plants and algae) | :: alga {f} |
| sebaceous {adj} (of or relating to fat, sebum) | :: sebáceo |
| sebaceous gland {n} (gland of skin secreting sebum) | :: glândula sebácea {f} |
| Sebastian {prop} (given name) | :: Sebastião {m} |
| Sebastianism {n} (belief that King Sebastian of Portugal will return to lead the Portuguese or Brazilian people) | :: sebastianismo {m} |
| seborrhea {n} (skin disorder) | :: seborreia {f} |
| sebum {n} (thick oily substance) | :: sebo {m} |
| secant {n} (in geometry) | :: secante {f} |
| secant {n} (in trigonometry) | :: secante {f} |
| secession {n} (The act of seceding) | :: secessão {f} |
| secessionism {n} | :: secessionismo {m} |
| secluded {adj} (in seclusion, isolated, remote) | :: recluso |
| seclusion {n} (The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out) | :: reclusão {f} |
| second {adj} (second (numeral), see also: 2nd) | :: segundo |
| second {adj} (that comes after the first) | :: segundo |
| second {adv} (at the second rank) | :: segundo |
| second {n} (number two in a series) | :: segundo {m} |
| second {n} (one that is next in rank) | :: segundo {m} |
| second {n} (manufactured item that fails to meet quality control standards) | :: artigo de segunda {m} |
| second {n} (second gear) | :: segunda {f} |
| second {n} (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time) | :: segundo {m} |
| second {n} (unit of angular measure) | :: segundo {m} |
| second {n} (short, indeterminate amount of time) | :: instante {m}, momento {m}, segundo {m} |
| second {v} (to agree as a second person) | :: apoiar, secundar |
| second {n} (attendant of a duel or boxing match standing in for a contestant) | :: segundo {m} |
| secondarily {adv} (of lesser importance) | :: secundariamente |
| secondary {adj} (succeeding first) | :: secundário |
| secondary school {n} (school) | :: ensino secundário {m}, ensino médio {m} |
| secondary victimization {n} (victim culpability) | :: vitimização secundária {f} |
| second coming {n} (the return of Jesus Christ) | :: segunda vinda {f} |
| second cousin {n} (grandnephew or grandniece of a grandparent) | :: primo de segundo grau {m}, prima de segundo grau {f} |
| second-degree burn {n} (burn that blisters the skin) | :: queimadura de segundo grau {f} |
| second grade {n} (period in school after first grade and before third grade) | :: segunda série {f}, 2ª série {f} |
| second-guess {v} (to vet or evaluate) | :: repensar, reconsiderar |
| second hand {n} (the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed) | :: ponteiro dos segundos {m} |
| second hand {adj} (secondhand) SEE: secondhand | :: |
| secondhand {adj} (not new; previously owned and used by another) | :: de segunda mão |
| secondhand embarrassment {n} (embarrassment felt for someone else: vicarious embarrassment) SEE: vicarious embarrassment | :: |
| second-hand smoke {n} (smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in) | :: tabagismo passivo {m}, fumo passivo {m} |
| second language {n} (language spoken other than the mother tongue) | :: segunda língua {f} |
| second last {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate | :: |
| second lieutenant {n} (the rank below a lieutenant) | :: subtenente {m} |
| secondly {adv} (in the second place) | :: segundamente |
| second of arc {n} (angle of an arc) | :: arcossegundo {m} |
| second person {n} (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience) | :: segunda pessoa {f} |
| second sight {n} (ESP, clairvoyance) | :: clarividência |
| Second Spanish Republic {prop} (Spain from 1931 to 1939) | :: Segunda República Espanhola {f} |
| second to last {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate | :: |
| second to none {n} (heroin) SEE: heroin | :: |
| Second World War {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II | :: |
| secrecy {n} (concealment) | :: sigilo {m} |
| secrecy {n} (habit of keeping secrets) | :: secretismo {m} |
| secret {n} (knowledge that is hidden) | :: segredo {m} |
| secret {adj} (being or kept hidden.) | :: secreto {m} |
| secretariat {n} (the office or department of a government secretary) | :: secretaria {f} |
| secretary {n} (person keeping records and handling clerical work) | :: secretário {m}, secretária {f} |
| secretary {n} (head of a department of government) | :: secretário {m}, secretária {f} |
| secretary {n} (type of desk) | :: escrivaninha {f}, secretária {f}, [portugal] secretária |
| secretary bird {n} (member of bird family) | :: secretário {m}, serpentário {m} |
| Secretary General {n} (chief administrator of an international body) | :: secretário-geral {m} |
| secrete {v} ((transitive) produce by secretion) | :: secretar |
| secretion {n} (secreted substance) | :: secreção {f} |
| secretion {n} (act of secreting) | :: secreção {f} |
| secretive {adj} (having an inclination to secrecy) | :: reservado |
| secretiveness {n} | :: secretismo {m} |
| secretly {adv} (in a secret manner) | :: secretamente |
| secret police {n} (police operating outside normal boundaries of law) | :: polícia secreta {f} |
| secret Santa {prop} | :: amigo secreto {m}, amigo oculto |
| secret Santa {n} | :: [Rio de Janeiro] amigo oculto, [São Paulo] amigo secreto |
| sect {n} (religious movement) | :: seita {f} |
| section {n} (cutting, part cut out) | :: seção {f} (Brazilian), secção {f} (European) |
| section {n} (part, piece or subdivision of anything) | :: seção {f} (Brazilian), secção {f} (European) |
| section {n} (part of a document) | :: seção {f} (Brazilian), secção {f} (European) |
| section {n} (science: thin slice of material) | :: seção |
| sector {n} (section) | :: setor {m} |
| sector {n} (zone) | :: setor {m} |
| sector {n} (part of circle) | :: setor {m} |
| sector {n} (a field of economic activity) | :: setor |
| sectoral {adj} (pertaining to a sector) | :: setorial {m} {f} |
| secular {adj} (not specifically religious) | :: secular, laico |
| secular {adj} (temporal) | :: secular |
| secular {adj} (happening once in an age or century) | :: secular |
| secular {adj} (astrophysics: of or pertaining to long-term non-periodic irregularities) | :: secular |
| secularism {n} (neutrality towards all religions) | :: laicidade {f}, secularismo {m} |
| secularization {n} (transformation of values from religious to non-religious) | :: secularização {f} |
| secularize {v} (to make secular) | :: laicizar, laicificar, secularizar |
| secularly {adv} (in a secular fashion) | :: secularmente |
| secure {adj} (free from attack or danger; protected) | :: seguro, a salvo |
| secure {adj} (free from the danger of theft; safe) | :: seguro |
| secure {adj} (free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid) | :: seguro |
| secure {adj} (Firm and not likely to fail; stable) | :: seguro |
| secure {adj} (Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable) | :: seguro |
| secure {v} (To make secure) | :: assegurar |
| security {n} (condition of not being threatened) | :: segurança {f} |
| security {n} (something that secures) | :: segurança {f} |
| security {n} (organization or department responsible for providing security) | :: segurança {f} |
| security {n} (finance: tradeable financial asset) | :: garantia {f} |
| Security Council {prop} (UN Security Council) SEE: UN Security Council | :: |
| security service {n} (government organisation) | :: agência de segurança {f} |
| sedan {n} (enclosed chair carried by porters) | :: liteira {f} |
| sedan {n} (style of automobile) | :: sedã |
| sedate {v} (to calm or put to sleep using a sedative drug) | :: sedar |
| sedate {v} (to make tranquil) | :: tranquilizar |
| sedative {n} (an agent or drug that sedates) | :: sedativo {m} |
| sedative {adj} (calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing) | :: sedativo |
| sedentarism {n} (the habit of being sedentary) | :: sedentarismo {m} |
| sedentary {adj} (not moving, not migratory) | :: sedentário |
| sedentary {adj} (not moving much; sitting around) | :: sedentário |
| sedge {n} (any plant of the genus Carex) | :: carriço {m} |
| sediment {n} (collection of small particles) | :: sedimento {m} |
| sedimentary rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth) | :: rocha/pedra sedimentar/sedimentária {f} |
| sedimentology {n} (study of natural sediments) | :: sedimentologia {f} |
| sedition {n} (insurrection or rebellion) | :: sedição {f}, revolta {f}, motim {m} |
| Sedna {prop} (a goddess) | :: Sedna |
| Sedna {prop} (planetoid) | :: Sedna |
| seduce {v} (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray) | :: seduzir |
| seduce {v} (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship) | :: seduzir |
| seduce {v} (to win over or attract someone) | :: seduzir |
| seducer {n} (someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman) | :: sedutor {m} |
| seduction {n} (act of seducing) | :: sedução {f} |
| seductive {adj} (attractive, alluring, tempting) | :: sedutor, seduzente |
| seductress {n} (woman who seduces) | :: sedutora {f} |
| see {v} (perceive with the eyes) | :: ver, enxergar, olhar |
| see {v} (understand) | :: entender, ver |
| see {n} (diocese) | :: sé {f}, diocese {f} |
| seed {n} (fertilized grain) | :: semente {f} |
| seed {n} (precursor) | :: embrião {m} |
| seed {n} (semen) | :: sêmen {m} [Brazil], sémen {m} [Portugal] |
| seed {v} (to plant or sow seeds) | :: semear |
| seedling {n} (young plant grown from seed) | :: muda {f} |
| seedpod {n} (pouch-like form on a plant) SEE: pod | :: |
| seeing-eye dog {n} (seeing-eye dog) SEE: guide dog | :: |
| seeing is believing {proverb} (you need to see something to believe it) | :: ver é crer |
| seek {v} (to try to find) | :: procurar |
| seek and ye shall find {proverb} (one finds what one looks for) | :: quem procura acha |
| seel {v} (To blind) SEE: blind | :: |
| seem {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look | :: |
| seem {v} (to appear) | :: parecer |
| seeming {adj} (apparent) | :: aparente |
| seemingly {adv} (apparently) SEE: apparently | :: |
| see Naples and die {proverb} (since nothing compares to the beauty of Naples, you can die after you've seen it) | :: ver Nápoles e depois morrer |
| see off {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat | :: |
| seep {n} (a place where water seeps out of the ground) | :: jazida {f} |
| seep {n} (a seepage) | :: infiltração {f} |
| seep {n} (to ooze through pores) | :: escoar |
| seepage {n} (process) | :: infiltração {f} |
| seer {n} (someone who sees something; an eyewitness) | :: testemunha {f} |
| seer {n} (someone who foretells the future) | :: vidente |
| seesaw {n} (structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle) | :: gangorra {f} [Brazil], balancé {m} [Portugal] |
| see stars {v} (experience flashing lights) | :: ver estrelas |
| seethe {v} (to boil vigorously (intransitive verb)) | :: fervilhar |
| seethe {v} (to foam in an agitated manner, as if boiling) | :: borbulhar |
| seethe {v} ((figuratively) to be in an agitated state of turmoil) | :: ferver |
| seethe {v} (to buzz with activity) | :: fervilhar |
| see the forest for the trees {v} (to be overwhelmed by detail to the point where it obscures the overall situation) | :: ver a floresta pelas árvores |
| see through {v} (perceive visually through something transparent) | :: enxergar através de |
| see through {v} (avoid being deceived) | :: não se deixar enganar |
| see through {v} (to recognize someone's true motives) | :: não se iludir |
| see-through {adj} (transparent) SEE: transparent | :: |
| see-through {adj} (translucent) SEE: translucent | :: |
| see ya {interj} (see you) SEE: see you | :: |
| see you {phrase} (see you later) | :: falou, até, até mais |
| see you later {phrase} (goodbye) | :: até logo, até mais ver, até mais, falou |
| see you soon {interj} (goodbye) | :: até logo, até já |
| see you tomorrow {phrase} (see you tomorrow) | :: até amanhã |
| segment {n} (length of some object) | :: segmento {m} |
| segment {n} (math: portion) | :: secção {f} |
| segment {v} (to divide into segments or sections) | :: segmentar |
| segment {n} (line segment) SEE: line segment | :: |
| Segorbe {prop} (municipality in Castellón, Spain) | :: Segorbe |
| Segovia {prop} (city in Castile and León, Spain) | :: Segóvia |
| segregate {v} (to separate) | :: segregar |
| segregation {n} (setting apart or separation) | :: segregação {f} |
| segregation {n} (politics, public policy, see also: apartheid) | :: segregação {f} |
| segregation {n} (sociology, see also: apartheid) | :: segregação {f} |
| segregationism {n} (a policy of segregation) | :: segregacionismo {m} |
| segue {v} (to move smoothly from one topic to another) | :: passar para |
| segue {n} (an instance of segueing, a transition) | :: passagem, transição |
| seine {v} (to fish) | :: pescar |
| Seine {prop} (river of northern France) | :: Sena {m} |
| seism {n} (shaking of the earth) | :: sismo |
| seismic {adj} (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth) | :: sísmico |
| seismologic {adj} (relating to the field of seismology) SEE: seismological | :: |
| seismological {adj} (Relating to seismology) | :: sismológico |
| seismologist {n} (person who practices seismology) | :: sismólogo {m}, sismologista {m} {f} |
| seismology {n} (the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior) | :: seismologia {f} |
| seitan {n} (wheat gluten) | :: seitan {m} |
| sei whale {n} (whale of the rorqual family) | :: baleia-sei {f}, baleia-boreal {f} |
| seiyuu {n} (voice actor) SEE: voice actor | :: |
| seize {v} (grab) | :: agarrar, capturar, apanhar |
| seize {v} (take advantage) | :: aproveitar, valer-se de |
| seize {v} (take possession of (by force, law etc)) | :: apreender |
| seize {v} (to have a sudden and powerful effect upon) | :: tomar conta de, apoderar-se de |
| seize {v} (to have a seizure) | :: convulsionar, convulsionar-se, convulsar, convelir, |
| seize the day {v} (enjoy the present) | :: carpe diem |
| seizure {n} (act of taking possession, as by force or right of law) | :: apreensão {f}, apropriação {f} [of things] |
| seizure {n} (sudden attack or convulsion) | :: convulsão {f} |
| seizure {n} (sudden onset of pain or emotion) | :: ataque {m} |
| sejunct {adj} (separate) SEE: separate | :: |
| sekere {n} (musical instrument) | :: xequerê {m} |
| selachian {adj} (pertaining to the superorder Selachiformes) | :: seláquio, seláceo |
| Selangor {prop} (western Malaysian state) | :: Selangor |
| seldom {adv} (infrequently, rarely) | :: raramente |
| select {adj} (privileged, specially selected) | :: seleto, selecionado |
| select {adj} (of high quality; top-notch) | :: seleto |
| select {v} (to choose one or more elements from a set) | :: escolher, selecionar, optar por, seletar |
| selectable {adj} (capable of being selected) | :: selecionável |
| selected {adj} (that have been selected or chosen) | :: selecionado, seleto |
| selection {n} (process or act of selecting) | :: seleção {f} |
| selection {n} (something selected) | :: seleção {f} |
| selection {n} (variety of items taken from a larger collection) | :: seleção {f} |
| selective {adj} (of or pertaining to the process of selection) | :: seletivo |
| selective breeding {n} (artificial selection) SEE: artificial selection | :: |
| Selena {prop} (female given name) | :: Selena {f} |
| selenate {n} (any salt or ester of selenic acid) | :: selenato {m} |
| Selene {prop} (Greek moon goddess) | :: Selene {f} |
| selenite {n} (gypsum) | :: selenita {f} |
| selenium {n} (chemical element) | :: selénio {m} [Portugal], selênio {m} [Brazil] |
| selenographic {adj} (of or pertaining to selenography) | :: selenográfico {m} |
| selenography {n} (scientific study of the moon) | :: selenografia |
| selenologist {n} (person skilled or involved in selenology) | :: selenólogo {m} |
| selenology {n} (the study of the moon and several satellites) | :: selenologia |
| Seleucia {prop} (city) | :: Selêucia {f} |
| Seleucid {adj} (relating to the dynasty) | :: selêucida |
| Seleucus {prop} (Ancient Greek name) | :: Seleuco |
| self {n} (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness) | :: si-próprio {m} |
| self- {prefix} (of, by, in or with oneself or itself) | :: auto- |
| self-absorbed {adj} (heavily concerned with oneself) | :: egoísta |
| self-awareness {n} (state of being self-aware) | :: autoconsciência {f}, autoconhecimento {m}, autognose {f} |
| selfbow {n} | :: autoarco, arco simples |
| self-confidence {n} (state of being self-confident) | :: autoconfiança {f} |
| self-confidence {n} (measure of one's belief in one's own abilities) | :: autoconfiança {f} |
| self-confident {adj} (confident in one's abilities) | :: seguro de si |
| self-control {n} (ability to control one's desires and impulses) | :: auto-controle {m} |
| self-criticism {n} (criticism of oneself) | :: autocrítica {f} |
| self-deception {n} (fooling oneself) | :: autoenganação {f} |
| self-defense {n} (means of defending oneself from attack) | :: autodefesa {f}, defesa pessoal |
| self-defense {n} ((law) Defense for oneself against violence) | :: autodefesa {f}, legítima defesa |
| self-denial {n} (action that sacrifices one's own benefit for the good of others) | :: abnegação {f} |
| self-deprecation {n} (disparaging view of oneself) | :: autoironia {f}, autoderisão {f} |
| self-determination {n} (political independence of a people) | :: autodeterminação {f} |
| self-discipline {n} (control of oneself) | :: autodisciplina |
| self-driving car {n} (autonomous vehicle) SEE: autonomous vehicle | :: |
| self-educated {adj} (having learned without the direction of a teacher) | :: autodidata |
| self-employed {adj} (working for oneself) | :: autónomo, autônomo |
| self-esteem {n} (confidence in one's own worth) | :: autoestima {f} |
| self-evident {adj} (obviously true) | :: autoevidente, óbvio |
| self-explanatory {adj} (explaining itself) | :: autoexplicativo {m} |
| self-hatred {n} (hatred of oneself) | :: ódio a si (mesmo), auto-ódio {m} |
| self-help {n} (bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others) | :: auto-ajuda |
| selfhood {n} (individuality) | :: individualidade {f} |
| selfie {n} (photographic self-portrait) | :: selfie {m} {f}, sélfie {f} |
| selfie stick {n} (extendable arm to hold a camera) | :: pau de selfie, bastão de selfie |
| self-image {n} (way a person views themself) | :: autoimagem {f} |
| self-immolation {n} (setting oneself on fire) | :: autoimolação {f} |
| self-importance {n} (exaggerated estimate of one's own importance) | :: soberba {f} |
| self-indulgent {adj} (exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence) | :: autoindulgente |
| self-interest {n} (personal interest) | :: interesseirismo {m} |
| selfish {adj} (holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making) | :: egoísta |
| selfish {adj} (regard for oneself above others' well-being) | :: egoísta |
| selfish gene {n} (gene regarded as primary driver and beneficiary of the evolutionary process) | :: gene egoísta {m} |
| selfishly {adv} (in a selfish manner) | :: egoistamente |
| selfishness {n} (quality of being selfish) | :: egoísmo |
| selfless {adj} (having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish) | :: altruísta, desinteressado {m} |
| self-love {n} (regard for oneself) | :: amor próprio {m} |
| self-management {n} (joint control by workers and management) | :: autogestão {f} |
| self-medicate {v} | :: automedicarse |
| self-medication {n} (medication of oneself without professional advice) | :: automedicação {f} |
| self-obsession {n} (preoccupation with self) | :: auto-obsessão |
| self pollination {n} (self pollination) SEE: self-pollination | :: |
| self-pollination {n} (Pollination of a flower by its own pollen) | :: autopolinização {f}, auto-polinização {f} |
| self-portrait {n} (portrait of the painter who painted it) | :: autorretrato {m} |
| self-proclaimed {adj} (announced by oneself) | :: autoproclamado |
| self-quarantine {n} (isolation by avoiding physical contact with other individuals) | :: auto quarentena |
| self-reference {n} (act or process of referring to itself) | :: autorreferência {f} |
| self-reliant {adj} (reliant upon oneself) | :: autossuficiente {m} {f} |
| self-respect {n} (knowledge of one's own worth) | :: orgulho {m}, vergonha na cara {f} |
| self-restraint {n} (self-restraint) | :: autodomínio {m} |
| self-righteous {adj} (piously self-assured and smugly moralistic) | :: farisaico [rare] |
| self-sacrifice {n} (giving up of one's own benefit) | :: autossacrifício {m} |
| self-service {n} (the practice of serving oneself) | :: self-service {m}, auto-serviço {m} |
| self-sufficiency {n} (condition of being self-sufficient) | :: autossuficiência {f}, autonomia {f} |
| self-sufficient {adj} (able to provide for oneself independently of others) | :: autossuficiente |
| self-taught {adj} (educated by oneself) SEE: self-educated | :: |
| self-worth {n} (value one assigns to oneself) | :: autovalorização {f} |
| sell {v} (to agree to transfer goods or provide services) | :: vender |
| sellable {adj} (saleable) SEE: saleable | :: |
| seller {n} (someone who sells) | :: vendedor {m}, vendedora {f} |
| sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| Sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| sellout {n} (a person who compromises his or her principles) | :: vendido {m} |
| sell short {v} (to underestimate the value of something) SEE: underestimate | :: |
| Selma {prop} (female given name) | :: Selma {f} |
| selvage {n} (finished edge of a woven fabric parallel with warp) | :: bainha {f} |
| semantic {adj} (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words) | :: semântico |
| semantically {adv} (in the manner of or referring to semantics) | :: semanticamente |
| semantic field {n} (group of words relating to same subject) | :: campo semântico {m} |
| semantics {n} (science of the meaning of words) | :: semântica {f} |
| semantics {n} (study of the relationship between words and their meanings) | :: semântica {f} |
| semantics {n} (individual meanings of words) | :: semântica {f} |
| semasiological {adj} (of or pertaining to semasiology) | :: semasiológico |
| semblance {n} (likeness, similarity) | :: semelhança {f} |
| semelfactive {adj} (of or relating to the semelfactive aspect) | :: semelfactivo |
| semelfactive {n} (semelfactive aspect) | :: aspecto semelfativo {m} |
| semelfactive aspect {n} (grammar aspect) | :: aspecto semelfactivo {m} |
| semen {n} (semen (fluid)) SEE: sperm | :: |
| semen {n} (male reproductory fluid) | :: sêmen {m}, sémen {m} |
| semester {n} (half of school year) | :: semestre {m} |
| semi- {prefix} (half (prefix)) | :: semi- |
| semi-automatic {adj} (partially automatic) | :: semiautomático |
| semi-automatic {adj} (of a firearm, loading the next shell but requiring the trigger to be squeezed for each shot) | :: semiautomático |
| semi-automatic {n} (semi-automatic firearm) | :: semiautomática {f} |
| semibreve {n} (whole note) | :: semibreve {f} |
| semicircle {n} (half of a circle) | :: semicírculo {m} |
| semicolon {n} (punctuation mark ';') | :: ponto e vírgula, ponto-e-vírgula {m} |
| semi-colony {n} (country which is dependent on one or more countries) | :: semicolónia {f} [Portugal], semicolônia {f} [Brazil] |
| semiconductor {n} (substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator) | :: semicondutor {m} |
| semiconsonant {n} (semivowel) SEE: semivowel | :: |
| semidark {adj} | :: semiescuro {m}, semiescura {f} |
| semidarkness {n} | :: semi-escuridão {f} |
| semi-detached {n} (house) | :: casa geminada {f} |
| semifinal {n} (competition) | :: semifinal {f} |
| semigroup {n} (set for which a closed associative binary operation is defined) | :: semigrupo {m} |
| semiliterate {adj} (not entirely literate) | :: semiletrado {m} |
| seminal {adj} (of or relating to seed or semen) | :: seminal |
| seminal {adj} (creative or having the power to originate) | :: seminal |
| seminal {adj} (highly influential) | :: seminal |
| seminal vesicle {n} (seminal vesicle) | :: vesícula seminal {f} |
| seminar {n} (class held for advanced studies) | :: seminário {m} |
| seminar {n} (meeting held for the exchange of useful information) | :: seminário {m} |
| seminarist {n} (student at a seminary) | :: seminarista {m} {f} |
| seminary {n} (theological school) | :: seminário {m} |
| seminude {adj} (half-naked) SEE: half-naked | :: |
| semiologically {adv} (in terms of semiology) | :: semiologicamente |
| semiology {n} (semiotics) | :: semiologia {f} |
| semiotician {n} (linguist specialized in semiotics) | :: semioticista |
| semiotics {n} (study of signs) | :: semiótica {f} |
| semipalmated sandpiper {n} (Calidris pusilla) | :: pilrito-semipalmado |
| semiquaver {n} (music) | :: semicolcheia {f} |
| semi-skimmed {adj} (of milk, where half of the cream has been removed) | :: semidesnatado {m} [Brazil], meio-gordo {m} [Portugal] |
| semi-skimmed milk {n} (type of milk) | :: leite semidesnatado {m} [Brazil], leite meio-gordo {m} [Portugal] |
| Semite {n} (member of any of a number of ancient peoples) | :: semita {m} {f} |
| Semite {n} (descendant of any of these peoples) | :: semita {m} {f} |
| Semitic {adj} (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages) | :: semita, semítico |
| Semitic {adj} (pertaining to the Semites) | :: semita, semítico |
| Semitic {prop} (Semitic languages in general) | :: semítico {m} |
| semitone {n} (interval between adjacent keys) | :: semitom {m}, meio-tom {m} |
| semivowel {n} (sound in speech) | :: semivogal {f} |
| semi-weekly {adj} (occurring twice a week) | :: bissemanal {m} {f}, biebdomadário {m} |
| semi-weekly {adv} (twice a week) | :: bissemanalmente |
| semolina {n} (hard grains of flour left after milling) | :: sêmola {f}, farelo {m} |
| senary {n} (numeral system which uses six as the base) | :: sistema senario {m} |
| senate {n} (the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems) | :: senado {m} |
| Senate {prop} (legislative body) | :: senado {m} |
| Senate {prop} (Roman senate) | :: senado {m} |
| senator {n} (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate) | :: senador {m}, senadora {f} |
| send {v} (make something go somewhere) | :: enviar, emitir, mandar [colloquial], despachar |
| sender {n} (someone who sends) | :: enviador {m}, remetente {m} {f} |
| send off {v} (show someone a red card) | :: expulsar |
| send shivers down someone's spine {v} (terrify) | :: dar um frio na barriga |
| send-up {n} (satirical imitation) | :: paródia {f} |
| Seneca {n} (tribe) | :: senecas |
| Senegal {prop} (Republic of Senegal) | :: Senegal |
| Senegalese {adj} (pertaining to Senegal) | :: senegalês |
| Senegalese {n} (person from Senegal) | :: senegalês {m} |
| seneschal {n} (steward in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate) | :: senescal {m} |
| seneschalship {n} (office of a seneschal) | :: senescalia {f} |
| senile {adj} (of, or relating to old age) | :: senil |
| senile {adj} (exhibiting the deterioration in mind) | :: senil |
| senility {n} (the losing of memory and reason) | :: senilidade {f} |
| senior {n} (someone older than someone else) | :: sénior {m} [Portugal], sênior {m} [Brazil] |
| senior {n} (an old person) SEE: senior citizen | :: |
| senior citizen {n} (old person) | :: idoso {m}, idosa {f} |
| Senna {prop} | :: Senna |
| sensation {n} (physical feeling) | :: sensação {f} |
| sensation {n} (widespread excitement) | :: sensação {f} |
| sensationalist {adj} (characterized by sensationalism) | :: sensacionalista {m} {f} |
| sense {n} (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world) | :: sentido {m} |
| sense {n} (conscious awareness) | :: senso {m} |
| sense {n} (sound judgement) | :: sentido {m} |
| sense {n} (meaning or reason) | :: sentido {m} |
| sense {n} (natural ability) | :: sentido {m}, senso {m} |
| sense {n} (semantics term) | :: sentido {m}, significação {f}, acepção {f}, significado {m} |
| sense {v} (use biological senses) | :: sentir |
| sense {v} (to instinctively be aware) | :: sentir |
| sensei {n} (martial arts instructor) | :: sensei {m} |
| sensei {n} (a Japanese teacher) | :: sensei {m} |
| senseless {adj} (bereft of feeling) | :: insensível |
| senseless {adj} (bereft of consciousness) | :: inconsciente |
| senseless {adj} (lacking meaning or purpose) | :: absurdo |
| senseless {adj} (without consideration) | :: insensível |
| sense of humour {n} (quality of an individual to find certain things funny) | :: senso de humor {m} |
| sense organ {n} (an organic sensor) | :: órgão do sentido {m}, órgão sensorial {m} |
| sensibility {n} | :: sensibilidade {f} |
| sensible {adj} (acting with or showing good judgement) | :: sensato |
| sensitive {adj} (having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses) | :: sensitivo |
| sensitive {adj} (responsive to stimuli) | :: sensível, sensitivo |
| sensitive {adj} (easily offended) | :: sensível |
| sensitive {adj} (capable of offending) | :: delicado |
| sensitive {adj} (accurate) | :: sensível |
| sensitively {adv} (in a sensitive manner) | :: sensivelmente |
| sensitivity {n} (the proportion of positive individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary test) | :: sensibilidade {f} |
| sensitivity {n} (the degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength) | :: sensibilidade {f} |
| sensor {n} (device or organ that detects certain external stimuli) | :: sensor {m} |
| sensory {adj} (of the senses or sensation) | :: sensorial |
| sensuality {n} (state of being sensual, sensuous or sexy) | :: sensualidade {f} |
| sent {v} (past participle of "to send") | :: enviado |
| sentence {n} (decision of a jury) | :: sentença {f} |
| sentence {n} (judicial order for punishment, conviction) | :: condenação {f} |
| sentence {n} (punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime) | :: pena {f} |
| sentence {n} (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate) | :: frase {f} |
| sentence {v} (declare a sentence on a convicted person) | :: sentenciar |
| sentient {adj} (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) | :: senciente |
| sentiment {n} (a general thought) | :: sentimento {m} |
| sentimental {adj} (characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion) | :: sentimental |
| sentimentalism {n} (overly sentimental condition) | :: sentimentalismo {m} |
| sentimentalist {n} (person who is sentimental) | :: sentimentalista {m} {f} |
| sentimental value {n} (value of something from associated personal memories) | :: valor sentimental {m} |
| sentiment analysis {n} (the analysis of text to identify subjective information about the writer) | :: análise de sentimentos {f}, análise de sentimento {f} |
| sentinel {n} (A sentry or guard) | :: sentinela {m} {f}, vigia {m} {f} |
| sentinel {v} (To watch over something as a guard) | :: vigiar |
| sentry {n} (guard) | :: sentinela |
| sentry-box {n} (booth for a sentry) | :: guarita {f} |
| Seoul {prop} (capital of South Korea) | :: Seul {f} |
| Seoulite {adj} (of or from Seoul) | :: seulês, seulense, seulita |
| Seoulite {n} (someone from Seoul) | :: seulês {m}, seulesa {f}, seulense {m} {f}, seulita {m} {f} |
| sepal {n} (part of calyx) | :: sépala {f} |
| separable {adj} (able to be separated) | :: separável |
| separable verb {n} (type of verb) | :: verbo separável {m} |
| separate {adj} (apart from; not connected to) | :: separado |
| separate {adj} (followed by "from": not together with) | :: separado |
| separate {v} (to disunite, disconnect) | :: separar |
| separate {v} (to cause to be separate) | :: separar |
| separate {v} (to divide itself) | :: separar-se |
| separately {adv} (in a separate manner) | :: separadamente |
| separate the wheat from the chaff {v} (to select only that which is of value) | :: separar o trigo do joio, separar o joio do trigo |
| separation {n} (act of disuniting two or more things) | :: separação {f} |
| separation {n} (the place at which a division occurs) | :: separação {f} |
| separation {n} (an interval, gap or space that separates things) | :: separação {f} |
| separation {n} ((law) an agreement terminating a relationship) | :: separação {f} |
| separatism {n} (separatism) | :: separatismo {m} |
| separatist {n} (political separatist) | :: separatista {m} {f} |
| separatist {adj} (Advocating or seeking the separation of a country or territory) | :: separatista |
| Sephardi {n} (a Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose native language was Ladino) | :: sefardi, sefardita |
| Sephardic {adj} (relating to the culture of the Sephardi Jews) | :: sefardi |
| sepia {n} (colour) | :: sépia |
| sepia {n} (drawing) | :: sépia |
| sepia {adj} (of a dark reddish-brown colour) | :: sépia |
| sepia {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish | :: |
| sepoy {n} (A native soldier of the East Indies) | :: cipaio {m}, sipaio {m} |
| seppuku {n} (ritual suicide by disembowelment) | :: seppuku {m} |
| sepsis {n} (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed) | :: sepse {f}, sépsis {f} |
| Sept {prop} (abbreviation of September) | :: set {m} |
| septate {adj} (having a septum) | :: septado |
| September {prop} (ninth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: setembro {m} |
| septic {adj} (of or pertaining to sepsis) | :: séptico |
| septicaemic {adj} (pertaining to septicaemia) | :: septicémico [Portugal], septicêmico [Brazil] |
| septicemia {n} (disease caused by pathogens in the blood) | :: septicemia {f} |
| septic tank {n} (slang: Yank) SEE: Yank | :: |
| septillion {num} (a trillion trillion, 1024, see also: quadrillion) | :: setilhão |
| Septuagint {prop} (an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek) | :: Septuaginta |
| sepulchre {n} (burial chamber) | :: sepulcro {m} |
| sequel {n} (a narrative written after another narrative set in the same universe) | :: sequência {f}, continuação {f} |
| sequela {n} (a disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem) | :: sequela {f} |
| sequence {n} (set of things in a set order) | :: sequência {f} |
| sequence {n} (series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated) | :: sequência {f} |
| sequence {n} (poetic, music composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings) | :: sequência {f} |
| sequence {n} (in mathematics, an ordered list of objects) | :: sequência {f} |
| sequence {n} (series of shots that depict a single action or style) | :: sequência {f} |
| sequenced {adj} (whose sequence has been determined) | :: sequenciado |
| sequencer {n} (device that activates components according to a preplanned sequence) | :: sequenciador {m} |
| sequencer {n} (device that stores sound for playback) | :: sequenciador {m} |
| sequencer {n} (device that determines the sequence of monomers in a polymer) | :: sequenciador {m} |
| sequent {adj} (that comes after) SEE: subsequent | :: |
| sequin {n} (sparkling spangle used for decoration of ornate clothing:) | :: lantejoula {f} |
| sequoia {n} (tree) | :: sequoia {f} |
| Sequoyah {prop} (Inventor of the syllabary for writing Cherokee) | :: Sequoyah |
| serac {n} (sharp tower of ice) | :: serac {m} |
| seraph {n} (highest order of angels) | :: serafim {m} |
| seraphic {adj} (relating to the seraphim) | :: seráfico |
| seraphic {adj} (pure and sublime) | :: seráfico |
| Serb {n} (person of Serb descent, see also: Serbian) | :: sérvio {m}, sérvia {f} |
| Serb {adj} (of or pertaining to the Serbs or their culture) | :: sérvio |
| Serbia {prop} (a country in southeastern Europe) | :: Sérvia |
| Serbia and Montenegro {prop} (former country on the Balkan Peninsula) | :: Sérvia e Montenegro |
| Serbian {n} (person from Serbia, see also: Serb) | :: sérvio {m} |
| Serbian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian) | :: sérvio {m} |
| Serbian {adj} (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians) | :: sérvio |
| Serbian {adj} (pertaining to the Serbian language) | :: sérvio |
| Serbian {n} (Serb) SEE: Serb | :: |
| Serbo-Croatian {n} (South Slavic language) | :: servo-croata, serbo-croata |
| Serbo-Croatian {adj} (pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language) | :: servo-croata, serbo-croata |
| serenade {n} (love song) | :: serenata {f} |
| serendipitous {adj} (by unexpected good fortune) | :: providencial, favorável, generoso, fortuito |
| serendipitous {adj} (beneficial or favorable) | :: favorável, generoso |
| serendipity {n} (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident) | :: serendipidade {f}, serendipitia {f}, serendipismo {m}, eventualidade, contingência, acaso |
| serendipity {n} (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome) | :: providência |
| serene {adj} (peaceful, calm) | :: sereno |
| serene {adj} (fair and unclouded) | :: sereno |
| serenely {adv} (in a serene manner) | :: serenamente |
| Serengeti {prop} (an ecosystem in Tanzania) | :: Serengeti {m} |
| serenity {n} (state) | :: serenidade {f} |
| serenity {n} (lack of agitation) | :: serenidade {f} |
| serf {n} (semifree peasant) | :: servo {m} |
| serfdom {n} (state of being a serf) | :: servidão {f} |
| serfdom {n} (feudal system) | :: servidão {f} |
| serge {n} (type of cloth) | :: sarja, sarja {f} |
| sergeant {n} (non-commissioned officer rank) | :: sargento |
| sergeant major {n} (sergeant major) | :: sargento-mor {m} |
| Sergey {prop} (transliteration of Сергей) | :: Serguei {m}, Sérgio {m} |
| Sergius {prop} (male given name) | :: Sérgio {m} |
| serial {adj} (Having to do with or arranged in a series) | :: serial |
| serial {adj} (Published or produced in installments) | :: seriado |
| serial {n} (literal work) | :: série {f} |
| serial {n} (publication) | :: série {f} |
| serial {n} (serial number required to activate software) | :: serial {m} |
| serial killer {n} (person who commits multiple murders) | :: assassino em série {m}, assassina em série {f}, serial killer {m} {f} |
| serial number {n} (unique number assigned to unit) | :: número de série {m} |
| sericulture {n} (rearing of silkworms for the production of silk) | :: sericicultura {f} |
| series {n} (a number of things that follow on one after the other) | :: série {f}, sequência {f} |
| series {n} (television or radio program) | :: série {f}, seriado {m} |
| series {n} (in analysis: sum of the terms of a sequence) | :: série {f} |
| series finale {n} (the final episode of a television series) | :: final {f} |
| serif {n} (short line in a font) | :: serifa {f} |
| serigraphy {n} (printing method) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| seriocomic {adj} (having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies) | :: sério-cômico |
| serious {adj} (without humor or expression of happiness) | :: sério |
| serious {adj} (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play) | :: sério |
| serious {adj} (really intending what is said; being in earnest) | :: sério |
| seriously {adv} (in a serious or literal manner) | :: seriamente, a sério |
| seriously {adv} (speech-act) | :: a sério |
| seriousness {n} (state of being serious) | :: seriedade {f}, gravidade {f} |
| sermon {n} (religious discourse) | :: sermão {m} |
| sermon {n} (speech of reproval) | :: sermão {m} |
| sero- {prefix} (combining form of serum) | :: sero- |
| serologic {adj} (serological) SEE: serological | :: |
| serological {adj} (of or pertaining to serology) | :: serológico |
| serology {n} (science that studies the reaction between antigens and antibodies in serum) | :: serologia {f} |
| serophobia {n} (fear, dislike, or hate of seropositives) | :: serofobia {f}, sorofobia {f} |
| seropositive {adj} (testing positive for a given pathogen) | :: seropositivo, [Brazil] soropositivo |
| serotonergic {adj} (containing or releasing serotonin) | :: serotonérgico |
| serotonin {n} (the compound 5-hydroxytryptamine) | :: serotonina {f} |
| serpent {n} (snake) | :: serpente {f} |
| serpent {n} (musical instrument) | :: serpentão {m} |
| Serpentarius {prop} (Ophiuchus) SEE: Ophiuchus | :: |
| serpentine {adj} (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes) | :: ofídico |
| serpentine {adj} (of, or having attributes associated with, the serpent referred to in the book of Genesis in the Bible, see also: crafty; deceitful) | :: viperino |
| serpentine {adj} (having the form of a snake) | :: serpentino, serpentiforme, anguiforme |
| serpentine {adj} (curving in alternate directions, see also: sinuous) | :: serpentino, sinuoso |
| serpentine {n} (plant believed to cure snakebites) | :: serpentária {f} |
| serpentine {n} (early form of cannon) | :: serpentina {f} |
| serpentine {n} (coiled distillation tube) | :: serpentina {f} |
| serpentine {n} (mineral) | :: serpentina {f} |
| serpentinite {n} (metamorphic rock) | :: serpentinito {m} |
| serpentinization {n} (conversion of mineral or rock into serpentine) | :: serpentinização {f} |
| serrated {adj} (saw-like) | :: serrado |
| serrated {adj} (Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections) | :: serrado |
| serum {n} (yellowish fluid obtained from blood) | :: soro |
| serum {n} (blood serum containing antibodies) SEE: antiserum | :: |
| serval {n} (medium-sized African wild cat) | :: serval {m} |
| servant {n} (one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation) | :: empregado {m}, criado {m}, serviçal {m} {f} |
| servant {n} (one who serves another, providing help in some manner) | :: servente {m} {f} |
| serve {n} (sports: act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play) | :: saque {m} |
| serve {v} (to work for) | :: servir |
| serve {v} (to be subordinate to) | :: servir |
| serve {v} (to attend, supply the wants of) | :: servir |
| serve {v} (to bring food to) | :: servir |
| serve {v} (to spend time (of punishment)) | :: cumprir |
| serve {v} (sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)) | :: sacar, servir |
| serve {n} (AUS: portion of food) SEE: serving | :: |
| server {n} (one who serves) | :: servidor {m} |
| server {n} (computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users) | :: servidor {m} |
| server {n} (computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs) | :: servidor {m} |
| serve someone right {v} (happen to someone who deserves it) | :: (ser) bem feito para object |
| serve someone right {v} (serves you right!) | :: bem feito! |
| Servian {adj} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {n} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| Servian {prop} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian | :: |
| service {n} (practice of providing services as economic activity) | :: serviço {m} |
| service {n} (computing: function provided by one program or machine for another) | :: serviço |
| service {n} (state of being subordinate or employed) | :: serviço {m} |
| service {n} (the military) | :: serviço {m} |
| service {n} (set of dishes or utensils) | :: jogo {m}, conjunto {m} |
| service {n} (sports: act of initially serving the ball) | :: saque {m} |
| service {n} (religious rite or ritual) | :: cerimónia {f} [Portugal], cerimônia {f} [Brazil], rito {m} |
| service {v} (to serve) | :: servir |
| service {v} (to perform maintenance) | :: fazer (a) manutenção |
| service {n} (service tree) SEE: service tree | :: |
| serviceberry {n} (plant) | :: amelanqueiro |
| service lift {n} (a lift designed to carry goods) | :: monta-cargas {m} |
| serviceman {n} (man who serves in the armed forces) | :: militar {m} {f} |
| service station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| service tree {n} (Sorbus domestica) | :: sorva {f}, sorveira {f} |
| serviette {n} (napkin) SEE: napkin | :: |
| servile {adj} (of or pertaining to a slave) | :: servil |
| servile {adj} (submissive or slavish) | :: servil |
| serving {n} (portion of food) | :: porção {f} |
| servitude {n} (the state of being a slave) | :: servidão {f}, servitude {f} |
| servomechanism {n} (system) | :: servomecanismo {m} |
| sesame {n} (plant) | :: sésamo {m}, gergelim {m} |
| sesame {n} (seed) | :: sésamo {m}, gergelim {m} |
| sesame oil {n} (oil extracted from sesame seeds) | :: óleo de gergelim {m}, óleo de sésamo {m}, azeite de sésamo {m} |
| sessile {adj} (zoology) | :: séssil |
| sessile {adj} (botany) | :: séssil |
| sessile oak {n} (deciduous tree) | :: carvalho-alvo {m}, carvalho-branco {m}, roble-alvo {m}, roble-branco {m} |
| session {n} (period devoted to a particular activity) | :: sessão {f} |
| session {n} (meeting of a body to conduct business) | :: sessão {f} |
| session {n} ((computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server) | :: sessão {f} |
| sesterce {n} (sestertius) SEE: sestertius | :: |
| sestertius {n} (Roman coin) | :: sestércio {m} |
| set {v} (to put something down) | :: pôr, colocar |
| set {v} (to determine) | :: determinar |
| set {v} (to adjust) | :: ajustar |
| set {v} (to punch a nail into wood) | :: pregar |
| set {v} (to arrange with dishes and cutlery) | :: dispor |
| set {v} (to introduce) | :: apresentar, introduzir |
| set {v} (to locate, to backdrop) | :: localizar |
| set {v} (to compile, to make (a crossword)) | :: completar |
| set {v} (to prepare (a stage or film set)) | :: preparar |
| set {v} (to devise and assign work) | :: atribuir, distribuir |
| set {v} (to direct the ball to a teammate for an attack) | :: passar |
| set {v} (to solidify) | :: solidificarse |
| set {v} (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) | :: pôr |
| set {n} (device for receiving broadcast radio waves; a radio or television) | :: aparelho {m} |
| set {n} (a series of, a group of) | :: série, conjunto |
| set {adj} (ready, prepared) | :: pronto {m}, preparado {m} |
| set {adj} (intent, determined) | :: determinado {m} |
| set {adj} (prearranged) | :: combinado |
| set {adj} (fixed in one’s opinion) | :: determinado |
| set {n} (matching collection of similar things, such as a set of tables) | :: jogo, conjunto {m} |
| set {n} (collection of various objects for a particular purpose, such as a set of tools) | :: jogo, kit {m} |
| set {n} (set theory: collection of objects) | :: conjunto {m} |
| set {n} (group of people, usually meeting socially) | :: grupo {m} |
| set {n} (scenery for a film or play) | :: cenário {m} |
| set {n} (in tennis) | :: set {m} |
| set {n} (volleyball) | :: set {m} |
| set {v} (to sit) SEE: sit | :: |
| set {n} (badger’s home) SEE: sett | :: |
| set {n} (plural: set theory) SEE: set theory | :: |
| Set {prop} (Egyptian god) | :: Set {m}, Seth {m} |
| setback {n} (adverse event, obstacle) | :: contratempo {m}, contrariedade {f} |
| set down {v} (to place on a surface) | :: pousar |
| Sete Cidades {prop} (lake) | :: Lagoa das Sete Cidades {f} |
| set fire {v} (to light using fire) | :: atear fogo |
| set forth {v} (to start) SEE: start | :: |
| Seth {prop} (the third son of Adam and Eve) | :: Sete {m} |
| Seth {prop} (Egyptian god) | :: Set {m}, Seth {m} |
| set off {v} (To offset) SEE: offset | :: |
| set-off {n} (extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors) | :: compensação {f} |
| seton {n} (silk threads) | :: sedenho {m} |
| set on fire {v} (cause to begin to burn) | :: queimar, atear fogo, incendiar |
| set on fire {v} (arouse passionate feelings in) | :: acalentar |
| set out {v} (to explain) | :: dispor |
| set out {v} (to leave) | :: partir |
| set out {v} (to start an activity) | :: dispor |
| set phrase {n} (idiomatic expression) | :: expressão idiomática |
| set square {n} (flat triangular piece of plastic or other material used in technical drawing) | :: esquadro {m} |
| sett {n} (paving stone) | :: paralelepípedo |
| setter {n} (volleyball player) | :: levantador {m} |
| set-theoretic {adj} (Of, relating to or using set theory) | :: conjuntista {m} {f} |
| set theory {n} (mathematical theory of sets) | :: teoria de conjuntos {f}, teoria dos conjuntos {f}. |
| set the Thames on fire {v} (to achieve something amazing) | :: meter uma lança em África |
| setting {n} (time, place, circumstance) | :: ambiente |
| setting {adj} (that disappears below the horizon) | :: poente |
| settle {v} (to fix one's dwelling) | :: assentar-se |
| settle down {v} (to become quiet) | :: acalmar-se |
| settlement {n} (state) | :: estabelecer |
| settlement {n} (newly established colony) | :: povoação {f}, assentamento |
| settlement {n} ((finance) delivery and payment) | :: liquidação {f} |
| settler {n} (someone who settles in a new location) | :: colono |
| settle someone's hash {v} (To physically or verbally subdue someone.) | :: por alguém em seu devido lugar |
| set up {v} (to ready something for use) | :: preparar |
| set up {adj} (in a position to function) | :: preparado, pronto |
| set upon {v} (to attack) | :: atacar |
| Sevastopol {prop} (city) | :: Sebastopol {f}, Sevastopol {f} |
| seven {num} (cardinal number 7) | :: sete |
| seven {n} (the figure seven) | :: sete {m} |
| seven {n} (a card bearing seven pips) | :: sete {m} |
| seven deadly sins {n} (the cardinal sins) | :: sete pecados capitais {m-p} |
| seven hundred {num} (cardinal number 700) | :: setecentos {m}, setecentas {f} |
| seven hundred and fifty {num} (number) | :: setecentos e cinquenta {m-p} {f-p} |
| seven hundred and fifty {n} (the figure 750) | :: setecentos e cinquenta {m} |
| seven-league boots {n} (boots enabling great stride) | :: botas de sete léguas {f-p} |
| sevennight {n} (period of seven consecutive days and nights) SEE: week | :: |
| seven o'clock {n} (the start of the eighth hour) | :: sete horas {f-p} |
| sevens {n} (rugby sevens) SEE: rugby sevens | :: |
| seven seas {n} (all of the Earths oceans) | :: sete mares {m-p} |
| seventeen {num} (cardinal number) | :: dezassete, dezessete |
| seventeenth {adj} (ordinal number, see also: 17th) | :: décimo sétimo |
| seventeenth {n} (one of seventeen equal parts of a whole) | :: dezessete avos {m} |
| seventh {adj} (ordinal form of the number seven, see also: 7th) | :: sétimo |
| seventh {n} (something in the seventh position) | :: sétimo {m}, sétima {f} |
| seventh {n} (one of seven equal parts of a whole) | :: sétimo {m} |
| seventh grade {n} (period in school that comes after sixth grade and before eighth grade) | :: sétima série {f}, 7ª série {f} |
| seventh heaven {n} (state of great joy and satisfaction) | :: sétimo céu |
| seven thousand {num} (7,000) | :: sete mil |
| seventieth {adj} (ordinal form of the number seventy (70)) | :: setuagésimo {m}, setuagésima {f} (abbreviations 70º {m}, 70ª {f}) |
| seventieth {n} (the person or thing in the seventieth position) | :: setuagésimo {m} |
| seventieth {n} (one of seventy equal parts of a whole) | :: setenta avos {m} |
| seventy {num} (cardinal number) | :: setenta |
| seventy-eight {num} (78) | :: setenta e oito |
| seventy-first {adj} (ordinal number 71st) | :: septuagésimo primeiro |
| seventy-five {num} (75) | :: setenta e cinco |
| seventy-four {num} (74) | :: setenta e quatro |
| seventy-nine {num} (79) | :: setenta e nove |
| seventy-one {num} (71) | :: setenta e um |
| seventy-seven {num} (77) | :: setenta e sete |
| seventy-six {num} (76) | :: setenta e seis |
| seventy-three {num} (73) | :: setenta e três |
| seventy-two {num} (72) | :: setenta e dois |
| seven virtues {n} (seven heavenly virtues) | :: sete virtudes {f-p} |
| sever {v} (to cut free) | :: cortar |
| several {determiner} (consisting of a number more than two, but not very many) | :: muitos, vários, diversos |
| several {determiner} (obsolete: separate, distinct) | :: diverso, distinto |
| several {determiner} (diverse; different; various) | :: vários |
| severe {adj} (very bad or intense) | :: severo |
| severe {adj} (strict or harsh) | :: duro, rígido, severo |
| severe {adj} (austere) | :: austero, severo |
| severed {adj} (cut off or broken apart) | :: cortado |
| severely {adv} (in a severe manner) | :: severamente |
| severity {n} (state of being severe) | :: gravidade {f}, severidade {f} |
| Seville {prop} (city in Andalusia, Spain) | :: Sevilha {f} |
| Seville orange {n} (Seville orange) SEE: bitter orange | :: |
| Sevillian {adj} (of or pertaining to Sevilla) | :: sevilhano |
| Sevillian {n} (someone from Sevilla) | :: sevilhano {m}, sevilhana {f} |
| sew {v} ((transitive) use a needle) | :: costurar, coser |
| sew {v} ((intransitive) use a needle) | :: costurar, coser |
| sewage {n} (suspension of water and waste) | :: esgoto {m} |
| sewer {n} (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage) | :: esgoto {m} |
| sewer {n} (person who sews clothing) | :: costureiro {m} |
| sewerage {n} (sewage) SEE: sewage | :: |
| sewing {n} (action of the verb to sew) | :: costura {f} |
