Portuguese | English |
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a despeito de preposition | despitepreposition in spite ofpreposition |
a mão esquerda não sabe o que faz a direita phrase | the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing(two parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities) |
a meia-nau adverb | amidships(in the middle of a ship) |
a noite toda/inteira adverb | all night(entire night) |
a prática faz a perfeição phrase | practice makes perfect(if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) |
a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição phrase | haste makes waste(being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes) |
à primeira vista preposition | at first blush(upon first impression or consideration) at first glance(after only a superficial examination or review) |
a queima-roupa adjective | point-blank(so close that a weapon may be aimed directly at its target) |
à queima-roupa adverb | point blank(directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution) |
a quem de direito phrase | to whom it may concern(phrase used to begin a formal letter to an unknown recipient) |
a respeito de preposition | of(introducing topic or subject matter) with regard to(concerning) |
à terceira é de vez phrase | third time's a charmphrase |
a torto e a direito adverb | left and right(all over the place) |
abacateiro noun {m} | avocado [avocados](tree) |
abandeirar verb | flag [flagged, flagging, flags](to furnish with flags) |
abelha-pedreira noun {f} | hornet [hornets](a large wasp, of the genus Vespa, with a brown-and-yellow-striped body) |
abelheira noun {f} | beekeeper [beekeepers](someone who keeps bees) |
abelheiro noun {m} | beekeeper [beekeepers](someone who keeps bees) |
abetalipoproteinemia noun {f} | abetalipoproteinemia(rare disorder) |
aboboreira noun {f} | pumpkin [pumpkins](plant) |
Abomei proper noun {f} | Abomey(major city in southern Benin) |
abraçadeira noun {f} | cable tie(a type of fastener) hose clamp(device to clamp a hose to a fitting) |
abraçadeira plástica noun {f} | cable tie(a type of fastener) |
abraçadeira poliamida noun {f} | cable tie(a type of fastener) |
abrasileirar verb | Brazilianize(to make Brazilian) |
abrunheiro noun {m} | damson [damsons](tree) sloe [sloes](tree of the genus Prunus bearing dark-purple fruit) |
abrunheiro-bravo noun {m} | blackthorn [blackthorns](Prunus spinosa) |
açaizeiro noun {m} | acai(South American palms of the genus Euterpe) |
acará-bandeira noun {m} | angelfish [angelfishes](freshwater fish) |
ácaro-do-queijo noun {m} | cheese mite(category of mite) |
aceiro noun {m} | firebreak(area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading) |
aceitabilidade noun {f} | acceptability [acceptabilities](acceptableness) |
aceitação noun {f} | acceptance [acceptances](act of accepting) |
aceitado adjective | accepted(generally approved, believed, or recognized) |
aceitador noun {m} | acceptor [acceptors](one who accepts) |