Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Assurance

A positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise or guarantee.

Baggage room

A designated room in a station, hotel, or airport where passengers' luggage can be left temporarily for safekeeping.

Black ice

A thin, nearly invisible layer of ice on a road or other paved surface, making it dangerously slick.

Blow

A sudden physical stroke or hard hit delivered with a hand, weapon, or object.

Boast

To talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Cold War

A state of political hostility and military tension between countries, characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, especially the state of tension between the US and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until 1991.

Currant

A small seedless raisin produced in the Levant and California, used widely in cooking and baking.

Gala

A festive public occasion, celebration, or social gathering, typically featuring entertainment or performances.

Gangster

A member of an organized gang of violent criminals.

Genetically

In a way that relates to genes or heredity.

Genetics

The branch of biology that studies heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics in living organisms.

Gentile

A person who is not Jewish.