# translation

lexentry: eng/lunar_year__Noun__1
written_rep: lunar year
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ano lunar
sense_list:
a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun


lexentry: eng/lunette__Noun__1
written_rep: lunette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luneta
sense_list:
(architectural element) A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape. [from 17th c.] | (architectural element) A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door. [from 18th c.] a lunette in the Thomas Jefferson building of the US Library of Congress | (Christianity) A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/lunge__Noun__1
written_rep: lunge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: afundo | passada
sense_list:
An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.


lexentry: eng/lunula__Noun__1
written_rep: lunula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúnula
sense_list:
(anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.


lexentry: eng/lupin__Noun__1
written_rep: lupin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tremoço
sense_list:
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. | A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.


lexentry: eng/lupus__Noun__1
written_rep: lupus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lúpus
sense_list:
(pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.


lexentry: eng/lure__Verb__1
written_rep: lure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atrair
sense_list:
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile. | (transitive) To attract fish with a lure. | (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.


lexentry: eng/lurk__Verb__1
written_rep: lurk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espreitar
sense_list:
To remain concealed in order to ambush. | To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.


lexentry: eng/lurker__Noun__1
written_rep: lurker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: observador
sense_list:
(Internet slang) A user who observes a community rather than participating; someone who reads or takes advantage of content on a website, newsgroup, etc. but does not contribute.


lexentry: eng/luster__Noun__1
written_rep: luster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lustre
sense_list:
The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc. | (figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.


lexentry: eng/lustrum__Noun__1
written_rep: lustrum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lustre
sense_list:
(historical) A lustration: a ceremonial purification of the people of Rome performed every five years after the census. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/lute__Noun__1
written_rep: lute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alaúde
sense_list:
A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.


lexentry: eng/luteinizing_hormone__Noun__1
written_rep: luteinizing hormone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hormona luteinizante | hormônio luteinizante
sense_list:
(biochemistry) A hormone, produced by anterior part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates ovulation and the development of the corpus luteum in female mammals, and the production of androgens by male mammals.


lexentry: eng/lutetium__Noun__1
written_rep: lutetium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lutécio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.


lexentry: eng/luthier__Noun__1
written_rep: luthier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lutiê
sense_list:
A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.


lexentry: eng/lux__Noun__1
written_rep: lux
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lux
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx


lexentry: eng/luxury__Noun__1
written_rep: luxury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: luxo
sense_list:
Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings. | Something desirable but expensive. | Something that is pleasant but not necessary in life.


lexentry: eng/lycanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: lycanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: licantropia
sense_list:
(mythology) The state of being a lycanthrope (or werewolf), a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and a wolf, often said to happen involuntarily during a full moon; werewolfdom. | (mythology, by extension) The state of being a person who can shapeshift between the form of a human being and an animal, whether or not it is a wolf.


lexentry: eng/lye__Noun__1
written_rep: lye
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lixívia
sense_list:
An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes). | Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).


lexentry: eng/lymph__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: linfa
sense_list:
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.


lexentry: eng/lymph_node__Noun__1
written_rep: lymph node
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gânglio linfático | linfonodo
sense_list:
(anatomy, immunology) Each of the small oval bodies of the lymphatic system, distributed along the lymphatic vessels, that are clustered in the armpits, groin, neck, chest and abdomen. They act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes and macrophages that collect and destroy bacteria, viruses and foreign matter from lymph. When the body is fighting an infection, these lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes.


lexentry: eng/lymphadenopathy__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphadenopathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linfadenopatia
sense_list:
(medicine) An abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes; it is often a nonspecific sign of infection but is also often of obscure origin and benign.


lexentry: eng/lymphatic_system__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphatic system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema linfático
sense_list:
(anatomy) In mammals, including humans, a network of lymph vessels and lymph nodes that transport fluid, fats, proteins, and lymphocytes to the bloodstream as lymph, and remove microorganisms and other debris from tissues.


lexentry: eng/lymphocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: lymphocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linfócito
sense_list:
(cytology, immunology) Any of several types of white blood cell with a spherical nucleus occurring in the lymphatic system, including B cells, T cells and natural killer cells.


lexentry: eng/lynch__Verb__1
written_rep: lynch
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: linchar
sense_list:
To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.


lexentry: eng/lyre__Noun__1
written_rep: lyre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lira
sense_list:
An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke. | A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.


lexentry: eng/lysergic_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: lysergic acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ácido lisérgico
sense_list:
(organic compound) An organic compound, 6-methyl-9,10-didehydro-ergoline-8-carboxylic acid, derived from an alkaloid found in ergot; its amide derivatives are widely used as pharmaceuticals and as hallucinogenic drugs (LSD).


lexentry: eng/lysis__Noun__1
written_rep: lysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lise
sense_list:
(medicine, pathology) A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis). | (biochemistry) The disintegration or destruction of cells.


lexentry: eng/lysosome__Noun__1
written_rep: lysosome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lisossoma | lisossomo
sense_list:
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.


lexentry: eng/mRNA__Noun__1
written_rep: mRNA
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ARNm
sense_list:
(uncountable, biochemistry) Initialism of messenger RNA. | (countable, biochemistry) A strand of messenger RNA.


lexentry: eng/macaroni__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macarrão
sense_list:
(uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes; sometimes loosely, pasta in general. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/macaroni_penguin__Noun__1
written_rep: macaroni penguin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pinguim-macaroni | pinguim-de-testa-amarela
sense_list:
A species of penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus, with distinctive yellow and black plumes on the top of their heads.


lexentry: eng/macaw__Noun__1
written_rep: macaw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arara
sense_list:
Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.


lexentry: eng/macchia__Noun__1
written_rep: macchia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquis
sense_list:
A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.


lexentry: eng/machete__Noun__1
written_rep: machete
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: machete | catana | facão
sense_list:
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.


lexentry: eng/machicolation__Noun__1
written_rep: machicolation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mata-cães
sense_list:
(architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.


lexentry: eng/machination__Noun__1
written_rep: machination
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquinação
sense_list:
A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. | The act of machinating or plotting.


lexentry: eng/machine__Noun__1
written_rep: machine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máquina
sense_list:
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect. | (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.


lexentry: eng/machine_gun__Noun__1
written_rep: machine gun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metralhadora
sense_list:
A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.


lexentry: eng/machine_language__Noun__1
written_rep: machine language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: código de máquina
sense_list:
(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.


lexentry: eng/machine_learning__Noun__1
written_rep: machine learning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aprendizagem automática | aprendizado de máquina
sense_list:
(artificial intelligence) A field of study concerned with the design and development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to learn.


lexentry: eng/machine_pistol__Noun__1
written_rep: machine pistol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pistola automática
sense_list:
A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).


lexentry: eng/machine_tool__Noun__1
written_rep: machine tool
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máquina ferramenta
sense_list:
(mechanical engineering) A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.


lexentry: eng/machine_translation__Noun__1
written_rep: machine translation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tradução automática
sense_list:
(translation studies) The act of translating something from one language to another by means of a machine, especially a computer.


lexentry: eng/mackerel__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavala
sense_list:
Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,


lexentry: eng/mackerel_shark__Noun__1
written_rep: mackerel shark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lamniforme
sense_list:
Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane


lexentry: eng/macroconidium__Noun__1
written_rep: macroconidium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macroconídio
sense_list:
(mycology) A relatively large conidium, but especially the larger of a pair of conidia in the same organism


lexentry: eng/macrocosm__Noun__1
written_rep: macrocosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macrocosmo
sense_list:
(philosophy) A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.


lexentry: eng/macroeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: macroeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macroeconomia
sense_list:
The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.


lexentry: eng/macromolecule__Noun__1
written_rep: macromolecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macromolécula
sense_list:
(chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).


lexentry: eng/macron__Noun__1
written_rep: macron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mácron | macro
sense_list:
(orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (◌̄) placed over a letter, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/macrophage__Noun__1
written_rep: macrophage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: macrófago
sense_list:
(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.


lexentry: eng/macropod__Noun__1
written_rep: macropod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: canguru
sense_list:
A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.


lexentry: eng/macula__Noun__1
written_rep: macula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mácula
sense_list:
(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.


lexentry: eng/madam__Noun__1
written_rep: madam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cafetina
sense_list:
(slang) A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.


lexentry: eng/madrasah__Noun__1
written_rep: madrasah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: madraçal
sense_list:
(Islam) A school for any kind of teaching, at any grade level; usually specifically a school that teaches Islamic theology.


lexentry: eng/madrigal__Noun__1
written_rep: madrigal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: madrigal
sense_list:
(music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy. | (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy. | (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: revista | magazine
sense_list:
A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.


lexentry: eng/magazine__Noun__1
written_rep: magazine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cartucho
sense_list:
A chamber in or attachable to a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.


lexentry: eng/magenta__Noun__1
written_rep: magenta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magenta
sense_list:
A colour which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is n additive secondary colour but a subtractive primary colour evoked by the combination of red and blue light.


lexentry: eng/maggot__Noun__1
written_rep: maggot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: larva
sense_list:
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mágico
sense_list:
Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic. [from 14th c.] | Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic. [from 17th c.] | Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic__Noun__1
written_rep: magic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magia | mágica
sense_list:
The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them. [from 14th c.] | A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability. [from 14th c.] | A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/magic_carpet__Noun__1
written_rep: magic carpet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tapete mágico | tapete voador
sense_list:
(fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.


lexentry: eng/magic_square__Noun__1
written_rep: magic square
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: quadrado mágico
sense_list:
(number theory) An n-by-n arrangement of n2 numbers such that the numbers in each row, in each column and along both diagonals all have the same sum.


lexentry: eng/magical_girl__Noun__1
written_rep: magical girl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mahō shōjo
sense_list:
In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.


lexentry: eng/magistrate__Noun__1
written_rep: magistrate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magistrado
sense_list:
(legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both. | (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
written_rep: magma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magma | lava
sense_list:
(geology) The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.


lexentry: eng/magma__Noun__1
written_rep: magma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: grupoide
sense_list:
(mathematics) A basic algebraic structure consisting of a set equipped with a single binary operation.


lexentry: eng/magnesite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnesita
sense_list:
(mineral) A form of magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, occurring as dolomite (with calcite) but rarely found in the pure state.


lexentry: eng/magnesium__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnésio
sense_list:
The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.


lexentry: eng/magnesium_oxide__Noun__1
written_rep: magnesium oxide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnésia
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium.


lexentry: eng/magnetar__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetar
sense_list:
(star) A neutron star or pulsar with an extremely powerful magnetic field, especially those on which starquakes occur, thought to be the source of some gamma-ray bursts.


lexentry: eng/magnetic__Adjective__1
written_rep: magnetic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnético
sense_list:
Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism. | Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull. | Determined by earth's magnetic fields. | Having an extraordinary ability to attract.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_field__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic field
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: campo magnético
sense_list:
(physics) A condition in the space around a magnet or electric current in which there is a detectable magnetic force and two magnetic poles are present.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_moment__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: momento magnético
sense_list:
(electromagnetism) The torque exerted on a magnet within a magnetic field; a vector, being the product of the strength of the magnet and the distance between its poles.


lexentry: eng/magnetic_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetic tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fita magnética
sense_list:
A type of (usually) acrylic tape with a fine coating of magnetically sensitive material on one side, used for recording audio and other data.


lexentry: eng/magnetite__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetita
sense_list:
(mineral) A magnetic mineral, Fe3O4, one of the primary ores of iron. It has also been called lodestone.


lexentry: eng/magnetometer__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetómetro
sense_list:
(physics) An instrument used to measure the intensity and direction of a magnetic field, especially at points on the Earth's surface; sometimes used as metal detector.


lexentry: eng/magnetosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: magnetosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: magnetosfera
sense_list:
(physics) The comet-shaped region around Earth or another planet in which charged particles are trapped or deflected. Shaped by the solar wind and the planet's magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: magnitude
sense_list:
(mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically | (seismology) A measure of the energy released by an earthquake (e.g. on the Richter scale).


lexentry: eng/magnitude__Noun__1
written_rep: magnitude
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: magnitude | grandeza
sense_list:
(astronomy) A logarithmic scale of brightness defined so that a difference of 5 magnitudes is a factor of 100. | (uncountable) The apparent brightness of a star, with lower magnitudes being brighter; apparent magnitude


lexentry: eng/magpie-lark__Noun__1
written_rep: magpie-lark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cotovia-pega
sense_list:
A common species of passerine bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, family Monarchidae, of Australia and southern New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/maguey__Noun__1
written_rep: maguey
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: piteira
sense_list:
Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana.


lexentry: eng/magus__Noun__1
written_rep: magus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mago
sense_list:
A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster. | (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.


lexentry: eng/mahi-mahi__Noun__1
written_rep: mahi-mahi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dourado-do-mar | guaraçapé
sense_list:
A large food and game fish of the family Coryphaenidae which is commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters.


lexentry: eng/mahjong__Noun__1
written_rep: mahjong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mahjong | majongue
sense_list:
A game (originally Chinese) for four players, using a collection of tiles divided into five or six suits.


lexentry: eng/mahogany__Noun__1
written_rep: mahogany
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mogno
sense_list:
(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. [from 17th c.] | (countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes. [from 18th c.] | A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. [from 19th c.] | (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. [19th c.]


lexentry: eng/maid__Noun__1
written_rep: maid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moça | donzela
sense_list:
(dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. | (archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.


lexentry: eng/maidenhair__Noun__1
written_rep: maidenhair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: avenca
sense_list:
Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: correio
sense_list:
(now, _, regional) A bag or wallet. [from 13thc.] | A bag containing letters to be delivered by post. | The material conveyed by the postal service. [from 17thc.] | (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post. | The postal service or system in general. [from 17thc.] | (countable) An email message. | A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: correio | correspondência
sense_list:
(chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.]


lexentry: eng/mail__Noun__1
written_rep: mail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: correio | correio eletrônico | e-mail
sense_list:
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages. [from 20thc.]


lexentry: eng/mailing_list__Noun__1
written_rep: mailing list
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lista de correio | lista de difusão | lista de discussão
sense_list:
A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients.


lexentry: eng/maillot__Noun__1
written_rep: maillot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maiô
sense_list:
A one-piece swimsuit (for women) | A leotard or tights of stretchable jersey fabric, generally worn by dancers, gymnasts or cyclists.


lexentry: eng/mailman__Noun__1
written_rep: mailman
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carteiro
sense_list:
(North America) someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes


lexentry: eng/mainframe__Noun__1
written_rep: mainframe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mainframe
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A large, powerful computer able to manage very many simultaneous tasks and communicate with very many connected terminals; used by large, complex organizations (such as banks and supermarkets) where continuously sustained operation is vital.


lexentry: eng/mainland_China__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: mainland China
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: China Continental
sense_list:
The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)


lexentry: eng/mainmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mainmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grande | mastro grande
sense_list:
(nautical) The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship. | (nautical) The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.


lexentry: eng/majestic_plural__Noun__1
written_rep: majestic plural
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plural majestático
sense_list:
The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.


lexentry: eng/major__Adjective__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maior
sense_list:
Greater in number, quantity, or extent. | (education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. | (postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. | Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval) | Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. (of a term)


lexentry: eng/major__Noun__1
written_rep: major
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: major
sense_list:
(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.


lexentry: eng/major_scale__Noun__1
written_rep: major scale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tom maior
sense_list:
(music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.


lexentry: eng/major_third__Noun__1
written_rep: major third
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terça maior
sense_list:
(music) A musical interval in Western music that is equal to or approximates a frequency ratio of 5/4. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of four standard semitones, spans three degrees of the diatonic scale, and is enharmonically equivalent to a diminished fourth. Major scales are so named because of the major third interval between the tonic and mediant of a major tonic triad.


lexentry: eng/majordomo__Noun__1
written_rep: majordomo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mordomo
sense_list:
The head servant or official in a royal Spanish or Italian household; later, any head servant in a wealthy household in a foreign country; a leading servant or butler.


lexentry: eng/majority__Noun__1
written_rep: majority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maioria
sense_list:
More than half (50%) of some group. | The difference between the winning vote and the rest of the votes.


lexentry: eng/make-up_artist__Noun__1
written_rep: make-up artist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquiador
sense_list:
A person who applies makeup and prosthetics for theatrical, television, film, fashion, magazines and similar productions.


lexentry: eng/make__Verb__1
written_rep: make
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 30
trans_list: fazer | construir | deixar | ganhar | interpretar
sense_list:
(obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.


lexentry: eng/make_a_difference__Verb__1
written_rep: make a difference
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer uma diferença
sense_list:
(idiomatic, intransitive) To carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.


lexentry: eng/make_a_mountain_out_of_a_molehill__Verb__1
written_rep: make a mountain out of a molehill
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer tempestade em copo d'água | fazer uma tempestade num copo de água
sense_list:
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.


lexentry: eng/make_amends__Verb__1
written_rep: make amends
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: redimir
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To repair a relationship; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sobreviver
sense_list:
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).


lexentry: eng/make_do__Verb__1
written_rep: make do
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: quebrar o galho
sense_list:
(transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose.


lexentry: eng/make_ends_meet__Verb__1
written_rep: make ends meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chegar ao fim do mês | conseguir pagar as contas
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).


lexentry: eng/make_it__Verb__1
written_rep: make it
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dar-se bem
sense_list:
To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.


lexentry: eng/make_over__Verb__1
written_rep: make over
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reformar
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.


lexentry: eng/make_peace__Verb__1
written_rep: make peace
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer as pazes
sense_list:
To end hostilities; to reach a peace agreement; to initiate or resume a cordial relationship after a period of animosity.


lexentry: eng/make_room__Verb__1
written_rep: make room
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abrir espaço
sense_list:
(idiom) To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.


lexentry: eng/make_sense__Verb__1
written_rep: make sense
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: fazer sentido
sense_list:
(informal) Used to express interest or desire in something; to be pleasing or beneficial; to work, be operative, or be advantageous to.


lexentry: eng/make_someone's_blood_boil__Verb__1
written_rep: make someone's blood boil
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pé no saco
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.


lexentry: eng/make_sure__Verb__1
written_rep: make sure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: certificar-se
sense_list:
To make oneself certain (of something, or that something is the case); to verify, to ascertain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/make_the_bed__Verb__1
written_rep: make the bed
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer a cama
sense_list:
To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the mattress.


lexentry: eng/make_the_most_of__Verb__1
written_rep: make the most of
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aproveitar
sense_list:
(idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.


lexentry: eng/make_whole__Verb__1
written_rep: make whole
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: restaurar
sense_list:
(transitive, set phrase) To restore (someone) to a sound, healthy, or otherwise favorable condition.


lexentry: eng/makeover__Noun__1
written_rep: makeover
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reforma | renovação
sense_list:
A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.


lexentry: eng/makeup__Noun__1
written_rep: makeup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maquiagem | maquilhagem | maquilagem
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.


lexentry: eng/making-of__Noun__1
written_rep: making-of
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: making of
sense_list:
(television, film) A documentary about how a film or television show was made, with behind-the-scenes footage.


lexentry: eng/malachite__Noun__1
written_rep: malachite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malaquite | malaquita
sense_list:
(mineral) A bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu2CO3(OH)2; one of the principal ores of copper.


lexentry: eng/malagueta__Noun__1
written_rep: malagueta
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: malagueta | pimenta-malagueta
sense_list:
The seeds or seed capsules of a Caribbean variety of Capsicum frutescens; the plant itself, now extensively grown in Brazil, Portugal, and Mozambique.


lexentry: eng/malapropism__Noun__1
written_rep: malapropism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caçapo
sense_list:
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masculino | macho | másculo
sense_list:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/male__Adjective__1
written_rep: male
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: macho | masculino
sense_list:
(of bacteria) Having the F factor; able to impart DNA into another bacterium which does not have the F factor (a female).


lexentry: eng/male_circumcision__Noun__1
written_rep: male circumcision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: circuncisão
sense_list:
An operation involving the surgical removal of all or most of the foreskin (prepuce) and frenulum of the male genitalia.


lexentry: eng/malice__Noun__1
written_rep: malice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malícia
sense_list:
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.


lexentry: eng/malinger__Verb__1
written_rep: malinger
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fingir estar doente
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.


lexentry: eng/mallard__Noun__1
written_rep: mallard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pato-real
sense_list:
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.


lexentry: eng/malleable__Adjective__1
written_rep: malleable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maleável
sense_list:
Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers. | (metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.


lexentry: eng/mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malva
sense_list:
Any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva. Several species are edible by humans.


lexentry: eng/malpractice__Noun__1
written_rep: malpractice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negligência
sense_list:
The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss. | Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person.


lexentry: eng/malt__Verb__1
written_rep: malt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maltar
sense_list:
(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.


lexentry: eng/maltose__Noun__1
written_rep: maltose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maltose
sense_list:
(carbohydrate) A disaccharide, C12H22O11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase; it is an isomer of trehalose


lexentry: eng/mama's_boy__Noun__1
written_rep: mama's boy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filhinho da mamãe
sense_list:
(informal, idiomatic, derogatory, North America) A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.


lexentry: eng/mambo__Noun__1
written_rep: mambo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mambo
sense_list:
A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mameluco__Adjective__1
written_rep: mameluco
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamaluco | mameluco
sense_list:
(dated, or, historical) Born of a white father and American Indian mother, particularly in South America.


lexentry: eng/mameluke__Noun__1
written_rep: mameluke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mameluco
sense_list:
(historical) A member of various military regimes in the Middle East created and run by freed slave soldiers, mainly from the Eurasian steppe or the Caucasus; in particular, those who formed a ruling caste in Egypt from 1250 until 1812 and in Syria until 1516.


lexentry: eng/mamma__Noun__1
written_rep: mamma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mama
sense_list:
(anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.


lexentry: eng/mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamífero
sense_list:
An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.


lexentry: eng/mammography__Noun__1
written_rep: mammography
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamografia | mastografia
sense_list:
(medicine) X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours.


lexentry: eng/mammoth__Noun__1
written_rep: mammoth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamute
sense_list:
Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/mammy__Noun__1
written_rep: mammy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mamãe
sense_list:
(US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.


lexentry: eng/man-day__Noun__1
written_rep: man-day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dia por homem
sense_list:
One person's working time for a day, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
written_rep: man-of-war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guerreiro
sense_list:
(military, archaic, except, humorous) A man whose occupation is fighting in wars; a soldier, a warrior.


lexentry: eng/man-of-war__Noun__1
written_rep: man-of-war
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: navio de guerra
sense_list:
(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.


lexentry: eng/man_Friday__Noun__1
written_rep: man Friday
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mão-de-obra
sense_list:
A trusted man whose job is to assist and organize someone else's day-to-day business or personal tasks; a personal assistant, a right-hand man; also, a trusted male companion.


lexentry: eng/man__Interjection__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cara
sense_list:
Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man.


lexentry: eng/man__Noun__1
written_rep: man
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: homem | varão | mane
sense_list:
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.


lexentry: eng/man_cave__Noun__1
written_rep: man cave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: covil masculino | espaço masculino
sense_list:
(informal, jocular) A part of a home specifically reserved for adult male activities, such as drinking beer, playing games and watching TV; often a garage or den.


lexentry: eng/man_day__Noun__1
written_rep: man day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dia por homem
sense_list:
The amount of work that one person can complete in one day, often considered to be equivalent to eight man hours


lexentry: eng/man_of_the_hour__Noun__1
written_rep: man of the hour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homem da vez
sense_list:
A man who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.


lexentry: eng/man_overboard__Interjection__1
written_rep: man overboard
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: homem ao mar
sense_list:
(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel.


lexentry: eng/manacle__Noun__1
written_rep: manacle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algema
sense_list:
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.


lexentry: eng/manage__Verb__1
written_rep: manage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: manejar
sense_list:
(transitive) To handle or control (a situation, job). | (transitive) To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).


lexentry: eng/management__Noun__1
written_rep: management
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: administração | gerência
sense_list:
(uncountable) Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.


lexentry: eng/manager__Noun__1
written_rep: manager
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gerente | chefe | gerenciador
sense_list:
(management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.


lexentry: eng/manchineel__Noun__1
written_rep: manchineel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mancenilha | mancenilheira
sense_list:
A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.


lexentry: eng/mandala__Noun__1
written_rep: mandala
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mandala
sense_list:
(Hinduism, Buddhism) Any ritualistic geometric design, symbolic of the Universe, used as an aid to meditation.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_duck__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin duck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pato-mandarim
sense_list:
A colorful perching duck that has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face, Aix galericulata.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bergamoteira | mexeriqueira | tangerineira
sense_list:
A small citrus tree (Citrus reticulata) with oblate fruits smaller than the (so-named) sweet oranges.


lexentry: eng/mandarin_orange__Noun__1
written_rep: mandarin orange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: tangerina | bergamota | mexerica | mimosa
sense_list:
The fruit of this tree; in loose, informal usage, the term may include other similar citrus fruits such as Citrus unshiu (satsuma or mikan).


