CVV (or CVV2) stands for "Card Verification Value" which literally means "Card Verification Value". It is an acronym used by the Visa credit card company to designate the code...
Costing an arm and a leg is a popular expression that means costing too much, having a very high price, a price above the expected average. Origin of the expression The expression "cost the eyes of the face", had...
A short circuit is a phenomenon produced when the strongest electrical current passes through a circuit that falls and creates an electrical discharge that can damage the same circuit electric...
Social imprint is an expression used to designate an activity of a humanitarian nature, usually through charitable actions. A social project or program is an enterprise that...
CTI is the acronym for Treatment and Intensive Care Center, it is a unit of a hospital that continuously monitors its patients. Generally, patients who go to the ICU are those considered...
CSLL - Social Contribution on Net Income is a contribution created by Law 7.689/1988 so that all Legal Entities (PJ) and those equivalent by Income Tax (IR) legislation...
Crossing your arms is an expression that means a voluntary stop in any activity, when you want to make a claim. Crossing your arms is a way to make a complaint about...
Cretino is the adjective used to designate an individual who has a mental disability. An asshole is that person who has a disability or a delay in learning, being considered an imbecile or...
CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, which in Portuguese means “Central Processing Unit”. Also known as a processor, the CPU corresponds to the computer's brain, where it is...
Cosmopolitan is a person who considers himself a citizen of the whole world, or who considers the world his homeland. It comes from the Greek term kosmopolites, where kosmós means "world" and polites means...
Cosmetics is an area related to beauty care, which concerns human beauty. The word cosmetic comes from the Greek term kosmetés, which described a slave or helper who had like...
CMYK is a color system whose acronym is formed by the colors Cyan (Cyan), Magenta (Magenta), Yellow (Yellow) and blacK (Black). CMYK (also called color-pigment) is a widely used system in...
Comorience means the simultaneous death of two or more people in the same event, with no chance of finding out which of them died first. It is a legal presumption based on...
Eating with your eyes is a popular expression that means eating more than you need to starve, overeating, overeating. It means that the person is connected to...
With the mouth in the bottle is a popular expression used when catching someone in the act of committing some prohibited act. If a person is caught at the exact moment they are stealing, telling a lie, or...