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Portuguese words: maxila to medusa

300 Portuguese words, part 10 of 24 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 79 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words maxila to medusa

  1. maxila noun /ma.kiˈsi.lɐ/: maxilla (upper jawbone)
  2. maxilar adjective, noun /ma.ki.ziˈlaʁ/: maxillary (relating to a jawbone)
  3. maxilar inferior noun /mak.siˈlaʁ ĩ.fe.ɾiˈoʁ/: mandible, the lower jawbone
  4. maxilar superior noun /mak.siˈlaʁ su.pe.ɾiˈoʁ/: maxilla, the upper jawbone
  5. maxilípede noun /mak.siˈli.pe.d͡ʒi/: maxilliped
  6. maxilla noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of maxila
  7. maxillar adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of maxilar
  8. maxillar inferior noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of maxilar inferior
  9. maxillar superior noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of maxilar superior
  10. máxima adjective, noun /ˈma.si.mɐ/: maxim
  11. maximal adjective /mak.siˈmaw/: maximal, maximum
  12. maximalismo noun /ma.si.maˈliz.mu/: maximalism (tendency toward excess)
  13. maximamente adverb /ˌma.si.maˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: maximally
  14. maximário noun
  15. maximba interjection
  16. máxime adverb
  17. Maximiliana noun
  18. Maximiliano noun
  19. Maximiliano de Almeida noun
  20. maximinense adjective, noun
  21. maximizado adjective, verb: past participle of maximizar
  22. maximizar verb /ma.si.miˈza(ʁ)/: to maximise
  23. maximizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maximizar
  24. máximo adjective, noun /ˈma.si.mu/: maximum (to the highest degree)
  25. máximo divisor comum noun, phrase: greatest common divisor (largest positive integer or polynomial that divides each of the numbers of a set without remainder)
  26. maxissaia noun
  27. maxixar verb /ma.ʃiˈʃa(ʁ)/: to dance the maxixe
  28. maxixaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maxixar
  29. maxixe noun, verb /maˈʃi.ʃi/: gherkin
  30. maxuxo noun
  31. Mayara proper noun /maˈja.ɾɐ/: a female given name, variant of Maiara
  32. Maycon proper noun: a male given name, variant of Maicon
  33. mayday interjection, noun
  34. mayonnaise noun: dated spelling of maionese
  35. Mayotte noun
  36. mazá interjection, noun
  37. mazaganense adjective, noun
  38. Mazagão noun
  39. mazagrã noun
  40. Mazandaran proper noun: Mazandaran (a province of Iran)
  41. mazandarani noun: Mazanderani (language)
  42. mazanza adjective
  43. Mazcate noun
  44. mazedense adjective, noun
  45. mazela noun /maˈzɛ.lɐ/: wound
  46. mazombo noun
  47. MB abbreviation
  48. MBA abbreviation
  49. Mbabane noun
  50. mbaco adjective [ˈmba.ku]: sterile (unable to reproduce)
  51. mbaua noun: Khaya nyasica
  52. mbilua noun
  53. MBL abbreviation
  54. mboa noun [ˈmbo.ɐ]: girl, girlfriend
  55. mboi noun /ˈmboj/: alternative form of mboia
  56. mboia noun /ˈmbɔj.ɐ/: synonym of cobra
  57. mbunga noun
  58. MC abbreviation, noun /ˌẽ.miˈsi/: synonym of mestre de cerimônias
  59. McDonald's noun
  60. MCDT abbreviation, noun: initialism of meios complementares de diagnóstico e terapêutica (“complementary methods of diagnosis and therapeutics”)
  61. mcg abbreviation
  62. MCT abbreviation
  63. MCTI abbreviation
  64. MDB abbreviation
  65. MDC abbreviation, noun: GCD
  66. MDE abbreviation
  67. MDIC abbreviation
  68. MdM abbreviation
  69. MDMA abbreviation
  70. MDN noun: abbreviation of ministério da defesa nacional
  71. MDP abbreviation
  72. mds interjection /mewˈdews/: abbreviation of meu Deus (“oh my God”)
  73. MDT abbreviation
  74. me interjection, noun, pronoun /mi/: first-person singular objective direct personal pronoun; me
  75. me erra interjection /mi ˈɛ.ʁɐ/: leave me alone, go away (from me)
