# translation

lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool
trans_list: poça
sense:
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.


lexentry: eng/pool__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pool
trans_list: bilhar
sense:
(sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.


lexentry: eng/pool__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool
trans_list: reunir
sense:
(transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.


lexentry: eng/pool__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pool
trans_list: unir esforços
sense:
(intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.


lexentry: eng/pool_noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pool noodle
trans_list: boia espaguete | boia macarrão
sense:
A long, slender tube or rod, extruded from buoyant foam and usually brightly coloured, used as an exercise tool or toy in swimming pools.


lexentry: eng/pop-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop-up
trans_list: publicidade instantânea
sense:
(internet) A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.


lexentry: eng/pop_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pop music
trans_list: música pop | pop
sense:
Music intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music, and nowadays also from rock music.


lexentry: eng/pope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pope
trans_list: papa | papisa
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, _, &, _, generally) An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.


lexentry: eng/poplit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poplit
trans_list: curvejão
sense:
The shallow depression (fossa) located at the back of the knee joint; the popliteal fossa or “knee pit”.


lexentry: eng/poppy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poppy
trans_list: papoula | papoila
sense:
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.


lexentry: eng/popsicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popsicle
trans_list: picolé
sense:
(chiefly, _, US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.


lexentry: eng/popular_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popular culture
trans_list: cultura popular
sense:
The prevailing vernacular culture in any given society, including art, cooking, clothing/fashion, entertainment, fads, films, mass media, music, sports, and style.


lexentry: eng/popular_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popular music
trans_list: música popular
sense:
(music) Any genre of music that has wide appeal amongst the general public of a society, typically distributed widely by the music industry; typically as seen in contrast to classical music and folk music.


lexentry: eng/popularity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: popularity
trans_list: popularidade
sense:
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: population
trans_list: população
sense:
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: population
trans_list: população
sense:
(biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.


lexentry: eng/population__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: population
trans_list: população
sense:
(statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.


lexentry: eng/population_density__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population density
trans_list: densidade demográfica
sense:
Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land.


lexentry: eng/population_pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: population pyramid
trans_list: pirâmide etária
sense:
(demography) A graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.


lexentry: eng/populism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: populism
trans_list: populismo
sense:
(philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcelain
trans_list: porcelana
sense:
(usually, uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.


lexentry: eng/porcelain__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: porcelain
trans_list: porcelana
sense:
(countable, now, _, usually, in the plural) An object made of porcelain, (particularly) art objects or items of tableware.


lexentry: eng/porch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porch
trans_list: varanda | pórtico | alpendre
sense:
(architectural element) A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. A porch often has chair(s), table(s) and swings.


lexentry: eng/porcupine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcupine
trans_list: porco-espinho | cuandu
sense:
Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.


lexentry: eng/porcupine_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porcupine fish
trans_list: baiacu
sense:
Any of several tropical fish species in the family Diodontidae that are covered with sharp spines and inflate themselves when threatened. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pore__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pore
trans_list: poro
sense:
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.


lexentry: eng/pornocracy__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pornocracy
trans_list: pornocracia
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes, capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pornography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pornography
trans_list: pornografia
sense:
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]


lexentry: eng/porosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: porosity
trans_list: porosidade
sense:
(countable) A measure of how porous a material is; the ratio of the volume of pores to the total volume


lexentry: eng/porphyria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porphyria
trans_list: porfiria
sense:
(pathology) Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.


lexentry: eng/porphyrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porphyrin
trans_list: porfirina
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).


lexentry: eng/porridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: porridge
trans_list: mingau | papa
sense:
A dish made of grain or legumes, milk or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: port
trans_list: bombordo | porta | abertura | passagem | portar
sense:
(nautical, aviation, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: port
trans_list: bombordo | porto
sense:
An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: port
trans_list: portar
sense:
(also, networking) A number that delimits a connection for specific processes or parts of a network service.


lexentry: eng/port__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: port
trans_list: porta
sense:
A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: port
trans_list: bombordo | porto | porta
sense:
(military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.


lexentry: eng/port__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: port
trans_list: abertura | passagem | portar
sense:
(computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform.


lexentry: eng/port_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: port city
trans_list: cidade portuária | porto
sense:
A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.


lexentry: eng/portability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portability
trans_list: portabilidade
sense:
(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.


lexentry: eng/portable_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portable art
trans_list: arte móvel
sense:
(archaeology) Small pieces of prehistoric art that could be carried, as opposed to art applied to walls or cliffs, for example.


lexentry: eng/portable_toilet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portable toilet
trans_list: banheiro químico
sense:
A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).


lexentry: eng/portal_vein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portal vein
trans_list: veia porta
sense:
(anatomy) A short, wide vein located in the abdominal cavity formed by the union of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins that channels blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.


lexentry: eng/portcullis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: portcullis
trans_list: grade levadiça | rastrilho
sense:
(historical) An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth I, struck for the use of the East India Company, and bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse.


lexentry: eng/porter__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: porter
trans_list: pórter
sense:
(countable, uncountable, beer) A strong, dark ale, originally favored by porters (etymology 1, sense 1), similar to a stout but less strong.


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: portfolio
trans_list: pasta | portefólio
sense:
(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]


lexentry: eng/portfolio__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: portfolio
trans_list: buque | portfólio
sense:
(business) A collection of assets; (figurative) any collection of things considered as investments or assets.


lexentry: eng/portmanteau_word__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portmanteau word
trans_list: palavra-valise | amálgama | cruzamento | siglonimização
sense:
(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.


lexentry: eng/portolan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: portolan
trans_list: portulano
sense:
(historic, nautical) A chart of European navigable waters based on descriptions of coasts. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/poser__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: poser
trans_list: cola
sense:
Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.


lexentry: eng/poseur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poseur
trans_list: alardeador
sense:
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.


lexentry: eng/posh__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: posh
trans_list: esnobe
sense:
(usually, offensive, especially, in, _, Ireland, Scotland) Snobbish, materialistic, prejudiced, under the illusion that one is better than everyone else.


lexentry: eng/position_paper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: position paper
trans_list: programa
sense:
(philosophy, government) An essay or report which expresses a position, conclusion, or recommendation concerning a contested issue or undecided question and which usually contains arguments or reasons in support of this position.


lexentry: eng/positive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: positive
trans_list: positivo
sense:
(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.


lexentry: eng/positive_degree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positive degree
trans_list: positivo
sense:
(grammar) That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.


lexentry: eng/positive_reinforcement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positive reinforcement
trans_list: reforço positivo
sense:
The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.


lexentry: eng/positivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: positivism
trans_list: positivismo
sense:
(philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.


lexentry: eng/posology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posology
trans_list: posologia
sense:
(countable, uncountable, pharmacy, pharmacology) The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/possess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possess
trans_list: possuir
sense:
Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).


lexentry: eng/possessee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessee
trans_list: complemento
sense:
(grammar) Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.


lexentry: eng/possessive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: possessive case
trans_list: caso possessivo
sense:
(grammar) case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.


lexentry: eng/possibly__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: possibly
trans_list: possivelmente
sense:
(modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.


lexentry: eng/post-production__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-production
trans_list: pós-produção
sense:
(cinematography, television) The stages of film (or audio) production happening between the actual filming (or recording) and the completed product.


lexentry: eng/post-traumatic_stress_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-traumatic stress disorder
trans_list: transtorno de estresse pós-traumático
sense:
(psychology) A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or lack of concentration.


lexentry: eng/post-war__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post-war
trans_list: pós-bélico
sense:
Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post
trans_list: correio | postagem
sense:
(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route. [16th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: post
trans_list: correio | postagem
sense:
(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.


lexentry: eng/post__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: post
trans_list: correio | postagem
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: post
trans_list: postar | publicar
sense:
To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.


lexentry: eng/post__Verb__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: post
trans_list: postar | publicar
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/post_office__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post office
trans_list: correio | estação de correios
sense:
(countable) A place (building, office, shop, or counter) concerned with the business of delivering letters, post or mail and selling stamps, etc.


lexentry: eng/post_office_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: post office box
trans_list: caixa de coleta
sense:
A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.


lexentry: eng/postage_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postage stamp
trans_list: selo | selo postal
sense:
A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.


lexentry: eng/postcard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcard
trans_list: cartão-postal | postal
sense:
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.


lexentry: eng/postcode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postcode
trans_list: código postal | código de endereçamento postal | CEP
sense:
(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.


lexentry: eng/postdoctoral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postdoctoral
trans_list: pós-doutoral
sense:
After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.


lexentry: eng/posterior__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posterior
trans_list: posterior
sense:
(anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.


lexentry: eng/posterize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posterize
trans_list: posterizar
sense:
To reduce the number of colors in an image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones, with abrupt changes from one tone to another.


lexentry: eng/postindustrial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postindustrial
trans_list: pós-industrial
sense:
Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.


lexentry: eng/postmark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postmark
trans_list: carimbo
sense:
A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.


lexentry: eng/postmodern__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: postmodern
trans_list: pós-moderno
sense:
Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.


lexentry: eng/postmodernism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postmodernism
trans_list: pós-modernismo
sense:
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.


lexentry: eng/posttranslational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: posttranslational
trans_list: pós-traducional
sense:
(genetics, biochemistry) Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.


lexentry: eng/postulate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: postulate
trans_list: postulado
sense:
Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.


lexentry: eng/pot_calling_the_kettle_black__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pot calling the kettle black
trans_list: diz o roto ao nu | o sujo falando do mal lavado | roto falando do esfarrapado
sense:
(idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.


lexentry: eng/pot_roast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pot roast
trans_list: carne estufada
sense:
A dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef (often taken from the tougher chuck cut) to induce a Maillard reaction, then slow-cooking in liquid in a covered dish.


lexentry: eng/potash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potash
trans_list: potassa
sense:
The water-soluble part of the ash formed by burning plant material; used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer.


lexentry: eng/potassium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium
trans_list: potássio
sense:
A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.


lexentry: eng/potassium_chloride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium chloride
trans_list: cloreto de potássio
sense:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a fertilizer, and in lethal injections


lexentry: eng/potassium_cyanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium cyanide
trans_list: cianeto de potássio
sense:
(inorganic compound) The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_dichromate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium dichromate
trans_list: bicromato de potássio
sense:
(inorganic compound) A potassium salt of chromic acid, K2Cr2O7; the orange crystals are soluble in water, and it is used as an oxidizing agent and in photography.


lexentry: eng/potassium_hydroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium hydroxide
trans_list: hidróxido de potássio
sense:
(inorganic compound) The alkaline base KOH, once known as caustic potash; it has a number of industrial uses, including the manufacture of bleach.


lexentry: eng/potassium_nitrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium nitrate
trans_list: salitre
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) KNO3, a naturally occurring salt, notably used as an ingredient of gunpowder; also used a food preservative and as an ingredient in toothpaste for sensitive gums; historically used in the production of nitric acid (HNO3).


lexentry: eng/potassium_permanganate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potassium permanganate
trans_list: permanganato de potássio
sense:
(chemistry) KMnO4, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.


lexentry: eng/potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato
trans_list: batata | batatinha
sense:
The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.


lexentry: eng/potato_chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato chip
trans_list: francês
sense:
(British, Australia) One of a batch of pieces of potato cut into elongated cubes and fried; a chip or chipped potato, usually larger than American french fries.


lexentry: eng/potato_crisp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potato crisp
trans_list: batata frita
sense:
(mostly, British) A thin slice of potato that has been fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.


lexentry: eng/potential__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: potential
trans_list: potencial
sense:
(physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.


lexentry: eng/potential__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: potential
trans_list: potencial
sense:
(physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.


lexentry: eng/potential_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potential energy
trans_list: energia potencial
sense:
The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).


lexentry: eng/potentiometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potentiometer
trans_list: potenciômetro
sense:
(electronics) A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider.


lexentry: eng/pothole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pothole
trans_list: buraco (na estrada)
sense:
A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.


lexentry: eng/potty_mouth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: potty mouth
trans_list: boca suja
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) The characteristic of regularly using vulgar language, especially strong profanities.


lexentry: eng/poult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poult
trans_list: filho
sense:
A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/poultice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: poultice
trans_list: cataplasma | emplasto | emplastro
sense:
A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.


lexentry: eng/pound__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pound
trans_list: libra
sense:
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.


lexentry: eng/pour__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pour
trans_list: despejar | entornar | afluir | escorrer
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: powder
trans_list: pó
sense:
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.


lexentry: eng/powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: powder
trans_list: pó
sense:
(cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.


lexentry: eng/powdered_sugar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: powdered sugar
trans_list: açúcar de confeiteiro
sense:
(US) Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: power
trans_list: potência
sense:
(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: power
trans_list: potência
sense:
(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: power
trans_list: potência
sense:
A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.


lexentry: eng/power__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: power
trans_list: potestade
sense:
(biblical, in plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.


lexentry: eng/power_behind_the_throne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power behind the throne
trans_list: eminência parda
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority.


lexentry: eng/power_broker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power broker
trans_list: eminência parda
sense:
A person or group having the ability to influence important decisions, especially in public policy, politics, and business.


lexentry: eng/power_forward__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power forward
trans_list: ala-pivô
sense:
(basketball) A forward who is the taller of the two forward positions, and is often responsible for scoring near the basket, collecting rebounds and blocking shots in defense.


lexentry: eng/power_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power set
trans_list: conjunto de partes
sense:
(set theory, of a set S) The set whose elements comprise all the subsets of S (including the empty set and S itself).


lexentry: eng/power_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power strip
trans_list: multiplicador de tomadas
sense:
A block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable and allows multiple electrical devices to be plugged in.


lexentry: eng/power_supply__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: power supply
trans_list: fonte de alimentação
sense:
That part of a piece of electronic apparatus that provides appropriate voltages for the rest of the electronics from the connected AC source.


lexentry: eng/power_vacuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: power vacuum
trans_list: vacío de poder | vazio de poder
sense:
A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/practice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: practice
trans_list: prática
sense:
(uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.


lexentry: eng/practicum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: practicum
trans_list: estágio supervisionado
sense:
(US) A college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.


lexentry: eng/pragmatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pragmatic
trans_list: pragmático | prático
sense:
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismo
sense:
The pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities; a concentration on facts rather than emotions or ideals.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismo
sense:
(philosophy) The idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer, and the truth of beliefs with success of those actions in securing a believer's goals; the doctrine that ideas must be looked at in terms of their practical effects and consequences.


lexentry: eng/pragmatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pragmatism
trans_list: pragmatismo
sense:
(politics) The theory that political problems should be met with practical solutions rather than ideological ones.


lexentry: eng/prairie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prairie
trans_list: pradaria | prado
sense:
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.


lexentry: eng/prairie_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prairie dog
trans_list: cão-da-pradaria | cão-dos-prados
sense:
Any of genus Cynomys, small, stout-bodied burrowing rodents with shallow cheek pouches, native to North America and Central America.


lexentry: eng/pram__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pram
trans_list: chata
sense:
(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.


lexentry: eng/prank_call__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prank call
trans_list: trote
sense:
A practical joke played by calling the unsuspecting victim on the telephone, usually pretending to be somebody else.


lexentry: eng/praseodymium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: praseodymium
trans_list: praseodímio
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Pr) with an atomic number of 59, a soft, silvery, malleable and ductile metal, valued for its magnetic, electrical, chemical, and optical properties.


lexentry: eng/pray__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pray
trans_list: rezar | orar | pregar
sense:
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.


lexentry: eng/prayer_flag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prayer flag
trans_list: bandeira de oração
sense:
A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/prayer_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prayer wheel
trans_list: roda de oração
sense:
(Buddhism) A rotating cylinder either inscribed with or containing prayers, mainly used by Tibetan Buddhists.


lexentry: eng/praying_mantis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: praying mantis
trans_list: louva-a-deus | cavalinho-de-deus
sense:
Any of various predatory, cannibalistic insects of the order Mantodea that have a prayer-like stance.


lexentry: eng/pre-Columbian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pre-Columbian
trans_list: pré-colombiano
sense:
Referring to the cultures of the Americas before the European influence, specifically to the era before the continent was visited by Christopher Columbus.


lexentry: eng/preacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preacher
trans_list: pregador
sense:
Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman.


lexentry: eng/preadolescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preadolescence
trans_list: pré-adolescência
sense:
The period between childhood and adolescence, between the ages of about 9 and 11 for girls, and 10 and 12 for boys.


lexentry: eng/preamble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preamble
trans_list: preâmbulo
sense:
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.


lexentry: eng/preamplifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preamplifier
trans_list: amplificador de controle
sense:
A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.


lexentry: eng/prebiotic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prebiotic
trans_list: prebiótico
sense:
(chiefly, in plural) A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precedent
trans_list: precedente
sense:
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.


lexentry: eng/precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precedent
trans_list: precedente
sense:
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.


lexentry: eng/precession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precession
trans_list: precessão
sense:
(physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.


lexentry: eng/precinct__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: precinct
trans_list: delegacia de polícia
sense:
(US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.


lexentry: eng/precious_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precious metal
trans_list: metal precioso
sense:
A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.


lexentry: eng/precious_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precious stone
trans_list: pedra preciosa
sense:
Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precipitation
trans_list: precipitação
sense:
(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.


lexentry: eng/precipitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: precipitation
trans_list: precipitação
sense:
(countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.


lexentry: eng/precise__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precise
trans_list: preciso
sense:
(sciences, engineering, of data points, strictly) Consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value).


lexentry: eng/precognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: precognition
trans_list: precognição
sense:
(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preconception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preconception
trans_list: preconceito
sense:
An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.


lexentry: eng/precondition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precondition
trans_list: pré-condição
sense:
A medical illness, ailment, or adverse condition that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.


lexentry: eng/precursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: precursor
trans_list: precursor
sense:
(chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.


lexentry: eng/predate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predate
trans_list: adiantar
sense:
To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)


lexentry: eng/predator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predator
trans_list: predador
sense:
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predecessor
trans_list: antecessor | predecessor
sense:
One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.


lexentry: eng/predecessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: predecessor
trans_list: predecessor
sense:
A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicate
trans_list: predicado
sense:
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.


lexentry: eng/predicate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: predicate
trans_list: predicado
sense:
(logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative
trans_list: predicativo
sense:
(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.


lexentry: eng/predicative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative
trans_list: predicativo
sense:
(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.


lexentry: eng/predicative_adjective__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative adjective
trans_list: predicativo adjetivo
sense:
(grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.


lexentry: eng/predicative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predicative case
trans_list: predicativo
sense:
(grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).


lexentry: eng/predict__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predict
trans_list: predizer | prever
sense:
(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.


lexentry: eng/predisposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: predisposition
trans_list: predisposição
sense:
The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition.


lexentry: eng/preeclampsia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preeclampsia
trans_list: pré-eclampsia
sense:
(pathology) A complication of pregnancy, affecting about 2-20% of women, depending on location, characterized by hypertension and damage to the linings of the blood vessels of the brain, liver, lungs and kidneys, which can lead to multiple organ failure, convulsions, coma and death. The only cure is delivery of the child.


lexentry: eng/preeminent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preeminent
trans_list: preeminente
sense:
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/preemption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preemption
trans_list: preempção
sense:
(computing) The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.


lexentry: eng/prefabricate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefabricate
trans_list: prefabricar
sense:
(transitive) To manufacture (a building, etc.) in standard components that can be fitted together on site.


lexentry: eng/preface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preface
trans_list: prefácio
sense:
A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions.


lexentry: eng/prefect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefect
trans_list: prefeito
sense:
(historical) An official of Ancient Rome who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.


lexentry: eng/prefecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prefecture
trans_list: prefeitura
sense:
The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.


lexentry: eng/prefer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefer
trans_list: preferir
sense:
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefix
trans_list: prefixo
sense:
(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.


lexentry: eng/prefix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefix
trans_list: prefixo
sense:
(telecommunications) A set of digits placed before a telephone number, to indicate where the number is based, what type of phone number it is (landline, mobile, toll-free, premium rate etc.)


lexentry: eng/prefix__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prefix
trans_list: prefixar
sense:
(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]


lexentry: eng/preformationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preformationism
trans_list: preformismo
sense:
(biology) the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception and this form does not change in the course of their lifetime (as opposed to epigenesis)


lexentry: eng/prefrontal_cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prefrontal cortex
trans_list: córtex pré-frontal
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.


lexentry: eng/pregabalin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pregabalin
trans_list: pregabalina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain and as an adjunct therapy for seizures.


lexentry: eng/pregnancy_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pregnancy test
trans_list: teste de gravidez
sense:
a piece of test equipment that determines whether a woman, or by extension, a female animal is pregnant


lexentry: eng/prehensile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prehensile
trans_list: preênsil
sense:
(zoology) Able to take hold of and clasp objects; adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object.


lexentry: eng/preimage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preimage
trans_list: pré-imagem
sense:
(mathematics) For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ−1(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}.


lexentry: eng/prejudice__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prejudice
trans_list: preconceito | intolerância
sense:
(countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.


lexentry: eng/prelate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prelate
trans_list: prelado
sense:
A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.


lexentry: eng/prelude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prelude
trans_list: prelúdio
sense:
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]


lexentry: eng/premature_ejaculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premature ejaculation
trans_list: ejaculação precoce
sense:
A medical condition where a man, when initiating sexual intercourse, will experience an orgasm and expel semen after a time period far below the average, generally defined as one minute or less.


lexentry: eng/premenstrual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premenstrual
trans_list: pré-menstrual
sense:
Occurring in the time period during the menstrual cycle leading up to the beginning of menstruation.


lexentry: eng/premenstrual_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premenstrual syndrome
trans_list: tensão pré-menstrual
sense:
The physical and psychological malaise experienced by many women between ovulation and the onset of menstruation; premenstrual tension. [1953]


lexentry: eng/premiere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premiere
trans_list: estreia
sense:
The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premise
trans_list: premissa
sense:
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.


lexentry: eng/premise__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: premise
trans_list: premissa
sense:
(usually, in the plural, legal) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: premonition
trans_list: premonição
sense:
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.


lexentry: eng/premonition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: premonition
trans_list: pressentimento
sense:
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).


lexentry: eng/prenuptial_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prenuptial agreement
trans_list: acordo pré-nupcial
sense:
A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce.


lexentry: eng/prepend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepend
trans_list: antepor
sense:
(computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.


lexentry: eng/preposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preposition
trans_list: preposição
sense:
(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional article
trans_list: preposição contraída
sense:
(grammar) In some languages, such as French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, a contraction of a preposition and an article, e.g. au in French (a contraction of à and le).


lexentry: eng/prepositional_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional case
trans_list: caso preposicional
sense:
(grammar) noun case serving as object of a preposition. Prepositions that often govern the prepositional case include "about", "in", "on", and "near". Russian is an example of a language that uses the prepositional case.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_phrase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional phrase
trans_list: frase preposicional
sense:
(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.


lexentry: eng/prepositional_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prepositional pronoun
trans_list: pronome oblíquo tónico | pronome preposicionado
sense:
A type of pronoun used in Celtic and Semitic languages, where a preposition followed by a personal pronoun creates a new word.


