| Formas compostas: |
| aircraft carrier n | (naval vessel) | porta-aviões loc sm |
| | The pilot landed the plane on the deck of the aircraft carrier. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) (muito mal) | à porta da morte loc adv |
| back door n | (building: rear door) | porta dos fundos loc |
| | In this house the back door opens directly into the kitchen. |
| | Nessa casa a porta dos fundos fica na cozinha. |
| barn door n | (door of a farm building) | porta de celeiro loc sf |
| | Buying an alarm system after you've been burgled is a lot like closing the barn door after the horses are out. |
| beat a path to sb's door v expr | figurative (be keen to meet with sb) (figurado, informal) | fazer fila na porta loc v |
| | If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door. |
| boot n | UK (trunk: car's rear compartment) | porta-malas sf |
| | | mala sf |
| | The spare tyre is in the boot. |
| | O estepe está no porta-malas. |
| | O estepe está na mala. |
| cardholder n | (small case or wallet) | porta-cartão sm |
| | I gave my father a gold-plated cardholder for his birthday. |
| cellar door n | (door leading into basement) | porta de adega |
| | Be careful going through the cellar door because the stairs are very steep. |
| | He went to get another bottle of wine and walked straight into the cellar door. |
| close the door on sth v expr | figurative (rule out, exclude) (figurado) | fechar a porta para loc v |
| | The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries. |
| close the door on sb vtr | (on sb: shut door to exclude) | fechar a porta para loc v |
| container ship n | (tanker) | navio porta-contêineres sm |
| | Container ships can carry vast amounts of cargo over huge distances. |
| cross the threshold v expr | (enter sth) | cruzar o umbral expres v |
| | | passar pela porta expres v |
| | I crossed the threshold into our new house. |
| door key n | (key to house, hotel room) | chave da porta loc sf |
| | In modern hotels, the door key is a plastic card. |
| | Nos hotéis modernos, a chave da porta é um cartão de plástico. |
| door to door adv | (selling: from one door to another) | de porta em porta loc adv |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj |
| | I got my start in sales selling vacuum cleaners door to door. |
| door-to-door adj | (sales: from one door to another) | de porta em porta loc adj |
| | I started my sales career as a door-to-door insurance salesman. |
| door-to-door adj | (shipping: all-inclusive) | de porta a porta loc adj |
| | Are those shipping costs door-to-door or port-to-port? |
| door-to-door sales npl | (selling: knocking on doors) | vendas de porta em porta expres |
| doorpost n | (vertical part of a doorframe) | batente, umbral sm |
| | | ombreira da porta loc sf |
| doorstop n | (wedge for holding door open) | parador de porta loc sm |
| | | peso de porta loc sm |
| | A doorstop is used to maintain a door in its open position. |
| door-to-door salesman n | (male seller: knocks on doors) | vendedor de porta em porta sm |
| | James is a door-to-door vacuum salesman. |
| doorway n | figurative (conceptual: way) (figurado: conceitual: caminho) | porta de entrada sf + loc adj |
| | I hope this job will be your doorway to a great career in fashion. |
| | Espero que este emprego seja sua porta de entrada para uma grande carreira no mundo da moda. |
| eggcup n | (receptacle for a boiled egg) | porta-ovo sm |
| fire door n | (fire-resistant inner door) (porta que resiste ao fogo) | porta corta-fogo loc sf |
| | The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| frame n | (photo) (foto) | moldura sf |
| | | porta-retratos sm |
| | We need a large frame to put this photo in. |
| | Precisamos de uma moldura grande para colocar esta foto. |
| | Precisamos de um porta-retratos grande para colocar esta foto. |
| gate sth vtr | (electronics: control with gate) | controlar com porta expres v |
| hatchback n | (rear door of car) (de carro) | porta traseira loc sf |
| | Kim opened the hatchback and pulled out the backpacks and hiking poles. |
| keep the door open v expr | figurative (allow possibility) (figurado) | deixar a porta aberta expres |
| | The Prime Minister said he would like to keep the door open for future negotiations. |
| latchkey n | (door key) | chave da porta, chave do trinco sf |
| | | chave de casa sf |
| | Sandra keeps a spare latchkey under a flower pot in case she locks herself out. |
leave the door open for sb/sth,
leave the door open to sth/sb v expr | figurative (allow possibility, access) (figurado) | deixar a porta aberta expres v |
| | When the reigning gold medalist fell, she left the door open for her competitors. |
| | By not completely cutting ties with the country's former allies, the prime minister is leaving the door open for negotiations to be resumed in the future. |
| | Quando a medalhista de ouro caiu, ela deixou as portas abertas para outras competições. Não cortando completamente os laços com países que eram aliados, o primeiro ministro está deixando as portas abertas para negociações futuras. |
| mouthpiece n | figurative (spokesperson) (figurado) | porta-voz sm, sf |
| | Since when are you a mouthpiece for the Republican Party? |
next-door neighbor (US),
next-door neighbour (UK) n | often plural (person: in next house, apartment) | vizinho de porta loc sm |
| | | vizinho da casa ao lado loc sm |
| | My next-door neighbor is always waking me up with his loud music. |
| see sb to the door v expr | (show out) | levar até a porta expres |
| | | mostrar a saída expres |
| | Would you see Mrs. Barlow to the door, please? |
| shut the door v expr | figurative (put up a barrier) (figurado, impedir) | fechar a porta expres |
| | He failed his entrance exam, which has shut the door on him becoming a lawyer. |
| spokesman n | (male spokesperson) | porta-voz sm |
| | A government spokesman is due to comment later today. |
| spokesperson n | (speaker for a group) (orador por um grupo) | porta-voz sm, sf |
| | Each team must designate one spokesperson. |
spokesperson,
spokesperson for sb/sth n | figurative (representative) (representante) | porta-voz sm, sf |
| | He's suddenly become a spokesperson for the working poor. |
| spokeswoman n | (female spokesperson) | porta-voz feminino loc sf |
| | | oradora sf |
| | Since she's the company spokeswoman, Cindy will give a short speech at the banquet. |
| stand n | (umbrella rack) | porta guarda-chuva sm |
| | Many stores have a stand for wet umbrellas. |
| | Muitas lojas têm um porta guarda-chuva para guarda-chuvas molhados. |
| trunk n | US (boot: car's rear compartment) | porta-malas sm |
| | Brian put the groceries in the trunk. |
| | Brian colocou os mantimentos no porta-malas. |
| trunkload n | US (amount that fills a vehicle's boot) (quantidade que lota o bagageiro) | capacidade do bagageiro loc sf |
| | | capacidade do porta-malas loc sf |