The Portuguese word for key is
chave

Gender

The gender of chave is feminine. E.g. a chave.

Plural

The plural of chave is chaves.

Portuguese Definition

key
1. Adjetivo. indispensável
2. Adjetivo. importante
3. Substantivo. chave
4. Substantivo. segredo
5. Substantivo. explicação, glossário
6. Substantivo. tecla
7. Substantivo. (Música) clave
8. Substantivo. (Basquetebol) garrafão
9. Verbo. digitar, teclar

Translations for key and their definitions

chave
1. n-f. key (object that opens and closes a lock)
Chave do portão - Key to the gate
2. n-f. key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
Chave do carro - Car key
3. n-f. any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
Chave de fenda/chave de fendas - Screwdriver
4. n-f. (typography) curly bracket gloss, name of the characters and
Coloque o valor entre chaves. - Put the value between curly brackets.
5. n-f. (figurative) key (crucial step, element or requirement)
Terminar dentro do prazo é a chave para o sucesso. - Finishing within schedule is the key to success.
6. n-f. (figurative) keys (free access to something)
7. n-f. (computing) key; password
8. n-f. (cryptography) key (a string used to encode or decode text)
9. n-f. (databases) key (value that identifies a row in a table)
10. n-f. (musical instruments) a key of a wind instrument
11. n-f. (musical instruments) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
12. n-f. winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
13. n-f. (electricity) the switch of a circuit breaker
14. n-f. (puzzles) the clue to an answer
15. n-f. (sports) group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
16. n-f. (martial arts) joint lock
17. n-f. (rail transport) the mechanism that activates a switch
18. n-f. (architecture) the keystone of a vault
19. n-f. music, obsolete synonym of clave
20. adj. key; crucial; indispensable

tecla
1. n-f. key (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard)
2. n-f. (musical instrument) key (one of a number of rectangular moving parts on a piano or musical keyboard)
3. v. verb form of teclar

garrafão
1. n-m. augmentative of garrafa
2. n-m. large jug usually made of plastic or similar materials
3. n-m. demijohn (large bottle with short neck, typically made of glass)
4. n-m. (basketball) key (free-throw lane and the circle surrounding the free-throw line)

legenda
1. n-f. (cinema, television, often in plural) subtitle(s) (textual versions of film dialogue)
2. n-f. caption (title or brief explanation attached to an illustration or cartoon)
3. n-f. key, legend (textual description of symbols and/or colour codes on a map or graph)
4. v. verb form of legendar

digitar
1. v. to type (to write text with a keyboard)
Digitei o livro inteiro nesse computador. - I typed the whole book on this computer.
2. v. to type; to press (to press keys on a keyboard)
Digite 9 para chamar a segurança. - Press 9 to call security.

clave
1. n-f. (music) clef (symbol)
2. n-f. juggling club

índice
1. n-m. index (alphabetical list)
2. n-m. (computing, database) index (data structure to improve the performance of table operations)
3. n-m. (mathematics) index (raised suffix indicating a power)
4. n-m. index (number representing a property or ratio)