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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

  1. ponte de hidrogénio noun /ˈpõ.tɨ d‿i.dɾɔˈʒɛ.nju/: hydrogen bond
  2. Ponte de Lima phrase
  3. Ponte de Sor noun
  4. ponte de Wheatstone noun: Wheatstone bridge (instrument used to measure an unknown electrical resistance)
  5. ponte em arco noun: arch bridge (a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch)
  6. ponte estaiada noun /ˈpõ.t͡ʃi is.tajˈa.dɐ/: cable-stayed bridge
  7. ponte levadiça noun: drawbridge (bridge which can be raised)
  8. ponte-limense adjective, noun /ˌpõ.t͡ʃi.liˈmẽ.si/: of Ponte de Lima
  9. Ponte Nova noun
  10. ponte-novense adjective, noun
  11. Ponte Preta phrase
  12. ponte-pretano adjective, noun /ˌpõ.t͡ʃi.pɾeˈtɐ̃.nu/: a supporter of the Associação Atlética Ponte Preta sports team
  13. ponte-pretense adjective, noun /ˌpõ.te.pɾeˈtẽ.se/
  14. ponte que partiu interjection, noun, phrase: minced oath of puta que pariu
  15. Ponte Serrada noun
  16. ponte-sorense adjective, noun
  17. ponte terrestre noun: land bridge (connection between usually separate landmasses)
  18. pontealtense adjective, noun
  19. pontear verb
  20. ponteira noun /põˈte(j).ɾɐ/: aglet (cover at the tip of a shoelace)
  21. ponteirão noun /põ.te(j)ˈɾɐ̃w̃/: augmentative of ponteiro
  22. ponteirinho noun /põ.te(j)ˈɾĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of ponteiro
  23. ponteiro adjective, noun /põˈte(j).ɾu/: anything that points or is used for pointing
  24. ponteiro dos segundos phrase
  25. pontense adjective, noun
  26. ponterrolense adjective, noun
  27. Pontes e Lacerda noun
  28. Pontes Gestal noun
  29. pontessorense adjective, noun
  30. Pontevedra proper noun /põ.teˈvɛ.dɾɐ/: Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)
  31. pontevedrês adjective, noun
  32. pontevedrino adjective, noun
  33. pontevelense adjective, noun
  34. pontiagudo adjective /põ.t͡ʃi.aˈɡu.du/: ending in a sharp tip or peak
  35. pôntico noun
  36. pontifical adjective, noun
  37. pontificalmente adverb
  38. pontífice noun /põˈt͡ʃi.fi.si/: pontiff (the Pope)
  39. pontifício adjective
  40. pontilhão noun
  41. pontilhismo noun
  42. pontilhista adjective, noun
  43. pontilhoso adjective
  44. pontinha noun /põˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/: diminutive of ponta (“tip”)
  45. pontinhense adjective, noun
  46. pontizela noun
  47. ponto noun, verb /ˈpõ.tu/: point, a specific spot, location, or place
  48. ponto alto phrase
  49. ponto atrás phrase /ˈpõtuɜˈtraʃ/
  50. Ponto Belo noun
  51. ponto cardeal noun, phrase: compass point (any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass)
  52. ponto cego noun /ˈpõ.tu ˈsɛ.ɡu/: blind spot (spot where the eye can’t see)
  53. Ponto Chique noun
  54. ponto colateral phrase
  55. ponto cota phrase
  56. 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)
  57. ponto-cruz noun: alternative form of ponto de cruz
  58. ponto da partida phrase
  59. ponto de cruz noun, phrase /ˈpõtudɨkruʃ/: cross-stitch (embroidery using double stitches that form a cross)
  60. ponto de ebulição noun: boiling point (temperature at which a liquid boils)
  61. ponto de equilíbrio noun, phrase: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ponto, de, equilíbrio.
  62. ponto de exclamação noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi is.kla.maˈsɐ̃w̃/: exclamation point
  63. ponto de fuga phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ˈfu.ɡɐ/
  64. ponto de função phrase
  65. ponto de inflexão noun /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ĩ.flekˈsɐ̃w̃/: point of inflection (point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes)
  66. ponto de interrogação noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ĩ.te.ʁo.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/: question mark
  67. ponto de montagem phrase
  68. ponto de ônibus noun, phrase: bus stop (a stop for public transport buses)
  69. ponto de referência noun, phrase: point of reference
  70. ponto de restauração phrase
  71. ponto de restauro phrase
  72. ponto de toque phrase
  73. ponto-de-venda noun /ˈpõw.tu dʒi ˈvẽj.da/
  74. ponto de visada phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi viˈza.dɐ/
  75. ponto de vista noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu d͡ʒi ˈvis.tɐ/: point of view (an attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)
  76. Ponto dos Volantes phrase
  77. 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
  78. ponto eletrônico phrase
  79. ponto-falso noun
  80. ponto final interjection, noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu fiˈnaw/: full stop (punctuation symbol: .)
