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palavra noun {f} | voice [voices](language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion) |
palavra ad hoc noun {f} | nonce word(word invented for the occasion) |
palavra-chave noun {f} | keyword [keywords](word used as a key to a code) password(computing: string of characters known only to a user) |
palavra composta noun {f} | compound word(word composed of others) |
palavra de baixo calão noun {f} | curse [curses](vulgar epithet) |
palavra de efeito noun {m} {f} | buzzword [buzzwords](word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon) |
palavra de honra noun {f} | word of honor(a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith) |
palavra gramatical noun {f} | function word [function words]noun |
palavra lexical noun {f} | content word [content words]noun |
palavra mágica noun {f} | magic word(word with magical effect) |
palavra-passe noun {f} | password(word used to gain admittance) |
palavra por palavra adjective | verbatim(of a document: word for word) |
palavra por palavra adverb | verbatim(word for word) |
palavra-valise noun {f} | portmanteau word(word which combines the meaning of two words) |
palavras cruzadas noun {f-Pl} | crossword [crosswords](word puzzle) |
ações falam mais alto que palavras phrase | actions speak louder than words(it is more effective to act than speak) |
c-palavra noun | f-word(euphemism for the equivalent of the word "fuck") |
caça-palavras noun {m} | word search(a word game) |
como se escreve/soletra esta palavra phrase | how do you spell this word(how do you spell this word?) |
como você pronuncia esta palavra? phrase | how do you pronounce this word(how do you pronounce this word?) |
em outras palavras preposition | in other words(stated or interpreted another way) |
em poucas palavras adverb | in a nutshell(in summary) |
faltar com a palavra verb | renege [reneged, reneging, reneges](break a promise or commitment) |
homem de poucas palavras noun {m} | man of few words(man who doesn't speak much) |
jogo de palavras noun {m} | wordplaynoun |
meia palavra basta phrase | a nod is as good as a wink(the hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining) |
multipalavra adjective | multi-word(consisting of more than one word) |
multipalavras adjective | multi-word(consisting of more than one word) |
numa palavra preposition | in a word(briefly, concisely) |
ordem das palavras noun {f} | word order [word orders](order of syntactic constituents) |
passa-palavra noun {m} | word of mouth(verbal means of passing of information) |
sem palavras adjective | speechless(not speaking; not knowing what to say) |
uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras phrase | a picture is worth a thousand words(visualisation is better than verbal description) |
últimas palavras noun {f-Pl} | last words(final remarks uttered by a person before death) |