lexentry: eng/mandate__Noun__1
written_rep: mandate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandado
sense_list:
An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.


lexentry: eng/mandola__Noun__1
written_rep: mandola
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandola
sense_list:
(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.


lexentry: eng/mandolin__Noun__1
written_rep: mandolin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bandolim
sense_list:
(string instrument) A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.


lexentry: eng/mandrake__Noun__1
written_rep: mandrake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandrágora
sense_list:
(mythology) A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to fire. | Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical, or occult uses. | A root of a mandrake plant that resembled human form, especially one kept or used for magic or occult purposes. | (slang) The drug methaqualone.


lexentry: eng/mandrel__Noun__1
written_rep: mandrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandril
sense_list:
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.


lexentry: eng/manes__Noun__1
written_rep: manes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manes
sense_list:
The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manobra | exercício
sense_list:
(military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Noun__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manobra
sense_list:
A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/maneuver__Verb__1
written_rep: maneuver
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manobrar
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.


lexentry: eng/manga__Noun__1
written_rep: manga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangá | manga
sense_list:
(countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan. | (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.


lexentry: eng/manganese__Noun__1
written_rep: manganese
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manganês | manganésio
sense_list:
(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.


lexentry: eng/mange__Noun__1
written_rep: mange
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sarna
sense_list:
(veterinary medicine) A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).


lexentry: eng/mangonel__Noun__1
written_rep: mangonel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manganela
sense_list:
(historical) A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects. | (non-technical, often, proscribed) An onager (type of catapult).


lexentry: eng/manhandle__Verb__1
written_rep: manhandle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maltratar
sense_list:
(transitive) To assault or beat up a person. | (transitive) To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle.


lexentry: eng/manhood__Noun__1
written_rep: manhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: virilidade
sense_list:
The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.


lexentry: eng/manic__Adjective__1
written_rep: manic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maníaco
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked. | (psychiatry) Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.


lexentry: eng/manicule__Noun__1
written_rep: manicule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ponteiro
sense_list:
(typography) A symbol resembling a hand with the index finger extended, used to draw attention to or indicate something.


lexentry: eng/manifest__Adjective__1
written_rep: manifest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: manifesto | óbvio
sense_list:
Obvious to the understanding; apparent to the mind; easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden.


lexentry: eng/manifest__Noun__1
written_rep: manifest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manifesto
sense_list:
A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. | (obsolete) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto.


lexentry: eng/manifest__Verb__1
written_rep: manifest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manifestar
sense_list:
(transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.


lexentry: eng/manifest_destiny__Noun__1
written_rep: manifest destiny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destino manifesto
sense_list:
The political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was destined to expand toward the west. | The political doctrine or belief held by many citizens of the United States of America that their system is best, and the idea that all humans would like to become Americans. | The belief that God supports the expansion of the United States of America throughout the entire North American continent except Mexico.


lexentry: eng/manifold__Noun__1
written_rep: manifold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: variedade
sense_list:
(mathematics) A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space \mathbb{R}^n and is Hausdorff.


lexentry: eng/manila_paper__Noun__1
written_rep: manila paper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: plástico-bolha
sense_list:
(sometimes, capitalized) A stiff paper with a yellowish-brown finish made from hemp obtained from the abaca plant.


lexentry: eng/manioc__Noun__1
written_rep: manioc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mandioca | macaxeira | aipim
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. | (uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.


lexentry: eng/maniple__Noun__1
written_rep: maniple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manípulo
sense_list:
(Ancient Rome, military) A division of the Roman army numbering 120 (or sometimes 60) soldiers exclusive of officers; (generally, obsolete) any small body of soldiers. | (Christianity, chiefly, historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.


lexentry: eng/manipulate__Verb__1
written_rep: manipulate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manipular | manusear
sense_list:
(transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose


lexentry: eng/manliness__Noun__1
written_rep: manliness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hombridade | virilidade
sense_list:
The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.


lexentry: eng/manna__Noun__1
written_rep: manna
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maná
sense_list:
(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. | (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.


lexentry: eng/manometer__Noun__1
written_rep: manometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manómetro
sense_list:
An instrument to measure pressure in a fluid, especially a double-legged liquid column gauge used to measure the difference in the pressures of two fluids.


lexentry: eng/manor__Noun__1
written_rep: manor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: feudo
sense_list:
A district over which a feudal lord could exercise certain rights and privileges in medieval western Europe. | The lord's residence and seat of control in such a district.


lexentry: eng/manslaughter__Noun__1
written_rep: manslaughter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: homicídio culposo
sense_list:
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.


lexentry: eng/manta_ray__Noun__1
written_rep: manta ray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jamanta | manta
sense_list:
Any of several very large pelagic rays formerly of the genus Manta, now placed in genus Mobula, with winglike pectoral fins, a long tail, and two fins resembling horns that project from the head.


lexentry: eng/manticore__Noun__1
written_rep: manticore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manticora | mantícora
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.


lexentry: eng/mantilla__Noun__1
written_rep: mantilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mantilha
sense_list:
A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders. | A woman's light cloak or cape made of silk, velvet, lace, or other material.


lexentry: eng/mantis__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: louva-a-deus | mantídeo
sense_list:
Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.


lexentry: eng/mantis_shrimp__Noun__1
written_rep: mantis shrimp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lacraia-do-mar | lagosta-gafanhoto | tamarutaca
sense_list:
A stomatopod, a marine crustacean of the order Stomatopoda, with powerful claws and a carapace which covers only the rear part of the head and part of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/mantissa__Noun__1
written_rep: mantissa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mantissa
sense_list:
(mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point, the fractional part of a logarithm.


lexentry: eng/mantle__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manto
sense_list:
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. [from 9th c.] | (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. [from 15th c.] | (geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mantle_plume__Noun__1
written_rep: mantle plume
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pluma
sense_list:
(geology) An upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere.


lexentry: eng/mantra__Noun__1
written_rep: mantra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mantra
sense_list:
(originally, Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. [from 1956] | (by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated.


lexentry: eng/manumission__Noun__1
written_rep: manumission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: franquia
sense_list:
Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.


lexentry: eng/manure__Noun__1
written_rep: manure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esterco | estrume
sense_list:
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.


lexentry: eng/manuscript__Noun__1
written_rep: manuscript
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manuscrito
sense_list:
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced. | A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.


lexentry: eng/many_a__Determiner__1
written_rep: many a
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: algum
sense_list:
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.


lexentry: eng/many_a_mickle_makes_a_muckle__Proverb__1
written_rep: many a mickle makes a muckle
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: grão a grão enche a galinha o papo
sense_list:
(chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) A lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount. [from 1793]


lexentry: eng/manège__Noun__1
written_rep: manège
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: picadeiro
sense_list:
The art of training and riding horses; dressage. | A riding school. | (UK) A riding arena (enclosed, but usually unroofed area, in contradistinction to a riding hall).


lexentry: eng/map__Noun__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mapa | carta | carta geográfica
sense_list:
A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.


lexentry: eng/map__Verb__1
written_rep: map
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mapear
sense_list:
(transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with. | (mathematics, transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To act as a function on something, taking it to something else.


lexentry: eng/maqam__Noun__1
written_rep: maqam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estação
sense_list:
(music) A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.


lexentry: eng/maquiladora__Noun__1
written_rep: maquiladora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquiladora
sense_list:
An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/maquis__Noun__1
written_rep: maquis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquis
sense_list:
(botany) Dense Mediterranean coastal scrub. [from 19th c.] | (historical) The French resistance movement during World War II, or other similar movements elsewhere. [from 1940s]


lexentry: eng/marabou__Noun__1
written_rep: marabou
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marabu
sense_list:
Leptoptilos crumeniferus, a large wading bird native to Africa, with a naked head and neck adapted for scavenging.


lexentry: eng/marabout__Noun__1
written_rep: marabout
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marabuto
sense_list:
(Muslim) A Muslim holy man or mystic, especially in parts of North Africa. [from 17th c.] | The tomb or shrine of such a person. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/maraca__Noun__1
written_rep: maraca
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maraca
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.


lexentry: eng/marathon__Noun__1
written_rep: marathon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maratona
sense_list:
A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race. | (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.


lexentry: eng/marble__Noun__1
written_rep: marble
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: berlinde | bola de gude
sense_list:
(countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/marbled_cat__Noun__1
written_rep: marbled cat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gato marmorado
sense_list:
Pardofelis marmorata, a cat similar in size to the domestic cat, with a longer, more thickly furred tail.


lexentry: eng/marcasite__Noun__1
written_rep: marcasite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcassita
sense_list:
(mineral) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS2, occurring as yellow crystals. [from 19th c.] | (historical) Any of various metal sulfides, usually iron sulfide minerals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/march__Noun__1
written_rep: march
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcha
sense_list:
A formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, bands and in ceremonies. | Any song in the genre of music written for marching (see Wikipedia's article on this type of music) | Steady forward movement or progression.


lexentry: eng/march__Noun__2
written_rep: march
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fronteira
sense_list:
(now, _, archaic, historical) A border region, especially one originally set up to defend a boundary.


lexentry: eng/march__Verb__1
written_rep: march
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marchar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To walk with long, regular strides, as a soldier does. | To go to war; to make military advances.


lexentry: eng/march_to_the_beat_of_a_different_drum__Verb__1
written_rep: march to the beat of a different drum
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer as coisas do seu jeito
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and conventional expectations.


lexentry: eng/marching_band__Noun__1
written_rep: marching band
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banda
sense_list:
A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance.


lexentry: eng/mare__Noun__3
written_rep: mare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mar
sense_list:
(planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon


lexentry: eng/marfanoid__Adjective__1
written_rep: marfanoid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marfanoide
sense_list:
(medicine, of a condition) Apparently similar to Marfan syndrome, but not necessarily associated with the elastin gene.


lexentry: eng/margarine__Noun__1
written_rep: margarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margarina
sense_list:
A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.


lexentry: eng/margin__Noun__1
written_rep: margin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margem
sense_list:
(typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.


lexentry: eng/marginal__Adjective__1
written_rep: marginal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marginal | periférico
sense_list:
(uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; also figurative usages of location and margin (edge).


lexentry: eng/marginalize__Verb__1
written_rep: marginalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alienação
sense_list:
(transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/margrave__Noun__1
written_rep: margrave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: margrave
sense_list:
(historical) A feudal era military-administrative officer of comital rank in the Carolingian empire and some successor states, originally in charge of a border area. | (historical) A hereditary ruling prince in certain feudal states of the Holy Roman Empire and elsewhere; the titular equivalent became known as marquis or marquess.


lexentry: eng/marinade__Noun__1
written_rep: marinade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinada
sense_list:
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marinate__Verb__1
written_rep: marinate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinar
sense_list:
(ergative) To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.


lexentry: eng/marine__Adjective__1
written_rep: marine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinho | marítimo
sense_list:
Belonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.


lexentry: eng/marine__Noun__1
written_rep: marine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fuzileiro naval
sense_list:
(military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship.


lexentry: eng/marine_corps__Noun__1
written_rep: marine corps
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infantaria de marinha | infantaria naval
sense_list:
A military organization of marines, soldiers who are trained and equipped to fight on or from ships.


lexentry: eng/marine_mammal__Noun__1
written_rep: marine mammal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamífero marinho
sense_list:
A mammal which lives wholly in seawater, such as whales and dolphins, or that is restricted to coastal habitats and feeds on marine life, such as seals, sea cows, polar bears, and sea otters.


lexentry: eng/marital_status__Noun__1
written_rep: marital status
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estado civil
sense_list:
One of several discrete options describing a person's relationship with a significant other, such as single, married, divorced, widowed, civil union, domestic partnership, etc.


lexentry: eng/maritime_republic__Noun__1
written_rep: maritime republic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: república marítima
sense_list:
(historical) Any of several city-states of Italy and Dalmatia which established colonies and trading posts across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea during the Middle Ages.


lexentry: eng/marjoram__Noun__1
written_rep: marjoram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manjerona
sense_list:
A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves. | The leaves of this plant used in flavouring food.


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mancha | marca
sense_list:
A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nota
sense_list:
A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mark__Noun__2
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marco
sense_list:
(historical) A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g. | (historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: marcar
sense_list:
(of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role). | (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.


lexentry: eng/mark__Verb__1
written_rep: mark
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 18
trans_list: corrigir
sense_list:
(Canada, UK) To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).


lexentry: eng/mark_of_the_beast__Noun__1
written_rep: mark of the beast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marca da besta
sense_list:
(theology, eschatology) a mark on the person of worshippers of the Antichrist; without the mark one cannot buy or sell.


lexentry: eng/marker__Noun__1
written_rep: marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marcador
sense_list:
(paintball) A device that fires a paintball. | (biology) A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.


lexentry: eng/marker__Noun__1
written_rep: marker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: marcador | marco
sense_list:
(competition, _, law) A formal certification that a company was the first to approach a competition authority to reveal the existence of a cartel, generally entitling it to greater leniency during the cartel's dissolution and punishment.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: de mercado
sense_list:
A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic. | A grocery store | (obsolete) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mercado | de mercado | feira
sense_list:
City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.


lexentry: eng/market__Noun__1
written_rep: market
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mercado | de mercado
sense_list:
A group of potential customers for one's product. | A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists.


lexentry: eng/market_basket__Noun__1
written_rep: market basket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cesta básica
sense_list:
(economics) A list of items used specifically to track the progress of inflation in an economy or specific market.


lexentry: eng/market_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: market economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: economia de mercado
sense_list:
An economy in which goods and services are exchanged in a market, as opposed to a state-controlled economy.


lexentry: eng/market_failure__Noun__1
written_rep: market failure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falha de mercado
sense_list:
(economics) A situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient.


lexentry: eng/market_share__Noun__1
written_rep: market share
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fatia de mercado | parcela de mercado | participação em mercado | participação no mercado
sense_list:
The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate.


lexentry: eng/market_value__Noun__1
written_rep: market value
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: valor de mercado
sense_list:
(finance) The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market.


lexentry: eng/marketing__Noun__1
written_rep: marketing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marketing | mercadologia
sense_list:
(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.


lexentry: eng/markka__Noun__1
written_rep: markka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marco
sense_list:
A (Finnish) mark, the currency used in Finland before the introduction of the euro, consisting of 100 penni. Abbreviation FIM.


lexentry: eng/markup__Noun__1
written_rep: markup
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: marcação
sense_list:
(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.


lexentry: eng/marl__Noun__1
written_rep: marl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marga
sense_list:
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.


lexentry: eng/marlin__Noun__1
written_rep: marlin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agulhão-de-vela | espadim | marlim | peixe-vela
sense_list:
Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.


lexentry: eng/marmoset__Noun__1
written_rep: marmoset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mico | sagui | sauim | soim
sense_list:
A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, or Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/marmot__Noun__1
written_rep: marmot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marmota
sense_list:
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.


lexentry: eng/marquetry__Noun__1
written_rep: marquetry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marchetaria
sense_list:
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.


lexentry: eng/marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: casamento
sense_list:
(often, _, specifically) The union of two people of opposite sex, to the exclusion of all others. | A wedding; a ceremony in which people wed. [from 14th c.] | (figuratively) A close union. [from 15th c.] | A joining of two parts.


lexentry: eng/marriage_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agência de casamento
sense_list:
A business that endeavors to introduce men and women for the purpose of marriage, dating or penpals.


lexentry: eng/marriage_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: certidão de casamento
sense_list:
(law) An official record indicating that two individuals were legally married on the date of the certificate.


lexentry: eng/marriage_of_convenience__Noun__1
written_rep: marriage of convenience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casamento de conveniência | casamento por conveniência
sense_list:
A marriage motivated by some reason other than love; especially one conducted to obtain entry or residence rights in a country.


lexentry: eng/marry__Verb__1
written_rep: marry
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.] | (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/marsh_mallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marsh mallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alteia | malvavisco | malvaísco
sense_list:
A European species of plant in the mallow family, Althaea officinalis, historically used medicinally and the source of what became the modern marshmallow confection (which no longer contains the plant).


lexentry: eng/marshal__Noun__1
written_rep: marshal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marechal
sense_list:
(historical) A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general. | A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.


lexentry: eng/marshmallow__Noun__1
written_rep: marshmallow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marshmallow | maxemelo | merengue
sense_list:
A type of confectionery, originally (since Ancient Egyptian times) made from this plant, but now generally made of sugar or corn syrup, gelatin that has been presoftened in water, gum arabic, flavorings, and sometimes beaten egg whites, all whipped to a spongy consistency. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Someone who is soft and benign.


lexentry: eng/marshrutka__Noun__1
written_rep: marshrutka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: táxi-lotação
sense_list:
(transport) A share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. The role of the modern marshrutka is similar to that of the minibus in other countries, except that some implementations of marshrutka allow passengers to stand.


lexentry: eng/marsupial__Noun__1
written_rep: marsupial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marsupial
sense_list:
Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.


lexentry: eng/marsupium__Noun__1
written_rep: marsupium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marsúpio
sense_list:
The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young. | A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.


lexentry: eng/martial_art__Noun__1
written_rep: martial art
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arte marcial
sense_list:
Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.


lexentry: eng/martial_law__Noun__1
written_rep: martial law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lei marcial
sense_list:
Rule by military authorities, especially when imposed on a civilian population in time of war or other crisis, or in an occupied territory.


lexentry: eng/martin__Noun__1
written_rep: martin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: andorinha
sense_list:
Any of various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.


lexentry: eng/martini__Noun__1
written_rep: martini
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: martíni
sense_list:
(sometimes, proscribed) Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Noun__1
written_rep: martyr
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mártir
sense_list:
One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom. | (by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. | (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.


lexentry: eng/martyr__Verb__1
written_rep: martyr
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: martirizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.


lexentry: eng/martyrdom__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrdom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: martírio
sense_list:
The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. | Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.


lexentry: eng/martyrology__Noun__1
written_rep: martyrology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: martirológio
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, often, _, capitalized) A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.


lexentry: eng/marvel_of_Peru__Noun__1
written_rep: marvel of Peru
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bonina | maravilha
sense_list:
Mirabilis jalapa, an ornamental flowering plant from the Americas, used until the 19th century also medicinally.


lexentry: eng/mascaron__Noun__1
written_rep: mascaron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mascarão
sense_list:
(architectural element) A carved, ornamental face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.


lexentry: eng/mascot__Noun__1
written_rep: mascot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mascote
sense_list:
Something thought to bring good luck. | Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.


lexentry: eng/masculine__Adjective__1
written_rep: masculine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: masculino
sense_list:
Belonging to males; typically used by males. | (of a noun) Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.


lexentry: eng/mashed_potatoes__Noun__2
written_rep: mashed potatoes
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: purê de batata | puré de batata | puré de batatas | purê de batatas
sense_list:
(uncountable, or, in the plural) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
written_rep: mask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máscara
sense_list:
A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. | That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge. | (computer graphics) A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.


lexentry: eng/mask__Noun__1
written_rep: mask
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mascarada
sense_list:
A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade. | (obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.


lexentry: eng/masking_tape__Noun__1
written_rep: masking tape
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fita crepe
sense_list:
A pressure-sensitive tape made of a thin and easy-to-tear paper characterized by its ease of removal, not leaving adhesive behind. It is used mainly in painting, to mask off areas that should not be painted.


lexentry: eng/masochist__Noun__1
written_rep: masochist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masoquista
sense_list:
Someone who enjoys pain or humiliation, or who derives pleasure from harming oneself or being harmed by others.


lexentry: eng/masonry__Noun__1
written_rep: masonry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alvenaria
sense_list:
The art or occupation of a mason. | That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.


lexentry: eng/masquerade__Noun__1
written_rep: masquerade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baile de máscaras
sense_list:
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.


lexentry: eng/mass__Noun__1
written_rep: mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massa
sense_list:
(physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. | A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. | (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.


lexentry: eng/mass_media__Noun__1
written_rep: mass media
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meios de comunicação
sense_list:
Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.


lexentry: eng/mass_shooting__Noun__1
written_rep: mass shooting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: disparo
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, crime) The shooting of multiple people over a short period of time, particularly when there are many victims and/or the victims are chosen indiscriminately.


lexentry: eng/mass_spectrometry__Noun__1
written_rep: mass spectrometry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espectrometria de massa
sense_list:
(physics, analytical chemistry) An analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Noun__1
written_rep: massacre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massacre
sense_list:
The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.


lexentry: eng/massacre__Verb__1
written_rep: massacre
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massacrar
sense_list:
(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)


lexentry: eng/massage__Noun__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massagem
sense_list:
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.


lexentry: eng/massage__Verb__1
written_rep: massage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massagear | massajar
sense_list:
(transitive) To rub and knead (someone's body or a part of a body), to perform a massage on (somebody).


lexentry: eng/masseter__Noun__1
written_rep: masseter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: músculo masseter
sense_list:
(muscle) The large muscle which runs through the rear part of the cheek from the temporal bone to the lower jaw on each side, raises the lower jaw, and assists in mastication.


lexentry: eng/massify__Verb__1
written_rep: massify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massificar
sense_list:
(transitive, and, intransitive, anthropology) To become, or cause to become, oriented toward mass production, mass consumption, and high throughput rather than individuality.


lexentry: eng/mast__Noun__1
written_rep: mast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mastro
sense_list:
(nautical, communications, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter). [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/mastaba__Noun__1
written_rep: mastaba
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mastaba
sense_list:
(architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.


lexentry: eng/master's_degree__Noun__1
written_rep: master's degree
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mestrado
sense_list:
A postgraduate degree which aims to assist students in developing a mastery for a particular academic field or profession.


lexentry: eng/master__Noun__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: senhorzinho
sense_list:
(dated) A man or a boy; mister. See Master. | (legal) A parajudicial officer (such as a referee, an auditor, an examiner, or an assessor) specially appointed to help a court with its proceedings.


lexentry: eng/master__Verb__1
written_rep: master
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dominar | masterizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.


lexentry: eng/master_of_ceremonies__Noun__1
written_rep: master of ceremonies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mestre de cerimônias
sense_list:
Someone who acts as a host at a formal event. | Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.


lexentry: eng/masterpiece__Noun__1
written_rep: masterpiece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: obra prima
sense_list:
A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.


lexentry: eng/masterwort__Noun__1
written_rep: masterwort
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: imperatória
sense_list:
Peucedanum ostruthium, an umbelliferous plant grown in gardens, formerly much used for medicinal purposes. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/masthead__Noun__1
written_rep: masthead
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: título
sense_list:
(UK, AU) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.


lexentry: eng/mastic__Noun__1
written_rep: mastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: selante
sense_list:
(especially, Commonwealth English) Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.


lexentry: eng/mastiff__Noun__1
written_rep: mastiff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dogue | mastim
sense_list:
One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.


lexentry: eng/mastodon__Noun__1
written_rep: mastodon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mastodonte
sense_list:
Extinct elephant-like mammal of the genus †Mammut that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differs from elephants and mammoths in the form of the molar teeth.


lexentry: eng/masturbate__Verb__1
written_rep: masturbate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masturbar | masturbar-se
sense_list:
(intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.


lexentry: eng/masturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: masturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masturbação | punheta
sense_list:
Manual erotic stimulation of the genitals or other erotic regions, often to orgasm, either by oneself or by a partner.


lexentry: eng/mat__Noun__1
written_rep: mat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esteira | capacho
sense_list:
A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.


lexentry: eng/match__Noun__2
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fósforo | palito de fósforo
sense_list:
A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.


lexentry: eng/match__Verb__1
written_rep: match
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: combinar
sense_list:
(transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to. | (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.


lexentry: eng/match_fixing__Noun__1
written_rep: match fixing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: resultado combinado
sense_list:
(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colega
sense_list:
A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. | (nautical) In naval ranks, a non-commissioned officer or his subordinate (e.g. Boatswain's Mate, Gunner's Mate, Sailmaker's Mate, etc).


lexentry: eng/mate__Noun__1
written_rep: mate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: camarada | cara | chapa | mano
sense_list:
(colloquial, British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, sometimes elsewhere in the Commonwealth) A friend, usually of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/material__Noun__1
written_rep: material
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: material
sense_list:
Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. | A sample or specimens for study.


lexentry: eng/materialism__Noun__1
written_rep: materialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materialismo
sense_list:
Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. | (philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.


lexentry: eng/materialist__Noun__1
written_rep: materialist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materialista
sense_list:
Someone who is materialistic, concerned only with material possessions. | A follower or proponent of philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/materialistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: materialistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: materialista
sense_list:
Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth. | Of or concerning philosophical materialism.


lexentry: eng/maternal_aunt__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal aunt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tia
sense_list:
A sister of one's mother. | A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. | An aunt on one's mother's side of the family, including both


