Portuguese words: leprosário to libelinha
300 Portuguese words, part 6 of 12 of the words starting with L, A to Z. 80 have a page of their own.
Portuguese words leprosário to libelinha
- leprosário noun /le.pɾoˈza.ɾju/: leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
- leproso adjective, noun /leˈpɾo.zu/: leprous (suffering from leprosy)
- leprosório noun /le.pɾoˈzɔ.ɾju/: alternative form of leprosário
- leptão noun /lɛpˈtɐ̃w̃/: lepton (elementary particle)
- lepto noun
- leptocéfalo noun
- leptocúrtico adjective /le.pi.toˈkuʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/: leptokurtic (having positive kurtosis)
- lépton noun /ˈlɛp.tõ/: Brazilian Portuguese standard form of leptão
- leptónico adjective /lɛpˈtɔ.ni.ku/: leptonic
- leptospirose noun /le.pis.to.piˈɾɔ.zi/: leptospirosis (an acute disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira)
- Lepus noun
- leque noun /ˈlɛ.ki/: fan (hand-held device)
- leque aluvial noun: alluvial fan (cone-shaped deposit of alluvium)
- lequessá number: alternative form of lacassá
- ler abbreviation, noun, verb /ˈle(ʁ)/: to read (to look at and interpret written information)
- ler a panjelíngua a phrase
- ler as horas verb /ˈle(ɾ) az ˈɔ.ɾɐs/: to tell the time
- ler nas entrelinhas verb: to read between the lines (to infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly)
- leram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ler
- lerchão adjective /ler.'t͡ʃaŋ/, /ler.'t͡ʃaw/ ou /ler.'t͡ʃa.o/
- lercho adjective
- lerdeza noun
- lerdo adjective /ˈlɛʁ.du/: slow
- lerê interjection
- lereia noun /leˈɾɛj.ɐ/: frivolous talk, chit-chat
- leria noun, verb /ˈlɛ.ɾjɐ/: chatter, prattle
- leriante adjective
- leriar verb
- lero-lero noun /ˌlɛ.ɾuˈlɛ.ɾu/: idle chat, chitchat
- Leroux proper noun: a surname from French
- lerpar verb /leʁˈpa(ʁ)/: to leave, escape
- lerparam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lerpar
- lerpas noun, verb: second-person singular present indicative of lerpar
- lerpe noun, verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- lês noun, particle, verb /ˈlɛ(j)s/: only used in de lés a lés
- lés-sudeste noun
- lesa-fradaria noun
- lesa-majestade noun /ˌle.zɐ.ma.ʒesˈta.d͡ʒi/: lese majesty (crime against royalty)
- lesa-pátria noun
- lesa-poesia noun
- lesado adjective, verb /leˈza.du/: injured
- lesão noun /leˈzɐ̃w̃/: lesion, wound
- lesão corporal noun, phrase: [bodily injury or bodily harm] (crime of striking another)
- lesão em chicote noun: whiplash (injury to the upper spine caused by a violent jerk of the head)
- lesão por esforço repetitivo noun: repetitive strain injury (injury to muscles and tendons caused by repetitive use)
- lesar verb /leˈza(ʁ)/: to prejudice; to damage
- lesaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lesar
- lésbia noun
- lesbíaca noun
- lesbíaco adjective, noun
- lesbiana noun
- lesbianismo noun /lez.bi.aˈniz.mu/: lesbianism
- lesbiano adjective, noun
- lésbica adjective, noun /ˈlɛz.bi.kɐ/: a lesbian woman
- lésbico adjective, noun /ˈlɛz.bi.ku/: lesbian, lesbic
- lésbio adjective, noun
- Lesbos noun
- lesca noun
- lese verb /ˈlɛ.zɪ/: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- leseira noun
- lesem verb: third-person plural present subjunctive
- lesim noun
- lesional adjective
- lesionar verb: to wound, injure
- lesivamente adverb
- lesivo adjective /leˈzi.vu/: harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental
- lesma noun, verb /ˈlez.mɐ/: slug (gastropod)
- lesma-do-mar noun
- lesma-marinha noun
- lesmar verb /lezˈma(ʁ)/: to snail (to move too slowly)
- lesmaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lesmar
- lesme noun, verb /ˈlesmi/: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- lesmento adjective
- leso adjective, verb /ˈlɛ.zu/: injured, harmed
- lesotense adjective, noun
- lesotiano adjective, noun le.zo.t͡ʃiˈɐ.nu/
- lesoto noun /le.ˈzo.tu/
- lessepsiano adjective /le.se.pi.siˈɐ̃.nu/: Lessepsian
- Lessoto noun /le.ˈso.to/
- lesta adjective, noun /ˈlɛs.tɐ/: feminine singular of lesto
- lestada noun
- lestamente adverb
- lestas adjective, noun /ˈlɛs.tɐs/: feminine plural of lesto
- leste noun, verb /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/: east (compass point)
