The Portuguese word for floor is
chão
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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