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Portuguese words: min nan to Mirinzal

300 Portuguese words, part 16 of 24 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 76 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words min nan to Mirinzal

  1. min nan phrase
  2. mina noun, verb /ˈmĩ.nɐ/: mine (place from which ore is extracted)
  3. mina de ouro noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mina, de, ouro.
  4. mina terrestre noun: land mine (type of mine that is placed on land)
  5. minacíssimo adjective
  6. Minaçu noun
  7. minado adverb, verb: past participle of minar
  8. Minador do Negrão noun
  9. minangkabau noun
  10. minar verb /miˈna(ʁ)/: to mine (to extract ore from the ground)
  11. minaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minar
  12. minarete noun /mi.naˈɾe.t͡ʃi/: minaret (mosque tower)
  13. minarquia noun: minarchy
  14. minarquismo noun: minarchism
  15. minarquista adjective, noun: minarchist
  16. Minas do Leão noun
  17. Minas Gerais phrase
  18. Minas Novas phrase
  19. minaz adjective
  20. MinC abbreviation
  21. Mindanau proper noun /mĩ.daˈnaw/: Mindanao
  22. Minde proper noun: a civil parish of Alcanena, Portugal
  23. mindelense adjective, noun
  24. Mindelo proper noun: Mindelo
  25. mindense adjective, noun
  26. minderico adjective, noun
  27. mindfulness noun
  28. mindinho adjective, noun /mĩˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/: little finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand)
  29. mindubi noun
  30. Minduri noun
  31. mine verb /ˈmi.ni/: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  32. Minecraft proper noun /ˌmaj.niˈkɾɛf.t͡ʃi/: Minecraft
  33. Mineiraço proper noun /mi.ne(j)ˈɾa.su/: the 7–1 defeat of the Brazil national football team to Germany in the semifinal of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
  34. Mineirão proper noun /mi.ne(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/: nickname for Governor Magalhães Pinto Stadium
  35. mineirês noun
  36. mineirinho noun
  37. mineiro adjective, noun /miˈne(j).ɾu/: miner (person who works in a mine)
  38. mineiros noun: plural of mineiro
  39. Mineiros do Tietê noun
  40. mineração noun /mi.ne.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/: mining
  41. minerador adjective, noun /mi.ne.ɾaˈdoʁ/: miner
  42. mineral adjective, noun /mi.neˈɾaw/: mineral (naturally occurring inorganic material with characteristic physical properties)
  43. mineralização noun /mi.ne.ɾa.li.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/: mineralization
  44. mineralizar verb /mi.ne.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/: to mineralize
  45. mineralizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mineralizar
  46. mineralmente adverb
  47. mineralogia noun /mi.ne.ɾa.loˈʒi.ɐ/: mineralogy
  48. mineralogicamente adverb
  49. mineralógico adjective /mi.ne.ɾaˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: mineralogical (relating to mineralogy)
  50. mineralogista noun /mi.ne.ɾa.loˈʒis.tɐ/: mineralogist (expert in mineralogy)
  51. minerar verb /mi.neˈɾa(ʁ)/: to mine, to remove ore from the ground
  52. mineraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minerar
  53. minério noun /miˈnɛ.ɾju/: ore
  54. Minerva noun
  55. minestra noun /miˈnɛs.tɾɐ/: A trick or method used to achieve certain goals.
  56. minete noun /miˈnɛ.t͡ʃi/: cunnilingus
  57. mineteiro noun
  58. minga noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  59. mingar verb /mĩˈɡa(ʁ)/: alternative form of minguar
  60. mingaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mingar
  61. mingau noun /mĩˈɡaw/: porridge (breakfast cereal dish)
  62. mingau maranhense phrase
  63. mingo noun, verb: nondiminutive eye dialect of mindinho
  64. mingreliano noun
  65. mingrélio noun
  66. míngua noun, verb /ˈmĩ.ɡwɐ/: decrease
  67. minguadamente adverb
  68. minguante adjective, noun /mĩˈɡwɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: waning (becoming weaker or smaller)
  69. minguar verb /mĩˈɡwa(ʁ)/: to wane (lunar phase)
  70. minguaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minguar
  71. minh'alma contraction /mĩˈɲ‿aw.mɐ/: contraction of minha + alma
  72. minha determiner, noun, pronoun /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/: feminine singular of meu
  73. minha nossa interjection /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈnɔ.sɐ/: alternative form of minha nossa senhora!
