Portuguese | English |
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carrapato noun {m} | tick [ticks](arachnid) |
carrapicho noun {m} | burr [burrs](seed pod with sharp features) |
casamento da raposa noun {m} | sun shower(rain shower while the sun is shining, see also: devil's beating his wife) |
cinesioterapia noun {f} | kinesiology(application of such principles) kinesiotherapynoun |
contraparte noun | trade-off(situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased) |
contrapartida noun {f} | offset [offsets](compensating equivalent) |
contrapedalar verb | backpedal [backpedalled, backpedalling, backpedals](to pedal backwards on a bicycle) |
contrapesar verb | counterbalance(to apply weight in order to balance) |
contrapeso noun {m} | counterbalance [counterbalances](weight balancing an opposite one) counterweight [counterweights](heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something) |
contrapiso noun {m} | screed [screeds](smooth, flat layer of concrete, plaster, or similar material) |
contraponto noun {m} | counterpoint [counterpoints]((music) a melody added to an existing one) |
contraprestação noun {f} | consideration [considerations](recompense for something done) |
contraprodutivo adjective | counterproductive(more of a hindrance than a help) |
crisoterapia noun {f} | chrysotherapy(therapeutic use of gold) |
cronoterapêutica noun {f} | chronotherapeutics(therapy administered in phase with a person’s biological clock) |
cronoterapia noun {f} | chronotherapy(therapy based on a cyclical schedule) |
derrapagem noun {f} | drift [drifts](act or motion of drifting) skid [skids](out of control sliding motion) |
derrapar verb | skid [skidded, skidding, skids](to slide in an uncontrolled manner) slip [slipped, slipping, slips](to lose one's traction) |
drapeado noun {m} | drapery [draperies](uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds) |
drapejar verb | drape [draped, draping, drapes](to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery) flutter [fluttered, fluttering, flutters](to flap or wave quickly) |
eletroterapia noun {f} | electrotherapy [electrotherapies](use of electrical energy as a medical treatment) |
esfarrapado noun | misfit [misfits](an ill-fitting garment) |
esfarrapado adjective | raggedy(of ragged clothing) shabby [shabbier, shabbiest](torn or worn; poor; mean; ragged) tattered(dressed in tatters or rags) |
esfarrapado adjective {m} | ragged(rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken) |
esparadrapo noun {m} | adhesive tape(medical tape) |
esperto como uma raposa adjective | sly as a fox(very sly) |
estrapada noun {f} | strappado(form of torture) |
extrapolação noun {f} | extrapolation [extrapolations](calculation of an estimate) |
extrapolar verb | extrapolate [extrapolated, extrapolating, extrapolates](to infer by extending known information) |
farmacoterapia noun | pharmacotherapy [pharmacotherapies](use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease) |
farrapo noun {m} | rag [rags](piece of cloth) tatter [tatters](A shred of torn cloth) |
fisioterapeuta noun {m} {f} | physiotherapist [physiotherapists](therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise) |