| Formas compostas: |
| gingerbread n | (biscuit flavored with ginger) (gíria) | biscoito de gengibre loc sm |
| | | pão de mel loc sm |
| | For dessert at Christmas dinner, we ate gingerbread with spiced tea. |
| gingerbread n as adj | (made of ginger biscuit) | de biscoito de gengibre loc adj |
| | | de pão de mel loc adj |
| | Our family always makes gingerbread cookies before Christmas. |
| hazel adj | (eye colour: green-brown) | castanho adj |
| | | cor de mel sf + loc adj |
| | Kelsey's eyes are hazel, but everyone else in her family has blue or brown eyes. |
| | Os olhos de Kelsey são castanhos claros, mas todos em sua família têm olhos azuis ou castanhos. |
| honey n as adj | (made with honey) | de mel loc adj |
| | We love to eat honey cakes. |
| honey n as adj | (for or of honey) | de mel loc adj |
| | We keep it in the honey jar, of course. |
honey color (US),
honey colour (UK) n | (golden hue) | cor de mel loc sf |
honey-color,
honey-colored (US),
honey-colour,
honey-coloured (UK) adj | (golden) | cor de mel loc sf |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | Her honey-color eyes sparkled in the sunlight. |
| honeycomb n | (beeswax structure) | favo de mel sm |
| | We found a honeycomb inside an oak tree. |
| honeycomb n | UK (confectionery: cinder block) (doce, confeito) | favo de mel sm |
| | Honeycomb is sweet and crunchy. |
| honeycomb n | figurative (sth with holes) (figurado: algo com buracos) | favo de mel sm |
| | Their hideout was a honeycomb of caves. |
honeyed,
honied adj | (voice: pleasant, soft) (voz, palavras) | melosa adj |
| | (voz, palavras) | de mel loc adj |
| | The speaker's honeyed voice made everyone feel relaxed. |
| honeymoon n | (after wedding) (depois de casar-se) | lua-de-mel sf |
| | After their wedding, the couple went on a honeymoon. |
| honeymoon vi | (pass honeymoon) | passar a lua-de-mel loc v |
| | Ken and Tina honeymooned in the Caribbean. |
| honeymoon adj | figurative (happy period) (figurado: período feliz) | lua-de-mel sf |
| | Don't mind those two, they're still in the honeymoon stage. |
| honeymooner n | (newlywed on holiday) | pessoa em lua-de-mel loc sf |
| honeypot n | (container for storing honey) (recipiente) | pote de mel loc sm |
| land of milk and honey n | (Biblical: Promised Land) (Bib: terra prometida) | terra de leite e mel loc sf |
| land of milk and honey n | figurative (place of prosperity and fertility) (fig, lugar de prosperidade, fertilidade) | terra de leite e mel loc sf |
| | A lot of Europeans migrated to the USA in the 19th century believing it to be a land of milk and honey. |
ratel,
honey badger n | (mammal of Africa and Asia) | ratel sm |
| | | texugo-do-mel sm |
| | | texugo melívoro loc sm |
| slam dunk n | US, slang, figurative (sth easily done) | mamão com açúcar expres |
| | | chupeta no mel expres |
| | Joel thought the test would be difficult, but it was a slam dunk. |
| | Joel achou que o teste seria difícil, mas foi mamão com açúcar. |
| sweet as honey adj | (very sugary) (muito doce) | doce como mel adj |
| | (informal) | doce adj |
| | These cupcakes are as sweet as honey! |
| throw red meat v expr | US, figurative (incite or appease one's followers) (fig, apaziguar seus seguidores) | passar mel na boca loc v |
| | | incitar os seguidores loc v |