| sewing machine {n} (device) | :: máquina de costura {f} |
| sex {n} (act of sexual intercourse) | :: sexo {m}, transa {f} |
| sex {n} (gender (female or male)) | :: sexo {m} |
| sex {v} (to determine the sex of) | :: sexar |
| sex {v} (informal: to have sex with) | :: comer |
| sexagenarian {adj} (in one's seventh decade) | :: sexagenário |
| sexagenarian {n} (a person who is between the ages of 60 and 69) | :: sexagenário {m}, sexagenária {f} |
| sex appeal {n} (sexual attractiveness) | :: apelo sexual {m}, sex appeal {m} |
| sex bomb {n} (someone highly sexy) | :: bomba sexual {f} |
| sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll {n} (indulgent and pleasurable activities) | :: sexo, drogas e rock and roll |
| sex education {n} (sex education) | :: educação sexual {f} |
| sex gland {n} (gland in which sex cells are produced) SEE: gonad | :: |
| sexism {n} (gender discrimination or dislike) | :: sexismo {m} |
| sexist {n} (a person who discriminates on grounds of sex) | :: sexista {m} {f} |
| sex life {n} (part of a person's life that is directly concerned with sexual activity) | :: vida sexual {f} |
| sexologist {n} (someone who studies, or is an expert in, sex and sexuality) | :: sexólogo {m}, sexóloga {f}, sexologista {m} {f} |
| sexology {n} (study of sex and sexuality) | :: sexologia {f} |
| sex organ {n} (organ used in sexual reproduction) | :: órgão sexual {m} |
| sex ratio {n} | :: razão sexual |
| sex shop {n} (shop that sells sexual merchandise) | :: sex shop {m} |
| sex slave {n} (slave kept for the purpose of sexual exploitation) | :: escravo sexual {m}, escrava sexual {f} |
| sex symbol {n} (person who embodies sexual ideals) | :: sex symbol {m} {f}, símbolo sexual {m} |
| sext {n} (noon) SEE: noon | :: |
| Sextans {prop} (dim spring constellation of the northern sky) | :: Sextans |
| sextant {n} (navigational instrument) | :: sextante {m} |
| sextant {n} (one sixth of a circle) | :: sextante {m} |
| sextillion {num} (a trillion billion, 1021, see also: trilliard) | :: sextilhão |
| sexton {n} (church official) | :: sacristão {m} |
| sex toy {n} (sex aid) | :: brinquedo sexual {m} |
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to having sex) | :: sexual |
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to the sex of an organism) | :: sexuado |
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to sexuality) | :: sexual |
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to sexual orientation, identity or preferences) | :: sexual |
| sexual abuse {n} (forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another) | :: abuso sexual {m} |
| sexual harassment {n} (sexual harassment) | :: assédio sexual {m} |
| sexual intercourse {n} (sexual interaction) | :: relação sexual {f} |
| sexuality {n} (sexual orientation) SEE: sexual orientation | :: |
| sexuality {n} (that which is characterized or distinguished by sex) | :: sexualidade {f} |
| sexuality {n} (sexual activity) | :: sexualidade {f} |
| sexuality {n} (concern with or interest in sexual activity) | :: sexualidade {f} |
| sexualization {n} | :: sexualização {f} |
| sexually {adv} (in a sexual manner) | :: sexualmente |
| sexually {adv} (with respect to sex (division)) | :: sexualmente |
| sexually {adv} (with respect to intercourse) | :: sexualmente |
| sexually {adv} (by means of intercourse) | :: sexualmente |
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse) SEE: venereal disease | :: |
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (disease contracted through sexual contact) | :: doença sexualmente transmitida {f} |
| sexual orientation {n} (sexual orientation) | :: orientação sexual {f} |
| sexual predator {n} (person seen as threatening for wanting sex) | :: predador sexual {m} |
| sexual reproduction {n} (process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms) | :: reprodução sexuada {f} |
| sexual selection {n} (type of natural selection) | :: seleção sexual {f} |
| sexual slavery {n} (criminal activity) | :: escravidão sexual {f} |
| sex worker {n} (person who supplies sexual services for money) | :: trabalhador sexual {m} |
| sexy {adj} (having sexual appeal) | :: sexy {m} {f}, sensual {m} {f} |
| Seychelles {prop} (country in East Africa) | :: Seicheles |
| Seychellois {adj} (from, or pertaining to, the Seychelles) | :: seichelense |
| Seychellois {n} (Someone from the Seychelles of Seychellois descent) | :: seichelense {m} {f} |
| Sfax {prop} (Tunisian city) | :: Sfax {f} |
| sgraffito {n} (technique where the top layer is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer) | :: esgrafito {m}, sgraffito {m} |
| sgraffito {v} (to produce a design using this technique) | :: esgrafiar, esgrafitar |
| shabby {adj} (torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged) | :: estropiado, esfarrapado, esbodegado |
| shabby {adj} (clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments) | :: esfarrapado |
| shabby {adj} (mean; paltry; despicable) | :: tosco {m} [slang] |
| shack {n} (crude hut) | :: barraco, choupana {f}, cabana {f}, casebre {m}, tugúrio {m} |
| shackle {n} (restraint fit over an appendage) | :: grilhão {m} |
| shackle {n} (a U-shaped piece of metal) | :: manilha {f} |
| shackle {n} (stubble) SEE: stubble | :: |
| shackles {n} (paired wrist or ankle restraints) | :: algema {m}, ferros {m-p}, grilhetas {f-p} |
| shad {n} (fishes of the herring family) | :: sável {m} |
| shadbush {n} (serviceberry) SEE: serviceberry | :: |
| shade {n} (darkness where light is blocked) | :: sombra {f} |
| shade {n} (something that blocks light, particularly in a window) | :: cortina {f} |
| shade {n} (variety of color) | :: matiz {f}, nuança {f}, tom {m}, tonalidade {f}, gradação {f} |
| shade {n} (ghost, see also: ghost) | :: espectro {m}, sombra {f} |
| shade {v} (to shield from light) | :: sombrear |
| shadoof {n} (device used to gather water) | :: picota {f} |
| shadow {n} (dark image projected onto a surface) | :: sombra {f} |
| shadow {n} (relative darkness) | :: sombras {f-p}, penumbra {f} |
| shadow {n} (one who secretly or furtively follows another) | :: sombra {f} |
| shadow {n} (typographic effect) | :: sombreado {m} |
| shadow {v} (to block light or radio transmission) | :: sombrear |
| shadow {n} (spirit, ghost) SEE: ghost | :: |
| shadowbox {n} (diorama) SEE: diorama | :: |
| shadow-box {n} (diorama) SEE: diorama | :: |
| shadow play {n} (form of storytelling using opaque figures in front of an illuminated backdrop) | :: teatro de sombras {m} |
| shady {adj} (abounding in shades) | :: sombroso, umbroso |
| shady {adj} (overspread with shade) | :: sombreado |
| shady {adj} (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known) | :: suspeito, duvidoso {m}, escuso |
| shaft {n} (long narrow body of spear or arrow) | :: haste {f}, cabo {m} |
| shaft {n} (beam or ray of light) | :: raio {m} |
| shaft {n} (any long, thin object) | :: haste {f}, cabo {m} |
| shaft {n} (main axis of a feather) | :: raque {f} |
| shaft {n} (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick) | :: cabo {m} |
| shaft {n} (long passage sunk into the earth) | :: poço {m}, chaminé {f} |
| shaft {n} (vertical passage housing a lift) | :: poço {m} |
| shaft {n} (ventilation or heating conduit) | :: duto {m} |
| shag {n} (matted material) | :: guedelha {f}, grenha {f} |
| shag {n} (sea bird) | :: corvo-marinho {m} |
| shag {v} (to shake) | :: agitar |
| shag {v} (to have sexual intercourse with) | :: comer |
| shag {n} (act of sexual intercourse) | :: foda {f} |
| shag {n} (sexual partner) | :: foda {f} |
| shaggy {adj} (with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) | :: felpudo, desgrenhado |
| shah {n} (king of Persia) | :: xá {m} |
| shahada {n} (Islamic declaration of belief) | :: chahada {f} |
| shaheed {n} (martyr) SEE: martyr | :: |
| shaitan {n} (Iblis, Satan in Islam) | :: shaitan {m} |
| shake {v} (transitive: to cause to move) | :: sacudir, agitar |
| shake {v} (to move one's head from side to side) | :: sacudir a cabeça |
| shake {v} (transitive: to disturb emotionally) | :: mexer com |
| shake {v} (transitive: to lose, evade) | :: evadir |
| shake {v} (intransitive: to move from side to side) | :: sacudir |
| shake {v} (intransitive: to shake hands) | :: cumprimentar-se |
| shake {n} (beverage made of ice cream and carbonated drink) SEE: float | :: |
| shakedown {n} (extortion) SEE: extortion | :: |
| shake hands {v} (grasp another person's hands) | :: apertar as mãos |
| Shaker {n} (member of a Protestant sect) | :: shaker {m} |
| Shakerism {n} (the doctrines of the Shakers) | :: shakerismo |
| Shakespeare {prop} (English playwright) | :: Shakespeare {m} |
| Shakespearean {adj} (pertaining to Shakespeare or his works) | :: shakespeariano |
| Shakespearean sonnet {n} (type of sonnet) | :: soneto inglês {m}, soneto shakespeariano {m} |
| shake up {v} (to reorganize or reform) | :: reformar, reorganizar |
| shale {n} (sedimentary rock) | :: xisto |
| shale gas {n} (natural gas) | :: gás de xisto {m} |
| shall {v} (indicating the simple future tense) | :: Use the future tense of the verb or present indicative of ir + the infinitive or the verb "haver de" in the present + infinitive |
| shall {v} (indicating determination or obligation) | :: dever, precisar |
| shall {v} (in questions to suggest a possible future action) | :: Use the imperative tense of the verb or present indicative of ir + the infinitive |
| shallot {n} (vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii) | :: chalota {f} |
| shallow {adj} (having little depth and significantly less deep than wide) | :: raso, superficial |
| shallow {adj} (extending not far downward) | :: superficial |
| shallow {adj} (concerned mainly with superficial matters) | :: superficial |
| shallow {adj} (lacking interest or substance) | :: desinteressante |
| shallow {n} (shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water) | :: raso, rasa |
| shalom {interj} (transliteration of the Jewish greeting or farewell) | :: shalom |
| shalwar {n} (garment) | :: shalwar {f} |
| shaman {n} (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds) | :: xamã {m} {f} |
| shamanism {n} (range of traditional beliefs) | :: xamanismo {m} |
| shame {n} (uncomfortable or painful feeling) | :: vergonha {f} |
| shame {n} (something to regret) | :: vergonha {f} |
| shame {v} (to cause to feel shame) | :: envergonhar |
| shameful {adj} (causing or meriting shame or disgrace) | :: vergonhoso |
| shamefully {adv} (in a shamefull manner) | :: envergonhadamente |
| shamefully {adv} (expresses discontent with a situation or occurrence) | :: vergonhosamente |
| shameless {adj} (having no shame) | :: desavergonhado, sem-vergonha |
| shamelessly {adv} (in a shameless manner) | :: desavergonhadamente, impudentemente |
| shamelessness {n} (The state or characteristic of being without shame) | :: impudor {m}, despudor {m} |
| shaming {n} (the activity of shaming) | :: envergonhar |
| shampoo {n} (product for washing the hair or other fibres) | :: xampu {m} |
| shamrock {n} (any of several small plants, forms of clover) SEE: clover | :: |
| shamrock {n} (trefoil leaf of any clover) | :: trevo {m} |
| Shang-hai {prop} (Shanghai) SEE: Shanghai | :: |
| Shanghai {prop} (Chinese city as provincial-level municipality) | :: Xangai |
| Shango {prop} (orisha in Yoruba religion) | :: Xangô {m} |
| Shangri-La {n} (a place of complete bliss, delight, and peace) | :: xangri-lá {m} |
| shank {n} (lower part of the leg) | :: canela {f} |
| shantytown {n} (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties) | :: favela {f} [Brazil], bairro de lata {m} [Portugal], musseque {m} [Angola] |
| shape {n} (status or condition) | :: condição {f}, estado {m} |
| shape {n} (condition of personal health, especially muscular health) | :: estado {m} |
| shape {n} (appearance or outline) | :: forma {f} |
| shape {n} (figure) | :: forma {f} |
| shape {v} (to give something a shape) | :: modelar |
| shapelessness {n} (property of being shapeless) | :: amorfismo {m} |
| shapeshifter {n} (creature capable of changing its appearance) SEE: shape-shifter | :: |
| shape-shifter {n} (a person who can transform) | :: transmorfo {m} |
| sharbat {n} (sherbet) SEE: sherbet | :: |
| shard {n} (piece of glass or pottery) | :: caco {m}, estilhaço {m} |
| share {n} (portion of something) | :: parte {f} |
| share {n} (financial instrument) | :: ação {f} |
| share {v} (to give) | :: partilhar, compartilhar, dividir |
| share {v} (to have in common) | :: compartilhar |
| share {v} (to divide and distribute) | :: partilhar, repartir |
| share {v} (to tell to another) | :: compartilhar |
| share {n} (sharebone) SEE: pubis | :: |
| share {n} (plowshare) SEE: plowshare | :: |
| sharecropper {n} (a farmer paying rent with crops to the landowner) | :: parceiro rural {m} |
| sharecropping {n} (system) | :: parceria rural {f} |
| shared {adj} (used multiply) | :: compartilhado |
| share dilution {n} (loss of stock value due to new issues) | :: diluição de capital {f} |
| shareholder {n} (one who owns shares of stock) | :: acionista {m} {f}, accionista {m} {f} |
| sharemarket {n} (stock market) SEE: stock market | :: |
| shareowner {n} (shareholder) SEE: shareholder | :: |
| share taxi {n} (a vehicle for hire, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables) | :: táxi-lotação {m} |
| shareware {n} (type of software) | :: shareware {?}, programa de utilização limitada {m}, programa de utilização condicionada {m}, programa de utilização restrita {m} |
| shari'a {n} (Islamic religious law) | :: xaria {f} |
| sharif {n} (traditional Arab tribal title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets) | :: xarife {m} |
| sharing economy {n} (system of economic exchange) | :: economia do compartilhamento {f} |
| shark {n} (fish) | :: tubarão {m}, cação {m} |
| shark fin soup {n} (soup made from shark fins) | :: sopa de barbatana de tubarão {f} |
| sharp {adj} (able to cut easily) | :: afiado, aguçado, agudo |
| sharp {adj} (intelligent) | :: esperto, inteligente |
| sharp {adj} (pointed, able to pierce easily) | :: pontudo, pontiagudo |
| sharp {adj} (of a note, played a semitone higher than usual) | :: sustenido |
| sharp {adj} (musically higher-pitched than desired) | :: agudo |
| sharp {adj} (having an intense, acrid flavour) | :: acre |
| sharp {adj} (intense and sudden (of pain)) | :: agudo |
| sharp {adj} (illegal or dishonest) | :: injusto {m} |
| sharp {adj} (offensive, critical, or acrimonious) | :: agudo |
| sharp {adj} (stylish or attractive) | :: estiloso |
| sharp {adj} (observant, alert, acute) | :: atento |
| sharp {adj} (forming a small angle) | :: agudo, fechado |
| sharp {adv} (exactly) | :: em ponto |
| sharp {n} (sign for a sharp note on the staff) | :: sustenido {m} |
| sharp {n} (note that is sharp in a particular key) | :: sustenido {m} |
| sharp {n} (sharp object) | :: ponta {f} |
| sharp {n} (cheater or dishonest person) | :: velhaco {m}, trapaceiro {m} |
| sharpen {v} (to make sharp) | :: afiar [of a blade], apontar [of a point] |
| sharpener {n} (device for making things sharp) | :: apontador, amolador {m} |
| sharper {n} (cheat, card-sharper) | :: malandro |
| sharpie {n} (felt-tipped marker pen) SEE: felt-tip pen | :: |
| sharpshooter {n} (marksman) | :: atirador de elite {m} |
| shashlik {n} (skewered dish) | :: chachlik {m} |
| shatter {v} (to violently break something into pieces) | :: estilhaçar |
| shatter {v} (to smash, or break into tiny pieces) | :: estilhaçar |
| shave {v} (to remove hair from) | :: barbear, raspar |
| shave {v} (to remove hair from one's face) | :: barbear-se |
| shave {v} (to slice thin) | :: ralar |
| shave {n} (an instance of shaving) | :: barbear |
| shaver {n} (boy) SEE: boy | :: |
| shaver {n} (barber) SEE: barber | :: |
| shaver {n} (electric razor) | :: barbeador {m} |
| shaver {n} (sharper) SEE: sharper | :: |
| shaver {n} (pillager) SEE: pillager | :: |
| shaving {n} (A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material) | :: apara {f}, raspa |
| shaving brush {n} (brush for applying shaving cream) | :: pincel de barba {m} |
| shawarma {n} (Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap) | :: xauarma {m} |
| shawl {n} (a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders) | :: xale {m}, xaile {m} |
| she {pron} (person) | :: ela |
| shea {n} (tree) | :: carité {m} |
| shea butter {n} (fat extracted from the fruit of the shea tree) | :: manteiga de karité/carité {f} |
| sheaf {n} (bundle of grain or straw) | :: gavela {f} |
| sheaf {n} (any collection of things bound together; a bundle) | :: feixe {m}, lio {m} |
| sheaf {n} (mathematical construct) | :: feixe |
| sheaf {n} (sheave) SEE: sheave | :: |
| shear {v} (to cut) | :: cortar, tosquiar [with shears] |
| shear {v} (to remove the fleece from a sheep) | :: tosar, tosquiar |
| shear {v} (to deform because of shearing forces) | :: cisalhar |
| shear {n} (a cutting tool similar to scissors) | :: tosquiadeira {f} |
| shear {n} (the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing) | :: poda |
| shears {n} (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) | :: tesoura de tosquiar {f} |
| shearwater {n} (seabird) | :: cagarra {f}, pardela {f} |
| she-ass {n} (female ass, female donkey, jenny) | :: burra {f}, asna {f} |
| sheath {n} (scabbard) SEE: scabbard | :: |
| sheath {n} (condom) SEE: condom | :: |
| sheath {n} (long case) | :: revestimento {m} |
| sheathe {v} (to put (something) into a sheath) | :: abainhar, embainhar |
| sheave {n} (wheel having a groove) | :: roldana {f} |
| Sheba {prop} (biblical kingdom) | :: Sabá {m} |
| she-bear {n} (a female bear) | :: ursa {f} |
| shebop {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate | :: |
| she-cat {n} (female cat) | :: gata {f} |
| she could be his mother {phrase} (woman older than man) | :: ela poderia ser a mãe dele |
| shed {v} (to part or divide) | :: dividir |
| shed {v} (to cast off, to let fall, be divested of) | :: descartar |
| shed {v} (to pour; to make flow) | :: verter |
| shed {n} (temporary structure to shelter something) | :: barracão {m}, galpão {m} |
| shed light on {v} (to illuminate) | :: lançar luz sobre |
| sheen {n} (splendor; radiance; shininess) | :: brilho {m} |
| sheep {n} (animal) | :: ovelha {f} |
| sheep {n} (one who behaves shyly) | :: pusilânime {m} {f}, ovelha {f} |
| sheepdog {n} (dog used for herding sheep) | :: cão-pastor {m}, ovelheiro {m} |
| sheepfold {n} (enclosure) | :: aprisco {m}, redil {m} |
| sheepherder {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| sheeple {n} (the sheeple, one of the sheeple) | :: manada {f}, gado {m} |
| sheep liver fluke {n} (parasitic flatworm) | :: barata-do-fígado {f}, baratinha-do-fígado {f}, dúvia {f}, saguaipé {f} |
| sheer {adj} (pure) SEE: pure | :: |
| sheer {adj} (very thin or transparent) | :: fino |
| sheer {adj} (straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular) | :: direto |
| sheet {n} (sheet of paper) | :: folha {f} |
| sheet {n} (thin, flat layer of solid material) | :: lâmina {f} |
| sheet {n} (expanse of material on a surface) | :: capa {f} |
| sheet {n} (rope to adjust a sail) | :: escota {f} |
| sheet {n} (thin bed cloth) SEE: bedsheet | :: |
| sheet metal {n} (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) | :: chapa de metal {f} |
| sheet music {n} (hand-written or printed form of musical notation) | :: partitura {f} |
| she-goat {n} (female goat) | :: cabra {f} |
| sheik {n} (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe) | :: xeque {m} |
| sheik {n} (Islamic religious clergy) | :: xeque {m} |
| sheik {n} (Gulf countries: official title for members of the royal family) | :: xeque {m} |
| Sheila {prop} (female given name) | :: Sheila {f} |
| shekel {n} (sheqel) SEE: sheqel | :: |
| shelduck {n} (waterfowl) | :: tadorna {f} |
| shelf {n} (structure) | :: prateleira {f}, estante {f} |
| shelf {n} (capacity) | :: prateleira {f}, estante {f} |
| shelf life {n} (the length of time a product will last without deteriorating) | :: validade, duração |
| shell {n} (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates) | :: concha {f} |
| shell {n} (hard covering of an egg) | :: casca {f} |
| shell {n} (entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects) | :: carapaça {f} |
| shell {n} (covering of a nut) | :: casca {f} |
| shell {n} (pod) | :: vagem {f} |
| shell {n} (conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle) | :: carapaça {f}, casco {m} |
| shell {n} (overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body) | :: carapaça {f} |
| shell {n} (casing of an artillery projectile) | :: cartucho {m} |
| shell {n} (hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon) | :: granada {f}, obus {m} |
| shell {n} (cartridge of a breechloading firearm) | :: cartucho {m} |
| shell {n} (any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure) | :: exterior {m} |
| shell {n} (computing: general-purpose environment) | :: terminal {m}, console {m} |
| shell {n} (by extension, any mollusks having such a covering) | :: ostras {f}, moluscos {m}, crustáceos {m} |
| shell {v} (to remove the outer covering or shell of something) | :: descascar |
| shell {v} (to bombard, to fire projectiles at) | :: bombardear |
| shellac {n} (processed secretion of the lac insect) | :: goma-laca {f} |
| sheller {n} (person or device that removes shells) | :: descascador {m} |
| shellfish {n} (aquatic food that has a shell) | :: marisco {m} |
| shell shock {n} (psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle) | :: fadiga de combate {f} |
| shelter {n} (a refuge or other protection) | :: refúgio, abrigo {m}, amparo, asilo |
| shelter {v} (transitive, to provide cover) | :: proteger, refugiar |
| shelter {v} (intransitive, to take cover) | :: proteger-se, refugiar-se |
| shemale {n} (a male-to-female transsexual or transgender person) | :: travesti |
| shenanigan {n} (singular of shenanigan) SEE: shenanigans | :: |
| shenanigans {n} (deceitful tricks) | :: falcatrua {f} |
| Shenzhen {prop} (a city in China) | :: Shenzhen {f} |
| shepherd {n} (a person who tends sheep) | :: pastor {m}, pegureiro {m}, ovelheiro {m} |
| shepherd {n} (someone who watches over or guides) | :: pastor {m} |
| shepherd {v} (watch over; guide) | :: conduzir, guiar |
| shepherdess {n} (female shepherd) | :: pastora {f} |
| shepherd's purse {n} (Capsella bursa-pastoris) | :: bolsa-de-pastor {f} |
| sheqel {n} (currency unit in Israel) | :: shekel {m} |
| sherbet {n} (frozen fruit juice) | :: sorvete {m}, sorbet {m} |
| shereef {n} (a member of an Arab princely family) | :: xarife |
| Sheremetyevo {prop} (airport in Russia) | :: Cheremetievo {m} |
| sheriff {n} (all meanings) | :: xerife {m} |
| Sherlock Holmes {prop} (fictional detective) | :: Sherlock Holmes {m} |
| Sherlock Holmes {prop} (person with great powers of deduction) | :: Sherlock Holmes {m} |
| sherry {n} (fortified wine) | :: xerez {m} |
| she's unconscious {phrase} (she's unconscious) | :: ela está inconsciente |
| she-tiger {n} (tigress) SEE: tigress | :: |
| Shetland {prop} (Shetland Islands) SEE: Shetland Islands | :: |
| Shetland Islands {prop} (group of islands) | :: Ilhas Shetland {f-p} |
| she-wolf {n} (female wolf) | :: loba |
| shh {interj} (requesting silence) | :: psiu, psst, shh |
| Shi'a {n} (branch of Islam) | :: xiismo {m} |
| Shi'a {n} (follower of Shi'a Islam) | :: xiita {m} {f} |
| shibboleth {n} (a word, especially seen as a test, to distinguish someone as belonging to a particular nation, class, profession etc) | :: xibolete {m} |
| shield {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| shield {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| shield {n} (armor) | :: escudo {m} |
| shield {n} (anything that protects or defends) | :: escudo {m} |
| shield {v} (to protect, to defend) | :: proteger |
| shield volcano {n} (volcano) | :: vulcão-escudo {m} |
| shift {n} (type of women's undergarment) SEE: slip | :: |
| shift {n} (change of workers) | :: turno {m} |
| shift {n} (act of shifting) | :: troca {f}, desvio {m} |
| shift {n} (gear mechanism in a motor vehicle) | :: câmbio {m}, marcha {f} |
| shift {n} (button on a keyboard) | :: shift {m} |
| shift {v} (to change, swap) | :: mudar, trocar |
| shift {v} (to move from one place to another) | :: mover |
| shift {v} (to change position) | :: se mover |
| shift {v} (to change gears) | :: trocar |
| Shih Tzu {n} (small dog breed which originated in China) | :: shi tzu {m} {f}, shi-tzu {m} {f} |
| shiitake {n} (Lentinula edodes, an edible mushroom) | :: shiitake {m}, shitake {m} |
| Shiite {n} (Shi'a) SEE: Shi'a | :: |
| Shiite {adj} (of or pertaining to the Shi'a branch of Islam) | :: xiita |
| Shiite {adj} (of or pertaining to the Shiites) | :: xiita |
| shikimic acid {n} (shikimic acid) | :: ácido chiquímico {m}, ácido shiquímico {m}, ácido shikímico {m} |
| shilling {n} (former coin) | :: xelim {m} |
| shilling {n} (currency) | :: xelim {m} |
| Shimla {prop} (capital of Himachal Pradesh, India) | :: Shimla {f} |
| Shimon {prop} (male given name) SEE: Simeon | :: |
| Shimshon {prop} (given name) SEE: Samson | :: |
| shin {n} (front part of the leg below the knee) | :: canela {f} |
| shinbone {n} (inner bone of the hind limb below the knee) | :: tíbia {f} |
| shine {v} (to emit light) | :: brilhar, luzir, resplandecer |
| shine {v} (to reflect light) | :: cintilar |
| shine {v} (to distinguish oneself) | :: sobressair |
| shine {v} (to be immediately apparent) | :: sobressair |
| shine {n} (brightness from a source of light) | :: brilho {m} |
| shine {n} (brightness from reflected light) | :: brilho {m} |
| shine {n} (excellence in quality or appearance) | :: esplendor {m} |
| shine {v} (to polish) | :: lustrar, polir |
| shine {n} (slang: moonshine) SEE: moonshine | :: |
| shine {n} (sunshine) SEE: sunshine | :: |
| shine {n} (shoeshine) SEE: shoeshine | :: |
| shiner {n} (black eye) SEE: black eye | :: |
| shingle {n} (small, thin piece of building material) | :: telha {f} |
| shingle {v} (to cover with shingles (building material)) | :: telhar, entelhar |
| shingles {n} (herpes zoster) | :: zona {f}, herpes-zóster {m}, cobrão {m} |
| shinkansen {n} (bullet train) SEE: bullet train | :: |
| shin pad {n} (clothing) | :: caneleira {f} |
| shin splint {n} (painful inflammation of muscles in the shins) | :: canelite {f}, tibialgia {f}, estresse tibial medial {m} |
| Shinto {prop} (religion) | :: xintoísmo {m} |
| Shintoism {prop} (Shinto) SEE: Shinto | :: |
| shiny {adj} (reflecting light) | :: reluzente |
| shiny {adj} (emitting light) | :: brilhante |
| shiny cowbird {n} (shiny cowbird) | :: chupim {m} |
| ship {n} (large water vessel) | :: navio {m} |
| ship {v} (to send a parcel or container) | :: mandar, enviar |
| ship {v} (to send by water-borne transport) | :: embarcar |
| -ship {suffix} (Property or state of being) | :: -idade {f} |
| shipment {n} (load of goods) | :: carregamento {m} |
| shipping {n} (transportation of goods) | :: remessa {f}, transporte {m} |
| shipping {n} (body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry) | :: frota {f} |
| shipshape {adj} (meticulously neat and tidy) | :: ordenado |
| shipworm {n} (Marine mollusc that bores through wood) | :: gusano {m} |
| shipwreck {n} (A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.) | :: navio naufragado {m} |
| shipwreck {n} (An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.) | :: naufrágio {m} |
| shipwreck {v} (to wreck a vessel) | :: naufragar |
| shipyard {n} (place to build and repair ships) | :: estaleiro |
| Shiraz {prop} (a city in southern Iran) | :: Xiraz {f} |
| Shiraz {n} (variety of black grape) | :: Shiraz, Syrah |
| shire {n} (former administrative area of Britain; a county) | :: condado {m} |
| shirk {v} (avoid a duty) | :: esquivar |
| shirt {n} (article of clothing) | :: camisa {f} |
| shisha {n} (arabic water-pipe) SEE: hookah | :: |
| shit {n} | :: merda {f}, bosta {f} |
| shit {n} (rubbish) | :: merda {f}, bosta {f}, porcaria {f}, besteira {f} |
| shit {n} (nonsense, bullshit) | :: merda {f}, bosta {f}, papo-furado {m}, besteira {f} |
| shit {n} (nasty, despicable person) | :: merda {m} {f}, bosta {m} {f} |
| shit {n} (not anything, nothing) | :: merda nenhuma |
| shit {adj} (of poor quality) | :: porcaria |
| shit {v} | :: cagar |
| shit {v} (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) | :: cagar |
| shit {v} (vulgar: to be stricken with fear) | :: cagar-se, borrar-se |
| shit {interj} (expression of worry, failure) | :: merda!, droga! |
| shit a brick {v} (To react strongly in anger) | :: ficar puto da cara |
| shit a brick {v} (To react strongly in fear) | :: se cagar de medo |
| shit-for-brains {adj} (Very stupid) | :: sem cérebro |
| shit happens {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life | :: |
| shithead {n} (stupid or contemptible person) | :: cabeça de merda {m} {f} |
| shithole {n} (anus) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shithole {n} (unpleasant person) SEE: asshole | :: |
| shithole {n} (dirty or unpleasant place) | :: muquifo {m} |
| shithouse {adj} (Of poor quality) SEE: shitty | :: |
| shit out of luck {adj} (In unfortunate circumstances) | :: sem sorte nenhuma; totalmente ferrado [slang] |
| shits {n} (vulgar slang for diarrhea) | :: caganeira {f} |
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for the anus) SEE: anus | :: |
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for toilet, see also: toilet) | :: cagatório {m}, privada, vaso |
| shitty {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| shitty {adj} (high) SEE: high | :: |
| shitty {adj} (unpleasant as shit) | :: de merda, merdoso, escroto [Brazil] |
| shiva {n} (period of mourning) | :: shivá {m} {f} |
| Shiva {prop} (deity) | :: Shiva {f}, Xiva {f}, Chiva {f}, Siva {f} |
| shive {n} (shiva) SEE: shiva | :: |
| shiver {v} (to tremble or shake) | :: tiritar, tremer |
| shiver {n} (the act or result of shivering) | :: calafrio {m}, tremedeira {f}, tremura {f} |
| shiver my timbers {interj} (mild oath stereotypically regarded as being uttered by pirates) | :: macacos me mordam [literally: may monkeys bite me] |
| Shlomo {prop} (given name) SEE: Solomon | :: |
| Shoah {prop} (the systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews) SEE: Holocaust | :: |
| shoal {n} (group of fish) SEE: school | :: |
| shoal {n} (sandbank) | :: banco de areia |
| shock {n} (sudden, heavy impact) | :: choque {m} |
| shock {n} (something surprising) | :: choque {m} |
| shock {n} (electric shock) | :: choque {m} |
| shock {n} (life-threatening medical emergency) | :: choque {m} |
| shock {v} (to cause to be emotionally shocked) | :: chocar |
| shock {v} (to give an electric shock) | :: dar um choque |
| shock absorber {n} (device to absorb shocks) | :: amortecedor {m} |
| shock and awe {n} (doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force) | :: choque e pavor {m} |
| shocked {adj} (surprised, startled, confused) | :: chocado |
| shocking {adj} (inspiring shock; startling) | :: chocante |
| shocking pink {n} (a very bright pink colour) | :: rosa shocking {m} |
| shocking pink {adj} (of a very bright pink colour) | :: rosa-shocking |
| shock wave {n} (A powerful compression wave) | :: onda de choque {f} |
| shoddy {adj} (of poor quality) | :: ruim |
| shoe {n} (protective covering for the foot) | :: calçado {m}, sapato {m} |
| shoe {n} (something resembling a shoe (e.g. brake shoe)) | :: sapata {f} |
| shoe {v} (To put shoes on one's feet) | :: calçar |
| shoe {v} (to put horseshoes on a horse) | :: ferrar |
| shoe {v} (to equip with protection) | :: calçar |
| shoe {n} (piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse’s foot) SEE: horseshoe | :: |
| shoebill {n} (wading bird) | :: bico-de-tamanco {m} |
| shoeblack {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| shoehorn {n} (tool used to assist the foot) | :: calçadeira {f} |
| shoehorn {v} (to use a shoehorn) | :: calçar com calçadeira |
| shoelace {n} (for fastening a shoe, see also: lace) | :: cadarço {m}, atacador {m}, cordão {m} |
| shoemaker {n} (a person who makes shoes) | :: sapateiro {m}, sapateira {f} |
| shoe polish {n} (product used to make shoes shine) | :: graxa {f}, graxa de sapato {f} |
| shoeshine {n} (the act of polishing shoes) | :: engraxamento {m} |
| shoeshine boy {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| shoeshine girl {n} (shoeshiner) SEE: shoeshiner | :: |
| shoeshiner {n} (person who shines shoes) | :: engraxate {m} {f} |
| shoestring {n} (the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace) SEE: shoelace | :: |
| shofar {n} (ram’s-horn trumpet) | :: shofar {m}, chofar {m} |
| shogun {n} (supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan) | :: xogum {m} |
| shogunate {n} (shogunate, bakufu) | :: xogunato {m}, shogunato {m} |
| Shona {prop} (language) | :: xona |
| shoo {v} (to induce someone to leave) | :: enxotar |
| shoo {interj} (go away) | :: xô |
| shoo {v} (usher) SEE: usher | :: |
| shoot {v} (to fire a shot) | :: atirar, disparar |
| shoot {v} (to fire multiple shots) | :: atirar, disparar |
| shoot {v} (to hit with a shot) | :: balear |
| shoot {n} (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant) | :: rebento {m}, broto {m} |
| shoot {interj} (expressing disbelief) | :: merca {f} merfa {f} |
| shoot down {v} (to cause to fall by shooting) | :: abater, derrubar |
| shooter {n} (person) | :: atirador {m} |
| shooting {n} (instance of shooting) | :: tiroteio {m} |
| shooting {n} (the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon) | :: tiro {m} |
| shooting guard {n} (basketball position) | :: ala-armador {m} |
| shooting star {n} (meteor) | :: estrela cadente {f} |
| shoot one's mouth off {v} (make reckless or exaggerated statements) | :: falar merda, falar da boca para fora, falar da boca pra fora |
| shootout {n} (decisive battle) | :: tiroteio {m} |
| shoot up {v} (To grow taller rapidly) | :: espichar |
| shop {n} (establishment that sells goods) | :: loja {f} |
| shop {n} (workshop) | :: oficina {f} |
| shop {v} (to visit shops) | :: ir às compras |
| shop assistant {n} (shop employee) | :: ajudante {m} {f} |
| shopgirl {n} (a girl or young woman who works in a shop) | :: vendedora {f}, balconista {m} {f} |
| shopkeeper {n} (trader who sells goods in a shop) | :: lojista {m} {f} |
| shoplifting {n} (action of the verb to shoplift) | :: furto em lojas |
| shoppe {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| shopping {n} (activity of buying) | :: compras {f-p} |
| shopping {n} (things bought) | :: compras {f-p} |
| shopping cart {n} (conveyance used to carry items while shopping) | :: carrinho de supermercado {m}, carrinho de compras {m} |
| shopping center {n} (shopping centre) SEE: shopping centre | :: |
| shopping centre {n} (large retail outlet) | :: centro comercial {m} |
| shopping list {n} (list of items that need to be bought) | :: lista de compras {f} |
| shopping mall {n} (shopping centre) SEE: shopping centre | :: |
| shopping trolley {n} (shopping cart) SEE: shopping cart | :: |
| shop window {n} (large window at the front of a shop) | :: montra {f}, vitrina {f}, vitrine {f} |
| shore {n} (land adjoining a large body of water) | :: praia {f}, costa {f}, margem {f}, orla {f} |
| short {adj} (having a small distance between ends or edges) | :: curto {m} |
| short {adj} (of a person, of comparatively small height) | :: baixo {m} |
| short {adj} (having little duration) | :: curto, breve |
| short {adj} (constituting an abbreviation or shortened form) | :: abreviação (de) {f} |
| short {v} (transitive: to cause a short circuit) | :: curto-circuitar |
| short {v} (intransitive: to short circuit) | :: curto-circuitar |
| short {n} (baseball: shortstop) SEE: shortstop | :: |
| short {n} (short circuit) SEE: short circuit | :: |
| short {n} (short film) SEE: short film | :: |
| shortage {n} (lack or deficiency) | :: falta {f}, carência {f}, insuficiência {f} |
| short-billed dowitcher {n} (Limnodromus griseus) | :: maçarico-de-costa-branca |
| short circuit {n} (unintentional connection) | :: curto-circuito {m} |
| short circuit {v} (cause a short circuit) | :: curto-circuitar |
| shortcoming {n} (deficiency) | :: deficiência, limitação |
| shortcrust pastry {n} (pastry without leavening agent) | :: massa amanteigada {f}, massa quebrada {f} |
| shortcut {n} (path) | :: atalho |
| shortcut {n} (method) | :: atalho {m} |
| shortcut {n} (symlink) | :: atalho {m} |
| shortcut {n} (keyboard shortcut) SEE: keyboard shortcut | :: |
| shortcut key {n} (a key that allows quick access to a prgramme or task) | :: tecla de atalho {f} |
| shorten {v} (to make shorter) | :: encurtar |
| shorten {v} (to become shorter) | :: encurtar |
| shortfall {n} (An instance of not meeting a quota or of having an insufficient amount) | :: insuficiência {f} |
| short film {n} (motion picture) | :: curta-metragem {m} {f} |
| shorthand {n} (rough and rapid method of writing) | :: estenografia {f}, taquigrafia {f} |
| shorthand {n} (brief or shortened way of saying or doing something) | :: resumo |
| shortie {n} (something or someone that is shorter than normal) | :: tampinha {m} {f} |
| shortly {adv} (in few words; briefly) | :: brevemente |
| shortness of breath {n} (dyspnea) | :: dispneia, abafação |
| short of {phrase} (except) SEE: except | :: |
| shorts {n} (plural of short) SEE: short | :: |
| shorts {n} (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees) | :: calção {m}, short, calções |
| short scale {n} | :: escala curta {f} |
| short-sighted {adj} (myopic) SEE: myopic | :: |
| short-sightedness {n} (disorder of the vision) SEE: nearsightedness | :: |
| shortstop {n} (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman) | :: interbases |
| short story {n} (work of fiction) | :: conto {m} |
| short-tailed hawk {n} (Buteo brachyurus) | :: gavião-de-cauda-curta |
| short-tailed parrot {n} (Graydidascalus brachyurus) | :: curica-verde |
| short-tailed weasel {n} (Mustela erminea) SEE: ermine | :: |
| short-term {adj} (of the near or immediate future) | :: a curto prazo |
| short-toed snake eagle {n} (Circaetus gallicus) | :: águia-cobreira {f} |
| shorty {n} (a short person) | :: baixinho {m} |
| Shoshone {prop} (Amerind people) | :: shoshone {m-p}, shoshoni {m-p} |
| Shoshone {prop} (Amerind language) | :: shoshone {m}, shoshoni {m} |
| shot {n} (result of launching a projectile) | :: tiro {m} |
| shot {n} (launching of a ball or similar object toward a goal) | :: chute {m} |
| shot {n} (heavy iron ball used for the shot put) | :: peso {m} |
| shot {n} (measure of alcohol) | :: dose {f} |
| shot {n} (photography: single unbroken sequence of photographic exposures) | :: foto {f}, fotografia {f} |
| shot {n} (vaccination or injection) | :: injeção |
| Shota {prop} (male given name) | :: Shota |
| shotgun {n} (gun) | :: caçadeira {f}, espingarda {f} [Brazil], escopeta {f} |
| shot put {n} (athletics event) | :: arremesso de peso {m} |
| should {v} (expressing obligation) | :: dever |
| should {v} (expressing likelihood) | :: dever |
| should {v} (if; in case of) | :: se, caso |
| shoulder {n} (joint between arm and torso) | :: ombro {m} |
| shoulder {n} (a verge to the side of a road) | :: acostamento {m} [Brazil], berma {f} [Portugal] |
| shoulder {v} (put (something) on one's shoulders) | :: carregar nas costas |
| shoulder {v} (accept responsibility for) | :: arcar com |
| shoulder blade {n} (bone) | :: omoplata {f}, espádua {f}, escápula {f} |
| shoulder bone {n} (shoulder blade) SEE: shoulder blade | :: |
| shoulder pole {n} (carrying pole) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| shout {n} (a loud burst of voice) | :: grito {m} |
| shout {v} (to utter a sudden and loud outcry) | :: gritar |
| shove {v} (push roughly) | :: empurrar |
| shove {n} (rough push) | :: empurrão |
| shove it up your ass {v} (exclamation of contempt (vulgar)) | :: no teu cu |
| shovel {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| shovel {n} (tool for moving portions of material) | :: pá {f} |
| shovel {v} (to move materials with a shovel) | :: palear, padejar |
| show {v} (to display) | :: mostrar, apresentar |
| show {v} (to indicate (a fact) to be true) | :: demonstrar |
| show {n} (entertainment) | :: show {m}, espetáculo {m} |
| show {n} (exhibition) | :: mostra {f}, exposição {f} |
| show {n} (demonstration) | :: demonstração {f} |
| show {n} (broadcast program(me)) | :: programa {m} |
| show {v} (to bestow; confer) SEE: bestow | :: |
| show {v} (show up) SEE: show up | :: |
| showboat {n} (showoff) SEE: showoff | :: |
| show business {n} (entertainment industry) | :: showbusiness {m}, show business {m}, showbiz {m}, show biz {m}, show-biz {m}, showbizz {m} |
| showbusiness {n} (entertainment industry) | :: showbusiness {m}, show business {m}, showbiz {m}, show biz {m}, show-biz {m}, showbizz {m} |
| showcase {n} (a case for displaying merchandise or valuable items) | :: montra, vitrine |
| showcase {n} (a setting for displaying something favorably) | :: vitrine {f} |
| shower {n} (brief fall of rain) | :: aguaceiro {m} |
| shower {n} (device for bathing) | :: chuveiro {m}, duche {m} |
| shower {n} (instance of using of this device) | :: chuveiro, chuveirada {f}, banho, duche {m} [Portugal], ducha {f} [Brazil] |
| shower {n} (quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower) | :: chuva {f} |
| shower {v} (to spray with) | :: regar |
| shower {v} (to bathe using a shower) | :: tomar banho (de chuveiro) |
| shower {v} (to bestow liberally) | :: agraciar, dadivar |
| shower {n} (one who shows) | :: mostrador {m} |
| shower {n} (baby shower) SEE: baby shower | :: |
| shower cap {n} (waterproof headgear worn in shower) | :: touca de banho {f} |
| shower gel {n} (gel shower soap) | :: gel de banho {m} |
| showman {n} (person who produces or presents shows as a profession) SEE: impresario | :: |
| show off {v} (to exhibit, to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging) | :: mostrar-se, jactar-se, achar-se |
| show-off {n} (one who shows off) | :: metido {m} |
| showoff {n} (person who attempts to demonstrate prowess or ability) | :: exibido {m}, exibida {f} |
| show of hands {n} (vote by raising a hand) | :: voto levantando-se a mão {m} |
| show up {v} | :: aparecer |
| showy {adj} (for show) | :: mirabolante |
| shrapnel {n} (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device) | :: estilhaço |
| shrapnel {n} (loose change) SEE: loose change | :: |
| shred {v} (to cut or tear into narrow pieces or strips) | :: trinchar |
| shredder {n} (machine) | :: triturador {m}, fragmentadora {f} |
| shrew {n} (mouselike animal) | :: musaranho {m} |
| shrew {n} (woman) | :: megera {f} |
| shrewd {adj} (showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters) | :: perspicaz, sagaz |
| shrewd {adj} (artful, tricky or cunning) | :: sagaz |
| shrewdly {adv} (in a shrewd manner) | :: astutamente |
| shriek {n} (a sharp, shrill outcry or scream) | :: guincho {m} |
| shriek {v} (to utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry) | :: guinchar |
| shrike {n} (Any of various passerine birds of the family Laniidae) | :: picanço {m} |
| shrill {adj} (high-pitched and piercing) | :: estridente {m} {f}, estrídulo {m} |
| shrill {adj} (sharp or keen to the senses) | :: agudo |
| shrimp {n} (decapod crustacean) | :: camarão {m} |
| shrimp {n} (flesh of the crustacean) | :: gamba {f}, camarão {m} |
| shrine {n} (a holy place dedicated to a specific figure of respect) | :: relicário {m}, santuário {m}, oratório {m} |
| shrink {v} (intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) | :: encolher, contrair |
| shrink {v} (transitive: to cause something to shrink) | :: encolher |
| shrithe {v} (to creep) SEE: creep | :: |
| shrithe {v} (to go about, roam) SEE: roam | :: |
| shrive {v} (confess) SEE: confess | :: |
| shrivel {v} (become wrinkled) | :: enrugar |
| shroom {n} (mushroom) SEE: mushroom | :: |
| shroom {n} (hallucinogenic fungus) SEE: magic mushroom | :: |
| shroud {n} (dress for the dead) | :: mortalha {f}, sudário {m} |
| shroud {n} (mast support) | :: brandal {m} |
| Shrove Tuesday {n} (day before the beginning of Lent) | :: terça-feira gorda {f}, terça-feira de carnaval {f} |
| shrub {n} (woody plant) | :: arbusto {m}, moita {f} |
| shrug {n} (gesture) | :: encolhida de ombros {f}, dar de ombros |
| shrug {v} (to raise the shoulders to express uncertainty, lack of concern, etc.) | :: dar de ombros, encolher os ombros |
| shrug off {v} (to disregard) | :: ignorar |
| shudder {n} (shivering tremor) | :: arrepio {m}, calafrio {m} |
| shudder {v} (to shake nervously, as if from fear) | :: tremer, tiritar |
| shuffle {n} (act of shuffling cards) | :: embaralhamento {m}, baralhar |
| shuffle {v} (to put in a random order) | :: embaralhar, baralhar |
| shuffle {v} (to walk without picking up one's feet) | :: arrastar os pés |
| shufti {n} (glance) SEE: glance | :: |
| shun {v} (to avoid) | :: evitar |
| shunter {n} (a railway locomotive used for shunting) | :: locotrator [Portugal], locomotiva manobreira {f} |
| shuriken {n} (a ninja weapon) | :: shuriken {m} {f} |
| shut {v} ((transitive) to close) | :: fechar |
| shut down {v} (to turn off or stop) | :: apagar, encerrar |
| shut one's eyes {v} (to ignore or deliberately overlook) SEE: turn a blind eye | :: |
| shut one's trap {v} (shut up) SEE: shut up | :: |
| shutter {n} (protective panels over windows) | :: veneziana {f} |
| shutter {n} (part of a camera) | :: obturador {m} |
| shuttle {n} (part of a loom) | :: naveta {f}, lançadeira {f} |
| shuttle {n} (transport service) | :: traslado {m} |
| shuttlecock {n} (badminton ball) | :: volante {m}, pena {f}, peteca {f} |
| shuttlecock {v} (to move rapidly back and forth) | :: ricochetear |
| shut up {v} (transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise) | :: calar |
| shut up {v} (intransitive: to stop talking or making noise) | :: calar-se, calar a boca |
| shut up {v} (imperative: "Shut up!", see also: hold one's tongue) | :: cala a boca, cale-se, cale a boca, cala-te |
| shut up {v} ("I don't believe it!") | :: mentira! |
| shvitz {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| shy {adj} (easily frightened) | :: pávido, assustado, medroso |
| shy {adj} (reserved) | :: reservado, tímido |
| shy {adj} (cautious) | :: cuidadoso |
| shy {adj} (embarrassed) | :: avergonhado, envergonhado {m} |
| shy {n} (act of throwing) | :: lançamento {m}, arremesso {m}, lance {m} |
| shylock {n} (loan shark) SEE: loan shark | :: |
| shyly {adv} (in a shy manner) | :: timidamente |
| shyness {n} (quality of being shy) | :: timidez {f} |
| si {n} (seventh note of a major scale) | :: si {m} |
| sialogogue {n} (any drug that increases the flow of saliva) | :: sialagogo {m}, sialogogo {m} |
| Siam {prop} (the former name of Thailand) | :: Sião {m} |
| Siamese {adj} (Thai) | :: siamês |
| Siamese cat {n} (mammal) | :: gato siamês {m} |
| Siamese twin {n} (conjoined twin) | :: gémeo siamês {m} [Portugal], gêmeo siamês {m} [Brazil] |
| sib {n} (sibling) SEE: sibling | :: |
| sib {n} (kindred) SEE: kin | :: |
| sib {n} (kinsman) SEE: kinsman | :: |
| Siberia {prop} (region of Russia) | :: Sibéria {f} |
| Siberian {adj} (from, of or pertaining to Siberia) | :: siberiano |
| Siberian {n} (person) | :: siberiano {m} |
| Siberian {n} (cat) | :: gato siberiano {m} |
| Siberian Husky {n} (Siberian Husky dog) | :: husky siberiano {m} |
| Siberian tiger {n} (Panthera tigris altaica) | :: tigre-de-amur {m}, tigre-siberiano {m} |
| sibilant {adj} (characterized by a hissing sound) | :: sibilante |
| sibilant {n} (phonetics: a hissing sound) | :: sibilante {f} |
| sibling {n} (person who shares same parents) | :: irmão, irmã |
| sibyl {n} (a pagan female oracle) | :: sibila {f} |
| sic {adv} (thus, thus written) | :: sic |
| siccity {n} (dryness) SEE: dryness | :: |
| Sichuan {prop} (a province in China) | :: Sichuan {m}, Setsuan {m}, Szechwan {m} |
| Sicilian {adj} (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) | :: siciliano |
| Sicilian {prop} (language) | :: siciliano {m} |
| Sicilian {n} (person) | :: siciliano {m}, siciliana {f} |
| Sicilian {n} (chess opening) SEE: Sicilian Defence | :: |
| Sicilian Defence {prop} (chess opening) | :: defesa siciliana {f} |
| Sicily {prop} (island) | :: Sicília {f} |
| sick {adj} (tired (of), annoyed (by)) | :: enjoado |
| sick {adj} (slang: very good, excellent) | :: animal {m} {f}, irado {m}, louco {m} |
| sick {n} (sick people) | :: doentes {m-p}, enfermos {m-p} |
| sick {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| sick and tired {adj} (frustrated and annoyed) SEE: fed up | :: |
| sickle {n} (agricultural implement) | :: foice {f} |
| sickle cell anaemia {n} (sickle cell anaemia) SEE: sickle-cell anemia | :: |
| sickle-cell anaemia {n} (sickle-cell anaemia) SEE: sickle-cell anemia | :: |
| sickle-cell anemia {n} (disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells) | :: anemia falciforme {f} |
| sickle-cell disease {n} (sickle-cell disease) SEE: sickle-cell anemia | :: |
| sicklepod {n} (Senna obtusifolia) | :: mata-pasto {m}, fedegoso {m} |
| sickly {adj} (frequently ill) | :: enfermiço, doentio, valetudinário |
| sickly {adj} (appearing ill) | :: enfermiço, doentio |
| sickly {adj} (weak, faint) | :: débil |
| sick man of Europe {prop} (Ottoman Empire) | :: homem doente da Europa {m} |
| sick man of Europe {prop} (any European country undergoing economic difficulty) | :: doente da Europa {m}, homem doente da Europa {m} |
| sickness {n} (the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; disease or malady) | :: doença {f} |
| sick pay {n} (money paid to an employee during his or her sick leave) | :: subsídio de doença {m}, auxílio-doença {m} |
| Siddhartha {prop} | :: Sidarta {m} |
| side {n} (bounding straight edge of an object) | :: lado {m} |
| side {n} (flat surface of an object) | :: lado {m}, face {f} |
| side {n} (left or right half) | :: lado {m} |
| side {n} (surface of a sheet of paper) | :: página {f} |
| side {n} (region in a specified position with respect to something) | :: lado {m} |
| side {n} (one possible aspect of a concept) | :: lado {m}, parte {f} |
| side {n} (set of opponents in a game) | :: time {m} |
| side {n} (group having a particular allegiance in a war) | :: lado {m} |
| side {v} (ally oneself) | :: tomar parte, aliar-se |
| side {n} (television channel) SEE: channel | :: |
| side {n} (side dish) SEE: side dish | :: |
| sidebar {n} ((computing) information placed at the side of a webpage) | :: barra lateral {f} |
| sideboard {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns | :: |
| sideburn {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns | :: |
| sideburns {n} (facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin) | :: patilhas {f-p}, costeletas {f-p} |
| side dish {n} (serving of food meant as an accompanying dish) | :: acompanhamento {m}, guarnição {f} |
| sidedish {n} (side dish) SEE: side dish | :: |
| side effect {n} (unintended consequence of any action) | :: efeito colateral {m} |
| side effect {n} (medicine: an adverse effect) | :: efeito colateral {m} |
| sidekick {n} (assistant) | :: acólito {m}, companheiro {m}, parceiro {m} |
| sideline {n} (line at the side) | :: linha lateral |
| sideline {v} (to put out of circulation) | :: pôr à parte |
| side order {n} (accompaniment to main course) SEE: side dish | :: |
| sideproduct {n} (byproduct) SEE: byproduct | :: |
| sidereal {adj} (of or relating to the stars) | :: sideral, sidéreo |
| siderite {n} (a mineral, iron(II) carbonate) | :: siderita {f} |
| side-straddle hop {n} (jumping jack) SEE: jumping jack | :: |
| side-striped jackal {n} (side-striped jackal) | :: chacal prateado {m} |
| sidewalk {n} (paved footpath) | :: calçada {f} |
| sidewalk cafe {n} (an outdoor portion of a restaurant) | :: esplanada {f} |
| Sidon {prop} (city state of Phoenicia) | :: Sídon, Sidon, Sidom |
| siege {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet | :: |
| siege {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| siege {n} (military blockade of settlement) | :: sítio {m}, cerco {m}, assédio {m} |
| siege {v} (besiege) SEE: besiege | :: |
| siemens {n} (derived unit of electrical conductance) | :: siemens {m} |
| Sierra Leone {prop} (Republic of Sierra Leone) | :: Serra Leoa |
| siesta {n} (an afternoon nap) | :: sesta {f}, siesta {f} |
| sieve {n} (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids) | :: peneira {f}, coador {m} |
