The Portuguese word for shovel is
pá
Gender
The gender of pá is feminine. E.g. a pá.Plural
The plural of pá is pás.Portuguese Definition
| shovel | |
| 1. Substantivo. pá: | |
| The children played in the sand with their shovels. (As crianças brinca;vam;r na areia com suas pás.) | |
| 2. Substantivo. pá, quantidade medida em pás: | |
| The leper entered the grave, and three shovels of earth were thrown onto the person's head. (O leproso era posto na cova, e três pás de terra eram jogadas na cabeça da pessoa.) | |
| 3. Verbo. cavar: | |
| I don't mind shoveling, but using a pickaxe hurts my back terribly. (Não me import;o;ar de cavar, mas usar uma picareta faz minhas costas doerem demais.) | |
| 4. Verbo. mover materiais com uma pá: | |
| The workers were shovelling gravel and tarmac into the pothole in the road. (Os operários estavam colocando cascalho e asfalto no buraco da rua.) | |
| 5. Verbo. jogar ou atirar em grande quantidades. |
Translations for shovel and their definitions
| palear | |
| 1. v. to shovel (move material with a shovel) |
| padejar | |
| 1. v. to shovel (to move material with a shovel) |
| pá | |
| 1. n-f. shovel; spade (tool for digging and moving material) | |
| 2. n-f. windmill blade | |
| 3. n-f. the end of a paddle or oar with the blade | |
| 4. n-m. (Portugal, informal, used in the vocative) dude; mate (term of informal address) | |
| Estás bom, pá? - You alright, mate / dude? | |
| Ó pá, aonde vais? - Hey man, where are you going? | |
| 5. interj. (Portugal, informal) dude!; man! | |
| Ena, pá! - Wow, dude! | |
| 6. prep. (nonstandard)contraction of para a |
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