Portuguese words: c to caçar
300 Portuguese words, part 1 of 44 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 70 have a page of their own.
Portuguese words c to caçar
- c abbreviation, adverb, letter, noun, preposition, pronoun, symbol /k/: The third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called cê and written in the Latin script.
- C.C. noun /ˌseˈse/: initialism of cheiro de corpo (“BO”)
- C.F. abbreviation
- c.q.d. interjection, phrase: QED; abbreviation of como queriamos demonstrar (as we wanted to demonstrate)
- C Sharp noun
- cá abbreviation, adjective, adverb, conjunction, contraction, interjection, noun, symbol /ka/: abbreviation of corrente alternada: AC
- cá entre nós prepositional phrase /ˈka ˈẽ.tɾi ˈnɔ(j)s/: between you and me
- caá noun /kaˈa/: infusion from yerba mate
- caaba noun /ˈkaabɜ/
- caabopoxi noun /ka.a.bo.poˈʃi/: Ipomoea malvaeoides
- caaeé noun /ka.a.eˈɛ/: any plant in the genus Stevia
- caaguaçu noun /ka.a.ɡwaˈsu/: Eriocaulon sellowianum
- caaigapó noun /ka.a.i.ɡaˈpɔ/: synonym of igapó
- caaingá noun /ka.a.ĩˈɡa/: Zygia selloi (a species of mimosoids)
- caajuçara noun /ka.a.ʒuˈsa.ɾɐ/: Duroia saccifera (a species in the genus Duroia)
- caama noun /kaˈɐ̃.mɐ/: hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama)
- caamembeca noun /ka.a.mẽˈbɛ.kɐ/: Caamembeca spectabilis syn. Polygala spectabilis
- caami noun /ka.aˈmi/: Ilex dumosa syn. Ilex amara (a species of holly)
- CAAP abbreviation
- caapiá noun /ka.a.piˈa/: name given to several plants of the genus Dorstenia
- caapiá-verdadeiro noun: a plant, Dorstenia brasiliensis
- Caapiranga noun
- caapor adjective, noun /ka.a.ˈpɔɹ/
- Caaporã noun
- Caarapó noun
- caarina noun /ka.aˈɾĩ.nɐ/: cassava root
- Caatiba noun
- caatibense adjective, noun
- caatinga noun /ka.aˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/: caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil)
- caatininga noun /ka.a.t͡ʃiˈnĩ.ɡɐ/
- caatiningas noun
- caba noun /ˈka.bɐ/: wasp
- cabaça noun /kaˈba.sɐ/: gourd (cultivated plant, used as vegetable or container)
- cabação noun
- cabaceira noun /ka.baˈse(j).ɾɐ/: gourd (any of the vines producing fruit with hard rind)
- cabaceiras noun: plural of cabaceira
- Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu noun
- cabaceirense adjective, noun
- cabaceiro noun /ka.baˈse(j).ɾu/: calabash (a vine grown for its fruit)
- cabaceiro-amargoso noun
- cabacense adjective, noun
- cabaço noun /kaˈba.su/: gourd (fruit)
- cabaçu noun
- cabaçuda adjective, noun
- cabaçudo adjective, noun
- cabaia noun /kaˈbaj.ɐ/: cabaya (a long Muslim cotton over-gown)
- cabal adjective, noun /kaˈbaw/: complete
- cabala noun /kaˈba.lɐ/: Kabbalah (mystical Jewish teachings)
- cabalacaxengo noun
- cabalar verb
- cabaleta noun
- cabalim noun
- cabalino adjective
- cabalista noun
- cabalisticamente adverb
- cabalístico adjective
- cabalmente adverb /kaˌbawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: fully, thoroughly
- cabana adjective, noun /kaˈbɐ̃.nɐ/: cabin, hut, shack
- cabanagem noun
- cabaneiro noun
- Cabanelas proper noun /ka.baˈnɛ.lɐs/: a parish of Mirandela
- cabanelense adjective, noun
- cabanense adjective, noun
- cabanha noun /kaˈbɐ̃.ɲɐ/: ranch; station (plot for raising livestock)
- cabano adjective, noun /kaˈbɐ̃.nu/: a participant in the Cabanagem
- cabardi adjective, noun
- cabardino adjective, noun
- cabaré noun /ka.baˈɾɛ/: cabaret (live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub)
- cabaret noun: alternative spelling of cabaré
- cabaretier noun
- cabaú noun
- cabaz noun /kaˈba(j)s/: basket (container)
- cabazada noun
- cabe noun, verb /ˈka.bi/: third-person singular present indicative
- cabeamento noun: cabling (a collection of cables)
- cabeça noun /kaˈbe.sɐ/: head (part of the body)
- cabeça-chata noun
- cabeça de abóbora noun, phrase
- cabeça de alho chocho noun, phrase
- cabeça de bagre noun, phrase: airhead, fool (a stupid person)
- cabeça de chave phrase
- cabeça-de-coco noun
- cabeça-de-cuia noun
- cabeça-de-frade noun
- cabeça de impressão noun: print head (part of a printer)
- cabeça de merda noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de, merda.