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandfather__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal grandfather
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avô maternal
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandfather. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/maternal_grandmother__Noun__1
written_rep: maternal grandmother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avó materna
sense_list:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see maternal,‎ grandmother. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/mathematical_analysis__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematical analysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: análise
sense_list:
(mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.


lexentry: eng/mathematics__Noun__1
written_rep: mathematics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matemática
sense_list:
An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. | A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.


lexentry: eng/matriarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: matriarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: matriarcado
sense_list:
A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity). | The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.


lexentry: eng/matrix__Noun__1
written_rep: matrix
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: matriz
sense_list:
(biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants. | (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory. | (computing) A two-dimensional array.


lexentry: eng/matte__Noun__1
written_rep: matte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: passe-partout
sense_list:
(arts, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: matéria
sense_list:
(physics) The basic structural component of the universe, usually having mass and volume. | (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. | A kind of substance.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: questão
sense_list:
(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.


lexentry: eng/matter__Noun__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: questão | assunto
sense_list:
An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.


lexentry: eng/matter__Verb__1
written_rep: matter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: importar
sense_list:
(intransitive, stative) To be important. [from 16th c.] | (transitive, in negative constructions, now, England, _, regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mattress__Noun__1
written_rep: mattress
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colchão
sense_list:
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.


lexentry: eng/mattress_protector__Noun__1
written_rep: mattress protector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: protetor de colchão
sense_list:
An item of removable bedding that sits on top of or encases a mattress to protect it from stains and sometimes to protect the sleeper from allergens and irritants.


lexentry: eng/matura__Noun__1
written_rep: matura
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diploma do ensino médio (BRA)
sense_list:
A final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.


lexentry: eng/maturity__Noun__1
written_rep: maturity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maturidade
sense_list:
The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression. | When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.


lexentry: eng/maturity_date__Noun__1
written_rep: maturity date
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: data-limite
sense_list:
(finance) The date on which a principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond, or other debt instrument becomes due or payable.


lexentry: eng/maundy__Noun__1
written_rep: maundy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: lava-pés
sense_list:
(Christianity) The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.


lexentry: eng/maven__Noun__1
written_rep: maven
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: entendida | entendido | experta | experto
sense_list:
(chiefly, US) An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.


lexentry: eng/maw__Noun__1
written_rep: maw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: goela
sense_list:
The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.


lexentry: eng/maxilla__Noun__1
written_rep: maxilla
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maxila
sense_list:
(skeleton) Either of the two bones that lie with one on each side of the upper jaw lateral to the premaxilla and that in higher vertebrates bear most of the teeth.


lexentry: eng/maximum__Noun__1
written_rep: maximum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: máximo
sense_list:
The highest limit. | (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
written_rep: may
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: poder
sense_list:
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests. [from 9th c.]


lexentry: eng/may__Verb__1
written_rep: may
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: que
sense_list:
(subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/maybe__Adverb__1
written_rep: maybe
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: talvez | quiçá | pode ser | porventura | possivelmente | quem sabe
sense_list:
(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).


lexentry: eng/mayflower__Noun__1
written_rep: mayflower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espiheiro alvar
sense_list:
Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).


lexentry: eng/mayfly__Noun__1
written_rep: mayfly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: efêmera | efemérida
sense_list:
Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.


lexentry: eng/mayor_of_the_palace__Noun__1
written_rep: mayor of the palace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: administrador de aldeia
sense_list:
(historical) In the Merovingian kingdoms, the king’s steward and, by the 7th century, de facto regent.


lexentry: eng/mayoralty__Noun__1
written_rep: mayoralty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: câmara municipal
sense_list:
The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.


lexentry: eng/maze__Noun__1
written_rep: maze
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: labirinto
sense_list:
A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way through.


lexentry: eng/me_neither__Phrase__1
written_rep: me neither
part_of_speech: phraseologicalUnit
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: eu também não | nem eu
sense_list:
(colloquial) Used to say that a negative-containing statement of the previous speaker applies to the speaker as well.


lexentry: eng/meadow__Noun__1
written_rep: meadow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: prado
sense_list:
A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__1
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: refeição | comida
sense_list:
(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).


lexentry: eng/meal__Noun__2
written_rep: meal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: farinha
sense_list:
The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.


lexentry: eng/meal_ticket__Noun__1
written_rep: meal ticket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: simplório
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: média | meio | recurso
sense_list:
Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium. [from 14th c.] | (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Noun__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: alto
sense_list:
(music, now, historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean__Verb__1
written_rep: mean
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: falar sério
sense_list:
(transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says). [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mean_free_path__Noun__1
written_rep: mean free path
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: livre percurso médio
sense_list:
(physics) The average distance travelled between two similar events; especially by molecules in a gas or liquid, electrons or phonons in a crystal or neutrons in a moderator.


lexentry: eng/meander__Noun__1
written_rep: meander
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meandro
sense_list:
(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse


lexentry: eng/meaning_of_life__Noun__1
written_rep: meaning of life
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sentido da vida
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) A hypothetical answer to all of life's ultimate questions; the purpose or raison d'être of human life.


lexentry: eng/means_of_production__Noun__1
written_rep: means of production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meios de produção
sense_list:
(economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.


lexentry: eng/measles__Noun__1
written_rep: measles
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sarampo
sense_list:
(medicine) An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medida
sense_list:
An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.] | (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: medida | medidor
sense_list:
The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.) [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Noun__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: compasso | mensura
sense_list:
(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/measure__Verb__1
written_rep: measure
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medir
sense_list:
To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.


lexentry: eng/measure_out__Verb__1
written_rep: measure out
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medir | mensurar
sense_list:
to measure an amount or quantity or size that is needed or wanted, to mark the dimensions of something.


lexentry: eng/measure_word__Noun__1
written_rep: measure word
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: classificador numeral
sense_list:
(linguistics) A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages.


lexentry: eng/meat__Noun__1
written_rep: meat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carne
sense_list:
(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food. [from 14th c.] | (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance. [from 16th c.] | (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/meatloaf__Noun__1
written_rep: meatloaf
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rolo de carne
sense_list:
A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.


lexentry: eng/mechanic__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mecânico
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. [from 16th c.] | Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mechanical__Adjective__1
written_rep: mechanical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mecânico
sense_list:
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass). | Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines). | Done by machine. | Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine. | As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless. | (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless. | (informal) Handy with machines.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_engineering__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical engineering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: engenharia mecânica
sense_list:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building machines and mechanical systems.


lexentry: eng/mechanical_pencil__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanical pencil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lapiseira
sense_list:
(North America) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.


lexentry: eng/mechanism__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mecanismo
sense_list:
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power. | A mental, physical, or chemical process.


lexentry: eng/mechanized_cavalry__Noun__1
written_rep: mechanized cavalry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cavalaria mecanizada
sense_list:
The branch of the modern military that is transported by light fast vehicles (including jeeps and helicopters), now serving the function historically provided by a horse cavalry.


lexentry: eng/mechatronics__Noun__1
written_rep: mechatronics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mecatrônica
sense_list:
The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.


lexentry: eng/meconium__Noun__1
written_rep: meconium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mecónio | mecônio
sense_list:
(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.


lexentry: eng/medal__Noun__1
written_rep: medal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medalha
sense_list:
A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object. | A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.


lexentry: eng/meddlesome__Adjective__1
written_rep: meddlesome
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: intrometido | enxerido
sense_list:
Characterised or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.


lexentry: eng/media__Noun__3
written_rep: media
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: media | média | mídia
sense_list:
(often, treated as, _, uncountable) Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information. | (usually, with a definite article; often treated as, _, uncountable) The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.


lexentry: eng/media_outlet__Noun__1
written_rep: media outlet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: veículo de comunicação | órgão de imprensa
sense_list:
(media) A publication or broadcast program that provides news and feature stories to the public through various distribution channels. Media outlets include newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and web sites.


lexentry: eng/medial__Adjective__1
written_rep: medial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: central
sense_list:
(phonetics) (of a consonant) Central: produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue. | Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.


lexentry: eng/median__Adjective__1
written_rep: median
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: central | mediano
sense_list:
(anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
written_rep: median
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediano
sense_list:
(anatomy, now, _, rare) A central vein or nerve, especially the median vein or median nerve running through the forearm and arm. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/median__Noun__1
written_rep: median
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mediana
sense_list:
(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mediate__Verb__1
written_rep: mediate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediar
sense_list:
(transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties. | (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.


lexentry: eng/mediatize__Verb__1
written_rep: mediatize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mediatizar
sense_list:
To filter (an event etc.) through the mass media; to exploit (something or someone) for media exposure. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/medical_certificate__Noun__1
written_rep: medical certificate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: atestado
sense_list:
A statement from a physician or other health care provider that attests to the result of a medical examination of a patient.


lexentry: eng/medical_history__Noun__1
written_rep: medical history
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: anamnes
sense_list:
Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.


lexentry: eng/medical_tourism__Noun__1
written_rep: medical tourism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(pejorative) Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis. | Travelling across international borders to obtain health care.

trans_list:
turismo de saúde | turismo médico | viagens de saúde | viagens médicas | viagens para tratamento de saúde


lexentry: eng/medicine__Noun__1
written_rep: medicine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: remédio | medicamento
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.


lexentry: eng/medieval__Adjective__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medieval
sense_list:
Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. | Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception:


lexentry: eng/medieval__Noun__1
written_rep: medieval
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medieval
sense_list:
Someone living in the Middle Ages. | A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context).


lexentry: eng/mediocre__Adjective__1
written_rep: mediocre
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: medíocre | meia-boca
sense_list:
Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality, almost always with a negative connotation.


lexentry: eng/mediocrity__Noun__1
written_rep: mediocrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mediocridade
sense_list:
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.


lexentry: eng/mediopassive__Adjective__1
written_rep: mediopassive
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: médio-passivo
sense_list:
(grammar) Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice.


lexentry: eng/mediterranean_sea__Noun__1
written_rep: mediterranean sea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mar continental | mar mediterrâneo
sense_list:
(oceanography) A mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans, and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.


lexentry: eng/medium__Adjective__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: ao ponto | no ponto
sense_list:
Of meat, cooked to a point greater than rare but less than well done; typically, so the meat is still red in the centre.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meio
sense_list:
The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent. | A format for communicating or presenting information.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: meio | médio
sense_list:
(microbiology) A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: mediador
sense_list:
A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 10
trans_list: médio
sense_list:
(countable, logic) The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__1
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 11
trans_list: médium
sense_list:
(countable, spiritualism, plural mediums) Someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world.


lexentry: eng/medium__Noun__2
written_rep: medium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: médio
sense_list:
(uncountable, especially, clothing, food, or, drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured. | (countable, especially, clothing, food, or, drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size. | (countable, especially, wrt, clothing) One who fits an item of that size. | (countable, Ireland, dated, informal) A half-pint serving of Guinness (or other stout in some regions).


lexentry: eng/medium_rare__Adjective__1
written_rep: medium rare
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: no ponto
sense_list:
(of cooking, particularly meats) Cooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.


lexentry: eng/mediumship__Noun__1
written_rep: mediumship
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mediunidade
sense_list:
(parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.


lexentry: eng/medlar__Noun__1
written_rep: medlar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nêspera | nespereira
sense_list:
Any tree of the genus Mespilus, now Crataegus sect. Mespilus, including many species now in other genera.


lexentry: eng/medley__Noun__1
written_rep: medley
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: estilos | medley
sense_list:
(swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/meerkat__Noun__1
written_rep: meerkat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: suricate | suricato
sense_list:
Suricata suricatta, a small carnivorous mammal of the mongoose family, from the Kalahari Desert, known for its habit of standing on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: encontrar
sense_list:
To come face to face with by accident; to encounter. | To come face to face with someone by arrangement. | To converge and finally touch or intersect.


lexentry: eng/meet__Verb__1
written_rep: meet
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: encontrar | conhecer | satisfazer
sense_list:
To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.


lexentry: eng/meeting__Noun__1
written_rep: meeting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: encontro
sense_list:
An encounter between people, even accidental. | A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.


lexentry: eng/mega-__Prefix__1
written_rep: mega-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mega-
sense_list:
(originally) Very large, great. | In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M.


lexentry: eng/megalith__Noun__1
written_rep: megalith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megálito
sense_list:
A large stone slab making up a prehistoric monument, or part of such a monument. | A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.


lexentry: eng/megalodon__Noun__1
written_rep: megalodon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megalodonte
sense_list:
A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Carcharocles megalodon or †Otodus megalodon).


lexentry: eng/megalomania__Noun__1
written_rep: megalomania
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megalomania
sense_list:
A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.


lexentry: eng/megalopolis__Noun__1
written_rep: megalopolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megalópole
sense_list:
A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a metropolis; a megacity.


lexentry: eng/megaphone__Noun__1
written_rep: megaphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: megafone
sense_list:
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.


lexentry: eng/megrim__Noun__2
written_rep: megrim
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: galo
sense_list:
A type of flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, the Cornish sole, sail-fluke, or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).


lexentry: eng/meibomian_gland__Noun__1
written_rep: meibomian gland
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glândula acinotarsal
sense_list:
(ophthalmology, anatomy) A sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelids, responsible for the production of meibum.


lexentry: eng/meiosis__Noun__1
written_rep: meiosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meiose | miose
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.


lexentry: eng/melancholic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melancholic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melancólico
sense_list:
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.


lexentry: eng/melanin__Noun__1
written_rep: melanin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melanina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.


lexentry: eng/melanoma__Noun__1
written_rep: melanoma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melanoma
sense_list:
(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.


lexentry: eng/melasma__Noun__1
written_rep: melasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melasma
sense_list:
(pathology) A tan or dark skin discoloration, particularly common in pregnant women, thought to be caused by the stimulation of melanocytes by estrogen and progesterone.


lexentry: eng/melismatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melismatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melismático
sense_list:
(music) Of, relating to, or being a melisma; the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text.


lexentry: eng/mellifluous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mellifluous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melífluo
sense_list:
Flowing like honey. | (figurative) Sweet, smooth and musical; pleasant to hear (generally used of a person's voice, tone or writing style).


lexentry: eng/melodrama__Noun__1
written_rep: melodrama
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: melodrama
sense_list:
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks


lexentry: eng/melodramatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: melodramatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melodramático
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. | Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.


lexentry: eng/melt__Verb__1
written_rep: melt
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fundir | derreter
sense_list:
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. | (transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.


lexentry: eng/melt_pond__Noun__1
written_rep: melt pond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lagoa de degelo
sense_list:
(glaciology) Pools of melted water which form on glacial, shelf, or sea ice, typically during warmer periods.


lexentry: eng/meltdown__Noun__1
written_rep: meltdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: derretimento nuclear
sense_list:
Severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and potentially in radiation escaping.


lexentry: eng/melting__Noun__1
written_rep: melting
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fusão
sense_list:
The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.


lexentry: eng/melting_point__Noun__1
written_rep: melting point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ponto de fusão
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.


lexentry: eng/melting_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: melting pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caldeirão
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A place where many divergent things (often races or cultures, but also talents) come together and are homogenized.


lexentry: eng/member_state__Noun__1
written_rep: member state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: Estado-membro
sense_list:
A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.


lexentry: eng/membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: membrana
sense_list:
(anatomy, zootomy) A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments. | A mechanical, thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force. | A piece of parchment forming part of a roll.


lexentry: eng/meme__Noun__1
written_rep: meme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meme
sense_list:
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes. | (Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc. [from 1993]


lexentry: eng/memoir__Noun__1
written_rep: memoir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: memória
sense_list:
A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/memorial__Noun__1
written_rep: memorial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monumento comemorativo
sense_list:
(obsolete) Memory; recollection. [14th–18th c.] | Something, such as a monument, by which someone or something is remembered. [from 14th c.] | A chronicle or memoir. [from 14th c.] | (now, rare) A note or memorandum. [from 14th c.] | (chiefly, Christianity) A service of remembrance or commemoration. [from 15th c.] | (legal) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/memory__Noun__1
written_rep: memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memória
sense_list:
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will. | (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).


lexentry: eng/memory_foam__Noun__1
written_rep: memory foam
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espuma viscoelástica
sense_list:
Foam consisting of polyurethane and other chemicals used in the manufacturing of pillows, mattresses, laptop sleeves, etc, which reacts to body heat and molds to the shape of the body.


lexentry: eng/memory_hole__Noun__1
written_rep: memory hole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: buraco da memória
sense_list:
A figurative place to which information is deliberately sent to be forgotten, or to which forgotten or lost information ends up; nowhere, oblivion.


lexentry: eng/memory_leak__Noun__1
written_rep: memory leak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vazamento de memória
sense_list:
(computing) Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable.


lexentry: eng/memory_stick__Noun__1
written_rep: memory stick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cartão de memória
sense_list:
(computing) One of a series of memory devices manufactured by the Sony Corporation ranging in size from a USB drive down to a flash card.


lexentry: eng/menagerie__Noun__1
written_rep: menagerie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menagerie | viveiro
sense_list:
A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.


lexentry: eng/mendacity__Noun__1
written_rep: mendacity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: falsidade | mendacidade
sense_list:
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. | (countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.


lexentry: eng/mendicant__Adjective__1
written_rep: mendicant
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mendicante
sense_list:
Depending on alms for a living. | Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.


lexentry: eng/menhir__Noun__1
written_rep: menhir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menir
sense_list:
(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.


lexentry: eng/meningitis__Noun__1
written_rep: meningitis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meningite
sense_list:
(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.


lexentry: eng/meninx__Noun__1
written_rep: meninx
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meninge
sense_list:
(anatomy, usually, in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates.


lexentry: eng/meniscus__Noun__1
written_rep: meniscus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: menisco
sense_list:
The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. [from 19th c.] | (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/menses__Noun__1
written_rep: menses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menstruação
sense_list:
The discharge of blood mixed with pieces of cellular tissue from the uterus out through the vagina, which occurs roughly every month in uninseminated women; menstrual flow.


lexentry: eng/mensiversary__Noun__1
written_rep: mensiversary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesversário
sense_list:
(rare) A day that marks an exact month (or specified number of months) since the occurrence of a significant event.


lexentry: eng/menstrual_cycle__Noun__1
written_rep: menstrual cycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclo menstrual
sense_list:
The recurring cycle of physiological changes in the uninseminated females of some animal species that is associated with reproductive fertility; especially the cycle in a human woman.


lexentry: eng/menstruation__Noun__1
written_rep: menstruation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menstruação | regras
sense_list:
The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.


lexentry: eng/mental__Adjective__1
written_rep: mental
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mental
sense_list:
(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.


lexentry: eng/mental_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: mental disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: transtorno mental
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A behavioral or mental pattern that may cause suffering or a poor ability to function in life.


lexentry: eng/mental_health__Noun__1
written_rep: mental health
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: saúde mental
sense_list:
(psychology) One's emotional well-being, especially with reference to one's outlook on life, ability to cope with stress or the absence of a mental disorder.


lexentry: eng/mental_hospital__Noun__1
written_rep: mental hospital
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hospital psiquiátrico | manicômio | hospício | manicómio | frenocómio | frenocômio
sense_list:
A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.


lexentry: eng/menthol__Noun__1
written_rep: menthol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mentol
sense_list:
(chemistry) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.


lexentry: eng/mention__Noun__1
written_rep: mention
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menção
sense_list:
A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase make mention of.


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menu | cardápio
sense_list:
The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. | (computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface


lexentry: eng/menu__Noun__1
written_rep: menu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: cardápio | menu | ementa
sense_list:
A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.


lexentry: eng/menu_bar__Noun__1
written_rep: menu bar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barra de menu
sense_list:
(graphical user interface) A rectangular region of a graphical user interface where computer menus are housed.


lexentry: eng/mercantilism__Noun__1
written_rep: mercantilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mercantilismo
sense_list:
(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.


lexentry: eng/mercenary__Noun__1
written_rep: mercenary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mercenário
sense_list:
A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.


lexentry: eng/merchandising__Noun__1
written_rep: merchandising
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merchandising
sense_list:
(originally, US) The promotion of goods for sale in a store, especially through advertising, attractive displays, discounts, etc.; also (generally) , the promotion of any goods or services for sale.


lexentry: eng/merchant_navy__Noun__1
written_rep: merchant navy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinha mercante
sense_list:
A civilian maritime fleet dedicated to the sea transport of goods and merchandise; especially, such a fleet of any particular nationality.


lexentry: eng/mercurial__Adjective__1
written_rep: mercurial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vivaz
sense_list:
(comparable) Having a lively or volatile character; animated, changeable, quick-witted. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercury-vapour_lamp__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury-vapour lamp
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lâmpada de vapor de mercúrio | lâmpada de mercúrio
sense_list:
(British spelling) a gaseous discharge lamp in which the arc discharge takes place in mercury vapour; used for highway illumination and as an industrial source of ultraviolet radiation


lexentry: eng/mercury__Noun__1
written_rep: mercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mercúrio | azougue
sense_list:
(science, historical) One of the elemental principles formerly thought to be present in all metals. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mercy__Noun__1
written_rep: mercy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: misericórdia
sense_list:
(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate. | (uncountable) A tendency toward forgiveness, pity, or compassion. | (countable) A blessing; something to be thankful for.


lexentry: eng/mere__Adjective__1
written_rep: mere
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mero
sense_list:
Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/merganser__Noun__1
written_rep: merganser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merganso
sense_list:
Any of various diving ducks of the genera Mergus or Lophodytes, which feed on fish and have a sharply serrated bill.


lexentry: eng/merger__Noun__2
written_rep: merger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fusão
sense_list:
The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit. | (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party. | (legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__1
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meridiano
sense_list:
(also, geography) In full terrestrial meridian: a great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles (the terrestrial North Pole and South Pole); also, half of such a circle extending from pole to pole, all points of which have the same longitude. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/meridian__Noun__2
written_rep: meridian
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meridiano
sense_list:
(acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/meringue__Noun__1
written_rep: meringue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merengue | suspiro
sense_list:
A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. | A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.


lexentry: eng/merit__Noun__1
written_rep: merit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mérito
sense_list:
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward. | (countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.


lexentry: eng/merlon__Noun__1
written_rep: merlon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: merlão
sense_list:
(architectural element, military, historical) Any of the upright projections between the embrasures of a battlement, originally for archers to shield behind while shooting arrows over the embrasures, or through loopholes in the merlons.


lexentry: eng/merry-go-round__Noun__1
written_rep: merry-go-round
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: carrossel
sense_list:
A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.


lexentry: eng/mesangium__Noun__1
written_rep: mesangium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesângio
sense_list:
(anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.


lexentry: eng/mesentery__Noun__1
written_rep: mesentery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesentério
sense_list:
(anatomy) The membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen, maintaining their position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics.


lexentry: eng/mesh__Noun__1
written_rep: mesh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malha
sense_list:
A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them. | A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.


lexentry: eng/mesmerize__Verb__1
written_rep: mesmerize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipnotizar | mesmerizar
sense_list:
To exercise mesmerism on; to affect another person, such as to heal or soothe, through the use of animal magnetism.


lexentry: eng/meso-region__Noun__1
written_rep: meso-region
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesorregião
sense_list:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a prefecture or a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/mesoderm__Noun__1
written_rep: mesoderm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesoderma | mesoderme
sense_list:
(embryology) One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal. Through embryonic development, it will produce many internal organs of the adult, e.g. muscles, spine and circulatory system.


lexentry: eng/mesology__Noun__1
written_rep: mesology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesologia
sense_list:
The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.


lexentry: eng/meson__Noun__2
written_rep: meson
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: méson | mesão
sense_list:
(now specifically, particle) An elementary particle that is composed of a quark and an antiquark, such as a kaon or pion. (Mesons composed of rarer quarks are much heavier.)


lexentry: eng/mesopelagic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mesopelagic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesopelágico
sense_list:
(oceanography) Describing a pelagic zone of the oceans between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones


lexentry: eng/mesosphere__Noun__1
written_rep: mesosphere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesosfera
sense_list:
(meteorology) The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.


lexentry: eng/mesquite__Noun__1
written_rep: mesquite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesquite
sense_list:
Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.


lexentry: eng/mess__Noun__1
written_rep: mess
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bagunça
sense_list:
A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding.


lexentry: eng/mess_kit__Noun__1
written_rep: mess kit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marmita
sense_list:
A compact set of eating utensils (including plate, cup, utensils) and sometimes cooking pots etc, used in the field by soldiers and by campers.


lexentry: eng/message_board__Noun__1
written_rep: message board
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: fórum | fórum de discussão
sense_list:
(computing, Internet) A system by which users may send, read and reply to public messages; an electronic bulletin board or forum.


lexentry: eng/messiah__Noun__1
written_rep: messiah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: messias
sense_list:
(Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/messuage__Noun__1
written_rep: messuage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: propriedade
sense_list:
(chiefly, law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.


