Tetun words starting with C
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- cabbage·repolhu
- cabbage leaf·repolhu tahan
- cabe merah yang biasanya·porridge or on meat
- cabin attendant·servidór (iha aviaun)
- cabin baggage·pasta lori rasik
- cabin crew·servidór (iha aviaun)
- cabinet·(cupboard) almari
- cabinet (in politics·gabinete (E)
- cabinet (in politics)·gabinete
- cable·kabu
- cacao·kakau
- cache·cache
- cactus·ai-reti
- Caesarean section·sezariana
- cafeteria·kantina, kafetaria
- café·kafetaria, kafé
- café, coffee shop·kafé
- cage·luhan
- cage, pen, (animal) enclosure·luhan
- cake·bolu karamelu
- cake (iced with caramel)·bolu karamelu
- cake (without icing)·bolu
- cake of soap·sabonete
- cake tin·forma
- cake, biscuit, pastry·bolinho (m), bolo (m)
- calculate·kalkula
- calculation, calculus·kálkulu
- calculator·kalkuladór
- calendar·kalendáriu
- calf·(of leg) ain kabun
- calf (of leg·ain kabun
- calf (of leg)·ain-kabun
- caliper·kalibradór
- call·bolu; (on telephone) telefone
- call to chicks·kurr
- calling, vocation·xamada
- callous·laran aat
- calm·hakmatek; kalma
- calm (not agitated), cool-headed·kakutak malirin
- calm, calm down (someone)·akalma
- calorie·kaloria
- Cambodia·Kamboja
- Cambodian·ema Kamboja; hosi
- camcorder, video camera·handycam
- camel·kamelu
- camera·kamera
- camera (esp. non-digital)·mákina-fotografia
- camisole·kamizinha
- camouflage (uniform)·loren
- camp·akampamentu
- campaign·kampanha
- camphor·kanfra
- camping·akampamentu
- campsite·akampamentu, fatin akampamentu
- campuran sayuran tradisional, biasanya·flowers
- campus·kampus
- campylobacteriosis·n. kampilobakteriosis
- camshaft·komandu
- can·(able) bele
- can hardly stand·bulelu
- can, be able to, possible·bele
- can-opener·abrelata
- can-opener, tin-opener·abrelata
- Canada·Kanadá
- Canadian·ema Kanadá; hosi
- canarium·kiar
- cancel·kansela
- cancel (esp. plans), annul·kansela
- cancellation·kanselamentu
- cancellation fee·kustu kanselamentu
- cancer·kanker
- candida albicans, candida·kandida albikans
- candidate·kandidata
- candidature·kandidatura
- candle·lilin
- candle wax·lilin been
- candlenut·kamii
- candy·rebusadu
- cane·rota
- cane, give a caning·hisik
- cane, walking stick·ai tonka
- cangkir·teacup
- cangkir, mok·(plastic/tin) cup
- canned food·hahaan lata, lataria
- canned food, tinned food·hahán lata
- canned goods, tinned·conserva (f) em lata
- cannon·kainaun
- cannot remember·hanoin la
- cannulate·tau kanula
- canoe·bero
- canoe, small boat·bero
- canon (of scripture)·kanon
- canon law·direitu kanóniku
- canonical·kanónika
- canonisation·kanonizasaun
- canonise·kanoniza
- canteen·kafetaria, kantina
- canvas·lona
- cap·(headwear) xapeu; (lid) botir
- capacity·kapasidade
- capacity building·kapasitasaun
- capacity, ability·kapasidade
- capcai·vegetables
- cape·rai-inur
- cape, headland·inur
- capital·(city) kapitál
- capital (city)·kapitál
- capital (financial·modal (I)
- capital city·kapitál
- capital letter, upper case letter·letra boot
- capitalism·kapitalizmu
- capitalist·kapitalista
- cappuccino·cappuccino
- capsicum·ai manas boot
- capsicum, red pepper, green pepper·pimentaun
- capsize·baku fila
- capsule (of medicine)·kápsula
- captain·kapitaun
- capture, arrest·kaptura
- car·kareta
- car rental agency·ajénsia aluga kareta
- carambola·karambola
- caramel·karamelu
- carbohydrate·karboidratu
- carbon·karbonu
- carbon dioxide, CO2·dióxidu karbonu
- carburettor·karburadór
- carcinoma·karsinoma
- card·karta; kartaun
- card, letter·karta
- card-holding party·militante
- cardboard·kartón
- cardiac·kardiaku/a
- cardigan·faru manas
- cardinal·kardeál
- cardio-vascular·adj. kardiuvaskulár
- cardiologist·kardiolojista
- cardiology·kardiolojia
- cardiovascular·adj. kardiovaskulár
- care·atensaun
- care for·tau matan ba, kuidadu
- career·kareira
- career structure·rejime kareira
- careful·kuidadu
- carefully·di-diak
- carefully, thoroughly·di-diak
- careless, clumsy, 'all thumbs'·liman aat
- cargo·naha
- cargo, load, freight·naha
- Carnival·karnivál
- carnivore, carnivorous·karnívora
- carpenter·badaen ai
- carpenter, cabinet maker·badaen ai
- carpentry·karpintaria
- carpet·tapeti
- carpet, rug·tapete
- carrot·senoura
- carry·lori; tula; (in sarong) kele
- carry on head·tutur
- carry on one's shoulders·hasaan
- carry on shoulders·hulan
- carry out·halao; implementa
- carry out, implement·halao
- carry suspended from a·leba
- carry-on bag·pasta lori rasik
- carsick·kareta lanu
- cart·kareta
- carton·pakote
- carton, cardboard box·doos
- cartoon·kartún
- cartoon (film)·filme boneka
- carve·bahat
- case·(box) kaixa
- case study·estudu kazu
- cash·osan (laos cek)
- cashew·kaijú
- cashew nut·kaijú musan
- cashier·kaixeira
- casino·kasinu
- cask·baríl
- cassava·ai farina
- cassava chips·ai farina sona
- cassava flour·ai farina uut
- cassava leaf·ai farina tahan
- cassava, manioc, tapioca·ai-fariña