- leste-sudeste noun: east-southeast
- leste-sueste noun: east-southeast
- lesto adjective /ˈlɛs.tu/: agile
- lestra noun
- lestras noun
- letal adjective /leˈtaw/: lethal
- letalidade noun /le.ta.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: lethality
- letalmente adverb /leˌtawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lethally
- letão adjective, noun /leˈtɐ̃w̃/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
- letargia noun /le.taʁˈʒi.ɐ/: lethargy (pathological state of fatigue)
- letargicamente adverb
- letárgico adjective /leˈtaʁ.ʒi.ku/: lethargic; sluggish
- letargo noun
- lêtera noun
- leterado adjective, noun
- letereiro noun
- letícia noun
- Leticiana noun
- Leticiano noun
- Letício noun
- lético adjective, noun /ˈlɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
- letífero adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/: deadly, lethal
- letífico adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.fi.ku/: joyful (causing joy, bringing joy)
- letissimulação noun /le.t͡ʃi.si.mu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/: letisimulation, thanatosis (death simulation that some animals carry out, remaining temporarily immobile, in order to deceive prey or predators)
- letivo adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.vu/: school
- leto adjective, noun /ˈlɛ.tu/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
- letonês noun /le.toˈne(j)s/: Latvian (language)
- Letônia noun
- letoniano noun /le.to.niˈɐ̃.nu/: Latvian (language)
- letónio noun /leˈtõ.nju/: Latvian (language)
- letra noun, verb /ˈle.tɾɐ/: letter (letter of the alphabet)
- letra bastão phrase
- letra capitular phrase
- letra cursiva phrase
- letra de forma phrase
- letra de mão phrase
- letra dominical phrase
- letrado adjective, noun /leˈtɾa.du/: literate (able to read, having literacy)
- letradura noun /le.tɾaˈdu.ɾɐ/: synonym of literatura
- letramento noun
- letras noun /ˈle.tɾɐs/: plural of letra (“letters”)
- letreiro noun /leˈtɾe(j).ɾu/: sign, signage
- letria noun /leˈtɾi.ɐ/: alternative form of aletria
- letrina noun
- letrista noun /leˈtɾis.tɐ/: lyricist (person who writes the lyrics of a song)
- letrólogo noun
- lettra noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of letra
- lettre de cachet phrase
- leu noun, verb /ˈlew/: leu (currency unit of Romania and Moldova)
- Leucate noun
- leucemia noun /lew.seˈmi.ɐ/: leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)
- leucemia linfoblástica aguda noun: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes)
- leucina noun /lewˈsĩ.nɐ/: leucine (an essential amino acid)
- leucita noun /lewˈsi.tɐ/: leucite
- leuco- prefix
- leucócito noun /lewˈkɔ.si.tu/: leukocyte
- leucócitos noun: plural of leucócito
- leucocitose noun
- leucorreia noun
- leucotomia noun /lew.ko.toˈmi.ɐ/: leucotomy
- leucoxena noun /lew.kokˈsẽ.nɐ/: leucoxene
- lev noun: lev (former currency of Bulgaria)
- leva noun, verb /ˈlɛ.vɐ/: wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)
- leva-dente noun
- leva-e-traz noun
- levada adjective, noun, verb /lɨ.ˈva.dɐ/: feminine singular of levado
- levade adjective
- levadiço adjective /le.vaˈd͡ʒi.su/: liftable
- levadinho da breca phrase
- levadio adjective
- levado adjective, verb /leˈva.du/: taken
- levado da breca phrase
- levadura noun
- levantada adjective, verb: feminine singular of levantado
- levantadamente adverb
- levantado adjective, verb: past participle of levantar
- levantador noun /le.vɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/: raiser
- levantador de peso noun: weightlifter (person who competes for maximum weight lifted)
- levantador de pesos noun: alternative form of levantador de peso
- levantamento noun /le.vɐ̃.taˈmẽ.tu/: lifting
- levantamento de peso noun: weightlifting (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
- levantar verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/: to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)
- levantar a grimpa phrase
- levantar a mesa verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ɾ) a ˈme.zɐ/: to clear the table
- levantar a voz verb: To raise one's voice.
