| -y {suffix} (having the quality of) | :: -oso |
| -y {suffix} (inclined to) | :: -ento |
| -y {suffix} (forming diminutive nouns) | :: -inho |
| -y {suffix} (forming abstract nouns) | :: -ia {f}, -idade {f} |
| yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: iate {m} |
| yada yada yada {phrase} (and so on) | :: etc., etc., etc. |
| yadda {interj} (yada yada yada) SEE: yada yada yada | :: |
| yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
| Yahoo! {prop} (a popular web portal) | :: Yahoo {m} |
| Yahweh {prop} (personal name of God) | :: Javé {m} |
| Yahweh {prop} (Jehovah) SEE: Jehovah | :: |
| Yair {prop} (male given name) SEE: Jair | :: |
| yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: iaque {m} |
| yakisoba {n} (Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce) | :: yakisoba {m}, yakissoba {m} |
| Yakut {prop} (language) | :: iacuto {m} |
| Yakutsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Yakutsk {f} |
| y'all {pron} (plural of you) | :: vocês, os senhores, as senhoras |
| Yalta {prop} (city in Crimea) | :: Ialta {f} |
| yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
| yam {n} (any Dioscorea vine) | :: inhame {m} |
| yam {n} (taro) SEE: taro | :: |
| yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
| Yamal {prop} (a large peninsula in the Russian North) | :: Yamal |
| Yamato {prop} (ancient name for Japan) | :: Yamato {m} |
| Yamoussoukro {prop} (official/administrative capital of Ivory Coast) | :: Yamoussoukro {f} |
| Yandex {prop} (Yandex (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters)) | :: Yandex |
| Yangon {prop} (largest city in Myanmar) | :: Yangon {f}, Rangum {f} |
| Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
| Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: Yangtzé {m} |
| Yangtze dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| Yangtze River dolphin {n} (baiji) SEE: baiji | :: |
| yank {n} (A sudden, vigorous pull) | :: puxão |
| Yank {n} (native of the USA) | :: ianque |
| Yankee {n} (native or inhabitant of the USA) | :: ianque {m} {f} |
| Yanukovych {prop} (Ukrainian surname) | :: Yanukovych |
| yaoi {n} (form of hentai involving two or more males in a homosexual relationship) | :: yaoi |
| Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Yaoundé {f}, Iaundé {f} |
| Yap {prop} (an island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia) | :: Yap |
| yard {n} (land around a house) | :: quintal {m}, cercado {m}, pátio {m} |
| yard {n} (three feet) | :: jarda {f} |
| Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
| yardlong bean {n} (Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis) | :: feijão-chicote {m} |
| Yaren {prop} (largest town of Nauru) | :: Yaren {f} |
| yarmulke {n} (skullcap worn by religious Jewish males) | :: quipá {m} {f} |
| yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: lã {f} |
| Yaroslavl {prop} (city) | :: Iaroslavl {f} |
| yarrow {n} (any of several pungent Eurasian and North American herbs, of the genus Achillea) | :: milefólio {m} |
| yashmak {n} (a veil worn by Muslim women) | :: niqab {m} |
| yataghan {n} (type of sword) | :: iatagã {m} |
| yautia {n} (cocoyam) SEE: cocoyam | :: |
| yawl {n} (sailing vessel) | :: iole {f} |
| yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: bocejar |
| yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: bocejo {m} |
| yaws {n} (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue) | :: bouba {f} |
| yay {interj} | :: eba, viva, oba, iúpi |
| yeah {particle} (yes) | :: sim, é |
| yeah {interj} (expressing joy) | :: é!, isso aí! |
| yeah, right {interj} (sarcasm to express disbelief) | :: sei, claro |
| year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: ano {m} |
| year {n} (time it takes for any planetary body to make one revolution around another body) | :: ano {m} |
| year {n} (a period between set dates that mark a year) | :: ano {m} |
| year {n} (a scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity) | :: ano {m} |
| year {n} (a Julian year) | :: ano {m} |
| year {n} (a level or grade at school or college) | :: ano {m}, série {f} |
| yearbook {n} (reference book, published annually) | :: anuário {m} |
| yearling {n} (one-year-old animal) | :: anelho {m} |
| yearly {adj} (happening once every year) | :: anual |
| yearly {adv} (once a year) | :: anualmente |
| yearn {v} (to have a strong desire; to long) | :: ansiar |
| yearning {n} (wistful or melancholy longing) | :: saudade |
| yeast {n} (fungus) | :: fermento, levedura |
| yeast {n} (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) | :: fermento, levedura |
| yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) | :: levedura {f} |
| yeast {n} (frothy foam on sea waves) | :: espuma {f} |
| yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
| Yehuda {prop} (male given name) SEE: Judah | :: |
| Yehudit {prop} (female given name) SEE: Judith | :: |
| Yekaterinburg {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Ecaterimburgo {f} |
