| Traduções principais |
| white n | (palest colour) | branco sm |
| | Do you have this dress in white or black? |
| | Você tem esse vestido em branco ou preto? |
| Caucasian n | US (white person) | branco sm |
| | | caucasiano sm |
| | Is Felix Caucasian or Asian? |
| mental block n | (inability to recall) | bloqueio mental loc sm |
| | | branco sm |
| | When he stepped onto the stage he had a sudden mental block and couldn't remember any of his lines. |
| white adj | (white in colour) | branco adj |
| | She printed the document on white paper. |
| | Ela imprimiu o documento em papel branco. |
| naked adj | figurative (without covering) | branco adj |
| | We need to paint these naked walls. The trees were naked without their leaves. |
| | Precisamos pintar essas paredes brancas. |
| snowy adj | figurative, poetic (hair, beard: white) (cabelo, barba) | alvo, níveo, branco adj |
| | His beard is snowy but his hair is still dark. |
WASP,
Wasp n | US, informal, abbreviation (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) (EUA, abreviação, pejorativo: grupo) | branco, anglo-saxão e protestante |
| | The partners in the law firm are all Wasps. |
| | Os parceiros no escritório de advocacia são todos brancos, anglo-saxões e protestantes. |
| lapse n | (memory failure) | lapso sm |
| | (figurado, informal, BRA) | branco sm |
| | (POR) | branca sf |
| | Karen had a lapse in her memory of last year; she couldn't seem to remember her old phone number. |
| | Karen teve um lapso em sua memória do último ano; ela parecia não conseguir lembrar de seu antigo telefone. |
| | A Kate teve uma branca o ano passado; não se lembrava do antigo número de telefone. |
| white adj | (skin: pale) | branco adj |
| | My skin's naturally so white that I never tan. |
| | Sou tão branca naturalmente que nunca fico bronzeada. |
| lapse n | (loss of concentration) | lapso sm |
| | (figurado, informal, BRA) | branco sm |
| | (POR) | branca sf |
| | Alex had a lapse of concentration during his test and didn't finish it. |
| | Alex teve um lapso de concentração durante seu teste e não o terminou. |
| white adj | (fair-skinned) | branco adj |
| | While there are many white people in this city, the number of other races has increased dramatically. |
| | Embora existam muitos brancos nesta cidade, o número de pessoas de outras raças tem crescido dramaticamente. |
| brainstorm n | UK, informal (sudden inability to think clearly) (BRA, figurado, informal) | branco sm |
| | | lapso mental sm + adj |
| | (POR) | branca sf |
| | I must have had a brainstorm: I've left my briefcase and all my papers at home! |
| white adj | (coffee: milky) (BRA, café com leite) | branco adj |
| | (POR) | simples adj |
| | My husband doesn't like milk in his coffee, but I take mine white. |
| | Meu marido não gosta de leite em seu café, mas eu tomo o meu branco. |
| white adj | (wine: Chardonnay, etc.) (vinho) | branco adj |
| | We usually drink white wine with fish. |
| | Nós geralmente tomamos vinho branco com peixe. |
| Formas compostas: |
| aspen n | (tree: poplar) (árvore) | álamo, choupo-branco sm |
| | Colorado is famous for its mountains and its aspens. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | (in grayscale) | em preto e branco loc adv |
| Nota: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Black-and-white photography relies on composition rather than color. |
| | Fotografia em preto e branco aposta mais na composição do que nas cores. |
black and white,
black-and-white adj | figurative (clear, defined) (figurado) | preto no branco expres |
| | The situation may seem very black and white to you, but actually it's more complicated. |
| | A situação pode parecer preto no branco para você, mas na realidade é mais complicada. |
| black or white adj | figurative (clear cut) | preto ou branco adj |
| black or white adj | figurative (viewed simplistically) | preto ou branco adj |
| | There is no gray area here, it's black or white. |
black-and-white film,
black-and-white movie n | (movie: without colour) | filme em preto e branco loc sm |
| | I love watching silents, those old black-and-white films with no sound. |
| black-and-white film n | (camera film: without colour) | filme em preto e branco loc sm |
| | All our early home movies were on black-and-white film. |
