| padding | enchimento de texto, discurso = unnecessary matter added to speech or writing |
| paddle (n) / paddle (to) | 1) remo = a short light oar with a flat blade used to propel a canoe or small boat // 2) pá de roda propulsora = a paddle wheel used to propel a boat / paddle steamer = vapor com roda propulsora // remar; "he paddled the canoe across the lake" |
| pagan [peigan] | pagão = heathen; "pagan rituals have always taken place around the solstices" |
| pageant | cortejo, desfile = parade, procession |
| pail | balde = bucket |
| painkiller | analgésico |
| pansy | amor-perfeito (Viola spp.) |
| paperback | brochura, livro de bolso de capa mole (obs.: hard cover book = livro de capa dura) |
| paradigm | paradigma, modelo, padrão = an example serving as a model; "her course is a paradigm for how history should be taught" / paradigm shift = mudança de paradigma; |
| parameter | parâmetro = standard or determining factor |
| parenthesis (pl.: parentheses) | parêntese / in parentheses = entre parênteses |
| parch / parched | ressecar = to make (something) too dry, as heat, sun, and wind do / ressecado |
| parchment | pergaminho = the skin of sheep, goats, etc., prepared so as to be written on; "scrolls of parchment" |
| parish | paróquia = an area that has its own local church and priest or minister |
| parole | liberdade condicional; on parole = em liberdade condicinal |
| parsnip | chirívia, pastinaca (Pastinaca sativa) |
| partisan | 1) partidário = follower / 2) guerrilheiro = member of a guerrilla group |
| partridge | perdiz |
| Passover | Páscoa (judaica) |
| patron [peitran] | 1) cliente, freguês = customer, especially a regular one, of a store, etc.; "patrons must leave the hotel by 3:00 p.m." // 2) patrono = one who supports an artist, charity, etc., with money, etc. "a patron of the arts" |
| pawn (n) / pawn (to) | 1) peão (xadrez) // 2) penhor = something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed / pawnshop = loja de penhores / pawn broker; pawnshop broker = dono de loja de penhor; penhorista // penhorar, empenhar, dar como garantia de empréstimo |
| payback | retorno de investimento = payback return; return of investment (ROI) / payback period = tempo de retorno investimento |
| payee | beneficiário, pessoa que será paga |
| payoff | recompensa; lucro = profit, reward |
| pebble | seixo, calhau, cascalho = a small, rounded stone, especially one worn down by the action of water; gravel; "pebble beach" |
| peck (to) | 1) bicar, dar bicadas (pássaro) / 2) dar beijinho / 3) beliscar (comida) |
| pedal | pedal (piano, carro, etc) / accelerator pedal = gas pedal = accelerator / brake pedal |
| pee (n) / pee (to) | xixi, urina / urinar, mijar |
| peek (to) | espiar, espreitar, dar uma olhada = to peep, to peer |
| peep (to) | espiar, espreitar, dar uma olhada = to peek, to peer |
| peer (n) / peer (to) | colega, par = equal in rank or ability; "his peers voted him best actor" // 1) olhar com atenção, perscrutar = to look closely with or as if with difficulty; "to peer into the distance" / 2) espiar, espreitar; "a frightened child in the cinema sometimes peers between her fingers" / to peer at = examinar, observar / to peer out = olhar para fora |
| peg (n) / peg (to) | pregador de roupa; "she uses pegs to hang his washing on the line" / coat peg = cabideiro de parede // prender (roupa no varal) |
| pelican | pelicano |
| pen (to); pent; pent | confinar, manter preso, manter em galinheiro; "at night the farmer pens the sheep in a small enclosure" / pent-up = reprimido = restrained / pent-up demand = demanda reprimida / pent-up emotions = emoções reprimidas |
| peninsula | península |
| penthouse | apartamento do último andar; cobertura = an apartment on the roof of a building. |
| perch n) / perch (to) | poleiro = a pole or rod for birds to rest upon; roost / empoleirar |
| perceive (to) | perceber = to become aware through the senses; to realize |
| peril / perilous | perigo, risco = danger, jeopardy, risk, hazard, peril / perigoso, arriscado |
| perish (to) | 1) morrer = to die; "two people perished in the fire" / 2) deteriorar, apodrecer |
| perks | privilégio, benefícios, mordomias, regalias = a privilege, gain or profit incidental to regular salary or wages (especially one expected or promised) / (obs.: short for perquisite) |
| perpendicular | perpendicular; perpendicular line |
| persimmon | caqui (Diospyros kaki) |
| pervade (to) / pervasive | impregnar, penetrar / penetrante, que se infiltra, dominante, pervasivo, que se espalha por toda parte; all-pervasive = onipresente |
