What does lençol in Portuguese mean?

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

The word lençol in Portuguese means sheet, lençol, lençol, lençol, lençol com elástico, pano de lençol, lençol freático, lençol freático, branco como neve. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word lençol

sheet

substantivo masculino (bed)

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

lençol

noun (bed linen) (cama)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Trocamos os lençóis toda semana.
We change the sheets on the bed every week.

lençol

noun (often plural (linen for a bed)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
At the hotel, they make sure to change the bed sheets every day.

lençol

noun (bed linen)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
It takes a little longer to make a bed with a flat sheet rather than a fitted sheet.

lençol com elástico

noun (elasticised bed linen)

Is this fitted sheet for the single bed or the double?

pano de lençol

noun (large pieces of fabric) (grandes peças de tecido)

The seamstress measured out the sheeting.

lençol freático

noun (stratum: water table) (estrato)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
O lençol freático baixou substancialmente e o poço secou.
The table had lowered substantially and the well went dry.

lençol freático

noun (underground level: water beneath)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

branco como neve

adjective (informal, figurative (pale: from shock, fright, etc.) (pálido: por um choque, susto, etc.)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
You look like you've seen a ghost – you're white as a sheet!

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