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  • 1 crest

    [krest]
    1) (the comb or tuft on the head of a cock or other bird.) crista
    2) (the summit or highest part: the crest of a wave; the crest of a mountain.) crista
    3) (feathers on the top of a helmet.) penacho
    4) (a badge or emblem: the family crest.) timbre
    * * *
    [krest] n 1 crista. 2 poupa, topete, penacho na cabeça de certas aves. 3 penacho, cocar, pluma de elmo ou capacete. 4 cimeira, topo, cume. 5 elmo ou cimeira de elmo. 6 crina de cavalo. 7 o melhor ou mais alto da sua espécie. 8 crista de onda, montanha, etc. 9 Her timbre. • vt+vi 1 pôr cimeira, pluma, penacho, escudo, etc. em. 2 coroar. 3 superar, alcançar o cume de. 4 formar cristas, encapelar-se (onda).

    English-Portuguese dictionary > crest

  • 2 crest

    [krest]
    1) (the comb or tuft on the head of a cock or other bird.) crista
    2) (the summit or highest part: the crest of a wave; the crest of a mountain.) crista
    3) (feathers on the top of a helmet.) penacho
    4) (a badge or emblem: the family crest.) brasão

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > crest

  • 3 seesaw

    ['si:so:] 1. noun
    (a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down: The boy fell off the seesaw in the park.) gangorra
    2. verb
    (to move up and down like a seesaw: The boat seesawed on the crest of the wave.) balançar
    * * *
    see.saw
    [s'i:sɔ:] n 1 gangorra, balanço. 2 balanceamento, vaivém, oscilação. • vt+vi 1 balançar, brincar em gangorra, mover-se em vaivém. 2 alternar. • adj de balanço, que se move para cima e para baixo ou em vaivém.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > seesaw

  • 4 seesaw

    ['si:so:] 1. noun
    (a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down: The boy fell off the seesaw in the park.) gangorra
    2. verb
    (to move up and down like a seesaw: The boat seesawed on the crest of the wave.) balançar

    English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > seesaw

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