tábua
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese tavoa, from Latin tabula (“board; plank”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of tábula, which is a borrowing.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]tábua f (plural tábuas)
- board; plank (long, flat piece of wood)
- chopping board (small board on which food is chopped)
- Synonyms: tábua de cortar, tabuleiro
- Piquei uns pepinos na tábua.
- I diced some cucumbers on the chopping board.
- a small table for serving food or playing games
- Tábua de queijos.
- Cheese platter.
- table (grid of data in rows and columns)
- (Brazil, slang) a refusal or rejection, especially of a marriage proposal
- Todo mundo viu a tábua que levei da minha ex-namorada.
- Everyone saw the rejection I got from my ex-girlfriend.
- (Brazil, slang, derogatory) a woman who is very thin and has small breasts
- Tua mãe é uma tábua.
- Your mom is flat-chested.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “a woman with very small breasts”): peituda
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- pt:Building materials
- pt:Cookware and bakeware
- pt:Furniture
- pt:Woods