  74. minha nossa senhora interjection /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈnɔ.sɐ sẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/: oh my God!; good Lord!; Jesus! (said in shock, awe or dismay)
  75. minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva e nozes phrase /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈvɛ.ʎɐ ˈtɾa.ɡɐ mew ʒɐ̃ˈta(ʁ) ˈso.pɐ ˈu.vɐ i ˈnɔ.zis/: my very educated mother just served us noodles; used to remember the order and names of the eight planets of the solar system: Mercúrio, Vênus, Terra,...
  76. minha velha, traga meu jantar: sopa, uva, nozes e pão phrase /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ ˈvɛ.ʎɐ ˈtɾa.ɡɐ mew ʒɐ̃ˈta(ʁ) ˈso.pɐ ˈu.vɐ ˈnɔ.ziz i ˈpɐ̃w̃/: my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins; used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercúrio, Vênus,...
  77. minhau interjection
  78. minhe pronoun
  79. Minho proper noun /ˈmĩ.ɲu/: Minho (a river in Portugal and Spain)
  80. minhoca noun /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/: earthworm
  81. minhoca de metal phrase
  82. Minhocão proper noun /mĩ.ɲoˈkɐ̃w̃/: A mythological creature said to resemble a large fish or worm.
  83. minhocário noun /mĩ.ɲoˈka.ɾi.u/ [mĩ.j̃oˈka.ɾɪ.u] AFI: /mĩ.ɲoˈka.ɾju/ [mĩ.j̃oˈka.ɾju] (coloquial)
  84. minhoco noun
  85. minhococultura noun
  86. minhocuçu noun /mĩ.ɲɔ.kuˈsu/: a giant earthworm of the species Rhinodrilus alatus
  87. minhota adjective, noun: feminine singular of minhoto
  88. minhotanense adjective, noun
  89. minhoto adjective, noun /mĩˈɲo.tu/: of Minho
  90. míni noun, prefix: mini- (denotes a small version of something)
  91. mini-saia noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of minissaia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  92. mini system noun: mini hi-fi system, mini hi-fi, mini stereo system
  93. miniatura noun /mi.ni.aˈtu.ɾɐ/: miniature (small version of something)
  94. miniaturar verb
  95. miniaturista adjective, noun
  96. miniaturizado adjective
  97. miniaturizar verb /ˌmĩ.ni.a.tu.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/: to miniaturize
  98. minibar noun /ˌmĩ.niˈbaʁ/: minibar
  99. minibugue noun /ˌmĩ.niˈbu.ɡi/: A small dune buggy designed to be driven by children.
