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main meaning in Portuguese

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main (chief, most important, or principal in extent, etc.)
adjective
[UK: meɪn]
[US: ˈmeɪn]

principaladjective

Main (river in southern Germany)
proper noun
[UK: meɪn]
[US: ˈmeɪn]

Menoproper noun
{m}

main battle tank (multipurpose tank)
noun

carro de combate principalnoun
{m}

main clause (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically)
noun
[UK: meɪn klɔːz]
[US: ˈmeɪn ˈklɒz]

oração coordenadanoun
{f}

main course (main dish of a meal)
noun
[UK: meɪn kɔːs]
[US: ˈmeɪn ˈkɔːrs]

prato principalnoun
{m}

main diagonal (diagonal line of a matrix)
noun
[UK: meɪn daɪ.ˈæ.ɡən.l̩]
[US: ˈmeɪn daˈjæ.ɡən.l̩]

diagonal principalnoun
{f}

Maine (former province in France)
proper noun
[UK: meɪn]
[US: ˈmeɪn]

Maineproper noun
{f}

mainframe [mainframes] (large computer)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.freɪm]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌfrem]

mainframenoun
{m}

mainland (the main landmass of a country or continent)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd]

continentenoun
{m}

mainland China (Communist China understood via its geographical position)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə]

China Continentalproper noun
{f}

mainly (chiefly; for the most part)
adverb
[UK: ˈmeɪn.li]
[US: ˈmeɪn.li]

principalmenteadverb

mainmast noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.mɑːst]
[US: ˈmeɪn.mæst]

grandenoun
{m}

mastro grandenoun
{m}

mainstay [mainstays] (chief support)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.steɪ]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌste]

carro-chefenoun
{m}

mainstay [mainstays] (nautical: stabilizing rope)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.steɪ]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌste]

esteionoun
{m}

mainstream (used or accepted broadly; common, usual or conventional)
adjective
[UK: ˈmeɪn.striːm]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌstrim]

convencionaladjective

maintain [maintained, maintaining, maintains] (to declare or affirm a point of view to be true)
verb
[UK: meɪn.ˈteɪn]
[US: men.ˈteɪn]

afirmarverb

maintain [maintained, maintaining, maintains] (to keep up)
verb
[UK: meɪn.ˈteɪn]
[US: men.ˈteɪn]

manterverb

maintainability (ease with which something can be maintained)
noun

mantenabilidadenoun
{f}

manutenibilidadenoun
{f}

maintainer [maintainers] (a person who does maintenance work)
noun
[UK: meɪnˈteɪnə ]
[US: meɪnˈteɪnər ]

mantedornoun
{m}

mantedoranoun
{f}

mantenedornoun
{m}

maintenance (keeping a machine or system in service)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns]
[US: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns]

manutençãonoun
{f}

maintenance (process of keeping an organism alive)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns]
[US: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns]

mantimentonoun

Mainz (the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate)
proper noun
[UK: meɪnts]
[US: ˈmeɪnz]

Mainzproper noun
{f}

Mogúnciaproper noun
{f}

Dedekind domain (integral domain whose prime ideals factorise uniquely)
noun

anel de Dedekindnoun
{m}

domínio de Dedekindnoun
{m}

domain [domains] (geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization)
noun
[UK: dəʊ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: doʊ.ˈmeɪn]

domínionoun
{m}

eminent domain (government's right to expropriate private land)
noun
[UK: ˈe.mɪ.nənt dəʊ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: ˈe.mə.nənt doʊ.ˈmeɪn]

desapropriaçãonoun
{f}

ptomaine (any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria)
noun
[UK: ˈtəʊ.meɪn]
[US: ˈtoʊ.meɪn]

ptomaínanoun
{f}

public domain (realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents)
noun
[UK: ˈpʌ.blɪk dəʊ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: ˈpʌ.blɪk doʊ.ˈmeɪn]

domínio públiconoun
{m}

remain (That which is left; relic; remainder)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: rə.ˈmeɪn]

resquícionoun
{m}

restonoun
{m}

remain [remained, remaining, remains] (to await; to be left to)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: rə.ˈmeɪn]

esperarverb

remain [remained, remaining, remains] (to continue unchanged)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: rə.ˈmeɪn]

continuarverb

remain [remained, remaining, remains] (to stay behind while others withdraw)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: rə.ˈmeɪn]

ficarverb

permanecerverb

remanescerverb

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