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Portuguese words: pinkwashing to pirueta

300 Portuguese words, part 17 of 33 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 78 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words pinkwashing to pirueta

  1. pinkwashing noun
  2. pino noun, verb /ˈpi.nu/: pine
  3. pino-guaçu noun
  4. pinocar verb
  5. pinocitose noun
  6. pinoguaçu noun
  7. pinóia adjective, noun /piˈnɔj.ɐ/: a facile and bad-mannered woman
  8. pinoquear verb
  9. Pinóquio noun /piˈnɔ.kju/: a liar, especially one who shows signs that he is lying
  10. pinote noun /piˈnɔ.t͡ʃi/: an animal’s leap, done in order to kick or to dislodge a rider; buck
  11. pinque noun /ˈpĩ.ki/: a type of three-masted ship used in the Mediterranean
  12. pinscher noun /ˈpĩ.t͡ʃeʁ/: pinscher
  13. pint noun: alternative form of pinto, an English or American pint
  14. pinta noun, verb /ˈpĩ.tɐ/: naevus
  15. pinta-cega noun /ˌpĩ.tɐˈsɛ.ɡɐ/: nightjar (nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae)
  16. pintada adjective, noun, verb /pĩˈta.dɐ/: guinea fowl (any of several African birds resembling partridges)
  17. pintadas adjective, noun, verb /pĩˈta.dɐs/: feminine plural of pintado
  18. pintadense adjective, noun
  19. pintado adjective, noun, verb /pĩˈta.du/: Cape petrel
  20. pintador noun
  21. pintainha noun /pĩ.taˈĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of pinta
  22. pintainho noun /pĩ.taˈĩ.ɲu/: chick (very young chicken)
  23. pintalegrete adjective
  24. pintalgado adjective, verb /pĩ.tawˈɡa.du/: variegated
  25. pintalgar verb /pĩ.tawˈɡa(ʁ)/: to variegate, mottle
  26. pintalgaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pintalgar
  27. pintar verb /pĩˈta(ʁ)/: to paint (apply paint to)
  28. pintar e bordar verb: to paint the town red
  29. pintar o sete verb: to paint the town red
  30. pintaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pintar
  31. pintarroxo noun /pĩ.taˈʁo.ʃu/: common linnet (Linaria cannabina, syn. Carduelis cannabina, a finch of Europe, western Asia and northern Africa)
  32. pintarroxo-comum noun
  33. pintassilgo noun /ˌpĩ.taˈsiw.ɡu/: European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
  34. pintassirgo noun
  35. pintável adjective /pĩˈta.vew/: paintable
  36. pintelheira noun /pĩ.tɨˈʎei̯.ɾɐ/ [pĩtˈʎeɾɐ]: bush (the set of pubes, as a whole)
  37. pintelho noun: alternative form of pentelho
  38. pintinho noun /pĩˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/: chick (very young chicken)
  39. pinto noun, verb /ˈpĩ.tu/: chick (young chicken)
  40. Pinto Bandeira phrase
  41. pinto-calçudo noun
  42. pinto-do-mato noun
  43. pinto-do-mato-carijó noun
  44. Pintópolis noun
  45. pintor noun /pĩˈtoʁ/: painter (artist)
  46. pintudo noun
  47. pintura noun /pĩˈtu.ɾɐ/: a painting
  48. pintura a óleo phrase
  49. pintura gestual noun: action painting (genre of modern art in which the paint is dribbled, splashed or poured onto the canvas)
  50. pinturesca adjective: feminine singular of pinturesco
  51. pinturescas adjective: feminine plural of pinturesco
  52. pinturesco adjective, noun /pĩ.tuˈɾes.ku/: picturesque
  53. pinturescos adjective, noun: masculine plural of pinturesco
  54. pinup noun
  55. pinxar verb /pĩˈʃa(ʁ)/: to bounce
  56. pinyin noun /piˈnjĩ/: Pinyin (romanisation standard for Mandarin Chinese)
  57. pio adjective, noun, verb /ˈpi.u/: pious
  58. Pio IX noun
  59. Pio XII noun
  60. pioca noun /piˈɔ.kɐ/: cavity
  61. piócito noun
  62. piodense adjective, noun
  63. piola noun
  64. piolhento adjective, noun /pi.oˈʎẽ.tu/: infested with lice
  65. piolho noun /piˈo.ʎu/: louse (insect)
  66. piolho da cabeça noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of piolho-da-cabeça; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  67. piolho de cabeça noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of piolho-de-cabeça; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  68. piolho-de-cobra noun /piˈo.ʎu d͡ʒi ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/ [pɪˈo.ʎu d͡ʒi ˈkɔ.bɾɐ], AFI: /ˈpjo.ʎu d͡ʒi ˈkɔ.bɾɐ/ (coloquial): millipede (insect)
  69. piolho-de-urubu noun: antlion
  70. piolho do púbis noun: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of piolho-do-púbis; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
  71. piolho púbico noun: crab louse; pubic louse (Pthirus pubis, a louse that lives amongst the pubic hair of humans)
  72. piolhos-de-cobra noun: plural of piolho-de-cobra
  73. piolhoso adjective /pi.oˈʎo.zu/: lousy (infested with lice)
  74. píon noun /ˈpi.õ/: pion (a semistable meson)
  75. pioneiramente adverb
  76. pioneirismo noun
  77. pioneiro adjective, noun /pi.oˈne(j).ɾu/: pioneer (one who goes before)
  78. pior adjective, adverb, noun /piˈɔʁ/: comparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse
  79. pior a emenda que o soneto phrase: the cure is worse than the disease (describes a situation where a solution causes a worse problem)
  80. pior das hipóteses phrase /piˈɔʁ daz iˈpɔ.te.zis/: worst case scenario
  81. pior que adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pior, que.