  81. ponto G noun, phrase: G-spot (sensitive, erogenous zone on the anterior wall of the vagina)
  82. ponto haste phrase /ˈpõtuˈaʃtɨ/
  83. ponto lista phrase
  84. ponto mediano noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tu me.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/: interpunct
  85. 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)
  86. ponto negro noun: blackhead
  87. ponto nevrálgico phrase
  88. ponto-novense adjective, noun
  89. Ponto Novo noun
  90. ponto percentual phrase
  91. ponto por ponto phrase
  92. ponto quântico noun: quantum dot (fluorescent nanoparticle)
  93. ponto riscado phrase
  94. ponto sensível phrase
  95. ponto subcolateral phrase
  96. ponto triplo noun: triple point (the temperature and pressure at which a substance is in equilibrium)
  97. pontolete noun /põ.toˈle.t͡ʃi/: piece of wood used to support a house
  98. pontomania noun
  99. pontos noun /ˈpõ.tus/: plural of ponto
  100. pontos de reticência noun, phrase /ˈpõ.tuz d͡ʒi ʁe.t͡ʃiˈsẽ.sjɐ/: synonym of reticências
  101. pontoso adjective
  102. pontuação noun /põ.tu.aˈsɐ̃w̃/: punctuation
  103. pontuação de Apgar noun: Apgar score (a zero to ten point score given to newborns based on their APGAR vitals)
  104. pontual adjective /põ.tuˈaw/: punctual, prompt
  105. pontualidade noun /põ.tu.a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/: punctuality (state or quality of being punctual, on time)
  106. pontualmente adverb /põ.tuˌawˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: punctually, promptly
  107. pontuar verb /põ.tuˈa(ʁ)/: to punctuate
  108. pontuaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of pontuar
  109. pontudo adjective /põˈtu.du/: pointed (having a sharp point)
  110. POOC abbreviation
  111. poodle noun /ˈpu.dow/: poodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)
  112. pop adjective, noun /ˈpɔ.pi/: pop (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience)
  113. pop art phrase
  114. pop music phrase
  115. pop-up adjective, noun /pɔˈpa.pi/: pop-up advertisement
  116. popa noun /ˈpo.pɐ/: stern, poop
  117. popança noun /poˈpɐ̃.sɐ/: buttocks
  118. pope noun /ˈpɔ.pi/: pope (a Russian Orthodox priest)
  119. popelina noun
  120. popeline noun
  121. Popescu proper noun: a surname from Romanian
  122. POPH abbreviation
  123. popó noun /poˈpo/: the buttocks
  124. Popoff proper noun: a surname from Bulgarian
  125. Popov proper noun: a surname from Bulgarian
  126. popozão noun /po.poˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃/
  127. popozudo adjective, noun /po.poˈzu.du/: having big buttocks
  128. popuca adjective
  129. populaça noun /po.puˈla.sɐ/: hoi polloi (the people, the masses)
  130. população noun /po.pu.laˈsɐ̃w̃/: population (all senses)
  131. populacho noun /po.puˈla.ʃu/: mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
  132. populacional adjective /po.pu.la.si.oˈnaw/: population
  133. populacionalmente adverb
  134. popularam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of popular
  135. popularidade noun /po.pu.la.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/: popularity
  136. popularização noun
  137. popularizar verb /po.pu.la.ɾiˈza(ʁ)/: to popularize
  138. popularizaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of popularizar
  139. popularmente adverb /po.puˌlaʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: popularly
  140. Populina noun
  141. populinense adjective, noun
  142. populino adjective, noun
  143. populismo noun /po.puˈliz.mu/: populism (doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general people)
  144. populista adjective, noun
  145. populisticamente adverb
  146. populoso adjective /po.puˈlo.zu/: populous
  147. poquémon noun: Pokémon, pocket monster
  148. pôquer noun /ˈpɔ.kɛɾ/: European Portuguese standard spelling of pôquer
  149. por noun, preposition, verb /puʁ/: for (on behalf of)
  150. por a + b adverb: alternative form of por a mais bê
  151. pôr a barba de molho phrase
  152. pôr a coberto phrase