| sieve {n} (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input) | :: crivo |
| sieve {v} (to strain, sift or sort using a sieve) | :: coar, peneirar |
| sievert {n} (SI unit of radiation dose) | :: sievert {m} |
| sifaka {n} (a medium-sized lemur of the genus Propithecus) | :: sifaca {m} |
| sift {v} (to sieve or strain (something)) | :: discernir, cindir |
| sift {v} (to examine (something) carefully) | :: examinar minuciosamente, discernir |
| sigh {v} (to inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it) | :: suspirar |
| sigh {v} (to make a sound like sighing) | :: suspirar |
| sigh {v} (to exhale in sighs) | :: suspirar |
| sigh {n} (act of sighing) | :: suspiro {m} |
| sigh {n} (manifestation of grief; a lament) | :: suspiro {m} |
| sight {n} (something seen) | :: vista |
| sight {n} (something worth seeing) | :: espetáculo {m} |
| sight {n} (device used in aiming a firearm) | :: mira |
| sight {v} (visually register) | :: ver |
| sight {v} (get sight of) | :: avistar |
| sight {v} (take aim at) | :: mirar |
| sight {n} (eyesight) SEE: eyesight | :: |
| sigil {n} (seal, signature or signet) | :: selo {m} |
| sigma {n} (letter of the Greek alphabet) | :: sigma {m} |
| sign {n} (visible indication) | :: sinal {m} |
| sign {n} (flat object bearing a message) | :: placa |
| sign {n} (math: positive or negative polarity) | :: sinal {m} |
| sign {n} (linguistic unit in sign language) | :: gesto {m} |
| sign {n} (sign language in general, see also: ) | :: sinais {m-p}, língua de sinais {f} |
| sign {n} (omen, see also: omen) | :: sinal {m}, agouro {m}, presságio {m} |
| sign {n} (meaningful gesture) | :: sinal {m} |
| sign {n} (any of several specialized non-alphabetic symbols) | :: símbolo {m} |
| sign {v} (to make (a document) official by writing one's signature) | :: assinar, firmar |
| sign {v} (to write one's signature on a document) | :: assinar, firmar |
| sign {v} (to write one's signature somewhere) | :: assinar, firmar |
| sign {v} (intransitive: to communicate using sign language) | :: gesticular, gestualizar |
| sign {v} (transitive: to communicate using sign language) | :: gesticular, gestualizar |
| signage {n} (signs taken collectively) | :: sinalização {f} |
| signal {n} (sign made to give notice) | :: sinal {m} |
| signal {n} (device to give indication) | :: sinal {m} |
| signal {n} (telecommunication: electric or electromagnetic action that conveys information) | :: sinal {m} |
| signaler {n} (one who signals) | :: sinalizador {m} |
| signaler {n} (a device that sends a signal) | :: sinalizador {m} |
| signatory {n} (one who signs or signed) | :: assinante {m} {f}, subscritor {m}, subscritora {f} |
| signature {n} (person’s autograph name) | :: firma {f}, assinatura {f} |
| signed {adj} ((mathematics, computer science) having both positive and negative varieties) | :: com sinal |
| signer {n} (one who signs) | :: signatário {m} |
| signer {n} (one who uses sign language) | :: sinalizador {m} |
| signet ring {n} (signet ring) | :: anel de sinete |
| significance {n} (extent to which something matters) | :: significância {f} |
| significance {n} (meaning) | :: significado {m} |
| significant {adj} (having noticeable effect) | :: significativo |
| significantly {adv} (in a significant manner: notably) | :: significativamente, notavelmente |
| significant other {n} (romantic partner, regardless of marital status) | :: cara-metade {f} |
| sign in {v} (log in) SEE: log in | :: |
| sign language {n} (sign language) | :: linguagem de sinais {f}, língua gestual {f} |
| sign of the cross {n} (gesture) | :: sinal da cruz {m} |
| sign up {v} (to add a name to the list of people who are participating in something) | :: subscrever |
| sign up {v} (to add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something) | :: cadastrar [pronominal] |
| Sikh {n} (an adherent of Sikhism) | :: sikh {m} {f}, sique {m} {f} |
| Sikh {adj} (relating to Sikhism) | :: sikh |
| Sikhism {prop} (religion) | :: sikhismo {m} |
| Sikkim {prop} (state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital) | :: Sikkim {m} |
| silane {n} (a silicon hydride that is analogous to alkanes) | :: silano {m} |
| silence {n} (lack of any sound) | :: silêncio {m} |
| silence {v} (to make something silent) | :: silenciar |
| silence {v} (to suppress criticism) | :: silenciar |
| silence {interj} (be silent) | :: silêncio! {m} |
| silence is golden {proverb} (proverb) | :: o silêncio é ouro |
| silencer {n} (attachment) | :: silenciador {m} |
| silencer {n} (something that silences another thing) | :: silenciador {m} |
| silent {adj} (free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet) | :: silencioso |
| silent {adj} (not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn) | :: silencioso, quieto |
| silent {adj} (not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent) | :: silencioso |
| silent {adj} (without audio capability) | :: mudo |
| silent {adj} (not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence) | :: silencioso |
| silent {adj} (undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms) | :: silencioso |
| silent {n} (that which is silent) | :: silêncio {m} |
| silent {adj} (to refrain from speaking) SEE: be silent | :: |
| silent film {n} (film without sound) | :: filme mudo {m} |
| silently {adv} (in a silent manner; making no noise) | :: silenciosamente |
| Silesia {prop} (region) | :: Silésia {f} |
| Silesian {adj} (of or pertaining to Silesia) | :: silesiano {m} |
| Silesian {n} (inhabitant of Silesia) | :: silesiano |
| silhouette {n} (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color) | :: contorno {m}, silhueta {f} |
| silicon {n} (non-metallic element) | :: silício {m} |
| silicon dioxide {n} (SiO2) | :: dióxido do silicone |
| silicone {n} (any of a class of inert compounds of silicon) | :: silicone {m} |
| Silicon Valley {prop} (nickname for region in San Francisco) | :: Vale do Silício {m} |
| silicosis {n} (silica dust pneumoconiosis) | :: silicose {f} |
| silk {n} (fiber) | :: seda {f} |
| silk {n} (fabric) | :: seda {f} |
| Silk Road {prop} (routes used by silk traders across Europe, Asia and northern Africa) | :: Rota da Seda {f} |
| silk-screen printing {n} (screen printing) SEE: screen printing | :: |
| silkworm {n} (caterpillar) | :: bicho-da-seda {m}, sirgo {m} |
| silky {adj} (similar in texture or appearance to silk) | :: sedoso |
| silky anteater {n} (Cyclopes didactylus) | :: tamanduaí {m} |
| sill {n} (base of a window) | :: parapeito {m} |
| sill {n} (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame) | :: lintel {m} |
| silly {adj} (foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom) | :: bobo, tolo, ingénuo |
| silly {adj} (irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors) | :: irresponsável, infantil, bobo |
| silly {adj} (playful, giggly) | :: bobo |
| silly {adj} (semiconscious) | :: semiconsciente, aéreo |
| silly {adj} (pejorative: simple, not intelligent, unrefined) | :: simples |
| silo {n} (vertical building for storing grain) | :: silo {m} |
| silt {n} (fine earth deposited by water) | :: sedimento {m}, silte {m} |
| silt up {v} (become filled or clogged with silt) | :: assorear |
| silty {adj} (having a noticeable amount of silt) | :: siltoso |
| silver {n} (metal) | :: prata {f} |
| silver {n} (coins) | :: (moedas de) prata {f} |
| silver {n} (cutlery/silverware) | :: prataria {f} |
| silver {n} (items made of silver or other white metal) | :: prataria {f} |
| silver {n} (color/colour) | :: prateado {m} |
| silver {adj} (made from silver) | :: de prata |
| silver {adj} (having a color/colour like silver) | :: prata, prateado, argênteo, argentino |
| silver ball {n} (pinball) SEE: pinball | :: |
| silverfish {n} (type of bristletail) | :: traça {f}, traça-dos-livros {f} |
| silvering {n} (the process of coating a surface with silver) | :: prateação {f} |
| silver lining {n} (a good aspect of a mostly bad event) | :: lado bom |
| silver medal {n} (medal made of, or having the colour of, silver) | :: medalha de prata {f} |
| silvern {adj} (made from silver) SEE: silver | :: |
| silver nitrate {n} (silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO3) | :: nitrato de prata |
| silver-plate {v} (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver) | :: argentar |
| silversmith {n} (person who makes articles out of silver) | :: prateiro {m} |
| silverware {n} ((US) knives, forks and spoons) | :: talher {m} |
| silver wedding {n} (anniversary celebration) | :: bodas de prata {f-p} |
| silvery {adj} (resembling silver) | :: prateado |
| silvery {adj} (clear and musical in tone) | :: argentino |
| silvery-cheeked antshrike {n} (Sakesphorus cristatus) | :: [Brazil] choca-do-nordeste |
| Silvia {prop} (female given name) | :: Sílvia {f} |
| silviculture {n} (forestry) | :: silvicultura {f} |
| silviculturist {n} (someone who practices silviculture) | :: silvicultor {m}, silvicultora {f} |
| Silvius {prop} (male given name) | :: Silvio |
| SIM card {n} (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data) | :: cartão SIM, chip |
| Simeon {prop} (second son of Jacob) | :: Simeão {m} |
| Simeon {prop} (male given name) | :: Simeão {m} |
| Simferopol {prop} (city) | :: Simferopol {f}, Sinferopol {f} [rare], Simferópol {f} [rare] |
| simian {adj} (of or pertaining to apes) | :: símio |
| simian {adj} (resembling an ape) | :: símio, simiesco |
| simian {n} (an ape or monkey) | :: símio {m} |
| similar {adj} (having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable) | :: parecido, semelhante, similar |
| similarity {n} (closeness of appearance) | :: semelhança {f}, similaridade {f} |
| similarly {adv} (in a similar style or manner) | :: similarmente |
| similarness {n} (similarity) SEE: similarity | :: |
| simile {n} (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | :: símile {m} |
| simmer {v} ((intransitive) to cook or undergo heating slowly) | :: aferventar |
| simmer {v} ((transitive) to cause to cook or undergo heating slowly) | :: aferventar |
| simmer {n} (process of simmering) | :: aferventamento {m} |
| Simon {prop} (biblical characters) | :: Simão {m} |
| Simon {prop} (male given name) | :: Simão {m} |
| Simone {prop} (female given name) | :: Simone {f} |
| Simonides {prop} (poet) | :: Simónides {m} |
| Simon says {n} (children's game) | :: o rei manda, o mestre mandou {m} |
| simony {n} (act of buying or selling spiritual things) | :: simonia {f} |
| simoom {n} (hot, dry wind) | :: simum {m} |
| simple {adj} (uncomplicated) | :: simples |
| simple {adj} (simple-minded) | :: simples |
| simple machine {n} (device) | :: máquina simples {f} |
| simple past {n} (the simple past tense) | :: pretérito perfeito {m}, pretérito perfeito simples {m}; (the English simple past): passado simples {m}, pretérito simples {m} |
| simple pendulum {n} | :: pêndulo simples {m} |
| simpleton {n} (simple-minded naive person lacking common sense) | :: simplório {m}, matarruano {m}, tolo {m}, pateta {m} {f}, papalvo {m} |
| simplicity {n} (quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (freedom from complication; efficiency) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplicity {n} (weakness of intellect; silliness; folly) | :: simplicidade {f} |
| simplification {n} (act of simplifying) | :: simplificação {f} |
| Simplified Chinese {prop} (Chinese written using simplified characters) | :: chinês simplificado {m} |
| simplify {v} (to make simpler) | :: simplificar |
| simplify {v} (to become simpler) | :: simplificar-se |
| simplistic {adj} (overly simple) | :: simplório, simplista |
| simply {adv} (in a simple manner) | :: simplesmente |
| simulacrum {n} (image or representation) | :: simulacro {m} |
| simulate {v} (to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior) | :: simular |
| simulated {adj} (made to imitate) | :: simulado |
| simulation {n} (something which simulates) | :: simulação {f} |
| simulation {n} (process of simulating) | :: simulação {f} |
| simulation {n} (assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true) | :: simulação {f}, fingimento |
| simulation {n} (soccer: attempt of feigning a foul) | :: simulação {f} |
| simultaneity {n} (the quality or state of being simultaneous) | :: simultaneidade |
| simultaneous {adj} (occurring at the same time) | :: simultâneo |
| simultaneously {adv} (occurring at the same time) | :: simultaneamente |
| simultaneousness {n} (the quality or state of being simultaneous) | :: simultaneidade |
| sin {n} (violation of religious law) | :: pecado {m} |
| sin {n} (misdeed) | :: transgressão {f} |
| sin {v} (to commit a sin) | :: pecar |
| Sinai {prop} (peninsula) | :: Sinai {m} |
| Sinai {prop} (mountain) | :: Sinai {m} |
| Sinaic {adj} (of or relating to Mount Sinai) | :: sinaíta |
| since {adv} (from a specified time in the past) | :: desde, desde então |
| since {prep} (from (time)) | :: desde, a partir de |
| since {conj} (from the time that) | :: desde que, desde quando |
| since {conj} (because) | :: já que, porque, pois, visto que, uma vez que, como |
| sincere {adj} (earnest) | :: sincero {m} |
| sincerely {adv} (In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly) | :: sinceramente |
| sincereness {n} (sincerity) SEE: sincerity | :: |
| sincerity {n} (quality of being sincere) | :: sinceridade {f} |
| since when {adv} (from what time) | :: desde quando? |
| Sindhi {adj} (pertaining to Sindh) | :: sindi |
| Sindhi {prop} (language) | :: sindi {m} |
| sine {n} (trigonometric function) | :: seno {m} |
| sinecure {n} (a position that requires no work but still gives a payment) | :: sinecura {f} |
| sine qua non {n} (prerequisite) | :: sine qua non {m} |
| sinew {n} (cord or tendon of the body) SEE: tendon | :: |
| sinful {adj} (evil) SEE: evil | :: |
| sinful {adj} (constituting sin) | :: pecaminoso |
| sing {v} (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) | :: cantar |
| Singapore {prop} (Republic of Singapore) | :: Singapura {f} [Portugal], Cingapura {f} [Brazil] |
| Singaporean {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Singapore) | :: singapuriano [Portugal], cingapuriano [Brazil], singapurense [Portugal], cingapurense [Brazil] |
| Singaporean {n} (a person from Singapore) | :: singapuriano {m} [Portugal], cingapuriano {m} [Brazil] |
| singe {v} (to burn slightly) | :: chamuscar |
| singer {n} (person who sings) | :: cantor {m} |
| singer {n} (female person who sings) | :: cantora {f} |
| singeress {n} (songstress) SEE: songstress | :: |
| singer-songwriter {n} (singer-songwriter) | :: cantautor {m}, cantautora {f} |
| Singh {prop} (surname) | :: Singh {m} {f} |
| singing {n} (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing) | :: canto {m} |
| single {adj} (not accompanied by anything else) | :: único, particular, solitário |
| single {adj} (not divided in parts) | :: inteiro, unitário |
| single {adj} (designed for the use of only one) | :: particular |
| single {adj} (not married nor dating) | :: solteiro |
| single {n} (45 RPM vinyl record) | :: single {m} |
| single {n} (popular song) | :: single {m} |
| single {n} (one who is not married) | :: solteira {f}, solteiro {m} |
| single {n} (one-way ticket) SEE: one-way ticket | :: |
| single-celled {adj} (consisting of one cell) SEE: unicellular | :: |
| single file {adv} (line or queue one person wide) | :: fila indiana {f} |
| single-minded {adj} (intensely focused) | :: obsessivo {m} |
| single-platform {adj} | :: monoplataforma |
| single room {n} (a hotel room with one single bed) | :: apartamento simples {m}, quarto de solteiro {m} |
| singlet {n} (sleeveless shirt) | :: regata {f} |
| single-tasking {adj} | :: monotarefa |
| single ticket {n} (one-way ticket) SEE: one-way ticket | :: |
| singleton {n} (computing: class) | :: singleton {m} |
| singleton {n} (math: set) | :: conjunto unitário {m} |
| single-user {adj} | :: monoutilizador [Brazil], monousuário [Portugal] |
| singular {adj} (being only one of larger population) | :: único, simples |
| singular {adj} (being the only one of a kind) | :: singular, único |
| singular {adj} (distinguished by superiority) | :: singular, único |
| singular {adj} (being out of the ordinary) | :: singular, único |
| singular {adj} (grammar: referring to only one thing) | :: singular, único |
| singular {n} (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing) | :: singular |
| singularity {n} (peculiar state or occurrence) | :: singularidade {f} |
| singularity {n} (point where all lines meet) | :: singularidade {f} |
| singularity {n} (physics: point of infinite density) | :: singularidade {f} |
| Sinhala {n} (language) SEE: Sinhalese | :: |
| Sinhalese {adj} (of or pertaining to Sri Lanka) | :: cingalês |
| Sinhalese {n} (Sinhalese person) | :: cingalês {m} |
| Sinhalese {n} (the language) | :: cingalês, cingalá {m}, cingala {m} |
| sinicization {n} (process of sinicising) | :: cinização {f}, chinificação {f} |
| sinister {adj} (ominous) | :: sinistro |
| sinister {adj} (evil) | :: sinistro |
| sinister {adj} (of the left) | :: sinistro, sestro, esquerdo |
| sinistrogyre {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory | :: |
| sinistromanual {adj} (left-handed) SEE: left-handed | :: |
| sinistrorotatory {adj} (levorotatory) SEE: levorotatory | :: |
| Sinitic {adj} (relating to the group of Chinese languages) | :: sinítico |
| sink {v} (descend into liquid, etc) | :: afundar |
| sink {v} (submerge) | :: submergir |
| sink {v} (cause (ship, etc) to sink) | :: afundar |
| sink {n} (basin) | :: pia {f} |
| sink {n} (heat sink) | :: dissipador de calor {m} |
| sink {n} (destination vertex) | :: sumidouro {m} |
| sink {n} (sinkhole) SEE: sinkhole | :: |
| sinker {n} (weight used in fishing) | :: chumbo, chumbinho, chumbada |
| sinkhole {n} (geology: hole formed in soluble rock) | :: dolina {f} |
| Sinkiang {prop} (Xinjiang) SEE: Xinjiang | :: |
| sinless {adj} (without sin) | :: imaculado |
| sinner {n} (person who has sinned) | :: pecador {m}, pecadora {f} |
| Sino- {prefix} (relating to China or Chinese) | :: sino- |
| sinoatrial {adj} (relating to the venous sinus and right atrium) | :: sinoatrial |
| Sinocentric {adj} (focused on China) | :: sinocêntrico |
| Sinocentrism {n} (practice of viewing the world from a Chinese perspective) | :: sinocentrismo {m} |
| Sino-Japanese {adj} (Involving both China and Japan) | :: sino-japonês |
| sinologist {n} (a student, or expert in sinology) | :: sinólogo {m} |
| sinology {n} (Chinese studies) SEE: Chinese studies | :: |
| Sinosphere {n} (regions in East Asia influenced by Chinese culture) | :: sinosfera {f} |
| Sino-Vietnamese {n} (the Chinese-derived elements in the Vietnamese language) | :: sino-vietnamita {m} {f} |
| Sino-Xenic {adj} (Sino-Japanese) SEE: Sino-Japanese | :: |
| Sino-Xenic {adj} (Sino-Vietnamese) SEE: Sino-Vietnamese | :: |
| sinter {v} (to compact and heat a powder to form a solid mass) | :: sinterizar |
| sintering {n} (A process in which the particles of a powder are welded together by pressure and heating to a temperature below its melting point) | :: sinterização {f} |
| sinuosity {n} (the property of being sinuous) | :: sinuosidade {f} |
| sinuous {adj} (having curves in alternate directions; meandering) | :: sinuoso {m} |
| sinus {n} (pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue) | :: seio {m} |
| sinusitis {n} (inflammation) | :: sinusite {f} |
| sinusoid {adj} (sinusoidal) SEE: sinusoidal | :: |
| sinusoidal {adj} (in the form of a sine wave) | :: senoidal |
| Sion {prop} (capital of Valais, a canton in Switzerland) | :: Sião |
| Sioux {n} (tribes) | :: siú |
| Sioux {prop} (language group) | :: siú |
| sip {n} (A small mouthful of drink) | :: gole {m} |
| sip {v} (to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time) | :: bebericar, sorver |
| siphon {n} (a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other) | :: sifão {m} |
| sir {n} (man of a higher rank or position) | :: senhor {m} |
| sir {n} (address to a military superior) | :: senhor {m} |
| sir {n} (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown) | :: senhor {m} |
| sirdar {n} (high-ranking person in India and west-central Asia) | :: sirdar {m} |
| sirdar {n} (leader of a group of Sherpa mountain guides) | :: sirdar {m} |
| siren {n} (nymph of Greek mythology) | :: sereia {f}, sirena {f} |
| siren {n} (device for making a sound alarm) | :: sirene {f}, sirena {f} |
| siren {n} (dangerously seductive woman) | :: sereia {f} |
| Sirius {prop} | :: Sírio {f} |
| sirloin {n} (cut of beef) | :: picanha {f} |
| sirocco {n} (wind) | :: siroco {m}, xaroco {m} |
| siskin {n} (small European finch) SEE: Eurasian siskin | :: |
| sissy {n} (an effeminate boy or man) | :: boiola {m}, bicha, maricas {mf} |
| sissyphobia {n} (negative attitude towards men who act in a feminine way) | :: efeminofobia {f}, afeminofobia {f} |
| sister {n} (woman or girl having the same parents) | :: irmã {f} |
| sister {n} (a nun; a female member of a religious community) | :: irmã {f}, soror {f} [title] |
| sister {n} (senior nurse) | :: enfermeira {f} |
| sister city {n} (city in a relationship of cordiality) | :: cidade irmã {f} |
| sisterhood {n} (state of being sisters) | :: sororidade {f} |
| sister-in-law {n} (wife's sister) | :: cunhada {f} |
| sister-in-law {n} (husband's sister) | :: cunhada {f} |
| sister-in-law {n} (brother's wife) | :: cunhada {f} |
| sister-in-law {n} (wife's brother's wife) | :: mulher/esposa do cunhado {f}, concunhada {f}, cunhada {f} |
| sister-in-law {n} (husband's brother's wife) | :: mulher/esposa do cunhado {f}, concunhada {f}, cunhada {f} |
| Sisyphus {prop} (figure) | :: Sísifo {m} |
| sit {v} (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported) | :: estar sentado |
| sit {v} (move oneself into such a position) | :: sentar, sentar-se |
| sitar {n} (musical instrument) | :: sitar {m} |
| sit down {v} (to assume a sitting position from a standing position) | :: sentar-se |
| site {n} (place where anything is fixed; situation; local position) | :: sítio {m}, local {m}, lugar {m} |
| site {n} (a website) | :: site {m}, sítio {m} |
| site {n} (region where chemical reactions take place) | :: sítio |
| site map {n} (webpage that lists the contents of a website) | :: mapa do site {f} |
| sit on the fence {v} | :: em cima do muro |
| sitting duck {n} (an obvious or unconcealed target) | :: presa fácil {f} |
| sitting room {n} (living room) SEE: living room | :: |
| situation {n} (position vis-à-vis surroundings) | :: posição {f} |
| situation {n} (location) | :: localização {f} |
| situation {n} (one's status with regard to circumstances) | :: situação {f} |
| situation {n} (state of affairs) | :: situação {f} |
| situation {n} (position of employment) | :: situação {f} |
| situation comedy {n} (episodic comedy television program, see also: sitcom) | :: sitcom {m}, comédia de situação {f} |
| sit-up {n} (exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted) | :: abdominal {f} |
| six {num} (cardinal number) | :: seis, meia |
| six {n} (digit) | :: seis {m}, meia dúzia [Brazilian Portuguese], meia [Brazilian Portuguese] |
| six hundred {num} (cardinal number 600) | :: seiscentos {m}, seiscentas {f} |
| six o'clock {n} (the start of the seventh hour) | :: seis horas {f-p} |
| six of one, half a dozen of the other {proverb} (two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent) | :: trocar seis por meia dúzia |
| sixsome {n} (group of six) | :: sexteto {m} |
| sixteen {num} (cardinal number 16) | :: dezasseis, dezesseis |
| sixteenth {adj} (the ordinal form of the number sixteen, see also: 16th) | :: décimo sexto |
| sixteenth {n} (one of sixteen equal parts of a whole) | :: dezesseis avos {m} |
| sixteenth note {n} (sixteenth note) SEE: semiquaver | :: |
| sixth {adj} (ordinal form of the number six, see also: 6th) | :: sexto |
| sixth {n} (person or thing in sixth place) | :: sexto {m}, sexta {f} |
| sixth {n} (one of six equal parts of a whole) | :: sexto {m} |
| Sixth Commandment {prop} (the Commandment against murder) | :: Sexto Mandamento {m} |
| sixth grade {n} (period in school that comes after fifth grade and before seventh grade) | :: sexta série {f}, 6ª série {f} |
| six thousand {num} (6000) | :: seis mil |
| sixth sense {n} (extrasensory perception) | :: sexto sentido {m} |
| sixtieth {adj} (the ordinal form of the number sixty) | :: sexagésimo, 60º |
| sixtieth {n} (person or thing in the sixtieth position) | :: sexagésimo {m} |
| sixtieth {n} (one of sixty equal parts of a whole) | :: sessenta avos {m} |
| sixty {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta |
| sixty-eight {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e oito |
| sixty-first {adj} (ordinal number) | :: sexagésimo primeiro |
| sixty-five {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e cinco |
| sixty-four {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e quatro |
| sixty-nine {n} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e nove |
| sixty-nine {n} (sex position) | :: meia-nove |
| sixty-one {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e um |
| sixty-second {adj} (ordinal number) | :: sexagésimo segundo |
| sixty-seven {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e sete |
| sixty-six {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e seis |
| sixtysomething {n} (sexagenarian) SEE: sexagenarian | :: |
| sixty-three {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e três |
| sixty-two {num} (cardinal number) | :: sessenta e dois |
| size {n} (dimensions or magnitude of a thing) | :: tamanho {m} |
| size {n} (a specific set of dimensions for clothing) | :: tamanho {m} |
| sizzle {v} (to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface) | :: chiar |
| sizzle {n} (the sound of water hitting a hot surface) | :: chiado {m} |
| ska {n} (Jamaican dance music) | :: ska {m} |
| skandha {n} (any of the five aspects constituting the sentient being in Buddhism) | :: agregado {m} |
| skate {n} (ice skate or roller skate) | :: skate, patim {m} |
| skate {n} (act of skating or ice skating) | :: patinada {f} |
| skate {v} (to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates) | :: patinar |
| skate {n} (fish of family Rajidae) | :: arraia {f}, raia {f} |
| skateboard {n} (platform on wheels) | :: skate {m}, esqueite {m} |
| skateboard {v} (to use a skateboard) | :: andar de skate |
| skater {n} (person who skates) | :: patinador {m} |
| skater {n} (member of skateboarding subculture) | :: skatista {m} {f} |
| skater {n} (insect) SEE: water strider | :: |
| skating {n} (action or sport) | :: patinação {f} [Brazil], patinagem [Portugal] |
| skating rink {n} (frozen surface for skating) | :: rinque (de patinação) {m} |
| skedaddle {v} (move or run away quickly) | :: dar no pé |
| skeeter {n} (mosquito) SEE: mosquito | :: |
| skeg {n} (surfer) SEE: surfer | :: |
| skein {n} (quantity of yarn) | :: meada {f}, madeixa {f} |
| skeletal {adj} (of, or relating to the skeleton) | :: esquelético |
| skeleton {n} (system that provides support to an organism) | :: esqueleto {m} |
| skeleton {n} (very thin person) | :: esqueleto {m} |
| skeleton {n} (frame that provides support to a building) | :: esqueleto {m}, estrutura {f} |
| skeleton {n} (type of tobogganing) | :: skeleton {m} |
| skeleton key {n} (key that opens a range of locks) | :: chave-mestra {f} |
| skeptic {n} (someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims) | :: cético {m}, cética {f} |
| skeptical {adj} (having, or expressing doubt) | :: [Brazil] cético, [Portugal] céptico |
| skeptical {adj} (related to skepticism) | :: [Brazil] cético, [Portugal] céptico |
| skepticism {n} (general disposition to doubt) | :: ceticismo {m} |
| sketch {v} | :: rascunhar |
| sketch {n} (quick freehand drawing) | :: esboço, rascunho {m} |
| sketch {n} (rough design or draft) | :: rascunho {m} |
| sketch {n} (brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.) | :: sketch, esquete {m} {f} |
| sketch {n} (lookout) SEE: lookout | :: |
| sketchy {adj} (Suspected of taking part in illicit or dishonorable dealings) | :: escuso, suspeito |
| skew {v} (to bias or distort in a particular direction) | :: distorcer, enviesar |
| skew {adj} (neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line) | :: assimétrico {m} |
| skew {n} (state of asymmetry in a distribution) SEE: skewness | :: |
| skewer {n} (pin used to secure food during cooking) | :: espeto {m} |
| skewer {v} (to impale on a skewer) | :: empalar |
| skewness {n} (property of being skew) | :: distorção {f} |
| skewness {n} (measure of the asymmetry) | :: obliquidade {f}, assimetria {f} |
| ski {n} (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow) | :: esqui {m} |
| ski {v} (to move on skis) | :: esquiar |
| skid {n} (out of control sliding motion) | :: derrapagem {f} |
| skid {v} (to slide in an uncontrolled manner) | :: derrapar |
| skidmark {n} (black mark left on a road surface from tires) | :: freada |
| skier {n} (someone who practices skiing) | :: esquiador {m}, esquiadora {f} |
| skiing {n} (sport or activity) | :: esqui {m}, esquiação {f} |
| ski jumping {n} (a winter sport) | :: salto de esqui {m} |
| skilful {adj} (possessing skill, skilled) SEE: skillful | :: |
| skill {n} (capacity to do something well) | :: habilidade {f}, talento {m} |
| skilled {adj} (having or showing skill) | :: hábil, habilidoso, jeitoso |
| skillet {n} (pan for frying) | :: frigideira {f} |
| skillful {adj} (possessing skill, skilled) | :: talentoso, habilidoso |
| skim {v} (ricochet) | :: ricochetear |
| skim {v} (read quickly, skipping some detail) | :: ler superficialmente, ler em diagonal, ler na diagonal |
| skim {adj} (having lowered fat content) | :: magro [Portugal], desnatado {m} [Brazil] |
| skimble-skamble {n} (gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense) SEE: nonsense | :: |
| skimble-skamble {adj} (confused, chaotic, disorderly) SEE: chaotic | :: |
| skimmed milk {n} (skim milk) SEE: skim milk | :: |
| skimmer {n} (spoon) | :: escumadeira {f}, espumadeira {f} |
| skim milk {n} (milk with removed cream) | :: leite desnatado {m} [Brazil], leite magro {m} [Portugal] |
| skin {n} (outer protective of the body of a person or animal) | :: pele {f} |
| skin {n} (skin and fur of an animal used by humans) | :: pele {f} |
| skin {n} (congealed layer on the surface of a liquid) | :: película {f} |
| skin {n} (image used as the background of graphical user interface) | :: capa {f}, skin {f} |
| skin {n} (rolling paper for cigarettes) | :: papel de arroz {m} |
| skin {n} (skinhead (clipping of)) | :: skinhead {m} |
| skin {n} | :: pele {f}, casca {f} |
| skin {v} (to injure the skin of) | :: esfolar, raspar |
| skin {v} (to remove the skin of) | :: esfolar, descascar |
| skin {v} (to high five) SEE: high five | :: |
| skin and bones {n} (emaciated; very skinny) | :: pele e osso |
| skin cancer {n} (malignant growth on the skin) | :: câncer de pele {m} [Brazil], cancro de pele {m} [Portugal] |
| skinflint {n} (one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money) | :: avaro {m}, avara {f}, pão-duro {m} {f} |
| skinhead {n} (someone with a shaved head) | :: careca {m} {f} |
| skinhead {n} (member of skinhead subculture) | :: skinhead {m} {f} |
| Skinnerian {n} (endorser of B. F. Skinner’s behaviorist psychology) | :: skinneriano {m} |
| Skinnerian {adj} (of or pertaining to the methods and theories of B. F. Skinner) | :: skinneriano |
| skinny {adj} (thin) | :: magro |
| skip {v} (to move by hopping on alternate feet) | :: saltitar |
| skip {v} (to omit or disregard intermediate items or stages) | :: pular |
| skip {v} (not to attend) | :: faltar |
| skip {n} (An open-topped rubbish bin) | :: caçamba {f}, caçamba de entulho {f} |
| skip {v} (to jump rope) SEE: jump rope | :: |
| skipping rope {n} (rope for play or exercise) | :: corda de pular {f} |
| skip rope {n} (rope used) SEE: skipping rope | :: |
| skip rope {v} (to jump over a rope) SEE: jump rope | :: |
| ski resort {n} (resort for skiers) | :: estação de esqui {f} |
| skirmish {n} (brief battle between small groups) | :: escaramuça {f} |
| skirmish {n} (minor dispute) | :: briguinha {f} |
| skirmish {v} (to engage in a minor battle or dispute) | :: escaramuçar |
| skirmisher {n} (soldier) | :: escaramuçador {m} |
| skirt {n} (clothing) | :: saia {f} |
| skirt {n} (part of dress) | :: saia {f} |
| skirt {n} (something resembling a skirt) | :: saia {f} |
| skirt {n} (slang for woman) | :: rabo-de-saia {m} |
| skirt {n} (border) | :: borda {f} |
| skirt {v} (to be on or from the border of) | :: rodear, contornar, beirar |
| skirt chaser {n} (man who seeks out female companionship) | :: rabo de saia {m} |
| skirting board {n} (panel between floor and interior wall) | :: rodapé {m} |
| skit {n} (comedy) | :: rábula {f} |
| Skopje {prop} (capital of North Macedonia) | :: Skopje {f}, Skopie {f}, Escópia |
| Skopje {prop} (North Macedonia) SEE: North Macedonia | :: |
| skua {n} (predatory seabird of the family Stercorariidae) | :: moleiro {m}, mandrião {m}, estercorário {m} |
| skulduggerous {adj} (involving skulduggery) SEE: tricky | :: |
| skulduggery {n} (devious device or trick) | :: trapaça {f} |
| skulk {v} (to conceal oneself; to hide) | :: esgueirar |
| skull {n} (bones of the head: cranium and mandible) | :: crânio {m}, caveira {f} |
| skull {n} (death's-head, skull) | :: caveira {f} |
| skullcap {n} (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) | :: gorro {m} |
| skullcap {n} (flowering plant) | :: perilômia {f} |
| skunk {n} (animal) | :: cangambá {m}, gambá {m}, doninha fedorenta {f} [Portugal] |
| skunk {n} (despicable person) | :: camelo {m} |
| skunk {n} (skunkweed) SEE: marijuana | :: |
| skunk cabbage {n} (any of several leafy, foul-smelling plants) | :: repolho-gambá {m} |
| sky {n} (atmosphere above a point) | :: céu {m} |
| sky {n} (specific view, condition) | :: céu {m} |
| sky {n} (heaven) | :: céu {m} |
| sky blue {adj} (light blue, see also: dark blue; blue) | :: azul-celeste |
| sky blue {n} (colour) | :: azul-celeste {m} |
| skyclad {adj} (nude) SEE: nude | :: |
| sky lantern {n} (paper ornament) | :: balão {m}, balão de São João {m} |
| skylark {n} (small brown passerine bird) | :: cotovia {f}, laverca {f}, calandra {f}, calhandra {f} |
| skylight {n} (opening in the roof) | :: claraboia |
| skyline {n} (horizon) SEE: horizon | :: |
| skyline {n} (silhouette against city or buildings) | :: skyline {m} {f} |
| skyrmion {n} (particle) | :: skyrmion {m} |
| skyrocket {n} (pocket) SEE: pocket | :: |
| skyrocket {v} (to increase suddenly and extremely) | :: ir às alturas, elevar-se às alturas |
| Skyros {prop} (an island in Greece) | :: Skyros {f} |
| skyscraper {n} (tall building) | :: arranha-céus {m} |
| skyward {adv} (toward the sky) | :: celeste |
| slab {n} (flat piece of material) | :: laje {f} |
| slab {n} (paving stone) | :: laje {f}, placa {f} |
| slabstone {n} (flagstone) SEE: flagstone | :: |
| slack {adj} (weak) | :: frouxo {m} |
| slack {v} (to procrastinate) | :: enrolar |
| slacken {v} (to make less taut) SEE: loosen | :: |
| slacken {v} ((intransitive) to gradually decrease in intensity) | :: afrouxar |
| slag {n} (the impurities which result and are separated out when melting a metal or refining it from its ore) | :: escória {f} |
| slag {n} (the scoria of a volcano) | :: escória {f} |
| slag heap {n} | :: monte de resíduos [Brazilian] |
| slake {v} (To satisfy thirst) | :: matar, saciar |
| slake {v} (To cool with water) | :: apagar, extinguir |
| slalom {n} (sports) | :: slalom {m} |
| slander {n} (false or unsupported spoken malicious statement) | :: calúnia {f}, injúria {f}, aleive {m}, aleivosia {f} |
| slander {v} (utter a slanderous statement about) | :: caluniar, injuriar, difamar |
| slanderous {adj} (Both untrue and harmful to a reputation) | :: calunioso |
| slang {n} (jargon) SEE: jargon | :: |
| slang {n} (unconventional language ) | :: calão {m}, jargão {m}, gíria {f} |
| slang {n} (cant) SEE: cant | :: |
| slant {n} (typography: slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| slant {n} (slope or incline) | :: inclinação {f} |
| slap {n} (A blow dealt with the open hand) | :: palmada {f}, estalo {m}, tapa {m}, bofetada {f}, chapada {f}, tabefe {m} |
| slap {v} (to give a slap) | :: esbofetear |
| slapdash {adj} (done hastily) | :: feito nas coxas |
| slap in the face {n} (slap in the face or on the cheek) | :: tapa na cara {m}, tapa no rosto {m} |
| slap someone five {v} (give someone five) SEE: give someone five | :: |
| slapstick {n} (physical comedy) | :: pastelão {m} |
| slash {n} (swift cut with a blade) | :: talho {m} |
| slash {n} (typography: / symbol) | :: barra {f}, barra oblíqua {f} |
| slash {v} (slang: an act of urination) | :: mijada {f} |
| slash and burn {n} (technique) | :: coivara {f} |
| slate {n} (rock) | :: ardósia {f} |
| slate {n} (sheet of slate for writing on) | :: ardósia {f}, lousa {f} |
| slate {n} (tile) | :: ardósia {f} |
| slate {n} (record of money owed) | :: conta {m} |
| slattern {n} (slut) SEE: slut | :: |
| slaty-backed gull {n} (Larus schistisagus) | :: gaivota-de-dorso-ardósia {f} |
| slaughter {n} (killing of animals (also kosher and halal rituals)) | :: matança {f} |
| slaughter {n} (killing of many people) | :: carnificina {f}, matança {f}, massacre {m} |
| slaughter {n} (a decisive defeat) | :: massacre {m} |
| slaughter {v} (to butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)) | :: matar, abater |
| slaughter {v} (to massacre people in large numbers) | :: exterminar, massacrar |
| slaughter {v} (to kill in a particularly brutal manner) | :: massacrar |
| slaughterhouse {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir | :: |
| Slav {n} (a member of a group of peoples in Eastern Europe speaking a Slavic language) | :: eslavo {m} |
| slave {n} (person owned by another) | :: escravo {m}, escrava {f} |
| slave {n} (person forced to work for another) | :: escravo {m}, escrava {f} |
| slave {n} (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving) | :: escravo {m}, escrava {f} |
| slave {n} (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave) | :: escravo {m}, escrava {f} |
| slave {n} (device that is controlled by another device) | :: escravo {m} |
| slave {v} (to work hard) | :: mourejar |
| slave-driver {n} (employer who demands excessive work) | :: escravista {m} {f}, negreiro {m}, negreira {f} |
| slave-girl {n} (female slave) | :: escrava {f} |
| slave-girl {n} (sex slave) SEE: sex slave | :: |
| slaver {n} (a person engaged in the slave trade) | :: escravista {m} {f}, negreiro {m}, negreira {f} |
| slavery {n} (institution or practice of owning human beings) | :: escravidão {f}, escravatura {f} |
| slavery {n} (condition of servitude endured by a slave) | :: escravidão {f} |
| slavery {n} (condition in which one is captivated or subjugated) | :: escravidão {f} |
| Slavic {adj} (of the Slavs, their culture or languages) | :: eslavo, eslávico |
| slavish {adj} (in the manner of a slave) | :: escravista |
| Slavism {n} (a Slavic idiom or phrase) | :: eslavismo {m} |
| Slavo- {prefix} (Slavic) | :: eslavo- |
| Slavonia {prop} (region of Croatia) | :: Eslavônia {f} [Brazil], Eslavónia {f} [Portugal] |
| Slavonic {adj} (Slavic) SEE: Slavic | :: |
| Slavonic {prop} (unrecorded ancestor of Slavic languages) | :: eslavo comum {m}, protoeslavo {m}, eslavônico {m} [Brazil] eslavónico {m} [Portugal] |
| Slavonic {adj} (related to Slavonia) | :: eslavônio [Brazil], eslavónio [Portugal], eslavônico [Brazil], eslavónico [Portugal] |
| slay {v} (to kill, murder) | :: matar, assassinar |
| slayer {n} (one who slays) | :: assasino {m}, assasina {f}, matador {m}, matadora {f}, sicário {m}, sicária {f} |
| sleazebag {n} (morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person) | :: canalha, sem vergonha |
| sleazy {adj} (Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate) | :: inferior |
| sleazy {adj} (Dishonorable; base; vulgar; raunchy) | :: vulgar |
| sled {n} (sledge) SEE: sledge | :: |
| sledge {n} (sledgehammer) SEE: sledgehammer | :: |
| sledge {n} (sleigh or sled) | :: trenó {m} |
| sledgehammer {n} (kind of hammer) | :: marreta {f} |
| sleek {adj} (smooth) | :: suave |
| sleek {adj} (not rough or harsh) | :: liso |
| sleek {v} (to make smooth; glossy; or to polish) | :: alisar |
| sleep {v} (to rest in state of reduced consciousness) | :: dormir |
| sleep {n} (state of reduced consciousness) | :: sono {m} |
| sleep {n} (informal: act or instance of sleeping) | :: sono {m} |
| sleep {n} (substance found in the corner of the eyes (gound), sometimes as a figurative objectification of sleep, see also: ) | :: remela {f}, ramela {f} |
| sleeper {n} (someone who sleeps) | :: dorminhoco {m}, dorminhoca {f} |
| sleeper {n} (railroad sleeping car) SEE: sleeping car | :: |
| sleeper {n} (sedative) SEE: sedative | :: |
| sleeper {n} (railroad tie) SEE: railroad tie | :: |
| sleeper cell {n} (group of people who remain dormant in a community until activated) | :: célula adormecida {f}, célula dormente {f} |
| sleepiness {n} (property of being sleepy) | :: sonolência {f} |
| sleeping {n} (state or act of being asleep) | :: sono {m}, dormida {f} |
| sleeping {adj} (asleep) SEE: asleep | :: |
| sleeping bag {n} (padded or insulated bag) | :: saco de dormir {m}, saco-cama {m} [Portugal] |
| Sleeping Beauty {prop} (fairy tale) | :: A Bela Adormecida |
| Sleeping Beauty {prop} (main character in this story) | :: Bela Adormecida {f} |
| sleeping car {n} (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.) | :: vagão-leito {m} |
| sleeping pill {n} (a pill having a soporific effect) | :: pílula para dormir {f} |
| sleeping sickness {n} (infectious disease) | :: doença do sono {f} |
| sleepless {adj} (absence of sleep) | :: insone |
| sleep like a log {v} (to sleep well, without disturbance) | :: dormir como uma pedra |
| sleep over {v} (to sleep over) | :: dormir fora, [Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil] pousar, fazer um pousão, pernoitar |
| sleep tight {interj} (good night) | :: durma bem |
| sleepwalk {v} (somnambulate) SEE: somnambulate | :: |
| sleepwalker {n} (somnambulist) SEE: somnambulist | :: |
| sleepwalking {n} (act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep) | :: sonambulismo {m} |
| sleep with {v} (have sex with) | :: dormir com |
| sleepy {adj} (feeling the need for sleep) | :: sonolento, com sono |
| sleepy head {n} (a sleepy person) SEE: sleepyhead | :: |
| sleepyhead {n} (sleepy person) | :: dorminhoco {m}, dorminhoca {f} |
| sleet {n} (ice pellets) | :: grão de gelo {m} |
| sleet {n} (mixture of rain and snow) | :: água-neve {f} |
| sleet {v} (to be in a state in which sleet is falling) | :: granizar |
| sleeve {n} (part of a garment that covers the arm) | :: manga {f} |
| sleigh {adj} (sly) SEE: sly | :: |
| sleigh {n} (vehicle on runners) SEE: sledge | :: |
| sleight of hand {n} (skill) | :: prestidigitação {f}, passe-passe {m}, ilusionismo {m} |
| sleight of hand {n} (performance) | :: prestidigitação {f}, passe-passe {m} |
| slender {adj} (thin) | :: esbelto, magro |
| slender-billed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus genei) | :: gaivota-de-bico-fino {f} |
| sleuth {n} (bloodhound) | :: sabujo {m} |
| sleuth {n} (detective) | :: detetive {m} |
| slew {n} (a large amount) | :: amontoado {m}, montão |
| slice {n} (thin, broad piece cut off) | :: fatia |
| slice {v} (to cut into slices) | :: fatiar {f} |
| slide {v} (to cause to move in contact with a surface) | :: deslizar |
| slide {v} (to move in continuous contact with a surface) | :: deslizar, escorregar |
| slide {v} (to lose balance) | :: escorregar |
| slide {v} (to pass along smoothly) | :: deslizar |
| slide {n} (item of play equipment) | :: escorrego {m} [Brazil], escorrega {f} [Portugal], escorregador {m} [Brazil] |
| slide {n} (rubble, earth and stones moving down) | :: deslizamento {m} |
| slide {n} (act of sliding) | :: deslizamento {m} |
| slide {n} (transparent image for projecting) | :: slide {m}, diapositivo {m} |
| slide {n} (microscope slide) | :: lâmina {f} |
| slide {n} (slide for playing slide guitar) | :: slide {m} |
| slide fastener {n} (zip fastener) SEE: zip fastener | :: |
| slider {n} ((software, graphical user interface) a widget allowing the user to select a value or position) | :: controlador deslizante {m} |
| slide rule {n} (analog calculator) | :: régua de cálculo {f} |
| sliding door {n} (door) | :: porta corrediça {f} |
| slight {adj} (small in amount, insignificant) | :: insignificante, ligeiro, leve |
| slightly {adv} (slenderly) | :: finamente |
| slightly {adv} (to a small extent or degree) | :: ligeiramente, um pouco |
| slim {adj} (slender) | :: magro, esbelto, esguio, delgado |
| slim {v} (lose weight) | :: emagrecer |
| slim down {v} (transitive: to reduce one's weight; to become thinner) | :: emagrecer, secar |
| slime {n} (mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance) | :: gosma {f}, lodo {m} |
| sling {v} (to throw) | :: atirar, jogar, arremessar, arrojar |
| sling {n} (instrument for throwing, see also: slingshot) | :: funda {f}, fundíbulo {m}, estilingue |
| sling {n} (bandage) | :: tipoia {f} |
| sling {n} (rope or chain arrangement) | :: estropo {m} |
| slinger {n} (someone who slings or who uses a sling) | :: fundeiro {m}, fundibulário {m} |
| slingshot {n} (Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles, see also: sling) | :: estilingue, baladeira, atiradeira {f}, fisga {f}, bodoque {m}, funda {f}, setra {f} |
| slink {v} (sneak about furtively) | :: espreitar |
| slip {n} (nautical: space for a ship to moor) SEE: berth | :: |
| slip {v} (to lose one's traction) | :: derrapar, deslizar |
| slip {n} (error) | :: escorrega {f} |
| slip of the tongue {n} (mistake in speech) | :: lapso {m} |
| slipped disc {n} (protruding vertebral disc) | :: disco deslocado |
| slipper {n} (low shoe slipped on and off easily) | :: pantufa {f} |
| slipper {n} (low shoe usually worn indoors) | :: chinelo, chinelas, [if fluffy] pantufa {f} |
| slipper animalcule {n} (paramecium) SEE: paramecium | :: |
| slippery {adj} (of a surface) | :: escorregadio |
| slippery {adj} (evasive; difficult to pin down) | :: liso [slang] |
| slipstick {n} (slide rule) SEE: slide rule | :: |
| slipway {n} (sloping surface) | :: dique {m} |
| slit {n} (narrow cut or opening; a slot) | :: greta, ranhura |
| slit {n} (vulgar, slang: opening of the vagina) | :: racha |
| slit {v} (split into strips) | :: fender, rachar |
| slither {v} (to move smoothly from side to side) | :: rastejar |
| slither {v} (to slide) | :: deslizar |
| sliver {n} (a long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment) | :: lasca {f} |
| slivovitz {n} (rakija made from distilled, fermented plum juice) | :: slivovitz {m} {f} |
| Sloane Ranger {n} (fashionable young woman) | :: patricinha {f} |
| Sloanie {n} (Sloane Ranger) SEE: Sloane Ranger | :: |
| slobber {n} (Saliva or liquid running from one's mouth) | :: baba |
| slobber {v} (To allow saliva or liquid to run from one's mouth) | :: babar |
| sloe {n} (fruit of Prunus spinosa) | :: abrunho {m} |
| sloe {n} (tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit) | :: abrunho {m}, abrunheiro {m} |
| sloe {n} (tree Prunus spinosa) SEE: blackthorn | :: |
| slogan {n} (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising) | :: slogan {m}, lema {m} |
| sloop {n} (single-masted sailboat) | :: chalupa {f} |
| slop {n} (A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud) | :: lodo {m} |
| slop {n} (scraps which are fed to pigs) | :: lavagem {f} |
| slop {v} (to spill or dump liquid) | :: entornar |
| slope {n} (area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward) | :: ladeira {f}, declive {m}, vertente {f} |
| slope {n} (degree to which a surface tends upward or downward) | :: inclinação {f} |
| slope {n} (mathematics) | :: declive {m}, gradiente {m} |
| slope {n} (offensive: person of East Asian descent) | :: amarelo {m}, olho puxado {m} |
| slope {v} (to tend steadily upward or downward) | :: inclinar |
| sloppy {adj} (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful) | :: desleixado |
| slot {n} (narrow depression, perforation, or aperture) | :: fenda, ranhura, abertura |
| slot {n} (A slot machine designed for gambling) | :: caça-níqueis, caça-níquel |
| sloth {n} (laziness) | :: preguiça {f} |
| sloth {n} (mammal) | :: bicho-preguiça {m}, preguiça {f} |
| slot machine {n} (vending machine) SEE: vending machine | :: |
| slough {n} (muddy or marshy area) | :: atoleiro {m}, lamaçal {m}, pântano {m} |
| Slovak {adj} (of Slovakia or its language) | :: eslovaco {m} |
| Slovak {n} (native of Slovakia) | :: eslovaco {m} |
| Slovak {n} (language of Slovakia) | :: eslovaco {m} |
| Slovakia {prop} (Slovakia) | :: Eslováquia |
| Slovakian {adj} (of or pertaining to Slovakia) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovakian {n} (a person from Slovakia or of Slovakian descent) SEE: Slovak | :: |
| Slovak Republic {prop} (official name of Slovakia) | :: República Eslovaca {f} |
| Slovene {adj} (adjective) | :: esloveno |
| Slovene {n} (a person) | :: esloveno {m}, eslovena {f} |
| Slovene {prop} (the language) | :: esloveno {m} |
| Slovenia {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Eslovénia {f} [Portugal], Eslovênia {f} [Brazil] |
| Slovenian {adj} (Slovene) SEE: Slovene | :: |
| Slovenian {n} (language) SEE: Slovene | :: |
| Slovenian {n} (person) SEE: Slovene | :: |
| slovenly {adj} (having an untidy appearance; unkempt) | :: mulambento |
| slovenly {adj} (dirty, unwashed; disorderly) | :: porco |
| slovenly {adj} (careless or negligent; sloppy) | :: descuidado |
| Slovincian {prop} (extinct language of the Slovincian people) | :: eslovíncio {m}, língua eslovíncia {f} |
| slow {adj} (not quick in motion) | :: lento, devagar |
| slow {adj} (spread over a comparatively long time) | :: lento |
| slow and steady wins the race {proverb} (patient work will conquer any problem) | :: devagar e sempre |
| slow down {v} (to reduce speed) | :: desacelerar |
| slowdown {n} (a reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, etc.) | :: abrandamento {m} |
| slowly {adv} (at a slow pace) | :: devagar, lentamente, vagarosamente |
| slow motion {n} (film stretched in time) | :: câmera lenta {f} |
| slowness {n} (quality of being slow) | :: lentidão {f} |
| slowworm {n} (Anguis fragilis) | :: licranço {m}, cobra de vidro {f}, licanço {m}, alicanço {m} |
| sludge {n} (generic term for separated solids) | :: sedimento {m} |
| sluff {n} (slough) SEE: slough | :: |
| sluff {v} (slough) SEE: slough | :: |
| slug {n} (gastropod) | :: lesma {f} |
| slug {n} (lazy person) SEE: sluggard | :: |
| sluggard {n} (lazy or idle person) | :: molenga {m} {f}, moleirão {m} |
| sluggish {adj} (habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive) | :: vadio, vagabundo |
| sluggish {adj} (slow; having little motion) | :: lento, moroso |
| sluggish {adj} (having no power to move oneself or itself; inert) | :: inerte |
| sluggish {adj} (characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple) | :: devagar |
| sluice {n} (passage for water) | :: eclusa {f} |
| slum {n} (dilapidated neighborhood) | :: favela {f} [Brazil], bairro de lata {m} [Portugal], musseque {m} [Angola] |
| slumber {n} (a very light state of sleep) | :: pestana {f}, soneca {f}, cochilo {m} |
| slumber {v} (to be in a very light state of sleep) | :: cochilar, dormitar |
| slump {v} (to collapse heavily) | :: despencar |
| slur {n} (insult or slight) | :: insulto |
| slur {n} (symbol indicating a legato passage) | :: ligadura {f} |
| slur {v} (to articulate poorly) | :: arrastar |
| slurp {v} (eat or drink noisily) | :: sorver |
| Slurpee {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush | :: |
| slurry {n} (agriculture: mixture of animal waste, other organic material and sometimes water used as fertilizer) | :: chorume {m}, esterco líquido {m} |
| slush {n} (half-melted snow) | :: lama de neve {f} |
| slush {n} (liquid mud or mire) | :: lama {f} |
| slush {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) | :: raspadinha {f} |
| slushie {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush | :: |
| Slush Puppie {n} (slush) SEE: slush | :: |
| slushy {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush | :: |
| slut {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| slut {n} (sexually promiscuous woman) | :: puta {f}, piranha {f}, vadia {f}, piriguete |
| slut {n} (a female dog) | :: cachorra {f}, cadela {f} |