  100. minibus noun
  101. minicassete noun /ˌmĩ.ni.kaˈsɛ.t͡ʃi/: compact cassette, audio cassette (as distinct from other cassette formats)
  102. minicracolândia noun
  103. minidicionário noun
  104. minifundiário adjective, noun /mi.ni.fũ.d͡ʒiˈa.ɾju/: of or related to smallholding
  105. minifúndio noun /mi.niˈfũ.d͡ʒju/: smallholding
  106. minigolfe noun /ˌmĩ.niˈɡow.fi/: minigolf
  107. minijogo noun
  108. mínima adjective, noun /ˈmĩ.ni.mɐ/: minim (a half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem)
  109. minimal adjective /mi.niˈmaw/: minimal, minimum
  110. minimalismo noun /mi.ni.maˈliz.mu/: minimalism (style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity)
  111. minimalista adjective, noun /mi.ni.maˈlis.tɐ/: minimalist (characterised by extreme simplicity)
  112. minimalisticamente adverb
  113. minimalístico adjective
  114. minimalmente adverb
  115. minimamente adverb /ˌmĩ.ni.maˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: minimally
  116. minimização noun /mi.ni.mi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/: minimization
  117. minimizado adjective, verb: past participle of minimizar
  118. minimizar verb /mi.ni.miˈza(ʁ)/: to minimize (make small as possible)
  119. minimizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minimizar
  120. mínimo adjective, noun /ˈmĩ.ni.mu/: minimum (to the lowest degree)
  121. mínimo denominador comum noun: lowest common denominator (smallest multiple of several denominators)
  122. mínimo múltiplo comum phrase
  123. minina noun: female equivalent of minino
  124. minino noun
  125. mínio noun
  126. miniônibus noun
  127. minipiscina noun
  128. minissaia noun /ˌmĩ.niˈsaj.ɐ/: miniskirt
  129. minissérie noun /mi.niˈsɛ.ɾi/: miniseries
  130. ministerial adjective /mi.nis.te.ɾiˈaw/: ministerial (related to a religious minister or ministry)
  131. ministerialmente adverb
  132. ministeriável adjective /mi.nis.te.ɾiˈa.vew/: potentially a minister
  133. ministério noun /mi.nisˈtɛ.ɾju/: ministry
  134. ministério da fazenda phrase
  135. ministra noun, verb /miˈnis.tɾɐ/: bedside table
  136. ministração noun: administration (the act of administering something)
  137. ministrar verb /mi.nisˈtɾa(ʁ)/: to minister
  138. ministraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of ministrar
  139. ministrável adjective /mi.nisˈtɾa.vew/: potentially a minister
  140. ministro noun, verb /miˈnis.tɾu/: minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
  141. Ministro Andreazza noun
  142. ministro-conselheiro noun
  143. ministro de primeira classe phrase
  144. ministro de segunda classe phrase
  145. ministro do exterior noun: foreign minister (official in charge of relationships with foreign nations)
  146. MINIX noun
  147. minnan noun: Southern Min; Min Nan (a variety of Chinese)
  148. Minnesota noun
  149. mino noun, verb /ˈmĩ.nu/: first-person singular present indicative of minar
  150. minoico adjective, noun /miˈnɔj.ku/: Minoan
  151. minorar verb
  152. minorca adjective, noun /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/: short
  153. minoria noun /mi.noˈɾi.ɐ/: minority (any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
  154. minoritariamente adverb
  155. minoritário adjective /mi.no.ɾiˈta.ɾju/: minority
  156. minorquino adjective, noun /mi.noʁˈkĩ.nu/: Minorcan (of or relating to Minorca)
  157. Minos noun /ˈmi.nʊs/
  158. minotauro noun /ˌmĩ.noˈtaw.ɾu/: minotaur (monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man)
  159. Minsk proper noun /ˈmĩsk/: Minsk (the capital city of Belarus)
  160. minuana noun
  161. minuano noun /mi.nuˈɐ̃.nu/: minuano, a powerful cold wind that comes from south