- levantar do lado errado da cama verb: to get up on the wrong side of the bed (to feel irritable without a particular reason)
- levantar ferro phrase
- levantar ferros phrase
- levantar-se à cria phrase
- levantar-se sobre si phrase
- levantar voo verb: to take off (to begin flight)
- levantará verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta.ɾɐ/: third-person singular future indicative of levantar
- levantaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levantar
- levante noun, verb /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: east, orient
- levantes verb: second-person singular present subjunctive of levantar
- levantino adjective, noun /le.vɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/: Levantine (of or relating to the Levant)
- levar verb /leˈva(ʁ)/: to take (to move something to a destination)
- levar a breca verb: to suffer a misfortune
- levar a cabo verb: to carry out (to do something)
- levar a melhor phrase
- levar água ao mar verb: to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
- levar às cavalitas verb: to piggyback (to carry someone on one’s back or shoulders)
- levar bomba phrase
- levar capote phrase
- levar de tábua phrase
- levar em conta verb: to take into account (to consider or regard)
- levar ferro phrase
- levar nas bitáculas phrase
- levar no cagueiro verb: synonym of levar no cu
- levar no cu phrase, verb /leˈva(ʁ) nu ˈku/: to be buggered, be buttfucked
- levar nos queixos phrase
- levar pau phrase
- levar tempo verb: to take time (to require a comparatively long period of time)
- levar um chifre phrase
- levar um fora phrase
- levar um pé na bunda phrase
- levaram verb /leˈva.ɾɐ̃w̃/: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levar
- levaria verb /le.vaˈɾi.ɐ/: first/third-person singular conditional of levar
- leve adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈlɛ.vi/: light (of low weight; not heavy)
- leve como uma pena adjective: light as a feather (extremely light, having minimal weight)
- leve ligeiro phrase
- levedado adjective
- levedar verb /lɨ.vɨ.ˈdaɾ/
- levedo adjective, noun /ˈle.ve.du/: leavened or fermented with yeast
- levedo de cerveja phrase
- levedura noun /le.veˈdu.ɾɐ/: yeast
- levedura de cerveja phrase
- levemente adverb /ˌlɛ.viˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lightly (in a light manner; with little weight or force)
- leverense adjective, noun
- leveza noun /leˈve.zɐ/: lightness, weightlessness
- leveza na cabeça phrase
- Levi noun /le'vi/
- leviana adjective, noun: feminine singular of leviano
- levianamente adverb
- leviandade noun /le.vi.ɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/: levity (lightness of manner or speech)
- leviano adjective, noun /le.viˈɐ̃.nu/: flighty, thoughtless
- leviatã noun /le.vi.aˈtɐ̃/: leviathan (biblical sea monster)
- levidade noun
- levissimamente adverb
- levístico noun /leˈvis.t͡ʃi.ku/: lovage (a Mediterranean herb)
- levitação noun /le.vi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/: levitation (raising of something without apparent physical cause)
- levitar verb /le.viˈta(ʁ)/: to levitate
- levitaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levitar
- Levítico noun
- Levitsky proper noun: a surname from Russian
- levofobia noun /le.vo.foˈbi.ɐ/: levophobia
- levogiro adjective /le.voˈʒi.ɾu/: alternative form of levógiro
- Lewandowski proper noun /ˌle.vɐ̃.ˈdɔvs.ki/: a surname from Polish
- Lewicki proper noun: a surname from Polish
- lexema noun /lekˈsẽ.mɐ/: lexeme (unit of meaning or vocabulary)
- lexia noun
- lexical adjective /lek.siˈkaw/: lexical (concerning the words of a language)
- lexicalizar verb
- lexicalmente adverb /lek.siˌkawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lexically
- léxico adjective, noun /ˈlɛk.si.ku/: lexicon (the words of a language or in a given field)
