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noun (a person who earns money to keep a family: When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.) sustento* * *bread.win.ner[br'edwinə] n o que provê o sustento da família, o ganha-pão. -
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noun (a person who earns money to keep a family: When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.) arrimo de família -
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[bred]1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) pão2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) pão•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadline* * *[bred] n 1 pão. 2 alimento. 3 ganha-pão, cargo, emprego. • vt 1 panar: cobrir de pão ralado. 2 dar a comunhão (hóstia). a loaf of bread um filão, um pão. bread and butter pão com manteiga. consecrated bread pão consagrado, hóstia. corn bread pão de farinha de milho, broa. he earned, made, got his bread ele ganhou seu pão de cada dia (seu sustento). he eats the bread of idleness ele leva uma vida folgada. he has his bread buttered on both sides fig ele está em situação garantida. he knows (on) which side his bread is buttered fig ele sabe de que lado está a vantagem. he quarreled with his bread-and-butter ele brigou com Deus e todo mundo. he was put on bread and water ele foi posto a pão e água. I broke bread with him comi com ele. pita bread pão sírio. rye (brown) bread pão de centeio. white bread pão de forma. whole wheat bread pão integral. -
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[bred]1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) pão2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) pão•- breadwinner - bread and butter - on the breadline
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breadwinner — bread‧win‧ner [ˈbredˌwɪnə ǁ ər] noun [countable] the member of a family who earns the money, or most of the money, to support the others: • She is now the family s main breadwinner. * * * breadwinner UK US /ˈbredˌwɪnər/ noun [C] ► the member of a … Financial and business terms
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breadwinner — Used to describe the person that earns the most money. For example She s the breadwinner in the family … The small dictionary of idiomes
Breadwinner — Bread win ner (br[e^]d w[i^]n n[ e]r), n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breadwinner — also bread winner, one who supplies a living for others, especially a family, 1821, from BREAD (Cf. bread) (probably in a literal sense) + WINNER (Cf. winner). Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense skill or art by which one makes a living.… … Etymology dictionary
breadwinner — ► NOUN ▪ a person who supports their family with the money they earn … English terms dictionary
breadwinner — [bred′win΄ər] n. a working person whose earnings support his or her dependents … English World dictionary
breadwinner — [[t]bre̱dwɪnə(r)[/t]] breadwinners also bread winner N COUNT The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things. I ve always paid the bills and been the breadwinner … English dictionary
breadwinner — UK [ˈbredˌwɪnə(r)] / US [ˈbredˌwɪnər] noun [countable] Word forms breadwinner : singular breadwinner plural breadwinners the person who earns the money to support a family … English dictionary
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