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
- Medvedev proper noun: a surname from Russian
- MEE abbreviation
- meeiro noun
- meeting noun /ˈmi.t͡ʃĩ/: conference (a formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means)
- meetingueiro noun
- MEF abbreviation
- mefedrona noun
- Mefistófeles proper noun: Mephistopheles (Devil to whom Faust sold his soul)
- mefistofélico adjective /me.fis.toˈfɛ.li.ku/: Mephistophelean
- mefítico adjective
- mega adverb, noun, prefix /ˈmɛ.ɡɐ/: very, super (intensifier)
- mega hair noun /mɛ.ɡaˈʁɛ(ʁ)/: a type of hair extension
- megabaite noun
- megabit noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbi.t͡ʃi/: megabit (one million bits)
- megabite noun
- megaboca noun
- megabyte noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈbaj.t͡ʃi/: megabyte (one million bytes)
- megaempresa noun
- megaestrela noun
- megaevento noun /me.ɡa.eˈvẽ.tu/: megaevent
- megafauna noun /me.ɡaˈfaw.nɐ/ [me.ɡaˈfaʊ̯.nɐ]
- megafaunas noun
- megafone noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈfõ.ni/: megaphone (portable device used to amplify a person’s voice)
- megagrama noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/: megagram, metric ton, ton (unit of weight, equivalent to 1000 kilograms)
- megahertz noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɛʁ.t͡ʃis/: megahertz (frequency unit of one million cycles per second)
- megaletoscópio noun
- -megalia suffix: -megaly
- megalitismo noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.liˈt͡ʃiz.mu/: megalithism (culture surrounding the building of megaliths)
- megalitro noun: megalitre
- megalodonte noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.loˈdõ.t͡ʃi/: megalodon (†Otodus megalodon)
- megalografia noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: megalography
- megalográfico adjective /ˌmɛ.ɡa.loˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: megalographic, of or pertaining to large or grand works
- 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
- megalomania noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.ɐ/: megalomania (condition characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power or omnipotence)
- megalomaníaco adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ɡa.lo.maˈni.a.ku/: megalomaniac, megalomaniacal (of or relating to megalomania)
- megalómano adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ɡɐˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/: European Portuguese standard spelling of megalômano
- megalomártir noun: great martyr
- megalópole noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈlɔ.po.li/: megalopolis (large conurbation)
- megametro noun /meˈɡɐ̃.me.tɾu/: megametre (a distance of 1,000 km)
- meganha noun: police officer
- megaohm noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈɔm/: megaohm (one million ohms)
- megapascal noun: megapascal
- megapixel noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈpik.sew/: unadapted form of megapíxel (“megapixel”)
- megasseca noun: megadrought (a drought lasting for decades or centuries)
- megassismo noun /ˌmɛ.ɡaˈsiz.mu/: megaseism (a large or severe earthquake)
- megatério noun /me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], AFI: /me.ɡaˈtɛ.ɾju/ (coloquial)
- megatesla noun
- 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)
- megera noun /meˈʒɛ.ɾɐ/: an evil or bad-tempered woman
- megero noun
- Meghalaya proper noun: Meghalaya (a state in northeastern India)
- megleno-romeno noun: Megleno-Romanian (an Eastern Romance language spoken in Greece, Macedonia and Romania)
- mei abbreviation, adjective, adverb, noun /ˈmej/: acronym of microempreendedor individual
- meia adjective, adverb, noun, number, verb /ˈmej.ɐ/: misconstruction of meio
- meia-água noun
- meia arrastão noun: fishnet (stockings made of fishnet fabric)
- meia boca adjective, noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ ˈbo.kɐ/: mediocre, poor (of low quality)
- meia-calça noun /ˌmej.ɐˈkaw.sɐ/: sock
- meia-cana noun
- meia-cancha noun
- meia-concunhada noun
- meia-cunhada noun
- meia de leite noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ d͡ʒi ˈlej.t͡ʃi/: café au lait served on a large cup
- meia dúzia noun, phrase /ˈmej.ɐ ˈdu.zjɐ/: half a dozen (6, six)
- meia-dúzia de gato-pingado noun: alternative form of meia-dúzia de gatos-pingados
- meia dúzia de gatos pingados noun, phrase: very few people attending an event
- 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)
- 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...