  153. por a mais b adverb: alternative form of por a mais bê
  154. por a mais bê adverb: (to prove, explain etc.) with basis on consistent evidence or arguments; irrefutably
  155. pôr a mão na massa verb: to pull one's socks up (start making an effort; to get to work)
  156. pôr a mão no fogo phrase
  157. pôr a nu phrase
  158. por acaso adverb: by chance (accidentally or unexpectedly)
  159. por agora adverb, phrase: for now
  160. por aí adverb, phrase /puɾ aˈi/: out there, over there, that way
  161. por aí afora phrase /ˈpoɾ aˈi aˈfɔ.ɾɐ/, /ˈpuɾ aˈi aˈfɔ.ɾɐ/
  162. pôr alguém nos cornos da lua phrase
  163. por alto phrase
  164. por amor da Santa phrase: used to express surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
  165. por amor de phrase
  166. por amor de Deus phrase: alternative form of pelo amor de Deus
  167. por amor de mim phrase
  168. por analogia phrase
  169. por artes de berliques e berloques phrase
  170. por artes mágicas phrase
  171. pôr as barbas de molho phrase
  172. por assim dizer adverb: so to speak (used to indicate a word or statement is not exact)
  173. por baixo phrase
  174. por baixo dos panos adverb: behind the scenes (in secret; out of public view)
  175. por cabeça phrase
  176. por causa de phrase, preposition: because of (by reason of)
  177. por causa que conjunction: because, because of
  178. por ceca e meca phrase
  179. por cento phrase /puʁ ˈsẽ.tu/: percent (hundredths of)
  180. por certo phrase
  181. pôr chifres em verb: to cuckold; to cheat on (to engage in an extramarital affair)
  182. por completo adverb: completely; fully
  183. por conseguinte adverb: consequently (as a result or consequence)
  184. por conta phrase
  185. por conta de phrase, preposition: due to; because of
  186. por conta própria adverb: by oneself, on one's own
  187. por defeito adverb, phrase: by default
  188. por demais phrase
  189. por dentro phrase /puʁ ˈdẽ.tɾu/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, dentro.
  190. por detrás dos bastidores phrase
  191. 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
  192. pôr em dia phrase
  193. pôr em evidência verb /ˈpoɾ ẽj̃ e.viˈdẽ.sjɐ/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pôr, em, evidência: to make evident
  194. pôr em xeque phrase
  195. por emquanto adverb: pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of por enquanto
  196. por enquanto adverb, phrase /puɾ ẽˈkwɐ̃.tu/: for now, for the time being (at the moment; until later)
  197. por entre preposition: through or among; surrounded by
  198. por essas e outras adverb: due to various reasons
  199. por excelência phrase /puɾ e.seˈlẽ.sjɐ/: par excellence
  200. por exemplo adverb, phrase: for example, for instance
  201. por extenso adverb, phrase: at full length or in expanded form
  202. por fás ou por nefas phrase
  203. por favor adverb, interjection /puʁ faˈvoʁ/: please (as a polite request)
  204. por favorzinho interjection /puʁ faˌvoʁˈzĩ.ɲu/: pretty please
  205. por fim adverb: finally; in the end
  206. por fora phrase: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, fora.
  207. 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)
  208. por gentileza interjection /puʁ ʒẽ.t͡ʃiˈle.zɐ/: please
  209. por goleada adverb: by a landslide (win scoring many goals)
  210. por grosso phrase
  211. por hora adverb /puɾ ˈɔ.ɾɐ/: per hour, an hour; hourly; on an hourly basis
  212. por incrível que pareça adverb, phrase: oddly enough (implying that a following statement is seemingly unlikely but true)
  213. por intermédio de phrase
  214. por isso conjunction, phrase: therefore
  215. por isto conjunction: alternative form of por isso
  216. pôr lenha na fogueira phrase: to add fuel to fire
  217. por mais que phrase: however much
  218. por meio de phrase, preposition: by means of (by using; making use of)
  219. por mim phrase
  220. por mode phrase
  221. por mor de phrase
  222. por nada adverb, interjection, phrase /puʁ ˈna.dɐ/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por, nada.
