English-Portuguese translations for porpoise

• toninha
  Morrem em vão demasiados golfinhos, toninhas e focas devido à utilização destas redes. Too many dolphins, porpoises and seals die needlessly due to the use of these nets.
  Em 2002 e 2003, o mar arrastou para a costa mais de 300 golfinhos e toninhas mortos, depositando os seus cadáveres nas praias. In 2002 and 2003, over 300 dolphins and porpoises were washed ashore and their carcasses could be seen on beaches.
  Não podemos esperar que a última toninha esteja morta para, finalmente, estabelecermos provas cientificamente fundamentadas, pois nessa altura já será demasiado tarde. I do not think we can wait until the last porpoise is dead before we finally establish the scientific proofs, for then it will be too late.

Definition of porpoise

• A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales
• Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion
• Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water

Related words

• harbour porpoise
• finless porpoise
• Burmeister’s porpoise
• Dall’s porpoise
• desert porpoise
• gulf porpoise
• spectacled porpoise
• vaquita porpoise
• Gulf of California harbor porpoise