Intro + One Flashcards
Ampliar
to enlarge
em via
on track
em vão
in vain
tornar publicos/ tornar x
to make public, to make or render something x
os prazos
the deadlines
diante
against
o dilúvio
the flood
afogar
to drown or submerge
almejar
to crave or long for
em anexo
attached
o partidário
the partisan
ficar preso
to get stuck, fixed in place
o vereador
the city councilman
os companheiros
the companion
os empates
protests to protect rainforest
os empates
the ties
Os seringueiros
people who extract from trees the material to make rubber?
o desmatamento
the deforestation
a derrubada
the overthrow
as motoserras
the chainsaws
os peões
the pawns
os latifundistas
the landowners
a pecuária
the livestock
derrubar
to throw down
o mato
the brushweed
o gado
the cattle
criando gado
raising cattle.
os jagunços
the mercenaries or thugs
a cumplicidade
the complicity
o fazendeiro
the farmer
o mandante
the principal
a pedido
by request
as fileiras
the ranks
o depoimento
the testimony
aderir
to join or adhere or acede to
eleger
to elect
a castanha
nut, hazelnut, chestnut
o babaçu
nut that comes from palm trees
a juta
the jute
derramar
to shed or pour
os seres
the beings
o usufruto
life tenancy or right to derive benefit
posto que
since that
os assentamentos
the sentiments
agredir
to attack or knock around
os extratores
the extractors
incrementar
to step up or increase
a mata
the forst
os piquetes
the pickets, picket lines
o cabra
the goat
humilde
humble
que teima
that insists
os transgênicos
the GMOS
aviltar
to demean, to debase
as balizas
the beacons
a constatação
the finding
vingar
to avenge
alhures
elsewhere
desolador
heart breaking
os pinheiros
the pine trees
a encosta
the hill or slope
reinar
to reign
empregada por
employed by
as contrafaçoes
the counterfeits
os grilhões
the shackles
perecer
to perish
o entrave
the obstacle
nefasto
nefarious
fundiária
agrarian
contrapor
to oppose, to compare
amontoada
piled up
insanável
incurable
desperdiçar
to waste
extenuar
to overdrive, to tire
extenuar
to overdrive, to tire
motriz
driving
saquear
to plunder
minar
to undermine
o guano
the fertilizer, specifically birds
a gula
the greed
a cadeia
the jail, the chain
nocivos
harmful
abordar
to approach
arrebentar
to break, snap, or smash
soltar
to drop, release, loosen
faz soltar
to let go
as correntes
the chains
progredir
to advance, to prgress
as massas
the masses
a esfera
the sphere
ao invés de
rather than
o calcanhar
the heels
moldado
molded or wrought
contentar
to satisfy
herdado
inherited
