Formas compostas:
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| altar boy n | (boy: church assistant) | coroinha sm |
| | The altar boys led the procession into the cathedral, followed by the priests and finally the bishop. |
| altar boy n | figurative (boy: well-behaved) (figurado) | coroinha, santinho sm |
| baby boy n | (male infant) | bebezinho sm dim |
| bad boy n | (male child: naughty) | levado sm |
| | My little Jimmy is being such a bad boy lately, I just don't know what to do. |
| bad boy n | figurative, slang (man: rebel) | rebelde sm |
| | I'm always attracted to the bad boys. |
| | Eu sempre sou atraída por garotos rebeldes. |
| ball boy n | (tennis: boy who recovers ball) (tênis) | apanhador de bolas loc sm |
| | (futebol) | gandula sm, sf |
| | | boleiro sm |
| | The ball boys dart out from the sidelines to take stray balls off the tennis court. |
| ball boy n | (baseball: catches foul balls) (beisebol) | apanhador de bolas loc sm |
bellboy,
bell-boy n | US (young male porter at a hotel) | carregador sm |
| | | mensageiro de hotel sm |
| | Did you remember to tip the bellboy for bringing your luggage up to your room? |
| bouncing baby boy n | informal, figurative (healthy newborn male) | bebé saudável sm + adj |
| | Congratulations! You've just given birth to a bouncing baby boy. |
boy scout,
Boy Scout n | (member of boys' youth group) | escoteiro sm |
| | Both of my brothers were boy scouts. |
| boy scout n | US, figurative, informal (male: virtuous) (figurado) | escoteiro sm |
| | He always had this squeaky-clean boy scout image. |
boytoy (US),
toyboy (UK) n | informal (male lover younger than partner) | amante mais novo sm + loc adj |
| | (figurado, informal) | garotinho sm |
| Nota: The older partner may be of either gender. |
boy toy,
boytoy n | US, dated, informal (young, sexually attractive woman) (figurado) | objeto sexual sm + adj |
| | (figurado, informal) | novinha sf dim |
| boy-meets-girl adj | (typical love story) | tipicamente romântico loc adj |
busboy,
bus boy n | US (restaurant employee who clears tables) | ajudante de garçom loc sm |
| | A busboy is employed to do menial tasks in a restaurant. |
| | I mistakenly gave the tip to the bus boy instead of the waitress. |
| choirboy n | (young male choral singer) (de coral) | menino cantor loc sm |
| | Randy was a choirboy for seven years at his church. |
| city boy n | (young man from urban area) | garoto da cidade loc sm |
| college boy n | US (male student at a college) | universitário sm |
| | Let's walk across campus and try to find a cute college boy. |
| college boy n | US (young college-educated man) | universitário formado loc sm |
| | The college boy thinks he'll be running the company in six months. |
| dayboy n | (young male at boarding school in day) | meio-pensionista sm |
| delivery boy n | (delivers newspapers) | entregador de jornais |
| delivery boy n | (delivers goods) | entregador sm |
| | The pizza I ordered was brought to my house by a delivery boy. |
| errand boy n | (carries messages) (menino de recados) | mensageiro sm |
| | (antigo) | moleque de recados loc sm |
| | Don't ask me to pass your messages: I'm not your errand boy. |
| | I had the title of Assistant to the President, but the truth is, I was just an errand boy. |
| golden boy n | figurative (male who is admired and popular) | queridinho sm |
| | | menino de ouro, menino prodígio sm |
| good boy n | (well-behaved male child) (menino bem comportado) | bom menino sm |
| | | bom garoto sm |
| | | bom rapaz sm |
| | He was a very good boy. |
| good boy interj | (used to praise a male child) (usado para elogiar) | bom menino! interj |
| | | bom garoto! interj |
| | | bom rapaz interj |
| | Good boy! You received an "A" in mathematics. |
| good boy interj | (used to praise male dog) | muito bem interj |
| growing boy n | (male child) | menino em fase de crescimento expres |
| | It is especially important for growing boys like you to eat a healthy diet. |
| little boy n | (young male child) | menino, garoto sm |
| | | menininho sm |
| | The little boy was playing with a toy horse. |
| | I've known you ever since you were a little boy! |
| lover boy n | informal, humorous (male lover, boyfriend) | namorado sm |
| | | amante sm |
mother's boy,
mama's boy (US),
mamma's boy (US),
momma's boy (US),
mummy's boy (UK) n | informal, pejorative (man overly attached to his mother) | filhinho da mamãe loc sm |
| | Tim's mother has him tied to her apron strings; he's become a mama's boy. |
| nancy boy n | pejorative, offensive!, informal (effeminate man) (pejorativo, ofensivo, gíria) | mariquinhas sm |
| | (pejorativo, ofensivo, gíria) | maricas sm |
| | Harry showed his true colours when he called Brian a nancy boy. |
pageboy,
page boy n | (attendant at wedding: male child) (em cortejo de casamento) | pajem sm |
pageboy,
page boy n | US (female hair style) (corte de cabelo) | pajem sm |
poor boy,
poor-boy sandwich,
poorboy,
po'boy n | US, regional (submarine sandwich) (culinária, anglicismo) | po boy, po-boy sm |
| poster boy n | figurative (male who represents [sth]) | garoto-propaganda sm |
| | That politician is the poster boy for incompetence and dishonesty. |
| powder boy n | dated (warship: boy who carries gunpowder) | menino da pólvora sm |
| rent boy n | UK, slang (young male sex worker) | garoto de programa loc sm |
| schoolboy n | (male pupil) (pejorativo: moleque, garoto) | aluno sm |
| | | estudante sm |
| | Although a grown man, he often giggled like a school boy. |
| schoolboy n as adj | figurative (humour, prank: childish) | infantil adj |
| | | imaturo adj |
scout,
Scout,
boy scout,
Boy Scout n | (member of boys' youth group) | escoteiro sm |
| | | escuta sm, sf |
| | Matthew is a scout. |
| | Matthew é um escoteiro. Matthew é um escuteiro. |
| shepherd boy n | (male child who herds sheep) (menino que pastoreia ovelhas) | pastorzinho sm |
| | The shepherd boy guarded his flock of sheep. |
| small boy n | (young male child) | menino pequeno sm |
| | The small boy gazed at the toy display. |
| sonny boy interj | informal (term of address to male child) (termo para se referir a um menino) | garoto sm |
| | | menino sm |
| | | rapaz sm |
stableboy,
stable-boy n | ([sb] who tends horses) | cavalariço sm |
teenage boy,
also UK: teenaged boy n | (male aged between 13 and 19) (garoto entre 13 e 19 anos) | rapaz adolescente loc sm |
| whipping boy n | (scapegoat) | bode expiatório sm |