lexentry: eng/preprocessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preprocessor
trans_list: pré-processador
sense:
(computing) program that processes its input data to produce output that is used as input to another program


lexentry: eng/preproduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preproduction
trans_list: pré-produção
sense:
All the preliminary arrangements that are made before the start of a project, especially before the filming of a movie.


lexentry: eng/prequel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prequel
trans_list: prequela | prelúdio | prequência
sense:
(narratology) In a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor, especially the original narrative or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative work with at least one sequel.


lexentry: eng/prerequisite__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prerequisite
trans_list: pré-requisito
sense:
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.


lexentry: eng/prerogative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prerogative
trans_list: prerrogativa
sense:
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.


lexentry: eng/prescient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescient
trans_list: presciente
sense:
Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescribe
trans_list: prescrever | receitar
sense:
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).


lexentry: eng/prescribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prescribe
trans_list: ordenar | prescrever
sense:
To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.


lexentry: eng/prescription__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescription
trans_list: receita
sense:
(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.


lexentry: eng/prescriptivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prescriptivism
trans_list: normativismo | prescritivismo
sense:
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.


lexentry: eng/presence_of_mind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presence of mind
trans_list: presença de espírito
sense:
Focused alertness, good sense, quick-thinking resourcefulness, or stability of feeling and thought, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging.


lexentry: eng/present__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: present
trans_list: presente | atual
sense:
Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: present
trans_list: apresentar
sense:
(transitive, now, rare) To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: present
trans_list: apresentar
sense:
(transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/present__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: present
trans_list: apresentar
sense:
(intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/present_participle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present participle
trans_list: particípio presente
sense:
(grammar) A nonfinite verb form that indicates an ongoing action or state and which can function as an adjective.


lexentry: eng/present_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present perfect
trans_list: presente perfeito
sense:
(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.


lexentry: eng/present_tense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: present tense
trans_list: presente
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.


lexentry: eng/presentism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presentism
trans_list: presentismo
sense:
(philosophy) The view that neither the future nor the past exist (events and entities that are wholly past or wholly future do not exist at all).


lexentry: eng/president-elect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: president-elect
trans_list: presidente eleito
sense:
(sum of parts) A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/president__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: president
trans_list: presidente
sense:
Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.


lexentry: eng/press__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: press
trans_list: pressionar | prensar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.


lexentry: eng/press_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: press card
trans_list: crachá de imprensa
sense:
A press or media credential issued as identification to newsgatherers who work professionally in media. The principal occupations covered are reporters and writers, photographers, film and video camera operators and crews and other broadcasting workers such as producers and researchers.


lexentry: eng/presstitute__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presstitute
trans_list: pena de aluguel
sense:
(derogatory, sometimes, attributive) A person or media entity that misleadingly tailors news to fit a particular partisan agenda.


lexentry: eng/pressure__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pressure
trans_list: pressão
sense:
(physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.


lexentry: eng/pressure_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pressure cooker
trans_list: panela de pressão
sense:
(cookware) A sealed cooking vessel that allows cooking in greater than atmospheric pressure and at a temperature above the boiling point of water.


lexentry: eng/prestige__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prestige
trans_list: prestígio
sense:
The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.


lexentry: eng/prestressed_concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prestressed concrete
trans_list: betão pré-esforçado
sense:
concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons


lexentry: eng/presume__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: presume
trans_list: presumir | pressupor
sense:
(transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/presumptuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presumptuous
trans_list: presunçoso
sense:
Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.


lexentry: eng/presuppose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: presuppose
trans_list: pressupor
sense:
To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.


lexentry: eng/pretender__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pretender
trans_list: pretendente
sense:
A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.


lexentry: eng/preterite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: preterite
trans_list: pretérito
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.


lexentry: eng/pretty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pretty
trans_list: bonitinho
sense:
(often, _, pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/pretty_penny__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pretty penny
trans_list: nota preta
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) Chiefly preceded by a: a considerable amount of money; a high income or price.


lexentry: eng/prevail__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prevail
trans_list: prevalecer | predominar
sense:
(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence, or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.


lexentry: eng/prevalence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prevalence
trans_list: prevalência
sense:
(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.


lexentry: eng/prevention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prevention
trans_list: prevenção
sense:
(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).


lexentry: eng/preview__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: preview
trans_list: pré-visualização | prévia
sense:
(computing) a facility for seeing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving and/or printing it.


lexentry: eng/preview__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: preview
trans_list: pré-visualizar
sense:
(computing) To show something in advance, a facility for seeing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving and/or printing it.


lexentry: eng/prey__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: prey
trans_list: presa | preia
sense:
(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war.


lexentry: eng/priapism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: priapism
trans_list: priapismo
sense:
(pathology) A potentially painful or harmful medical condition in which the erect penis (erection) does not return to its flaccid state (despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation), often as a result of a spinal injury.


lexentry: eng/prick__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: prick
trans_list: arrogante | ignorante
sense:
(slang, derogatory) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pride
trans_list: orgulho
sense:
The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pride
trans_list: orgulho
sense:
(having a positive sense, often with of or in) A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pride
trans_list: soberba | nariz empinado
sense:
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.


lexentry: eng/pride__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pride
trans_list: orgulho
sense:
That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.


lexentry: eng/priest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: priest
trans_list: sacerdote | padre | presbítero
sense:
A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.


lexentry: eng/prig__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prig
trans_list: afetadamente pudico
sense:
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.


lexentry: eng/prima_donna__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prima donna
trans_list: diva
sense:
(derogatory) A person who considers himself or herself much more important than others, has high expectations of others and becomes angry when his or her standards or demands are not met.


lexentry: eng/primacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: primacy
trans_list: primado
sense:
(religion) The office, rank, or character of a primate, it being the chief ecclesiastical station or dignity in a national church.


lexentry: eng/primary_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary education
trans_list: ensino primário | básico | ensino básico | ensino fundamental
sense:
The basic schooling given to children up to the age of puberty, including reading, writing, and basic mathematics.


lexentry: eng/primary_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary key
trans_list: chave primária
sense:
(computing, databases) In the design of a database table, the primary key (abbreviated PK) is selected among the non-empty set of candidate keys. The PK is a column (or an irreducible group of columns) able to identify every row of the table.


lexentry: eng/primary_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primary school
trans_list: primária
sense:
(British, Australian, sometimes, Philippines, schools) A formal, obligatory kind of school that typically begins with nursery school or first grade and ends at fifth or sixth grade.


lexentry: eng/primate__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primate
trans_list: primado
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.


lexentry: eng/primate__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: primate
trans_list: primado
sense:
(ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.


lexentry: eng/prime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: prime
trans_list: primo
sense:
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).


lexentry: eng/prime_meridian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prime meridian
trans_list: meridiano primário | meridiano principal
sense:
The reference line at 0° longitude, passing through Greenwich, England, from which longitude east and west is measured.


lexentry: eng/prime_minister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prime minister
trans_list: primeiro-ministro | primeira-ministra | premier | premiê
sense:
The chief member of the cabinet and head of the government, especially in a parliamentary democracy; often the leader of the majority party.


lexentry: eng/prime_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prime number
trans_list: número primo
sense:
(number theory) Any natural number greater than 1 that cannot be formed by multiplying two smaller natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/prime_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prime time
trans_list: horário nobre
sense:
(television, radio) The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primer
trans_list: espoleta
sense:
Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.


lexentry: eng/primer__Noun__2
sense_num: 07
written_rep: primer
trans_list: iniciador
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.


lexentry: eng/primeval_forest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primeval forest
trans_list: floresta primária | floresta virgem
sense:
A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.


lexentry: eng/primigravida__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primigravida
trans_list: primigesta | primigrávida
sense:
(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/primitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: primitive
trans_list: primitiva
sense:
(programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.


lexentry: eng/primitivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: primitivism
trans_list: primitivismo
sense:
Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.


lexentry: eng/primogeniture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: primogeniture
trans_list: primogenitura
sense:
The principle that the eldest child, traditionally the eldest male, has an exclusive right of inheritance.


lexentry: eng/primordial_soup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primordial soup
trans_list: sopa primordial
sense:
(informal, evolutionary theory) The state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history, during the early development of multicellular organisms.


lexentry: eng/primorial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: primorial
trans_list: primorial
sense:
(number theory) Any number belonging to the integer sequence whose nth element is the product of the first n primes.


lexentry: eng/prince__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: prince
trans_list: príncipe
sense:
A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/prince_regent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prince regent
trans_list: príncipe eleitor
sense:
A prince who rules a country as a regent in place of a monarch who is unfit to rule for a particular reason.


lexentry: eng/princess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: princess
trans_list: princesa | rainha
sense:
A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: principal
trans_list: principal
sense:
(finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated.


lexentry: eng/principal__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: principal
trans_list: diretor
sense:
(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.


lexentry: eng/principality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: principality
trans_list: principado
sense:
(theology, countable) A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the fifth level of angels, ranked above powers and below dominions. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/principate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: principate
trans_list: principado
sense:
(Ancient Rome) The early period of the Roman Empire, during which some characteristics of the government of the Roman Republic were retained; the reign of any particular emperor during said period.


lexentry: eng/print__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: print
trans_list: imprimir
sense:
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.


lexentry: eng/printed_circuit_board__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: printed circuit board
trans_list: placa de circuito impresso | PCI
sense:
(electronics) A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect via copper pathways, often called traces.


lexentry: eng/printed_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: printed matter
trans_list: impressos
sense:
Printed material produced by printers and publishers, including books, magazines, brochures, booklets, publicity material and newspapers, especially in relation to less expensive postage rates for such material.


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: printer
trans_list: impressor | gráfico
sense:
The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.


lexentry: eng/printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: printer
trans_list: impressora
sense:
(now chiefly, _, computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/printing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: printing
trans_list: impressão
sense:
(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.


lexentry: eng/prion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prion
trans_list: prião | príon
sense:
(molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.


lexentry: eng/prior__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prior
trans_list: a priori
sense:
(Bayesian, _, statistics) Chiefly in prior probability: of the probability of an event: determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.


lexentry: eng/prism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prism
trans_list: prisma
sense:
(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.


lexentry: eng/prism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prism
trans_list: prisma
sense:
(optics) A transparent block in the shape of a prism (sense 1), typically with triangular ends, used to reflect or refract light.


lexentry: eng/prison__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prison
trans_list: prisão | cadeia | cárcere | xadrez | xilindró
sense:
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.


lexentry: eng/prison_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prison guard
trans_list: carcereiro
sense:
(law enforcement) An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.


lexentry: eng/prisoner_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prisoner of war
trans_list: prisioneiro de guerra | prisioneira de guerra
sense:
A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privacy_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: privacy policy
trans_list: política de privacidade
sense:
(legal) A statement detailing policies that an organization or party uses to collect or hide information about an end user or customer of the organization, particularly where it concerns private information.


lexentry: eng/private_international_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private international law
trans_list: direito internacional privado
sense:
The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.


lexentry: eng/private_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private law
trans_list: direito privado
sense:
(legal) The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.


lexentry: eng/private_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private life
trans_list: privacidade
sense:
The aspects of one's life that are personal, such as family, friends and other personal relationships, as opposed to the elements that make up one's public or professional life.


lexentry: eng/private_message__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private message
trans_list: mensagem privada
sense:
(Internet) A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.


lexentry: eng/private_parts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private parts
trans_list: partes
sense:
(euphemistic) Those parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.


lexentry: eng/private_property__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: private property
trans_list: propriedade privada
sense:
(law, property law) Property to which individuals or corporations have certain exclusive property rights, but do not necessarily possess.


lexentry: eng/privateer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: privateer
trans_list: navio corsário
sense:
(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privateer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: privateer
trans_list: corsário
sense:
(historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/privation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: privation
trans_list: carência
sense:
(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.


lexentry: eng/privilege__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: privilege
trans_list: privilégio
sense:
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/privilege__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: privilege
trans_list: privilegiar
sense:
(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize


lexentry: eng/privilege__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: privilege
trans_list: privilegiar
sense:
(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.


lexentry: eng/prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prize
trans_list: prêmio | prémio
sense:
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.


lexentry: eng/pro-choice__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pro-choice
trans_list: pró-escolha
sense:
Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/probability_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: probability theory
trans_list: teoria da probabilidade | teoria das probabilidades
sense:
(mathematics) The mathematical study of probability (the likelihood of occurrence of random events in order to predict the behavior of defined systems).


lexentry: eng/probation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: probation
trans_list: contrato de experiência | período de experiência
sense:
A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.


lexentry: eng/probation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: probation
trans_list: condicional
sense:
(legal) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions.


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: probe
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: probe
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: probe
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/probe__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: probe
trans_list: sonda
sense:
(biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure


lexentry: eng/probiotic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: probiotic
trans_list: probiótico
sense:
(bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons.


lexentry: eng/problematic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: problematic
trans_list: peludo
sense:
(sociology) Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism).


lexentry: eng/procedure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: procedure
trans_list: procedimento
sense:
(uncountable) The set of established forms or methods of an organized body for accomplishing a certain task or tasks.


lexentry: eng/proceeding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: proceeding
trans_list: acto
sense:
(always in plural) A published collection of papers presented at an academic conference, or representing the acts of a learned society.


lexentry: eng/process__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: process
trans_list: digerir | ruminar
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.


lexentry: eng/procession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: procession
trans_list: procissão | cortejo
sense:
A group of people or things moving along in an orderly, stately, or solemn manner; a train of persons advancing in order; a retinue.


lexentry: eng/proclaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: proclaim
trans_list: aclamar
sense:
(dated, or, historical) To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers


lexentry: eng/proclivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proclivity
trans_list: tendência
sense:
A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.


lexentry: eng/proctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proctor
trans_list: fiscal
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.


lexentry: eng/procyonid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: procyonid
trans_list: procionídeo
sense:
(zoology) Any member of the family Procyonidae, a New World family of the order Carnivora, including the raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles.


lexentry: eng/prodigal_son__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prodigal son
trans_list: filho pródigo
sense:
Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behaviour.


lexentry: eng/prodrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prodrome
trans_list: pródromo
sense:
(medicine) An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease.


lexentry: eng/produce__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: produce
trans_list: hortifrutigranjeiros | hortifrúti | produção
sense:
Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms.


lexentry: eng/producer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: producer
trans_list: produtor | produtora
sense:
(UK, Irish, slang) An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: product
trans_list: produto | produtos
sense:
(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.


lexentry: eng/product__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: product
trans_list: produto | produtos
sense:
Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.


lexentry: eng/product_placement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: product placement
trans_list: marketing indireto | publicidade indireta
sense:
(marketing) A form of advertising where a brand or product is incorporated into non-advertising media such as films.


lexentry: eng/production_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: production line
trans_list: linha de produção
sense:
(manufacturing) A set of sequential operations established in a factory whereby materials are put through a refining process or components are assembled to make a finished article.


lexentry: eng/profanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: profanity
trans_list: profanidade
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.


lexentry: eng/professional_wrestling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: professional wrestling
trans_list: luta
sense:
A form of sports entertainment characterized by the performance of choreographed wrestling matches with predetermined outcomes.


lexentry: eng/professionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: professionalism
trans_list: profissionalismo
sense:
The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play.


lexentry: eng/professor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: professor
trans_list: professor | professora
sense:
(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.


lexentry: eng/profit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: profit
trans_list: lucro | provento
sense:
(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.


lexentry: eng/profound__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: profound
trans_list: profundo
sense:
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough


lexentry: eng/progeria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: progeria
trans_list: progéria | progeria
sense:
(pathology) An extremely rare genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at an early age.


lexentry: eng/progesterone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: progesterone
trans_list: progesterona
sense:
(steroid hormone, uncountable) A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prognosis
trans_list: prognóstico | prognose
sense:
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prognosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prognosis
trans_list: prognóstico | prognose | pronóstico
sense:
(medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/program__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: program
trans_list: programa
sense:
(computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/program__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: program
trans_list: programar
sense:
(transitive) To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.


lexentry: eng/program_guide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: program guide
trans_list: guia de programação
sense:
A usually weekly periodical that guides the reader through the programs being broadcast on radio and/or TV; often supplemented with celebrity gossip and other entertainment features.


lexentry: eng/program_trading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: program trading
trans_list: transacções de alta frequência
sense:
(business, finance, computing) High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.


lexentry: eng/programmable_logic_controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: programmable logic controller
trans_list: controlador lógico programável
sense:
A programmable electronic device used in industrial automation to provide logic and sequencing controls for machinery.


lexentry: eng/programming_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: programming language
trans_list: linguagem de programação
sense:
(programming) A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.


lexentry: eng/progress_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: progress bar
trans_list: barra de progresso
sense:
(graphical user interface) A bar that indicates the progression of a task by gradually filling its empty space with solid colour.


lexentry: eng/progressive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: progressive
trans_list: progressista
sense:
A person who actively favors or strives for progress towards improved conditions, as in society or government.


lexentry: eng/progressive_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: progressive rock
trans_list: rock progressivo
sense:
(music genre) A rock music genre originating from the late 1960s and early 1970s, heavily influenced by classical music and jazz.


lexentry: eng/project_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: project management
trans_list: gerenciamento de projetos | gerência de projetos
sense:
(operations) The discipline of organizing and managing resources (e.g. people) in such a way that a project is completed within defined scope, quality, time and cost constraints.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: projection
trans_list: projeção
sense:
The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: projection
trans_list: projeção
sense:
(psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences to one's own. This includes making accusations that would more fittingly apply to the accuser.


lexentry: eng/projection__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: projection
trans_list: projeção
sense:
(cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.


lexentry: eng/projector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: projector
trans_list: projetor | projector
sense:
An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/prokaryote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prokaryote
trans_list: procarionte | procarioto
sense:
An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.


lexentry: eng/prolactin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prolactin
trans_list: prolactina
sense:
(hormone) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proletariat
trans_list: proletariado
sense:
(often, derogatory, also, figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: proletariat
trans_list: proletariado
sense:
(Marxism) Wage earners collectively, excluding salaried workers; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie.


lexentry: eng/proletariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: proletariat
trans_list: proletariado
sense:
(chiefly, Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proliferation
trans_list: proliferação
sense:
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.


lexentry: eng/proliferation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: proliferation
trans_list: proliferação
sense:
(uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.


lexentry: eng/prolific__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prolific
trans_list: frutífero | fértil | prolífico
sense:
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.


lexentry: eng/proline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proline
trans_list: prolina
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C5H9NO2 found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.


lexentry: eng/prom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prom
trans_list: baile de formatura
sense:
(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g,. near the end of the academic year.


lexentry: eng/promenade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: promenade
trans_list: calçadão
sense:
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.


lexentry: eng/prominence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: prominence
trans_list: protuberância
sense:
(astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.


lexentry: eng/promise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: promise
trans_list: prometer
sense:
(ambitransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.


lexentry: eng/promissory_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: promissory note
trans_list: livrança | nota promissória
sense:
(finance) A document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money to someone else, often with the deadline and interest fees; the primary purposes of a promissory note are to evidence the debt obligation incurred, and to establish terms for payment thereof.


lexentry: eng/promote__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: promote
trans_list: promover
sense:
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.


lexentry: eng/promoter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: promoter
trans_list: promotor
sense:
(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.


lexentry: eng/promotional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: promotional
trans_list: publicitario
sense:
Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prompt
trans_list: prompt de comando
sense:
(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.


lexentry: eng/prompt__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prompt
trans_list: impelir | incitar | pontar
sense:
(transitive, theater, and, television) To show or tell (an actor/person) the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.


lexentry: eng/prompter's_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prompter's box
trans_list: furo
sense:
The raised box in the apron of a stage, opening towards the actors. The prompter sits inside with the prompter's book, ready to give cues for missed or forgotten lines.


lexentry: eng/prone__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prone
trans_list: de bruços
sense:
Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.


lexentry: eng/pronoia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pronoia
trans_list: pronoia
sense:
(historical, Byzantine Empire) An imperial grant to an individual of temporary fiscal rights in the form of land, incomes or taxes from land, fishing rights, etc., sometimes carrying with it an obligation of military service.


lexentry: eng/pronominal_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pronominal verb
trans_list: verbo pronominal
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A form of verb that has an attached pronoun in some languages (e.g. French, Spanish).


lexentry: eng/pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pronoun
trans_list: pronome
sense:
(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proof
trans_list: prova
sense:
(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: proof
trans_list: prova
sense:
(uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: proof
trans_list: provado
sense:
The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: proof
trans_list: prova
sense:
(countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.


lexentry: eng/proof__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: proof
trans_list: prova
sense:
(countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.


lexentry: eng/proof_of_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proof of work
trans_list: prova de trabalho
sense:
(cryptography, cryptocurrencies) A form of cryptographic proof in which a prover proves to verifiers that a certain amount of a specific computational effort has been expended.


lexentry: eng/proofing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proofing
trans_list: levantamento
sense:
A step in creating yeast breads and baked goods, during which the yeast is allowed to leaven the dough.


lexentry: eng/proofread__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proofread
trans_list: revisar
sense:
(transitive, and, intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.


lexentry: eng/prop__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prop
trans_list: acessório | objeto de cena
sense:
(theater, film) An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.


lexentry: eng/propaganda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propaganda
trans_list: propaganda
sense:
(as a neutral word, _, dated) Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda.


lexentry: eng/propaganda_of_the_deed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propaganda of the deed
trans_list: propaganda pela ação | propaganda pelo ato | propaganda pelo feito
sense:
A politically motivated act of violence, meant to broadcast an ideological message and serve as catalyst to ignite a spirit of socialist revolution among the proletariat against perceived oppressors.


lexentry: eng/propagate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: propagate
trans_list: propagar
sense:
(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.


lexentry: eng/propagule__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propagule
trans_list: propágulo
sense:
(biology) A reproductive particle released by an organism in order to propagate itself, by means such as dispersal or infection, to the next stage in its life cycle.


lexentry: eng/propel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propel
trans_list: propulsar
sense:
(transitive) To provide an impetus for motion or physical action; to cause to move in a certain direction; to drive forward.


lexentry: eng/propeller__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: propeller
trans_list: hélice | propulsor
sense:
A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.


lexentry: eng/proper__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: proper
trans_list: próprio
sense:
(grammar) Used to designate a particular person, place, or thing. Proper nouns are usually written with an initial capital letter. [14th c.]


lexentry: eng/proper_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proper noun
trans_list: substantivo próprio | nome próprio
sense:
(grammar) A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.


lexentry: eng/property_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: property rights
trans_list: direito de propriedade
sense:
(legal) The exclusive rights pertaining to the ownership and possession of a given piece of property.


lexentry: eng/property_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: property tax
trans_list: imposto municipal sobre imóveis | imposto predial e territorial urbano
sense:
A tax, usually ad valorem, charged on the basis of the fair market value of property. The scope of taxable property varies by jurisdiction and it may include personal property in addition to real estate.


lexentry: eng/propfan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propfan
trans_list: propfan
sense:
(aviation) A modified turbofan jet engine with the propeller outside the engine duct of an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/propitiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propitiation
trans_list: propiciação
sense:
The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.


lexentry: eng/propolis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propolis
trans_list: própolis
sense:
An aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.


lexentry: eng/proportional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proportional
trans_list: proporcional
sense:
(mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.


lexentry: eng/proportional_representation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proportional representation
trans_list: representação proporcional
sense:
A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.


lexentry: eng/proposal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proposal
trans_list: proposta
sense:
(legal) The offer by a party of what they have in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.


lexentry: eng/propositional_logic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propositional logic
trans_list: lógica proposicional
sense:
(logic) A formal deductive system in which formulae representing propositions can be formed by combining atomic propositions using logical connectives.


lexentry: eng/proprietary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: proprietary
trans_list: proprietário
sense:
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.


lexentry: eng/propriety__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: propriety
trans_list: propriedade
sense:
(often, in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/propulsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propulsion
trans_list: propulsão
sense:
The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.


lexentry: eng/propyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: propyl
trans_list: propila | propilo
sense:
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C3H7, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom. [from 1850]


lexentry: eng/prosaic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: prosaic
trans_list: prosaico
sense:
(main usage, usually of writing or speaking but also figurative) Overly plain, simple or commonplace, to the point of being boring.


lexentry: eng/prosecutor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prosecutor
trans_list: promotor | promotora
sense:
(law) a person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proselytize
trans_list: converter
sense:
(ambitransitive, broadly) To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.


lexentry: eng/proselytize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: proselytize
trans_list: proselitar | proselitizar
sense:
(by extension, ambitransitive) To advertise a non-religious belief, way of living, cause, point of view, (scientific) hypothesis, social or other position, political party, or other organization; to convince someone to join such a cause or organization or support such a position; to recruit someone.


lexentry: eng/prosopagnosia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prosopagnosia
trans_list: prosopagnosia
sense:
(neurology, pathology, psychology) A form of visual agnosia characterized by difficulty with face recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.


lexentry: eng/prosopopoeia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prosopopoeia
trans_list: prosopopéia
sense:
(rhetoric) An act of personifying a person or object when communicating to an audience; a figure of speech involving this.


lexentry: eng/prospective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: prospective
trans_list: prospectivo | prospetivo
sense:
(medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the future


lexentry: eng/prospectus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prospectus
trans_list: prospecto
sense:
A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.


lexentry: eng/prosper__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prosper
trans_list: prosperar
sense:
(intransitive) To be successful; to succeed; to be fortunate or prosperous; to thrive; to make gain.


lexentry: eng/prostaglandin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prostaglandin
trans_list: prostaglandina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acid prostanoic acid; they have a number of physiological functions and may be considered to be hormones.