| sly {adj} (artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily) | :: esperto, astuto, manhoso |
| sly as a fox {adj} (very sly) | :: esperto como uma raposa |
| slyly {adv} (in a sly manner) | :: maliciosamente |
| smack {v} (to strike a child as a form of discipline) SEE: spank | :: |
| smack {n} ((slang) heroin) SEE: horse | :: |
| small {adj} (not large) | :: pequeno |
| small {adj} (young) | :: pequeno, jovem |
| small {adj} (minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters) | :: minúsculo |
| small caps {n} (font variant) | :: versalete {m} |
| small change {n} (a minor or insignificant amount of money) | :: trocado {m} |
| smallest room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| small forward {n} (basketball: shorter of the two forward positions) | :: ala {m} {f} |
| small intestine {n} (upper part of the intestine) | :: intestino delgado {m} |
| smallish {adj} (somewhat small) | :: pequenito {m} |
| small-minded {adj} (selfish; not mindful of the big picture) | :: mesquinho |
| smallpox {n} (disease) | :: varíola {f} |
| small talk {n} (idle conversation) | :: conversa fiada {m} |
| smaragdine {n} (emerald) SEE: emerald | :: |
| smaragdine {adj} (having the colour of emeralds) | :: esmeraldino |
| smart {adj} (exhibiting social ability or cleverness) | :: esperto {m} |
| smart {adj} (exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books) | :: inteligente |
| smart {adj} (good-looking) | :: elegante |
| smart aleck {n} (a know-it-all) | :: espertinho {m} |
| smart ass {n} (one promoting his own personality, wishes or views) SEE: smartass | :: |
| smartass {n} (one who is particularly insolent) | :: espertalhão {m} |
| smartness {n} (the state or quality of being smart) | :: esperteza {f} |
| smartphone {n} (electronic handheld device) | :: smartphone {m} |
| smartwatch {n} (wristwatch) | :: relógio inteligente {m} |
| smarty boots {n} (know-it-all) SEE: know-it-all | :: |
| smash {n} (sound of a violent impact) | :: estrondo |
| smash {n} (colloquial: traffic accident) | :: batida {f} |
| smash {n} (in tennis) | :: smash {m} |
| smash {v} (to break violently) | :: destroçar, esmagar |
| smash {v} (hit extremely hard) | :: golpear |
| smattering {n} (superficial knowledge) | :: laivos {m-p} [informal] |
| smear {v} (to spread (a substance)) | :: lambuzar, untar |
| smear {v} (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations) | :: manchar |
| smear campaign {n} (negative propaganda) | :: campanha difamatória {f} |
| smegma {n} (sebaceous secretion) | :: esmegma {m} |
| smell {n} (sensation) | :: cheiro {m} |
| smell {n} (sense of smell) | :: olfato {m} |
| smell {v} (sense with nose) | :: cheirar |
| smell {v} (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of") | :: cheirar |
| smell-brain {n} (part of brain involved with smelling) | :: rinencéfalo {m} |
| smelly {adj} (having a bad smell) | :: fedorento |
| smell you later {interj} (see you later; goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| smelt {v} (to fuse two things into one) | :: fundir |
| smelt {n} (production of metal, especially iron, from ore) SEE: smelting | :: |
| smelting {n} (process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore) | :: fundição {f} |
| smetana {n} (type of soured cream) | :: smetana {f} |
| smidgen {n} (very small amount) | :: pouquinho {m} |
| smile {n} (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice) | :: sorriso {m} |
| smile {v} (to have a smile on one's face) | :: sorrir |
| smile from ear to ear {n} (large smile) | :: sorriso de uma orelha a outra {m} |
| smiley {n} (representation of a smiling face) | :: smiley {m} |
| smiley {n} (emoticon) SEE: emoticon | :: |
| smite {v} (to hit) | :: golpear, bater |
| smite {v} (to strike down or kill with godly force) | :: fulminar |
| smith {n} (craftsperson who works metal, see also: blacksmith) | :: ferreiro {m}, ferreira {f} |
| Smith {prop} (surnames derived from the equivalents of “smith”) | :: Ferreira {f}, Ferreiro {m} |
| Smith {prop} (most common surnames by language) | :: Silva |
| smithereens {n} (Fragments or splintered pieces; numerous tiny disconnected items) | :: pedacinhos {m-p} |
| smithsonite {n} (mineral) | :: smithsonita {f} |
| smithy {n} (forge) SEE: forge | :: |
| smitten {adj} (made irrationally enthusiastic) | :: empolgado {m} |
| smitten {adj} (in love) | :: apaixonado {m} |
| smock {n} (a loose garment worn as protection) | :: avental {m} |
| smog {n} (urban air pollution) | :: smog {m} |
| smoke {v} (to inhale and exhale smoke from a burning cigarette) | :: fumar |
| smoke {v} (to inhale and exhale tobacco smoke regularly or habitually) | :: fumar |
| smoke {v} (to give off smoke) | :: fumegar |
| smoke {v} (to preserve or prepare by treating with smoke) | :: defumar |
| smoke {n} (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material) | :: fumo {m}, fumaça {f} |
| smoke {n} (colloquial: cigarette) | :: fumo {m} |
| smoke {n} (colloquial: instance of smoking) | :: fumada {f} |
| smoke alarm {n} (smoke detector) SEE: smoke detector | :: |
| smoked {adj} (of food, preserved by treatment with smoke) | :: defumado {m} |
| smoke detector {n} (device) | :: detetor de fumaça {m} |
| smoked meat {n} (smoked meat in general) | :: carne defumada {f} |
| smoker {n} (person who smokes tobacco habitually) | :: fumante {m} {f}, fumador {m} [Portugal] |
| smokescreen {n} (smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover) | :: cortina de fumaça {f} [Brasil], cortina de fumo {f} [Portugal] |
| smokescreen {n} (anything used (metaphorically) to conceal or distract) | :: cortina de fumaça {f} [Brasil], cortina de fumo {f} [Portugal] |
| smokeshop {n} (tobacconist's) SEE: tobacconist's | :: |
| smokestack {n} (a conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out) SEE: chimney | :: |
| smoking {adj} (giving off smoke) | :: esfumaçante |
| smoking {adj} (Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman) | :: gostoso |
| smoking {n} (smoking of tobacco) | :: fumo {m}, tabagismo |
| smoking {n} (action of giving off smoke) | :: esfumaçamento {m} |
| smolder {v} (to burn with no flame and little smoke) | :: queimar/arder (sem chama) |
| Smolensk {prop} (city) | :: Smolensk {f}, Esmolensco |
| smooth {adj} (lacking friction, not rough) | :: liso, macio, suave |
| smooth {adj} (without difficulty) | :: suave |
| smooth {adj} (bland; glib) | :: suave |
| smooth {adj} (action: natural; unconstrained) | :: suave |
| smooth {adj} (edge: lacking projections or indentations; not serrated) | :: liso |
| smooth {adj} (beverage: having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent) | :: suave |
| smooth {adj} (mathematics, of a function: Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain) | :: suave {m} {f} |
| smooth {v} (make smooth) | :: alisar, suavizar |
| smoothie {n} (drink) | :: vitamina {f} |
| smoothly {adv} (in a smooth manner) | :: suavemente |
| smoothness {n} (condition of being smooth) | :: suavidade {f} |
| smooth sailing {n} (easily, without problems) | :: suave na nave |
| smooth snake {n} (Coronella austriaca) | :: cobra-lisa-austríaca {f} |
| smother {v} (to suffocate) | :: sufocar, asfixiar |
| smother {v} (to extinguish or deaden) | :: apagar |
| SMS {n} (a text message sent on a cell phone) | :: mensagem de texto {f}, SMS {m} |
| smug {adj} (irritatingly pleased with oneself; self-satisfied) | :: presunçoso, convencido |
| smuggle {v} (to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties) | :: contrabandear |
| smuggler {n} (One who smuggles things) | :: contrabandista {m} {f} |
| smuggling {n} (an act of something being smuggled) | :: contrabando {m} |
| smurf {n} (fictional character) | :: [Portugal] estrumpfe {m}, estrunfe {m}, [Brazil] smurf {m} |
| smut {n} (soot) SEE: soot | :: |
| Smyrna {prop} (city) | :: Esmirna |
| snack {n} (a light meal) | :: lanche {m}, comidinha {f}, petisco {m} |
| snack {n} (an item of food eaten between meals) | :: lanche {m} |
| snagging list {n} (list of construction problems) SEE: punch list | :: |
| snail {n} (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell) | :: caramujo {m}, caracol {m} |
| snailfish {n} (marine fish) | :: peixe-caracol {m} |
| snail mail {n} (postal mail) | :: correio lesma {m} |
| snake {n} (legless reptile) | :: cobra {f}, serpente {f}, ofídio, víbora {f} |
| snake {n} (treacherous person) | :: cobra {f}, víbora {f} |
| snake {v} (to move in a winding path) | :: serpentear |
| snakebite {n} (the bite of a snake) | :: mordida/picada de cobra {f} |
| snake charmer {n} (snake charmer) | :: encantador de serpentes {m} |
| snake pit {n} (pit with snakes) | :: ninho de cobra {m} |
| snap {n} (quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound) | :: estalo {m} (sound) |
| snap {n} (sudden break) | :: estalar |
| snap {n} (attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab) | :: buscas |
| snap {n} (act of of producing sound with fingers) | :: estalar (os dedos) |
| snap {n} (brisk, cold weather that passes quickly) | :: geladiço, brisa |
| snap {n} (very short period of time, or task) | :: instante |
| snap {v} (to snap one's fingers) | :: estalar |
| snap bean {n} (unripe or green fruit pod of a bean plant) SEE: green bean | :: |
| snapdragon {n} (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum) | :: boca-de-leão {f}, boca-de-lobo {f}, antirrino {m}, erva-bezerra {f} |
| snap one's fingers {v} (create a sound with one's fingers) | :: estalar os dedos |
| snapping turtle {n} (turtle of the family Chelydridae) | :: tartaruga-mordedora {f} |
| snapshot {n} (A glimpse of something) | :: vislumbre {m} |
| snare {n} (trap) | :: laço {m} |
| snare {n} (mental trap) | :: armadilha {f} |
| snare {n} (music: type of drum) | :: caixa de guerra {f}, caixa {f}, tarol {m}, tarola {f}, taró {m}, caixa clara {f}, caixa chata {f} |
| snare {v} (to catch or hold, especially with a loop) | :: engodar, enlaçar |
| snare drum {n} (tubular drum) | :: caixa |
| snatch {v} (to grasp quickly) | :: agarrar |
| snatch {n} (vagina) | :: buceta {f} |
| sneak {v} (to creep) | :: esgueirar |
| sneaker {n} (leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers) | :: tênis {m}, ténis {m} [Portugal] |
| sneaky {adj} (difficult to catch due to constantly outwitting the adversaries) | :: malandro, esquivo {m} |
| sneaky {adj} (dishonest; deceitful) | :: malandro |
| sneeze {v} (expel air as a reflex) | :: espirrar |
| sneeze {n} (act of sneezing) | :: espirro {m} |
| snicker {v} (to emit a snicker) | :: casquinar |
| snide {adj} (nasty, sarcastic) | :: sarcástico |
| sniff {v} (to make a short audible inhalation) | :: farejar |
| sniff {v} (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose) | :: cheirar |
| sniff {n} (instance of sniffing) | :: farejada {f} |
| sniffer {n} (one who sniffs) | :: farejador {m} |
| sniffer {n} (a mechanism for intercepting and logging network traffic) | :: sniffer {m} |
| sniffle {v} (to make a whimpring sound when breathing) | :: fungar o nariz |
| sniff out {v} (find something using smell) | :: farejar |
| sniff out {v} (find) | :: farejar |
| snipe {n} (bird of the family Scolopacidae) | :: narceja {f} |
| snipe {n} (fool, blockhead) | :: bobo {m}, tolo {m} |
| sniper {n} (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position) | :: franco-atirador {m}, atirador furtivo {m}, atirador {m}, sniper {m} {f} |
| sniper {n} (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position) | :: franco-atirador {m}, sniper {m} {f} |
| sniper rifle {n} (long-range rifle) | :: fuzil de precisão {m} |
| snippet {n} (a tiny piece or part) | :: pedacinho {m}, fragmento {m} |
| snitch {v} (inform on) | :: delatar, dedurar, xisnovar [informal] |
| snitch {n} (informer, usually one who betrays his group) | :: dedo-duro |
| snitches get stitches {proverb} (people who snitch or tattle will in return receive repercussions) | :: vacilão morre cedo |
| snob {n} (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes) | :: esnobe {m} {f} |
| snobbery {n} (the property or trait of being a snob) | :: arrogância, esnobismo |
| snobbish {adj} (having the property of being a snob) | :: esnobe |
| snood {n} (hairnet) SEE: hairnet | :: |
| snooker {n} (cue sport) | :: sinuca {f} |
| snoop {v} (to be devious and cunning so as not to be seen) | :: bisbilhotar |
| snoop {v} (to secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others) | :: espionar |
| Snoopy {prop} (pet beagle) | :: Snoopy {m} |
| snoot {v} (slang: human nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
| snooze {v} | :: cochilar, dormitar |
| snooze {n} (A period of sleep; a nap) | :: cochilo {m}, sesta {f} |
| snore {v} (breathe during sleep with harsh noises) | :: roncar |
| snore {n} (act and noise of snoring) | :: ronco {m} |
| snoring {n} (action or sound) | :: ronco {m} |
| snorkel {n} (hollow tube used for breathing underwater) | :: snorkel {m} |
| snort {v} (to exhale roughly through the nose) | :: resfolegar |
| snort {v} (to inhale (usually a drug) through the nose) | :: cheirar |
| snot {n} (mucus) | :: muco {m}, ranho {m} [liquid], tatu {m} [solid] |
| snot {n} (contemptible child) | :: pivete {m}, pirralho {m} |
| snotty {adj} (dirtied with snot) | :: ranhoso, ranhento |
| snout {n} (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) | :: focinho {m} |
| snout {n} (nose of a man (in contempt)) | :: focinho {m} |
| snow {n} (precipitation) | :: neve {f} |
| snow {n} (colour) | :: branco-neve {m} |
| snow {n} (TV noise) | :: chuvisco {m} |
| snow {n} (cocaine) | :: coca {f} |
| snow {n} (collective precipitation) | :: nevada {f} |
| snow {v} (have snow fall from the sky) | :: nevar |
| snow angel {n} (design) | :: anjo de neve {m} |
| snowball {n} (ball of snow) | :: bola de neve {f} |
| snowball fight {n} (play fight) | :: briga de bolas de neve {f} |
| snowbank {n} (a heap of snow) SEE: snowdrift | :: |
| snowboard {n} (board) | :: snowboard {f} |
| snowcat {n} (vehicle) | :: niveladora de neve {f} |
| snow cone {n} (crushed ice with flavoring) | :: raspadinha {f} |
| snow-covered {adj} | :: nevado, nevoso |
| snowdrift {n} (bank of snow) | :: acúmulo de neve {m} |
| snowdrop {n} (plant) | :: galanto {m} |
| snowfall {n} (instance of falling of snow) | :: nevada {f} |
| snowflake {n} (crystal) | :: floco de neve {m}, folheca {f} |
| snow fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox | :: |
| snow globe {n} (decorative object) | :: globo de neve {m} |
| snow goose {n} (Chen caerulescens) | :: ganso-das-neves {m} |
| snow leopard {n} (a large feline mammal, Uncia uncia) | :: leopardo-das-neves {m} |
| snowmachine {n} (snowmobile) SEE: snowmobile | :: |
| snowman {n} (figure made of snow) | :: boneco de neve {m} |
| snowmobile {n} (vehicle) | :: motoneve {f}, snowmobile {m}, mota de neve {f} |
| snow plow {n} (vehicle) | :: limpa-neve {m} |
| Snow Queen {prop} (fairy tale character with power over snow and ice) | :: Rainha da Neve {f} |
| snowshoe {n} (flat footwear worn to facilitate walking in deep snow) | :: raquete {f} |
| snowstorm {n} (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow) | :: nevasca {f} [Brazil], nevão {m} [Portugal], tempestade de neve {f} (both) |
| snow-white {adj} (as white as snow) | :: branco de neve |
| Snow White {prop} (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen)) | :: Branca de Neve {f} |
| Snow White {prop} (character from Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)) | :: Branca de Neve {f} |
| snowy {adj} (snow-covered) SEE: snow-covered | :: |
| snowy owl {n} (large white owl) | :: coruja das neves {f} |
| snuff {n} (fine-ground tobacco) | :: rapé {m} |
| snuffbox {n} (small box) | :: tabaqueira {f} |
| snuffer {n} (candle snuffer) SEE: candle snuffer | :: |
| snug {adj} (comfortable; cosy, cozy) | :: confortável |
| so {n} (sol) SEE: sol | :: |
| so {conj} (in order that) | :: para que |
| so {conj} (with the result that) | :: então |
| so {adv} (very) | :: tão |
| so {adv} (to a particular extent) | :: tão |
| so {adv} (in a particular manner) | :: assim |
| so {adv} (slang: very much) | :: tão |
| so {adj} (true) | :: assim |
| so {interj} (interjection used to introduce a new topic) | :: então, aí, daí |
| soak {v} (to be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it) | :: molhar-se, ensopar-se, encharcar-se |
| soak {v} (to immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation) | :: molhar, ensopar, encharcar, deixar de molho |
| so-and-so {n} (placeholder name) | :: fulano {m}, sicrano {m}, beltrano {m} |
| soap {n} (soap opera) SEE: soap opera | :: |
| soap {n} (substance) | :: sabão {m}, sabonete {m} |
| soap {v} (apply soap in washing) | :: ensaboar |
| soap bubble {n} (sphere of soap water) | :: bolha de sabão |
| soap dish {n} (a container for soap) | :: saboneteira {f}, saboeiro {m}, saboneteiro {m} |
| soapery {n} (factory making soap) | :: saboaria {f} |
| soap opera {n} (television serial) | :: telenovela {f}, novela {f} |
| soapstone {n} (soft rock) | :: pedra-sabão {f} |
| soapwort {n} (herb) | :: saponária {f} |
| soar {v} (to fly aloft with little effort) | :: pairar, planar |
| soar {v} (to fly by means of a glider) | :: planar |
| soar {n} (act of soaring) | :: pairada {f} |
| sob {n} (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath) | :: soluço {m} |
| sob {v} (weep with convulsive gasps) | :: soluçar |
| SOB {n} (son of a bitch (abbreviation)) | :: fdp |
| so be it {phrase} (indication of acceptance) | :: que seja, assim seja |
| sober {adj} (not drunk) | :: sóbrio |
| sober {adj} (not given to excessive drinking of alcohol) | :: sóbrio |
| sober {adj} (moderate) | :: sóbrio |
| sober {adj} (dull) | :: sóbrio |
| sober up {v} (to become sober) | :: desembriagar-se |
| sobremesa {n} (time spent at the table after eating) | :: sobremesa |
| sobriety {n} (quality or state of being sober) | :: sobriedade {f} |
| sobriety {n} (quality or state of not being intoxicated) | :: sobriedade |
| sobriquet {n} (familiar name for a person) | :: alcunha {f} |
| so-called {adj} (so named, but wrongly so) | :: assim chamado {m}, chamado {m}, dito {m} |
| soccer {n} (game) | :: futebol {m} |
| soccer player {n} (one who plays soccer) | :: jogador de futebol {m}, futebolista {m} {f} |
| Sochi {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Sochi {f}, Sotchi {f}, Sótchi [rare] |
| sociable {adj} (tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial) | :: sociável |
| social {adj} (extroverted or outgoing) | :: social |
| social {adj} (relating to society) | :: social |
| social {adj} (internet: relating to social media or social networks) | :: social |
| social {adj} (relating to a nation's allies) | :: social |
| social {adj} (zoology: cooperating in groups) | :: social |
| social anxiety {n} (social anxiety disorder) SEE: social anxiety disorder | :: |
| social anxiety disorder {n} (the most common anxiety disorder) | :: fobia social {f}, sociofobia |
| social butterfly {n} (person who likes to attend parties) | :: arroz de festa |
| social class {n} (class of people) | :: classe social {f} |
| social climber {n} (one who tries to improve his or her social position) | :: alpinista social {m} {f}, arrivista {m} {f} |
| social contract {n} (agreement or contract) | :: contrato social |
| social Darwinism {n} (theory) | :: darwinismo social {m} |
| social democracy {n} (moderate left-wing political philosophy) | :: social-democracia |
| social democracy {n} (social democratic society) | :: social-democracia |
| social democrat {n} (supporter of social democracy) | :: social-democrata |
| social distancing {n} (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) | :: distanciamento social {m} |
| social engineering {n} (practice of tricking a user) | :: engenharia social {f} |
| social insect {n} (insects which live socially) | :: inseto social {m} |
| socialism {n} (political philosophy of social and economic equality) | :: socialismo {m} |
| socialism {n} (group of socialist political philosophies) | :: socialismo {m} |
| socialism {n} (intermediate phase of social development) | :: socialismo {m} |
| socialist {adj} (of, promoting, practicing, or characteristic of socialism) | :: socialista {mf} |
| socialist {n} (one who practices or advocates socialism) | :: socialista {mf} |
| Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia {prop} (Yugoslav state that existed from 1943 until 1992) | :: República Socialista Federativa da Jugoslávia [Portugal], República Socialista Federativa da Iugoslávia [Brazil] |
| Socialist Republic of Vietnam {prop} (official name of Vietnam) | :: República Socialista do Vietname {f} [Portugal], República Socialista do Vietnã {f} [Brazil] |
| socialite {n} (person of prominence and influence) | :: socialite {m} {f} |
| socialization {n} (sociology: the process of learning one’s culture) | :: socialização {f}, sociabilização {f} |
| socialize {v} (to interact with others) | :: socializar, sociabilizar |
| socialize {v} (to instruct, usually subconsciously, in the etiquette of a society) | :: socializar |
| socialize {v} (to take into collective or governmental ownership) | :: socializar |
| social justice warrior {n} (online activist who zealously promotes social justice causes) | :: esquerdopata |
| socially {adv} (in social contexts) | :: socialmente |
| social media {n} (interactive forms of media) | :: rede social {f} |
| social network {n} (a network of personal or business contacts on the Internet) | :: rede social {f} |
| social phobia {n} (social anxiety disorder) SEE: social anxiety disorder | :: |
| social studies {n} (study of various subjects) | :: estudos sociais {m-p} |
| social worker {n} (person whose profession is social work) | :: assistente social {m} {f} |
| society {n} (group of people sharing culture) | :: sociedade {f} |
| society {n} (group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest) | :: grupo {m}, sociedade {f}, associação {f}, grêmio {m}, agremiação {f} |
| society {n} (people of one’s country or community as a whole) | :: sociedade {f} |
| society {n} (high society) SEE: high society | :: |
| Society of Jesus {prop} (Roman Catholic order) | :: Companhia de Jesus {f} |
| Socinian {n} (a member of a certain nontrinitarian Christian denomination) | :: um sociniano {m} |
| Socinian {adj} (pertaining to the Socinians) | :: sociniano {m} |
| sociocultural {adj} (of both society and culture) | :: sociocultural |
| sociodemographic {adj} (of or pertaining to sociodemography) | :: sociodemográfico |
| sociodemography {n} (study combining sociology and demography) | :: sociodemografia {f} |
| socioeconomic {adj} (of or pertaining to social and economic factors) SEE: socio-economic | :: |
| socio-economic {adj} (pertaining to a combination of social and economic factors) | :: socioeconômico |
| sociolect {n} (variant of language used by a social group) | :: socioleto {m} |
| sociolinguistic {adj} (pertaining to sociolinguistics) | :: sociolinguístico |
| sociolinguistics {n} (the study of social and cultural effects on language) | :: sociolinguística {f} |
| sociological {adj} (of or pertaining to sociology) | :: sociológico |
| sociologically {adv} (sociologically) | :: sociologicamente |
| sociologist {n} (scientist studying the field of sociology) | :: sociólogo {m} |
| sociology {n} (study of society, human social interactions, etc.) | :: sociologia {f} |
| sociopath {n} (person with antisocial personality disorder) | :: sociopata {m} {f} |
| sociopolitical {adj} (socio-political) SEE: socio-political | :: |
| socio-political {adj} (of or pertaining to a combination of social and political factors) | :: sociopolítico |
| sock {n} (covering for the foot) | :: meia {f} |
| sock {n} (violent blow, punch) | :: soco {m} |
| sock {n} (sock puppet) SEE: sock puppet | :: |
| socket {n} (mechanical opening) | :: tomada {f}, ficha {f} [colloquial] |
| socket {n} (hollow in a bone) | :: cavidade {f} |
| socket {n} (computing interprocess communication channel) | :: soquete {m}, socket {m} |
| sock puppet {n} (simple puppet made from a sock) | :: fantoche de meia {m} |
| sock puppet {n} (second account created by a user in an online community) | :: fantoche {m} |
| Socrates {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: Sócrates |
| Socratic {adj} (characteristic of the philosopher Socrates) | :: socrático |
| Socratic {n} (follower of Socrates) | :: socrático {m} |
| Socratic irony {n} (the practice or act of asking someone a question in order to demonstrate their ignorance) | :: ironia socrática {f} |
| Socratic method {prop} | :: maiêutica {f}, método socrático {m} |
| soda {n} (sodium carbonate) | :: soda cáustica {f} |
| soda {n} (carbonated water) | :: soda {f} |
| soda {n} (sweet, carbonated drink) | :: refrigerante {m}, refri {m}, refresco {m}, soda {f} |
| soda pop {n} (sweetened, carbonated beverage) | :: refrigerante {m} |
| soda water {n} (water with carbon dioxide) | :: água gaseificada {f} |
| sodden {adj} (soaked) | :: encharcado |
| sodden {v} (to drench, soak or saturate) | :: encharcar |
| sodium {n} (reactive metal) | :: sódio {m} |
| sodium benzoate {n} (the sodium salt of benzoic acid) | :: benzoato de sódio {m} |
| sodium bicarbonate {n} (salt of sodium hydroxide and carbonic acid) | :: bicarbonato de sódio |
| sodium chloride {n} (chemical term for table salt; NaCl) | :: cloreto de sódio {m} |
| sodium hydrogen carbonate {n} (NaHCO3) SEE: sodium bicarbonate | :: |
| sodium hydroxide {n} (caustic alkali) | :: hidróxido de sódio {m} |
| sodium nitrate {n} (sodium salt of nitric acid) | :: salitre |
| sod off {v} (go away) | :: desaparecer, pôr-se a milhas |
| Sodom {prop} (city in the Middle East) | :: Sodoma |
| sodomise {v} (to perform anal sex) | :: sodomizar |
| sodomite {n} (one who practices sodomy) | :: sodomita {m} {f} |
| sodomy {n} (sex held to be unnatural) | :: sodomia {f} |
| sodomy {n} (anal sex, see also: anal sex) | :: sodomia {f} |
| sofa {n} (upholstered seat) | :: sofá {m} |
| sofa-bed {n} (sofa that unfolds into a bed) | :: sofá-cama {m} |
| so far {adv} (until now; previously; yet) | :: até agora |
| so far so good {proverb} (up to this point, all is OK) | :: até agora tudo bem |
| soffit {n} (visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element) | :: sofito {m}, intradorso {m} |
| Sofia {prop} (the capital city of Bulgaria) | :: Sófia |
| soft {adj} (foolish) SEE: foolish | :: |
| soft {adj} (giving way under pressure) | :: mole |
| soft {adj} (of a cloth) | :: macio {m}, macia {f} |
| soft {adj} (gentle) | :: suave |
| soft {adj} (of a sound) | :: suave |
| softball {n} (game) | :: softball {m}, softbol {m} |
| soft drink {n} (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage) | :: refrigerante {m}, refresco {m}, soda {f} |
| soften {v} ((transitive) To make something soft or softer) | :: amolecer |
| soften {v} ((transitive) To make less harsh) | :: suavizar |
| softener {n} (one who, or that which, softens) | :: suavizante {m} |
| softener {n} (fabric softener) SEE: fabric softener | :: |
| softhearted {adj} (gentle) | :: de coração mole |
| softly {adv} (softly, gently) | :: suavemente |
| softly {adv} (not loudly, inaudible) | :: suavemente |
| softness {n} (the quality of being soft) | :: suavidade {f} |
| soft palate {n} (tissue) | :: palato mole {m} |
| soft roe {n} (milt) SEE: milt | :: |
| soft serve {n} (frozen dessert) | :: sorvete italiano {m} |
| soft sign {n} (Cyrillic letter Ь/ь) | :: sinal suave {m} |
| soft spot {n} (fontanelle) SEE: fontanelle | :: |
| software {n} (encoded computer instructions) | :: software {m}, programa {m} |
| software engineer {n} (one who designs and implements software solutions) | :: engenheiro de software {m} |
| software engineering {n} (subfield of engineering concerned with the development, operation, and maintenance of software) | :: engenharia de software {f} |
| soft water {n} (water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals) | :: água mole {f} |
| Sogdian {prop} (the Sogdian language) | :: sogdiano |
| Sogdian {n} (a native of Sogdiana) | :: sogdiano {m} |
| Sogdiana {prop} (an ancient Iranian-speaking civilization) | :: Sogdiana {f} |
| soggy {adj} (soaked with liquid) | :: ensopado, encharcado |
| soil {n} (mixture of sand and organic material) | :: solo {m} |
| soil {n} (mineral or organic material serving as a natural medium for the growth of land plants) | :: solo {m}, terra {f} |
| soil {n} (unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth) | :: solo {m} |
| soil {n} (country or territory) | :: solo {m} |
| soil {v} (to make dirty) | :: sujar |
| soil {v} (to make invalid, to ruin) | :: arruinar, estragar |
| soiree {n} (formal evening party) | :: sarau {m} |
| sojourn {n} (A short stay somewhere) | :: estadia {f} |
| sojourn {v} (Stay temporarily) | :: peregrinar, estanciar |
| sol {n} (fifth note of a major scale) | :: sol {m} |
| solace {n} (consolation) | :: consolo {m} |
| solace {n} (source of comfort) | :: consolo {m} |
| solace {v} (to give solace to) | :: consolar, reconfortar |
| solar {adj} (of or pertaining to the sun) | :: solar |
| solar calendar {n} (a calendar based on the movement of the Earth around the Sun) | :: calendário solar {m} |
| solar eclipse {n} (when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun) | :: eclipse solar {m}, solcris {m} |
| solar energy {n} (energy from the sun) | :: energia solar {f} |
| solar flare {n} (violent explosion) | :: erupção solar {f} |
| solarium {n} (establishment where one can rent sunbeds) | :: solário {m} |
| solar panel {n} (array of connected solar cells) | :: painel solar {m}, painel fotovoltaico {m} |
| solar radiation {n} (all the electromagnetic radiation and subatomic particles radiated from the sun) | :: irradiação solar {m} |
| solar sail {n} (a sail-like structure on a spacecraft) | :: vela solar {f} |
| solar system {n} (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star) | :: sistema solar {m} |
| solar system {prop} (Solar System) SEE: Solar System | :: |
| Solar System {prop} (the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it) | :: sistema solar {m} |
| solar wind {n} (outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space) | :: vento solar {m} |
| solder {n} (any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together) | :: solda {f} |
| solder {v} (to join with solder) | :: soldar |
| soldering {n} (method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them) | :: soldagem {f}, solda {f} |
| soldering iron {n} (tool) | :: solda de estanho {f}, soldador {m} |
| soldier {n} (member of an army) | :: soldado {m} |
| sold out {adj} (completely sold) | :: esgotado {m} |
| sole {adj} (only) | :: único |
| sole {adj} (unmarried; widowed) | :: solteiro |
| sole {n} (bottom of the foot) | :: sola {f}, planta do pé {f} |
| sole {n} (bottom of a shoe or boot) | :: sola {f} |
| sole {n} (fish) | :: solha {f} |
| sole {v} (put a sole on (a shoe or boot)) | :: solar |
| solecism {n} (error in the use of language) | :: solecismo {m}, cacologia {f} |
| solely {adv} (exclusively) | :: puramente, unicamente, exclusivamente |
| solemnity {n} (instance of solemn behavior) | :: solenidade |
| solemnly {adv} (in a solemn manner) | :: solenemente |
| solemnness {n} (solemnity) SEE: solemnity | :: |
| solenoid {n} (solenoid) | :: solenoide {m} |
| sol-fa {n} (method of sight singing) SEE: solfège | :: |
| solfatara {n} (area of volcanic activity giving off sulfurous steam) | :: sulfatara {f}, enxofreira {f} |
| solfeggio {n} (a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing) SEE: solfège | :: |
| solfège {n} (method of sight singing) | :: solfejo {m} |
| solicit {v} (to persistently endeavor) | :: solicitar |
| solicitor {n} (lawyer offering legal services to clients apart from acting as court advocate) | :: advogado {m} |
| solid {adj} (in the solid state) | :: sólido |
| solid {adj} (large, massive) | :: massivo |
| solid {adj} (lacking holes or hollows) | :: sólido |
| solid {adj} (extremely filling) | :: saciador |
| solid {adj} (strong, unyielding (as of foundations etc)) | :: sólido |
| solid {adj} (lacking errors or inconsistencies) | :: sólido |
| solid {adj} (typography: written as one word) | :: contínuo, junto |
| solid {n} (chemistry: fundamental state of matter) | :: sólido {m} |
| solid {n} (geometry: three-dimensional object) | :: sólido {m} |
| solidarity {n} (unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy) | :: solidariedade {f} |
| solidarity {n} (psychological or material support) | :: solidariedade {f} |
| solidify {v} (transitive: to make solid; convert into a solid body) | :: solidificar |
| solidify {v} (intransitive: to become solid; to freeze) | :: solidificar |
| solidly {adv} (in a solid manner) | :: solidamente |
| solidus {n} (slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| solidus {n} (Roman gold coin) | :: soldo {m} |
| soliloquize {v} (to perform a soliloquy) | :: soliloquiar, monologar |
| soliloquy {n} (act of a character speaking to himself) | :: solilóquio {m} |
| soliloquy {n} (speech or written discourse in this form) | :: solilóquio {m} |
| solipsism {n} (theory) | :: solipsismo {m} |
| solipsism {n} (self-absorption) | :: solipsismo {m} |
| solitaire {n} (person who lives alone) SEE: solitary | :: |
| solitaire {n} (patience) SEE: patience | :: |
| solitary {n} (one who lives alone) | :: solitário {m} |
| solitary {adj} (living alone or being by oneself) | :: solitário, só |
| solitary {adj} (performed, passed, or endured alone) | :: solitário |
| solitary {adj} (not much visited or frequented; remote from society) | :: solitário |
| solitary {adj} (single; individual; sole) | :: solitário, só |
| solitary {n} (solitary confinement) SEE: solitary confinement | :: |
| solitary confinement {n} (forced isolation) | :: prisão em solitária {f} |
| solitary sandpiper {n} (Tringa solitaria) | :: maçarico-solitário {m} |
| soliton {n} (self-reinforcing travelling wave) | :: sóliton {m} |
| solitude {n} (state of being alone) | :: solidão {f}, solitude {f} |
| solmisation {n} (the sol-fa system of singing) SEE: solfège | :: |
| solo {n} (piece of music for one) | :: solo {m} |
| solo {n} (job or performance done by one person) | :: solo {m} |
| solo {adj} (without a companion or instructor) | :: solo |
| solo {adj} (of a musical solo) | :: solo |
| solo {v} (to perform a solo) | :: solar |
| soloist {n} (a person who performs a solo) | :: solista {m} {f} |
| Solomon {prop} (king of Israel) | :: Salomão {m} |
| Solomon {prop} (male given name) | :: Salomão {m} |
| Solomon Islands {prop} (A country in Melanesia) | :: Ilhas Salomão |
| Solon {prop} (statesman and lawgiver) | :: Sólon {m} |
| so long as {phrase} (as long as) SEE: as long as | :: |
| Solresol {prop} (constructed language whose phonemes are based upon the solfège) | :: solresol {m} |
| solstice {n} (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun) | :: solstício {m} |
| solubility {n} (the condition of being soluble) | :: solubilidade {f} |
| solubility {n} ((chemistry) the amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent) | :: solubilidade {f} |
| soluble {adj} (able to be dissolved) | :: solúvel |
| solute {n} (substance that is dissolved in a solvent) | :: soluto {m} |
| solution {n} (liquid mixture) | :: solução {f} |
| solution {n} (an act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.) | :: solução {f} |
| solution {n} (answer to a problem (mathematics)) | :: solução {f} |
| solution {n} (satisfaction of a claim or debt) | :: liquidação {f}, pagamento {m} |
| solvated {adj} (combined with a solvent) | :: solvatado |
| solve {v} (to find an answer or solution) | :: resolver, solucionar |
| solvency {n} (ability to pay debts) | :: solvabilidade {f}, solvência {f} |
| solvent {n} (liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute) | :: solvente {m} |
| solvent {adj} (able to pay all debts) | :: solvente {m} {f} |
| solyanka {n} (a thick, spicy and sour soup in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine) | :: solyanka {f} |
| Somali {n} (a language) | :: somali {m} |
| Somali {n} (a person from Somalia or of Somali descent) | :: somali {m} {f}, somaliano {m} |
| Somali {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) | :: somali, somaliano |
| Somalia {prop} (country in the Horn of Africa) | :: Somália {f} |
| Somalian {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) SEE: Somali | :: |
| Somalian {n} (someone from Somalia) SEE: Somali | :: |
| Somaliland {prop} (region) | :: Somalilândia {f} |
| Somaliland {prop} (unrecognized state) | :: Somalilândia {f}, Somaliland {m} {f} |
| somatization {n} (generation of physical symptoms for a psychiatric disorder) | :: somatização {f} |
| sombre {adj} (dark; gloomy, dimly lit) | :: escuro {m}, sombrio {m}, lúgubre {m}, soturno {m} |
| sombre {adj} (dull or dark in colour) | :: escuro {m}, sombrio |
| sombre {adj} (melancholy; dismal) | :: sombrio |
| sombrero {n} (hat) | :: sombreiro {m} |
| some {pron} (certain number) | :: algum {m} |
| some {pron} (indefinite quantity or number) | :: alguns |
| some {pron} (indefinite amount, part) | :: um pouco de |
| some {determiner} (certain proportion of) | :: algum |
| some {determiner} (unspecified quantity or number of) | :: algum |
| some {determiner} (unspecified amount of) | :: um pouco |
| some {determiner} (certain, unspecified or unknown) | :: algum, um |
| some {determiner} (considerable quantity or number of) | :: algum |
| some {determiner} (informal: remarkable) | :: que |
| some {adv} (approximately, roughly) | :: uns, mais ou menos |
| somebody {pron} (some unspecified person) | :: alguém |
| someday {adv} (sometime; at some time in the future) | :: um dia |
| somehow {adv} (in one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated) | :: de alguma forma, de alguma maneira, de algum jeito, por algum meio |
| someone {pron} (some person) | :: alguém |
| somersault {n} (the act of going head over heels) | :: salto mortal {m}, cambalhota {f} |
| something {pron} (unspecified object) | :: algo {m}, alguma coisa {f} |
| something {pron} (talent that is hard to pin down) | :: algo mais {m} |
| something {pron} (somebody who is superlative in some way) | :: algo mais |
| something is rotten in the state of Denmark {phrase} (Hamlet quotation, used in other contexts to mean "something is not right") | :: há algo de podre no reino da Dinamarca |
| sometime {adj} (occasional) SEE: occasional | :: |
| sometime {adv} (obsolete: sometimes) SEE: sometimes | :: |
| sometime {adv} (at an unstated or indefinite time in the future) | :: algum dia |
| sometime {adj} (former) | :: antigo |
| sometimes {adv} (on certain occasions, but not always) | :: às vezes |
| somewhat {pron} (something) SEE: something | :: |
| somewhat {adv} (limited extent) | :: um tanto, meio |
| somewhere {adv} (in some place) | :: em algum lugar, [Portugal] algures |
| somewhere {adv} (to some place) | :: a algum lugar |
| somewhere else {adv} (in or at some other place) | :: em outro lugar, alhures, algures |
| somewhere else {adv} (to some other place) | :: para outro lugar |
| somewhither {adv} (to some place) SEE: somewhere | :: |
| sommelier {n} (wine steward / stewardess, wine waiter / waitress) | :: escanção {m}, sommelier {m} {f} |
| somnambulant {adj} (walking asleep) | :: sonâmbulo {m}, sonâmbula {f} |
| somnambulate {v} (to walk while sleeping) | :: sonambular |
| somnambulation {n} (sleepwalking) SEE: sleepwalking | :: |
| somnambulism {n} (sleepwalking) | :: sonambulismo {m} |
| somnambulist {n} (a sleepwalker) | :: sonâmbulo {m}, sonâmbula {f} |
| somnolence {n} (a state of drowsiness or sleepiness) | :: sonolência {f} |
| somnolent {adj} (drowsy) | :: sonolento |
| so much {adv} (to a certain degree or extent) | :: tão |
| so much {adj} (to such a quantity or degree) | :: tanto {m} |
| so much for {phrase} (an expression of dismissiveness or resignation) | :: lá se vai, lá se foi, já era |
| son {n} (a male person in relation to his parents) | :: filho {m} |
| son {n} (an adopted son) | :: filho {m} |
| son {n} (a son through close relationship) | :: filho {m} |
| son {n} (a son through major influence) | :: filho {m} |
| son {n} (male descendant) | :: filho {m} |
| son {n} (familiar address) | :: filho {m} |
| sonar {n} (device) | :: sonar {m} |
| sonata {n} (a musical composition for one or a few instruments) | :: sonata {f} |
| sonata form {n} (a form of classical music) | :: forma-sonata {f} |
| sonatina {n} (piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler) | :: sonatina {f} |
| song {n} (music with words) | :: canção {f}, cantiga {f} |
| song {n} (musical composition) | :: música {f} |
| song {n} (sound of a bird) SEE: birdsong | :: |
| songbird {n} (bird) | :: pássaro/passarinho/ave de canto |
| songbook {n} (book) | :: cancioneiro {m} |
| Song of Solomon {prop} (book of the Bible) SEE: Song of Songs | :: |
| Song of Songs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Cântico dos Cânticos {m} |
| song sparrow {n} (Melospiza melodia) | :: tico-tico-musical {m} |
| songster {n} (man who sings songs) | :: cantor {m} |
| songstress {n} (a female singer) | :: cantora {f} |
| song thrush {n} (song thrush) | :: tordo-comum {m}, tordo-músico {m}, tordo-pinto {m} |
| son-in-law {n} (son-in-law) | :: genro {m} |
| sonnet {n} (verse form consisting of fourteen lines) | :: soneto {m} |
| son of a bitch {n} (objectionable person) | :: filho da puta {m}, filha da puta {f} |
| son of a whore {n} (objectionable person) | :: filho da puta {m} |
| Son of God {prop} | :: Filho de Deus {m} |
| sonogram {n} (a medical image produced by ultrasound echo) | :: ecografia {f} |
| Sony {prop} (An international electronics and media company based in Tokyo, Japan) | :: Sony {f} |
| Sonya {prop} (female given name) | :: Sônia {f} |
| soon {adv} (within a short time) | :: logo, em breve |
| sooner or later {adv} (set phrase; eventually) | :: mais cedo ou mais tarde |
| Sooretama slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: [Brazil]: choca-de-sooretama |
| soot {n} (fine black or dull brown particles) | :: fuligem {f} |
| sooth {n} (truth) | :: verdade {f} |
| soothe {v} (to calm or placate) | :: acalmar |
| soothe {v} (to ease or relieve pain) | :: aliviar |
| soothe {v} (to bring comfort or relief) | :: aliviar |
| soothing {adj} (Giving relief) | :: aliviante |
| soothing {adj} (Freeing from fear or anxiety) | :: tranquilizante |
| soothsayer {n} (one who predicts the future) | :: adivinho {m}, adivinha {f} |
| soothsayer {n} (mantis or rearhorse) SEE: mantis | :: |
| sooty {adj} (of, relating to, or producing soot) | :: fuliginoso |
| sop {n} (gravy) SEE: gravy | :: |
| São Paulo {prop} (city and state) | :: São Paulo |
| Sophia {prop} (female given name) | :: Sofia {f} |
| sophism {n} (flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning, usually designed to deceive) | :: sofisma {m} |
| sophisticate {v} (to practice sophistry) | :: sofismar |
| sophisticate {v} (to make more complex or refined) | :: sofisticar |
| sophisticated {adj} (having obtained worldly experience) | :: sofisticado |
| sophisticated {adj} (elegant, refined) | :: sofisticado, requintado |
| sophisticated {adj} (complicated, especially of technology) | :: sofisticado |
| sophisticated {adj} (appealing to the tastes of an intellectual) | :: sofisticado |
| Sophocles {prop} (Greek dramatic poet) | :: Sófocles {m} |
| sophomore {adj} (second in a series) | :: secundanista, secundarista {m} {f} |
| sophrology {n} (technique to reduce stress and promote well-being) | :: sofrologia {f} |
| soporific {n} (sleep inducing agent) | :: soporífero {m}, soporífico {m} |
| soporific {adj} (tending to induce sleep) | :: soporífero {m}, soporífico {m} |
| soprano {n} (pitch) | :: soprano {m} |
| soprano {n} (person or instrument) | :: soprano {m} {f} |
| Sorbian {prop} (language) | :: sorábio {m}, sórbio {m} |
| Sorbian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language) | :: sórbio |
| sorcerer {n} (magician/wizard drawing upon natural powers) | :: feiticeiro, sortílego |
| sorceress {n} (female wizard) | :: feiticeira {f}, bruxa {f} |
| sorcery {n} (magical power) | :: feitiçaria {f}, bruxaria, bruxedo {m}, magia {f}, mágica {f} |
| sordid {adj} (morally degrading) | :: sórdido |
| sore {adj} (causing pain) | :: doloroso {m} |
| sore {n} (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin) | :: chaga |
| sore {adj} (annoyed) SEE: annoyed | :: |
| sore loser {n} (one who is easily angered by losing) | :: mau perdedor, aquele que não sabe perder |
| sore throat {n} (symptom) | :: garganta inflamada {f} |
| sorghum {n} (cereal) | :: sorgo {m} |
| sororicide {n} (killing of ones sister) | :: sororicídio |
| sorority {n} (group of women or girls associated for a common purpose) | :: sororidade {f}, irmandade {f} |
| sorrel {n} (plant) | :: azeda {f}, acetosa {f} |
| sorrel {n} (colour) | :: canela {m} |
| sorrel {adj} (colour) | :: canela, alazão |
| sorrow {n} (unhappiness) | :: tristeza {f}, mágoa {f}, pesar |
| sorrowful {adj} (full of sorrow) | :: magoado {m} |
| sorry {adj} (regretful for an action or grieved) | :: desculpa, perdão |
| sorry {adj} (poor, regrettable) | :: lastimável {m} {f} |
| sorry {interj} (expression of regret or sorrow) | :: desculpa, [formal] perdão, [slang] foi mal |
| sorry {interj} (request to repeat) | :: quê? como?, hein?, perdão? |
| sorry I'm late {phrase} (sorry I'm late) | :: desculpa pelo atraso |
| sorry, we don't accept credit cards {phrase} (sorry, we don't accept credit cards) | :: desculpe, não aceitamos cartões de crédito |
| sort {n} (type) | :: tipo {m} |
| sort {n} (person) | :: tipo {m} |
| sort {n} (act of sorting) | :: ordenação {f} |
| sort {n} (computing algorithm) | :: ordenador {m} |
| sort {v} (separate according to certain criteria) | :: classificar |
| sort {v} (arrange in order) | :: ordenar |
| sort {v} (fix a problem) | :: arrumar |
| sortilege {n} (magic) | :: sortilégio {m} |
| sort of {adv} (in a way etc.) | :: mais ou menos, aproximadamente, de certa forma |
| sort out {v} (to fix problem) | :: resolver completamente |
| sort out {v} (to organise or separate into groups) | :: separar |
| so-so {adj} (neither good nor bad) | :: mais ou menos |
| so-so {adv} (neither well nor poorly) | :: mais ou menos, assim, assim, assim assim, assim-assim |
| soteriological {adj} (pertaining to soteriology) | :: soteriológico |
| soteriologically {adv} (in terms of soteriology) | :: soteriologicamente |
| soteriology {n} (the study of salvation) | :: soteriologia {f} |
| so that {conj} (in order to) | :: para que {n}, de modo que |
| São Tomé {prop} (capital of São Tomé and Príncipe) | :: São Tomé {f} |
| São Tomé and Príncipe {prop} (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe) | :: São Tomé e Príncipe |
| Sãotomense {prop} (Forro) SEE: Forro | :: |
| so to speak {adv} (in a manner of speaking) | :: por assim dizer, de certa forma, digamos assim |
| soufflé {n} (baked dish) | :: suflê {m} |
| sought-after {adj} (sought-after) SEE: in demand | :: |
| soul {n} (the spirit or essence of a person that is often believed to live on after the person's death) | :: alma {f} |
| soul {n} (life, energy, vigour) | :: ânimo {m} |
| soul {n} (soul music) | :: soul {m} |
| soul {n} (person, especially as one among many) | :: alma {f} |
| soulmate {n} (Someone with whom one has a special connection) | :: alma gémea {f} [Portugal], alma gêmea {f} [Brazil] |
| soul music {n} (music genre) | :: soul {m} |
| soul patch {n} (narrow beard) | :: mosca {f} |
| sound {adj} (healthy) | :: são |
| sound {adj} (complete, solid, or secure) | :: completo, sólido, seguro |
| sound {adj} (deep and restful of sleep) | :: profundo |
| sound {n} (sensation perceived by the ear) | :: som |
| sound {n} (vibration capable of causing this) | :: som {m} |
| sound {v} (to produce a sound) | :: soar |
| sound {n} (long narrow inlet) | :: enseada {f} |
| sound {n} (to probe) | :: sondar |
| sound {n} (a probe) | :: sonda {f} |
| sound {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish | :: |
| sound {n} (air bladder) SEE: swim bladder | :: |
| sound bite {n} | :: sonora {f} |
| sound card {n} (a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds) | :: placa de som {f} |
| sounding {n} (test made with a probe) | :: sondagem {f} |
| soundless {adj} (without sound) | :: insonoro {m}, insonora {f} |
| soundproof {adj} (describing something that does not allow sound through) | :: insonorizado |
| soundproof {v} (make resistant to sound) | :: insonorizar |
| soundproofing {n} (Something that prevents sound from traveling through it) | :: insonorização {f} |
| soundproofing {n} (The act of installing material to dampen sound) | :: insonorização {f} |
| soundscape {n} (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) | :: paisagem sonora {f} |
| sounds like a plan {phrase} (used to indicate agreement with a proposal to do something) | :: fechado! ou eu concordo! |
| soundtrack {n} (a narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures) | :: banda sonora {f} [Portugal], trilha sonora {f} [Brazil] |
| soundtrack {n} (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie) | :: banda sonora {f} [Portugal], trilha sonora {f} [Brazil] |
| soundtrack {n} (a recording of such music for sale) | :: banda sonora {f} [Portugal], trilha sonora {f} [Brazil] |
| sound wave {n} (longitudinal wave of pressure transmitted through any plastic material) | :: onda sonora {f} |
| soup {n} (dish) | :: sopa {f} |
| souped-up {adj} (drunk, intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| souped-up {adj} (excited) SEE: excited | :: |
| soupçon {n} (suspicion, suggestion) SEE: suspicion | :: |
| soupçon {n} (very small amount) SEE: modicum | :: |
| soup spoon {n} (spoon for eating soup) SEE: soupspoon | :: |
| soupspoon {n} (spoon for eating soup) | :: colher de sopa {f} |
| souq {n} (a street market in the Arabic-speaking countries) | :: souq {m}, souk {m}, suque {m} |
| sour {adj} (having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste) | :: azedo |
| sour {adj} (made rancid by fermentation, etc.) | :: coalhado |
| sour {adj} (tasting or smelling rancid) | :: rançoso |
| sour {adj} (peevish or bad-tempered) | :: carrancudo |
| sour {adj} ((of soil) excessively acidic and thus infertile) | :: ácido |
| sour {n} (the sensation of a sour taste) | :: azedume {m} |
| sour {v} (to make sour) | :: azedar |
| sour {v} (to become sour) | :: azedar |
| source {n} (person, place or thing) | :: origem {f}, fonte {f} |
| source {n} (spring etc.) | :: nascente {f}, cabeceira {f}, exsurgência {f} |
| source {n} (informant) | :: fonte {f} |
| source {n} ((computing) source code) SEE: source code | :: |
| source code {n} (human-readable instructions in a programming language) | :: código-fonte {m}, fonte {f} |
| sour cherry {n} (Prunus cerasus) | :: ginjeira {f} |
| sour cherry {n} (fruit) | :: ginja {f}, amarena {f} |
| sour cream {n} (cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium) | :: creme azedo {m} |
| sourdough {n} (dough) | :: massa azeda {f} |
| sour grapes {n} (expression of disdain for something one cannot have) | :: uvas verdes {f-p} |
| sourly {adv} (in a sour manner) | :: azedamente, acidamente |
| soursop {n} (fruit) | :: graviola |
| sousaphone {n} (brass instrument) | :: sousafone {m} |
| south {n} (compass point) | :: sul {m} |
| south {adj} (of or pertaining to the south) | :: sulista {m} {f}, do sul, meridional {m} {f}, austral {m} {f} |
| south {adv} (towards the south) | :: ao sul |
| South Africa {prop} (country) | :: África do Sul {f} |
| South African {n} (person) | :: sul-africano {m} |
| South African {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to South Africa) | :: sul-africano |
| South African Defence Force {prop} (apartheid-era South African military) | :: Força de Defesa da África do Sul |
| South African English {n} (English dialect of South Africa) | :: inglês sul-africano {m} |
| South America {prop} (continent that is the southern part of the Americas) | :: América do Sul {f} |
| South American {adj} (relating to South America) | :: sul-americano |
| South American {n} (South American person) | :: sul-americano {m} |
| South American sea lion {n} (animal) | :: otária {f} |
| South Asia {prop} (South Asia) | :: Ásia do Sul {f}, Ásia Meridional {f} |
| South Australia {prop} (state of Australia) | :: Austrália do Sul {f}, Austrália Meridional {f} |
