Portuguese words: ponte de hidrogénio to porco-do-mato
300 Portuguese words, part 22 of 33 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.
Portuguese words ponte de hidrogénio to porco-do-mato
- ponte de hidrogénio noun /ˈpõ.tɨ d‿i.dɾɔˈʒɛ.nju/: hydrogen bond
- Ponte de Lima phrase
- Ponte de Sor noun
- ponte de Wheatstone noun: Wheatstone bridge (instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance)
- ponte em arco noun: arch bridge (a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch)
- ponte estaiada noun /ˈpõ.t͡ʃi is.tajˈa.dɐ/: cable-stayed bridge
- ponte levadiça noun: drawbridge (bridge which can be raised)
- ponte-limense adjective, noun /ˌpõ.t͡ʃi.liˈmẽ.si/: of Ponte de Lima
- Ponte Nova noun
- ponte-novense adjective, noun
- Ponte Preta phrase
- ponte-pretano adjective, noun /ˌpõ.t͡ʃi.pɾeˈtɐ̃.nu/: a supporter of the Associação Atlética Ponte Preta sports team
- ponte-pretense adjective, noun /ˌpõ.te.pɾeˈtẽ.se/
- ponte que partiu interjection, noun, phrase: minced oath of puta que pariu
- Ponte Serrada noun
- ponte-sorense adjective, noun
- ponte terrestre noun: land bridge (connection between usually separate landmasses)
- pontealtense adjective, noun
- pontear verb
- ponteira noun /põˈte(j).ɾɐ/: aglet (cover at the tip of a shoelace)
- ponteirão noun /põ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of ponteiro
- ponteirinho noun /põ.te(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of ponteiro
- ponteiro adjective, noun /põˈte(j).ɾu/: anything that points or is used for pointing
- ponteiro dos segundos phrase
- pontense adjective, noun
- ponterrolense adjective, noun
- Pontes e Lacerda noun
- Pontes Gestal noun
- pontessorense adjective, noun
- Pontevedra proper noun /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾɐ/: Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
- pontevedrês adjective, noun
- pontevedrino adjective, noun
- pontevelense adjective, noun
- pontiagudo adjective /põ.t͡ʃi.aˈɡu.du/: ending in a sharp tip or peak
- pôntico noun
- pontifical adjective, noun
- pontificalmente adverb
- pontífice noun /põˈt͡ʃi.fi.si/: pontiff (the Pope)
- pontifício adjective
- pontilhão noun
- pontilhismo noun
- pontilhista adjective, noun
- pontilhoso adjective
- pontinha noun /põˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of ponta (“tip”)
- pontinhense adjective, noun
- pontizela noun
- ponto noun, verb /ˈpõ.tu/: point, a specific spot, location, or place
- ponto alto phrase
- ponto atrás phrase /ˈpõtuɜˈtraʃ/
- Ponto Belo noun
- ponto cardeal noun, phrase: compass point (any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass)
- ponto cego noun /ˈpõ.tu ˈsɛ.ɡu/: blind spot (spot where the eye can’t see)
- Ponto Chique noun
- ponto colateral phrase
- ponto cota phrase
- ponto crítico noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu ˈkɾi.t͡ʃi.ku/: critical point (temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal)
- ponto-cruz noun: alternative form of ponto de cruz
- ponto da partida phrase
- ponto de cruz noun, phrase /ˈpõtudɨkruʃ/: cross-stitch (embroidery using double stitches that form a cross)
- ponto de ebulição noun: boiling point (temperature at which a liquid boils)
- ponto de equilíbrio noun, phrase: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ponto, de, equilíbrio.
- ponto de exclamação noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi is.kla.maˈsɐ̃w̃/: exclamation point
- ponto de fuga phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ˈfu.ɡɐ/
- ponto de função phrase
- ponto de inflexão noun /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ĩ.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/: point of inflection (point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes)
- ponto de interrogação noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ĩ.te.ʁo.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/: question mark
- ponto de montagem phrase
- ponto de ônibus noun, phrase: bus stop (a stop for public transport buses)
- ponto de referência noun, phrase: point of reference
- ponto de restauração phrase
- ponto de restauro phrase
- ponto de toque phrase
- ponto-de-venda noun /ˈpõw.tu dʒi ˈvẽj.da/
- ponto de visada phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi viˈza.dɐ/
- ponto de vista noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ˈvis.tɐ/: point of view (an attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
- Ponto dos Volantes phrase
- ponto e vírgula noun, phrase: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of ponto e vírgula; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
- ponto eletrônico phrase
- ponto-falso noun
- ponto final interjection, noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu fiˈnaw/: full stop (punctuation symbol: .)
