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Portuguese words: bagunçar to baleia-jubarte

300 Portuguese words, part 2 of 19 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 73 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words bagunçar to baleia-jubarte

  1. bagunçar verb /ba.ɡũˈsa(ʁ)/: to make a mess; to mess up
  2. bagunçaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of bagunçar
  3. bagunceiro adjective, noun /ba.ɡũˈse(j).ɾu/: messy (prone to causing mess)
  4. bagunhar verb
  5. baguntense adjective, noun
  6. bah interjection: alternative form of bá
  7. bahaísmo noun /ba.aˈiz.mu/: Baháʼí Faith (an Abrahamic monotheistic religion)
  8. Bahamas noun
  9. bahamense adjective, noun /ba.aˈmẽ.si/: Bahamian (of or relating to the Bahamas)
  10. bahamês adjective, noun
  11. bahamiano adjective, noun /ba.ʁɐ.miˈɐ̃.nu/: Bahamian (of or relating to the Bahamas)
  12. Baharem noun
  13. bahia noun /ba.ˈi.a/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of baía; now a common misspelling
  14. bahiano adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of baiano; now a common misspelling
  15. Bahrain noun
  16. Bahrein noun
  17. bahreinita adjective, noun /ba.ɾejˈni.tɐ/ [ba.ɾeɪ̯ˈni.tɐ]: Bahraini; from Bahrain
  18. baht noun /ˈba.t͡ʃi/: baht (unit of currency)
  19. bai interjection, noun
  20. bai-bai interjection
  21. baía noun /ˈbaj.ɐ/: a bail in a horse stall
  22. Baía da Traição noun
  23. Baía Formosa noun
  24. baiacu noun /baj.aˈku/: blowfish; porcupinefish (any species of fish of the order Tetraodontiformes that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
  25. baiacu-cofre noun
  26. baiacu-de-chifre noun
  27. baiagu noun /baj.aˈɡu/: alternative form of baiacu
  28. baiana adjective, noun /bajˈɐ̃.nɐ/: feminine singular of baiano
  29. baianada noun /baj.aˈna.dɐ/: collectively, people from the state of Bahia in Brazil
  30. baianense adjective, noun
  31. baianês noun /baj.aˈne(j)s/: Baiano dialect of Portuguese
  32. baianismo noun /baj.aˈniz.mu/: mannerisms of a native or inhabitant of Bahia, Brazil
  33. baiano adjective, noun /bajˈɐ̃.nu/: Bahian (of or relating to Bahia, a Brazilian state)
  34. baianopolense adjective, noun
  35. Baianópolis noun
  36. baião noun /bajˈɐ̃w̃/: baiao (South American dance)
  37. baião de dois noun, phrase /bajˈɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi ˈdojs/: a dish from Northeastern Brazil made with rice, beans, and cheese (queijo coalho)
  38. baiar verb
  39. baicar verb
  40. baigonar verb
  41. Baikonur proper noun: Baikonur (a city and cosmodrome in Kazakhstan)
  42. baila noun, verb /ˈbaj.lɐ/: what's being commented or mentioned
  43. bailador adjective
  44. bailanta noun /bajˈlɐ̃.tɐ/: town party
  45. bailão adjective, noun /bajˈlɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of baile
  46. bailar verb /bajˈla(ʁ)/: to dance
  47. bailaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of bailar
  48. bailarico noun /baj.lɐ.ˈɾi.ku/
  49. bailarim noun /baj.laˈɾĩ/: alternative form of bailarino
  50. bailarina noun /baj.laˈɾĩ.nɐ/: dancer (female), ballerina
  51. bailarinar verb
  52. bailarino adjective, noun /baj.laˈɾĩ.nu/: dancer
  53. bailarote noun
  54. bailável adjective /bajˈla.vew/: synonym of dançável
  55. baile noun, verb /ˈbaj.li/: ball (a formal dance)
  56. baile de formatura noun: prom (formal ball held near the end of the academic year)
  57. baile de máscaras noun: masquerade (party of people wearing masks)
  58. baile funk noun /ˈbaj.li ˈfɐ̃.ki/: a funk carioca dancing event, typical in favelas
  59. bailéu noun /bajˈlɛw/: scaffold
  60. bailhar verb
  61. bailharote noun
  62. bailinho noun /bajˈlĩ.ɲu/: A dance and theatre performance characteristic of Carnaval on Terceira.
