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The Portuguese word for floor is
chão





floor

Gender

The gender of chão is masculine. E.g. o chão.

Plural

The plural of chão is chãos.

Portuguese Definition


floor
     1. Substantivo. chão, piso, assoalho
     2. Substantivo. andar
     3. Substantivo. (Ginástica) solo
     4. Verbo. cobrir o chão de um cômodo



Translations for floor and their definitions

andar
     1. v. to walk (to move on one’s feet)
           Estive andando o dia todo, procurando por você. - I’ve been walking all day, looking for you.
     2. v. (indtr, em, por, direct=1, qualdirect=somewhat formal) to walk (to travel through a given path)
           Já andei essa estrada mil vezes. - I’ve walked this road a thousand times.
     3. v. (indtr, de) to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
           Ela está andando de ônibus para economizar tempo. - She’s traveling by bus to save time.
           Andamos de cavalo ontem. - We rode horses yesterday.
     4. v. (copulative) to habitually or continuously be in the given state
           Bons amigos sempre andam juntos. - Good friends are always together.
           Ele anda deprimido. - He has been depressed.
     5. v. (auxiliary) to have been (to habitually or continuously do something)
           Ele anda tentando consertar aquele carro. - He has been trying to fix that car.
     6. v. (indtr, por) to be around; to be to (to visit or be within a given area)
           Eu já andei pela França e Itália. - I’ve already been to France and Italy.
           Faz algum tempo que o xerife não anda por aqui. - It's been some time since the sheriff has been around here.
     7. v. (indtr, com, intr=1) to hurry up (with) (to do something more quickly)
           Anda! - Hurry up!
           Preciso de andar com o projeto. - I need to hurry up with the project.
     8. v. to proceed; to pass; to go on (to continue in action)
           Os meses andam e eu continuo nesta situação. - The months pass and I continue on this situation.
           Esta fila não anda. - This queue doesn’t move.
     9. v. to function; to work
           Há meses que o meu relógio não anda. - My clock hasn’t been working for months.
     10. n-m. floor, storey (level of a building)
     11. n-m. (Portugal) apartment, flat
     12. n-m. gait, walk (manner of walking)


piso
     1. n-m. storey (level of a building)
     2. n-m. floor (lower part of a room)
     3. n-m. surface (to walk on)
     4. v. verb form of pisar


chão
     1. n-m. ground, soil, earth
     2. n-m. floor
           Não deixe cair nada no chão. - Don't let anything fall to the floor.
     3. n-m. (poetic) land
           Este é o nosso chão. - This is our land.
     4. n-m. (geography, obsolete) plain
     5. n-m. (Brazil, informal) a period of time between the present and a future event
           Ainda tem um chão até o dia de eu me mudar. - There is still some time until the day I will move.
     6. adj. flat, level, even, smooth


assoalho
     1. n-m. floor (bottom of a room), especially a wooden one



derrubar
     1. v. to overthrow, overturn
     2. v. to fell, knock down
     3. v. to destroy


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