Portuguese translation of the English word head
| English | Portuguese (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (conduct; direct; guide; lead; drive; show the way) | conduzir ; dirigir ; guiar | |
| (pate) | cabeça | |
🔗 She almost took my head off. | ||
| (direct; guide; manage; steer; conduct; drive; lead; refer; address) | dirigir ; encaminhar ; gerir ; governar ; guiar | |
| (govern; restrain; cover; master; be in charge; be in charge of; be at the head of) | administrar ; dirigir | |
🔗 The most obvious recent example is the president’s nomination of Budi Gunawan to head the national police. | ||
| (boss; chief; leader; governor; master; prefect) | chefe ; director | |
🔗 Inflation in Russia could reach between 17% and 20% this year, Aleksej Kudrin, the head of Russia’s audit chamber, said on Wednesday. | ||
| (boss; chief; leader; headman; kingpin) | chefe ; principal | |
🔗 Ukrainians have now largely turned their backs on the Russian Orthodox Church whose head patriarch Kirill has backed the invasion. | ||
a head (headache) | dor de cabeça | |
| (break down upon; make for) | dirigir‐se a ; encaminhar‐se para | direkti sin al |
🔗 Almost immediately afterward, tropical storm Saudel lashed the Philippines, causing flooding and forcing thousands to evacuate, before heading for Vietnam. | ||
chefe de Estado | ||
🔗 In my country, one family has a monopoly on the position of head of state. | ||
shake one’s head | negar com a cabeça | |
| (on; forth; forward; forwards; onward; to the fore) | adiante | |
| (following; next; coming; subsequent) | seguinte | sekvonta |
| (next; forthcoming; future; coming; upcoming) | próximo | |
| (decapitate) | decapitar | |
🔗 Someone should have been beheaded for this. | ||
pato‐de‐touca‐branca | grandkapa klangulo | |
serpente‐mocassim‐cabeça‐de‐cobre | ||
fronte ; testa | ||
🔗 Suddenly he slapped his forehead. | ||
headache (a head) | dor de cabeça | |
heading (title; caption; designation; style) | cabeçalho | |
heading (column; category; rubric) | coluna ; rubrica | |
| (boss; chief; leader; head; kingpin) | chefe ; principal | |
🔗 “Take them away,” ordered the headman, “and confine them safely in a hut.” | ||
| (kerchief; scarf) | lenço | |
headstrong (obstinate; stubborn; dogged; inveterate; wilful; balky) | birrento ; obstinado ; teimoso | |
| (beluga; beluga whale; white whale) | baleia‐branca ; beluga | |
| (above; on top; up; aloft; at the top) | a cavaleiro ; em cima ; no alto | |
🔗 From overhead, from Tam’s bedroom, came a scraping, as of something being dragged across the floor. | ||
shovelhead (bonnethead shark) | tubarão‐de‐pala | ŝovelila maleŝarko |
| English | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| head | ⇆ cabeça; ⇆ cabeceira; ⇆ caudilho |
| bed’s head | ⇆ cabeceira |
| bury one’s head in the sand | ⇆ bancar avestruz |
| head of hair | ⇆ cabeleira |
| ahead | ⇆ adiante |
| bald‐headed | ⇆ calvo |
| behead | ⇆ decapitar; ⇆ degolar |
| big‐headed | ⇆ vaidoso |
| bufflehead | ⇆ pato‐de‐touca‐branca |
| copperhead | ⇆ serpente‐mocassim‐cabeça‐de‐cobre |
| heading | ⇆ cabeçalho |
| headline | ⇆ cabeçalho |
| head‐office | ⇆ casa matriz |
| headstone | ⇆ cabeceira |
| melonhead | ⇆ baleia‐branca; ⇆ beluga |
| pigheaded | ⇆ cabeçudo |
| shovelhead | ⇆ tubarão‐de‐pala |