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Portuguese words: Medvedev to melro-d'água

300 Portuguese words, part 11 of 24 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 67 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words Medvedev to melro-d'água

  1. Medvedev proper noun: a surname from Russian
  2. MEE abbreviation
  3. meeiro noun
  4. meeting noun /ˈmi.t͡ʃĩ/: conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means)
  5. meetingueiro noun
  6. MEF abbreviation
  7. mefedrona noun
  8. Mefistófeles proper noun: Mephistopheles (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
  9. mefistofélico adjective /me.fis.toˈfɛ.li.ku/: Mephistophelean
  10. mefítico adjective
  11. mega adverb, noun, prefix /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/: very, super (intensifier)
  12. mega hair noun /mɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ(ʁ)/: a type of hair extension
  13. megabaite noun
  14. megabit noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbi.t͡ʃi/: megabit (one million bits)
  15. megabite noun
  16. megaboca noun
  17. megabyte noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbaj.t͡ʃi/: megabyte (one million bytes)
  18. megaempresa noun
  19. megaestrela noun
  20. megaevento noun /me.ɡa.eˈvẽ.tu/: megaevent
  21. megafauna noun /me.ɡaˈfaw.nɐ/ [me.ɡaˈfaʊ̯.nɐ]
  22. megafaunas noun
  23. megafone noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈfõ.ni/: megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person’s voice)
  24. megagrama noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/: megagram, metric ton, ton (unit of weight, equivalent to 1000 kilograms)
  25. megahertz noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁ.t͡ʃis/: megahertz (frequency unit of one million cycles per second)
  26. megaletoscópio noun
  27. -megalia suffix: -megaly
  28. megalitismo noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.liˈt͡ʃiz.mu/: megalithism (culture surrounding the building of megaliths)
  29. megalitro noun: megalitre
  30. megalodonte noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.loˈdõ.t͡ʃi/: megalodon (†Otodus megalodon)
  31. megalografia noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: megalography
  32. megalográfico adjective /ˌmɛ.ɡa.loˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: megalographic, of or pertaining to large or grand works
  33. megalógrafo noun /me.ɡaˈlɔ.ɡɾa.fu/: One who produces works of megalography; one who produces grand or large works, one who produces depictions of important or grand subjects
  34. megalomania noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.ɐ/: megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)
  35. megalomaníaco adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a.ku/: megalomaniac, megalomaniacal (of or relating to megalomania)
  36. megalómano adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/: European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano
  37. megalomártir noun: great martyr
  38. megalópole noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈlɔ.po.li/: megalopolis (large conurbation)
  39. megametro noun /meˈɡɐ̃.me.tɾu/: megametre (a distance of 1,000 km)
  40. meganha noun: police officer
  41. megaohm noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɔm/: megaohm (one million ohms)
  42. megapascal noun: megapascal
  43. megapixel noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈpik.sew/: unadapted form of megapíxel (“megapixel”)
  44. megasseca noun: megadrought (a drought lasting for decades or centuries)
  45. megassismo noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈsiz.mu/: megaseism (a large or severe earthquake)
  46. megatério noun /me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], AFI: /me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾju/ (coloquial)
  47. megatesla noun
  48. megatsunami noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.tsuˈnɐ̃.mi/: megatsunami (an extremely large tsunami-like wave caused by an avalanche or landslide displacing large amounts of water very quickly)
  49. megera noun /meˈʒɛ.ɾɐ/: an evil or bad-tempered woman
  50. megero noun
  51. Meghalaya proper noun: Meghalaya (a state in northeastern India)
  52. megleno-romeno noun: Megleno-Romanian (an Eastern Romance language spoken in Greece, Macedonia and Romania)
  53. mei abbreviation, adjective, adverb, noun /ˈmej/: acronym of microempreendedor individual
  54. meia adjective, adverb, noun, number, verb /ˈmej.ɐ/: misconstruction of meio
  55. meia-água noun
  56. meia arrastão noun: fishnet (stockings made of fishnet fabric)
  57. meia boca adjective, noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ ˈbo.kɐ/: mediocre, poor (of low quality)
  58. meia-calça noun /ˌmej.ɐˈkaw.sɐ/: sock
  59. meia-cana noun
  60. meia-cancha noun
  61. meia-concunhada noun
  62. meia-cunhada noun
  63. meia de leite noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ d͡ʒi ˈlej.t͡ʃi/: café au lait served on a large cup
  64. meia dúzia noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ ˈdu.zjɐ/: half a dozen (6, six)
  65. meia-dúzia de gato-pingado noun: alternative form of meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados
  66. meia dúzia de gatos pingados noun, phrase: very few people attending an event
  67. meia-encadernação noun /ˌmej.ɐ.ẽ.ka.deʁ.naˈsɐ̃w̃/: half binding (a style of book binding in which only the back and corners are in leather)
  68. meia-entrada noun /ˌmej.ɐ.ẽˈtɾa.dɐ/: a ticket sold for half its normal price as required by law, generally for students, low-income young adults, disabled people, and elderly ones to education...
