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choco




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choco
     1. n-m. (zoology) cuttlefish (any of various squidlike cephalopod marine mollusks of the genus Sepia)
     2. adj. fertile (of an egg)
     3. adj. brooding (of a bird)
     4. adj. rotten (of an egg)
     5. adj. (figuratively) rotten, damaged
     6. adj. (figuratively) flat (of a carbonated drink)
     7. adj. (figuratively) dispirited, unenergetic, lethargic
     8. v. verb form of chocar
chocar
     1. v. to brood (to keep an egg warm until it hatches)
     2. v. (of an egg, intransitive) to hatch (to break open when a young animal emerges from it)
     3. v. (of a creature, intransitive) to hatch (to emerge from its egg)
     4. v. (figurative, transitive) to hatch (to ponder an idea slowly and deliberately)
     5. v. (slang) to linger (to spend a long time not moving or doing anything)
     6. v. (informal, of a drink, intransitive) to become foul due to heat
     7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to collide (to hit one another violently)
           As aeronaves se chocaram logo depois de decolarem. - The aircrafts collided soon after they took off.
     8. v. (indtr em contra com .usually .takes a reflexive pronoun) to collide with; to crash against (to hit violently)
           Só um esquiador na história conseguiu descer esta ladeira sem se chocar em nenhuma árvore. - Only one skier in history was able to go down this hill without hitting any tree.
     9. v. to shock (to evoke a very negative emotional response)
           Os vídeos de decapitação do Estado Islâmico chocaram o mundo. - The Islamic State’s decapitation videos shocked the world.
     10. v. (indtr, com, .takes a reflexive pronoun) to clash with (not to work well together with)
           Os imigrantes serão bem aceitos porque seus valores não se chocam com os nossos. - The immigrants will be accepted because their values do not clash with ours.
Portuguese > Portuguese
choco
     1. Adjetivo. diz-se do ovo das aves com o embrião em desenvolvimento
     2. Adjetivo. diz-se do estado febril das aves durante a incubação
     3. Substantivo1 ato de chocar
     4. Substantivo1 período de incubação
     5. Substantivo1 (Trás-os-Montes) cama
     6. Substantivo2 molusco cefalópode da família dos Sepilídeos usado na alimentação; siba



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