| daffodil | narciso (flor) (Narcissus spp.) |
| dainty (n) / dainty (adj) | guloseima, iguaria fina = something good to eat; a delicacy // 1) delicado, saboroso = tasting good, delicious, tasty; "dainty pastries"; "they served dainty sandwiches" / 2) elegante, gracioso = delicately small and pretty; elegant; "her hair was decorated with dainty pink flowers"; "a dainty lace handkerchief"; "the food was served in dainty portions = a comida foi servida em porções delicadas" |
| dandelion | dente-de-leão (flor) (Taraxacum spp.) |
| dart | dardo |
| dashboard | painel de instrumentos |
| dashing | elegante, galante = marked by smartness especially in dress and manners; "she married a dashing young lawyer from the city" |
| daybreak | nascer do sol, aurora, alvorada = sunrise, dawn |
| daydream | fantasia, devaneio = revery |
| deadlock | impasse, beco sem saída = a situation in which an agreement cannot be made |
| debate | debate; discussão = discussion |
| debit (to) / debit | debitar (obs.: to credit = creditar) / débito (obs.: credit = crédito); debit to assets ratio = índice de endividamento |
| debris | escombros, destroços, detritos = the remains of something destroyed; ruins; "the rescue team searched the debris of the bombed building for survivors" |
| debug (to) | localizar e corrigir erros = to detect and remove bugs from |
| deception / deceptive | engano; tapeação; fraude = act of deceiving; deceit; fraud; falsehood / enganoso; enganador |
| decline (to) | 1) diminuir = to become less in amount "prices declined" / 2) descer = to slope downward, descend / 3) recusar = to refuse especially courteously "to decline an invitation" |
| deduct (to) / deductible | deduzir; "how much of this expense can you deduct from your taxes? // dedutível |
| deem (to) | considerar = to have as an opinion; to consider, to judge; "the council deemed him to be a traitor" |
| defect (to) | desertar, fugir, abandonar / to defect to the enemy = passar para o lado do inimigo; "the spy defected to the West" |
| defendant | réu acusado (obs.: culprit = réu declarado culpado) |
| defunct | extinto = no longer in existence, dead; "defunct law"; "defunct companies" |
| defy (to) / defiance | desafiar = to challenge, to go against "to defy public opinion" // desafio = = a bold resistance to authority; challenge |
| delegate (to) | delegar = to assign authority to another to act as agent |
| deluge | dilúvio, enxurrada, grande quantidade de; "a deluge from the skies" |
| demise | 1) morte, falecimento = a euphemistic or formal word for death; "the demise of former great stars"; "she had no property at the time of her demise" // 2) fim = the ending of something, such as by failure or ruin; fall, collapse; "the demise of the Roman Empire" |
| den | 1) caverna, covil, toca = the home or shelter of a wild animal; "the lion's den" // 2) cantinho, aposento privativo, refúgio |
| denounce (to) | 1) denunciar; "the Assembly denounced the use of violence" / 2) condenar, censurar; "he denounced the plan as a waste of money" |
| dent | amassado, mossa, depressão = small hollow; "there was a dent in the door of the car" |
| depict (to) | 1) retratar, pintar = to portray; "the painter depicted Napoleon with his hand inside his shirt" // 2) representar, descrever = to represent, to describe |
| deploy (to) / deployment | 1) implementar, implantar, instalar (sistema); "to deploy a system" // 2) desdobrar, distribuir, dispor, disponibilizar // implantação, instalação |
| depot | 1) depósito, armazém = a place for storing goods; storehouse, warehouse // 2) garagem de ônibus ou trens (UK) // 3) estação ferroviária (US) = railway station |
| depreciate (to) | depreciar = to lower the value of; to underrate; to undervalue |
| deprive (to) | privar, não ter; deprive of = privar de = to take away from |
| derail (to) / derailment | descarrilhar / descarrilhamento |
| despicable | desprezível = worthy of being despised; contemptible; mean; "despicable traitor" / "Despicable me" = filme "Meu Malvado Favorito" |
| despise (to) | desprezar = to scorn, to disdain, to look down on with contempt or aversion; "I despised their actions" |
| detach (to) / detachable | separar, desconectar = to separate, to disconnect / destacável |
| detain (to) | 1) deter / 2) retardar = to delay |
| detest (to) | detestar, abominar, odiar = to hate, to abominate, to abhor |
| devaluate (to) / devaluation | desvalorizar // desvalorização |
| devoid | devoid of = isento de, destituído de |
| digit / digitize (to) | dígito; check-digit = dígito de controle // digitalizar |
| digress (to) | divagar; desviar-se do assunto; sair do assunto = to leave the main theme of a speech or writing |
| diligent | diligente; aplicado; esforçado = hard-working |
| dim / dim (to) | escuro, sombrio, indistinto, fraco (luz) = not bright; lacking light or strength of light; "dim light"; "a dim room" // diminuir (luz), obscurecer |
| dimple | 1) covinha (rosto) / 2) depressão (terreno) = any slight depression in a surface |
