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-le meaning in Portuguese

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-le (frequentative suffix)

-ejar

-less (lacking)
[UK: les]
[US: ˈles]

des-

sem

-ectomy (excision of)

-ectomia{f}

-ence (same as -ance; having the state or condition of)

-ença

-ência

-ene (alkene)

-eno{m}

-er ((used form a demonym) resident or inhabitant of...)
[UK: ɚ]
[US: ər]

-enho

-ense

-ista

-ão

-ês

-er ((used to form agent nouns) person or thing that does...)
[UK: ɚ]
[US: ər]

-dor{m}

-er (person whose occupation is...)
[UK: ɚ]
[US: ər]

-eiro

-er (used to form frequentatives)
[UK: ɚ]
[US: ər]

-ejar

-er (used to form the comparative of adverbs)
[UK: ɚ]
[US: ər]

mais

-ergy (work)

-ergia

-ery (place of art, craft or practice)

-aria{f}

-ese (forming adjectives and nouns describing things characteristic of a particular place)

-ês

-esque (in the style of)
[UK: ˈesk]
[US: ˈesk]

-esco

-ess (female suffix)

-a{f}

-esa{f}

-est (second-person singular present tense of verbs)

-as

-es

-est (superlative of adjectives and adverbs)

mais used with definite article

-etic (pertaining to)

-ético{m}

a leopard cannot change its spots (one cannot change one's own nature)
phrase
[UK: ə ˈle.pəd ˈkæn.ɒt tʃeɪndʒ ɪts spɒts]
[US: ə ˈle.pərd ˈkæn.ɑːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˈɪts ˈspɑːts]

o leopardo não pode mudar suas manchasphrase

pode o etíope mudar a sua pele ou o leopardo as suas manchas?phrase

a lie has no legs (you can't get away with a lie)
phrase
[UK: ə laɪ hæz nəʊ leɡz]
[US: ə ˈlaɪ ˈhæz ˈnoʊ ˈleɡz]

mentira tem perna curtaphrase

Abney level (clinometer used to measure tree heights)
noun

nível de Abneynoun
{m}

acute lymphoblastic leukemia (type of leukemia that affects the lymphocytes)
noun

leucemia linfoblástica agudanoun
{f}

adult learner (student over 25)
noun

aluno/estudante/aprendiz adultonoun
{m}

all roads lead to Rome (different paths can take to the same goal)
phrase
[UK: ɔːl rəʊdz liːd tuː rəʊm]
[US: ɔːl roʊdz ˈled ˈtuː roʊm]

todos os caminhos levam a Romaphrase

an arm and a leg (exorbitant amount)
noun

olho da caranoun
{m}

Arab League proper noun
[UK: ˈær.əb liːɡ]
[US: ˈær.əb ˈliːɡ]

Liga Árabeproper noun
{f}

Astur-Leonese (Romance language)
proper noun

asturo-leonêsproper noun
{m}

ásture-leonêsproper noun
{m}

at least (anyway)
preposition
[UK: ət liːst]
[US: ət ˈliːst]

mesmo assimpreposition

at least (at a lower limit)
preposition
[UK: ət liːst]
[US: ət ˈliːst]

ao menospreposition

pelo menospreposition

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