  63. bailio noun
  64. bailundo adjective, noun
  65. bailundos noun
  66. bãim adverb: eye dialect spelling of bem, representing Portugal Portuguese
  67. bainha noun, verb /baˈĩ.ɲɐ/: sheath, scabbard
  68. bainhar verb /ba.ĩˈɲa(ʁ)/: to sheathe (to put a weapon into a sheath)
  69. bainharam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of bainhar
  70. bainheiro noun /ba.ĩˈɲe(j).ɾu/: sheather (one who makes sheaths)
  71. bainho noun, verb /bɐ̃ˈĩ.ɲu/: alternative form of banhinho
  72. baio adjective, noun /ˈbaj.u/
  73. Baiona proper noun: Bayonne (a city and commune of France)
  74. baionense adjective, noun: of Baião
  75. baionês adjective, noun
  76. baioneta noun, verb /baj.oˈne.tɐ/: bayonet (dagger designed to be mounted on firearms)
  77. baionetada noun, verb /baj.o.neˈta.dɐ/: a stab with a bayonet
  78. baionetar verb /baj.o.neˈta(ʁ)/: to bayonet (to stab with a bayonet)
  79. baipassar verb
  80. baipasse noun
  81. baique noun
  82. bairradense adjective, noun
  83. bairradino adjective, noun
  84. bairral adjective, noun
  85. bairrense adjective, noun
  86. bairrismo noun /baj.ˈRiʒ.mu/
  87. bairrista noun /baj.ˈRiʃ.tɐ/
  88. bairro noun /ˈbaj.ʁu/: neighborhood, area (of a city)
  89. bairro de lata noun, phrase /ˈbaj.ʁu d͡ʒi ˈla.tɐ/: slum (dilapidated neighbourhood)
  90. bairro nobre phrase
  91. bait noun /ˈbej.t͡ʃi/: bait (post intended to elicit a reaction from others)
  92. baita adjective, verb /ˈbaj.tɐ/: rather big or great
  93. baitar verb /bajˈta(ʁ)/: to bait
  94. baitaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of baitar
  95. baitatá noun /baj.taˈta/ [baɪ̯.taˈta]: alternative form of boitatá
  96. baitatás noun
  97. baite noun, verb: alternative form of byte
  98. baitola noun /bajˈto.lɐ/: An effeminate man, especially a homosexual one; a sissy.
  99. baitolice noun
  100. baitolices noun
  101. baitolo noun
  102. baiuca noun /bajˈu.kɐ/: small, inexpensive and sometimes poorly managed tavern
  103. baix- prefix
  104. baixa adjective, noun, verb /ˈbaj.ʃɐ/: downtown
  105. baixa da égua adverb, phrase /ˈbaj.ʃɐ da ˈɛ.ɡwɐ/: in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere (in a very distant place)
  106. Baixa Grande noun
  107. Baixa Grande do Ribeiro noun
  108. baixa-mar noun: ebb; low tide (the tide at its lowest level)
  109. baixada noun, verb /bajˈʃa.dɐ/: lowland, declivity
  110. baixado adjective, verb: past participle of baixar
  111. baixagrandense adjective, noun
  112. baixamar noun
  113. baixamente adverb
  114. baixar verb /bajˈʃa(ʁ)/: to lower (to move something to a lower position)
  115. baixar a bola phrase, verb /bajˈʃa(ɾ) a ˈbɔ.lɐ/: to quiet down
  116. baixar a bolinha verb /bajˈʃa(ɾ) a bɔˈlĩ.ɲɐ/: alternative form of baixar a bola
  117. baixaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of baixar
  118. baixaria noun, verb /baj.ʃaˈɾi.ɐ/: low, despicable behaviour
  119. baixel noun
  120. baixela noun /bajˈʃɛ.lɐ/: crockery, dishware
  121. baixeza noun /bajˈʃe.zɐ/: inferiority (quality of what is below)
  122. baixinho adjective, adverb, noun /bajˈʃĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of baixo
  123. baixio noun /bajˈʃi.u/: sandbank, shoal
  124. baixíssimo adjective /bajˈʃi.si.mu/: very low or short
  125. baixista adjective, noun /bajˈʃis.tɐ/: bassist (musician who plays a bass instrument)
  126. baixo adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈbaj.ʃu/: low
  127. baixo alemão adjective, noun: Low German; Low Saxon (West Germanic language spoken in northern Germany and in the eastern Netherlands)
  128. baixo-alemão médio phrase