| yell {v} (shout (verb)) | :: gritar |
| yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: amarelo |
| yellow {adj} (lacking courage) | :: covarde, amarelão {m}, amarelona {f} |
| yellow {n} (colour) | :: amarelo {m} |
| yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow) | :: amarelar |
| yellow {v} (to cause to become yellow or more yellow) | :: amarelar |
| yellow-billed loon {n} (Gavia adamsii) | :: mobelha-de-bico-amarelo {f} |
| yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: cartão amarelo {m} |
| yellow fever {n} (illness) | :: febre amarela {f} |
| yellowhammer {n} (a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella) | :: verdelha {f}, escrevedeira-amarela {f} |
| yellowing {n} (process of turning yellow) | :: amarelamento {m} |
| yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow) | :: amarelado, amarelento, tirante a amarelo |
| yellow jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Tour de France) | :: camisa amarela {f}, camiseta amarela {f}, camisola amarela {f} |
| yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis) | :: gaivota-de-patas-amarelas {f} |
| Yellow River {prop} (river of northern China) | :: Rio Amarelo {m}, Huang He {m} |
| Yellow Sea {prop} (Asian sea) | :: Mar Amarelo {m} |
| yelp {n} (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance) | :: ganido {m} |
| yelp {v} (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise) | :: ganir |
| Yeltsin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Yeltsin |
| Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: Iémen {m} , Iêmen {m} , Yemen {m} |
| Yemeni {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Yemen, or the Yemeni people) | :: iemenita |
| Yemeni {n} (a person from Yemen or of Yemeni descent) | :: iemenita {m} {f} |
| yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency) | :: iene {m} |
| Yenisei {prop} (river in Russia) | :: Ienissei {m}, Yenisei {m}, Yenissei {m}, Yenissey {m} |
| yep {n} (informal "yes") | :: aham |
| Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: Erevan {m} |
| yermulke {n} (yarmulke) SEE: yarmulke | :: |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: sim |
| yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement) | :: sim |
| yes {interj} | :: sim!, é!, assim!, isso!, aí! |
| yes {n} (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) | :: sim {m}, afirmativo {m} |
| yes {n} (vote of support) | :: sim {m}, a favor {m} |
| yes and no {phrase} (indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer) | :: sim e não |
| yes man {n} (a person who always agrees with his employer or superior) | :: lambe-botas {m}, puxa-saco {m} |
| yessir {interj} (used to express assent, especially to a superior) | :: sim senhor |
| yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: ontem |
| yesterday {n} (the recent past) | :: ontem |
| yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: ontem |
| yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night | :: |
| yesteryear {n} (last year, see also: last year) | :: ano passado {m}, antanho {m} |
| yet {adv} (thus far) | :: ainda |
| yet {adv} (continuously up to this point in time) | :: ainda |
| yet {adv} (at some future time) | :: ainda |
| yet {adv} (in addition) | :: ainda |
| yet {adv} | :: ainda |
| yet {conj} (nevertheless; however) | :: porém, mas |
| yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
| yeti {n} (unidentified animal) | :: ieti {m}, iéti {m}, yeti {m}, abominável homem das neves {m} |
| yew {n} (Taxus baccata) | :: teixo {m} |
| yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus) | :: teixo |
| yew {n} (wood of the yew) | :: teixo {m} |
| YHWH {prop} (יהוה (tetragrammaton)) | :: Javé {m}, Jehová {m}, Jeová {m} |
| Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language) | :: iídiche |
| Yiddish {prop} (language) | :: iídiche {m}, ídiche {m} |
| Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
| yield {v} (to give way) | :: dar preferência, ceder passagem |
| yield {v} (to give as required) | :: ceder |
| yield {v} (to produce as return) | :: resultar |
| yield {v} (to produce as a result) | :: resultar |
| yield {n} (quantity of something produced) | :: produção {f}, rendimento {m}, safra {f} |
| yield {n} (current return) | :: rendimento {m} |
| yield {n} (profit from an investment) | :: rendimento {m}, renda {f} |
| yield the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| yield up the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
| yiff {interj} (sound a fox makes) | :: au, auau |
| yikes {interj} (expression of shock and alarm) | :: credo!, cruzes! |
| yin-yang {n} (yin and yang) | :: yin-yang {m} |
| yin-yang {n} (symbol) | :: yin-yang {m} |
| yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
| Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac | :: |
| -yl {suffix} (radical or functional group) | :: -ilo {m}, -ila |
| -yne {suffix} (hydrocarbon with triple bonds) | :: -ino {m} |
| Yün-nan {prop} (Yunnan) SEE: Yunnan | :: |
