Advanced Portuguese Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
sebo
A
tallow / fat
2
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pixaim (Br)
A
hair
3
Q
cara lambuzada
A
sticky face
4
Q
uma fresta
A
a slit / gap
5
Q
um assunto pífio
A
a lowly affair
6
Q
sebo (Br)
A
a used book shop
7
Q
Não há espaço para folgas fiscais
A
We can’t slacken our tax systems
8
Q
parecer fundamentado
A
reasoned opinion
9
Q
destrinchar
A
to pick apart / analyse
10
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compadecer
A
to pity/feel sorry for
11
Q
divisar
A
to descry / see
12
Q
verbete
A
dictionary entry
13
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escoicear
A
to lash out
14
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são favas contadas
A
it’s a done deal
15
Q
guedelha
A
hair
16
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engendrar
A
to concoct
17
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indumentária
A
dress-code / costume
18
Q
rombo
A
blunt
19
Q
amolador
A
knife-sharpener
20
Q
desfalque
A
misappropriation
21
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tísico
A
suffering from tuberculosis
22
Q
azelha
A
dork
23
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alastrar
A
to spread
24
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engrolar
A
to half-cook / say something quickly
25
pranto
sobbing
26
bugiganga
knick-knack / cheap tack
27
esganiçado
screechy
28
alcagoitas
peanuts
29
vágens
green beans / pods
30
capelista
haberdasher
31
esteira
wake (from boat)
32
zarpar
to raise anchor / set sail
33
virar o barco
to be sick (slang)
34
gamo
deer
35
uma piela
drunken night out
36
escotilha
porthole
37
amieiro
alder tree
38
fazer trinta por uma linha
to play up
39
maus agouros
bad omens
40
despudor
indecency
41
descalabro
calamity
42
uma sanha punitiva
a punishing frenzy
43
vergar a cerviz
to kowtow
44
navegar ao sabor das marés
to be a political turncoat
45
de boa cepa
of good stock
46
cerzir
to darn
47
exíguo
meagre
48
fazer a faxina
to do the cleaning
49
uma faca de dois gumes
a double-edged sword
50
arame farpado
barbed wire
51
resvalar
to slide / be considered less important
52
afoito a
dedicated to / into s/th
