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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| spot n | (stain) | mancha sf |
| | There is a ketchup spot on your shirt there. |
| | Tem uma mancha de ketchup na sua camisa. |
| spot n | informal (location) | lugar sm |
| | That's the spot where the murder took place. |
| | Aquele é o lugar onde aconteceu o assassinato. |
| spot n | UK, often plural (pimple, zit: facial blemish) (acne) | espinha sf |
| | The teenager bought a special face wash to treat his spots. |
| | O adolescente comprou um sabonete de rosto especial para tratar as espinhas. |
| spot n | usually plural (disease: blemish) | pinta sf |
| | Karen has chickenpox and is covered in spots. |
| | Karen tem catapora e está coberta de pintas. |
| spots npl | (insect: markings) | pintas sf pl |
| | | manchas sf pl |
| | The most common ladybird in Britain has seven spots. |
| | A joaninha mais comum da Grã-Bretanha tem sete pintas. |
| spots npl | (animal: markings) | pintas sf pl |
| | | manchas sf pl |
| | Cheetahs have black spots. |
| | As chitas têm pintas pretas. |
| spots npl | (pattern: large dots) | bolinhas sf pl |
| | I prefer floral patterns to spots or stripes. |
| | Prefiro padrões florais a listras ou bolinhas. |
| spot [sth]⇒ vtr | (detect, see) (ver, identificar) | localizar vt |
| | | descobrir, perceber vt |
| | The policeman spotted the criminal and started running after him. |
| | O policial localizou o criminoso e começou a correr atrás dele. |
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| spot adj | (finance: current price) (para venda à vista) | à vista loc adv |
| | Currency trades on the spot market and the forward market. |
| | Taxas de câmbio no mercado à vista e no mercado futuro. |
| spot adj | (TV, radio: short duration) (TV, rádio) | de curta duração loc adj |
| | The group ran a series of spot announcements on local radio. |
| | O grupo executou uma série de anúncios de curta duração na rádio local. |
| spot n | (short advertisement) | comercial, anúncio sm |
| | The Pepsi spot lasted for 30 seconds. |
| | O comercial da Pepsi durou 30 segundos. |
| spot n | abbreviation (spotlight) (foco de luz) | foco sm |
| | (estrangeirismo) | spot sm |
| | That is when they turned off all the lights and shone the spot on him. |
| | Foi quando eles desligaram todas as luzes e ligaram o foco nele. |
| a spot of [sth] n | informal, UK (small amount of [sth]) | pouco, bocado, pingo sm |
| | | tantinho, bocadinho sm |
| | Would you like a spot of tea? Robert asked Dan if he fancied a spot of lunch. |
| | Quer um pouco de chá? Robert perguntou a Daniel se ele queria um pouco do almoço. |
| spot n | (geographical area) | lugar sm |
| | | área sf |
| | Tim and Nicola picnicked at a local beauty spot. |
| | Tim e Nicola fizeram um piquenique num lugar lindo. |
| spot n | (individual performance time) | apresentação sf |
| | | número sm |
| | The makeup artist rushed to get the singer ready for her spot. |
| | O maquiador correu para alcançar a cantora já pronta para a apresentação. |
| spot n | (position) | vaga sf |
| | | lugar sm |
| | | cargo sm |
| | Linda is hoping the coach will give her a spot on the team. I think we may have a spot for you at our firm. |
| | Linda espera que o selecionador dê uma vaga para ela na equipe. Acho que podemos conseguir uma vaga para você na nossa firma. |
| spot⇒ vi | (become stained) | manchar v int |
| | Your white blouse will spot really easily if you chop those cherries with it on. |
| | Sua blusa branca vai manchar bem fácil se você cortar cerejas vestindo-a. |
| spot vi | (rain lightly) | chuviscar v int |
| | It's not really raining yet, but it's spotting; you should take an umbrella just in case. |
| | Ainda não está chovendo, mas já está chuviscando. Melhor você levar um guarda-chuva só para garantir. |
| spot [sth]⇒ vtr | (stain) (sujar-se com manchas) | manchar, borrar vt |
| | The oil splashed and spotted the tablecloth. |
| | O óleo se espalhou e manchou a toalha de mesa. |
| spot [sb] [sth]⇒ vtr | informal (lend) (informal) | emprestar vt |