  129. baixo-astral adjective, noun /ˌbaj.ʃu.asˈtɾaw/: low-spirited, downbeat
  130. baixo-bretão adjective, noun
  131. baixo cantante phrase
  132. baixo de corda phrase
  133. Baixo Guandu noun
  134. baixo-império noun /ˌbaj.ʃu.ĩˈpɛ.ɾju/: Low Roman Empire (time of the decline of the Roman Empire)
  135. baixo-latim noun
  136. baixo-navarro noun
  137. baixo-normando noun
  138. baixo obstinado phrase
  139. baixo-português noun
  140. baixo profundo phrase
  141. baixo-relevo noun /ˌbaj.ʃu.ʁeˈle.vu/: bas relief (a low or mostly-flat sculpture)
  142. baixo saxão noun, phrase: Low Saxon (language or language group)
  143. baixo saxão antigo phrase
  144. baixo saxão holandês phrase
  145. baixo saxão menonita phrase
  146. baixo sorábio phrase /ˈba.ʃʊ so.ˈɾa.bɪ.ʊ/, /ˈba.ʃʊ so.ˈɾa.bjʊ/, /ˈbaj.ʃʊ so.ˈɾa.bɪ.ʊ/, /ˈbaj.ʃʊ so.ˈɾa.bjʊ/
  147. baixo sórbio phrase /ˈba.ʃʊ ˈsɔɾ.bɪ.ʊ/, /ˈba.ʃʊ ˈsɔɾ.bjʊ/, /ˈbaj.ʃʊ ˈsɔɾ.bɪ.ʊ/, /ˈbaj.ʃʊ ˈsɔɾ.bjʊ/
  148. baixo ventre noun, phrase
  149. baixos adjective, noun: masculine plural of baixo
  150. baixote adjective, noun /bajˈʃɔ.t͡ʃi/: very short
  151. bajoujar verb
  152. bajoujice noun
  153. bajoujo noun /bɐ'ʒoʒu/
  154. bajouquense adjective, noun
  155. bajubá noun
  156. bajulação noun /ba.ʒu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/: flattery; fawning
  157. bajulador adjective, noun /ba.ʒu.laˈdoʁ/: sycophant; flatterer (one who flatters)
  158. bajulamento noun
  159. bajular verb /ba.ʒuˈla(ʁ)/: to flatter, fawn
  160. bajularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of bajular
  161. bajulice noun
  162. bajulismo noun
  163. bakelite noun: alternative spelling of baquelite
  164. baksheesh noun: baksheesh (bribe or tip paid to speed up services in the Middle East and SW Asia)
  165. Baku noun
  166. bala noun, verb /ˈba.lɐ/: bullet, projectile (part of the ammunition for firearms)
  167. bala de goma phrase
  168. bala de prata noun: silver bullet (a miraculous and effective solution)
  169. bala dum-dum noun: dum dum bullet (hollow bullet designed to pierce bullet-proof vests)
  170. bala na agulha noun: ballsiness, toughness, courage
  171. bala perdida noun, phrase: stray bullet (bullet that misses its target and risks hitting something else)
  172. balaclava noun /ba.laˈkla.vɐ/: balaclava (headgear)
  173. balaço noun /baˈla.su/: augmentative of bala; a big bullet
  174. balacobaco noun
  175. balada noun, verb /baˈla.dɐ/: ballad (narrative poetry of legends and traditions, originating from the peoples of Northern Europe)
  176. baladeira adjective, noun /ba.laˈde(j).ɾɐ/: slingshot (device for shooting small projectiles)
  177. baladeiro adjective, noun /ba.laˈde(j).ɾu/: balladic
  178. balado noun, verb /baˈla.du/: alternative form of balido
  179. balafão noun
  180. balafo noun
  181. balaiada noun
  182. balaio noun /baˈlaj.u/: hamper (large basket)
  183. balaio de gato phrase
  184. balalaica noun /ba.laˈlaj.kɐ/: balalaika (Russian string instrument)
  185. balalão interjection, noun /ba.laˈlɐ̃w̃/ [ba.laˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  186. balalões noun
  187. balame noun
  188. balamento noun
  189. balança noun, verb /baˈlɐ̃.sɐ/: balance
  190. balançar verb /ba.lɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/: to swing; to rock, sway
  191. balançaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balançar
  192. balance interjection, noun, verb /ba.lɐ̃ˈsɛ/: seesaw (structure)
  193. balanceado adjective, verb: balanced
  194. balanceamento noun
  195. balancear verb /ba.lɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/: to balance (all senses)
