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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

  1. c abbreviation, adverb, letter, noun, preposition, pronoun, symbol /k/: The third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called cê and written in the Latin script.
  2. C.C. noun /ˌseˈse/: initialism of cheiro de corpo (“BO”)
  3. C.F. abbreviation
  4. c.q.d. interjection, phrase: QED; abbreviation of como queriamos demonstrar (as we wanted to demonstrate)
  5. C Sharp noun
  6. cá abbreviation, adjective, adverb, conjunction, contraction, interjection, noun, symbol /ka/: abbreviation of corrente alternada: AC
  7. cá entre nós prepositional phrase /ˈka ˈẽ.tɾi ˈnɔ(j)s/: between you and me
  8. caá noun /kaˈa/: infusion from yerba mate
  9. caaba noun /ˈkaabɜ/
  10. caabopoxi noun /ka.a.bo.poˈʃi/: Ipomoea malvaeoides
  11. caaeé noun /ka.a.eˈɛ/: any plant in the genus Stevia
  12. caaguaçu noun /ka.a.ɡwaˈsu/: Eriocaulon sellowianum
  13. caaigapó noun /ka.a.i.ɡaˈpɔ/: synonym of igapó
  14. caaingá noun /ka.a.ĩˈɡa/: Zygia selloi (a species of mimosoids)
  15. caajuçara noun /ka.a.ʒuˈsa.ɾɐ/: Duroia saccifera (a species in the genus Duroia)
  16. caama noun /kaˈɐ̃.mɐ/: hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama)
  17. caamembeca noun /ka.a.mẽˈbɛ.kɐ/: Caamembeca spectabilis syn. Polygala spectabilis
  18. caami noun /ka.aˈmi/: Ilex dumosa syn. Ilex amara (a species of holly)
  19. CAAP abbreviation
  20. caapiá noun /ka.a.piˈa/: name given to several plants of the genus Dorstenia
  21. caapiá-verdadeiro noun: a plant, Dorstenia brasiliensis
  22. Caapiranga noun
  23. caapor adjective, noun /ka.a.ˈpɔɹ/
  24. Caaporã noun
  25. Caarapó noun
  26. caarina noun /ka.aˈɾĩ.nɐ/: cassava root
  27. Caatiba noun
  28. caatibense adjective, noun
  29. caatinga noun /ka.aˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/: caatinga (sparse, thorny wooded biome of northeastern Brazil)
  30. caatininga noun /ka.a.t͡ʃiˈnĩ.ɡɐ/
  31. caatiningas noun
  32. caba noun /ˈka.bɐ/: wasp
  33. cabaça noun /kaˈba.sɐ/: gourd (cultivated plant, used as vegetable or container)
  34. cabação noun
  35. cabaceira noun /ka.baˈse(j).ɾɐ/: gourd (any of the vines producing fruit with hard rind)
  36. cabaceiras noun: plural of cabaceira
  37. Cabaceiras do Paraguaçu noun
  38. cabaceirense adjective, noun
  39. cabaceiro noun /ka.baˈse(j).ɾu/: calabash (a vine grown for its fruit)
  40. cabaceiro-amargoso noun
  41. cabacense adjective, noun
  42. cabaço noun /kaˈba.su/: gourd (fruit)
  43. cabaçu noun
  44. cabaçuda adjective, noun
  45. cabaçudo adjective, noun
  46. cabaia noun /kaˈbaj.ɐ/: cabaya (a long Muslim cotton over-gown)
  47. cabal adjective, noun /kaˈbaw/: complete
  48. cabala noun /kaˈba.lɐ/: Kabbalah (mystical Jewish teachings)
  49. cabalacaxengo noun
  50. cabalar verb
  51. cabaleta noun
  52. cabalim noun
  53. cabalino adjective
  54. cabalista noun
  55. cabalisticamente adverb
  56. cabalístico adjective
  57. cabalmente adverb /kaˌbawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: fully, thoroughly
  58. cabana adjective, noun /kaˈbɐ̃.nɐ/: cabin, hut, shack
  59. cabanagem noun
  60. cabaneiro noun
  61. Cabanelas proper noun /ka.baˈnɛ.lɐs/: a parish of Mirandela
  62. cabanelense adjective, noun
  63. cabanense adjective, noun
  64. cabanha noun /kaˈbɐ̃.ɲɐ/: ranch; station (plot for raising livestock)
  65. cabano adjective, noun /kaˈbɐ̃.nu/: a participant in the Cabanagem
  66. cabardi adjective, noun
  67. cabardino adjective, noun
  68. cabaré noun /ka.baˈɾɛ/: cabaret (live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub)
  69. cabaret noun: alternative spelling of cabaré
  70. cabaretier noun
