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Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) proper noun | Buenos Airesproper noun |
Byzantine Empire (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region) proper noun [UK: ˈbɪ.zən.ˌtaɪn ˈem.paɪə(r)] [US: ˈbɪ.zən.ˌtaɪn ˈem.paɪər] | Império Bizantinoproper noun |
Cairene (of or pertaining to Cairo) adjective | cairotaadjective |
call the fire department phrase | ligue para os bombeirosphrase |
campfire [campfires] (fire at a campground) noun [UK: ˈkæmp.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈkæmp.ˌfaɪər] | fogueiranoun |
catch fire (become engulfed in flames) verb [UK: kætʃ ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈkætʃ ˈfaɪər] | pegar fogoverb |
cease-fire (in warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose) noun [UK: ˈsiːs faɪə(r)] [US: ˈsiːs.ˌfaɪər] | armistícionoun cessar-fogonoun tréguanoun |
chair [chaired, chairing, chairs] (to act as chairperson) verb [UK: tʃeə(r)] [US: ˈtʃer] | comandarverb dirigirverb |
chargé d'affaires (diplomat) noun | encarregado de negóciosnoun |
Cheshire cat (fictional grinning cat) proper noun [UK: ˈtʃe.ʃə(r) kæt] [US: ˈtʃe.ʃər kæt] | Gato de Cheshireproper noun Gato Que Riproper noun |
conservatoire (school or educational institution that teaches music) noun [UK: kən.ˈsɜː.və.twɑː(r)] [US: kən.ˈsɝː.və.twɑːr] | conservatórionoun |
conspire [conspired, conspiring, conspires] (to secretly plot) verb [UK: kən.ˈspaɪə(r)] [US: kən.ˈspaɪər] | conspirarverb |
cordon sanitaire (a barrier (physical or administrative) to prevent the spread of disease) noun | barreira sanitárianoun cordão sanitárionoun |
Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) proper noun | Costa do Marfimproper noun |
crossfire [crossfires] (lines of fire) noun [UK: ˈkrɒ.sfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈkrɒs.ˌfaɪr] | fogo cruzadonoun |
desire [desires] (something wished for) noun [UK: dɪ.ˈzaɪə(r)] [US: də.ˈzaɪər] | desejonoun |
desire [desired, desiring, desires] (wish for earnestly) verb [UK: dɪ.ˈzaɪə(r)] [US: də.ˈzaɪər] | desejarverb |
desire line (informally taken path) noun | caminho de desejonoun linha de desejonoun |
dire [direr, direst] (expressing bad consequences) adjective [UK: ˈdaɪə(r)] [US: ˈdaɪr] | horríveladjective terríveladjective |
dire [direr, direst] (requiring action to prevent bad consequences) adjective [UK: ˈdaɪə(r)] [US: ˈdaɪr] | calamitosoadjective |
dire [direr, direst] (warning of bad consequences) adjective [UK: ˈdaɪə(r)] [US: ˈdaɪr] | funestoadjective mal-agoiradoadjective mal-agouroadjective |
dire straits (difficult position) noun [UK: ˈdaɪə(r) streɪts] [US: ˈdaɪr ˈstreɪts] | apertonoun apuronoun maus lençóisnoun saia justanoun |
direct (straight, constant, without interruption) adjective [UK: dɪ.ˈrekt] [US: də.ˈrekt] | directoadjective diretoadjective |
direct [directed, directing, directs] (to aim at) verb [UK: dɪ.ˈrekt] [US: də.ˈrekt] | direcionarverb |
direct [directed, directing, directs] (to manage, control, steer) verb [UK: dɪ.ˈrekt] [US: də.ˈrekt] | dirigirverb |
direct case (noun case covering the nominative and possibly other cases) noun | caso retonoun |
direct current (electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time) noun [UK: dɪ.ˈrekt ˈkʌ.rənt] [US: də.ˈrekt ˈkɜː.rənt] | corrente contínuanoun |