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galinha meaning in English

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galinha noun
{f}

red junglefowl(Gallus gallus)
noun

tramp [tramps](promiscuous woman)
noun
[UK: træmp] [US: ˈtræmp]

galinha noun
{m}

philanderer [philanderers](someone who engages in casual sex)
noun
[UK: fɪ.ˈlæn.də.rə(r)] [US: fɪ.ˈlæn.də.rər]

galinha d'angola noun
{f}

guinea fowl [guinea fowls](bird)
noun
[UK: ˈɡɪ.ni faʊl] [US: ˈɡɪ.ni ˈfaʊl]

galinha-d'água noun
{f}

moorhen [moorhens](water birds of the genus Gallinula)
noun
[UK: ˈmʊə.hen] [US: ˈmʊə.hen]

galinha-da-guiné noun
{f}

guinea fowl [guinea fowls](bird)
noun
[UK: ˈɡɪ.ni faʊl] [US: ˈɡɪ.ni ˈfaʊl]

galinha-da-índia noun
{f}

guinea fowl [guinea fowls](bird)
noun
[UK: ˈɡɪ.ni faʊl] [US: ˈɡɪ.ni ˈfaʊl]

grão a grão enche a galinha o papo phrase

many a mickle makes a muckle(lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount)
phrase

não conte com o ovo antes da galinha botar phrase

don't count your chickens before they're hatched(one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur)
phrase
[UK: dəʊnt kaʊnt jɔː(r) ˈtʃɪkɪnz bɪ.ˈfɔː(r) ˈðeə(r) hætʃt] [US: ˈdoʊnt ˈkaʊnt ˈjɔːr ˈtʃɪkənz bɪ.ˈfɔːr ˈðer ˈhætʃt]

não conte com o ovo dentro da galinha phrase

don't count your chickens before they're hatched(one should not depend upon a favorable outcome to one's plans until it is certain to occur)
phrase
[UK: dəʊnt kaʊnt jɔː(r) ˈtʃɪkɪnz bɪ.ˈfɔː(r) ˈðeə(r) hætʃt] [US: ˈdoʊnt ˈkaʊnt ˈjɔːr ˈtʃɪkənz bɪ.ˈfɔːr ˈðer ˈhætʃt]

paradoxo do ovo e da galinha noun
{m}

chicken-or-egg question(a question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first)
noun

pata de galinha noun
{f}

chicken feet(feet of a chicken)
noun

patas de galinha noun
{f-Pl}

chicken feet(feet of a chicken)
noun

peito de galinha noun
{m}

chicken breast(chicken body meat)
noun
[UK: ˈtʃɪkɪn brest] [US: ˈtʃɪkən ˈbrest]

pele de galinha noun

goose bump(raised skin caused by cold, excitement, or fear)
noun
[UK: ɡuːs bʌmp] [US: ˈɡuːs ˈbəmp]

pés de galinha noun
{m-Pl}

crow's feet(wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye)
noun
[UK: ˈkroz fiːt] [US: ˈkroz ˈfiːt]

quando as galinhas criarem dentes adverb

when Hell freezes over(never)
adverb
[UK: wen hel ˈfriː.zɪz ˈəʊv.ə(r)] [US: hwen ˈhel ˈfriː.zəz ˈoʊv.r̩]

quando as galinhas tiverem dentes adverb

when Hell freezes over(never)
adverb
[UK: wen hel ˈfriː.zɪz ˈəʊv.ə(r)] [US: hwen ˈhel ˈfriː.zəz ˈoʊv.r̩]

tatu-galinha noun
{m}

nine-banded armadillo(armadillo of species Dasypus novemcinctus)
noun