Portuguese | English |
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deixar estar verb | leave it be(allow something to follow its natural course) let it be(leave something to follow its natural course) |
depois que a onça já está morta phrase | hindsight is 20/20(in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset) |
desorden de espectro alcoólico fetal noun {m} | fetal alcohol spectrum disorder(disorder) |
detrito espacial noun {m} | space debris(objects in orbit without useful purpose) |
Deus Espirito Santo proper noun {m} | God the Holy Ghost(person of the Trinity) |
diga-me com quem andas e eu te direi quem és phrase | birds of a feather flock together(people of similar character, etc. tend to associate) |
dir-te-ei quem és phrase | a man is known by the company he keeps(people are similar in character to their friends) |
do jeito que está preposition | as it stands(in the current state or circumstances) |
do jeito que está adverb | as it is(in the actual circumstances) |
dobrando o cabo da boa esperança preposition | over the hill(old, past the prime of life) |
dois-espíritos noun | two-spirit(gender-variant Native American, see also: berdache) |
educação especial noun {f} | special education(educational services designed for students with learning difficulties) |
educação pré-escolar noun {f} | early childhood education(teaching and care of young children) |
efeito especial noun {m} | special effect(effect that cannot be reasonably achieved by normal means) |
efeito estufa noun {m} | greenhouse effect [greenhouse effects](process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere) |
efeitos especiais noun {m-Pl} | effect [effects](special effect in film) |
ela está inconsciente phrase | she's unconsciousphrase |
ele está inconsciente phrase | he's unconsciousphrase |
elevador espacial noun {m} | space elevator(cable connecting ground with space) |
em espécie adverb | in kind(with goods or services) |
em essência adverb | essentiallyadverb |
em grande escala adjective | large-scale(large in amount, scope or extent) |
em larga escala adjective | large-scale(large in amount, scope or extent) |
em time que está ganhando não se mexe phrase | if it ain't broke, don't fix it(leave something alone) |
em vez de amaldiçoar a escuridão phrase | better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness(in bad times it is worthwhile to do good) |
empregado de escritório noun {m} | clerk [clerks](one working with records etc.) |
encefalopatia espongiforme bovina noun {f} | |
encefalopatia espongiforme transmissível noun {f} | transmissible spongiform encephalopathy(any fatal, degenerative disease transmitted by prions) |
energia escura noun {f} | dark energy(hypothetical form of energy which, it is supposed, is spread uniformly throughout space and time and has anti-gravitational properties) |
engolidor de espadas noun {m} | sword swallower(person who swallows swords) |
engolidora de espadas noun {f} | sword swallower(person who swallows swords) |
entre a cruz e a espada preposition | between a rock and a hard place(in a difficult and inescapable position) |
entre a espada e a parede preposition | between a rock and a hard place(having the choice between two unpleasant options) |
epiteto específico noun {m} | specific epithet((taxonomy) second word in the scientific name of a species) |
era espacial noun {f} | space age(current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik) |
escada espiral noun {f} | spiral staircase(type of staircase) |
escola estadual noun {f} | state school(government-funded school) |
esconde-esconde noun | hide and seek(game) |
espanta-espíritos noun {m} | wind chimes(chime made from suspended wooden, metal, etc. tubes, bells and rods that tinkle when moved by the wind) |