| Formas compostas: |
| Inglês | Português |
beeswax,
wax n | (product of bees) | cera de abelha loc sf |
| Beeswax can be used to make wraps for storing food. |
| cerumen n | technical (earwax) | cerume sm |
| cera do ouvido loc sf |
| crayon n | (wax drawing stick) | lápis de cera loc sm |
| How much is that box of 48 crayons? |
| Quanto é aquela caixa com 25 lápis de cera? |
| crayon adj | (drawing: in crayon) | a creiom loc adv |
| a pastel loc adv |
| a lápis de cera loc adv |
| (POR) | a craião loc adv |
| She did a crayon sketch of the church. |
| Ela fez um esboço da igreja a creiom. |
| crayon vi | US (use crayons) | pintar com lápis de cera expres v |
| desenhar com creiom expres v |
| (POR, expres. alternativa) | pintar com craião expres v |
| The children crayoned in their art class. |
| As crianças pintaram com lápis de cera na aula de artes. |
| guttering n | (melted wax of a candle) (vela) | cera derretida sf + adj |
| loiter vi | (move slowly, dawdle) | vadiar, vagabundar v int |
| fazer cera loc v |
| David is usually tired after lunch so he loiters on his way back to the office. |
| sealing wax n | (substance used to seal documents) | lacre de cera sm |
| shoe polish n | (wax for making footwear shiny) (cera para dar lustro em sapatos) | cera de sapatos sf |
| (de sapatos) | graxa sf |
| My shoes are dirty and I don't have any shoe polish. |
| skive vi | informal, UK (employee: avoid work) (gíria) | enrolar vt |
| (gíria) | fazer cera, fazer hora, fazer tempo loc v |
| Unfortunately our software engineer decided to skive rather than attend the meeting. |
| time-wasting n | (sports: delaying action) | fazer cera expres |
| ensebar v int |
| catimbar v int |
| wax museum n | (place which exhibits wax figures) (lugar que exibe esculturas de cera) | museu de cera sm |
| waxwork n | (lifelike wax figure) | figura de cera loc sf |
| waxworks npl | UK (wax figure exhibition) | exibição de modelos de cera loc sf |
