Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ballpoint pen
Portuguese translation:
caneta esferográfica
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
ballpoint pen
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Proposed translations
caneta esferográfica
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Note added at 15 mins (2007-11-12 12:00:24 GMT)
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Oi, Teresa,
Olha a explicação
Ballpoint pen
A ballpoint pen, also eponymously known in British English as a biro (pronounced bye-row in Britain but sometimes bee-row elsewhere, depending on location), is a modern writing instrument. Ballpoint pens have an internal chamber filled with a viscous ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a small metal sphere (0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter); the ink dries almost immediately after contact with paper. Inexpensive, reliable and maintenance-free, they have almost completely replaced the fountain pen.
Acho que
We aren't allowed to write in ballpoint at school.
É um mero exemplo de texto.
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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Obrigada a todos.
Abração e boa semana!
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ballpoint Show phonetics
noun [C] (ALSO ballpoint pen)
a pen with a small metal ball at the end that puts ink on the paper:
We aren't allowed to write in ballpoint at school.
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Mas na escola, os alunos escrevem com canetas esferográficas. Estou errada?