dab (to) / dab (n)
| bater levemente; dar batidinhas = to pat or tap gently; "I dabbed my eyes with a handkerchief"; "he dabbed his mouth with his napkin" // um punhado; um pouquinho; pincelada, pitada = a quick or light pat, as with something soft; "I don't want a lot of whipped cream; just give me a dab"
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| dabble (to) | interessar-se por; to dabble in ... |
| dandruff | caspa |
| dangle (to) / dangling | 1) balançar, oscilar; "she sat on the edge of the pool, dangling her feet in the water" / 2) atrair, seduzir; "they refused to accept the money that was dangled before their eyes" // pendente, balançando; "a pair of dangling earrings"; "; "there was an electrical cord dangling from the wall"
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| daub (to) | borrar, emplastar |
| daunt (to) / daunting | desalentar, desencorajar, amedrontar = to frighten; to scare; to dishearten / desanimador, desalentador, desencorajador / daunting task = tarefa dificil |
| dawdle (to) | demorar, tardar = to spend time idly |
daze (to) / daze (n)
| atordoar, aturdir, ficar atordoado; "she was dazed by his revelations" // espanto, assombro, atordoamento, torpor; "he went into a daze when they told him the news"
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dazzle (to) / dazzling
| ofuscar; deslumbrar / ofuscante, deslumbrante
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| debacle | fracasso |
| decadent | 1) decadente = relating to or marked by decadence; decaying / 2) characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence "a rich and decadent dessert"; "the hotel's decadent luxury"
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decease (arc; formal)
| morte, óbito = the act of dying; death; demise; "at his decease"
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| deciduous | cujas folhas caem; decíduo, caducifólio; "deciduous tree"
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decimate (to) / decimation
| dizimar, aniquilar / dizimação, aniquilamento
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decoy
| chamariz, isca, armadilha = a person, thing, or action that lures another into danger or a trap; "the hunters used a decoy to lure the ducks"
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| deface (to) | desfigurar, deformar = to spoil or mar the surface, legibility, or appearance of; |
| defer (to) | adiar; protelar = to delay, to postpone, to put off
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deflate (to)
| murchar, esvaziar; "he deflated one of the tires"
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| deft | hábil, destro, esperto = brisk, nimble |
defuse (to)
| desarmar, desativar; "explosives specialists tried to defuse the grenade"
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| deign | dignar-se a fazer = to do something that you think you should not have to do because you are too important; "she would not even deign to talk to him = ela nem sequer se dignou a falar com ele" |
| deleterious | deletério, danoso, nocivo = harmful; "the deleterious effects of the drug" |
| delineate (to) | delinear, traçar = to sketch, to outline, to depict
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delve (to)
| 1) procurar, pesquisar em busca de informação; "we delved into the files to find out when the event happened" // 2) escavar (animal) = to dig
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| demeanor; demeanour | conduta, atitude, comportamento |
demiurge
| demiurgo, divindade, criador = a being responsible for the creation of the universe, in particular
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denizen
| habitante, ocupante, frequentador = inhabitant, resident; "the denizens of the inner cities"
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| dependable | confiável, digno de confiança = reliable, trustworthy
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| deplete (to) / depletion | esvaziar, esgotar, exaurir / esvaziamento, esgotamento |
| deprecate (to) | depreciar, menosprezar, subestimar = to disparage; to belittle; to underrate; to underestimate
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derelict
| 1) abandonado = in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect; "a derelict ship"; "the cities were derelict and dying" / 2) desamparado = a person without a home, job, or property; a homeless person; "the church offered food and shelter to derelicts"
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deride (to) / derision
| zombar, caçoar, ridicularizar = to mock, to scoff, to sneer / zombaria, escárnio, deboche
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| derisory | irrisório = laughably small "a derisory sum" |
| derogatory | pejorativo, depreciativo = disparaging; "a derogatory remark" |
derrick
| guindaste = a crane for lifting cargo, such as on a ship.