lexentry: eng/mestizo__Noun__1
written_rep: mestizo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mestiço | cabocla | caboclo
sense_list:
(Philippines, historical) a person of mixed ancestry, especially one of native Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/meta-analysis__Noun__1
written_rep: meta-analysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meta-análise | metanálise
sense_list:
(statistics) Any systematic procedure for statistically combining the results of many different studies.


lexentry: eng/metabasis__Noun__1
written_rep: metabasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metabasis
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A change from one subject to another. | (pathology) Any change in the course of a disease; metabola.


lexentry: eng/metacarpus__Noun__1
written_rep: metacarpus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metacarpo
sense_list:
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.


lexentry: eng/metagame__Verb__1
written_rep: metagame
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metajogo
sense_list:
(RPG) Of a roleplayer, to make use of knowledge while roleplaying that they learned out of character, which their character does not know; often considered a form of cheating.


lexentry: eng/metal__Noun__1
written_rep: metal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metal
sense_list:
Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity. | (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.


lexentry: eng/metal_detector__Noun__1
written_rep: metal detector
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: detector de metais
sense_list:
A hand-held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal. | A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an alarm is sounded if the person is carrying a metal object, as this may indicate a weapon.


lexentry: eng/metalanguage__Noun__1
written_rep: metalanguage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metalinguagem
sense_list:
(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of specialized terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process | (computing) Any similar language used to define a programming language


lexentry: eng/metalepsis__Noun__1
written_rep: metalepsis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metalepse
sense_list:
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.


lexentry: eng/metallic_bond__Noun__1
written_rep: metallic bond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ligação metálica
sense_list:
(chemistry) a chemical bond in which mobile electrons are shared over many nuclei; this leads to electrical conduction


lexentry: eng/metalloid__Noun__1
written_rep: metalloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metaloide
sense_list:
(chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially an elemental semiconductor.


lexentry: eng/metallurgy__Noun__1
written_rep: metallurgy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metalurgia
sense_list:
The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.


lexentry: eng/metamorphic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metamorphic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metamórfico
sense_list:
(geology) Pertaining to metamorphism; having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example). [from 19th c.] | (zoology) Pertaining to metamorphosis. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/metamorphic_rock__Noun__1
written_rep: metamorphic rock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pedra metamórfica | rocha metamórfica
sense_list:
(geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface


lexentry: eng/metanarrative__Noun__1
written_rep: metanarrative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metanarrativa
sense_list:
(critical theory) A narrative which concerns narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge and offers legitimation of such through the anticipated completion of some master idea; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.


lexentry: eng/metaphor__Noun__1
written_rep: metaphor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metáfora
sense_list:
(uncountable, figure of speech) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase. | (countable, figure of speech) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.


lexentry: eng/metaphysical_naturalism__Noun__1
written_rep: metaphysical naturalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naturalismo metafísico
sense_list:
(philosophy, metaphysics) Philosophical worldview which holds that there is nothing but natural elements, principles, and relations of the kind studied by the natural sciences.


lexentry: eng/metaprogramming__Noun__1
written_rep: metaprogramming
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metaprogramação
sense_list:
(programming) Writing of computer programs that write or manipulate other programs or themselves as their data, or that do part of the work at runtime that would otherwise be done at compile time.


lexentry: eng/metastable__Adjective__1
written_rep: metastable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metaestável
sense_list:
(physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.


lexentry: eng/metastasis__Noun__1
written_rep: metastasis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metástase
sense_list:
(medicine) The transference of a bodily function or disease to another part of the body, specifically the development of a secondary area of disease remote from the original site, as with some cancers.


lexentry: eng/metathesis__Noun__1
written_rep: metathesis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metátese
sense_list:
(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.


lexentry: eng/metaverse__Noun__1
written_rep: metaverse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metaverso
sense_list:
(science fiction, Internet) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.


lexentry: eng/mete__Verb__1
written_rep: mete
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: comparar-se
sense_list:
(transitive, usually with “out”) To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).


lexentry: eng/meteor__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: meteoro
sense_list:
A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/meteor_shower__Noun__1
written_rep: meteor shower
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chuva de meteoros
sense_list:
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.


lexentry: eng/meteoritics__Noun__1
written_rep: meteoritics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meteorítica
sense_list:
(astronomy, mineralogy, geochemistry, cosmochemistry) The science that deals with meteors, meteorites, and meteoroids.


lexentry: eng/meteoroid__Noun__1
written_rep: meteoroid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meteoróide
sense_list:
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/meteorology__Noun__1
written_rep: meteorology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meteorologia
sense_list:
The science that deals with the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena, especially with weather and weather forecasting.


lexentry: eng/methamphetamine__Noun__1
written_rep: methamphetamine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metanfetamina
sense_list:
A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.


lexentry: eng/methane__Noun__1
written_rep: methane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metano
sense_list:
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.


lexentry: eng/methanol__Noun__1
written_rep: methanol
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metanol | álcool metílico
sense_list:
(organic compound) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.


lexentry: eng/methionine__Noun__1
written_rep: methionine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metionina
sense_list:
(amino acid, organic compound) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C5H11NO2S, found in most protein.


lexentry: eng/method__Noun__1
written_rep: method
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: método
sense_list:
A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process). | (object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.


lexentry: eng/methodology__Noun__1
written_rep: methodology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metodologia
sense_list:
(originally, sciences) The study of methods used in a field. | (loosely) A collection of methods, practices, procedures and rules used by those who work in some field. | The implementation of such methods etc.


lexentry: eng/methyl__Noun__1
written_rep: methyl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metilo | metila
sense_list:
(organic compound) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.


lexentry: eng/methylated_spirit__Noun__1
written_rep: methylated spirit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: álcool desnaturado
sense_list:
(Commonwealth) Ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; denatured alcohol;


lexentry: eng/methylation__Noun__1
written_rep: methylation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metilação
sense_list:
(genetics) The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production.


lexentry: eng/methylmercury__Noun__1
written_rep: methylmercury
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metilmercúrio
sense_list:
(chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment in the form of various compounds


lexentry: eng/methylphenidate__Noun__1
written_rep: methylphenidate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metilfenidato
sense_list:
(medicine) A stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, better known by the trade name Ritalin


lexentry: eng/metic__Noun__1
written_rep: metic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meteco
sense_list:
(historical) In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.


lexentry: eng/metonym__Noun__1
written_rep: metonym
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metonímia | metônimo
sense_list:
(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.


lexentry: eng/metonymic__Adjective__1
written_rep: metonymic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metonímico
sense_list:
Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.


lexentry: eng/metonymy__Noun__1
written_rep: metonymy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metonímia
sense_list:
(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.


lexentry: eng/metre__Noun__1
written_rep: metre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metro
sense_list:
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+47⁄127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.


lexentry: eng/metric__Noun__1
written_rep: metric
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: métrica
sense_list:
(mathematics) A function for the measurement of the "distance" between two points in some metric space: it is a real-valued function d(x,y) between points x and y satisfying the following properties: (1) "non-negativity": d(x,y) \ge 0 , (2) "identity of indiscernibles": d(x,y) = 0 \mbox{ iff } x=y , (3) "symmetry": d(x,y) = d(y,x) , and (4) "triangle inequality": d(x,y) \le d(x,z) + d(z,y) .


lexentry: eng/metric_space__Noun__1
written_rep: metric space
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espaço métrico
sense_list:
(mathematics, analysis, topology) Any set on which a metric is defined, giving a distance between any two elements.


lexentry: eng/metrizable__Adjective__1
written_rep: metrizable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: metrizável
sense_list:
(topology) Of a topological space: for which a metric exists that will induce the original topology.


lexentry: eng/metronome__Noun__1
written_rep: metronome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metrônomo | metrónomo
sense_list:
(music) A device, containing an inverted pendulum, used to mark time by means of regular ticks at adjustable intervals; an electronic equivalent that emits flashes.


lexentry: eng/metropolis__Noun__1
written_rep: metropolis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metrópole
sense_list:
(history, especially, Ancient Greece) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. | A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas.


lexentry: eng/metropolitan__Adjective__1
written_rep: metropolitan
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metropolitano
sense_list:
(Orthodox Christianity) Pertaining to the see or province of a metropolitan. [from 15th c.] | Of, or pertaining to, a metropolis or other large urban settlement. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/metrosexual__Noun__1
written_rep: metrosexual
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: metrossexual
sense_list:
A man — typically urban, heterosexual, and affluent — who is concerned with personal appearance, such as personal grooming, fashion, and aesthetics in general.


lexentry: eng/mezuzah__Noun__1
written_rep: mezuzah
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mezuzá
sense_list:
(Judaism, and, _, occasionally, _, Christianity) A piece of parchment inscribed with specific Hebrew verses from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4–9 and 11:13–21) and attached in a case to the doorpost of a house.


lexentry: eng/mezzanine__Noun__1
written_rep: mezzanine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mezanino
sense_list:
(Canada, US) The lowest balcony in an auditorium, cinema, theatre, etc.; the dress circle. | An intermediate floor or storey in between the main floors of a building; specifically, one that is directly above the ground floor which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, and so resembles a large balcony overlooking the ground floor; an entresol.


lexentry: eng/mezzo-soprano__Noun__1
written_rep: mezzo-soprano
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mezzo-soprano
sense_list:
A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto. | A person having such a voice.


lexentry: eng/miasma__Noun__1
written_rep: miasma
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miasma
sense_list:
A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease. | (figurative) A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment.


lexentry: eng/mica__Noun__1
written_rep: mica
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mica
sense_list:
(mineral) Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.


lexentry: eng/micelle__Noun__1
written_rep: micelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micela
sense_list:
(chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration


lexentry: eng/micro-region__Noun__1
written_rep: micro-region
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microrregião
sense_list:
An administrative system that is equivalent to a county or a prefecture and a department. It is used in Brazil as a third-level administration between state and micro-region.


lexentry: eng/microarray__Noun__1
written_rep: microarray
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microarranjo | microarray | micromatriz
sense_list:
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself


lexentry: eng/microbiology__Noun__1
written_rep: microbiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microbiologia
sense_list:
(biology) The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.


lexentry: eng/microcephaly__Noun__1
written_rep: microcephaly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microcefalia
sense_list:
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.


lexentry: eng/microcomputer__Noun__1
written_rep: microcomputer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microcomputador
sense_list:
(computer hardware) A computer designed around a microprocessor, smaller than a minicomputer or a mainframe.


lexentry: eng/microconidium__Noun__1
written_rep: microconidium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microconídio
sense_list:
(mycology) A relatively small conidium, but especially the smaller of a pair of conidia in the same organism


lexentry: eng/microcosm__Noun__1
written_rep: microcosm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microcosmo
sense_list:
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.] | A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one. [from 17th c.] | (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/microcredit__Noun__1
written_rep: microcredit
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microcrédito
sense_list:
(uncountable, banking) The practice of making very small loans, especially to poor people to promote self-employment; microlending.


lexentry: eng/microdeletion__Noun__1
written_rep: microdeletion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microdeleção
sense_list:
(genetics) A genetic mutation resulting from the deletion of a small part of a chromosome, usually involving many genes.


lexentry: eng/microeconomics__Noun__1
written_rep: microeconomics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microeconomia
sense_list:
The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.


lexentry: eng/microelectrode__Noun__1
written_rep: microelectrode
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microeletrodo
sense_list:
A very small, fine electrode, most often used to study the electrical behaviour of biological cells or tissues.


lexentry: eng/microgram__Noun__1
written_rep: microgram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrograma
sense_list:
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10−6 grams. Symbol: μg A unit of mass equal to one millionth of a gram, or 0.000 001 grams.


lexentry: eng/microgravity__Noun__1
written_rep: microgravity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microgravidade
sense_list:
(physics) A state of very low acceleration between two free floating objects, as found in sustained freefall, in orbit, or in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/microhistory__Noun__1
written_rep: microhistory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micro-história
sense_list:
The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.


lexentry: eng/microloan__Noun__1
written_rep: microloan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microempréstimo
sense_list:
(banking) A small loan, especially one extended to a poor person as part of a microcredit program of such lending intended to alleviate poverty.


lexentry: eng/micrometer__Noun__1
written_rep: micrometer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrómetro
sense_list:
A device used to measure distance very precisely but within a limited range, especially depth, thickness, and diameter.


lexentry: eng/micronation__Noun__1
written_rep: micronation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micronação
sense_list:
A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state, but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity.


lexentry: eng/micronutrient__Noun__1
written_rep: micronutrient
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micronutriente | oligoelemento
sense_list:
A mineral, vitamin or other substance that is essential, even in very small quantities, for growth or metabolism.


lexentry: eng/microorganism__Noun__1
written_rep: microorganism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micro-organismo | microrganismo
sense_list:
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.


lexentry: eng/micropaleontology__Noun__1
written_rep: micropaleontology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micropaleontologia
sense_list:
The branch of paleontology dealing with the fossilized microscopic organic remains (microfossils) of the geologic past; including their structure, biology, relationships and distribution.


lexentry: eng/microphone__Noun__1
written_rep: microphone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microfone
sense_list:
A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio.


lexentry: eng/microplastic__Noun__1
written_rep: microplastic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microplástico
sense_list:
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.


lexentry: eng/micropyle__Noun__1
written_rep: micropyle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrópila
sense_list:
(botany) In seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.


lexentry: eng/microscopic__Adjective__1
written_rep: microscopic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microscópico
sense_list:
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal | So small that it can only be seen using a microscope. | Very small; minute


lexentry: eng/microsecond__Noun__1
written_rep: microsecond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microssegundo
sense_list:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−6 seconds. Symbol: μs It is commonly represented with symbol µs.


lexentry: eng/microskirt__Noun__1
written_rep: microskirt
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microssaia
sense_list:
An extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.


lexentry: eng/microtome__Noun__1
written_rep: microtome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micrótomo
sense_list:
A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope.


lexentry: eng/microvillus__Noun__1
written_rep: microvillus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microvillosité | microvilosidade
sense_list:
Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.


lexentry: eng/mid-life_crisis__Noun__1
written_rep: mid-life crisis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: crise da meia-idade
sense_list:
(psychology) An emotional period of doubt and anxiety sometimes experienced by people who realize that their life is already half over.


lexentry: eng/midbrain__Noun__1
written_rep: midbrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mesencéfalo
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).


lexentry: eng/midden__Noun__1
written_rep: midden
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: cascal
sense_list:
(archaeology) An accumulation, deposit, or soil derived from occupation debris, rubbish, or other by-products of human activity, such as bone, shell, ash, or decayed organic materials; or a pile or mound of such materials, often prehistoric.


lexentry: eng/middle_ear__Noun__1
written_rep: middle ear
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ouvido médio
sense_list:
(anatomy) The cavity in the temporal bone between the eardrum and the inner ear that contains the ossicles, and which conveys sound to the cochlea.


lexentry: eng/middle_name__Noun__1
written_rep: middle name
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nome do meio
sense_list:
A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.


lexentry: eng/middle_of_nowhere__Noun__1
written_rep: middle of nowhere
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.

trans_list:
onde Judas perdeu as botas | Lugar Nenhum | cu de Judas | cu do mundo | meio do nada | puta que pariu


lexentry: eng/middle_school__Noun__1
written_rep: middle school
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ensino médio
sense_list:
(schools, countable) A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.


lexentry: eng/middle_voice__Noun__1
written_rep: middle voice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: voz média
sense_list:
A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, for having elements of both.


lexentry: eng/midge__Noun__1
written_rep: midge
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosquito
sense_list:
any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera


lexentry: eng/midget__Noun__1
written_rep: midget
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: anão | anã
sense_list:
(sometimes, offensive) A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10". [from later 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/midnight__Noun__1
written_rep: midnight
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meia-noite
sense_list:
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. | Twelve o'clock at night exactly.


lexentry: eng/midnight_sun__Noun__1
written_rep: midnight sun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sol da meia-noite
sense_list:
The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set but only approaches the horizon at midnight; it occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.


lexentry: eng/midriff__Noun__1
written_rep: midriff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ventre
sense_list:
(anatomy) The middle section of the human torso, from below the chest to above the waist; the abdomen and its back part.


lexentry: eng/midst__Noun__1
written_rep: midst
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ambiente
sense_list:
(often, literary) A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.


lexentry: eng/midwife__Noun__1
written_rep: midwife
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parteira
sense_list:
A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician.


lexentry: eng/mien__Noun__1
written_rep: mien
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cara
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. | (countable) A specific facial expression.


lexentry: eng/migraine__Noun__1
written_rep: migraine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: enxaqueca
sense_list:
(pathology) A severe, disabling headache, usually affecting only one side of the head, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, photophobia and visual disturbances.


lexentry: eng/migration__Noun__1
written_rep: migration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: migração
sense_list:
An instance of moving to live in another place for a while. | Seasonal moving of animals, as mammals, birds or fish, especially between breeding and non-breeding areas.


lexentry: eng/migratory_bird__Noun__1
written_rep: migratory bird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avis migratória
sense_list:
A bird that moves from one area of the world to another according to the season, usually from north to south and vice versa.


lexentry: eng/mikado__Noun__1
written_rep: mikado
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micado
sense_list:
(history) A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period. | A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.


lexentry: eng/mil__Noun__1
written_rep: mil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milésimo
sense_list:
An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.


lexentry: eng/mildew__Noun__1
written_rep: mildew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míldio | mofo
sense_list:
(plant disease) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.


lexentry: eng/mile__Noun__1
written_rep: mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: milha
sense_list:
Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values. | Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese mile or Arabic mile.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
written_rep: milestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marco miliar | marco miliário
sense_list:
A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.


lexentry: eng/milestone__Noun__1
written_rep: milestone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: marco
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.


lexentry: eng/militarism__Noun__1
written_rep: militarism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: militarismo
sense_list:
An ideology which claims that the military is the foundation of a society's security, and thereby its most important aspect.


lexentry: eng/militarization__Noun__1
written_rep: militarization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: militarização
sense_list:
The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.


lexentry: eng/military__Adjective__1
written_rep: military
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: militar
sense_list:
Characteristic of members of the armed forces. | (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). | Relating to war. | Relating to armies or ground forces.


lexentry: eng/military_parade__Noun__1
written_rep: military parade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: revista
sense_list:
(military) A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.


lexentry: eng/military_police__Noun__1
written_rep: military police
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: polícia militar
sense_list:
(collective) A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.


lexentry: eng/military_service__Noun__1
written_rep: military service
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: serviço militar
sense_list:
Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job (volunteering) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription).


lexentry: eng/militia__Noun__1
written_rep: militia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milícia
sense_list:
An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.


lexentry: eng/milk__Noun__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: leite
sense_list:
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, and/or soy beans. | (countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.


lexentry: eng/milk__Verb__1
written_rep: milk
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordenhar
sense_list:
(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). | (transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.


lexentry: eng/milk_glass__Noun__1
written_rep: milk glass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vidro leitoso
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) Opaque glass, especially the kind having a white shade; first produced in Italy in the 1500s as an imitation of Chinese porcelain.


lexentry: eng/milkshake__Noun__1
written_rep: milkshake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milkshake | batida | vitamina
sense_list:
A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring. | (New England, Australia, New Zealand) A thin beverage, similar to the above, but with no ice cream or significantly less of it.


lexentry: eng/mill_race__Noun__1
written_rep: mill race
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: levada
sense_list:
A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.


lexentry: eng/mille-feuille__Noun__1
written_rep: mille-feuille
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mil-folhas
sense_list:
A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.


lexentry: eng/millennial__Adjective__1
written_rep: millennial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: milenar
sense_list:
Referring to the thousandth anniversary of an event or happening. | (by extension, originally, US, demography) Often capitalized: of or relating to, or characteristic of, people born in the last two decades of the 20th century from around the early 1980s to the mid 1990s (with 1996 births cited as the last Millennial year), and who reached adulthood early in the third millennium C.E. | (Christianity) Synonym of millenarian (“pertaining to the belief in an impending period of one thousand years of peace and righteousness associated with the Second Coming of Christ and his reign on earth”)


lexentry: eng/millennium__Noun__1
written_rep: millennium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: milénio | milênio
sense_list:
(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.


lexentry: eng/millennium_bug__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: millennium bug
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bug do milénio | bug do milênio
sense_list:
(computing) A design flaw in computer systems that represented years as two digits (e.g. 84 for 1984), which could cause date calculations to fail if they involved years later than 1999.


lexentry: eng/millet__Noun__1
written_rep: millet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milhete | painço | milheto
sense_list:
Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.


lexentry: eng/milli-__Prefix__1
written_rep: milli-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mili-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, one-thousandth of the unit to which it is prefixed; that is, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10-3. Symbol: m.


lexentry: eng/millionth__Noun__1
written_rep: millionth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milionésimo
sense_list:
The person or thing in the millionth position. | One of a million equal parts of a whole. Term ppm (parts per million) is also used.


lexentry: eng/millipede__Noun__1
written_rep: millipede
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: diplópode | embuá | milípede | piolho-de-cobra
sense_list:
Any of many elongated arthropods, of the class Diplopoda, with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments.[From 1600]


lexentry: eng/millisecond__Noun__1
written_rep: millisecond
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milissegundo
sense_list:
(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−3 seconds. Symbol: ms; one one-thousandth of a second. Symbol: ms.


lexentry: eng/milord__Noun__1
written_rep: milord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milorde
sense_list:
(British, obsolete, jocular) An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.


lexentry: eng/milquetoast__Noun__1
written_rep: milquetoast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: banana | molenga
sense_list:
(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A person of meek or timid disposition; a person who lacks character or effectiveness.


lexentry: eng/mimeograph__Noun__1
written_rep: mimeograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mimeógrafo
sense_list:
(historical) A machine for making printed copies using typed stencil, eventually superseded by photocopying.


lexentry: eng/mimosa__Noun__1
written_rep: mimosa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mimosa
sense_list:
(botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.


lexentry: eng/mina__Noun__2
written_rep: mina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aparência
sense_list:
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.] | (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]


lexentry: eng/minaret__Noun__1
written_rep: minaret
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minarete | almádena
sense_list:
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).


lexentry: eng/mind__Verb__1
written_rep: mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: cuidar | importar-se | tomar conta
sense_list:
(chiefly, in the imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mind_one's_own_business__Verb__1
written_rep: mind one's own business
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cuidar da própria vida
sense_list:
(idiomatic) To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.


lexentry: eng/mindfuck__Noun__1
written_rep: mindfuck
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confusão
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person.


lexentry: eng/mindfulness__Noun__1
written_rep: mindfulness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: atenção
sense_list:
Inclination to be mindful or aware. | (Buddhism, psychology) Paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.


lexentry: eng/mine__Noun__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mina
sense_list:
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. | (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources. | (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.


lexentry: eng/mine__Verb__1
written_rep: mine
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: explorar | minar | minerar
sense_list:
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.


lexentry: eng/mineral__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mineral
sense_list:
(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties. | Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable). | (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.


lexentry: eng/mineral_water__Noun__1
written_rep: mineral water
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: água mineral
sense_list:
Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or out of preference.


lexentry: eng/mingle__Verb__1
written_rep: mingle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misturar
sense_list:
(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.


lexentry: eng/minibar__Noun__1
written_rep: minibar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frigobar | minibar
sense_list:
A small refrigerator in a hotel room, containing drinks and snacks that the guest may choose to purchase during their stay.


lexentry: eng/minimal_pair__Noun__1
written_rep: minimal pair
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: par mínimo
sense_list:
(phonology) A pair of words differing by only one phonetic segment or suprasegment, used to prove the validity of a proposed phoneme, toneme, or chroneme.


lexentry: eng/minimalism__Noun__1
written_rep: minimalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minimalismo
sense_list:
(arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form. | (music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.


lexentry: eng/minimize__Verb__1
written_rep: minimize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minimizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something) smaller or as small as possible; shrink; reduce. | (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.


lexentry: eng/minimum_viable_product__Noun__1
written_rep: minimum viable product
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: produto mínimo viável | produto viável mínimo
sense_list:
A version of a product with just enough features to be usable by early customers who can then provide feedback for future product development.


lexentry: eng/minimum_wage__Noun__1
written_rep: minimum wage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: salário mínimo
sense_list:
The lowest rate at which an employer must legally pay an employee; usually expressed as pay per hour.


lexentry: eng/miniseries__Noun__1
written_rep: miniseries
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minissérie
sense_list:
A radio or television series with a small number of episodes not intended to last a complete season.


lexentry: eng/minister__Noun__1
written_rep: minister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pastor
sense_list:
(religion) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.


lexentry: eng/minister_without_portfolio__Noun__1
written_rep: minister without portfolio
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ministro sem pasta
sense_list:
(government) A member of a government having the rank of cabinet minister, but not assigned to oversee a particular government department or other permanent area of responsibility.


