Portuguese | English |
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iscar verb | bait [baited, baiting, baits](to attract with bait) |
arriscar verb | gamble [gambled, gambling, gambles](to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome) risk [risked, risking, risks](to incur risk to something) venture [ventured, venturing, ventures](to risk) |
beliscar verb | pinch [pinched, pinching, pinches](to squeeze a small amount of skin) |
boi-almiscarado noun {m} | musk ox(Arctic mammal) |
chuviscar verb | drizzle [drizzled, drizzling, drizzles](to rain lightly) |
comiscar verb | nibble [nibbled, nibbling, nibbles](eat with small bites) |
confiscar verb | confiscate [confiscated, confiscating, confiscates](take possession of by authority) take away(to remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it) |
discar verb | dial [dialled, dialling, dials](To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone) |
em um piscar de olhos preposition | at the drop of a hat(instantly, without hesitation) in the blink of an eye(immediately, instantaneously) |
faiscar verb | sparkle [sparkled, sparkling, sparkles](to emit sparks) |
mariscar verb | clam(to dig for clams) |
mordiscar verb | nibble [nibbled, nibbling, nibbles](eat with small bites) |
mordiscar noun | nip [nips](playful bite) |
num piscar de olhos preposition | in a jiffy(very quickly; without delay) in the blink of an eye(immediately, instantaneously) |
num piscar de olhos noun {m} | jiffy(very short, unspecified length of time) |
piscar verb | blink [blinked, blinking, blinks](to close and reopen both eyes quickly) flash [flashed, flashing, flashes](to blink) flicker [flickered, flickering, flickers](to keep going on and off) wink [winked, winking, winks](to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion) |
piscar de olhos noun {m} | blink of an eye(moment (a very short period of time)) eyeblink(moment (a very short period of time)) |
rabiscar verb | doodle [doodled, doodling, doodles](to draw or scribble aimlessly) scrawl [scrawled, scrawling, scrawls](to write hastily or illegibly) scribble [scribbled, scribbling, scribbles](to write or draw carelessly and in a hurry) |
rato almiscareiro noun {m} | muskrat [muskrats](Ondatra zibethicus) |
riscar verb | cancel [cancelled, cancelling, cancels](cross out) cross out(to strike out) rule out(to cross out) scratch [scratched, scratching, scratches](remove, ignore or delete) |
riscar noun | strikethrough [strikethroughs](line) |