- casserole·gizadu
- casserole dish·trina
- cassette·kaseti
- cassette recorder·gravadór
- cassette recorder, tape·gravadór
- cassette, tape (video/audio)·kasete
- cassock·batina
- cast·(a net) soe
- cast a net·tiha dai
- cast-net·dai
- cast-net (for fishing)·dai
- castrate·kapa
- castrate, geld·kapa
- casuarina tree·ai kakeu
- casuarina, she-oak·ai kakeu
- cat·busa
- cataclysmic flood·rai-nabeen
- catalogue·katálogu
- catalyst·katalizadór
- cataract·kataratas
- catastrophe·katástrofe
- catch·kaer, simu (buat ruma
- catch red-handed·kaer toman
- catch up with·toman
- catechism·katekizmu
- catechist·katekista
- catechist (lay religious teacher)·katekista
- catechumen (person receiving catechism training)·katekúmenu
- category·kategoria
- cater·halo catering
- caterer·kompanhia catering
- catering·catering
- caterpillar·lakataru
- catfish·ikan lele
- cathedral·katedrál
- Catholic·katóliku/a
- Catholic youth and children's group·kruzada
- Catholic) mass·misa
- Catholic) priest·amu lulik
- Catholicism·katolisizmu
- cats’ whiskers·kalaur
- cattle·karau baka, karau
- cattle pen, cowshed·karau luhan
- Caucasian·malae mutin
- cauliflower·repolhu funan
- cause·halo, ha-; (problems)
- cause to die, kill·halo mate
- cavalry·kavalaria
- cave·fatuk kuak
- cave, cavern·fatuk kuak
- cavern·fatuk kuak boot
- cavity·kuak; (in tooth) nehan
- cavity (in tooth)·n. nehan kuak
- cawan, piala (yang dipakai·(champagne) flute
- cayenne pepper·ai manas lotuk
- cc (copy)·cc
- cc, cubic centimetre·cc
- CCTV·cctv
- CD·cd
- cease-fire·sesar fogu
- ceiling·foru (uma)
- ceiling fan·ventuiña tara
- ceiling, lining·foru
- celebrant·selebrante
- celebrate·festeja
- celebration·selebrasaun
- celebration of democracy (elections)·festa demokrasia
- celery·salsa
- cell, watch-house·sela
- Celsius, centigrade·sélsius
- cement·sementi
- cement (in·sementi rahun
- cement (in powder·sementi uut
- cement (in powder form)·sementi rahun
- cement block·batako
- cement drain pipe, well casing·manila
- cement mix·masa sementi
- cement mixer·betoneira
- cement, concrete, plaster (for walls)·sementi
- cemetery·rate; semitériu
- cemetery, graveyard·semitériu
- censorship·sensura
- census·sensu
- cent·sentavu
- cent (for Timorese coins)·sentavu
- centimetre·sentímetru
- centipede·sintupeia
- central·sentrál
- central nervous·sistema nervozu sentrál
- centralisation·sentralizasaun
- centralise·sentraliza
- centralised·sentralizadu
- centre·klaran, sentru
- centre, middle·klaran
- centurion·senturiaun
- century·sékulu
- century, a hundred years·tinan atus ida
- cerebellar·serebelum nian
- cerebral malaria·malária serebrál
- cerebral palsy·n. parálisis serebrál
- cerebrovascular accident·n. asidente
- cerek·water
- ceremonial·serimoniál
- ceremonies one·ai funan moruk
- ceremonies to mark·kore metan
- ceremonies two·ai funan midar
- ceremony·serimónia
- ceremony before the start of·sau
- certain·laran metin, fiar metin
- certainly·loos duni (uza atu
- certainly, of course·konserteza
- certainty·serteza
- certificate·sertidaun
- certification·sertifikasaun
- cetok·sendok makan
- chain·korenti
- chain pipe wrench·xave korente
- chainsaw·motosera
- chair·kadeira; (of meeting)
- chairman·moderadór
- chairman, chairwoman, chair (moderator)·prezidente (da) meza
- chairwoman·moderadora
- chalice·kalis
- chalice, goblet, wine glass·champanhe)
- chalk·jís
- chalk (for blackboard)·jís
- challenge·dezafia
- chamber (of commerce, ecclesiastical, municipal)·kámara
- chamber of commerce·kámara komérsiu
- Chamber of Commerce (and Industry)·kámara komérsiu (no industria)
- champagne·xampanha
- champion, winner (in sports)·kampiaun
- championship·kampionatu
- chance·oportunidade
- change·(noun: alteration)
- change (from·osan volta
- change (from money)·osan volta
- change fee·kustu alterasaun
- channel·bee dalan; mota oan
- channel, do plumbing·kanaliza
- chapel·kapela
- chaplain·kapelaun
- chapter·kapítulu
- chapter (of book)·kapítulu
- character·hahalok, karakter
- character (in a book, film...)·personajen
- characteristic·karakterístika
- characteristic, property, feature, trait·karakterístika
- charcoal, black coals (of fire)·ahi anar
- charge·(charge battery) karega
- charge (a phone, battery)·cas
- charge up (a battery·karega
- charger·(for batteries) karegadór
- charger (for battery)·karegadór
- charitable, generous in helping people·sosiál
- charity·karidade
- charity, act of charity·karidade
- charm·(magic) biru, kakaluk
- charm (magic)·n. maninga
- charm to make one invisible·matan-helik
- chart·gráfiku
- charter·aluga
- chase·duni, duni tuir
- chase out, expel, exorcise (demon)·duni sai
- chase, chase away, pursue·duni
- chase, pursue·duni tuir
- chassis, body (of car)·xasí
- chastity·kastidade
- chat, converse·ko'alia halimar
- chatterbox·ko'alia dór
- cheap·baratu
- cheap, inexpensive·baratu
- cheaper·baratu liu