- ponto G noun, phrase: G-spot (sensitive, erogenous zone on the anterior wall of the vagina)
- ponto haste phrase /ˈpõtuˈaʃtɨ/
- ponto lista phrase
- ponto mediano noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: interpunct
- ponto morto noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu ˈmoʁ.tu/ [ˈpõ.tu ˈmoh.tu]: neutral (gear position in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism)
- ponto negro noun: blackhead
- ponto nevrálgico phrase
- ponto-novense adjective, noun
- Ponto Novo noun
- ponto percentual phrase
- ponto por ponto phrase
- ponto quântico noun: quantum dot (fluorescent nanoparticle)
- ponto riscado phrase
- ponto sensível phrase
- ponto subcolateral phrase
- ponto triplo noun: triple point (the temperature and pressure at which a substance is in equilibrium)
- pontolete noun /põ.toˈle.t͡ʃi/: piece of wood used to support a house
- pontomania noun
- pontos noun /ˈpõ.tus/: plural of ponto
- pontos de reticência noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tuz d͡ʒi ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/: synonym of reticências
- pontoso adjective
- pontuação noun /põ.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: punctuation
- pontuação de Apgar noun: Apgar score (a zero to ten point score given to newborns based on their APGAR vitals)
- pontual adjective /põ.tuˈaw/: punctual, prompt
- pontualidade noun /põ.tu.a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: punctuality (state or quality of being punctual, on time)
- pontualmente adverb /põ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: punctually, promptly
- pontuar verb /põ.tuˈa(ʁ)/: to punctuate
- pontuaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pontuar
- pontudo adjective /põˈtu.du/: pointed (having a sharp point)
- POOC abbreviation
- poodle noun /ˈpu.dow/: poodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)
- pop adjective, noun /ˈpɔ.pi/: pop (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience)
- pop art phrase
- pop music phrase
- pop-up adjective, noun /pɔˈpa.pi/: pop-up advertisement
- popa noun /ˈpo.pɐ/: stern, poop
- popança noun /poˈpɐ̃.sɐ/: buttocks
- pope noun /ˈpɔ.pi/: pope (a Russian Orthodox priest)
- popelina noun
- popeline noun
- Popescu proper noun: a surname from Romanian
- POPH abbreviation
- popó noun /poˈpo/: the buttocks
- Popoff proper noun: a surname from Bulgarian
- Popov proper noun: a surname from Bulgarian
- popozão noun /po.poˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃/
- popozudo adjective, noun /po.poˈzu.du/: having big buttocks
- popuca adjective
- populaça noun /po.puˈla.sɐ/: hoi polloi (the people, the masses)
- população noun /po.pu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/: population (all senses)
- populacho noun /po.puˈla.ʃu/: mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- populacional adjective /po.pu.la.si.oˈnaw/: population
- populacionalmente adverb
- popular adjective, noun, verb /po.puˈlaʁ/: popular (liked by many people)
- popularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of popular
- popularidade noun /po.pu.la.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/: popularity
- popularização noun
- popularizar verb /po.pu.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/: to popularize
- popularizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of popularizar
- popularmente adverb /po.puˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: popularly
- Populina noun
- populinense adjective, noun
- populino adjective, noun
- populismo noun /po.puˈliz.mu/: populism (doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general people)
- populista adjective, noun
- populisticamente adverb
- populoso adjective /po.puˈlo.zu/: populous
- poquémon noun: Pokémon, pocket monster
- pôquer noun /ˈpɔ.kɛɾ/: European Portuguese standard spelling of pôquer
- por noun, preposition, verb /puʁ/: for (on behalf of)
- por a + b adverb: alternative form of por a mais bê
