| English | Portuguese |
| Central Africa A geographic region of the African continent close to the equator that includes Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo | África Central |
| Central America A narrow continental region of the Western hemisphere, existing as a bridge between North and South America, often considered to be the southern portion of North America, and including countries such as Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama | América Central |
| Central American Environment and Development Committee | Comissão Centro-Americana do Ambiente e do Desenvolvimento |
| Central American puma | puma da América Central (Puma concolor costaricensis) |
| Central American squirrel monkey | macaco esquilo panamiano (Saimiri oerstedii) |
| Central and Eastern Europe | Europa Central e Oriental |
| Central Asia A geographic region of the Asian continent between the Caspian Sea on the west and China on the east, extending northward into the central region of Russia and southward to the northern borders of Iran and Afghanistan, and comprised of independent former republics of the Soviet Union, including Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan | Ásia Central |
| central data acquisition system | sistema central de aquisição de dados |
| central government A system in which a governing or administrative body has a certain degree of power or authority to prevail in the management of local, national and international matters | governo central |
| Central Laboratory for Air Pollution | Laboratório Central para a Poluição Atmosférica |
| Central Laboratory for Environmental Monitoring | Gabinete Central do Controlo do Ambiente |
| central park area | núcleos centrais de parques |
| central park area | zona de parque central |
| central park area The core area of a park or of a reserve where there can be no interference with the natural ecosystem | núcleos centrais de parques |
| central sewer | coletor principal |
| Central thick-tailed rat | rato de cauda grossa (Zyzomys pedunculatus) |
| Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe | Programa de Ação Ecológica para a Europa Central e Oriental |
| ETS central clearing account | conta central de compensação do RCLE |
| green central rate | taxa central verde |
| interim storage at a central site | armazenagem intermédia num sítio central |
| Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe | Centro Regional do Ambiente |