- cabeça-de-negro noun
- cabeça-de-pau noun
- cabeça de ponte noun: bridgehead (area of ground on the enemy’s side of an obstacle)
- cabeça de porongo noun /kaˈbe.sɐ d͡ʒi poˈɾõ.ɡu/: stubborn person
- cabeça-de-preguiça noun
- cabeça-de-proa noun
- cabeça de vento noun, phrase: airhead, fool (a stupid person)
- cabeça dura adjective, noun, phrase /kaˌbe.sɐˈdu.ɾɐ/: stubborn (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
- cabeça-no-ar adjective
- cabeça oca noun: an empty-headed person
- cabeça quente phrase
- cabeça-rapada noun
- cabeçada noun /ka.beˈsa.dɐ/: headbutt (sharp blow)
- cabeçal noun /ka.beˈsaw/: a type of compress applied to the head
- cabeçalha noun
- cabeçalho noun /ka.beˈsa.ʎu/: header (upper portion of a page layout)
- cabeçanense adjective, noun
- cabeção noun /ka.beˈsɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of cabeça
- cabecear verb /ka.be.seˈa(ʁ)/: to head (to strike with the head)
- cabecearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabecear
- cabeceira noun /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/: headboard (of a bed)
- Cabeceira Grande noun
- cabeceiras noun: plural of cabeceira
- Cabeceiras de Basto noun
- Cabeceiras do Piauí noun
- cabeceirense adjective, noun
- cabeceiro noun
- cabecense adjective, noun
- cabecinha noun /ka.beˈsĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of cabeça
- cabeço noun /kaˈbe.su/: hillock (small hill)
- cabeçorra noun /ka.beˈso.ʁɐ/: augmentative of cabeça
- cabeçote noun
- cabeçuda adjective, noun: feminine singular of cabeçudo
- cabeçudense adjective, noun
- cabeçudo adjective, noun /ka.beˈsu.du/: having a large head
- cabedal noun /ka.beˈdaw/: leather
- cabedelo noun /ka.beˈdɛ.lu/: mouth bar (sediment deposit in a river delta)
- cabedula noun
- cabejar verb: to get around, to have many flings or date indiscriminately
- cabeleira noun /ka.beˈle(j).ɾɐ/: hair, head of hair (especially long and voluminous)
- Cabeleira de Berenice phrase
- cabeleireiro noun /ka.be.le(j)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/: hairdresser (professional for haircutting or hairstyling)
- cabelo noun /kaˈbe.lu/: hair, head of hair
- cabelo-de-velha noun /kaˌbe.lu.d͡ʒiˈvɛ.ʎɐ/: Gracilaria gracilis
- cabelo lambido phrase
- cabeluda adjective, noun: feminine singular of cabeludo
- cabeludo adjective, noun /ka.beˈlu.du/: hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
- caber verb /kaˈbe(ʁ)/: to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)
- caber como uma luva verb: to fit like a glove
- caber no bolso phrase
- cabestrear verb /ka.bes.tɾeˈa(ʁ)/: to be led by the halter
- cabestrearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabestrear
- cabide noun /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi/: coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.)