| dire | horrível, terrível, medonho, calamitoso / dire straits = apuro, aperto, perrengue = desperate situation |
| disbelief | incredulidade |
| discern (to) / discernment / discerning | perceber, discernir // discernimento; perspicácia = clearness in judgement; sharpness; insight // sagaz, perspicaz = keen of mind, perceptive, having good judgement; "she has a discerning eye for good art" |
| disclose (to) / disclosure | revelar, divulgar = to uncover, to reveal, to announce // revelação;divulgação, liberação / non-disclosure agreement = acordo de não divulgação |
| disconnect (to) | desligar; desconectar |
| discreet | discreto = prudent; careful in speech and conduct |
| discrete | separado; descontínuo = separate; detached; discontinuous; "the college was reorganized into six discrete departments" |
| disdain / disdain (to) | desprezo, desdém = scorn, contempt; "they treat all their servants with complete disdain" / desdenhar, desprezar = to scorn |
| disentangle (to) | 1) desembaraçar (wool, wire) / 2) desvencilhar (from wreckage) / 3) descomplicar |
| dismay (n) / dismay (to) | desânimo, desalento = sudden or complete loss of courage / / desanimar; "the child's grades dismayed his parents" |
| disparate | díspar, diferente "seemingly disparate elements" |
| dispatch (n) / dispatch (to) | despacho; expedição; remessa = dispatching / despachar (mensagem; noticias); mandar |
| disperse (to) / dispersal | 1) espalhar (objetos) / 2) dispersar (multidão) // dispersão |
| disposable | descartável = discardable / disposable diaper = fralda descartável |
| disrupt (to) / disruption | interromper; "our meeting was disrupted by the phone ringing"; "the weather disrupted our travel plans" // interrupção de serviços; interrompimento; "the company apologized for the disruption to the services due to maintenance works" |
| distillery | destilaria |
| distort (to) / distortion / distorted | distorcer / distorção / distorcido; deturpado |
| distraction | distração (falta de concentração); "it's hard to write in a café, with so many distractions" |
| distrust / distrust (to) | desconfiança = lack of trust / desconfiar de |
| diversion | 1) diversão = amusement, pastime "movies are his favorite diversion"// 2) desvio = a detour on a highway or road |
| divert (to) | desviar = to turn aside; to turn from the road; to deviate |
| dividend | dividendo (ações) = sum paid to stockholders; dividends on preferred shares |
| dodgy | suspeito, perigoso, arriscado, não seguro = suspicious, risky, dangerous, not reliable; "dodgy place"; "dodgy situation" |
| doe | fêmea de vários animais (veado, coelho, canguru); (obs.: buck = macho) |
| donut; doughnut | rosquinha de massa frita |
| doodle (to) / doodle (n) | rabiscar = to draw or scribble idly / rabisco |
| doom (n) / doom (to) | destino, julgamento final = fate; destiny / doomsday = Juízo Final // condenar / to be doomed to = estar destinado a, estar fadado a |
dope (n) / dope (to) / doping
| 1) droga, maconha = a narcotic or illegal drug, marijuana // 2) dica, macete = information; "what's the latest dope?" // dopar, drogar = to drug // doping = illegal drug-taking (sports); "one of the cyclists was disqualified for doping"
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| dormitory | dormitório |
| dough | massa de farinha; massa para cozinhar; "the baker shaped the dough and left it to rise" |
| dowry | dote = the money, goods, etc., that a wife brings to her husband at marriage |
| drawback | 1) obstáculo; empecilho; desvantagem / 2) reembolso de direitos alfandegários |
| dread (n) / dread (to) / dreadful | pavor, horror = terror // temer, recear // 1) pavoroso, terrível = causing great and oppressive fear; awful; "dreadful storm"; "a dreadful accident" / 2) horroroso, horrível = extremely bad, distasteful, unpleasant, shocking; "dreadful idea"; "dreadful behavior"; "dreadful scandal"; "a dreadful hat" |
| dreary | 1) sombrio, triste, melancólico = gloomy, drab; "dreary day"; "it was a gray, dreary morning" / 2) monótono, chato = boring; "dreary work" |
| drizzle (n) / drizzle (to) | garoa, chuvisco / garoar, chuviscar |
| dub (to) | 1) dublar = to provide (a motion-picture film) with a new sound track and especially dialogue in a different language "a dubbed film" // 2) apelidar |
| dude | cara = man, guy, fellow; "he's a cool dude = ele é um cara legal"; "ask that dude over there" |
| dummy (n) / dummy (adj) | 1) imbecil, idiota = a stupid person; fool // 2) manequim; "there were three dummies in the shop window" // 3) chupeta (criança) = pacefier // simulado, fictício; dummy data = dados simulados; "the researchers used dummy statistics to run the model" |
| dusk | crepúsculo, anoitecer = sunset, twilight |
| dwell (to) / dwelling / dweller | morar, habitar = to live as a resident // moradia; habitação // morador, habitante = inhabitant |
| dye (n) / dye (to) | tinta, corante, tintura (cabelo) / tingir (cabelo) |
