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Portuguese words: pedrouço to pelugem

300 Portuguese words, part 10 of 33 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 67 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words pedrouço to pelugem

  1. pedrouço noun
  2. pedruca noun
  3. pedruco noun
  4. pedrulhense adjective, noun
  5. pedúnculo noun
  6. pedzita noun /pe.d͡ʒiˈzi.tɐ/: petzite
  7. peeira noun
  8. peelismo noun
  9. peelista adjective, noun
  10. peemebismo noun
  11. peemebista adjective, noun
  12. peemedebista noun
  13. peemeenismo noun
  14. peemeenista adjective, noun
  15. peerretebista adjective, noun
  16. PEES abbreviation
  17. peessebista adjective, noun
  18. peessedebismo noun
  19. peessedebista adjective, noun
  20. peessedismo noun
  21. peessedista adjective, noun
  22. pega adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈpe.ɡɐ/: magpie (bird of the genus Pica)
  23. pega-azul noun /ˌpe.ɡɐ.aˈzuw/: Iberian magpie (Cyanopica cooki)
  24. pega-pega noun /ˌpɛ.ɡɐˈpɛ.ɡɐ/: tag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)
  25. pega pra capar noun: confusion, disarray
  26. pega-rabuda noun /ˈpe.ɡɐ ʁaˈbu.dɐ/: Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
  27. pega-rapaz noun
  28. pega-varetas noun: spillikins; pick-up sticks (game where players remove sticks from a scattered pile)
  29. pegação noun /pe.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/: a makeout session (act of embracing and kissing passionately)
  30. pegacho adjective, noun
  31. pegada adjective, noun, verb /peˈɡa.dɐ/: footprint (impression of the foot)
  32. pegadiço adjective /pe.ɡaˈd͡ʒi.su/: which adheres easily
  33. pegadinha noun /pe.ɡaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of pegada
  34. pegado adjective, verb /peˈɡa.du/: next
  35. pegador noun /pe.ɡaˈdoʁ/: agent noun of pegar
  36. pegajento adjective
  37. pegajosamente adverb
  38. pegajosidade noun
  39. pegajoso adjective /pe.ɡaˈʒo.zu/: sticky (tending to stick to things)
  40. pegalhento adjective
  41. peganhento adjective
  42. pegapacapá noun: alternative form of pega pra capar
  43. pegar verb /peˈɡa(ʁ)/: to grab, hold
  44. pegar a visão verb /peˈɡa(ɾ) a viˈzɐ̃w̃/: to get it, to understand
  45. pegar ar phrase, verb: to become irritated
  46. pegar com as calças arriadas phrase
  47. pegar de empurrão verb: alternative form of pegar por empurrão
  48. pegar de jeito phrase
  49. pegar fogo verb: to catch fire (become engulfed with flames)
  50. pegar leve verb: to play or do something else in an easy or calm way
  51. pegar na cabra para outro mamar phrase
  52. pegar na tampinha phrase
  53. pegar no ar phrase
  54. pegar no batente phrase
  55. pegar no pé verb: to tease; to nag
  56. pegar o beco phrase
  57. pegar o caminho da roça phrase
  58. pegar o jeito verb: to get the hang of (to learn how to do something)
  59. pegar o touro pelos cornos verb /peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(w).ɾu pe.lus ˈkɔʁ.nus/: to grab the bull by the horns
  60. pegar onda verb: to surf (to rive a wave on a surfboard)
  61. pegar para cristo phrase, verb: insistently talk with, interact or otherwise demand the attention of someone, to the point of being obnoxious
  62. pegar por empurrão verb: to bump-start, push-start
  63. pegar pra cristo phrase
  64. pegaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pegar
  65. pegarinhense adjective, noun
  66. pegas noun, verb /ˈpe.ɡɐs/: plural of pega (“Eurasian magpie; gossipy woman”)
  67. pégaso noun: pegasus (a mythological winged horse)
  68. Pegasus noun
  69. pegável adjective
  70. pegmatita noun /pe.ɡi.maˈt͡ʃi.tɐ/: pegmatite
  71. pegmatítico adjective
  72. pego adjective, noun, verb /ˈpe.ɡu/: Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
  73. pegonense adjective, noun