lexentry: eng/ministerial__Adjective__1
written_rep: ministerial
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ministerial
sense_list:
Related to a religious minister or ministry. | Related to a governmental minister or ministry. | Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
written_rep: ministry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ministério
sense_list:
Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity


lexentry: eng/ministry__Noun__1
written_rep: ministry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ministério | gabinete
sense_list:
The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)


lexentry: eng/miniver__Noun__1
written_rep: miniver
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arminho
sense_list:
A light gray or white fur used to trim the robes of judges or state executives, also used in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/mink__Noun__1
written_rep: mink
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: visom | vison
sense_list:
(plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).


lexentry: eng/minke_whale__Noun__1
written_rep: minke whale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: baleia-anã
sense_list:
Either of two baleen whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata and Balaenoptera bonaerensis, found in coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
written_rep: minnow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peixinho
sense_list:
Chiefly with a qualifying word: any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae; also (chiefly, US) , other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.


lexentry: eng/minnow__Noun__1
written_rep: minnow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vairão
sense_list:
The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.


lexentry: eng/minor__Adjective__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menor
sense_list:
(music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect. | Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:


lexentry: eng/minor__Noun__1
written_rep: minor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 17
trans_list: menor
sense_list:
(Scots law, obsolete) An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.


lexentry: eng/minor_third__Noun__1
written_rep: minor third
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: terça menor
sense_list:
A musical interval in Western music that approximates a frequency ratio of 6:5, spanning two degrees of the diatonic scale.


lexentry: eng/minority__Noun__1
written_rep: minority
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menoridade
sense_list:
The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minority_government__Noun__1
written_rep: minority government
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: governo minoritário
sense_list:
(politics) Government by a political party or a coalition that does not have a majority of seats or votes in parliament.


lexentry: eng/minstrel__Noun__1
written_rep: minstrel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menestrel | jogral
sense_list:
(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/mint__Noun__1
written_rep: mint
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casa da moeda | casa de moeda
sense_list:
A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.


lexentry: eng/minuet__Noun__1
written_rep: minuet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minueto
sense_list:
A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance. | (music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.


lexentry: eng/minus__Preposition__1
written_rep: minus
part_of_speech: preposition
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menos
sense_list:
(mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/minus_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: minus sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: menos | negativo | sinal de menos
sense_list:
(arithmetic) The symbol −, used to denote the operation of subtraction or to indicate that a number is negative.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minuto
sense_list:
A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). | A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. | A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.


lexentry: eng/minute__Noun__1
written_rep: minute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: ata
sense_list:
(chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.


lexentry: eng/minute_of_angle__Noun__1
written_rep: minute of angle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minuto
sense_list:
An angle, one sixtieth (1/60th) of a degree, used by gunners as a measurement of accuracy. One minute of angle is roughly equal to 1 inch at 100 yards distance.


lexentry: eng/mirabelle_plum__Noun__1
written_rep: mirabelle plum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mirabela
sense_list:
The sweet, edible drupaceous fruit of the mirabelle prune tree, a cultivar of the plum tree of the subspecies Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca, often used in pies, wines, and brandy


lexentry: eng/miracle__Noun__1
written_rep: miracle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milagre
sense_list:
An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. | A fortunate outcome that prevails despite overwhelming odds against it.


lexentry: eng/miraculous__Adjective__1
written_rep: miraculous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milagroso
sense_list:
By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.


lexentry: eng/mirage__Noun__1
written_rep: mirage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miragem
sense_list:
An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.


lexentry: eng/mirative__Noun__1
written_rep: mirative
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: admirativo
sense_list:
(uncountable, grammatical mood) A grammatical mood that expresses (surprise at) unexpected revelations or new information.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Noun__1
written_rep: mirror
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espelho | cópia
sense_list:
A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.


lexentry: eng/mirror__Verb__1
written_rep: mirror
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espelhar
sense_list:
(transitive) Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to; to be a copy of. | (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.


lexentry: eng/misanthrope__Noun__1
written_rep: misanthrope
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misantropo
sense_list:
One who has a negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropic__Adjective__1
written_rep: misanthropic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misantropo | misantrópico
sense_list:
Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/misanthropy__Noun__1
written_rep: misanthropy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misantropia
sense_list:
A negative view of the entire human race. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.


lexentry: eng/miscarriage__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aborto espontâneo
sense_list:
(medicine) The spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy, especially before it is viable; the fatal expulsion of a foetus from the womb before term. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/miscarriage_of_justice__Noun__1
written_rep: miscarriage of justice
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: erro judicial | erro judiciário
sense_list:
(law) An error at a trial which led to an unjust outcome, such as the conviction of a person for a crime they did not commit.


lexentry: eng/miscegenation__Noun__1
written_rep: miscegenation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miscigenação
sense_list:
(chiefly, US, see usage notes) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage. [from 1863]


lexentry: eng/miscellaneous__Adjective__1
written_rep: miscellaneous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: variado
sense_list:
Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts. | Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.


lexentry: eng/mischief__Noun__1
written_rep: mischief
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: travesso
sense_list:
(archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.


lexentry: eng/misdeed__Noun__1
written_rep: misdeed
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malfeitoria
sense_list:
That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.


lexentry: eng/misdemeanor__Noun__1
written_rep: misdemeanor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contravenção
sense_list:
(legal, historical, _, in, _, UK) A crime usually punishable upon conviction by a small fine or by a short term of imprisonment. In the USA, misdemeanants usually are incarcerated in county jail for less than one year, but felons usually are incarcerated in state or federal prison for more than one year. Crimes which are punishable by large fines or by longer imprisonment are sometimes called felonies.


lexentry: eng/miser__Noun__1
written_rep: miser
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: avarento | mão-de-vaca | avarenta | muquirana | pão-duro | sovina
sense_list:
(pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.


lexentry: eng/misericord__Noun__1
written_rep: misericord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: misericórdia
sense_list:
A ledge, sometimes ornately carved, attached to a folding church seat to provide support for a person standing for long periods; a subsellium.


lexentry: eng/miso__Noun__1
written_rep: miso
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: missô
sense_list:
A thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans with the mold Aspergillus oryzae, used in making soups and sauces.


lexentry: eng/misprision__Noun__1
written_rep: misprision
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: equívoco
sense_list:
(uncountable) In full misprision of felony or misprision of treason: originally, a less serious form of felony or treason; later, the crime of (intentionally) failing to give information about a felony or treason that one knows about; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/miss__Verb__1
written_rep: miss
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: sentir [[saudade|saudade(s)]] de | sentir falta de
sense_list:
(transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.


lexentry: eng/missal__Noun__1
written_rep: missal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: missal
sense_list:
(Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.


lexentry: eng/missile__Noun__1
written_rep: missile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: míssil
sense_list:
Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.] | (military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/missing_link__Noun__1
written_rep: missing link
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: elo perdido
sense_list:
(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.


lexentry: eng/missiology__Noun__1
written_rep: missiology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: missiologia
sense_list:
The area of practical theology which studies the mandate, message and work of the Christian missionary.


lexentry: eng/mission__Noun__1
written_rep: mission
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: missão
sense_list:
(countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself. | (uncountable) Religious evangelism.


lexentry: eng/missionary__Noun__1
written_rep: missionary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: missionário | missionária
sense_list:
(religion) A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).


lexentry: eng/mister__Noun__1
written_rep: mister
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: senhor
sense_list:
A title conferred on an adult male, usually when the name is unknown. Also used as a term of address, often by a parent to a young child.


lexentry: eng/mistletoe__Noun__1
written_rep: mistletoe
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: visco | erva-de-passarinho | visgo
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).


lexentry: eng/mistreatment__Noun__1
written_rep: mistreatment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: destrato | judiação
sense_list:
Cruel, abusive , bad, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (only rarely of an object or a machine; usually: mishandle).


lexentry: eng/mistrial__Noun__1
written_rep: mistrial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: julgamento nulo
sense_list:
(legal) A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of hung jury.


lexentry: eng/misunderstanding__Noun__1
written_rep: misunderstanding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mal-entendido | confusão
sense_list:
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.


lexentry: eng/misuse__Verb__1
written_rep: misuse
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abusar
sense_list:
(transitive) To use (something) incorrectly. [from 14th c.] | (transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mither__Verb__1
written_rep: mither
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fazer queixume | importunar
sense_list:
(intransitive, Northern England, especially, _, Manchester) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.


lexentry: eng/mithridate__Noun__1
written_rep: mithridate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mithridato | mitridátio
sense_list:
(historical, _, medicine) Any of various historical medicines—typically an electuary compounded with various poisons—believed to derive from Mithridates VI and to serve as a universal antidote.


lexentry: eng/mitigate__Verb__1
written_rep: mitigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitigar | atenuar | pacificar
sense_list:
(transitive, of problems or flaws) To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.


lexentry: eng/mitochondrion__Noun__1
written_rep: mitochondrion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitocôndria
sense_list:
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.


lexentry: eng/mitosis__Noun__1
written_rep: mitosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitose
sense_list:
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.


lexentry: eng/mitre__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitra
sense_list:
A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.


lexentry: eng/mitre_box__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caixa de esquadria
sense_list:
A wood working appliance used to guide a handsaw or backsaw for making precise cuts, usually 45° and 90° mitre cuts. The mitre boxes are made of wood or plastic.


lexentry: eng/mitre_saw__Noun__1
written_rep: mitre saw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: serra esquadria
sense_list:
A power saw that is a bench circular saw that is used to make accurate crosscuts and miters in a workpiece by positioning a mounted blade onto a board, that can be positioned at a variety of angles.


lexentry: eng/mitten__Noun__1
written_rep: mitten
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: confortante
sense_list:
A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.


lexentry: eng/mixed-race__Adjective__1
written_rep: mixed-race
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mestiço
sense_list:
(of a person) Having genetic characteristics of two or more different races, especially having one white parent and one black parent.


lexentry: eng/mixed__Adjective__1
written_rep: mixed
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mestiço
sense_list:
Stemming from two or more races or breeds (most commonly used to describe an offspring of one white parent and one black parent).


lexentry: eng/mixed_economy__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed economy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: economia mista
sense_list:
A market economy with governmental provision of public goods, often with strong regulatory oversight, other forms of economic interventionism and some level of economic planning.


lexentry: eng/mixed_marriage__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed marriage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: casamento misto
sense_list:
Marriage between people of different socially-distinguished groups, such as different races, cultures or religions.


lexentry: eng/mixed_martial_arts__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed martial arts
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: artes marciais mistas | vale-tudo
sense_list:
(sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling.


lexentry: eng/mixed_reaction__Noun__1
written_rep: mixed reaction
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: reação mista
sense_list:
The state of diverse reception, when there are many who praise something while there are also many who dislike it.


lexentry: eng/mixer__Noun__1
written_rep: mixer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: batedeira | varinha mágica
sense_list:
One who, or a device that, mixes or merges things together. | A machine outfitted with (typically blunt) blades with which it mixes or beats ingredients in a bowl below.


lexentry: eng/mizzenmast__Noun__1
written_rep: mizzenmast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mastro de mezena | mastro de ré
sense_list:
(nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.


lexentry: eng/mnemonic__Noun__1
written_rep: mnemonic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mnemónica | mnemônica
sense_list:
Something (especially a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.) used to help in remembering a thing; a memory aid.


lexentry: eng/moa__Noun__1
written_rep: moa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moa
sense_list:
Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mob__Noun__1
written_rep: mob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: multidão | turba
sense_list:
(Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.


lexentry: eng/mob_cap__Noun__1
written_rep: mob cap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: charlota
sense_list:
(chiefly, historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band, and having a puffy crown and frills. | (modern-day use) A disposable head covering with an elasticated band, worn for cleanliness in industrial settings.


lexentry: eng/mobile_station__Noun__1
written_rep: mobile station
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estação móvel
sense_list:
(telecommunications) All the user equipment (mobile phone, SIM card etc) and software needed for communication with a GSM network.


lexentry: eng/mobilise__Verb__1
written_rep: mobilise
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mobilizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make something mobile. | (transitive) To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war. | (intransitive) To become made ready for war.


lexentry: eng/mobility__Noun__1
written_rep: mobility
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mobilidade
sense_list:
The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.] | (military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/mobilization__Noun__1
written_rep: mobilization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mobilização
sense_list:
The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.


lexentry: eng/moccasin__Noun__1
written_rep: moccasin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mocassim
sense_list:
A traditional Native North American shoe, usually without a heel or sole, made of a piece of deerskin or other soft leather turned up at the edges which are either stitched together at the top of the shoe, or sewn to a vamp (a piece covering the top of the foot). [from early 17th c.] | A modern shoe with either a low or no heel resembling a traditional Native American moccasin in that the leather forming the sides of the shoe is stitched at the top. | Any of several North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon, particularly the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and the cottonmouth or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus).


lexentry: eng/mock-up__Noun__1
written_rep: mock-up
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maquete | modelo
sense_list:
A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.


lexentry: eng/mockingbird__Noun__1
written_rep: mockingbird
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sabiapoca
sense_list:
A long-tailed American songbird of the Mimidae family, noted for its ability to mimic calls of other birds.


lexentry: eng/mockumentary__Noun__1
written_rep: mockumentary
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pseudodocumentário | falso documentário
sense_list:
(film genre) A film or television programme presented as if it were a documentary but that is not factual and often a parody or satire.


lexentry: eng/mod__Noun__1
written_rep: mod
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mod | modificador | modificação
sense_list:
(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.


lexentry: eng/modality__Noun__1
written_rep: modality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modalidade
sense_list:
The fact of being modal. | (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.


lexentry: eng/mode_of_production__Noun__1
written_rep: mode of production
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modo de produção
sense_list:
(Marxism) A combination of productive forces such as labour power and means of production, and social and technical relations of production such as property, power, laws and regulations, etc.


lexentry: eng/model__Noun__1
written_rep: model
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modelo
sense_list:
A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. | A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. | A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. | A style, type, or design. | The structural design of a complex system. | A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications.


lexentry: eng/model_aircraft__Noun__1
written_rep: model aircraft
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: aeromodelo
sense_list:
An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/modem__Noun__1
written_rep: modem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modem
sense_list:
(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.


lexentry: eng/moderator__Noun__1
written_rep: moderator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moderador | moderadora
sense_list:
(Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc. | Someone who moderates.


lexentry: eng/modern__Adjective__1
written_rep: modern
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moderno
sense_list:
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. | (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.


lexentry: eng/modernism__Noun__1
written_rep: modernism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: modernismo
sense_list:
Any of several styles of art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that flourished in the 20th century.


lexentry: eng/modernize__Verb__1
written_rep: modernize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modernizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc. | (intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
written_rep: modest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modesto
sense_list:
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. | Small, moderate in size.


lexentry: eng/modest__Adjective__1
written_rep: modest
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: recatado | decente
sense_list:
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.


lexentry: eng/modesty__Noun__1
written_rep: modesty
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modéstia
sense_list:
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.


lexentry: eng/modification__Noun__1
written_rep: modification
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: modificação
sense_list:
The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/modifier__Noun__1
written_rep: modifier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modificador
sense_list:
One who, or that which, modifies. | (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.


lexentry: eng/modifier_key__Noun__1
written_rep: modifier key
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tecla modificadora
sense_list:
(computing) A key (on a computer keyboard) that may be pressed simultaneously with certain other keys to activate predefined functions.


lexentry: eng/module__Noun__1
written_rep: module
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: módulo
sense_list:
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. | (programming) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines. | (algebra, ring theory) An abelian group equipped with the operation of multiplication by an element of a ring (or another of certain algebraic objects), representing a generalisation of the concept of vector space with scalar multiplication.


lexentry: eng/modulus__Noun__1
written_rep: modulus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: módulo
sense_list:
(physics) A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.


lexentry: eng/modus_operandi__Noun__1
written_rep: modus operandi
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: modus operandi
sense_list:
(colloquial) A person or thing's normal mode of operation. | (law enforcement) A known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.


lexentry: eng/mojibake__Noun__1
written_rep: mojibake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mojibake
sense_list:
(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.


lexentry: eng/moka_pot__Noun__1
written_rep: moka pot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cafeteira Moka | cafeteira italiana
sense_list:
A coffeemaker that produces coffee by passing boiling water pressurized by steam through ground coffee, traditionally made of aluminium.


lexentry: eng/molality__Noun__1
written_rep: molality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molalidade
sense_list:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent


lexentry: eng/molar__Adjective__2
written_rep: molar
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molar
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.


lexentry: eng/molar_mass__Noun__1
written_rep: molar mass
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: massa molar
sense_list:
(chemistry) The mass of a given substance divided by its amount, measured in moles. It is commonly expressed in grams (sometimes kilograms) per mole.


lexentry: eng/molarity__Noun__1
written_rep: molarity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molaridade
sense_list:
(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution


lexentry: eng/molasses__Noun__1
written_rep: molasses
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: melaço
sense_list:
A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.


lexentry: eng/mold__Noun__2
written_rep: mold
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mofo | bolor
sense_list:
A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: formação
sense_list:
The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.


lexentry: eng/molding__Noun__1
written_rep: molding
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: esteira transportadora
sense_list:
(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__2
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: espiã | espião | toupeira
sense_list:
(espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__4
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molhe | quebra-mar
sense_list:
(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.


lexentry: eng/mole__Noun__5
written_rep: mole
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mol | mole
sense_list:
(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]


lexentry: eng/mole_cricket__Noun__1
written_rep: mole cricket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cachorrinho-da-terra | grilo-toupeira | paquinha | ralo
sense_list:
Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.


lexentry: eng/molecular__Adjective__1
written_rep: molecular
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molecular
sense_list:
(chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules. | (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.


lexentry: eng/molecular_formula__Noun__1
written_rep: molecular formula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: fórmula química
sense_list:
(chemistry) A notation indicating the number of atoms of each element present in one molecule of a substance.


lexentry: eng/molecule__Noun__1
written_rep: molecule
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molécula
sense_list:
(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.


lexentry: eng/molest__Verb__1
written_rep: molest
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molestar
sense_list:
To sexually assault or sexually harass. | (dated) To annoy, trouble, or afflict. | (obsolete) To disturb or tamper with.


lexentry: eng/mollic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mollic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mólico
sense_list:
(soil science) Dark (having a color value and chroma of 3 or less when moist), with minimum organic carbon content, and high concentration of calcium carbonate.


lexentry: eng/mollusc__Noun__1
written_rep: mollusc
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molusco
sense_list:
A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.


lexentry: eng/molluscum_contagiosum__Noun__1
written_rep: molluscum contagiosum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molusco contagioso
sense_list:
(dermatology, pathology) A viral infection of the skin or (occasionally) mucous membranes, caused by Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV), a DNA poxvirus.


lexentry: eng/molybdenite__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molibdenite
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS2, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar look and feel.


lexentry: eng/molybdenum__Noun__1
written_rep: molybdenum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: molibdénio | molibdênio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Mo) with an atomic number of 42: a silvery metal, not found as a free element, used in steel alloys.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: momento
sense_list:
(physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force. | (math) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.


lexentry: eng/moment__Noun__1
written_rep: moment
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: momento | instante
sense_list:
(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_force__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of force
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: momento
sense_list:
(physics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation. The moment is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the perpendicular distance between its line of action and the axis of rotation.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_inertia__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of inertia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: momento de inércia
sense_list:
(physics, classical mechanics) A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_silence__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of silence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: minuto de silêncio
sense_list:
A period of silence conducted to honor or provide a gesture of respect to a recently deceased person, as part of the mourning process. May also be conducted following a tragic event or on the anniversary thereof.


lexentry: eng/moment_of_truth__Noun__1
written_rep: moment of truth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: momento da verdade
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.


lexentry: eng/momentum__Noun__1
written_rep: momentum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ímpeto | impulso | momento
sense_list:
(physics) Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its masses and velocities.


lexentry: eng/momo__Noun__1
written_rep: momo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: momo
sense_list:
A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.


lexentry: eng/monad__Noun__1
written_rep: monad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: mónade | mônada
sense_list:
(functional, _, programming) A data type which represents a specific form of computation, along with the operations "return" and "bind".


lexentry: eng/monarch__Noun__1
written_rep: monarch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: borboleta-monarca
sense_list:
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America, so called because of the designs on its wings.


lexentry: eng/monarchy__Noun__1
written_rep: monarchy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monarquia
sense_list:
A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).


lexentry: eng/monasticism__Noun__1
written_rep: monasticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monasticismo
sense_list:
(religion) The practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote one's life to spiritual work.


lexentry: eng/monatomic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monatomic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monoatómico | monoatômico
sense_list:
(chemistry) Of an element, consisting of a single atom in the molecule, for example, the noble gases. Note: Strictly speaking, a molecule has at least two atoms.


lexentry: eng/mondegreen__Noun__1
written_rep: mondegreen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tiocidade | virundum
sense_list:
(linguistics) A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language. [from 1954]


lexentry: eng/monergism__Noun__1
written_rep: monergism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monergismo
sense_list:
(theology) A Christian position holding that God, through the Holy Spirit, works to bring about effectually the salvation of individuals through spiritual regeneration without cooperation from the individual.


lexentry: eng/monetize__Verb__1
written_rep: monetize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monetizar
sense_list:
To convert something (especially a security) into currency. | (transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.


lexentry: eng/money__Noun__1
written_rep: money
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: dinheiro
sense_list:
A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value. | A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). | Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.


lexentry: eng/money_doesn't_grow_on_trees__Proverb__1
written_rep: money doesn't grow on trees
part_of_speech: proverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dinheiro não cresce em árvores
sense_list:
Wealth cannot be obtained without some effort; hence currency is not always available for a prospective purchase.


lexentry: eng/money_laundering__Noun__1
written_rep: money laundering
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lavagem de dinheiro | branqueamento de capitais
sense_list:
The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/money_order__Noun__1
written_rep: money order
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ordem de pagamento
sense_list:
(finance) A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check.


lexentry: eng/money_pit__Proper_noun__1
written_rep: money pit
part_of_speech: properNoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abertura
sense_list:
(sometimes, capitalized) Long-standing nickname of a complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense.


lexentry: eng/moneylender__Noun__1
written_rep: moneylender
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agiota
sense_list:
A person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.


lexentry: eng/mongoloid__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoloid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mongoloide
sense_list:
(anthropology, dated, offensive) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, and the Americas, as well as their diaspora in other parts of the world.


lexentry: eng/mongoose__Noun__1
written_rep: mongoose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mangusto | fuinha
sense_list:
Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.


lexentry: eng/monism__Noun__1
written_rep: monism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monismo
sense_list:
(philosophy, religion) The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.


lexentry: eng/monitor__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: monitor | tela
sense_list:
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.


lexentry: eng/monitor_lizard__Noun__1
written_rep: monitor lizard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: varano | lagarto-monitor | monitor
sense_list:
Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.


lexentry: eng/monitoring__Noun__1
written_rep: monitoring
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monitorização
sense_list:
The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.


lexentry: eng/monkeypox__Noun__1
written_rep: monkeypox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: varíola dos macacos
sense_list:
(disease) A viral disease, of primates and some other mammals, related to smallpox, caused by the Monkeypox virus.


lexentry: eng/monkfish__Noun__1
written_rep: monkfish
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tamboril
sense_list:
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.


lexentry: eng/monoamine_oxidase__Noun__1
written_rep: monoamine oxidase
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monoamina oxidase
sense_list:
(enzyme) Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter substances at neuronal synapses.


lexentry: eng/monocotyledon__Noun__1
written_rep: monocotyledon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monocotiledónea | monocotiledônea
sense_list:
(botany) Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.


lexentry: eng/monoculture__Noun__1
written_rep: monoculture
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monocultura
sense_list:
(agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time. | (anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.


lexentry: eng/monocyte__Noun__1
written_rep: monocyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monócito
sense_list:
(immunology, cytology) A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) that differentiates into a macrophage.


lexentry: eng/monogram__Noun__3
written_rep: monogram
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monograma | sigla
sense_list:
A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.


lexentry: eng/monograph__Noun__1
written_rep: monograph
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monografia
sense_list:
A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.


lexentry: eng/monoid__Noun__1
written_rep: monoid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monóide
sense_list:
(algebra, functional programming) A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.


lexentry: eng/monolith__Noun__1
written_rep: monolith
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monólito
sense_list:
(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times. | (also, attributively, and, figurative) Anything massive, uniform, and unmovable, especially a towering and impersonal cultural, political, or social organization or structure.


lexentry: eng/monolithic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monolithic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: monolítico
sense_list:
(engineering) Consisting of a single piece of homogeneous material as opposed to a composite material or an assembly of multiple parts.


lexentry: eng/monologue__Noun__1
written_rep: monologue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monólogo
sense_list:
(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters. | (comedy) A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment. | A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.


lexentry: eng/monomer__Noun__1
written_rep: monomer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monómero | monômero
sense_list:
(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.


lexentry: eng/monomial__Noun__1
written_rep: monomial
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monômio | monómio
sense_list:
(mathematics) A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.


lexentry: eng/monophthong__Noun__1
written_rep: monophthong
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monotongo
sense_list:
A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").