| petal | pétala |
| petticoat | combinação, anágua = slip worn under skirt |
| petunia | petunia (Petunia axillaris) |
| pew | banco de igreja |
| pewter | 1) liga de estanho = a kind of metal in which tin is the chief constituent / 2) objetos de estanho = utensils and vessels made of pewter. |
| phantom | fantasma = ghost |
| pheasant | faisão |
| picket | piquete = a person or group of people standing outside a place of work protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike. |
| pickles | picles |
| pier | pier, cais, doca, ancoradouro = dock, quay, wharf |
| pierce (to) / piercing | furar; penetrar = to bore, to drill, to make a hole with a drill / penetrante, perfurante |
| pigeon | pombo, pomba = dove |
| pill | pílula; comprimido / bitter pill = coisa desagradável |
| pillar | pilar |
| pinch (to) / pinch | beliscar, dar beliscão // beliscão |
| pineapple | abacaxi (Ananas comosus) |
| ping (to) | 1) zunir / 2) testar remotamente = to send a test message to (a computer or server) in order to check whether it is responding or how long it takes it to respond |
| pinpoint (to) | localizar com precisão = to locate precisely |
| pious | pio, devoto; "a pious Catholic who attended Mass every day" |
| piss (n) / piss (to) | xixi, mijo, urina = pee, urine // fazer xixi, mijar, urinar = to pee, to urinate |
| pitcher | jarro, cântaro = a large container, typically earthenware, glass, or plastic, with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids; jug; "he fills the pitcher with water" |
| pitfall | armadilha, arapuca, perigo = trap, snare |
| plague [pleig] | praga, peste = a widespread disease that causes a great number of deaths |
| plaintiff | demandante, pleiteante, requerente = a person who brings a legal action # defendant; "the plaintiff accused his neighbour of assaulting him" |
| plaintive | queixoso, lamurioso = expressing sorrow or sadness |
| plane tree | plátano (Platanus spp.) |
| plank | tábua = board; long flat piece of timber thicker than a board |
| plantation | plantação = large area of land especially in a hot part of the world where crops are grown / banana plantation = bananal / coffee plantation = cafezal / cotton plantation = algodoal / rubber plantation = seringal / sugar cane plantation = canavial |
| platoon | pelotão = military unit; squad; "the platoon entered enemy territory on foot" |
| platter | 1) travessa = a large flat dish or plate, typically oval or circular in shape, used for serving food / 2) prato (comida) = the food that is served on a platter; "cheese platter"; "he ordered the seafood platter" |
| plethora | excesso, grande quantidade, ampla gama = excess, profusion, abundance |
| plight | situação difícil, apuros, dificuldade = unfavorable situation; "sorry plight" |
| pliers | alicate |
| ploy | estratégia, estratagema, recurso, manobra = a maneuver, usually a trick, to gain an advantage; |
| plummet (to) | cair rapidamente (bird, plane); baixar rapidamente (prices, despencar) = to plunge vertically, to drop sharply (obs.: contrário é to soar) |
| plunder (to) | devastar, pilhar, saquear = to rob, to loot, to ravage, to ransack |
| plush | 1) luxuoso = expensive and luxurious; "we went to a plush restaurant and ordered caviar" / 2) pelúcia; "a plush red sofa" |
| poach (to) / poacher | 1) escaldar = to cook (eggs, fish, etc.) in a hot liquid just below the boiling point; poached eggs = ovos poché // 2) caçar ilegalmente = to enter into (someone else's land) in order to hunt animals illegally // caçador ilegal; caçador furtivo |
| poignant | comovente, pungente = affecting the emotions; "a poignant scene in the movie" |
| poke (to) / poker | cutucar / to poke something into = enfiar, meter em algo // atiçador de brasas = a metal rod for poking or stirring a fire |
| pomegranate | romã (Punica granatum) |
| ponder (to) | ponderar, meditar, refletir = to think about, to consider carefully, to examine; "she pondered for a while, then came to a decision" |
| poo | cocô |
| poplar | álamo (Populus spp.) |
| poppy | papoula (Papaver spp.) |
| porridge | mingau |
| posh | elegante, luxuoso = elegant, fashionable; "they live in a posh neighborhood" |
| pouch | sacola, bolsa = a bag, sack, or small container, especially one for small articles or quantities; "a tobacco pouch" |
| poultry | 1) aves domésticas = birds raised for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc; "the poultry were scattered all over the farm" // 2) carne destas aves; "poultry is as expensive as beef" |