  69. meia-final noun /ˌmej.ɐ.fiˈnaw/: semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)
  70. meia-foda adjective, noun /ˌmej.ɐˈfɔ.dɐ/: small in stature
  71. meia hora noun: half-hour (a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour)
  72. meia-idade noun /ˌmej.ɐ.iˈda.d͡ʒi/: middle age
  73. meia-irmã noun /ˌmej.ɐ.iʁˈmɐ̃/: half-sister (sister sharing only one parent)
  74. meia-leca noun /ˌmej.ɐˈlɛ.kɐ/: shorty
  75. meia-lua noun /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/: half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
  76. meia-luz noun /ˌmej.ɐˈlu(j)s/: twilight (faint light after sunset or before sunrise)
  77. meia-noite noun /ˌmej.ɐˈnoj.t͡ʃi/: midnight (the middle of the night)
  78. meia-noute noun
  79. meia nove noun, phrase /ˌmej.ɐˈnɔ.vi/: sixty-nine (sex position)
  80. meia-prima noun
  81. meia-risca noun: en dash (name of the symbol –)
  82. meia-sobrinha noun
  83. meia-sobrinha-bisneta noun
  84. meia-sobrinha-neta noun
  85. meia-sobrinha-trineta noun
  86. meia-tia noun: female equivalent of meio-tio
  87. meia-tia-avó noun
  88. meia-tia-bisavó noun
  89. meia-tia-trisavó noun
  90. meia-tigela noun
  91. meia-vida noun: half-life
  92. meia-volta noun: about-face (turn to face the opposite direction)
  93. meias noun, verb /ˈmej.ɐs/: plural of meia
  94. meiaviense adjective, noun
  95. meidubrigense adjective, noun
  96. meiga adjective, noun: a witch
  97. meigalho noun
  98. meigamente adverb /ˌme(j).ɡaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: tenderly, gently
  99. meigas adjective: feminine plural of meigo
  100. meigengro adjective
  101. meigo adjective, noun /ˈme(j).ɡu/: sweet, lovely
  102. meigos adjective: masculine plural of meigo
  103. meiguice noun /me(j)ˈɡi.si/: sweetness
  104. meiguiceiro adjective
  105. meiguices noun: plural of meiguice
  106. meiinho noun /mejˈĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of meio
  107. meijengra noun
  108. meijengro adjective, noun
  109. meimendro noun /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/: henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, a poisonous herb)
  110. meiminho noun
  111. meimoense adjective, noun
  112. meinha noun /meˈĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of meia
  113. meio adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈmej.u/: half
  114. meio ambiente noun, phrase: environment (natural world or ecosystem)
  115. meio-campista noun: midfielder
  116. meio-campo noun /ˌmej.uˈkɐ̃.pu/: midfield
  117. meio-concunhado noun
  118. meio-cunhado noun
  119. meio de comunicação phrase
  120. meio de transporte phrase
  121. meio-dia noun /ˌmej.uˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/: noon
  122. meio do nada noun: middle of nowhere, the sticks, arse end of nowhere
  123. meio-fio noun /ˌmej.uˈfi.u/: curb, kerb (edge between pavement and roadway)
  124. meio-fundo noun: middle-distance race
  125. meio-gordo adjective /ˌmej.uˈɡoʁ.du/: semi-skimmed
  126. meio-irmão noun /ˈmej.u iʁˈmɐ̃w̃/: half brother (brother sharing only one parent)
  127. meio-médio noun
  128. meio-médio ligeiro phrase
  129. meio milhão noun: half a million (five hundred thousand)
  130. meio-pesado noun
  131. meio-primo noun
  132. meio-sangue adjective, noun /ˌmej.uˈsɐ̃.ɡi/: an animal with only one thoroughbred parent, especially a horse or mare.
