Breaking the ice is an expression used to get two people who are quiet or shy to break the silence and start a conversation about any topic. The expression "break the ice" can...
Troubadourism was a movement of literature, poetry and songs that emerged in the 11th century in France, in the region of Provence. Later the movement spread to northern France and Italy. O...
Like is a verb that means to approve, like, enjoy something or someone. As in "enjoying life", which means enjoying the good moments of life. The term became popular with Facebook adoption...
Mordaz is an adjective of two genders in the Portuguese language, used to describe something or someone capable of biting or causing deterioration. Etymologically, the word “scathing” originated from...
Conduct is a manifestation of the way an individual or group behaves in society, based on the beliefs, cultures, moral and ethical values they follow. Usually this manifestation...
Fighting is the act of fighting, defending and fighting for something or someone. The word pugnar can be classified as intransitive verb, direct intransitive verb or indirect intransitive verb in the language...
Shrew is a bad-tempered woman, who is always irritable and has a nasty personality, lacking compassion and sympathy. In Portuguese, shrew is classified as a noun...
A torto e a right is a popular expression in the Portuguese language that means "to do something randomly, blindly, in excess, too much". The expression "left and right" is also used to describe...
Chinoca is the diminutive of china, which is the name given to cabocla women, brunettes, generally descendants of Indians. Chinoca is a term widely used in Rio Grande do Sul, especially by the gauchos who...
"Agreed" is an expression that means that there is agreement, that all sides involved agree. Being in agreement is when everything is accepted, when the parties reconcile opinions or situations. THE...
Limited company (represented by the acronym Ltd.) consists of a type of business company that characterized by the participation of the partners through investments made in proportion to the shares of...
Clava is the name given to a genus of weapon consisting of a stick that is thicker at one end. It can also be called a mace or a club. This blunt offensive weapon began to be...
Yours truly and cordially are adverbs so used as a courtesy at the end of any formal correspondence. Expressions can be used at the end of communications such as letters,...
Gilding the pill is an idiomatic expression of the Portuguese language and means presenting something difficult or unpleasant as something softer and easier to accept. It is possible to say that the...
The continental shelf is an expression of the scope of geology, which refers to the edge of the continents that begins on the coastline and extends to the sea. The extension of the continental shelf will...