lexentry: eng/monophyly__Noun__1
written_rep: monophyly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monofiletismo
sense_list:
(systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.


lexentry: eng/monophysitism__Noun__1
written_rep: monophysitism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monofisismo
sense_list:
(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.


lexentry: eng/monopolize__Verb__1
written_rep: monopolize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monopolizar
sense_list:
(transitive) To have a monopoly on something. | (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.


lexentry: eng/monopoly__Noun__1
written_rep: monopoly
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: monopólio
sense_list:
An exclusive control over the trade or production of a commodity or service through exclusive possession. | The privilege granting the exclusive right to exert such control. | (metonymy) The market thus controlled.


lexentry: eng/monosodium_glutamate__Noun__1
written_rep: monosodium glutamate
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: glutamato de sódio | glutamato monossódico
sense_list:
(chemistry) The mono sodium salt of the amino acid, glutamic acid; present in soy sauce; used as a condiment in Chinese and Japanese cooking, and as a food additive to enhance flavor and add the umami taste. Abbreviations: MSG, E621.


lexentry: eng/monotheistic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monotheistic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monoteísta | monoteístico
sense_list:
(religion) Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.


lexentry: eng/monotonic__Adjective__1
written_rep: monotonic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: monótono
sense_list:
(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.


lexentry: eng/monotonicity__Noun__1
written_rep: monotonicity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mesmice
sense_list:
(analysis) Said of a positive measure: the property of a positive measure of a measure space, that given two measurable sets where the first set is contained in the second one, then the measure of the first set must be less than or equal to the measure of the second set.


lexentry: eng/monotonously__Adverb__1
written_rep: monotonously
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monotonamente
sense_list:
In a manner that is tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety. | In a droning manner, that does not change pitch.


lexentry: eng/monotony__Noun__1
written_rep: monotony
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monotonia
sense_list:
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety. | (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.


lexentry: eng/monotreme__Noun__1
written_rep: monotreme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monotremo | monotremado | monotrémato
sense_list:
(zoology) A mammal that lays eggs and has a single urogenital and digestive orifice. Only the echidnas and platypuses are included in this group.


lexentry: eng/monotype__Noun__1
written_rep: monotype
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: monotipo
sense_list:
(biology) A monotypic taxon. | A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.


lexentry: eng/monsoon__Noun__1
written_rep: monsoon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monção
sense_list:
Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season. | Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions. | Entire meteorological systems with such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/monstrance__Noun__1
written_rep: monstrance
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: custódia
sense_list:
(Christianity) An ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the sacramental bread (consecrated host) is placed for Eucharistic adoration.


lexentry: eng/montage__Noun__1
written_rep: montage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: montagem
sense_list:
(countable) A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/moocher__Noun__1
written_rep: moocher
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gaivota
sense_list:
(mostly, pejorative) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.


lexentry: eng/moon_bag__Noun__1
written_rep: moon bag
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pochete
sense_list:
A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items.


lexentry: eng/mooncake__Noun__1
written_rep: mooncake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bolo lunar
sense_list:
A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/moonshine__Noun__1
written_rep: moonshine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: moonshine
sense_list:
(math, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.


lexentry: eng/moor__Noun__1
written_rep: moor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: charneca
sense_list:
An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath


lexentry: eng/moor__Verb__1
written_rep: moor
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ancorar | atracar
sense_list:
(intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened. | (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.


lexentry: eng/moorhen__Noun__1
written_rep: moorhen
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: frango-d'água | galinha-d'água
sense_list:
Any of various medium-sized water birds of the genus Gallinula, of the rail family, that feed in open water margins.


lexentry: eng/moose__Noun__1
written_rep: moose
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alce
sense_list:
The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.


lexentry: eng/moose_test__Noun__1
written_rep: moose test
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teste do alce
sense_list:
(automotive, engineering) A test of the stability of a vehicle, which determines the maximum speed it can attain and still be able to steer clear of an obstacle (such as a child or a large animal running in front of the car) without going out of control.


lexentry: eng/moot__Adjective__1
written_rep: moot
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: discutível
sense_list:
(current in, _, UK, rare, _, in the, _) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.


lexentry: eng/moot_point__Noun__1
written_rep: moot point
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: contencioso
sense_list:
An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.


lexentry: eng/mop__Noun__1
written_rep: mop
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esfregão
sense_list:
An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.


lexentry: eng/moped__Noun__1
written_rep: moped
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciclomotor
sense_list:
A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.


lexentry: eng/mora__Noun__1
written_rep: mora
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mora
sense_list:
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).


lexentry: eng/moraic__Adjective__1
written_rep: moraic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moraico
sense_list:
(poetry, phonology) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of a mora or morae (a unit of syllable weight in poetry and linguistics).


lexentry: eng/moral__Adjective__1
written_rep: moral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moral
sense_list:
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.


lexentry: eng/moral_panic__Noun__1
written_rep: moral panic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pânico moral
sense_list:
A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry.


lexentry: eng/morale__Noun__1
written_rep: morale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ânimo | disposição | moral
sense_list:
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.


lexentry: eng/moralism__Noun__1
written_rep: moralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moralismo
sense_list:
(uncountable, often, pejorative) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).


lexentry: eng/moralist__Noun__1
written_rep: moralist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moralista
sense_list:
(pejorative) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.


lexentry: eng/morality__Noun__1
written_rep: morality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moralidade
sense_list:
(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.


lexentry: eng/morbid__Adjective__1
written_rep: morbid
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mórbido
sense_list:
(by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]


lexentry: eng/morbidity__Noun__1
written_rep: morbidity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morbilidade
sense_list:
The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause. | (medicine) The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected. | (medicine, countable) An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.


lexentry: eng/mordant__Noun__1
written_rep: mordant
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mordaz
sense_list:
Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.


lexentry: eng/more__Determiner__1
written_rep: more
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mais
sense_list:
in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) | Additional; further. | Bigger, stronger, or more valuable.


lexentry: eng/more_and_more__Adverb__1
written_rep: more and more
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cada vez mais
sense_list:
(degree) Progressively more. | (manner) In a manner that progressively increases. | (modal) Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true.


lexentry: eng/morepork__Noun__1
written_rep: morepork
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coruja-lavradora
sense_list:
(chiefly, New Zealand) The Tasmanian spotted owl (Ninox novaeseelandiae), a small brown owl indigenous to New Zealand and Tasmania. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/moresome__Noun__1
written_rep: moresome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: balé
sense_list:
(rare, slang) A sexual act involving more than three people, or a group of individuals involved in such an act.


lexentry: eng/morganatic__Adjective__1
written_rep: morganatic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morganático
sense_list:
Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.


lexentry: eng/morgue__Noun__1
written_rep: morgue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: necrotério | morgue
sense_list:
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.


lexentry: eng/morion__Noun__1
written_rep: morion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bacinete | morrião
sense_list:
(historical) A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning__Noun__1
written_rep: morning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: manhã
sense_list:
(obsolete) That part of the day from dawn until the main meal (typically in late afternoon). [18th–19th c.]


lexentry: eng/morning_star__Noun__1
written_rep: morning star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maça de espinhos
sense_list:
(military, countable) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.


lexentry: eng/moron__Noun__1
written_rep: moron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: babaca | débil mental | otário | retardado
sense_list:
(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.


lexentry: eng/morpheme__Noun__1
written_rep: morpheme
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morfema
sense_list:
(linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.


lexentry: eng/morphine__Noun__1
written_rep: morphine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morfina
sense_list:
(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.


lexentry: eng/morphism__Noun__1
written_rep: morphism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morfismo
sense_list:
(mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.


lexentry: eng/morphology__Noun__1
written_rep: morphology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: morfologia
sense_list:
(biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants. | (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: | (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks). | (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms. | (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.


lexentry: eng/mortal__Adjective__1
written_rep: mortal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mortal
sense_list:
Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.] | Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortal_sin__Noun__1
written_rep: mortal sin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pecado mortal
sense_list:
(Roman Catholicism, theology) A sin which causes the loss of God's grace, leading to eternal damnation, unless the sinner repents, which includes their intent to confess and atone; such a sin is defined as a grave transgression against one of the Ten Commandments with the full knowledge and deliberate consent of the sinner.


lexentry: eng/mortality__Noun__1
written_rep: mortality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mortalidade
sense_list:
The state of being susceptible to death. | The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate. | (figuratively) Death.


lexentry: eng/mortar__Noun__1
written_rep: mortar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: morteiro | almofariz
sense_list:
(countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories. | (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortar_and_pestle__Noun__1
written_rep: mortar and pestle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: pilão
sense_list:
A device made up of a bowl (the mortar) and a heavy, blunt object (the pestle), the end of which is used for crushing and grinding ingredients or substances into a fine paste or powder.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Noun__1
written_rep: mortgage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipoteca
sense_list:
(legal) A special form of secured loan where the purpose of the loan must be specified to the lender, to purchase assets that must be fixed (not movable) property, such as a house or piece of farm land. The assets are registered as the legal property of the borrower but the lender can seize them and dispose of them if they are not satisfied with the manner in which the repayment of the loan is conducted by the borrower. Once the loan is fully repaid, the lender loses this right of seizure and the assets are then deemed to be unencumbered.


lexentry: eng/mortgage__Verb__1
written_rep: mortgage
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hipotecar
sense_list:
(transitive, legal) To borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land; to pledge a property in order to get a loan.


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
written_rep: mortify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mortificar
sense_list:
(transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.] | (transitive, usually, used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mortify__Verb__1
written_rep: mortify
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: matar
sense_list:
(obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.] | (obsolete, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.] | (obsolete, transitive) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.


lexentry: eng/mosaic__Noun__1
written_rep: mosaic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosaico
sense_list:
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture. | (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote. | (plant disease) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.


lexentry: eng/mosh__Verb__1
written_rep: mosh
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moshar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To dance by intentionally jumping into and colliding with other, similarly behaving dancers, and performing other wild, aggressive, or spastic movements.


lexentry: eng/moshav__Noun__1
written_rep: moshav
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moshav
sense_list:
An Israeli town or settlement, especially a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah.


lexentry: eng/mosquito__Noun__1
written_rep: mosquito
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosquito | melga
sense_list:
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.


lexentry: eng/mosquito_net__Noun__1
written_rep: mosquito net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosquiteiro
sense_list:
A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.


lexentry: eng/moss__Noun__1
written_rep: moss
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musgo
sense_list:
Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta (formerly division Musci). | (countable) A kind or species of such plants.


lexentry: eng/most__Determiner__1
written_rep: most
part_of_speech: determiner
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: maioria
sense_list:
the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article) | the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)


lexentry: eng/motel__Noun__1
written_rep: motel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: hotel de beira de estrada
sense_list:
(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there.


lexentry: eng/moth__Noun__1
written_rep: moth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mariposa | traça
sense_list:
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.


lexentry: eng/mothball__Noun__1
written_rep: mothball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naftalina
sense_list:
(usually, in plural) A small ball of chemical pesticide (typically naphthalene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles susceptible to damage from mold or moth larvae in order to protect them from this damage.


lexentry: eng/mother-in-law's_tongue__Noun__1
written_rep: mother-in-law's tongue
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espada-de-Iansã
sense_list:
A plant with narrow, leathery, pointed leaves, of species Dracaena trifasciata (syn. Sansevieria trifasciata), often grown as a houseplant for its distinctive foliage and its tolerance of low light. The leaves are also the source of a tough fiber used for rope.


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
written_rep: mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mãe | progenitora
sense_list:
A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).


lexentry: eng/mother__Noun__1
written_rep: mother
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: mãe
sense_list:
(figuratively) A source or origin. | Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.) | (dated, when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.


lexentry: eng/mother_figure__Noun__1
written_rep: mother figure
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: figura materna
sense_list:
One (especially an older woman) who behaves as, is regarded as equivalent to, or represents a mother for another person or group of people.


lexentry: eng/motherboard__Noun__1
written_rep: motherboard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: placa-mãe
sense_list:
(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.


lexentry: eng/motherfucker__Noun__1
written_rep: motherfucker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: filho da puta
sense_list:
(vulgar) An extremely intense experience, often but not always negative. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in incest with their mother. | (vulgar, literally) One who engages in sex with a mother, not necessarily one's own.


lexentry: eng/motif__Noun__1
written_rep: motif
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: motivo
sense_list:
(music) A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work. | A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern. | (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or aminoacid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.


lexentry: eng/motile__Adjective__1
written_rep: motile
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: móvel
sense_list:
(physiology) In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
written_rep: motion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: moção
sense_list:
(countable) A parliamentary action to propose something. A similar procedure in any official or business meeting.


lexentry: eng/motion__Noun__1
written_rep: motion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 06
trans_list: deslocamento | movimento
sense_list:
(philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.


lexentry: eng/motion_sickness__Noun__1
written_rep: motion sickness
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinetose | náusea marítima
sense_list:
A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.


lexentry: eng/motive__Noun__1
written_rep: motive
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: motivo
sense_list:
(law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/motor__Noun__1
written_rep: motor
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motor
sense_list:
A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion. | (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.


lexentry: eng/motor_home__Noun__1
written_rep: motor home
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autocaravana | motocasa
sense_list:
A type of recreational vehicle, a self-propelled structure built on a truck or bus chassis containing living accommodations.


lexentry: eng/motor_vehicle__Noun__1
written_rep: motor vehicle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: automóvel
sense_list:
Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.


lexentry: eng/motorcycle__Noun__1
written_rep: motorcycle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motocicleta | moto
sense_list:
An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.


lexentry: eng/motorway__Noun__1
written_rep: motorway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autoestrada
sense_list:
(In Europe, New Zealand and parts of Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each


lexentry: eng/motto__Noun__1
written_rep: motto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: lema | mote
sense_list:
A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.


lexentry: eng/mouflon__Noun__1
written_rep: mouflon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muflão
sense_list:
A species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica. [from c. 1770]


lexentry: eng/moulin__Noun__1
written_rep: moulin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moinho
sense_list:
(geology) A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.


lexentry: eng/moult__Verb__1
written_rep: moult
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mudar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
written_rep: mound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: monte
sense_list:
A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.


lexentry: eng/mound__Noun__1
written_rep: mound
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: orbe
sense_list:
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross.


lexentry: eng/mount__Verb__1
written_rep: mount
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: montar
sense_list:
(transitive) To place oneself on (a horse, a bicycle, etc.); to bestride. | (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up. | (transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.


lexentry: eng/mountain__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: montanha | monte
sense_list:
(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.] | (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountain_bike__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain bike
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bicicleta de montanha | mountain bike
sense_list:
(cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.


lexentry: eng/mountain_climber__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain climber
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: alpinista
sense_list:
An exercise starting in a plank position with hands and possibly feet wider than the shoulders where the knees are adducted to the head or elbows alternatingly without lifting the braced hip.


lexentry: eng/mountain_reindeer__Noun__1
written_rep: mountain reindeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rena
sense_list:
A subspecies of reindeer, found wild in southern Norway and Kola peninsula in Russia; Rangifer tarandus tarandus. A semi-domesticated variant is widely herded by the Sami in northern Scandinavia.


lexentry: eng/mountaineer__Noun__1
written_rep: mountaineer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: monteiro
sense_list:
(now, rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/mountainous__Adjective__1
written_rep: mountainous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: montanhoso
sense_list:
Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.


lexentry: eng/mourning__Noun__1
written_rep: mourning
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: luto
sense_list:
Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death. | The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).


lexentry: eng/mouse__Noun__1
written_rep: mouse
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: rato | mouse | camundongo
sense_list:
(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.


lexentry: eng/moussaka__Noun__1
written_rep: moussaka
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moussaka | mussaca
sense_list:
A dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven.


lexentry: eng/movable__Adjective__1
written_rep: movable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: movediço | movível | móvel
sense_list:
Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary


lexentry: eng/move__Noun__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: lance | mudança | jogada | mexida
sense_list:
(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: mexer | movimentar | mover | mover-se | mexer-se | movimentar-se
sense_list:
(transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 07
trans_list: emocionar | mover | comover
sense_list:
(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: propor
sense_list:
(transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit


lexentry: eng/move__Verb__1
written_rep: move
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 09
trans_list: mover
sense_list:
(transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).


lexentry: eng/move_in__Verb__1
written_rep: move in
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ir viver
sense_list:
(intransitive) To start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.


lexentry: eng/movement__Noun__1
written_rep: movement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: movimento
sense_list:
Physical motion between points in space. | A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals


lexentry: eng/mover_and_shaker__Noun__1
written_rep: mover and shaker
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: manda-chuva
sense_list:
(usually, in the plural) Someone who has power and influence in a field or activity; one who accomplishes tasks, who gets things done.


lexentry: eng/movie__Noun__1
written_rep: movie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filme
sense_list:
(chiefly, North America, AU) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.


lexentry: eng/moving_walkway__Noun__1
written_rep: moving walkway
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esteira rolante
sense_list:
(US) A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.


lexentry: eng/mow_down__Verb__1
written_rep: mow down
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: ceifar
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To kill or slaughter, or to injure by knocking down, especially in large numbers and in a ruthless manner.


lexentry: eng/moxa__Noun__1
written_rep: moxa
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moxa
sense_list:
A woolly material obtained from the dried leaves of an Asian species of mugwort, such as Artemisia argyi, as used in moxibustion.


lexentry: eng/mozzarella__Noun__1
written_rep: mozzarella
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mozarela | muçarela | mussarela
sense_list:
Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.


lexentry: eng/mucous_membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: mucous membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mucosa
sense_list:
(anatomy) A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.


lexentry: eng/mud__Noun__1
written_rep: mud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: lama
sense_list:
(figuratively) Willfully abusive, even slanderous remarks or claims, notably between political opponents.


lexentry: eng/muddy__Adjective__1
written_rep: muddy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: turvo
sense_list:
Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.


lexentry: eng/mudguard__Noun__1
written_rep: mudguard
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: para-lama | guarda-lamas | guarda-lama | para-lamas
sense_list:
A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.


lexentry: eng/mudra__Noun__1
written_rep: mudra
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mudra
sense_list:
(dance, arts) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.


lexentry: eng/muff__Noun__1
written_rep: muff
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pentelho
sense_list:
(vulgar, slang) Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muffin. See Thesaurus:vagina.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
written_rep: muffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: abafar | cobrir
sense_list:
(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.


lexentry: eng/muffle__Verb__1
written_rep: muffle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: abafar
sense_list:
(transitive, dated) To prevent seeing, or hearing, or speaking, by wraps bound about the head; to blindfold; to deafen.


lexentry: eng/mufti__Noun__1
written_rep: mufti
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: traje à paisana
sense_list:
(uncountable, AU, British, New Zealand) A civilian dress when worn by a member of the military, or casual dress when worn by a pupil of a school who normally would wear uniform.


lexentry: eng/mug_shot__Noun__1
written_rep: mug shot
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
sense_list:
A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest.

trans_list:
foto de cadeia | foto de criminoso | foto de fichamento | foto fichada | foto policial | retrato policial


lexentry: eng/mulatto__Noun__1
written_rep: mulatto
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mulata | mulato
sense_list:
(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.


lexentry: eng/mulch__Noun__1
written_rep: mulch
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: humo | manta
sense_list:
(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.


lexentry: eng/muliebrity__Noun__1
written_rep: muliebrity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feminilidade
sense_list:
(literary) The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.


lexentry: eng/mullein__Noun__1
written_rep: mullein
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: verbasco
sense_list:
Any of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers. Some species have been introduced to other continents, where some are now seen as invasive pests. Some species, though far from all, have downy leaves, hence common names such as: "velvet plant". [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/mullet__Noun__1
written_rep: mullet
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tainha | salmonete | trilha
sense_list:
A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (the red mullets or goatfish).


lexentry: eng/mullion__Noun__1
written_rep: mullion
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mainel
sense_list:
(architectural element) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.


lexentry: eng/multi-touch__Adjective__1
written_rep: multi-touch
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multitáctil
sense_list:
(computing) Of a computer tablet or touch-screen interface, accepting more than one touch at the same time.


lexentry: eng/multiculturalism__Noun__1
written_rep: multiculturalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multiculturalismo
sense_list:
The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/multilateralism__Noun__1
written_rep: multilateralism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: multilateralismo
sense_list:
A system by which nations consult others in matters of foreign policy, by way of organisations such as the United Nations.


lexentry: eng/multimeter__Noun__1
written_rep: multimeter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multímetro
sense_list:
An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.


lexentry: eng/multimillion__Adjective__1
written_rep: multimillion
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multimilionária | multimilionário
sense_list:
Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.


lexentry: eng/multinational__Adjective__1
written_rep: multinational
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multinacional
sense_list:
Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country). | (of a business organization) Operating, or having subsidiary companies in multiple countries (especially more than two).


lexentry: eng/multiplayer__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplayer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multijogador
sense_list:
(games, uncountable) The feature of a video game where multiple human players play simultaneously. | (in the plural) Video game players who play multiplayer games.


lexentry: eng/multiple__Adjective__1
written_rep: multiple
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: múltiplos
sense_list:
Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).


lexentry: eng/multiple_sclerosis__Noun__1
written_rep: multiple sclerosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: esclerose múltipla
sense_list:
(pathology) A chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord characterized by changes in sensation, visual problems, weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, impaired mobility and disability.


lexentry: eng/multiplication_table__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplication table
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tabuada | tabuada de multiplicar | tabuada de multiplicação
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A table showing the products of each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or, especially formerly, 12) with each of the integers from 1 to 10 (or 12).


lexentry: eng/multiplier__Noun__1
written_rep: multiplier
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multiplicador
sense_list:
(arithmetic) A number by which another (the multiplicand) is to be multiplied. | (grammar) An adjective indicating the number of times something is to be multiplied.


lexentry: eng/multiply__Verb__1
written_rep: multiply
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multiplicar
sense_list:
(transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). | (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number). | (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.


lexentry: eng/multitasking__Noun__1
written_rep: multitasking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: multitarefa
sense_list:
(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.


lexentry: eng/mummy__Noun__1
written_rep: mummy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: múmia
sense_list:
(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/mumps__Noun__1
written_rep: mumps
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caxumba | papeira
sense_list:
(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.


lexentry: eng/munchies__Noun__1
written_rep: munchies
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: larica
sense_list:
(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.


lexentry: eng/munge__Verb__1
written_rep: munge
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: danificar
sense_list:
(transitive, computing, informal) To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.


lexentry: eng/municipal__Adjective__1
written_rep: municipal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: municipal
sense_list:
Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).


lexentry: eng/municipality__Noun__1
written_rep: municipality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: município | comuna
sense_list:
A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.


lexentry: eng/muon__Noun__1
written_rep: muon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muão | múon
sense_list:
(physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.


lexentry: eng/murder__Noun__1
written_rep: murder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: assassínio | assassinato | homicídio
sense_list:
(uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.


lexentry: eng/murine__Adjective__1
written_rep: murine
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: murino
sense_list:
More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
written_rep: murmur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: murmúrio
sense_list:
(countable, uncountable) Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water. | A muttered complaint or protest; the expression of dissatisfaction in a low muttering voice; any expression of complaint or discontent.


lexentry: eng/murmur__Noun__1
written_rep: murmur
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: sopro | murmúrio
sense_list:
(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.


lexentry: eng/murrain__Noun__1
written_rep: murrain
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: morrinha
sense_list:
(veterinary medicine, chiefly, historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle, such as anthrax, or a particular epizootic#Noun thereof.


lexentry: eng/muscarine__Noun__1
written_rep: muscarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: muscarina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.


lexentry: eng/muscat__Noun__1
written_rep: muscat
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moscatel
sense_list:
A white grape variety; used as table grapes and for making raisins and sweet wine. | The muscatel wine made from these grapes. | The vine bearing this fruit.


lexentry: eng/muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: músculo
sense_list:
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. | (countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/muscle__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: musculatura
sense_list:
(uncountable, usually, in the plural) A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.


lexentry: eng/muscle_memory__Noun__1
written_rep: muscle memory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: memória muscular
sense_list:
The physiological adaptation of the body to repetition of a specific physical activity, resulting in increased neuromuscular control when performing that activity again.


lexentry: eng/muscovite__Noun__1
written_rep: muscovite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moscovita
sense_list:
(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.


lexentry: eng/muscular_Christianity__Noun__1
written_rep: muscular Christianity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cristianismo muscular
sense_list:
(Christianity) A movement of Victorian origin stressing the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of vigorous masculinity.


lexentry: eng/muscular_dystrophy__Noun__1
written_rep: muscular dystrophy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: distrofia muscular
sense_list:
(pathology) A group of genetic diseases which cause progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.


lexentry: eng/museum__Noun__1
written_rep: museum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: museu
sense_list:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.


lexentry: eng/mush__Noun__5
written_rep: mush
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tronco
sense_list:
(British, slang, primarily, Southern England) (American, slang, primarily, Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.


