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Portuguese words: mercuroso to metaloproteína

300 Portuguese words, part 13 of 24 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 77 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words mercuroso to metaloproteína

  1. mercuroso adjective /meʁ.kuˈɾo.zu/: mercurous
  2. merda adjective, interjection, noun /ˈmɛʁ.dɐ/: shit; faeces (excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
  3. merda de phrase: fucking; damn; used to express discontent with something
  4. merda nenhuma noun: shit (absolutely nothing)
  5. merdeiro adjective, noun
  6. merdento adjective, noun
  7. merdificação noun: enshittification
  8. merdimbuca noun
  9. merdona noun
  10. merdosamente adverb: shittily
  11. merdoso adjective, noun /meʁˈdo.zu/: meaningless, insignificant, petty, pissass, trivial or worthless
  12. merecedor adjective /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/: deserving
  13. merecer verb /me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/: to merit; to deserve
  14. mereceram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of merecer
  15. merecidamente adverb /me.ɾeˌsi.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: deservedly
  16. merecido adjective, noun, verb /me.ɾeˈsi.du/: deserved
  17. merecimento noun /me.ɾe.siˈmẽ.tu/: merit, desert (that which is deserved)
  18. merelinense adjective, noun
  19. merencório adjective
  20. merenda noun, verb /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/: a meal eaten by students in school
  21. merendar verb /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/: to have a snack
  22. merendaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of merendar
  23. merendeira noun /me.ɾẽˈde(j).ɾɐ/: female equivalent of merendeiro
  24. merendeiro adjective, noun /me.ɾẽˈde(j).ɾu/: which the snack is brought
  25. merendiba noun
  26. merendinha noun
  27. merengue noun /meˈɾẽ.ɡi/: meringue
  28. mereologia noun
  29. meretrício adjective, noun
  30. meretriz noun /me.ɾeˈtɾis/: hooker, whore, prostitute
  31. merganso noun /meʁˈɡɐ̃.su/: merganser (diving duck of the genus Mergus)
  32. mergulhador adjective, noun /meʁ.ɡu.ʎaˈdoʁ/: diver (someone who dives)
  33. mergulhão noun /meʁ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of mergulho
  34. mergulhão-pequeno noun
  35. mergulhar verb /meʁ.ɡuˈʎa(ʁ)/: to submerge (to go down in water)
  36. mergulharam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mergulhar
  37. mergulhável adjective
  38. mergulho noun, verb /meʁˈɡu.ʎu/: dive
  39. meriam noun
  40. Mérida noun
  41. meridiana noun
  42. meridianamente adverb
  43. meridianense adjective, noun
  44. meridiano noun /me.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: meridian (imaginary circle passing through a planet’s poles)
  45. meridional adjective /me.ɾi.d͡ʒi.oˈnaw/: southern (located in or relating to the south)
  46. merindilogum noun /me.ɾĩ.d͡ʒi.loˈɡũ/: divination using sixteen cowrie-shells as practiced in Candomblé
  47. meringalha noun
  48. meringalho noun
  49. merino noun
  50. merisma noun
  51. meristema noun /me.ɾisˈtẽ.mɐ/: meristem (zone of active cell division)
  52. merística adjective
  53. merísticas adjective
  54. merístico adjective
  55. merísticos adjective
  56. meritiense adjective, noun
