Polyglot Dictionary

tira-manchas

/tʃiɾɐˈmɐ̃ʃɐs/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os tira-manchas

Meaning

  1. stain remover

    Built from tira (removes (from tirar)) + manchas (stains).

    • Usei um tira-manchas.

      I used a stain remover.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • tira removes (from tirar)
  • manchas stains

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sacamanchas

sacamanchas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "stain remover."

Practice

1 What does tira-manchas mean?

2 Fill the gap: Usei um tira-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches tira-manchas?

nouncompound

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