  196. balancearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balancear
  197. balanceiro adjective, noun
  198. balancia noun /ba.lɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/: watermelon
  199. balancim noun
  200. balanço noun, verb /baˈlɐ̃.su/: swing (hanging seat)
  201. balanço de probabilidades noun: balance of probabilities (standard requiring that a dispute be decided in favour of the party whose claims are more likely to be true)
  202. balandra noun
  203. balandrau noun
  204. balangandã noun /ba.lɐ̃.ɡɐ̃ˈdɐ̃/: A type of wearable Afro-Brazilian bijouterie originating from the 18th to 19th centuries.
  205. balânico adjective /baˈlɐ̃.ni.ku/: balanic
  206. balanite noun /ba.laˈni.t͡ʃi/: balanitis (inflammation of the glans)
  207. balano- noun, prefix /ˈba.la.nu/: glans
  208. balanopostite noun /ba.la.no.posˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/: balanoposthitis
  209. balanoprepucial adjective /ba.la.no.pɾe.pu.siˈaw/: balanopreputial
  210. balantak noun
  211. balão noun /baˈlɐ̃w̃/: balloon
  212. balão de ar quente noun: hot-air balloon (a balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air)
  213. balão de ensaio noun, phrase /baˈlɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi ẽˈsaj.u/ [baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ẽˈsaɪ̯.u], AFI: /baˈlɐ̃w̃ d͡ʒi ĩˈsaj.u/ [baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ĩˈsaɪ̯.u] (coloquial)
  214. balão meteorológico noun: weather balloon (meteorological balloon)
  215. balãozinho noun /baˌlɐ̃w̃ˈzĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of balão
  216. balaqueiro noun
  217. balar verb /baˈla(ʁ)/: to baa; to bleat (of sheep: to make its characteristic cry)
  218. balaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balar
  219. balas noun, verb: plural of bala
  220. balasarense adjective, noun
  221. balastrar verb
  222. balastro noun /baˈlas.tɾu/: ballast (material laid to form a bed for a road)
  223. balata noun /baˈla.tɐ/: balata (Manilkara bidentata)
  224. balaustrada noun /ba.lawsˈtɾa.dɐ/: balustrade (row of balusters)
  225. balaústre noun /ba.laˈus.tɾi/: banister (one of the vertical supports of a handrail)
  226. balázio noun /baˈla.zju/: alternative form of balaço
  227. Balbinos noun
  228. balbo adjective, noun
  229. balbordo noun
  230. balbuciação noun /baw.bu.si.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: babble (idle talk)
  231. balbuciar verb /baw.bu.siˈa(ʁ)/: babble (to utter words indistinctly)
  232. balbuciaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balbuciar
  233. balbucie noun, verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  234. balbuciência noun
  235. balbucio noun, verb /baw.bu.'si.o/: first-person singular present indicative of balbuciar
  236. balbúrdia noun /bawˈbuʁ.d͡ʒjɐ/: pandemonium (an outburst; a loud, riotous uproar)
  237. balça noun
  238. balcânico adjective /bawˈkɐ̃.ni.ku/: Balkan (of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula)
  239. balcanização noun /baw.ka.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/: Balkanization (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
  240. balcanizar verb /baw.ka.niˈza(ʁ)/: Balkanize (to break up a region)
  241. balcanizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balcanizar
  242. balcão noun /bawˈkɐ̃w̃/: counter
  243. Balcãs proper noun /bawˈkɐ̃s/: European Portuguese standard form of Bálcãs: the Balkans (a cultural region and peninsula in Southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by...