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prostitute
trans_list: prostituta | mulher da vida
sense:
A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prostitute
trans_list: prostituir-se
sense:
(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prostitute__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: prostitute
trans_list: prostituir
sense:
(transitive, derogatory) To sacrifice (oneself, one's talents etc.) in return for profit or other advantage; to exploit for base purposes.


lexentry: eng/protagonist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protagonist
trans_list: protagonista
sense:
(authorship) The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.


lexentry: eng/protection_money__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protection money
trans_list: aluguel
sense:
Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.


lexentry: eng/protectionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protectionism
trans_list: protecionismo
sense:
(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.


lexentry: eng/protectionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protectionist
trans_list: protecionista
sense:
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protectorate
trans_list: protetorado
sense:
Government by a protector; especially, the government of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: protectorate
trans_list: protetorado
sense:
The authority assumed by a superior power over an inferior or a dependent one, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/protectorate__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: protectorate
trans_list: protetorado
sense:
An autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity.


lexentry: eng/protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protein
trans_list: proteína
sense:
(biochemistry, countable) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.


lexentry: eng/protein__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: protein
trans_list: proteína
sense:
(nutrition, uncountable) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods (i.e. meat) and some vegetables, such as legumes.


lexentry: eng/protein_shake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protein shake
trans_list: shake de proteína
sense:
A beverage containing protein mixed with milk or water for the purposes of improved nutrition, especially in bodybuilding.


lexentry: eng/proteome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proteome
trans_list: proteoma
sense:
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/proteomics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proteomics
trans_list: proteómica | proteômica
sense:
(biochemistry) The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.


lexentry: eng/prothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prothesis
trans_list: prótese
sense:
(phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).


lexentry: eng/prothrombin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prothrombin
trans_list: protrombina
sense:
(protein) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.


lexentry: eng/protist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protist
trans_list: protista
sense:
(microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades.


lexentry: eng/protium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protium
trans_list: prótio
sense:
(isotope) The lightest and most common isotope of hydrogen, having a single proton and no neutrons: 11H. It is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.


lexentry: eng/proto-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: proto-
trans_list: prot- | proto-
sense:
(inorganic chemistry) A minimal proportion of a particular substance when in a combination. See protosalt.


lexentry: eng/proto-language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proto-language
trans_list: protolíngua
sense:
(linguistics) A language which is reconstructed by examining similarities in existing languages in order to deduce the form and aspects of a common ancestor language that is no longer known.


lexentry: eng/protoanemonin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protoanemonin
trans_list: protoanemonina
sense:
(biochemistry) A toxin found in all plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), produced by an enzymatic process from the glucoside ranunculin.


lexentry: eng/protocol__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: protocol
trans_list: protocolo
sense:
The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/protocol__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: protocol
trans_list: protocolo
sense:
(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/protologism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protologism
trans_list: protologismo
sense:
(neologism) A newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common; a recently created term possibly in narrow use but not yet acknowledged.


lexentry: eng/proton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proton
trans_list: próton | protão
sense:
(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark.


lexentry: eng/protoplanet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protoplanet
trans_list: protoplaneta
sense:
An astronomical object, approximately the size of the Moon, formed from the mutual gravitational attraction of planetesimals; they are thought to collide with each other and slowly form planets


lexentry: eng/protoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protoplasm
trans_list: protoplasma
sense:
(cytology) The entire contents of a cell comprising the nucleus and the cytoplasm. It is a semi-fluid, transparent substance which is the living matter of plant and animal cells.


lexentry: eng/protostar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protostar
trans_list: protoestrela
sense:
(star) A collection of gas and dust in space with high temperature that usually grows to the point of beginning nuclear fusion and becoming a star.


lexentry: eng/prototype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prototype
trans_list: protótipo
sense:
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/prototypical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prototypical
trans_list: prototípico
sense:
Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.


lexentry: eng/protozoan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protozoan
trans_list: protozoário
sense:
(cytology) Any of the diverse group of eukaryotes, of the phylum Protozoa, that are primarily unicellular, existing singly or aggregating into colonies, are usually nonphotosynthetic, and are often classified further into phyla according to their capacity for and means of motility, as by pseudopods, flagella, or cilia.


lexentry: eng/protégé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: protégé
trans_list: pupilo
sense:
A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).


lexentry: eng/provincial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: provincial
trans_list: provincial
sense:
Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.


lexentry: eng/provisional__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: provisional
trans_list: provisório
sense:
Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.


lexentry: eng/provitamin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: provitamin
trans_list: provitamina
sense:
(biochemistry) Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism


lexentry: eng/provost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: provost
trans_list: preboste
sense:
(religion) The minister of the chief Protestant church of a town or region in Germany, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia.


lexentry: eng/provost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: provost
trans_list: preboste
sense:
A mayor: the chief magistrate of a town, particularly (Scotland) the head of a burgh or (historical) the former chiefs of various towns in France, Flanders, or (by extension) other Continental European countries.


lexentry: eng/prowess__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prowess
trans_list: destreza
sense:
(uncountable) Skillfulness or extraordinary ability in a particular area of expertise; dexterity, mastery, or proficiency.


lexentry: eng/proxemics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proxemics
trans_list: proxémica | proxêmica
sense:
The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.


lexentry: eng/proxy__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: proxy
trans_list: proxy
sense:
(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.


lexentry: eng/proxy_pattern__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proxy pattern
trans_list: suplente
sense:
(software, design) A structural design pattern that is implemented as a class functioning as an interface for a network connection, a large object in memory, a file, or some other resource that is expensive or impossible to duplicate.


lexentry: eng/proxy_server__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proxy server
trans_list: proxy server | servidor proxy
sense:
(computing) A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.


lexentry: eng/proxy_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: proxy war
trans_list: guerra por procuração
sense:
A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.


lexentry: eng/prude__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prude
trans_list: pudico | puritana | puritano
sense:
A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.


lexentry: eng/prune__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prune
trans_list: ameixa seca | maracujá de gaveta
sense:
(intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.


lexentry: eng/prune__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: prune
trans_list: podar
sense:
(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.


lexentry: eng/pruning_shears__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pruning shears
trans_list: tesoura
sense:
(plurale tantum) A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for gardening.


lexentry: eng/psalm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: psalm
trans_list: salmo
sense:
One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.


lexentry: eng/psaltery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psaltery
trans_list: saltério
sense:
(musical instrument) A zither-like musical instrument consisting of a soundboard with multiple strings, played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum.


lexentry: eng/pschent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pschent
trans_list: pschent
sense:
The double crown of ancient Egypt, combining the white crown of Upper Egypt with the red crown of Lower Egypt, worn by pharaohs after the union of the two kingdoms in around 3000 BC.


lexentry: eng/pseudo-anglicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudo-anglicism
trans_list: pseudoanglicismo
sense:
(linguistics) A word in a language other than English that has an English appearance but does not exist in English itself.


lexentry: eng/pseudoaneurysm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudoaneurysm
trans_list: pseudoaneurisma
sense:
(medicine) A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.


lexentry: eng/pseudocereal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudocereal
trans_list: pseudocereal
sense:
Any plant that, although not belonging to the grass family, produces seeds that are used to make flour.


lexentry: eng/pseudocode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudocode
trans_list: pseudocódigo
sense:
A description of a computer programming algorithm that uses the structural conventions of programming languages but omits detailed subroutines or language-specific syntax.


lexentry: eng/pseudocyesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudocyesis
trans_list: gravidez psicológica | pseudociese
sense:
A false pregnancy; the appearance of signs and symptoms associated with pregnancy when the person or animal is not pregnant.


lexentry: eng/pseudoephedrine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudoephedrine
trans_list: pseudoefedrina
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO.


lexentry: eng/pseudogout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudogout
trans_list: pseudogota
sense:
(medicine) A medical condition with symptoms resembling gout but caused by precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joints instead of monosodium urate crystals.


lexentry: eng/pseudopod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudopod
trans_list: pseudopódio | pseudópode | pseudópodo
sense:
(cytology) A temporary projection of the cytoplasm of certain cells, such as phagocytes, or of certain unicellular organisms, such as amoebas, that serves in locomotion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pseudorabies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudorabies
trans_list: doença de Aujeszky | pseudorraiva
sense:
(veterinary medicine) A highly contagious herpes virus infection that affects the central nervous system of many animals.


lexentry: eng/pseudoscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pseudoscience
trans_list: pseudociência
sense:
(pejorative) Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science). [from 1796]


lexentry: eng/psi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psi
trans_list: psi
sense:
(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.


lexentry: eng/psilocybin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psilocybin
trans_list: psilocibina
sense:
(biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid, C12H15N2O·H2PO3, present in several species of Central American mushroom and producing effects similar to LSD. The prodrug of psilocin.


lexentry: eng/psittacosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psittacosis
trans_list: psitacose
sense:
(disease) An infection by Chlamydia bacteria, caught from infected birds, and characterised by fever, pneumonia and headaches.


lexentry: eng/psoriasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psoriasis
trans_list: psoríase
sense:
(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.


lexentry: eng/psst__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psst
trans_list: psit
sense:
(onomatopoeia) Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.


lexentry: eng/psychasthenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychasthenia
trans_list: psicastenia
sense:
(dated) A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychedelic
trans_list: psicodélico
sense:
Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness, etc.


lexentry: eng/psychedelic_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychedelic rock
trans_list: rock psicodélico
sense:
(music) A genre of rock music influenced by psychedelia, blues, jazz, folk music, electronic music and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s.


lexentry: eng/psychiatry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychiatry
trans_list: psiquiatria
sense:
(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.


lexentry: eng/psychic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychic
trans_list: sensitivo
sense:
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.


lexentry: eng/psychoanalysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychoanalysis
trans_list: psicanálise
sense:
A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychographer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychographer
trans_list: psicógrafo
sense:
(spiritualism) A medium able to psychograph (to have one's body possessed by spirits in order to let them write texts in the physical world).


lexentry: eng/psychokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychokinesis
trans_list: telecinésia
sense:
(parapsychology) The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.


lexentry: eng/psycholinguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psycholinguistics
trans_list: psicolinguística
sense:
(linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.


lexentry: eng/psychological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: psychological
trans_list: psicológico
sense:
Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychological_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychological warfare
trans_list: guerra psicológica
sense:
(idiomatic) A mentally manipulative approach to warfare involving use of techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone into surrender.


lexentry: eng/psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: psychology
trans_list: psicologia
sense:
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.


lexentry: eng/psychometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychometrics
trans_list: psicometria
sense:
(psychology) The design of psychological tests to measure intelligence, aptitude and personality; and the analysis and interpretation of their results.


lexentry: eng/psychometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychometry
trans_list: psicometria
sense:
(parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.


lexentry: eng/psychopath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychopath
trans_list: psicopata
sense:
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.


lexentry: eng/psychopathology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychopathology
trans_list: psicopatologia
sense:
(medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural disorders.


lexentry: eng/psychopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychopathy
trans_list: psicopatia
sense:
A personality disorder characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits masked by superficial charm and the outward presence of apparent normality. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.


lexentry: eng/psychophysics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychophysics
trans_list: psicofísica
sense:
(psychology) The branch of psychology concerned with the effects of physical stimuli on mental processes.


lexentry: eng/psychosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychosis
trans_list: psicose
sense:
(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.


lexentry: eng/psychotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychotherapy
trans_list: psicoterapia
sense:
The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.


lexentry: eng/psychrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychrometer
trans_list: psicrómetro | psicrômetro
sense:
(meteorology) Any of several instruments used to measure the relative humidity of the atmosphere; especially a wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer.


lexentry: eng/psychrometrics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychrometrics
trans_list: psicrometria
sense:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour.


lexentry: eng/psychrometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychrometry
trans_list: psicrometria
sense:
(meteorology, thermodynamics) Synonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”)


lexentry: eng/psychrophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: psychrophile
trans_list: psicrófilo
sense:
An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile.


lexentry: eng/ptarmigan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ptarmigan
trans_list: lagópode | lagopo
sense:
Any of three species of small grouse in the genus Lagopus found in subarctic tundra areas of North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/pteridophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pteridophyte
trans_list: pteridófita
sense:
Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.


lexentry: eng/pterosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pterosaur
trans_list: pterossauro
sense:
Any of several flying reptiles, of the extinct order †Pterosauria, including the pterodactyls. [from c. 1860]


lexentry: eng/pub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pub
trans_list: bar | taberna | cervejaria
sense:
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public
trans_list: público
sense:
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: public
trans_list: público
sense:
Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: public
trans_list: público
sense:
Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: public
trans_list: público | estatal
sense:
Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/public__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public
trans_list: público
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.


lexentry: eng/public_address_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public address system
trans_list: altifalante | alto-falante | alto-falantes
sense:
An electronic voice-amplification apparatus, usually containing a set of two loudspeakers and a central control unit, used for singing, giving a speech, play-by-play commentary at events, or broadcasting in public areas like in airports or stations.


lexentry: eng/public_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public administration
trans_list: administração
sense:
the implementation of public policy by governmental bodies; the administration of governmental functions; the administration of a state.


lexentry: eng/public_domain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public domain
trans_list: domínio público
sense:
(specifically, law) The realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents, and thus over which no person can establish a proprietary interest.


lexentry: eng/public_finance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public finance
trans_list: finanças públicas
sense:
A field of economics concerned with paying for collective or governmental activities, and with the administration and design of those activities.


lexentry: eng/public_health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public health
trans_list: saúde pública
sense:
The science and practice of community hygiene, which includes preventive healthcare, health education, sanitation and environmental safety.


lexentry: eng/public_holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public holiday
trans_list: feriado
sense:
A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.


lexentry: eng/public_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public law
trans_list: direito público
sense:
(legal) A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other. Constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law are some of the major subdivisions of public law.


lexentry: eng/public_limited_liability_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public limited liability company
trans_list: sociedade anónima
sense:
A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares that are publicly tradeable usually in a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/public_relations__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public relations
trans_list: relações públicas
sense:
The professional dissemination and management of information by a person or an organization to the public with the purpose of creating a favorable public image.


lexentry: eng/public_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: public school
trans_list: escola pública
sense:
(North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Philippines, formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; (UK, Ireland) such schools in the context of other countries


lexentry: eng/public_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: public service
trans_list: serviço público
sense:
(countable) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government.


lexentry: eng/public_service_announcement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public service announcement
trans_list: anúncio de serviço público
sense:
An advertisement intended to serve the public interest by raising awareness of an issue, affecting public attitudes and potentially stimulating action.


lexentry: eng/public_transport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: public transport
trans_list: transporte público
sense:
(UK, AU, NZ) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars.


lexentry: eng/publican__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: publican
trans_list: publicano
sense:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A tax collector, especially one working in Judea and Galilee during New Testament times (1st century C.E.) who was generally regarded as sinful for extorting more tax than was due, and as a traitor for serving the Roman Empire.


lexentry: eng/publicist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: publicist
trans_list: publicitario
sense:
A person whose job is to publicize information or events; a publicity agent; a public relations agent or worker


lexentry: eng/publish_or_perish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: publish or perish
trans_list: publicar ou morrer | publicar ou perecer | publique ou pereça
sense:
(academia) The pressure to frequently publish in academic journals in order to gain tenure or to sustain a career.


lexentry: eng/pudding__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pudding
trans_list: pudim
sense:
A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.


lexentry: eng/puerperium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puerperium
trans_list: puerpério
sense:
(obstetrics) The period of time lasting around a month immediately following childbirth, when the mother’s uterus shrinks back to its prepartum state.


lexentry: eng/puff__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: puff
trans_list: profiterole
sense:
(dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.


lexentry: eng/puff_pastry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puff pastry
trans_list: massa folhada | folhado
sense:
A light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.


lexentry: eng/puffball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puffball
trans_list: bexiga-de-lobo | bufa-de-lobo | licoperdo
sense:
Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.


lexentry: eng/pufferfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pufferfish
trans_list: fugu
sense:
(uncountable) The meat of these fish, a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins; (Japanese) fugu.


lexentry: eng/puffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: puffin
trans_list: papagaio-do-mar
sense:
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pug
trans_list: pug
sense:
In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/pull-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull-up
trans_list: elevação na barra
sense:
An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. Palms may be facing in any direction.


lexentry: eng/pull__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull
trans_list: tirar | puxar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/pull_a_fast_one__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull a fast one
trans_list: passar a perna
sense:
(idiomatic, often followed by on) To carry out a trick or deception; to behave contrary to expectations.


lexentry: eng/pull_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: pull in
trans_list: puxar para dentro
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To arrest someone; to take someone to a police station because they may have done something.


lexentry: eng/pull_oneself_together__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull oneself together
trans_list: recompor-se
sense:
(idiomatic, reflexive) To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused; to regain control of oneself


lexentry: eng/pull_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pull over
trans_list: encostar
sense:
(transitive) To command or force someone to drive their vehicle to the side of the road or curb and come to a stop.


lexentry: eng/pull_someone's_leg__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull someone's leg
trans_list: brincar
sense:
(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.


lexentry: eng/pull_strings__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pull strings
trans_list: mexer os pauzinhos
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.


lexentry: eng/pull_strings__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pull strings
trans_list: manipular
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”, pull one's strings) To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.


lexentry: eng/pulley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulley
trans_list: polia | roldana
sense:
(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).


lexentry: eng/pullover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pullover
trans_list: pulôver
sense:
A sweater that must be put on by pulling it over the head; a sweater without buttons or a zipper in front.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_alveolus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulmonary alveolus
trans_list: alvéolo
sense:
(anatomy) A small air sac in the lungs, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_circulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulmonary circulation
trans_list: circulação pulmonar
sense:
(anatomy) The part of blood circulation which carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_emphysema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulmonary emphysema
trans_list: enfisema
sense:
A chronic lung disease characterised by an abnormal increase in the size of the air spaces, resulting in laboured breathing and caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, most commonly tobacco smoke.


lexentry: eng/pulmonary_tuberculosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulmonary tuberculosis
trans_list: tuberculose pulmonar
sense:
(pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


lexentry: eng/pulpit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulpit
trans_list: púlpito
sense:
A raised platform in a church, usually enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pulse
trans_list: pulso
sense:
A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: pulse
trans_list: pulso
sense:
(music, prosody) The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.


lexentry: eng/pulse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pulse
trans_list: pulsar
sense:
(intransitive, chiefly, figuratively, and, literary) To expand and contract repeatedly, like an artery when blood is flowing though it, or the heart; to beat, to throb, to vibrate, to pulsate.


lexentry: eng/pumice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pumice
trans_list: pedra-pomes | púmice
sense:
A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pump
trans_list: bombear
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To use a pump; to move (water or other liquid) by means of a pump. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/pump__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: pump
trans_list: bombear | estar bombando
sense:
(US, intransitive, slang) Of music: to be loud, to have strong bass and rhythms; (by extension) to be full of energy. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/pumpkin_pie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pumpkin pie
trans_list: torta de abóbora
sense:
(cooking) A sweet pie made from the flesh of pumpkins and traditionally served as a dessert on Thanksgiving.


lexentry: eng/pun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pun
trans_list: trocadilho | chalaça
sense:
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.


lexentry: eng/punch__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punch
trans_list: perfuradora
sense:
(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.


lexentry: eng/punch_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punch card
trans_list: cartão perfurado
sense:
A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.


lexentry: eng/punch_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punch line
trans_list: queda
sense:
The final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners.


lexentry: eng/punch_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: punch line
trans_list: encerramento
sense:
(by extension) A final, concluding statement that an explanation has been leading up to; a conclusion.


lexentry: eng/punch_list__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punch list
trans_list: lista de pendências
sense:
(US) The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.


lexentry: eng/punching_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punching bag
trans_list: saco de boxe | saco de pancada
sense:
A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.


lexentry: eng/punctuation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punctuation
trans_list: pontuação
sense:
A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).


lexentry: eng/punctuation_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punctuation mark
trans_list: sinal de pontuação
sense:
Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.


lexentry: eng/pundit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pundit
trans_list: autoridade | especialista
sense:
An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pundit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pundit
trans_list: pandita | pandito | pândita
sense:
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/pungent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pungent
trans_list: acre
sense:
Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.


lexentry: eng/punk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punk
trans_list: putinha
sense:
(US, LGBT, prison slang) : a man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison. [1946]


lexentry: eng/punnet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: punnet
trans_list: cesta
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small basket or receptacle for collecting and selling fruit, particularly strawberries.


lexentry: eng/punt__Verb__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: punt
trans_list: apontar
sense:
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally


lexentry: eng/punter__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: punter
trans_list: apostador
sense:
(British, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.


lexentry: eng/pupil__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pupil
trans_list: pupila
sense:
(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.


lexentry: eng/puppet_show__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puppet show
trans_list: fantochada | show de fantoches
sense:
A show, theatrical performance, in which the parts are played by puppets impersonating human or other characters


lexentry: eng/purchase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purchase
trans_list: compra | compras
sense:
The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.


