aparato
[ɑ.pə.ˈrɑ.toʊ (English) / a.pa.ˈra.tu (Portuguese)]
nounmasculinepl: aparatos
apparatus; device; pomp; ostentation
1. A set of equipment or machinery designed to perform a specific function
The laboratory aparato was used to measure chemical reactions.
O aparato do laboratório foi usado para medir reações químicas.
2. Elaborate display, pomp, or ceremony
The wedding was celebrated with great aparato.
O casamento foi celebrado com grande aparato.
3. A complex system or organization
The governmental aparato enforces the laws.
O aparato governamental executa as leis.
4. Pretense or ostentation
He spoke with much aparato but little substance.
Ele falou com muito aparato mas pouca substância.
Related Idioms & Phrases
com todo o aparato - with great pomp and circumstance
aparato burocrático - bureaucratic machinery
aparato científico - scientific equipment/apparatus
aparato de estado - state apparatus
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