- cheapest·mak baratu liu
- cheat·hamatak
- cheat, deceive·han-matak
- cheat, play dirty·joga fo'er
- check·(inspect) revista, pasa
- check (Amérika·(cheque)
- check in·cek in
- check out·cek out
- checker·verifikadór
- checkers·damas
- checklist·lista verifikasaun
- checkpoint·cek poin
- cheek·hasan
- cheeky·nakar
- cheer·haklalak
- cheer, shout, call·haklalak
- cheese·keiju
- chef·kozinheiru/a
- chemical·kímiku
- chemical abuse·n. abuzu droga
- chemical fertiliser·adubu kímiku
- chemistry·kimia (I)
- chemotherapy·kemoterapia
- chemotherapy, chemo·kemo
- cheque·cek
- cherish·estima
- cherry·serejas
- cherry, Panama berry (a·semelhante à cereja
- cherubim, cherub·kerubín
- chess·catur
- chest·hirus matan
- chest (muscles), pectoral muscle·peitu
- chest, breast·fuan-matan
- chew·mama
- chew (using back teeth·ruun
- chew (using back teeth)·ruun
- chew without·mama
- chew, masticate·nata
- chewing gum·sumingál
- chick·manu oan (but beware of
- chicken·(bird) manu; (meat) naan
- chicken (meat·naan manu
- chicken (meat)·na'an-manu
- chicken blood·manu-raan
- chicken egg·mantolun
- chicken gizzard·manu kulat
- chicken meat·naan manu
- chicken pox·varisela
- chicken raised·ayam potong (I)
- chicken raised for its meat·ayam potong
- chief·(head) xefi; (principal)
- chief agent·ajente xefe
- chief inspector·inspetór xefi
- chief of staff·xefe estadu maiór
- chief priest·amu lulik nia ulun sira
- chief sergeant·sarjentu xefe
- chief superintendent·superintendente xefe
- chief trouble-maker, gang boss·maun abut
- child·(young person) labarik
- child (one’s own, as·oan rasik
- child (son, daughter·oan
- child (young person·labarik
- child (young person)·n. labarik
- child mortality·n. mortalidade labarik
- child who died·anju oan
- child who died in·anju oan
- child, kid·labarik
- Childhood Illness)·n. IMCI
- children's ministry·oratóriu
- children's ward·n. enfermaria pediatria
- chilli·ai manas
- chilli pepper·caiena, pimenta-malagueta (f)
- chilli pickle·budu ai manas
- chilli sauce·ai manas
- chilli, chilli sauce·ai-manas
- chimney·xaminé
- chin·hasan kraik
- China·Xina
- Chinese·xineza
- Chinese apple·ai look
- Chinese apple, jujube (tree with·comestiveis
- Chinese cabbage·modo mutin
- Chinese chives·liis tahan
- Chinese dish of mushrooms, bamboo·doce
- Chinese fortune-teller·sina maromak
- Chinese fortune-tellers·xina maromak
- Chinese mustard·mostarda
- Chinese mustard greens·mostarda
- Chinese pearl barley·batar dele, batar fatuk
- Chinese spinach·bayaun
- Chinese spinach, amaranth·bayaun
- Chinese sweet potato·fehuk xina
- chip off·tohik
- chip off, break off·tohik
- chips·fehuk sona; kripik, kropus, krupuk
- chips, potato chips·fehuk sona
- chisel·bahat
- chisel out·pika
- chisel, carve·bahat
- chocolate·xokolate
- chocolate sprinkles·miseseres
- choice·buat ida nebee ita hili
- choir conductor·palu
- choir conductor, choirmaster·dirijenti koru
- choir, vocal group, chorus·koru
- choir/orchestra·dirijenti
- choke·nesik
- choke, choke on·nikis
- choko·lakeru japonés, lakeru mutin, lakeru
- choko [Aust, NZ], chayote [US]·lakeru japonés
- cholecystectomy·kolesistektomia
- cholecystitis·kolesistitis
- cholelithiasis·kolelitiasis
- cholera·kólera
- cholesterol·kolesteról
- cholinesterase·inibidór kolinesterase
- cholinesterase inhibitors·n. inibidór
- choose·hili
- choose, select, appoint·hili
- choose, select, pick·eskolla
- chop·taa
- chop finely·tetak
- chopping board·ai tetak
- Christ·kristu
- Christ the King·kristu rei
- christen·foo sarani
- Christian·kristaun
- Christian name·naran sarani
- Christianity·kristianizmu
- Christmas·Natál
- Christmas bonus·bolsu natál
- Christmas tree·ai-natál
- chromolaena, Siam weed·ai-funan mutin
- chronic·krónika
- chronic renal failure·n. falhansu renál
- chronic renal failure,·falhansu renál krónika
- chronology·kronolojia
- chubby·isin kabuar
- chuck·behu
- church·igreja
- church building, church·igreja
- church hall·salaun parokiál
- church service·(Catholic) misa
- church worker·obreiru
- church, place of·uma kreda
- church, place of worship·uma-kreda
- cicada·sigara
- cigarette·sigaru
- cigarette ash·sigaru latun
- cigarette butt·sigaru rohan
- cigarette lighter·gás
- cigarette packet·masu
- cigarette, cigar·sigaru
- cincang·halo mamar) tenderise
- cinema·sinema
- cinema, movie theatre·sinema
- cinnamon·ai kanela
- cinnamon (powder)·kanela uut
- cinnamon stick·kanela kulit
- circle·(shape) kabuar; (go around)
- circle trip·ba-mai
- circle, ring·kabuar
- circular·kabuar
- circular (letter)·sirkuláriu
- circulation·sirkulasaun
- circumcise·sunat
- circumcised·sunat
- circumcision·sirkunsizaun
- circumflex ( ^ )·sirkunfleksu
- circumflex (^)·asentu xapeu
- citizen·sidadaun
- citizenship·sidadania
- Citrus maxima·grandis
- city·sidade
- city map·mapa sidade
- city tour·tour haree sidade
- city, large town·sidade
- civet cat·laku
- civet coffee·kafé laku teen
