beet

Traduções principais
Inglês		Português
beet (US), beetroot (UK) n	(root vegetable)	beterraba sf
	The steak comes with a side of roasted beets. The beetroot in the market didn't look very fresh.
	O bife vem com acompanhamento de beterraba assada. A beterraba no mercado não parecia muito fresca.
beet, beetroot (UK) n	(plant)	beterraba sf
Nota: "Beet" is mainly used in the US, but is sometimes used in UK English in this sense.
	If you don't plant beets at the right time, your crop will fail.
	Se você não plantar suas beterrabas na época certa, sua plantação não vingará.
beet greens npl	US (beet leaf: edible leaves of beet plant)	folhas de beterraba loc sfpl
	I served the meat with a plateful of healthy beet greens.
	Eu servi a carne com um prato de folhas de beterraba.
beet, beet leaf, beetroot leaf n	UK (beet greens: edible leaf of beet plant)	folhas de beterraba sf pl + loc adj
	Rachel prepared a green salad of rocket and beetroot leaves.
beet (US), beetroot (UK) n as adj	(containing beetroot)	de beterraba loc adj
	I added a swirl of cream to the beetroot soup.
	Eu adicionei uma porção de creme à sopa de beterraba.

Formas compostas:
Inglês		Português
beet red (US), beetroot red (UK) n	(food colouring)	vermelho-beterraba sm
Nota: A hyphen is used when term is an adjective that precedes the noun
beet-red, beet red (US), beetroot red, beetroot-red (UK) adj	(reddish purple in colour) (de cor avermelhada)	beterraba adj
	Ela ficava uma beterraba toda vez que eu olhava para ela.
beet-red, beet red (US), beetroot red, beetroot-red (UK) adj	(person: flushed)	vermelho como um tomate loc adj
	He turned beet red with embarrassment.
beet sugar n	(sugar from beets)	açúcar de beterraba loc sm
	Some beverage companies add beet sugar to their juice.
fodder beet n	(red root vegetable)	beterraba forrageira loc sf
golden beet n	(root vegetable with round shape)	beterraba dourada loc sf
	A mixture of roasted red and golden beets makes an attractive side dish.
sugar beet n	(plant from which sugar is obtained) (planta da qual se extrai o açúcar)	beterraba-sacarina sf
		Beta vulgaris sf
		beterraba branca sf
	The EU expects a bumper sugar beet harvest this year.