| yodel {v} (to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto) | :: cantar à tirolesa |
| yodel {n} (song) | :: tirolesa {f}, canto tirolês {m}, iodelei {m}, tirolês {m} |
| yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: ioga {m} {f} |
| yogi {n} (yoga practitioner) | :: yogi {m} {f}, yogui {m} {f}, iogui {m} {f} |
| yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: iogurte {m} |
| yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: jugo |
| yoke {n} (pair of animals) | :: junta {f} |
| yoke {n} (a burden; something which represses or restrains a person) | :: jugo {m} |
| yoke {v} (link or join) | :: unir, jungir |
| yoke {n} (wooden frame or bar for a person to carry a pair of buckets) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| yokel {n} (unsophisticated person) | :: rústico {m}, caipira {m} {f} |
| yokel {n} (person of rural background) | :: rústico {m}, caipira {m} {f} |
| Yolanda {prop} (female given name) | :: Iolanda {f} |
| yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: gema {f} |
| yon {adj} (that thing, distant, but within sight) | :: aquilo {n}, aquela {f}, aquele {m} |
| yonder {adv} (in a distant, indicated place) | :: além, acolá |
| yonder {determiner} (distant but within sight) | :: aquele {m}, aquela {f}, aquilo {n} |
| yoni {n} | :: iôni {m} |
| yore {n} (time long past) | :: antanho |
| York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire) | :: Iorque |
| York {prop} (House of York) | :: Iorque |
| York ham {n} (A mild, cured ham that has a delicate pink meat) | :: presunto de York {m}, presunto de Iorque {m} |
| Yorkist {n} (a supporter of the House of York) | :: yorkista {m}, iorquista {m} |
| Yorkshire {prop} (former large county) | :: Yorkshire {m} |
| Yorkshire Terrier {n} (breed of dog) | :: yorkshire {m} {f} |
| Yoruba {prop} (a sub-Saharan language) | :: yoruba {f}, ioruba {m}, iorubá {m}, iorubano {m}, nagô {m} |
| yottabyte {n} (280 or 1024 bytes) | :: yottabyte {m} |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: vos convosco , vocês, consigo , os senhores {m} , as senhoras {f} |
| you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: te , ti , contigo , você , consigo , o senhor {m}, a senhora {f} |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: vós, vocês, os senhores {m} , as senhoras {f} |
| you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: tu, você, o senhor {m}, a senhora {f} |
| you {pron} (one) | :: você, se, a pessoa |
| you {determiner} (the individual or group spoken/written to) | :: seu {m}, sua {f}, seus {m-p}, suas {f-p} |
| you {determiner} (used before epithets for emphasis) | :: seu |
| you {v} (to address using the more formal second-person pronoun) | :: vosear |
| you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own) | :: você e quem mais? |
| you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| you are what you eat {proverb} (proverb) | :: você é o que você come |
| you bet {interj} (certainly (reply to a request)) | :: pode apostar, podem apostar |
| you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink {proverb} (you can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it) | :: você pode levar um cavalo até a água, mas não pode fazê-lo beber |
| you can say that again {phrase} (that is very true) | :: sem dúvida |
| you can't judge a book by its cover {proverb} (it is not possible to judge things by external appearances alone) | :: não se pode julgar um livro pela capa |
| you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs {proverb} (you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette) SEE: you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette | :: |
| you can't teach an old dog new tricks {proverb} (too old to change) | :: papagaio velho não aprende a falar, pau que nasce torto nunca se endireita |
| you don't say {interj} ((idiomatic) really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?) | :: não diga, não me diga |
| you have beautiful eyes {phrase} (you have beautiful eyes) | :: você tem lindos olhos |
| you know {interj} (expression signifying a pause or hesitation) | :: você sabe, sabe |
| you know what {phrase} (used to get attention) | :: quer saber |
| you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person) | :: você-sabe-quem, quem-nós-sabemos |
| young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: jovem |
| young {adj} (as if young) | :: jovem |
| young {adj} (belonging in the early part of life) | :: de juventude |
| young {n} (people who are young) | :: jovens {m-p} |
| young {n} (offspring (plural)) | :: filhote |
| younger {adj} (in an earlier period of life) | :: mais jovem |
| younger brother {n} (multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations) | :: irmão mais novo {m} |
| younger sister {n} | :: irmã mais nova |
| young lady {n} (a term of endearment or address for a girl) | :: mocinha {f} |
| young man {n} (youth) SEE: youth | :: |
