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Portuguese words: mais vale só que mal acompanhado to malinar

300 Portuguese words, part 3 of 24 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 62 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words mais vale só que mal acompanhado to malinar

  1. mais vale só que mal acompanhado proverb: it's better to be alone than in bad company
  2. mais vale um pássaro na mão do que dois voando phrase, proverb: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (a small but certain advantage is preferable)
  3. mais-valia noun /ˌmajz.vaˈli.ɐ/: surplus value (yield, profit or return on production capital invested)
  4. mais velha profissão do mundo noun: the world's oldest profession
  5. mais velho que a Sé de Braga adjective /majʒ ˈvɛʎu k(j)ɐ sɛ ðɨ ˈβɾaɣɐ/: old as the hills
  6. mais velho que o cagar em cócoras verb: to be old as the hills, to be older than dirt
  7. Maísa noun
  8. maisena noun /majˈzẽ.nɐ/: cornstarch
  9. maisin noun
  10. Maíso noun
  11. maisquerer verb: to prefer, to favor, to select
  12. maisquiseram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maisquerer
  13. maitaca noun
  14. Maitê proper noun /majˈte/: a female given name of Brazilian usage
  15. maithili noun
  16. maître noun
  17. maître d'hôtel phrase
  18. maiúscula adjective, noun, verb /majˈus.ku.lɐ/: majuscule, capital letter
  19. maiuscular verb: to capitalise (to write a word’s first letter in upper case)
  20. maiuscularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maiuscular
  21. maiusculizar verb /maj.us.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/: to capitalise (to write a word’s first letter in upper case)
  22. maiusculizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maiusculizar
  23. maiúsculo adjective, verb /majˈus.ku.lu/: capital (letter), uppercase
  24. maizena noun
  25. majestade noun /ma.ʒesˈta.d͡ʒi/: majesty (the quality of being impressive and great)
  26. majestaticamente adverb
  27. majestosamente adverb /ma.ʒesˌtɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: majestically
  28. majestoso adjective /ma.ʒesˈto.zu/: majestic, kingly, august
  29. majlis noun: majlis (council, assembly, or public meeting in some Muslim regions)
  30. majongue noun
  31. major adjective, noun /maˈʒɔʁ/: major (military rank)
  32. Major Gercino noun
  33. Major Isidoro noun
  34. Major Sales noun
  35. Major Vieira noun
  36. majoração noun
  37. majorar verb
  38. majorete noun
  39. majoritariamente adverb /ma.ʒo.ɾiˌta.ɾjaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: mostly
  40. majoritário adjective, noun /ma.ʒo.ɾiˈta.ɾju/: Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of maioritário
  41. Majuro proper noun: Majuro (an atoll and capital city of the Marshall Islands)
  42. makasae noun
  43. make noun /ˈmej.ki/: makeup (cosmetics and colorants applied to the skin)
  44. make-up noun
  45. Makhachkala proper noun: Makhachkala (a city, the regional capital of Dagestan, Russia)
  46. making of noun, phrase /mei.kĩ.ɔf(i)/: making-of
  47. mal adverb, conjunction, noun, prefix /ˈmaw/: badly (in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner)
  48. mal-acabada adjective
  49. mal-acabadas adjective
  50. mal-acabado adjective /ˈmaw a.kaˈba.du | ma.la.kaˈba.du/ [ˈmaʊ̯ a.kaˈba.du | ma.la.kaˈba.du]
  51. mal-acabados adjective
  52. mal-acondicionado adjective
  53. mal aí interjection /ˈmaw aˈi/: sorry!
  54. mal-ajambrado adjective /ˌmaw.a.ʒɐ̃ˈbɾa.du/: not good-looking; of bad appearance or wearing unpleasant clothing
  55. mal-amado adjective, noun
  56. mal-armado adjective
  57. mal-arrumado noun
  58. mal-assombrado adjective /ˌmaw.a.sõˈbɾa.du/: haunted (inhabited or frequented by ghosts)
  59. mal-caduco noun
  60. mal comicial phrase
  61. mal comida adjective: of a woman, to have been insufficiently fucked, implying that this is the cause of any irritation she displays
  62. mal comido phrase
  63. mal contado adjective, phrase /ˈmaw kõˈta.du/: Not entirely truthful; seemingly deceitful.