  57. meritíssimo adjective, noun, pronoun /me.ɾiˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/: title used to address a judge; Your Honor
  58. mérito noun /ˈmɛ.ɾi.tu/: merit (something worthy of positive recognition)
  59. meritocracia noun /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/: meritocracy (government by those with merit)
  60. meritocracias noun: plural of meritocracia
  61. meritocrata noun /me.ɾi.toˈkɾa.tɐ/
  62. meritocratas noun
  63. meritocrática adjective
  64. meritocráticas adjective
  65. meritocrático adjective /me.ɾi.toˈkɾa.t͡ʃi.ku/
  66. meritocráticos adjective
  67. meritória adjective: feminine singular of meritório
  68. meritoriamente adverb
  69. meritórias adjective: feminine plural of meritório
  70. meritório adjective /me.ɾiˈtɔ.ɾju/: meritorious, worthy, praiseworthy
  71. meritórios adjective: plural of meritório
  72. Merkel proper noun /ˈmɛʁ.kew/: a surname in German
  73. merlão noun /meʁˈlɐ̃w̃/: merlon (projection between the embrasures of a battlement)
  74. merleau-pontyano adjective, noun /meʁ.leˌaw.põ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃.nu/: Merleau-Pontian (pertaining to French phenomenological philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty)
  75. merleta noun: martlet (a mythical bird, often used in heraldry, which possessed no feet)
  76. merlim noun
  77. Merlin proper noun /meʁˈlĩ/: Merlin (wizard who helped Arthur)
  78. merluça noun
  79. merluza noun /meʁˈlu.zɐ/: hake (any of several fish of the genus Merluccius)
  80. merma noun /ˈmeʁ.mɐ/: decrease in value of a good
  81. mermão noun /meʁˈmɐ̃w̃/: eye dialect spelling of meu irmão
  82. mermar verb
  83. mermo adjective, adverb: eye dialect spelling of mesmo, representing Rio de Janeiro Portuguese
  84. mero adjective, noun, suffix /ˈmɛ.ɾu/: mere (no more than)
  85. meroça noun
  86. merodeiro noun
  87. meródio noun
  88. merogo noun
  89. meroiço noun
  90. meronço noun
  91. meronímia noun /me.ɾoˈnĩ.mjɐ/: meronymy
  92. merónimo noun /mɛˈɾɔ.ni.mu/: meronym
  93. merouco noun
  94. merovíngio adjective, noun /me.ɾoˈvĩ.ʒju/: Merovingian (member of a dynasty which ruled the Franks during the early Middle Ages)
  95. merreca noun /meˈʁɛ.kɐ/: trifle (small amount, especially when referring to money and wages)
  96. Mértola noun
  97. mertolengo adjective, noun
  98. mertolense adjective, noun
  99. mertolino adjective, noun
  100. merufense adjective, noun
  101. merufo noun /mɨˈɾu.fu/: shamelessness, impudence, insolence
  102. merugem noun /meˈɾu.ʒẽj̃/: alternative form of morugem
  103. merugense adjective, noun
  104. meruja noun
  105. merujar verb
  106. meruje noun, verb /meˈɾu.ʒi/: blinks (Montia fontana)
  107. Meruoca noun
  108. mês noun /ˈme(j)s/: month (each of the twelve periods into which the year is divided)
  109. mês corrente phrase
  110. Mês da vindima noun
  111. Mês das segadas phrase
  112. mês de consecução phrase
  113. Mês de Maria phrase
  114. Mês de São João phrase
  115. Mês do Natal phrase
  116. Mês dos emigrantes phrase
  117. Mês dos Santos phrase
  118. mês-luz noun
  119. mesa noun /ˈme.zɐ/: table (item of furniture)
  120. mesa de cabeceira noun: nightstand, bedside table
  121. mesa de centro noun: coffee table (low table placed before sofas)
  122. mesa de jantar phrase
  123. mesa redonda noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mesa, redonda.
