Portugál | Angol |
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limpador de parabrisa noun {m} | windshield wiper [windshield wipers](device to clear a windshield) |
limpador de parabrisas noun {m} | windshield wiper [windshield wipers](device to clear a windshield) |
mais para lá do que para cá preposition | on one's last legs(about to die) |
método comparativo noun {m} | comparative method(technique for studying the development of languages) |
mudança de paradigma noun {f} | paradigm shift(change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries) |
mudar para melhor verb | take a turn for the better(start to become better) |
mudar para pior verb | take a turn for the worse(start to become worse) |
muito cacique para pouco índio phrase | too many chiefs and not enough Indians(too many leaders or managers and not enough people doing useful work) |
muro/baluarte/parapeito de terra noun {m} | rampart [ramparts](defensive ridge of earth) |
música para os ouvidos de noun {f} | music to someone's ears(good news; pleasing sound or expression) |
No word accompanies the comparative in this usage. adverb | the(indicating a result like the comparative) |
Número Internacional Normalizado para Publicações Seriadas noun {m} | ISSN(International Standard Serial Number) |
nunca é tarde para aprender phrase | you're never too old to learn(proverb) |
organização/força/exército paramilitar noun | paramilitary(a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) |
paparazzo noun {m} | paparazzo(freelance photographer of celebrities) |
papel de/para embrulho noun {m} | wrapping paper(paper used for wrapping parcels or presents) |
passar para verb | segue [segued, seguing, segues](to move smoothly from one topic to another) |
pau para toda obra noun | jack of all trades, master of none(person who has a competent grasp of many skills) |
pedalar para trás verb | backpedal [backpedalled, backpedalling, backpedals](to pedal backwards on a bicycle) |
pílula para dormir noun {f} | sleeping pill [sleeping pills](a pill having a soporific effect) |
pinheiro-do-paraná noun {m} | Paraná pine(South American conifer) |
pôr para dormir verb | put to bed(help someone go to bed) |
porta paralela noun {f} | parallel port(computing: physical interface) |
preparação noun {f} | preparation [preparations](act of preparing) |
preparado adjective | set up(in a position to function) |
preparado adjective {m} | ready [readier, readiest](prepared for immediate action or use) |
preparar verb | do [did, done, doing, does](cook) fix [fixed, fixing, fixes](to prepare) lay [laid, laid, laying, lays](to prepare groundwork, table etc.) prepare [prepared, preparing, prepares](to make ready for a specific future purpose) ready [readied, readying, readies](to make prepared for action) set up(to ready something for use) |
preparar interjection | ready, aim, fire(sequence of commands) |
preparar phrase | on your mark, get set, go(three-command start of racing) |
preparar o terreno verb | lay the groundwork(To provide the basics) |
preparar-se verb | accinge(to prepare oneself for action) prepare [prepared, preparing, prepares](to make oneself ready) |
preparativos noun {m-Pl} | arrangement [arrangements](plural: preparations for some undertaking) |
puxar para cima verb | pull up(lift vertically) |
puxar para dentro verb | pull in(to pull something, so that comes inside) |