  76. mé-mé noun
  77. meã adjective, noun /meˈɐ̃/: a piece of leather that connects the two pieces of a flail
  78. meação noun /me.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: division into two
  79. meada adjective, noun, verb /ˈmja.dɐ/: skein
  80. meadade noun
  81. meadelense adjective, noun
  82. meado adjective, noun, verb /meˈa.du/: mid
  83. mealha noun, verb /meˈa.ʎɐ/: a mediaeval Portuguese coin
  84. mealhada noun, verb /me.aˈʎa.dɐ/: feminine singular of mealhado
  85. mealhadense adjective, noun /me.a.ʎaˈdẽ.si/: of Mealhada
  86. mealhar verb /me.aˈʎa(ʁ)/: to save money little by little
  87. mealharam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mealhar
  88. mealheiro noun /me.aˈʎe(j).ɾu/: money box, piggy bank
  89. meandro noun /meˈɐ̃.dɾu/: meander
  90. meão adjective, noun /meˈɐ̃w̃/: middle (placed in a central position)
  91. mear verb /meˈa(ʁ)/: to halve (divide into two)
  92. mearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mear
  93. measense adjective, noun
  94. mẽbêngôkre noun
  95. mec abbreviation, adjective
  96. meca noun, verb /ˈmɛ.kɐ/: Mecca (any important place of pilgrimage by people with a particular interest)
  97. mecânica adjective, noun /meˈkɐ̃.ni.kɐ/: female equivalent of mecânico
  98. mecânica analítica noun: analytic mechanics (the application of calculus to classical mechanics)
  99. mecânica quântica noun: quantum mechanics (branch of physics that studies matter and energy at the level of elementary particles)
  100. mecanicamente adverb /meˌkɐ̃.ni.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: mechanically
  101. mecanicismo noun
  102. mecanicista adjective
  103. mecânico adjective, noun /meˈkɐ̃.ni.ku/: mechanical
  104. mecanismo noun /me.kaˈniz.mu/: mechanism (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
  105. mecanização noun /me.ka.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/: mechanization
  106. mecanizado adjective, verb /me.ka.niˈza.du/: mechanized
  107. mecanizar verb /me.ka.niˈza(ʁ)/: to mechanize
  108. mecanizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mecanizar
  109. mecanizável adjective
  110. mecano- prefix /me.ka.no/: self-; mechano-
  111. mecanografia noun /me.ka.no.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: mechanography
  112. mecanográfico adjective /me.ka.noˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: mechanographic
  113. mecatrônica adjective, noun /mɛ.kɐˈtɾɔ.ni.kɐ/: mechatronics (branch of engineering that studies automata)
  114. mecê pronoun
  115. mecenas noun
  116. mecenato noun /me.seˈna.tu/: patronage (the act of providing approval and support)
  117. mecha noun, verb /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/: lock (length of hair)
  118. mechanicamente adverb: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mecanicamente
  119. mechanico adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mecânico
  120. mechelote noun
  121. mecheram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mecher
  122. mecklemburguês adjective, noun /me.klẽ.buʁˈɡe(j)s/: alternative form of meclemburguês
  123. meclemburguês adjective, noun /me.klẽ.buʁˈɡe(j)s/: of, from or relating to Mecklenburg
  124. meço noun, verb /ˈmɛ.su/: first-person singular present indicative of medir
  125. mecônio noun /meˈkõ.nju/: meconium
  126. mecóptero noun
  127. meda noun /ˈme.dɐ/: only used in que meda
  128. medademourense adjective, noun
  129. medalha noun /meˈda.ʎɐ/: medal (stamped metal disc used as ornament or charm)
  130. medalha de bronze noun: bronze medal (medal indicating third place in a competition)
  131. medalha de honra noun: Medal of Honor (highest military award given in the United States)
  132. medalha de ouro noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see medalha, de, ouro.
