Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

actuator

A mechanical device for moving or controlling something, such as a valve, by converting energy (typically electrical, hydraulic, or pneumatic) into motion.

adequate

Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

administrator

A person responsible for running a business, organization, or institution.

admonisher

A person who cautions, advises, or gently reproves someone against something.

adolescence

The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

adversity

A state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune.

agronomy

The science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, and land restoration.

ambivert

A person who has a balance of extroverted and introverted features in their personality.

ameliorate

To make something bad or unsatisfactory better.

amenorrhea

An abnormal absence of menstruation.

amphetamine

A synthetic, addictive nervous system stimulant used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy, and sometimes abused as a recreational drug.

amplifier

An electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electric signals, used chiefly in sound reproduction.