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blots

[/blɒts/]
noun/verbpl: blots
manchas, borrões
1. Noun: Dark marks or stains on a surface, especially ink or liquid
There are several blots on the document.
Há várias manchas no documento.
2. Noun: Something that mars or spoils something else; a blemish
His criminal record is a blot on his reputation.
Seu antecedente criminal é uma mancha em sua reputação.
3. Verb: Third person singular of 'blot'; to make blots or stains
She blots her pen on a napkin.
Ela seca sua caneta em um guardanapo.
4. Verb: To remove or obscure by blotting
He blots out the sun with his hand.
Ele obstrui o sol com sua mão.
Synonyms
stainsmarksspotssmudgesblemishes
Antonyms
cleansespurifies

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
manchas, borrões
Standard usage
Portugal
nódoas, manchas
More formal in Portugal

Related Idioms & Phrases

a blot on one's copybook - something that damages someone's record or reputation
blot one's copybook - to do something that damages one's reputation
blot out - to obscure or remove from memory
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