Portuguese Vocabulary - Harry Potter

Vocabulary from the European Portuguese translation

maquiavélico

Machiavellian, cunning, scheming, manipulative

Tiritar

To Shiver

Fungar

To sniff

Frota

Fleet

Falésia

Cliff

Trepar

to climb; to ascend; to rise

de esguelha

slanted, sideways, askew

chinó

toupee, wig

anafado

fat, plump, stout

Lúgubre

dismal

melaço

melasses

retratos

portraits

tapeçarias

tapestries

painéis deslizantes

sliding panels

estoiro / estoirar

explosion / to burst; to explode

boca arreganha

mouth wide open

masmorra

dungeon

à socapa

stealthily, in secrecy

palermices

nonsense

disparate

nonsense

sobrolho franzido

frowning brow

furúnculos

boils

claraboia

skylight

maçaneta

handle (door handle)

guinchar

to shriek, to squeal

troçar

to mock, to scoff

espreitar

to lurk; to spy

suspirar

to sigh

faia

beech wood (tree)

deambular

to roam, to wander

Debulhar-se

to thrash out

pio

peep

sarilho; meter-se em sarilho

mess; to get into trouble, to get into a mess

mogno

mahogany (wood)

maciço

massive, heavy

Estrábico

squint (squinty)

cintilar

to twinkle

balbuciar

to babble

com voz rouca

with a hoarse voice

encardida

dirty

arrojado

bold

gaguejar

to stutter

esbugalhar

to bulge

baralhado

confused

silvar

to hiss

um maço

a pack

gatafunhos

scribbles

estatelando-se com um baque

crashing down with a thud

esguichar

to squint

chicotada

whiplash

vertiginosa

Dizzying

carpideira

mourner

esfolava vivo

skinned alive

jaula

cage

rosto sardento

freckled face

debruçado

leaning over

Uma manta de retalhos

A patchwork quilt

Solavanco

Bump

Pocilga

Pigsty

Furibundo

Furious

Protuberante

Protruding

Ombros arqueados

Hunched shoulders

Poeirento

Dusty

Entalar

To jam

Funileiros

Tinsmiths

Tocas

Burroughs

Gasto

Worn

Bule

Teapot

Furão

Ferret

Encolhida

Shrunken

Chaleira

Kettle

Bocejar

To yawn

Atiçador

Poker stick

Arrecadação

Collection; storage room

Esgueirar-se

To sneak

Matiz

Hue

Alaranjado

Orange (orangish)

Colcha da cama

Bed spread

Baralho de cartas

Deck of cards

Borrões

Smudges

Vitrina

Window display case

Atrofiada

atrophied, shriveled, wasted away

Montra

Showcase

Untuosa

unctuous, excessively flattering; greasy

Boatos

Rumors

Amigalhaço

Buddy

Uma Aldrabice

A scam

Traiçoeiro

Treacherous

Presunçoso

presumptuous

Perdigotos

droplets (spittle)

Extirpar

extirpate (to root out and destroy completely)

Barafunda

Mess

Irremediavelmente

irremediably (impossible to remedy, correct, or redress)

Olheiras

dark circles (under eyes)

Obcecada(o)

Obsessed

Auge

Peak

Alhos-porros

Leaks (vegetable)

perícia

Expertise

carrasco

Executioner

inconfundível

Unmistakable