Random Vocabulary Flashcards
Concise
Conciso
Resumido
Datum
A small piece of information (“dado”)
Meleca (Melecas)
Tirar meleca
Meleca - booger (Melecas - boogers/boogies), snot
Tirar meleca - nose picking, take a snot out
Unremarkable
Ordinary and not interesting
(Banal, comum)
Ex.: An unremarkable town
Scholarship
Bolsa de estudos
Outdoor/indoor sports
Outdoor sport - ao ar livre
Indoor sport - não ao ar livre
Composto (químico, por exemplo)
Compound
Sobrenome
Surname
Last name
suitable
Acceptable or right for someone or something (“adequado”)
Ex.: This movie is suitable for children.
What is a suitable time to call?
likely
Expected (“provável”)
Ex.: I am likely to forget it if you don’t remind me.
sum
1) soma (cálculo matemático de somar)
2) an amount of money (“quantia”, “quantidade”)
Ex.: He sold the jewelry for a large sum of money.
income
renda
esquema
scheme
Premises
thelandandbuildingsownedby someone, especially by a companyor organization.
(“local”, “instalações”).
Cheerful
Animado, alegre
it “flew past”
passou voando
comprimidos
pills
tablets
invoice
alistthatshowsyou how much you have topayfor work someone has done or for things someone has given you.
(“fatura”)
slushy
partly melted
mist
smalldropsofwaterin theairthat make itdifficult tosee objectsthat are not near.
(“nevoeiro”, “cerração”)
beam
feixe de luz, raio
misfortune
somethingbadthathappensto you
“infelicidade”, “desgraça”, “infortúnio”
faulty
not working correctly
“defeituoso”, “com defeito”, “quebrado”, “falho”
waterlogged
fullofwaterandalmostcoveredby alayerof it
“encharcado”, “alagado”
jogging
theactivityofrunningslowlyforexercise
“cooper”
instance
anexampleof aparticulartypeofevent,situation, or behaviour.
(“caso”, “ocorrência”)
Ex.: There have been severalinstances of violence in theschool.
slope
encosta
declive
stretch X sketch
stretch - alongar, esticar
sketch - rascunho
grid pattern
horizontal and vertical lines crossing each other to form squares
lucro
prejuízo
orçamento
despesa
profit
loss
budget
expense/expenditure
extrovertido
outgoing
extrovert
outspoken
expressingstrongopinionsvery directly without worryingif otherpeopleareoffended.
Ex.: Outspokencomments.
Mr Masack is an outspokencriticof the present government.
outpatient X inpatient
paciente ambulatorial X paciente intrahospitalar
exhausting X exhaustive
“cansativo” (making youfeelverytired) X “exaustivo” (completeandincludingeverything)
Ex.: What an exhausting day!
This book is realy exhaustive for this subject.
bureau
anorganizationor abusinessthatcollectsor provides information.
(“departamento”, “seção”, “agência”)
in the US, agovernmentorganization
(“agência federal”)
pacote de férias
package holiday
voo programado X voo fretado
scheduled flight X charter flight
meia pensão X pensão completa
half-board X full-board
departure time
theactionof someone or somethingleaving aplace
“partida”, “saída”
timetable
alistofdatesandtimesthatshowswhen things will happen
“horário”
arrangements
arrangement
plansfor how something willhappen
(“preparativos”, “planos”)
Ex.: Imade arrangementsto meether onSaturday.
anagreementbetween twopeopleorgroups
(“arranjo”, “acordo”)
Ex.: We have an arrangement that hecleansthe house and I do thecooking.
insurance (insurance policy)
seguro (apólice do seguro)
self-catering apartment
havingcookingfacilitiesavaiableso that you can cookmealsfor yourselfratherthan having them provided for you
(“sem serviço incluído”)
Ex.: Wedecidedto go for self-catering ratherthan stay in ahotel.
poça de água
puddle of water
salgado doce azedo amargo cremoso
salty sweet tart/sour bitter creamy
seda
silk
atypeofcloththat islightandsmooth
macio X duro
soft/smooth X hard/tough
liso X áspero
straight/smooth X coarse/rough
posh
expensiveand forrichpeople
(“chique”, “luxuoso”)
Ex.: a poshhotel
from a highsocial class
(“rico”)
Rafael said that posh meant something more “nariz em pé”, olhando os outros como inferiores
chefe de família
breadwinner
householder
mimado
spoiled
mollycoddled
tarefas domésticas
household chores
housework
crammed
veryfullofpeopleor things
(“cheio”)
Ex.: A crammedtrain/room
My pockets were crammed with money
narrow
being only asmalldistancefrom onesideto the other
(“estreito”)
Ex.: A narrowstreet
Narrowshoulders
narrowly
only by asmallamount
(“por pouco”)
Ex.: Anapplefellfrom thetree, narrowly missing my head.
past of strike e o significado
struck
to strike -> tohitsomeone or something
(“golpear”, “atingir”)
Ex.: Twoclimberswere struck byfallingrocks.
vestibular
entrance examination
calouro
freshman/freshwoman
sophomore
astudentin his or her secondyearof high schoolor college in the US
(“estudante de segundo ano de faculdade”)
diretor
headmaster/headmistress
principal
director
provided
only if
(“contanto que”, “desde que”)
Ex.: He’swelcometo come,provided that he behaves himself.
tycoon
very powerful business man (“magnata”)
A personwho has succeededin businessor industry and has becomeveryrichandpowerful.
remetente X destinatário
sender X addressee
composite
“composto”, something made of various different parts
find something “by chance”
“por acaso”
untidy
desarrumado
(not neat or well arranged)
Ex.: an untidyroom
She’s really untidy athome.
neat
arrumado
(well arranged and clean)
Ex.: He alwayslooksveryneat andtidy.
ensaio (preparatório para jogos ou performances)
rehearsal
remo
paddle
