The Portuguese word for nail is
prego
Gender
The gender of prego is masculine. E.g. o prego.Plural
The plural of prego is pregos.Portuguese Definition
| nail | |
| 1. Substantivo. prego | |
| 2. Substantivo. unha | |
| 3. Verbo. pregar (com pregos) |
Translations for nail and their definitions
| prego | |
| 1. n-m. nail (made of metal) | |
| 2. n-m. (Portugal, cooking) steak sandwich (shortening of prego no pão) | |
| 3. n-m. (informal) a car's pedal (lever operated by one's foot) | |
| prego a fundo - pedal to the metal | |
| 4. v. verb form of pregar |
| pregar | |
| 1. v. to nail (employ a nail or similar object as a fastener) | |
| 2. v. to stare | |
| 3. v. to preach (give a sermon) | |
| 4. v. to preach; to advocate (encourage support) |
| cravo | |
| 1. n-m. horseshoe nail | |
| 2. n-m. a type of nail used to crucify people | |
| 3. n-m. (botany) carnation (a flower, Dianthus caryophyllus) | |
| Revolução dos Cravos - Carnation Revolution | |
| 4. n-m. (botany) clove (a tree, Syzygium aromaticum, syn.) | |
| 5. n-m. (cooking) unexpanded buds of the clove tree, used as spice | |
| 6. n-m. pimple (inflamed spot on the skin) | |
| 7. n-m. (dermatology) clavus; corn (callous growth on the foot) | |
| 8. n-m. (musical instrument) harpsichord (keyboard instrument which produces sound by plucking the strings) | |
| 9. v. verb form of cravar |
| pegar | |
| 1. v. to catch | |
| 2. v. to grab, hold | |
| 3. v. (Brazil) to discover someone doing something | |
| 4. v. (indtr, em) to touch | |
| 5. v. (Brazil, slang) to engage in a romantic and/or sexual relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time | |
| 6. v. (colloquial transitive reflexive) to fight, to engage in a physical conflict | |
| 7. v. to stick, to glue | |
| 8. v. (colloquial intransitive) to catch on | |
| 9. v. (Brazil, transitive) to catch, to take (a transport) | |
| Vamos pegar um ônibus. - Let's take a bus. |
| unha | |
| 1. n-f. nail; fingernail; toenail |
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