  74. peguei seu nariz noun /peˈɡej sew naˈɾis/: I've got your nose (a young children's game in which someone simulates stealing the victim's nose from their face)
  75. peguento adjective /peˈɡẽ.tu/: sweaty; smelly; grimy
  76. peguete noun /peˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi/: a person one has occasional romantic or sexual encounters with
  77. peguilho noun
  78. pegulhal noun
  79. pegulho noun
  80. pegureiro noun /pe.ɡuˈɾe(j).ɾu/: shepherd
  81. pegureiros noun: plural of pegureiro
  82. peia noun, verb /ˈpej.ɐ/: fetter (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
  83. peida noun, verb /ˈpej.dɐ/: ass
  84. peidão adjective, noun /pejˈdɐ̃w̃/: farter
  85. peidar verb /pejˈda(ʁ)/: to fart (to emit flatulent gases)
  86. peidar na farofa phrase, verb /pejˈda(ʁ) na faˈɾɔ.fɐ/: to weaken
  87. peidaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of peidar
  88. peideiro noun
  89. peido noun, verb /ˈpej.du/: fart
  90. peido-mestre noun
  91. peidorreiro adjective, noun /pej.doˈʁe(j).ɾu/: farter (said of someone who farts a lot)
  92. peidorrento adjective, noun
  93. peignoir noun
  94. peina noun
  95. peinar verb
  96. peiote noun /pejˈɔ.t͡ʃi/: peyote (Lophophora williamsii, a small cactus of North America from which mescaline is extracted)
  97. peirão noun
  98. peirau noun: alternative form of perau
  99. peita noun, verb /ˈpej.tɐ/: gift or promise for the purpose of bribing; bribery
  100. peitar verb /pejˈta(ʁ)/: to stand up to someone
  101. peitaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of peitar
  102. peitas noun /ˈpej.tɐs/: plural of peita
  103. peitchola noun /pejˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ/: breast
  104. peite noun, verb: first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  105. peitilho noun /pejˈt͡ʃi.ʎu/: an item of clothing, or part of an item clothing, that goes over the chest
  106. peitinho noun /pejˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of peito
  107. peito noun, verb /ˈpej.tu/: chest
  108. peito do pé noun, phrase: instep (top of the foot between the toes and the ankle)
  109. peitolé noun
  110. peitoral adjective /pej.toˈɾaw/: pectoral
  111. peitoril noun /pej.toˈɾiw/: windowsill, sill, parapet
  112. peituda adjective /pejˈtu.dɐ/: feminine singular of peitudo
  113. peitudo adjective, noun /pejˈtu.du/: busty
  114. peituga noun [pejˈtuɣɐ]: poultry breast
  115. peixa noun /ˈpe(j).ʃɐ/: a female fish
  116. peixa de bacalhau phrase
  117. peixada noun /pe(j)ˈʃa.dɐ/: a dish made with fish
  118. peixão noun /pe(j)ˈʃɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of peixe
  119. peixaria noun /pe(j).ʃaˈɾi.ɐ/: fishmonger's (shop that sells fish)
  120. peixe noun, verb /ˈpe(j).ʃi/: fish (cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills)
  121. peixe-agulha noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ/: garfish; needlefish (any of the slender marine fish of family Belonidae)
  122. peixe-anjo noun
  123. peixe-aranha noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/: weever
  124. peixe-arqueiro noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aʁˈke(j).ɾu/: archerfish (any fish in the family Toxotidae)
  125. Peixe Austral phrase
  126. peixe-balão noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.baˈlɐ̃w̃/: blowfish (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
  127. peixe-beta noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈbɛ.tɐ/: fighting fish (Betta splendens, a small, aggressive freshwater fish popular as an aquarium fish)
  128. peixe-boi noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈboj/: manatee (any of several plant-eating marine mammals of family Trichechidae)
  129. peixe-bruxa noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈbɾu.ʃɐ/: hagfish (jawless, eel-like fish of the class Myxini)
  130. peixe-cofre noun
  131. peixe-cofre-colmeia noun
