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| Traduções principais |
| scrub [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (rub to clean) | esfregar vt |
| | Lucy scrubbed the floor. |
| | Lucy esfregou o chão. |
| scrub [sth/sb] with [sth] vtr + prep | (rub with [sth] to clean) | esfregar vt |
| | Marc scrubbed his face with a flannel to remove the dirt. |
| | Marc esfregou seu rosto com uma flanela para remover a sujeira. |
| scrub at [sth] vi + prep | (try to clean [sth] by rubbing) | esfregar vt |
| | Abigail scrubbed at the wall, but the graffiti would not come off. |
| | Abigail esfregou a parede, mas a pichação não saía. |
| scrub at [sth] vi + prep | (rub [sth] to clean it) | esfregar vt |
| | Paul scrubbed at the stain on the sofa with a paper towel. |
| scrub n | (shrubs, small trees together) | arbustos sm pl |
| | | vegetação rasteira sf |
| | The moorland was bleak and nothing but scrub grew there. |
| | A charneca era erma e nada a não ser arbustos crescia ali. |
| scrub n | (bush, shrubby area) (vegetação) | capoeira sf |
| | | vegetação enfezada sf + adj |
| | There was some scrub between the forest and the open fields. |
| | Havia uma capoeira entre a floresta e os campos. |
| | Havia vegetação enfezada entre a floresta e os campos abertos. |
| scrub n | (exfoliating product) | esfoliante sm |
| | Using a scrub is the gentlest way to exfoliate. |
| | Usar um esfoliante é a maneira mais delicada de esfoliar-se. |
| Traduções complementares |
| scrub n | US (sports: substitute player) | reserva smf |
| | Ned isn't on the first team; he's one of the scrubs. |
| scrub n | (act of scrubbing) | esfregada sf |
| | The kitchen floor is filthy; a scrub would get it clean. |
| | O chão da cozinha está imundo. Uma esfregada o deixaria limpo. |
| scrubs npl | (surgical clothing) | bata cirúrgica sf |
| | | avental cirúrgico sm |
| | The doctors were wearing scrubs. |
| scrub [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (cancel) | cancelar, riscar vt |
| | So, if we could meet on Tuesday. No, hang on, scrub that; let's make it Thursday. |
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Locuções verbais
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| scrub [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (clean by rubbing) (limpar esfregando de forma vigorosa) | limpar vt |
| | | esfregar vt |
| | These water stains are impossible to scrub out. |
| scrub [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (erase by rubbing) (apagar esfregando de forma vigorosa) | apagar vt |
| | | esfregar vt |
| | The teacher scrubbed out the list of vocabulary she had written on the board. |
| scrub up vi phrasal | (wash before performing surgery) (limpar antes de procedimento cirúrgico) | desinfetar-se vt |
| | The doctor scrubbed up before going into the operating theatre. |
| scrub up vi phrasal | figurative, humorous, slang (make yourself look presentable) (fazer alguém se tornar apresentável) | melhorar a aparência expres v |
| | | aprontar-se vp |
| Nota: Commonly followed by an adverb |
| | Janet was surprised by how nice Tom looked once he had dressed for the ball; he scrubbed up nicely. |
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