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lightning rod (metallic conductor that protects from lightning)
noun
[UK: ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ rɒd]
[US: ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ ˈrɑːd]

para-raiosnoun
{m}

lights, camera, action (traditional cue at a beginning of a take)
phrase

ação!phrase

câmeraphrase

luzesphrase

lightsaber (a fictional type of sword)
noun
[UK: lˈaɪtseɪbə]
[US: lˈaɪtseɪbɚ]

sabre de luznoun
{m}

lightship noun
[UK: ˈlaɪ.tʃɪp]
[US: ˈlaɪ.ˌtʃɪp]

navio-farolnoun
{m}

lightspeed (the speed of light)
noun

velocidade da luznoun
{f}

lightweight [lightweights] (boxer)
noun
[UK: ˈlaɪ.tweɪt]
[US: ˈlaɪ.ˈtweɪt]

peso-levenoun

lightweight (having less than average weight)
adjective
[UK: ˈlaɪ.tweɪt]
[US: ˈlaɪ.ˈtweɪt]

leveadjective

lightweight [lightweights] (person who can't handle their drink)
noun
[UK: ˈlaɪ.tweɪt]
[US: ˈlaɪ.ˈtweɪt]

fraconoun

Age of Enlightenment (period of history)
proper noun

Iluminismoproper noun
{m}

alight (aglow with activity or emotion)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈlaɪt]
[US: ə.ˈlaɪt]

ardenteadjective

alight (burning, lit, on fire, see also: burning; on fire)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈlaɪt]
[US: ə.ˈlaɪt]

acesoadjective

alight [alit, alighting, alights] (of something aloft: to descend and settle, see also: land; lodge; rest; stop)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈlaɪt]
[US: ə.ˈlaɪt]

pousarverb

alight [alit, alighting, alights] (to get off an animal which one has been riding; to descend or exit from a vehicle)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈlaɪt]
[US: ə.ˈlaɪt]

descerverb

desembarcarverb

backlight [backlights] (light attached to an LCD display)
noun
[UK: ˈbæ.klaɪt]
[US: ˈbæ.ˌklaɪt]

retroiluminaçãonoun
{f}

ball lightning (a short-lived, glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air)
noun
[UK: bɔːl ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbɒl ˈlaɪt.n̩.ɪŋ]

raio globularnoun
{m}

better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness (in bad times it is worthwhile to do good)
phrase

é melhor acender uma velaphrase

em vez de amaldiçoar a escuridãophrase

bring to light (expose)
verb
[UK: brɪŋ tuː laɪt]
[US: ˈbrɪŋ ˈtuː ˈlaɪt]

trazer à luzverb

trazer à luz do diaverb

Christmas light (Christmas lights (plural))
noun

luz de Natalnoun
{f}

pisca-piscanoun
{m}

daylight (light from the Sun)
noun
[UK: ˈdeɪ.laɪt]
[US: ˈdeɪ.ˌlaɪt]

luz do dia/solnoun
{f}

daylight (period of time between sunrise and sunset)
noun
[UK: ˈdeɪ.laɪt]
[US: ˈdeɪ.ˌlaɪt]

dianoun
{m}

daylight robbery (practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; an instance of this)
noun

facadanoun
{f}

roubonoun
{m}

daylight saving time (an adjustment of the official time during summer)
noun
[UK: ˈdeɪ.laɪt ˈseɪv.ɪŋ ˈtaɪm]
[US: ˈdeɪ.ˌlaɪt ˈseɪv.ɪŋ ˈtaɪm]

horário de verãonoun
{m}

delight (joy, pleasure)
noun
[UK: dɪ.ˈlaɪt]
[US: də.ˈlaɪt]

deleitenoun

delight [delighted, delighting, delights] (to give pleasure to)
verb
[UK: dɪ.ˈlaɪt]
[US: də.ˈlaɪt]

deliciarverb

encantarverb

dipped headlight (main light on a motor vehicle)
noun

médionoun
{m}

Drummond light noun

luz de Drummondnoun
{f}

luz oxídricanoun
{f}

early blight (plant disease)
noun

pinta pretanoun
{f}

enlighten [enlightened, enlightening, enlightens] (to make clear to the intellect)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈlaɪt.n̩]
[US: ɪn.ˈlaɪt.n̩]

esclarecerverb

enlighten [enlightened, enlightening, enlightens] (to supply with light)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈlaɪt.n̩]
[US: ɪn.ˈlaɪt.n̩]

iluminarverb

Enlightenment (17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement)
proper noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈlaɪtn.mənt]
[US: ɪn.ˈlaɪ.tən.mənt]

Iluminismoproper noun
{m}

enlightenment (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈlaɪtn.mənt]
[US: ɪn.ˈlaɪ.tən.mənt]

esclarecimentonoun
{m}

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