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Portuguese words: quemóticos to quinteto

300 Portuguese words, part 3 of 4 of the words starting with Q, A to Z. 71 have a page of their own.

Portuguese words quemóticos to quinteto

  1. quemóticos adjective /keˈmɔ.t͡ʃi.kus/
  2. quenaf noun: dated spelling of kenaf
  3. quenafe noun: dated spelling of kenaf
  4. quenda noun
  5. quendama noun
  6. quendô noun
  7. quenga noun /ˈkẽ.ɡɐ/: a container made with half of a coconut shell
  8. quengada noun /kẽˈɡa.dɐ/: swindle; fraud; trickery
  9. quengaral noun /kẽ.ɡaˈɾaw/: whorehouse
  10. quengo noun
  11. Quênia noun
  12. queniano adjective, noun /ke.niˈɐ̃.nu/: Kenyan
  13. queniz noun
  14. quenopodiáceas noun
  15. quenquém noun
  16. quenquém-caiapó-capixaba noun
  17. quenquém-campeira noun
  18. quenquém-de-árvore noun
  19. quenquém-de-cisco noun
  20. quenquém-de-cisco-da-amazônia noun
  21. quenquém-de-monte-preta noun
  22. quenquém-mineira noun
  23. quenquém-mineira-da-amazônia noun
  24. quenquém-mirim noun
  25. quenquém-preto-brilhante noun
  26. quenquém-rajada noun
  27. quentão adjective, noun /kẽˈtɐ̃w̃/: mulled wine (wine with spices served hot)
  28. quentar verb
  29. quente adjective /ˈkẽ.t͡ʃi/: hot, warm
  30. quente-frio noun
  31. quentemente adverb
  32. quentinha noun /kẽˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲɐ/: simple disposable lunchbox made of aluminium or styrofoam and used to pack hot meals
  33. quentões noun: plural of quentão
  34. quentura noun /kẽˈtu.ɾɐ/: heat
  35. quepe noun /ˈkɛ.pi/: kepi (military cap with a flat circular top)
  36. quépi noun /ˈkɛ.pi/: European Portuguese standard spelling of quepe
  37. queqchi noun
  38. queque adjective, noun /ˈkɛ.ki/: muffin (individual cake)
  39. quer conjunction, verb /ˈkɛ(ʁ)/: whether … or
  40. quer alho phrase
  41. quer dizer interjection, phrase /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/: I mean (introduces a correction)
  42. quer moleza, senta no pudim phrase
  43. quer saber phrase: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quer, saber.
  44. quera adjective, noun /ˈkwɛ.ɾɐ/: brave; courageous
  45. queratina noun /ke.ɾaˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/: keratin (protein that hair and nails are made of)
  46. quercínea noun
  47. quercista adjective: quercista
  48. querela noun, verb /keˈɾɛ.lɐ/: quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)
  49. querelado noun, verb: past participle of querelar
  50. querelante adjective, noun
  51. querelar verb /ke.ɾeˈla(ʁ)/: to quarrel (to contend, argue strongly, squabble)
  52. querelaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of querelar
  53. queremismo noun /ke.ɾeˈmiz.mu/: A political movement that emerged in Brazil in 1945, which defended the continuation of Getúlio Vargas’s presidency.