  223. pôr no gancho phrase
  224. pôr nos cornos da Lua phrase
  225. pôr o guizo no gato phrase
  226. por obséquio interjection /puɾ obˈsɛ.kju/: please
  227. por omissão adverb, phrase: by default
  228. por ora adverb, phrase /puɾ ˈɔ.ɾɐ/: for now
  229. pôr os pés em polvorosa verb: to take to one's heels; flee
  230. pôr os pingos nos ii phrase
  231. pôr os pingos nos is phrase
  232. pôr os pontos nos ii phrase, verb /ˈpoɾ us ˈpõ.tuz nuz ˈis/: alternative form of pôr os pontos nos is
  233. pôr os pontos nos is verb /ˈpoɾ us ˈpõ.tuz nuz ˈis/: to clarify, to dot the i's
  234. por outro lado adverb /puɾ ˈo(w).tɾu ˈla.du/: on the other hand
  235. por perto adjective, adverb: nearby, around
  236. pôr pitafe a phrase
  237. por pouco adverb: by a whisker; by a hair's breadth
  238. por que adverb, phrase /puʁ ˈke/: why, what for, for what reason (introduces a question)
  239. por que caralhos adverb: why the fuck (introducing a question with a vulgar intensifier)
  240. por que carambas phrase: what the hell
  241. por que cargas d'água adverb: why the hell; why the heck
  242. por que diabos adverb: why the hell; why the heck (introducing a question with a mildly vulgar intensifier)
  243. por que não adverb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see por que, não.
  244. por que será interjection /puʁ ki seˈɾa/: ironically implying that the answer to a question or doubt is obvious
  245. por São Clemente alça a mão da semente proverb: around S. Clement's day, it's time to seed in some regions of Portugal
  246. pôr-se à coca phrase
  247. pôr-se a panos phrase
  248. por si phrase
  249. por si só phrase
  250. por sinal adverb: by the way; incidentally
  251. por sorte adverb: luckily; fortunately
  252. por sua vez adverb, phrase: in turn (having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned)
  253. por tabela adverb, phrase: indirectly
  254. por todo lado adverb: everywhere (at all places)
  255. por trás preposition: from behind
  256. por trás de preposition: behind (through or past the back of)
  257. por tudo e por nada phrase
  258. por tudo o que é mais sagrado adverb: alternative form of por tudo que é mais sagrado
  259. por tudo que é mais sagrado adverb: "by all that's most sacred!", for the love of God! (expresses exasperation)
  260. por um acaso adverb: by chance (without planning in advance)
  261. por um lado adverb /puɾ ũ ˈla.du/: on the one hand
  262. por um triz adverb, phrase: by a whisker; by a hair's breadth; by the skin of one's teeth (by a narrow margin)
  263. por ventura adverb /puʁ vẽˈtu.ɾɐ/: luckily
  264. por vez adverb: at a time; simultaneously
  265. por via das dúvidas adverb, phrase: just in case, just to be on the safe side
  266. por via de regra adverb: as a rule; in general (most often)
  267. por via férrea phrase
  268. por volta de preposition: around; about; approximately (a point in time or a period of time)
  269. porá preposition, verb /poˈɾa/: third-person singular future indicative of pôr
  270. Poranga noun
  271. Porangaba noun
  272. porangabense adjective, noun
  273. Porangatu noun
  274. porão noun, verb /poˈɾɐ̃w̃/: hold (cargo area of a ship or aircraft)
  275. poraquê noun /po.ɾaˈke/: alternative form of puraquê
  276. porca adjective, noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐ/: sow; female equivalent of porco
  277. porca-sara noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐ ˈsa.ɾɐ/: woodlouse (isopod)
  278. porcalhão adjective, noun /poʁ.kaˈʎɐ̃w̃/: dirty, filthy
  279. porcalho noun /poʁˈka.ʎu/: piglet (small pig)
  280. porcamente adverb /ˌpɔʁ.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: filthily
  281. porção noun /poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/: portion, part
  282. porcaria adjective, interjection, noun /poʁ.kaˈɾi.ɐ/: dirtiness
  283. porcaria nenhuma noun: crap (absolutely nothing)
  284. porcariada noun /poʁ.ka.ɾiˈa.dɐ/: crap (useless, unspecified things)
  285. porcariço noun
  286. porcas adjective, noun /ˈpɔʁ.kɐs/: plural of porca
  287. porcelana noun /poʁ.seˈlɐ̃.nɐ/: porcelain
  288. porcentagem noun /poʁ.sẽˈta.ʒẽj̃/: Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of percentagem
  289. porcento noun /poʁˈsẽ.tu/: percentage
  290. porcentual adjective, noun /poʁ.sẽ.tuˈaw/: percentage, percentual (relating to or expressed as a percentage)
  291. porchense adjective, noun
  292. porcino adjective /poʁˈsĩ.nu/: porcine (of or relating to pigs)
  293. porcionar verb
  294. Porciúncula noun
  295. porco adjective, noun /ˈpoʁ.ku/: pig (the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa)
  296. porco-bravo noun
  297. porco-da-terra noun /ˌpoʁ.ku.daˈtɛ.ʁɐ/: aardvark (mammal)
  298. 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.