  124. mesa-tenista adjective, noun /ˈme.zɐ teˈnis.tɐ/: table tennis player
  125. mesa-tenístico adjective /ˈme.zɐ teˈnis.t͡ʃi.ku/: of table tennis
  126. mesada noun /meˈza.dɐ/: pocket money; allowance (money given to a child)
  127. mésalliance noun
  128. mesangial adjective: mesangial (of or relating to the mesangium)
  129. mesângio noun /meˈzɐ̃.ʒju/: mesangium (a thin layer of the glomerulus)
  130. mesão noun /meˈzɐ̃w̃/: meson (elementary particle composed of a quark and an antiquark)
  131. mesão-friense adjective, noun /meˌzɐ̃w̃.fɾiˈẽ.si/: of Mesão Frio
  132. Mesão Frio phrase
  133. Mesaque noun
  134. mesário noun /meˈza.ɾju/: an individual who occupies a board of an organization
  135. mescal noun /mesˈkaw/: peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)
  136. mescalina noun /mɛʃ.kɐ.ˈli.nɐ/
  137. mescla noun, verb /ˈmɛs.klɐ/: mixture
  138. mescla energética phrase
  139. mesclado adjective, verb: past participle of mesclar
  140. mesclar verb /mesˈkla(ʁ)/: to mix (together)
  141. mesclara verb: first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of mesclar
  142. mesclaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mesclar
  143. mesencéfalo noun /me.zẽˈsɛ.fa.lu/: midbrain
  144. mesentérico adjective
  145. Meseta noun
  146. mesinha noun /meˈzĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of mesa (“table”)
  147. mesinha de cabeceira noun: synonym of mesa de cabeceira
  148. mesma adjective, noun /ˈmez.mɐ/: feminine singular of mesmo
  149. mesmamente adverb
  150. mesme pronoun
  151. mesmerismo noun /mez.meˈɾiz.mu/: mesmerism (control over someone’s personality or actions using hypnotism)
  152. mesmerizar verb /mez.me.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/: to mesmerize (to exercise mesmerism on)
  153. mesmerizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mesmerizar
  154. mesmice noun /mezˈmi.si/: sameness (the characteristic of remaining the same)
  155. mesmo adjective, adverb, conjunction, interjection, noun, pronoun /ˈmez.mu/: the same
  156. mesmo assim adverb: anyway; regardless
  157. mesmo que conjunction: even if; irrespective of
  158. mesmo se conjunction: even if; irrespective of
  159. meso- prefix: meso- (located in or relating to the middle)
  160. Mesoamérica noun /me.zo.a.ˈmɛ.ɾi.ka/
  161. mesocarpo noun /me.zoˈkaʁ.pu/: mesocarp (middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit)
  162. mesóclise noun /meˈzɔ.kli.zi/: mesoclisis (insertion of a clitic inside a word)
  163. mesoclítico adjective, noun /me.zoˈkli.t͡ʃi.ku/: mesoclitic
  164. mesoderma noun /me.zoˈdɛʁ.mɐ/: alternative form of mesoderme
  165. mesoderme noun /ˌmɛ.zoˈdɛʁ.mi/: mesoderm (tissue produced by gastrulation)
  166. mesófilo adjective, noun: mesophilic (thriving at moderate temperatures)
  167. mesófrio noun /meˈzɔ.fɾju/: glabella (space between the eyebrows)
  168. mesolecto noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of mesoleto; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a...
  169. mesoleto noun: mesolect
  170. Mesolítico proper noun: Mesolithic (period that lasted between 10000 and 3000 BCE)
  171. mesologia noun /me.zo.loˈʒi.ɐ/: mesology
  172. mesológico adjective /me.zoˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: mesological
  173. mesomorfia noun /me.zo.moʁˈfi.ɐ/: mesomorphy
  174. mesomórfico adjective /me.zoˈmɔʁ.fi.ku/: mesomorphic
  175. mesomorfo adjective /ˌmɛ.zoˈmoʁ.fu/: mesomorphic
  176. méson noun /ˈmɛ.zõ/: Brazilian Portuguese standard form of mesão
  177. mesónico adjective /mɛˈzɔ.ni.ku/: mesonic
  178. mesopolense adjective, noun
  179. Mesópolis noun
  180. Mesopotâmia noun