  71. cabaú noun
  72. cabaz noun /kaˈba(j)s/: basket (container)
  73. cabazada noun
  74. cabe noun, verb /ˈka.bi/: third-person singular present indicative
  75. cabeamento noun: cabling (a collection of cables)
  76. cabeça noun /kaˈbe.sɐ/: head (part of the body)
  77. cabeça-chata noun
  78. cabeça de abóbora noun, phrase
  79. cabeça de alho chocho noun, phrase
  80. cabeça de bagre noun, phrase: airhead, fool (a stupid person)
  81. cabeça de chave phrase
  82. cabeça-de-coco noun
  83. cabeça-de-cuia noun
  84. cabeça-de-frade noun
  85. cabeça de impressão noun: print head (part of a printer)
  86. cabeça de merda noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cabeça, de, merda.
  87. cabeça-de-negro noun
  88. cabeça-de-pau noun
  89. cabeça de ponte noun: bridgehead (area of ground on the enemy’s side of an obstacle)
  90. cabeça de porongo noun /kaˈbe.sɐ d͡ʒi poˈɾõ.ɡu/: stubborn person
  91. cabeça-de-preguiça noun
  92. cabeça-de-proa noun
  93. cabeça de vento noun, phrase: airhead, fool (a stupid person)
  94. cabeça dura adjective, noun, phrase /kaˌbe.sɐˈdu.ɾɐ/: stubborn (refusing to move or change one's opinion)
  95. cabeça-no-ar adjective
  96. cabeça oca noun: an empty-headed person
  97. cabeça quente phrase
  98. cabeça-rapada noun
  99. cabeçada noun /ka.beˈsa.dɐ/: headbutt (sharp blow)
  100. cabeçal noun /ka.beˈsaw/: a type of compress applied to the head
  101. cabeçalha noun
  102. cabeçalho noun /ka.beˈsa.ʎu/: header (upper portion of a page layout)
  103. cabeçanense adjective, noun
  104. cabeção noun /ka.beˈsɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of cabeça
  105. cabecear verb /ka.be.seˈa(ʁ)/: to head (to strike with the head)
  106. cabecearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabecear
  107. cabeceira noun /ka.beˈse(j).ɾɐ/: headboard (of a bed)
  108. Cabeceira Grande noun
  109. cabeceiras noun: plural of cabeceira
  110. Cabeceiras de Basto noun
  111. Cabeceiras do Piauí noun
  112. cabeceirense adjective, noun
  113. cabeceiro noun
  114. cabecense adjective, noun
  115. cabecinha noun /ka.beˈsĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of cabeça
  116. cabeço noun /kaˈbe.su/: hillock (small hill)
  117. cabeçorra noun /ka.beˈso.ʁɐ/: augmentative of cabeça
  118. cabeçote noun
  119. cabeçuda adjective, noun: feminine singular of cabeçudo
  120. cabeçudense adjective, noun
  121. cabeçudo adjective, noun /ka.beˈsu.du/: having a large head
  122. cabedal noun /ka.beˈdaw/: leather
  123. cabedelo noun /ka.beˈdɛ.lu/: mouth bar (sediment deposit in a river delta)
  124. cabedula noun
  125. cabejar verb: to get around, to have many flings or date indiscriminately
  126. cabeleira noun /ka.beˈle(j).ɾɐ/: hair, head of hair (especially long and voluminous)
  127. Cabeleira de Berenice phrase
  128. cabeleireiro noun /ka.be.le(j)ˈɾe(j).ɾu/: hairdresser (professional for haircutting or hairstyling)
  129. cabelo noun /kaˈbe.lu/: hair, head of hair
  130. cabelo-de-velha noun /kaˌbe.lu.d͡ʒiˈvɛ.ʎɐ/: Gracilaria gracilis
  131. cabelo lambido phrase
  132. cabeluda adjective, noun: feminine singular of cabeludo
  133. cabeludo adjective, noun /ka.beˈlu.du/: hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
  134. caber verb /kaˈbe(ʁ)/: to fit (no matter if space or volume is left)
  135. caber como uma luva verb: to fit like a glove
  136. caber no bolso phrase
  137. cabestrear verb /ka.bes.tɾeˈa(ʁ)/: to be led by the halter
  138. cabestrearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabestrear
  139. cabide noun /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi/: coat hanger (device, in the shape of shoulders, used to hang up coats, shirts, etc.)