- pôr a barba de molho phrase
- pôr a coberto phrase
- por a mais b adverb: alternative form of por a mais bê
- por a mais bê adverb: (to prove, explain etc.) with basis on consistent evidence or arguments; irrefutably
- pôr a mão na massa verb: to pull one's socks up (start making an effort; to get to work)
- pôr a mão no fogo phrase
- pôr a nu phrase
- por acaso adverb: by chance (accidentally or unexpectedly)
- por agora adverb, phrase: for now
- por aí adverb, phrase /puɾ aˈi/: out there, over there, that way
- por aí afora phrase /ˈpoɾ aˈi aˈfɔ.ɾɐ/, /ˈpuɾ aˈi aˈfɔ.ɾɐ/
- pôr alguém nos cornos da lua phrase
- por alto phrase
- por amor da Santa phrase: used to express surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
- por amor de phrase
- por amor de Deus phrase: alternative form of pelo amor de Deus
- por amor de mim phrase
- por analogia phrase
- por artes de berliques e berloques phrase
- por artes mágicas phrase
- pôr as barbas de molho phrase
- por assim dizer adverb: so to speak (used to indicate a word or statement is not exact)
- por baixo phrase
- por baixo dos panos adverb: behind the scenes (in secret; out of public view)
- por cabeça phrase
- por causa de phrase, preposition: because of (by reason of)
- por causa que conjunction: because, because of
- por ceca e meca phrase
- por cento phrase /puʁ ˈsẽ.tu/: percent (hundredths of)
- por certo phrase
- pôr chifres em verb: to cuckold; to cheat on (to engage in an extramarital affair)
- por completo adverb: completely; fully
- por conseguinte adverb: consequently (as a result or consequence)
- por conta phrase
- por conta de phrase, preposition: due to; because of
- por conta própria adverb: by oneself, on one's own
- por defeito adverb, phrase: by default
- por demais phrase
- por dentro phrase /puʁ ˈdẽ.tɾu/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, dentro.
- por detrás dos bastidores phrase
- pôr do sol noun, phrase /ˈpoʁ du ˈsɔw/: pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of pôr do sol; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
- pôr em dia phrase
- pôr em evidência verb /ˈpoɾ ẽj̃ e.viˈdẽ.sjɐ/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pôr, em, evidência: to make evident
- pôr em xeque phrase
- por emquanto adverb: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of por enquanto
- por enquanto adverb, phrase /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/: for now, for the time being (at the moment; until later)
- por entre preposition: through or among; surrounded by
- por essas e outras adverb: due to various reasons
- por excelência phrase /puɾ e.seˈlẽ.sjɐ/: par excellence
- por exemplo adverb, phrase: for example, for instance
- por extenso adverb, phrase: at full length or in expanded form
- por fás ou por nefas phrase
- por favor adverb, interjection /puʁ faˈvoʁ/: please (as a polite request)
- por favorzinho interjection /puʁ faˌvoʁˈzĩ.ɲu/: pretty please
- por fim adverb: finally; in the end
- por fora phrase: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, fora.
- por fora bela viola, por dentro pão bolorento phrase, proverb: beauty is only skin deep (a person’s character is more important than their outward appearance)
- por gentileza interjection /puʁ ʒẽ.t͡ʃiˈle.zɐ/: please
- por goleada adverb: by a landslide (win scoring many goals)
- por grosso phrase
- por hora adverb /puɾ ˈɔ.ɾɐ/: per hour, an hour; hourly; on an hourly basis
- por incrível que pareça adverb, phrase: oddly enough (implying that a following statement is seemingly unlikely but true)
- por intermédio de phrase
- por isso conjunction, phrase: therefore
- por isto conjunction: alternative form of por isso
- pôr lenha na fogueira phrase: to add fuel to fire
- por mais que phrase: however much
- por meio de phrase, preposition: by means of (by using; making use of)
- por mim phrase
- por mode phrase
- por mor de phrase
- por nada adverb, interjection, phrase /puʁ ˈna.dɐ/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, nada.
