The Portuguese word for animal is
animal
Gender
The gender of animal is masculine. E.g. o animal.Plural
The plural of animal is animais.Portuguese Definition
| animal | |
| 1. Adjetivo. animal | |
| 2. Substantivo. animal |
Translations for animal and their definitions
| besta | |
| 1. n-f. beast (any large animal) | |
| 2. n-f. beast of burden (animal used to transport cargo) | |
| 3. n-f. ass (any of several species of horse-like animals) | |
| 4. n-f. (pejorative) fool; idiot (stupid person) | |
| 5. n-f. (euphemistic) the Beast; Satan | |
| 6. n-f. (by extension) a monster | |
| 7. v. verb form of bestar | |
| 8. n-f. crossbow (weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock) |
| bicho | |
| 1. n-m. beast (non-human animal) | |
| 2. n-m. (pejorative) severely aggressive person | |
| 3. n-m. (Brazil, slang) buddy (close friend); also used as a general informal form of address | |
| 4. n-m. bug |
| animal | |
| 1. adj. (biology) animal (relating to animals) | |
| 2. adj. (derogatory, of a person) brute (senseless, unreasoning) | |
| 3. adj. (Brazil, colloquial) cool; awesome | |
| 4. n-m. (biology) animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia) | |
| 5. n-m. (non-scientific usage) animal (an animal other than a human, especially a vertebrate) | |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial) twat; idiot; moron | |
| 7. n-m. (colloquial) beast (a cruel person) |
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