Palavra Inglês do Dia

hair

cabelo

Definições

inglês > português

hair

1. Substantivo. cabelo

inglês > inglês

hair

1. n. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

2. n. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

3. n. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mo

4. n. (botany) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

5. n. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.

6. n. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

português > inglês

cabelo

1. n-m. hair, head of hair

O cabelo dela era louro. (Her hair colour was blonde.)

2. n-m. hair (a single hair filament)

Há um cabelo na minha sopa! (There's a hair in my soup!)