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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

  1. leprosário noun /le.pɾoˈza.ɾju/: leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
  2. leproso adjective, noun /leˈpɾo.zu/: leprous (suffering from leprosy)
  3. leprosório noun /le.pɾoˈzɔ.ɾju/: alternative form of leprosário
  4. leptão noun /lɛpˈtɐ̃w̃/: lepton (elementary particle)
  5. lepto noun
  6. leptocéfalo noun
  7. leptocúrtico adjective /le.pi.toˈkuʁ.t͡ʃi.ku/: leptokurtic (having positive kurtosis)
  8. lépton noun /ˈlɛp.tõ/: Brazilian Portuguese standard form of leptão
  9. leptónico adjective /lɛpˈtɔ.ni.ku/: leptonic
  10. leptospirose noun /le.pis.to.piˈɾɔ.zi/: leptospirosis (an acute disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira)
  11. Lepus noun
  12. leque noun /ˈlɛ.ki/: fan (hand-held device)
  13. leque aluvial noun: alluvial fan (cone-shaped deposit of alluvium)
  14. lequessá number: alternative form of lacassá
  15. ler abbreviation, noun, verb /ˈle(ʁ)/: to read (to look at and interpret written information)
  16. ler a panjelíngua a phrase
  17. ler as horas verb /ˈle(ɾ) az ˈɔ.ɾɐs/: to tell the time
  18. ler nas entrelinhas verb: to read between the lines (to infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly)
  19. leram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ler
  20. lerchão adjective /ler.'t͡ʃaŋ/, /ler.'t͡ʃaw/ ou /ler.'t͡ʃa.o/
  21. lercho adjective
  22. lerdeza noun
  23. lerdo adjective /ˈlɛʁ.du/: slow
  24. lerê interjection
  25. lereia noun /leˈɾɛj.ɐ/: frivolous talk, chit-chat
  26. leria noun, verb /ˈlɛ.ɾjɐ/: chatter, prattle
  27. leriante adjective
  28. leriar verb
  29. lero-lero noun /ˌlɛ.ɾuˈlɛ.ɾu/: idle chat, chitchat
  30. Leroux proper noun: a surname from French
  31. lerpar verb /leʁˈpa(ʁ)/: to leave, escape
  32. lerparam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lerpar
  33. lerpas noun, verb: second-person singular present indicative of lerpar
  34. lerpe noun, verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  35. lês noun, particle, verb /ˈlɛ(j)s/: only used in de lés a lés
  36. lés-sudeste noun
  37. lesa-fradaria noun
  38. lesa-majestade noun /ˌle.zɐ.ma.ʒesˈta.d͡ʒi/: lese majesty (crime against royalty)
  39. lesa-pátria noun
  40. lesa-poesia noun
  41. lesado adjective, verb /leˈza.du/: injured
  42. lesão noun /leˈzɐ̃w̃/: lesion, wound
  43. lesão corporal noun, phrase: [bodily injury or bodily harm] (crime of striking another)
  44. lesão em chicote noun: whiplash (injury to the upper spine caused by a violent jerk of the head)
  45. lesão por esforço repetitivo noun: repetitive strain injury (injury to muscles and tendons caused by repetitive use)
  46. lesar verb /leˈza(ʁ)/: to prejudice; to damage
  47. lesaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lesar
  48. lésbia noun
  49. lesbíaca noun
  50. lesbíaco adjective, noun
  51. lesbiana noun
  52. lesbianismo noun /lez.bi.aˈniz.mu/: lesbianism
  53. lesbiano adjective, noun
  54. lésbica adjective, noun /ˈlɛz.bi.kɐ/: a lesbian woman
  55. lésbico adjective, noun /ˈlɛz.bi.ku/: lesbian, lesbic
  56. lésbio adjective, noun
  57. Lesbos noun
  58. lesca noun
  59. lese verb /ˈlɛ.zɪ/: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  60. leseira noun
  61. lesem verb: third-person plural present subjunctive
  62. lesim noun
  63. lesional adjective
  64. lesionar verb: to wound, injure
  65. lesivamente adverb
  66. lesivo adjective /leˈzi.vu/: harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental
  67. lesma noun, verb /ˈlez.mɐ/: slug (gastropod)
  68. lesma-do-mar noun
  69. lesma-marinha noun
  70. lesmar verb /lezˈma(ʁ)/: to snail (to move too slowly)
  71. lesmaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of lesmar
  72. lesme noun, verb /ˈlesmi/: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  73. lesmento adjective
  74. leso adjective, verb /ˈlɛ.zu/: injured, harmed
  75. lesotense adjective, noun
  76. lesotiano adjective, noun le.zo.t͡ʃiˈɐ.nu/
  77. lesoto noun /le.ˈzo.tu/
  78. lessepsiano adjective /le.se.pi.siˈɐ̃.nu/: Lessepsian
  79. Lessoto noun /le.ˈso.to/
  80. lesta adjective, noun /ˈlɛs.tɐ/: feminine singular of lesto
  81. lestada noun
  82. lestamente adverb
  83. lestas adjective, noun /ˈlɛs.tɐs/: feminine plural of lesto
