| sinal |
| 1. n-m. sign; mark; trace (a visible or otherwise perceivable indication of something) | |
| Isso é um sinal claro dos problemas que virão. - This is a clear sign of coming problems. | |
| Esta ruína é um dos poucos sinais que restaram da guerra. - These ruins are one of the few remaining traces of the war. | |
| 2. n-m. mark (a blemish, stain, scratch, scar or similar on a surface, especially on the skin) | |
| Ele voltou da guerra com o rosto cheio de sinais. - He returned from the war with his face full of marks. | |
| 3. n-m. signal (a visual or audible indication made to give notice of some occurrence, command or danger) | |
| Espere pelo meu sinal para atacar. - Wait for my signal to attack. | |
| 4. n-m. sign; gesture (a motion of the hands or body used to express something) | |
| Faça o sinal da cruz. - Make the sign of the cross. | |
| 5. n-m. # (linguistics) sign (a linguistic unit of a sign language) | |
| # O sinal IGREJA é composto dos sinais CASA e CRUZ. - The sign for ‘church’ is a compound of the signs for ‘house’ and ‘cross’. | |
| 6. n-m. # (deaf culture) name sign; sign name (a sign-language sign that identifies a person) | |
| # Você tem sinal? - Do you have a name sign? | |
| 7. n-m. school bell (bell or siren used to announce the beginning and end of classes in schools) | |
| 8. n-m. traffic light (set of lights indicating when it is safe to cross a street) | |
| O sinal está aberto, pode ir. - The light is green, you can go. | |
| 9. n-m. (telephony) beep (tone played by an answering machine before it starts recording) | |
| Deixe sua mensagem após o sinal. - Leave your message after the beep. | |
| 10. n-m. (telecommunications) signal (physical impulse used to convey data) | |
| O sinal de rádio não pega do outro lado da montanha. - The radio signal does not reach the other side of the mountain. | |
| 11. n-m. (finance) deposit; down payment (initial payment of a purchase) | |
| 12. n-m. (mathematics) sign (a symbol that represents a mathematical operation or relationship) | |
| O sinal de igual e o sinal de mais. - The equals sign and the plus sign. | |
