| Traduções principais |
| wasting away adj | (person: thin, weak) (pessoa: magra, fraca) | definhante, magra, emaciada adj |
| | (figurado, gíria: pessoa muito magra) | seca adj |
| | Beth is truly wasting away. I suspect that she's anorexic. |
| sun-dried adj | (tomato, raisin: dried in the sun) (tomate, passas: secos ao sol) | seco adj |
| | | seca adj |
drought,
drouth n | (no rain) (ausência de chuva) | seca sf |
| | Drought often leads to famine. |
| | A seca muitas vezes leva à fome. |
| torridity n | (arid state) | seca sf |
| | | torridez sf |
| Formas compostas: |
| beef jerky n | (dried seasoned beef) (tipo de carne) | charque sm |
| | | carne seca sf |
| | Beef jerky is a good source of protein and convenient when you go hiking in the woods. |
| blank n | (gun cartridge without bullet) | bala de festim sf + loc adj |
| | | pólvora seca loc sf |
| | Don't worry, the gun is only loaded with blanks. |
| | Não se preocupe, a arma está carregada só com balas de festim. |
| chesty adj | (cough: caused by congestion) | tosse seca loc adj |
cottonmouth,
cotton mouth n | US, informal (dry feeling in mouth) (sensação) | boca seca sf + adj |
| dry dock n | (nautical: for repairing ships) | doca seca sf |
dry out sth,
dry sth out vtr phrasal sep | (make dry) | ficar ressecada, ficar seca expres v |
| | Overcooking meat dries it out. |
| | Carne muito cozida fica ressecada. |
| dry rot n | (wood: fungal decay) (madeira) | podridão seca, putrefação fungosa sf |
| | We found dry rot in the roof timbers and the whole roof had to be replaced. |
| dry rot n | (plant disease) | podridão seca, putrefação fungosa sf |
| dry-rot sth vtr | (affect with dry rot) | ter podridão seca expres v |
| | | ter putrefação fungosa expres v |
| dry-rot vi | (develop dry rot) | desenvolver podridão seca expres v |
| | | desenvolver putrefação fungosa expres v |
| dry season n | (non-rainy season in the tropics) (sem chuvas) | estação seca |
| | It's no cooler in the monsoon than it is in the dry season! |
| dry skin n | (skin condition: lack of moisture) | pele seca loc sf |
| | The dry skin on my elbows is very annoying and painful when it catches on the inside of my sleeves. |
| dry spell n | (period of dry weather) | período de seca sm |
| dry stone n | (wall-building: without cement) (construído sem cimento) | pedra seca loc sf |
dry stone,
dry-stone n as adj | (made without cement) | de pedra seca loc adj |
| drypoint n | uncountable (engraving technique) (técnica de gravura) | ponta-seca sf |
| drypoint n | (print made by this technique) | gravura à ponta-seca expres |
| DUI n | US, informal, countable, initialism (conviction for driving under influence) (BRA: pena, direção sob efeito de álcool) | lei seca sf |
| | Morty's driver's license is suspended because he got a DUI. |
| DWI n | informal, countable, initialism (conviction for driving while intoxicated) (condenação por dirigir intoxicado) | condenação por direção sob efeito de álcool ou droga expres |
| | (BRA:) | condenação na lei seca expres |
| golden goose n | figurative (ongoing source of wealth) (figurado) | galinha dos ovos de ouro expres |
| | (figurado) | fonte que não seca expres |
| hacking n | (dry, rough coughing) | tosse seca, curta loc sf |
| | The old woman's hacking kept everyone awake at night. |
| jerk n | (jerky) | carne seca sf |
| | The backpackers brought some jerk to eat along the way. |
| | Os mochileiros levaram carne seca para ir comendo no caminho. |
| jerky n | (strips of dried meat) (BRA) | carne-seca sf |
| | (BRA) | charque sm |
| | (POR) | carne seca loc sf |
| | | carne fumada loc sf |
| | Jerky's a good snack if you're hungry for protein. |
| minder n | UK (childminder) | babá, ama-seca sf |
| | (POR) | baby-sitter sf |
| | The minder took the children to the park this afternoon. |
| nursemaid n | dated (children's nanny) | ama-seca sf |
| | | babá sf |
| | (BRA) | pajem sf |
| | When the children fell asleep, the nursemaid did the laundry. |
| pemmican n | (food: dried beef mixed with fat and dried fruit) (comida) | carne-seca misturada com sebo e frutas secas loc sf |
| Prohibition n | (1920s alcohol ban in USA) (proibição de álcool nos EUA nos anos 1920s) | Lei Seca loc sf |
| | The family made gin in their bathtub during Prohibition. |
| prune n | (dried plum) | ameixa seca sf |
| | Prunes are said to have a laxative effect. |
| | Dizem que ameixas secas têm efeito laxante. |
| seasoned wood n | (air-dried lumber) | madeira seca loc sf |
| sex-starved adj | (hasn't had sex in a long time) | privados de sexo, sedento de sexo loc adj |
| | (gíria) | na seca loc adj |
| | Dozens of sex-starved sailors had returned to the port and were enjoying themselves in the nightclubs and bars.. |
| smog n | (smoky fog) | neblina com fumaça, neblina de fumaça sf |
| | (estrangeirismo) | smog sm |
| | | névoa seca sf |
| | | poluição atmosférica sf |
| | It's hard to get used to smog if you've never lived in a city. |
teasel,
teazel,
teazle n | (dried flower of the teasel plant) (cardo-penteador) | flor seca sf + adj |
| touchwood n | (easily ignitable wood) | lenha seca sf |