| quake (to) / quake | tremer = to shiver, to quiver, to tremble // tremor, estremecimento |
| qualify (to) / qualification | qualificar; habilitar; capacitar // qualificação; habilitação; aptidão = skill |
| quality | qualidade / quality assurance = garantia de qualidade / quality control = controle de qualidade |
| quantity | quantidade = amount |
| quarrel / quarrel (to) | briga, discussão = argument // brigar, discutir = to argue |
| quarter / quarterly | 1) quarto (4a. parte) / 2) quarto (hora) / 3) trimestre = one fourth of a calendar or of a year in business; "unemployment rose in the last quarter" / 4) 25 cents / 5) fase (quarto) da lua = a fourth part of the moon's period; moon at the first quarter = quarto crescente // trimestral; quarterly report = relatório trimestral |
| quay [qui] | cais, doca, ancoradouro, pier = a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place; dock; pier; wharf |
| queen | 1) rainha // 2) dama, rainha (xadrez) |
| queer (n) / queer (adj) | bicha, gay / esquisito, estranho |
| query [quiri] | consulta = question, inquiry; "I have a query about my order" / query language = linguagem de consulta |
| quest | busca = a journey made in search of something;search, pursuit; "he refuses to give up his quest to discover the truth" |
| question / question (to) | pergunta, questão / question mark = ponto de interrogação / in question = em questão; "this is the man in question" / out of the question = fora de cogitações, impossível // questionar, interrogar, perguntar = to ask, to interrogate; "the witness was questioned by the defense"; "I trusted him and I never questioned what he told me" |
| questionnaire | questionário = a written set of questions; |
| queue / queue (to) | 1) fila de pessoas = line of persons / 2) trança; rabicho; rabo de cavalo = ponytail // fazer fila = to queue up |
| quick | rápido = fast, speedy, swift, rapid |
| quiet | tranquilo, calmo = calm, peaceful, restful |
| quit (to); quit; quit | 1) renunciar, sair do emprego = to resign, to give up a job; to quit a job / 2) deixar; parar de = stop doing / to quit smoking = to give up smoking = parar de fumar |
| quite | 1) bastante, muito; "this restaurant is quite good" / 2) completamente, inteiramente; "she is quite capable of doing the task" / quite a few = um bom número, vários "quite a few of them = um bom número deles" |
| quiz (pl.: quizzes) | teste, exame, questionário, arguição = a short oral or written test / quiz program = programa (rádio, TV) de perguntas e respostas = quiz show |
| quote (to) / quotation | 1) citar = to mention, to cite / 2) cotar, fazer cotação, to give the current market price of // 1) citação = quote, citation; quotation marks = aspas = inverted commas / 2) cotação |
