Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)
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10 Language-to-English DictionariesParamilitary-Police
A police force that operates with military-style organization and tactics, often in situations of civil unrest or conflict.
Paramount
More important than anything else; supreme.
Paraplegia
Paralysis of the lower half of the body, typically caused by injury or disease affecting the spinal cord.
Native Script: parátexis
Parataxis
A rhetorical term for a writing style that juxtaposes phrases or clauses without coordinating or subordinating them.
Parchment
A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, used as a durable writing surface in ancient and medieval times.
Parhelion
A bright spot that appears on either side of the sun, often caused by the refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere.
Pariah
A person who is rejected or ostracized by society.
Parliamentarian
A member of a parliament, especially one who is experienced, active, or influential in parliamentary affairs.
Parochialism
A narrow outlook or restriction of scope to a local area or specific context, with little regard for broader or global perspectives.
Paronym
A word that is derived from the same root or has a similar form to another word but has a different meaning.
Partitive
A grammatical case or construction that indicates a part of a whole.
Passionist
A member of a religious order founded in 1720 that focuses on the Passion of Christ and promotes devotion to it.