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moth meaning in Portuguese

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moth [moths] (insect similar to a butterfly)
noun
[UK: mɒθ]
[US: ˈmɒθ]

mariposanoun
{f}

mothball [mothballs] (small ball)
noun
[UK: ˈmɒθ.bɔːl]
[US: ˈmɒθ.ˌbɒl]

naftalinanoun
{f}

mothball (to store something no longer used)
verb
[UK: ˈmɒθ.bɔːl]
[US: ˈmɒθ.ˌbɒl]

engavetarverb

Mother Earth (personification of Earth)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) ɜːθ]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈɝːθ]

Mãe Terraproper noun
{f}

mother-in-law [mothers-in-law] (spouse’s mother)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ər.ɪn.ˌlɔː]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.ɪn.ˌlɔː]

sogranoun
{f}

Mother Nature (the personification of Nature and the Earth's biosphere as a woman)
proper noun

Mãe Naturezaproper noun
{f}

mother-of-pearl (pearly layer)
noun
[UK: ˌmʌð.ər.əv.ˈpɜːl]
[US: ˌmʌð.r̩.əv.ˈpɝːl]

madrepérolanoun
{f}

nácarnoun
{m}

Mother Russia (national personification of Russia)
proper noun

Mãe Rússiaproper noun
{f}

mother-to-be [mothers-to-be] (pregnant woman)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tuː bi]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtuː bi]

futura mãenoun
{f}

mother tongue [mother tongues] (one's native tongue)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə(r) tʌŋ]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩ ˈtəŋ]

língua maternanoun
{f}

língua nativanoun
{f}

Mother's Day (a day in honor of one's mother or all mothers, on whichever day)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.əz deɪ]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩z ˈdeɪ]

Dia das Mãesnoun
{m}

motherboard (primary circuit board of a computer)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.bɔːd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.bɔːrd]

placa-mãenoun

motherfucker (generic term of abuse)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə]
[US: ˈmʌðəˌfʌkə]

filho da putanoun

motherhood (mothers as a group)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.hʊd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.hʊd]

mãesnoun
{f-Pl}

motherhood (state of being a mother)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.hʊd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.hʊd]

maternidadenoun
{f}

motherland [motherlands] (mother country in contrast to its colonies)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.lænd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.lænd]

metrópolenoun
{f}

motherland [motherlands] (the country of one's ancestors)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.lænd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.lænd]

país de origemnoun
{m}

motherland [motherlands] (the country of one's birth)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌð.ə.lænd]
[US: ˈmʌð.r̩.lænd]

pátrianoun
{f}

pátria-mãenoun
{f}

adoptive mother (woman who has adopted a child)
noun

mãe adotivanoun
{f}

allomother (one that provides maternal care)
noun

alomãenoun
{f}

Angoumois moth (Sitotroga cerealella, a small moth that is destructive to grain)
noun

traça dos cereaisnoun
{f}

antimother (a mother whose behaviour is the opposite of that socially expected of mothers)
noun

antimãenoun

behemoth [behemoths] (mighty beast in the Book of Job)
noun
[UK: bɪ.ˈhiː.mɒθ]
[US: bə.ˈhiː.məθ]

Beemôtnoun
{m}

behemoth [behemoths] (something of great size and power)
noun
[UK: bɪ.ˈhiː.mɒθ]
[US: bə.ˈhiː.məθ]

mastodontenoun

chemotherapeutic (of or having to do with chemotherapy)
adjective
[UK: kˌiːməʊθˌerəpjˈuːtɪk]
[US: kˌiːmoʊθˌerəpjˈuːɾɪk]

quimioterapêuticaadjective
{f}

quimioterapêuticoadjective
{m}

chemotherapy [chemotherapies] (chemical treatment to kill or halt cancer)
noun
[UK: ˌke.məʊ.ˈθe.rə.pi]
[US: ˌkemo.ʊ.ˈθe.rə.pi]

quimioterapianoun

clothes moth (moth)
noun

traça-das-roupasnoun
{f}

co-mother-in-law (mother of one's son- or daughter-in-law)
noun
[UK: kəʊ ˈmʌð.ə(r) ɪn lɔː]
[US: ˈkoʊ ˈmʌð.r̩ ɪn ˈlɑː]

consogranoun
{f}

fairy godmother (benevolent magical female)
noun
[UK: ˈfeə.ri ˈɡɒd.mʌ.ðə(r)]
[US: ˈfe.ri ˈɡɑːd.ˌmə.ðər]

fada madrinhanoun
{f}

fairy godmother (generous benefactor)
noun
[UK: ˈfeə.ri ˈɡɒd.mʌ.ðə(r)]
[US: ˈfe.ri ˈɡɑːd.ˌmə.ðər]

benfeitornoun
{m}

filantroponoun
{m}

godmother [godmothers] (woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner)
noun
[UK: ˈɡɒd.mʌ.ðə(r)]
[US: ˈɡɑːd.ˌmə.ðər]

; comadrenoun
{f}

madrinhanoun
{f}

grandmother [grandmothers] (mother of someone's parent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

avónoun
{f}

great-grandmother (mother of one's grandparent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

bisavónoun
{f}

great-great-grandmother (The mother of someone’s great-grandparent)
noun
[UK: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈɡreɪt ˈɡreɪt ˈɡræn ˌmʌð.r̩]

trisavónoun
{f}

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