  133. meio-sobrinho noun
  134. meio-sobrinho-bisneto noun
  135. meio-sobrinho-neto noun
  136. meio-sobrinho-trineto noun
  137. meio-soprano noun
  138. meio-tempo noun /ˌmej.uˈtẽ.pu/: half time (interval between halves of a match)
  139. meio-termo noun /ˌmej.uˈteʁ.mu/: compromise (settlement of by consent reached by mutual concessions)
  140. meio-tio noun: half-uncle (half-brother of one’s parent)
  141. meio-tio-avô noun
  142. meio-tio-bisavô noun
  143. meio-tio-trisavô noun
  144. meio-tom noun /ˌmej.uˈtõ/: semitone (interval between adjacent keys)
  145. meiocica noun
  146. meios de produção phrase
  147. meiose noun /mejˈɔ.zi/: meiosis (cell division)
  148. meiota noun
  149. meiotes noun
  150. meiple noun
  151. Meire noun
  152. Meireles proper noun /me(j)ˈɾe.lis/: a surname of toponymic origin
  153. Meiriele noun
  154. meirinha noun: female equivalent of meirinho
  155. meirinhense adjective, noun
  156. meirinho noun /me(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/: bailiff (legal officer with some degree of authority)
  157. Meis noun: plural of mel
  158. meisinho adjective, noun
  159. meita noun
  160. meitnério noun /mej.t͡ʃiˈnɛ.ɾju/: meitnerium (chemical element)
  161. meixedense adjective, noun
  162. meixela adjective, noun
  163. meixomilense adjective, noun
  164. mejengra noun
  165. mekeo noun
  166. Mekong proper noun: Mekong (a river in Southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Qinghai, Tibet, and Yunnan in China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,...
  167. mel noun /ˈmɛw/: honey
  168. mel de abelha noun: synonym of mel (“honey”)
  169. mel de dedo phrase
  170. mel na chupeta adjective, phrase: very easy, easy as pie
  171. mel-rosado noun
  172. mela noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  173. mela-cueca adjective
  174. melaço noun /meˈla.su/: molasses
  175. melacotão noun
  176. melado adjective, noun, verb /meˈla.du/: molasses
  177. melador noun
  178. melagra noun
  179. melambo noun
  180. melamina noun
  181. melamínico adjective
  182. melancholicamente adverb
  183. melancia adjective, noun /me.lɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/: watermelon (plant)
  184. melancia-da-praia noun: Solanum agrarium
  185. melancieira noun /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/: watermelon (plant)
  186. melancolia noun /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/: melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)
  187. melancolias noun: plural of melancolia
  188. melancolicamente adverb /me.lɐ̃ˌkɔ.li.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: sadly
  189. melancólico adjective /me.lɐ̃ˈkɔ.li.ku/: sad
  190. Melanésia noun
  191. melanésio adjective, noun
  192. melânia noun
  193. melanina noun /me.laˈnĩ.nɐ/: melanin (natural dark skin pigment)
  194. Melanino noun
  195. melânio adjective, noun
  196. melanoma noun /me.laˈnõ.mɐ/: melanoma (type of skin tumour)
  197. melanuro adjective
  198. melão noun /meˈlɐ̃w̃/: melon (fruit)
  199. melão-de-são-caetano noun: bitter melon (Momordica charantia, a vine)
  200. melar verb /meˈla(ʁ)/: to sweeten with honey
  201. melaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melar
  202. melbotão noun
  203. melboteiro noun
  204. melbotoeiro noun
  205. Melbourne proper noun: Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, Australia)
  206. melcatrefe noun
  207. mele noun, verb /ˈmɛ.li/: joker (playing card that features a picture of a jester)
  208. meleca interjection, noun, verb /meˈlɛ.kɐ/: booger (piece of nasal mucus)
  209. melecado adjective, verb: covered with a dirty, sticky substance; gooey; viscous
  210. melecar verb /me.leˈka(ʁ)/: to foul with a sticky substance
  211. melecaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melecar
  212. melechete noun
  213. Meleiro noun
  214. melena noun /mɨ.ˈle.nɐ/
  215. melense adjective, noun
  216. melequento adjective /me.leˈkẽ.tu/: snotty, gooey, slimy
  217. meles noun, verb /ˈmɛ.lis/: plural of mel
  218. melga adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛw.ɡɐ/: some species of mosquitoes, usually found in swamp areas
  219. melgacense adjective, noun /mew.ɡaˈsẽ.si/: of Melgaço
  220. melgacho noun
  221. melgaço adjective, noun
  222. melgar verb /mewˈɡa(ʁ)/: to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)
  223. melgaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melgar
  224. melgo adjective, noun, verb: first-person singular present indicative of melgar
  225. melgotão noun
  226. melgoteiro noun