  244. balceiro adjective
  245. balconista noun /baw.koˈnis.tɐ/: one who serves customers from a counter of a commercial establishment
  246. balda noun, verb /ˈbaw.dɐ/: third-person singular present indicative
  247. baldada adjective, noun, verb /bawˈda.dɐ/: bucketful
  248. baldadamente adverb
  249. baldado adjective, verb: past participle of baldar
  250. baldão noun /baɫ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/
  251. baldaquim noun /baw.daˈkĩ/: alternative form of baldaquino
  252. baldaquino noun /baw.daˈkĩ.nu/: canopy, baldaquin
  253. baldar verb /bawˈda(ʁ)/: to make useless; to cause to fail
  254. baldaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of baldar
  255. balde noun, verb /ˈbaw.d͡ʒi/: bucket (container)
  256. balde de água fria phrase
  257. baldeação noun /baw.de.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: of liquids from one container to another
  258. baldear verb /baw.deˈa(ʁ)/: to pour liquids from a container to another
  259. baldear o coreto phrase
  260. baldearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of baldear
  261. baldeirar verb
  262. baldeiro adjective, noun
  263. Baldim noun
  264. baldinense adjective, noun
  265. baldio adjective, noun /bawˈd͡ʒi.u/: abandoned and not being used for cultivation
  266. baldoar verb
  267. baldréu noun
  268. baldroca noun
  269. baldrumada noun
  270. balduína noun
  271. Balduíno proper noun /baw.duˈĩ.nu/: a male given name, equivalent to English Baldwin
  272. balé noun, verb /baˈlɛ/: ballet (classical form of dance)
  273. baleação noun /ba.li.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: whaling (practice of hunting whales)
  274. baleadeira noun /ba.le.aˈde(j).ɾɐ/: slingshot
  275. baleado adjective, verb /ba.leˈa.du/: shot; being hit by a projectile
  276. balear adjective, noun, verb /ba.leˈa(ʁ)/: to hit or wound with a shot.
  277. balearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of balear
  278. baleeira adjective, noun: feminine singular of baleeiro
  279. baleeiro adjective, noun /ba.leˈe(j).ɾu/: whaler (vessel or person)
  280. baleia noun, verb /baˈlej.ɐ/: whale (any of several species of large sea mammals of the order Cetacea, excluding smaller ones)
  281. baleia-anã noun: minke whale (balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
  282. baleia-assassina noun: synonym of orca
  283. baleia-azul noun /baˌlej.ɐ.aˈzuw/: blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
  284. baleia-boreal noun: sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis, a rorqual whale)
  285. baleia-cinzenta noun
  286. baleia-comum noun: fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, a rorqual)
  287. baleia-corcunda noun: humpback whale
  288. baleia-da-groenlândia noun
  289. baleia-de-bossa noun
  290. baleia-de-bryde noun
  291. baleia-de-eden noun
  292. baleia-de-minke noun
  293. baleia-de-omura noun
  294. baleia-fin noun: fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus, a rorqual whale)
  295. baleia-franca noun: right whale (baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae)
  296. baleia-franca-austral noun
  297. baleia-franca-do-atlântico-norte noun
  298. baleia-franca-do-pacífico noun
  299. baleia-franca-pigmeia noun
  300. baleia-jubarte noun /baˌlej.ɐ.ʒuˈbaʁ.t͡ʃi/: synonym of jubarte (“humpback whale”)

Part 1 · Part 3 · Portuguese words: B

Source: English Wiktionary (Portuguese entries, CC BY-SA 4.0) and the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário): each word's first meaning in English. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 5,479 words, in 19 parts.