Intermediate Vocabulary – U
underpants
| 1) cueca (US) = briefs, boxer (cueca samba-canção) // 2) calcinha (UK) = pants
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underwriting
| 1) subscrição, lançamento ações / 2) aceitação (seguro)
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| undue | 1) não vencido = not yet due; not yet payable / 2) injusto, indevido = unjust, improper, or illegal |
| upheaval | transtorno; convulsão = a strong, sudden, or violent disturbance, as in politics, social conditions, etc; political upheaval = revolta política, golpe de estado |
| uphold (to) | apoiar, defender, sustentar = to support or defend (something, such as a law); to give support to |
| uprising | insurreição, revolta, levante = an act of rising up against authority
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| uproar | tumulto, alvoroço, algazarra = turmoil |
| usher / usher (to) | 1) porteiro = doorkeeper / 2) lanterninha (cinema, teatro) = a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc. // conduzir, escoltar |