  84. leste noun, verb /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/: east (compass point)
  85. leste-sudeste noun: east-southeast
  86. leste-sueste noun: east-southeast
  87. lesto adjective /ˈlɛs.tu/: agile
  88. lestra noun
  89. lestras noun
  90. letal adjective /leˈtaw/: lethal
  91. letalidade noun /le.ta.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: lethality
  92. letalmente adverb /leˌtawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lethally
  93. letão adjective, noun /leˈtɐ̃w̃/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
  94. letargia noun /le.taʁˈʒi.ɐ/: lethargy (pathological state of fatigue)
  95. letargicamente adverb
  96. letárgico adjective /leˈtaʁ.ʒi.ku/: lethargic; sluggish
  97. letargo noun
  98. lêtera noun
  99. leterado adjective, noun
  100. letereiro noun
  101. letícia noun
  102. Leticiana noun
  103. Leticiano noun
  104. Letício noun
  105. lético adjective, noun /ˈlɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
  106. letífero adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.fe.ɾu/: deadly, lethal
  107. letífico adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.fi.ku/: joyful (causing joy, bringing joy)
  108. 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)
  109. letivo adjective /leˈt͡ʃi.vu/: school
  110. leto adjective, noun /ˈlɛ.tu/: Latvian (of, from, or pertaining to Latvia)
  111. letonês noun /le.toˈne(j)s/: Latvian (language)
  112. Letônia noun
  113. letoniano noun /le.to.niˈɐ̃.nu/: Latvian (language)
  114. letónio noun /leˈtõ.nju/: Latvian (language)
  115. letra noun, verb /ˈle.tɾɐ/: letter (letter of the alphabet)
  116. letra bastão phrase
  117. letra capitular phrase
  118. letra cursiva phrase
  119. letra de forma phrase
  120. letra de mão phrase
  121. letra dominical phrase
  122. letrado adjective, noun /leˈtɾa.du/: literate (able to read, having literacy)
  123. letradura noun /le.tɾaˈdu.ɾɐ/: synonym of literatura
  124. letramento noun
  125. letras noun /ˈle.tɾɐs/: plural of letra (“letters”)
  126. letreiro noun /leˈtɾe(j).ɾu/: sign, signage
  127. letria noun /leˈtɾi.ɐ/: alternative form of aletria
  128. letrina noun
  129. letrista noun /leˈtɾis.tɐ/: lyricist (person who writes the lyrics of a song)
  130. lettra noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of letra
  131. lettre de cachet phrase
  132. leu noun, verb /ˈlew/: leu (currency unit of Romania and Moldova)
  133. Leucate noun
  134. leucemia noun /lew.seˈmi.ɐ/: leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue)
  135. leucemia linfoblástica aguda noun: acute lymphoblastic leukemia (type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes)
  136. leucina noun /lewˈsĩ.nɐ/: leucine (an essential amino acid)
  137. leucita noun /lewˈsi.tɐ/: leucite
  138. leuco- prefix
  139. leucócito noun /lewˈkɔ.si.tu/: leukocyte
  140. leucócitos noun: plural of leucócito
  141. leucocitose noun
  142. leucorreia noun
  143. leucotomia noun /lew.ko.toˈmi.ɐ/: leucotomy
  144. leucoxena noun /lew.kokˈsẽ.nɐ/: leucoxene
  145. lev noun: lev (former currency of Bulgaria)
  146. leva noun, verb /ˈlɛ.vɐ/: wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)
  147. leva-dente noun
  148. leva-e-traz noun
  149. levada adjective, noun, verb /lɨ.ˈva.dɐ/: feminine singular of levado
  150. levade adjective
  151. levadiço adjective /le.vaˈd͡ʒi.su/: liftable
  152. levadinho da breca phrase
  153. levadio adjective
  154. levado adjective, verb /leˈva.du/: taken
  155. levado da breca phrase
  156. levadura noun
  157. levantada adjective, verb: feminine singular of levantado
  158. levantadamente adverb
  159. levantado adjective, verb: past participle of levantar
  160. levantador noun /le.vɐ̃.taˈdoʁ/: raiser
  161. levantador de peso noun: weightlifter (person who competes for maximum weight lifted)
  162. levantador de pesos noun: alternative form of levantador de peso
  163. levantamento noun /le.vɐ̃.taˈmẽ.tu/: lifting
  164. levantamento de peso noun: weightlifting (sport in which competitors lift heavy weights)
  165. levantar verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/: to stand up; to get up (to rise from a lying, sitting or fallen position)
  166. levantar a grimpa phrase
  167. levantar a mesa verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta(ɾ) a ˈme.zɐ/: to clear the table
  168. levantar a voz verb: To raise one's voice.