  54. querena noun
  55. querenar verb
  56. querença noun
  57. querencense adjective, noun
  58. querencho adjective
  59. Querência noun
  60. Querência do Norte phrase
  61. querenciar verb
  62. querer noun, verb /keˈɾe(ʁ)/: to want; to wish; to desire
  63. querer dizer phrase, verb: to mean
  64. querer morrer phrase
  65. querer porque querer verb: to insist tirelessly, unwilling to take no for an answer
  66. querer ser mico de circo verb: to eat one's hat (used to express disbelief about a proposition)
  67. querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal verb: to want to have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)
  68. queride adjective
  69. querido adjective, noun, verb /keˈɾi.du/: dear
  70. quermes noun /ˈkɛʁ.mis/: alternative form of alquermes
  71. quermesse noun /keʁˈmɛ.si/: kirmess (an outdoor festival and fair)
  72. quero noun, verb /ˈkɛ.ɾu/: alternative spelling of kero
  73. quero-quero noun /ˌkɛ.ɾuˈkɛ.ɾu/: southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
  74. quero ver phrase: said of something one is confident that will not happen
  75. querogrilo noun
  76. queroquero noun /ˌkɛ.ɾuˈkɛ.ɾu/: alternative spelling of quero-quero
  77. querosene noun, verb /ke.ɾoˈze.ni/: kerosene (fuel oil)
  78. querosenes noun, verb: plural of querosene
  79. querrobia noun
  80. querrobla noun
  81. quersoneso noun
  82. querubim noun /ke.ɾuˈbĩ/: cherub (hybrid figure with a guardian function, generally represented with a human face and the winged body of a bull or lion)
  83. quesito noun /keˈzi.tu/: question
  84. quest noun /ˈkwɛs.t͡ʃi/: quest
  85. questão noun /kesˈtɐ̃w̃/: question (phrase asking for information)
  86. questão delicada phrase
  87. questionado adjective, verb: past participle of questionar
  88. questionamento noun /kes.t͡ʃi.o.naˈmẽ.tu/: inquiry (the act of inquiring)
  89. questionar verb /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/: to ask
  90. questionaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of questionar
  91. questionário noun /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna.ɾju/: questionnaire (form containing a list of questions)
  92. questionável adjective /kes.t͡ʃi.oˈna.vew/: questionable (open to doubt or challenge)
  93. questionavelmente adverb /kes.t͡ʃi.oˌna.vewˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: questionably (in a questionable manner)
  94. quetamina noun /ke.taˈmĩ.nɐ/: alternative form of cetamina
  95. queto adjective, noun
  96. quetognata noun /ke.to.ɡiˈna.tɐ/: chaetognath; arrow worm (any member of the Chaetognatha)
  97. quetzal noun /ketˈzaw/: quetzal (bird)
  98. Quevedos noun
  99. quezila noun /keˈzi.lɐ/: alternative form of quizila
  100. quezilar verb
  101. quezília noun /keˈzi.ljɐ/: alternative form of quizila
  102. qui abbreviation, noun, pronoun /ˈki/: chi (name of the Greek letter Χ)
  103. qui bene amat, bene castigat phrase
  104. quiabada noun: a dish made with okra, beef, dried shrimp, and cilantro
  105. quiabeiro noun /ki.aˈbe(j).ɾu/: okra (Abelmoschus esculentus, a plant grown for its edible pods)
  106. quiabo noun /kiˈa.bu/: okra, Abelmoschus esculentus
  107. quiaense adjective, noun
  108. quiáltera noun /kiˈaw.te.ɾɐ/: tuplet (note value with a non-standard duration)
  109. quiásmico adjective
  110. quiasmo noun
  111. quibanda noun
  112. quibandar verb
  113. quibanha noun