| | Hey man, can you spot me twenty dollars? |
| | Ei cara, você me empresta vinte dólares? |
| spot [sth]⇒ vtr | (place) | instalar, colocar, pôr vt |
| | The mobile phone mast was controversially spotted near the school. |
| | A torre de celular perto da escola foi instalada com controvérsias. |
| spot [sth] vtr | (sports: place) (esporte) | colocar, pôr vt |
| | The referee spotted the ball too close to the goal after the penalty. |
| | O árbitro colocou a bola perto demais do gol depois do pênalti. |
| spot [sb]⇒ vtr | (weightlifting) (estrang: apoio a pessoa durante halterofilismo) | spot vt |
| | Can you spot me while I do the bench press? |
| | Você me ajuda com o spot enquanto eu faço o supino? |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
bald patch,
bald spot n | (area of scalp: no hair) | careca sf |
| | | calvície sf |
beauty spot (UK),
beauty mark (US) n | (mole on the face) (no rosto) | pinta sf |
| | One of the the most famous beauty marks is the one that Marilyn Monroe had on her left cheek. |
| beauty spot n | (make-up: artificial mole on face) (maquiagem) | pinta falsa sf + adj |
| beauty spot n | (place of natural beauty) | lugar belo loc sm |
| | | lugar paradisíaco loc sm |
| black spot n | (plant disease) | doença-da-mancha-preta sf |
| black spot n | UK (dangerous place) | lugar perigoso sm + adj |
| black spot n | UK (hazardous road area) | área perigosa sf +adj |
| blind spot n | (unseen area in field of vision) | ponto cego loc sm |
| blind spot n | (area of road a motorist cannot see) | ponto cego loc sm |
| | When I changed lanes, I did not see the car in my blind spot. |
| | Quando mudei de faixa, não vi o carro no meu ponto cego. |
| bright spot n | ([sth] positive or cheerful) (algo positivo) | ponto luminoso |
| | The little girl's smile was a bright spot in an otherwise dreary day. |
| hit the spot v expr | figurative (satisfy craving) | acertar em cheio expres v |
| | When I'm craving something sweet, a chunk of milk chocolate usually hits the spot. |
hotspot,
hot spot n | (center of activity) | ponto turístico sm |
| | | centro de atividades sm |
| | (anglicismo, figurado) | point sm |
| | This city is one of the world's great tourist hotspots. |
| | Esta cidade é um dos grandes pontos turísticos do mundo. |
hotspot,
hot spot n | (nightclub, entertainment venue) | local agitado sm |
| | (anglicismo) | point sm |
| | We went on a date at one of the new hotspots in the city. |
hotspot,
hot spot n | (venue offering wifi access) | ponto de acesso wi-fi loc sm |
| | All of the coffee shops in this city are hotspots. |
| | Todos os cafés da cidade são pontos de acesso wi-fi. |
hotspot,
hot spot n | (of political conflict) | ponto de crise sm + adj |
| | The country has become a political hotspot due to the increasing civil unrest in its major cities. |
hotspot,
hot spot n | (where fire may start) | ponto de tensão sm + adj |
| | The firefighters investigated several hot spots to insure that they did not reignite. |
| in a tight spot expr | informal (in difficult situation) (informal) | em apuros, com problemas, numa situação delicada expres |
| | (informal, gíria, figurado) | numa furada expres |
| | Stan usually turns to Larry for help when he is in a tight spot. |
| Johnny-on-the-spot n | US, informal, dated (readily available person) (figurado, gíria) | severino sm |
| | | pau para toda obra expres |
| night spot n | (late-night entertainment venue) | balada sf |
| | Gary and his friends decided to explore the night spots near their hotel. |
| on the spot adv | (immediately) | imediatamente adv |
| | He ordered me to do it on the spot because he couldn't wait. |
| | Ele mandou eu fazer isso imediatamente porque não podia esperar. |
| on the spot adv | (at the place in question) | no local loc adv |
| | Newspapers' foreign correspondents are on the spot when a story develops. |
| | Os correspondentes estrangeiros dos jornais estão no local quando um caso acontece. |
| on the spot expr | informal, figurative (in an awkward situation) | em apuros loc adj |
