Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

predicament

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation.

prickle

A small sharp thorn or pointed growth on a plant or animal.

queen bee

The mature, fertile female of a social bee colony, which is usually the mother of all the other bees in the hive.

scatterbrain

A person who is disorganized, incapable of serious concentration, and prone to losing their train of thought.

shrewdness

The quality of having or showing good powers of judgement; astuteness.

skyscraper

A very tall building of many stories.

snug

Comfortable, warm, and cozy; well protected from the weather or cold.

starch

An odorless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes.

step-aside

An act of resigning from a position or relinquishing responsibility in favor of someone else.

stocky

Broad and solidly built; sturdy and relatively short in stature.

stunned

Very surprised or shocked, so that one is temporarily unable to react.

thriftiness

The quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully.