Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

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.

Consumer economics

A branch of applied economics that studies the economic behavior, choices, and welfare of individual consumers and households in the marketplace.

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.

Dead-heat

A contest, race, or competition in which two or more competitors finish in an exact tie.

Deep-rooted

(Of a feeling, belief, or habit) firmly established and difficult to change.

Defunct

No longer existing, operating, or functioning.

Depletion

The reduction in the number or quantity of something.

Eccentricity

A tendency to behave in an odd or unconventional way.

Echinoderm

A marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, typically having a radially symmetrical body, a calcareous internal skeleton, and a system of water-filled tubes used for locomotion and feeding.

Eclectic

Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.