- civet, civet cat·laku
- civic·sívika
- civic education·edukasaun sívika
- civil engineering·enjeñaria sivíl
- civil society·sosiedade sivíl
- civil war·funu sivíl
- civil, civilian·sivíl
- civilian·sivíl
- civilians·povu
- civilised·sivilizadu
- claim·reklama
- clam·ramiis
- clan·uma lisan
- clan house·uma lulik, uma adat, uma lisan
- clandestine·klandestina
- clandestine operations, underground·klandestina
- clap (hands·basa liman
- clap, applaud·basa liman
- clarification·klarifikasaun
- clarify·halo klaru
- clarify, explain·esklarese
- class·klase
- class, grade, year (of·kelás (I)
- class, grade, year (of school)·kelás
- classification·klasifikasaun
- classifier·klasifikadór
- classify·klasifika
- clavicle, collar bone·klavikula
- claw·(animál nia) kukun
- claw hammer·martelu bibi ain
- claw of a hammer·bibi-ain
- clay·rai mean
- clay pot·sanan rai
- clay pot, earthen pot·sanan rai
- clean·(be clean) moos; (make
- clean (something·hamoos
- clean oneself up, purify oneself·hamoos an
- clean-up·limpeza; halo limpeza
- clean-up of public·limpeza
- cleaner·ema dasa rai
- cleaner (cleaning person)·kliner
- cleanliness·ijiene
- clear·(be clear) klaru, moos
- clear (land of plants)·lere rai
- clear land for a new·lere rai
- clear the ground of plants·lere
- clearly·klaramente
- clearly, distinctly, openly, candidly·momoos
- clemency·kleménsia
- clergy·Maromak nia atan
- clever·matenek
- clever thief, light-fingered·liman-lais
- clever, intelligent·matenek
- click·klik
- client·klienti
- client, customer·kliente
- cliff·rai naruk
- cliff, precipice, steep·rai naruk
- cliff, precipice, steep slope·rai-naruk
- climate change·mudansa klimátika
- climate, weather·klima
- climatic, climate-·klimátika
- climatology·klimatolojia
- climb·sae; (hugging tree) kadopa
- climb a tree by hugging·kadopa
- clinic·klínika
- clinical presentation·aprezentasaun klínika
- clinical suspicion·suspeita klínika
- clip·(fasten) habit; (noun) buat
- clipboard·clipboard
- clitic·klítiku
- clock·relójiu
- close·taka
- close (meeting, conference...)·ensera
- Close Protection Unit·Unidade Protesaun Pesoal
- close tightly, cover·taka metin
- close, turn off, cover, wear·taka
- cloth·hena; (hand-woven) tais
- cloth) nappy, diaper·fralda
- clothes·faru; ropa; hena
- clothes dryer·mákina hamaran ropa
- clothes hanger·kabidi
- clothes mite·katuma
- clothes, clothing·hatais
- clothes, clothing (especially·faru
- clothing·faru; ropa; hena
- cloud·kalohan
- clove cigarette·kretek
- cloves·cenke
- club·(association) klubu
- club (esp. sports)·klubu
- club (for fighting·ai dona
- club (for fighting), cudgel·ai-dona
- clubs·(in cards) paus
- clubs (in cards·paus
- clubs (in cards)·paus
- cluck (of hen)·kokoteek
- clumsy, 'all thumbs'·liman fuik
- clutch disc·disku embreajen
- cnj. after·hafoin
- cnj. because·basá
- cnj. because, since, due to·purké
- cnj. before, prior to·molok
- cnj. however, it's just that·só ke
- cnj. if·se ... karik
- cnj. if, whether·se
- cnj. in order that·atu nune'e
- cnj. or·ga
- cnj. so·be
- cnj. when·hori bainhira
- cnj. when, whenever, while·bainhira
- cnj. while (although), whereas·enkuantu
- co-·kooperasaun, koperasaun
- co-official·ko-ofisiál
- co-op·koperativa
- co-operate·koopera, kopera
- co-operation·koperasaun
- co-operative·(compliant) ulun
- co-pilot·ko-pilotu
- coach·(trainer) treinadór/a
- coach, trainer, instructor·treinadór(a)
- coalition·koligasaun
- coalition (political·koligasaun
- coalition (political)·koligasaun
- coals·(black) ahi anar; (red hot)
- coast·kosta
- coast, shore, seashore·tasi ibun
- coast, shore, seashore, beach·tasi-ibun
- coastal almond, Indian-almond·ai-katapa
- coat·(clothing) kazaku
- coat hanger, clothes hanger, hanger·kabidu
- coat, jacket·kazaku
- coaxial cable·kabu koaksiál
- cob·(of corn) fulin, batar fulin
- cob (of corn·fulin
- cobek·crush food finely)
- cobra·kobra
- cock·(rooster) manu aman
- cockatoo·kakatua
- cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo·kakatua
- cockfight·futu manu
- cockroach·barata
- cocktail·cocktail
- cocoa·kakau
- cocoa powder·kakau uut
- cocoa, cacao·kakau
- coconut·nuu
- coconut juice·nuu been
- coconut milk·nuu been, santan
- coconut oil·mina nuu
- coconut oil dregs·nuu teen
- coconut water·nuu been
- code·kódigu
- code name·naran kódigu
- code of conduct·kódigu konduta
- code of ethics·kodigu étika
- codeine·kodeína
- coefficient·koefisiente
- coffee·kafé
- coffee addict·kafé-teen
- coffee bean·kafé musan
- coffee break·lanxe
- coffee dregs·kafé teen
- coffee dregs, coffee grounds·kafé-teen
- coffee filter·koadór
- coffee grinder, coffee mill·mákina dulas kafé uut
- coffee grounds·kafé teen
- coffee maker·mákina halo kafé
- coffee mill, coffee grinder·mákina dulas kafé
- coffee plantation·kafé-laran
- coffee pot·buli
- coffee powder·kafé rahun
- coffee shop·kafetaria, kafé
- coffee table·beladór
