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american meaning in Portuguese

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American Samoa (US overseas territory in Oceania)
proper noun

Samoa Americanaproper noun

American Samoan (person)
noun

samoanonoun
{m}

American Samoan (pertaining to American Samoa)
adjective

samoanoadjective

American Sign Language (language that uses hands, facial expressions, and other bodily behavior to communicate)
proper noun

língua de sinais americanaproper noun
{f}

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (character encoding)
proper noun

ASCIIproper noun
{m}

American studies (an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Americas, with a historical emphasis upon the United States)
noun

americanísticanoun
{f}

American sweetgum (deciduous tree)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

liquidâmbarnoun
{m}

American tree sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)
noun

tico-tico-arbóreonoun
{m}

tico-tico-das-árvoresnoun
{m}

American wigeon (Anas americana)
noun

piadeira-americananoun
{f}

Americanisation [Americanisations] (assimilation)
noun
[UK: əmˌerɪkˌanaɪzˈeɪʃən]
[US: əmˌerɪkˌænəzˈeɪʃən]

americanizaçãonoun
{f}

Americanism [Americanisms] (custom)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən.ˌɪz.əm]
[US: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən.ˌɪz.əm]

americanismonoun
{m}

Americanist (expert in the study of America)
noun
[UK: əˈmɛrɪkənɪst ]
[US: əˈmɛrəkənɪst ]

americanistanoun
{m} {f}

Americanistic (relating to American studies)
adjective

americanistaadjective

Americanize [Americanized, Americanizing, Americanizes] (to make American)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ə.naɪz]
[US: ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ə.naɪz]

americanizarverb

Americanly (in a way characteristic of Americans)
adverb

americanamenteadverb

Americanness (quality of being American)
noun

americanidadenoun
{f}

Americanocentric (centred on or overemphasizing the United States of America)
adjective

americanocêntricoadjective

americocêntricoadjective

Americanologist (one who studies Americanology)
noun

americanólogonoun
{m}

Americanophobe (person that dislikes or fears Americans, American government or American culture)
noun

americanófobonoun
{m}

Aboriginal American noun

aborígene americanonoun
{m}

Aboriginal American adjective

aborígene americanoadjective
{m}

African-American (A black American)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.frɪkən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈæ.frɪkən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

afro-americananoun
{f}

afro-americanonoun
{m}

African-American (American and black)
adjective
[UK: ˈæ.frɪkən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈæ.frɪkən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

afro-americanoadjective

African-American Vernacular English (variation of Modern English spoken by African-Americans)
proper noun

vernáculo afro-americanoproper noun
{m}

Anglo-American (of relating to England and USA)
adjective

anglo-americanoadjective

anti-American (opposing America)
adjective
[UK: ˈæn.ti ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈæn.ti ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

antiamericanoadjective

anti-Americanism (the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government)
noun

antiamericanismonoun
{m}

do you accept American dollars (do you accept American dollars?)
phrase

aceitam dólares americanos?phrase

Latin American (A native or inhabitant of Latin America)
noun
[UK: ˈlæ.tɪn ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈlæ.tən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

latino-americanonoun

Latin American (Of or relating to Latin America)
adjective
[UK: ˈlæ.tɪn ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈlæ.tən ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

latino-americanoadjective

North American [North Americans] (North American person)
noun
[UK: nɔːθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈnɔːrθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

norte-americanonoun

North American (relating to North America)
adjective
[UK: nɔːθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈnɔːrθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

norte-americanoadjective

Pan-American (covering or representing all of the Americas)
adjective
[UK: pæn ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈpæn ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

pan-americanoadjective

Pan-Americanism (belief in the benefit of Pan-American organization)
noun

pan-americanismonoun
{m}

South American (relating to South America)
adjective
[UK: saʊθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈsaʊθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

sul-americanoadjective

South American [South Americans] (South American person)
noun
[UK: saʊθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]
[US: ˈsaʊθ ə.ˈmer.ɪk.ən]

sul-americanonoun
{m}

South American gray fox (Lycalopex griseus)
noun

graxaim-cinzentonoun
{m}

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