freio
1. (noun) A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or machine
Press the brake pedal to stop the car.
Pressione o pedal do freio para parar o carro.
2. (noun) Something that slows down or stops progress
Financial constraints are a brake on economic growth.
As limitações financeiras são um freio ao crescimento econômico.
3. (verb) To slow down or stop using a brake
The driver braked suddenly to avoid the pedestrian.
O motorista freou subitamente para evitar o pedestre.
4. (noun) A thicket or area of dense vegetation
The deer disappeared into the brake.
O cervo desapareceu na moita de vegetação densa.
Related Idioms & Phrases
put the brakes on something - frear algo, parar algo
hit the brakes - pisar no freio
brake fluid - fluido de freio
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