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 won't die. He is as strong as a horse.
    Ele não vai morrer. É forte como um touro.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
    A cavalo dado não se olha o dente.
The horse is a very useful animal.
    O cavalo é um animal muito útil.
The man and his horse that fell off the cliff were soon rescued.
    O homem e o seu cavalo que caíram do rochedo logo foram resgatados.
He was satisfied with the horse's name.
    Ele ficou satisfeito com o nome do cavalo.

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