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soaps Meaning in Portuguese (soaps significado em português)

nounsabões, novelas
verbensaboar
sabões in English:soaps
Plural: soaps
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de soaps em português é sabões, novelas, ensaboar. (Agentes de limpeza, tipicamente feitos de gorduras e soda cáustica, usados para lavar e tomar banho.)

Definitions of Soaps

  1. 1
    noun
    sabões

    Soaps are cleansing agents, typically made from fats and lye, used for washing and bathing.

    Agentes de limpeza, tipicamente feitos de gorduras e soda cáustica, usados para lavar e tomar banho.

  2. 2
    verb
    ensaboar

    When someone soaps something, they apply soap to it, often to clean it.

    Quando alguém ensaboa algo, aplica sabão a isso, muitas vezes para limpá-lo.

  3. 3
    noun(informal)
    novelas

    In informal language, 'soaps' refers to soap operas, which are television or radio dramas broadcast regularly.

    Em linguagem informal, 'novelas' refere-se a radionovelas ou telenovelas, que são dramas de televisão ou rádio transmitidos regularmente.

Example Sentences

casual

“She bought several scented soaps for her guests.”

Ela comprou vários sabonetes perfumados para seus convidados.

casual

“The old man soaps his hands thoroughly before every meal.”

O velho ensaboa as mãos cuidadosamente antes de cada refeição.

casual

“My grandmother loves watching her afternoon soaps.”

Minha avó adora assistir às suas novelas da tarde.

Synonyms (Sinônimos)

In Portuguese:

detergentesesfregões

In English:

detergentscleansers

Antonyms (Antônimos)

In Portuguese:

desinfetantes

Inflected Word Forms

past tensesoaped
present participlesoaping
nounsoap
adjectivesoapy

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

soap operacollocation

A television or radio drama series dealing typically with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters.

soap boxcollocation

A small raised platform on which a person stands to make an impromptu public speech.

soft soapidiom

To flatter someone excessively in order to persuade them to do something.