Fiber optics is a high-speed data transmission technology. They are cables made of transparent, reflective material, and can be as thin as human hair. In these fiber filaments...
A bad mood is the state of mind of someone who is not in a good mood. The grumpy is the one who is angry, disgusted with something, complaining about everything. The bad mood expression comes from the meeting of the...
Autonomous is a person or something that acts autonomously, that is, on its own. It can be a self-employed worker, someone who works independently, without an employment relationship with any...
Connotative is the meaning we give to a word in terms of its context, which does not correspond to its literal meaning. When, for example, someone is said to be "dead with fatigue" we know that the...
Office boy is an expression in English that literally means "office boy", and consists of the position of the professional responsible for performing various routine tasks in companies, such as...
Achismo is a slang attributed to the “theory” that is created by someone about something based solely on their opinions and intentions, without any kind of concrete argument or justification. The guessing...
Xiru or chiru, is the pawn, a man of the field. It is also slang for a friend or partner in Rio Grande do Sul. Xirú is a term used in the pampa region of Rio Grande do Sul to call or refer to a man who...
Supply is a verb in the Portuguese language and can refer to the act of filling, occupying, replacing, supplying or completing something. The verb to supply is related to the action of guaranteeing certain...
Puncture is the same as sticking or piercing something lightly, an action used in the medical field to remove fluids and other liquids stored in a certain part of the body, for example. One...
Dialect is a language specific to certain communities and that exists simultaneously with another language. As in Brazil there is a rustic dialect, a way of expressing oneself from the interior of São Paulo,...
Astute is an adjective in the Portuguese language that characterizes the individual who gets what he wants with wit, cunning and ingenuity; a person who is not fooled or deceived. A cunning individual...
Cunning is the same as cunning or the skill of the person who is not easily fooled. Just as it can be interpreted as a positive trait, cunning can also be used as...
Missing is the one who fails to do something. To be called silent means to say that the person should have fulfilled some obligation and did not do so. It's also what was hidden, wasn't it...
Occupation is taking possession of something or filling a certain space. The word occupation is also related to the activity in which one works, such as professional occupation. Do an occupation or be in...
The purpose is the objective, the purpose that one wants to reach from a certain action, attitude, behavior, etc. When you ask what is the purpose of something, the aim is to know what the...