| South Carolina {prop} (US state) | :: Carolina do Sul {f} |
| South Caucasus {prop} (region of southwest Asia) | :: Transcaucásia {f} |
| South China Sea {prop} (Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines) | :: Mar da China Meridional {m} |
| South Dakota {prop} (state of the USA) | :: Dakota do Sul {f} |
| southeast {n} (compass point) | :: sudeste {m} |
| southeast {adj} (southeastern) | :: do sudeste |
| southeast {adj} (towards the southeast) | :: sudeste |
| Southeast Asia {prop} (a subregion of Asia) | :: Sueste asiático {m}, Sudeste asiático {m} |
| southern {adj} (of the south) | :: do sul, meridional, austral |
| southern {adj} (of or pertaining to a southern region) | :: meridional, do sul/Sul, sulista |
| Southern Cross {prop} (constellation) | :: Cruzeiro do Sul {m} |
| southerner {n} (someone from the south of a region) | :: sulista |
| Southerner {n} (someone from the south of a region) SEE: southerner | :: |
| Southern Europe {prop} (Southern Europe) | :: Europa meridional |
| Southern Hemisphere {n} (hemisphere to the south of its equator) | :: hemisfério sul {m} |
| Southern Ocean {prop} (the ocean surrounding Antarctica) | :: oceano Antártico {m} |
| Southern Rhodesia {prop} (former name of what is now Zimbabwe) | :: Rodésia do Sul {f} |
| southernwood {n} (Artemisia abrotanum) | :: abrótano-macho {m} |
| South Holland {prop} (province) | :: Holanda Meridional {f}, Holanda do Sul {f} |
| South Island {prop} (one of the two major islands making up New Zealand) | :: Ilha Sul {f} |
| South Korea {prop} (country in East Asia) | :: Coreia do Sul {f} |
| South Korean {n} (person from or descended from South Korea) | :: sul-coreano {m}, sul-coreana {f} |
| South Korean {adj} (of South Korea) | :: sul-coreano |
| South Ossetia {prop} (South Ossetia) | :: Ossétia do Sul {f} |
| southpaw {n} (informal: one who is left-handed) | :: canhoteiro {m} |
| south pole {n} (the southernmost point on a celestial body) | :: polo sul {m} |
| south pole {n} (negative magnetic pole) | :: polo sul {m} |
| South Pole {prop} (the southernmost point on Earth) | :: Polo Sul {m} |
| South Sea {prop} (Southern Ocean) SEE: Southern Ocean | :: |
| south-southeast {n} (compass point) | :: sul-sudeste {m}, sul-sueste {m} |
| south-southwest {n} (compass point) | :: sul-sudoeste {m} |
| South Sudan {prop} (country in Africa) | :: Sudão do Sul {m} |
| southwest {n} (compass point) | :: sudoeste {m} |
| southwest {adj} (towards the southwest) | :: sudoeste, do sudoeste |
| South West Africa {prop} (former province of South Africa) | :: Sudoeste Africano {m} |
| south wind {n} (wind blowing from the south) | :: sulano {m}, sulvento {m} |
| South Yemen {prop} (country) | :: Iémen do Sul {m} [Portugal], Iêmen do Sul {m} [Brazil] |
| souvenir {n} (item of sentimental value to remember an event or location) | :: suvenir {m} |
| sovereign {adj} (exercising power of rule) | :: soberano |
| sovereign {n} (monarch) | :: suserano {m}, soberano {m}, soberana {f} |
| sovereign {n} (one who is not a subject to a ruler or nation) | :: soberano {m}, soberana {f} |
| sovereign state {n} (completely independent state) | :: estado soberano |
| sovereignty {n} (of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.) | :: soberania {f} |
| sovereignty {n} (of ruler or God: supreme authority over all things) | :: autoridade {f}, soberania {f} |
| sovereignty {n} (of self: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions) | :: arbítrio {m} |
| soviet {n} (council) | :: soviete {m} |
| soviet {adj} (pertaining to a soviet) | :: soviético |
| soviet {adj} (relating to the Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet | :: |
| Soviet {n} (soviet) SEE: soviet | :: |
| Soviet {adj} (pertaining to the Soviet Union or its republics) | :: soviético |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Russia) SEE: Russia | :: |
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet Union | :: |
| Soviet Socialist Republic {prop} (any of the republics belonging to the former Soviet Union, see also: SSR) | :: república socialista soviética {f} |
| Soviet Union {prop} (USSR, see also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR) | :: União Soviética {f} |
| sovkhoz {n} (soviet state farm) | :: sovcoz {m} |
| sow {n} (female pig) | :: porca {f} |
| sow {v} (disperse seeds) | :: semear |
| sower {n} (one who or that which sows) | :: semeador {m} |
| so what {interj} (reply of indifference) | :: e daí?, e? |
| sow the wind, reap the whirlwind {proverb} (every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to them) | :: quem semeia ventos colhe tempestades, quem semeia vento colhe tempestade |
| soy {n} (soy beans) | :: soja {f} |
| soy {n} (soy sauce) SEE: soy sauce | :: |
| soya bean {n} (soybean) SEE: soybean | :: |
| soybean {n} (plant) | :: soja {f} |
| soybean {n} (seed) | :: grão de soja {m} |
| soy milk {n} (beverage made from soybeans) | :: leite de soja {m} |
| soy sauce {n} (a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans) | :: molho de soja {m}, shoyu {m} |
| Soyuz {n} (a Soviet/Russian spacecraft) | :: Soyuz {m} |
| spa {n} (spa) | :: spa {m} |
| space {n} (while) SEE: while | :: |
| space {n} (interval of time) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (physical extent in two or three dimensions) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (area beyond atmosphere of planets) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (personal freedom) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (bounded or specific physical extent) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (gap between written characters, lines etc.) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (piece of type used to separate words) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (geometry: set of points) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {n} (mathematics: generalized construct or set) | :: espaço {m} |
| space {v} (to set some distance apart) | :: espaçar |
| space age {n} (current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) | :: era espacial {f} |
| space agency {n} (government agency) | :: agência espacial {f} |
| space bar {n} (key) | :: espaço {m} |
| space elevator {n} (cable connecting ground with space) | :: elevador espacial {m} |
| space flight {n} (voyage in space) | :: vôo espacial {m} |
| spaceman {n} (astronaut) | :: astronauta {m} {f}, cosmonauta {m} {f} |
| space probe {n} (unmanned space vehicle designed to voyage beyond Earth's orbit) | :: sonda espacial {f} |
| spaceship {n} (vehicle that flies through space) | :: nave espacial {f}, espaçonave {f}, astronave |
| space shuttle {n} (vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly btw Earth and outer space) | :: ônibus espacial {m} |
| Space Shuttle {n} (a space transportation system) | :: ônibus espacial {m} |
| space station {n} (crewed artificial satellite) | :: estação espacial {f} |
| space suit {n} (system of clothing worn by astronauts when in space) | :: fato espacial [Portugal], traje espacial [Brazil] |
| space-time {n} (spacetime) SEE: spacetime | :: |
| spacetime {n} (four dimensional continuum) | :: espaço-tempo {m} |
| space travel {n} (travel through space in order to visit and explore other worlds) | :: viagem espacial {f} |
| spaceworthiness {n} (the state or condition of being spaceworthy) | :: espaçonavegabilidade, aeroespaçonavegabilidade, navegabilidade espacial, navegabilidade aeroespacial |
| spacious {adj} (having much space; roomy) | :: espaçoso |
| spade {n} (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging) | :: pá {f} |
| spade {n} (one of the black suits in a deck of cards) | :: espada {f} |
| spade {n} (a black person) | :: crioulo {m} |
| spades {n} (spade) SEE: spade | :: |
| spades {n} (suit of playing cards) | :: espadas {m-p} |
| spaghetti {n} (informally: any type of pasta) SEE: pasta | :: |
| spaghetti {n} (pasta) | :: espaguete {m} |
| spaghetti western {n} (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company) | :: spaghetti western {m}, faroeste espaguete {m}, faroeste macarrônico {m} |
| Spain {prop} (country in Europe) | :: Espanha {f} |
| spam {n} (unsolicited bulk electronic messages) | :: spam {m}, lixo eletrônico {m} |
| spam {v} (intransitive) | :: spamear, spammar |
| span {n} (space from thumb to little finger) | :: palmo {m} |
| span {n} (small space or a brief portion of time) | :: período |
| span {n} (spread between supports) | :: vão {m} |
| span {n} (mathematics: the space of all linear combinations of something) | :: espaço gerado |
| span {v} (to extend through a time period) | :: abranger |
| spandex {n} (synthetic fibre) | :: lycra {f} |
| Spanglish {prop} (blend of English and Spanish) | :: spanglish, espanglês |
| Spaniard {n} (somebody from Spain) | :: espanhol {m}, espanhola {f} |
| spaniel {n} (dog) | :: spaniel {m} |
| Spanish {adj} (of or pertaining to Spain) | :: espanhol |
| Spanish {adj} (of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain) | :: espanhol, hispânico |
| Spanish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Spanish language) | :: espanhol, castelhano |
| Spanish {prop} (Romance language of Spain and the Americas) | :: espanhol {m}, castelhano {m} |
| Spanish influenza {n} (influenza pandemic) | :: gripe espanhola {f} |
| Spanish moss {n} (Tillandsia usneoides) | :: barba-de-pau {f}, barba-de-velho {f} |
| Spanish Road {n} (historical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries) | :: Caminho Espanhol {m} |
| Spanish Water Dog {n} (Spanish Water Dog) | :: cão d'água espanhol {m} |
| spank {v} (to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.) | :: surrar |
| spank {n} (an instance of spanking; a smack or slap) | :: surra {f} |
| spanking {n} (form of physical punishment) | :: surra {f}, sova {f}, coça {f} |
| spanner {n} (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts) | :: chave {f} |
| spanning tree {n} (tree which includes all vertices of a graph) | :: árvore geradora {f}, árvore de extensão |
| spanworm {n} (measuring worm) SEE: measuring worm | :: |
| spar {n} (rafter of a roof) SEE: rafter | :: |
| spare no effort {v} (do everything within one's powers to achieve something) | :: não medir esforços |
| spare part {n} (component kept in reserve) | :: sobressalente {m} |
| spare the rod and spoil the child {proverb} (if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn respect or humility) | :: quem ama, castiga |
| spare time {n} (free time) SEE: free time | :: |
| spare tire {n} (extra tire) SEE: spare tyre | :: |
| spare tire {n} (fat around midsection) SEE: spare tyre | :: |
| spare tyre {n} (extra tyre) | :: estepe {m} |
| spare wheel {n} (extra wheel) SEE: spare tyre | :: |
| sparingly {adv} (in a sparing manner) | :: moderadamente |
| spark {n} (particle of glowing matter) | :: faísca {f}, fagulha {f}, chispa {f}, faúlha {f} |
| spark {n} (burst of electrical discharge) | :: faísca {f} |
| spark gap {n} (gap between electrodes in ignition system) | :: centelhador {m} |
| sparkle {n} (scintillation) | :: cintilação |
| sparkle {n} (brilliance) | :: brilho {m} |
| sparkle {v} (to emit sparks) | :: faiscar, centelhar, fagulhar |
| sparkle {v} (to shine as if throwing off sparks; scintillate) | :: cintilar, centelhar |
| sparkling {adj} (of an object) | :: cintilante {f} |
| sparkling {adj} (of a beverage) | :: gaseificada |
| sparkling water {n} (a form of carbonated water) SEE: soda water | :: |
| sparkling wine {n} (effervescent wine) | :: frisante {m}, espumante {m} |
| spark plug {n} (part of an internal combustion engine) | :: vela de ignição {f} |
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Passeridae) | :: pardal {m} |
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Emberizidae) | :: escrevedeira {f} |
| sparrow {n} (generically, any small, nondescript bird) | :: passarinho {m} |
| sparrow {n} (Passer domesticus) SEE: house sparrow | :: |
| sparrow hawk {n} (Falco sparverius) SEE: American kestrel | :: |
| sparrow hawk {n} (Accipiter nisus) SEE: Eurasian sparrowhawk | :: |
| sparrowhawk {n} (Eurasian sparrowhawk) SEE: Eurasian sparrowhawk | :: |
| sparse {adj} (having widely spaced intervals) | :: disperso {m} |
| sparse {adj} (not dense; meager) | :: ralo {m} |
| Sparta {prop} (ancient city-state in southern Greece) | :: Esparta {f} |
| Spartacus {prop} (Thracian name) | :: Espártaco {m} |
| spasm {n} (contraction of a muscle) | :: espasmo {m} |
| spasticity {n} (state, quality or property) | :: espasticidade {f} |
| spat {n} (covering worn over a shoe) | :: polaina {f} |
| spat {n} (quarrel) | :: briga {f} |
| spatial {adj} (pertaining to space) | :: espacial |
| spatter {v} (to splash with small droplets) | :: salpicar |
| spatula {n} (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting) | :: espátula {f} |
| spawn {v} (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water) | :: desovar |
| spawn {v} (to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers) | :: gerar |
| spawn {v} (to bring forth in general) | :: gerar |
| spawn {n} (the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism) | :: ova {f} |
| speak {v} (to communicate with one's voice using words) | :: falar |
| speak {v} (to be able to communicate in a language) | :: falar |
| speak {n} (jargon/terminology) | :: jargão {m}, gíria {f} |
| speaker {n} (one who speaks) | :: falante {m} {f} |
| speaker {n} (loudspeaker) | :: alto-falante {m}, altifalante {m}, caixa de som |
| speaker {n} (politics: the chair or presiding officer) | :: presidente {m} |
| speaker {n} (one who makes a speech to an audience) | :: orador {m}, oradora {f} |
| speaking {adj} (eloquent) SEE: eloquent | :: |
| speak in tongues {v} (speak in a language unknown to the speaker) | :: falar em línguas |
| speak of the devil {phrase} (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive) | :: falando do diabo |
| speak one's conscience {v} (speak one's mind) SEE: speak one's mind | :: |
| speak one's mind {v} (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) | :: não ter papas na língua |
| speak up {v} (to talk more loudly or plainly) | :: falar mais alto [more loudly], falar mais claro/claramente [more plainly], erguer a voz [often suggesting a menacing tone] |
| speak up {v} (to make oneself or one's opinions known) | :: erguer a voz, fazer-se ouvir |
| spear {n} (long stick with a sharp tip) | :: lança {f} |
| spear {n} (sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish) | :: arpão {m} |
| spear carrier {n} (person in a play or movie with a minimal part) SEE: walk-on | :: |
| spearhead {n} (the pointed head, or end, of a spear) | :: ponta da lança {f} |
| spearhead {n} (one who leads or initiates an activity) | :: comandante {m} |
| spearhead {n} (the leading military unit in an attack) | :: ponta de lança {f} |
| spearhead {v} (to drive or campaign ardently) | :: chefiar, comandar |
| spearmint {n} (Mentha spicata) | :: hortelã verde {f} |
| spearthrower {n} (atlatl) SEE: atlatl | :: |
| special {adj} (distinguished by a unique or unusual quality) | :: especial |
| special {adj} (of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored) | :: especial |
| special education {n} (educational services designed for students with learning difficulties) | :: educação especial {f} |
| special effect {n} (effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) | :: efeito especial {m} |
| special interest group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group | :: |
| specialist {n} (expert) | :: especialista {m} {f}, expert {m} {f} |
| specialist {n} (physician) | :: especialista {m} {f} |
| specialization {n} (act or process of specializing) | :: especialização {f} |
| specialize {v} (to mention specially; to particularize) | :: especializar |
| specialize {v} (to apply to some specialty or limited object) | :: especializar, especializarse |
| specially {adv} ((proscribed) extremely) SEE: extremely | :: |
| specially {adv} (for a special purpose) | :: especialmente |
| special relativity {n} (physics theory) | :: relatividade restrita {f}, relatividade especial {f} |
| specialty {n} (that in which one specializes) | :: especialidade {f} |
| specialty {n} (particularity) SEE: particularity | :: |
| speciation {n} (biology) | :: especiação {f} |
| species {n} (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) | :: espécie |
| species {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification) | :: espécie |
| specific {adj} (explicit or definite) | :: específico |
| specific {adj} (of, or relating to a species) | :: específico |
| specific {adj} (pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species) | :: específico |
| specific {adj} (intended for, or applying to a particular thing) | :: específico |
| specific {adj} (being a remedy for a particular disease) | :: específico |
| specifically {adv} (for a specific purpose or reason) | :: especificamente |
| specification {n} (explicit set of requirements) | :: especificação {f} |
| specificity {n} (the state of being specific rather than general) | :: especificidade {f} |
| specificness {n} (specificity) SEE: specificity | :: |
| specified {adj} (Thoroughly explained) | :: especificado |
| specify {v} (to state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition) | :: especificar |
| specimen {n} (example) | :: espécime {m}, exemplar {m} |
| specimen {n} (sample) | :: exemplar {f}, amostra {f} |
| specious {adj} (seemingly well-reasoned, but fallacious) | :: especioso |
| speck {n} (tiny spot) | :: pontinho {m} |
| spectacle {n} (optical instrument) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| spectacle {n} (something exciting or extraordinary) | :: espetáculo {m}, show {m}, mostra {f} |
| spectacle {n} (an embarrassing situation) | :: espectáculo {m} |
| spectacled {adj} (wearing spectacles) SEE: bespectacled | :: |
| spectacled bear {n} (Tremarctos ornatus) | :: urso-de-óculos {m} |
| spectacles {n} (a pair of lenses set in a frame) | :: óculos {m-p} |
| spectacles {n} (plural of spectacle) SEE: spectacle | :: |
| spectacular {adj} (amazing or worthy of special attention) | :: espetacular |
| spectacularly {adv} (in a spectacular manner) | :: espetacularmente |
| spectator {n} (observer) | :: espectador |
| specter {n} (ghostly apparition) | :: espectro {m}, aparição {f} |
| spectral {adj} (pertaining to a spectre) | :: espectral {m} {f} |
| spectral {adj} (ghostly) | :: espectral {m} {f} |
| spectral {adj} (of a spectrum) | :: espectral {m} {f} |
| spectrography {n} (using a spectrometer to produce a spectrograph) | :: espectrografia {f} |
| spectrometer {n} (instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances) | :: espectrómetro {m} [Portugal], espectrômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| spectrometric {adj} (of or pertaining to spectrometry) | :: espectrométrico |
| spectrometry {n} (measurement of the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation) | :: espectrometria {f} |
| spectrophotometer {n} (instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths) | :: espectrofotômetro {m} |
| spectroscope {n} (optical instrument used for spectrographic analysis) | :: espectroscópio {m} |
| spectroscopist {n} (a scientist specialising in spectroscopy) | :: espectroscopista {m} {f} |
| spectrum {n} (range) | :: espectro {m}, espetro {m} |
| spectrum {n} (range of colors) | :: espectro {m}, espetro {m} |
| spectrum {n} (chemistry: a pattern of absorption or emission of radiation) | :: espectro {m}, espetro {m} |
| spectrum {n} (linear algebra: set of scalar values) | :: espectro {m}, espetro {m} |
| speculation {n} (process of thinking or meditation) | :: especulação {f} |
| speculation {n} (judgment or conclusion reached by speculating) | :: especulação {f} |
| speculation {n} (business, finance: investment involving higher-than-normal risk) | :: especulação {f} |
| speculation {n} (act or practice of investing in expectation of making a profit from future price changes) | :: especulação {f} |
| speculative fiction {n} (class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements) | :: ficção especulativa {f} |
| speculator {n} (one who speculates; as in investing) | :: especulador {m} |
| speech {n} (dialect or language) SEE: dialect | :: |
| speech {n} (vocal communication) | :: fala {f} |
| speech {n} (an oration, session of speaking) | :: discurso {m} |
| speech balloon {n} (speech balloon) SEE: speech bubble | :: |
| speech bubble {n} (rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon) | :: balão {m}, balão de fala {m}, balão de diálogo {m} |
| speechless {adj} (not speaking; not knowing what to say) | :: sem palavras, atónito [Portugal], atônito [Brazil], perplexo, estarrecido |
| speechreading {n} (lipreading) SEE: lipreading | :: |
| speech therapist {n} (clinician specializing in speech therapy) | :: fonoaudiólogo {m} |
| speed {n} (luck, success, prosperity) SEE: luck | :: |
| speed {n} (rapidity) | :: velocidade {f}, rapidez {f} |
| speed {n} (rate of motion) | :: velocidade {f} |
| speed {n} (slang: amphetamine) | :: meta {f} |
| speed {v} (to go fast) | :: acelerar |
| speed bump {n} (transverse ridge in the road) | :: banda sonora {f}, lombada {f} [Brazil] |
| speed camera {n} (camera to detect speeding vehicles) | :: radar {m} |
| speeding {n} (driving faster than the legal speed limit) | :: excesso de velocidade {f} |
| speed limit {n} (maximum speed permitted) | :: limite de velocidade {m} |
| speed of light {n} (the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum) | :: velocidade da luz {f} |
| speed of sound {n} (speed at which sound is propagated) | :: velocidade do som {f} |
| speedometer {n} (a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle) | :: velocímetro {m} |
| speed skating {n} (The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates) | :: patinação de velocidade {f} |
| speedwell {n} (plant) | :: verónica {f} [Portugal], verônica {f} [Brazil] |
| speedy {adj} (characterized by rapid or swift motion) | :: rápido, pronto |
| speleological {adj} (pertaining to the exploration of caves) | :: espeleológico |
| speleologist {n} (person who studies caves) | :: espeleólogo {m}, espeleologista {m} {f} |
| speleology {n} (scientific study of caves) | :: espeleologia {f} |
| speleothem {n} (secondary mineral, deposited in a cave by the action of water) | :: espeleotema {m} |
| spell {n} (magical incantation) | :: encantamento {m}, feitiço {m} |
| spell {n} (magical effect of such incantation) | :: encanto {m}, encantamento {m}, feitiço {m} |
| spell {v} (to write or say the letters that form a word) | :: soletrar |
| spell {v} (to compose a word) | :: soletrar |
| spell {v} (to indicate that some future event will occur) | :: prever, pressagiar, vaticinar |
| spell {v} (to work in place of someone) | :: render |
| spell {n} (indefinite period of time) | :: breve período {m}, intervalo {m} |
| spellbound {adj} (fascinated by something; entranced as if by a spell) | :: encantado, fascinado |
| spell checker {n} (software application) | :: corretor ortográfico {m} |
| spelling {n} (the practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography) | :: soletração {f}, ortografia |
| spelling {n} (manner of spelling of words; correct spelling) | :: ortografia {f} |
| spelling {n} (a specific spelling of a word) | :: grafia {f}, ortografia {f} |
| spelt {n} (a type of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta) | :: espelta {f} |
| spelunk {n} (cave, cavern, grotto) SEE: cave | :: |
| spend {v} (to pay out) | :: gastar |
| spend {v} (to wear out, to exhaust) | :: gastar |
| spend {v} (to consume, to use up (time)) | :: gastar |
| spend {n} (amount spent) | :: gasto {m} |
| spend {n} (expenditures) | :: gastos {m-p} |
| spend {n} (discharged semen) | :: jato {m} |
| spendthrift {adj} (improvident, profligate, or wasteful) | :: gastador |
| spendthrift {n} (someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully) | :: gastador {m} |
| spent {adj} (used up) | :: usada |
| sperm {n} (cell) | :: espermatozoide {m} |
| sperm {n} (semen (fluid)) | :: esperma {m} |
| spermatozoon {n} (reproductive cell of the male) | :: espermatozoide {m} |
| sperm bank {n} (vulgar: vagina) SEE: cunt | :: |
| sperm whale {n} (sperm whale) | :: cachalote {m} |
| spew {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| spew {v} (to vomit) | :: vomitar |
| spew {n} (ejaculate) SEE: ejaculate | :: |
| sphalerite {n} (mineral) | :: esfalerita {f}, blenda {f} |
| sphene {n} (titanite) SEE: titanite | :: |
| sphenoid {n} (sphenoid bone) SEE: sphenoid bone | :: |
| sphenoid bone {n} (sphenoid bone) | :: esfenoide {m} |
| spheral {adj} (spherical) SEE: spherical | :: |
| sphere {n} (mathematics: regular three-dimensional object) | :: esfera {f} |
| sphere {n} (spherical physical object) | :: esfera {f} |
| sphere {n} (region in which something or someone is active) | :: esfera {f} |
| sphere {n} (astronomy: apparent outer limit of space) SEE: celestial sphere | :: |
| sphere of influence {n} (area influenced by something) | :: esfera de influência {f} |
| spherical {adj} (shaped like a sphere) | :: esférico |
| spherical {adj} (of or relating to a sphere or spheres) | :: esférico |
| spherical aberration {n} (type of lens aberration) | :: aberração esférica {f} |
| spherical cap {n} (portion of sphere) | :: calota esférica {f} |
| spherification {n} (process of forming something into spheres) | :: esferificação {f} |
| spherometer {n} (measuring device) | :: esferómetro {m} [Portugal], esferômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| sphincter {n} (band of muscle) | :: esfíncter {m} |
| sphinx {n} (mythology: creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal) | :: esfinge {f} |
| sphinx {n} (person who keeps his/her thoughts and intentions secret) | :: esfinge {f} |
| sphinx {n} (sphincter) SEE: sphincter | :: |
| sphinx {n} (Mandrillus sphinx) SEE: mandrill | :: |
| Sphinx {prop} (large monument in Egypt) | :: Esfinge {f} |
| Sphinx {prop} (Greek mythological creature) | :: Esfinge {f} |
| sphygmomanometer {n} (device to measure blood pressure) | :: esfigmomanómetro {m} [Portugal], esfigmomanômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| Sphynx {n} (cat) | :: Sphynx {m} |
| spice {n} (Yorkshire dialect: sweets, candy) SEE: sweet | :: |
| spice {n} (plant matter used to season or flavour food) | :: especiaria {f}, tempero {m} |
| spice {n} (any variety of spice) | :: tempero {m} |
| spice {v} (to add spice or spices to) | :: temperar |
| spice up {v} (Enhance the flavour of something using spice) | :: condimentar, temperar |
| spice up {v} (To make something more exotic, fun or extravagant) | :: apimentar |
| spicy {adj} (containing spice) | :: temperado, condimentado |
| spicy {adj} (tangy or pungent) | :: apimentado, picante |
| spider {n} (arthropod) | :: aranha {f} |
| spider crab {n} (crab) | :: santola {f} |
| spiderlike {adj} (resembling or characteristic of a spider) | :: araneiforme |
| spider monkey {n} (monkey of the genus Ateles) | :: macaco-aranha {m} |
| spiderweb {n} (net-like construct of a spider) | :: teia (de aranha) {f}, aranheira {f} |
| Spidey-sense {n} (intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky) | :: sentido-aranha {m} |
| spiel {n} (A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade) | :: conversa fiada {f} |
| spigot {n} (faucet) SEE: tap | :: |
| spike {n} (very large nail) | :: espinho, cravo {m} |
| spike {n} (anything resembling such a nail in shape) | :: espinho |
| spike {n} (ear of grain) | :: espiga {f} |
| spike {n} (informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles) | :: pitão {m} |
| spike addition {n} (technique in analytical chemistry) | :: adição-padrão {f} |
| spill {v} (transitive: to drop something so that it spreads out) | :: derramar, entornar |
| spillage {n} (spillage) | :: derramamento |
| spillikins {n} (a game of skill) | :: pega-varetas {m}, mikado {m} |
| spill one's guts {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit | :: |
| spin {v} (to turn around quickly) | :: girar, rodar |
| spin {v} (to make yarn) | :: fiar |
| spin {v} (to move sideways when bouncing) | :: pinotar |
| spin {v} (of spider, silworm etc: to form from thread) | :: tecer |
| spin {n} (circular motion) | :: giro {m}, volta {f} |
| spin {n} (physics: quantum angular momentum) | :: spin {m} |
| spin {n} (brief trip) | :: volta {f} |
| spina bifida {n} (birth defect) | :: espinha bífida {f}, espina bífida {f}, spina bífida {f}, spina bifida {f} |
| spinach {n} (a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea) | :: espinafre {m} |
| spinal {adj} (related to the spine) | :: espinal, espinhal, vertebral |
| spinal column {n} (spinal column) SEE: vertebral column | :: |
| spinal cord {n} (thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue) | :: medula espinhal {f} |
| spindle {n} (dragonfly) SEE: dragonfly | :: |
| spindle {n} (rod in spinning and winding thread) | :: fuso {m} |
| spindle tree {n} (tree of the genus Euonymus) SEE: spindle | :: |
| spine {n} (backbone) | :: espinhaço {m}, espinha {f}, coluna {f}, coluna vertebral |
| spine {n} (bound edge of a book) | :: dorso {m} |
| spine {n} (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant) | :: espinho |
| spinel {n} (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium) | :: espinela {f} |
| spine pig {n} (porcupine) SEE: porcupine | :: |
| spinet {n} (short, compact harpsichord) | :: espineta {f} |
| spinning {n} (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) | :: fiação {m} |
| spinning top {n} (a toy) | :: pião |
| spinning wheel {n} (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle) | :: roda de fiar {f} |
| spin-off {n} (offshoot) SEE: offshoot | :: |
| spin-off {n} (by-product) SEE: by-product | :: |
| Spinozist {n} (adherent of the philosophical doctrines of Baruch Spinoza) | :: spinozista {m} {f} |
| Spinozistic {adj} (pertaining to the philosophical doctrines of Baruch Spinoza) | :: spinozista {m} {f} |
| spinster {n} (unmarried woman) | :: solteira {f}, solteirona {f}, encalhada {f} |
| spinster {n} (obsolete: occupation) | :: fiadeiro {m}, fiadeira {f} |
| spiny anteater {n} (common name for echidna) SEE: echidna | :: |
| spiny lobster {n} (crustacean of the family Palinuridae) | :: lagosta {f} |
| spiral {n} (geometry) | :: espiral {f} |
| spiral of Archimedes {n} (Archimedean spiral) SEE: Archimedean spiral | :: |
| spiral staircase {n} (type of staircase) | :: escada em caracol {f}, escada espiral {f} |
| spire {n} (tapering architectural structure) | :: agulha {f}, flecha {f}, coruchéu {m} |
| spire {n} (top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit) | :: topo, ápice, cume, cúpula |
| spirit {n} (soul) | :: espírito {m} |
| spirit {n} (supernatural being) | :: espírito {m} |
| spirit {n} (enthusiasm) | :: ânimo {m} |
| spirit {n} (manner or style) | :: jeito {m} |
| spirit {n} (alcohol) | :: álcool {m} |
| spiritism {n} (spiritualism) SEE: spiritualism | :: |
| spiritism {n} (Spiritism) SEE: Spiritism | :: |
| Spiritism {prop} (philosophical doctrine) | :: espiritismo |
| Spiritist {n} (one who believes in Spiritism) | :: espírita |
| spirit level {n} (spirit level) | :: nível de bolha {m} |
| spirits {n} (strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation) | :: destilados {m-p} |
| spiritual {adj} (of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul) | :: espiritual {m} {f} |
| spiritualism {n} (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) | :: espiritualismo {m} |
| spiritualism {n} (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) | :: espiritualismo {m} |
| spiritualist {n} (one who communicates with the dead) | :: espiritualista {m} {f} |
| spiritualist {adj} (pertaining to spiritualism) | :: espiritualista {m} {f} |
| spirituality {n} (concern for what is unseen and intangible) | :: espiritualidade {f} |
| spiritualize {v} (to give spiritual meaning to) | :: espiritualizar |
| spiritually {adv} (in a manner affecting the spirit) | :: espiritualmente |
| spiritus asper {n} (Ancient Greek diacritical mark) SEE: rough breathing | :: |
| spirometer {n} (medical device) | :: espirómetro {m} [Portugal], espirômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| spit {v} (to dig, to spade) SEE: dig | :: |
| spit {n} (thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking) | :: espeto {m} |
| spit {n} (generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula) | :: ponta {f} |
| spit {v} (to impale on a spit) | :: espetar |
| spit {v} (to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.) | :: cuspir |
| spit {n} (saliva) | :: cuspe {m}, saliva {f} |
| spit {n} (instance of spitting) | :: cuspida {f} |
| spite {n} (ill-will or hatred toward another; a desire to vex or injure) | :: desprezo {m}, rancor {m} |
| spite {v} (to treat maliciously) | :: provocar |
| spite {v} (to be angry at; to hate) | :: desprezar |
| spiteful {adj} (filled with spite) | :: malévolo, danoso, rancoroso {m} |
| Spitsbergen {prop} (island) | :: Spitzbergen {f}, Spitsbergen {f} |
| spitting image {n} (the exact likeness of someone) | :: cuspido e escarrado {m} |
| spittle {n} (spit, usually frothy) | :: cuspe {m} |
| spittoon {n} (receptacle for spit) | :: cuspidor {m}, cuspideira {f}, escarradeira {f} |
| splanchnic {adj} (Relating to the viscera or intestines) | :: esplâncnico |
| splash {n} (the sound made by an object hitting a liquid) | :: chape {m} |
| splash {v} (to hit or agitate liquid) | :: chapinhar |
| splash {v} (to splatter or spread around suddenly) | :: espalhar |
| splash screen {n} (graphical user interface: an initial screen displayed by interactive software) | :: [Brazil] tela de arranque, [Brazil] tela inicial, [Brazil] tela de início, [Portugal] ecrã de arranque, [Portugal] ecrã inicial, [Portugal] ecrã de início |
| splay {v} (To dislocate, as a shoulder bone) SEE: dislocate | :: |
| spleen {n} (organ) | :: baço {m} |
| spleen {n} (mood) | :: esplim {m} |
| splendid {adj} (possessing or displaying splendor) | :: esplêndido |
| splendid {adj} (showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous) | :: esplêndido |
| splendid {adj} (illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated) | :: esplêndido |
| splendor {n} (magnificent appearance) | :: esplendor {m} |
| splenectomy {n} (surgical removal of the spleen) | :: esplenectomia {f} |
| splenomegaly {n} (enlargement of the spleen) | :: esplenomegalia {f} |
| splice {v} (to unite in marriage) SEE: marry | :: |
| splice {v} (to unite by lapping two ends together) | :: emendar |
| splice {v} (to unite as if splicing) | :: misturar |
| splinter {n} (fragment of material) | :: farpa {f} |
| splinter {n} (group) | :: facção {f} |
| splinter {v} (to come apart into splinters) | :: esfarpar |
| splinter {v} (to cause to break apart into splinters) | :: esfarpar |
| split {n} (crack, longitudinal fissure) | :: fenda {f}, fissura {f} |
| split {n} (breach, division) | :: racha {m} |
| split {v} (divide along a more or less straight line) | :: partir, dividir, cindir |
| split {v} (share out) | :: dividir, repartir |
| split {v} (leave) | :: cair fora, rachar fora |
| split {v} (separate) | :: separar-se, terminar |
| split {v} (divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| Split {prop} (port city in Croatia) | :: Split {f} |
| split end {n} (hair which has split at the end) | :: ponta dupla {f} |
| split pin {n} (metal fastener) | :: chaveta {f} |
| splits {n} (manoeuvre, acrobatic feat) | :: espacate {m} |
| splitting field {n} ((Galois theory, of a polynomial) smallest field containing all roots) | :: corpo de decomposição {m}, corpo de fatoração {m} |
| splurge {v} (to spend lavishly or extravagantly) | :: esbanjar |
| spoil {v} (ruin) | :: estragar, arruinar |
| spoil {v} (to coddle or pamper) | :: mimar |
| spoil {v} (become sour or rancid, to decay) | :: estragar |
| spoil {n} (plunder taken from an enemy or victim) | :: pilhagem {f}, saque {m}, butim, espólio |
| spoil {n} (material moved) | :: saque {m} |
| spoilage {n} (process) | :: deterioração {f} |
| spoiled {adj} (of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible) | :: estragado |
| spoiled {adj} ((of a person, usually a child) having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering) | :: mimado |
| spoiler {n} (document, review or comment that discloses) | :: spoiler {m} |
| spoiler {n} (aeronautics: device to reduce lift) | :: spoiler {m}, speedbrake {m} |
| spoiler {n} (automobiles: device to reduce lift and increase downforce) | :: aerofólio |
| spoils of war {n} (profits extracted as the result of winning a war) | :: butim de guerra {m}, espólio de guerra |
| spoilsport {adj} (someone who puts an end to harmless fun) | :: estraga-prazeres {m} {f} |
| spoilt {adj} (of food: rendered unusable or inedible) | :: estragado |
| spoilt {adj} (of a child) | :: mimado |
| spoke {n} (part of a wheel) | :: raio {m} |
| spokesman {n} (one who speaks as the voice of a group of people) | :: porta-voz {m} {f} |
| spokesperson {n} (person who acts as the voice of a group of people) | :: porta-voz {m} {f} |
| spoliation {n} (plundering) | :: espoliação {f} |
| spondee {n} (word of two syllables) | :: espondeu {m} |
| spondyle {n} (joint of the backbone) SEE: vertebra | :: |
| spondylitis {n} (inflammation of the spine) | :: espondilite {f} |
| sponge {n} (marine invertebrate) | :: esponja {f} |
| sponge {n} (piece of porous material used for washing) | :: esponja {f} |
| sponge {n} (sponge cake) SEE: sponge cake | :: |
| sponge cake {n} (type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure) | :: pão de ló {m}, pão-de-ló {m}, bolo esponjoso {m} |
| sponsor {n} (person or organisation with responsibility (especially with a religious or financial aspect)) | :: patrocinador {m} |
| sponsor {n} (One that pays all or part of the cost of an event) | :: patrocinador {m} |
| sponsor {v} (to be a sponsor for) | :: patrocinar |
| sponsorship {n} (aid or support) | :: patrocínio {m} |
| spontaneity {n} (the quality of being spontaneous) | :: espontaneidade {f} |
| spontaneous {adj} (random) SEE: random | :: |
| spontaneous {adj} (self generated; happening without any apparent external cause) | :: espontâneo |
| spontaneous {adj} (done by one's own free choice, or without planning) | :: espontâneo |
| spontaneous combustion {n} (combustion without a source of heat) | :: combustão espontânea {f} |
| spontaneously {adv} (in a spontaneous manner) | :: espontaneamente |
| spontoon {n} (weapon) | :: espontão |
| spoof {n} (act of deception, hoax) | :: persuasão |
| spoof {n} (light parody) | :: paródia |
| spoof {n} (nonsense) | :: besteira |
| spoof {v} (to gently satirize) | :: satirizar |
| spoof {v} (to deceive) | :: persuadir |
| spoof {v} (to falsify) | :: falsificar |
| spooky {adj} (eerie; suggestive of ghosts) | :: fantasmagórico |
| spooky action at a distance {n} | :: ação fantasmagórica à distância {f} |
| spool {n} (spindle) | :: carretel {m}, bobina |
| spoon {n} (scooped utensil for eating (or serving)) | :: colher {f} |
| spoon {v} (to lie together) | :: deitar de conchinha |
| spoon {v} (to flirt) SEE: flirt | :: |
| spoon {n} (measure that will fit into a spoon) SEE: spoonful | :: |
| spoonbill {n} (bird) | :: colhereiro {m} |
| spoonbill {n} (paddlefish) SEE: paddlefish | :: |
| spoonerism {n} (phrase where sounds are transposed) | :: trocadilho {m}, spoonerismo {m} |
| spoon-feed {v} (help somebody to eat using a spoon) | :: dar de comer com colher |
| spoon-feed {v} (overly pamper or indulge someone) | :: dar tudo mastigado |
| spoon-feed {v} (deliver information in as basic a manner as possible) | :: mastigar |
| spoonful {n} (amount a spoon will hold) | :: colherada {f} |
| spoon lure {n} (oblong, concave lure) | :: colher {f} |
| sporadic {adj} (rare and scattered in occurrence) | :: esporádico |
| sporange {n} (sporangium) SEE: sporangium | :: |
| sporangium {n} (a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced) | :: esporângio {m} |
| spore {n} (reproductive particle) | :: esporo {m} |
| sporophyte {n} (plant which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes) | :: esporófito {m} |
| sport {n} (any athletic activity that uses physical skills) | :: [Brazil] esporte {m}, [Portugal] desporto {m} |
| sport {v} (amuse oneself) | :: recrear-se |
| sport {v} (mock or tease) | :: zombar |
| sporting {adj} (pertaining to sports) | :: [Brazil] esportivo, [Portugal] desportivo |
| sportive {adj} (gay, frolicsome, merry) SEE: merry | :: |
| sportive {adj} (playful, coltish) SEE: playful | :: |
| sports car {n} (automobile designed for high speed) | :: carro desportivo {m} [Portugal], carro esportivo {m} [Brazil] |
| sports center {n} | :: polidesportivo {m} [Portugal], poliesportivo {m} [Brasil] |
| sportsman {n} (male athlete) | :: esportivo {m} |
| sportswoman {n} (woman who engages in sports) | :: esportiva {f} |
| spot {n} (a round or irregular patch of a different color) | :: mancha {f} |
| spot {n} (stain) | :: mancha {f} |
| spot {n} (small amount) | :: pouco {m} |
| spot {n} (location or area) | :: lugar {m}, zona |
| spot {n} (bright lamp; spotlight) | :: lâmpada |
| spot {v} (see, pick out, notice or identify) | :: identificar |
| spot {v} (loan money to somebody) | :: emprestar |
| spot {v} (stain; leave a spot) | :: manchar |
| spot {v} (remove, or attempt to remove, a stain) | :: remover uma mancha |
| spotlight {n} (a bright lamp, especially one used to illuminate the center of attention on a stage) | :: refletor {m}, holofote {m} |
| spotlight {n} (the circle of light shed by a spotlight) | :: holofote {m} |
| spotlight {n} (the center of attention; the highlight or most important part) | :: holofotes {m-p} |
| spotted dragonet {n} (Callionymus maculatus) | :: peixe-pau-malhado |
| spot-winged antshrike {n} (Pygiptila stellaris) | :: choca-cantadora [Brazil] |
| spouse {n} (husband) SEE: husband | :: |
| spouse {n} (wife) SEE: wife | :: |
| spouse {n} (person in a marriage or marital relationship) | :: cônjuge {m}, esposo {m}, esposa {f} |
| spouse {v} (to get married to) SEE: espouse | :: |
| spout {n} (a tube through which liquid is poured or discharged) | :: bico {m}, bica {f}, biqueira {f} |
| spout {n} (a stream of liquid) | :: jorro {m} |
| spout {n} (the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale) | :: borrifo {m} |
| spout {v} (to gush forth in a stream) | :: jorrar |
| sprachbund {n} (group of languages sharing areal features primarily due to language contact) | :: área linguística {f} |
| sprain {v} (to weaken a joint, ligament, or muscle) | :: torcer |
| sprain {n} (act or result of spraining) | :: torcedura, torção {f} |
| sprat {n} (any of various small marine fish in the genus Sprattus) | :: espadilha {f} |
| spray {n} (fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid) | :: borrifo {m}, spray {m}, esprei, esprei |
| spray {n} (small branch of flowers or berries) | :: raminho {m} |
| spray {n} (pressurized container) | :: spray {m}, esprei |
| spray {n} (commercial product) | :: spray {m}, esprei |
| spray {v} (to project a liquid in a disperse manner) | :: borrifar |
| sprayer {n} (object used for spraying) | :: pulverizador {m} |
| spread {v} (to stretch out, expand) | :: estender |
| spread {v} (to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)) | :: estender |
| spread {v} (to disperse, scatter) | :: espalhar, difundir |
| spread {v} (to smear, distribute in a thin layer) | :: passar, espalhar |
| spread {v} ((transitive) to disseminate, make known or present) | :: espalhar, alastrar |
| spread {v} ((intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand) | :: se espalhar, se alastrar |
| spread {n} (act of spreading) | :: espalhamento {m} |
| spread {n} (food designed to be spread) | :: chimia {f} |
| spread {n} (arbitrage transaction) SEE: arbitrage | :: |
| spread like wildfire {v} (spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably) | :: espalhar-se como um relâmpago, espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora |
| spread out {v} (to become further apart) | :: espalhar-se |
| spread out {v} (to place items further apart) | :: espalhar |
| spreadsheet {n} (sheet of paper) | :: planilha {f} |
| spreadsheet {n} (computer simulation) | :: planilha {f}, folha de cálculo {f} |
| spree {n} (a merry frolic) | :: farra {f} |
| spring {n} (season between winter and summer in temperate climates) | :: primavera {f} |
| spring {n} (water springing from the ground) | :: fonte {f}, manancial {m} |
| spring {n} (device made of flexible material) | :: mola {f} |
| spring {n} (source of an action or a supply) | :: origem {f} |
| spring {v} (to jump) SEE: jump | :: |
| spring {n} (jump) SEE: jump | :: |
| spring {n} (people sharing the same origin) SEE: race | :: |
| spring {n} (shoot) SEE: shoot | :: |
| spring {n} (cluster of trees) SEE: grove | :: |
| spring {n} (erection of the penis) SEE: erection | :: |
| spring {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| spring {n} (time of growth, early stages) SEE: beginning | :: |
| spring {n} (spring tide) SEE: spring tide | :: |
| spring {n} (high tide) SEE: high tide | :: |
| spring {n} (elasticity) SEE: elasticity | :: |
| springald {n} (ancient military engine) | :: espringale {m} |
| springboard {n} (flexible diving board) | :: trampolim |
| springboard {n} (platform on springs used in gymnastics) | :: trampolim {m} |
| springboard {n} (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse) | :: trampolim {m} |
| spring cleaning {n} (systematic cleaning at the end of winter) | :: limpeza de primavera {f} |
| spring equinox {n} (vernal equinox) SEE: vernal equinox | :: |
| Spring Festival {n} (Chinese New Year) SEE: Chinese New Year | :: |
| spring onion {n} (Allium fistulosum) | :: cebolinha {f}, cebolinha-verde {f} |
| spring roll {n} (shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake) | :: rolinho primavera {m} |
| spring roll {n} (egg roll) SEE: egg roll | :: |
| spring tide {n} (tide which occurs when the moon is new or full) | :: maré viva {f}, maré de sizígia {f} |
| spring to life {v} (start to exist) | :: nascer |
| springwater {n} (water originating from a spring) | :: água de fonte/nascente {f} |
| springy {adj} (capable of returning to its original form) | :: elástico |
| sprinkle {v} (to cause to fall in fine drops) | :: espirrar |
| sprinkle {v} (to cover an object) | :: salpicar, polvilhar |
| sprinkler {n} (irrigation device) | :: aspersor {m} |
| sprinkles {n} (small candy or sugar pieces as decoration) | :: granulado |
| sprint {n} (short race at top speed) | :: carreira |
| sprite {n} (the green woodpecker, or yaffle) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| sprout {n} (new growth on a plant) | :: broto {m}, rebento |
| sprout {v} (to grow, to germinate) | :: germinar |
| sprout {v} (to cause to grow from a seed) | :: brotar |
| sprout {n} (Brussels sprout) SEE: Brussels sprout | :: |
| spruce {n} (tree from the genus Picea) | :: abeto vermelho {m}, pícea, espruce |
| spruce {n} (wood of a spruce) | :: pícea {f}, abeto vermelho {m} |
| spry {adj} (nimble, active) | :: ágil, ativo, serelepe |
| spud {n} (a tool used for digging out weeds) | :: escardilho {m} |
| spud {n} ([informal] potato) | :: batata {f} |
| spunk {n} (slang: attractive male) | :: gato {m} |
| spunk {n} (slang: semen) | :: porra {f}, gozo, gala |
| spur {n} (implement for prodding a horse) | :: espora {f} |
| spur {n} (anything that inspires or motivates) | :: espora {f} |
| spur {n} (appendage near the foot) | :: espora {f} |
| spur {n} (any protruding part) | :: conexão {m}, prolongamento {m} |
| spur {v} (to prod) | :: esporar |
| spur {v} (to urge or encourage to action) | :: instigar, provocar, estimular |
| spur cell {n} (spiny cell) | :: acantócito {m} |
| spurge {n} (any plant of the genus Euphorbia) | :: eufórbio {m} |
| spurious {adj} (false) | :: espúrio {m} |
| spurious {adj} (illegitimate) | :: espúrio {m} |
| spurn {v} (to reject disdainfully) | :: desdenhar |
| spurn {n} (a kick) | :: chute {m} |
| spur on {v} (spur) SEE: spur | :: |
| sputnik {n} (a Soviet robotic space satellite) | :: sputnik {m}, esputinique {m} |
| sputum {n} (matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth) | :: escarro {m} |
| spy {n} (person who secretly watches) | :: espião {m} |
| spy {v} (to act as a spy) | :: espiar, espionar |
| spyglass {n} (portable telescope) | :: luneta {f} |
| spyglass {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
| spying {n} (espionage) SEE: espionage | :: |
| spyware {n} (program) | :: spyware {?} |
| squab {n} (baby pigeon) | :: borracho {m} |
| squab {n} (meat of a young pigeon or dove) | :: borracho {m} |
| squab {n} (thick cushion) | :: coxim {m} |
| squacco {n} (Ardeola ralloides) | :: papa-ratos, garça-caranguejeira [Brazil] |
| squad {n} (unit of tactical military personnel or police officers) | :: esquadrão {m} |
| squadron {n} (army: body of cavalry) | :: esquadrão {m} |
| squadron {n} (navy: detachment of vessels) | :: esquadrão {m}, esquadra {f} |
| squadron {n} (air force: tactical unit of at least two flights) | :: esquadrão {m} |
| squalid {adj} (extremely dirty) | :: esquálido |
| squalor {n} (squalidness) | :: esqualidez {f}, esqualor {m} |
| squamous {adj} (scaly) | :: escamoso |
| squander {v} (to waste) | :: esbanjar |
| square {n} (type of polygon) | :: quadrado {m} |
| square {n} (tool) | :: esquadro {m} |
| square {n} (open space in a town) | :: praça {f} |
| square {n} (cell in a grid) | :: casa {f} |
| square {n} (second power) | :: quadrado {m} |
| square {n} (slang: socially conventional person) | :: quadrado {m}, careta {m} [Brazil] |
| square {n} (the # symbol on a telephone) | :: sustenido {m} |
| square {n} (unit of measurement of area) | :: quadrado {m} |
| square {adj} (shaped like a square) | :: quadrado |
| square {adj} (forming a right angle) | :: perpendicular |
| square {adj} (used in the names of units) | :: quadrado |
| square {adj} (socially conventional) | :: quadrado {m} |
| square {v} (to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle) | :: alinhar |
| square {v} (to resolve, see also: resolve) | :: resolver |
| square {v} (math: to multiply by itself) | :: elevar ao quadrado |
| square {n} (act quarrelling) SEE: quarrel | :: |
| square {v} (to take opposing sides) SEE: quarrel | :: |
| square {adj} (fair) SEE: fair | :: |
| square bracket {n} (symbol [ or ]) | :: colchete {m}, parêntese reto {f} |
| square centimeter {n} (unit of area) | :: centímetro quadrado {m} |
| squared {adj} (raised to the second power) | :: ao quadrado |
| square kilometer {n} (square kilometre) SEE: square kilometre | :: |
| square kilometre {n} (standard unit of area) | :: quilómetro quadrado {m}, quilômetro quadrado {m} |
| squarely {adv} (Firmly and solidly) | :: firmemente, solidamente |
| square metre {n} (standard unit of area) | :: metro quadrado {m} |
| square one {n} (the place where one begins) | :: estaca zero {f} |
| square root {n} (number) | :: raiz quadrada {f} |
| squash {n} (the sport) | :: squash {m} |
| squash {v} (to beat or press into pulp or flat mass) | :: esmagar |
| squash {v} (to compress) | :: comprimir |
| squash {n} (plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita) | :: abóbora {f}, moranga {f}, jerimum {m} |
| squash {n} (soft drink) SEE: cordial | :: |
| squat {n} (position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet) | :: agachamento {m}, cócoras {f-p} |
| squat {n} (weightlifting: exercise) | :: agachamento {m} |
| squat {n} (building occupied without permission) | :: ocupação {f}, okupa {f} [colloquial] |
| squat {v} (to bend at the knees) | :: agachar-se |
| squatter {n} (one occupying a place without permission) | :: okupa {m} {f} [colloquial] |
| squeak {n} (short, high-pitched sound) | :: guincho {m} |
| squeak {v} (emit sound) | :: guinchar |
| squeaky {adj} (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) | :: rangido |
| squeal {n} (a high-pitched sound) | :: guincho {m} |
| squeegee {n} (tool used for cleaning glass) | :: rodo {m} |
| squeeze {v} (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) | :: espremer, apertar |
| squeeze {v} (to fit into a tight place) | :: espremer |
| squeeze {n} (difficult position) | :: aperto {m}, apuro {m} |
| squeeze {n} (slang: a romantic partner) | :: ficante |
| squid {n} (sea animal) | :: lula {f} |
| squill {n} (plant of the genus Scilla) | :: scilla {f} |