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| despondent | desesperançado, deprimido, melancólico |
deterrent (n) / deterrent (adj)
| meio de impedir; impedimento // dissuasivo
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| detract (to) | diminuir, depreciar |
| detriment | detrimento, prejuízo, perda |
| devious | 1) malandro, esperto (pessoa) / 2) desonesto, tortuoso (plano) |
devout
| devoto, religioso; "she was a devout Catholic"
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| diffident | desconfiado, acanhado, reservado = shy |
| din | barulho, ruído, estrondo, estampido, estrépito = a loud, confused, continued noise; "the fans made an awful din"
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| dint | 1) pancada, golpe / 2) meio, força // by dint of = por causa de; "to achieve success by dint of hard work" |
disheveled
| despenteado, desgrenhado; "a man with long, disheveled hair"
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| dismal | triste, sombrio, lúgubre, deprimente = causing gloom or depression |
disparage (to) / disparaging
| depreciar; menosprezar = to underrate; to undervalue; to belittle / depreciativo, pejorativo = derogatory
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| dispel (to) | dissipar |
disquiet
| inquietação, intranquilidade = lack of calm; anxiety
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| disreputable | mal-afamado, baixo, reles = lacking of good reputation |
| dissolute | dissoluto; devasso |
distraught
| aflito, angustiado, agoniado = deeply agitated; bewildered; "the distraught mother waited for news of her child"
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| distressing | angustiante = causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsettin; "distressing news"; "the lack of news from the village is distressing for everyone"
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| divest (to) | 1) desfazer-se, despojar, privar de algo = to rid, to free; "we may have to divest assets to raise capital" / 2) despir-se = to strip (of clothes) |
| divulge (to) | divulgar, revelar = to make known, to reveal |
| dob (to) | trair, delatar, dedurar, denunciar
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| docket | recibo de entrega; súmula, sumário, boleto, pauta = a brief written summary of a document
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dodge (to)
| esquivar, evitar, fugir, sonegar = to avoid, evade, or elude, especially by dishonest or unlawful means; "they accused him of dodging his taxes"
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| doldrums | abatimento, estagnação, calmaria / to be in the doldrums = estar abatido (person); estar estagnado, parado (business) |
| don (to) | vestir = to put on clothes; "to don one's gloves" |
| dormant | inativo, dormente, sonolento = inactive, such as in sleep; "dormant seeds"; "dormant volcano"
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| dour | 1) severo, austero = grim, severe, stern, harsh "she gave us a dour look" / 2) triste, melancólico, sorumbático = gloomy |
| douse (to) | embeber, ensopar = to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid |
dovetail (n) / dovetail (to)
| cauda de andorinha (carpintaria); "the antique piece of furniture has beautiful dovetails" / encaixar = to join or fit together harmoniously
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downy
| felpudo, penugento = covered with soft fine hair or feathers
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| doze (to) | cochilar, dormitar, tirar um cochilo = to sleep lightly, to take a nap, to slumber, to snooze
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| drab | 1) sombrio, triste, opaco, apagado, sem-graça = lacking brightness or interest; not colorful, dreary, cheerless; "the landscape was drab and gray"; "the young girl was wearing drab clothes" / 2) monótono = boring; "a drab life"
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drawl
| fala ou sotaque arrastado = a slow, lazy way of speaking; "a Texas drawl"
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drench (to)
| encharcar, ensopar, embeber = to soak
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| drifter | vagabundo, andarilho |
droop (to) / drooping
| 1) inclinar, pender, murchar (flor) = to fade, to wither, to wilt; "the flowers drooped in the heat" / 2) esmorecer, desfalecer // pendurado, pendente; "the flowers were drooping because of the hot weather"
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| druthers | preferências |
dud (n) / dud (adj)
| 1) fracasso, fiasco; "the movie turned out to be a dud" / 2) defeituoso, enguiçado; "a dud phone"
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dung
| excremento animal, estrume, esterco = manure
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dungeon
| masmorra, calabouço
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| dupe (n) / dupe (to) | otário, trouxa, ingênuo / enganar = to deceive, to trick |
dwindle (to)
| diminuir, degenerar, definhar, perder importância; "our food supply began to dwindle"
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