| Traduções principais |
| floor n | (indoor ground surface) | chão, soalho, assoalho sm |
| | He sweeps the floor of the room once a week. |
| | Ele varre o chão da sala uma vez por semana. |
| floor n | (flooring: material structure) | chão, piso sm |
| | The floor was tiled. |
| | O piso é de azulejos. |
| floor n | (building: storey, level) | andar, piso sm |
| Nota: In the US, the ground or street level is considered the "first floor," so the "second floor" is one floor up from the street. In the UK, the "first floor" is one floor up from the street, the "second floor" is two floors up from the street, etc. |
| | I live on the first floor of my building. |
| | Moro no primeiro andar do meu prédio. |
| floor [sth]⇒ vtr | (install flooring in) | assoalhar vt |
| | | pavimentar vt |
| | The workers are going to floor our bathroom today. |
| | Os trabalhadores vão assoalhar o nosso banheiro hoje. |
| floor [sb]⇒ vtr | (knock down) | derrubar vt |
| | The football player floored his opponent as he went for the ball. |
| | O jogador de futebol derrubou seu adversário quando ele corria em direção à bola. |
| floor [sb] vtr | figurative, informal, often passive (stun) | pasmar, desconcertar vt |
| | He was floored by the news that his boss had quit. |
| | Ele ficou pasmado com a notícia de que sua chefe tinha se demitido. |
Formas compostas:
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| come to the floor v expr | mainly US (be debated in legislative chamber) | ser debatido na câmara expres v |
| dance floor n | (area of venue for dancing) | pista de dança sm |
| | The dance floor was so crowded we could hardly move. |
| dancing floor n | (venue: area for dancing) | pista de dança loc sf |
| first floor n | US (floor at ground level) | térreo sm |
| | It's a one-storey ranch house so everything's on the first floor. |
| first floor n as adj | US (at ground level) | térreo adj |
| | Our first-floor clinic is wheel-chair accessible. |
| first floor n | UK (floor above ground level) | primeiro andar sm |
| | For health reasons he always takes the stairs to the first floor rather than the lift. |
| first floor n as adj | UK (at floor above ground level) | no primeiro andar loc adj |
| floor cleaner n | (machine for cleaning floors) | máquina para limpar piso loc sf |
| floor cleaner n | (substance used for cleaning floors) | limpador de piso loc sm |
| | Mix the floor cleaner with water before use. |
floor cloth,
floorcloth n | UK (cloth for cleaning the floor) | pano de chão sm + prep + sm |
floor cloth,
floorcloth n | US (light rug) | pano de chão sm + prep + sm |
| floor it v expr | slang (depress the accelerator) | pisar no acelerador expres v |
| | | pisar fundo expres v |
| | When the light turned green, he floored it and the car sped away. |
floor lamp (US),
standard lamp (UK) n | (standing lamp) | abajur de pé loc sm |
| floor mat n | (small carpet or floor covering) | tapete sm |
| | He wiped his shoes on the floor mat. |
| floor plan n | (outline of a room or storey) | planta baixa loc sf |
| | The floor plan shows the internal layout of the property. |
| floor price n | (minimum cost) | preço mínimo loc sm |
| | Occasionally a government will mandate a floor price to protect industries from foreign competition. |
| floor scrubber n | (machine for cleaning floors) | máquina de lavar piso loc sf |
| floor sink n | (drain in flooring) | escoadouro de chão loc sm |
| | A floor sink in the mud room is handy for rinsing mops. |
| floor sweepings npl | (debris swept from the floor) | lixo do chão loc sm |
| | The Jungle by Sinclair tells how the meat packers used to dump the floor sweepings in the sausage vats. |
| floor tile n | (slab: for flooring) | piso sm |
| ground floor n | (ground level of a building) | andar térreo sm + adj |
| | (POR) | piso térreo sm + adj |
| Nota: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| | Office buildings often have shops on the ground floor. |
