What does cal in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word cal in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cal in Portuguese.

The word cal in Portuguese means lime, cal, cal, cal, cal, cal., jogar cal em, pintado com cal, água de cal. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cal

lime

substantivo feminino (óxido de cálcio) (calcium hydroxide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

cal

noun (whitening mixture)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
I bought a can of whitewash to paint the wall.

cal

noun (whitewash)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

cal

noun (calcium oxide powder) (química, óxido de cálcio)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

cal

noun (white substance: CaO)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Cal era frequentemente usada como ingrediente em argamassa para a construção do mundo antigo.
Lime was often used as an ingredient in mortar for construction in the ancient world.

cal.

noun (abbreviation (calorie) (caloria)

jogar cal em

transitive verb (throw lime on dirt)

O fazendeiro jogou cal nos campos para ajudar a manter o crescimento das plantas.
The farmer limed the fields to help sustain plant growth.

pintado com cal

adjective (wall: whitewashed)

(expressão verbal: Expressão usada como verbo. Ex. "se dar bem com"; "ter medo de". Também para elementos compostos mais longos, como expressões idiomáticas e ditados que começam com um verbo.)
The garden was surrounded by limed walls.

água de cal

noun (solution of slaked lime)

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