The Portuguese word for old is
velho
Portuguese Definition
| old | |
| 1. Adjetivo. velho |
Translations for old and their definitions
| velho | |
| 1. adj. old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time) | |
| Esta escultura é velha. - This sculpture is old. | |
| 2. adj. (of a living being) old; aged (having lived for most of the expected years) | |
| Pararei de trabalhar depois de ficar velho. - I will stop working after I become old. | |
| 3. adj. (of an object) old (that has been used for a considerable period of time) | |
| Li um livro tão velho que as páginas ficavam caindo. - I read a book so old that the pages kept falling out. | |
| 4. adj. old (obsolete or out-of-date) | |
| Essa teoria já está velha. - That theory is already obsolete. | |
| 5. n-m. (sometimes offensive) an old person | |
| 6. n-m. (slang) father | |
| 7. n-m. (affectionate) husband, especially a middle-aged or elderly one | |
| 8. n-m. (slang) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro | |
| 9. interj. (Brazil) man!, dude! (emphatic interjection) |
| antigo | |
| 1. adj. (relational) ancient (related to ancient times) | |
| Grécia Antiga - Ancient Greece | |
| 2. adj. old (less often of people) | |
| um filme antigo - an old movie |
| de | |
| 1. prep. of (in relation to) | |
| os amigos dele - the friends of him | |
| 2. prep. of (forms compounds; often untranslated) | |
| fones de ouvido - phones of ear | |
| acampamento de verão - summer camp | |
| 3. prep. of; about (on the subject of) | |
| Do que estavam falando? - What were they talking about? | |
| 4. prep. of; -'s (belonging to) | |
| a casa de alguém - someone's house | |
| 5. prep. -'s (made by) | |
| Você provou o bolo da minha mãe? - Have you tried my mother’s cake? | |
| 6. prep. of (being a part of) | |
| capa do livro - cover of the book | |
| 7. prep. of (introduces the month a given day is part of) | |
| Primeiro de janeiro. - First of January. | |
| 8. prep. of (introduces the object of an agent noun) | |
| Hitler foi um exterminador de judeus. - Hitler was an exterminator of Jews. | |
| 9. prep. of (introduces the name of a place following its hypernym) | |
| A vila de Iorque. - The village of York. | |
| 10. prep. of; -en (made or consisting of) | |
| De que é feito? - Of what is made this? | |
| 11. prep. -long (having the duration of) | |
| um filme de duas horas - a two hour-long movie | |
| 12. prep. of (indicates the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun) | |
| Milhares de pessoas vieram. - Thousands of people came. | |
| 13. prep. of (characterised by; having the given quality) | |
| O templo não é mais um local de paz. - The temple is no longer a place of peace. | |
| 14. prep. of (introduces the noun that applies a given adjective or past participle) | |
| Um balde cheio de água. - A bucket full of water. | |
| 15. prep. from (born in or coming out of) | |
| De onde você é? - Where are you from? | |
| 16. prep. by means of; by | |
| Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus. - I always go to work by bus. | |
| 17. prep. as (in the role of) | |
| Na festa, ele estava de bruxo. - At the party, he was dressed as a wizard. | |
| 18. prep. in (wearing) | |
| Homens de Preto - Men in Black |
| usado | |
| 1. adj. used | |
| 2. adj. worn, worn-out | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of usar |
| cansativo | |
| 1. adj. tiring; tiresome |
| com | |
| 1. prep. with; against | |
| Lutamos com os nossos inimigos. - We fight against our enemies. | |
| 2. prep. with; alongside; together with (in the company of) | |
| Lutamos com os nossos amigos. - We fight alongside our friends. | |
| 3. prep. with (as a part or accessory of) | |
| Compramos uma casa com uma garagem e com dois andares. - We bought a house with a garage and with two storeys. | |
| 4. prep. with (in support of) | |
| Quero saber se meus amigos estão comigo. - I want to know whether my friend are with me. | |
| 5. prep. with; using (by means of) | |
| Escrevi o artigo com um lápis. - I wrote the article with a pencil. | |
| 6. prep. with (as a consequence of) | |
| Com a falência da fábrica, ficamos desempregados. - With the bankruptcy of the factory, we ended up unemployed. | |
| 7. prep. with; having | |
| Estou com a pior dor de cabeça que o mundo já viu. - I have the worst headache the world has ever seen. |
| idoso | |
| 1. adj. (usually of people) elderly; old | |
| 2. n-m. elder; elderly person, oldtimer |
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