lexentry: eng/purchase__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: purchase
trans_list: comprar
sense:
To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: purchasing power
trans_list: poder aquisitivo | poder de compra
sense:
(economics) The amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers; available income; spending power.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: purchasing power
trans_list: poder aquisitivo | poder de compra
sense:
(business) The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.


lexentry: eng/purchasing_power_parity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purchasing power parity
trans_list: paridade do poder de compra
sense:
(economics) A theory of long-term equilibrium exchange rates based on relative price levels of two countries.


lexentry: eng/purdah__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: purdah
trans_list: cortina
sense:
(uncountable) The situation or system of secluding women from the gaze of people, particularly men and strangers, in some Muslim and Hindu traditions, by using a curtain or screen, and/or wearing a face veil or attire covering most of the body. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/purge__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: purge
trans_list: purgar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To void or evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.


lexentry: eng/purine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purine
trans_list: purina
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.


lexentry: eng/purity_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purity ring
trans_list: anel da pureza
sense:
A ring (piece of jewellery) representing a Christian religious vow to abstain from sexual intercourse until marriage.


lexentry: eng/purloin__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purloin
trans_list: furtar
sense:
(transitive, usually, formal, or, humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.


lexentry: eng/purple__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: purple
trans_list: púrpura | roxo
sense:
(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.


lexentry: eng/purple__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: purple
trans_list: púrpura | roxo | violeta
sense:
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.


lexentry: eng/purple_dye_murex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purple dye murex
trans_list: purpúreo
sense:
A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.


lexentry: eng/purple_heron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purple heron
trans_list: garça-vermelha
sense:
A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.


lexentry: eng/purpleheart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purpleheart
trans_list: barabu | guarabu | pau-violeta | roxinho
sense:
(countable) A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies


lexentry: eng/purpura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purpura
trans_list: púrpura
sense:
(pathology) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.


lexentry: eng/purpure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: purpure
trans_list: púrpura
sense:
(tincture) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.


lexentry: eng/pursue__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pursue
trans_list: perseguir | procurar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/pus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pus
trans_list: pus
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and deadpyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.


lexentry: eng/push-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: push-up
trans_list: flexão
sense:
An exercise done to improve upper body strength, performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor.


lexentry: eng/push__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: push
trans_list: empurrar | tchovar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.


lexentry: eng/pushover__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pushover
trans_list: bobo | coitado | covarde | fraco | frouxo | molenga
sense:
Someone who is easy to push around and to take advantage of; someone who lets themselves be picked on or bullied without defending or standing up for themselves.


lexentry: eng/pussy__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: pussy
trans_list: bichana | chaninho
sense:
(vulgar, humorous, internet slang) A notional part of the body used during exertion of effort; usually in the form put one's whole pussy into. Also used in blends to form deliberately grotesque and unwieldy words referring to this. See -ussy.


lexentry: eng/pussywhipped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pussywhipped
trans_list: molenga
sense:
(slang, vulgar, of a man) Submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner, frequently with the connotation that this submissive behavior is for the prospect of sex.


lexentry: eng/put_aside__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: put aside
trans_list: economizar
sense:
(transitive) To ignore or intentionally disregard (something), temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can occupy one's attention.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_foot_in_one's_mouth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put one's foot in one's mouth
trans_list: pagar mico
sense:
(idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong, or to make a mistake in public, or a social blunder, that is embarrassing or offensive.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_house_in_order__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put one's house in order
trans_list: pôr a casa em ordem
sense:
(literal) To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.


lexentry: eng/put_one's_house_in_order__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: put one's house in order
trans_list: pôr a casa em ordem
sense:
(idiomatic) To organize one's financial and other affairs, especially in preparation for a life-changing event.


lexentry: eng/put_oneself_in_someone's_shoes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put oneself in someone's shoes
trans_list: pôr-se no lugar (de alguém)
sense:
(figuratively) To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person; to empathise.


lexentry: eng/put_out_a_fire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put out a fire
trans_list: apagar um incêndio
sense:
(idiomatic) To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.


lexentry: eng/put_that_in_your_pipe_and_smoke_it__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put that in your pipe and smoke it
trans_list: chupa essa
sense:
(idiomatic, colloquial, pejorative) Used after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.


lexentry: eng/put_the_cart_before_the_horse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put the cart before the horse
trans_list: colocar o carro à frente dos bois | pôr o carro à frente dos bois
sense:
(idiomatic) To put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities; to put something inconsequential as more important than something more essential.


lexentry: eng/put_the_make_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: put the make on
trans_list: chegar
sense:
(informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner.


lexentry: eng/putrefaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: putrefaction
trans_list: putrefação
sense:
The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.


lexentry: eng/putty_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: putty knife
trans_list: massa corrida
sense:
A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.


lexentry: eng/puzzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puzzle
trans_list: confundir | desconcertar | intrigar
sense:
(transitive) To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation.


lexentry: eng/puzzle_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: puzzle box
trans_list: caixa-segredo
sense:
A box that cannot be opened by the usual obvious means, and therefore challenges a person to find the correct way to open it.


lexentry: eng/pygmy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pygmy
trans_list: pigmeu
sense:
(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.


lexentry: eng/pylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: pylon
trans_list: poste | torre
sense:
(electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.


lexentry: eng/pylon__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: pylon
trans_list: pilone
sense:
(aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.


lexentry: eng/pylorus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pylorus
trans_list: piloro
sense:
(anatomy, biology) In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyramid
trans_list: pirâmide | pirámide
sense:
An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.


lexentry: eng/pyramid__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: pyramid
trans_list: pirâmide | pirámide
sense:
(geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.


lexentry: eng/pyramid_scheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyramid scheme
trans_list: esquema de pirâmide
sense:
An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors.


lexentry: eng/pyrazine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrazine
trans_list: pirazina
sense:
(organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the para- positions; many of its derivatives are pharmaceuticals.


lexentry: eng/pyridine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyridine
trans_list: piridina
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C5H5N.


lexentry: eng/pyrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrite
trans_list: pirita | pirite
sense:
(mineral) The common mineral iron disulfide (FeS2), of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system.


lexentry: eng/pyrochlore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrochlore
trans_list: pirocloro
sense:
(mineral) A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F).


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyroclastic
trans_list: piroclástica
sense:
(vulcanology) Mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin or comminuted during an eruption.


lexentry: eng/pyroclastic_flow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyroclastic flow
trans_list: fluxo piroclástico
sense:
(volcanology) A dense flow of volcanic ash, dust, rocks and debris that cascades at high speed down the slope of a volcano during an eruption.


lexentry: eng/pyrokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrokinesis
trans_list: pirocinese
sense:
(parapsychology, fantasy, science fiction) The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic power.


lexentry: eng/pyroligneous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyroligneous acid
trans_list: ácido pirolenhoso
sense:
(carboxylic acid) A dark liquid, produced by destructive distillation of wood; containing acetic acid, methanol, oils and tars; once used as a commercial source of acetic acid.


lexentry: eng/pyrolusite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrolusite
trans_list: pirolusita
sense:
(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.


lexentry: eng/pyrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrolysis
trans_list: pirólise
sense:
(physical chemistry) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen or other reagents.


lexentry: eng/pyromania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyromania
trans_list: piromania
sense:
(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.


lexentry: eng/pyrotechnist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrotechnist
trans_list: pirotécnico | pirotécnica
sense:
(dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.


lexentry: eng/pyroxene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyroxene
trans_list: piroxena | piroxénio | piroxênio | piroxeno
sense:
(mineral) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.


lexentry: eng/pyrrole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyrrole
trans_list: pirrol
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H5N. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/pyx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: pyx
trans_list: cibório | píxide
sense:
(Roman Catholicism, also, figurative) A small, usually round container used to hold the host, especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.


lexentry: eng/qanun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: qanun
trans_list: lei
sense:
(musical instrument) A Near Eastern and Caucasian musical instrument related to the zither, dulcimer, or harp having either 26 strings and a single bridge, or 42 strings and two bridges.


lexentry: eng/qigong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: qigong
trans_list: qi-gong | qigong
sense:
(fitness, alternative medicine) A Chinese system of breathing control, physical exercise and meditation. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quack__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quack
trans_list: mata-sanos
sense:
(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]


lexentry: eng/quacksalver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quacksalver
trans_list: charlatão
sense:
(archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. [from c. 1570]


lexentry: eng/quad_bike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quad bike
trans_list: quadriciclo
sense:
A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.


lexentry: eng/quadratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quadratic
trans_list: quadrático
sense:
(mathematics) Of a polynomial, equation or function, second-degree: involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_equation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadratic equation
trans_list: equação do segundo grau | equação quadrática
sense:
(algebra) A polynomial equation of the second degree; an equation that can be rearranged in standard form as ax^2 + bx + c = 0, where x is an unknown value, and a, b, and c are known numbers, where a does not equal zero.


lexentry: eng/quadratic_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadratic formula
trans_list: fórmula de Bhaskara | fórmula resolvente
sense:
(mathematics) The formula x = \frac {-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} for finding roots of the quadratic equation.


lexentry: eng/quadrature_amplitude_modulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadrature amplitude modulation
trans_list: modulação de amplitude em quadratura
sense:
(radio) A modulation scheme that conveys data by applying amplitude modulation to two carrier waves at once. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers. Commonly abbreviated QAM.


lexentry: eng/quadravigesimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadravigesimal
trans_list: sistema cuadravigesimal
sense:
(arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base twenty-24, using the digits 0–9 and A–N (or Greek α-ω without numerals).


lexentry: eng/quadriga__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quadriga
trans_list: quadriga
sense:
(historical) A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing.


lexentry: eng/quadrille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadrille
trans_list: quadrilha
sense:
(dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quadrillion
trans_list: mil biliões | quadrilhão | quatrilhão
sense:
(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.


lexentry: eng/quadrillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quadrillion
trans_list: quadrilião | quatrilião | septilhão
sense:
(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.


lexentry: eng/quadruplet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quadruplet
trans_list: quadrigêmea
sense:
One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.


lexentry: eng/quaff__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quaff
trans_list: tragar
sense:
To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. [from mid-16th c.]


lexentry: eng/quagga__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quagga
trans_list: quaga | quagga
sense:
A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.


lexentry: eng/quail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quail
trans_list: codorniz | codorna
sense:
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.


lexentry: eng/qualification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: qualification
trans_list: qualificação
sense:
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/qualifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: qualifier
trans_list: atributo
sense:
(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.


lexentry: eng/quality__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: quality
trans_list: qualidade
sense:
(uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.


lexentry: eng/quality_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quality control
trans_list: controle de qualidade
sense:
A control, such as inspection or testing, introduced into an industrial or business process to ensure quality.


lexentry: eng/qualm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: qualm
trans_list: escrúpulo
sense:
(now, negative polarity) A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quandary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quandary
trans_list: impasse | indecisão
sense:
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.


lexentry: eng/quantifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quantifier
trans_list: quantificador
sense:
(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.


lexentry: eng/quantify__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: quantify
trans_list: quantificar
sense:
(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).


lexentry: eng/quantile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantile
trans_list: quantil
sense:
(statistics) One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.


lexentry: eng/quantitative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quantitative
trans_list: quantitativo
sense:
(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample


lexentry: eng/quantitative_easing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantitative easing
trans_list: flexibilização quantitativa
sense:
(economics) A monetary policy in which the central bank increases the money supply in the banking system, as by purchasing bonds from banks.


lexentry: eng/quantity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantity
trans_list: quantidade
sense:
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.


lexentry: eng/quantization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantization
trans_list: quantização
sense:
(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values


lexentry: eng/quantization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quantization
trans_list: quantização
sense:
(countable, physics) A procedure for constructing a quantum field theory starting from a classical field theory; to represent by quanta


lexentry: eng/quantize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantize
trans_list: quantizar
sense:
(transitive, physics) To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics


lexentry: eng/quantum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: quantum
trans_list: quantum | quantidade
sense:
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quantum_chromodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum chromodynamics
trans_list: cromodinâmica quântica
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum field theory in particle physics which describes the strong interaction of quarks and gluons employing the concept of color charge.


lexentry: eng/quantum_computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum computer
trans_list: computador quântico
sense:
(quantum computing) A computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations.


lexentry: eng/quantum_computing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum computing
trans_list: computação quântica
sense:
(computing) The use of quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations in computing.


lexentry: eng/quantum_electrodynamics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum electrodynamics
trans_list: eletrodinâmica quântica
sense:
(physics) The study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with electrically charged matter within the framework of relativity and quantum mechanics.


lexentry: eng/quantum_entanglement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum entanglement
trans_list: emaranhamento quântico | entrelaçamento quântico
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects are spatially separated.


lexentry: eng/quantum_field_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum field theory
trans_list: teoria quântica de campo | teoria quântica de campos
sense:
(quantum mechanics) A theory of quantum fields; the result of applying second quantization to Classical Relativistic Field Theory.


lexentry: eng/quantum_mechanics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum mechanics
trans_list: mecânica quântica
sense:
(physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.


lexentry: eng/quantum_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum number
trans_list: número quântico
sense:
(quantum mechanics) One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).


lexentry: eng/quantum_teleportation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quantum teleportation
trans_list: teletransporte quântico
sense:
(quantum mechanics) the instantaneous transference of a quantum state to a distant location using quantum entanglement and the transmission of classical information


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarantine
trans_list: quarentena
sense:
(historical) A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quarantine
trans_list: quarentena
sense:
A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: quarantine
trans_list: quarentena
sense:
(figurative) A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: quarantine
trans_list: quarentena
sense:
(politics, figurative) A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.


lexentry: eng/quarantine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quarantine
trans_list: quarentenar
sense:
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quark
trans_list: quark
sense:
(particle) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle that forms matter. They combine to form hadrons, such as protons and neutrons.


lexentry: eng/quark__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quark
trans_list: quark
sense:
A soft creamy cheese, eaten throughout northern, central, eastern, and southeastern Europe as well as the Low Countries, very similar to cottage cheese except that it is usually not made with rennet.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quarrel
trans_list: queixa
sense:
(countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarrel
trans_list: seta | quadrelo
sense:
(countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.


lexentry: eng/quarrel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarrel
trans_list: discutir | querelar
sense:
(intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.


lexentry: eng/quart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quart
trans_list: quarto
sense:
A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarter
trans_list: moeda de vinte e cinco centavos
sense:
(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarter
trans_list: trimestre | quarto | quarta parte
sense:
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarter
trans_list: trimestre
sense:
(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quarter
trans_list: quarteirão | bairro
sense:
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/quarterfinal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quarterfinal
trans_list: dos | jogo | quartas de final | quartos-de-final
sense:
(sports) One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.


lexentry: eng/quartermaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quartermaster
trans_list: quartel-mestre
sense:
(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.


lexentry: eng/quartile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quartile
trans_list: quartil
sense:
(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.


lexentry: eng/quartz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quartz
trans_list: quartzo | quarço
sense:
(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.


lexentry: eng/quasar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quasar
trans_list: quasar
sense:
(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.


lexentry: eng/quasiparticle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quasiparticle
trans_list: quasipartícula
sense:
(particle) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles


lexentry: eng/quaternion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: quaternion
trans_list: quaternião
sense:
(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.


lexentry: eng/quay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quay
trans_list: cais | ancoradouro | embarcadouro
sense:
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.


lexentry: eng/qubit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: qubit
trans_list: qubit
sense:
(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition.


lexentry: eng/quebracho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quebracho
trans_list: quebracho
sense:
Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: queen
trans_list: rainha | dama
sense:
A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: queen
trans_list: rainha | dama
sense:
A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.


lexentry: eng/queen__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: queen
trans_list: rainha | dama
sense:
Worker bees around the queen (sense 6) of the hive, marked with a pink dot
 A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.


lexentry: eng/queen_mother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: queen mother
trans_list: rainha-mãe
sense:
A widowed queen consort (a queen dowager) whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch.


lexentry: eng/queen_regnant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: queen regnant
trans_list: rainha reinante
sense:
A female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king.


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: queer
trans_list: estranho | bizarro
sense:
(dated, outside, Ireland, Scotland, and, England) Weird, odd, or different; whimsical. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: queer
trans_list: bicha | viado
sense:
(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.


lexentry: eng/queer__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: queer
trans_list: queer
sense:
(broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/quench__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: quench
trans_list: temperar | resfriar
sense:
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.


lexentry: eng/query_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: query language
trans_list: linguagem de consulta
sense:
(databases, programming) Any of several generalized computer languages in which users may extract data from selected records in a database


lexentry: eng/quesadilla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quesadilla
trans_list: quesadilha
sense:
A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.


lexentry: eng/question_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: question mark
trans_list: ponto de interrogação
sense:
Polygonia interrogationis, a North American nymphalid butterfly with a silver mark on the underside of its hindwing resembling a question mark (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/queue__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: queue
trans_list: fila | pilha
sense:
(computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/queue__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: queue
trans_list: rabicho | rabo de cavalo
sense:
(now, _, historical) A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/quibble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quibble
trans_list: minúcia
sense:
An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/quiche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quiche
trans_list: quiche
sense:
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.


lexentry: eng/quicken__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quicken
trans_list: agilizar
sense:
(literary, also, figuratively) To give life to (someone or something never alive or once dead); to animate, to resurrect, to revive. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/quicklime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quicklime
trans_list: cal virgem | cal viva
sense:
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.


lexentry: eng/quiff__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quiff
trans_list: poupa | topete
sense:
(UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/quill__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: quill
trans_list: pena
sense:
Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.


lexentry: eng/quilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quilt
trans_list: edredão | colcha | edredom | frouxel
sense:
A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.


lexentry: eng/quinceañera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quinceañera
trans_list: festa de debutante | festa de quinze anos
sense:
(chiefly, US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.


lexentry: eng/quincunx__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quincunx
trans_list: quina
sense:
An arrangement of five units with four forming the corners of a square and the fifth at the centre of the square, a pattern corresponding to the five-spot on dice, playing cards, or dominoes.


lexentry: eng/quinine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quinine
trans_list: quinina | quinino
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C20H24N2O2, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/quinoline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quinoline
trans_list: quinoleína
sense:
(organic compound) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a benzene ring fused with a pyridine ring; especially the simplest such compound, C9H7N.


lexentry: eng/quintessence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quintessence
trans_list: quintessência
sense:
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.


lexentry: eng/quintessential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quintessential
trans_list: quinta-essencial | quintessencial
sense:
Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something.


lexentry: eng/quintet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quintet
trans_list: quinteto
sense:
(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)


lexentry: eng/quintile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quintile
trans_list: quintil
sense:
(statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.


lexentry: eng/quintillion__Numeral__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quintillion
trans_list: quintilhão | trilião
sense:
(US, modern British & Australian, short scale) A billion billion: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.


lexentry: eng/quire__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quire
trans_list: caderno
sense:
(bookbinding) A set of leaves which are stitched together, originally a set of four pieces of paper (eight leaves, sixteen pages). This is most often a single signature (i.e. group of four), but may be several nested signatures.


lexentry: eng/quirk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quirk
trans_list: peculiaridade | idiossincrasia | mania
sense:
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.


lexentry: eng/quit__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: quit
trans_list: parar | abandonar | desistir | demitir-se | desempregar-se | despedir-se
sense:
(transitive) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.


lexentry: eng/quiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quiver
trans_list: aljava | carcás | fáretra
sense:
(weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.


lexentry: eng/quixotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quixotic
trans_list: quixotesco
sense:
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.


lexentry: eng/quoll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quoll
trans_list: quoll | gato-marsupial
sense:
Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found in Australia and New Guinea, roughly the size of a cat.


lexentry: eng/quorum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quorum
trans_list: quórum
sense:
The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.


lexentry: eng/quotation_marks__Noun__1
written_rep: quotation marks
trans_list: aspas | aspa
sense:
Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.


lexentry: eng/quote_unquote__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quote unquote
trans_list: entre aspas
sense:
(idiomatic) Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term. Used almost exclusively in spoken language. In written language, quotation marks would be used instead.


lexentry: eng/quotidian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quotidian
trans_list: quotidiano | cotidiano
sense:
Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: quotient
trans_list: quociente
sense:
(arithmetic) The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.


lexentry: eng/quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: quotient
trans_list: quociente
sense:
(mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.


lexentry: eng/rGyalrong__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rGyalrong
trans_list: língua rgyalrong
sense:
Any of a group of rGyalrongic languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken in western Sichuan, China.


lexentry: eng/rabbit_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rabbit hole
trans_list: coelho
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rabbit,‎ hole. The entrance to a rabbit warren or burrow; the whole warren or burrow.


lexentry: eng/rabbit_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rabbit hole
trans_list: jardim
sense:
(by extension) A time-consuming tangent or detour, often one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.


lexentry: eng/rabble_rouser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rabble rouser
trans_list: agitador
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.


lexentry: eng/rabies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rabies
trans_list: raiva
sense:
(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.


lexentry: eng/raccoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raccoon
trans_list: guaxinim
sense:
An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.


lexentry: eng/raccoon_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raccoon dog
trans_list: tanuki
sense:
A canid, of species Nyctereutes procyonoides, the only extant species in the genus Nyctereutes of the Canidae or dog family, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: race
trans_list: corrida
sense:
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: race
trans_list: raça | categoria
sense:
A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: race
trans_list: raça
sense:
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: race
trans_list: raça
sense:
A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared characteristics or qualities, for example social qualities.


lexentry: eng/race__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: race
trans_list: subespécie
sense:
(biology) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; a mating group.


lexentry: eng/raceme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raceme
trans_list: cacho
sense:
(botany) An indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged along a single central axis.


lexentry: eng/racemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racemic
trans_list: racémico
sense:
(chemistry) Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.


lexentry: eng/racewalking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racewalking
trans_list: marcha atlética
sense:
(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).


lexentry: eng/racism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: racism
trans_list: racismo
sense:
Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.


lexentry: eng/racist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racist
trans_list: racista
sense:
A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.


lexentry: eng/rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rack
trans_list: cavalete | ecúleo
sense:
(historical) A device, incorporating a ratchet, used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.


lexentry: eng/rack__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rack
trans_list: alongar | estirar
sense:
(firearms) To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.


lexentry: eng/rack__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: rack
trans_list: alongar | estirar
sense:
(structural engineering) To tend to shear a structure (that is, force it to bend, lean, or move in different directions at different points).


lexentry: eng/racket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racket
trans_list: raquete
sense:
(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.


lexentry: eng/racketeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: racketeer
trans_list: bandido
sense:
One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.


lexentry: eng/radar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radar
trans_list: radar
sense:
(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces


lexentry: eng/radian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radian
trans_list: radiano
sense:
(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angular measure of angle equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle. Symbol: rad.


lexentry: eng/radiance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radiance
trans_list: radiância
sense:
(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.


lexentry: eng/radiator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radiator
trans_list: radiador
sense:
(automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.


lexentry: eng/radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio
trans_list: rádio
sense:
(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.


lexentry: eng/radio__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radio
trans_list: rádio
sense:
(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.


