The Portuguese word for light is
luz
Gender
The gender of luz is feminine. E.g. a luz.Plural
The plural of luz is luzes.Portuguese Definition
| light | |
| 1. Adjetivo. leve | |
| a light stone: uma pedra leve | |
| 2. Substantivo. luz |
Translations for light and their definitions
| acender | |
| 1. v. to light (to set fire to) | |
| 2. v. to light up; to catch fire | |
| 3. v. to turn on (to activate a source of light) | |
| 4. v. to be turned on | |
| 5. v. (figurative, transitive) to give birth to (to create or start something that can’t be stopped) |
| Clara | |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Clara, eq2=Claire | |
| 2. n-f. the white (of an egg) | |
| 3. adj. feminine singular of claro |
| iluminar | |
| 1. v. to illuminate | |
| 2. v. to enlighten |
| Luz | |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
| 2. n-f. light (medium within which vision is possible) | |
| 3. n-f. light; light source (object that emits light) | |
| 4. n-f. (figurative) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are) | |
| 5. n-f. (colloquial) electricity |
| leve | |
| 1. adj. light (of low weight; not heavy) | |
| 2. adj. gentle, light (having little force) | |
| 3. v. verb form of levar |
| claro | |
| 1. adj. light (pale in colour) | |
| 2. adj. bright (luminous; not dark) | |
| 3. adj. clear (without clouds nor fog) | |
| 4. adj. clear (free of ambiguity or doubt) | |
| 5. adj. clear (distinct; sharp; well-marked; easily perceived as a unit) | |
| 6. adj. (of eyes) blue, green or grey | |
| 7. adj. evident (obviously true by simple observation) | |
| 8. n-m. clearing (area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees) | |
| 9. adv. clearly (without ambiguity) | |
| 10. interj. of course (indicates enthusiastic agreement) |
| banal | |
| 1. adj. banal (common) | |
| 2. adj. hackneyed (repeated too often) |
| pingado | |
| 1. adj. dotted; speckled | |
| 2. n-m. (regional) coffee with milk served in an espresso glass | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of pingar |
| visão | |
| 1. n-f. view (the act of seeing something) | |
| 2. n-f. sight; eyesight; vision (the ability to see; the condition of not being blind) | |
| 3. n-f. vision; eye (the ability to notice things) | |
| 4. n-f. vision (an idea about how things should be in the future) | |
| 5. n-f. view; vision (mental image) | |
| 6. n-f. view (a person’s way of understanding something) | |
| 7. n-f. (databases) view (logical table in database formed from data from physical tables) | |
| 8. n-f. (paranormal, religion) vision (a mystical mental image of something that happened or will happen) |
| fogo |  © | |
| 1. n-m. fire (chemical reaction producing a flame) | ||
| A criança aprendeu a não colocar a mão no fogo da maneira mais difícil. - The child learned not to put his hand in the fire the hard way. | ||
| 2. n-m. fire (destructive occurrence of fire in a certain place) | ||
| Um fogo destruiu várias lojas no centro. - A fire destroyed several shops downtown. | ||
| 3. n-m. house, family | ||
| 4. n-m. (military) fire (projectiles in mid-air) | ||
| Os soldados avançaram sob fogo pesado. - The soldiers advanced under heavy fire. | ||
| 5. n-m. (poetic) flame (intense emotions) | ||
| O fogo da paixão. - The flame of passion. | ||
| 6. n-m. short for, fogo de artifício | ||
| 7. n-m. a device that produces a flame; a lighter or match | ||
| O fumante viu que não tinha fogo. - The smoker noticed that he didn’t have a lighter. | ||
| 8. n-m. (colloquial) heat (tense situation) | ||
| 9. n-m. (Brazil) pain in the ass (someone or something that is hard to deal with) | ||
| Seu filho é fogo. - Your kid is a pain in the ass. | ||
| 10. interj. (military) fire! (an order for soldiers to shoot) | ||
| 11. interj. (colloquial) (euphemistic form of foda-se) | ||
| iluminado | |
| 1. Participle. past participle of iluminar |
| light | |
| 1. adj. (of food) light (low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt or other undesirable substances) |
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