| | (informal) | encrencado adj |
| | Bill was on the spot because he owed a lot of people a lot of money. |
| | Bill estava em apuros porque devia muito dinheiro para muita gente. |
| on-the-spot adj | (immediate, without preparation) | sem preparação loc adv |
| | | em cima da hora loc adv |
| | | improvisado adj |
| | The shy actress hated on-the-spot interviews. |
| parking spot n | (place to park a car) (estacionamento) | vaga sf |
| | It's difficult to find a parking spot at the weekend. |
| | É difícil encontrar uma vaga nos finais de semana. |
| put [sb] in a tight spot v expr | informal (make situation difficult) (situação difícil) | colocar em apuros, deixar em apuros expres v |
| | Jacob's gambling debts have put him in a tight spot financially. |
| put [sb] on the spot v expr | informal (challenge, embarrass) (figurado, situação desafiadora) | na berlinda expres |
| | My teacher put me on the spot with a difficult question. |
| rough spot n | informal (difficult period) | ponto problemático sm |
| | She's going through a pretty rough spot just at the moment. |
| soft spot n | informal (particular fondness or affection) (afinidade particular ou afeição) | ponto fraco sm |
| | | fraqueza sm |
| | I have a real soft spot for my cousin: I'd do anything to help her. |
| | I don't particularly like most dogs, but I do have a soft spot for poodles. |
spot check,
spot-check n | (impromptu inspection) (inspeção in loco) | inspeção surpresa sf |
| | | fiscalização sf |
| | The ticket inspectors did a spot check to see who had bought tickets. |
| spot clean [sth] vtr | (remove stain, mark) (remover a mancha ou marca de algo) | limpar mancha expres v |
| | | remover mancha expres v |
spot on,
spot-on adj | informal (precise, exactly right) | preciso adj |
| | | focado adj |
| | | certeiro adj |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| | That insight was spot on: you pinpointed the problem exactly. |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Maria fez uns comentários muito precisos sobre o texto que avaliou. |
| spot price n | (trading: immediate cost) (comércio: custo imediato) | custo imediato sm |
| | | preço atual sm |
| spot rate n | (trading: immediate price) (comércio: custo imediato) | cotação atual sf |
| | | cotação corrente sf |
| spot welder n | ([sb] who fuses metal) (alguém que solda metais) | soldador sm |
| spot welding n | (fusing metal) (fundir, soldar metais) | soldagem sf |
| | | fundição sf |
| spot-weld [sth]⇒ vtr | (fuse metal) | soldar vt |
| sweet spot n | figurative (most favourable point) (ponto mais favorável) | ponto excelente sm + adj |
| | (informal) | melhor lugar adj + sm |
| | | local ideal sm + adj |
| trouble spot n | (difficult place) (lugar difícil) | zona de conflito loc sf |
| | | área conturbada loc sf |
| | Pakistan and Iran are thought of as trouble spots in the West. |
| trouble spot n | (location of frequent fighting, violence) (local de brigas frequentes, violência) | área conturbada loc sf |
| | (lugar com brigas frequentes) | foco de problemas loc sm |
| | | local mal frequentado loc sm |
| | That pub's a notorious trouble spot. |
vacation spot (US),
holiday spot (UK) n | (place popular with holidaymakers) (lugar popular entre turistas) | polo turístico sm |
| warm spot n | (warm place) | lugar quente sf |
| | The cat had found itself a warm spot in front of the radiator. |
| warm spot n | figurative (affection) (figurado) | carinho, afeto sm |
| | | recordação afetiva sf |
| | There's still a warm spot in my heart for my high school sweetheart. |
watering place,
watering hole,
watering spot n | slang (bar) | bar sm |
| | (anglicismo) | pub sm |
| | We found the drunk at his usual watering hole. |
| weak spot n | (special fondness: for [sth] or [sb]) (cuidado especial: por algo ou alguém) | debilidade sf |
| | He has a weak spot for German shepherd dogs. |
| weak spot n | (fault, flaw) (falta, falha) | falha sf |
| | | defeito sm |
| | | problema sm |
| | Punctuation's my weak spot when it comes to writing. |