Portuguese | English |
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cova noun | den [dens](home of certain animals) |
cova coletiva noun {f} | mass grave(a grave containing many corpses) |
cova dos leões noun | lion's den(a dangerous or frightening place) |
covalente adjective | covalent(containing or characterized by a covalent bond) |
covarde noun | coward [cowards](a person who lacks courage) wimp(someone who lacks confidence) |
covarde adjective | cowardly(showing cowardice) craven(extremely cowardly) |
covarde noun {m} | craven(coward) pushover [pushovers](Someone who lets himself be picked or bullied on without defending or stand up for him/herself) pussy [pussies](informal: coward) |
covardemente adverb | cowardly(in the manner of a coward) |
covardia noun {f} | cowardice(the lack of courage) |
covariante adjective | covariant(which preserves composition) |
covariância noun {f} | covariance [covariances](statistical measure) |
acovardar-se verb | chicken out(shy away from a daring task) |
alcova noun {f} | alcove [alcoves](small recessed area) |
cavar a própria cova verb | dig one's own grave(to act in a way expected to backfire) |
corcova noun {f} | hump [humps](rounded fleshy mass as in camel's back) hunch [hunches](hump; protuberance) |
escova noun {f} | brush [brushes](implement) |
escova de cabelo noun {f} | hairbrush [hairbrushes](a brush used in hair care) |
escova de dentes noun {f} | toothbrush [toothbrushes](brush for cleaning the teeth and tongue) |
escovada noun {f} | brush [brushes](act of brushing) |
escovadela noun {f} | brush [brushes](act of brushing) |
escovamento noun {m} | brush [brushes](act of brushing) |
escovar verb | brush [brushed, brushing, brushes](to clean (with a brush)) sweep [swept, swept, sweeping, sweeps](to clean using a broom or brush) |
escovar os dentes verb | brush one's teeth(to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) |
estar com os pés na cova verb | |
estar com os pés para a cova verb | |
ligação covalente noun {f} | covalent bond [covalent bonds](bond in which atoms are connected by shared pairs of electrons) |
ter um pé na cova verb |