lexentry: eng/radio_amateur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio amateur
trans_list: radioamador
sense:
A person who practises the hobby of amateur radio. Radio amateurs must possess a licence issued by the relevant authority in the country in which they live, and must pass an exam before they can obtain a licence to operate.


lexentry: eng/radio_button__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radio button
trans_list: botão de opção | botão de rádio
sense:
(graphical user interface) Any of a group of widgets in a graphical user interface that is used to select one of a group of options; the selection of any one deselects the others.


lexentry: eng/radio_drama__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio drama
trans_list: radionovela
sense:
Dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD.


lexentry: eng/radio_frequency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio frequency
trans_list: radiofrequência
sense:
(uncountable) That part of the electromagnetic spectrum, between about 3 kHz and 300 MHz, within which radio waves are transmitted.


lexentry: eng/radio_station__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio station
trans_list: estação de rádio
sense:
An installation of a radio transmitter, and possibly a receiver, for the purpose of broadcasting or communication; usually refers to a broadcast station in non-technical usage.


lexentry: eng/radio_telescope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio telescope
trans_list: radiotelescópio
sense:
(astronomy) A device for observing astronomical sources of radio waves, normally having one or more large parabolic dishes.


lexentry: eng/radio_wave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radio wave
trans_list: onda de rádio
sense:
(physics) electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.


lexentry: eng/radioactive_decay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radioactive decay
trans_list: decaimento radiativo | decaimento radioativo
sense:
(physics) Any of several processes by which unstable nuclei emit subatomic particles and/or ionizing radiation and disintegrate into one or more smaller nuclei.


lexentry: eng/radioactivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radioactivity
trans_list: radioatividade | radioactividade
sense:
Spontaneous emission of ionizing radiation as a consequence of a nuclear reaction, or directly from the breakdown of an unstable nucleus.


lexentry: eng/radioactivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: radioactivity
trans_list: radioatividade | radioactividade
sense:
The radiation so emitted; including gamma rays, alpha particles, neutrons, electrons, positrons, etc.


lexentry: eng/radiocarbon_dating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiocarbon dating
trans_list: datação por radiocarbono
sense:
(physics, archaeology, paleontology) A method of estimating the age of an artifact or biological vestige based on the relative amounts of the different isotopes of carbon present in a sample.


lexentry: eng/radiolarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiolarian
trans_list: radiolário
sense:
Any of many marine amoeboid protozoa, of subclass Radiolaria, having filamentous pseudopodia; they have intricate silica skeletons.


lexentry: eng/radiology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radiology
trans_list: radiologia
sense:
(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).


lexentry: eng/radish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radish
trans_list: rabanete
sense:
A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.


lexentry: eng/radium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radium
trans_list: rádio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/radix__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: radix
trans_list: base
sense:
(mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.


lexentry: eng/radon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: radon
trans_list: rádon | radônio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.


lexentry: eng/raffia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raffia
trans_list: ráfia
sense:
A fibrous material used for tying plants, originating from the leaves of raffia palm trees (genus Raphia).


lexentry: eng/raft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raft
trans_list: jangada | balsa
sense:
A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.


lexentry: eng/rafter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rafter
trans_list: caibro | trave | viga
sense:
(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.


lexentry: eng/rag__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rag
trans_list: farrapo | trapo
sense:
A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.


lexentry: eng/rag__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rag
trans_list: pasquim
sense:
(slang, pejorative) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.


lexentry: eng/ragdoll__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ragdoll
trans_list: ragdoll
sense:
A modern American breed of domestic cat with a longhair colourpoint coat that relaxes completely when picked up.


lexentry: eng/raid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raid
trans_list: ataque | busca | invasão
sense:
(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.


lexentry: eng/railcar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railcar
trans_list: automotora | automotriz | litorina
sense:
(rail) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.


lexentry: eng/railgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railgun
trans_list: canhão elétrico
sense:
An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.


lexentry: eng/railroad_tie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railroad tie
trans_list: travessa | dormente
sense:
(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.


lexentry: eng/railroad_track__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railroad track
trans_list: estrada de ferro
sense:
(rail, US) A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railway
trans_list: ferrovia
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, and, Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.


lexentry: eng/railway__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railway
trans_list: caminhos-de-ferro | ferrovia | estrada-de-ferro | via-férrea
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and, Commonwealth) A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.


lexentry: eng/railway_gun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: railway gun
trans_list: canhão ferroviário
sense:
(military) A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.


lexentry: eng/railway_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: railway line
trans_list: linha de trem | linha do trem | linha ferroviária | trilho
sense:
(chiefly, UK) A group of railway tracks running parallel, allowing one track to be used for each direction (a double-track railway line), or allowing segregation of fast trains from stopping trains (a four-track railway line).


lexentry: eng/rain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rain
trans_list: chuva
sense:
(figuratively) Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.


lexentry: eng/rain_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rain check
trans_list: adiar
sense:
(by extension) In social interactions, a deferred invitation, or deferred acceptance of an invitation.


lexentry: eng/rainbow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainbow
trans_list: arco-íris | arco da aliança | arco-da-velha
sense:
A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.


lexentry: eng/rainbow_trout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainbow trout
trans_list: truta arco-íris
sense:
(usually, countable) A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.


lexentry: eng/rainstick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rainstick
trans_list: pau de chuva
sense:
A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.


lexentry: eng/rainwater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rainwater
trans_list: água da/de chuva
sense:
Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.


lexentry: eng/raise_the_bar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raise the bar
trans_list: levantar o padrão
sense:
(idiomatic) To raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.


lexentry: eng/raising__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raising
trans_list: maneiras
sense:
Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity


lexentry: eng/raising__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: raising
trans_list: arrecadação
sense:
The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raison d'état
trans_list: razão de Estado
sense:
A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.


lexentry: eng/raison_d'être__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raison d'être
trans_list: raison d'être | razão de ser
sense:
Reason for being. The claimed reason for the existence of something or someone; the sole or ultimate purpose of something or someone.


lexentry: eng/rake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rake
trans_list: ancinho | rastelo | rastel
sense:
(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.


lexentry: eng/rake__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rake
trans_list: rastelar
sense:
(ambitransitive, also, figurative) To move (a beam of light, a glance with the eyes, etc.) across (something) with a long side-to-side motion; specifically (often, military) to use a weapon to fire at (something) with a side-to-side motion; to spray with gunfire.


lexentry: eng/rale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rale
trans_list: rala
sense:
(medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.


lexentry: eng/rally__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rally
trans_list: comício
sense:
A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.


lexentry: eng/rally__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rally
trans_list: rali
sense:
(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.


lexentry: eng/rally__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rally
trans_list: reorganizar | reunir
sense:
(transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.


lexentry: eng/rally__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rally
trans_list: reagrupar
sense:
(intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.


lexentry: eng/ram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ram
trans_list: abalroar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.


lexentry: eng/ramble__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ramble
trans_list: divagar
sense:
(often with on, about, or both) To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.


lexentry: eng/ramification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ramification
trans_list: consequência
sense:
(figurative, often, in plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.


lexentry: eng/rampart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rampart
trans_list: muralha de terra | muro/baluarte/parapeito de terra
sense:
A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.


lexentry: eng/ramularia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ramularia
trans_list: ramulária
sense:
(plant disease) A disease of barley, more fully ramularia leaf spot, caused by fungi of the genus Ramularia


lexentry: eng/ranch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ranch
trans_list: chácara
sense:
A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.


lexentry: eng/rancor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rancor
trans_list: rancor
sense:
(American spelling) A feeling of long-lasting ire for another, sometimes to the point of hatred, over a perceived wrongdoing; bitterness.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: random
trans_list: aleatório
sense:
(statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.


lexentry: eng/random__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: random
trans_list: aleatório | randômico
sense:
(informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.


lexentry: eng/random__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: random
trans_list: beltrano | fulano | joão-ninguém | sicrano
sense:
(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/random_access_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: random access memory
trans_list: memória RAM | memória de acesso aleatório
sense:
(computing, electronics) Computer memory, usually volatile, that stores program and data values during operation and in which each word of memory may be directly (randomly) accessed.


lexentry: eng/random_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: random number
trans_list: número aleatório
sense:
A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: range
trans_list: fogão a lenha
sense:
A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.


lexentry: eng/range__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: range
trans_list: amplitude | distância | raio
sense:
(statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.


lexentry: eng/rangefinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rangefinder
trans_list: telêmetro
sense:
Any of several designs of optical (or other) instrument that is used to measure the distance to an object


lexentry: eng/ranger__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ranger
trans_list: montez
sense:
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.


lexentry: eng/rank__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rank
trans_list: fileira
sense:
(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).


lexentry: eng/rank_and_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rank and file
trans_list: fileiras | soldado raso
sense:
Enlisted soldiers in a military organization, as would be arrayed in a grid pattern with ranks and files.


lexentry: eng/ransack__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ransack
trans_list: buscar
sense:
(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.


lexentry: eng/ransom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: ransom
trans_list: resgate
sense:
(historical, legal, UK) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.


lexentry: eng/rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape
trans_list: estupro | violação
sense:
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape
trans_list: estuprar | violentar | violar
sense:
(chiefly, transitive) To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rape_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rape culture
trans_list: cultura do estupro
sense:
A culture, environment or society where rape (a form of sexual assault) is common, and in which social attitudes or practices work to trivialize sexual violence, make rape seem normal, or shift responsibility from rapists to rape victims. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rapeseed_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapeseed oil
trans_list: azeite de colza | óleo de colza
sense:
A thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india rubber.


lexentry: eng/rapid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapid
trans_list: corredeira
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.


lexentry: eng/rapport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rapport
trans_list: afinidade
sense:
A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.


lexentry: eng/rapture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rapture
trans_list: arrebatamento
sense:
In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living and deceased believers. (Usually "the rapture".)


lexentry: eng/rare__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rare
trans_list: mal passado
sense:
(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.


lexentry: eng/rash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rash
trans_list: erupção
sense:
(dermatology, symptom) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare, or, obsolete) , an illness characterized by a type of rash.


lexentry: eng/rasp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rasp
trans_list: grosa | raspa | raspadeira
sense:
A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.


lexentry: eng/raster_graphics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raster graphics
trans_list: imagem matricial | imagem raster
sense:
(computing) A data file or structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of colour, on a computer monitor, paper, or other display medium.


lexentry: eng/rasterization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rasterization
trans_list: matricialização | rasterização
sense:
The process of taking an image described in a vector graphics format (shapes) and converting it into a raster image.


lexentry: eng/rather__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rather
trans_list: antes | de preferência | preferivelmente
sense:
Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than) [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/rather__Adverb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rather
trans_list: mais | melhor dizendo | ou melhor | ou seja
sense:
(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.) [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rational
trans_list: racional
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.


lexentry: eng/rational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rational
trans_list: racional
sense:
(mathematics, arithmetic, not comparable) Of an algebraic expression, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two polynomials.


lexentry: eng/rationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rationalism
trans_list: racionalismo
sense:
(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.


lexentry: eng/rationalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rationalize
trans_list: disfarçar
sense:
To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: chocalho | guizo
sense:
(zoology) The set of rings at the end of a rattlesnake's tail which produce a rattling sound. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattle
trans_list: chocalho
sense:
A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rattlesnake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rattlesnake
trans_list: cascavel
sense:
Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.


lexentry: eng/rave__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rave
trans_list: rave
sense:
An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.


lexentry: eng/raven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: raven
trans_list: corvo
sense:
(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven, Corvus corax.


lexentry: eng/raw__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raw
trans_list: bruto
sense:
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. [from 10th c.] (of materials, products, etc.)


lexentry: eng/raw_material__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: raw material
trans_list: matéria-prima
sense:
(figuratively) Any physical product serving as input to a factory or other installation which processes it.


lexentry: eng/rax__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rax
trans_list: apertar
sense:
(UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.


lexentry: eng/ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ray
trans_list: raio
sense:
(botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius.


lexentry: eng/razor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor
trans_list: navalha
sense:
A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/razor_clam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor clam
trans_list: faca
sense:
A clam of several species in superfamily Solenoidea, with long curved shells resembling straight razors.


lexentry: eng/razor_wire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: razor wire
trans_list: arame laminado
sense:
A form of securing wire similar to barbed wire, but with a series of short blades instead of barbs. Also, a length thereof.


lexentry: eng/reach__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reach
trans_list: alcance
sense:
The power of stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment or management; extent of force or capacity.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reach
trans_list: alcançar | atingir | chegar | compreender | entender
sense:
(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.


lexentry: eng/reach__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: reach
trans_list: alcançar | atingir | chegar
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.


lexentry: eng/reach_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reach out
trans_list: estender a mão | esticar a mão | tentar contato
sense:
(intransitive, originally, business, followed by to) To attempt to initiate communication with someone; to contact.


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: react
trans_list: reagir
sense:
(physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: react
trans_list: reagir
sense:
(chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.


lexentry: eng/react__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: react
trans_list: reagir
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.


lexentry: eng/reactance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactance
trans_list: reatância
sense:
(physics, electrics) The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.


lexentry: eng/reactant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactant
trans_list: reagente
sense:
(chemistry) Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.


lexentry: eng/reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reaction
trans_list: reação
sense:
(chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition.


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactionary
trans_list: reacionário
sense:
(politics) Opposition to revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.


lexentry: eng/reactionary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reactionary
trans_list: reacionário
sense:
(politics) One who opposes revolution, wanting to reverse it, favoring a return to a past golden age. Often used as a derogatory by revolutionaires.


lexentry: eng/reactor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reactor
trans_list: reagente | reativo
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.


lexentry: eng/read-only_memory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: read-only memory
trans_list: memória ROM | memória somente de leitura
sense:
(computing) A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: read
trans_list: ler
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: read
trans_list: ler
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: read
trans_list: dizer | estudar
sense:
(transitive, frequently, _, jocular) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.


lexentry: eng/read__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: read
trans_list: copiar
sense:
(transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.


lexentry: eng/read_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: read out
trans_list: ler em voz alta
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic, US) (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself.


lexentry: eng/reading_material__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reading material
trans_list: material de leitura
sense:
Anything produced for the purpose of being read; a collective term for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.


lexentry: eng/reagent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reagent
trans_list: reagente | reativo
sense:
(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.


lexentry: eng/real-time__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: real-time
trans_list: em tempo real
sense:
(computing) Of a system: that responds to events or signals within a predictable time after their occurrence; specifically the response time must be within the maximum allowed, but is typically synchronous.


lexentry: eng/real-time_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real-time strategy
trans_list: estratégia em tempo real
sense:
(video games) A warfare video game genre usually played from a third-person overhead perspective, which is based on the real-time movement of troops.


lexentry: eng/real__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: real
trans_list: real
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.


lexentry: eng/real_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real estate
trans_list: imóvel | bem imóvel
sense:
(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground they are built on.


lexentry: eng/real_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real life
trans_list: vida real
sense:
Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.


lexentry: eng/real_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real number
trans_list: número real
sense:
(mathematics) The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one.


lexentry: eng/real_world__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: real world
trans_list: mundo real
sense:
The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.


lexentry: eng/realist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realist
trans_list: realista
sense:
(philosophy) An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.


lexentry: eng/reality_principle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reality principle
trans_list: princípio de realidade
sense:
(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism, often hyphenated when used attributively) The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.


lexentry: eng/reality_television__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reality television
trans_list: televisão de realidade
sense:
(television) A genre of television programming portraying one or more people who are not professional actors and depicting their reactions to given stimuli or goals.


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realize
trans_list: realizar | concretizar
sense:
(slightly formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: realize
trans_list: perceber | dar-se conta | notar
sense:
(transitive) To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).


lexentry: eng/realize__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: realize
trans_list: perceber | dar-se conta | notar
sense:
(transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get


lexentry: eng/really__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: really
trans_list: sério?
sense:
(informal) Indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism.


lexentry: eng/realtor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: realtor
trans_list: corretor | corretora
sense:
(North America) A person or business that sells or leases out real estate, acting as an agent for the property owner.


lexentry: eng/reap_what_one_sows__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reap what one sows
trans_list: colher o que semear
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one's exertions or intentions, in a good or a bad sense; to receive justice or one's just deserts.


lexentry: eng/rear__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rear
trans_list: posterior | retaguarda | traseiro | zaga
sense:
(military) Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.


lexentry: eng/rear__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rear
trans_list: criar | erguer | alçar | levantar
sense:
(transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.


lexentry: eng/rear_admiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rear admiral
trans_list: comodoro
sense:
(military, nautical) A naval officer below the rank of vice admiral, originally in charge of a fleet's rear formation.


lexentry: eng/rearguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rearguard
trans_list: retaguarda
sense:
(military) The rearmost part of a force, especially a detachment of troops that protect the rear of a retreating force.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reason
trans_list: motivo | razão
sense:
An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.


lexentry: eng/reason__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reason
trans_list: razão
sense:
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.


lexentry: eng/reason__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reason
trans_list: argumentar | raciocinar
sense:
(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.


lexentry: eng/reasoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reasoning
trans_list: razoamento
sense:
(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.


lexentry: eng/rebec__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rebec
trans_list: rabeca
sense:
(musical instruments) An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.


lexentry: eng/reboot__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reboot
trans_list: reinicializar | reiniciar
sense:
(computing, ambitransitive) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, possibly after a system failure.


lexentry: eng/rebound__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rebound
trans_list: rebote
sense:
(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.


lexentry: eng/rebus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rebus
trans_list: rébus
sense:
An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recall
trans_list: reconvocar
sense:
(transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recall__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: recall
trans_list: recordar | lembrar
sense:
(transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/recant__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recant
trans_list: cassar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.


lexentry: eng/recapitulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recapitulation
trans_list: recapitulação
sense:
(theology) The symmetry provided by Christ's life to the teachings of the Old Testament; the summation of human experience in Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/receive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: receive
trans_list: receber
sense:
To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, etc.; to accept; to be given something.


lexentry: eng/receive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: receive
trans_list: receber
sense:
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.


lexentry: eng/receiver__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: receiver
trans_list: receptor
sense:
Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/receivership__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: receivership
trans_list: administração judicial
sense:
(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.


lexentry: eng/reception__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reception
trans_list: recepção
sense:
(linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.


lexentry: eng/reception_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reception desk
trans_list: balcão de recepção | balcão de receção
sense:
The place in public and company buildings where a receptionist presides, typically located in the front entrance of a building just inside the door. At a reception desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building.


lexentry: eng/receptionist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: receptionist
trans_list: recepcionista | rececionista
sense:
An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.


lexentry: eng/receptor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: receptor
trans_list: receptor
sense:
(biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recess
trans_list: recreio
sense:
(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recess
trans_list: recesso
sense:
(government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.


lexentry: eng/recess__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: recess
trans_list: recesso
sense:
(countable) An act of retiring or withdrawing from public life, society, etc.; also, an act of living in retirement or seclusion, or a period of such retirement or seclusion.


lexentry: eng/rechargeable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rechargeable
trans_list: recarregável
sense:
Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger.


lexentry: eng/reciprocal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reciprocal
trans_list: recíproco
sense:
Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.


lexentry: eng/reciprocal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reciprocal
trans_list: recíproca
sense:
(arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.


lexentry: eng/reciprocate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reciprocate
trans_list: recompensar | devolver
sense:
(transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.


lexentry: eng/reciprocity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reciprocity
trans_list: reciprocidade
sense:
(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.


lexentry: eng/recital__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: recital
trans_list: considerando
sense:
(legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.


lexentry: eng/recitative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recitative
trans_list: recitativo
sense:
(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot.


lexentry: eng/recite__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recite
trans_list: recitar
sense:
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reckon
trans_list: considerar | estimar | julgar
sense:
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reckon
trans_list: concluir | considerar
sense:
(colloquial) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause


lexentry: eng/reckon__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: reckon
trans_list: considerar | julgar
sense:
To reckon with something or somebody or not, i.e to reckon without something or somebody: to take into account, deal with, consider or not, i.e. to misjudge, ignore, not take into account, not deal with, not consider or fail to consider; e.g. reckon without one's host


lexentry: eng/recluse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recluse
trans_list: recluso
sense:
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit


lexentry: eng/recognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recognition
trans_list: reconhecimento
sense:
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconhecer
sense:
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconhecer
sense:
(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of; to treat as valid or worthy of consideration.


lexentry: eng/recognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recognize
trans_list: reconhecer
sense:
(transitive, or with clause) To acknowledge or consider (as being a certain thing or having a certain quality or property).


lexentry: eng/recoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: recoil
trans_list: recuo | coice
sense:
(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.


lexentry: eng/recollection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recollection
trans_list: memória | recordações
sense:
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.


lexentry: eng/recommend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recommend
trans_list: recomendar
sense:
(transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.


lexentry: eng/recommend__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recommend
trans_list: recomendar
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations


lexentry: eng/reconciliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reconciliation
trans_list: reconciliação
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) Short for sacrament of reconciliation (“a sacrament (sacred ritual) also called confession, involving contrition by a person, confessing sins to a priest, penance performed by the person, and absolution granted by the priest”).


lexentry: eng/reconnoiter__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reconnoiter
trans_list: esclarecer
sense:
(American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.


lexentry: eng/reconstructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reconstructed language
trans_list: idioma reconstruído | língua reconstruída
sense:
(linguistics) A hypothetical, usually unattested language formed by making comparisons between the similarities of actual languages.


lexentry: eng/record-breaking__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: record-breaking
trans_list: recorde
sense:
Of an achievement or observation, exceeding the highest previously recorded level in that activity or category.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: record
trans_list: registo | registro
sense:
Any instance of a physical medium on which information was put for the purpose of preserving it and making it available for future reference.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: record
trans_list: vinil
sense:
Ellipsis of phonograph record: a disc, usually made from vinyl, on which sound is recorded and may be replayed on a phonograph.


lexentry: eng/record__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: record
trans_list: recorde
sense:
The most extreme known value of some variable, particularly that of an achievement in competitive events.


lexentry: eng/record_label__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: record label
trans_list: editora | editora discográfica | gravadora | selo | selo discográfico | selo fonográfico
sense:
The round sticker in the centre of a phonograph record that contains the record company's logo and information about the recording.


lexentry: eng/recorder__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recorder
trans_list: flauta doce | flauta de bisel
sense:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.


lexentry: eng/recover__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recover
trans_list: recuperar
sense:
(transitive) To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).


lexentry: eng/recover__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: recover
trans_list: recuperar | melhorar | recuperar-se
sense:
(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.


lexentry: eng/recovery_boiler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recovery boiler
trans_list: caldeira de recuperação
sense:
A boiler for recovering the sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in a chemical wood pulping process.


lexentry: eng/recreational_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recreational vehicle
trans_list: veículo recreativo
sense:
(North America) A self-propelled vehicle (motor home), or trailer designed for use as living quarters on overnight recreational activities and travel.


lexentry: eng/recruit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recruit
trans_list: recrutar
sense:
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.


lexentry: eng/recruitment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recruitment
trans_list: recrutamento
sense:
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.


lexentry: eng/rectify__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rectify
trans_list: retificar
sense:
(transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rectitude__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rectitude
trans_list: retidão
sense:
(now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/rector__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rector
trans_list: reitor
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy, uncommon) A priest or bishop in the Orthodox Church who is in charge of a parish or in an administrative leadership position in a theological seminary or academy.