- lexicografar verb
- lexicografia noun /lek.si.ko.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)
- lexicográfico adjective /lek.si.koˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: lexicographic
- lexicógrafo noun /lek.siˈkɔ.ɡɾa.fu/: lexicographer (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
- lexicologia noun /ˌlɛk.si.ko.loˈʒi.ɐ/: lexicology (linguistic discipline)
- lexicologicamente adverb /lek.si.koˌlɔ.ʒi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lexicologically
- lexicológico adjective /lek.si.koˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: lexicological
- lexicólogo noun
- léxicon noun /ˈlɛk.si.kõ/: alternative form of léxico (“lexicon”)
- lexificador adjective
- lexiologia noun /lek.si.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/: alternative form of lexicologia
- lezgui noun
- lezguiano adjective, noun
- lezira noun /leˈzi.ɾɐ/: alternative form of lezíria
- lezíria noun /leˈzi.ɾjɐ/: marshland
- Lg. noun: abbreviation of largo (“town square”) (used in street names)
- lgbt abbreviation, adjective, noun /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌbeˈte/: LGBT; initialism of lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, transgênero/transexuais
- LGBTfobia noun /ˈɛ.li ˈʒe ˈbe ˈte foˈbi.ɐ/: LGBTphobia
- LGBTI abbreviation, adjective /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌbeˌteˈi/: LGBT; initialism of lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, trans e intersexuais
- LGBTQIA+ abbreviation
- LGBTQQICAPF2K+ abbreviation
- lgc interjection /ˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: lógico!
- LGP noun: initialism of língua gestual portuguesa
- LGTFP abbreviation
- LGTV adjective, noun /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌteˈve/: synonym of LGBT
- lha contraction /ʎa/: contraction of lhe + a, literally “it/her to him/her/it”
- lhama noun /ˈʎɐ̃.mɐ/: llama
- lhaneza noun /ʎaˈne.zɐ/: frankness, sincerity
- lhano adjective /ˈʎɐ̃.nu/: frank, sincere
- lhanura noun /ʎaˈnu.ɾɐ/: plain
- -lhar suffix
- lhas contraction /ʎas/: contraction of lhe + as, literally “them (feminine) to him/her/it”
- lhe pronoun /ʎi/: dative of ele and ela: (to) him/her/it
- lhe-la contraction
- lhe-las contraction
- lhe-lo contraction
- lhe-los contraction
- lheísmo noun /ʎeˈiz.mu/: The nonstandard use of the oblique personal pronoun lhe as direct object, instead of indirect object.
- lhes pronoun /ʎis/: indirect object of eles and elas
- lho contraction /ʎu/: contraction of lhe + o, literally “it/him to him/her/it”
- lhos contraction /ʎus/: contraction of lhe + os, literally “them (masculine) to him/her/it”
- lhufas pronoun /ˈʎu.fɐs/: clipping of bulhufas
- lia noun, verb /ˈli.ɐ/: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ler
- liação noun /li.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: binding, joining
- lial adjective: pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of leal
- liamba noun /liˈɐ̃.bɐ/: cannabis (plant)
- liame noun /ˈljɐ.mɨ/
- liamento noun
- liana noun /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/: liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)
- liança noun
- Lianor noun
- Lião noun
- liar verb /liˈa(ʁ)/: to tie
- liaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of liar
- lias noun, verb /'li.ɐs/: second-person singular imperfect indicative of ler
- libação noun /li.baˈsɐ̃w̃/: libation
- libambo noun
- libanês adjective, noun /li.baˈne(j)s/: Lebanese (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon)
- Líbano noun
- libar verb
- libelinha noun /li.bɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/: damselfly (insect)
Part 5 · Part 7 · Portuguese words: L
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 L: 3,459 words, in 12 parts.