| | Prédios comerciais normalmente têm lojas no andar térreo. |
| ground floor n | US, figurative (entry-level job) (figurado, trabalho nível inferior) | chão de fábrica expres |
| | (figurado) | andar de baixo expres |
| | | começar por baixo expres |
| | | subalterno sm |
| | Harry started on the ground floor and worked his way up. |
| | Harry começou no andar de baixo e foi subindo. |
| ground floor n | figurative (beginning of [sth]) | princípio sm |
| | | início sm |
| ground-floor n as adj | (storey: at ground level) | andar térreo sm + adj |
| | (POR) | rés-do-chão sm |
| Nota: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| | Brian lived in a ground-floor flat. |
| ground-floor n as adj | US, figurative (job: entry-level) | nível inicial sm + adj |
| | Alan worked his way up from a ground-floor job in a lawyer's office to become a respected attorney. |
| hardwood floor n | (solid timber flooring) (chão de madeira sólida) | chão de tábua corrida loc sm |
| | | piso de madeira loc sm |
| have the floor v expr | (have a turn to speak publicly) | ter a palavra expres |
| | The chairman let him have the floor for ten minutes. |
| main floor n | (first floor of building) | primeiro andar adj + sm |
| main floor n | (floor of building used most often) | andar principal sm + adj |
| mezzanine floor n | (intermediate level in a building) (sobreloja avarandada, andar pouco elevado, entre dois andares altos) | mezanino sm |
| | The art gallery has a seating area on the mezzanine floor where you can look down over the exhibits. |
| ocean floor n | (sea bed) (profundezas do oceano) | fossas oceânicas loc sf pl |
| | The ocean floor is littered with the remains of shipwrecks. |
| price floor n | (minimum charge allowed for [sth]) (cobrança mínima permitida) | preço mínimo loc sm |
| | (informal) | preço-base sm |
| | | valor mínimo loc sm |
| second floor n | US (storey above ground level) (edifício) | segundo andar num + sm |
| | | segundo piso num + sm |
| | The fire was on the second floor of the building. |
| second-floor n as adj | US (on storey above ground level) | segundo andar sm |
| | You can hear less traffic noise from our second-floor office than from the one on the first floor. |
| second floor n | UK (storey: second above ground level) | segundo andar loc adv |
| | | segundo piso loc adv |
| | My offices are on the second floor. |
| second-floor n as adj | UK (on second storey above ground level) | de segundo andar loc adj |
| | I wouldn't mind living in a second-floor flat if the building had a lift! |
shop floor,
production floor n | (factory: production area) (parte da loja onde os itens são vendidos) | espaço da loja sm + prep + sf |
| | (informal) | loja sf |
shop floor,
production floor n | (staff in production area) (pessoal que trabalha na produção) | chão de fábrica expres |
| take the floor v expr | (speak publicly) | tomar a palavra expres v |
| tiled floor n | (flooring made of slabs) (piso feito de lajes) | piso de cerâmica loc sm |
| | | piso ladrilhado loc sm |
| | Tiled floors can be quite cold underfoot in winter. |
| top floor n | (highest storey of a building) (local mais alto de um edifício) | cobertura sf |
| | | último andar loc sm |
| | From the top floor of the building you can see the whole city. |
| trading floor n | (stock exchange: room where trading is done) (informal, bolsa de valores: local) | pregão sm |
| | They're saying on the trading floor that the stock market is going to crash. |
| | The trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange is a madhouse all day long. |
| wet floor n | (slippery floor surface) | chão escorregadio sm + adj |
| wet floor n | (computer graphics: reflection effect) (gráficos de computador: efeito de reflexão) | efeito de espelho sm |
| | | efeito espelhado sm |
| | | reflexo sm |
| wooden floor n | (floor boards) | piso de madeira loc sm |
| | Wooden floors, especially made of fine hard woods, are very popular again. |