  181. mesopotâmico adjective /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mi.ku/: Mesopotamian (of, from or relating to Mesopotamia)
  182. mesorregião noun: mesoregion
  183. mesosfera noun /me.zosˈfɛ.ɾɐ/: mesosphere (layer of Earth's atmosphere)
  184. mesossauro noun /me.zoˈsaw.ɾu/: mesosaur
  185. mesossemo adjective /me.zoˈsẽ.mu/: mesoseme
  186. mesossomo adjective /me.zoˈsõ.mu/: mesosome (average-bodied)
  187. mesossoprano noun
  188. mesosterno noun /me.zosˈtɛʁ.nu/: gladiolus (central part of the sternum)
  189. mesotório noun: mesothorium
  190. mesotrófico adjective
  191. mesozoico adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.zoˈzɔj.ku/: Mesozoic
  192. mesquinhamente adverb
  193. mesquinharia noun
  194. mesquinhez noun /mɨʃ.ki.ˈɲeʃ/
  195. mesquinho adjective /mesˈkĩ.ɲu/: stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly
  196. mesquita noun /mesˈki.tɐ/: mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)
  197. mesquite noun /mesˈki.t͡ʃi/: mesquite (any of the North-American deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis)
  198. mesquitense adjective, noun
  199. messalina noun /me.saˈlĩ.nɐ/: slut (sexually promiscuous woman)
  200. messápico adjective, noun
  201. messápio adjective, noun
  202. messar verb
  203. messe noun, verb /ˈmɛ.si/: harvest (gathered crops)
  204. messejanense adjective, noun
  205. messianicamente adverb
  206. messiânico adjective /me.siˈɐ̃.ni.ku/: messianic (of, relating to or resembling a messiah)
  207. messias noun /meˈsi.ɐs/: messiah (person ordained by God to lead the people of Israel)
  208. Messias Targino noun
  209. messidor noun
  210. messiense adjective, noun
  211. Messina proper noun /meˈsĩ.nɐ/: Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)
  212. messinense adjective, noun
  213. mesta noun
  214. mesteiral noun /mes.te(j)ˈɾaw/: handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual labourer)
  215. mester adjective, noun /mesˈtɛ(ʁ)/: alternative form of mister
  216. mestiçagem noun /mes.t͡ʃiˈsa.ʒẽj̃/: miscegenation (mixing of races)
  217. mestiçamento noun /mes.t͡ʃi.saˈmẽ.tu/: miscegenation
  218. mestiçar verb
  219. mestiço adjective, noun /mesˈt͡ʃi.su/: mixed (stemming from two or more races or breeds)
  220. mesto adjective, noun
  221. mestra adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛs.tɾɐ/: female equivalent of mestre
  222. mestraço noun /mesˈtɾa.su/: great master
  223. mestrado adjective, noun, verb /mesˈtɾa.du/: master's degree
  224. mestral adjective
  225. mestrando noun, verb: an academic student who is pursuing a master's degree
  226. mestrão noun /mesˈtɾɐ̃w̃/: great master
  227. mestrar verb /mesˈtɾa(ʁ)/: to gamemaster
  228. mestraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mestrar
  229. mestre adjective, noun, verb /ˈmɛs.tɾi/: master
  230. mestre-cuca noun
  231. mestre de cerimónias noun, phrase /ˈmɛs.tɾi d͡ʒi se.ɾiˈmõ.njɐs/: master of ceremonies
  232. mestre-de-obras noun
  233. mestre do jogo phrase
  234. mestre-sala noun /ˈmɛs.tɾi ˈsa.lɐ/: master of ceremonies
  235. mestrear verb
  236. mestrecorrida adjective, noun /ˌmɛs.tɾi.koˈʁi.dɐ/: best in class
  237. mestrepeça noun /ˌmɛs.tɾiˈpɛ.sɐ/: synonym of obra-prima
  238. mestres noun, verb: plural of mestre
  239. mestria noun /mesˈtɾi.ɐ/: ability (high level of capability or skill)
  240. mesunhice noun
  241. mesura noun /mɨ.ˈzu.ɾɐ/
  242. mesurado adjective
  243. mesureiro adjective
  244. mesurento adjective
  245. mesversário noun /ˌmez.veʁˈsa.ɾju/: mensiversary, monthiversary
  246. met- prefix
  247. meta noun, prefix, verb /ˈmɛ.tɐ/: meta-
  248. meta-humano noun
  249. metabolicamente adverb
  250. metabólico adjective /me.taˈbɔ.li.ku/: metabolic (relating to metabolism)