  82. piora adjective, noun, verb: third-person singular present indicative
  83. piorada noun, verb: feminine singular of piorado
  84. piorado adjective, verb: past participle of piorar
  85. pioramento noun
  86. piorar verb /pi.oˈɾa(ʁ)/: to worsen
  87. pioraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of piorar
  88. piorável adjective
  89. pioria noun
  90. piorio noun /pi.oˈɾi.u/: worst; awfulness
  91. piornal noun
  92. piorno noun
  93. piorreia noun
  94. Piotrowski proper noun: a surname from Polish
  95. pipa noun /ˈpi.pɐ/: pipe (wooden barrel, especially for wine)
  96. pipa de massa phrase
  97. pipada noun
  98. pipar verb
  99. piparote noun, verb /pi.paˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/: fillip (the act of releasing a finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)
  100. pipe noun /ˈpaj.pi/: pipe (the redirection of the output of a process directly into the input of another)
  101. pipeline noun: pipeline (set of data processing elements connected in series)
  102. piperáceo adjective
  103. piperete noun
  104. pipeta noun, verb /piˈpe.tɐ/: pipette (small glass tube used for transferring liquid)
  105. pipetar verb /pi.peˈta(ʁ)/: to pipette (transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipette)
  106. pipetaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pipetar
  107. pipi adjective, noun /piˈpi/: pee (urine)
  108. pipil noun
  109. pipilar verb
  110. pipilo noun
  111. pipistrelo noun
  112. pipiu noun
  113. pipo noun /ˈpi.pu/: alternative form of pipa
  114. pipoca noun, verb /piˈpɔ.kɐ/: popcorn
  115. pipocar verb /pi.poˈka(ʁ)/: to pop (of popcorn, or to make a similar popping sound)
  116. pipocaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pipocar
  117. pipoco noun, verb /piˈpo.ku/: pop (gunshot)
  118. pipoqueira noun /pi.poˈke(j).ɾɐ/: female equivalent of pipoqueiro
  119. pipoqueiro adjective, noun /pi.poˈke(j).ɾu/: popcorn vendor
  120. pipote noun /piˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/: small barrel (usually smaller than a pipa)
  121. pique noun, verb /ˈpi.ki/: spear
  122. pique-esconde noun: hide and seek (game)
  123. piquenique noun /ˌpi.keˈni.ki/: picnic
  124. piquense adjective, noun
  125. Piquerobi noun
  126. piquerobiense adjective, noun
  127. Piquet proper noun: a surname, Piquet, from French
  128. Piquet Carneiro noun
  129. piquete noun /piˈke.t͡ʃi/: small troop or guard
  130. piquetense adjective, noun
  131. piqui noun
  132. piquiá noun /pi.kiˈa/ [pi.kɪˈa], AFI: /piˈkja/ (coloquial)
  133. pira noun, verb /ˈpi.ɾɐ/: pyre (heap on which corpses are burned)
  134. Piracaia noun
  135. piracaiense adjective, noun
  136. piracanjuba noun /pi.ɾa.kɐ̃ˈʒu.bɐ/: a freshwater fish from South American rivers (Brycon orbignyanus)
  137. piração noun /pi.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/: a proposition, suggestion or theory considered absurd or rather unlikely
  138. piracatinga noun
  139. piracema noun /pi.ɾaˈsẽ.mɐ/: the period of the year when fish migrate upriver to reproduce
  140. piracicaba noun /pi.ɾa.siˈka.bɐ/: place suitable for fishing due to a natural feature that obstructs the passage of fish
  141. piracicabano adjective, noun
  142. piracicabense adjective, noun
  143. piracuí noun
  144. piraçununguense adjective, noun
  145. Piracuruca noun
  146. piracururu noun
  147. piracururuca noun
  148. pirado adjective, verb /piˈɾa.du/: crazy; nuts
  149. Piraí noun, verb: second-person plural imperative of pirar
  150. Piraí do Norte noun
  151. Piraí do Sul noun
  152. piraíba noun /pi.ɾaˈi.bɐ/: Brachyplatystoma filamentosum, an Amazonian fish
