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| Inglês | Português |
b&w,
b & w,
b and w,
B/W,
BW n | written, abbreviation (black and white) | preto e branco loc sm |
b&w,
b & w,
b and w,
B/W,
BW adj | written, abbreviation (black and white) | em preto e branco loc adj |
| black and white n | (grayscale) | preto e branco expres |
| He asked the director why she had chosen to use black and white for her movie. |
| Ele perguntou a diretora porque ela escolheu usar preto e branco no filme. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | (in grayscale) | em preto e branco loc adv |
| Nota: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| Black-and-white photography relies on composition rather than color. |
| Fotografia em preto e branco aposta mais na composição do que nas cores. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | figurative (clear, defined) (figurado) | preto no branco expres |
| The situation may seem very black and white to you, but actually it's more complicated. |
| A situação pode parecer preto no branco para você, mas na realidade é mais complicada. |
black and white,
black & white n | US, informal (police car) | carro de polícia sm |
| black or white adj | figurative (clear cut) | preto ou branco adj |
| black or white adj | figurative (viewed simplistically) | preto ou branco adj |
| There is no gray area here, it's black or white. |
black-and-white film,
black-and-white movie n | (movie: without colour) | filme em preto e branco loc sm |
| I love watching silents, those old black-and-white films with no sound. |
| black-and-white film n | (camera film: without colour) | filme em preto e branco loc sm |
| All our early home movies were on black-and-white film. |
| black-and-white photography n | (taking photos without colour) | fotografia em preto-e-branco, fotografia em branco-e-preto loc sf |
| He specialized in black-and-white photography. |
| black-and-white television n | (TV set: cannot display colors) | televisão em preto e branco loc sf |
| My parents remember the days when black-and-white television was the only type of TV available. |
| black-and-white television n | uncountable (TV shows in black and white) (programas) | televisão em preto e branco loc sf |
bleed [sb] dry,
bleed [sb] white vtr + adj | figurative (spend all [sb]'s money) (figurado) | tirar o sangue expres v |
| tirar todo dinheiro expres v |
| (figurado) | rapelar vi |
| Between them, my six kids have bled me dry! |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (type of edible nut) (tipo de noz) | noz-americana sf |
| John prepared a side dish of butternuts. |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (nut tree: North America) (árvore) | nogueira sf |
| Marsha walked through a forest of butternuts. |
butternut,
white walnut n | US (wood of butternut tree) (madeira) | nogueira sf |
| Tim made a table out of butternut. |
calico (US),
tortoiseshell-and-white (UK) n as adj | (cat: with colored markings) | malhado adj |
| The cat gave birth to one calico kitten and two white. |
| egg white n | (albumen: non-yolk part of an egg) (parte do ovo) | clara sf |
| You can't make meringues without egg whites. |
| gloss white n | (white shiny paint colour) (cor de tinta branco brilhante) | branco brilhante loc sm |
| Gloss white is good paint for a commercial kitchen because gloss finishes are easy to clean. |
| go white vi + adj | (face: become pale) | ficar pálido v lig + adj |
| in black and white adv | (without colour) | em preto e branco loc adv |
| I prefer to develop my photographs in black and white. |
| in black and white adv | (in writing) | por escrito loc adv |
| I didn't believe he was dead until I saw it in the newspaper in black and white. |
| The will states clearly in black and white that all the money should go to me. |
| in black and white adv | figurative (explicitly) | claramente adv |
| We'll set out the terms of our offer in black and white so there can be no confusion. |
kingfish,
white croaker n | (zoology: California fish) | peixe-rei sm |
| lily-white adj | figurative (pure) | inocente adj |
| puro adj |
| lily-white adj | (very pale) | pálido adj |
| milk-white adj | (cool shade of white) | branco leitoso loc adj |
nonwhite,
non-white adj | (of ethnic origin other than white) (que não possui pele de cor branca) | não branco adj |
off white,
off-white adj | (whitish: greyish or yellowish white in colour) | encardido, amarelado adj |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