  64. mal-da-ave-maria noun
  65. mal da baía de são paulo phrase
  66. mal da montanha noun: altitude sickness (oxygen deficiency at high altitudes)
  67. mal da pinta phrase
  68. mal da praia phrase
  69. mal da terra phrase
  70. mal das alturas noun: altitude sickness (oxygen deficiency at high altitudes)
  71. mal das ancas phrase
  72. mal das montanhas noun: alternative form of mal da montanha
  73. mal de Addison noun: Addison's disease (a disorder in which the adrenal glands fail to produce a sufficient quantity of steroids)
  74. mal de altitude noun: altitude sickness (oxygen deficiency at high altitudes)
  75. mal de Alzheimer noun, phrase /ˈmaw d͡ʒi aw.ˈzaj.meʁ/: Alzheimer's disease (neurodegenerative disease causing dementia)
  76. mal de amores phrase
  77. mal de ano phrase
  78. mal de bicho phrase
  79. mal de cadeiras phrase
  80. mal de Chagas noun, phrase: Chagas' disease (form of trypanosomiasis prevalent in South America)
  81. mal de chupança phrase
  82. mal de coito phrase
  83. mal de cuia phrase
  84. mal de engasgo phrase
  85. mal de engasgue phrase
  86. mal de escancha noun, phrase
  87. mal-de-fígado noun
  88. mal de Hansen phrase
  89. mal de montanha noun: alternative form of mal da montanha
  90. mal de Parkinson phrase
  91. mal-de-terra noun
  92. mal-de-vaso noun
  93. mal-do-diagalves noun
  94. mal-do-monte noun
  95. mal e mal adverb /ma.l‿e ˈmaw/: barely; only just (by only a small margin)
  96. mal e parcamente adverb /ˈmaw i ˌpaʁ.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: alternative form of mal e porcamente
  97. mal e porcamente adverb /ˈmaw i ˌpɔʁ.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: poorly and sloppily, without care
  98. mal-educadamente adverb
  99. mal-educado adjective /ˌmaw.e.duˈka.du/: ill-mannered; impolite (having bad manners)
  100. mal-encarado adjective, noun
  101. mal-entendido noun /ma.l‿ẽ.tẽˈd͡ʒi.du/: misunderstanding
  102. mal-estar noun /ˌmaw.isˈta(ʁ)/: malaise (feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness)
  103. mal-feitor adjective, noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of malfeitor; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  104. mal haja phrase
  105. mal-humorado adjective /ˌmaw.u.moˈɾa.du/: ill-tempered, cranky
  106. mal-intencionado adjective, noun /ˌmaw.ĩ.tẽ.si.oˈna.du/: ill-intentioned, evil-minded
  107. mal-mal adverb
  108. mal necessário noun: necessary evil
  109. mal passado adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mal, passado.
  110. mal-pecado adverb
  111. mal posso esperar phrase /ˈmaw ˈpɔ.su is.peˈɾa(ʁ)/: I can hardly wait, I look forward to
  112. mal rubro phrase
  113. mal-usar verb
  114. mala noun /ˈma.lɐ/: suitcase
  115. mala branca phrase
  116. mala direta phrase
  117. mala-posta noun
  118. mala preta phrase
  119. mala sem alça noun /ˈma.lɐ ˈsẽj̃ ˈaw.sɐ/: an irritating person
  120. malabar adjective, noun
  121. malabarismo noun /ma.la.baˈɾiz.mu/: juggling
  122. malabarista noun /ma.la.baˈɾis.tɐ/: juggler
  123. Malabo noun
  124. Malaca proper noun: Malacca (a state of Malaysia)
  125. Malacacheta noun
  126. malacafento adjective: ailing, sickly
  127. malacatão noun
  128. malacate noun
  129. malacatifa noun
  130. Malachias proper noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Malaquias
  131. malaco noun
  132. malacologia noun /ma.la.ko.loˈʒi.ɐ/: malacology
  133. malacológico adjective /ma.la.koˈlɔ.ʒi.ku/: malacological
  134. malacologista noun /ma.la.ko.loˈʒis.tɐ/: malacologist
  135. maladia noun /ma.laˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/: malady (any ailment or disease of the body)
  136. maladio adjective, noun
  137. malado noun
  138. malafa noun
  139. malafaia noun
  140. malafo noun
  141. Málaga proper noun /ˈma.la.ɡɐ/: Malaga (a port city, the capital of the province of Malaga, Andalusia, Spain)
  142. malagueira noun
  143. malagueirense adjective, noun
  144. malagueta noun /ma.laˈɡe.tɐ/: Guinea pepper; grains of paradise (Aframomum melegueta)
  145. malaiala noun /ma.lajˈa.lɐ/: Malayalam (language)
  146. malaio adjective, noun /maˈlaj.u/: Malay
  147. malaio ambonês noun, phrase /maˈlaj.u ɐ̃.boˈne(j)s/: Ambonese Malay (creole language spoken in Indonesia)
  148. malaio-polinésio adjective /ma.laj.o.po.li.ˈnɛ.zi.o/
