eatable | comestível = fit or suitable for eating; edible |
eaves | beiral do telhado |
eavesdrop (to) / eavesdrop (n) | espreitar; escutar às escondidas / to eavesdrop on somebody = escutar alguém às escondidas // água da chuva que cai do telhado |
edifice | edificio = large building |
efficacious | eficaz = effective |
egregious | flagrante, notavelmente ruim = very bad and easily noticed; "egregious errors" |
eke (to) out | obter com esforço |
elation | júbilo, euforia |
elude (to) | escapar de, esquivar-se, evitar |
elusive | esquivo; evasivo; elusive answer = resposta evasiva |
embellish (to) / embellishment | embelezar, adornar; "a dress embellished with pearls" // enfeite, embelezamento |
emblazon (to) | exaltar, enaltecer |
embolden (to) | encorajar, animar, incentivar |
emboss (to) | gravar em relevo; incrustar, embutir |
emporium | empório = usually large retail store selling a great variety of articles |
enchant (to) / enchantment | encantar, cativar, seduzir = to charm, to captivate, to bewitch / encantamento; "the witch's enchantment cannot be broken until the princess is sixteen years old" |
encroach (to) / encroachment | infringir, violar / infração, violação de direitos, transgressão |
engross (to) | absorver (atenção); prender (atenção) = absorb all the attention or interest of. |
ensconce (to) | abrigar, esconder, ocultar = to shelter, to conceal, to hide |
enshrine (to) | 1) conservar, guardar = to place or enclose in or as if in a shrine / 2) santificar, venerar |
ensnare (to) | enganar, ludibriar = to catch or trap in a snare |
enthrall (to) | encantar,fascinar, cativar = to charm, to fascinate, to captivate; "the circus acrobats enthralled the audience" |
entrapment | cilada, armadilha = trap, snare, pitfall |
entreat (to) | pedir, rogar, solicitar, suplicar; "his friends entreated him not to go" |
envision (to) | 1) prever, antever / 2) vislumbrar, contemplar = to glimpse |
erudite | erudito, culto = learned |
eschew (to) | evitar, abster-se |
etch (to) | gravar, entalhar; "the jeweller etched the couple's initials on the rings" |
evanescent | evanescente, que desaparece = vanishing, fading away |
evict (to) / eviction | expulsar da casa, despejar (morador) = to put (a tenant) out by legal process / despejo |
exacerbate (to) | exacerbar, agravar |
exact (to) | exigir = to require, to force or compel (payment) |
excruciating | excruciante, lancinante, torturante |
exert (to) | exercer (force, pressure, power, authority) |
exhale (to) | exalar, expelir, soltar o ar; "she sat back and exhaled deeply" |
exhilarate (to) | alegrar, regozijar, emocionar |
expanse | extensão. amplidão, vastidão = an area of something, typically land or sea, presenting a wide continuous surface; "an expanse of water" |
expedite (to) | expedir, despachar, acelerar o processo |
exponent | expoente, advogado de uma causa, representante |
expurgate | expurgar (remover trechos de livros, filmes, etc); "the censors expurgated the documentary" |
extrude (to) | expulsar, expelir = to force, to press, to push out |
exude (to) | exsudar, pingar, escorrer |
exult | exultar, jubilar-se; "the players exulted over their victory" |