Intermediate Vocabulary – N
| nanny | babá = a person, usually with special training, employed to care for children in a household |
| nappy | fralda (UK) = diaper (US) |
| neckline | decote = cleavage |
| nerd | 1) gênio, pessoa apaixonada por computadores, etc = geek, a person who is very interested in technical subjects, computers, etc. / 2) pessoa esquisita; anti-social |
| niche | nicho = a distinct segment of a market / market niche = nicho de mercado; niche marketing = marketing de nicho (obs.: contrário é mass marketing = marketing de massa) / industry niche = nicho |
| niggard | avarento, sovina, mesquinho, pão-duro = mean, stingy, miser |
| nightingale | rouxinol |
| nil | zero = another word for nothing (obs.: used esp in the scoring of certain games) |
| nimble | ágil, ligeiro, esperto = active, brisk, deft |
| nipple | 1) mamilo = the dark part of the breast where, in the female, milk is sucked by a baby / 2) bico de mamadeira |
| noodle | macarrão, talharim = pasta |
| nope | não (informal); "have you finished the book yet? nope" |
| notary / notarize (to) | tabelião = notary public / notary office = cartório // reconhecer firma |
| notify (to) | notificar; informar = to inform; to give notice to; to let know |
| notwithstanding | apesar de = in spite of; despite |
| nourish (to) / nourishment | alimentar, nutrir = to feed, to foster, to nurture // alimentação, nutrição |
| novice | principiante, novato = beginner |
| numb / numbness | entorpecido, paralisado / entorpecimento, torpor |
| nurture (to) | 1) alimentar; nutrir = to feed, to foster, to nourish // 2) criar; educar = to rear; to educate |
| nutmeg | noz-moscada (Myristica fragrans) |