  114. quibe noun /ˈki.bi/: kibbeh (a type of dumpling)
  115. quibebe noun
  116. quibeto noun
  117. quiboa noun /kiˈbo(w).ɐ/: bleach
  118. quibombó noun: alternative form of quingombó
  119. quiçá adverb, verb /kiˈsa/: perhaps
  120. quicais adverb, verb: second-person plural present indicative of quicar
  121. quiçamaense adjective, noun
  122. quicar verb: to bounce
  123. quicaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of quicar
  124. quiche noun /ˈki.ʃi/: quiche (pie made of eggs and cream)
  125. quichoso noun
  126. quíchua adjective, noun /ˈki.ʃwɐ/: Quechua (member of a Quechuan ethnic group)
  127. quício noun /ˈki.sju/: hinge (device for the pivoting of a door)
  128. quico noun, verb: first-person singular present indicative of quicar
  129. quicongo noun /kiˈkõ.ɡu/: Kongo (language)
  130. quiconha noun
  131. quicuanga noun
  132. quid noun
  133. quidam noun
  134. quididade noun
  135. quiela noun /kiˈɛ.lɐ/
  136. quietação noun
  137. quietamente adverb
  138. quietar verb
  139. quietarão verb
  140. quietinho adjective /ki.ɛˈt͡ʃĩ.ɲu/: diminutive of quieto
  141. quieto adjective /kiˈɛ.tu/: quiet (with little or no sound)
  142. quietude noun /kjɛˈtu.dɨ/: quiet (absence of movement or sound)
  143. Quieve noun
  144. quigombó noun: alternative form of quingombó
  145. quijila noun /kiˈʒi.lɐ/: alternative form of quizila
  146. Quijingue noun
  147. quijinguense adjective, noun
  148. quijunga noun
  149. quilatar verb
  150. quilate noun, verb /kiˈla.t͡ʃi/: metric carat (unit of mass for precious stones and pearls, equal to 200 mg)
  151. quilha noun, verb /ˈki.ʎɐ/: keel (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull)
  152. quilhado adjective, verb /kiˈʎa.du/: screwed, fucked (beset with unfortunate circumstances)
  153. quilhão noun: alternative form of colhão
  154. quilhar verb /kiˈʎa(ʁ)/: to have sex, to copulate
  155. quilharam verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of quilhar
  156. quilhoto noun
  157. quilialismo noun
  158. quilificar verb
  159. quilo noun, prefix /ˈki.lu/: kilo- (10³)
  160. quilo-hertz noun
  161. Quíloa noun
  162. quiloampère noun
  163. quilobar noun: kilobar
  164. quilobit noun /ˌki.loˈbi.t͡ʃi/: kilobit
  165. quilobyte noun /ˌki.loˈbaj.t͡ʃi/: kilobyte
  166. quilocaloria noun /ˌki.lo.ka.loˈɾi.ɐ/: kilocalorie
  167. quilociclo noun /ki.loˈsi.klu/: kilocycle
  168. quilógono noun
  169. quilograma noun /ki.loˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/: kilogram, SI unit of mass
  170. quilograma-metro noun
  171. quilogrâmetro noun
  172. quilohertz noun
  173. quilojoule noun /ˌki.loˈʒaw.li/: kilojoule (SI unit of energy equal to 10³ joules)
  174. quilolitro noun /ˌki.loˈli.tɾu/: kilolitre; kiloliter (US)
  175. quilombense adjective, noun
  176. quilombo noun /kiˈlõ.bu/: quilombo (fortified residence or encampment in the forest)
  177. Quilombo dos Palmares phrase
  178. quilombola adjective, noun /ki.lõˈbɔ.lɐ/: of or relating to a quilombo
  179. quilometragem noun /ki.lo.meˈtɾa.ʒẽj̃/: kilometrage (total distance, in kilometres, travelled)
  180. quilometrar verb
  181. quilométrico adjective /ki.loˈmɛ.tɾi.ku/: kilometric; measured in kilometers
  182. quilômetro noun /kiˈlõ.me.tɾu/: kilometre, kilometer, a unit of length equal to 1000 metres or meters
  183. quilómetro quadrado noun: square kilometre (standard unit of area)
  184. quilomícron noun /ki.loˈmi.kɾõ/: chylomicron
