Palavra Inglês do Dia

chicken

galinha

Definições

inglês > português

chicken

1. Substantivo. frango, galinha

inglês > inglês

chicken

1. n. A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, especially when young.

2. n. The meat from this bird eaten as food.

3. n. (slang) A coward.

4. n. (slang) A young or inexperienced person.

5. n. (Polari) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.

6. n. The game of dare.

7. n. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid col

Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.

8. n. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated.

9. adj. (informal) Cowardly.

Why do you refuse to fight? Huh, I guess you're just too chicken.

10. v. (intransitive) To avoid a situation one is afraid of.

11. n. (UK dialectal or obsolete) plural of chick

português > inglês

galinha

1. n-f. hen

2. n-f. chicken (meat)

3. n-f. (Brazil, slang) a person (especially a woman) who is almost never single

4. adj. (Brazil, of a woman) who is virtually always seen with a partner

Pronúncia

Exemplos

Which do you like better, chicken or fish?
    O que você prefere: frango ou peixe?
That chicken hasn't laid any eggs lately.
    Essa galinha não tem posto ovos ultimamente.
Chicken meat is white, whereas that of an ox is red.
    A carne de frango é branca, enquanto que a de boi é vermelha.
Most people like chicken.
    A maioria das pessoas gosta de frango.
How can you get a chicken bone out of your throat?
    Como tirar um osso de galinha da garganta?

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