The Portuguese word for corner is
esquina
Gender
The gender of esquina is feminine. E.g. a esquina.Plural
The plural of esquina is esquinas.Portuguese Definition
| corner | |
| 1. Substantivo. canto. | |
| 2. Substantivo. esquina. |
Translations for corner and their definitions
| canto | |
| 1. n-m. singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds) | |
| 2. n-m. chant | |
| 3. n-m. a bird’s song | |
| 4. n-m. (figurative) any pleasant sound | |
| 5. n-m. (poetry) canto | |
| 6. n-m. corner (space in the angle between converging lines or surfaces) | |
| 7. n-m. a remote location | |
| 8. n-m. an undetermined or unknown location | |
| 9. n-m. (sports) the corner of the goal line and touchline | |
| 10. n-m. (soccer) corner (a corner kick) | |
| 11. n-m. (architecture) type of stone used in the corners of a building | |
| 12. v. verb form of cantar |
| esquina | |
| 1. n-f. angle (corner where two walls intersect) | |
| 2. n-f. corner (of a street) | |
| A casa faz esquina com a rua República - The house is on the corner of rua República. | |
| Natal está ao virar da esquina. - Christmas is around the corner. |
| dobrar | |
| 1. v. to double, multiply by two | |
| 2. v. to fold, bend over | |
| 3. v. to increase, make larger | |
| 4. v. to subdue, overcome, bring under control | |
| 5. v. to dub (replace a soundtrack with a synchronized translation) | |
| 6. v. to bend (to become curved) |
| virar | |
| 1. v. to turn (to change direction) | |
| No semáforo, vire à esquerda. - At the traffic lights, turn left. | |
| 2. v. to turn around (to reverse direction) | |
| Cheguei a segui-la por um tempo, mas, quando ela virou para mim, eu já não sabia o que dizer. - I even followed her for a while, but, when she turned to me, I no longer knew what to say. | |
| 3. v. (nautical, ergative) to capsize | |
| 4. v. (ergative, of an opinion) to topple, to overturn | |
| 5. v. to drink up (to empty a recipient of the liquid therein by drinking it through) | |
| E aí, vira uma dessa comigo? - Whatcha say, drink up one of these with me? | |
| 6. v. (ergative, of a stomach) to upset | |
| 7. v. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative) to become, to turn into, to transform, to convert | |
| Ela ter aparecido na TV fez com que ela virasse uma espécie de subcelebridade entre os amigos. - Her appearing on TV made her becoming a sort of subcelebrity among her friends. | |
| O cara era o maior vida louca, sério, e ainda assim virou evangélico, do nada! - The dude was a plain gangsta, really, and even so turned into a born-again Christian, all of a sudden! | |
| 8. v. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive) to make do, to deal with | |
| Ainda não sei muito bem como é que eu vou fazer, mas pode deixar que eu me viro assim mesmo. - I still don't know how exactly I'm gonna make it, but don't worry, I'll handle it anyway. | |
| 9. v. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive) to get by, to make ends meet, to push forward | |
| Que é difícil, é, né? Mas Deus ajuda, e a gente vai se virando como pode. - Yeah, it's difficult, that's right. But God helps, and we keep pushing forward as we can. | |
| 10. v. (Brazil, colloquial, ergative) to pull an all-nighter, to stay awake all night | |
| E aí, bora virar hoje jogando um Warzinho? - So, how about we spend this night playing some Risk? | |
| A nenê chorou a noite inteira, e eu fui trabalhar virada. - The baby cried all night long, and I went to work without having slept. | |
| 11. v. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative, with preposition "em", chiefly of spiritual entities) to embody, to incarnate | |
| Na Umbanda, até um branco pode virar num Preto-Velho. - In Umbanda, even a White may receive an Old Black. | |
| Ontem eu acordei virado no Jiraya - Yesterday I woke up super stressed (that is, inspired by the Japanese series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya). | |
| 12. v. (Brazil, colloquial, copulative, with preposition "em", chiefly of mental states) to strike, to stick, to infatuate | |
| Aquela mulher virou a cabeça dele. - That woman blew his mind. | |
| Ele ficou virado no amor. - He got stuck in love. |
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