- meia-final noun /ˌmej.ɐ.fiˈnaw/: semifinal (penultimate stage of a competition)
- meia-foda adjective, noun /ˌmej.ɐˈfɔ.dɐ/: small in stature
- meia hora noun: half-hour (a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour)
- meia-idade noun /ˌmej.ɐ.iˈda.d͡ʒi/: middle age
- meia-irmã noun /ˌmej.ɐ.iʁˈmɐ̃/: half-sister (sister sharing only one parent)
- meia-leca noun /ˌmej.ɐˈlɛ.kɐ/: shorty
- meia-lua noun /ˈmej.ɐ ˈlu.ɐ/: half-moon (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- meia-luz noun /ˌmej.ɐˈlu(j)s/: twilight (faint light after sunset or before sunrise)
- meia-noite noun /ˌmej.ɐˈnoj.t͡ʃi/: midnight (the middle of the night)
- meia-noute noun
- meia nove noun, phrase /ˌmej.ɐˈnɔ.vi/: sixty-nine (sex position)
- meia-prima noun
- meia-risca noun: en dash (name of the symbol –)
- meia-sobrinha noun
- meia-sobrinha-bisneta noun
- meia-sobrinha-neta noun
- meia-sobrinha-trineta noun
- meia-tia noun: female equivalent of meio-tio
- meia-tia-avó noun
- meia-tia-bisavó noun
- meia-tia-trisavó noun
- meia-tigela noun
- meia-vida noun: half-life
- meia-volta noun: about-face (turn to face the opposite direction)
- meias noun, verb /ˈmej.ɐs/: plural of meia
- meiaviense adjective, noun
- meidubrigense adjective, noun
- meiga adjective, noun: a witch
- meigalho noun
- meigamente adverb /ˌme(j).ɡaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: tenderly, gently
- meigas adjective: feminine plural of meigo
- meigengro adjective
- meigo adjective, noun /ˈme(j).ɡu/: sweet, lovely
- meigos adjective: masculine plural of meigo
- meiguice noun /me(j)ˈɡi.si/: sweetness
- meiguiceiro adjective
- meiguices noun: plural of meiguice
- meiinho noun /mejˈĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of meio
- meijengra noun
- meijengro adjective, noun
- meimendro noun /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/: henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, a poisonous herb)
- meiminho noun
- meimoense adjective, noun
- meinha noun /meˈĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of meia
- meio adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈmej.u/: half
- meio ambiente noun, phrase: environment (natural world or ecosystem)
- meio-campista noun: midfielder
- meio-campo noun /ˌmej.uˈkɐ̃.pu/: midfield
- meio-concunhado noun
- meio-cunhado noun
- meio de comunicação phrase
- meio de transporte phrase
- meio-dia noun /ˌmej.uˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/: noon
- meio do nada noun: middle of nowhere, the sticks, arse end of nowhere
- meio-fio noun /ˌmej.uˈfi.u/: curb, kerb (edge between pavement and roadway)
- meio-fundo noun: middle-distance race
- meio-gordo adjective /ˌmej.uˈɡoʁ.du/: semi-skimmed
- meio-irmão noun /ˈmej.u iʁˈmɐ̃w̃/: half brother (brother sharing only one parent)
- meio-médio noun
- meio-médio ligeiro phrase
- meio milhão noun: half a million (five hundred thousand)
- meio-pesado noun
- meio-primo noun
- meio-sangue adjective, noun /ˌmej.uˈsɐ̃.ɡi/: an animal with only one thoroughbred parent, especially a horse or mare.