  149. Malaísia noun
  150. Malakal proper noun: Malakal (a city in South Sudan)
  151. malamanhado adjective
  152. malamute noun /ma.laˈmu.t͡ʃi/: malamute (dog breed)
  153. malamute-do-alasca noun: Alaskan Malamute (breed of sled dog)
  154. malandragem noun /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa.ʒẽj̃/: the practice of swindling
  155. malandramente adverb /maˌlɐ̃ɴ.dɾaˈmẽj̃.t͡ʃi/
  156. malandrar verb /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/: to get by by taking advantage of other people
  157. malandraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of malandrar
  158. malandrete noun
  159. malandrino adjective, noun /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾĩ.nu/: dishonest, crooked
  160. malandro adjective, noun, verb /maˈlɐ̃.dɾu/: mischievous, naughty
  161. malanga noun /maˈlɐ̃.ɡɐ/: any of several arum family plants grown for their edible tubers: taro, malanga, eddo
  162. malango noun
  163. malapeiro adjective, noun
  164. malápio noun
  165. malaqueijense adjective, noun
  166. Malaquias noun
  167. malaquita noun /ma.laˈki.tɐ/: malachite (bright green mineral)
  168. malar adjective, noun /maˈlaʁ/: cheekbone; zygoma
  169. malária noun /maˈla.ɾjɐ/: malaria
  170. malásia adjective, noun: feminine singular of malásio
  171. malásio adjective, noun /maˈla.zju/: Malay (of or relating to Malaysia)
  172. malata noun
  173. malation noun
  174. malato adjective, noun
  175. Maláui adjective, noun
  176. malauiano adjective
  177. malauiense adjective, noun
  178. malauita adjective, noun
  179. Malavi noun
  180. malaviano adjective
  181. Malawi noun
  182. malawiano adjective, noun /ma.lawiˈɐ̃.nu/: Malawian (of or relating to Malawi)
  183. malawiense adjective, noun
  184. malaxação noun
  185. malaxar verb
  186. malbaratar verb
  187. malbarato noun
  188. malcatenho adjective, noun
  189. malcatense adjective, noun
  190. malcheiroso adjective /maw.ʃe(j)ˈɾo.zu/: stinky, smelly
  191. malcomido adjective /maw.koˈmi.du/ [maʊ̯.koˈmi.du]
  192. malcomportado adjective /maw.kõ.poʁˈta.du/: bad-mannered
  193. malcriadamente adverb
  194. malcriado adjective, noun /maw.kɾiˈa.du/: ill-mannered, foul-mouthed, rude
  195. malcuidado adjective /maw.kujˈda.du/: ramshackle; rundown (in state of disrepair)
  196. maldade noun /mawˈda.d͡ʒi/: malice
  197. maldição noun /maw.d͡ʒiˈsɐ̃w̃/: curse
  198. maldição de Ondina noun: Ondine's curse (medical condition causing sufferers to stop breathing if they fall asleep)
  199. maldisposto adjective /maw.d͡ʒisˈpos.tu/: ill-humored
  200. maldisseram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maldizer
  201. maldita adjective, noun: feminine singular of maldito
  202. maldito adjective, noun, verb /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/: cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)
  203. maldiva noun: female equivalent of maldivo
  204. maldivano noun
  205. maldivas noun: plural of maldiva
  206. maldivo adjective, noun /mawˈd͡ʒi.vu/: Maldivian (of or relating to the Maldives)
  207. maldizente adjective, noun
  208. maldizer noun, verb /maw.d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/: to curse, swear, badmouth
  209. maldosamente adverb
  210. maldoso adjective /mawˈdo.zu/: malicious (resulting from malice or spite)
  211. malê noun /maˈle/: Muslim Afro-Brazilian
  212. maleabilidade noun /ma.le.a.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: malleability
  213. maleáceo adjective
  214. maleável adjective /ma.leˈa.vew/: malleable
  215. maleavelmente adverb
  216. malecho adjective
  217. maledeto noun
  218. maledicência noun /ma.le.d͡ʒiˈsẽ.sjɐ/: gossip, slander
  219. maleficamente adverb /ma.le.fi.ka.ˈmẽ.ʧi/
  220. maleficente adjective /ma.le.fiˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/: maleficent
  221. maleficentíssimo adjective /ma.le.fi.sẽˈt͡ʃi.si.mu/: superlative degree of maleficente
  222. maleficiar verb /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/: to harm, damage
  223. maleficiaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of maleficiar
  224. malefício noun, verb /ma.leˈfi.sju/: damage, harm (a negative consequence)
  225. maléfico adjective /maˈlɛ.fi.ku/: evil
  226. maleiro noun
  227. maleita noun /maˈlej.tɐ/: malaria