lexentry: eng/rectum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rectum
trans_list: reto
sense:
(anatomy) The terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus.


lexentry: eng/recumbent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recumbent
trans_list: bicicleta reclinada
sense:
(archaeology) A large rectangular monolith lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/recursive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recursive
trans_list: recursivo
sense:
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms


lexentry: eng/recursive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: recursive
trans_list: recursivo
sense:
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time


lexentry: eng/recurve_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recurve bow
trans_list: arco recurvo
sense:
(weapons) A bow whose two tips curve away from the archer when drawn, which gives the shot greater power and speed.


lexentry: eng/recuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: recuse
trans_list: recusar
sense:
(reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.


lexentry: eng/recycle_bin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: recycle bin
trans_list: reciclagem
sense:
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.


lexentry: eng/red-backed_shrike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-backed shrike
trans_list: picanço-de-dorso-ruivo
sense:
A medium-sized bird (Lanius collurio) of the shrike family that breeds in most of Europe and western Asia and winters in tropical Africa, eating large insects, small birds, voles, and lizards.


lexentry: eng/red-black_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red-black tree
trans_list: árvore rubro-negra
sense:
(computing) A type of self-balancing binary search tree, typically used to implement associative arrays.


lexentry: eng/red__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: red
trans_list: vermelho | rubro | comuna
sense:
Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.


lexentry: eng/red__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red
trans_list: vermelho | rubro | encarnado | escarlate | rubra | vermelha
sense:
(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.


lexentry: eng/red__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: red
trans_list: vermelho | rubro
sense:
(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.


lexentry: eng/red_bandfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red bandfish
trans_list: fita
sense:
A species of bandfish found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from Senegal to Norway, Cepola macrophthalma (syn. Cepola rubescens).


lexentry: eng/red_blood_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red blood cell
trans_list: célula vermelha | eritrócito | glóbulo vermelho | hemácia
sense:
(hematology, cytology) A type of cell in the blood of vertebrates that contains hemoglobin and transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues; an erythrocyte.


lexentry: eng/red_cabbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red cabbage
trans_list: repolho roxo
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A form of cabbage having red leaves, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra .


lexentry: eng/red_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red card
trans_list: cartão vermelho
sense:
(sports) A card displayed by the referee when a player is sent off for a serious infringement of the rules.


lexentry: eng/red_crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red crossbill
trans_list: cruza-bico-comum
sense:
Loxia curvirostra, a small passerine bird in the finch family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/red_fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red fox
trans_list: raposa-vermelha | golpelha
sense:
(countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.


lexentry: eng/red_giant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red giant
trans_list: gigante vermelha | estrela vermelha gigante
sense:
(star) A large red coloured star with a lower surface temperature than many stars, being at the final stage of moderately massive main-sequence stars.


lexentry: eng/red_herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: red herring
trans_list: cortina de fumaça | pista falsa
sense:
(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.


lexentry: eng/red_panda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red panda
trans_list: panda-vermelho
sense:
An omnivorous mammal, Ailurus fulgens, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.


lexentry: eng/red_pepper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red pepper
trans_list: pimenta vermelha
sense:
A red-colored, ripe, bell or sweet pepper. Unripe peppers of this variety are green and edible but not as sweet.


lexentry: eng/red_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red rail
trans_list: galinhola-vermelha-das-maurícias | galinhola-vermelha-de-maurício
sense:
†Aphanapteryx bonasia, an extinct species of birds from the family Rallidae, formerly endemic to Mauritius.


lexentry: eng/red_tide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: red tide
trans_list: maré vermelha
sense:
An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.


lexentry: eng/rediffusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rediffusion
trans_list: redifusão
sense:
The rebroadcasting of a programme; more specifically, the distribution of radio or television transmissions from a single receiver


lexentry: eng/redneck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redneck
trans_list: caipira
sense:
(slang, usually, pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redound
trans_list: conduzir
sense:
(obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids). [14th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/redound__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: redound
trans_list: arriar
sense:
(intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/redox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redox
trans_list: reação redox
sense:
(rare) (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.


lexentry: eng/redshift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redshift
trans_list: desvio para o vermelho
sense:
(physics) A change in the wavelength of light, in which the wavelength is longer than when it was emitted at the source.


lexentry: eng/redstart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redstart
trans_list: rabirruivo
sense:
Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.


lexentry: eng/reduce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reduce
trans_list: reduzir | diminuir
sense:
(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reduction
trans_list: redução
sense:
(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.


lexentry: eng/reduction__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reduction
trans_list: redução
sense:
(medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).


lexentry: eng/redundancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: redundancy
trans_list: redundância
sense:
Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.


lexentry: eng/redwing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: redwing
trans_list: tordo-ruivo
sense:
A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed
trans_list: cana | junco
sense:
(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.


lexentry: eng/reed__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: reed
trans_list: palheta
sense:
(countable, music) Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.


lexentry: eng/reed_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed bunting
trans_list: escrevedeira-dos-caniços
sense:
A passerine bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail.


lexentry: eng/reed_warbler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reed warbler
trans_list: rouxinol-pequeno-dos-caniços
sense:
A species of warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, family Acrocephalidae, native to Eurasia and Africa. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/reef__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reef
trans_list: filão
sense:
(Australia, South Africa) A large vein of auriferous quartz; hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.


lexentry: eng/reel_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reel in
trans_list: fazer voltar
sense:
(fishing, transitive) To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the line on which it is caught onto a reel (e.g. of a fishing rod).


lexentry: eng/reelection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reelection
trans_list: reeleição
sense:
the act of being elected after already being elected once, and already having served out one's first term.


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: reference
trans_list: referência
sense:
(academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.


lexentry: eng/reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: reference
trans_list: referência
sense:
(computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.


lexentry: eng/referendum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referendum
trans_list: referendo | plebiscito
sense:
(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.)


lexentry: eng/referral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: referral
trans_list: encaminhamento
sense:
The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring.


lexentry: eng/reflexive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reflexive
trans_list: reflexivo
sense:
(mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).


lexentry: eng/reflexology__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reflexology
trans_list: reflexologia
sense:
(alternative medicine) A form of complementary medicine involving the stimulation of points on the feet, hands, or ears, in the belief that it will have a beneficial effect on some other parts of the body or to improve general health.


lexentry: eng/reform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reform
trans_list: reforma | inovação
sense:
The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it


lexentry: eng/reform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reform
trans_list: reformar
sense:
(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.


lexentry: eng/reformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reformation
trans_list: reforma
sense:
An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.


lexentry: eng/refoulement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refoulement
trans_list: deportação
sense:
(international law, uncountable) The sending of a refugee involuntarily to a geographic region where they will likely experience substantial harm; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/refract__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: refract
trans_list: quebrar
sense:
(transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.


lexentry: eng/refraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refraction
trans_list: refração
sense:
(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.


lexentry: eng/refractory_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: refractory period
trans_list: período refratário
sense:
A recovery phase after orgasm, during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms.


lexentry: eng/refrain__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: refrain
trans_list: abster-se | abster-se (de)
sense:
(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/refrigerant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refrigerant
trans_list: fluido frigorígeno | fluido refrigerante | gás refrigerante | refrigerante
sense:
A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.


lexentry: eng/refrigerator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refrigerator
trans_list: geladeira | frigorífico
sense:
A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).


lexentry: eng/refugee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refugee
trans_list: refugiado | refugiada | desabrigado | expatriado
sense:
A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in their home country, i.e., a person seeking political asylum.


lexentry: eng/refurbish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refurbish
trans_list: restaurar
sense:
(transitive) To rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.


lexentry: eng/refusenik__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refusenik
trans_list: refusenik
sense:
(Soviet Union, historical, slang) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to emigrate to Israel).


lexentry: eng/refutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: refutation
trans_list: refutação
sense:
An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.


lexentry: eng/regale__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regale
trans_list: mimosear
sense:
(transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regalia
trans_list: regalias
sense:
Royal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).


lexentry: eng/regard__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: regard
trans_list: concernir | considerar | contemplar | estimar | notar | referir
sense:
(transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regasification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regasification
trans_list: regaseificação
sense:
The process of converting liquefied natural gas (LNG) at −162 °C (−260 °F) temperature back to natural gas at atmospheric temperature. It consists in the evaporation of liquified natural gas after transport (by ship) to a distribution terminal


lexentry: eng/regency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regency
trans_list: regência
sense:
A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.


lexentry: eng/regent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regent
trans_list: regente
sense:
One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/reggae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reggae
trans_list: reggae
sense:
(Rastafari, music genre) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.


lexentry: eng/regime__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regime
trans_list: regime
sense:
A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.


lexentry: eng/regime_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regime change
trans_list: mudança de regime
sense:
(politics) The overthrow of a government that is considered an illegitimate regime by means of external force (especially military might), and its replacement with a new government according to the concept of political legitimacy promoted by that force.


lexentry: eng/regimen__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regimen
trans_list: regime
sense:
(medicine) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.


lexentry: eng/regiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regiment
trans_list: regimento
sense:
(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units; now specifically, usually composed of two or more battalions. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/region__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: region
trans_list: região
sense:
Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.


lexentry: eng/regionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: regionalism
trans_list: regionalismo
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.


lexentry: eng/register__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: register
trans_list: registrador | registro
sense:
A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.


lexentry: eng/register__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: register
trans_list: registrador | registo
sense:
(computing) A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations.


lexentry: eng/register_office__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: register office
trans_list: cartório
sense:
(British) The local office in which births, marriages and deaths are registered, and in which civil marriages are conducted and recorded.


lexentry: eng/registered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: registered
trans_list: cadastrado
sense:
(mail service) Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.


lexentry: eng/registered_trademark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: registered trademark
trans_list: marca registrada
sense:
A trademark that has been officially registered with the government by its owner. Indicated by the symbol ®.


lexentry: eng/registry__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: registry
trans_list: registo
sense:
(countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.


lexentry: eng/regolith__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regolith
trans_list: regolito
sense:
(geology) The layer of loose rock, dust, sand, and soil, resting on the bedrock, that constitutes the surface layer of most dry land on Earth, the Moon, and other large solid aggregated celestial objects. Submarine regolith also exists.


lexentry: eng/regression__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: regression
trans_list: regressão
sense:
(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.


lexentry: eng/regret__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regret
trans_list: arrependimento | pesar | remorso
sense:
Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.


lexentry: eng/regret__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regret
trans_list: lamentar | arrepender-se
sense:
To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: regular
trans_list: regular
sense:
Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: regular
trans_list: regular
sense:
(grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular__Adjective__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: regular
trans_list: regular
sense:
(chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/regular_expression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: regular expression
trans_list: expressão regular
sense:
(comptheory) A concise description of a regular formal language with notations for concatenation, alternation, and iteration (repetition) of subexpressions.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: regulation
trans_list: regulamento
sense:
(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.


lexentry: eng/regulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: regulation
trans_list: regulamento
sense:
(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.


lexentry: eng/rehabilitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rehabilitate
trans_list: reabilitar
sense:
(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rehearsal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rehearsal
trans_list: ensaio
sense:
The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.


lexentry: eng/rehearse__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rehearse
trans_list: ensaiar
sense:
(ambitransitive) To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.


lexentry: eng/reheat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reheat
trans_list: reaquecer | requentar
sense:
(transitive) To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses).


lexentry: eng/reification__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reification
trans_list: reificação
sense:
The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living.


lexentry: eng/reindeer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reindeer
trans_list: rena | rangífer | rangífero
sense:
(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.


lexentry: eng/reinforcement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reinforcement
trans_list: reforço
sense:
(uncountable, behavioral, _, psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.


lexentry: eng/reinvent_the_wheel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reinvent the wheel
trans_list: reinventar a roda
sense:
(idiomatic) To do work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists.


lexentry: eng/relapse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relapse
trans_list: recair
sense:
(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).


lexentry: eng/relapsing_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relapsing fever
trans_list: febre recorrente
sense:
(pathology) An infection caused by certain bacteria of the genus Borrelia, transmitted by lice and ticks.


lexentry: eng/relation__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: relation
trans_list: relação
sense:
(mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.


lexentry: eng/relational_database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relational database
trans_list: banco de dados relacional
sense:
(databases) A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.


lexentry: eng/relative-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relative-in-law
trans_list: parente
sense:
(uncommon) Co-relative-in-law: A relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage.


lexentry: eng/relative_atomic_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative atomic mass
trans_list: massa atómica relativa | massa atômica relativa
sense:
(physics) The ratio of the average mass per atom of the naturally occurring form of an element to 1/12 of the mass of a carbon-12 atom. Symbol Ar; abbreviation RAM or r.a.m. For elements with several isotopes, the most stable isotope is treated as the representative.


lexentry: eng/relative_clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative clause
trans_list: oração relativa | oração subordinada adjetiva
sense:
(grammar) A subordinate clause that modifies or gives further information about a noun or sometimes whole statement; in English, may be introduced by a relative pronoun (sometimes optional) such as that, which or who.


lexentry: eng/relative_pronoun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relative pronoun
trans_list: pronome relativo
sense:
(grammar) A pronoun that introduces a relative clause and refers to an antecedent. In English, some words that can be used as interrogative pronouns can alternatively be used as relative pronouns: which, who, whose, whom and (non-standard) what. The other English relative pronouns are whoever, whomever, whatever, and that.


lexentry: eng/relativism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relativism
trans_list: relativismo
sense:
(uncountable, philosophy) The theory, especially in ethics or aesthetics, that conceptions of truth and moral values are not absolute but are relative to the persons or groups holding them.


lexentry: eng/relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relativity
trans_list: relatividade
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/relativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: relativity
trans_list: relatividade
sense:
(uncountable, physics) Short for principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”).


lexentry: eng/relaxation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relaxation
trans_list: descontração | relaxamento
sense:
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.


lexentry: eng/relay__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: relay
trans_list: revezamento
sense:
(athletics) A track and field discipline where runners take turns in carrying a baton from start to finish. The most common events are 4×100 meter and 4×400 meter competitions. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: relay
trans_list: relé
sense:
(electronics) An electrical actuator that allows a relatively small electrical voltage or current to control a larger voltage or current. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/relay_race__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relay race
trans_list: estafeta | revezamento
sense:
A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.


lexentry: eng/release__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: release
trans_list: libertar | liberar
sense:
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).


lexentry: eng/release__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: release
trans_list: versão | lançamento
sense:
(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.


lexentry: eng/release__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: release
trans_list: lançar | publicar | liberar
sense:
(legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.


lexentry: eng/release_notes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: release notes
trans_list: notas de lançamento
sense:
(computing) Documents distributed with a release of a software product, indicating changes, workarounds, etc.


lexentry: eng/relegation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relegation
trans_list: despromoção | rebaixamento
sense:
(sports) Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.


lexentry: eng/relegation_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relegation zone
trans_list: zona de despromoção
sense:
(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated.


lexentry: eng/reliability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reliability
trans_list: confiabilidade | fiabilidade
sense:
(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).


lexentry: eng/relict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relict
trans_list: relicto
sense:
(biology, ecology) A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relief
trans_list: relevo
sense:
(uncountable) A method of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.


lexentry: eng/relief__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: relief
trans_list: relevo
sense:
(heraldry) The supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field, indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides.


lexentry: eng/relieve__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: relieve
trans_list: aliviar
sense:
(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/religion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: religion
trans_list: religião
sense:
(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.


lexentry: eng/remain__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: remain
trans_list: permanecer | restar | ficar | continuar | esperar | remanescer
sense:
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.


lexentry: eng/remainder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remainder
trans_list: resto
sense:
(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r &#60; d.


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: remembrance
trans_list: lembrar
sense:
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.


lexentry: eng/remembrance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: remembrance
trans_list: memória
sense:
The power of remembering; the reach of personal knowledge; the period over which one's memory extends.


lexentry: eng/remind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remind
trans_list: recordar | lembrar
sense:
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).


lexentry: eng/remiss__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remiss
trans_list: frouxo
sense:
Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remission
trans_list: remissão
sense:
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.


lexentry: eng/remission__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remission
trans_list: remissão
sense:
(medicine) An abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease; a period where the symptoms of a disease are absent.


lexentry: eng/remix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: remix
trans_list: remix
sense:
(music) A piece of music formed by combining existing pieces of music together, possibly including various other cosmetic changes


lexentry: eng/remonstrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: remonstrate
trans_list: desaprovar
sense:
(transitive, often with an object consisting of direct speech or a clause beginning with that) To state or plead as an objection, formal protest, or expression of disapproval.


lexentry: eng/remora__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remora
trans_list: rémora | rêmora
sense:
Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/remote_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote control
trans_list: controle remoto | telecomando | comando | controle | controlo remoto
sense:
(countable) A device used to operate an appliance (such as a television, vehicle, or mechanical toy) from a short distance away.


lexentry: eng/remote_sensing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote sensing
trans_list: sensoriamento remoto | deteção remota
sense:
(science) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging.


lexentry: eng/remote_viewing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: remote viewing
trans_list: visão remota
sense:
(parapsychology) A paranormal ability by which a person can gather information about a distant unseen target.


lexentry: eng/render_unto_Caesar__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: render unto Caesar
trans_list: dai a César o que é de César
sense:
(idiomatic) To give (something) to one's state or government, especially in the form of a tax payment.


lexentry: eng/rendition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rendition
trans_list: apresentação
sense:
An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/renew__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: renew
trans_list: renovar
sense:
(transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. [from 14thc.]


lexentry: eng/renew__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: renew
trans_list: renovar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.


lexentry: eng/renewable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: renewable
trans_list: renovável
sense:
(of a resource) Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply.


lexentry: eng/renewable_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: renewable energy
trans_list: energia renovável
sense:
Energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as wind, water, or the sun, usually and especially as applied to a category of electrical generation.


lexentry: eng/rennet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rennet
trans_list: coalho
sense:
An enzyme used as the first step in making cheese, to curdle the milk and coagulate the casein in it, derived by soaking the fourth stomach of a milk-fed calf in brine.


lexentry: eng/renounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: renounce
trans_list: desistir
sense:
(transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.


lexentry: eng/rent__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rent
trans_list: alugar
sense:
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.


lexentry: eng/rentcharge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rentcharge
trans_list: renda constituída
sense:
(property law) An annual sum or periodic payment charged on certain freehold properties or payable out of the income of those properties and expressly giving to the rentcharger, who has no reversionary interest in the property, the right of distress for arrears.


lexentry: eng/rentier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rentier
trans_list: rentista
sense:
An individual who receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, capital gains, or profits from his or her assets and investments.


lexentry: eng/reparation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reparation
trans_list: reparação
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s).


lexentry: eng/repeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: repeat
trans_list: repetição
sense:
(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).


lexentry: eng/repechage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repechage
trans_list: repescagem
sense:
(sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.


lexentry: eng/repent__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repent
trans_list: arrepender-se
sense:
(intransitive) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for what one has done or omitted to do; the cause for repenting may be indicated with "of".


lexentry: eng/repertoire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repertoire
trans_list: repertório
sense:
A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.


lexentry: eng/repetitive_strain_injury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repetitive strain injury
trans_list: lesão por esforço repetitivo
sense:
(pathology) injury to muscles and tendons caused by continuous repetitive use of particular muscle groups, especially in one's arms and hands, for example by using a keyboard and/or mouse, playing a musical instrument or working on an assembly line


lexentry: eng/replay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replay
trans_list: repetição
sense:
An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).


lexentry: eng/replevin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replevin
trans_list: reivindicação
sense:
(legal) An action to recover personal property unlawfully taken, especially that seized by way of distraint; the writ or procedure of such action.


lexentry: eng/replicon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: replicon
trans_list: replicon | replicão | réplicon
sense:
(genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.


lexentry: eng/reply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reply
trans_list: responder
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.


lexentry: eng/report__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: report
trans_list: relatório | relato
sense:
A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: report
trans_list: apresentar-se
sense:
(obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. [15th–18th c.]