- coffee tree·kafé huun
- coffeepot·buli (kafé)
- coffin·kaixaun
- coffin ('eight planks')·ai-kabelak ualu
- coffin, casket [US]·kaixaun
- cognitive·kognitivu/a
- cohesion·koezaun
- coil·(wind) bobar; (noun) rolu
- coin·osan besi
- coklat bubuk·cocoa powder
- cold·malirin; (from illness) isin
- cold place·rai-malirin
- cold weather, it's cold·rai-malirin
- cold, cool·malirin
- cold, cool, chilly·malirin
- collaborate·kolabora
- collaborate, cooperate·kolabora
- collaboration·kolaborasaun
- collaborator·kolaboradór/a
- collaborator, co-worker·kolaboradór(a)
- collapse·monu, naksobu
- collar·gola
- collard greens·kobi
- collard greens, kale, spring greens·kobi
- colleague·kolega servisu
- colleague, workmate, co-worker·kolega servisu
- collect·halibur; (money) kobra
- collect (money·kobra
- collect (money)·kobra
- collect data, survey·levantamentu
- collect firewood·hili ai
- collect wood, collect firewood·hili ai
- collection·kolesaun
- collection (esp. of money)·kobransa
- collective·koletiva
- college·kolejiu; eskola ensinu
- collide·xoke
- collide, crash into, bump·xoke
- colon (:)·dois pontus
- colonel·koronél
- colonial·koloniál
- colonialism·kolonializmu
- colonialist·kolonialista
- colonisation·kolonizasaun
- colony·kolónia
- colostomy·kolostomia
- colostrum·susubeen kinur
- colour·kór
- colour (photo)·koloridu
- colour runs·kór sai
- coloured pencil·lapis kór
- colouring·koranti
- column·koluna
- column (in table)·kolom
- coma·koma
- comb·(noun) sasuit; (verb) sui
- comb (verb·sui
- combination spanner·xave kombinasaun
- come·mai
- come apart·naksobu
- come apart, fall apart·naksobu
- come back, return·mai fali
- come into force (of law)·tama iha vigór
- come undone·namkore
- comfort·(console) hamaus
- comfortable·konfortável
- comforter, encourager·konsola dór
- comic book·livru boneka
- comma·koma (I)
- command·(noun) orden
- command, order, direct·manda
- commander·komandante
- commandment·ukun fuan
- commemorate·komemora
- commemorate, celebrate·komemora
- commemoration, celebration·komemorasaun
- comment·(noun) komentáriu
- comment, remark·komentáriu
- commerce, business·komérsiu
- commercial·(for profit) para
- commercial) co-·koperativa
- commission·komisaun
- commissioner·komisária
- commit·(a wrong) halo (sala)
- commit (a crime·komete
- commit (a crime), perpetrate·komete
- commit suicide·oho aan
- commit to, be committed to·kompromete
- commitment·komitmentu
- commitment, promise, pledge·kompromisu
- committee·komisaun
- common·baibain
- common people·ema kiik
- commoners·povu
- communal·komunál
- communicate·komunika
- communication·komunikasaun
- communion·komunhaun
- communion (close relationship)·komuñaun
- communion wafer·óstia
- communion wafer, Host·óstia
- communion wafer, host (in Eucharist)·óstia
- communiqué·komunikadu
- communism·komunizmu
- communist·komunista
- community·komunidade
- community development·dezenvolvimentu komunitáriu
- community health centre·n. sentru saude
- Community of Portuguese Language Countries·cplp
- Community Protection Unit·Unidade Protesaun Komunitária
- community radio·rádiu komunidade
- community transmission·n. tranzmisaun
- community-, community based·komunitária
- company·kompanhia
- company, firm·kompanhia
- comparative·komparativu
- compare·kompara
- compare, make an analogy·kompara
- comparison·komparasaun
- comparison, illustration, parable·komparasaun
- compass (for showing north)·búsola
- compasses, a pair of compasses·jangka
- compassion·kompaixaun
- compatible·kompativel
- compel·obriga
- compensation·ganti rugi
- compete·hadau malu
- compete for·hadau malu
- competent·kompetente
- competent hard·servisu nain
- competition·kompetisaun
- competitive·kompetitiva
- competitiveness·kompetitividade
- competitor, contestant·konkorente
- compilation (of a computer program)·kompilasaun
- compiler·kompiladór
- complain·dada iis; (make a formal
- complaint·(formal) keixa
- complementary·komplementár
- complete·kompletu
- complete, make·kompleta (E)
- completely·kompletamente
- completely forgive sin (by God)·hamoos sala
- completely, as a whole·toma-tomak
- completely, entirely, fully·tomak
- complex·kompleksu
- compliant·ulun (fatuk) mamar
- complicated·komplikadu
- complication·komplikasaun
- complimentary·gratis, gratuitu/a, la selu
- comply with·kumpri; halo tuir
- component·komponente
- composite·kompózitu
- compost·estrumi
- compost, mulch·estrume
- compound·kompostu
- compound (enclosure)·kampaun
- compound (word)·kadoek
- compression ring·segmentu kompresaun
- compressor·kompresór
- computation·komputasaun
- computer·komputadór
- computer bag·pasta laptop
- computer file·fail (Eng)
- computer game·jogu komputadór
- computer reservation system·CRS, sistema
- computer science·siénsia komputadór
- computerized tomography·n. CT scan
- con. whether, unless·keta
- concentrate·konsentra
- concentrate, gather·konsentra
