lixo

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Meaning

1. (masculine) garbage; waste; rubbish (useless material to be discarded)
2. (masculine) rubbish bin, trash can (small container for waste)
3. (colloquial,masculine) crap (something of poor quality)
4. (derogatory,figuratively,masculine) rabble (mass of common people)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

li‧xo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈli.ʃu/

From Old Galician-Portuguese lixo, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin lixa (“ashes, lye”). Cognate with Galician lixo.

Cognate with Galician

lixo

New

lixar

(transitive) to sand (with sandpaper)
(transitive) to polish
(colloquial) to screw up, to ruin
(colloquial,pronominal) to get screwed up, to be in difficulties

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Sentences

Que carga de lixo
🗑️

na televisão
📺

hoje .

What a load of trash on television today.

Ela não
🚫

conseguia encontrar um
1

cesto
🧺

de lixo
🗑️

.

She couldn't find a wastebasket.

" Que carga de lixo
🗑️

"? Sarah opinou .

“What a load of garbage,” Sarah opined.

Um
1

limpador de rua caminha pela rua com sua vassoura
🧹

e pá de lixo .

A street cleaner walks down the street with his broom and dustpan.

Controlar o

uso correto de recipientes de lixo
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e movê-los, se aplicável .

Control the correct use of garbage containers and move them if applicable.

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