Portugál | Angol |
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Golfo da Biscaia proper noun {m} | Bay of Biscay(gulf) |
hiena-riscada noun {f} | striped hyena(Hyaena hyaena) |
lavandisca noun {f} | wagtail [wagtails](various small passerine birds) |
lemniscata noun {f} | lemniscate [lemniscates](mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve) |
mariscar verb | clam(to dig for clams) |
meia-risca noun {f} | en dash(typographical symbol –) |
mordiscar verb | nibble [nibbled, nibbling, nibbles](eat with small bites) |
mordiscar noun | nip [nips](playful bite) |
nota fiscal noun {f} | receipt [receipts](written acknowledgement) |
num piscar de olhos preposition | in a jiffy(very quickly; without delay) in the blink of an eye(immediately, instantaneously) |
num piscar de olhos noun {m} | jiffy(very short, unspecified length of time) |
odalisca noun {f} | odalisque(a female harem slave) |
paraíso fiscal noun {m} | tax haven(country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) |
pisca noun {m} | indicator [indicators](turn signal) |
pisca-pisca noun {m} | Christmas light(Christmas lights (plural)) indicator [indicators](turn signal) |
piscada noun | blink [blinks](closing both eyes and opening them again) |
piscada noun {f} | wink [winks](blink of one eye) |
piscadela noun {f} | blink [blinks](closing both eyes and opening them again) |
piscar verb | blink [blinked, blinking, blinks](to close and reopen both eyes quickly) flash [flashed, flashing, flashes](to blink) flicker [flickered, flickering, flickers](to keep going on and off) wink [winked, winking, winks](to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion) |
piscar de olhos noun {m} | blink of an eye(moment (a very short period of time)) eyeblink(moment (a very short period of time)) |
quem não arrisca não petisca phrase | no pain, no gain(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals) |
rabiscar verb | doodle [doodled, doodling, doodles](to draw or scribble aimlessly) scrawl [scrawled, scrawling, scrawls](to write hastily or illegibly) scribble [scribbled, scribbling, scribbles](to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry) |
rato almiscareiro noun {m} | muskrat [muskrats](Ondatra zibethicus) |
risca-de-giz noun {f} | pinstripe(thin stripe on fabric) |
riscar verb | cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels](cross out) cross out(to strike out) rule out(to cross out) scratch [scratched, scratching, scratches](remove, ignore or delete) |
riscar noun | strikethrough [strikethroughs](line) |
sonegação fiscal noun {f} | tax evasion(illegal avoidance of tax) |
terno risca-de-giz noun {m} | pinstripe(suit made of such fabric) |
triscaidecafobia noun {f} | triskaidekaphobia(fear or dislike of the number 13) |