- concentration·konsentrasaun
- concept·konseitu
- concern·preokupasaun
- concern, worry·preokupasaun
- concerned·preokupa
- concerned, worried·preokupadu
- concerned, worry·preokupa
- concerned, worry, fuss·preokupa
- concerning·(about) kona ba
- concert·konsertu
- conclude·konklui
- conclusion·konkluzaun
- concrete (cement product)·betaun
- concrete, firm·konkreta
- condemn·kondena
- condemn, sentence·kondena (E)
- condemn, sentence, convict·kondena
- condemned, sentenced·kondenadu
- condensed milk·susu enak
- condenser·kondensór
- condition·kondisaun
- condition, state·kondisaun
- condolences·kondolénsia
- condom·kondom
- conduct·halao
- conduct a hysterectomy·hasai oan fatin
- conduct small·fila liman
- conduct small business·fila
- conduct, behaviour·komportamentu
- conductor·(music) dirijenti; (on
- cone of·pequenos pedaços de carne moida
- cone of pastry filled·kanudu
- confederation·konfederasaun
- confer·atribui
- conference·konferénsia
- conference call·audio konferénsia
- conference participant·konfrensista
- conference room·sala konferénsia, salaun
- confess·konfesa
- confess (one’s sins·konfesa
- confession (of sins)·konfisaun
- confessional·konfesionáriu
- confidence·laran metin
- confidence, trust·konfiansa
- confident·laran metin
- confident, trust·laran metin
- confidential·konfidensiál
- confidentiality·konfidensialidade
- configuration, setup·konfigurasaun
- confine·sulan
- confined·book aan la diak
- confirm·konfirma
- confirmation·(sacrament)
- confirmed·konfirmadu
- conflict·konflitu
- conflict of interest·konflitu interese
- confront·enfrenta, hasoru
- confront, face (confront)·konfronta
- confront, face (problems)·enfrenta
- confront, face, face up·enfrenta
- confrontation·konfrontasaun
- confuse·halo konfuzaun
- confused·bilaan; konfundi
- confused, bewildered, perplexed·bingun
- confusingly mixed, thrown together·rabaraba
- confusion·konfuzaun
- confusion, commotion, uproar, tumult·konfuzaun
- Congenital·konjénitu/a
- congratulate·kongratula
- congratulations·parabéns
- congratulations, happy birthday!·parabéns
- congregation (local church community)·kongregasaun
- congress·kongresu
- congress, conference·kongresu
- conjugate·konjuga
- conjugation·konjugasaun
- conjunction·konjunsaun
- conjunctivitis·konjuntivite
- connect·liga; (to electricity) dada
- connect up to·dada ahi
- connect up to water·dada bee
- connecting flight·voo hatutan viajen
- connecting rod·biela
- connecting rod cap·xumaseiru
- connection·koneksaun
- connection, link·ligasaun
- connection, link, relationship·ligasaun
- conscience·konsiénsia
- conscious·oin moos
- conscious, aware·konsiente
- consciousness·konsiénsia
- consecrated·konsagrada
- consecration, dedication (to God)·konsagrasaun
- consensus·konsensus
- consensus, agreement·konsensu
- consequence·konsekuénsia
- consequently·mos
- conservation·konservasaun
- conservation agriculture·agrikultura konservasaun
- consider·hanoin; konsidera
- consider, regard, view·konsidera
- consist of, made up of·konsiste
- consistency (agreement, conformity)·konsisténsia
- consistent·konsistente
- consisting, composed·kompostu
- consolation·konsolasaun
- console·hamaus
- console, encourage, advise·konsola
- consolidate, strengthen·konsolida
- consonant·konsoante
- conspiracy, plot (conspiracy)·konspirasaun
- constant·sempre, nafatin, la
- constantly·naba-naban
- constantly, continuously, fixedly·met-metin
- constantly, continuously, on and on·nabanaban
- constipated·teen toos
- constipated, constipation·tee-toos
- constipation·tee toos
- Constituent Assembly·asembleia konstituinte
- constitution·(laws)
- constitution (law)·konstituisaun
- constitutional·konstitusionál
- constitutionality·konstitusionalidade
- construct, build·konstrui
- construction, building (process)·konstrusaun
- consul·konsul
- consulate·konsuladu
- consult·konsulta
- consult (with people)·konsulta
- consultant·konsultán
- consultation·konsulta
- consulting room·sala konsulta
- consume·konsume
- consumer·konsumidór(a)
- consumption·konsumu
- contact·kontaktu
- contact lens·lensa matan
- contact tracing·vp. buka tuir kontaktu besik
- contagious·bele daet
- contagious, communicable·infesiozu/a
- contagious, communicable (disease)·kontajioza
- contagious, spread to·daet
- contain·iha (buat ruma) iha laran
- container for betel·mama fatin
- container for betel nut·mama-fatin
- contaminated·kontaminada
- contamination·kontaminasaun
- contemplate on·kontempla
- contemplation·kontemplasaun
- content·(satisfied) kontenti, laran
- content(s·(inside) isin; buat
- contented·kontenti, laran
- contentment·ksolok
- contents, content·konteúdu
- context·kontestu
- continent·kontinente
- continental·kontinentál
- continental breakfast·matabixu kontinentál
- continual(ly·beibeik, la para
- continuation·kontinuasaun
- continue·kontinua
- continue, keep·kontinua
- continue, still·nafatin
- continuity·kontinuidade