  185. quiloparsec noun
  186. quilópode noun /kiˈlɔ.po.d͡ʒi/: chilopod; centipede (any arthropod of class Chilopoda)
  187. quilotar verb
  188. quilotesla noun
  189. quiloton noun: kiloton
  190. quilovate noun: alternative form of quilowatt
  191. quilovátio noun /ki.loˈva.t͡ʃju/: alternative form of quilowatt
  192. quilowatt noun /ki.loˈwɔ.t͡ʃi/: kilowatt (1000 watts)
  193. quilowatt-hora noun: kilowatt-hour (unit of electrical energy)
  194. Quim proper noun /ˈkĩ/: a diminutive of the male given name Joaquim
  195. quimanga noun
  196. quimbanda noun /kĩˈbɐ̃.dɐ/: fortune-teller or healer
  197. quimbandeiro noun
  198. quimbandista adjective, noun: a follower of the Quimbanda religion
  199. quimbar noun
  200. quimbombô noun: alternative form of quingombó
  201. quimbundo adjective, noun /kĩˈbũ.du/: Kimbundu language
  202. quimera noun /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/: chimera
  203. quimérico adjective /kiˈmɛ.ɾi.ku/: chimeric; imaginary; fanciful
  204. quimerizar verb
  205. química adjective, noun /ˈkĩ.mi.kɐ/: chemistry
  206. química ambiental phrase
  207. química analítica phrase
  208. química de coordenação phrase
  209. química fina phrase
  210. química inorgânica noun, phrase: inorganic chemistry (branch of chemistry that deals with elements and non-carbon containing compounds)
  211. química nuclear noun, phrase /ˈkĩ.mi.kɐ nu.kleˈaʁ/: nuclear chemistry
  212. química orgânica noun, phrase: organic chemistry
  213. quimicamente adverb /ˌkĩ.mi.kaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/: chemically
  214. químico adjective, noun /ˈkĩ.mi.ku/: chemical (of or relating to chemistry)
  215. quimificar verb
  216. químio noun, prefix: chemo- (relating to or using chemicals or chemistry)
  217. quimiocina noun: chemokine (cytokine produced during inflammation)
  218. quimioluminescência noun /ˌkĩ.mi.o.lu.mi.neˈsẽ.sjɐ/: chemiluminescence
  219. quimioprotetor adjective, noun /ˌkĩ.mi.o.pɾo.teˈtoʁ/: chemoprotective
  220. quimiossíntese noun /ˌkĩ.mi.oˈsĩ.te.zi/: chemosynthesis (production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds)
  221. quimioterapêutico adjective /kiˌmi.u.te.ɾaˈpew.t͡ʃi.ku/: chemotherapeutic
  222. quimioterapia noun /ˌkĩ.mi.o.te.ɾaˈpi.ɐ/: chemotherapy
  223. quimioterápico adjective /ˌkĩ.mi.o.teˈɾa.pi.ku/: chemotherapeutic
  224. quimo noun /ˈkĩ.mu/: chyme (partly digested food passed from the stomach to the duodenum)
  225. quimofobia noun
  226. quimono noun /kiˈmõ.nu/: kimono
  227. quina noun, verb /ˈkĩ.nɐ/: corner (projection of an angle in a solid object)
  228. quinado adjective, noun, verb /kiˈna.du/: dead
  229. quinal noun
  230. quinar verb /kiˈna(ʁ)/: to get a five-number sequence right in a lottery game
  231. quinaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of quinar
  232. quinário adjective
  233. quinase noun: kinase
  234. quinca noun /kĩˈkɐ̃/: kumquat (small orange fruit)
  235. quincentenário adjective, noun: quincentennial
  236. quincha noun
  237. quinchar verb
  238. quinchorro noun
  239. quinchoso noun
  240. quincôncio noun
  241. quinda noun
  242. quindecágono noun
  243. quindim noun /kĩˈd͡ʒĩ/: quindim (Brazilian baked custard dessert made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks, and ground coconut)
  244. quingentena noun
  245. quingentenário noun
  246. quingentésimo adjective, noun /kwĩ.ʒẽˈtɛ.zi.mu/: five hundredth