  227. melharuco noun /me.ʎaˈɾu.ku/: alternative form of abelharuco
  228. melhor adjective, adverb, noun /meˈʎɔʁ/: comparative degree of bom: better
  229. melhor idade noun /meˈʎɔʁ iˈda.d͡ʒi/: old age
  230. melhora adjective, noun, verb /meˈʎɔ.ɾɐ/: improvement
  231. melhorada noun, verb /me.ʎoˈɾa.dɐ/: feminine singular of melhorado
  232. melhorado adjective, verb /me.ʎoˈɾa.du/: past participle of melhorar
  233. melhoramento noun /me.ʎo.ɾaˈmẽ.tu/: upgrade, improvement
  234. melhorar verb /me.ʎoˈɾa(ʁ)/: to improve, to ameliorate, to better
  235. melhoraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melhorar
  236. melhoras interjection, noun, verb /meˈʎɔ.ɾɐs/: get well soon (expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness)
  237. melhorável adjective
  238. melhoria noun /me.ʎoˈɾi.ɐ/: improvement, advance; progress
  239. melhormente adverb
  240. meliante noun /me.liˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: delinquent, criminal, outlaw
  241. melidense adjective, noun
  242. melífero adjective
  243. melificado adjective
  244. melificar verb
  245. melífluo adjective /meˈli.fl(w)u/: mellifluous
  246. Melilha noun /meˈli.ʎɐ/
  247. melilhense adjective, noun
  248. melilhês adjective, noun
  249. melindano adjective, noun
  250. Melinde noun
  251. melindrado adjective, verb /me.lĩⁿ.ˈdɾa.dʊ/: past participle of melindrar
  252. melindrar verb /me.lĩˈdɾa(ʁ)/: to cause to be touchy, emotionally fragile or easily offended
  253. melindraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melindrar
  254. melindre noun, verb /meˈlĩ.dɾi/: tendency to feel offended or embarrassed; susceptibility
  255. melindroso adjective /me.lĩˈdɾo.zu/: performed with difficulty and commitment
  256. meliponicultor noun
  257. meliponicultura noun /me.li.po.ni.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/: meliponiculture
  258. melisma noun /meˈliz.mɐ/: melisma (a passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text)
  259. melismático adjective /me.lizˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/: melismatic (of, relating to, or being a melisma)
  260. Melissa noun
  261. Melisso noun, prefix
  262. melissografia noun
  263. melito noun
  264. melitofilia noun
  265. melo noun, verb /meˈlo/: a song that is easy to sing and memorize
  266. meloa noun /meˈlo.ɐ/: cantaloupe (fruit)
  267. melocotão noun /me.lo.koˈtɐ̃w̃/: peach cultivar
  268. melodia noun /me.loˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/: melody (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
  269. melodicamente adverb
  270. melódico adjective /meˈlɔ.d͡ʒi.ku/: melodic (relating to melody)
  271. melodiosamente adverb
  272. melodiosidade noun: melodiousness (the property of being melodious)
  273. melodioso adjective /me.lo.d͡ʒiˈo.zu/: melodious (having a pleasant melody)
  274. melodista adjective
  275. melodrama noun /me.loˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/: melodrama (romantic drama)
  276. melodramaticamente adverb
  277. melodramático adjective /me.lo.dɾaˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/: melodramatic (of or relating to melodrama)
  278. melodramatizar verb /ˌmɛ.lo.dɾa.ma.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/: to melodramatize
  279. melodramatizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melodramatizar
  280. meloeiro noun /me.loˈe(j).ɾu/: melon (plant)
  281. melões noun: plural of melão
  282. melografia noun
  283. melógrafo noun
  284. melolonta noun /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/: cockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)
  285. melomania noun /mɛ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/: melomania
  286. melomaníaco adjective, noun
  287. melómano adjective, noun /mɨˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/: melomaniacal
  288. melopeia noun /me.loˈpɛj.ɐ/: melopoeia (the sound of words as a facet of poetry)
  289. melosamente adverb
  290. meloso adjective /meˈlo.zu/: syrupy
  291. Melpomene proper noun: Melpomene (Muse of tragedy)
  292. melpomenense adjective
  293. melquetrefe noun
  294. Melquisedeque noun
  295. melquita adjective, noun: Melkite
  296. melra noun
  297. melrense adjective, noun
  298. melro noun /ˈmɛw.ʁu/: Eurasian blackbird (A common true thrush, Turdus merula)
  299. melro-aquático noun: dipper (any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus)
  300. melro-d'água noun: dipper (any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus)

Part 10 · Part 12 · 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.