- continuous(ly·beibeik, la para
- contraception·n. KB
- contract·kontratu
- contract, contract out·kontrata
- contraction·kontrasaun
- contraction (esp. in labour)·kontraksi
- contractor·kontratór
- contradict, contradictory, inconsistent with·kontradís
- contribute·kontribui
- contribution·kontribuisaun
- control·domina, kaer, manda
- control panel·painél kontrolu
- controlled, under control·kontrolada
- controversy·polémika
- convent·konventu
- convent, monastery·konventu
- convention·konvensaun
- conventional·konvensionál
- conversation·konversa
- converse·konversa
- convert·troka; (change religion)
- convert (file format)·konvert
- convert (religion)·konverte
- convert into digital form·dijitaliza
- converter·konversór
- convict·(sentence) kondena
- conviction, condemnation·kondenasaun
- convince, persuade·konvense
- convoy, parade·konvoi
- cook·tein; (person) ema nebee
- cook (esp. rice), distill (wine)·te'in
- cook (person)·ema te'in
- cook (verb·tein
- cook in a length of·tukir
- cook sago·vt. fazer panquecas de sagu
- cook sago pancakes·kadaka
- cook sedok·sedok
- cook, chef·koziñeira
- cook, do the cooking·te'in
- cooked·tasak
- cooked koto moruk·koto tisi
- cooked rice·etu
- cookhouse·tein fatin
- cookhouse, cooking area·te'in fatin
- cookie·biskuit
- cooking area·tein fatin
- cool·malirin uitoan
- cool season·tempu malirin
- cool-headed·ulun malirin
- cooperate·koopera
- cooperation·kooperasaun
- cooperative, compliant·ulun fatuk mamar
- coordinate·koordena, kordena
- coordination·kordenasaun
- coordinator·kordenadór(a)
- cope with·aguenta; tahan
- copper·riti
- copper, brass, bronze·riti
- copy·halo tuir, kópia
- copy (of book/document)·ezemplár
- copy, imitate, follow (an example)·banati tuir
- copyright·direitu autór
- coral·ahu ruin
- coração) heart·fuan
- cordial·(drink) sumu
- cordial (non-alcoholic drink)·sumu
- coriander·ketumbar
- cork up·sulan
- corn·batar
- corn cob·batar fulin
- corn cob, cob of·batar fulin
- corn cob, cob of corn·batar-fulin
- corn grits·batar fai
- corn harvest ceremony·sau batar
- corn husk·batar-koos
- corn kernel, kernel of corn·batar musan
- corn meal·batar ikis
- corn mill·mákina dulas batar
- corn silk·batar-fuuk
- corn tassel·batar-saren
- corn, maize·batar
- corner·kantu
- cornflour·batar uut
- cornhusk·koos
- corporal·kabu
- corps·korpu
- corpse·(of human) mate isin
- corpse (of human·mate isin
- corpse, dead body·mate
- Corpus Christi·korpu kristi
- correct·(be correct) loos
- correct, rectify·koriji
- correctly·tuir loos
- correctly, in the correct way·tuir loloos
- correlation·korelasaun
- correspond to, equivalent to·koresponde
- correspondence·korespondénsia
- corridor·koredór
- corridor, aisle·koredór
- corrugated iron·kaleen, zinku
- corrugated iron, roofing·zinku
- corrugated iron, roofing iron·zinku
- corrupt·koruptu
- corruption·korupsaun
- corruption, fraud·KKN (I)
- cost·folin, presu
- cost of living·vida moris
- costly, valuable·murak-mean
- cot·bersu
- cotton·kabas; (raw) kabas rahun
- cotton gin·mákina dulas kabas
- cotton wool·algodaun
- cough·me'ar
- cough up blood·n. hemoptesis
- could·bele (iha tempu pasadu, ka
- council·konselhu
- council of ministers·konselhu ministru
- Council of State·konsellu estadu
- counselling·konseling
- counselling, mentoring·akonselhamentu
- count·konta
- counter (in banks, shops...)·balkaun
- COUNTER for small seed-like objects·cls
- counter-fire·kontra tiru
- counting, count·kontajen
- country·nasaun
- country (must be possessed:·rain
- country (nation)·rain
- coup d'etat·golpe de estadu (E)
- coup d'état·golpe dé estadu
- coup d’etát·golpe de estadu
- coup, coup d’etát·kudeta (I)
- couple·pár; feen-laen
- coupon·kupaun
- courage·korajen
- courageous·aten barani
- courageous, brave, daring, bold·aten-barani
- courier·estafeta
- courier, messenger·estafeta (E)
- course·kursu
- course outline, curriculum·kuríkulu
- court·(boy/girlfriend) namora
- court (of law), tribunal·tribunál
- court death·buka mate
- court of·tribunál rekursu
- court of appeal·Tribunál Rekursu
- court of appeal, appeals court·tribunál rekursu
- court trouble·buka merik
- cousin·inan-aman nia maun-alin
- cover·(of book) kulit (livru nian)
- cover with an upside-down·doku
- cow·baka
- coward·tauk-teen
- coward, cowardly·ta'uk-teen
- cowardly·tauk-teen
- cowboy (as per American films)·koboi
- cowpea·fore masin, fore talin, fore Timor
- CPU, Central Processing Unit·cpu
- crab·kadiuk
- cracker·bolaxa
- cradle·(verb) kous
- cradle (a child)·vt. kous
- cradle, cuddle, hold or·kous
- craftsman·badaen
- cram·sena
- cramp·kaimbra
- cranial nerve·nervu kranianu
- crank·manivela
- crankshaft·kambota
- cranky, easily angered·hirus dór
- crash·xoke; dezastre
- crave·kaan
- crave, desire to acquire·matan kaan
- crave, long for (mainly food)·laran kaan
- craw, crop (of bird)·kakaluk
- crawl·dolar
- crawl along·hakdasa, hakdasak