lexentry: eng/mushroom__Adjective__1
written_rep: mushroom
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: (em forma) de cogumelo
sense_list:
Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.


lexentry: eng/mushroom_cloud__Noun__1
written_rep: mushroom cloud
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nuvem cogumelo | nuvem de cogumelo | nuvem em cogumelo
sense_list:
A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.


lexentry: eng/music__Noun__1
written_rep: music
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: música
sense_list:
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood. | (figuratively) Any interesting or pleasing sounds.


lexentry: eng/music_box__Noun__1
written_rep: music box
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caixa de música
sense_list:
A box that generates or plays music, particularly one using mechanical means rather than electronic, generally using a cylinder or disk containing the music.


lexentry: eng/music_theory__Noun__1
written_rep: music theory
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: teoria musical | teoria da música
sense_list:
The field of study dealing with how music works, typically examining the language and notation of music, the patterns and structures in composers' techniques, and so on.


lexentry: eng/music_to_someone's_ears__Noun__1
written_rep: music to someone's ears
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: música para os ouvidos de
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; specifically, some good news, or welcome information or remarks.


lexentry: eng/musical__Noun__1
written_rep: musical
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musical
sense_list:
A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.


lexentry: eng/musical_bow__Noun__1
written_rep: musical bow
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arco
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument consisting of a string supported by a flexible wooden bearer.


lexentry: eng/musical_chairs__Noun__1
written_rep: musical chairs
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dança das cadeiras
sense_list:
(games) A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.


lexentry: eng/musical_saw__Noun__1
written_rep: musical saw
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: serra
sense_list:
(musical instrument) A musical instrument consisting of a thin sheet of metal, or sometimes a saw, usually played with a bow.


lexentry: eng/musician__Noun__1
written_rep: musician
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: músico | música | musicista
sense_list:
A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.


lexentry: eng/musicology__Noun__1
written_rep: musicology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: musicologia
sense_list:
(music) the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.


lexentry: eng/musk__Noun__1
written_rep: musk
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: almíscar
sense_list:
A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.


lexentry: eng/musk_ox__Noun__1
written_rep: musk ox
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boi-almiscarado
sense_list:
An Arctic mammal, Ovibos moschatus of the Caprinae subfamily of the family Bovidae, having a thick coat and long curved horns.


lexentry: eng/musket__Noun__1
written_rep: musket
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosquete
sense_list:
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.


lexentry: eng/musketeer__Noun__1
written_rep: musketeer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mosqueteiro
sense_list:
(military) A foot soldier armed with a musket. | (military) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.


lexentry: eng/must__Verb__1
written_rep: must
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dever
sense_list:
(modal, _, auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence. | (modal, _, auxiliary, defective) Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.


lexentry: eng/mustard_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: mustard gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás mostarda | iperita
sense_list:
A highly cytotoxic vesicant, C4H8Cl2S, used in World War I that is known to cause skin burns, blisters, inflammation, edema, and potentially other respiratory effects.


lexentry: eng/mustelid__Noun__1
written_rep: mustelid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marta
sense_list:
Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.


lexentry: eng/muster__Noun__1
written_rep: muster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: inspeção
sense_list:
(military) An assembling or review of troops, as for parade, verification of numbers, inspection, exercise, or introduction into service. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/mutation__Noun__1
written_rep: mutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mutação
sense_list:
Any alteration or change. | (genetics) Any heritable change of the base-pair sequence of genetic material. | (linguistics) An alteration in a particular sound of a word, especially the initial consonant, which is triggered by the word's morphological or syntactic context and not by its phonological context.


lexentry: eng/mutatis_mutandis__Adverb__1
written_rep: mutatis mutandis
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mutatis mutandis
sense_list:
(especially, law) with the necessary changes being made; with the necessary modifications; with such changes as are necessary to ensure congruence


lexentry: eng/mute__Adjective__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mudo
sense_list:
Not having the power of speech; dumb. [from 15th c.] | Silent; not making a sound. [from 15th c.] | Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.


lexentry: eng/mute__Noun__1
written_rep: mute
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: mudo
sense_list:
(obsolete, theatre) An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. [16th–19th c.] | A person who does not have the power of speech. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/mute_h__Noun__1
written_rep: mute h
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: h mudo
sense_list:
(phonology) In the French language usage of the letter h at the start of a word which allows liaison with a preceding consonant.


lexentry: eng/mute_swan__Noun__1
written_rep: mute swan
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cisne-real | cisne-mudo
sense_list:
A species of white plumaged swan, Cygnus olor, having a distinctive orange bill with a black tip, native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere as an ornamental waterbird.


lexentry: eng/mutex__Noun__1
written_rep: mutex
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: exclusão mútua
sense_list:
(programming) An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.


lexentry: eng/mutilate__Verb__1
written_rep: mutilate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mutilar
sense_list:
To physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.


lexentry: eng/mutiny__Noun__1
written_rep: mutiny
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: motim | rebelião | revolta | motinada | sedição
sense_list:
An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.


lexentry: eng/mutter__Verb__1
written_rep: mutter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: resmungar
sense_list:
To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.


lexentry: eng/mutual_masturbation__Noun__1
written_rep: mutual masturbation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: masturbação mútua | meinha | mútua masturbação | troca-troca
sense_list:
A sexual activity in which two or more persons simultaneously masturbate themselves, usually while observing or otherwise communicating with one another.


lexentry: eng/mutualism__Noun__1
written_rep: mutualism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mutualismo
sense_list:
(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Noun__1
written_rep: muzzle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: cano
sense_list:
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from. | (chiefly, Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.


lexentry: eng/muzzle__Verb__1
written_rep: muzzle
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: amordaçar
sense_list:
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.


lexentry: eng/muzzle_brake__Noun__1
written_rep: muzzle brake
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: freio de boca
sense_list:
(firearms) A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.


lexentry: eng/my_Lord__Noun__1
written_rep: my Lord
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: senhor
sense_list:
(UK) Used in direct address to peers of the realm, usually now excluding dukes and the Lords Spiritual.


lexentry: eng/my_ass__Interjection__1
written_rep: my ass
part_of_speech: interjection
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: meu cu | teu cu
sense_list:
(slang, vulgar) Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief, often with a tone of disregard, disdain, or disgust, referring to the buttocks.


lexentry: eng/mycelium__Noun__1
written_rep: mycelium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micélio
sense_list:
The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.


lexentry: eng/mycorrhiza__Noun__1
written_rep: mycorrhiza
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micorriza
sense_list:
(ecology, botany, mycology) A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/mycotoxin__Noun__1
written_rep: mycotoxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: micotoxina
sense_list:
(biochemistry) Any substance, produced by a mold or fungus, that is injurious to vertebrates upon ingestion, inhalation or skin contact.


lexentry: eng/mycotrophic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mycotrophic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: microtrófico
sense_list:
(botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi


lexentry: eng/myelin__Noun__1
written_rep: myelin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mielina
sense_list:
(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.


lexentry: eng/myocardium__Noun__1
written_rep: myocardium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miocárdio
sense_list:
(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.


lexentry: eng/myriad__Noun__1
written_rep: myriad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miríade
sense_list:
(historical) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.] | A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/myroblyte__Noun__1
written_rep: myroblyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: miroblita
sense_list:
A saint whose relics or place of burial produce or are said to have produced the Oil of Saints ("an aromatic liquid with healing properties" or "holy water (very much like myrrh)") or the odour of sanctity.


lexentry: eng/myrrh__Noun__1
written_rep: myrrh
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mirra
sense_list:
A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: myself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: me | mim
sense_list:
(reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject. [from 9th c.] | Me (as the object of a verb or preposition). [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/myself__Pronoun__1
written_rep: myself
part_of_speech: pronoun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: eu mesma | eu mesmo
sense_list:
Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/mysterious__Adjective__1
written_rep: mysterious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misterioso
sense_list:
Of unknown origin. | Having unknown qualities. | Difficult to understand. | Deliberately evasive or enigmatic.


lexentry: eng/mystery__Noun__1
written_rep: mystery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mistério
sense_list:
Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. | Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature. | (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ.


lexentry: eng/mystery_play__Noun__1
written_rep: mystery play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mistério
sense_list:
(performing arts) A medieval dramatic performance depicting events from Christian scriptures, especially events from the life of Jesus Christ.


lexentry: eng/mystic__Adjective__1
written_rep: mystic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: místico
sense_list:
Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical. | Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.


lexentry: eng/mysticism__Noun__1
written_rep: mysticism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: misticismo
sense_list:
The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics. | A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth. | A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity. | Obscure thoughts and speculations.


lexentry: eng/myth__Noun__1
written_rep: myth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mito | lenda
sense_list:
A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality. | An invented story, theory, or concept.


lexentry: eng/mythology__Noun__1
written_rep: mythology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mitologia
sense_list:
(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes. | (countable, and, uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution.


lexentry: eng/mythos__Noun__1
written_rep: mythos
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lenda
sense_list:
Anything transmitted by word of mouth, such as a fable, legend, narrative, story, or tale (especially a poetic tale). | A story or set of stories relevant to or having a significant truth or meaning for a particular culture, religion, society, or other group; a myth, a mythology.


lexentry: eng/mâche__Noun__1
written_rep: mâche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: alface
sense_list:
Valerianella locusta, a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae often cultivated as a salad green or herb.


lexentry: eng/nabob__Noun__1
written_rep: nabob
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nababo
sense_list:
(historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire. | (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance. | (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.


lexentry: eng/nacelle__Noun__1
written_rep: nacelle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nacelle
sense_list:
A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house, originally, an engine, and now also cargo or crew.


lexentry: eng/nadir__Noun__1
written_rep: nadir
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nadir
sense_list:
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.


lexentry: eng/naevus_flammeus__Noun__1
written_rep: naevus flammeus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: malformação capilar | mancha em vinho do Porto
sense_list:
(anatomy) A vascular birthmark or naevus, usually on the head and neck, consisting of an overgrowth of capillaries which produce a reddish to purplish discoloration of the skin.


lexentry: eng/nag__Verb__1
written_rep: nag
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: resmungar
sense_list:
(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.


lexentry: eng/naga__Noun__2
written_rep: naga
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naga
sense_list:
(Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.


lexentry: eng/naiad__Noun__1
written_rep: naiad
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náiada | náiade
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.


lexentry: eng/nail-patella_syndrome__Noun__1
written_rep: nail-patella syndrome
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: síndrome unha-patela
sense_list:
(genetic disorder) A genetic disorder that results in small, poorly developed nails, kneecaps, and other body parts.


lexentry: eng/nail__Noun__1
written_rep: nail
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: prego | cravo
sense_list:
A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction.


lexentry: eng/nail__Verb__1
written_rep: nail
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pregar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To drive a nail. | (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham. | (military) To spike, as a cannon.


lexentry: eng/nail_file__Noun__1
written_rep: nail file
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lixa de unha
sense_list:
A small file made of soft metal, or a board covered with fine sandpaper, for filing and shaping one's fingernails and toenails.


lexentry: eng/nailset__Noun__1
written_rep: nailset
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: punção de pregos
sense_list:
A tool used with a hammer for driving in nails, rather than striking the nail directly at the risk of damaging the surrounding surface.


lexentry: eng/name__Verb__1
written_rep: name
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nomear | chamar | denominar
sense_list:
(ditransitive) To give a name to. | (transitive, Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.


lexentry: eng/name_after__Verb__1
written_rep: name after
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nomear em homenagem
sense_list:
To intentionally give someone or something the same name or a derivation of the same name as another person, place, or thing.


lexentry: eng/namespace__Noun__1
written_rep: namespace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: espaço de nomes | namespace
sense_list:
(programming) A conceptual space that groups classes, identifiers, etc. to avoid conflicts with items in unrelated code that have the same names.


lexentry: eng/nandina__Noun__1
written_rep: nandina
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nandina
sense_list:
(botany) Heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, an ornamental plant of species Nandina domestica, sole member of genus Nandina (in family Berberidaceae), native to east Asia from the Himalayas to Japan.


lexentry: eng/nano-__Prefix__1
written_rep: nano-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nano-
sense_list:
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10−9 (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n | Derived from the nanotechnology industry. | (diminutive) Very small.


lexentry: eng/nanocomposite__Noun__1
written_rep: nanocomposite
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nanocomposto | nanocompósito
sense_list:
Any composite material one or more of whose components is some form of nanoparticle; more often consists of carbon nanotubes embedded in a polymer matrix


lexentry: eng/nanori__Noun__1
written_rep: nanori
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nanori
sense_list:
(linguistics) A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.


lexentry: eng/nanotechnology__Noun__1
written_rep: nanotechnology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nanotecnologia
sense_list:
The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).


lexentry: eng/napa_cabbage__Noun__1
written_rep: napa cabbage
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: couve-chinesa
sense_list:
A species of Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, commonly used as an ingredient in East-Asian cuisines.


lexentry: eng/napalm__Noun__1
written_rep: napalm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: napalm
sense_list:
A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas.


lexentry: eng/naphtha__Noun__1
written_rep: naphtha
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nafta
sense_list:
(dated) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum. | (petrochemistry) Any of a wide variety of aliphatic or aromatic liquid hydrocarbon mixtures distilled from petroleum or coal tar, especially as used in solvents or petrol.


lexentry: eng/napkin__Noun__1
written_rep: napkin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: guardanapo
sense_list:
A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.


lexentry: eng/narcissistic_personality_disorder__Noun__1
written_rep: narcissistic personality disorder
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: transtorno de personalidade narcisista
sense_list:
(psychiatry) A personality disorder characterized largely by an overinflated sense of self-importance typically caused by unbalanced parental valuation during childhood.


lexentry: eng/narcissus__Noun__1
written_rep: narcissus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narciso
sense_list:
Any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus, having white or yellow cup- or trumpet-shaped flowers, notably the daffodil


lexentry: eng/narco-__Prefix__1
written_rep: narco-
part_of_speech: prefix
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narco-
sense_list:
Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of unconsciousness. | Of or pertaining to narcotics or their trade and use.


lexentry: eng/narcoanalysis__Noun__1
written_rep: narcoanalysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narcoanálise
sense_list:
(medicine) A form of psychotherapy in which the patient is administered drugs in order to attain a sleeplike state.


lexentry: eng/narcolepsy__Noun__1
written_rep: narcolepsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narcolepsia
sense_list:
(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations


lexentry: eng/narcoleptic__Noun__1
written_rep: narcoleptic
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narcoléptico
sense_list:
One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").


lexentry: eng/narration__Noun__1
written_rep: narration
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narração
sense_list:
The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating. | That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.


lexentry: eng/narrator__Noun__1
written_rep: narrator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: narrador
sense_list:
(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story. | (film, and, television) The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.


lexentry: eng/narrow__Adjective__1
written_rep: narrow
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estreito | estreita
sense_list:
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.


lexentry: eng/narwhal__Noun__1
written_rep: narwhal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: narval
sense_list:
Monodon monoceros, an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Adjective__1
written_rep: nasal
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nasal
sense_list:
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion. | (phonetics) Having a sound imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng.


lexentry: eng/nasal__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nasal
sense_list:
(phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal consonant. | (phonetics) Ellipsis of nasal vowel. | (zootomy) A plate, or scale, on the nose of a fish, etc.


lexentry: eng/nasal_bone__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal bone
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: osso nasal
sense_list:
(skeleton, zootomy) Either of two bones of the skull of vertebrates above the fishes which lie in front of the frontal bones and in humans are oblong in shape forming by their junction the bridge of the nose and partly covering the nasal cavity.


lexentry: eng/nasal_mutation__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal mutation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mutação nasal
sense_list:
An alteration of the initial consonant of a word which occurs in certain Celtic languages under particular linguistic circumstances.


lexentry: eng/nasal_septum__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal septum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: septo nasal
sense_list:
(anatomy) A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils.


lexentry: eng/nasal_vowel__Noun__1
written_rep: nasal vowel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vogal nasal
sense_list:
(phonetics) A vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.


lexentry: eng/nasalization__Noun__1
written_rep: nasalization
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nasalização
sense_list:
(phonetics, uncountable) the articulation of a vowel or continuant consonant in such a way that air flows through the nose at the same time as it flows through the mouth


lexentry: eng/nasturtium__Noun__1
written_rep: nasturtium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capuchinha
sense_list:
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.


lexentry: eng/nation-state__Noun__1
written_rep: nation-state
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estado-nação
sense_list:
(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
written_rep: nation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nação
sense_list:
(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture. | (chiefly, historical) An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.


lexentry: eng/nation__Noun__1
written_rep: nation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: estado
sense_list:
(international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.


lexentry: eng/national__Adjective__1
written_rep: national
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nacional
sense_list:
Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/national_day__Noun__1
written_rep: national day
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: feriado nacional
sense_list:
A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.


lexentry: eng/national_park__Noun__1
written_rep: national park
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: parque nacional
sense_list:
An area of land that is not built upon, but reserved by the national government for conservation of nature and usually also for recreational use.


lexentry: eng/national_security__Noun__1
written_rep: national security
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: segurança nacional
sense_list:
The safety of a country as managed through the exercise of economic and political power, intelligence agencies and diplomacy.


lexentry: eng/nationalism__Noun__1
written_rep: nationalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nacionalismo
sense_list:
Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture. | (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.


lexentry: eng/nationality__Noun__1
written_rep: nationality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nacionalidade
sense_list:
National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/nationalize__Verb__1
written_rep: nationalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 05
trans_list: nacionalizar | estatizar
sense_list:
(archaic) To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation.


lexentry: eng/native__Adjective__1
written_rep: native
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nativo
sense_list:
Belonging to one by birth. | (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.


lexentry: eng/nativity_play__Noun__1
written_rep: nativity play
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: peça de natal
sense_list:
(Christianity) A dramatic depiction of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, commonly performed by children in churches and in Christian schools during the Christmas season.


lexentry: eng/nativity_scene__Noun__1
written_rep: nativity scene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: presépio
sense_list:
(Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.


lexentry: eng/natremia__Noun__1
written_rep: natremia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: natremia
sense_list:
(physiology, especially, in combination) The presence of sodium in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).


lexentry: eng/natural__Adjective__1
written_rep: natural
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: natural
sense_list:
Normally associated with a particular person or thing; inherently related to the nature of a thing or creature. [from 14th c.] | Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/natural_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: natural gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás natural
sense_list:
A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/natural_language__Noun__1
written_rep: natural language
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: língua natural
sense_list:
(retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).


lexentry: eng/natural_language_processing__Noun__1
written_rep: natural language processing
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: processamento de linguagem natural
sense_list:
A field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human (natural) languages, especially computational analysis and processing of large amounts of natural language data.


lexentry: eng/natural_law__Noun__1
written_rep: natural law
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: direito natural
sense_list:
(law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.


lexentry: eng/natural_logarithm__Noun__1
written_rep: natural logarithm
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: logaritmo natural
sense_list:
(mathematics) The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that ey = x, or the value of y given by the function.


lexentry: eng/natural_number__Noun__1
written_rep: natural number
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: número natural
sense_list:
(mathematics) a positive integer {1, 2, 3, ...} | (mathematics) a non-negative integer {0, 1, 2, ...}


lexentry: eng/natural_numbers__Noun__1
written_rep: natural numbers
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: números naturais
sense_list:
(mathematics) The set of positive integers, {1, 2, 3, ...}. | (mathematics, computer science) The set of non-negative integers, {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/natural_science__Noun__1
written_rep: natural science
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ciência natural
sense_list:
Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.


lexentry: eng/natural_selection__Noun__1
written_rep: natural selection
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: seleção natural
sense_list:
(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.


lexentry: eng/naturalist__Noun__1
written_rep: naturalist
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: naturalista
sense_list:
(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/naturalize__Verb__1
written_rep: naturalize
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naturalizar
sense_list:
To grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen. | To limit explanations of a phenomenon to naturalistic ones and exclude supernatural ones.


lexentry: eng/nature__Noun__1
written_rep: nature
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: natureza
sense_list:
(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology. | The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.


lexentry: eng/naturism__Noun__1
written_rep: naturism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naturismo
sense_list:
The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.


lexentry: eng/naumachia__Noun__1
written_rep: naumachia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: naumaquia
sense_list:
(historical, nautical, in Ancient Rome) The recreation of a sea battle staged for entertainment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nausea__Noun__1
written_rep: nausea
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náusea | enjoo
sense_list:
A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.


lexentry: eng/nautical_mile__Noun__1
written_rep: nautical mile
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: milha náutica
sense_list:
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres (approximately 6,076 feet or 1.151 statute mile). | (historical) Synonym of sea mile, a historical Scandinavian unit of distance equal to about 4 nmi.


lexentry: eng/nautilus__Noun__1
written_rep: nautilus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: náutilo
sense_list:
A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.


lexentry: eng/naval_infantry__Noun__1
written_rep: naval infantry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: infantaria de marinha | infantaria naval
sense_list:
(military) An organization of sailors who are trained and equipped to fight as an infantry unit on land.


lexentry: eng/navbar__Noun__1
written_rep: navbar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barra de navegação
sense_list:
(GUI) A bar, usually at the top of a web page, offering a number of links to help the user to navigate.


lexentry: eng/nave__Noun__1
written_rep: nave
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nave
sense_list:
(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.


lexentry: eng/navel__Noun__1
written_rep: navel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: umbigo
sense_list:
(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.


lexentry: eng/navigable__Adjective__1
written_rep: navigable
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: navegável
sense_list:
(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.


lexentry: eng/navigate__Verb__1
written_rep: navigate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: navegar
sense_list:
(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. | (intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.


lexentry: eng/navigation__Noun__1
written_rep: navigation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: navegação | náutica
sense_list:
(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.


lexentry: eng/navigator__Noun__1
written_rep: navigator
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: navegador
sense_list:
A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft. | A sea explorer.


lexentry: eng/navy__Noun__1
written_rep: navy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: marinha
sense_list:
(countable) A country's entire maritime military force, including ships and personnel. | (countable) A governmental department in charge of a country's maritime military force.


lexentry: eng/nawab__Noun__1
written_rep: nawab
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nababo
sense_list:
(historical) A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor. [from 17th c.] | Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).


lexentry: eng/nay__Adverb__1
written_rep: nay
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: mesmo | ou
sense_list:
(now, archaic, or, jocular) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/neap_tide__Noun__1
written_rep: neap tide
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: maré de quadratura | maré de quarto | maré de águas mortas
sense_list:
The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.


lexentry: eng/near-death_experience__Noun__1
written_rep: near-death experience
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: experiência de quase morte
sense_list:
A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.


lexentry: eng/neat__Adjective__1
written_rep: neat
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: caubói | cowboy
sense_list:
Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.


lexentry: eng/nebula__Noun__1
written_rep: nebula
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nebulosa | nébula
sense_list:
(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).


lexentry: eng/nebulizer__Noun__1
written_rep: nebulizer
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pulverizador
sense_list:
(medicine) A device used to administer a medicine into the lungs, by converting the medicine from liquid state into a fine spray of aerosols, to be inhaled through the nose or mouth.


lexentry: eng/necessary__Adjective__1
written_rep: necessary
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necessário
sense_list:
Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty. | Unavoidable, inevitable. | (obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.


lexentry: eng/necessary_evil__Noun__1
written_rep: necessary evil
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mal necessário
sense_list:
(idiomatic) An unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.


lexentry: eng/necessitate__Verb__1
written_rep: necessitate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necessitar
sense_list:
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/necessity__Noun__1
written_rep: necessity
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necessidade
sense_list:
The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite. | Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable. | Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power.


lexentry: eng/necklace__Noun__1
written_rep: necklace
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: colar
sense_list:
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.


lexentry: eng/neckline__Noun__1
written_rep: neckline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: decote
sense_list:
The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.


lexentry: eng/necrocracy__Noun__1
written_rep: necrocracy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: necrocracia
sense_list:
A form of government where a dead person is recognised as its head; usually a deceased former leader.


lexentry: eng/necromancy__Noun__1
written_rep: necromancy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: necromancia | nigromancia
sense_list:
Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.


lexentry: eng/necromantic__Adjective__1
written_rep: necromantic
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necromântico
sense_list:
Of or relating to necromancy: the resurrection of or communication with the dead, especially through the use of black magic.


lexentry: eng/necrophilia__Noun__1
written_rep: necrophilia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necrofilia
sense_list:
(sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse. | (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.


lexentry: eng/necrophore__Noun__1
written_rep: necrophore
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: silfídeo
sense_list:
Any of various beetles, especially of the genus Nicrophorus, that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for their larvae


lexentry: eng/necropsy__Noun__1
written_rep: necropsy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: autópsia
sense_list:
(medicine) The pathological examination of a corpse, particularly to determine cause of death. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/necrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: necrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necrose
sense_list:
(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.


