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pólvora meaning in English

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pólvora noun
{f}

gunpowder [gunpowders](explosive mixture)
noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.paʊ.də(r)] [US: ˈɡʌn.ˌpɑːw.dər]

algodão-pólvora noun

nitrocellulose [nitrocelluloses](the chemical nitrocellulose)
noun
[UK: ˌnaɪtro.ˈse.ljəˌlos] [US: ˌnaɪtro.ˈse.ljəˌlos]

Conspiração da Pólvora proper noun
{f}

Gunpowder Plot(failed plot to kill the king of England)
proper noun
[UK: ˈɡʌn.paʊ.də(r) plɒt] [US: ˈɡʌn.ˌpɑːw.dər ˈplɑːt]

espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora verb

spread like wildfire(spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably)
verb
[UK: spred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.faɪə(r)] [US: ˈspred ˈlaɪk ˈwaɪld.ˌfaɪər]