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: report
trans_list: notificar | relatar
sense:
(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/report__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: report
trans_list: relatar | apresentar-se
sense:
(intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).


lexentry: eng/report_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: report card
trans_list: boletim
sense:
(education) A document, on cardboard or plain paper, stating which grades a student earned, at the end of a term of regular period.


lexentry: eng/reported_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reported speech
trans_list: discurso indireto
sense:
(grammar, narratology) A form of speech used to express what another has said, often involving a change in tense.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repouso
sense:
(uncountable) Temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep; rest; (countable) an instance of this; a break, a rest; a sleep.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repouso
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being peacefully inactive or relaxed, or being free from disturbances or worries; calmness, ease, peace, quietness.


lexentry: eng/repose__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: repose
trans_list: repouso
sense:
(uncountable, chiefly, geology) Of a natural phenomenon, especially the eruption of a volcano: the state of temporary cessation of activity; dormancy, quiescence.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: represent
trans_list: representar | reapresentar
sense:
(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: represent
trans_list: representar
sense:
(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of


lexentry: eng/represent__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: represent
trans_list: representar
sense:
(intransitive, AAVE) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.


lexentry: eng/representationalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representationalism
trans_list: representacionalismo | representacionismo
sense:
(philosophy) The belief that the conscious perception of the world is actually an internal replica of the world in the mind of the beholder.


lexentry: eng/representative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representative
trans_list: representante
sense:
One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/representative_democracy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: representative democracy
trans_list: democracia representativa
sense:
(politics) A policy under the rule of people acting on the behalf of and, to a lesser extent, in the interests of the voting blocks by which they were elected.


lexentry: eng/reprint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reprint
trans_list: reimpressão
sense:
A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.


lexentry: eng/reprise__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reprise
trans_list: retomada
sense:
(music) A repetition of a phrase, a return to an earlier theme, or a second rendition or version of a song in a programme or musical.


lexentry: eng/reproductive_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reproductive system
trans_list: sistema reprodutor
sense:
(anatomy) The system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction.


lexentry: eng/reprove__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reprove
trans_list: repreender
sense:
(transitive) To criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/reptile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reptile
trans_list: réptil
sense:
(strictly) A cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia; an amniote that is neither a synapsid nor a bird; excludes amphibians. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republic
trans_list: república
sense:
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.


lexentry: eng/republic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: republic
trans_list: república
sense:
(archaic) A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.


lexentry: eng/republican__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republican
trans_list: republicano
sense:
Advocating or supporting a republic as a form of government, advocating or supporting republicanism. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/republicanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republicanism
trans_list: republicanismo
sense:
The political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/republish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: republish
trans_list: republicar
sense:
To publish once again; to print and distribute copies of a work that has previously been printed and distributed.


lexentry: eng/requirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: requirement
trans_list: exigência | requisito
sense:
A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.


lexentry: eng/requirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: requirement
trans_list: requisito
sense:
(engineering, computing) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure.


lexentry: eng/requite__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: requite
trans_list: corresponder
sense:
To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.


lexentry: eng/rerun__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rerun
trans_list: reposição | reprise
sense:
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation, particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.


lexentry: eng/rescind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rescind
trans_list: rescindir
sense:
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.


lexentry: eng/rescript__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rescript
trans_list: rescrito
sense:
(historical, _, law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.


lexentry: eng/rescript__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rescript
trans_list: rescrito
sense:
(canon law) An ad hoc reply of a pope to some specific question of canon law or morality, without precedential force, sometimes (improper) inclusive of decretals which serve as precedents in canon law.


lexentry: eng/research__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: research
trans_list: pesquisa | investigação
sense:
(uncountable, countable, _, in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).


lexentry: eng/resection__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resection
trans_list: resecção
sense:
(surveying) A method of determining a position by using a map and compass bearings for two additional points.


lexentry: eng/reseda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reseda
trans_list: reseda
sense:
(botany) Any of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).


lexentry: eng/reseller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reseller
trans_list: revendedor
sense:
A company or individual that purchases goods or services with the intention of reselling them rather than consuming or using them.


lexentry: eng/resentment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resentment
trans_list: ressentimento
sense:
Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.


lexentry: eng/reservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reservation
trans_list: reservação | reserva
sense:
The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.


lexentry: eng/reserve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reserve
trans_list: reserva
sense:
(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)


lexentry: eng/reserve__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reserve
trans_list: reserva
sense:
(military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.


lexentry: eng/reside__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reside
trans_list: residir | morar
sense:
To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.


lexentry: eng/residual-current_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: residual-current device
trans_list: disjuntor DR | disjuntor diferencial | disjuntor diferencial residual
sense:
(electricity) An automatic circuit breaker that rapidly disconnects an electric circuit when the imbalance of the currents going through it exceeds a specific value.


lexentry: eng/residue__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: residue
trans_list: resíduo
sense:
(chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.


lexentry: eng/residue__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: residue
trans_list: resíduo
sense:
(complex analysis) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.


lexentry: eng/resilience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resilience
trans_list: resiliência
sense:
(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.


lexentry: eng/resilience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resilience
trans_list: resiliência
sense:
(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.


lexentry: eng/resin__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resin
trans_list: resina
sense:
Any of various yellowish viscous liquids or soft solids of plant origin; used in lacquers, varnishes and many other applications; chemically they are mostly hydrocarbons, often polycyclic.


lexentry: eng/resistance__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: resistance
trans_list: resistência
sense:
An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.


lexentry: eng/resistant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resistant
trans_list: resistente
sense:
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.


lexentry: eng/resistivity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resistivity
trans_list: resistividade
sense:
(electricity) The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.


lexentry: eng/resistor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resistor
trans_list: resistor
sense:
(electronics) An electric component that transmits current in direct proportion to the voltage across it.


lexentry: eng/resolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: resolution
trans_list: resolução
sense:
(computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).


lexentry: eng/resolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: resolve
trans_list: resolver
sense:
(intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something. To become determined to reach a certain goal or take a certain action.


lexentry: eng/resolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: resolve
trans_list: resolver
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.


lexentry: eng/resolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: resolve
trans_list: resolver | decidir
sense:
To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.


lexentry: eng/resonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resonance
trans_list: ressonância
sense:
(countable) A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle.


lexentry: eng/resonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: resonance
trans_list: ressonância
sense:
(astronomy) An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations.


lexentry: eng/resort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resort
trans_list: estância | resort
sense:
A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.


lexentry: eng/resound__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resound
trans_list: ressoar | reverberar
sense:
To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.


lexentry: eng/resound__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: resound
trans_list: ressoar | reverberar
sense:
Especially of a musical instrument: to make a (deep or reverberating) sound; also, to make sounds continuously.


lexentry: eng/resourceful__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resourceful
trans_list: engenhoso | inventivo | capaz | habilidoso
sense:
Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.


lexentry: eng/respectively__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respectively
trans_list: respectivamente | respetivamente
sense:
In a relative manner; often used when comparing array lists, where the term denotes that the items in the lists correspond to each other in the order they are given.


lexentry: eng/respirator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respirator
trans_list: respirador
sense:
A device designed to allow breathing when it would otherwise be hindered, as by a medical condition or the presence of poisonous vapors.


lexentry: eng/respiratory_tract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: respiratory tract
trans_list: trato respiratório
sense:
(anatomy) The passages, divided into an upper and a lower part, through which air enters and leaves the body, including the mouth, nose and nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and conducting bronchioles, sometimes further including the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.


lexentry: eng/respond__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: respond
trans_list: responder
sense:
(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.


lexentry: eng/response_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: response time
trans_list: tempo de resposta
sense:
(electronics) The time taken for the display of an instrument to move to a new value following a step change.


lexentry: eng/response_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: response time
trans_list: tempo de resposta
sense:
(computing) The period of time between a request for a service and the associated response; typically the request is caused by a user at a terminal hitting the return key, and the response is displayed on a screen.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsável
sense:
(postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsável
sense:
(postpositive, followed by "for") Being a primary cause of a situation or action and thus able to be blamed or credited for it.


lexentry: eng/responsible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: responsible
trans_list: responsável
sense:
(of a, job, or, position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.


lexentry: eng/rest__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rest
trans_list: repouso
sense:
(uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.


lexentry: eng/rest_area__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rest area
trans_list: restaurante de beira de estrada
sense:
A place, usually on a limited-access highway, where one can stop to use the restroom or to take a break from travelling.


lexentry: eng/rest_in_power__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rest in power
trans_list: descanse no poder
sense:
Said to mourn, remember, or celebrate a deceased person, particularly activists and victims of oppression.


lexentry: eng/rest_on_one's_laurels__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further.
written_rep: rest on one's laurels
trans_list:
adormecer sobre os louros | dormir sobre os louros | dormir sobre os louros colhidos | dormir à sombra dos louros


lexentry: eng/restaurant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restaurant
trans_list: restaurante
sense:
An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.


lexentry: eng/resting_bitch_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: resting bitch face
trans_list: cara enjoada
sense:
(slang, vulgar, derogatory) An angry or unpleasant look that does not accurately reflect the way a person is feeling or that the person assumes when not consciously controlling their expression.


lexentry: eng/restless_legs_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: restless legs syndrome
trans_list: síndrome das pernas inquietas
sense:
A neurological disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to move one's body to stop uncomfortable or odd sensations, usually in the legs.


lexentry: eng/restore__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: restore
trans_list: restaurar | restituir | recuperar
sense:
(transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.


lexentry: eng/restructure__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: restructure
trans_list: reestruturar
sense:
(finance) To modify the terms of a loan, providing relief to a debtor who would otherwise be forced to default.


lexentry: eng/result__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: result
trans_list: resultado
sense:
That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.


lexentry: eng/resume__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: resume
trans_list: continuar | retomar
sense:
(transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/retail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retail
trans_list: retalho | varejo
sense:
(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.


lexentry: eng/retaliate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retaliate
trans_list: retaliar
sense:
(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.


lexentry: eng/retaliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retaliation
trans_list: represália | retaliação
sense:
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.


lexentry: eng/retarded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retarded
trans_list: retardado
sense:
(psychology, sometimes, offensive, dated) Having mental retardation; mentally deficient or underdeveloped.


lexentry: eng/retch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retch
trans_list: engulhar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.


lexentry: eng/reticence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reticence
trans_list: reticência
sense:
(uncountable, also, figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.


lexentry: eng/reticle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reticle
trans_list: retículo
sense:
A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment


lexentry: eng/retina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retina
trans_list: retina
sense:
(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.


lexentry: eng/retire__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: retire
trans_list: retirar-se
sense:
(intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.


lexentry: eng/retirement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: retirement
trans_list: reforma | aposentadoria | aposentamento | isolamento | retirada | retiramento
sense:
The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/retort__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retort
trans_list: balão
sense:
(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.


lexentry: eng/retouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retouch
trans_list: retocar
sense:
(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: retroflexo
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: retroflexo
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: retroflexo
sense:
(phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: retroflexa
sense:
(phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retroflex__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: retroflex
trans_list: retroflexa
sense:
(phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.


lexentry: eng/retronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retronym
trans_list: retrônimo | retrónimo
sense:
(linguistics) A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/retrovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retrovirus
trans_list: retrovírus
sense:
(virology) Any of a group of viruses which insert a copy of their RNA genome into the DNA of a host cell, thus changing the genome of that cell.


lexentry: eng/return__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: return
trans_list: retorno | regresso | volta
sense:
An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc.; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.


lexentry: eng/return__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: return
trans_list: declaração
sense:
(taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.


lexentry: eng/retweet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: retweet
trans_list: retuitar | retwittar
sense:
(Twitter) To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.


lexentry: eng/reuptake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reuptake
trans_list: recaptação neuronal
sense:
(biochemistry) Specifically, the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neuron after the transmission of a neural impulse across a synapse.


lexentry: eng/revanchist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revanchist
trans_list: revanchista
sense:
Seeking revenge or otherwise advocating retaliation, especially against a nation which has previously defeated and humiliated the revanchist party in war. Originally referred to the French indignation over losing Alsace-Lorraine to Germany in the Franco-Prussian War.


lexentry: eng/reveal__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reveal
trans_list: divulgar
sense:
(transitive) To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.


lexentry: eng/revenge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge
trans_list: vingança
sense:
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.


lexentry: eng/revenge__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge
trans_list: vingar | vingar-se
sense:
(transitive) To take revenge for (a particular harmful action) or on behalf of (its victim); to avenge.


lexentry: eng/revenge_porn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revenge porn
trans_list: pornografia de vingança
sense:
(informal) Sexually explicit media of a person distributed online without the consent of the pictured individual, typically by a former partner or hacker, and often with the intent to humiliate the subject and damage his/her reputation.


lexentry: eng/reverb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverb
trans_list: reverb
sense:
(audio effects) An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.


lexentry: eng/reverberation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reverberation
trans_list: repercussão
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.


lexentry: eng/reverie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverie
trans_list: devaneio
sense:
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [from 1657]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: contrário | inverso | invertido | marcha à retaguarda | marcha à ré | marcha-atrás
sense:
Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: coroa
sense:
(numismatics) The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: verso
sense:
The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/reverse__Verb__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: reverse
trans_list: inverter
sense:
(ergative, transport) To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.


lexentry: eng/reverse_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse engineering
trans_list: engenharia reversa
sense:
The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one.


lexentry: eng/reverse_osmosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse osmosis
trans_list: osmose inversa | osmose reversa
sense:
(chemistry) a technique whereby a solution is forced through a semipermeable membrane under pressure; used to generate drinkable water from seawater, or to separate chemical compounds


lexentry: eng/reverse_transcription__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: reverse transcription
trans_list: transcrição reversa
sense:
(genetics) The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process).


lexentry: eng/reviser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: reviser
trans_list: revisor
sense:
(translation studies) A person who verifies the quality of a translated text in professional translation project management.


lexentry: eng/revisionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: revisionism
trans_list: revisionismo
sense:
(historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events.


lexentry: eng/revival__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: revival
trans_list: avivamento | reavivamento
sense:
(religion) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest.


lexentry: eng/revive__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: revive
trans_list: reavivar | reanimar
sense:
(transitive) To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying.


lexentry: eng/revolve__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: revolve
trans_list: girar
sense:
(transitive, now, rare) To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/revolving_door__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: revolving door
trans_list: porta giratòria
sense:
(politics) A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other.


lexentry: eng/rhapsody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhapsody
trans_list: rapsódia
sense:
(Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.


lexentry: eng/rhenium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhenium
trans_list: rénio
sense:
A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.


lexentry: eng/rheostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheostat
trans_list: reóstato
sense:
An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider.


lexentry: eng/rhesus_macaque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhesus macaque
trans_list: macaco-rhesus
sense:
A monkey, Macaca mulatta, common throughout southern Asia, that is extensively used for medical research.


lexentry: eng/rhetorical_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhetorical device
trans_list: dispositivo
sense:
A phrase (set phrase or created phrase) that uses reduplication, onomatopoeia, or other phonetic markers that increase memorability and “musicality” (making rhetoric pleasing or entertaining).


lexentry: eng/rheum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheum
trans_list: remela
sense:
(uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/rheumatic_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheumatic fever
trans_list: febre reumática
sense:
(disease) An inflammation of the joints and the heart following a respiratory infection with streptococcus.


lexentry: eng/rheumatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rheumatism
trans_list: reumatismo
sense:
(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.


lexentry: eng/rhinarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinarium
trans_list: rinário
sense:
The naked surface of skin around the external openings of the nostrils of the nose in most mammals, usually more or less moist and embossed.


lexentry: eng/rhinoceros__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoceros
trans_list: rinoceronte
sense:
Any of several large herbivorous ungulates native to Africa and Asia of the five extant species in the three extant genera in the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.


lexentry: eng/rhinoceros_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoceros beetle
trans_list: escaravelho-rinoceronte
sense:
Any of various tropical beetles, of the subfamily Dynastinae, having horns on the head and thorax; a pest on coconuts.


lexentry: eng/rhinophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinophore
trans_list: rinóforo
sense:
A club-shaped structure that occurs in pairs as the most prominent part of the external head anatomy of the dorid nudibranchs.


lexentry: eng/rhinoplasty__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinoplasty
trans_list: rinoplastia
sense:
(medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.


lexentry: eng/rhinovirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhinovirus
trans_list: rinovírus
sense:
Any of many common infectious RNA viruses, of the genus Rhinovirus, that cause disorders such as the common cold.


lexentry: eng/rhizome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhizome
trans_list: rizoma
sense:
(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.


lexentry: eng/rhizosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhizosphere
trans_list: rizosfera
sense:
(soil science) the soil region subject to the influence of plant roots and their associated microorganisms


lexentry: eng/rho__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rho
trans_list: ró | rô
sense:
The seventeenth letter of the Modern Greek and Classical alphabets and the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient.


lexentry: eng/rhodium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhodium
trans_list: ródio
sense:
A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.


lexentry: eng/rhodopsin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhodopsin
trans_list: rodopsina
sense:
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal


lexentry: eng/rhombicosidodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhombicosidodecahedron
trans_list: rombicosidodecaedro
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (20 triangles, 30 squares, and 12 pentagons), 60 vertices and 120 edges.


lexentry: eng/rhombicuboctahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhombicuboctahedron
trans_list: rombicuboctaedro
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron.


lexentry: eng/rhubarb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhubarb
trans_list: ruibarbo
sense:
Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).


lexentry: eng/rhumb_line__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhumb line
trans_list: loxodromia | curva loxodrómica | linha de rumo
sense:
(nautical) A line that cuts all meridians at the same angle, the path of a vessel that maintains a constant compass direction.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: rima
sense:
(countable, in particular) A word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: rimar
sense:
(intransitive, followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.


lexentry: eng/rhyme__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rhyme
trans_list: rimar
sense:
(reciprocal) Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.


lexentry: eng/rhyolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhyolite
trans_list: riólito
sense:
(geology) An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.


lexentry: eng/rhythm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythm
trans_list: ritmo
sense:
The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.


lexentry: eng/rhythm_guitar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythm guitar
trans_list: guitarra rítmica
sense:
A guitar in a band that provides rhythm, usually by playing chords or similar accompanying parts, to support the lead guitar.


lexentry: eng/rhythmic_gymnastics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhythmic gymnastics
trans_list: ginástica rítmica
sense:
(gymnastics) A discipline of gymnastics where the gymnast manipulates one of five apparatuses (ribbon, ball, rope, clubs, hoop) in a rhythmic manner.


lexentry: eng/rhyton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rhyton
trans_list: ritão
sense:
A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having one handle and usually a base in the form of a head.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rib
trans_list: costela
sense:
(anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rib
trans_list: costela
sense:
(aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.


lexentry: eng/rib__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: rib
trans_list: costela | caverna
sense:
(architectural element) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault


lexentry: eng/rib_cage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rib cage
trans_list: caixa torácica
sense:
(skeleton) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.


lexentry: eng/ribbon_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribbon cable
trans_list: lençol
sense:
A cable with many conducting wires running parallel to each other on the same flat plane; often used for internal peripherals in a computer.


lexentry: eng/ribbon_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribbon seal
trans_list: foca-anelada
sense:
A species (Histriophoca fasciata) of true seal (or earless seal) found in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the North Pacific Ocean.


lexentry: eng/ribitol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribitol
trans_list: adonitol | ribitol
sense:
(carbohydrate) The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose


lexentry: eng/riboflavin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riboflavin
trans_list: riboflavina
sense:
(vitamin) Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals.


lexentry: eng/ribonucleic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribonucleic acid
trans_list: ácido ribonucleico
sense:
(biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.


lexentry: eng/ribose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribose
trans_list: ribose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.


lexentry: eng/ribosome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ribosome
trans_list: ribossomo | ribossoma
sense:
(biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rice_cooker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice cooker
trans_list: arrozeira | panela de arroz
sense:
A kitchen appliance which is designed to cook rice, through either boiling or steaming it. It may also be used as a steam cooker for other foods.


lexentry: eng/rice_vinegar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice vinegar
trans_list: vinagre de arroz
sense:
A type of vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used in Chinese, Japanese and Korean cooking.


lexentry: eng/rice_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rice wine
trans_list: vinho de arroz
sense:
An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine.


lexentry: eng/rich_kid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rich kid
trans_list: filhinho de papai | riquinho
sense:
(US, informal, somewhat, pejorative) A child, adolescent or young adult from a wealthy family, especially one who flaunts his or her wealth or privilege.


lexentry: eng/rickets__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rickets
trans_list: raquitismo
sense:
(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones.


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ride
trans_list: cavalgar | andar de
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc. [from 8th c., transitive usage from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ride
trans_list: andar de | levar | pegar
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To be transported in a vehicle; to travel as a passenger. [from 9th c., transitive usage from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: ride
trans_list: cavalgar | sentar
sense:
(intransitive, transitive, slang, vulgar) To mount (someone) to have sex with them; to have sexual intercourse with. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/ride_roughshod_over__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ride roughshod over
trans_list: desprezar
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).


lexentry: eng/ridge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ridge
trans_list: cumeeira
sense:
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.


lexentry: eng/ridicule__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ridicule
trans_list: ridicularizar
sense:
(transitive) to criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of


lexentry: eng/rifle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rifle
trans_list: fuzil | espingarda | refle | rifle
sense:
(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.


lexentry: eng/rigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rigger
trans_list: exegeta
sense:
A part of a rowing boat's equipment used to provide leverage for a rowing blade or oar around a fixed fulcrum.


lexentry: eng/rigger__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rigger
trans_list: rebocador
sense:
A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.


lexentry: eng/rigging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rigging
trans_list: cordame
sense:
Dress; tackle; especially (nautical) , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.


lexentry: eng/right-wing__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right-wing
trans_list: de direita
sense:
(politics) Of political ideologies: opposing political and social equality, especially conservative, traditional, and/or reactionary politics.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: right
trans_list: direito | reto | perpendicular
sense:
(geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: correto | justo | certo
sense:
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.


lexentry: eng/right__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: right
trans_list: direito
sense:
(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.


lexentry: eng/right__Interjection__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: right
trans_list: certo
sense:
I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).


lexentry: eng/right__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: certo | né
sense:
Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.


lexentry: eng/right__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: right
trans_list: endireitar-se | aprumar | corrigir
sense:
(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.


lexentry: eng/right_of_asylum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of asylum
trans_list: direito de asilo
sense:
(legal) The right of a person persecuted by his or her own country to be protected by another sovereign authority.


lexentry: eng/right_of_first_refusal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of first refusal
trans_list: direito de preempção
sense:
(legal) A provision in a contract that permits a party to that contract or another named party to have an opportunity to purchase, use, or otherwise obtain a specified object before it is offered to any other party.


lexentry: eng/right_of_way__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right of way
trans_list: prioridade | preferência
sense:
(uncountable) The right to proceed first in traffic, on land, on water or in the air. Also in metaphorical senses.


lexentry: eng/right_whale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: right whale
trans_list: baleia-franca
sense:
Any of certain baleen whales of the family Balaenidae, in the genera Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the bowhead whale, also called Greenland right whale). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/rigidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rigidity
trans_list: rigidez
sense:
The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape


lexentry: eng/rime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rime
trans_list: geada | escarcha
sense:
Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).


lexentry: eng/rinderpest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rinderpest
trans_list: peste bovina
sense:
An eradicated contagious disease of ruminants and swine caused by Rinderpest virus, an RNA virus of the genus Morbillivirus.


lexentry: eng/ring-necked_parakeet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring-necked parakeet
trans_list: periquito-de-colar
sense:
A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: círculo | anilha
sense:
(UK) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anel
sense:
A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ring
trans_list: ringue | picadeiro
sense:
A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anel | conjunto
sense:
(algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive operation, a monoid under the multiplicative operation, and such that the multiplicative operation is distributive with respect to the additive operation.


lexentry: eng/ring__Noun__3
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ring
trans_list: anel | conjunto
sense:
(algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.


lexentry: eng/ring_finger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring finger
trans_list: anular | dedo anular | anelar | dedo anelar
sense:
Finger between middle finger and little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)


lexentry: eng/ring_ouzel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring ouzel
trans_list: melro-de-peito-branco
sense:
Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.


lexentry: eng/ring_road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ring road
trans_list: anel rodoviário | circular | circunvalação | contorno
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.


lexentry: eng/ringtail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ringtail
trans_list: bassarisco
sense:
A small carnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, somewhat like a raccoon, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/ringworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ringworm
trans_list: tinha | porrigem
sense:
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterised by ring-shaped discoloured patches, covered by vesicles or scales.


lexentry: eng/rinky-dink__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rinky-dink
trans_list: inútil
sense:
(countable) Something that is not up to acceptable standards; something regarded as being of low quality.


lexentry: eng/riot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riot
trans_list: tumulto | motim | revolta | turbulência
sense:
A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.


lexentry: eng/riot_police__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riot police
trans_list: batalhão de choque | polícia de choque
sense:
A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and dispersal.


lexentry: eng/rip__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rip
trans_list: rasgar
sense:
(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.


lexentry: eng/rip__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: rip
trans_list: ripar
sense:
(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.


lexentry: eng/ripe__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ripe
trans_list: maduro
sense:
(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.


lexentry: eng/ripped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ripped
trans_list: definido | trincado
sense:
(bodybuilding) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles or of men who have them.


lexentry: eng/rise__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rise
trans_list: aumento
sense:
(chiefly, UK, also, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa) An increase in a quantity, price, etc.


lexentry: eng/rise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rise
trans_list: aumentar | subir | erguer-se
sense:
(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.


lexentry: eng/risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: risk
trans_list: risco
sense:
(uncountable, economics, business, and, engineering) The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.


lexentry: eng/risk_assessment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: risk assessment
trans_list: avaliação de risco
sense:
The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.


lexentry: eng/risk_assessment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: risk assessment
trans_list: avaliação de risco
sense:
The determination of the potential impact of an individual risk by measuring or otherwise assessing both the likelihood that it will occur and the impact if it should occur, and then combining the result according to an agreed rule to give a single measure of potential impact.


lexentry: eng/rite_of_passage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rite of passage
trans_list: rito de passagem
sense:
(anthropology) A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.


lexentry: eng/rival__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rival
trans_list: rival | adversário | competidor
sense:
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.


lexentry: eng/rive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rive
trans_list: dividir
sense:
(transitive, archaic, _, except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to rend; to split; to cleave.