- meio-sobrinho noun
- meio-sobrinho-bisneto noun
- meio-sobrinho-neto noun
- meio-sobrinho-trineto noun
- meio-soprano noun
- meio-tempo noun /ˌmej.uˈtẽ.pu/: half time (interval between halves of a match)
- meio-termo noun /ˌmej.uˈteʁ.mu/: compromise (settlement of by consent reached by mutual concessions)
- meio-tio noun: half-uncle (half-brother of one’s parent)
- meio-tio-avô noun
- meio-tio-bisavô noun
- meio-tio-trisavô noun
- meio-tom noun /ˌmej.uˈtõ/: semitone (interval between adjacent keys)
- meiocica noun
- meios de produção phrase
- meiose noun /mejˈɔ.zi/: meiosis (cell division)
- meiota noun
- meiotes noun
- meiple noun
- Meire noun
- Meireles proper noun /me(j)ˈɾe.lis/: a surname of toponymic origin
- Meiriele noun
- meirinha noun: female equivalent of meirinho
- meirinhense adjective, noun
- meirinho noun /me(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/: bailiff (legal officer with some degree of authority)
- Meis noun: plural of mel
- meisinho adjective, noun
- meita noun
- meitnério noun /mej.t͡ʃiˈnɛ.ɾju/: meitnerium (chemical element)
- meixedense adjective, noun
- meixela adjective, noun
- meixomilense adjective, noun
- mejengra noun
- mekeo noun
- 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,...
- mel noun /ˈmɛw/: honey
- mel de abelha noun: synonym of mel (“honey”)
- mel de dedo phrase
- mel na chupeta adjective, phrase: very easy, easy as pie
- mel-rosado noun
- mela noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
- mela-cueca adjective
- melaço noun /meˈla.su/: molasses
- melacotão noun
- melado adjective, noun, verb /meˈla.du/: molasses
- melador noun
- melagra noun
- melambo noun
- melamina noun
- melamínico adjective
- melancholicamente adverb
- melancia adjective, noun /me.lɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/: watermelon (plant)
- melancia-da-praia noun: Solanum agrarium
- melancieira noun /me.lɐ̃.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/: watermelon (plant)
- melancolia noun /me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/: melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)
- melancolias noun: plural of melancolia
- melancolicamente adverb /me.lɐ̃ˌkɔ.li.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: sadly
- melancólico adjective /me.lɐ̃ˈkɔ.li.ku/: sad
- Melanésia noun
- melanésio adjective, noun
- melânia noun
- melanina noun /me.laˈnĩ.nɐ/: melanin (natural dark skin pigment)
- Melanino noun
- melânio adjective, noun
- melanoma noun /me.laˈnõ.mɐ/: melanoma (type of skin tumour)
- melanuro adjective
- melão noun /meˈlɐ̃w̃/: melon (fruit)
- melão-de-são-caetano noun: bitter melon (Momordica charantia, a vine)
- melar verb /meˈla(ʁ)/: to sweeten with honey
- melaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melar
- melbotão noun
- melboteiro noun
- melbotoeiro noun
- Melbourne proper noun: Melbourne (the capital city of Victoria, Australia)
- melcatrefe noun
- mele noun, verb /ˈmɛ.li/: joker (playing card that features a picture of a jester)
- meleca interjection, noun, verb /meˈlɛ.kɐ/: booger (piece of nasal mucus)
- melecado adjective, verb: covered with a dirty, sticky substance; gooey; viscous
- melecar verb /me.leˈka(ʁ)/: to foul with a sticky substance
- melecaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melecar
- melechete noun
- Meleiro noun
- melena noun /mɨ.ˈle.nɐ/
- melense adjective, noun
- melequento adjective /me.leˈkẽ.tu/: snotty, gooey, slimy
- meles noun, verb /ˈmɛ.lis/: plural of mel
- melga adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛw.ɡɐ/: some species of mosquitoes, usually found in swamp areas
- melgacense adjective, noun /mew.ɡaˈsẽ.si/: of Melgaço
- melgacho noun
- melgaço adjective, noun
- melgar verb /mewˈɡa(ʁ)/: to annoy, to bother, to pester, to nag (especially through repeated words or constant presence)
- melgaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melgar
- melgo adjective, noun, verb: first-person singular present indicative of melgar
- melgotão noun
- melgoteiro noun