- cabide de empregos noun, phrase /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/: an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
- cabideiro noun /ka.biˈde(j).ɾu/: synonym of cabide (“coat hanger”)
- cabidela noun /ka.biˈdɛ.lɐ/: the offal of birds
- cabido adjective, noun, verb /kaˈbi.du/: chapter (a council or community of canons)
- cabila adjective, noun /ka.ˈbi.la/
- cabilda noun
- cabildo noun /kaˈbiw.du/: A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
- Cabília proper noun: Kabylia
- cabimento noun /ka.biˈmẽ.tu/: plausibility, validity
- cabina noun /kaˈbĩ.nɐ/: cockpit; flight deck
- cabinda noun /kaˈbĩ.dɐ/: Kongo (language)
- cabindense adjective
- cabine noun /kaˈbĩ.ni/: alternative form of cabina
- cabine de pilotagem noun: cockpit (the space for pilot and crew in an aircraft)
- cabine telefónica noun: telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)
- cabineiro noun
- cabis noun
- cabisbaixo adjective /ka.bizˈbaj.ʃu/: having one’s head turned down due to sadness
- cabiúna noun
- cabível adjective /kaˈbi.vew/: appropriate
- Cabixi noun
- cablagem noun /kaˈbla.ʒẽj̃/: cabling, wiring
- cablar verb
- cabo noun /ˈka.bu/: cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
- cabo-adjunto noun /ˌka.bu.ad͡ʒˈʒũ.tu/: Military rank used in Lusphone countries directly senior to primeiro-cabo; corporal-adjutant
- cabo chato phrase
- cabo coaxial noun, phrase: coaxial cable (a type of cable used to transmit high-frequency signals)
- cabo de ano noun
- cabo de casa phrase
- cabo-de-esquadra noun
- cabo de guerra noun: tug of war (game)
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho noun
- cabo de secção noun /ˈka.bu dɨ sɛkˈsɐ̃w̃/: Military rank in Lusphone countries, usually senior to all other corporal ranks and junior to sergeants; sectional corporal
- cabo eleitoral phrase
- cabo elétrico phrase
- Cabo Frio phrase
- cabo submarino phrase
- cabo-verde noun, phrase /ˈka.bu ˈveχ.ʤi/
- cabo-verdense adjective, noun
- cabo-verdianidade noun /ˌka.bu.veʁ.d͡ʒi.a.niˈda.d͡ʒi/: Cape Verdeanness (the quality of being Cape Verdean)
- cabo-verdiano adjective, noun /ˌka.bu.veʁ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: Cape Verdean (of, from, or relating to Cape Verde)
- cabocir noun
- caboclinho-de-barriga-preta noun
- caboclinho-de-barriga-vermelha noun
- caboclo adjective, noun /kaˈbo.klu/: copper-coloured
- caboco noun /kaˈbo.ku/: alternative form of caboclo
- cabograma noun /ka.bo.ˈgɾɐ.mɐ/
- caboman noun
- cabonde adjective, adverb
- caboré noun
- cabotagem noun /ka.boˈta.ʒẽj̃/: cabotage, especially by coastal shipping (transportation within one country)
- cabotiá noun /ka.boˈt͡ʃja/: kabocha
- cabouco noun /kaˈbo(w).ku/: alternative form of cavouco
- cabouqueiro noun
- cabouquense adjective, noun
- caboverdiano noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of cabo-verdiano; now a common misspelling
- caboz noun
- cabra noun /ˈka.bɾɐ/: she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)
- cabra alpina noun: ibex (type of wild mountain goat)
- cabra brava noun: ibex (type of wild mountain goat)
- cabra-cega noun /ˌka.bɾɐˈsɛ.ɡɐ/: blind man's buff
- cabra da peste noun, phrase: brave man
- cabra-de-leque noun /ˈka.bɾɐ d͡ʒi ˈlɛ.ki/: springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
- cabra macho noun: brave man
- cabra-montês noun /ˌka.bɾɐ.mõˈte(j)s/: Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
- cabra-montesa noun: alternative form of cabra-montês
- cabra-selvagem noun /ˌka.bɾɐ.sewˈva.ʒẽj̃/: the wild goat (Capra aegagrus)
- cabrada noun
- Cabral noun
- Cabrália Paulista noun
- cabralismo noun /ka.bɾaˈliz.mu/: the political ideology attributed to the governments of Portuguese President of the Council of Ministers António Bernardo da Costa Cabral
- cabramo noun
- cabrão noun /kaˈbɾɐ̃w̃/: billy goat; masculine equivalent of cabra (“goat”)
- cabrar verb
- cabrazar verb
- cabre noun: blow to the head
- cabrear verb
- cabreira adjective, noun: female equivalent of cabreiro
- cabreirense adjective, noun
- cabreiro adjective, noun /kaˈbɾe(j).ɾu/: goatherd (person who tends goats)
- cabrejar verb: to get around, to have many flings or date indiscriminately
- cabrelense adjective, noun
- cabrestante noun /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)
- cabresto noun /kaˈbɾes.tu/: halter (animal’s headgear)
- Cabreúva noun
- cabreuvense adjective, noun
- cabria noun: chevron
- cabril adjective
- cabrilense adjective, noun
- cabrilha noun
- cabriola noun, verb /ka.bɾiˈɔ.lɐ/: a goat's jump
- cabriolar verb /ka.bɾi.oˈla(ʁ)/: to capriole
- cabriolaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabriolar
- cabriolé noun, verb /ka.bɾi.oˈlɛ/: cabriolet (a light two-wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse)
- cabritar verb /ka.bɾi.ˈtaχ/
- cabriteira noun
- cabritismo noun /ka.bɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/: corruption, bribery
- cabrito adjective, noun /kaˈbɾi.tu/: kid (young goat)
- cabro noun
- Cabrobó noun
- cabrocha noun /kaˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/: mulatto
- cabrum adjective, interjection
- cabrunco interjection, noun /kaˈbɾũ.ku/: an extremely ugly person
- cabueta noun: alternative form of cagueta
- cabuíba noun
- cabujento adjective
- cabujo noun
- Cabul noun
- cabula adjective, noun, verb /ˈka.bu.lɐ/: cheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)
- cabular verb /ka.buˈla(ʁ)/: to not attend a commitment, especially a school class; to skip
- cabularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabular
- cabuleté noun
- cabuloso adjective /ka.buˈlo.zu/: freaky; spooky; awesome
- cabum interjection /kaˈbũ/: kaboom (the sound of an explosion)
- cabundá noun
- cabungo adjective, noun /kaˈbũ.ɡu/: wooden container for collecting human waste
- cabunho noun
- cabúqui noun /kaˈbu.ki/: alternative spelling of kabuki
- caburé noun /ka.buˈɾɛ/: pygmy owl (any of various species of small owl from the genus Glaucidium)
- caburé-do-campo noun /ka.buˈɾɛ du ˈkɐ̃.pu/
- caburés-do-campo phrase
- caça noun, verb /ˈka.kɐ/: crap; excrement
- caça ao tesouro noun: treasure hunt (game where people have to find hidden things with the help of clues)
- caça aos gambozinos noun: snipe hunt (prank in which a gullible person is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item)
- caça às bruxas noun /ˈka.sɐ az ˈbɾu.ʃɐs/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see caça, às, bruxas.
- caça-cliques noun
- caça-dotes noun /ˌka.sɐˈdɔ.t͡ʃis/: gold digger (a person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth)
- caça-fantasma noun /ˌka.sɐ.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/: ghosthunter; ghostbuster
- caça-fantasmas noun /ˌka.sɐ.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐs/: ghosthunter; ghostbuster
- caça furtiva noun /ˈka.sɐ fuʁˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/: poaching (illegal hunting)
- caça-níqueis adjective, noun /ˌka.sɐˈni.kejs/: alternative form of caça-níquel
- caça-níquel noun /ˌka.sɐˈni.kew/: slot machine
- caça-palavras noun /ˌka.sɐ.paˈla.vɾɐs/: word search (a word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid)
- caça selvagem noun: Wild Hunt (ghostly hunt that rides across the sky)
- caçada noun, verb /kaˈsa.dɐ/: hunt (hunting expedition)
- caçadeira noun /ka.saˈde(j).ɾɐ/: shotgun (gun that fires several small pellets)
- caçado adjective, verb /ka.ˈsa.du/: past participle of caçar
- caçador adjective, noun /ka.saˈdoʁ/: hunter; huntsman (one who hunts animals)
- caçador-coletor adjective, noun: synonym of caçador-recoletor
- caçador de recompensas noun /ka.saˈdoʁ d͡ʒi ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐs/: bounty hunter (person who catches criminals in return for a reward)
- caçador furtivo noun: poacher
- caçador-recolector adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of caçador-recoletor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may...
- caçador-recoletor adjective, noun /ka.saˌdoʁ.ʁe.ko.leˈtoʁ/: hunter-gathering
- caçadora-recolectora adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of caçadora-recoletora; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may...
- caçadorense adjective, noun
- caçafelho noun
- cacajau noun /ka.kaˈʒaw/: uakari (genus Cacajao)
- caçamba interjection, noun /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ/: skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
- caçamba de entulho noun /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ d͡ʒi ẽˈtu.ʎu/: skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
- cacamorra noun: constipation, general bowel issues
- caçanje adjective, noun /kaˈsɐ̃.ʒi/: badly-written or badly-spoken Portuguese
- caçante adjective
- cação noun /kaˈsɐ̃w̃/: a young shark
- cação-anjo noun /kaˌsɐ̃w̃ˈɐ̃.ʒu/: angel shark (a member of the genus Squatina of sharks)
- caçapa noun /kaˈsa.pɐ/: pocket (net into which balls are struck)
- Caçapava noun
- Caçapava do Sul phrase
- caçapavano adjective, noun
- caçapavense adjective, noun
- caçapo noun
- caçar verb /kaˈsa(ʁ)/: to hunt (chase down prey)
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 C: 12,944 words, in 44 parts.