  169. levantar do lado errado da cama verb: to get up on the wrong side of the bed (to feel irritable without a particular reason)
  170. levantar ferro phrase
  171. levantar ferros phrase
  172. levantar-se à cria phrase
  173. levantar-se sobre si phrase
  174. levantar voo verb: to take off (to begin flight)
  175. levantará verb /le.vɐ̃ˈta.ɾɐ/: third-person singular future indicative of levantar
  176. levantaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levantar
  177. levante noun, verb /leˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: east, orient
  178. levantes verb: second-person singular present subjunctive of levantar
  179. levantino adjective, noun /le.vɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/: Levantine (of or relating to the Levant)
  180. levar verb /leˈva(ʁ)/: to take (to move something to a destination)
  181. levar a breca verb: to suffer a misfortune
  182. levar a cabo verb: to carry out (to do something)
  183. levar a melhor phrase
  184. levar água ao mar verb: to carry coals to Newcastle (do something unneeded or redundant)
  185. levar às cavalitas verb: to piggyback (to carry someone on one’s back or shoulders)
  186. levar bomba phrase
  187. levar capote phrase
  188. levar de tábua phrase
  189. levar em conta verb: to take into account (to consider or regard)
  190. levar ferro phrase
  191. levar nas bitáculas phrase
  192. levar no cagueiro verb: synonym of levar no cu
  193. levar no cu phrase, verb /leˈva(ʁ) nu ˈku/: to be buggered, be buttfucked
  194. levar nos queixos phrase
  195. levar pau phrase
  196. levar tempo verb: to take time (to require a comparatively long period of time)
  197. levar um chifre phrase
  198. levar um fora phrase
  199. levar um pé na bunda phrase
  200. levaram verb /leˈva.ɾɐ̃w̃/: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levar
  201. levaria verb /le.vaˈɾi.ɐ/: first/third-person singular conditional of levar
  202. leve adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈlɛ.vi/: light (of low weight; not heavy)
  203. leve como uma pena adjective: light as a feather (extremely light, having minimal weight)
  204. leve ligeiro phrase
  205. levedado adjective
  206. levedar verb /lɨ.vɨ.ˈdaɾ/
  207. levedo adjective, noun /ˈle.ve.du/: leavened or fermented with yeast
  208. levedo de cerveja phrase
  209. levedura noun /le.veˈdu.ɾɐ/: yeast
  210. levedura de cerveja phrase
  211. levemente adverb /ˌlɛ.viˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lightly (in a light manner; with little weight or force)
  212. leverense adjective, noun
  213. leveza noun /leˈve.zɐ/: lightness, weightlessness
  214. leveza na cabeça phrase
  215. Levi noun /le'vi/
  216. leviana adjective, noun: feminine singular of leviano
  217. levianamente adverb
  218. leviandade noun /le.vi.ɐ̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/: levity (lightness of manner or speech)
  219. leviano adjective, noun /le.viˈɐ̃.nu/: flighty, thoughtless
  220. leviatã noun /le.vi.aˈtɐ̃/: leviathan (biblical sea monster)
  221. levidade noun
  222. levissimamente adverb
  223. levístico noun /leˈvis.t͡ʃi.ku/: lovage (a Mediterranean herb)
  224. levitação noun /le.vi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/: levitation (raising of something without apparent physical cause)
  225. levitar verb /le.viˈta(ʁ)/: to levitate
  226. levitaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of levitar
  227. Levítico noun
  228. Levitsky proper noun: a surname from Russian
  229. levofobia noun /le.vo.foˈbi.ɐ/: levophobia
  230. levogiro adjective /le.voˈʒi.ɾu/: alternative form of levógiro
  231. Lewandowski proper noun /ˌle.vɐ̃.ˈdɔvs.ki/: a surname from Polish
  232. Lewicki proper noun: a surname from Polish
  233. lexema noun /lekˈsẽ.mɐ/: lexeme (unit of meaning or vocabulary)
  234. lexia noun
  235. lexical adjective /lek.siˈkaw/: lexical (concerning the words of a language)
  236. lexicalizar verb