- melharuco noun /me.ʎaˈɾu.ku/: alternative form of abelharuco
- melhor adjective, adverb, noun /meˈʎɔʁ/: comparative degree of bom: better
- melhor idade noun /meˈʎɔʁ iˈda.d͡ʒi/: old age
- melhora adjective, noun, verb /meˈʎɔ.ɾɐ/: improvement
- melhorada noun, verb /me.ʎoˈɾa.dɐ/: feminine singular of melhorado
- melhorado adjective, verb /me.ʎoˈɾa.du/: past participle of melhorar
- melhoramento noun /me.ʎo.ɾaˈmẽ.tu/: upgrade, improvement
- melhorar verb /me.ʎoˈɾa(ʁ)/: to improve, to ameliorate, to better
- melhoraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melhorar
- melhoras interjection, noun, verb /meˈʎɔ.ɾɐs/: get well soon (expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness)
- melhorável adjective
- melhoria noun /me.ʎoˈɾi.ɐ/: improvement, advance; progress
- melhormente adverb
- meliante noun /me.liˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: delinquent, criminal, outlaw
- melidense adjective, noun
- melífero adjective
- melificado adjective
- melificar verb
- melífluo adjective /meˈli.fl(w)u/: mellifluous
- Melilha noun /meˈli.ʎɐ/
- melilhense adjective, noun
- melilhês adjective, noun
- melindano adjective, noun
- Melinde noun
- melindrado adjective, verb /me.lĩⁿ.ˈdɾa.dʊ/: past participle of melindrar
- melindrar verb /me.lĩˈdɾa(ʁ)/: to cause to be touchy, emotionally fragile or easily offended
- melindraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melindrar
- melindre noun, verb /meˈlĩ.dɾi/: tendency to feel offended or embarrassed; susceptibility
- melindroso adjective /me.lĩˈdɾo.zu/: performed with difficulty and commitment
- meliponicultor noun
- meliponicultura noun /me.li.po.ni.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/: meliponiculture
- melisma noun /meˈliz.mɐ/: melisma (a passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text)
- melismático adjective /me.lizˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/: melismatic (of, relating to, or being a melisma)
- Melissa noun
- Melisso noun, prefix
- melissografia noun
- melito noun
- melitofilia noun
- melo noun, verb /meˈlo/: a song that is easy to sing and memorize
- meloa noun /meˈlo.ɐ/: cantaloupe (fruit)
- melocotão noun /me.lo.koˈtɐ̃w̃/: peach cultivar
- melodia noun /me.loˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/: melody (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
- melodicamente adverb
- melódico adjective /meˈlɔ.d͡ʒi.ku/: melodic (relating to melody)
- melodiosamente adverb
- melodiosidade noun: melodiousness (the property of being melodious)
- melodioso adjective /me.lo.d͡ʒiˈo.zu/: melodious (having a pleasant melody)
- melodista adjective
- melodrama noun /me.loˈdɾɐ̃.mɐ/: melodrama (romantic drama)
- melodramaticamente adverb
- melodramático adjective /me.lo.dɾaˈma.t͡ʃi.ku/: melodramatic (of or relating to melodrama)
- melodramatizar verb /ˌmɛ.lo.dɾa.ma.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/: to melodramatize
- melodramatizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of melodramatizar
- meloeiro noun /me.loˈe(j).ɾu/: melon (plant)
- melões noun: plural of melão
- melografia noun
- melógrafo noun
- melolonta noun /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/: cockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)
- melomania noun /mɛ.lɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/: melomania
- melomaníaco adjective, noun
- melómano adjective, noun /mɨˈlɔ.mɐ.nu/: melomaniacal
- melopeia noun /me.loˈpɛj.ɐ/: melopoeia (the sound of words as a facet of poetry)
- melosamente adverb
- meloso adjective /meˈlo.zu/: syrupy
- Melpomene proper noun: Melpomene (Muse of tragedy)
- melpomenense adjective
- melquetrefe noun
- Melquisedeque noun
- melquita adjective, noun: Melkite
- melra noun
- melrense adjective, noun
- melro noun /ˈmɛw.ʁu/: Eurasian blackbird (A common true thrush, Turdus merula)
- melro-aquático noun: dipper (any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus)
- 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.