- pôr no gancho phrase
- pôr nos cornos da Lua phrase
- pôr o guizo no gato phrase
- por obséquio interjection /puɾ obˈsɛ.kju/: please
- por omissão adverb, phrase: by default
- por ora adverb, phrase /puɾ ˈɔ.ɾɐ/: for now
- pôr os pés em polvorosa verb: to take to one's heels; flee
- pôr os pingos nos ii phrase
- pôr os pingos nos is phrase
- pôr os pontos nos ii phrase, verb /ˈpoɾ us ˈpõ.tuz nuz ˈis/: alternative form of pôr os pontos nos is
- pôr os pontos nos is verb /ˈpoɾ us ˈpõ.tuz nuz ˈis/: to clarify, to dot the i's
- por outro lado adverb /puɾ ˈo(w).tɾu ˈla.du/: on the other hand
- por perto adjective, adverb: nearby, around
- pôr pitafe a phrase
- por pouco adverb: by a whisker; by a hair's breadth
- por que adverb, phrase /puʁ ˈke/: why, what for, for what reason (introduces a question)
- por que caralhos adverb: why the fuck (introducing a question with a vulgar intensifier)
- por que carambas phrase: what the hell
- por que cargas d'água adverb: why the hell; why the heck
- por que diabos adverb: why the hell; why the heck (introducing a question with a mildly vulgar intensifier)
- por que não adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por que, não.
- por que será interjection /puʁ ki seˈɾa/: ironically implying that the answer to a question or doubt is obvious
- por São Clemente alça a mão da semente proverb: around S. Clement's day, it's time to seed in some regions of Portugal
- pôr-se à coca phrase
- pôr-se a panos phrase
- por si phrase
- por si só phrase
- por sinal adverb: by the way; incidentally
- por sorte adverb: luckily; fortunately
- por sua vez adverb, phrase: in turn (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned)
- por tabela adverb, phrase: indirectly
- por todo lado adverb: everywhere (at all places)
- por trás preposition: from behind
- por trás de preposition: behind (through or past the back of)
- por tudo e por nada phrase
- por tudo o que é mais sagrado adverb: alternative form of por tudo que é mais sagrado
- por tudo que é mais sagrado adverb: "by all that's most sacred!", for the love of God! (expresses exasperation)
- por um acaso adverb: by chance (without planning in advance)
- por um lado adverb /puɾ ũ ˈla.du/: on the one hand
- por um triz adverb, phrase: by a whisker; by a hair's breadth; by the skin of one's teeth (by a narrow margin)
- por ventura adverb /puʁ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/: luckily
- por vez adverb: at a time; simultaneously
- por via das dúvidas adverb, phrase: just in case, just to be on the safe side
- por via de regra adverb: as a rule; in general (most often)
- por via férrea phrase
- por via popular adverb /puʁ ˈvi.ɐ po.puˈlaʁ/: occurring by inheritance instead of loaning
- por volta de preposition: around; about; approximately (a point in time or a period of time)
- porá preposition, verb /poˈɾa/: third-person singular future indicative of pôr
- Poranga noun
- Porangaba noun
- porangabense adjective, noun
- Porangatu noun
- porão noun, verb /poˈɾɐ̃w̃/: hold (cargo area of a ship or aircraft)
- poraquê noun /po.ɾaˈke/: alternative form of puraquê
- porca adjective, noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐ/: sow; female equivalent of porco
- porca-sara noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐ ˈsa.ɾɐ/: woodlouse (isopod)
- porcalhão adjective, noun /poʁ.kaˈʎɐ̃w̃/: dirty, filthy
- porcalho noun /poʁˈka.ʎu/: piglet (small pig)
- porcamente adverb /ˌpɔʁ.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: filthily
- porção noun /poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/: portion, part
- porcaria adjective, interjection, noun /poʁ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/: dirtiness
- porcaria nenhuma noun: crap (absolutely nothing)
- porcariada noun /poʁ.ka.ɾiˈa.dɐ/: crap (useless, unspecified things)
- porcariço noun
- porcas adjective, noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐs/: plural of porca
- porcelana noun /poʁ.seˈlɐ̃.nɐ/: porcelain
- porcentagem noun /poʁ.sẽˈta.ʒẽj̃/: Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of percentagem
- porcento noun /poʁˈsẽ.tu/: percentage
- porcentual adjective, noun /poʁ.sẽ.tuˈaw/: percentage, percentual (relating to or expressed as a percentage)
- porchense adjective, noun
- porcino adjective /poʁˈsĩ.nu/: porcine (of or relating to pigs)
- porcionar verb
- Porciúncula noun
- porco adjective, noun /ˈpoʁ.ku/: pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
- porco-bravo noun
- porco-da-terra noun /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/: aardvark (mammal)
- porco-do-mato noun
Part 21 · Part 23 · 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.