| young man {n} (a term of endearment or address for a boy) | :: mocinho {m} |
| young pioneer {n} (child member of a Communist party) | :: pioneiro {m} |
| Young's modulus {n} (coefficient of elasticity of a solid) | :: módulo de Young |
| youngster {n} (a young person) | :: jovem {m} {f} |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: teu {m}, tua {f}, seu {m}, sua {f} |
| your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: vosso {m}, vossa {f} |
| you're never too old to learn {proverb} (proverb) | :: nunca é tarde para aprender |
| you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: de nada, não há de quê, disponha |
| Your Highness {pron} (a title of respect used to address a prince or princess) | :: Vossa Alteza {f} |
| Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: Vossa Majestade {f} |
| your mom {interj} (a general-purpose insult) | :: tua mãe |
| your mother {interj} (insult) | :: tua mãe |
| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular) | :: (o) teu {m}, (o) seu {m} |
| yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural) | :: (o) seu {m}, (o) vosso {m} |
| yourself {pron} ((reflexive) your own self) | :: te, se |
| yourself {pron} (you, used emphatically) | :: você/tu mesmo {m} |
| yourselves {pron} (you (referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned)) | :: vós/vocês mesmos {m}, vós/vocês mesmas {f} |
| yourselves {pron} (intensifier) | :: vós/vocês mesmos {m}, vós/vocês mesmas {f} |
| yours sincerely {adj} (a polite formula to end letters) | :: atenciosamente |
| your wish is my command {phrase} (what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command) | :: o seu pedido é uma ordem |
| you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours {proverb} (if you do me a favor then I will do you a favor) | :: uma mão lava a outra |
| you shouldn't have {phrase} (used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity) | :: não precisava |
| you snooze you lose {proverb} (If you are not alert and attentive, you will not be successful) | :: bobeou, dançou |
| youth {n} (quality or state of being young) | :: juventude {f} |
| youth {n} (part of life following childhood) | :: infância {f} |
| youth {n} (young person) | :: jovem {m} {f} |
| youth {n} (young man) | :: rapaz {m}, moço {m}, jovem {m} |
| youth {n} (young persons, collectively) | :: jovens {m} {f} {p} |
| youth detention centre {n} (secure residential facility for young people) | :: reformatório {m} |
| youthful {adj} (young or seeming young) | :: juvenil, jovem |
| youthful {adj} (characteristic of young people) | :: juvenil |
| youth hostel {n} (an inexpensive supervised lodging place, primarily for young people) | :: albergue {m} |
| YouTube {prop} (a video-sharing website) | :: YouTube {m} |
| YouTuber {n} (YouTube video creator) | :: youtuber {m} {f} |
| you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette {proverb} (phrase) | :: não se pode fazer omelete sem quebrar os ovos |
| yowzah {adv} (yessir) SEE: yessir | :: |
| yo-yo {n} (toy) | :: ioiô {m} |
| ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: itérbio {m} |
| yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: ítrio {m} |
| yuan {n} (basic unit of money in China) | :: yuan {m} |
| Yuan Tan {prop} (Chinese New Year) SEE: Chinese New Year | :: |
| Yucatec Maya {prop} (Yucatec Maya language) | :: iucateque {m}, iucateco {m} |
| Yucatán {prop} (a peninsula in North America) | :: Península de Iucatã |
| Yucatán {prop} (a state in Mexico) | :: Iucatã |
| yucca {n} (evergreen plant) | :: iúca {f} |
| yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: eca, puh, iéca |
| yuck it up {v} (yuk it up) SEE: yuk it up | :: |
| Yugoslav {adj} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslav {n} (Yugoslavian) SEE: Yugoslavian | :: |
| Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: Jugoslávia {f} (), Iugoslávia {f} () |
| Yugoslavian {adj} (of or relating to Yugoslavia) | :: jugoslavo , iugoslavo |
| Yugoslavian {n} (a native of Yugoslavia) | :: jugoslavo {m} , iugoslavo {m} |
| yuk it up {v} (clown around) | :: brincar, gracejar, fazer graça |
| Yukon {prop} (territory in northern Canada which has Whitehorse as its capital) | :: Yukon {m}, Território de Yukon {m} |
| Yukon Territory {prop} (Yukon) SEE: Yukon | :: |
| Yule log {n} (log-shaped cake covered in chocolate) | :: lenha de Natal {f} |
| yum {adj} (indication of delight) | :: mmm |
| yummy {adj} (delicious) | :: delicioso |
| Yunnan {prop} (a province in China) | :: Yunnan {m}, Iunã {m} |
| yup {interj} ((informal) yes) | :: sim |
| Yup'ik {prop} (a language of the Eskimo-Aleut family) | :: yupik {m} |
| yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) | :: yuppie {m} {f} |
| yuri {n} (anime or manga genre) | :: yuri {m} |
| yurt {n} (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) | :: iurte {f}, yurt {f}, yurte {f}, iurta {f} |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Iujno-Sakhalinsk {f} |
| Yvonne {prop} (female given name) | :: Ivone {f} |