| pox | doença com pústulas ou erupções; chicken pox = catapora; small pox = varíola |
| prawn | camarão grande = a large shrimp (Australia) |
| preamble | preâmbulo = an introductory statement; preface |
| precinct | distrito, zona, recinto = a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes , district / election precinct = zona eleitoral / pedestrian precinct = zona de pedestres / police precinct = distrito policial, a division of a city for police control / shopping precinct = zona comercial |
| predicament | apuros, dilema, aperto = an unpleasantly difficult situation |
| prefix | prefixo |
| premise | premissa = a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument; "I was operating on the premise that I had your support" |
| premises | propriedade, terreno, edificio = an area of land including its buildings; "the company leases part of the premises to smaller businesses" |
| preoccupation | preocupação = worry, concern |
| prerequisite [pri-réquizit] | pre-requisito = something required beforehand |
| preserves | conserva, compota = fruit prepared by cooking with sugar; fruit in syrup |
| presuppose (to) | pressupor |
| pretension | pretensão |
| prevail (to) / prevailing | prevalecer, predominar = to prevail over / predominante, dominante = generally accepted; widespread; "the prevailing opinion" |
| prevalence / prevalent | predominância, predomínio / predominante, comum = widespread, prevailing |
| pricey; pricy | caro = expensive, costly; "those pricey cars" |
| prickle / prickly | espinho = thorn / espinhento = thorny |
| primal | primário, primitivo = first, original |
| primer | cartilha = a small book for teaching children to read |
| pristine | puro, limpo, original, imaculado = not changed by people; left in its natural state; "the pristine beauty of the ancient forest" |
| privy | a par, informado |
| procure (to) / procurement | obter, conseguir = to get, to achieve, to obtain, to gain, to earn / obtenção, aquisição; procurement department = departamento de compras |
| proficient / proficiency | proficiente; hábil; habilidoso = skillful; skilled; expert // proficiência; perícia; habilidade |
| prohibit (to) / prohibition | proibir = to forbid / proibição |
| prone | inclinado, propenso; prone to = propenso a, predisposto a; error prone = propenso a erros |
| prop (to) | apoiar, amparar, escorar = to prop up; "she propped up her book to keep her hands free for knitting" |
| pros and cons | prós e contras = positive and negative aspects |
| prosper (to) | prosperar = to thrive, to flourish |
| prototype (to) / prototype / prototyping | prototipar / protótipo / prototipação |
| prowl (n) / prowl (to) | espreita / rondar, andar à espreita = to move quietly through an area while hunting; "the police were prowling the streets in their patrol cars" |
| proxy | 1) procurador // 2) procuração = an authorization granting a person to act for another |
| prune (n) / prune (to) | ameixa seca // podar (árvores) = to cut or chop off extra or unwanted twigs, branches, or roots from; "to prune trees" |
| pry (to) | espiar, espreitar / to pry into = intrometer-se em, bisbilhotar, mexericar |
| puddle | poça = a very small pool of usually dirty or muddy water |
| puff (n) / puff (to) | sopro, baforada (cigarro), lufada (ar, fumaça) // soltar baforadas (ex.: cachimbo) |
| puffy | inchado = swollen |
| pun | trocadilho |
| puncture (to) / puncture (n) | furar, perfurar = to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object // furo = a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing |
| pundit | 1) conhecedor, sábio, especialista / 2) pessoa sábia; guru; a learned person, expert, or authority |
| puppet | marionete, fantoche |
| puppy | cãozinho |
| purge (to) | purificar; purgar |
| pursue (to) / pursuit | 1) buscar, procurar = to seek; to pursue business objectives // 2) perseguir = to chase, to follow in order to overtake, capture or defeat // 3) seguir (carreira); "she wants to pursue a legal career" // 4) dedicar-se a (interest, plan) /// 1) busca, procura = quest, search / in pursuit of = in search of = em busca de / pursuit of happiness = busca da felicidade / 2) profissão, carreira, ocupação = occupation, an activity that one engages in as a vocation or profession |
| purvey (to) / purveyor | fornecer = to provide, to furnish, to supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service; "they purvey food to ships in the harbor" / fornecedor; "a purveyor of large luxury vehicles" |
| pussy | 1) gatinho= kitten (UK) // 2) buceta, xoxota |
| pyramid | pirâmide |
