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1 poor little beggar
poor little beggarpobre coitado. -
2 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) pedinte* * *beg.gar[b'egə] n 1 mendigo, pedinte. 2 indigente: pessoa muito pobre. 3 sujeito. • vt 1 empobrecer: levar à miséria ou pobreza. 2 fig despir, roubar. 3 superar, fazer parecer pobre. it beggars all descriptions / supera todas as descrições. beggars can’t be choosers quem recebe esmola não tem direito de reclamar. lucky beggar felizardo, sujeito de sorte. poor little beggar pobre coitado. -
3 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) acocorar-se2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) atarracado* * *[skwɔt] n agachamento, acocoramento. • vt+vi 1 agachar-se. 2 sentar de cócoras. 3 Amer tomar posse de terras indevidamente, instalar-se indevidamente em imóvel desocupado. 4 sl cagar, defecar. • adj 1 agachado. 2 gordo e curto, grosso. -
4 squat
[skwot] 1. past tense, past participle - squatted; verb(to sit down on the heels or in a crouching position: The beggar squatted all day in the market place.) acocorar(-se)2. adjective(short and fat; dumpy: a squat little man; an ugly, squat building.) atarracado
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