  132. peixe de abril noun: April fool (practical joke played on April Fools’ Day)
  133. peixe de briga noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.d͡ʒiˈbɾi.ɡɐ/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-de-briga; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  134. peixe-de-são-pedro noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.d͡ʒiˌsɐ̃w̃ˈpe.dɾu/: John Dory (Zeus faber, an edible marine fish)
  135. peixe-diabo noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.d͡ʒiˈa.bu/: anglerfish (marine fish of the order Lophiiformes)
  136. Peixe do Sul phrase
  137. peixe-dourado noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.do(w)ˈɾa.du/: Carassius auratus
  138. peixe eléctrico noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-elétrico; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  139. peixe elétrico noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.eˈlɛ.tɾi.ku/: electric eel (Electrophorus electricus, an eel-like fish capable of generating powerful electric shocks)
  140. peixe-escorpião noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.is.koʁ.piˈɐ̃w̃/: scorpionfish (any of the family Scorpaenidae of marine, venomous fish)
  141. peixe espada noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.isˈpa.dɐ/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of peixe-espada; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
  142. peixe espada preto noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.isˌpa.dɐˈpɾe.tu/: black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo, an elongated fish of the North Atlantic)
  143. peixe-espátula noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.isˈpa.tu.lɐ/: paddlefish (any fish of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long, flat snout)
  144. peixe-frade noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/: angelfish (a marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)
  145. peixe-galo noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈɡa.lu/: John Dory (Zeus faber, an edible marine fish)
  146. peixe gato noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈɡa.tu/: any of several species of fish with large, whisker-like barbels
  147. peixe grande phrase
  148. peixe-lapa noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈla.pɐ/: lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus, a fish of the North Atlantic)
  149. peixe-lua noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈlu.ɐ/: sunfish (any fish of the family Molidae)
  150. peixe-lula noun
  151. peixe-mulher noun
  152. peixe-palhaço noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.paˈʎa.su/: clownfish (any of several colourful sea fishes that live among sea anemones)
  153. peixe-papagaio noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.pa.paˈɡaj.u/: parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense, a fish of the Atlantic Ocean)
  154. peixe-pau noun
  155. peixe-pescador noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.pes.kaˈdoʁ/: anglerfish (marine fish of the order Lophiiformes)
  156. peixe-piloto noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.piˈlo.tu/: pilot fish (Naucrates ductor, a fish that follows vessels and sharks)
  157. peixe-porco noun /ˈpe(j).ʃi ˈpoʁ.ku/: triggerfish (any fish of the Balistidae family)
  158. peixe-rei noun
  159. peixe-sapo noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈsa.pu/: stargazer (any of the perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae)
  160. peixe-vermelho noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.veʁˈme.ʎu/: Carassius auratus
  161. peixe-voador noun /ˌpe(j).ʃi.vo.aˈdoʁ/: flying fish (any of the tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, capable of short flights)
  162. peixe-zebra noun /ˌpe(j).ʃiˈze.bɾɐ/: zebrafish (Danio rerio, a small striped fish)