  133. medalha de prata noun: silver medal (medal indicating second place in a competition)
  134. medalhão noun /me.daˈʎɐ̃w̃/: medallion (large decorative medal)
  135. medalhar verb
  136. medalhista noun /me.daˈʎis.tɐ/: medalist (one who has received a medal)
  137. medeia noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  138. medeiro noun
  139. Medeiros noun
  140. Medeiros Neto noun
  141. medeirosnetense adjective, noun
  142. medeixes noun
  143. medelense adjective, noun
  144. medelinense adjective, noun
  145. medense adjective, noun /meˈdẽ.si/: of Meda
  146. média adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛ.djɐ/: alternative spelling of média (“media; mass media”)
  147. média aritmética noun /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒjɐ a.ɾit͡ʃˈmɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/: arithmetic mean (measure of central tendency)
  148. média harmónica noun: harmonic mean (a type of measure of central tendency)
  149. média-metragem noun
  150. mediação noun /me.d͡ʒi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: mediation
  151. mediador adjective, noun /me.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/: mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)
  152. medialmente adverb
  153. mediamente adverb
  154. mediana adjective, noun /me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/: median (measure of central tendency)
  155. medianamente adverb /me.d͡ʒiˌɐ̃.naˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: medially (in the middle)
  156. Medianeira noun
  157. medianeiro noun
  158. mediano adjective /me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: median (situated in the middle)
  159. mediante preposition
  160. mediar verb /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/: to mediate
  161. mediaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mediar
  162. mediastino adjective, noun /me.d͡ʒi.asˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/: mediastinum
  163. mediatamente adverb
  164. mediatário adjective, noun
  165. mediaticamente adverb
  166. mediático adjective /mɨˈdja.ti.ku/: media
  167. mediatização noun /me.d͡ʒi.a.t͡ʃi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/: mediatization/mediatisation
  168. mediatizar verb /me.d͡ʒi.a.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/: to mediatize/mediatise
  169. mediatizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mediatizar
  170. mediato adjective /mɨ.ˈdja.tu/
  171. médica adjective, noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  172. medicação noun /me.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/: medication
  173. medical adjective
  174. medicalização noun: medicalization (the act or process of medicalizing)
  175. medicalizar verb
  176. medicalmente adverb
  177. medicamente adverb /ˌmɛ.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: medically
  178. medicamento noun, verb /me.d͡ʒi.kaˈmẽ.tu/: medicine (substance which promotes healing)
  179. medicamento órfão noun: orphan drug (drug without enough demand to cover its production costs)
  180. medicamentoso adjective /me.d͡ʒi.ka.mẽˈto.zu/: medicine, drug
  181. medicamos verb: first-person plural present indicative
  182. medição noun /me.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃w̃/: measurement, mensuration
  183. medicar verb /me.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/: to medicate
  184. medicara verb: first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of medicar
  185. medicaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of medicar
  186. medicardes verb: second-person plural future subjunctive
  187. medicarem verb: third-person plural future subjunctive
  188. medicares verb: second-person singular future subjunctive
  189. medicaria verb: first/third-person singular conditional of medicar
  190. medicarmos verb: first-person plural future subjunctive
  191. medicasse verb: first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of medicar
  192. medicativo adjective
  193. medicava verb: first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of medicar
  194. Médici noun
  195. medicilandense adjective, noun
  196. Medicilândia noun
  197. medicina noun, verb /me.d͡ʒiˈsĩ.nɐ/: medicine (field of study)
  198. medicina alternativa noun: alternative medicine (medical methods and practices used in place of conventional medicine)
  199. medicina veterinária noun, phrase: veterinary medicine (branch of medicine that deals with animals)
  200. medicinal adjective /me.d͡ʒi.siˈnaw/: medicinal (of or pertaining to medicine)
  201. medicinalmente adverb /me.d͡ʒi.siˌnawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: medicinally (in a medicinal manner)
  202. medicinamos verb
  203. medicinar verb
  204. medicinara verb
  205. medicinaram verb
  206. medicinardes verb
  207. medicinarem verb
  208. medicinares verb
  209. medicinaria verb
  210. medicinarmos verb
  211. medicinasse verb
  212. medicinava verb
  213. medicine verb
  214. medicine ball phrase
  215. medicineis verb
  216. medicinem verb
  217. medicinemos verb
  218. medicines verb
  219. médico adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒi.ku/: consulting room, clinic
  220. médico de pés descalços noun: barefoot doctor (farmer with basic medical training)
  221. médico-forense adjective
  222. médico-legalmente adverb
  223. médico-legista noun /ˌmɛ.d͡ʒi.ku.leˈʒis.tɐ/: medical examiner (physician who examines cadavers)
  224. medida noun, verb /meˈd͡ʒi.dɐ/: measurement; measure
  225. medida cautelar phrase
  226. medida preventiva phrase
  227. medidamente adverb
  228. medido adjective, verb: past participle of medir
  229. medidor adjective, noun /me.d͡ʒiˈdoʁ/: measuring, metering
  230. medieval adjective /me.d͡ʒi.eˈvaw/: medieval
  231. medievalidade noun
  232. medievalmente adverb
  233. medievo adjective, noun
  234. Medina noun
  235. médio adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒju/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of médio
  236. Médio Oriente phrase
  237. medíocre adjective /meˈd͡ʒi.o.kɾi/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of medíocre
  238. mediocremente adverb
  239. mediocridade noun /me.d͡ʒi.o.kɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/: mediocrity (condition of being mediocre)
  240. mediolíneo adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.d͡ʒjuˈlĩ.nju/: Having a biotypology between strength and speed.
