Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Aesthetics

A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty, especially in art.

Bamboozle

To cheat, swindle, or deceive someone by cunning or trickery.

Bewitch

To enchantsomeone; to cast a spell over someone, or to entrance them with delight.

Black corporate

An exploitative company that systematically imposes illegal or unethical labor practices, such as extreme unpaid overtime and psychological abuse on employees.

Blistery

Marked by or full of blisters; covered in raised swellings on the skin or a surface.

Bungler

A person who is inept, clumsy, or continually makes mistakes through incompetence.

Business-to-consumer

Relating to the commercial transactions between a company and individual end-users.

Capsize

(Of a boat) to overturn in the water.

Centralized state

A sovereign political entity in which power, administration, and policy-making are concentrated in a single central authority rather than distributed among regional or local governments.

Contend

To struggle against a difficulty, hardship, or opposing force.

Cool one's heels

To be kept waiting for a long time.

Cool your heels

To be kept waiting for a considerable period of time.