What does macular in Portuguese mean?

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

The word macular in Portuguese means stain, pollute, shame, dishonor, macular, difamar, infamar, macular, manchar, enodoar, macular, tornar imperfeito, tornar-se imperfeito. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word macular

stain, pollute

shame, dishonor

macular, difamar, infamar

transitive verb (figurative (reputation: taint) (figurado: manchar)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The nasty rumor sullied Sandra's reputation, and no one trusted her after that.

macular, manchar

transitive verb (figurative (reputation: damage) (figurado: reputação)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Essas revelações certamente irão macular (or: manchar) sua popularidade.
These revelations are bound to taint his popularity.

enodoar, macular

transitive verb (figurative (disgrace) (figurado: desgraça)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
The incident blotted the politician's reputation.

tornar imperfeito

transitive verb (rare (mar, make imperfect)

(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.)

tornar-se imperfeito

intransitive verb (rare (become imperfect)

(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.)

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