lexentry: eng/necrotizing_fasciitis__Noun__1
written_rep: necrotizing fasciitis
part_of_speech: noun
sense_list: A severe, fast-spreading infection that results in the death of the body's soft tissue.
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list:
fasceíte necrosante | fasceíte necrotizante | fasciite necrosante | fasciite necrotizante | fascite necrosante | fascite necrotizante


lexentry: eng/nectar__Noun__1
written_rep: nectar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: néctar
sense_list:
(botany) The sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/nectarine__Noun__1
written_rep: nectarine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nectarina
sense_list:
A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin. | (obsolete) A nectar-like liquid medicine.


lexentry: eng/need__Noun__1
written_rep: need
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: necessidade
sense_list:
(countable, and, uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed. | Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.


lexentry: eng/needle__Noun__1
written_rep: needle
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agulha
sense_list:
A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc. | (informal) A sensor for playing phonograph records, a phonograph stylus. | (entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Synlestes, endemic to Australia.


lexentry: eng/neem__Noun__1
written_rep: neem
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: amargoseira | nim
sense_list:
Azadirachta indica, a large, mostly evergreen tree from India, whose seeds yield neem oil, the insecticide azadirachtin.


lexentry: eng/nefarious__Adjective__1
written_rep: nefarious
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nefasto
sense_list:
Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.


lexentry: eng/negation__Noun__1
written_rep: negation
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negação
sense_list:
(uncountable) The act of negating something. | (countable) A denial or contradiction. | (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.


lexentry: eng/negative__Adjective__1
written_rep: negative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negativo
sense_list:
Not positive nor neutral. | (physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles [from the 18th c.] | (mathematics) Of a number: less than zero | (linguistics, logic) Denying a proposition. | Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.


lexentry: eng/neglect__Verb__1
written_rep: neglect
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: negligenciar
sense_list:
(transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. | (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.


lexentry: eng/negligence__Noun__1
written_rep: negligence
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: negligência
sense_list:
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.


lexentry: eng/negligible__Adjective__1
written_rep: negligible
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: desprezável | insignificante | negligenciável
sense_list:
Able to be neglected, ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.


lexentry: eng/negotiable_instrument__Noun__1
written_rep: negotiable instrument
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: instrumento negociável
sense_list:
(legal, banking, business) a legal document, as a cheque or bill of exchange, that is freely negotiable.


lexentry: eng/negotiate__Verb__1
written_rep: negotiate
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negociar
sense_list:
(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. | (transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.


lexentry: eng/negus__Noun__2
written_rep: negus
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: negus
sense_list:
(historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.


lexentry: eng/neighborhood__Noun__1
written_rep: neighborhood
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: vizinhança
sense_list:
The inhabitants of a residential area. | (chiefly, obsolete) The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each-other; proximity. | A set containing an open set which contains some specified point. | A set containing an open ball which contains a specified point.


lexentry: eng/neighbour__Noun__1
written_rep: neighbour
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: vizinho | vizinha
sense_list:
A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.


lexentry: eng/neither_..._nor__Conjunction__1
written_rep: neither … nor
part_of_speech: conjunction
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nem … nem
sense_list:
used for showing that something is not true of two or more people, things, actions, qualities, or ideas (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/neither_fish_nor_fowl__Adjective__1
written_rep: neither fish nor fowl
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nem carne nem peixe
sense_list:
(idiomatic) Not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options.


lexentry: eng/neoclassicism__Noun__1
written_rep: neoclassicism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoclassicismo
sense_list:
Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries.


lexentry: eng/neocolonialism__Noun__1
written_rep: neocolonialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neocolonialismo
sense_list:
The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance.


lexentry: eng/neodymium__Noun__1
written_rep: neodymium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neodímio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nd) with an atomic number of 60: a hard, slightly malleable silvery metal that quickly tarnishes in air and moisture.


lexentry: eng/neoimperialism__Noun__1
written_rep: neoimperialism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoimperialismo
sense_list:
(politics) Modern imperialistic practices, such as using power and influence to dominate smaller countries. [20th c.]


lexentry: eng/neoliberalism__Noun__1
written_rep: neoliberalism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoliberalismo
sense_list:
A political ideology or ideological trend based on neoclassical economics that espouses economic liberalism, favouring trade liberalisation, financial deregulation, a small government, privatisation and liberalisation of government businesses, passive antitrust enforcement, accepting greater economic inequality and disfavouring unionisation.


lexentry: eng/neologism__Noun__1
written_rep: neologism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neologismo
sense_list:
(linguistics, lexicography, countable) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase, or an existing one which has gained a new meaning.


lexentry: eng/neon_sign__Noun__1
written_rep: neon sign
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neónio
sense_list:
An illuminated sign constructed from fluorescent lights in the form of bent glass tubes; the different colours being obtained by adding different noble gases to the neon.


lexentry: eng/neophyte__Noun__1
written_rep: neophyte
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neófito
sense_list:
A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief. | A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.


lexentry: eng/neoprene__Noun__1
written_rep: neoprene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neoprene | neopreno
sense_list:
A synthetic rubber, a polymer of chloroprene, commonly used in wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces, electrical insulation, liquid and sheet-applied elastomeric membranes and flashings, car fan belts, etc.


lexentry: eng/neopronoun__Noun__1
written_rep: neopronoun
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neopronome
sense_list:
A pronoun used in place of he, she, or singular they, especially one of the modern coinages used by some non-binary people.


lexentry: eng/nephew__Noun__1
written_rep: nephew
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sobrinho
sense_list:
A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).


lexentry: eng/nephron__Noun__1
written_rep: nephron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: néfron
sense_list:
(anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.


lexentry: eng/nephrosis__Noun__1
written_rep: nephrosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nefrose
sense_list:
(pathology) A non-inflammatory disease of the kidneys that is characterised by the leaking of blood protein into the urine, swelling or oedema, and degenerative lesions.


lexentry: eng/nepotism__Noun__1
written_rep: nepotism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nepotismo
sense_list:
The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.


lexentry: eng/nerdy__Adjective__1
written_rep: nerdy
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estranho
sense_list:
(colloquial, derogatory, of a person) Being or like a nerd. | (colloquial, derogatory, of a quality or interest) Of, pertaining to, in the style of, or appealing to nerds.


lexentry: eng/nereid__Noun__1
written_rep: nereid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nereida
sense_list:
(Greek mythology) One of 50 sea nymphs who were attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.


lexentry: eng/neroli__Noun__1
written_rep: neroli
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: oléo de néroli
sense_list:
More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.


lexentry: eng/nerve__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nervo
sense_list:
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. | (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.


lexentry: eng/nerve_gas__Noun__1
written_rep: nerve gas
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: gás neurotóxico
sense_list:
A toxic chemical compound and banned weapon of mass destruction which, when inhaled or ingested, impairs nervous system functions, typically causing extreme physical distress and death by asphyxiation.


lexentry: eng/nervous__Adjective__1
written_rep: nervous
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: nervoso
sense_list:
Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. [from 18th c.] | Easily agitated or alarmed; edgy, on edge. [from 18th c.] | Affecting or involving the nerves or nervous system. [from 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/nervous_breakdown__Noun__1
written_rep: nervous breakdown
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ataque de nervos | crise nervosa
sense_list:
An attack of a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety so severe that it prevents a person from continuing to function normally


lexentry: eng/nervous_system__Noun__1
written_rep: nervous system
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sistema nervoso
sense_list:
An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.


lexentry: eng/nesh__Adjective__1
written_rep: nesh
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: friorento
sense_list:
(now, _, UK, _, dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.


lexentry: eng/nest__Noun__1
written_rep: nest
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ninho
sense_list:
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. | A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young. | A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.


lexentry: eng/net__Noun__1
written_rep: net
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: rede
sense_list:
A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. | A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. | Anything that has the appearance of such a device. | (by extension) A trap. | A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them. | (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc. | (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).


lexentry: eng/netball__Noun__1
written_rep: netball
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: netball
sense_list:
(uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player.


lexentry: eng/netiquette__Noun__1
written_rep: netiquette
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: netiqueta
sense_list:
(Internet) Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.


lexentry: eng/netsuke__Noun__1
written_rep: netsuke
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: netsuke
sense_list:
A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.


lexentry: eng/network__Noun__1
written_rep: network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rede
sense_list:
A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals. | Any interconnected group or system | (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information


lexentry: eng/neural_network__Noun__1
written_rep: neural network
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rede neural
sense_list:
(ML) A real or virtual computer system designed to emulate the brain in its ability to "learn" to assess imprecise data. | (anatomy) Any network of neurons etc., that function together to achieve a common purpose.


lexentry: eng/neurasthenia__Noun__1
written_rep: neurasthenia
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurastenia
sense_list:
(psychiatry, dated) An ill-defined medical condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache, and irritability, associated chiefly with emotional disturbance.


lexentry: eng/neurodegenerative__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurodegenerative
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurodegenerativo
sense_list:
(neurology, pathology) Of, pertaining to, or resulting in the progressive loss of nerve cells and of neurologic function.


lexentry: eng/neurohypophysis__Noun__1
written_rep: neurohypophysis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neuro-hipófise
sense_list:
(anatomy) The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.


lexentry: eng/neurolinguistics__Noun__1
written_rep: neurolinguistics
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurolinguística
sense_list:
(linguistics) Science concerned with the human brain mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of language, be it spoken, signed or written.


lexentry: eng/neurological__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurological
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurológico
sense_list:
Dealing with neurology, the study of the nervous system or the health care specialty that provides care for it.


lexentry: eng/neurology__Noun__1
written_rep: neurology
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurologia
sense_list:
The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/neuron__Noun__1
written_rep: neuron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurónio | neurônio
sense_list:
(cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.


lexentry: eng/neuropathy__Noun__1
written_rep: neuropathy
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neuropatia
sense_list:
(medicine) Any disease of the nerves and nervous system, usually and more specifically the peripheral nervous system, thus including both non-neuraxial and neuraxial instances of neural damage or dysfunction but excluding the neuraxis's psychiatric aspects (mental illnesses).


lexentry: eng/neuropsychiatry__Noun__1
written_rep: neuropsychiatry
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neuropsiquiatria
sense_list:
(medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features


lexentry: eng/neurosis__Noun__1
written_rep: neurosis
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurose
sense_list:
(pathology) A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.


lexentry: eng/neurosurgery__Noun__1
written_rep: neurosurgery
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurocirurgia
sense_list:
(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases. | (neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


lexentry: eng/neurotoxin__Noun__1
written_rep: neurotoxin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurotoxina
sense_list:
(neuroscience, toxicology, pharmaceutical drug) A toxin that specifically acts upon neurons, their synapses, or the nervous system in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/neurotransmitter__Noun__1
written_rep: neurotransmitter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurotransmissor
sense_list:
(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any substance, such as acetylcholine or dopamine, responsible for sending nerve signals across a synapse between two neurons.


lexentry: eng/neurotypical__Adjective__1
written_rep: neurotypical
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neurotípico
sense_list:
Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Adjective__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neutro
sense_list:
(now, uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another. | (grammar) Having a form which is not masculine nor feminine; or having a form which is not of common gender. | (biology) Sexless: having no or imperfectly developed sex organs.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Noun__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: neutro
sense_list:
(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.


lexentry: eng/neuter__Verb__1
written_rep: neuter
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: capar | castrar
sense_list:
To remove sex organs from an animal to prevent it from having offspring; to castrate or spay, particularly as applied to domestic animals.


lexentry: eng/neutral__Adjective__1
written_rep: neutral
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: neutro
sense_list:
Favouring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased. | Neither beneficial nor harmful. | (physics) Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance. | (chemistry) Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline.


lexentry: eng/neutrality__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrality
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neutralidade
sense_list:
The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.


lexentry: eng/neutrino__Noun__1
written_rep: neutrino
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neutrino | neutrina
sense_list:
An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect.


lexentry: eng/neutron__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nêutron | neutrão
sense_list:
(particle) A subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and having no charge; it is a combination of an up quark and two down quarks.


lexentry: eng/neutron_bomb__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron bomb
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: bomba de nêutrons | bomba de neutrões | bomba de nêutron
sense_list:
An atomic bomb that produces a greater amount of neutrons, and a lesser amount of blast; the intention being to create equal lethal neutron radiation and blast radii which increases the effectiveness of the weapon against armour while reducing collateral damage.


lexentry: eng/neutron_star__Noun__1
written_rep: neutron star
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: estrela de nêutrons | estrela de neutrões
sense_list:
(star) A degenerate star that has been so collapsed by gravity that its electrons and protons have been merged into neutrons by the intense pressure. The solid mass of neutrons is sometimes called neutronium.


lexentry: eng/neutrophil__Adjective__1
written_rep: neutrophil
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neutrófilo
sense_list:
(biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.


lexentry: eng/never_again__Adverb__1
written_rep: never again
part_of_speech: adverb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nunca mais
sense_list:
(set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc which should not be allowed to reoccur.


lexentry: eng/never_mind__Verb__1
written_rep: never mind
part_of_speech: verb
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: deixar | deixar para lá | esquecer
sense_list:
(hortative) It is not important; do not fret; used to reassure or comfort the person to whom it is said. | (hortative) Indicates a withdrawal or retractment of a previous statement.


lexentry: eng/new__Adjective__1
written_rep: new
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: novo
sense_list:
Recently made, or created. | Of recent origin; having taken place recently. | Additional; recently discovered. | Current or later, as opposed to former. | Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. | In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. | Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. | Newborn. | Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. | Recently arrived or appeared. | Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.


lexentry: eng/new_moon__Noun__1
written_rep: new moon
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: lua nova
sense_list:
The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured. | The phase of the moon when it is waxing.


lexentry: eng/new_normal__Noun__1
written_rep: new normal
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nova normalidade | novo normal
sense_list:
(chiefly, Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/new_religious_movement__Noun__1
written_rep: new religious movement
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: novo movimento religioso
sense_list:
(religion) (abbreviated NRM) Any religious community or spiritual group of modern origins, having a peripheral place within a state's dominant religious culture.


lexentry: eng/newbie__Noun__1
written_rep: newbie
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: novato | principiante | iniciante | neófito
sense_list:
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.


lexentry: eng/newel__Noun__1
written_rep: newel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: caroço
sense_list:
(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals. | (architecture) A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.


lexentry: eng/newfangled__Adjective__1
written_rep: newfangled
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: moderninho
sense_list:
(usually derogatory, disapproving, or humorous) new and often needlessly novel or gratuitously different; recently devised or fashionable, especially when not an improvement.


lexentry: eng/news_agency__Noun__1
written_rep: news agency
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: agência de notícias
sense_list:
An organisation that gathers and distributes news to newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.


lexentry: eng/newscast__Noun__1
written_rep: newscast
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: telejornal
sense_list:
(broadcasting, journalism) A broadcast of the news; a news report that is transmitted over the air for television, radio, etc.


lexentry: eng/newscaster__Noun__1
written_rep: newscaster
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apresentador | apresentadora
sense_list:
(broadcasting, journalism) One who delivers the news for broadcast on television, radio, etc; a newsreader.


lexentry: eng/newsletter__Noun__1
written_rep: newsletter
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boletim | boletim de notícias | boletim informativo
sense_list:
A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
written_rep: newspaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: jornal | gazeta
sense_list:
(countable) A publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles.


lexentry: eng/newspaper__Noun__1
written_rep: newspaper
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: papel de periódico | papel-jornal
sense_list:
(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.


lexentry: eng/newspeak__Noun__1
written_rep: newspeak
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: novilíngua
sense_list:
Use of ambiguous, misleading, or euphemistic words in order to deceive the listener, especially by politicians and officials.


lexentry: eng/newsreel__Noun__1
written_rep: newsreel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: cinejornal
sense_list:
(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.


lexentry: eng/newsroom__Noun__1
written_rep: newsroom
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: redação
sense_list:
The office of a news organisation, especially that part of it where the journalists work and news stories are processed.


lexentry: eng/newton__Noun__1
written_rep: newton
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: newton
sense_list:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N.


lexentry: eng/niacin__Noun__1
written_rep: niacin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: niacina
sense_list:
(vitamin) A water-soluble vitamin, a component of vitamin B complex, found in meat, yeast, and dairy products; it is essential to metabolism.


lexentry: eng/nibling__Noun__1
written_rep: nibling
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: neto
sense_list:
(originally, chiefly, anthropology, often, in the plural) Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the child of one's sibling or sibling-in-law; one's nephew or niece. [from 1951]


lexentry: eng/niche__Noun__1
written_rep: niche
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nicho
sense_list:
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. | (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited. | (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.


lexentry: eng/nick__Noun__1
written_rep: nick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: arranhão
sense_list:
(printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. | A small cut in a surface.


lexentry: eng/nick__Noun__1
written_rep: nick
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 04
trans_list: furo
sense_list:
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) A police station or prison.


lexentry: eng/nickel__Noun__1
written_rep: nickel
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: níquel
sense_list:
(uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni. | (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.


lexentry: eng/nickeline__Noun__1
written_rep: nickeline
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: niquelina
sense_list:
(mineral) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.


lexentry: eng/nickname__Noun__1
written_rep: nickname
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: apelido | alcunha
sense_list:
A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.


lexentry: eng/nicotine__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nicotina
sense_list:
(organic compound) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides. | (figuratively) Tobacco, cigarettes


lexentry: eng/nicotine_gum__Noun__1
written_rep: nicotine gum
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: chiclete de nicotina | goma de mascar de nicotina | pastilha elástica de nicotina
sense_list:
A form of chewing gum that slowly releases nicotine into the body; used by people who are trying to quit smoking


lexentry: eng/nictitating_membrane__Noun__1
written_rep: nictitating membrane
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: membrana nictitante
sense_list:
A transparent protective fold of skin acting as an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles and some mammals.


lexentry: eng/niece__Noun__1
written_rep: niece
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: sobrinha
sense_list:
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").


lexentry: eng/nigger__Noun__1
written_rep: nigger
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: preto | macaco
sense_list:
(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar, see usage notes) A black person; a person of black African descent.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
written_rep: night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: sono | noite
sense_list:
(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.


lexentry: eng/night__Noun__1
written_rep: night
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: noite
sense_list:
(legal, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.


lexentry: eng/night_owl__Noun__1
written_rep: night owl
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: noctívago | noctâmbulo | coruja
sense_list:
(idiomatic) One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning.


lexentry: eng/night_person__Noun__1
written_rep: night person
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: coruja
sense_list:
(idiomatic) A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.


lexentry: eng/night_shift__Noun__1
written_rep: night shift
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: turno da noite | turno noturno
sense_list:
A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours. | A group of workers who work during the night.


lexentry: eng/nightcap__Noun__1
written_rep: nightcap
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: barrete de dormir | gorro de dormir | touca de dormir
sense_list:
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread. [From 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightclub__Noun__1
written_rep: nightclub
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: boate | casa noturna | discoteca | balada | clube
sense_list:
A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music and/or dancing.


lexentry: eng/nightcrawler__Noun__1
written_rep: nightcrawler
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: minhoca
sense_list:
An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.


lexentry: eng/nightingale__Noun__1
written_rep: nightingale
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: rouxinol
sense_list:
A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.


lexentry: eng/nightjar__Noun__1
written_rep: nightjar
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noitibó | bacurau | curiango
sense_list:
Any of various medium-sized nocturnal birds of the family Caprimulgidae, that feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects.


lexentry: eng/nightmare__Noun__1
written_rep: nightmare
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: pesadelo
sense_list:
(now, chiefly, historical) A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. [from 16th c.] | A very bad or frightening dream. [from 19th c.] | (figuratively) Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nightshade__Noun__1
written_rep: nightshade
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dulcamara
sense_list:
Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.


lexentry: eng/nightstand__Noun__1
written_rep: nightstand
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: criado-mudo | mesa-de-cabeceira | mesinha-de-cabeceira
sense_list:
(US) A small table or cabinet, usually with two drawers one above the other or one drawer and a lower shelf, placed beside the head of a bed.


lexentry: eng/nihilism__Noun__1
written_rep: nihilism
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: niilismo
sense_list:
(usually, uncountable) The rejection of, or opposition to, religious beliefs, (inherent or objective) moral principles, legal rules, etc., often due to the view that life is meaningless (sense 1). | (countable, uncountable, philosophy) A doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life; in particular, the view that nothing in the world actually exists.


lexentry: eng/nine-banded_armadillo__Noun__1
written_rep: nine-banded armadillo
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: tatu-galinha | tatuetê | tatu-de-folha | tatu-veado | tatu-verdadeiro
sense_list:
A species of armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, ranging from much of the southern US to warmer South America.


lexentry: eng/nine_hundred__Numeral__1
written_rep: nine hundred
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: novecentos | novecentas
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eight hundred ninety-nine and before nine hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 900. Ordinal: nine-hundredth.


lexentry: eng/nine_men's_morris__Noun__1
written_rep: nine men's morris
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: filete
sense_list:
An ancient strategic board game for two players, each having nine pieces, and in which forming a row of three of one's own pieces earns the removal of one of the other player's pieces.


lexentry: eng/nine_o'clock__Noun__1
written_rep: nine o'clock
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nove horas
sense_list:
(In both the 12-hour clock and the 24-hour clock) The start of the tenth hour of the day; 9:00 a.m. (09:00).


lexentry: eng/nine_thousand_nine_hundred_and_ninety-nine__Numeral__1
written_rep: nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nove mil, novecentas e noventa e nove | nove mil, novecentos e noventa e nove
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight and before ten thousand, represented in Arabic numerals as 9,999. Represented in Roman numerals as IXCMXCIX.


lexentry: eng/nineteen__Numeral__1
written_rep: nineteen
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: dezenove | dezanove
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighteen and before twenty, represented in Roman numerals as XIX and in Arabic numerals as 19. It is the last/largest of the "teens".


lexentry: eng/ninety-eight__Numeral__1
written_rep: ninety-eight
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noventa e oito
sense_list:
The cardinal number immediately following ninety-seven — ninety plus eight — and preceding ninety-nine.


lexentry: eng/ninety-eighth__Adjective__1
written_rep: ninety-eighth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nonagésimo oitavo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 98 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety-ninth__Adjective__1
written_rep: ninety-ninth
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nonagésimo nono
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 99 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety-seventh__Adjective__1
written_rep: ninety-seventh
part_of_speech: adjective
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nonagésimo sétimo
sense_list:
The ordinal form of the number ninety-seven, describing a person or thing in position number 97 of a sequence.


lexentry: eng/ninety__Numeral__1
written_rep: ninety
part_of_speech: numeral
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: noventa
sense_list:
The cardinal number occurring after eighty-nine and before ninety-one, represented in Roman numerals as XC and in Arabic numerals as 90.


lexentry: eng/ninhydrin__Noun__1
written_rep: ninhydrin
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ninidrina
sense_list:
(organic compound) The aromatic compound 2,2-dihydroxyindane-1,3-dione which is used as a reagent to detect amines


lexentry: eng/ninja__Noun__1
written_rep: ninja
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ninja
sense_list:
(martial arts) A person trained in ninjutsu, especially (historical) one used for espionage, assassination, and other tasks requiring stealth during Japan's shogunate period.


lexentry: eng/ninjutsu__Noun__1
written_rep: ninjutsu
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ninjutsu
sense_list:
(martial arts) A Japanese martial art that is a collection of techniques originally practiced for Japanese espionage purposes, and includes methods of gathering information, nondetection, avoidance, and misdirection techniques. Used by ninja (忍者).


lexentry: eng/ninth__Noun__1
written_rep: ninth
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 03
trans_list: nono | nona
sense_list:
(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).


lexentry: eng/niobium__Noun__1
written_rep: niobium
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nióbio
sense_list:
A chemical element (symbol Nb) with an atomic number of 41: a light grey, crystalline, ductile transition metal used in superconducting materials.


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
written_rep: nipple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: mamilo | teta
sense_list:
(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
written_rep: nipple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: bico
sense_list:
A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/nipple__Noun__1
written_rep: nipple
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 08
trans_list: cabeça | niple
sense_list:
(cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/nirvana__Noun__1
written_rep: nirvana
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nirvana
sense_list:
(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.


lexentry: eng/nitpicking__Noun__1
written_rep: nitpicking
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 02
trans_list: aperrear
sense_list:
(figuratively, by extension) A process of finding or pointing out tiny details or errors, particularly if the pointed-out details seem insignificant or irrelevant to all but the finder.


lexentry: eng/nitrene__Noun__1
written_rep: nitrene
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: nitreno
sense_list:
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound, the univalent nitrogen equivalent of a carbene, having general formula RN:


lexentry: eng/nitric_acid__Noun__1
written_rep: nitric acid
part_of_speech: noun
min_sense_num: 01
trans_list: ácido nítrico
sense_list:
(inorganic compound) A transparent, colorless to pale yellow, fuming corrosive liquid, HNO3; a highly reactive oxidizing agent used in the production of fertilizers, explosives, and rocket fuels and in a wide variety of industrial processes; once called aqua fortis.


