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mão meaning in English

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mão noun
{f}

brick [bricks](term for a helpful, reliable person)
noun
[UK: brɪk] [US: ˈbrɪk]

coat [coats](covering of material, such as paint)
noun
[UK: ˈkəʊt] [US: ˈkoʊt]

deal [deals](distribution of cards)
noun
[UK: diːl] [US: ˈdiːl]

gift [gifts](talent or natural ability)
noun
[UK: ɡɪft] [US: ˈɡɪft]

handball(football offence)
noun
[UK: ˈhænd.bɔːl] [US: ˈhænd.ˌbɒl]

mão noun
{m}

headstock(part of a lute-type string instrument)
noun
[UK: hˈedstɒk] [US: hˈedstɑːk]

mão-aberta adjective

generous(willing to give and share unsparingly)
adjective
[UK: ˈdʒe.nə.rəs] [US: ˈdʒe.nə.rəs]

mão de obra noun
{f}

workforce [workforces](workers employed by an organization)
noun
[UK: ˈwɜːk.fɔːs] [US: ˈwɝːk.fɔːrs]

mão-de-obra noun
{f}

labour [labours](workers)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪb.ə(r)] [US: ˈleɪb.r̩]

mão-de-vaca noun
{f}

miser [misers](skinflint or scrooge)
noun
[UK: ˈmaɪ.zə(r)] [US: ˈmaɪ.zər]

mão furada noun
{f}

butterfingers [butterfingers](someone who tends to drop things)
noun
[UK: ˈbʌt.ə.fɪŋ.ɡəz] [US: ˈbʌt.r̩.ˌfɪŋ.ɡr̩z]

mão invisível noun
{f}

invisible handnoun

mão-pelada noun
{m}

crab-eating raccoon(species of raccoon)
noun

mãos ao alto phrase

stick 'em up(put your hands in the air)
phrase
[UK: stɪk] [US: ˈstɪk]

mãos ao alto! interjection

hands up(surrender!)
interjection

mãos ao ar phrase

stick 'em up(put your hands in the air)
phrase
[UK: stɪk] [US: ˈstɪk]

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)
phrase

abrir mão verb

give away(to relinquish control over)
verb
[UK: ɡɪv ə.ˈweɪ] [US: ˈɡɪv ə.ˈweɪ]

alemão adjective

German(of or relating to the country of Germany)
adjective
[UK: ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈdʒɝː.mən]

Germanic(relating to the Germanic peoples)
adjective
[UK: dʒə.ˈmæ.nɪk] [US: dʒər.ˈmæ.nɪk]

alemão noun
{m}

German(native or inhabitant of Germany; person of German citizenship or nationality)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈdʒɝː.mən]

alemão proper noun
{m}

German(the German language)
proper noun
[UK: ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈdʒɝː.mən]

alto alemão noun
{m}

High German(any of a group of West Germanic languages)
noun
[UK: haɪ ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈhaɪ ˈdʒɝː.mən]

alto alemão antigo proper noun
{m}

Old High Germanproper noun
[UK: əʊld haɪ ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: oʊld ˈhaɪ ˈdʒɝː.mən]

alto-alemão médio proper noun
{m}

Middle High Germanproper noun
[UK: ˈmɪd.l̩ haɪ ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈmɪd.l̩ ˈhaɪ ˈdʒɝː.mən]

amarelo-limão noun

citron [citrons](greenish yellow colour)
noun
[UK: ˈsɪ.trən] [US: ˈsɪ.trən]

apertar as mãos verb

shake hands(grasp another person's hands)
verb
[UK: ʃeɪk hændz] [US: ˈʃeɪk ˈhændz]

aperto de mão noun
{m}

handshake [handshakes](grasping of hands by two people)
noun
[UK: ˈhænd.ʃeɪk] [US: ˈhænd.ˌʃek]

bagagem de mão noun
{f}

carry-on(the luggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger)
noun

bagagem de mão f adjective

carry-on(taken onto an airplane with a passenger)
adjective

baixo alemão noun
{m}

Low German(West Germanic language)
noun
[UK: ləʊ ˈdʒɜː.mən] [US: ˈloʊ ˈdʒɝː.mən]

caimão noun
{m}

caiman [caimans](alligator relative)
noun
[UK: ˈkeɪ.mən] [US: ˈkeɪ.mən]

cair em mãos erradas verb

fall into the wrong hands(become the possession of or be discovered by an unfriendly third party)
verb

cancro do pulmão noun
{m}

lung cancer [lung cancers](cancer of the lung(s))
noun
[UK: lʌŋ ˈkæn.sə(r)] [US: ˈləŋ ˈkæn.sər]

capim-limão noun
{m}

lemongrass [lemongrasses](species of grass of the genus Cymbopogon)
noun
[UK: lˈeməŋɡrˌas] [US: lˈeməŋɡrˌæs]

carrinho de mão noun
{m}

barrow [barrows](small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand)
noun
[UK: ˈbæ.rəʊ] [US: ˈbæro.ʊ]

wheelbarrow [wheelbarrows](small cart)
noun
[UK: ˈwiːl̩.bær.əʊ] [US: ˈhwiːl̩.ˌbær.oʊ]

cação-limão noun
{m}

lemon shark [lemon sharks](Negaprion brevirostris)
noun
[UK: ˈle.mən ʃɑːk] [US: ˈle.mən ˈʃɑːrk]

colhido à mão adjective

handpicked(picked by hand)
adjective
[UK: ˈhænd.ˈpɪkt] [US: ˈhænd.ˈpɪkt]

com a mão na massa adjective

red-handed(in the act of wrongdoing)
adjective
[UK: ˈred.ˈhæn.dəd] [US: ˈred.ˈhæn.dəd]

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