Word of the day: Pummel

Pummel: esmurrar, surrar

Synonyms: pound, punch, bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, flog, hammer

“Storm-ravaged residents of New York and New Jersey began urgent recovery efforts Tuesday after a nighttime pummeling from Hurricane Sandy, which caused widespread flooding…” (www.washingtonpost.com/oct 31 2012)

“…pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived…”(www.merriam-webster.com)

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Word of the day Pummel: LIFE, LIVE...

Word of the day

Pummel: esmurrar, surrar

Synonyms: pound, punch, bash, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, flog, hammer

“Storm-ravaged residents of New York and New Jersey began urgent recovery efforts Tuesday after a nighttime pummeling from Hurricane Sandy, which caused widespread flooding…” (www.washingtonpost.com/oct 31 2012)

“…pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived…”(www.merriam-webster.com)

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life	vida
live	viver
live (adj)	vivo
alive	vivo
leave (left, left)	deixar, abandonar
leaf	folha
leaves	Pl. de “leaf” / 3a. pessoa pres. “to leave”

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Word of the day: DRUB

Drub:  espancar, surrar, sovar, esbordoar, esmurrar, criticar, censurar, vencer de longe, por grande margem, bater o pé

Synonyms: beat, pound, hammer, thrash, whip, defeat, lick

“A crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene.”

“We drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest.”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Barge

Barge: chata, barcaça, batelão, barco grande usado para excursões, alvarenga, saveiro, casa flutuante, cambalear (to barge in:  entrar sem pedir licença)

Synonyms: lumber, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp

“He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom.”

“She barged through the door without even knocking.”         (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Word of the day: Scuffle

Scuffle:  luta corpo a corpo, briga, tumulto, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, lumber, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

‘Children scuffled on the playground.”

“Small creatures scuffled in the underbrush.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

pond / pound

Clique Pronúncia (Merriam-Webster)

pond	lago pequeno, tanque
pound	libra, peso, socar, esmurrar

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