Portuguese English Dictionary

português - English

buraco in English:

1. hole hole


ozone hole
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
Forgetting his key, he was able to open the door by inserting a wire in the key hole.
In the Chinese football game in which the players used their feet and bodies - but never their hands - the goal was a hole in a net made from silk.
After the earthquake, people stared into the deep hole in the ground in surprise.
It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth.
Bill got into such a hole with the payments on his house that now that he's lost his job, I don't know how he'll ever get out from under.
The seals surface more frequently then, so a bear's chance of catching one at a breathing hole is greater after nightfall.
And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.
On the way out I said to my waitress, "Be careful, Sue. There's something funny about the glasses you gave me - they're filled in on the top, and there's a hole on the bottom!"
And if the vacuum explodes, it is called a black hole.
Even if we do this, it will be another sixty years before the Antarctic ozone hole is repaired.
If a mouse only has one hole, it will soon perish.
John and Cathy have different tastes and different characters. Trying to get them together is like putting a square peg in a round hole.
There was a hole in the ground in my garden, I walked into it and sprained my ankle.

2. loophole


A loophole in the law allowed him to escape prosecution.
There are many loopholes in our inner regulations.
take advantage of a loophole
It is a loophole which Parliament, with the assistance of the Commission, is seeking to close.
The government is planning to use a loophole allowing to purchase without a tender in emergency situation.
In the 18 states that have closed the background check loophole, there've been half as many instances of gun violence
We took advantage of a loophole in the tax law, in order to save money.