off white,
off-white n | (greyish- or yellowish-white colour) (cor esbranquiçada) | encardido, amarelado sm |
| Snow White n | (female character in a fairy tale) (personagem fictício) | Branca de Neve loc sf |
| Snow White bit into the poisoned apple and fell fast asleep. |
| snow-white adj | (pure white in color) (cor) | branco neve adj |
| When I get married, I want to wear a snow-white wedding dress and carry a big bouquet. |
| snow-white adj | figurative (pure, innocent) | puro adj |
| inocente adj |
| Veronica's had a lot of boyfriends; she's not as snow-white as she seems. |
| turn white vi | (go pale: from shock, etc.) (ficar pálido: por choque, etc.) | ficar branco loc v |
| empalidecer v int |
| The bad news about her brother being in hospital made her turn white. |
| white as a sheet adj | informal, figurative (pale: from shock, fright, etc.) (pálido: por um choque, susto, etc.) | branco como neve expres |
| pálido adj |
| branco como um lençol expres |
| You look like you've seen a ghost – you're white as a sheet! |
| white as snow adj | (extremely white) (extremamente branco) | branco como neve adj |
| My grandmother had a quilt on her bed that was white as snow. |
| white ash n | (tree) (árvore) | Freixo americano sm + adj |
white bean puree,
white bean purée n | (mashed legume: cannellini, etc.) (purê de legumes: cannelini, etc.) | purê de feijão branco sm |
| white blood cell n | (white corpuscle, leukocyte) (glóbulo branco, leucócito) | leucócito sm |
| (informal) | glóbulo branco sm |
| As she recovered, her white blood cell count dropped into the normal range. |
| white bread n | (bread baked with bleached flour) | pão branco sm |
| Wholewheat bread is more nutritious than white bread. |
| white chocolate n | (confection made with cocoa butter) (confecção feita com manteiga de cacau) | chocolate branco sm |
white coat hypertension,
white coat syndrome n | (high blood pressure at doctor's) | síndrome do jaleco branco loc sf |
coffee with milk (US),
white coffee (UK) n | (coffee with milk added) | café com leite loc sm |
| I don't like tea; I prefer white coffee with sugar. |
| white elephant n | figurative (unwanted item) (informal, item indesejável) | elefante branco sm + adj |
| white elephant sale n | (sale of unwanted items) | brechó sm |
| They're having a white elephant sale at the village hall tomorrow. |
| white fish n | (term for many varieties of edible fish) (termo para muitos tipos de peixes comestíveis) | peixe branco sm |
| white flag n | figurative (surrender) | bandeira branca sf |
| Cooking him his favourite meal is her way of showing a white flag. |
| white fragility n | (defensiveness about racism) | fragilidade branca sf + adj |
| white gold n | (precious alloy) (liga preciosa) | ouro branco sm |
| Instead of diamonds, I want a white gold ring. |
| white goods npl | (household appliances) (utensílios doméstico) | eletrodoméstico sm |
| linha branca sf |
| eletrônicos sm pl |
| White goods often go on sale after Christmas. |
| white goods npl | US (bed sheets) (lençóis de cama) | lençóis sm pl |
| The company manufactures white goods for hotel bedrooms. |
| white hair n | (hair with white color) | cabelo grisalho sm + adj |
| Fred was a tall man with white hair. |
| the White House n | (official residence of US President) (residência oficial do Presidente dos EUA) | Casa Branca sp |
| President Obama and family were the residents of the White House from January 2009 to January 2017. |
| O presidente Obama e sua família foram os residentes da Casa Branca de Janeiro de 2009 até Janeiro de 2017. |
white lie,
little white lie n | (fib) (mentira, gracejo) | mentirinha sf |
| mentira branca sf |
| His baby was ugly, but I told a little white lie and said it was cute. |
| white magic n | (witchcraft performed for good) (bruxaria feita para o bem) | magia branca sf |
| The farmer's sickly sheep were cured by a woman who practised white magic. |
| white meat n | (light-coloured poultry flesh) (carne de frango branca) | carne branca sf |
| Turkey flesh is mostly white meat; the leg meat is darker. |
| white meat n | (lean animal flesh) (carne magra animal) | carne branca sf |
| White meat is healthier as it contains less fat than red meat. Do you prefer white meat or dark meat? |
| white musk n | (synthetic fragrance) (fragrância sintética) | almíscar branco sm |