  251. metabolismo noun /me.ta.boˈliz.mu/: metabolism
  252. metabolizar verb /me.ta.bo.liˈza(ʁ)/: to metabolize
  253. metabolizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of metabolizar
  254. metabolizável adjective
  255. metabuscador noun /ˌmɛ.ta.bus.kaˈdoʁ/: metasearch engine
  256. metacarpal adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ta.kaʁˈpaw/: metacarpal (any bone of the metacarpus)
  257. metacarpiano adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.ta.kaʁ.piˈɐ̃.nu/: metacarpal (bone of the metacarpus)
  258. metacárpico adjective, noun /ˌmɛ.taˈkaʁ.pi.ku/: metacarpal (bone of the metacarpus)
  259. metacarpo noun /ˌmɛ.taˈkaʁ.pu/: metacarpus
  260. metacomorfose noun
  261. metacromatismo noun
  262. metacronismo noun /me.ta.kɾoˈniz.mu/: metachronism
  263. metadado noun /ˌmɛ.taˈda.du/: an item of metadata (data that describes other data)
  264. metadata noun /ˌmɛ.taˈda.tɐ/: metadata (data that describes other data)
  265. metade noun /meˈta.d͡ʒi/: half (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)
  266. metadinha noun
  267. metaestável adjective /ˌmɛ.ta.isˈta.vew/: metastable
  268. metaética noun /me.taˈɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/: metaethics
  269. metáfase noun
  270. metafísica adjective, noun /me.taˈfi.zi.kɐ/: metaphysics (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
  271. metafisicamente adverb /me.taˌfi.zi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: metaphysically (in a metaphysical manner)
  272. metafísico adjective, noun /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/: metaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)
  273. metafonia noun /me.ta.foˈni.ɐ/: metaphony (sound change in which a vowel’s pronunciation is affected by another)
  274. metáfora noun /meˈta.fo.ɾɐ/: metaphor (the use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning)
  275. metáfora morta phrase
  276. metaforicamente adverb /me.taˌfɔ.ɾi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: metaphorically
  277. metafórico adjective /me.taˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/: metaphorical (pertaining to or being a metaphor)
  278. metaforismo noun
  279. metaforizar verb
  280. metageografia noun
  281. metais noun, verb /meˈtajs/: plural of metal
  282. metal noun /meˈtaw/: metal (any of a number of elements that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms)
  283. metal alcalino phrase
  284. metal pesado noun: heavy metal (metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5)
  285. metal precioso phrase
  286. metal progressivo noun: progressive metal (heavy metal subgenre with influence from progressive rock)
  287. metaleiro noun /me.taˈle(j).ɾu/: metalhead (fan of heavy metal)
  288. metalepse noun
  289. metaléptico adjective
  290. metalexicografia noun /me.ta.lek.si.ko.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: metalexicography (study of lexicography in the abstract)
  291. metalicamente adverb
  292. metálico adjective /meˈta.li.ku/: metallic (made of or relating to metal)
  293. metalinguagem noun /mɛ.ta.lĩˈɡwa.ʒẽj̃/: metalanguage (vocabulary used to describe language)
  294. metalinguístico adjective /mɛ.ta.lĩˈɡwis.t͡ʃi.ku/: metalinguistic
  295. metaloenzima noun: metalloenzyme
  296. metalofone noun
  297. metalografia noun /me.ta.lo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/: metallography
  298. metalográfico adjective /me.ta.loˈɡɾa.fi.ku/: metallographic
  299. metaloide noun /me.taˈlɔj.d͡ʒi/: metalloid
  300. metaloproteína noun: metalloprotein

Part 12 · Part 14 · 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.