  163. peixeira noun /pe(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾɐ/: female equivalent of peixeiro (“fishwoman”)
  164. peixeirada noun
  165. peixeiro noun /pe(j)ˈʃe(j).ɾu/: fishmonger (person who sells fish)
  166. peixes noun /ˈpe(j).ʃis/: plural of peixe
  167. peixes-espada noun
  168. peixes-espadas noun
  169. peixinho noun /pe(j)ˈʃĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of peixe
  170. peixinho da horta noun /pe(j)ˌʃĩ.ɲu.daˈɔʁ.tɐ/: lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina)
  171. peixinho dourado noun: goldfish (Carassius auratus, a small fish commonly kept in aquariums)
  172. peixinhos da horta noun /pe(j)ˈʃĩ.ɲuz da ˈɔʁ.tɐ/: a traditional Portuguese dish consisting of green beans coated in a flour-based batter and deep-fried
  173. peixota noun /pe(j)ˈʃɔ.tɐ/: common name for fish of species Merluccius or Urophycis
  174. peixote noun
  175. Peixoto noun /pej'ʃo.tu/ [peɪ̯'ʃo.tu]
  176. Peixoto de Azevedo noun
  177. pejada adjective: feminine singular of pejado
  178. pejado adjective, verb /peˈʒa.du/: loaded, filled
  179. pejadoiro noun
  180. pejar verb
  181. pejo noun, verb /ˈpe.ʒu/: modesty
  182. pejoração noun
  183. pejorar verb
  184. pejorativamente adverb
  185. pejorativo adjective, noun /pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/: pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
  186. Pejuçara noun
  187. pela contraction, noun, verb /pe.lɐ/: contraction of per + a, literally “by/through the (feminine singular)”: feminine singular of pelo
  188. pela boca morre o peixe proverb /pe.lɐ ˈbo.kɐ ˈmɔ.ʁi u ˈpe(j).ʃi/: what you say can do you harm; silence is golden; loose lips sink ships
  189. pela fresquinha adverb: Early in the morning, when it is still cool.
  190. pela hora da morte phrase
  191. pela madrugada interjection /pe.lɐ ma.dɾuˈɡa.dɐ/: blow me down (exclamation of surprise)
  192. pela mesma boca adverb: in agreement; expressing the same opinion
  193. pela rama phrase
  194. pela-saco adjective
  195. pelada adjective, noun, verb /peˈla.dɐ/: a friendly, amateur association football match
  196. peladinha noun /pe.laˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲɐ/: a game of football / soccer (usually played with friends or as a friendly)
  197. pelado adjective, verb /peˈla.du/: skinned
  198. pelagem noun /peˈla.ʒẽj̃/: fur (hairy coat of a mammal)
  199. Pelágia noun
  200. pelagianismo noun
  201. pelagianista adjective, noun
  202. pelagiano adjective, noun
  203. pelágico adjective /peˈla.ʒi.ku/: pelagic (of or pertaining to oceans)
  204. pelágio adjective, noun
  205. pélago noun
  206. pelagra noun /peˈla.ɡɾɐ/: pellagra (disease caused by niacin deficiency)
  207. pelai adverb, contraction, verb /pe.laˈi/: contraction of por aí
  208. pelame noun
  209. pelanca noun /peˈlɐ̃.kɐ/: flaccid skin, wrinkled skin
  210. pelancudo adjective /pe.lɐ̃ˈku.du/: saggy; flabby (having loose skin)
  211. pelão adjective, noun
  212. pelar verb /peˈla(ʁ)/: to depilate (remove hair)
  213. pelaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pelar
  214. pelargónio noun /pɨ.lɐɾˈɡɔ.nju/: pelargonium (any of the flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium)
  215. pelariguense adjective, noun
  216. pelas contraction, verb /pe.lɐs/: contraction of por + as, literally “by/through the (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of pelo
  217. pelas caladas phrase
  218. pelas chagas de Jesus interjection /pe.lɐs ˈʃa.ɡɐz d͡ʒi ʒeˈzu(j)s/: for God's sake
  219. pelas costas phrase
  220. pelas horas da morte phrase
  221. pelas mãos de preposition: at the hands of (by the actions of)
  222. peldraca noun
  223. peldracha noun
  224. pele noun, verb /ˈpɛ.li/: skin (outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal)
  225. pele de galinha noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pele, de, galinha.
