| camellia | camélia |
| campfire | fogueira = bonfire
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cant (to) / canted
| inclinar, pender = to tilt or turn with a sudden jerk / inclinado; "he canted his head to look at the screen"
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| capsize (to) | virar, emborcar; "the wind capsized their boat"
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| captivate (to) | cativar, encantar, fascinar = to charm, to fascinate, to enchant |
| captor | capturador, sequestrador = a person who has captured a person or thing
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careen (to)
| virar, tombar, adernar; "the car careened around the corner"
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| carnation | cravo (flor) (Dianthus caryophyllus)
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carom (to)
| ricochetear, carambolar (jogo de bilhar)
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| carvery | restaurante tipo "buffet" |
| cassock | batina |
| catchy | cativante, apelativo = pleasing and easily remembered; likely to attract interest or attention; "catchy tune"
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| cattail | taboa (planta)
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| cavort (to) | 1) pular, saltar = to jump; "the children were cavorting on the playground" / 2) brincar, folgar = to make merry; "she was cavorting at a party on New Year's Eve" |
| chaff | 1) palha, resíduo, joio; "to sift the wheat from the chaff = separar o joio do trigo" / 2) coisa sem valor = something worthless; refuse |
| chaperone | aia, dama de companhia = a person in the past who went with a young unmarried woman to social events in order to make sure that the woman behaved properly |
| chastise (to) | castigar (batendo) |
| chasuble | casula = a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at Mass
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| chattel (s) | bens móveis (jur), posses, haveres |
| chevron | galão, divisa, insígnia em formato de V = a shape, pattern, or object in the form of a V or an upside-down V |
| chicanery | trapaça, fraude = trick, deception |
| chide (to) | dar bronca; ralhar, admoestar
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| chime (to) / chimes | repicar (sinos), soar, tocar, bater // repique; som de sinos |
| chirp (to) | piar, gorjear, trinar
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| chirpy | alegre, animado; "chirpy birds"
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| chives | cebolinha (Allium fistulosum) |
| chowder | sopa cremosa = a thick soup or stew made of seafood or corn; clam chowder = sopa de mariscos; corn chowder = sopa de fubá |
| churlish | rude, grosseiro, tosco |
cinder
| cinza = ashes; "a burned piece of coal, wood, etc."
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| clench (to) | 1) apertar, cerrar / 2) trincar (dentes) |
clunky
| atrapalhado, desajeitado = awkward, clumsy
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coalesce (to)
| unir, fundir, aderir; "the various groups coalesced into one party"
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| cochlea | caracol da orelha
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coffer
| arca, cofre = a box or chest, especially one for valuables; "dozens of heavy coffers were retrieved from the sunken ship"
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| cog | roda dentada; cremalheira / cog locomotive = locomotiva de cremalheira; cog railway = ferrovia de cremalheira; cogwheel train = trem de cremalheira
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| collate (to) | 1) comparar, examinar, conferir = to compare carefully; "collate our findings and see what similarities there are" / 2) pôr em ordem, arrumar, organizar; "please collate these copies and staple them" |
collude (to)
| tramar, conspirar = to conspire
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| con man | trapaceiro, vigarista, velhaco, caloteiro = a person who tricks other people in order to get their money
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concoct (to) / concoction
| 1) fabricar, preparar = to prepare (food) by combining ingredientes / 2) inventar (excuse) / 3) tramar (plot) = to devise, to make up // preparação, mistura, beberagem = a mixture of various ingredients or elements
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| condolence | condolências / accept my condolences / to present condolences = dar os pêsames
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conflate (to)
| unir, fundir = to fuse into one entity; merge:
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| connive (to) at / connived | ser conivente com / conivente |
| constrict (to) | contrair, comprimir, apertar |
| conundrum | enigma, charada, adivinhação = a riddle whose answer involves a pun |
| coop / coop (to) | gaiola, galinheiro = a cage or small enclosure for poultry or small animals / confinar, engaiolar |
| coroner | investigador de casos de morte; médico-legista = an officer in a county whose function is to investigate any death not clearly resulting from natural causes
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| cote (to) / cote | cotar = quote (to) / cota = quote |
| cougar | 1) puma, onça / 2) mulher com parceiros mais jovens = woman in her 30s or 40s who actively pursues casual sexual relationships with young men |
| covet (to) | cobiçar, desejar |
cower (to)
| agachar, encolher; "the timid dog cowered in the corner"
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| cranky | irritado, mal-humorado = ill-tempered |
| cranny | greta, fenda = a small, narrow space or opening; nook; every nook and cranny = todo canto e recanto; em todo canto |
| cringe (to) | agachar-se, contrair-se, encolher-se |
| crock / crockery | panela de barro, jarro ou pote de cerâmica / louça |
| crumple (to) | amassar, amarrotar, enrugar
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| cull (to) | abater animais |
| curmudgeon | velho ranheta, miserável = a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| curtsey / curtsey (to) | mesura, reverência / fazer reverência |
| cushy | confortável, agradavél = easy, comfortable, pleasant; "his uncle got him a cushy job " |
| cusp | ponta, extremidade, cúspide
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