Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Spa

A place providing therapeutic baths, massages, and other health and beauty treatments.

Space-Being

A hypothetical or fictional entity that exists in outer space.

Spam

Irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the internet, typically to a large number of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, or spreading malware.

Spandrel

The triangular space between the top of an arch and the rectangular frame that surrounds it.

Sparring

A practice fight between two individuals, typically in martial arts or boxing, where the goal is to improve skills rather than to win.

Special Session

A meeting or assembly convened for a specific purpose, often outside of the regular schedule.

Spenserian sonnet

A variation of the sonnet form consisting of fourteen lines with a specific interlocking rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).

Spike Heel

A type of high-heeled shoe with a long, thin heel that tapers to a point.

Spimming

The act of sending unsolicited commercial or malicious messages via instant messaging services.

Spinning jenny

An early multi-spool spinning wheel invented in 1764 that dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker being able to work multiple spools at once.

Spiritless

Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or vitality.

Spooler

A computer program or process that manages the transmission of data to a peripheral device, such as a printer, by temporarily storing it on a disk or in memory.