white noise,
white sound n | (steady background noise) | ruído branco sm + adj |
| white paper n | (official document) | livro branco sm |
| relatório branco sm |
| White papers are issued by governments, companies, or other important organizations. |
| white peacock n | (bird: fowl variety with white feathers) (tipo de ave com penas brancas) | pavão branco sm |
| white power n | (belief that white race is superior) (crença que a raça branca é superior) | supremacia branca sf |
| Skinheads generally belong to the white power movement. |
| white privilege n | (racial injustice) | privilégio racial sm |
| white race n | (fair-skinned people) (pessoas de pele clara) | raça branca sf |
| The Nazis believed in the superiority of the white race. |
| white sand n | (very pale beach sand) | areia branca sf |
| white supremacist n | ([sb] who believes white race is superior) (alguém que acredita que a raça branca é superior) | supremacista branco sm, sf |
| White supremacists look down on all people whose skin is a different colour. |
| white supremacy n | (belief that white race is superior) (crença que a raça branca é superior) | supremacia branca sf |
| white tern n | (sea bird) (tipo de ave marinha) | trinta réis branco sm |
| viuvinha branca sf |
| (biologia) | Gygis alba sp. sm |
| White Terrier n | (dog breed) | terrier branco sm |
| white tie n | (men's formal dress) (estrangeirismo: traje masculino formal) | white tie sm |
| casaca sf |
| I'll be wearing white tie to the mayor's ball. |
| white tie n | (men's bow tie) (gravata borboleta) | gravata branca sf |
| Ron was wearing a white tie with his tux. |
white trash,
poor white trash n | pejorative, offensive, informal, US (poor white people) (informal, vulgar, pessoas pobres de pele branca) | gentalha sf |
| white ware n | (ceramic items) | louça sf |
| porcelana sf |
| cerâmica sf |
| white water n | (fast-moving foamy water) | canoagem sf |
| White water rafting is a very adventurous sport. |
| white water rafting n | (kayaking on fast-flowing river) | fazer rafting expres v |
| andar de caiaque expres v |
| My friends and I went white water rafting on the New River last summer. |
| white whale n | (beluga: sea mammal) (beluga: mamífero marinho) | baleia branca sf |
| beluga sf |
| From the deck the passengers suddenly spotted a white whale nearby. |
| white wine n | (pale alcoholic drink made from grapes) | vinho branco sm |
| She sat at the bar drinking a glass of white wine. |
| white woman n | (adult Caucasian female) | mulher branca sf + adj |
| white-bread adj | figurative (characteristic of middle class) (figurado) | insosso, sem graça adj |
| white-collar adj | figurative (professional, middle class) (profissional, classe média) | profissional de escritório sm |
| This is a white-collar area. |
white-collar crime,
US: white-collar offense,
UK: white-collar offence n | (law: nonviolent crime) | crime do colarinho branco loc subs |
| white-collar worker n | (office employee, clerical worker) | funcionário administrativo sm |
| The Labor Party seeks to represent both white-collar and blue-collar workers. |
| white-faced adj | (having pale face) | de rosto pálido loc adj |
| white-faced adj | (horse: white on head) (cavalo) | de cara branca loc adj |
| white-faced adj | (having white front) | de fachada branca loc adj |
| de cara branca loc adj |
| A row of white-faced houses stood a few feet back from the shoreline. |
| Uma fileira de casas de fachada branca se erguia a poucos passos da costa. |
| white-haired adj | (with white hair) | grisalho adj |
| white-headed adj | (person: with white hair) (figurado, cabelo branco) | de cabeça branca loc adj |
| com cabelo branco loc adj |
| white-knuckle adj | (frightening) | apreensivo adj |
white-out,
whiteout n | US, uncountable (corrective fluid) | corretivo líquido sm + adj |
| I use white-out to cover my errors before making a copy of the report. |
white-out [sth],
whiteout [sth],
white [sth] out⇒ vtr | US, informal (erase using corrective fluid) | apagar vt |
| usar corretivo expres v |
| corrigir vt |
| white-shoe adj | figurative, US (relating to upper classes) | de classe alta loc adj |
whiteout,
white-out n | (vision: loss of color) | ofuscamento sm |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (pneus) | de faixa branca loc adj |
| de banda branca loc adj |
whitewater,
white-water n | (river: rapids) (rio) | corredeira, correnteza sf |
| rápido sm |