  153. piraiense adjective, noun
  154. Piraju noun
  155. Pirajuba noun
  156. pirajuense adjective, noun
  157. Pirajuí noun
  158. pirajuiense adjective, noun
  159. pirambeira noun /pi.ɾɐ̃ˈbe(j).ɾɐ/: steep slope
  160. Pirambu noun
  161. pirâmbula noun
  162. piramidal adjective /pi.ɾa.miˈdaw/: pyramidal (pyramid-shaped)
  163. piramidalmente adverb
  164. pirâmide noun /piˈɾɐ̃.mi.d͡ʒi/: an ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex
  165. pirâmide financeira phrase
  166. piramutaba noun /pi.ɾa.muˈta.bɐ/: piramuta (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii, a species of catfish)
  167. piranambu noun: synonym of piraíba
  168. piranema noun
  169. Piranga noun
  170. Pirangi noun
  171. Piranguçu noun
  172. pirangueiro adjective, noun
  173. Piranguinho noun
  174. piranha noun /piˈɾɐ̃.ɲɐ/: piranha
  175. piranha-vermelha noun: red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri), a species of piranha native to South America
  176. piranhas noun: plural of piranha
  177. piranhense adjective, noun
  178. piranho adjective, noun
  179. piranjiense adjective, noun
  180. pirão noun /piˈɾɐ̃w̃/: a pap made with cassava flour popular in Brazil and Angola
  181. pirão na unha phrase
  182. Pirapemas noun
  183. Pirapetinga noun
  184. pirapitinga noun /pi.ɾa.piˈt͡ʃĩ.ɡɐ/: a freshwater fish from South American rivers (Piaractus brachypomus)
  185. Pirapó noun
  186. Pirapora noun
  187. Pirapora do Bom Jesus noun
  188. pirapozense noun
  189. Pirapozinho noun
  190. piraputanga noun
  191. Piraquara noun
  192. Piraquê noun
  193. pirar verb /piˈɾa(ʁ)/: to go nuts; to become crazy
  194. pirar na batatinha phrase
  195. piraram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pirar
  196. pirarucu noun /pi.ɾa.ɾuˈku/: arapaima (Arapaima gigas)
  197. Pirassununga noun
  198. pirassununguense adjective, noun
  199. pirata adjective, noun /piˈɾa.tɐ/: pirate (person who commits robbery at sea against other ships)
  200. pirataria noun /pi.ɾa.taˈɾi.ɐ/: life or trade of a pirate; privateer
  201. piratas abbreviation, noun: plural of pirata
  202. pirateado adjective, verb /pi.ɾa.teˈa.du/: pirate (illegally reproduced)
  203. pirateador noun: pirater (one who pirates (produces unauthorised copies))
  204. piratear verb /pi.ɾa.teˈa(ʁ)/: to pirate (to plunder at sea)
  205. piratearam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of piratear
  206. piratex adjective
  207. piratinga noun: synonym of piraíba
  208. Piratini noun
  209. Piratininga noun
  210. piratiningano adjective, noun
  211. piratininguense adjective, noun
  212. Piratuba noun
  213. Piraúba noun
  214. pirazina noun /pi.ɾaˈzĩ.nɐ/: pyrazine
  215. pírcingue noun /ˈpiʁ.sĩ.ɡi/: alternative form of piercing
  216. pirenaico adjective /pi.ɾeˈnaj.ku/: Pyrenean (relating to the Pyrenees)
  217. pireneu adjective: Pyrenean
  218. Pirenéus proper noun /pi.ɾeˈnews/: Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of Pirenéus
  219. Pirenópolis noun
  220. pires adjective, noun, verb /ˈpi.ɾis/: saucer (small dish)
  221. Pires do Rio noun
  222. Pires Ferreira noun
  223. pirete noun
  224. pirético adjective /pi.ˈɾɛ.ti.ku/
  225. Pireu proper noun /piˈɾew/: Piraeus (a city, part of Athens urban area, and regional unit of Attica, Greece)
  226. pirex noun
  227. pirexia noun
  228. piri-piri noun: alternative spelling of piripíri
  229. pirico noun
  230. piricrente noun
  231. piridina noun /pi.ɾiˈd͡ʒĩ.nɐ/: pyridine
  232. piriguete noun /pi.ɾiˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi/: whore, slut, bitch (promiscuous woman)
  233. pirilampo noun, verb /pi.ɾiˈlɐ̃.pu/: firefly; glowworm (beetle with bioluminescence)