  162. minúcia noun, verb /miˈnu.sjɐ/: a minor detail or aspect
  163. minuciar verb /mi.nu.siˈa(ʁ)/: to detail (to explain in detail)
  164. minuciaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minuciar
  165. minuciosamente adverb /mi.nu.siˌɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: carefully, meticulously, minutely
  166. minuciosidade noun
  167. minucioso adjective /mi.nu.siˈo.zu/: thorough; detailed
  168. minudencia noun, verb /mi.nuˈdẽ.sjɐ/: detail (minor aspect)
  169. minudenciado adjective, verb: explained in detail
  170. minudenciar verb /mi.nu.dẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/: to detail (to tell or explain something in detail)
  171. minudenciaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minudenciar
  172. minudentemente adverb
  173. minuendo noun /mi.nuˈẽ.du/: minuend
  174. minuete noun /mi.ˈnwe.tɨ/
  175. minueto noun /mi.nuˈe.tu/: minuet (slow, graceful dance)
  176. minuir verb /mi.nu.ˈiɾ/
  177. MINURSO abbreviation
  178. minúscula adjective, noun /miˈnus.ku.lɐ/: minuscule (lower-case letter)
  179. minusculamente adverb
  180. minúsculo adjective /miˈnus.ku.lu/: minute; minuscule; tiny (very small)
  181. minuta noun, verb /miˈnu.tɐ/: draft (usually of an official document)
  182. minutar verb /mi.nuˈta(ʁ)/: to draft (to write a first version of a text)
  183. minutaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of minutar
  184. minutíssimo adjective
  185. minuto noun, verb /miˈnu.tu/: minute (60 seconds)
  186. minuto-luz noun
  187. mio adjective, adverb, noun, verb: eye dialect spelling of melhor, representing Caipira Portuguese
  188. mioca noun
  189. miocárdio noun /mi.oˈkaʁ.d͡ʒju/: myocardium (muscles that surround and power the heart)
  190. miocardiopatia de takotsubo phrase
  191. miocardite noun /mi.o.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.t͡ʃi/: myocarditis
  192. miocénico adjective, noun /ˌmi.ɔˈsɛ.ni.ku/: Miocene, relating to the Miocene epoch
  193. mioceno adjective, noun /mi.oˈsẽ.nu/: relating to the Miocene epoch
  194. miojo noun /miˈo.ʒu/: noodles (especially instant)
  195. miola noun
  196. mioleira noun /mi.o.ˈlej.ɾə/
  197. miolipoma noun
  198. miolo noun /miˈo.lu/: crumb; soft part (of bread etc)
  199. miolo de pote phrase
  200. miolo mole phrase
  201. miolos noun /miˈɔ.lus/: brain
  202. mioma noun
  203. mióparo noun /miˈɔ.pa.ɾu/: A small boat, uncovered and powered by oars, used by guards to watch the coasts of pirate invasions.
  204. miopatia noun /ˌmi.o.paˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/: myopathy
  205. miopático adjective /ˌmi.oˈpa.t͡ʃi.ku/: myopathic
  206. míope adjective, noun /ˈmiw.pi/: myopic (person suffering from myopia)
  207. miopia noun /miwˈpi.ɐ/: myopia (disorder of vision)
  208. miópico adjective /miˈɔ.pi.ku/: myopic; nearsighted (unable to focus on distant objects)
  209. miopragia noun
  210. mioquimia noun: myokymia (involuntary, spontaneous quivering of part of a muscle)
  211. mior adjective, adverb: eye dialect spelling of melhor, representing Caipira Portuguese
  212. miose noun /miˈɔ.zi/: alternative form of meiose
  213. miosótis noun /ˌmi.oˈsɔ.t͡ʃis/: forget-me-not (plant of the genus Myosotis)
  214. mioto adjective, noun /mi'o.tu/ [mɪ'o.tu] AFI: /'mjo.tu/ (pronúncia rápida)
  215. Miotto proper noun /miˈo.tu/: a surname from Italian, of Brazilian usage
  216. miqueado adjective
  217. miquear verb
  218. Miquéas noun
  219. Miqueias noun
  220. Miquelângela noun
  221. Miquelângelo noun
  222. Miquelina noun
  223. Miquelino noun
  224. miquelonês adjective, noun
  225. miquemaque noun
  226. mir noun, number
