Palavra Inglês do Dia
horse
cavalo
Definições
| inglês > português |
| horse |
| 1. Substantivo. cavalo |
| inglês > inglês |
| horse |
| 1. n. Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. |
| 2. n. A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. |
| A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse. |
| 3. n. (zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass. |
| These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses. |
| 4. n. (military, sometimes un) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category). |
| We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field. |
| All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again. |
| 5. n. (chess, informal) The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse. |
| Now just remind me how the horse moves again? |
| 6. n. (slang) A large person. |
| Every linebacker they have is a real horse. |
| 7. n. (historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. |
| 8. n. Equipment with legs. |
| 9. n. In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top. |
| She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse. |
| 10. n. A frame with legs, used to support something. |
| a clothes horse; a sawhorse |
| 11. n. (nautical) Type of equipment. |
| 12. n. A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope. |
| 13. n. A breastband for a leadsman. |
| 14. n. An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon. |
| 15. n. A jackstay. |
| 16. n. (mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches |
| 17. n. (slang) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly. |
| 18. n. (US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a pl |
| 19. n. (dated, slang) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination. |
| 20. n. (dated, slang) horseplay; tomfoolery |
| 21. v. (intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".) |
| 22. v. To provide with a horse. |
| 23. v. (obsolete) To get on horseback. |
| 24. v. To sit astride of; to bestride. |
| 25. v. (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare). |
| 26. v. To take or carry on the back. |
| 27. v. To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment. |
| 28. n. (slang) Heroin (drug). |
| Alright, mate, got any horse? |
| português > inglês |
| cavalo |
| 1. n-m. horse (an equid) |
| 2. n-m. (figuratively) a coarse, rude man |
| 3. n-m. (chess) knight |
| 4. n-m. (slang) heroin |
| 5. n-m. (automotive) horsepower (a unit that measures the power of an engine) |
| motor de 172 cavalos - 172-horsepower engine |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| He mounted his horse, and with his faithful hound went on seeking further adventures through the world. Ele montou em seu cavalo e, com seu fiel cão de caça, partiu em busca de novas aventuras pelo mundo. Mark was a work horse on his construction crew. Mark era um burro de carga em sua turma na obra. This is the best horse in the stable. Este é o melhor cavalo do estábulo. I didn't even know you had a horse. Eu nem sequer sabia que você tinha um cavalo. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. A cavalo dado não se olha o dente. |
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