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isca meaning in English

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Golfo da Biscaia proper noun
{m}

Bay of Biscay(gulf)
proper noun
[UK: beɪ əv] [US: ˈbeɪ əv]

hiena-riscada noun
{f}

striped hyena(Hyaena hyaena)
noun

lavandisca noun
{f}

wagtail [wagtails](various small passerine birds)
noun
[UK: ˈwæɡ.teɪl] [US: ˈwæɡ.teɪl]

lemniscata noun
{f}

lemniscate [lemniscates](mathematics: figure-of-eight closed curve)
noun
[UK: lˈemnɪskˌeɪt] [US: lˈemnɪskˌeɪt]

mariscar verb

clam(to dig for clams)
verb
[UK: klæm] [US: ˈklæm]

meia-risca noun
{f}

en dash(typographical symbol –)
noun
[UK: ən ˈdæʃ] [US: ˈen ˈdæʃ]

mordiscar verb

nibble [nibbled, nibbling, nibbles](eat with small bites)
verb
[UK: ˈnɪb.l̩] [US: ˈnɪb.l̩]

mordiscar noun

nip [nips](playful bite)
noun
[UK: nɪp] [US: ˈnɪp]

nota fiscal noun
{f}

receipt [receipts](written acknowledgement)
noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈsiːt] [US: rə.ˈsiːt]

num piscar de olhos preposition

in a jiffy(very quickly; without delay)
preposition
[UK: ɪn ə ˈdʒɪ.fi] [US: ɪn ə ˈdʒɪ.fi]

in the blink of an eye(immediately, instantaneously)
preposition

num piscar de olhos noun
{m}

jiffy(very short, unspecified length of time)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒɪ.fi] [US: ˈdʒɪ.fi]

odalisca noun
{f}

odalisque(a female harem slave)
noun
[UK: ˈəʊ.də.lɪsk] [US: ˈoʊ.də.lɪsk]

paraíso fiscal noun
{m}

tax haven(country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses)
noun
[UK: tæks ˈheɪv.n̩] [US: ˈtæks ˈheɪv.n̩]

pisca noun
{m}

indicator [indicators](turn signal)
noun
[UK: ˈɪn.dɪk.eɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈɪn.dəˌk.e.tər]

pisca-pisca noun
{m}

Christmas light(Christmas lights (plural))
noun

indicator [indicators](turn signal)
noun
[UK: ˈɪn.dɪk.eɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈɪn.dəˌk.e.tər]

piscada noun

blink [blinks](closing both eyes and opening them again)
noun
[UK: blɪŋk] [US: ˈblɪŋk]

piscada noun
{f}

wink [winks](blink of one eye)
noun
[UK: wɪŋk] [US: ˈwɪŋk]

piscadela noun
{f}

blink [blinks](closing both eyes and opening them again)
noun
[UK: blɪŋk] [US: ˈblɪŋk]

piscar verb

blink [blinked, blinking, blinks](to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
verb
[UK: blɪŋk] [US: ˈblɪŋk]

flash [flashed, flashing, flashes](to blink)
verb
[UK: flæʃ] [US: ˈflæʃ]

flicker [flickered, flickering, flickers](to keep going on and off)
verb
[UK: ˈflɪkə(r)] [US: ˈflɪkər]

wink [winked, winking, winks](to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
verb
[UK: wɪŋk] [US: ˈwɪŋk]

piscar de olhos noun
{m}

blink of an eye(moment (a very short period of time))
noun

eyeblink(moment (a very short period of time))
noun

quem não arrisca não petisca phrase

no pain, no gain(discomfort is necessary to achieve goals)
phrase
[UK: nəʊ peɪn nəʊ ɡeɪn] [US: ˈnoʊ ˈpeɪn ˈnoʊ ˈɡeɪn]

rabiscar verb

doodle [doodled, doodling, doodles](to draw or scribble aimlessly)
verb
[UK: ˈduːd.l̩] [US: ˈduːd.l̩]

scrawl [scrawled, scrawling, scrawls](to write hastily or illegibly)
verb
[UK: skrɔːl] [US: ˈskrɒl]

scribble [scribbled, scribbling, scribbles](to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry)
verb
[UK: ˈskrɪb.l̩] [US: ˈskrɪb.l̩]

rato almiscareiro noun
{m}

muskrat [muskrats](Ondatra zibethicus)
noun
[UK: ˈmʌ.skræt] [US: ˈmʌ.ˌskræt]

risca-de-giz noun
{f}

pinstripe(thin stripe on fabric)
noun
[UK: ˈpɪn.straɪp] [US: ˈpɪn.ˌstraɪp]

riscar verb

cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels](cross out)
verb
[UK: ˈkæn.səl] [US: ˈkæn.səl]

cross out(to strike out)
verb
[UK: ˈkrɒs ˈaʊt] [US: ˈkrɑːs ˈaʊt]

rule out(to cross out)
verb
[UK: ruːl ˈaʊt] [US: ˈruːl ˈaʊt]

scratch [scratched, scratching, scratches](remove, ignore or delete)
verb
[UK: skrætʃ] [US: ˈskrætʃ]

riscar noun

strikethrough [strikethroughs](line)
noun

sonegação fiscal noun
{f}

tax evasion(illegal avoidance of tax)
noun
[UK: tæks ɪ.ˈveɪʒ.n̩] [US: ˈtæks ɪ.ˈveɪʒ.n̩]

terno risca-de-giz noun
{m}

pinstripe(suit made of such fabric)
noun
[UK: ˈpɪn.straɪp] [US: ˈpɪn.ˌstraɪp]

triscaidecafobia noun
{f}

triskaidekaphobia(fear or dislike of the number 13)
noun

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