  227. mira noun, verb /ˈmi.ɾɐ/: sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
  228. Mira Estrela noun
  229. mirabe noun
  230. Mirabela noun
  231. mirabolante adjective /mi.ɾa.boˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: excessively grandiose and impossible to achieve, infeasible
  232. miração noun
  233. Miracatu noun
  234. miracatuense adjective, noun
  235. Miracema noun
  236. Miracema do Tocantins phrase
  237. miráculo noun /miˈɾa.ku.lu/: miracle (inexplicable event attributed to God)
  238. miraculosamente adverb /mi.ɾa.kuˌlɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: miraculously
  239. miraculosidade noun /mi.ɾa.ku.lo.ziˈda.d͡ʒi/: miraculousness (the quality of being miraculous)
  240. miraculoso adjective /mi.ɾa.kuˈlo.zu/: miraculous
  241. mirada noun, verb: feminine singular of mirado
  242. miradoiro noun /mi.ɾaˈdoj.ɾu/: alternative form of miradouro
  243. Mirador noun
  244. miradouro noun /mi.ɾaˈdo(w).ɾu/: belvedere
  245. Miragaia proper noun /mi.ɾaˈɡaj.ɐ/: a neighborhood of the city of Porto; a former civil parish of the municipality of Porto, Portugal
  246. miragaiense adjective, noun
  247. miragem noun /miˈɾa.ʒẽj̃/: mirage (an optical phenomenon)
  248. Miraguaí noun
  249. mirai noun, verb: second-person plural imperative of mirar
  250. Miraíma noun
  251. miramarense adjective, noun
  252. Miranda noun
  253. Miranda do Corvo noun
  254. Miranda do Douro phrase
  255. Miranda do Norte noun
  256. Mirandela noun
  257. mirandelense adjective, noun /mi.ɾɐ̃.deˈlẽ.si/: of Mirandela
  258. mirandense adjective, noun /mi.ɾɐ̃ˈdẽ.si/: of Miranda do Corvo
  259. mirandês adjective, noun /mi.ɾɐ̃ˈde(j)s/: Mirandese (of Miranda do Douro)
  260. mirandesa adjective, noun /mi.ɾɐ̃ˈde.zɐ/: female equivalent of mirandês (person)
  261. mirandez adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mirandês
  262. mirandeza adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mirandesa
  263. Mirandiba noun
  264. mirando noun, verb: gerund of mirar
  265. mirandopolense adjective, noun
  266. Mirandópolis noun
  267. mirandopolitano adjective, noun
  268. Mirangaba noun
  269. mirangabense adjective, noun
  270. Miranorte noun
  271. mirante noun /miˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/: overlook (elevated location where a panorama can be observed)
  272. Mirante da Serra noun
  273. Mirante do Paranapanema noun
  274. mirantense adjective, noun
  275. mirantes noun: plural of mirante
  276. mirar verb /miˈɾa(ʁ)/: to see; to observe
  277. miraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of mirar
  278. Miraselva noun
  279. Mirassol noun
  280. Mirassol d'Oeste phrase
  281. mirassolandense adjective, noun
  282. Mirassolândia noun
  283. mirassolense adjective, noun
  284. Miravânia noun
  285. Mirela noun
  286. miremos verb: first-person plural present subjunctive
  287. mirense adjective, noun /miˈɾẽ.si/: of Mira, Coimbra
  288. miri noun /miˈɾi/: a tree, Sideroxylon salicifolium, or its fruit
  289. Miriã noun
  290. miríade noun /miˈɾi.a.d͡ʒi/: myriad (ten thousand)
  291. miriágono noun
  292. Miriam proper noun /ˈmi.ɾi.ɐ̃/: a female given name, equivalent to English Miriam
  293. miriâmetro noun
  294. mirífico adjective /miˈɾi.fi.ku/: admirable, wonderful
  295. mirim adjective, noun /miˈɾĩ/: tiny, little, wee; often in compound animal names of Tupi origin
  296. Mirim Doce noun
  297. mirindiba noun
  298. mirindiba-bagre noun: Lafoensia glyptocarpa, a plant native to the southeastern Atlantic Forest in Brazil
  299. mirindiba-doce noun
  300. Mirinzal noun

Part 15 · Part 17 · 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.