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| Inglês | Português |
battleax (US),
battleaxe,
battle-axe (UK) n | figurative, pejorative, slang (nagging woman) | mulher resmungona loc sf |
| beautiful girl n | (attractive young female) | bela mulher sf |
| bela moça sf |
| beaver n | vulgar, informal (woman's pubic hair) (vulgar, gíria: pelos pubianos de mulher) | pentelhos sm pl |
| (POR) | pelos púbicos de mulher expres |
| Students are punished if they refer to a woman's pubic hair as her "beaver." |
| bushwhacker n | US, Can, Aus (one who lives in the woods) (informal) | homem do mato sm |
| mulher do mato sf |
businessperson,
plural: businesspeople n | (commercial executive) | homem de negócios sm + prep + sm pl |
| mulher de negócios sf + prep + sm pl |
| businesswoman n | (female: works in commerce) | empresária sf |
| mulher de negócios loc sf |
| The first speaker at the conference was a noted businesswoman. |
| career girl n | (ambitious young woman) (mulher ambiciosa) | mulher de carreira sf |
| Do you think that career girl will ever marry, have children and settle down to family life? |
| clanswoman n | (adult female member of a clan) | mulher membro de um clã expres |
| committeewoman n | (female member of a committee) | mulher integrante de um comitê loc sf |
| demimondaine n | dated (disreputable woman) | mulher infame sf + adj |
| dream girl n | (idealized woman) | mulher dos sonhos sf |
| Sometimes a dream girl is just a dream. |
| dream girl n | (desirable young woman) | mulher dos sonhos sf |
| The calendar features a collection of dream girls in bikinis. |
| ex-wife n | (woman: former spouse) | ex-mulher sf |
| I still love my ex-wife. |
| great lady n | (woman: prominent) | grande mulher loc sf |
| The president's wife is a great lady. |
| grown woman n | (adult female) | mulher feita n |
| mulher crescida n |
| grandinha n |
| She dresses like a grown woman, but she's still a young girl. |
| Ela se veste como uma mulher feita, mas ainda é uma garota jovem. |
| honest woman n | dated, humorous (married adult female) (arcaico: mulher casada) | mulher casada sf |
| Jon proposed to me today. After ten years of living together, finally I'll be an honest woman! |
| husband and wife npl | (married heterosexual couple) | marido e mulher loc subst |
| John and I became husband and wife ten years ago today. |
| knockout n | slang, figurative (sb very attractive) (figurativo, gíria) | nocaute sm |
| (figurativo, gíria) | POR: estouro de mulher, estouro de homem loc sm |
| That Victoria's Secret model is a real knockout. |
| ladies' wear n | (clothing for women) | roupas de mulher loc sf pl |
| I'm looking for a ladies' wear shop because I need a new dress. |
| live as husband and wife v expr | (cohabit as a couple) | viver como marido e mulher expres |
| They might as well be married; they've been living for years as husband and wife. |
| married woman n | (woman who is sb's wife) | mulher casada loc sf |
| Julia is a married woman with two children. |
| mature woman n | (middle-aged female) (mulher de meia-idade) | mulher madura loc sf |
| old woman n | (elderly lady) | mulher idosa sf |
| Every day I see the same little old woman sitting on that park bench feeding pigeons. |
| policewoman n | (female police officer) (membro da Polícia Feminina) | policial feminina sf + adj |
| mulher policial sf + adj |
| Policewomen have the same responsibilities as their male counterparts. |
| post-menopausal woman n | (female who no longer menstruates) (mulher adulta que não menstrua mais) | mulher pós-menopausa loc sf |
| Há muitas piadas sobre mulheres pós-menopausa loucas. |
| rights of women npl | (women's human and civil liberties) | direitos da mulher loc smpl |
| In many countries, the rights of women to equal treatment under the law and in the workplace are undisputed. |
| sheila n | AU, slang (woman) (AUS, gíria) | mulher jovem loc sf |
| single girl n | (young woman without a partner) | mulher solteira sf |
| garota solteira sf |
| menina solteira sf |
| single woman n | (adult female without a partner) (mulher adulta sem parceiro) | mulher solteira sf |
| solteira sf |
| She broke up with her boyfriend and is now a single woman again. |
| siren n | figurative (seductive woman) (figurado: mulher sedutora, fatal) | sereia sf |
| mulher-fatal sf |
| He took me to a bar full of sirens who danced for money. |
| spacewoman n | (female astronaut) | mulher astronauta sf |
| squaw n | dated, offensive (American Indian woman, wife) | mulher índia loc sf |
| sylph n | figurative (slim female) (figurativo) | sílfide sf |
| mulher esbelta loc sf |
| The actor arrived at the party with a beautiful sylph of a woman. |
| tribeswoman n | (female member of tribe) | mulher membro de uma tribo expres |
| trophy wife n | pejorative (wife: status symbol) (figurado, ofensivo!) | mulher troféu sf |
| The men at the conference all seemed to have trophy wives. |
| woman of the world n | (sophisticated woman) | mulher elegante sf + adj |
| mulher sofisticada sf + adj |
| My Aunt Charlotte was really a woman of the world. |
| womanhood n | (condition of being an adult female) | condição de mulher loc sf |
| The ceremony signifies that a girl has reached womanhood. |
| working girl n | slang, euphemism (prostitute) (gíria, eufemismo: prostituta) | moça trabalhadora, mulher da vida sf |
| Mary has been a working girl since adolescence. |
