cadeira-de-balanço
/kaˈdejɾadʒibaˈlɐ̃su/
a
noun
B1
o (masc.) a (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- as cadeiras-de-balanço
Meaning
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rocking chair
Built from cadeira (chair) + de (of) + balanço (rocking).
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Vovó senta na cadeira-de-balanço.
Grandma sits in the rocking chair.
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Made of
- cadeira chair
- de of
- balanço rocking
Similar words
Similar in other languages
German
Schaukelstuhl is the German word for the same thing — both mean "rocking chair."
Practice
1 What does cadeira-de-balanço mean?
rocking chair
2 Fill the gap: Vovó senta na ___-de-balanço.
Full sentence: Vovó senta na cadeira-de-balanço. (Grandma sits in the rocking chair.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches cadeira-de-balanço?
cadeira-de-balanço: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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