| squillion {n} (very large, unspecified number) SEE: zillion | :: |
| squint {v} (to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight) | :: semicerrar |
| squint {v} (to look or glance sideways) | :: olhar de soslaio |
| squint {v} (to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions) | :: vesguear |
| squint {n} (look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus) | :: vesguice {f}, estrabismo |
| squint {n} (quick or sideways glance) | :: olhar de soslaio {m} |
| squire {n} (armor-bearer who attended a knight) | :: escudeiro {m} |
| squirm {v} (twist one’s body with snakelike motion) | :: serpentear, contorcer, retorcer, ondular, ondear |
| squirm {v} (twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment) | :: contorcer |
| squirrel {n} (rodent) | :: esquilo {m} |
| squirrel monkey {n} (Saimiri) | :: macaco-de-cheiro {m} |
| squirt {n} (instrument) | :: esguicho {m} |
| squirt {n} (small, quick stream; a jet) | :: esguicho {m}, jato {m} |
| squirt {v} (to be ejected, in a rapid stream) | :: jorrar |
| squirt {v} (to cause to be ejected, in a rapid stream) | :: esguichar |
| squirt gun {n} (a toy gun used to shoot water) | :: pistola d'água {f} |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte {prop} (the administrative capital of Sri Lanka) | :: Kotte |
| Sri Lanka {prop} (a country in South Asia) | :: Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lankan {n} (a person from Sri Lanka or of Sri Lankan descent) | :: cingalês {m}, srilanquês {m} |
| Sri Lankan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people) | :: srilanquês |
| Srinagar {prop} (summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India) | :: Srinagar {f} |
| SSD {n} (solid-state drive) | :: SSD {m} |
| SSE {n} (abbreviation of south-southeast) | :: SSE |
| SSR {n} (abbreviation of Soviet Socialist Republic) | :: RSS {f} |
| SSW {n} (abbreviation of south-southwest) | :: SSO, SSW |
| st {n} (saint) | :: St. |
| St. {n} (abbreviation of Saint) SEE: St | :: |
| St {n} (abbreviation of Saint) | :: S. {m} {f}, Sto. {m}, Sta. {f} |
| stab {n} (act of stabbing) | :: punhalada {f} |
| stab {n} (wound made by stabbing) | :: punhalada {f} |
| stab {n} (pain inflicted on a person's feelings) | :: punhalada {f} |
| stab {v} (To pierce or wound with pointed object) | :: apunhalar, esfaquear |
| stability {n} (condition of being stable) | :: estabilidade {f} |
| stability {n} (tendency to recover from perturbations) | :: estabilidade {f} |
| stabilize {v} (to make stable) | :: estabilizar |
| stabilize {v} (to become stable) | :: estabilizar-se |
| stab in the back {n} (Act of betrayal) | :: facada nas costas {f} |
| stable {n} (building for animals with hoofs) | :: estábulo {m} |
| stable {n} (building for horses) | :: cavalariça {f}, cocheira {f}, estrebaria {f} |
| stable {n} (stable for oxen, cows, cattle) | :: estábulo {m} |
| stable {adj} (relatively unchanging) | :: estável |
| stably {adv} (in a stable manner) | :: estavelmente |
| stack {n} (a pile of identical objects) | :: pilha {f} |
| stack {n} (computing: data structure) | :: pilha {f} |
| stack {v} (To place objects or material in the form of a stack) | :: empilhar |
| stadium {n} (venue where sporting events are held) | :: estádio {m} |
| staff {n} (long, straight, thick rod or stick) | :: cajado {m} |
| staff {n} (music: series of horizontal lines) | :: pauta {f} |
| staff {n} (employees of a business) | :: pessoal {m}, equipe |
| stag {n} (social event for a groom) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| stag {n} (adult male deer) | :: veado adulto {m} |
| stag beetle {n} (large beetle in Lucanidae) | :: vacaloura {f} |
| stag-beetle {n} (a large black beetle with a pair of strong mandibles) | :: vaca-loura {f} |
| stag do {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| stage {n} (phase) | :: fase {f}, etapa {f}, estágio {m} |
| stage {n} (in theatre) | :: palco {m} |
| stage {v} (to produce on a stage) | :: encenar |
| stage {v} (to demonstrate in a deceptive manner) | :: forjar |
| staged {adj} (Intended for the performance stage) | :: encenado |
| stage fright {n} (state of nervousness about performing) | :: medo de palco {m} |
| stagflation {n} (inflation accompanied by stagnant growth) | :: estagflação {f} |
| stagger {v} (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking) | :: cambalear |
| stagger {v} (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion) | :: cambalear |
| stagger {v} (to begin to doubt and waver in purposes) | :: hesitar |
| staggered {adj} (astonished) SEE: astonished | :: |
| staggering {adj} (incredible, overwhelming, amazing) | :: impressionante, incrível, espantoso {m} |
| stagnate {v} (to cease activity) | :: estagnar |
| stagnation {n} (inactivity) | :: estagnação {f} |
| stagnation {n} (being stagnant) | :: estagnação {f} |
| stag party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party | :: |
| stain {n} (discoloured spot or area) | :: nódoa {f}, mancha {f}, mácula {f} |
| stain {v} (to treat a microscope specimen with a dye) | :: corar, colorar, colorir |
| stained glass {n} (coloured glass) | :: vitral {m} |
| stainless {n} (stainless steel) SEE: stainless steel | :: |
| stainless {adj} (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) | :: inoxidável |
| stainless steel {n} (corrosion-free alloy) | :: aço inoxidável {m} |
| stair {n} (single step) | :: degrau {m} |
| stair {n} (series of steps) | :: escada {f} |
| staircase {n} (stairway) | :: escadaria {f} |
| staircase wit {n} (thinking of an idea too late) SEE: l'esprit de l'escalier | :: |
| stairs {n} (contiguous set of steps) | :: escada |
| stairway {n} (set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably) | :: escadaria {f} |
| stairwell {n} (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase) | :: poço {m}, poço das escadas {m}, poço da escadaria {m} |
| stake {n} (pointed long and slender piece of wood etc.) | :: estaca {f} |
| stake {n} (share or interest in a business) | :: participação |
| stake {n} (Mormonism: territorial division) | :: estaca |
| stake {v} (to fasten, support, or defend with stakes) | :: estacar |
| stake {v} (to pierce or wound with a stake) | :: estacar |
| stakeholder {n} (person or organisation with a legitimate interest) | :: parte interessada {f} |
| Stakhanovism {n} (institution) | :: stakhanovismo {m}, estacanovismo {m} |
| stalactite {n} (mineral deposit hanging from the roof of a cave) | :: estalactite {f} |
| stalagmite {n} (mineral deposit) | :: estalagmite {f} |
| stale {adj} (having lost its freshness) | :: [of air and water]: parado, estagnado; [of food]: rançoso; [of bread]: seco, velho; |
| stale {adj} (no longer new or interesting) | :: estagnado |
| stalemate {n} (chess term) | :: afogamento {m} |
| stalemate {n} (blocked situation without personal loss) | :: beco sem saída {m}, impasse {m} |
| Stalin {prop} (Stalin) | :: Stalin {m}, Estaline {m} |
| Stalinism {n} (Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin) | :: stalinismo {m} |
| Stalinist {adj} (of, relating to, or resembling Stalin) | :: stalinista, estalinista |
| Stalinist {adj} (of or relating to Stalinism) | :: stalinista, estalinista |
| Stalinist {n} (a person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism) | :: stalinista {m} {f}, estalinista {m} {f} |
| Stalinize {v} (to make Stalinist) | :: stalinizar, estalinizar |
| stalk {n} (stem or main axis of a plant) | :: talo {m}, haste {f} |
| stalk {v} (to approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer) | :: tocaiar |
| stalk {v} (to (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment) | :: perseguir |
| stalk {n} (petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant) SEE: petiole | :: |
| stalker {n} (a person who stalks game) | :: perseguidor {m} |
| stalker {n} (a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions) | :: perseguidor {m} |
| stall {n} (compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed) | :: baia {f}, boxe {m} {f} |
| stall {n} (small open-fronted shop) | :: estande, banca {f} |
| stall {n} (very small room used for a shower) | :: box |
| stall {n} (seat in a theatre) | :: platéia, audiência |
| stall {n} (aeronautics: loss of lift) | :: estol |
| stall {v} (To fatten) | :: cevar, engordar |
| stall {v} (To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift) | :: estolar |
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics against) | :: enrolar |
| stall {v} (To employ delaying tactics) | :: enrolar |
| stallion {n} (uncastrated male horse) | :: garanhão {m} |
| stallion {n} (male horse kept primarily as a stud) | :: garanhão {m} |
| stallion {n} (very virile, sexually-inclined man) | :: garanhão {m} |
| stalwart {adj} (firmly or solidly built) | :: robusto {m} |
| stamen {n} (A flower part that produces pollen) | :: estame {m} |
| stamina {n} (power of sustained exertion) | :: estamina {f} |
| stammer {v} (to stutter) | :: gaguejar |
| stammer {n} (involuntary repetition of sounds in speech) | :: gaguejo {m} |
| stammerer {n} (stutterer) SEE: stutterer | :: |
| stamp {n} (act of stamping) | :: pisada {f} |
| stamp {n} (indentation or imprint made by stamping) | :: carimbo {m} |
| stamp {n} (device for stamping designs) | :: carimbo {m} |
| stamp {n} (any small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, see also: postage stamp) | :: adesivo {m} |
| stamp {v} (to mark by pressing quickly and heavily) | :: timbrar, estampar |
| stamp {v} (to give an official marking to) | :: timbrar, carimbar |
| stamp {v} (to apply postage stamps to) | :: selar |
| stamp {n} (postage stamp) SEE: postage stamp | :: |
| stamp collecting {n} (stamp hobby) SEE: philately | :: |
| stampede {n} (any sudden flight or dispersion) | :: debandada {f} |
| stamping ground {n} (place one likes to go) | :: lugar predileto {m} |
| stamp out {v} (to get rid of) | :: erradicar |
| -stan {suffix} (home of; place where one stays; used especially in place names) | :: -istão |
| stance {n} (manner, pose, or posture in which one stands) | :: postura {f}, posição {f} |
| stance {n} (opinion or point of view) | :: postura {f}, posição {f} |
| stanchion {n} (vertical pole, post or support) | :: poste {m} |
| stand {v} (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | :: permanecer, estar, estar de pé, estar em pé |
| stand {v} (to rise to one’s feet) | :: levantar, pôr-se de pé |
| stand {v} (to remain motionless) | :: parar, permanecer, ficar |
| stand {v} (to undergo; withstand; hold up) | :: aguentar, passar por |
| stand {v} (to tolerate) | :: tolerar, aguentar, suportar |
| stand {v} (to place in an upright or standing position) | :: encostar, levantar, erguer |
| stand {v} (to seek election) | :: candidatar-se |
| stand {n} (defensive position or effort) | :: posto {m} |
| stand {n} (resolute, unwavering position) | :: posto {m}, posição |
| stand {n} (device to hold something upright or aloft) | :: apoio, amparo, encosto, pedestal {m} |
| stand {n} (small building or booth) | :: estande {m}, barraca {f}, barraquinha {f} |
| stand {n} (grandstand) SEE: grandstand | :: |
| standard {adj} (falling within an accepted range) | :: padrão |
| standard {n} (level of quality) | :: padrão |
| standard {n} (something used as a measure) | :: padrão |
| standard {n} (a flag or ensign) | :: estandarte {m} |
| standard-bearer {n} (person who carries flag or banner) | :: porta-bandeira {m} {f}, porta-estandarte {m} {f} |
| standard definition {n} (system that uses a resolution) | :: definição padrão {f} |
| standard deviation {n} (statistical measure) | :: desvio padrão {m} |
| standard dialect {n} (variety of language regarded as most "correct", widely accepted, or neutral, see also: standard language) | :: dialeto padrão {m} |
| Standard German {n} (Standard High German language) SEE: High German | :: |
| standardise {v} (to establish a standard) | :: estandardizar, standardizar, padronizar |
| standardise {v} (to make to conform to a standard) | :: estandardizar, standardizar, padronizar |
| standardization {n} (process of complying with a standard) | :: estandardização {f}, padronização {f} |
| standardization {n} (process of establishing a standard) | :: estandardização {f}, standardização {f} [Portugal] |
| standardize {v} (standardise) SEE: standardise | :: |
| standard language {n} (standard variety) | :: língua padrão |
| standard of living {n} (relative measure of quality of life) | :: padrão de vida {m} |
| standard time {n} (synchronized clock time in each graphical locations) | :: horário padrão {m} |
| stand back {v} (maintain a safe distance) | :: distanciar-se, ir para trás, afastar-se, sair de perto, dar espaço, dar distância, recuar, ficar de longe, ficar afastado |
| stand back {v} (to abstain from participation) | :: ficar de fora |
| stand by {v} (to wait in expectation of some event) | :: esperar |
| stand-in {n} (person who stands in for an actor during shooting setup) | :: dobro |
| standing {n} (position in society) | :: reputação {f} |
| standing on one's head {adv} (hands down) SEE: hands down | :: |
| stand on ceremony {v} (act in a formal manner) | :: fazer cerimônia |
| stand out {v} (be obvious in contrast to one's surroundings) | :: destacar-se, sobressair |
| standpoint {n} (point of view) | :: ponto de vista {m} |
| St. Andrew's Cross {prop} (Saint Andrew's cross) SEE: Saint Andrew's cross | :: |
| standstill {n} (complete immobility) | :: paralisação |
| stand up {v} (rise from a sitting position) | :: levantar |
| stand up {v} (bring something up and set it into a standing position) | :: levantar, erguer |
| stand up {v} (to avoid a prearranged meeting) | :: dar um bolo em |
| stand-up bass {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| Stanislaus {prop} (male given name- the standard or most popular form) | :: Estanislau |
| Stanley knife {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife | :: |
| stanza {n} (a unit of a poem) | :: estrofe {f} |
| stapes {n} (bone in the middle ear) | :: estribo {m}, estapédio {m} |
| staphylococcal {adj} (relating to staphylococcus) | :: estafilocócico |
| staple {n} (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper) | :: grampo |
| staple {n} (U-shaped metal fastener) | :: grampo |
| staple {v} (secure with a staple) | :: agrafar, grampear |
| stapler {n} (device which binds together paper) | :: grampeador {m} [Brazil], agrafador {f} [Portugal] |
| staple remover {n} (device for removing staples) | :: tira-agrafos |
| star {v} (to appear as a featured performer or headliner) | :: estrelar, protagonizar |
| star {n} (luminous celestial body) | :: estrela {f} |
| star {n} ((astronomy) a luminous celestial body) | :: estrela {f} |
| star {n} (concave polygon) | :: estrela {f} |
| star {n} (celebrity) | :: estrela {f}, astro {m} |
| star {n} (actor) | :: estrela {f}, astro {m} |
| star {n} (talented or famous person) | :: estrela {f}, astro {m} |
| star {n} (asterisk) | :: asterisco {m} |
| star {n} (quality rating symbol) | :: estrela {f} |
| star anise {n} (a plant, Illicium verum) | :: anis-estrelado {m}, estrela-de-anis {f} |
| star apple {n} (the fruit of a tropical tree) | :: abio {m} |
| starboard {n} (right hand side of a vessel) | :: boreste; estibordo {m} |
| Starbucks {prop} (chain of coffee shops) | :: Starbucks {m} |
| starch {n} (substance) | :: amido {m}, fécula {f} |
| starch {n} (carbohydrates) | :: amido {m} |
| starch {n} (laundry stiffener) | :: goma {f} |
| starch {v} (apply laundry starch) | :: engomar |
| starch {adj} (stiff) | :: duro, preciso, rígido |
| star cluster {n} (group of stars) | :: aglomerado estelar {m}, aglomerado {m} |
| stare {v} (to look fixedly) | :: fitar, encarar |
| stare at the wall {v} (to be bored and idle) | :: pensar na morte da bezerra |
| starfish {n} (various echinoderms) | :: estrela-do-mar {f} |
| star fruit {n} (fruit) | :: carambola {f} |
| starlet {adj} (young promising actress) | :: estrelinha {f} |
| starlight {n} (light emitted from stars other than the Sun) | :: luz das estrelas {f} |
| starling {n} (bird) | :: estorninho {m} |
| Star of Bethlehem {prop} (star mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew) | :: Estrela de Belém {f} |
| Star of David {prop} (symbol of Jewish Community and Judaism) | :: estrela-de-davi {f} |
| starring {v} (present participle of "to star") SEE: star | :: |
| starry {adj} (having stars visible) | :: estrelado |
| start {n} (beginning of an activity) | :: começo {m}, início {m}, princípio {m} |
| start {n} (sudden involuntary movement) | :: sobressalto {m} |
| start {n} (beginning point of a race) | :: largada {m}, partida {f} |
| start {v} (to set in motion) | :: abrir, começar |
| start {v} (to begin) | :: começar, iniciar |
| start {v} (to initiate operation of a vehicle or machine) | :: ligar |
| start {v} (of an activity, to begin) | :: começar |
| start {v} (to jerk suddenly in surprise) | :: sobressaltar |
| starter {n} (electric motor that starts an internal-combustion engine) | :: partida {f} |
| starter {n} (first course of a meal) | :: entradas {f-p} |
| starter motor {n} (starter motor) SEE: starter | :: |
| startle {v} (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension) | :: assustar, dar um susto |
| Start Menu {prop} (menu) | :: Menu Iniciar {m} |
| Star Trek {prop} (the franchise) | :: Jornada nas Estrelas {f} |
| startup {n} (act or process of starting a process or machine) | :: inicialização {f}, arranque {m} |
| starvation {n} (condition) | :: inanição {f} |
| starve {v} (to die because of lack of food) | :: morrer de fome |
| starve {v} (to be very hungry) | :: estar morrendo de fome, estar faminto |
| starve {v} (to deprive of nourishment) | :: esfomear |
| Star Wars {prop} (Saga) | :: Guerra nas Estrelas {f} |
| Star Wars {prop} (Strategic Defense Initiative) | :: Guerra nas Estrelas {f} |
| stash {v} (store away for later use) | :: reservar |
| stat {adv} (Immediately, now) | :: já |
| state {n} (any sovereign polity) | :: estado {m} |
| state {n} (a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy) | :: estado {m} |
| state {n} (a condition) | :: estado {m} |
| state {n} (computing: the stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle) | :: estado {m} |
| state {n} (computing: the set of all parameters relevant to a computation) | :: estado {m} |
| state {n} (computing: the values of all parameters at some point in a computation) | :: estado {m} |
| state {v} (declare to be a fact) | :: atestar |
| state {v} (make known) | :: declarar, indicar |
| state capitalism {n} (form of capitalism) | :: capitalismo de Estado {m} |
| statecraft {n} (statesmanship) SEE: statesmanship | :: |
| statefunction {n} (wavefunction) SEE: wavefunction | :: |
| stateless {adj} ((law) without a state or nationality) | :: apátrida |
| statement {n} (declaration or remark) | :: declaração, afirmação {f} |
| statement {n} (presentation of opinion or position) | :: declaração {f}, afirmação {f} |
| statement {n} (finance: document that summarizes financial activity) | :: extrato {m} |
| statement {n} (computing: instruction in a computer program) | :: declaração {f} |
| State of Eritrea {prop} (official name of Eritrea) | :: Estado da Eritreia {m} |
| State of Israel {prop} (country (official name)) | :: Estado de Israel {m} |
| State of Japan {prop} (de facto official name of Japan, see also: Japan) | :: Estado do Japão |
| state of matter {n} (different phases of matter) | :: estado da matéria {m} |
| state of mind {n} (psychological state) | :: estado mental {m} |
| state of nature {n} (the way that people lived before there was any organized society) | :: estado de natureza {m} |
| State of Palestine {prop} (country) | :: Estado da Palestina {m} |
| State of Qatar {prop} (Official name of Qatar.) | :: Estado do Catar {m} |
| state of the art {adj} (at the highest level of development) | :: de última tecnologia, de ponta, top de linha |
| state of the art {n} (highest level of development) | :: estado da arte {m}, estado da técnica {m}, último grito |
| state secret {n} (restricted information of national importance) | :: segredo de estado {m} |
| statesman {n} (man who is a leader in national or international affairs) | :: estadista {m} {f} |
| statesmanship {n} (craft or skill or being a statesman) | :: estadística {f} |
| static {adj} (unchanging) | :: estático |
| static {adj} (having no motion) | :: estático |
| static {adj} (programming: computed, created or allocated before the program starts running) | :: estático |
| static {n} (Interference on a broadcast signal) | :: estática {f} |
| statically-typed {adj} | :: estaticamente tipado, tipado estaticamente |
| static electricity {n} (electrostatics) SEE: electrostatics | :: |
| static electricity {n} (an electric charge) | :: estática {f} |
| static electricity {n} (the electric discharge) | :: estática {f} |
| statics {n} (branch of mechanics) | :: estática {f} |
| station {n} (place where a vehicle may stop) | :: estação {f} |
| station {n} (place used for broadcasting) | :: estação {f} |
| station {n} (broadcasting entity) | :: estação {f} |
| station {n} (Australia: very large livestock farm) SEE: ranch | :: |
| stationary {adj} (not moving) | :: estacionário |
| stationary {adj} (incapable of being moved) | :: estacionário |
| stationary {adj} (unchanging) | :: estacionário |
| stationary bicycle {n} (exercise bicycle) SEE: exercise bicycle | :: |
| stationery {n} (writing materials) | :: papelaria {f} |
| stationmaster {n} (the person in charge of a railroad station) | :: chefe de estação {m} {f} |
| statist {n} (statistician) SEE: statistician | :: |
| statistic {n} (single item of a statistical study) | :: estatística |
| statistically {adv} (in a statistical way) | :: estatisticamente |
| statistician {n} (person who compiles, interprets, or studies statistics) | :: estatístico {m} |
| statistician {n} (mathematician specialized in statistics) | :: estatístico {m} |
| statistics {n} (mathematical science) | :: estatística {f} |
| statistics {n} (collection of measurements) | :: estatísticas {f-p} |
| statue {n} (three-dimensional work of art) | :: estátua {f} |
| statue {n} (portrait) SEE: portrait | :: |
| Statue of Liberty {prop} (large statue in New York harbor) | :: Estátua da Liberdade {f} |
| statuette {n} (a small statue) | :: estatueta {f} |
| status {n} (person’s position or standing) | :: status {m} |
| status {n} (prestige or high standing) | :: status {m} |
| status {n} (situation or state of affairs) | :: estado {m}, status {m} |
| status bar {n} (an information area typically found at the bottom of windows) | :: barra de status {f} [Brazil], barra de estado {f} [Portugal] |
| status quo {n} (the state of things) | :: status quo {m}, statu quo {m} |
| statutory {adj} (relating to a statute) | :: estatutário |
| statutory rape {n} (intercourse with a minor) | :: estupro presumido {m} |
| staunch {adj} (loyal, trustworthy, reliable) | :: confiável |
| staunch {adj} (dependable, persistent) | :: forte |
| staunch {v} (to stop the flow of (blood)) | :: estancar |
| staunch {v} (to stop, check, or deter an action) | :: estancar |
| stave {n} (narrow strip, a part of a vessel) | :: aduela {f} |
| Stavropol {prop} (city) | :: Stavropol {f} |
| stay {v} (to remain in a particular place) | :: ficar, permanecer |
| stay {v} (to continue to have a particular quality) | :: ficar, permanecer, continuar, manter |
| stay {v} (to postpone) | :: adiar |
| stay {n} (residence, sojourn) | :: estada {f}, estadia {f} |
| stay {n} (postponement, esp. of a punishment) | :: suspensão {f} |
| stay {n} (corset) SEE: corset | :: |
| stay at home {n} (person who prefers to stay at home) SEE: homebody | :: |
| stay behind {v} (to remain where one is, whilst others leave) | :: ficar para trás |
| STD {n} (sexually transmitted disease, see also: sexually transmitted disease) | :: DST {f} |
| stead {n} (A place, or spot, in general) | :: local |
| steadfast {adj} (fixed or unchanging; steady) | :: firme |
| steadfast {adj} (firmly loyal or constant; unswerving) | :: firme |
| steadfastly {adv} (in a steadfast manner) | :: firmemente, resolutamente, decididamente |
| steady {adj} (firm) | :: estável |
| steady {adj} (regular and even) | :: regular |
| steady {v} (to stabilize) | :: estabilizar |
| steak {n} (slice of beef) | :: bife {m} |
| steak {n} (slice of meat of other animals) | :: filé {m} |
| steakhouse {n} (restaurant) | :: churrascaria {f} |
| steal {v} (to illegally take possession of) | :: roubar, furtar |
| steal {v} (to get or effect surreptitiously or artfully) | :: surrupiar, surripiar |
| steal {v} (to draw attention) | :: roubar |
| steal {n} (the act of stealing) | :: roubo, furto {m} |
| stealth {n} (attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy) | :: furtividade {f} |
| stealthily {adv} (in a stealthy manner) | :: sorrateiramente, furtivamente, secretamente |
| stealthy {adj} (characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy) | :: sigiloso |
| steam {n} (water vapor) | :: vapor {m} |
| steam {n} (pressurized water vapor) | :: vapor {m} |
| steam {v} (cooking: to cook with steam) | :: cozer/cozinhar no vapor |
| steam {n} (steam-powered vehicle) SEE: steamer | :: |
| steamboat {n} (vessel powered by steam) | :: barco a vapor {m} |
| steamed {adj} (Angry, hot under the collar) | :: fumaçando |
| steam engine {n} (piston engine driven by steam) | :: máquina a vapor {f} |
| steam engine {n} (any steam-driven heat engine) | :: máquina a vapor {f} |
| steam engine {n} (steam locomotive) SEE: steam locomotive | :: |
| steamer {n} (vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam) | :: caldeira de vapor {f} |
| steamer {n} (cooking appliance) | :: panela a vapor {f} |
| steamer {n} (traction engine) | :: locomotiva a vapor, maria-fumaça {f} |
| steamer {n} (steamboat or steamship) | :: navio/embarcação/barco a vapor, vapor {m} |
| steamer {n} (steamer duck) | :: pato-vapor {m} |
| steam locomotive {n} (locomotive powered by steam) | :: locomotiva a vapor {f}, maria-fumaça {f} |
| steamship {n} (vessel propelled by steam) | :: barco a vapor {m} |
| steatosis {n} (over-retention of lipids) | :: esteatose {f} |
| steed {n} (stallion) | :: corcel {m} |
| steel {n} (metal produced from iron) | :: aço {m} |
| steel mill {n} (steel mill) SEE: steelworks | :: |
| steel wool {n} (fine threads of steel) | :: palha de aço {f}, esponja de aço {f}, lã de aço {f}, bombril {m} |
| steelworker {n} (a person employed to manufacture or shape steel) | :: metalúrgico |
| steelworks {n} (place where steel is manufactured and/or shaped) | :: aciaria {f} |
| steep {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive | :: |
| steep {adj} (near-vertical) | :: íngreme, íngrime |
| steeple {n} (spire) SEE: spire | :: |
| steeple {n} (a tall tower, often on a church) | :: campanário {m}, torre sineira {f} |
| steer {v} (intransitive: to guide the course) | :: direcionar, guiar |
| steer {v} (transitive: to guide the course of) | :: direcionar, guiar |
| steer {v} (to direct a group of animals) | :: conduzir |
| steer {v} (to maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action) | :: levar a |
| steer {v} (to direct the conversation) | :: direcionar |
| steer {n} (castrated male of cattle) | :: boi {m} |
| steer {v} (to castrate a male calf) | :: capar, castrar |
| steering group {n} (A committee that arranges the schedule of business for a legislative assembly or other organization) | :: grupo director/diretor {m} |
| steering wheel {n} (wheel-shaped control) | :: volante {m}, direção {f} [Brazil] |
| steganography {n} (steganography) | :: esteganografia {f} |
| stegosaur {n} (dinosaur) | :: estegossauro {m} |
| stela {n} (archaeology: an obelisk or upright stone pillar) SEE: stele | :: |
| stele {n} ((archaeology) tall, slender stone monument) | :: estela {f} |
| stellar {adj} (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars) | :: estelar |
| stellar wind {n} (equivalent of solar wind) | :: vento estelar {m} |
| Steller sea lion {n} (Eumetopias jubatus) | :: leão-marinho-de-steller |
| St. Elmo's fire {n} (electrical discharge) | :: fogo de santelmo |
| stem {n} (stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors) | :: ramo {m} |
| stem {n} (botany: above-ground stalk of a vascular plant) | :: caule |
| stem {n} (slender supporting member for an individual part of a plant) | :: haste {f} |
| stem {n} (linguistics: main part of a word) | :: raiz {f} |
| stem {n} (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel) | :: talha-mar {m} |
| stem {v} (to be caused or derived) | :: derivar, originar |
| stem {v} (to descend in a family line) | :: descender {m} |
| stem {v} (to stop, hinder) | :: parar |
| stem cell {n} (primal undifferentiated cell) | :: célula-tronco {f} |
| stemming {n} (removing affixes) | :: tronco |
| stench {n} (a strong foul smell, a stink) | :: fedor |
| stencil {n} (utensil) | :: estêncil {m}, régua vazada {f} |
| Stendhalian {adj} (pertaining to, or in the style of Stendhal) | :: estendaliano |
| stenography {n} (the practice of transcribing speech, usually using shorthand) | :: taquigrafia {f}, estenografia {f} |
| stenosis {n} (abnormal narrowing or stricture in a blood vessel or other tubular organ) | :: estenose {f}, coarctação {f} |
| step- {prefix} (prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative) | :: -asto {m}, -asta {f} |
| step {n} (pace) | :: passo |
| step {n} (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder) | :: degrau {m} |
| step {n} (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running) | :: passo {m} |
| step {n} (footstep) | :: pegada {f} |
| step {n} (manner of walking) | :: andadura {f}, porte {m} |
| step {n} (proceeding; measure; action; act) | :: passo {m}, etapa {f}, etapa |
| step {v} (intransitive: to move the foot in walking) | :: dar um passo |
| step {v} (intransitive: to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance) | :: dar um pulo |
| Stepanakert {prop} (the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) | :: Stepanakert {f} |
| stepbrother {n} (son of one's stepfather or stepmother) | :: irmão de criação {m} |
| step by step {adv} (gradually) | :: passo a passo, pouco a pouco, de pouquinho em pouquinho, gradualmente |
| stepchild {n} (the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner) | :: enteado {m} |
| stepdaughter {n} (daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself) | :: enteada {f} |
| stepfather {n} (husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father) | :: padrasto {m} |
| Stephen {prop} (biblical martyr) | :: Estêvão {m} |
| Stephen {prop} (male given name) | :: Estêvão |
| step in {v} (To act) SEE: act | :: |
| step in {v} (To act as a replacement or substitute.) | :: substituir |
| step ladder {n} (ladder with steps or treads instead of rungs) | :: escadote {m} |
| stepmother {n} (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother) | :: madrasta {f} |
| step on it {v} (to drive fast) | :: pisar fundo |
| steppe {n} (the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia) | :: estepe {f} |
| steppe {n} (vast cold, dry grass-plains) | :: estepe {f} |
| stepsister {n} (daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent) | :: irmã de criação {f} |
| stepson {n} (son of one's spouse and not of oneself) | :: enteado {m} |
| stereo {n} (system) | :: estéreo {m} |
| stereo {n} (device) | :: estéreo {m}, rádio {m} [Brazil], som {m} [informal] |
| stereo {adj} (of sound) | :: estéreo {m}, estereofónico {m} |
| stereo {adj} (of a pit of images) | :: estereográfico {m} |
| stereo- {prefix} (solid, three-dimensional) | :: estereo- |
| stereographic {adj} (of or pertaining to stereography) | :: estereográfico {m} |
| stereoisomer {n} (one of a set of isomers of a compound that exhibit steroisomerism) | :: estereoisómero {m} [Portugal], estereoisômero {m} [Brazil] |
| stereoisomerism {n} (form or isomerism) | :: estereoisomeria {f}, estereoisomerismo {m} |
| stereotype {n} (conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image) | :: estereótipo {m} |
| stereotype {n} (extensibility mechanism of UML) | :: estereótipo {m} |
| stereotype {v} (make a stereotype, or characterize someone by a stereotype) | :: estereotipar |
| sterile {adj} (unable to reproduce) | :: estéril |
| sterile {adj} (germless) | :: estéril |
| sterilizable {adj} (able to be sterilized) | :: esterilizável |
| sterilization {n} (process of treating something to kill microorganisms) | :: esterilização {f} |
| sterilization {n} (procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing) | :: esterilização {f} |
| sterilization {n} (instance of a sterilization procedure) | :: esterilização {f} |
| sterilize {v} (disable ability to procreate) | :: esterilizar |
| sterling {n} (the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound) | :: esterlina {f} |
| sterling {adj} (of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage) | :: esterlino {m} |
| sterling silver {n} (silver alloy) | :: prata de lei |
| stern {adj} (having a hardness and severity of nature or manner) | :: severo, austero, rígido |
| stern {n} (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel) | :: popa {f} |
| stern {n} (black tern) SEE: black tern | :: |
| sternpost {n} (timber or bar at the stern of a vessel) | :: cadaste {m} |
| sternum {n} (breastbone) SEE: breastbone | :: |
| steroid {n} (class of organic compounds) | :: esteroide {m} |
| stethoscope {n} (medical instrument) | :: estetoscópio {m} |
| Stettin {prop} (Szczecin) SEE: Szczecin | :: |
| stevedore {n} (dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo) | :: estivador {m} |
| steven {n} (command) SEE: command | :: |
| steven {n} (a prayer) SEE: prayer | :: |
| steven {n} (voice) SEE: voice | :: |
| Steven {prop} (male given name) SEE: Stephen | :: |
| stevia {n} (any species of genus Stevia) | :: capim-doce {m}, erva-doce {f}, estévia, stévia |
| stew {n} (dish) | :: cozido {m}, ensopado {m}, guisado {m} |
| stew {v} (to cook (food)) | :: guisar |
| stew {v} (to suffer under hot conditions) | :: assar |
| steward {n} (any administrator of the property or affairs of another) | :: intendente {m}, procurador {m}, mordomo |
| steward {n} (ship's officer in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions) | :: assistente |
| steward {n} (any caretaker of buildings, estates, or animals) | :: zelador |
| steward {n} (flight attendant) SEE: flight attendant | :: |
| stewardess {n} (female flight attendant) | :: aeromoça {f} |
| St. George's {prop} (the capital of Grenada) | :: St. George's {f} |
| St. George's Day {prop} (saint's day of Saint George) | :: Dia de São Jorge {m} |
| stick {n} (twig or small branch) | :: graveto {m}, galho {m} |
| stick {n} (long piece of wood) | :: pau {m}, vara {f} |
| stick {n} (cylindrical piece (of chalk, wax etc)) | :: bastão {m} |
| stick {n} (cane or walking stick) | :: bengala {f} |
| stick {n} (hockey stick) | :: bastão {m} |
| stick {n} (gearstick, stickshift) | :: alavanca de câmbio, marcha {f} |
| stick {v} (to glue; to adhere (transitive)) | :: grudar, colar |
| stick {v} (to become attached, to adhere (intransitive)) | :: grudar, colar, aderir |
| stick {v} (to jam) | :: emperrar |
| stick {v} (to persist) | :: persistir, aguentar |
| stick {v} (to remain loyal or firm) | :: permanecer |
| stick {v} (to place, set down quickly) | :: enfiar |
| stick {v} (to press into with a sharp point) | :: enfiar, cravar |
| stick 'em up {phrase} (put your hands in the air) | :: mãos ao alto, mãos ao ar |
| sticker {n} (something that sticks) | :: adesivo {m} |
| sticker {n} (adhesive label or decal) | :: adesivo {m}, decalque {m} |
| sticker {n} (price tag) SEE: price tag | :: |
| stick figure {n} (simple line drawing) | :: boneco de palito {m} |
| sticking plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| stick insect {n} (insects of the order Phasmida) | :: bicho-pau {m} |
| stick out like a sore thumb {v} (be very noticeably different) | :: diferenciar-se entre outros |
| stickpin {n} (pin to hold necktie) SEE: tie clip | :: |
| stick plaster {n} (sticking plaster) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| sticky {adj} (able or likely to stick) | :: grudento, pegajoso |
| sticky rice {n} (glutinous rice) SEE: glutinous rice | :: |
| sticky tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape | :: |
| stiff {adj} (of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible) | :: rígido, duro, inflexível, rijo, hirto, firme |
| stiff {adj} (figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) | :: rígido, inflexível |
| stiff {adj} (of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed) | :: sério, firme |
| stiff {adj} (colloquial: harsh, severe) | :: duro, severo |
| stiff {adj} (of muscles, or parts of the body) | :: dolorido, rijo {m} |
| stiffen {v} (to make stiff) | :: endurecer |
| stiffen {v} (to become stiff) | :: endurecer |
| stiffly {adv} (in a stiff manner) | :: rigidamente |
| stiff neck {n} (discomfort or pain when trying to turn or move the neck) | :: torcicolo {m} |
| stiffness {n} (rigidity) | :: rigidez {f} |
| stiffness {n} (inflexibility) | :: rigidez {f} |
| stifle {n} (a hind knee of various mammals, especially horses) | :: curvejão {m}, jarrete {m} |
| stifle {v} (to interrupt or cut off) | :: interromper |
| stifle {v} (to repress, keep in or hold back) | :: reprimir |
| stifle {v} (to smother or suffocate) | :: sufocar |
| stifle {v} (to die of suffocation) | :: sufocar |
| stigma {n} (mark of infamy) | :: estigma {m} |
| stigma {n} (Christianity: mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus' body) | :: chaga {f} |
| stigma {n} (part of the pistil) | :: estigma {m} |
| stigmatization {n} (process or act of stigmatizing) | :: estigmatização {f} |
| stigmatize {v} (to characterize as disgraceful or ignominious) | :: estigmatizar |
| stile {n} (vertical component of a panel or frame) | :: umbral {m}, ombreira {f} |
| stiletto {n} (awl) SEE: awl | :: |
| stiletto {n} (rapier) SEE: rapier | :: |
| stiletto {n} (stabbing weapon) | :: estilete {m} |
| still {adj} (not moving, calm) | :: imóvel {m}, parado |
| still {adv} (up to a time, as in the preceding time) | :: ainda |
| still {adv} (to an even greater degree) | :: ainda |
| still {adv} (nevertheless) | :: mesmo assim, ainda assim |
| still {n} (a device for distilling liquids) | :: alambique {m} |
| still {n} (building where liquor is distilled) SEE: distillery | :: |
| stillbirth {n} (birth of a dead fetus) | :: mortinatalidade {f} |
| stillborn {adj} (dead at birth) | :: natimorto {m} |
| still life {n} (work of art) | :: natureza-morta {f} |
| stilt {n} (walking pole) | :: perna-de-pau {f} |
| stilt {n} (handle of a plough) | :: esteva {f} |
| stilt {n} (crutch) SEE: crutch | :: |
| stilted {adj} (stiff and artificially pompous) | :: pomposo |
| stimulant {n} (substance acting to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body) | :: estimulante {m} |
| stimulant {n} (something promoting activity, interest or enthusiasm) | :: estimulante {m} |
| stimulate {v} (to encourage into action) | :: estimular, incentivar |
| stimulate {v} (to arouse an organism to functional activity) | :: estimular |
| stimulating {adj} (that stimulates) | :: estimulante |
| stimulation {n} (pushing or goading toward action) | :: estimulação {f} |
| stimulation {n} (activity causing excitement or pleasure) | :: estimulação {f} |
| stimulation {n} (biology: action or condition that creates a response) | :: estímulo {m} |
| stimulus {n} (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system) | :: estímulo {m} |
| stimulus {n} (in physiology: something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response) | :: estímulo {m} |
| stimulus {n} (in psychology: anything effectively impinging upon any of the sensory apparatuses of a living organism) | :: estímulo {m} |
| stimulus {n} (anything that induces a person to take action) | :: estímulo {m} |
| sting {n} (bite or sting (by an insect)) | :: ferroada {f} [sting], picada {f} [bite] |
| sting {v} (of an insect: to bite) | :: picar, morder |
| sting {n} (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack) SEE: stinger | :: |
| stinger {n} (pointed portion of an insect) | :: ferrão {m}, aguilhão {m} |
| stinger {n} (anything that stings mentally or psychologically) | :: insulto, provocação |
| stingray {n} (venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes) | :: arraia/raia venenosa {f} |
| stingy {adj} (unwilling to spend or give) | :: avaro, sovina, pão-duro |
| stink {v} (have a strong bad smell) | :: feder, tresandar |
| stink {n} (strong bad smell) | :: fedor {m}, fetidez {f} |
| stinkbird {n} (hoatzin) SEE: hoatzin | :: |
| stinker {n} (person who stinks) | :: fedorento {m} |
| stinking {adj} (bad smell) | :: fedorento, fedido |
| stinky {adj} (having a strong, unpleasant smell) | :: fedorento, fedido, malcheiroso {m}, morrinhento {m}, catinguento {m}, nhaca {f}, fedegoso {m}, fétido {m}, fedentinoso {m} |
| stipend {n} (scholarship) | :: bolsa {f} |
| stipend {n} (fixed payment) | :: estipêndio {m} |
| stipulate {v} (to require as a condition of a contract or agreement) | :: estipular |
| stipulate {v} (to specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement) | :: estipular |
| stipulate {v} (to acknowledge the truth of) | :: conceder |
| stipulate {adj} (botany: having stipules) | :: estipulado |
| stipule {n} (basal appendage) | :: estípula {f} |
| stir {v} (to change the place of in any manner; to move) | :: mover, mexer |
| stir {v} (to disturb the relative position of the particles of) | :: mexer |
| stir {v} (to agitate the contents of) | :: mexer, agitar |
| stir {v} (to bring into debate; to agitate; to moot) | :: agitar, incitar |
| stir {v} (to incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite) | :: mexer |
| stir-fry {v} (fry something quickly in hot oil) | :: refogar |
| stir-fry {n} (dish) | :: refogado {m} |
| stirrup {n} (stapes) SEE: stapes | :: |
| stirrup {n} (footrest used by riders) | :: estribo {m} |
| stirrup bone {n} (stapes) SEE: stapes | :: |
| stir up {v} (arouse or excite passion or action) | :: incitar |
| stir up {v} (to cause (trouble etc)) | :: fazer agitação [Brazil]; provocar [Portugal] |
| stitch {v} (form stitches in) SEE: sew | :: |
| stitch {n} (single pass of the needle in sewing) | :: ponto {m} |
| stitch {n} (an intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage) | :: pontada {f} |
| stitch {n} (arrangement of stitches or method of stitching in knitting) | :: ponto {m} |
| stitch {n} (local sharp pain) | :: pontada {f} |
| stitch {v} (agriculture: to form land into ridges) SEE: plough | :: |
| stitch {n} (furrow) SEE: furrow | :: |
| St John's wort {n} (any plant of the genus Hypericum) | :: hipericão {m}, erva-de-são-joão {f} |
| stoat {n} (stoat) SEE: ermine | :: |
| stochastic {adj} (random) | :: estocástico, aleatório |
| stochastic calculus {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: cálculo estocástico {m} |
| stock {n} (store of goods for sale) | :: estoque {m} |
| stock {n} (supply of anything ready for use) | :: reserva {f} |
| stock {n} (farm animals) | :: gado {m} |
| stock {n} (finance: capital raised by a company) | :: ação {f} |
| stock {n} (part of gun, see also: butt) | :: coronha {f} |
| stock {n} (rolling stock) SEE: rolling stock | :: |
| stock character {n} (fictional character based on a recognizable stereotype) | :: personagem modelo {m}, arquétipo de personagem {m}, tipo de personagem {m}, tipo {m} |
| stock dove {n} (stock dove, Columba oenas) | :: pombo-bravo {m} |
| stock exchange {n} (building and the associated organization) | :: bolsa de valores {f}, bolsa {f} |
| stockholder {n} (one who owns stock) SEE: shareholder | :: |
| Stockholm {prop} (capital of Sweden) | :: Estocolmo {m} |
| Stockholm syndrome {n} (psychological condition) | :: síndrome de Estocolmo {f} |
| stocking {n} (garment (for translations of "sock", see sock)) | :: meia {f} |
| stocking cap {n} (knitted woolen cap) SEE: beanie | :: |
| stock market {n} (market for the trading of company stock) | :: mercado de ações {m} |
| stock pigeon {n} (pigeon) | :: pombo-bravo {m} |
| stockpile {n} (supply for future use) | :: estoque {m}, reserva {f} |
| stockpile {v} (accumulate a stockpile) | :: estocar |
| stoic {n} (proponent of a school of thought) | :: estoico {m} |
| stoichiometric {adj} (of, or relating to stoichiometry) | :: estequiométrico |
| stoichiometry {n} (the study of the relationships of reactants and products in chemical reactions) | :: estequiometria {f} |
| stoicism {n} (school of philosophy) | :: estoicismo {m} |
| stoke {v} (to feed, stir up) | :: atiçar |
| stoker {n} (poker) SEE: poker | :: |
| stoker {n} (person who stokes) | :: foguista {m} {f}, fornalheiro {m} |
| stole {n} (ecclesiastical garment) | :: estola {f} |
| stolen {adj} (that has been stolen) | :: roubado, furtado |
| stolid {adj} (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) | :: estólido |
| stoma {n} (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf) | :: estoma {m} |
| stoma {n} (small opening in a membrane) | :: estoma {m} |
| stomach {n} (digestive organ) | :: estômago {m} |
| stomach {n} (belly) | :: barriga {f} |
| stomach {v} (to tolerate or accept something) | :: aturar |
| stomach {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| stomach {n} (figuratively: desire, appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| stomach {n} (pride, haughtiness) SEE: haughtiness | :: |
| stomachache {n} (pain in the abdomen) | :: dor de barriga {f} |
| stomach acid {n} (gastric acid) SEE: gastric acid | :: |
| stomp {v} (trample heavily on something or someone) | :: pisotear |
| stompie {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt | :: |
| stomping ground {n} (stamping ground) SEE: stamping ground | :: |
| stone {n} (substance) | :: pedra {f}, rocha {f} |
| stone {n} (small piece of stone) | :: pedra {f}, rocha {f}, calhau , seixo {m} |
| stone {n} (gem stone) | :: pedra preciosa {f}, gema {f}, pedra {f} |
| stone {n} (centre of some fruits) | :: caroço {m} |
| stone {n} (medical: hard, stone-like deposit) | :: pedra {f} |
| stone {n} (piece of hard material used in board games) | :: peça {f} |
| stone {v} (To pelt with stones) | :: apedrejar , lapidar |
| stone {v} (to intoxicate, especially with narcotics) | :: chapar |
| stone {adj} (constructed of stone) | :: de pedra , pétreo |
| Stone Age {prop} (prehistoric period) | :: idade da pedra {f} |
| stonechat {n} (bird) | :: cartaxo |
| stoned {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| stoned {adj} (high on drugs) | :: chapado, doidão |
| stone fruit {n} (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) | :: drupa {f} |
| Stonehenge {prop} (ancient group of standing stones in England) | :: Stonehenge |
| stone marten {n} (Martes foina) SEE: beech marten | :: |
| stonemason {n} (one who works in stone) | :: canteiro {m} |
| stone pine {n} (a species of pine native to southern Europe, Pinus pinea) | :: pinheiro manso {m} |
| stoner {n} (a habitual user of cannabis) | :: maconheiro {m} |
| stone's throw {n} (short distance) | :: pedrada {f} |
| stonewall {v} (to obstruct) SEE: obstruct | :: |
| stoneware {n} (type of pottery) | :: grés {m} |
| stoning {n} (lapidation) SEE: lapidation | :: |
| stony {adj} (broke) SEE: broke | :: |
| stooge {n} (straight man) SEE: straight man | :: |
| stool {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| stool {n} (footstool) SEE: footstool | :: |
| stool {n} (a seat) | :: banco {m}, tamborete, banquinho, banqueta {f} |
| stool {n} | :: cocô {m}, merda {f}, fez {f} |
| stool {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| stoop {v} (to bend the upper part of the body forward and downward) | :: inclinar-se, curvar-se |
| stop {v} (to cease moving) | :: parar |
| stop {v} (to not continue) | :: parar, deixar de |
| stop {v} (to cause to cease moving) | :: parar |
| stop {v} (to cause to come to an end) | :: parar |
| stop {v} (to close an opening) | :: tampar, tapar |
| stop {v} (to stay a while) | :: passar |
| stop {v} (to tarry) | :: parar |
| stop {n} (place to get on and off mass transport) | :: ponto {m}, parada {f} |
| stop {n} (interruption of travel) | :: parada {f} |
| stop {n} (device to block a moving object) | :: calço {m} |
| stop {n} (punctuation symbol) | :: ponto {m}, ponto final {m} |
| stop {n} (consonant sound) SEE: plosive | :: |
| stop at nothing {v} (take any measures to do something) | :: pare em nada |
| stoplight {n} ((US) a traffic control signal) SEE: traffic light | :: |
| stopover {n} (interruption in a journey) | :: parada {f} |
| stopped {adj} (not moving) | :: parado {m} |
| stop the car {phrase} (stop the car) | :: pare o coche |
| stop the presses {v} (imperative) | :: parem as máquinas |
| stopwatch {n} (timepiece) | :: cronómetro {m} [Portugal], cronômetro {m} [Brazil] |
| storage {n} (act or state) | :: armazenagem {f} |
| storage {n} (place) | :: armazém {m}, depósito {m} |
| storage {n} (computing) | :: armazenamento {m} |
| storage {n} (price) | :: armazenagem {f} |
| storage device {n} (piece of hardware for storage of data) | :: dispositivo de armazenamento {m} |
| store {n} (in computing) SEE: memory | :: |
| store {n} (shop) SEE: shop | :: |
| store {n} (place where items may be kept) | :: depósito {m} |
| store {n} (supply held in storage) | :: estoque {m} |
| store {v} (keep (something) while not in use) | :: armazenar, guardar |
| storeroom {n} (room used for storage) | :: despensa {f} |
| storey {n} (floor, level) | :: andar, piso {m} |
| stork {n} (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae) | :: cegonha |
| storm {n} (disturbed state of the atmosphere) | :: tormenta {f}, tempestade {f}, intempérie {f} |
| storm {n} (meteorology: wind scale for very strong wind) | :: vendaval {m}, borrasca {f} |
| storm {n} (military: violent assault on a stronghold) | :: assalto {m} |
| storm {v} (to move quickly and noisily) | :: irromper |
| storm {v} (to assault) | :: assaltar |
| storm drain {n} (conduit for rainwater) | :: bueiro {m} |
| storm in a teacup {n} (tempest in a teapot) SEE: tempest in a teapot | :: |
| storm petrel {n} (any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae) | :: painho {m} |
| storm sewer {n} (structure for channeling surface runoff) SEE: storm drain | :: |
| stormy {adj} (of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.) | :: tempestuoso |
| story {n} (lie) SEE: lie | :: |
| story {n} (account of events) | :: estória {f}, história {f}, conto {m} |
| story {n} (storey) SEE: storey | :: |
| story arc {n} (narrative within a fictional plot) | :: arco de história {m} |
| storyteller {n} (person who relates stories to an audience) | :: narrador {m}, contador de histórias {m} |
| stout {adj} (obstinate) SEE: obstinate | :: |
| stout {adj} (large, bulky, corpulent) | :: corpulento {m} |
| stout {adj} (lusty, vigorous) | :: vigoroso {m}, robusto {m} |
| stout {adj} (materially strong) | :: resistente |
| stove {n} (heater) | :: aquecedor {m}, fogão {m} |
| stove {n} (device for heating food) | :: fogão {m} |
| stovepipe hat {n} (stovepipe hat) SEE: top hat | :: |
| stowaway {n} (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.) | :: passageiro clandestino {m} |
| strabismus {n} (defect of vision) | :: estrabismo {m} |
| Strabo {prop} (historian and philosopher) | :: Estrabão, Estrabo |
| stracciatella {n} (an Italian soup made from a mixture of cheese and egg in a broth) | :: stracciatella {f} |
| stracciatella {n} (an Italian ice cream with chocolate shavings) | :: stracciatella {f} |
| straddle {v} (to sit or stand with a leg on each side of something) | :: montar {m} |
| Stradivarius {n} (stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family) | :: estradivário {m} |
| straggler {n} | :: lanterninha |
| straight {adj} (not crooked or bent) | :: reto |
| straight {adj} (direct, truthful, frank) | :: direto, honesto |
| straight {adj} (as it should be) | :: direito |
| straight {adj} (undiluted) | :: puro |
| straight {adj} (having all cylinders in a single row) | :: em linha |
| straight {adj} (conventional) | :: convencional, engomadinho {m}, almofadinha, careta, coxinha |
| straight {adj} (heterosexual) | :: hétero |
| straight {adv} (in a forward direction) | :: direto |
| straight {adv} (directly; without pause, delay or detour) | :: direto |