- crawling creatures·ular
- crazy·bulak
- crazy, mad, insane·bulak
- cream·kreme
- cream, moisturising·kreme
- cream, moisturizing cream·kreme
- cream-coloured·kór kreme
- cream-coloured, cream (colour)·kór kreme
- create·kria
- create, develop·kria
- created being (as·kriatura
- Creates informal imperatives·ga
- creatinine·kreatinina
- creation·kriasaun
- creative·kreativa
- creativity·kreatividade
- creator·kriadór
- creature·(created being) kriatura
- credibility·kredibilidade
- credit·deve, kréditu; (phone)
- credit card·kartaun kréditu
- credit, credit point·kréditu
- credit, loan, credit point·kredit
- creed (statement of faith)·kredu
- creek·mota oan
- creek, channel·mota oan
- creek, stream, brook, rivulet·mota-oan
- creep·(crawl) dolar
- cremate·sunu mate
- crepe·dadar
- crescent moon·fulan lotuk
- CRF (chronic renal failure)·n. falhansu renál
- crib·bersu
- crib, cot (baby bed)·bersu
- cricket·(insect) grilu
- cricket (insect·grilu
- cricket (insect)·grilu
- crime·krime
- crimes against humanity·krime kontra umanidade
- criminal·ema nebee halo krimi
- criminal code, penal code·kódigu penál
- Criminal Investigation Unit·Unidade Investigasaun Kriminál
- Criminal Procedure Code·kódigu prosedimentu kriminál
- crinkled·namkurut
- crippled·ain aat
- crippled, lame·ain aat
- crisis·krize
- crispy·toradu
- crispy chips·batata, mandioca, ínhame fritos)
- crispy thin chips·pele de búfalo, ou banana)
- criterion·kritéria
- criterion, standard (for judging)·sasukat
- critical·importante loos
- critical period·n. periodu krítiku
- criticise·kritika
- criticise, be critical of·kritika
- criticism·krítika
- crochet·kursé
- crocodile·lafaek
- crocodile jack, hydraulic jack·makaku hatuur
- cross·(angry) hirus
- cross (especially a river·hakur
- cross one's legs·ain tula malu
- cross out·riska
- cross your arms·hakuak liman
- cross, crucifix·krús
- cross, go through·atravesa
- cross-cousin·tunanga
- cross-dresser·n. panleiru
- cross-dresser, man who·panleiru
- cross-eyed·matan kleuk
- cross-stitch·pontu krús
- crosshead·kruzeta
- crossroads, intersection, turnoff·dalan-sanak
- crotchet cloth·renda
- crow·(bird) manu metan
- crow (bird)·kawaa
- crow (of rooster·kokoreek
- crow (of rooster)·kokoreek
- crowbar·ai suak
- crowd·ema lubun boot, lubuk
- crowd around·hobur
- crowd forward·nadodon
- crowd forward, move·nadodon
- crowded·rame, rabat malu
- crown·koroa
- CRS·CRS, sistema reserva komputadór nian
- crucial, vital·krusiál
- crucifix·jesus krusifikadu
- crumpled·namkurut
- crusade (large religious gathering)·kruzada
- crush·deut
- cry·tanis
- cry torrents of tears·matan been fakar
- cry-baby·tanis-teen
- crybaby·mantolun been
- crystal (glassware, crystals)·kristál
- Cuba·Kuba
- Cuban·Kubanu/a
- cube·kubu
- cucumber·pepinu
- cucumber tree·bilimbi
- cuddle·kous
- cuddly·kabosu
- cudgel·ai dona
- cultivated field, (agricultural) garden, farm·toos
- cultivation·kultivasaun
- cultural·kulturál
- culture·kultura
- cum laude·cum laude
- cunt (offensive term for 'vagina')·hu'in
- cup·kaneka, xikra
- cup, teacup·xikra
- cup-cake·koemanko
- cupboard·almari, armáriu
- cupboard, wardrobe·almari
- cupboard, wardrobe, bookcase, cabinet·almari
- Curcuma longa·domestica
- cure·kura
- cure, heal (illness·kura
- cure, heal (illness)·kura
- cured·pasa, diak fali
- cured (of illness)·pasa
- curettage·kuretajen
- curious, intrigued, interested·kurioza
- curler·rolu
- curly (hair)·mulatu
- current·(time) agora, atuál
- current, present-day·atuál
- currently·daudaun
- currently (indicates continuous action)·dadaun
- curry·karíl
- curse·(verb) hotar, foo malisan
- curse, put a curse on·hotar
- cursive script, running writing·letra dada
- cursor·kursor
- curtain·kortina
- curve·kurva
- curve, bend·kurva
- curved sickle·sabit
- curvy·kleuk
- curvy, winding, twisted, crooked·kle'uk
- cuscus·meda
- cuscus, possum·meda
- cuscus, possum, phalanger·meda
- cushion·sumasu
- cushion cover·froñas sofá
- custard apple·ai ata
- custard apple, sugar apple·ai-ata
- custom·kostumi, lisan, adat
- custom, habit, norm, tradition·kostume
- custom, norms·kostumi
- customary law·lisan
- customer·klienti
- customs·alfándega
- customs (for·alfándega (E)
- customs (for import)·alfándega
- customs declaration·deklarasaun alfándega
- customs officer·functionáriu alfandega
- cut·koa
- cut across·korta, tesik
- cut across (path...), cross·korta
- cut disc, grindstone·grinda isin
- cut off·kotu
- cut off, severed·kotu
- cute·kabosu
- cutlery·kanuru, garfu, tudik hamutuk
- cutting·(plant) kain
- cutting board·ai koa modo/naan
- CV, curriculum vitae, résumé·cv
- cyberspace·siberespasu
- cycling·siklizmu
- cyclist·siklista
- cyclone, typhoon, hurricane·tufaun
- cylinder block·blok silindru
- cylinder head·kabesa
- cylinder head cover, cylinder cover·tampaun
- cylindrical items·lolon
- cystoscope·sistoskópiu
- cystoscopy·sistoskopia