  226. pele e osso phrase: skin and bones (very skinny)
  227. pele-vermelha noun /ˈpɛ.li veʁˈme.ʎɐ/: redskin (a North American native)
  228. peleador adjective
  229. pelear verb /pe.leˈa(ʁ)/: alternative form of pelejar
  230. pelearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pelear
  231. pelecan- prefix
  232. peleci- prefix
  233. peleco- prefix
  234. pelega noun
  235. pelego noun /peˈle.ɡu/: sheepskin (skin of a sheep with the fleece left on)
  236. peleia noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  237. peleijaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of peleijar
  238. peleira noun
  239. peleiro noun
  240. peleja noun, verb /peˈle.ʒɐ/: fight (physical confrontation)
  241. pelejar verb /pe.leˈʒa(ʁ)/: to fight, to dispute
  242. pelejaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pelejar
  243. pelejo noun, verb: first-person singular present indicative of pelejar
  244. peleleca noun /pe.leˈlɛ.kɐ/: alternative form of perereca (“vagina”)
  245. pelerine noun /pe.leˈɾĩ.ni/: pelerine
  246. peletaria noun
  247. pélete noun
  248. peleteiro noun
  249. peleteria noun
  250. pelica noun /peˈli.kɐ/: kidskin (hide or leather of a young goat)
  251. pelican- prefix
  252. pelicanas noun
  253. pelicano noun /pe.liˈkɐ̃.nu/: pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
  254. pelicanos noun: plural of pelicano
  255. peliceiro noun
  256. pelico- prefix
  257. pelicreiro adjective, noun
  258. película noun /peˈli.ku.lɐ/: a very thin skin
  259. pelimprengues noun
  260. pelindrengas noun
  261. pelingrino noun
  262. pelinha noun /pɛˈlĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of pele
  263. pelintra adjective, noun
  264. peliqueiro noun
  265. peliteiro noun
  266. pelitre noun
  267. pellet noun
  268. pelmeni noun: pelmeni (Russian dumplings)
  269. pelo contraction, noun, verb /pe.lu/: contraction of por + o; by the; for the; through the
  270. pelo amor de deus adverb, phrase /pe.lu aˈmoʁ d͡ʒi ˈdews/: for the love of God; for God's sake
  271. pelo bem de preposition: for the sake of (for the benefit of)
  272. pelo contrário adverb: on the contrary (opposite to what has been said)
  273. pelo em ovo phrase
  274. pelo menos adverb: at a lower limit, at least
  275. pelo sim, pelo não phrase
  276. pelo visto adverb: apparently
  277. peloirinho noun /pe.lojˈɾĩ.ɲu/: alternative form of pelourinho
  278. peloiro noun: alternative form of pelouro
  279. peloponésio adjective, noun /pe.lo.poˈnɛ.zju/: Peloponnesian (of or relating to the Peloponnesus)
  280. Peloponeso proper noun /pe.lo.poˈne.zu/: Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth)
  281. pelos contraction, noun /pe.lus/: contraction of por + os, literally “by/through the (masculine plural)”: masculine plural of pelo
  282. pelos cotovelos phrase
  283. pelos vistos adverb: apparently
  284. pelota noun /peˈlɔ.tɐ/: a small ball or sphere
  285. pelotão noun /pe.loˈtɐ̃w̃/: platoon, squad
  286. pelotão de fuzilamento noun: firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone)
  287. pelotas noun: plural of pelota
  288. pelotense adjective, noun
  289. peloterapia noun
  290. pelourico noun
  291. pelourinho noun /pe.lo(w)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/: whipping post
  292. pelouro noun /peˈlo(w).ɾu/: a branch municipal administration in Portugal
  293. pelro noun
  294. peltasta noun /pewˈtas.tɐ/: peltast
  295. peltre adjective, noun /ˈpɛw.tɾi/: pewter (alloy of tin, copper and antimony)
  296. peluche noun /peˈlu.ʃi/: plush
  297. pelúcia noun /peˈlu.sjɐ/: plush, a soft tissue, made of wool or silk, faux fur
  298. peluda adjective, noun: feminine singular of peludo
  299. peludo adjective /peˈlu.du/: having a lot of hair on the body; hairy; furry; hirsute
  300. pelugem noun /peˈlu.ʒẽj̃/: fluff, fuzz

Part 9 · Part 11 · Portuguese words: P

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 P: 9,634 words, in 33 parts.