  140. cabide de empregos noun, phrase /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/: an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
  141. cabideiro noun /ka.biˈde(j).ɾu/: synonym of cabide (“coat hanger”)
  142. cabidela noun /ka.biˈdɛ.lɐ/: the offal of birds
  143. cabido adjective, noun, verb /kaˈbi.du/: chapter (a council or community of canons)
  144. cabila adjective, noun /ka.ˈbi.la/
  145. cabilda noun
  146. cabildo noun /kaˈbiw.du/: A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
  147. Cabília proper noun: Kabylia
  148. cabimento noun /ka.biˈmẽ.tu/: plausibility, validity
  149. cabina noun /kaˈbĩ.nɐ/: cockpit; flight deck
  150. cabinda noun /kaˈbĩ.dɐ/: Kongo (language)
  151. cabindense adjective
  152. cabine noun /kaˈbĩ.ni/: alternative form of cabina
  153. cabine de pilotagem noun: cockpit (the space for pilot and crew in an aircraft)
  154. cabine telefónica noun: telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)
  155. cabineiro noun
  156. cabis noun
  157. cabisbaixo adjective /ka.bizˈbaj.ʃu/: having one’s head turned down due to sadness
  158. cabiúna noun
  159. cabível adjective /kaˈbi.vew/: appropriate
  160. Cabixi noun
  161. cablagem noun /kaˈbla.ʒẽj̃/: cabling, wiring
  162. cablar verb
  163. cabo noun /ˈka.bu/: cape (piece of land extending beyond the coast)
  164. cabo-adjunto noun /ˌka.bu.ad͡ʒˈʒũ.tu/: Military rank used in Lusphone countries directly senior to primeiro-cabo; corporal-adjutant
  165. cabo chato phrase
  166. cabo coaxial noun, phrase: coaxial cable (a type of cable used to transmit high-frequency signals)
  167. cabo de ano noun
  168. cabo de casa phrase
  169. cabo-de-esquadra noun
  170. cabo de guerra noun: tug of war (game)
  171. Cabo de Santo Agostinho noun
  172. 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
  173. cabo eleitoral phrase
  174. cabo elétrico phrase
  175. Cabo Frio phrase
  176. cabo submarino phrase
  177. cabo-verde noun, phrase /ˈka.bu ˈveχ.ʤi/
  178. cabo-verdense adjective, noun
  179. cabo-verdianidade noun /ˌka.bu.veʁ.d͡ʒi.a.niˈda.d͡ʒi/: Cape Verdeanness (the quality of being Cape Verdean)
  180. cabo-verdiano adjective, noun /ˌka.bu.veʁ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: Cape Verdean (of, from, or relating to Cape Verde)
  181. cabocir noun
  182. caboclinho-de-barriga-preta noun
  183. caboclinho-de-barriga-vermelha noun
  184. caboclo adjective, noun /kaˈbo.klu/: copper-coloured
  185. caboco noun /kaˈbo.ku/: alternative form of caboclo
  186. cabograma noun /ka.bo.ˈgɾɐ.mɐ/
  187. caboman noun
  188. cabonde adjective, adverb
  189. caboré noun
  190. cabotagem noun /ka.boˈta.ʒẽj̃/: cabotage, especially by coastal shipping (transportation within one country)
  191. cabotiá noun /ka.boˈt͡ʃja/: kabocha
  192. cabouco noun /kaˈbo(w).ku/: alternative form of cavouco
  193. cabouqueiro noun
  194. cabouquense adjective, noun
  195. caboverdiano noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of cabo-verdiano; now a common misspelling
  196. caboz noun
  197. cabra noun /ˈka.bɾɐ/: she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)
  198. cabra alpina noun: ibex (type of wild mountain goat)
  199. cabra brava noun: ibex (type of wild mountain goat)
  200. cabra-cega noun /ˌka.bɾɐˈsɛ.ɡɐ/: blind man's buff
  201. cabra da peste noun, phrase: brave man