| straight {n} (something that is not crooked or bent) | :: reta {f} |
| straight {n} (five cards in sequence) | :: straight {m} |
| straight {n} (mainstream person) | :: quadrado {m}, tacanho {m}, senso-comum, careta, coxinha [Brazil] |
| straight {n} (heterosexual) SEE: heterosexual | :: |
| straight away {adv} (very soon; immediately) SEE: right away | :: |
| straighten {v} (make straight) | :: endireitar |
| straightener {n} (metal tongs used for straightening hair) | :: chapinha {f} |
| straight flush {n} (poker hand) | :: straight flush {m} |
| straightforward {adj} (not deviating; honest; frank) | :: direto |
| straightforward {adj} (presenting few difficulties, easy) | :: fácil |
| straight line {n} (line with no curvature) | :: linha reta {f} |
| straight man {n} (supporting comic) | :: escada |
| strain {n} (race, lineage, pedigree) | :: linhagem |
| strain {n} (hereditary character, quality, or disposition) | :: feição |
| strain {n} (breed or race) | :: cepa |
| strain {v} (to separate) | :: coar {n} |
| strainer {n} (utensil) | :: peneira {f} |
| strait {n} (narrow channel of water) | :: estreito |
| strait {n} (a difficult position) | :: aperto {m} |
| strait {n} | :: estreito {m} |
| straitjacket {n} (a jacket-like garment) | :: colete de forças {m}, camisa de força {f} [Brazil] |
| Strait of Gibraltar {prop} (Strait of Gibraltar) | :: Estreito de Gibraltar {m} |
| Strait of Hormuz {prop} (strait) | :: estreito de Hormuz {m} |
| Strait of Magellan {prop} (Strait of Magellan) | :: Estreito de Magalhães {m} |
| Strait of Messina {prop} (narrow section of water between Sicily and mainland Italy) | :: Estreito de Messina {m} |
| Strait of Sicily {prop} (strait between Sicily and Tunisia) | :: Estreito da Sicília {m}, Canal da Sicília {m} |
| strand {n} (beach) | :: praia {f} |
| strand {v} (to run aground) | :: encalhar |
| strand {v} (to leave someone in a difficult situation) | :: abandonar |
| strand {n} (short string) | :: cordel {m} |
| strand {n} (strand of hair) | :: madeixa {f}, mecha |
| strand {n} (a nucleotide chain) | :: fita |
| strange {adj} (not normal) | :: estranho |
| strange {adj} (not yet part of one’s experience) | :: desconhecido |
| strangely {adv} (in a strange manner) | :: estranhamente |
| strange quark {n} (strange quark) | :: quark estranho {m}, quark strange {m} |
| stranger {n} (person whom one does not know) | :: estranho {m}, estranha {f} |
| stranger {n} (outsider or foreigner, see also: foreigner) | :: estrangeiro {m}, estrangeira {f}, forasteiro {m} |
| stranger {n} (newcomer) | :: recém-chegado {m}, recém-chegada {f} |
| stranger {n} (one who has not been seen for a long time) | :: sumido {m} |
| strangle {v} (to kill someone by strangulation) | :: estrangular, sufocar |
| strangler {n} (someone who strangles) | :: estrangulador {m} |
| strangles {n} (disease of horses) | :: garrotilho {m} |
| strangling {n} (The crime of killing by strangling) | :: estrangulamento |
| strangury {n} (painful, frequent need to urinate) | :: estrangúria |
| strap {n} (a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like) | :: faixa {f} |
| strap {n} (specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging) | :: cinta {f} |
| strap {n} (something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use) | :: tira(s) {f}, barbicacho {m} |
| strap {n} (a piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop) | :: lima {f} |
| strap {n} (a narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass) | :: lingote {m} |
| strap {n} (carpentry: a band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.) | :: tira (de metal) {f} |
| strappado {n} (form of torture) | :: estrapada {f} |
| Strasbourg {prop} (city in France) | :: Estrasburgo {f} |
| stratagem {n} (tactic) | :: estratagema {f}, maquinação {f} |
| strategic {adj} (of or pertaining to strategy) | :: estratégico |
| strategical {adj} (strategic) SEE: strategic | :: |
| strategically {adv} (in a strategic manner) | :: estrategicamente |
| Strategic Defense Initiative {prop} (Star Wars) SEE: Star Wars | :: |
| strategist {n} (one who devises strategies) | :: estrategista {m} {f} |
| strategus {n} (leader or commander of an army) | :: estratego {m} |
| strategy {n} (science and art of military command) | :: estratégia {f} |
| strategy {n} (plan of action) | :: estratégia {f} |
| strategy {n} (techniques in politics or business) | :: estratégia {f} |
| stratification {n} (process leading to formation of layers) | :: estratificação {f} |
| stratification {n} (categorization of people) | :: estratificação {f} |
| stratify {v} (to become separated out into distinct layers) | :: estratificar-se |
| stratify {v} (to separate out into distinct layers) | :: estratificar |
| stratosphere {n} (region of the uppermost atmosphere) | :: estratosfera {f} |
| stratovolcano {n} (volcano) | :: estratovulcão {m} |
| stratum {n} (one of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another) | :: estrato {m} |
| stratum {n} (layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout) | :: estrato {m} |
| stratum {n} (class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status) | :: estrato {m} |
| Strauss {prop} (surname) | :: Strauss {m} {f} |
| straw {n} (a dried stalk of a cereal plant) | :: palha {f} |
| straw {n} (dried stalks considered collectively) | :: palha |
| straw {n} (drinking straw) SEE: drinking straw | :: |
| strawberry {n} (fruit) | :: morango {m} |
| strawberry {n} (plant) | :: morangueiro {m} |
| strawberry {n} (colour) | :: morango {m} |
| strawberry {adj} (flavour) | :: de morango |
| strawberry tree {n} (the European plant Arbutus unedo) | :: medronheiro {m}, êrvedo {m} |
| strawen {adj} (Made of straw) | :: palhaço |
| straw hat {n} (type of hat) | :: chapéu de palha {m} |
| straw man {n} (doll or scarecrow) | :: espantalho |
| straw man {n} (person of lesser importance) | :: laranja {m} {f} [figuratively], testa de ferro {f} [figuratively] |
| straw man {n} (insubstantial or weakly supported concept, idea, endeavor or argument) | :: absurdo {m} |
| straw man {n} (initial project spec) | :: esboço {m} |
| stray {n} (domestic animal at large or lost) | :: desgarrado {m}, vira-lata |
| strayed {adj} (having lost one's way) SEE: stray | :: |
| streak {n} (irregular line) | :: risco {m} |
| streak {n} (continuous series of events) | :: série {f} |
| streak-backed antshrike {n} (Thamnophilus insignis) | :: (Brazil) choca-de-roraima |
| stream {n} (small river) | :: riacho {m}, correnteza |
| stream {n} (any steady flow or succession of material) | :: fluxo {m} |
| stream {n} (sciences: moving water) | :: corrente d'água {f} |
| stream {n} (computing: source or repository of data) | :: stream {m} |
| stream {v} (to flow) | :: correr |
| stream {v} (Internet: to push continuous data) | :: fazer stream/streaming |
| streaming {n} (computing) | :: streaming {m} |
| street {n} (paved part of road in a village or a town) | :: rua {f} |
| street art {n} (visual art created in public space) | :: arte urbana {f} |
| streetcar {n} (tram) SEE: tram | :: |
| street child {n} (street urchin) SEE: street urchin | :: |
| streetcleaner {n} (person) SEE: street sweeper | :: |
| streetlight {n} (lamps set along a street) | :: iluminação pública {f}, luz da rua {f}, luz de rua {f} |
| streetlight {n} (the light produced by these lights) | :: luz da rua {f}, luz de rua {f} |
| street organ {n} (mechanically played street organ) | :: realejo {m} |
| street-smart {adj} (having practical knowledge) | :: malandro |
| street smarts {n} (practical knowledge concerning human behavior) | :: esperteza {f} |
| street sweeper {n} (person employed to sweep streets, etc.) | :: varredor de rua {m}, gari {m} |
| street urchin {n} (child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets) | :: criança de rua {f}, menino de rua {m}, pivete {m} |
| streetwalker {n} (prostitute who looks for clients on the streets) | :: puta {f}, prostituta {f}, rapariga {f} [Brazil] |
| strength {n} (quality of being strong) | :: força {f}, vigor {m} |
| strength {n} (intensity of a force or power) | :: força {f} |
| strength {n} (strongest part of something) | :: força {f} |
| strength {n} (positive attribute) | :: forte {m} |
| strengthen {v} (to make strong or stronger) | :: fortalecer, reforçar |
| strenuous {adj} (requiring great exertion) | :: exigente |
| streptococcal {adj} (relating to bacteria of the genus Streptococcus) | :: estreptocócico |
| streptococcus {n} (bacterium) | :: estreptococo {m} |
| streptolysin {n} (exotoxin) | :: estreptolisina {f} |
| stress {n} (on a syllable) SEE: accent | :: |
| stress {n} ((physics) internal force across a boundary per area ) | :: tensão {f} |
| stress {n} (emotional pressure) | :: estresse |
| stress {n} (when speaking) | :: ênfase {f} |
| stress {n} (on a point in an argument) | :: ênfase {f} |
| stress {v} (to apply force to, causing strain) | :: tensionar |
| stress {v} (to apply emotional pressure to) | :: estressar |
| stress {v} (to emphasise (a syllable)) | :: acentuar |
| stress {v} (to emphasise (words in speaking)) | :: enfatizar, acentuar |
| stress {v} (to emphasise (a point)) | :: enfatizar |
| stressed {adj} (stressed-out) | :: estressado |
| stressed {adj} (having a stress or accent) | :: tónico [Portugal], tônico [Brazil], acentuado |
| stressful {adj} (irritating; causing stress) | :: estressante |
| stretch {v} (lengthen by pulling) | :: esticar |
| stretch {v} (lengthen when pulled) | :: esticar |
| stretch {v} (pull tight) | :: esticar |
| stretch {v} (extend one’s limbs or body in order to stretch the muscles) | :: espreguiçar-se, alongar-se |
| stretch {n} (act of stretching) | :: alongamento {m} |
| stretch {n} (ability to lengthen when pulled) | :: elasticidade {f} |
| stretch {n} (segment of a journey or route) | :: trecho {m} |
| stretchable {adj} (capable of being stretched) | :: esticável |
| stretcher {n} (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person) | :: maca {f} |
| stretch mark {n} (stripes on the surface of the skin) | :: estria |
| stretch out {v} (to lie fully extended) | :: estirar-se |
| stretch the truth {v} (idioms: to exaggerate) | :: exagerar a verdade |
| Streuselkuchen {n} (cake of German origin) | :: cuca {f} |
| strew {v} (to distribute objects or pieces of something) | :: espalhar, esparramar |
| Stribog {prop} (Slavic god) | :: Stribog {m} |
| strict {adj} (strained; drawn close; tight) | :: apertado |
| strict {adj} (tense; not relaxed) | :: tenso, teso |
| strict {adj} (exact; accurate; precise) | :: estrito |
| strict {adj} (governed or governing by exact rules) | :: estrito |
| strict {adj} (rigidly interpreted) | :: estrito |
| strict {adj} (severe in discipline) | :: austero, severo |
| strictly {adv} (in a strict manner) | :: estritamente |
| strictly {adv} (in a narrow or limited sense) | :: estritamente |
| stricto sensu {phrase} (in the strict sense) | :: stricto sensu |
| strife {n} (violent conflict) | :: conflito {m}, disputa {f}, discórdia {f} |
| strigil {n} (grooming tool) | :: estrígil {m} |
| strike {v} (to delete) | :: eliminar, deletar, excluir |
| strike {v} (to hit) | :: acertar, golpear |
| strike {v} (to stop working to achieve better working conditions) | :: parar, paralizar |
| strike {v} (to impress, seem, appear) | :: parecer |
| strike {v} (nautical: to surrender) | :: impressionar, parecer |
| strike {n} (in bowling) | :: strike {m} |
| strike {n} (work stoppage) | :: greve {f} |
| strike {n} (physical blow) | :: ataque {m} |
| strikebreaker {n} (worker hired to replace a striking worker) | :: fura-greve |
| strike out {v} (to draw a line through a text) SEE: cross out | :: |
| striker {n} (baseball: batter) SEE: batter | :: |
| striker {n} (individual who is on strike) | :: grevista {m} {f} |
| strike through {v} (to obliterate by drawing a line over) SEE: cross out | :: |
| strikethrough {n} (line) | :: riscar |
| strike while the iron is hot {v} (act on an opportunity promptly) | :: malhar enquanto o ferro está quente |
| string {n} (long, thin structure made from twisted threads) | :: barbante {m}, corda {f}, fio {m} |
| string {n} (computing: sequence of characters) | :: cadeia de caracteres {f} |
| string {n} (string of a musical instrument) | :: corda {f} |
| string {n} (stringed instruments section) | :: cordas |
| string {v} (put on a string) | :: enfileirar |
| string {v} (put strings on) | :: encordoar |
| string {n} (stringed instrument) SEE: stringed instrument | :: |
| string bass {n} (instrument) SEE: double bass | :: |
| string bean {n} (tall and thin person) | :: trinca-espinhas {m} {f} |
| stringed instrument {n} (type of musical instrument) | :: instrumento de corda {m} |
| stringent {adj} (making strict requirements) | :: estrito, restritivo |
| stringer {n} (freelance correspondant) | :: stringer, correspondente frila |
| string instrument {n} (musical instrument that produces sound by strings) SEE: stringed instrument | :: |
| string quartet {n} (group of four string players) | :: quarteto de cordas {m} |
| string quartet {n} (composition for four string players) | :: quarteto de cordas {m} |
| string theory {n} (candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles) | :: teoria das cordas {f} |
| strip {n} (long, thin piece of land or material) | :: tira {f} |
| strip {n} (short for comic strip, see also translations for comic strip) | :: tira {f} |
| strip {n} (short for landing strip, see also translations for landing strip) | :: pista {f} |
| strip {v} (to remove or take away) | :: tirar, retirar, remover |
| strip {v} (to take off clothing) | :: desnudar |
| strip {v} (to do a striptease) | :: fazer (um) striptease |
| strip {n} (short for striptease; see also translations for striptease) | :: strip {m} |
| stripe {n} (long straight region of a colour) | :: listra {f} |
| stripe {n} (badge) | :: medalha {f}, medalhas {f-p} |
| striped {adj} (having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color) | :: listrado |
| striped hyena {n} (Hyaena hyaena) | :: hiena-riscada {f}, hiena-raiada {f}, hiena-listrada {f} |
| stripper {n} (one who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner) | :: stripper {m} {f} |
| strip poker {n} (variant of poker) | :: strip poker {m} |
| striptease {n} (arousing act) | :: striptease {m}, strip {m} |
| stripy {adj} (striped) SEE: striped | :: |
| strive {v} (to try to achieve) | :: esforçar-se, batalhar |
| stroboscope {n} (instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals) | :: estroboscópio {m} |
| stroboscopic {adj} (of, relating to, or produced by a stroboscope) | :: estroboscópico |
| stroboscopically {adv} (by means of a stroboscope) | :: estroboscopicamente |
| stroganoff {n} (dish of sautéed pieces of beef) | :: estrogonofe {m}, strogonoff {m} |
| stroke {n} (act of stroking) | :: carícia {f}, cafuné |
| stroke {n} (blow) | :: pancada {f}, ataque |
| stroke {n} (single movement with a tool) | :: tacada {f} |
| stroke {n} (- golf: single act of striking the ball) | :: tacada {f} |
| stroke {n} (- tennis: single act of striking the ball) | :: raquetada {f} |
| stroke {n} (- rowing: movement of an oar or paddle through water) | :: remada {f} |
| stroke {n} (- act of striking with a weapon) | :: pancada {f} |
| stroke {n} (line drawn with a writing implement) | :: traço {m} |
| stroke {n} (streak made with a brush) | :: pincelada {f} |
| stroke {n} (time when a clock strikes) | :: badalada {f} |
| stroke {n} (particular style of swimming, single movement in that style) | :: estilo (de nado/natação) {m} |
| stroke {n} (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted) | :: derrame {m}, acidente vascular cerebral {m} |
| stroke {n} (professional wrestling: backstage influence) | :: pancada {f} |
| stroke {v} (to move one's hand or an object over the surface of) | :: acariciar |
| stroke {n} (- slash) SEE: slash | :: |
| stroke {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite | :: |
| stroke {n} (throb or beat of the heart) SEE: heartbeat | :: |
| stroke {n} (- strikethrough) SEE: strikethrough | :: |
| stroll {n} (wandering on foot) | :: passeio {m}, caminhada {f} |
| stroll {v} (wander on foot) | :: passear |
| stroller {n} (seat on wheels used to transport babies) | :: carrinho {m} |
| stromal {adj} (of or relating to a stroma) | :: estromal |
| stromatolite {n} (rock-like structure built by microorganisms) | :: estromatólito {m} |
| strong {adj} (capable of producing great physical force) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (capable of withstanding great physical force) | :: forte, resistente |
| strong {adj} (determined, unyielding) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (highly stimulating to the senses) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (having an offensive or intense odor or flavor) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (having a high alcoholic content) | :: forte |
| strong {adj} (grammar: irregular) | :: forte [only in some languages], irregular |
| strong {adj} (convincing) | :: forte |
| strongbox {n} (sturdy box with a lock) SEE: safe | :: |
| stronghold {n} (place built to withstand attack) | :: fortaleza |
| strong nuclear interaction {n} (strong nuclear interaction) | :: interação nuclear forte {f} |
| strong point {n} (excellent characteristic or ability) SEE: forte | :: |
| strontia {n} (a pale earth composed of strontium oxide) | :: estronciana {f} |
| strontianite {n} (a mineral, strontium carbonate) | :: estroncianita {f} |
| strontium {n} (chemical element) | :: estrôncio {m} |
| structural {adj} (of, relating to, or having structure) | :: estrutural |
| structurally {adv} (in terms of structure) | :: estruturalmente |
| structure {n} (cohesive whole built up of distinct parts) | :: estrutura {f} |
| structure {n} (underlying shape of a solid) | :: estrutura {f} |
| structure {n} (overall form or organization of something) | :: estrutura {f} |
| structure {n} ((computing) several pieces of data treated as a unit) | :: registro {m} |
| structure {v} ((transitive) to give structure to; to arrange) | :: estruturar |
| structured {adj} (having structure; organized) | :: estruturado |
| strudel {n} (layered pastry) | :: strudel {m} |
| struggle {n} (strife, effort) | :: luta {f} |
| struggle {v} (to strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight) | :: lutar, debater-se |
| struggler {n} (one who struggles) | :: batalhador {m} |
| strumpet {n} (A prostitute) | :: puta {f}, meretriz {f} |
| strut {v} (to swell; protuberate) | :: protuberar |
| strut {v} (to walk proudly or haughtily) | :: pavonear |
| strut {n} (a support rod) | :: escora {f}, esteio {m} |
| strychnine {n} (very toxic, colourless, crystalline alkaloid) | :: estricnina {f} |
| stub {n} (something cut short, blunted, or stunted) | :: toco {m} |
| stub {n} (a piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes) | :: canhoto {m}, talão {m} |
| stub {n} ((wikis) page providing minimal information) | :: esboço |
| stub {v} (to remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots) | :: desarraigar - v. |
| stubble {n} (short, coarse hair) | :: barbicha {f} |
| stubble {n} (short stalks left in a field after harvest) | :: restolho {m} |
| stubborn {adj} (refusing to move or change one's opinion) | :: teimoso, cabeça-dura |
| stubbornness {n} (state of being stubborn) | :: teimosia {f} |
| stuck {adj} (trapped and unable to move) | :: preso |
| stuck record {n} (broken record) SEE: broken record | :: |
| stud {n} (male animal kept for breeding) | :: garanhão {m} |
| stud {n} (animal breeding place) | :: caudelaria {f}, haras {m} |
| stud {n} (sexually attractive male) | :: garanhão {m} |
| student {n} (person who studies a subject) | :: estudante {m} {f}, aluno {m}, aluna {f}, estudioso {m}, estudiosa {f} |
| student {n} (person enrolled at a university) | :: estudante {m} {f}, académico {m} [Portugal], académica {f} [Portugal], acadêmico {m} [Brazil], acadêmica {f} [Brazil], aluno {m}, aluna {f} |
| student {n} (schoolchild, pupil, person attending school) SEE: schoolchild | :: |
| studio {n} (artist’s or photographer’s workshop) | :: estúdio {m} |
| studio {n} (establishment where an art is taught) | :: estúdio {m} |
| studio {n} (place where radio or television programs, records or films are made) | :: estúdio {m} |
| study {v} (to revise/review materials) | :: estudar |
| study {v} (to take a course) | :: estudar |
| study {v} (to acquire knowledge) | :: estudar, aprender |
| study {v} (to look at minutely) | :: estudar, examinar |
| study {n} (mental effort to acquire knowledge) | :: estudo {m}, aprendizado {m} |
| study {n} (branch of learning or object that is being studied) | :: estudo {m} |
| study {n} (room) | :: escritório {m} |
| study {n} (artwork) | :: estudo {m} |
| study {n} (act of studying or examining) SEE: examination | :: |
| study {n} (music: piece for special practice) SEE: etude | :: |
| stuff {n} (miscellaneous items; things) | :: coisas {f-p} |
| stuff {n} (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) | :: material {m} |
| stuff {v} (to fill by crowding into) | :: entupir |
| stuff {v} (to preserve a dead animal) | :: empalhar |
| stuffed animal {n} (soft toy in the form of an animal) | :: bicho de pelúcia {m}, bicho de peluche {m} |
| stuffy {adj} (poorly ventilated) | :: entupido [nose], estufado |
| stumble {n} (a fall or trip) | :: tropeço |
| stumble {v} (to trip or fall) | :: tropeçar |
| stumble {v} (to make a mistake or have trouble) | :: tropeçar |
| stumble upon {v} (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) | :: tropeçar |
| stump {n} (remains of something that has been cut off) | :: toco {m}, cotoco {m} |
| stumped {adj} (baffled) | :: perplexo {m} |
| stun {v} (to incapacitate) | :: atordoar |
| stun {v} (to shock or surprise) | :: assombrar, aturdir |
| stunned {adj} (unable to act or respond) | :: atónito, atônito, estupefacto |
| stunning {adj} (having an effect that stuns) | :: impressionante |
| stunt {n} (dangerous feat) | :: proeza {f} |
| stuntman {n} (one who performs stunts) | :: dublê |
| stupa {n} (Buddhist monument) | :: estupa {f} |
| stupefy {v} (dull the senses or capacity to think) | :: entorpecer, estupeficar |
| stupid {adj} (lacking in intelligence) | :: estúpido |
| stupid {adj} (To the point of stupor) | :: estupidificado |
| stupid {adj} (slang: amazing) | :: estupendo |
| stupid {adv} (Extremely) | :: [literally, slang] estupidamente |
| stupidity {n} (property of being stupid) | :: estupidez {f}, burrice {f} |
| stupidity {n} (act that is stupid) | :: estupidez {f} |
| stupidly {adv} (in a stupid manner) | :: estupidamente |
| stupor {n} (a state of reduced consciousness or sensibility) | :: estupor {m} |
| sturdy {adj} (of firm build) | :: firme |
| sturdy {adj} (solid in structure or person) | :: robusto |
| sturgeon {n} (fish of family Acipenseridae) | :: esturjão {m} |
| Sturgeon's law {prop} (the humorous remark that most of everything is crap) | :: Lei de Sturgeon {f} |
| Sturm und Drang {n} (a proto-Romantic movement from the late 1760s to the early 1780s in German literature and music) | :: Sturm und Drang {m} |
| stutter {v} (to speak with spasmodic repetition) SEE: stammer | :: |
| stutter {n} (speech disorder) | :: gagueira {f} |
| stutterer {n} (one who stutters) | :: gago {m}, gaga {f} |
| stuttering {n} (a speech disorder) | :: disfemia {f}, gagueira {f} |
| Stuttgart {prop} (a city in Germany) | :: Estugarda {f} |
| sty {n} (inflammation) SEE: stye | :: |
| sty {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder | :: |
| sty {n} (enclosure for swine) | :: chiqueiro {m}, pocilga {f} |
| sty {n} (messy or dirty place) | :: chiqueiro {m} |
| sty {v} (to rise up) SEE: ascend | :: |
| stye {n} (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid) | :: hordéolo {m}, terçol {m} |
| Stygian {adj} (of, or relating to the river Styx) | :: estígio {m} |
| style {n} (sharp stick for writing) SEE: stylus | :: |
| style {n} (gnomon or pin of a sundial) SEE: gnomon | :: |
| style {n} (stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower) | :: estilo {m} |
| style {n} (small, thin, pointed body part) | :: estilete {m} |
| style {n} (manner of expression in writing or speech) | :: estilo {m} |
| style {n} (legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person) | :: tratamento {m}, forma de tratamento {f} |
| style {n} (manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art) | :: estilo {m}; estilo {m} |
| style {n} (particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable) | :: estilo {m} |
| style {n} (set of rules applied by a publisher to the works it produces) | :: estilo {m} |
| style {v} (to create a style for someone) | :: estilizar |
| style {v} (to call or give a name or title) | :: tratar por/de |
| stylesheet {n} (a document issued by a publisher informing authors how to style their works for publication) | :: folha de estilo {f} |
| stylish {adj} (having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress) | :: estiloso |
| stylist {n} (hairdresser) SEE: hairdresser | :: |
| stylist {n} (designer) SEE: designer | :: |
| stylistics {n} (study of literary style) | :: estilística {f} |
| stylobate {n} (top step of the crepidoma) | :: estilóbata {m} |
| stylus {n} (tool for writing on clay tablets) | :: estilo {m} |
| stylus {n} (phonograph needle) | :: safira {f}, agulha {f} |
| stylus {n} (tool for writing Braille) | :: punção {m} |
| stymie {v} (to thwart or stump) | :: impedir |
| styptic pencil {n} (short medicated stick used to stop bleeding) | :: lápis hemostático {m}, lápis estríptico {m} |
| Styria {prop} (Austrian state) | :: Estíria {f} |
| Styrian {adj} (of, from or relating to Styria) | :: estírio |
| Styrian {n} (someone from Styria) | :: estírio |
| styrofoam {n} (polymer) | :: (Portugal) esferovite, (Brazil) isopor {m} |
| Styx {prop} (river of the underworld) | :: Estige {m} |
| sub {n} (subordinate) SEE: subordinate | :: |
| sub- {prefix} (under, beneath) | :: sub-, so- |
| sub- {prefix} (subsidiary, secondary) | :: sub- |
| sub {n} (computing: subroutine) SEE: subroutine | :: |
| sub {n} (subcontractor) SEE: subcontractor | :: |
| subaltern {n} (subordinate) SEE: subordinate | :: |
| subarctic {adj} (of, relating to, or characteristic of the subarctic) | :: subártico {m} |
| subatomic {adj} (relating to particles that are smaller than an atom) | :: subatómico [Portugal], subatômico [Brazil] |
| subatomic particle {n} (unit of matter smaller than an atom) | :: partícula subatómica {f} |
| subclass {n} (taxonomy) | :: subclasse {f} |
| subclass {n} (computing) | :: subclasse {f} |
| subclinical {adj} (without symptoms) | :: subclínico |
| subconscious {adj} (below the level of consciousness) | :: subconsciente |
| subconscious {n} (that part of mind that is not consciously perceived) | :: subconsciente {m} |
| subcontinent {n} (large landmass) | :: subcontinente {m} |
| subcontract {v} (contract out portions of a larger contracted project) | :: subcontratar |
| subcontractor {n} (contractor hired by contractor) | :: subempreiteiro {m} |
| subculture {n} (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) | :: subcultura {f} |
| subcutaneous {adj} (pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin) | :: subcutâneo |
| subcutaneously {adv} (under the cutaneous layer) | :: subcutaneamente |
| subdirectory {n} (directory located inside another directory) | :: subdiretório {m}, subpasta {f} |
| subdivide {v} (To divide into smaller sections) | :: subdividir |
| subdomain {n} (domain name prefaced with additional parts separated by a period) | :: subdomínio {m} |
| subduction {n} (process of one tectonic plate being pushed beneath another) | :: subdução {f} |
| subdue {v} (to overcome, quieten, bring under control) | :: subjugar |
| subdue {v} (to bring (a country) under control by force) | :: submeter |
| subfamily {n} (taxonomic category) | :: subfamília {f} |
| subfield {n} (specialized area of study) | :: subárea {f}, subcampo {m} |
| subfolder {n} (folder within another folder) | :: subpasta {f}, subdiretório {m} |
| subgenus {n} (subdivision of a genus) | :: subgénero {m}, subgênero {m} [Brazil] |
| subgroup {n} (group within a larger group) | :: subgrupo {m} |
| subgroup {n} ((group theory): group within a larger group) | :: subgrupo {m} |
| subhuman {adj} (less than human; lacking characteristics of a human) | :: sub-humano |
| subhuman {n} (untermensch) | :: sub-humano {m} |
| subject {adj} (likely to be affected by something) | :: sujeito |
| subject {n} (in grammar) | :: sujeito {m} |
| subject {n} (main topic) | :: matéria {f} |
| subject {n} (particular area of study) | :: disciplina {f}, matéria {f} |
| subject {n} (citizen in a monarchy) | :: súdito {m} |
| subject {n} (person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority) | :: súdito {m} |
| subject {n} (human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined) | :: sujeito |
| subject {v} (to cause to undergo) | :: submeter |
| subjection {n} (act of bringing under control) | :: submissão {f} |
| subjective {adj} (based upon subjective feelings or intuition) | :: subjetivo |
| subjectively {adv} (in a subjective manner) | :: subjetivamente |
| subjectivity {n} (state of being subjective) | :: subjetividade {f} |
| subjectivity {n} (a subjective thought) | :: subjetividade {f} |
| subjectivize {v} (to make subjective) | :: subjetivar |
| subjugate {v} (to forcibly impose obedience or servitude) | :: subjugar |
| subjunctive {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood | :: |
| subjunctive mode {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood | :: |
| subjunctive mood {n} (subjunctive mood) | :: modo conjuntivo {m}, conjuntivo {m} [Portugal]; modo subjuntivo {m}, subjuntivo {m} [Brazil] |
| sublimate {v} (to change from solid to gas) | :: sublimar |
| sublimate {v} (to purify or refine by sublimation) | :: sublimar |
| sublimate {v} (psychoanalysis) | :: sublimar |
| sublimate {v} (to raise to a place of honor) | :: sublimar |
| sublimation {n} (phase transition) | :: sublimação {f} |
| sublimation {n} (transformation of an impulse) | :: sublimação {f} |
| sublime {v} (to sublimate) | :: sublimar |
| sublime {adj} (noble and majestic) | :: sublime |
| sublime {n} (something sublime) | :: sublime {m} |
| subliminal message {n} (message under normal perception) | :: mensagem subliminar |
| submachine gun {n} (short range machine gun) | :: submetralhadora {f} |
| submarine {adj} (undersea) | :: submarino |
| submarine {n} (undersea boat) | :: submarino {m} |
| submariner {n} (member of a submarine crew) | :: submarinista {m} {f} |
| submerge {v} (to immerse (intransitive)) | :: submergir |
| submerge {v} (to immerse (transitive)) | :: submergir |
| submersible {adj} (able to be submerged) | :: submersível, submergível |
| submersion {n} | :: submersão {f} |
| submission {n} (the act of yielding) | :: submissão |
| submission {n} (the thing which has been submitted) | :: submissão {f} |
| submissive {adj} (meekly obedient or passive) | :: submisso {m}, submissivo {m} |
| submit {v} (yield or give way to another) | :: ceder, entregar-se |
| submit {v} (enter or put forward something for approval, consideration, marking etc.) | :: submeter, apresentar |
| submunicipal {adj} (below the municipal level) | :: submunicipal |
| subnet {n} (portion of a network which shares a network address in which each component is identified by a subnet number) | :: sub-rede {f} |
| suborder {n} (taxonomic category) | :: subordem {f} |
| subordinate {adj} (placed in a lower class, rank, or position) | :: subordinado |
| subordinate {adj} (submissive to or controlled by authority) | :: subordinado {m}, subordinada {f} |
| subordinate {adj} (grammar: dependent) | :: subordinado |
| subordinate {n} (one who is subordinate) | :: subordinado {m} |
| subordinate {v} (to make subservient) | :: subordinar, submeter, subjugar, dominar |
| subordinate {v} (to treat as of less value or importance) | :: subordinar, submeter, sujeitar |
| subordinate clause {n} (a clause that cannot stand alone) | :: oração subordinada {f} |
| subordinately {adv} (in a subordinate manner) | :: subordinadamente |
| subphylum {n} (taxonomic category below phylum and above class) | :: subfilo {m} |
| subpoena {n} (writ requiring someone to appear in court to give testimony) | :: intimação {f}, citação {f} |
| subpoena {v} (to summon with a subpoena) | :: citar |
| subproduct {n} (byproduct) SEE: byproduct | :: |
| subquery {n} (embedded query) | :: subconsulta {f}, subquery {f} |
| subrogate {v} (to replace one person with another) | :: sub-rogar |
| subrogation {n} (the substitution of a different person in place of a creditor or claimant) | :: sub-rogação {f} |
| subroutine {n} (a section of code) | :: sub-rotina {f} |
| subscribe {v} (to sign up to receive a publication) | :: assinar |
| subscribe {v} (to believe or agree with an idea) | :: aderir apoiar concordar |
| subscriber {n} (a person who subscribes to a publication or a service) | :: assinante {m} {f}, subscritor {m}, subscritora {f} |
| Subscriber Identity Module {n} (component on a SIM card that stores information to identify a mobile phone user) | :: módulo de identificação do assinante {m} |
| subscript {n} (a type of lettering form) | :: subscrito {m} |
| subscription {n} (access to a resource for a period of time) | :: subscrição {f}, assinatura {f} |
| subscription {n} (the formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature) | :: subscrição {f} |
| subscription {n} (the signing of one's name) | :: assinatura {f} |
| subsequent {adj} (following in time) | :: subsequente, seguinte |
| subsequent {adj} (following in order of place) | :: subsequente, seguinte |
| subsequently {adv} (subsequently) | :: subsequentemente |
| subservient {adj} (obsequiously submissive) | :: subserviente |
| subset {n} (set whose elements are within another given set) | :: subconjunto {m} |
| subset {n} (group contained in a larger group) | :: subconjunto {m}, subgrupo {m} |
| subside {v} (to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees) | :: esvaziar |
| subsidence {n} (process of becoming less active) | :: enfraquecimento {m} |
| subsidence {n} (sinking of ground due to underground excavation, seismic activity or groundwater depletion) | :: subsidência {f} |
| subsidiary {adj} (auxiliary or supplemental) | :: subsidiário {m}, subsidiária {f} |
| subsidiary {adj} (secondary or subordinate) | :: subsidiário |
| subsidiary {adj} (of or relating to a subsidy) | :: subsidiário |
| subsidiary {n} (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) | :: filial {f}, subsidiária {f} |
| subsidize {v} (assist by granting a subsidy) | :: subsidiar, subvencionar |
| subsidy {n} (financial support) | :: subsídio {m} |
| subsist {v} (to survive) | :: subsistir |
| subsistence {n} (means of support) | :: subsistência {f} |
| subsistent {adj} (inherent) SEE: inherent | :: |
| subsonic {adj} ((of a speed) less than the speed of sound) | :: subsónico [Portugal], subsônico [Brazil] |
| subspecies {n} (rank in the classification of organisms) | :: subespécie {f} |
| substance {n} (physical matter; material, see also: matter) | :: substância {f} |
| substance {n} (essential part) | :: substância {f} |
| substance {n} (material possessions) | :: riqueza {f} |
| substance {n} (drugs) | :: substância {f} |
| substance abuse {n} (overindulgence in a drug) | :: abuso de substância/substâncias {m} |
| substantial {adj} (having substance, actually existing) | :: substancial |
| substantial {adj} (having good substance; strong; firm) | :: substancial, substancioso |
| substantial {adj} (large in size, quantity or value) | :: substancial |
| substantial {adj} (most important; essential) | :: substancial |
| substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun | :: |
| substantive {adj} (of the essence or essential element of a thing) | :: substantivo, substancial, essencial |
| substantivisation {n} (nominalization) SEE: nominalization | :: |
| substantivise {v} (convert into or use as a noun) | :: substantivar |
| substation {n} (electrical substation) | :: subestação {f} |
| substation {n} (satellite police station) | :: subdelegacia {f} |
| substitute {v} (to use in place of something else) | :: substituir |
| substitute {n} (replacement or stand-in) | :: substituto {m} |
| substitute {v} (to substitute) SEE: replace | :: |
| substitution {n} (substitute) SEE: substitute | :: |
| substitution {n} (the act of substituting or the state of being substituted) | :: substituição {f} |
| substitution {n} (the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another) | :: substituição {f} |
| substrate {n} (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts) | :: substrato |
| substratum {n} (a layer that lies underneath another) | :: substrato {m} |
| subsume {v} (to place under another as belonging to it) | :: classificar, incluir, subordinar |
| subterfuge {n} | :: subterfúgio {m} |
| subterranean {adj} (below ground, under the earth, underground) | :: subterrâneo {m} |
| subterraneous {adj} (subterranean) SEE: subterranean | :: |
| subterrene {adj} (underground, subterranean) | :: subterrâneo {m} |
| subtitle {n} (heading below a title) | :: subtítulo {m} |
| subtitle {n} (textual versions of the dialog in films) | :: legenda {f} |
| subtitle {v} (to create subtitles) | :: legendar |
| subtitled {adj} (a film in which the dialogue is translated into another language, and displayed at the bottom of the screen) | :: legendado |
| subtitler {n} (person) | :: legendador |
| subtitler {n} (software) | :: legendador |
| subtle {adj} (hard to grasp) | :: subtil [Portugal], sutil [Brazil] |
| subtle {adj} (cleverly contrived) | :: subtil [Portugal], sutil [Brazil] |
| subtlety {n} (quality or act of being subtle) | :: sutileza {f} |
| subtlety {n} (an instance of being subtle) | :: sutileza {f} |
| subtly {adv} (with subtleness, in a subtle manner) | :: sutilmente |
| subtract {v} (to remove or reduce) | :: subtrair |
| subtraction {n} (process) | :: subtração {f} |
| subtraction {n} (calculation) | :: subtração {f} |
| subtrahend {n} (A number or quantity to be subtracted from another) | :: subtraendo {m} |
| subtree {n} (mathematics, computer science: a tree wholly contained in another) | :: subárvore {f} |
| subtropics {n} (the region between the tropics and the temperate latitudes of the world) | :: subtrópicos {m-p} |
| subunit {n} (subdivision of a larger unit) | :: subunidade {f} |
| suburb {n} (area on the periphery of a city or large town) | :: periferia {f}, subúrbio {m} |
| suburban {adj} (relating to outskirts of a city) | :: suburbano |
| suburbicarian {adj} (describing any of the six dioceses surrounding Rome) | :: suburbicário |
| subvention {n} (subsidy) SEE: subsidy | :: |
| subversion {n} (act of subverting or the condition of being subverted) | :: subversão {f} |
| subversion {n} (systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within) | :: subversão {f} |
| subversive {adj} (intending to subvert) | :: subversivo |
| subversive {n} (a radical supporter of political or social revolution) | :: subversivo {m} |
| subvert {v} (to overthrow) | :: subverter |
| subvert {v} (to pervert the mind) | :: subverter |
| subvert {v} (to upturn convention by undermining it) | :: subverter |
| subvertisement {n} (piece of subvertising) SEE: subvert | :: |
| subway {n} (underground railway) | :: metro {m} [Portugal], metrô {m} [Brazil] |
| subway {n} (train of underground railway) | :: [Brazil] metrô {m}, [Portugal] metro {m} |
| subway {n} (underground walkway) | :: passagem subterrânea {f} |
| subwoofer {n} (a woofer dedicated to the reproduction of low-pitched audio frequencies) | :: subwoofer {m} |
| succeed {v} (To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of) | :: seguir |
| succeed {v} (To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful) | :: ter/obter sucesso/êxito, conseguir |
| succeed {v} (To fall heir to; to inherit) | :: suceder |
| succeed {v} (To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue) | :: seguir |
| success {n} (achievement of one's aim or goal) | :: sucesso {m}, êxito {m} |
| success {n} ((business) financial profitability) | :: sucesso {m} |
| success {n} (person who achieves his or her goals) | :: sucesso {m} |
| successful {adj} (resulting in success) | :: bem-sucedido, conseguido, próspero {m} |
| successfully {adv} (in a successful manner) | :: com sucesso |
| succession {n} (following in sequence) | :: sucessão {f} |
| succession {n} (passing of royal power) | :: sucessão {f} |
| successively {adv} (in a serial manner) | :: sucessivamente |
| successor {n} (person or thing that immediately follows another) | :: sucessor {m}, sucessora {f} |
| successor {n} (next heir in order or succession) | :: sucessor {m}, sucessora {f} |
| successor {n} (person who inherits a title or office) | :: sucessor {m}, sucessora {f} |
| succinct {adj} (brief and to the point) | :: sucinto |
| succour {n} (aid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress) | :: socorro {m}, ajuda {f}, assistência {f} |
| succour {v} (to give aid, assistance, or help) | :: socorrer |
| succuba {n} (a female demon or fiend) SEE: succubus | :: |
| succubus {n} (female demon) | :: súcubo {m} |
| succulent {adj} (juicy or lush) | :: suculento |
| succulent {adj} (botany: having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water) | :: suculento |
| succulent {n} (a succulent plant) | :: suculenta {f} |
| succumb {v} (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire) | :: sucumbir |
| succumb {v} (to give up, or give in) | :: sucumbir, desistir |
| succumb {v} (to die) | :: sucumbir, morrer |
| such {determiner} (used to make a comparison with something implied by context) | :: tal, assim |
| such-and-such {n} (generic placeholder) | :: tal e tal |
| such-and-such {determiner} (indefinite; some or other) | :: tal e tal |
| such as {prep} (for example) SEE: for example | :: |
| such as {prep} (like) | :: como |
| such is life {phrase} (used to express the acceptance of misfortune) | :: assim é a vida |
| suck {v} (to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc)) | :: chupar, sugar, chuchar |
| suck {v} (to work the lips and tongue on) | :: chupar |
| suck {v} (colloquial: term of general disparagement) | :: ser um saco, ser uma droga |
| suck {n} (sycophant) SEE: sycophant | :: |
| sucker {n} (someone or something that sucks) | :: sugador {m}, chupador {m} |
| sucker {n} (organ) | :: ventosa {f} |
| sucker {n} (one who is easily fooled) | :: otário {m} |
| sucker {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop | :: |
| suckle {v} (to give suck to) | :: amamentar |
| suckle {v} (to nurse; to suck) | :: mamar |
| suckling pig {n} | :: leitão {m} |
| suck my cock {phrase} (expression of aggravation) | :: chupamos! {p} {m} {f} [Very Strong Swear word] |
| suck off {v} (to give a blowjob) | :: fazer um boquete, chupar |
| suck up {v} (to adulate or flatter excessively) | :: puxar saco |
| sucrose {n} (a disaccharide) | :: sacarose {f} |
| suction {n} (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another) | :: sucção |
| suction cup {n} (cup using suction as an adhesive) | :: ventosa {f} |
| Sudan {prop} (Republic of Sudan) | :: Sudão {m} |
| Sudanese {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language) | :: sudanês |
| Sudanese {n} (person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent) | :: sudanês {m} |
| sudden {n} (surprise) SEE: surprise | :: |
| sudden {adj} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: repentino {m}, repentina {f}, súbito |
| sudden death {n} (mode of play) | :: morte súdita |
| suddenly {adv} (happening quickly and with little or no warning) | :: de repente, repentinamente, subitamente |
| Sudeten {prop} (series of mountains) | :: Sudetos {m-p} |
| Sudetenland {prop} (region in Czechia) | :: Sudetos {m-p} |
| sudoku {n} (a puzzle using numbers) | :: sudoku {m} |
| sudorific {adj} (that produces sweating) | :: sudorífico, sudorífero |
| sudorific {n} (medicine that produces sweating) | :: sudorífico {m}, sudorífero {m} |
| suds {n} (lather, foam) | :: espuma {f} |
| sue {v} (to file a legal action) | :: processar, demandar |
| suede {n} (type of leather) | :: camurça {f} |
| suet {n} (fat) | :: sebo {m} |
| Suez Canal {prop} (canal) | :: Canal de Suez |
| suffer {v} (undergo hardship) | :: sofrer |
| suffer {v} (feel pain) | :: sofrer |
| suffer {v} (become worse) | :: piorar; sofrer; deixar, permitir |
| sufferer {n} (one who suffers) | :: sofredor {m} |
| sufferer {n} (one who is afflicted) | :: sofredor {m} |
| suffer from {v} (have a disease or condition) | :: sofrer |
| suffering {adj} (experiencing pain) | :: sofrendo, sofrido {m} |
| suffering {n} (condition) | :: sofrimento |
| suffete {n} (a magistrate of ancient Carthage) | :: sufete {m} |
| suffice {v} (be enough, sufficient, adequate) | :: ser suficiente, atender, satisfazer, bastar, chegar, servir |
| suffice {v} (satisfy) | :: satisfazer, servir |
| suffice {v} (furnish) | :: suplementar |
| sufficient {adj} (adequate to wants) | :: suficiente |
| sufficient {adj} (of competent power or ability) | :: suficiente |
| sufficiently {adv} (in a sufficient manner) | :: suficientemente |
| sufficiently {adv} (to a sufficient extent) | :: suficientemente |
| sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof {proverb} (the present provides enough to worry about) | :: basta a cada dia o seu mal |
| suffix {n} (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning) | :: sufixo |
| suffix {v} (append (something) to the end of something else) | :: sufixar |
| suffocate {v} ((intransitive) to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body) | :: sufocar |
| suffocate {v} ((intransitive) to die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body) | :: sufocar |
| suffocate {v} ((transitive) to cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body) | :: sufocar |
| suffocate {v} ((transitive) to kill someone by depriving him of a sufficient oxygen intake) | :: sufocar |
| suffrage {n} (the right to vote) | :: sufrágio {m} |
| suffragette {n} (female supporter of women's right to vote) | :: sufragista {m} {f} |
| suffragist {n} (suffragette) SEE: suffragette | :: |
| suffuse {v} (to spread through or over something, especially as a liquid, colour or light) | :: infundir |
| Sufism {n} (Islamic mysticism) | :: sufismo {m} |
| sugar {v} (to add sugar to, to sweeten) | :: açucarar |
| sugar {v} (to make something seem less unpleasant) | :: açucarar, suavizar |
| sugar {interj} (minced oath) | :: mkrda, ferca, herfa, merca |
| sugar {n} (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink) | :: açúcar {m} |
| sugar {n} (any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy) | :: açúcar {m} |
| sugar {n} (generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc) | :: açúcar {m} |
| sugar {n} (term of endearment) | :: doce {m} |
| sugar apple {n} (sweetsop) | :: fruta-do-conde {f}, pinha, ata |
| sugar beet {n} (type of beet) | :: beterraba-sacarina {f} |
| sugar bowl {n} (small receptacle for serving sugar on a table) | :: açucareiro |
| sugar cane {n} (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar) | :: cana-de-açúcar {f} |
| sugarcoated {adj} (coated with sugar) | :: açucarado |
| sugar cube {n} (sugar shaped in cubes) | :: cubo/torrão de açúcar {m} |
| sugar glider {n} (Petaurus breviceps) | :: petauro-do-açúcar {m} |
| sugar-loaf {n} (conical block of sugar) | :: pão-de-açúcar {m}, pão de açúcar {m}, pão-d'açúcar {m}, pão d'açúcar {m} |
| Sugarloaf Mountain {prop} (rocky peak in Rio de Janeiro) | :: Pão de Açúcar {m} |
| sugar mill {n} (machine) | :: engenho de açúcar |
| sugar mill {n} (factory) | :: usina (de cana) {f} |
| sugar substitute {n} (food additives) | :: adoçante {m} |
| sugary {adj} (covered with or containing a large amount of sugar) | :: açucarado |
| suggest {v} (to imply but stop short of saying directly) | :: sugerir |
| suggest {v} (to make one suppose) | :: sugerir |
| suggest {v} (to ask for without demanding) | :: propor, sugerir |
| suggest {v} (to recommend) | :: sugerir |
| suggestion {n} (something suggested) | :: sugestão {f} |
| suggestion {n} (act of suggestion) | :: sugestão {f} |
| suggestion {n} ((psychology) something implied) | :: sugestão {f} |
| suicide {n} (instance of killing oneself) | :: suicídio {m} |
| suicide {n} (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself) | :: suicida {m} {f} |
| suicide {adj} (to kill oneself intentionally) SEE: commit suicide | :: |
| suicide bomber {n} (one who carries explosives) | :: homem-bomba {m} |
| suicidology {n} (the study of suicide) | :: suicidologia {f} |
| suit {n} (set of clothes) | :: terno {m}, traje, fato {m} [Portugal] |
| suit {n} (card games: set of cards distinguished by color and emblems) | :: naipe {m} |
| suit {v} (to agree, accord, be fitted to) | :: convir, adequar-se a |
| suit {n} (pursuit of love interest) SEE: courtship | :: |
| suit {n} (attempt to gain an end by legal process) SEE: lawsuit | :: |
| suit {n} (pursuit, chase) SEE: pursuit | :: |
| suit {n} (company of attendants or followers) SEE: retinue | :: |
| suitability {n} (quality of being suitable) | :: adequabilidade {f} |
| suitable {adj} (appropriate to a certain occasion) | :: apropriado, favorável |
| suitcase {n} (large piece of luggage) | :: mala {f}, valise {f} |
| suite {n} (connected series or succession of objects) | :: conjunto {m}, leque {m}, grupo {m} |
| suite {n} (group of connected rooms) | :: suíte {f} |
| suite {n} (musical form pre-dating the sonata) | :: suíte {f} |
| suitor {n} (wooer) | :: pretendente {m} {f} |
| Sukhumi {prop} (capital city) | :: Sukhumi {f} |
| Sulawesi {prop} (island) | :: Sulawesi {f}, Celebes {f-p} |
| sulcus {n} (anatomy: groove on the surface of the brain) | :: sulco {m} |
| sulfate {n} (inorganic chemistry: any salt of sulfuric acid) | :: sulfato |
| sulfhydryl {n} (sulfur analogue of hydroxyl) | :: sulfidrilo {m} |
| sulfide {n} (any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group) | :: sulfeto |
| sulfite {n} (salt of sulfurous acid) | :: sulfito {m} |
| sulfosalt {n} (a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal) | :: sulfossal {m} |
| sulfur {n} (element) | :: enxofre {m} |
| sulfur dioxide {n} (the compound SO2) | :: dióxido de enxofre {m} |
| sulfuric {adj} (relating to sulfur) | :: sulfúrico {m} |
| sulfuric acid {n} (H2SO4) | :: ácido sulfúrico {m} |
| sulfur mustard {n} (mustard gas) SEE: mustard gas | :: |
| sulfurous {adj} (containing sulfur) | :: sulfuroso |
| sulfurous {adj} (of or relating to sulfur) | :: sulfuroso, sulfúreo, sulfúrico |
| sulk {v} (to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn) | :: amuar, estar mal-humorado estar de mau humor, ficar emburrado {m} |
| sulky {adj} (gloomy) | :: emburrado |
| sullen {adj} (sulky) SEE: sulky | :: |
| sullen {adj} (having a brooding ill temper) | :: carrancudo |
| sullen {adj} (dismal) | :: sombrio |
| sullen {adj} (sluggish) | :: lento |
| sully {v} (to soil or stain) | :: sujar |
| sully {v} (to corrupt or damage) | :: manchar, macular |
| sulphuric acid {n} (sulfuric acid) SEE: sulfuric acid | :: |
| sultan {n} (ruler) | :: sultão {m} |
| sultana {n} (female relative of a sultan) | :: sultana {f} |
| sultanate {n} (state ruled by a sultan) | :: sultanato {m}, sultanado {m} |
| sultry {adj} (hot and humid) | :: mormacento |
| sultry {adj} (very hot and dry) | :: tórrido |
| sultry {adj} (sexually enthralling) | :: tórrido |
| sum {n} (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation) | :: soma {f} |
| sum {n} (arithmetic problem) | :: soma {f}, adição {f} |
| sum {n} (quantity of money) | :: quantia {f} |
| sum {v} (to add together) | :: somar |
| sum {v} (give a summary of) SEE: summarize | :: |
| sum {n} (summary) SEE: summary | :: |
| sum {n} (summit) SEE: summit | :: |
| sumac {n} (shrub or small tree of the genus Rhus, etc.) | :: sumagre {m} |
| sumac {n} (sour spice) | :: sumagre {m} |
| Sumatra {prop} (the largest island of Indonesia) | :: Sumatra, Samatra |
| Sumatran {adj} | :: sumatrense {m} {f} |
| Sumatran tiger {n} (Sumatran tiger) | :: tigre-de-sumatra |
| Sumer {prop} (civilization) | :: Suméria |
| Sumerian {adj} (pertaining to Sumer) | :: sumério, sumérico {m}, sumeriano |
| Sumerian {n} (person) | :: sumério {m} |
| Sumerian {prop} (language) | :: língua suméria {f}, sumério {m}, sumérico {m}, sumeriano {m} |