  228. maleita-brava noun
  229. maleiteiro noun
  230. maleitoso adjective, noun
  231. maleixo adjective
  232. malemolência noun /ma.le.moˈlẽ.sjɐ/: the swaying rhythm characteristic of samba
  233. malemolente adjective /ma.le.moˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/: having a fluid, playful style
  234. males noun /ˈma.lis/: plural of mal
  235. malesso adjective
  236. maleta noun /maˈle.tɐ/: suitcase
  237. malévola adjective /maˈlɛ.vo.lɐ/: feminine singular of malévolo
  238. malevolamente adverb
  239. malevolência noun /ma.le.voˈlẽ.sjɐ/: malevolence
  240. malevolente adjective /ma.le.voˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/: malevolent
  241. malévolo adjective /maˈlɛ.vo.lu/: malevolent (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
  242. maleza noun
  243. malfadadamente adverb
  244. malfadado adjective /maw.faˈda.du/: having a bad fate; ill-fated, disgraced, unlucky
  245. malfarrico noun
  246. malfazejo adjective, noun /maw.faˈze.ʒu/: evil, malevolent, nefarious
  247. malfazer verb /maw.faˈze(ʁ)/: to practice evil, to do evil things
  248. malfeito adjective, noun, verb /mawˈfej.tu/: badly made; of low quality; crude; rough
  249. malfeitor adjective, noun /maw.fejˈtoʁ/: criminal
  250. malfeitoria noun /maw.fej.toˈɾi.ɐ/: wrongdoing (instance of doing something morally or legally wrong)
  251. malfizeram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of malfazer
  252. malformação noun /maw.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/: malformation (abnormal formation of an organ or tissue)
  253. malformação arteriovenosa noun: arteriovenous malformation (disorder of the veins and arteries)
  254. malformação de Arnold-Chiari noun: Chiari malformation (a malformation of the brain)
  255. malformação de Chiari noun: Chiari malformation (a malformation of the brain)
  256. malga noun /ˈmaw.ɡɐ/: bowl
  257. malgaxe adjective, noun /mawˈɡa.ʃi/: Malagasy (of or relating to Madagascar)
  258. malgaxoparlante adjective, noun
  259. malgradado adjective /maw.ɡɾaˈda.du/: dissatisfied, vexed; (hence) insincere, half-hearted
  260. malgrado conjunction, noun /mawˈɡɾa.du/: displeasure (feeling of being displeased)
  261. malha noun, verb /ˈma.ʎɐ/: mail (chainmail)
  262. malha de lã phrase
  263. malhação noun /ma.ʎaˈsɐ̃w̃/: act of hitting with a sledgehammer
  264. malhada adjective, noun: feminine singular of malhado
  265. Malhada de Pedras noun
  266. Malhada dos Bois noun
  267. malhada-pedrense adjective, noun
  268. malhadense adjective, noun
  269. malhado adjective, noun, verb /maˈʎa.du/: mottled (coloured in patches), spotted, speckled, piebald
  270. malhadoiro noun /ma.ʎaˈdoj.ɾu/: alternative form of malhadouro
  271. Malhador noun
  272. malhadouro noun /ma.ʎaˈdo(w).ɾu/: threshing floor (ground where grain is threshed)
  273. malhadura noun
  274. malhante noun: nailmaker
  275. malhar verb /maˈʎa(ʁ)/: to hammer (to strike with a hammer)
  276. malhar em ferro frio phrase
  277. malhar enquanto o ferro está quente verb: to strike while the iron is hot (act on an opportunity promptly)
  278. malharam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of malhar
  279. malheira noun
  280. malheiro noun
  281. malho noun, verb /ˈma.ʎu/: sledgehammer
  282. malhouense adjective, noun
  283. Mali noun
  284. maliano adjective, noun /ma.liˈɐ̃.nu/: Malian (of or relating to Mali)
  285. malícia noun /maˈli.sjɐ/: malice
  286. malícia-de-mulher noun /maˌli.sjɐ.d͡ʒi.muˈʎɛ(ʁ)/: sensitive woman
  287. maliciosamente adverb /ma.li.siˌɔ.zaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: maliciously
  288. malicioso adjective /ma.li.siˈo.zu/: malicious (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)
  289. málico adjective /ˈma.li.ku/: malic
  290. maliense adjective, noun: Malian (of or relating to Mali)
  291. malignamente adverb
  292. malignar verb
  293. malignidade noun /ma.li.ɡi.niˈda.d͡ʒi/: malice, malignity, perversity, wickedness
  294. maligno adjective, noun /maˈli.ɡi.nu/: malign; malignant; evil
  295. malila noun
  296. malina adjective, noun /maˈlĩ.nɐ/: typhoid fever (a deadly disease characterised by severe fever)
  297. malinado adjective
  298. malinagem noun
  299. malinar verb

Part 2 · Part 4 · 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.