The Portuguese word for duck is
pato
Gender
The gender of pato is masculine. E.g. o pato.Plural
The plural of pato is patos.Portuguese Definition
| duck | |
| 1. Substantivo. pato | |
| 2. Substantivo. bengala | |
| 3. Substantivo. reverência | |
| 4. Substantivo. mergulho | |
| 5. Verbo. mergulhar rapidamente | |
| 6. Verbo. inclinar (a cabeça) |
Translations for duck and their definitions
| pato | |
| 1. n-m. duck | |
| 2. n-m. (specifically) drake (male duck) | |
| 3. n-m. (Brazil, figuratively) a naïve person |
| pata | |
| 1. n-f. paw, foot, leg (of an animal) | |
| 2. n-f. (colloquial) human leg, foot, footprint (often used by an angry person) | |
| 3. n-f. female equivalent of pato; a female duck |
| agachar | |
| 1. v. to crouch; to squat | |
| 2. v. to bend down; to duck | |
| 3. v. (figurative, intransitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to surrender | |
| 4. v. to hide |
| mergulhar | |
| 1. v. to submerge (to go down in water) | |
| O submarino mergulhou vinte metros. - The submarine submerged twenty meters. | |
| 2. v. (indtr, em, intr=1) to dive (to jump into water) | |
| Se você mergulhar no lago sem ver a profundidade, pode bater a cabeça. - If you dive into the lake without checking the depth, you could hit your head. | |
| 3. v. (figurative, intransitive) to dive (to descend or decrease sharply or steeply) | |
| A colheita foi tão boa que o preço do trigo mergulhou. - The harvest was so good that the price of wheat dived. | |
| 4. v. (indtr, em, ditr=1) to dip (to lower something into a liquid) | |
| Mergulhe as batatas no óleo para fritá-las. - Dip the potatoes into the oil in order to fry them. | |
| 5. v. (indtr, em, .figurative) to immerse oneself in (to involve oneself deeply in) | |
| Mergulhei na música e nunca mais voltei. - I immersed myself in music and I never came back. | |
| 6. v. to dive (to work as a diver) | |
| Ganho pouco dinheiro mergulhando, mas adoro meu trabalho. - I earn little money diving, but I love my job. |
| agachar-se | |
| 1. to duck | |
| 2. to squat |
| abaixar | |
| 1. v. to lower; to cause to move downwards | |
| 2. v. to lower; to cause to become shorter | |
| 3. v. to lower; to reduce (the degree, intensity, strength, etc.) | |
| 4. v. to lower; to humble |
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