  247. quingobó noun: alternative form of quingombó
  248. quingombó noun /kĩ.ɡõˈbɔ/: synonym of quiabo (“okra”)
  249. quingosta noun: alternative form of cangosta
  250. quinhão noun /kĩˈɲɐ̃w̃/: share, portion, part
  251. quinhão de mercado phrase
  252. quinhão do leão phrase
  253. quinhentas number: feminine of quinhentos
  254. quinhentismo noun /kĩ.ɲẽˈt͡ʃiz.mu/: any of the arts and literature of the sixteenth century (1500s)
  255. quinhentista adjective, noun /kĩ.ɲẽˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/: 16th century
  256. quinhentos adjective, noun, number /kĩˈɲẽ.tus/: five hundred; 500
  257. quinhoar verb
  258. quiniaruanda noun /ki.ni.a.ɾuˈɐ̃.dɐ/: Kinyarwanda (a language of Rwanda)
  259. quinina noun /kiˈnĩ.nɐ/: quinine (alkaloid used to treat malaria)
  260. quinino noun
  261. quino noun, verb /ˈkĩ.nu/: lotto
  262. quinoa noun /kiˈno.ɐ/: quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)
  263. quinoleína noun /ki.no.leˈĩ.nɐ/: quinoline (any of a class of hetercyclic compounds)
  264. quinquagenário adjective, noun /kwĩ.kwɐ.ʒɨ.ˈna.ɾju/
  265. quinquagésimo adjective, noun /kĩ.kwaˈʒɛ.zi.mu/: fiftieth
  266. quinquenal adjective /kwĩj.kwe.ˈnaw/
  267. quinquenalmente adverb
  268. quinquênio noun /kĩˈkẽ.nju/: lustrum, quinquennium
  269. quinquídio noun
  270. quinquíduo noun
  271. quinquilharia noun /kĩ.ki.ʎaˈɾi.ɐ/: bric-a-brac, knick-knacks
  272. quinta adjective, adverb, noun, number, verb /ˈkĩ.tɐ/: wine producing estate (winery or vineyard)
  273. quinta coluna noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quinta, coluna.
  274. quinta-condense adjective, noun
  275. Quinta do Sol noun
  276. quinta-essência noun /ˌkĩ.tɐ.eˈsẽ.sjɐ/: alternative form of quintessência
  277. quinta-essencial adjective /ˌkĩ.tɐ.e.sẽ.siˈaw/: alternative form of quintessencial
  278. quinta-feira adverb, noun /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/: Thursday (day between Wednesday and Friday)
  279. Quinta-Feira da Ascensão phrase
  280. Quinta-Feira do Corpo de Cristo phrase
  281. quinta roda noun: fifth wheel (anything superfluous or unnecessary)
  282. quinta série adjective, noun /ˈkĩ.tɐ ˈsɛ.ɾ(j)i/: fifth grade
  283. quintajense adjective, noun
  284. quintal noun /kĩˈtaw/: yard (land with vegetable garden, next to a house)
  285. quintalejo noun /kĩ.taˈle.ʒu/: quintalejo, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 29.4 kg
  286. Quintana noun
  287. quintanense adjective, noun
  288. quintanilhense adjective, noun
  289. quintanista noun /kĩ.taˈnis.tɐ/: fifth-former (person attending the fifth year of a course)
  290. quintar verb /kĩˈta(ʁ)/: to take a fifth
  291. quintaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of quintar
  292. quintelense adjective, noun
  293. quintelra noun
  294. quintenário adjective
  295. quintessência noun, verb /kĩ.teˈsẽ.sjɐ/: quintessence
  296. quintessencial adjective /kĩ.te.sẽ.siˈaw/: quintessential (of the nature of a quintessence)
  297. quintessencialmente adverb
  298. quintessenciar verb: to quintessentialize, to quintessence (to reduce (something) to its essence)
  299. quintessenciaram verb: third-person plural preterite/pluperfect indicative of quintessenciar
  300. quinteto noun /kĩˈte.tu/: music composition in five parts

Part 2 · Part 4 · Portuguese words: Q

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 Q: 1,057 words, in 4 parts.