Portuguese | English |
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mais velho que a Sé de Braga adjective | old as the hills(extremely old) |
melhor do que nada adjective | better than nothing(almost worthless) |
mesmo que conjunction | albeit(despite its being; although) |
misto-quente noun {m} | grilled cheese(toasted cheese sandwich) |
muito que bem interjection | well(exclamation of surprise) |
não há o que fazer phrase | it can't be helped(it is inevitable) |
não importa o que phrase | no matter what(whatever) |
não importa o que aconteça phrase | no matter what(under any circumstances, whatever happens) |
não quero phrase | I don't want itphrase |
não quero isso phrase | I don't want itphrase |
não-sei-o-quê noun {m} | je ne sais quoi(indefinable quality that makes something distinctive) |
nem tudo que reluz é ouro phrase | all that glitters is not gold(things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) |
no que conjunction | inasmuch as(to the extent that) |
o mais alto que puder preposition | at the top of one's lungspreposition at the top of one's voicepreposition |
o meu carro quebrou phrase | my car has broken downphrase |
o pior cego é aquele que não quer ver phrase | |
o sangue é mais grosso que a água phrase | blood is thicker than water(relationships are stronger within the family) |
ovo quente noun {m} | boiled egg [boiled eggs](soft-boiled egg) |
pelo que alguém sabe preposition | to one's knowledgepreposition |
pelo que alguém sabe adverb | as far as one knows(to the best of my knowledge) |
pelo que eu saiba preposition | according to one's understanding(as far as one can understand) |
pelo que eu sei preposition | according to one's understanding(as far as one can understand) |
pelo que eu sei adverb | TTBOMK(to one's knowledge) |
pelo que sei preposition | according to one's understanding(as far as one can understand) |
penso que sim phrase | I think sophrase |
prestar atenção ao que diz verb | |
prevenir é melhor do que remediar phrase | prevention is better than cure(It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) |
queira ou não queira adverb | willy-nilly(whether desired or not; without regard for consequences or wishes of those affected) |
quem tudo quer tudo perde phrase | grasp all, lose all(one who wants everything, may lose it all) |
quero-quero noun {m} | lapwing(bird belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae) |
receio que sim phrase | I'm afraid so(unfortunately, yes) |
salvo que conjunction | only(except) |
sendo que conjunction | whereas(it being the case that…) |
ser mais esperto que verb | outsmart [outsmarted, outsmarting, outsmarts](beat in a competition of wits) |
só que conjunction | except(with the exception that) only(but) |
só que não interjection | notinterjection |
só que não phrase | close, but no cigar(used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite) |
tudo que é bom acaba phrase | all good things come to an end(nothing good lasts forever) |