  237. lexicalmente adverb /lek.siˌkawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lexically
  238. léxico adjective, noun /ˈlɛk.si.ku/: lexicon (the words of a language or in a given field)
  239. lexicografar verb
  240. lexicografia noun /lek.si.ko.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries)
  241. lexicográfico adjective /lek.si.koˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: lexicographic
  242. lexicógrafo noun /lek.siˈkɔ.ɡɾa.fu/: lexicographer (one who writes or compiles a dictionary)
  243. lexicologia noun /ˌlɛk.si.ko.loˈʒi.ɐ/: lexicology (linguistic discipline)
  244. lexicologicamente adverb /lek.si.koˌlɔ.ʒi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: lexicologically
  245. lexicológico adjective /lek.si.koˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: lexicological
  246. léxicon noun /ˈlɛk.si.kõ/: alternative form of léxico (“lexicon”)
  247. lexificador adjective
  248. lexiologia noun /lek.si.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/: alternative form of lexicologia
  249. lezgui noun
  250. lezguiano adjective, noun
  251. lezira noun /leˈzi.ɾɐ/: alternative form of lezíria
  252. lezíria noun /leˈzi.ɾjɐ/: marshland
  253. Lg. noun: abbreviation of largo (“town square”) (used in street names)
  254. lgbt abbreviation, adjective, noun /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌbeˈte/: LGBT; initialism of lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, transgênero/transexuais
  255. LGBTfobia noun /ˈɛ.li ˈʒe ˈbe ˈte foˈbi.ɐ/: LGBTphobia
  256. LGBTI abbreviation, adjective /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌbeˌteˈi/: LGBT; initialism of lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, trans e intersexuais
  257. LGBTQIA+ abbreviation
  258. LGBTQQICAPF2K+ abbreviation
  259. lgc interjection /ˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: lógico!
  260. LGP noun: initialism of língua gestual portuguesa
  261. LGTFP abbreviation
  262. LGTV adjective, noun /ˌɛ.liˌʒeˌteˈve/: synonym of LGBT
  263. lha contraction /ʎa/: contraction of lhe + a, literally “it/her to him/her/it”
  264. lhama noun /ˈʎɐ̃.mɐ/: llama
  265. lhaneza noun /ʎaˈne.zɐ/: frankness, sincerity
  266. lhano adjective /ˈʎɐ̃.nu/: frank, sincere
  267. lhanura noun /ʎaˈnu.ɾɐ/: plain
  268. -lhar suffix
  269. lhas contraction /ʎas/: contraction of lhe + as, literally “them (feminine) to him/her/it”
  270. lhe pronoun /ʎi/: dative of ele and ela: (to) him/her/it
  271. lhe-la contraction
  272. lhe-las contraction
  273. lhe-lo contraction
  274. lhe-los contraction
  275. lheísmo noun /ʎeˈiz.mu/: The nonstandard use of the oblique personal pronoun lhe as direct object, instead of indirect object.
  276. lhes pronoun /ʎis/: indirect object of eles and elas
  277. lho contraction /ʎu/: contraction of lhe + o, literally “it/him to him/her/it”
  278. lhos contraction /ʎus/: contraction of lhe + os, literally “them (masculine) to him/her/it”
  279. lhufas pronoun /ˈʎu.fɐs/: clipping of bulhufas
  280. lia noun, verb /ˈli.ɐ/: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ler
  281. liação noun /li.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: binding, joining
  282. lial adjective: pre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of leal
  283. liamba noun /liˈɐ̃.bɐ/: cannabis (plant)
  284. liame noun /ˈljɐ.mɨ/
  285. liamento noun
  286. liana noun /liˈɐ̃.nɐ/: liana (a climbing woody vine, usually tropical)
  287. liança noun
  288. Lianor noun
  289. Lião noun
  290. liar verb /liˈa(ʁ)/: to tie
  291. liaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of liar
  292. lias noun, verb /'li.ɐs/: second-person singular imperfect indicative of ler
  293. libação noun /li.baˈsɐ̃w̃/: libation
  294. libambo noun
  295. libanês adjective, noun /li.baˈne(j)s/: Lebanese (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon)
  296. Líbano noun
  297. libar verb
  298. 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.