| Traduções principais |
| mass n | (large quantity) | monte sm |
| | The machine was really just a mass of parts. |
| | A máquina era mesmo só um monte de peças. |
| mass n | (clump) | massa sf |
| | The tree stump had a big mass of dirt clinging to it. |
| | O tronco da árvore tinha uma grande massa de sujeira presa. |
| mass n | (big group of people) (pessoas) | massa sf |
| | The mass slowly moved through the streets. |
| | A massa se moveu lentamente pelas ruas. |
| mass n | (physics: weight, density) | massa sf |
| | The students learned how to measure the mass of celestial objects. |
| | Os alunos aprenderam como medir a massa de objetos celestiais. |
| mass n | (bulk) | aos montes loc sm |
| | Sarah didn't like shopping so she bought groceries in mass. |
| | Sara não gostava de fazer comprar, por isso comprava tudo aos montes. |
| mass adj | (involving many people) | em massa loc adj |
| | Mass protests took place in the capital city. |
| | Protestos em massa aconteceram na capital. |
| mass n | (religious rite) | missa sf |
| | Ryan always attended mass on Sundays. |
| | Raul sempre ia à missa aos domingos. |
Formas compostas:
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| atomic mass n | (mass of atomic particle) (BRA) | massa atômica loc sf |
| | (POR) | massa atómica loc sf |
| | Hydrogen has the lowest atomic mass. |
| atomic mass n | (mass of isotope) (BRA) | massa atômica loc sf |
| | (POR) | massa atómica loc sf |
| | The atomic mass of Helium is 4. |
| attend Mass vtr + n | (go to church service) | assistir à missa loc v |
| | They attend Mass every Sunday morning. |
body mass index,
BMI n | (measure of body fat) (sigla: índice de massa corporal) | IMC sm |
| | I calculated my body mass index yesterday, and found that I was slightly overweight. |
| Catholic mass n | (church service) | missa católica loc sf |
| | The family went to Catholic mass every Sunday to worship. |
| celebrate Mass vtr + n | (take Eucharist) | celebrar missa vt |
| | Father John is celebrating the 9 o'clock mass, and Father Wilber will celebrate the 11 o'clock mass on Sunday. |
| High Mass n | (Roman Catholic church service) | missa solene sf + adj |
| | | missa pontifical sf + adj |
| | The family attends High Mass every Sunday. |
| | A família vai à missa solene todos os domingos. |
| mass attack n | (large-scale bombardment) | ataque em massa loc sm |
| mass casualties npl | (large numbers of dead and wounded people) (feridos ou desaparecidos numa guerra) | perdas em massa, baixas maciças loc sf pl |
| | The hospitals struggled to cope with the mass casualties after the earthquake. |
| mass communication n | (large-scale use of media, broadcasting) | comunicação de massa loc sf |
| | Television, radio and newspapers are examples of mass communication because they communicate to large numbers of people. |
| mass destruction n | (devastation on a large scale) | destruição em massa loc sf |
| | The claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was never proven. |
| mass extermination n | (genocide, murder on a large scale) (genocídio) | extermínio em massa loc sm |
| | Hitler used mass extermination to kill nearly 6 million people during his reign of terror. |
| mass grave n | (burial place: many bodies) | cova coletiva loc sf |
| | | sepultura coletiva loc sf |
| | | vala comum loc sf |
| | Many Holocaust victims were buried in mass graves. |
| mass market n | (general public) | mercado de massa loc sm |
| | | comercialização em massa loc sf |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| | The car was redesigned to appeal to the mass market. |
mass market,
mass-market adj | (aimed at the general public) | de massa prep + adj |
| | The age of newspapers as cheap, mass-market goods is fast disappearing. |
| mass media n | (tv, radio, internet) | mídia de massas expres |
| | | meios de comunicação de massas expres |
| | | meios de comunicação social expres |
| | The mass media has an enormous influence on politics. |
| | A mídia de massas tem uma enorme influência política. |
| mass murder n | (killing of many people) | assassinato em massa loc sm |
| | Nothing justifies the mass murder of civilians. |
| mass noun n | (word indicating [sth] uncountable) | substantivo incontável sm + adj |
| | "Water" is usually a mass noun. |
| mass production n | uncountable (large-scale manufacturing) | produção em massa sf |
| | Henry Ford brought the techniques of mass production to the motor car. |
| mass spectrum n | (physics) | espectrometria de massas sf |
| mass storage n | (computer memory) (informática) | armazenamento em massa loc sm |
| | CD-ROMs, DVDs, and external hard drives are all devices that offer mass storage. |
| | CD-ROMs, DVDs e discos rígidos externos são todos dispositivos que oferecem armazenamento em massa. |
| mass suicide n | (many people simultaneously killing themselves) | suicídio em massa loc sm |
| | Jonestown, Guyana is famous for the mass suicide that took place there in 1978. |
| mass-energy n | (physics: mass and energy) | massa-energia sf |
| mass-energy n as adj | (relating to mass-energy) | de massa-energia loc adj |
| mass-produce [sth]⇒ vtr | (manufacture in large amounts) | produzir em massa, produzir em série expres v |
| mass-produced adj | (made in factory) | produzido em massa expres |
| midnight mass n | (Christmas church service) | missa da meia-noite sf |
| point mass n | (physics: infinitely small matter) (física: matéria infinitamente pequena) | ponto material loc sm |
| requiem mass n | (church service in memory of the dead) (serviço de igreja em memória dos mortos) | missa póstuma loc sf |
| | | réquiem sf |
| | A requiem mass took place at the cathedral in memory of the victims of the air crash. |
| weapons of mass destruction npl | (arms: nuclear, biological, chemical) (armas nucleares, biológicas e químicas) | armas de destruição em massa sf pl |
| | No weapons of mass destruction were ever found after the invasion. |
| WMD npl | initialism (weapons of mass destruction) | armas de destruição em massa sf pl |