Portuguese Word of the Day
lixa
sandpaper
Gender
The gender of lixa is feminine. E.g. a lixa.Plural
The plural of lixa is lixas.Definitions
| Portuguese > English |
| lixa |
| 1. n-f. sandpaper (paper coated with abrasive material) |
| 2. n-f. nail file (small file used to file fingernails and toenails) |
| 3. n-f. any dogfish shark characterised by rough skin |
| 4. v. verb form of lixar |
| lixar |
| 1. v. to sand (with sandpaper) |
| Ainda falta lixar o batente. - The frame still has to be sanded. |
| 2. v. to polish |
| 3. v. (colloquial) to screw up, to ruin |
| 4. v. (colloquial takes a reflexive pronoun) to get screwed up, to be in difficulties |
| English > Portuguese |
| sandpaper |
| 1. lixa |
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