lexentry: eng/river__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: river
trans_list: rio | flume
sense:
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.


lexentry: eng/river__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: river
trans_list: caminho de rato
sense:
(typography) A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.


lexentry: eng/riverbed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: riverbed
trans_list: leito
sense:
(hydrology) The path where a river runs, or where a river once ran; the bottom earthen part of a river, not including the riverbanks.


lexentry: eng/rivet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rivet
trans_list: rebite
sense:
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.


lexentry: eng/road__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road
trans_list: estrada | caminho | via
sense:
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/road__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: road
trans_list: caminho
sense:
(nautical, often, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/road_accident__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road accident
trans_list: acidente rodoviário
sense:
A collision on a road, typically involving one or more motor vehicles, but also including cyclists and pedestrians knocked down by vehicles.


lexentry: eng/road_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road map
trans_list: mapa rodoviário
sense:
A map with a visual representation of roads used for automobile travel and navigation. A road map may contain other relevant data, such as terrain or railway lines.


lexentry: eng/road_to_Damascus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road to Damascus
trans_list: estrada para Damasco
sense:
(idiomatic, often, attributive) An important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.


lexentry: eng/road_user__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: road user
trans_list: usuário da via pública
sense:
Any person that makes use of a road, such as a driver, cyclist, motorcyclist, moped rider, pedestrian or horserider.


lexentry: eng/roadhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadhouse
trans_list: estalagem | hospedaria
sense:
(chiefly, US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city.


lexentry: eng/roadrunner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadrunner
trans_list: papa-léguas
sense:
Either of two species of fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family native to North and Central America, the lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) and, especially, the greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus).


lexentry: eng/roadstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roadstead
trans_list: angra
sense:
(nautical) A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour. [from early 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/roaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roaming
trans_list: itinerância
sense:
(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.


lexentry: eng/roast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roast
trans_list: assar
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.


lexentry: eng/roast__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: roast
trans_list: torrar
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.


lexentry: eng/rob_Peter_to_pay_Paul__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rob Peter to pay Paul
trans_list: despir um santo para vestir outro
sense:
(idiomatic) To use resources that legitimately belong to or are needed by one party in order to satisfy a legitimate need of another party, especially within the same organization or group; to solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse, producing no net gain.


lexentry: eng/robber_baron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robber baron
trans_list: barão-ladrão | cavaleiro ladrão
sense:
(historical) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.


lexentry: eng/robber_baron__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: robber baron
trans_list: barão-ladrão
sense:
(chiefly, US, idiomatic, usually, derogatory) Especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable and often unethical. [from 1870s]


lexentry: eng/robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: robbery
trans_list: assalto
sense:
(legal) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.


lexentry: eng/robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robin
trans_list: tordo
sense:
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.


lexentry: eng/robot__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: robot
trans_list: robot | robô
sense:
(chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/robot__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: robot
trans_list: robô
sense:
A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock
trans_list: rocha | pedra
sense:
(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.


lexentry: eng/rock__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock
trans_list: rock
sense:
A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboards (often), and vocals.


lexentry: eng/rock__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: rock
trans_list: abalar | balançar
sense:
(transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).


lexentry: eng/rock_crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock crystal
trans_list: cristal de rocha
sense:
clear, colourless form of the silica-based mineral quartz, often called "pure quartz" or "clear quartz".


lexentry: eng/rock_hyrax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock hyrax
trans_list: damão | macópio
sense:
A guinea pig-like, but larger, animal (Procavia capensis), native to much of Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.


lexentry: eng/rock_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock music
trans_list: rock
sense:
(music) A broad genre of popular music, including especially those styles ultimately derived from rock and roll, employing electrical amplification, heavy use of guitars, 4/4 time with strong percussive rhythm on beats two and four (backbeat), and usually themes of bold wildness, rebellion, and sexuality.


lexentry: eng/rock_paper_scissors__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock paper scissors
trans_list: joquempô | pedra-papel-tesoura
sense:
(hand game) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.


lexentry: eng/rock_pipit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rock pipit
trans_list: petinha-marítima
sense:
A stocky bird, of species Anthus petrosus, somewhat smaller than a starling, that breeds on rocky beaches and winters on coastal salt marshes.


lexentry: eng/rocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rocket
trans_list: foguete
sense:
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rocket
trans_list: foguete
sense:
An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/rocket_scientist__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rocket scientist
trans_list: cabeça
sense:
(hyperbolic, idiom, chiefly in the negative) One qualified to handle or understand things which are very complex or confusing; a very intelligent person.


lexentry: eng/rockrose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rockrose
trans_list: alecrim-das-paredes
sense:
(especially) Any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European Helianthemum nummularium (syn. Helianthum vulgare) and the American frostweed, Helianthum canadense.


lexentry: eng/rococo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rococo
trans_list: rococó
sense:
(uncountable) A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.


lexentry: eng/rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rod
trans_list: vara
sense:
A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.


lexentry: eng/rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: rod
trans_list: vara | bacilo
sense:
An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.


lexentry: eng/rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: rod
trans_list: barra
sense:
A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.


lexentry: eng/rod_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rod cell
trans_list: bastonete
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.


lexentry: eng/rodelero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rodelero
trans_list: rodeleiro
sense:
(history, military) A type of trooper from Spain, who sported a rodela (a round type of shield) and often a side-sword.


lexentry: eng/rodent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rodent
trans_list: roedor
sense:
A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.


lexentry: eng/roe_deer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roe deer
trans_list: corço
sense:
A small, nimble Eurasian deer with no visible tail, a white rump patch, and a reddish summer coat that turns grey in winter, the male having short three-pointed antlers (Capreolus capreolus and Capreolus pygargus).


lexentry: eng/roger__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roger
trans_list: entendido
sense:
(radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)


lexentry: eng/roil__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roil
trans_list: turbar | turvar
sense:
(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.


lexentry: eng/roleplaying_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roleplaying game
trans_list: RPG
sense:
(games) A type of game where one or more players assume the roles of characters (usually one each) to interact with a fictional world either defined by themselves or through the moderation of a neutral judge (usually referred to as the game master).


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: roll
trans_list: cilindro | rolo
sense:
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: roll
trans_list: balanço
sense:
(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.


lexentry: eng/roll__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rolo
sense:
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rolar | girar
sense:
(ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.


lexentry: eng/roll__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roll
trans_list: rolar | circular
sense:
(ergative) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.


lexentry: eng/roll_cage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll cage
trans_list: santantônio
sense:
(automotive) A frame built in or around the driver and passenger compartment of a vehicle to protect its occupants from being injured in an accident, particularly if the vehicle rolls over.


lexentry: eng/roll_one's_eyes__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll one's eyes
trans_list: revirar os olhos
sense:
(idiomatic) To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.


lexentry: eng/roll_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roll out
trans_list: desdobrar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.


lexentry: eng/roller_blind__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller blind
trans_list: estore
sense:
A blind for a window, usually of stiffened fabric, mounted on a pole and operated with a chain or spring mechanism.


lexentry: eng/roller_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller chain
trans_list: cadeia
sense:
A type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.


lexentry: eng/roller_shutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roller shutter
trans_list: persiana
sense:
A shutter (for a window or door) consisting of a series of horizontal sections that are hinged together and attached to a roller at the top.


lexentry: eng/rolling_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rolling pin
trans_list: rolo da massa | confeitaria
sense:
A food preparation utensil consisting of a cylinder with a handle at each end, used to flatten dough.


lexentry: eng/roly-poly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roly-poly
trans_list: tatuzinho
sense:
(Canada, US) In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).


lexentry: eng/romanize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: romanize
trans_list: latinizar | romanizar
sense:
(transitive) To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romântico
sense:
Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romântico
sense:
Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romântico
sense:
Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/romantic__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: romantic
trans_list: romântico
sense:
A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).


lexentry: eng/rondo__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: rondo
trans_list: bobinho | roda de bobinho | rodinha de bobo
sense:
(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.


lexentry: eng/rood_screen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rood screen
trans_list: coro alto | dossel
sense:
(architecture, Christianity) A carved screen that separated the chancel and nave in a medieval church; it originally carried a large crucifix; an altar screen.


lexentry: eng/rook__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rook
trans_list: torre
sense:
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.


lexentry: eng/room_temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: room temperature
trans_list: temperatura ambiente
sense:
A normal temperature of a room in which people live; typically 20 to 23°C (68 to 73°F); neither heated nor cooled.


lexentry: eng/rooster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rooster
trans_list: galo
sense:
(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root
trans_list: raiz
sense:
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: root
trans_list: raiz
sense:
(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: root
trans_list: raiz | radical
sense:
(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: root
trans_list: root
sense:
(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.


lexentry: eng/root__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: root
trans_list: diretório raiz
sense:
(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.


lexentry: eng/root__Verb__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root
trans_list: torcer
sense:
(intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]


lexentry: eng/root_beer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: root beer
trans_list: cerveja de raiz | cerveja de raízes | root beer
sense:
A beverage, most often a carbonated soft drink made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sassafras root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses, among other things.


lexentry: eng/rootstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rootstock
trans_list: porta-enxerto
sense:
(agriculture) A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.


lexentry: eng/rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rope
trans_list: corda
sense:
(uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.


lexentry: eng/rope__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: rope
trans_list: corda
sense:
(computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.


lexentry: eng/rorqual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rorqual
trans_list: rorqual
sense:
Any whale of family Balaenopteridae, with longitudinal skin folds running from below the mouth to the navel, allowing the capacity of the mouth to expand greatly when feeding.


lexentry: eng/rosary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosary
trans_list: rosário
sense:
Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)


lexentry: eng/rosary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rosary
trans_list: rosário
sense:
(by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.


lexentry: eng/rose_fish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose fish
trans_list: cantarilho
sense:
A large marine food fish, of species Sebastes norvegicus, that lives off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America.


lexentry: eng/rose_window__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rose window
trans_list: rosácea
sense:
Any circular window, especially one of those found in churches of the Gothic architectural style and divided into segments by stone mullions and tracery.


lexentry: eng/rosemary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosemary
trans_list: alecrim
sense:
A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.


lexentry: eng/rosewater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosewater
trans_list: água de rosas
sense:
A liquid produced by steeping rose petals in water, used as a coloring agent and flavoring ingredient in certain foods.


lexentry: eng/rosin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rosin
trans_list: colofônia | colofónia
sense:
(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.


lexentry: eng/roster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roster
trans_list: lista
sense:
A list of individuals or groups, usually for an organization of some kind such as military officers and enlisted personnel enrolled in a particular unit; a muster roll; a sports team, with the names of players who are eligible to be placed in the lineup for a particular game; or a list of students officially enrolled in a school or class.


lexentry: eng/rotary_dial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotary dial
trans_list: roda de oleiro
sense:
a disk with finger holes, used to enter numbers by rotating the disk forward and letting it slide back


lexentry: eng/rotavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotavirus
trans_list: rotavírus
sense:
Any of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.


lexentry: eng/rotifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotifer
trans_list: rotífero
sense:
Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.


lexentry: eng/rotor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rotor
trans_list: rotor
sense:
A rotating part of a mechanical device; for example, in an electric motor, generator, alternator, or pump.


lexentry: eng/rottol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rottol
trans_list: cilindro
sense:
(historical, _, units of measure) A former Middle Eastern and North African unit of dry weight, usually between 1–5 pounds (0.5–2.5 kg).


lexentry: eng/rotunda__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rotunda
trans_list: rotunda
sense:
(typography, frequently, capitalized) A Gothic typeface used in early printed books in Northern Italy, based on a rounded script developed in the 13th cent.; the manuscript hand on which this typeface was based.


lexentry: eng/rouille__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rouille
trans_list: ferrugem
sense:
(cooking) A type of sauce from Provence, France, often served with fish dishes, consisting of egg yolk and olive oil with breadcrumbs, chili peppers, garlic, and saffron.


lexentry: eng/roulette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roulette
trans_list: roleta
sense:
(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.


lexentry: eng/roulette_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roulette wheel
trans_list: roleta
sense:
(gambling) A slotted wheel that rotates horizontally; players bet on which slot the ball will stop in.


lexentry: eng/round__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: round
trans_list: arredondado
sense:
(authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: round
trans_list: carga
sense:
A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: round
trans_list: assalto | lombo | rodada | round | tempo
sense:
(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: round
trans_list: bisel | biselagem | chanfradura | chanfro
sense:
(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for a finished appearance and to soften sharp edges.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: round
trans_list: círculo | rodela
sense:
A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary, or security purposes.


lexentry: eng/round__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: round
trans_list: assalto | lombo | rodada | round | tempo
sense:
A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution.


lexentry: eng/round__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: round
trans_list: arredondar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.


lexentry: eng/round_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round off
trans_list: arredondar
sense:
(transitive) To change the shape of (an object) to make it smoother and especially more circular or ovoid.


lexentry: eng/round_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: round off
trans_list: arredondar
sense:
(mathematics, transitive, intransitive) To change (a number) to an approximation having fewer significant digits.


lexentry: eng/round_robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round robin
trans_list: círculo
sense:
(originally, US, sports, often, attributive) The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.


lexentry: eng/round_robin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round robin
trans_list: círculo
sense:
A letter or piece of writing which is circulated among members of a group, to which each person makes a contribution before sending it to another person; also, a packet of letters circulated regularly in a fixed order among a group (often family members), whereby each person replaces their previous contribution with a new letter, and then sends the packet to the next recipient.


lexentry: eng/round_trip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: round trip
trans_list: ida e volta
sense:
(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.


lexentry: eng/round_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: round up
trans_list: arredondar
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.


lexentry: eng/roundabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roundabout
trans_list: rotunda | rotatória
sense:
(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.


lexentry: eng/roundabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: roundabout
trans_list: carrossel | gira-gira
sense:
(chiefly, British) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.


lexentry: eng/roustabout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: roustabout
trans_list: ajudante
sense:
(chiefly, US) An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/rout__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rout
trans_list: desbaratar
sense:
(transitive) To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).


lexentry: eng/route_of_administration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: route of administration
trans_list: via de administração
sense:
(pharmacology, toxicology) The path by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body.


lexentry: eng/router__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: router
trans_list: roteador
sense:
(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.


lexentry: eng/router__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: router
trans_list: roteador
sense:
(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.


lexentry: eng/routineness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: routineness
trans_list: quotidiano
sense:
The state or quality of being routine, of possessing the traits of being quotidian, and repeating a pattern regularly


lexentry: eng/routing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: routing
trans_list: roteamento
sense:
(networking) A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.


lexentry: eng/row__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: row
trans_list: fileira | linha | eito
sense:
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.


lexentry: eng/rowan__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rowan
trans_list: sorveira
sense:
Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.


lexentry: eng/rowlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rowlock
trans_list: forqueta
sense:
(nautical, chiefly, British) A usually U-shaped pivot attached to the gunwale (outrigger in a sport boat) of a boat that supports and guides an oar, and provides a fulcrum for rowing; an oarlock.


lexentry: eng/royal_assent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal assent
trans_list: consentimento real
sense:
(government) The method by which a constitutional monarch formally approves and promulgates an act of his or her nation's parliament, thus making it a law.


lexentry: eng/royal_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal flush
trans_list: royal flush
sense:
(poker) An ace-high straight flush; a hand consisting of the cards A, K, Q, J, 10, of the same suit and the rarest and strongest hand in poker.


lexentry: eng/royal_jelly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royal jelly
trans_list: geleia real
sense:
A substance secreted by honey bees to aid in the development of immature or young bees, supplied in extra measure to those young that will become queen bees.


lexentry: eng/royalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: royalism
trans_list: realismo
sense:
Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: realeza
sense:
A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: royalty
sense:
The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.


lexentry: eng/royalty__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: royalty
trans_list: royalty
sense:
(by extension) Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.


lexentry: eng/rub__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub
trans_list: esfregar | friccionar
sense:
(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.


lexentry: eng/rub_off_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub off on
trans_list: descolorir
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, of behavior, beliefs, etc.) To be acquired by or transferred to (someone) as a result of regular exposure.


lexentry: eng/rub_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rub out
trans_list: eclipsar
sense:
(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).


lexentry: eng/rubato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubato
trans_list: rubato
sense:
(music) A tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat.


lexentry: eng/rubber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber
trans_list: borracha
sense:
(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.


lexentry: eng/rubber_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber room
trans_list: sala acolchoada
sense:
(idiomatic, psychiatry) A cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person.


lexentry: eng/rubber_stamp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubber stamp
trans_list: estigma
sense:
A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object.


lexentry: eng/rubbernecker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubbernecker
trans_list: espectador
sense:
(originally, US) A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.


lexentry: eng/rubbish__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubbish
trans_list: horrível
sense:
(chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful.


lexentry: eng/rubbish__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubbish
trans_list: criticar
sense:
(transitive, chiefly, Australia, Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, Commonwealth) To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage. [from c. 1950s (Australia, New Zealand)]


lexentry: eng/rubella__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubella
trans_list: rubéola
sense:
(pathology) A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/rubidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rubidium
trans_list: rubídio
sense:
The chemical element (symbol Rb) with an atomic number of 37. It is a soft, highly reactive alkali metal.


lexentry: eng/ruble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruble
trans_list: rublo
sense:
The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.


lexentry: eng/ruby__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: ruby
trans_list: rubi
sense:
(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.


lexentry: eng/rudder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rudder
trans_list: leme
sense:
(nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).


lexentry: eng/rudder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: rudder
trans_list: leme
sense:
(aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.


lexentry: eng/rue__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rue
trans_list: arruda
sense:
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.


lexentry: eng/rue__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rue
trans_list: arrepender
sense:
(transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.


lexentry: eng/ruff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruff
trans_list: gorgiera
sense:
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).


lexentry: eng/ruffle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ruffle
trans_list: babado | dobra | prega
sense:
(zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.


lexentry: eng/rufous-tailed_hawk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rufous-tailed hawk
trans_list: gavião-de-rabo-ruivo
sense:
Buteo ventralis, a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family, found in southern Argentina and Chile


lexentry: eng/rugby__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rugby
trans_list: rugby | rúgbi | râguebi
sense:
A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.


lexentry: eng/rugby_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rugby union
trans_list: rugby union
sense:
A form of rugby football, historically amateur, having 15 players per side; points are scored for a try, penalty, drop kick or conversion.


lexentry: eng/ruin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruin
trans_list: ruína
sense:
(countable, sometimes, in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of law
trans_list: estado de direito
sense:
(legal, often, capitalized) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it.


lexentry: eng/rule_of_thumb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rule of thumb
trans_list: heurística | macete | manha
sense:
A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.


lexentry: eng/ruler__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruler
trans_list: régua
sense:
A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.


lexentry: eng/ruler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ruler
trans_list: governante
sense:
A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.


lexentry: eng/ruminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ruminate
trans_list: rumiar | ruminar
sense:
(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.


lexentry: eng/rummage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rummage
trans_list: vasculhar | fuçar
sense:
(intransitive) To hastily search for something in a confined space and among many items by carelessly turning things over or pushing things aside.


lexentry: eng/rummage__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rummage
trans_list: vasculhar | esgravatar | revirar | revolver
sense:
(transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.


lexentry: eng/rummer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rummer
trans_list: romano
sense:
A large drinking-glass for alcoholic drinks, chiefly wine, typically with a short or heavy stem. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/rumor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rumor
trans_list: boato | rumor
sense:
(countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.


lexentry: eng/rumor_mill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rumor mill
trans_list: fofoqueira | fofoqueiras | fofoqueiro | fofoqueiros
sense:
(American spelling, idiomatic) A process in which a group or network of persons originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.


lexentry: eng/run__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: run
trans_list: riacho
sense:
(chiefly, eastern, _, North Midland US, especially, Ohio, Pennsylvania) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)


lexentry: eng/run__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run
trans_list: atravessar
sense:
(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.


lexentry: eng/run__Verb__1
sense_num: 32
written_rep: run
trans_list: correr | dirigir | funcionar | passar | candidatar | concorrer
sense:
To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.


lexentry: eng/run_away__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: run away
trans_list: fugir
sense:
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.


lexentry: eng/run_in_the_family__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: run in the family
trans_list: ser de família
sense:
(idiomatic, somewhat derogatory) To be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.


lexentry: eng/run_into__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: run into
trans_list: dar de cara | topar
sense:
(intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).


lexentry: eng/run_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: run through
trans_list: penetrar
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.


lexentry: eng/run_through__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: run through
trans_list: irrigar
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, of a train) To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route.


lexentry: eng/runaway__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: runaway
trans_list: dissidente
sense:
(informal) Deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.


lexentry: eng/rune__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rune
trans_list: runa
sense:
A letter, or character, used in the written language of various ancient Germanic peoples, especially the Scandinavians and the Anglo-Saxons.


lexentry: eng/runner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: runner
trans_list: corredor | corredora
sense:
(cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.


lexentry: eng/running__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: running
trans_list: correr
sense:
(physics) The dependence of measured value, typically a coupling constant, on the energy scale at which it is probed due to higher-order interaction terms and associated renormalization issues becoming relevant; metaphorically, the "running" of the measurement from its limiting macroscopic value.


lexentry: eng/running_gear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running gear
trans_list: trem de aterragem
sense:
(automotive) The wheels, suspension, steering, powertrain and usually the chassis of a motor vehicle.


lexentry: eng/running_text__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running text
trans_list: texto corrido
sense:
The main body of a document; text in the form of sentences and paragraphs, as distinct from headings, captions, footnotes, and other added content.


lexentry: eng/running_the_gauntlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: running the gauntlet
trans_list: corredor da morte | corredor polonês
sense:
A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass


lexentry: eng/runoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: runoff
trans_list: escoamento
sense:
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.


lexentry: eng/runoff__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: runoff
trans_list: segunda volta | segundo turno
sense:
(politics) A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.


lexentry: eng/runt__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: runt
trans_list: anão
sense:
(typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/runway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: runway
trans_list: passarela
sense:
A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows.


lexentry: eng/rupee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rupee
trans_list: rupia
sense:
The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, the Seychelles, or Sri Lanka, often abbreviated ₨.


lexentry: eng/rush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rush
trans_list: apressar-se
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.


lexentry: eng/rush_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rush hour
trans_list: hora de ponta | hora do rush | horário de pico
sense:
(idiomatic) The times of the day when traffic jams are commonplace, due mainly to people commuting to or from work.


lexentry: eng/rushnyk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rushnyk
trans_list: toalha
sense:
A cloth/towel embroidered with symbols and cryptograms of the ancient world, used in Eastern Slavic ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/rusty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: rusty
trans_list: destreinado | enferrujado
sense:
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rut__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rut
trans_list: rodeira | sulco
sense:
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/rutile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rutile
trans_list: rutilo
sense:
(mineral) The most frequent of the three polymorphs of titanium dioxide, crystalizing in the tetragonal system, TiO2.


lexentry: eng/rösti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: rösti
trans_list: rösti | batata suíça
sense:
A traditional breakfast dish in Germanophone Switzerland (originally from Bern canton) made from potatoes, fried in a pan with butter or fat and widely varying other ingredients such as bacon, onions, cheese, apples or fresh herbs.


lexentry: eng/sable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: sable
trans_list: zibelina
sense:
(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).


