What does esquina in Portuguese mean?
What is the meaning of the word esquina in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use esquina in Portuguese.
The word esquina in Portuguese means corner, corner, quina, esquina, volta, esquina, curva, esquina, curva, estar/ficar na esquina, mercado da esquina, loja de bairro, virando a esquina, dobrando a esquina, pertinho, na esquina, virar a esquina, superar. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word esquina
cornersubstantivo feminino (ponto de cruzamento) (intersection) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
cornersubstantivo feminino (extremidade de um quarteirão) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
quina, esquinanoun (intersection of edges) (substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.) Não se choque contra a quina daquela mesa. Don't knock yourself on the corner of that table. |
volta, esquina, curvanoun (bend, curve: in road) (substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.) Pegue a segunda esquina à direita. Take the second turning on the right. |
esquinanoun (street: intersection) (substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.) Eu te encontro na esquina da Avenida Jefferson com a Rua Broad. I'll meet you on the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Broad Street. |
curvanoun (bend, curve in a road) (substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.) The road made a sharp turn to the left. |
estar/ficar na esquinatransitive verb (be on an intersection) (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 candy shop corners my street. |
mercado da esquinanoun (US (small convenience store) She didn't have enough flour so she went to the corner market to buy more. |
loja de bairronoun (UK (small local store) (lojinha local) I went to the corner shop to buy some milk. |
virando a esquina, dobrando a esquinaadverb (in the next street) (endereço: informal) (expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".) The post office is just around the corner. |
pertinhoadverb (figurative (waiting to happen) (figurado: esperando para acontecer) For every "safe" nuclear reactor, there is a disaster just around the corner. |
na esquinaadverb (at the intersection of 2 streets) (advérbio: Modifica o verbo, o adjetivo ou outro advérbio ("corre rapidamente", "muito estranho").) |
virar a esquinaverbal expression (turn into next road) (locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).) |
superarverbal expression (figurative (get past an obstacle) He's in a serious condition but we're hoping he'll turn the corner by morning. |
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