  234. pirilau noun /pi.ɾiˈlaw/: penis
  235. Piripá noun
  236. piripaense adjective, noun
  237. piripaque noun /pi.ɾiˈpa.ki/: sudden and momentary indisposition
  238. piripiri noun /ˌpi.ɾiˈpi.ɾi/: Capsicum frutescens
  239. piripirioca noun /pi.ɾi.pi.ɾiˈɔ.kɐ/: Cyperus lucidus (species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae)
  240. piriri noun /pi.ɾiˈɾi/: Mabea piriri (species of spurge in the family Euphorbiaceae)
  241. pirisca noun
  242. pirita noun /piˈɾi.tɐ/: pyrite (mineral iron disulfide)
  243. pirite noun /piˈɾi.t͡ʃi/: European Portuguese standard spelling of pirita
  244. Piritiba noun
  245. piritibano adjective, noun
  246. pirlimpimpim noun /piʁ.lĩ.pĩˈpĩ/: alternative form of perlimpimpim
  247. pirliteiro noun
  248. pirlito noun
  249. piro noun, prefix, verb: pyro- (fire, heat)
  250. pirobo noun /piˈɾo.bu/: effeminate man, sissy
  251. piroca adjective, noun, verb /piˈɾɔ.kɐ/: penis, cock, dick, prick
  252. pirocar verb /pi.ɾoˈka(ʁ)/: to peel, to skin, to hull
  253. pirocaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pirocar
  254. pirocloro noun /pi.ɾoˈklɔ.ɾu/: pyrochlore
  255. piroculu noun
  256. pirofobia adjective, noun
  257. piroforicidade noun: pyrophoricity
  258. pirofórico adjective /pi.ɾoˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/: pyrophoric
  259. pirofosfórico adjective /pi.ɾo.fosˈfɔ.ɾi.ku/: pyrophosphoric
  260. piroga noun /piˈɾɔ.ɡɐ/: periagua, pirogue
  261. pirogênese noun
  262. pirólise noun /piˈɾɔ.li.zi/: pyrolysis (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents)
  263. pirolítico adjective /pi.ɾoˈli.t͡ʃi.ku/: pyrolytic
  264. pirolito noun
  265. pirolusita noun /pi.ɾo.luˈzi.tɐ/: pyrolusite
  266. piromancia noun /pi.ɾo.mɐ̃ˈsi.ɐ/: pyromancy
  267. piromania noun /ˌpi.ɾo.maˈni.ɐ/: pyromania (obsession with fire)
  268. piromaníaco adjective, noun /ˌpi.ɾo.maˈni.a.ku/: pyromaniacal
  269. pirómano noun /piˈɾɔ.mɐ.nu/: synonym of piromaníaco
  270. pirômetro noun /piˈɾɔ.mɨ.tɾu/: pyrometer (instrument designed to measure high temperatures)
  271. piromusical adjective /pi.ɾo.mu.ziˈkaw/: pyromusical
  272. pironga noun
  273. pirónia noun
  274. piropo noun /piˈɾo.pu/: pyrope (a type of garnet)
  275. pirose noun
  276. piroso adjective /piˈɾo.zu/: tacky (of low quality or poor taste)
  277. pirote noun
  278. pirotecnia noun /ˌpi.ɾo.te.kiˈni.ɐ/: pyrotechnics (art and technology of fireworks)
  279. pirotécnica adjective, noun /ˌpi.ɾoˈtɛ.ki.ni.kɐ/: pyrotechny
  280. pirotécnico adjective, noun /ˌpi.ɾoˈtɛ.ki.ni.ku/: pyrotechnical
  281. piroxena noun /pi.ɾokˈsẽ.nɐ/: pyroxene (a mineral found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks)
  282. piroxénio noun /pi.ɾokˈsẽ.nju/: alternative spelling of piroxena
  283. piroxeno noun /pɾiˈʃẽ.nu/: alternative form of piroxena
  284. Pirpirituba noun
  285. pirraça noun, verb /piˈʁa.sɐ/: prank; insult (a word or act directed at someone in order to provoke or irritate them)
  286. pirraçar verb /pi.ʁaˈsa(ʁ)/: to make fun of; to contradict
  287. pirraçaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pirraçar
  288. pirralho noun /piˈʁa.ʎu/: brat (unruly child)
  289. Pirro noun
  290. pirrol noun /piˈʁɔw/: pyrrole (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds)
  291. pirrola noun
  292. pirrónico adjective /piˈʁɔ.ni.ku/: Pyrrhonic
  293. pirronismo noun
  294. pirrotita noun /pi.ʁoˈt͡ʃi.tɐ/: pyrrhotite
  295. pírtigo noun
  296. pirto noun
  297. piru noun /piˈɾu/: penis
  298. piruá noun
  299. piruada noun
  300. pirueta noun /pi.ɾuˈe.tɐ/: pirouette (whirling or turning on the toes)

Part 16 · Part 18 · 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.