| black-and-white photography n | (taking photos without colour) | fotografia em preto-e-branco, fotografia em branco-e-preto loc sf |
| | He specialized in black-and-white photography. |
| black-and-white television n | (TV set: cannot display colors) | televisão em preto e branco loc sf |
| | My parents remember the days when black-and-white television was the only type of TV available. |
| black-and-white television n | uncountable (TV shows in black and white) (programas) | televisão em preto e branco loc sf |
| blancmange n | (type of pudding) | manjar, manjar-branco sm |
| blank adj | (page: empty) | em branco loc adj |
| | The artist stared at the blank canvas in front of him. |
| | O artista fitou a tela em branco em frente a ele. |
| blank adj | (space on a form: unfilled) | em branco loc adj |
| | Please complete the blank spaces on the application form. |
| | Por favor, complete os espaços em branco no formulário de inscrição. |
| blank adj | (mind: without thoughts) (figurado) | em branco loc adj |
| | When Hazel picked up her pencil to begin the math test, her mind was blank. |
| | Quando Hazel pegou a caneta para começar o teste de matemática, a cabeça dela estava em branco. |
| blank n | (space on a form) | campo em branco sm + loc adj |
| | Please fill out the blanks in the first section of the application form. |
| | Por favor, preencha os campos em branco na primeira parte do formulário de inscrição. |
| blank vi | informal (unable to think, recall) (BRA: informal) | dar um branco expres v |
| | (POR: informal) | dar/ter uma branca expres v |
| | When he asked me the question, I just blanked! |
blank check (US),
blank cheque (UK) n | (cheque: no amount) | cheque em branco sm |
blank check (US),
blank cheque (UK) n | figurative (offer: any amount) | cheque em branco sm |
| | My uncle is effectively giving us a blank cheque for any amount we might need. |
| | Meu tio está nos dando um cheque em branco para qualquer quantia de que precisarmos. |
| blank out vi phrasal | informal (not remember) (BRA, coloquial) | dar um branco loc v |
| | (POR, coloquial) | ter uma branca loc v |
| | When I tried to remember my client's name, I just blanked out. |
| blank slate n | figurative (person: inexperienced) (pessoa sem experiência) | página em branco, tabula rasa loc sf |
| | This child is a blank slate; she has everything still to learn. |
| | A criança é uma página em branco (or: tabula rasa); ela ainda tem tanto para aprender. |
| bloomer n | (bread: white loaf) | pão branco sm |
| | Simon cut a slice off the bloomer and spread butter on it. |
| cracker n | US, slang, pejorative (poor white person) (gíria, pejorativo) | branco pobre sm + adj |
| | Some people think that all white southerners are uneducated crackers. |
| | Algumas pessoas pensam que todos os sulistas são brancos pobres e sem educação. |
| gap n | (blank, missing value) | espaço em branco loc sm |
| | There was a gap in the data report, with Tuesday's numbers missing. |
| | Havia um espaço em branco no relatório, já que estão faltando os números de terça-feira. |
| haricot n | (white kidney bean) | feijão-branco sm |
| haw n | (fruit: hawthorn) | espinheiro branco sm |
| | Every year my mother picks haws in our back yard to use for making jam. |
| junket n | (custard pudding) | manjar branco sm |
| | We will be having roast beef for dinner and junket for dessert. |
nonwhite,
non-white adj | (of ethnic origin other than white) (que não possui pele de cor branca) | não branco adj |
| poplar n | (type of tree) (árvore) | choupo-branco, álamo sm |
| | Tall poplars line the river on both sides. |
| poplar n | (wood of poplar tree) (madeira) | choupo-branco, álamo sm |
| | Poplar makes poor firewood. |
| | O álamo produz pouca lenha. |
| ptarmigan n | (bird: type of grouse) (ave da tundra ártica) | lagópode-branco sm |
| whites npl | (cricket, tennis outfit) | uniforme branco loc sm |
| | He put on his whites for the tennis game. |
| white bread n | (bread baked with bleached flour) | pão branco sm |
| | Wholewheat bread is more nutritious than white bread. |
| whiteboard n | (classroom, etc.: erasable board) | quadro branco sm |
| | | quadro negro sm |
| | (BRA) | lousa sf |
| | Remember to clean the whiteboard at the end of each lesson. |
| whitefish n | (variety of fish) (peixe) | pescado branco loc sm |
| | Jake was fishing for whitefish on the lake. |