  241. medique verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  242. mediqueis verb: second-person plural present subjunctive of medicar
  243. mediquem verb: third-person plural present subjunctive
  244. mediquemos verb: first-person plural present subjunctive
  245. mediques verb: second-person singular present subjunctive of medicar
  246. medir verb /miˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/: to measure, gauge
  247. medir a febre phrase
  248. medir esforços verb: to have a limit on what one is willing to do to achieve something
  249. mediram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of medir
  250. meditabundo adjective /me.d͡ʒi.taˈbũ.du/: thoughtful, reflective
  251. meditação noun /me.d͡ʒi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/: meditation
  252. meditadamente adverb
  253. meditado adjective, verb: past participle of meditar
  254. meditar verb /me.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/: to meditate
  255. meditaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of meditar
  256. meditativamente adverb
  257. mediterrâneo adjective, noun /me.d͡ʒi.teˈʁɐ̃.nju/: inland, mediterraneous
  258. mediterrânico adjective /me.d͡ʒi.teˈʁɐ̃.ni.ku/: Mediterranean (of or relating to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it)
  259. mediterrano adjective, noun
  260. médium noun /ˈmɛ.d͡ʒiw̃/: medium (a person who contacts the dead)
  261. mediunicamente adverb /me.d͡ʒiˌũ.ni.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: mediumistically (in the manner of a medium)
  262. mediúnico adjective /me.d͡ʒiˈũ.ni.ku/: mediumistic
  263. mediunidade noun /me.d͡ʒiw.niˈda.d͡ʒi/: mediumship
  264. medível adjective /meˈd͡ʒi.vew/: measurable
  265. medley noun
  266. medo adjective, noun /ˈme.du/: fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
  267. medo de palco noun: stage fright (fear or nervousness when performing to an audience)
  268. medoncha noun
  269. medoncho noun
  270. medonço noun
  271. medonhamente adverb
  272. medonho adjective /meˈdõ.ɲu/: hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly
  273. medorreia noun
  274. medoso adjective
  275. medoucha noun
  276. medoucho noun
  277. medouco noun
  278. medra noun, verb /ˈmɛ.dɾɐ/: growth, increase
  279. medradense adjective, noun
  280. medrado adjective, verb: past participle of medrar
  281. medrança noun
  282. medrar verb /meˈdɾa(ʁ)/: to grow
  283. medraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of medrar
  284. medras noun, verb: second-person singular present indicative of medrar
  285. medrica noun /meˈdɾi.kɐ/: synonym of medricas
  286. medricas noun /meˈdɾi.kɐs/: a person who is easily afraid of anything
  287. medrincas noun /meˈdɾĩ.kɐs/: synonym of medricas
  288. medroense adjective, noun
  289. medronheiro noun /me.dɾõˈɲe(j).ɾu/: strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo, a small, fruit-bearing tree of Europe)
  290. medronho adjective, noun /meˈdɾõ.ɲu/: the berry of the strawberry tree
  291. medrosamente adverb
  292. medroso adjective /meˈdɾo.zu/: fearful
  293. medula noun /meˈdu.lɐ/: marrow (substance inside bones)
  294. medula espinal noun: spinal cord
  295. medula espinhal noun, phrase: spinal cord (thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue)
  296. medula óssea noun, phrase: bone marrow (substance inside bones)
  297. medularmente adverb
  298. medusa noun /meˈdu.zɐ/: medusa (non-polyp form of a cnidarian)

Part 9 · Part 11 · Portuguese words: M

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 M: 6,997 words, in 24 parts.