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The Portuguese word for shovel is





shovel

Gender

The gender of pá is feminine. E.g. a pá.

Plural

The plural of pá is pás.

Portuguese Definition


shovel
     1. Substantivo. pá:
           The children played in the sand with their shovels. (As crianças brinca;vam;r na areia com suas pás.)
     2. Substantivo. pá, quantidade medida em pás:
           The leper entered the grave, and three shovels of earth were thrown onto the person's head. (O leproso era posto na cova, e três pás de terra eram jogadas na cabeça da pessoa.)
     3. Verbo. cavar:
           I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly. (Não me import;o;ar de cavar, mas usar uma picareta faz minhas costas doerem demais.)
     4. Verbo. mover materiais com uma pá:
           The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road. (Os operários estavam colocando cascalho e asfalto no buraco da rua.)
     5. Verbo. jogar ou atirar em grande quantidades.



Translations for shovel and their definitions

palear
     1. v. to shovel (move material with a shovel)


padejar
     1. v. to shovel (to move material with a shovel)


     1. n-f. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material)
     2. n-f. windmill blade
     3. n-f. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade
     4. n-m. (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address)
           Estás bom, pá? - You alright, mate / dude?
           Ó pá, aonde vais? - Hey man, where are you going?
     5. interj. (Portugal, informal) dude!; man!
           Ena, pá! - Wow, dude!
     6. prep. (nonstandard)contraction of para a


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