Providence is the same as prevention, it summarizes the act of preparing in advance certain actions or situations that help to avoid or reduce an evil, for example. When you say that a certain person...
Oleiro is the artisan responsible for manufacturing and marketing objects made of ceramics. The potter works in the pottery, which is the factory that produces objects made of clay. Among the objects...
Attributes are the particularities, qualities and characteristics that are unique to someone or something. As a rule, attributes are related to positive aspects. The attributes are usually...
Apotheosis is the act of deifying or deifying a person as a result of some particularity or special circumstance. The link created between the nature of the human being with the idealization of the divine being...
Proeza is a feminine noun meaning to accomplish something unusual, difficult, or never done before. It is also used ironically when someone does something really stupid or shameful. As in the phrases: "She...
Silepsis is a writing resource in which the agreement does not occur according to the terms of the sentence, but to the idea that one wants to convey. As in "the violent São Paulo", where the word violent is in the...
Bargain is taking advantage unexpectedly. It is an expression used informally in Brazilian Portuguese to highlight what was a good deal, which cost very little, less than expected...
Connotation is the meaning given to a word or expression from its context. It is figurative language, a style of speaking or writing that is explored poetically as well as informally. Know more...
Ostensive is the adjective that qualifies something or someone who exaggerates themselves, who likes to draw attention, who is showy, exuberant and extravagant. It can also refer to an action or attitude that...
Effective is an adjective that qualifies something or someone as capable, productive, valid and safe to perform a certain function independently and without the help of others. An effective person is that...
A male is the same as a grown man, a male individual or a brave, virile and respectable man. By extension, when using the term man to refer to someone, automatically it is...
Rewarding is the state of something that arouses satisfaction, pride and contentment when done, for example. This adjective is the characteristic of what or who gratifies, that is, who likes and feels...
Mania is a custom, habit or taste that is usually unusual, repetitive and extravagant. Manias may still represent a feature of bipolar disorder, a type of mental disorder. Commonly,...
Simplicity is that which is not complicated, which is simple and natural. This noun can also represent the quality of someone who is frank, sincere, pure or innocent. When it is said that something is endowed with...
Meça is one of the conjugations of the verb to measure. In a figurative sense, it is used when you ask another person to act in moderation or be more aware of what you are doing, as in the phrase "measure the...