  202. cabra-de-leque noun /ˈka.bɾɐ d͡ʒi ˈlɛ.ki/: springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
  203. cabra macho noun: brave man
  204. cabra-montês noun /ˌka.bɾɐ.mõˈte(j)s/: Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
  205. cabra-montesa noun: alternative form of cabra-montês
  206. cabra-selvagem noun /ˌka.bɾɐ.sewˈva.ʒẽj̃/: the wild goat (Capra aegagrus)
  207. cabrada noun
  208. Cabral noun
  209. Cabrália Paulista noun
  210. 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
  211. cabramo noun
  212. cabrão noun /kaˈbɾɐ̃w̃/: billy goat; masculine equivalent of cabra (“goat”)
  213. cabrar verb
  214. cabrazar verb
  215. cabre noun: blow to the head
  216. cabrear verb
  217. cabreira adjective, noun: female equivalent of cabreiro
  218. cabreirense adjective, noun
  219. cabreiro adjective, noun /kaˈbɾe(j).ɾu/: goatherd (person who tends goats)
  220. cabrejar verb: to get around, to have many flings or date indiscriminately
  221. cabrelense adjective, noun
  222. cabrestante noun /ka.bɾesˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder used to hoist heavy weights)
  223. cabresto noun /kaˈbɾes.tu/: halter (animal’s headgear)
  224. Cabreúva noun
  225. cabreuvense adjective, noun
  226. cabria noun: chevron
  227. cabril adjective
  228. cabrilense adjective, noun
  229. cabrilha noun
  230. cabriola noun, verb /ka.bɾiˈɔ.lɐ/: a goat's jump
  231. cabriolar verb /ka.bɾi.oˈla(ʁ)/: to capriole
  232. cabriolaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabriolar
  233. cabriolé noun, verb /ka.bɾi.oˈlɛ/: cabriolet (a light two-wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse)
  234. cabritar verb /ka.bɾi.ˈtaχ/
  235. cabriteira noun
  236. cabritismo noun /ka.bɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/: corruption, bribery
  237. cabrito adjective, noun /kaˈbɾi.tu/: kid (young goat)
  238. cabro noun
  239. Cabrobó noun
  240. cabrocha noun /kaˈbɾɔ.ʃɐ/: mulatto
  241. cabrum adjective, interjection
  242. cabrunco interjection, noun /kaˈbɾũ.ku/: an extremely ugly person
  243. cabueta noun: alternative form of cagueta
  244. cabuíba noun
  245. cabujento adjective
  246. cabujo noun
  247. Cabul noun
  248. cabula adjective, noun, verb /ˈka.bu.lɐ/: cheat sheet (notes used to assist on a test)
  249. cabular verb /ka.buˈla(ʁ)/: to not attend a commitment, especially a school class; to skip
  250. cabularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of cabular
  251. cabuleté noun
  252. cabuloso adjective /ka.buˈlo.zu/: freaky; spooky; awesome
  253. cabum interjection /kaˈbũ/: kaboom (the sound of an explosion)
  254. cabundá noun
  255. cabungo adjective, noun /kaˈbũ.ɡu/: wooden container for collecting human waste
  256. cabunho noun
  257. cabúqui noun /kaˈbu.ki/: alternative spelling of kabuki
  258. caburé noun /ka.buˈɾɛ/: pygmy owl (any of various species of small owl from the genus Glaucidium)
  259. caburé-do-campo noun /ka.buˈɾɛ du ˈkɐ̃.pu/
  260. caburés-do-campo phrase
  261. caça noun, verb /ˈka.kɐ/: crap; excrement
  262. caça ao tesouro noun: treasure hunt (game where people have to find hidden things with the help of clues)
  263. caça aos gambozinos noun: snipe hunt (prank in which a gullible person is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item)
  264. caça às bruxas noun /ˈka.sɐ az ˈbɾu.ʃɐs/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see caça, às, bruxas.
  265. caça-cliques noun
  266. caça-dotes noun /ˌka.sɐˈdɔ.t͡ʃis/: gold digger (a person who cultivates a personal relationship in order to attain wealth)
  267. caça-fantasma noun /ˌka.sɐ.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/: ghosthunter; ghostbuster
  268. caça-fantasmas noun /ˌka.sɐ.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐs/: ghosthunter; ghostbuster
  269. caça furtiva noun /ˈka.sɐ fuʁˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/: poaching (illegal hunting)
  270. caça-níqueis adjective, noun /ˌka.sɐˈni.kejs/: alternative form of caça-níquel
  271. caça-níquel noun /ˌka.sɐˈni.kew/: slot machine
  272. 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)
  273. caça selvagem noun: Wild Hunt (ghostly hunt that rides across the sky)
  274. caçada noun, verb /kaˈsa.dɐ/: hunt (hunting expedition)
  275. caçadeira noun /ka.saˈde(j).ɾɐ/: shotgun (gun that fires several small pellets)
  276. caçado adjective, verb /ka.ˈsa.du/: past participle of caçar
  277. caçador adjective, noun /ka.saˈdoʁ/: hunter; huntsman (one who hunts animals)
  278. caçador-coletor adjective, noun: synonym of caçador-recoletor
  279. caçador de recompensas noun /ka.saˈdoʁ d͡ʒi ʁe.kõˈpẽ.sɐs/: bounty hunter (person who catches criminals in return for a reward)
  280. caçador furtivo noun: poacher
  281. 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...
  282. caçador-recoletor adjective, noun /ka.saˌdoʁ.ʁe.ko.leˈtoʁ/: hunter-gathering
  283. 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...
  284. caçadorense adjective, noun
  285. caçafelho noun
  286. cacajau noun /ka.kaˈʒaw/: uakari (genus Cacajao)
  287. caçamba interjection, noun /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ/: skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
  288. caçamba de entulho noun /kaˈsɐ̃.bɐ d͡ʒi ẽˈtu.ʎu/: skip (an open-topped rubbish bin)
  289. cacamorra noun: constipation, general bowel issues
  290. caçanje adjective, noun /kaˈsɐ̃.ʒi/: badly-written or badly-spoken Portuguese
  291. caçante adjective
  292. cação noun /kaˈsɐ̃w̃/: a young shark
  293. cação-anjo noun /kaˌsɐ̃w̃ˈɐ̃.ʒu/: angel shark (a member of the genus Squatina of sharks)
  294. caçapa noun /kaˈsa.pɐ/: pocket (net into which balls are struck)
  295. Caçapava noun
  296. Caçapava do Sul phrase
  297. caçapavano adjective, noun
  298. caçapavense adjective, noun
  299. caçapo noun
  300. caçar verb /kaˈsa(ʁ)/: to hunt (chase down prey)

Part 2 · Portuguese words: C

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.