| summarily {adv} (in a summary manner) | :: sumariamente |
| summarisation {n} (the act of summarizing) | :: sumarização {f} |
| summarize {v} (to prepare a summary) | :: resumir |
| summarize {v} | :: resumir |
| summary {adj} (concise) | :: sumário, conciso, resumido, resumo |
| summary {adj} (performed speedily) | :: sumário, resumo |
| summary {adj} (cutting the procedures of a normal trial) | :: sumário, resumir |
| summary {n} (condensed presentation) | :: resumo {m}, sumário {m} |
| summation {n} (mathematics: an adding up of a series of items) | :: somatório {m} |
| summer {n} (hottest season) | :: verão {m}, estio {m} |
| summer {v} (spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday) | :: veranear |
| summer camp {n} (institution devoted to housing and entertaining children) | :: acampamento de verão {m} |
| summer solstice {n} (the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun) | :: solstício de verão {m} |
| summer time {n} (daylight saving time) SEE: daylight saving time | :: |
| summery {adj} (relating to the summer) | :: estival |
| summery {adj} (of weather, typical of summer) | :: estival |
| summit {n} (peak, top of mountain) | :: cume {m}, sumo {m} |
| summit {n} (gathering of leaders) | :: cúpula {f} [Brazil], cimeira {f} [Portugal] |
| summon {v} (to call people together) | :: convocar |
| summon {v} (to ask someone to come) | :: convocar |
| summon {v} (law: to order someone to appear in court) | :: convocar, intimar |
| summons {n} (call to do something, especially to come) | :: convocação {f} |
| summons {n} (notice summoning someone to appear in court) | :: intimação {f} |
| sumo {n} (form of wrestling) | :: sumô {m}, sumo {m} |
| sump {n} (crankcase) | :: cárter {m} |
| sumptuous {adj} (magnificent, luxurious, splendid) | :: suntuoso |
| sum up {v} (sum up) SEE: summarize | :: |
| sun {prop} (the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun) | :: sol {m} |
| sun {n} (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system) | :: sol {m} |
| sun {n} (light and warmth received from the sun) | :: sol {m} |
| sun {n} (something like the sun in brightness or splendor) | :: sol {m} |
| sun {n} (sunrise or sunset) | :: nascer/pôr do sol {m} |
| Sun {prop} (star) | :: sol {m} |
| Sun {n} (Sunday) | :: dom {m} |
| sunbath {n} (period of tanning) | :: banho de sol {m} |
| sunbathe {v} (to expose one's body to the sun) | :: tomar banho de sol |
| sunbeam {n} (narrow, intense ray of sunlight) | :: raio solar {m}, raio de sol {m} |
| sun bear {n} (Helarctos malayanus) | :: urso-malaio {m} |
| sunbed {n} (tanning device) SEE: tanning bed | :: |
| sunburn {n} (burn) | :: queimadura solar {f}, escaldão {m} |
| sunburn {v} (to receive a sunburn) | :: apanhar um escaldão |
| Sundanese {prop} (ethnic group) | :: sundanês {m} |
| Sundanese {prop} (language) | :: sundanês {m} |
| Sundanese {adj} (pertaining to the Sudanese people) | :: sundanês {m} |
| Sunda Strait {prop} (strait between Java and Sumatra) | :: Estreito de Sunda |
| Sunday {n} (day of the week) | :: domingo {m} |
| Sunday driver {n} (one who drives slowly) | :: domingueiro {m}, domingueira {f}, [[motorista de fim de semana ]] {m} {f} |
| sunderling {adv} (separately) SEE: separately | :: |
| sundew {n} (group of insectivorous plants) | :: drósera {f} |
| sundial {n} (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow) | :: relógio de sol {m}, relógio do sol {m}, relógio solar {m}, solário {m} |
| sundown {n} (sunset) SEE: sunset | :: |
| sunfish {n} (fish of the family Molidae) | :: peixe-lua {m} |
| sunflower {n} (flower) | :: girassol {m}, helianto {m}, heliotrópio {m}, tornassol {m} |
| sunflower oil {n} (vegetable oil) | :: óleo de girassol {m} |
| sunglasses {n} (tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun) | :: óculos de sol {m-p}, óculos escuros {m-p} |
| sunless {adj} (without the sun or sunshine) | :: sombrio |
| sunlight {n} (electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun) | :: luz do sol {f} |
| Sunni {adj} (related to the Sunni branch of Islam) | :: sunita |
| Sunni {n} (follower of the Sunni branch of Islam) | :: sunita {m} {f} |
| Sunni {n} (Sunni Islam, a branch of Islam) | :: sunismo {m} |
| Sunnite {n} (Sunni) SEE: Sunni | :: |
| sunny {adj} (weather, day) | :: ensolarado, solarengo |
| sunny {adj} (place) | :: ensolarado |
| sunny {adj} (cheerful) | :: ensolarado |
| sunray {n} (sunbeam) SEE: sunbeam | :: |
| sunrise {n} (time of day) | :: nascer do sol {m}, aurora |
| sunrise {n} (sky changing color) | :: aurora {f} |
| sunrose {n} (rockrose) SEE: rockrose | :: |
| sunscreen {n} (cream that protects the skin from the sun) | :: fotoprotetor {m}, filtro solar |
| sunset {n} (time of day) | :: crepúsculo {m}, pôr-do-sol {m}, poente, ocaso {m}, sol-pôr {m} |
| sunset {n} (changes in color of sky at sunset) | :: crepúsculo {m}, pôr-do-sol {m} |
| sunset {n} (final period of life) | :: crepúsculo {m} |
| sunshade {n} (something to keep the sun off) | :: toldo {m} |
| sunshine {n} (direct rays of the sun) | :: luz do sol {f}, luz solar |
| sunshine {n} (location on which the sun's rays fall) | :: sol {m} |
| sunshine {n} (cheerfulness) | :: alegria {f} |
| sun shower {n} (rain shower) | :: casamento da raposa {m} |
| sunspot {n} (region on the sun's surface) | :: mancha solar {f} |
| sunstroke {n} (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays) | :: insolação {f} |
| suntan {n} (darkened coloration of the skin) | :: bronzeado {m}, bronze {m} |
| suntan {v} (to obtain a suntan) | :: bronzear-se |
| suntanned {adj} (having a suntan) SEE: tanned | :: |
| sunup {n} (time of day) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| sunup {n} (change in color of sky) SEE: sunrise | :: |
| super {adj} (better than usual) | :: súper |
| super- {prefix} (above, over, or upon) | :: sobre- |
| super- {prefix} (superior in size, quality, number, degree, status, title or position) | :: super- |
| super- {prefix} ((fiction) relating to superheroes) | :: super- |
| superation {n} (the act of superating) | :: superação {f} |
| superatom {n} (a cluster of atoms which seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms) | :: superátomo {m} |
| superb {adj} (of the highest quality; exceptionally good) | :: soberbo, extraordinário |
| superbly {adv} (excellently) | :: excelentemente |
| supercell {n} (severe thunderstorm) | :: supercélula {f} |
| supercilious {adj} (showing contemptuous indifference) | :: supercilioso, altivo, soberbo |
| supercilium {n} (arch of hair) SEE: eyebrow | :: |
| supercomputer {n} (computer that has great processing power) | :: supercomputador {m} |
| superconductivity {n} (property of a material whereby it has no resistance) | :: supercondutividade {f} |
| superconductor {n} (a substance) | :: supercondutor {m} |
| supercontinent {n} (very large continent in the Earth's past) | :: supercontinente {m} |
| supercontinent {n} (one of modern landmasses) | :: supercontinente {m} |
| superdeterminism {n} (a generalization of determinism that includes the complete absence of free will) | :: superdeterminismo {m} |
| superego {n} (part of the mind) | :: superego {m}, supereu {m} |
| superfamily {n} (group of related proteins or other molecules) | :: superfamília |
| superficial {adj} (of or pertaining to the surface) | :: superficial |
| superficial {adj} (being near the surface) | :: superficial |
| superficial {adj} (shallow, lacking substance) | :: superficial |
| superficiality {n} (property of being superficial) | :: superficialidade {f} |
| superficially {adv} (in a superficial manner) | :: superficialmente |
| superfluid {n} (substance that exhibits superfluidity) | :: superfluido {m} |
| superfluid {adj} (exhibiting superfluidity) | :: superfluido |
| superfluity {n} (quality or state of being superfluous) | :: superfluidade {f} |
| superfluity {n} (something superfluous) | :: superfluidade {f}, supérfluo {m} |
| superfluous {adj} (excess of what is sufficient) | :: supérfluo |
| superfluously {adv} (in a superfluous manner) | :: superfluamente |
| superfluousness {n} (superfluity) SEE: superfluity | :: |
| superfood {n} (food supposed to confer remarkable health benefits) | :: superalimento {m} |
| superglue {n} (very strong glue) | :: supercola {f} |
| superhabitable planet {n} (hypothetical type of exoplanet) | :: planeta super-habitável {m} |
| superhero {n} (a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers) | :: super-herói |
| superhighway {n} (US An expressway especially one designed for high speeds) | :: super-autopista |
| superhuman {adj} (beyond what is possible for a human being) | :: sobre-humano, super-humano |
| superintendent {n} (a person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something) | :: superintendente – {m}{f} |
| superior {adj} (higher in rank or quality) | :: superior |
| superior {adj} (located above) | :: superior |
| superiority {n} (the state of being superior) | :: superioridade {f} |
| superlative {n} (highest degree of something) | :: superlativo |
| superlative {n} (form of adjective expressing "most") | :: superlativo {m} |
| superlative {adj} (exceptionally good) | :: supremo, superlativo |
| superlative degree {n} ((grammar)) | :: grau superlativo {m} |
| supermajority {n} (qualified majority) SEE: qualified majority | :: |
| superman {n} (übermensch) | :: super-homem {m} |
| superman {n} (person of extraordinary or superhuman powers) | :: super-homem {m} |
| Superman {prop} (a fictional character with superhuman powers) | :: Superman {m}, Super-Homem {m} |
| supermarket {n} (store) | :: supermercado {m} |
| supermassive black hole {n} (Any black hole with a large mass) | :: buraco negro supermassivo {m} |
| supermodel {n} (famous fashion model) | :: supermodelo |
| supermoon {n} (a full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range) | :: superlua {f} |
| supernatant {adj} (floating on the surface of a liquid) | :: flutuando, sobrenadante |
| supernatural {adj} (above nature) | :: sobrenatural |
| supernatural {adj} | :: sobrenatural |
| supernova {n} (exploding star) | :: supernova {f} |
| supernumerary {n} (extra or walk-on in a play or movie) SEE: walk-on | :: |
| superpower {n} (sovereign state) | :: superpotência {f} |
| superpower {n} (fictional extraordinary ability) | :: superpoder {m} |
| superscript {n} (a type of lettering form) | :: sobrescrito |
| supersede {v} (set aside) | :: sobrepor |
| supersede {v} (take the place of) | :: substituir |
| supersede {v} (displace in favour of another) | :: substituir, suplantar |
| superset {n} (set containing all elements of another set) | :: redefinição |
| supersonic {adj} (ultrasonic) SEE: ultrasonic | :: |
| supersonic {adj} (greater than the speed of sound) | :: supersónico {m} [Portugal], supersônico {m} [Brazil] |
| superstar {n} (very famous person) | :: superestrela {m} {f} |
| superstition {n} (a belief that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way) | :: superstição {f} |
| superstitious {adj} (susceptible to superstitions) | :: supersticioso |
| superstitiously {adv} (in a superstitious manner) | :: supersticiosamente |
| superstring {n} (hypothetical physical object) | :: supercorda {f} |
| supersymmetry {n} (theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces) | :: supersimetria {f} |
| supertanker {n} (extremely large tanker) | :: superpetroleiro {m} |
| supervise {v} (to oversee or direct) | :: supervisar, supervisionar [Brazil] |
| supervision {n} (the act or instance of supervising) | :: supervisão {m} |
| supervisor {n} (a person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group etc.) | :: supervisor {m} |
| supine {adj} (lying on its back) | :: supino |
| supine {adj} (reluctant to take action) | :: passivo {m}, letárgico {m} |
| supine {adj} (inclining or leaning backward) | :: inclinado {m} |
| supper {n} (food before going to bed) | :: ceia {f} |
| supper {n} (dinner at night) | :: jantar {m} |
| supper {v} (to eat dinner) | :: jantar |
| supplant {v} (to take the place of, to replace) | :: suplantar, substituir |
| supplement {n} (something added) | :: suplemento {m}, adendo {m} |
| supplement {n} (extension to a document or publication) | :: suplemento {m}, adendo {m} |
| supplement {n} (additional section of a newspaper) | :: suplemento {m} |
| supplement {n} (supplementary angle in geometry) | :: suplemento {m} |
| supplement {n} (vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound) | :: suplemento {m} |
| supplement {v} (to provide or make a supplement to) | :: suplementar |
| supplementary {adj} (additional) | :: suplementar, adicional |
| suppletion {n} ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) | :: supletismo {m} |
| suppletive {adj} (which supplies an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms) | :: supletivo |
| supplicant {adj} (supplicating) | :: suplicante |
| supplier {n} (one who supplies, a provider) | :: fornecedor {m} |
| supply {v} (to provide, make available for use) | :: suprir, prover, fornecer, abastecer |
| supply {v} (to furnish or equip with) | :: suprir, prover, abastecer |
| supply {v} (to compensate for, make up for a deficiency of) | :: abastecer |
| supply {v} (to act as a substitute) | :: suprir |
| supply {n} (act of supplying) | :: abastecimento {m}, suprimento {m} |
| supply {n} (amount supplied) | :: provisão {f} |
| supply {n} (provisions) | :: provisões {f-p} |
| supply and demand {n} (economic model of pricing) | :: oferta e procura {f} |
| supply vessel {n} (ship used to transport supplies) | :: reabastecedora {f} |
| support {v} (to keep from falling) | :: apoiar |
| support {v} (to provide help regarding something sold) | :: dar suporte |
| support {v} (to back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid) | :: apoiar |
| support {v} (to help, particularly financially) | :: financiar, apoiar |
| support {n} (something which supports) | :: apoio {m}, suporte {m} |
| support {n} (financial or other help) | :: apoio {m} |
| support {n} (answers and resolution of problems) | :: suporte {m} |
| supporter {n} (Person who supports, an adherent) | :: apoiador {m} |
| supporter {n} (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms) | :: suporte {m} |
| suppose {v} (conclude; believe) | :: supor |
| suppose {v} (theorize; hypothesize) | :: supor |
| supposed {adj} (presumed to be true, but without proof) | :: suposto |
| supposed {adj} (expected) | :: is supposed to be __ → é para ser |
| supposedly {adv} (as a matter of supposition) | :: supostamente |
| supposition {n} (assumption) | :: suposição {f} |
| suppository {n} (medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity) | :: supositório {m} |
| suppress {v} (to put an end to) | :: suprimir |
| suppress {v} (to restrain an expression) | :: suprimir, abafar |
| suppress {v} (to hold in place, to keep low) | :: suprimir |
| suppurate {v} (form or discharge pus) | :: supurar |
| suppuration {n} (decay in tissue producing pus) | :: supuração {f} |
| suppurative {adj} (causing the production of pus) | :: supurativo |
| supranational {adj} (of greater than national scope) | :: supranacional |
| suprarenal {adj} (located above the kidney) | :: suprarrenal |
| supremacism {n} | :: supremacismo {m} |
| supremacist {n} (advocate of supremacy of one group over others) | :: supremacista {m} {f} |
| supremacy {n} (quality of being supreme) | :: supremacia {f} |
| supremacy {n} (authority over all others) | :: supremacia {f} |
| supreme {adj} (dominant) | :: supremo |
| supreme court {n} (court of law representing the highest legal authority within a jurisdiction) | :: supremo tribunal |
| Supreme Leader {n} (head of state of Iran) | :: líder supremo {m}, Líder Supremo {m} |
| supremely {adv} (to the highest degree) | :: supremamente |
| Supreme Soviet {prop} (Soviet parliament) | :: Soviete Supremo {m} |
| sura {n} (chapter of the Qur'an) | :: surata {f} |
| Surabaya {prop} (city in Indonesia) | :: Surabaya {f}, Surabaia {f} |
| surcharge {n} (addition of extra charge) | :: sobretaxa {f} |
| surcharge {v} (to apply a surcharge) | :: sobretaxar |
| sure {adj} (certain, reliable) | :: certo, seguro |
| sure {adj} (certain in one's knowledge or belief) | :: certo |
| sure {interj} (of course) | :: tá, claro, tudo bem |
| surely {adv} (certainly, undoubtedly) | :: certamente, seguramente |
| surety {n} (certainty) SEE: certainty | :: |
| surety {n} (law: promise to pay on behalf of another) | :: caução {f} |
| suretyship {n} (agreement) | :: fiança {f}, caução {f} |
| surf {n} (waves that break) | :: rebentação {f} |
| surf {v} (to ride a wave) | :: surfar |
| surf {v} (to browse the Internet) | :: navegar |
| surface {n} (up-side of a flat object) | :: superfície {f} |
| surface runoff {n} (surface runoff) | :: escoamento superficial {m} |
| surface tension {n} (the effect on the surface of a liquid) | :: tensão superficial {f} |
| surfactant {n} (surface active agent) | :: surfactante, tensioativo, tensoativo |
| surfboard {n} (a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves) | :: prancha {f} |
| surfer {n} (person who rides a surfboard) | :: surfista |
| surfer {n} (person who surfs the Internet) | :: internauta |
| surfing {n} (sport) | :: surfe {m} |
| surf riding {n} (surfing) SEE: surfing | :: |
| surge {n} (sudden transient rush or flood) | :: surto {m} |
| surgeon {n} (doctor who performs surgery) | :: cirurgião {m} |
| surge protector {n} (appliance designed to protect electrical devices) | :: estabilizador {m} |
| surgery {n} (procedure involving major incisions) | :: operação {f}, cirurgia |
| surgery {n} (medical specialty) | :: cirurgia {f} |
| surgery {n} (room or department where surgery is performed) | :: sala de cirurgia/operação {f} |
| surgery {n} (doctor's consulting room) | :: consultório {m} |
| surgery {n} (any consulting room) | :: consultório {m} |
| surge suppressor {n} (surge protector) SEE: surge protector | :: |
| surgical {adj} (of or relating to surgery) | :: cirúrgico |
| surgically {adv} (relating surgery) | :: cirurgicamente |
| surgical mask {n} (mask worn to catch bacteria) | :: máscara cirúrgica |
| Suriname {prop} (country) | :: Suriname |
| Surinamese {n} (person from Suriname) | :: surinamense {m} {f}, surinamês {m} |
| Surinamese {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Suriname) | :: surinamense, surinamês |
| surjection {n} (function that is a many-to-one mapping) | :: sobrejeção {f} |
| surmise {n} (thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence) | :: suspeita {f} |
| surmise {n} (Reflection; thought; posit) | :: imaginação {f} |
| surmise {v} (to imagine or suspect) | :: suspeitar |
| surmount {v} (to get over; to overcome) | :: superar |
| surname {n} (name that indicates family) | :: sobrenome {m}, nome de família {m}, último nome {m} [when appearing last] |
| surpass {v} (to exceed) | :: ultrapassar, superar, suplantar, sobrepassar |
| surplice {n} (liturgical vestment) | :: sobrepeliz {f} |
| surplus {n} (excess, overplus) | :: excesso {m}, excedente {m} |
| surplus {n} (funds in public treasury greater than ordinary needs) | :: superavit {m} |
| surplus {adj} (being a surplus) | :: excedente {m} |
| surplus value {n} | :: mais-valia |
| surprise {n} (something not expected) | :: surpresa {f} |
| surprise {n} (attributively: that is unexpected) | :: surpresa |
| surprise {n} (feeling that something unexpected has happened) | :: surpresa {f} |
| surprise {v} (cause (someone) to feel surprise) | :: surpreender |
| surprise {v} (do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise) | :: surpreender |
| surprise {v} (to take unawares, to come on to something unexpectedly) | :: surpreender |
| surprised {adj} (caused to feel surprise) | :: surpreso, surpreendido |
| surprising {adj} (that is or are a surprise) | :: surpreendente |
| surprisingly {adv} (in a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual) | :: surpreendentemente |
| surreal {adj} (having the intense reality of a dream) | :: surreal |
| surrealism {n} (artistic movement and aesthetic philosophy) | :: surrealismo |
| surreal number {n} (element of an extension of the real numbers that includes infinite numbers and infinitesimals) | :: número surreal {m} |
| surrender {v} (transitive: to give up into the power, control, or possession of another) | :: render, entregar |
| surrender {v} (intransitive or reflexive: to give oneself up into the power of another) | :: render-se, entregar-se, capitular |
| surrender {n} (an act of surrendering) | :: rendição {f} |
| surreptitious {adj} (stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert) | :: sub-reptício, furtivo |
| surreptitiously {adv} (in a surreptitious manner) | :: sub-repticiamente, furtivamente, disfarçadamente |
| Surrey {prop} (county in the south east of England) | :: Surrey {m} |
| surrogate {n} (substitute) | :: substituto {m} |
| surrogate mother {n} (woman who gives birth to a child not her own) | :: mãe substituta {f}, barriga de aluguel {f} |
| surround {v} (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions) | :: contornar, cercar |
| surround {v} (to enclose to prevent escape) | :: cercar |
| surround {v} (surround, fence in) SEE: enclose | :: |
| surroundings {n} (area surrounding someone or something) | :: ambiente {m}, redondezas, arredores |
| Surtsey {prop} (volcanic island off the coast of Iceland) | :: Surtsey {f} |
| Surtseyan {adj} (of a volcanic eruption, that takes place in shallow seas or lakes) | :: surtseyano |
| surveil {v} (To keep someone or something under surveillance) | :: vigiar |
| surveillance {n} (observation of individuals or groups of individuals) | :: vigilância {f} |
| surveillance camera {n} (CCTV camera) | :: câmera de segurança {f} |
| survey {n} (act of surveying) | :: supervisão {f} |
| survey {n} (an examination) | :: levantamento {m}, enquete |
| survey {v} (to inspect; to examine) | :: inspecionar, investigar |
| surveyor {n} (person occupied with the process of determining positions on the Earth's surface) | :: agrimensor {m} |
| survival {n} (continued existence or life) | :: sobrevivência {f} |
| survival of the fittest {n} (natural selection) | :: sobrevivência do mais apto {f}, sobrevivência do mais forte |
| survive {v} (person: continue to live) | :: sobreviver |
| survive {v} (object, concept: continue to exist) | :: sobreviver |
| survive {v} (live longer than) | :: sobreviver |
| survive {v} (live past a life-threatening event) | :: sobreviver |
| survivor {n} (one who survives) | :: sobrevivente |
| Susan {prop} (female given name) | :: Susana |
| Susanna {prop} (female given name) SEE: Susan | :: |
| Susanna {prop} (biblical character) | :: Susana {f} |
| susceptibility {n} (the condition of being susceptible) | :: susceptibilidade |
| susceptible {adj} (likely to be affected by) | :: suscetível |
| susceptible {adj} (especially sensitive) | :: suscetível |
| sushi {n} (Japanese dish) | :: sushi {m} |
| suspect {v} (imagine or suppose to be true, without proof) | :: suspeitar |
| suspect {v} (distrust, have doubts about) | :: suspeitar |
| suspect {v} (believe to be guilty) | :: suspeitar |
| suspect {v} (have suspicion) | :: suspeitar |
| suspect {n} (person suspected of something) | :: suspeito {m}, suspeita {f} |
| suspect {adj} (viewed with suspicion) | :: suspeito |
| suspend {v} (To halt temporarily) | :: suspender |
| suspend {v} (To hang freely) | :: suspender |
| suspend {v} (To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event) | :: suspender |
| suspended cymbal {n} (cymbal that is suspended horizontally) | :: prato suspenso {m} |
| suspender {n} (an item used hold up trousers) | :: suspensórios {m} |
| suspenders {n} (trouser supporter) SEE: suspender | :: |
| suspenders {n} (stocking supporter) SEE: garter | :: |
| suspension bridge {n} (bridge where the deck or roadway is suspended from cables) | :: ponte pênsil {f} |
| suspicion {n} (act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong) | :: suspeita {f}, suspeição {f} |
| suspicious {adj} (arousing suspicion) | :: suspeito |
| suspicious {adj} (distrustful) | :: desconfiado |
| suspicious {adj} (expressing suspicion) | :: suspeitoso |
| suspiciously {adv} (In a manner suggesting suspicion) | :: suspeitosamente |
| suspiciously {adv} (in a manner suggesting guilt) | :: culposamente |
| suspiciously {adv} (to a degree that makes one suspect something) | :: suspeitamente |
| sustain {v} (to maintain something) | :: suster |
| sustain {v} (to provide for or nourish something) | :: sustentar |
| sustainability {n} (ability to sustain something) | :: sustentabilidade {f} |
| sustainability {n} (ecological sense) | :: sustentabilidade {f} |
| sustainable {adj} (able to be sustained) | :: sustentável |
| sustainable {adj} (able to be sustained: environmental term) | :: sustentável |
| sustainable development {n} (development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity) | :: desenvolvimento sustentável {m} |
| Sutekh {prop} (Egyptian God) SEE: Set | :: |
| sutra {n} (a rule or thesis in Sanskrit grammar or Hindu law or philosophy) | :: sutra {m} |
| sutra {n} (a scriptural narrative) | :: sutra {m} |
| suture {n} (seam) | :: sutura {f}, ponto {m} |
| Suva {prop} (capital of Fiji) | :: Suva {f} |
| Suzuki {prop} (a Japanese surname) | :: Suzuki |
| Svalbard {prop} (islands north east of Greenland) | :: Svalbard {f} |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands {prop} (two distinct dependencies of Norway) | :: Svalbard e Jan Mayen |
| svarabhakti {n} (epenthesis of a vowel) | :: suarabácti {m} |
| svelte {adj} (attractively thin, slender) | :: esbelto {m}, esbelta {f} |
| SW {n} (compass point) | :: SO, SW |
| swab {n} (A mop, especially on a ship) | :: cotonete {m} |
| Swabia {prop} (historical region of Germany) | :: Suábia {f} |
| Swabian {adj} (of or pertaining to Swabia) SEE: Swabish | :: |
| Swabian {adj} (of or pertaining to a Swabian, Swabians) SEE: Swabish | :: |
| Swabian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect) SEE: Swabish | :: |
| Swabian {prop} (dialect) SEE: Swabish | :: |
| Swabian {n} (person) SEE: Swabish | :: |
| Swabish {adj} (of or pertaining to Swabia) | :: suábio {m} |
| Swabish {adj} (of or pertaining to a Swabian, Swabians) | :: suábio |
| Swabish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swabian dialect) | :: suábio |
| Swabish {prop} (dialect) | :: suábio {m} |
| Swabish {n} (person) | :: suábio |
| swaddle {v} (to bind a baby) | :: enfaixar |
| Swadesh list {n} (lists of vocabulary) | :: lista de Swadesh {f} |
| swag {v} ((slang) style; a fashionable appearance or manner) | :: ginga |
| swagger {n} (bold or arrogant strut) | :: marra {f} |
| swagger {n} (prideful boasting or bragging) | :: bravata |
| Swahili {n} (language) | :: suaíli {m}, suaíle {m} |
| swale {n} (shallow troughlike depression created to carry water) | :: canaleta {f}, valeta {f} |
| swallow {v} (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach) | :: engolir, deglutir |
| swallow {v} (to take in, to consume) | :: engolir |
| swallow {v} (to make muscular contractions of the oesophagus) | :: engolir, engolir |
| swallow {v} (to believe or accept) | :: engolir |
| swallow {n} (amount swallowed) | :: gole {m}, engolida {f} |
| swallow {n} (bird) | :: andorinha {f} |
| swallow up {v} (completely enclose or envelop) | :: abismar |
| swamp {n} (type of wetland) | :: pântano {m}, paul {m} |
| swamp {v} (overwhelm) | :: afundar |
| swampland {n} (Low-lying land that is regularly flooded) | :: pântano |
| swampy {adj} (wet like a swamp) | :: pantanoso |
| swan {n} (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus) | :: cisne {m} |
| swanling {n} (baby swan, young swan) SEE: cygnet | :: |
| Swansea {prop} (a city in South Wales) | :: Swansea {f} |
| swan song {n} (a final performance) | :: canto do cisne {m}, canto de cisne {m}, canção do cisne {f}, canção de cisne {f} |
| swap {v} (exchange or give (something) in exchange for) | :: trocar, intercambiar |
| swap {n} (exchange) | :: troca {f} |
| swarf {n} | :: cavaco {m} |
| swarm {n} (large number of insects) | :: enxame {m}, nuvem {f} [in flight], correição {f} [especially ants] |
| swarm {n} (a mass of people or animals in turmoil) | :: multidão {f}, enxame {m}, turba {f}, turbamulta {f}, turbilhão {m}, tropel {m}, roda-viva {f}, barafunda {f} |
| swarm {v} (to move as a swarm) | :: enxamear |
| swarm {v} (to teem, or be overrun with insects) | :: fervilhar, pulular |
| swarm {v} (to fill a place as a swarm) | :: infestar |
| swarthy {adj} (dark) SEE: dark | :: |
| swastika {n} (a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle) | :: suástica {f}, cruz gamada {f} |
| swatch {n} (a piece, pattern, or sample) | :: amostra |
| sway {v} (to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock) | :: balançar |
| sway {v} | :: sacolear |
| Swazi {prop} (Bantu language) | :: suázi |
| Swaziland {prop} (Kingdom of Swaziland, see also: eSwatini) | :: Suazilândia {f} |
| swear {v} (to take an oath) | :: jurar |
| swear {v} (to curse, to use offensive language) | :: praguejar, xingar |
| swear word {n} (impolite or offensive taboo word) | :: palavrão {m} |
| sweat {n} (fluid that exits the body through pores) | :: suor {m} |
| sweat {v} (to emit sweat) | :: transpirar, suar |
| sweat {v} (informal: to work hard) | :: suar |
| sweater {n} (knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise) | :: malha {f}, suéter {m} |
| sweater {n} (similar garment worn for warmth) | :: suéter {m}, pulôver {m}, blusa {f} |
| sweater {n} (a person who sweats) | :: suador {m} |
| sweat gland {n} (exocrine gland) | :: glândula sudorípara |
| sweating {n} (bodily process) | :: suor, transpiração, perspiração |
| sweatpants {n} (cotton trousers) | :: moletom {m}, calça moletom {f} |
| sweatshirt {n} (loose shirt) | :: moletom {m} |
| swede {n} (turnip) SEE: turnip | :: |
| swede {n} (yellow root of Brassica napus) SEE: rutabaga | :: |
| swede {n} (plant) SEE: rutabaga | :: |
| Swede {n} (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent) | :: sueco {m}, sueca {f} |
| Sweden {prop} (Scandinavian country) | :: Suécia {f} |
| Swedenborgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg) | :: swedenborgiano, swedenborguiano |
| Swedenborgian {n} (a religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg) | :: swedenborgiano {m}, swedenborguiano {m} |
| Swedenborgianism {n} (Christian denomination influenced by Swedenborg) | :: swedenborgianismo {m} |
| Swedish {prop} (language) | :: sueco {m} |
| Swedish {adj} (of or pertaining to Sweden) | :: sueco |
| Swedish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swedish language) | :: sueco |
| Swedish turnip {n} (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) SEE: rutabaga | :: |
| Swedophone {adj} (Swedish-speaking) | :: suecófono |
| Swedophone {n} (speaker of Swedish) | :: suecófono {m}, suecófona {f} |
| sweep {v} (to clean using a broom or brush) | :: varrer (to clean with a broom), escovar (to clean with a brush) |
| sweep {n} (single action of sweeping) | :: varredura |
| sweep {n} (chimney sweep) SEE: chimney sweep | :: |
| sweep something under the rug {v} (to conceal a problem expediently) | :: varrer para debaixo do tapete |
| sweepstake {n} (lottery) | :: rifa {f}, lotaria {f} |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant taste) | :: doce |
| sweet {adj} (having a taste of sugar) | :: doce |
| sweet {adj} (containing a sweetening ingredient) | :: doce, adocicado, adoçado |
| sweet {adj} (of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar) | :: suave |
| sweet {adj} (not having a salty taste) | :: doce |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant smell) | :: perfumado, cheiroso |
| sweet {adj} (not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale) | :: fresco |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant sound) | :: doce, melodioso |
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasing disposition) | :: doce, amável |
| sweet {adj} (having a helpful disposition) | :: amigável |
| sweet {adj} (free from excessive unwanted substances) | :: puro |
| sweet {adv} (in a sweet manner) | :: docemente |
| sweet {n} (sugary confection) | :: doce {m} |
| sweet {n} (food eaten for dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
| sweet {n} (sweetheart) SEE: sweetheart | :: |
| sweet {n} (basic taste sensation induced by sugar) SEE: sweetness | :: |
| sweet-and-sour {adj} (between sweet and sour taste) | :: agridoce |
| sweetbread {n} (pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food) | :: moleja {f} |
| sweet dreams {phrase} (sweet dreams) | :: bons sonhos, durma com Deus |
| sweeten {v} (to make sweet to the taste) | :: adoçar, adocicar |
| sweetener {n} (food additive) | :: adoçante {m} |
| sweet flag {n} (Acorus calamus) | :: ácoro {m}, cálamo {m} |
| sweet gum {n} (tree) | :: liquidâmbar {m} |
| sweetheart {n} (darling) SEE: darling | :: |
| sweetheart {n} (a person who is always very kind) | :: gentil, meigo {m} |
| sweetheart {n} (a person very much liked or loved by someone) | :: amor {m} {f}, tesouro {m} {f}, doçura {f}, querido {m}, anjo {m} {f} |
| sweetleaf {n} (plant of the genus Stevia) SEE: stevia | :: |
| sweetly {adv} (in a sweet or pleasant manner) | :: docemente |
| sweetness {n} (condition of being sweet or sugary) | :: doçura {f} |
| sweetness {n} (pleasant disposition) | :: doçura {f} |
| sweet pea {n} (flowering plant) | :: ervilha-de-cheiro {f} |
| sweet pepper {n} (fruit) SEE: bell pepper | :: |
| sweet potato {n} (yam) SEE: yam | :: |
| sweet potato {n} (ocarina) SEE: ocarina | :: |
| sweet potato {n} (vine) | :: batata-doce {f} |
| sweet potato {n} (tuber) | :: batata-doce {f} |
| sweets {n} (confectionery, candy) | :: doces {m-p} |
| sweetshop {n} (shop selling predominantly confectionery) | :: doçaria {f}, pastelaria {f} |
| sweetsop {n} (sugar apple) SEE: sugar apple | :: |
| sweet tooth {n} (someone with a liking for sweet foods) | :: formiguinha {f} |
| sweetwater {n} (fresh water) SEE: fresh water | :: |
| sweet woodruff {n} (Asperula odorata) | :: aspérula {f} |
| swell {v} (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged) | :: inchar |
| swell {v} (to cause to become bigger) | :: inchar |
| swell {n} (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased) | :: swell {m} |
| swell {adj} (excellent, see also: excellent) | :: excelente, ótimo |
| swelling {n} (the state of being swollen) | :: inchaço {m}, inchação {f} |
| swelling {n} (anything swollen) | :: inchaço {m} |
| swelter {v} (To perspire greatly from heat) | :: suar em bicas |
| swerve {v} (to go out of a straight line) | :: desviar |
| swift {adj} (fast; quick) | :: rápido, ligeiro {m} |
| swift {n} (bird) | :: gaivão {m}, andorinhão {m}, aião {m}, arvião {m}, zirro {m} |
| swiftness {n} (state of being swift) SEE: quickness | :: |
| swig {v} (to drink (usually by gulping)) | :: dar uma golada |
| swill {n} (mixture of solid and liquid food scraps) | :: lavagem [Brazil] |
| swim {v} (move through water) | :: nadar |
| swim {n} (act or instance of swimming) | :: nado {m} |
| swim bladder {n} (fish organ) | :: bexiga natatória {f} |
| swim cap {n} (cap worn by swimmers) | :: touca de natação {f} |
| swimmer {n} (one who swims) | :: nadador {m} |
| swimming {n} (human activity of moving oneself through water) | :: natação {f} |
| swimming costume {n} (garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| swimmingly {adv} (in a very favourable manner) | :: com bom successo, sem impedimento |
| swimming pool {n} (pool for swimming) | :: piscina {f} |
| swimming trunks {n} (a pair of shorts or briefs worn for swimming or bathing) | :: bermuda {f}, calções de banho {m-p} |
| swimmist {n} (swimmer) SEE: swimmer | :: |
| swimsuit {n} | :: traje de banho {m}, roupa de banho {f}, fato de banho |
| swimwear {n} (clothing for swimming) SEE: swimsuit | :: |
| swindle {v} (to defraud someone) | :: fraudar |
| swindle {v} (to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods) | :: trapacear |
| swindle {n} (an instance of swindling) | :: fraude {f} |
| swindler {n} (person who swindles, cheats or defrauds) | :: caloteiro {m} |
| swine {n} (pig) SEE: pig | :: |
| swine {n} (contemptible person) | :: canalha {m} {f} |
| swine fever {n} (pathology) | :: peste suína clássica {f} |
| swine flu {n} (influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses) | :: gripe suína {f} |
| swineherd {n} (person who herds and tends swine, keeper of swine/pigs) | :: porqueiro {m}, porcariço {m} |
| swine influenza {n} (swine flu) SEE: swine flu | :: |
| swing {v} (to rotate about an off-centre fixed point) | :: balançar |
| swing {v} (to ride on a swing) | :: andar de baloiço |
| swing {n} (hanging seat) | :: balanço, baloiço {m}, balouço {m} |
| swing {n} (dance style) | :: swing {m} |
| swing {n} (music style) | :: swing {m} |
| swinging {n} (sexual practice) | :: swing {m} |
| swipe {v} (to snatch) | :: surripiar, surrupiar |
| swipe {v} (to interact with a touch screen) | :: deslizar |
| swirl {n} (whirling eddy) | :: redemoinho {m}, remoinho {m} |
| swish {n} (successful basketball shot that does not touch the rim or backboard) | :: xuá |
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to Switzerland) | :: suíço |
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swiss people) | :: suíço {m}, suíça {f} |
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)) | :: suíço {m}, suíça {f} |
| Swiss {n} (Swiss person) | :: suíço {m}, suíça {f} |
| Swiss Army knife {n} (type of pocket knife) | :: canivete suíço {m} |
| Swiss chard {n} (chard) SEE: chard | :: |
| Swiss cheese {n} (cheese with holes) | :: queijo suíço {m} |
| Swiss cheese plant {n} (ceriman) SEE: ceriman | :: |
| Swiss Confederation {prop} (Official name of Switzerland) | :: Confederação Suíça {f} |
| Swiss franc {n} (currency of Switzerland) | :: franco suíço {m} |
| Swiss pine {n} (Pinus cembra) | :: pinheiro cembro {m} |
| Swiss roll {n} (type of sponge cake roll) | :: rocambole {m} |
| switch {n} (device to turn electric current on and off) | :: interruptor {m}, chave {f} |
| switch {n} (movable section of railroad track) | :: aparelho de mudança de via {m}, agulha {f} |
| switch {n} (thin rod used as a whip) | :: vergasta {f}, açoite {m}, vara {f} |
| switch {n} (command line notation) | :: switch {m} |
| switch {n} (system allowing the interconnection of telephone lines) | :: central telefónica {f} [Portugal], central telefônica {f} [Brazil] |
| switch {n} (networking device) | :: switch, comutador |
| switch {v} (to exchange) | :: trocar |
| switch {v} (to hit with a switch (rod)) | :: vergastar, açoitar |
| switch {v} (to change places or tasks) | :: trocar, mudar |
| switchboard {n} (electronic panel used to direct telephone calls) | :: mesa {f} |
| switchboard {n} (electronic device) | :: mesa {f} |
| switcher {n} (A railway locomotive used for shunting; a shunter) | :: locotrator {m} [Portugal], locomotiva manobreira {f} [Brazil] |
| switch off {v} (turn switch to off position) | :: desligar |
| switch on {v} (to turn a switch to the "on" position) | :: ligar |
| Switzerland {prop} (sovereign country) | :: Suíça {f} |
| swivel {n} (piece to permit rotation) | :: elo giratório {m} |
| swivel chair {n} | :: cadeira de rodinha {f} [informal], cadeira de rodinhas [informal] |
| swole {adj} (upset) SEE: upset | :: |
| swole {adj} (of the penis: erect; of a person: with an erection of the penis) SEE: erect | :: |
| swole {adj} (having large, well-developed muscles) SEE: muscular | :: |
| swoon {n} (infatuation) SEE: infatuation | :: |
| swoon {n} (a faint) | :: desmaio {m} |
| swoon {v} (to faint) | :: desmaiar |
| sword {n} (weapon) | :: espada {f} |
| swordfish {n} (Xiphias gladius) | :: espadarte {m}, peixe espada |
| swordman {n} (swordsman) SEE: swordsman | :: |
| sword of Damocles {n} (thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune) | :: espada de Dâmocles {f} |
| swordsman {n} (a person skilled at using swords) | :: espadeiro {m} |
| swordsman {n} (a person who fights with a sword) | :: espadachim {m} {f} |
| swordsmanship {n} (the skill of using a sword) | :: esgrima {f} |
| sword swallower {n} (person who swallows swords) | :: engolidor de espadas {m}, engolidora de espadas {f} |
| sworn {adj} (Given under oath) | :: juramento |
| Sybaris {prop} (city) | :: Síbaris {f} |
| sybarite {n} (person devoted to pleasure and luxury) | :: sibarita {m} {f} |
| Sybarite {n} (native or inhabitant of Sybaris) | :: sibarita {m} {f} |
| sycamore {n} (Platanus) | :: plátano {m} |
| sycamore {n} (Ficus sycomorus) | :: sicómoro {m} [Portugal], sicômoro {m} [Brazil] |
| sycamore {n} (sycamore maple) SEE: sycamore maple | :: |
| sycamore maple {n} (Acer pseudoplatanus) | :: sicómoro {m} [Portugal], sicômoro {m} [Brazil] |
| sycophant {n} (one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another person.) | :: sicofanta {m} {f}, bajulador {m}, adulador {m}, lambe-botas {m}, puxa-saco {m}, assecla {m} {f} |
| Sydney {prop} (male given name) | :: Sidney {m}, Sídnei {m}, Sidnei {m}, Sydney {m} |
| Sydney {prop} (in Australia) | :: Sydney {f}, Sidney {f} |
| Sydney {prop} (in Nova Scotia) | :: Sydney {f} |
| syenite {n} (obsolete: granite) SEE: granite | :: |
| syllabary {n} (table) | :: silabário {m} |
| syllabary {n} (system) | :: silabário {m} |
| syllabic {adj} (of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable) | :: silábico |
| syllabic {adj} (in linguistics) | :: silábico |
| syllable {n} (unit of speech) | :: sílaba {f} |
| syllabus {n} (summary of topics) | :: programa {m}, ementa {f} |
| syllepsis {n} (figure of speech) | :: silepse {f} |
| syllogism {n} (inference from premises) | :: silogismo {m} |
| sylph {n} (The elemental being of air) | :: silfo {m}, sílfide {f} |
| Sylt {prop} (German island) | :: Sylt {f} |
| sylvan {adj} (pertaining to the forest, or woodlands) | :: silvestre |
| Sylvester {prop} (male given name) | :: Silvestre {m} |
| sylvite {n} (saline evaporite) | :: silvina {f} |
| symbiont {n} (organism in a symbiotic relationship) | :: simbionte {m} |
| symbiosis {n} (relationship of mutual benefit) | :: simbiose {f} |
| symbiote {n} (symbiont) SEE: symbiont | :: |
| symbiotic {adj} (biology: living together) | :: simbiótico |
| symbiotic {adj} (having a mutually beneficial relationship) | :: simbiótico |
| symbol {n} (character or glyph) | :: símbolo {m} |
| symbol {n} (object meant to represent another) | :: símbolo |
| symbol {v} (symbolize) SEE: symbolize | :: |
| symbolic {adj} (pertaining to a symbol) | :: simbólico {m}, simbólico |
| symbolic {adj} (implicitly referring to another thing) | :: simbólico |
| symbolically {adv} (in a symbolic manner) | :: simbolicamente |
| symbolic link {n} (computing: a file that contains a reference to another file or directory and serves as a shortcut to it) | :: ligação simbólica {f} |
| symbolism {n} (representation of a concept) | :: simbolismo {m} |
| symbolize {v} (To be symbolic of; to represent) | :: simbolizar |
| symmetric {adj} (symmetrical) SEE: symmetrical | :: |
| symmetrical {adj} (exhibiting symmetry) | :: simétrico |
| symmetrically {adv} (in a symmetrical manner) | :: simetricamente |
| symmetry {n} (correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis) | :: simetria {f} |
| symmetry {n} (satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole) | :: simetria {f} |
| sympathetic {adj} (of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy) | :: simpático |
| sympathetic nervous system {n} (sympathetic nervous system) | :: sistema nervoso simpático {m} |
| sympathize {v} (to show sympathy) | :: simpatizar, solidarizar-se |
| sympathy {n} (feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another) | :: compaixão {f} |
| sympathy {n} (ability to share the feelings of another; empathy) | :: empatia {f} |
| sympathy {n} (mutual relationship) | :: afinidade {f} |
| sympatric {adj} (occurring in the same territory) | :: simpátrico |
| symphonic {adj} (characteristic of a symphony) | :: sinfônico [Brazil], sinfónico [Portugal] |
| symphonist {n} (composer of symphonies) | :: sinfonista {m} {f} |
| symphony {n} (piece of orchestral music) | :: sinfonia {f} |
| symphony orchestra {n} (large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music) | :: filarmônica, orquestra sinfônica {f}, orquestra sinfónica {f} |
| symposium {n} (conference) | :: simpósio {m} |
| symptom {n} (something that indicates a disease or disorder) | :: sintoma |
| symptom {n} (figuratively: indicator of something) | :: sintoma {f} |
| symptomatic {adj} (showing symptoms) | :: sintomático |
| synaesthesia {n} (neurological or psychological phenomenon) | :: sinestesia {f} |
| synaesthesia {n} (literary or artistic device) | :: sinestesia {f} |
| synaesthetic {adj} (pertaining to synaesthesia or a person experiencing it) | :: sinestético, sinestésico |
| synagogue {n} (Jewish place of worship) | :: sinagoga {f} |
| synapse {n} (junction between neurons) | :: sinapse {f} |
| synaptic {adj} (junction between the terminal of a neuron and another cell) | :: sináptico |
| sync {v} (synchronize) SEE: synchronize | :: |
| sync {n} (synchronization) SEE: synchronization | :: |
| synchronicity {n} (the state of being synchronous or simultaneous) | :: sincronia {f}, sincronismo {m} |
| synchronicity {n} (Jungian psychology: coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related) | :: sincronicidade {f} |
| synchronisation {n} (synchronisation) SEE: synchronization | :: |
| synchronised swimming {n} (swimming event) | :: nado sincronizado, natação sincronizada |
| synchronism {n} (synchronicity) SEE: synchronicity | :: |
| synchronization {n} (the state or property of being synchronized) | :: sincronização {f} |
| synchronize {v} (cause two events to have coordinated timing) | :: sincronizar |
| synchronous {adj} (at the same time) | :: síncrono |
| synchrony {n} (synchronicity) SEE: synchronicity | :: |
| synclinal {adj} (formed by strata dipping toward a common line or plane) | :: sinclinal |
| synclinal {n} (synclinal fold) | :: sinclínio |
| syncline {n} (concave upward fold) SEE: synclinal | :: |
| syncopation {n} (rhythm quality) | :: síncope {f}, sincopação {f} |
| syncope {n} (loss of consciousness) | :: síncope {f} |
| syncope {n} (absence of a sound) | :: síncope {m} |
| syncretize {v} (to combine or reconcile different elements) | :: sincretizar |
| syndicalism {n} (the belief that capitalism should be replaced with labor unions) | :: sindicalismo {m} |
| syndicalist {n} (believer in the principles of syndicalism) | :: sindicalista {m} {f} |
| syndrome {n} (recognizable pattern of symptoms or behaviours) | :: síndrome [masc. in pt-pt, fem. in pt-br], síndroma {m} [used in pt-pt only] |
| synecdoche {n} (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole) | :: sinédoque {f} |
| synergy {n} (behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts) | :: sinergia {f} |
| synod {n} (ecclesiastic council or meeting) | :: sínodo {m} |
| synod {n} (administrative division of church) | :: sínodo {m} |
| synonym {n} (word with same meaning as another) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonym {n} (in zoological nomenclature) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonym {n} (in botanical nomenclature) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonymous {adj} (having an identical meaning) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonymous {adj} (having a similar meaning) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonymous {adj} (of, or being a synonym) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synonymous {adj} (genetics: with both forms yielding the same protein) | :: sinónimo [Portugal], sinônimo [Brazil] |
| synopsis {n} (brief summary) | :: resumo {m} |
| synoptic {adj} (of or relating to a synopsis) | :: sinóptico, sinótico |
| syntactic {adj} (of, related to or connected with syntax) | :: sintático |
| syntactic salt {n} | :: sal sintático {m} |
| syntactic sugar {n} | :: açúcar sintático {m} |
| syntagma {n} (syntactic arrangement) | :: sintagma {m} |
| syntagma {n} (semiotic arrangement) | :: sintagma {m} |
| syntagmatarchy {n} (square formation of 256 soldiers) SEE: syntagma | :: |
| syntax {n} (set of rules that govern how words are combined) | :: sintaxe {f} |
| syntax {n} (formal rules of a computer language) | :: sintaxe {f} |
| syntax {n} (study of the structure of phrases and sentences) | :: sintaxe {f} |
| syntaxis {n} (syntax) SEE: syntax | :: |
| synthesis {n} (formation of something complex or coherent) | :: síntese {f} |
| synthesis {n} (chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds) | :: síntese {f} |
| synthesis {n} (logic: deduction from the general to the particular) | :: síntese {f} |
| synthesis {n} (philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis) | :: síntese {f} |
| synthesize {v} (To combine things to produce a new, more complex product) | :: sintetizar |
| synthesizer {n} (music: an electronic keyboard instrument) | :: sintetizador {m} |
| synthetase {n} (ligase that synthesizes biological compounds) | :: sintetase {f} |
| synthetic {adj} (of, or relating to synthesis) | :: sintético |
| synthetic {adj} (produced by chemical synthesis) | :: sintético |
| synthetic {adj} (artificial, not genuine) | :: artificial, sintético |
| synthetically {adv} (using synthetic methods) | :: sinteticamente |
| syphilis {n} (sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum) | :: sífilis {f} |
| Syracusan {adj} (of, from or relating to Syracuse, Italy) | :: siracusano |
| Syracusan {n} (person from Syracuse, Italy) | :: siracusano {m} |
| Syracuse {prop} (province Sicily) | :: Siracusa {f} |
| Syracuse {prop} (city and port in the province of Syracuse) | :: Siracusa {f} |
| Syracuse {prop} (city in New York state) | :: Siracusa {f}, Syracuse {f} |
| Syria {prop} (country in the Middle East) | :: Síria |
| Syriac {prop} (language) | :: siríaco {m} |
| Syriac {n} (Syriac speaker) | :: siríaco {m} |
| Syrian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language) | :: sírio |
| Syrian {n} (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent) | :: sírio {m} |
| Syrian Arab Republic {prop} (official name of Syria) | :: República Árabe Síria {f} |
| Syriarch {n} (chief priest in the Roman province of Syria) | :: siriarca |
| syringe {n} (hypodermic syringe) | :: seringa {f} |
| syrinx {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| syrup {n} (thick liquid that has a high sugar content) | :: xarope {m} |
| system {n} (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members) | :: sistema {m} |
| system {n} (mainstream culture) | :: sistema {m} |
| system {n} ((computing) set of hardware and software operating in a computer) | :: sistema {m} |
| system {n} ((physiology) set of body organs having a particular function) | :: sistema {m} |
| system {n} (method or way of organizing) | :: sistema {m} |
| systematic {adj} (of, relating to, or being a system) | :: sistemático |
| systematic {adj} (carried out using a planned, ordered procedure) | :: sistemático |
| systematic {adj} (methodical, regular and orderly) | :: sistemático |
| systematic {adj} (of, or relating to taxonomic classification) | :: sistemático |
| systematically {adv} (in an organized manner) | :: sistematicamente |
| systematics {n} (the systematic classification of organisms) | :: sistemática {f} |
| systematization {n} (act of systematizing) | :: sistematização {f} |
| systematize {v} (to arrange into a systematic order) | :: sistematizar |
| systemic {adj} (pertaining to an entire organism) | :: sistêmico |
| system of equations {n} (set of equations) | :: sistema de equações {m} |
| systems analyst {n} (person) | :: analista de sistemas {m} {f} |
| systems engineering {n} (interdisciplinary field of engineering) | :: engenharia de sistemas {f} |
| systole {n} (contraction of the heart) | :: sístole {f} |
| systolic {adj} (of or relating to systole) | :: sistólico {m}, sistólica {f} |
| systolic blood pressure {n} (highest pressure within bloodstream) | :: pressão arterial sistólica {f}, pressão sanguínea sistólica {f} |
| syzygy {n} (astronomical conjunction) | :: sizígia {f} |
| Szczecin {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Stettin {f}, Szczecin {f} |
| Szeged {prop} (city in Hungary) | :: Szeged {f}, Szegedin {f} |
| Szlachta {prop} (nobility of Poland, and Lithuania) | :: szlachta {f} |